Some may think this is nothing more than beating a game with a beetle. but it's a story about love. overcoming your fears. perseverance. Truly inspirational.
300 hour Commando main here. I have mastery in All of the characters, and am just missing like 10 achievements. Command is the best when it comes to proc'ing. All he needs is a uke/meat hooks/ ATGs. Constant 1.0x Procs, with the fastest fire rate (MUL-T doesnt count since his proc is only like 0.6x) ALSO.. DO NOT use the commando with the phase blast.. it's garbage. You have to use him with the shotguns.
Well, I don't think anything on that planet is there of its own will. The only reason the imps are still there is because they don't have the strength they need to teleport home.
Not their planet or moon. They were abducted by providence from a dying planet far away. Just like everything else aside from the golems ,guardians, clay constructs and chymeria.
Imagine you're Mithrix: your brother has been slain by a mysterious lifeform and his ship is nowhere to be found. In a rage, you've killed all that remains of that survivor's kin and exiled yourself to the moon. You lie in wait, sure that this man who dared challenged the gods of this world would return to finish the job. You remain dormant for days, weeks, years, long enough for time to meld together into what you can only describe as torture. Finally, you hear of another ship, sending others, mysterious people, down to your planet. You hold your excitement, testing them with minions of your creation, relics of what creatures your brother had envisioned. But then, after less than an hour of preparation, you see it. A beetle, the most basic of your mindless pawns. At first, you shoo him away, after all, you're expecting a guest. But this beetle simply stares, and you notice something off. That bright blue outline. The glasses on his eyes. This beetle has slain your finest minions, taken from their scraps, and now aims to lay you to waste with them. You scoff, accepting this challenge with the intention of a quick fight. You feel it. That tingling sensation locking your bones as an eruption of flame encases your body. It tears at your flesh, threatening to wipe you out in one rotation. That bastard! The royal capacitor aided by the Band of Kjaro; how did he get his hands of such weaponry!? No matter, you declare, as you retreat to bide your time. No dice. The beetle effortlessly carves his way through what minions you had left, leaving you to fend for yourself. You decide to take a new approach, smashing his drone allies to pieces, but that only leaves you more vulnerable. In a last-ditch-effort, you take his items away, leaving him nothing but a simple beetle to defend himself as. But again, like a reminder from a power higher than your own, its called down. That damn royal capacitor! At this point, you're too weak to move. That beetle, your former minion, watches with emotionless eyes as you're electrocuted again and again with no mercy. For the first time, you fear for you life, you want to fight for what you still have and maintain your dignity, but it's too late. In your final moments, you see your brother looking down from the sky. You beg for forgiveness, a chance to make things right, but he only turns away in shame. You failed him, like he failed you all those years ago. You understand now. All you can do now is take this monster down with you.
“Im just a lil guy” Gameplay. Also for some reason the animation of the beetle digging out of the ground at the start of every level is really appealing to me for some reason.
Beetle should become a canon survivor. In the logbook it can say something like, his pheremone receptors were removed after becoming paralyzed by a group of survivors. And he became their pet because everything else attacked them, but was left behind because he could be dangerous in space. Primary, Jerryrigged ATG, or a Jerryrigged crowdfunder. Fire a missile for 250%damage with targetting like huntress, or fire rocks for 100%. Chance to misfire, dealing 1/10th damage. Secondary, headbutt. Utility, harden shell, gain 200 armour for 10s 20s CD, maybe add some healing andor movespeed Special, fuse item, active item becomes embedded in shell, becoming weaker, but adding effect to headbutt or harden shell. Buffs on the latter. E.g. milky chrysalis on harden, sawmerang on secondary. 45+15s per previously added item cooldown.
Of course they were able to, equipment items are such a huge part of any normal run they can easily carry anything with the right item, that item being the kjaro bands in this run the only hard part of this victory for them was getting past the first floor, after they had drones and turrets and the royal capicitor it was already way easier and the band printer just made it a 100% finished run
@@scuffedgaming755 well yeah of course equipment/kjaro carried them beyond stage 1. I'm mostly impressed at what they did to begin with. Helps to show turrets and drones aren't useless as I being ignorant thought you'd have to rely on M1 until you got capacitor which would need a tas for obvious reasons
@@omnie22 idk. No idea how the game works internally in terms of rng and haven't tried a tas so I wouldn't know. Out of curiosity, do save states count as TAS? I mean it's a tool that assists you I suppose but you aren't automatically generating inputs
@@toasticide816 I suppose the term itself is pretty broad, but to my knowledge when most people refer to TAS they're talking about pre-programming inputs to run at super specific times before you even start playing, in a platformer or something that's obviously much easier because everything is in the same spot every time, vs a rogue-like where your inputs might work perfectly for one attempt, but repeatedly walk you off the stage in another
This is actually the first time im seeing this version of commencement. I kinda like it better honestly. The long run to the ship instead of the tp event-esque we've got
Ah, Petrichor V, a deserted paradise, with a population surprisingly diverse, built from the remains of dead planets. Its protector, long dead, slain by intruders from a far off world, however, the hero left behind an item. This item, it isn't something he's proud of making, it was constructed long ago, and he intended to destroy it, but... not much he can do now, eh? Another individual, a little creature, just a peon to a queen, found this item, inside was a sort of virus, one that took over the little beetle's mind, replacing it with a conscious of a god, undeserving of it's new existence Once he gained his bearings again, and finding his world under the control of his brother, he set off to do the exact thing that happened to himself long ago.
well. i watched the whole thing through this morning... and it didn't sink in until an hour ago, so i came back and subbed because that's probably the coolest thing i've seen someone do in risk of rain period. exclamation point!
Still waiting for a beetle themed survivor... Something like this. An unusual offspring of the beetle queen is born with a deformed body and high intelligence. It resists it's colony and flees into the wilderness where it finds human survivors. It eventually befriends them and joins them in the journey to escape the planet.
Commando: Captain, we've secured the survivor.. but... you might want to see this for yourself. Captain: Oh Jesus Christ... what could- Beetle: *stares at them with cold, understanding eyes* Captain: How in Gods name-? Commando: I watched the surveillance footage from the ship... this thing killed some entity then fled onto the ship. Beetle: *still staring at them* Captain: We're keeping 'em.
Im new to the game but I have to say, the great escape was hella emotionally investing. I imagine the lil dude srcreaming its lungs off as its hopping to escape.
![[RoR2] The Little Beetle that Could](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1dwDe3Wq9cQ/mqdefault.jpg)
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Local beetle kills god and leavees on a space ship
Has an existential crisis on the ship
Wait, that's illegal.
just a normal day in chernobyl.
Captain: What the... fuck? Is this even ours?
@@alchetect9995 new pet!
Now in monsoon so you get the skin
The orange-er beetle.
And don't forget the "Kill Mithrix with a headbutt mid-air" for the skill.
Malachite beetle
@@unhippaladin729 more like kill any of mythrix phases with a headbut at all
You also need to reach Mithrix within 10 minutes in order to unlock the utility skill, where a beetle guard launches you forward
Ok hear me out, i instead of getting 1 skin for moonson, you get 1 skin per difficulty to cover each elite
Risk of Rain 2 but its 4 beetles on monsoon against the world.
Captain: you’re... a beetle?
Beetle: is there a problem?
Captain: uh, nope right this way sir
Local God calls insect slow and then proceeds to get annihilated by a series of lightning strikes
"Local God"
Local insect smites deity, leaves on spaceship
More at 11, I'm your host, Stone Titan #346
Some may think this is nothing more than beating a game with a beetle.
but it's a story about love.
overcoming your fears.
perseverance.
Truly inspirational.
it's also a story of minimal effort editing
@@ruludos1977 an enjoyable one
Rules of Nature indeed
And betrayal
it's really a movie about family.
The fact an entire army of void reavers couldn't detain a single beetle
the indomitable beetle spirit
It's not about killing mithrix, it's about sending a message
That's show biz baby
10:24 the headbutt out of pure frustration
I think of it more like a tortoise mad at a shoe
And so I left, meaningless knowing a beetle did what I can't...
Looks like Commando players might have a new main.
Commando is at least fun to play as, beetle is literal suffering
@@lisathefoolish no, commando is suffering
@@qeylime Commando is suffering to people who don't know how to play him right.
300 hour Commando main here. I have mastery in All of the characters, and am just missing like 10 achievements. Command is the best when it comes to proc'ing. All he needs is a uke/meat hooks/ ATGs. Constant 1.0x Procs, with the fastest fire rate (MUL-T doesnt count since his proc is only like 0.6x)
ALSO.. DO NOT use the commando with the phase blast.. it's garbage. You have to use him with the shotguns.
@@AlgaeEater09 phase round is the pierce, phase blast is the shotgun
Captain in the ship be like: Dude just betrayed its own planet
He did his best and Captain is proud of him
This planet? Whack. Mithrix? Whack. Providence? Whack. The Captain? Freshest shit I've ever seen.
Well, I don't think anything on that planet is there of its own will. The only reason the imps are still there is because they don't have the strength they need to teleport home.
Not their planet or moon. They were abducted by providence from a dying planet far away. Just like everything else aside from the golems ,guardians, clay constructs and chymeria.
@@lindagomes3839 guardians? Like the ones from ror1?
everybody gansta till the beetle starts shooting lightings
Artifact of evolution with equipments might be a little too chaotic 💀
“And so it left... leaving all its dignity as a beetle. Its thirst to conquer only grew stronger”
Beetle Queen: That's my boi
Same boi who took down The Beetle Queen
@@marblewolf4522 maybe there are many different beetle queens
Are ya winning, son?
@@marblewolf4522 dude its a race of creatures his beetle queen is not a dumbass and says no im not gonna guard a teleporter
@@everdavid6256 I am always winning.
Dad..
Man, I heard there were some crazy bugs in ror2, but this is insane!
underrated comment
The warthog run music really ties it all together
"...and so it left, hopeful for meaning" heh very cute and happy ending
Imagine you're Mithrix: your brother has been slain by a mysterious lifeform and his ship is nowhere to be found. In a rage, you've killed all that remains of that survivor's kin and exiled yourself to the moon. You lie in wait, sure that this man who dared challenged the gods of this world would return to finish the job. You remain dormant for days, weeks, years, long enough for time to meld together into what you can only describe as torture. Finally, you hear of another ship, sending others, mysterious people, down to your planet. You hold your excitement, testing them with minions of your creation, relics of what creatures your brother had envisioned. But then, after less than an hour of preparation, you see it. A beetle, the most basic of your mindless pawns. At first, you shoo him away, after all, you're expecting a guest. But this beetle simply stares, and you notice something off. That bright blue outline. The glasses on his eyes. This beetle has slain your finest minions, taken from their scraps, and now aims to lay you to waste with them. You scoff, accepting this challenge with the intention of a quick fight. You feel it. That tingling sensation locking your bones as an eruption of flame encases your body. It tears at your flesh, threatening to wipe you out in one rotation. That bastard! The royal capacitor aided by the Band of Kjaro; how did he get his hands of such weaponry!? No matter, you declare, as you retreat to bide your time. No dice. The beetle effortlessly carves his way through what minions you had left, leaving you to fend for yourself. You decide to take a new approach, smashing his drone allies to pieces, but that only leaves you more vulnerable.
In a last-ditch-effort, you take his items away, leaving him nothing but a simple beetle to defend himself as. But again, like a reminder from a power higher than your own, its called down. That damn royal capacitor! At this point, you're too weak to move. That beetle, your former minion, watches with emotionless eyes as you're electrocuted again and again with no mercy. For the first time, you fear for you life, you want to fight for what you still have and maintain your dignity, but it's too late. In your final moments, you see your brother looking down from the sky. You beg for forgiveness, a chance to make things right, but he only turns away in shame. You failed him, like he failed you all those years ago. You understand now. All you can do now is take this monster down with you.
lol get stick bugged
Then the beetle escapes on a ship.
Great read tho!
nice book
This is the best god damn comment I've read in a long god damn time. Good shit bro
lucid
Dude got 2 bungus, fire works and a chronobauble. He really did succeed in the face of insurmountable odds
if only you could have seen the dumb grin on my face when the Halo Warthog run music started playing at that moment
11:33
He's a man with a mission.
A man with a purpose.
Nothing can stop him in his way.
GOOO BEETLE GOOO
Genuinely inspiring story. Best of luck little beetle. We love you.
... And so he left, still looking for his first mother.
4:47 is the most adorable thing I've seen in RoR2, except for pet beetle guard
this is the equivalent of being reincarnated into a weak monster then you learn the mechanics of the world and become op
So I'm a Beetle; So what?
Beetle Isekai
That time I got reincarnated into a beetle
@@yaqbulyakkerbat4190 goat reference
WHY TF DID YOU TURN IT INTO AN ISEKAI
"And so they left, with their legend in tow."
I just wasted HALF of my morning time watching a two part series on a fictional beetle.
Wasted? This was not a waste friend
Zunlite This is just torturing yourself. Don’t know why you would want to play beetle
The beeble has finally done it, overthrown the moon.
“Im just a lil guy” Gameplay. Also for some reason the animation of the beetle digging out of the ground at the start of every level is really appealing to me for some reason.
It's crazy to think that every enemy in the game was made playable (to devs) so that they could work with items like survivors.
Honestly big respect and props and kudos all for you that was badass
Truly a beetle worthy of the title of a King
This run literally goes to show how broken the bands plus a strong equipment item are
3:15 Sees Squid Polyp.
Cuts to having Green Scrap
The halo music during the moons explosion is perfection.
Halo music? There’s no halo music at the end
@@curb4393 Cant tell if this is a bad meme or you are just deaf
Redrar it’s not Halo music though? I never played much Halo but that’s a RoR2 song
@@curb4393 The song that is playing during the moon detonation...
Redrar like I said, barely played halo. Did like 4 missions in the 4th one
11:25 Weapon (aka Cortana): “Chief…I don’t think he’ll make it…”
Master Chief: *”He will.”*
Beetle should become a canon survivor.
In the logbook it can say something like, his pheremone receptors were removed after becoming paralyzed by a group of survivors.
And he became their pet because everything else attacked them, but was left behind because he could be dangerous in space.
Primary, Jerryrigged ATG, or a Jerryrigged crowdfunder.
Fire a missile for 250%damage with targetting like huntress, or fire rocks for 100%.
Chance to misfire, dealing 1/10th damage.
Secondary, headbutt.
Utility, harden shell, gain 200 armour for 10s 20s CD, maybe add some healing andor movespeed
Special, fuse item, active item becomes embedded in shell, becoming weaker, but adding effect to headbutt or harden shell. Buffs on the latter. E.g. milky chrysalis on harden, sawmerang on secondary.
45+15s per previously added item cooldown.
In the words of a beatle, it's been a hard day's night.
Mithrax: aah a worthy opp...
Beetle:...
Mithrax: is that a fucking beetle
Oh wow someone actually beat a run with beetle without the need of some kind of tas that's nuts! Nice
Of course they were able to, equipment items are such a huge part of any normal run they can easily carry anything with the right item, that item being the kjaro bands in this run the only hard part of this victory for them was getting past the first floor, after they had drones and turrets and the royal capicitor it was already way easier and the band printer just made it a 100% finished run
@@scuffedgaming755 well yeah of course equipment/kjaro carried them beyond stage 1. I'm mostly impressed at what they did to begin with. Helps to show turrets and drones aren't useless as I being ignorant thought you'd have to rely on M1 until you got capacitor which would need a tas for obvious reasons
how do you TAS a rogue-like?
@@omnie22 idk. No idea how the game works internally in terms of rng and haven't tried a tas so I wouldn't know. Out of curiosity, do save states count as TAS? I mean it's a tool that assists you I suppose but you aren't automatically generating inputs
@@toasticide816 I suppose the term itself is pretty broad, but to my knowledge when most people refer to TAS they're talking about pre-programming inputs to run at super specific times before you even start playing, in a platformer or something that's obviously much easier because everything is in the same spot every time, vs a rogue-like where your inputs might work perfectly for one attempt, but repeatedly walk you off the stage in another
The little beetle that could.
That item combo was insane!
and so it left hopeful for meaning
Mad respect for using parts of the Marathon ost
Mithrix: "How can this be. . . Bested by. . This thing?"
"You . . INSIGNIFICANT FUCK"
"THIS IS NOT OVER"
Wait wrong game
Thy punishment is death :^)
@@TheFrozenHopes "THY END IS NOW!"
It's okay, Mithrix... I also know the pain of dying to a beetle.
This is actually the first time im seeing this version of commencement. I kinda like it better honestly. The long run to the ship instead of the tp event-esque we've got
..and so he left, with everything but his humanity. Chic chic
Ah, Petrichor V, a deserted paradise, with a population surprisingly diverse, built from the remains of dead planets.
Its protector, long dead, slain by intruders from a far off world, however, the hero left behind an item.
This item, it isn't something he's proud of making, it was constructed long ago, and he intended to destroy it, but... not much he can do now, eh?
Another individual, a little creature, just a peon to a queen, found this item, inside was a sort of virus, one that took over the little beetle's mind, replacing it with a conscious of a god, undeserving of it's new existence
Once he gained his bearings again, and finding his world under the control of his brother, he set off to do the exact thing that happened to himself long ago.
That warthog run-style Commencement takes me back. Music's fitting too, lol
the most stress inducing part of this whole video was trying to get to the ship. Really thought that you were not gonna make it....
Beeble. Look at him go
I'm subscribing just because you used Marathon music for this, you absolute legend.
The candles blow out for you. I am beetle.
Now do it on eclipse 9
...And so it left, head still aching.
well. i watched the whole thing through this morning... and it didn't sink in until an hour ago, so i came back and subbed because that's probably the coolest thing i've seen someone do in risk of rain period. exclamation point!
... And so it left, having slain its creator with its own hands...
Local beetle takes it up to upper managment
Deserves more attention
Damnit mythrix. You put too much soul in this one
Amazing character development, incredible sequel.
the sequel everyone needed
Warthog run was absolutely the best music choice
what a legend
beeble go zap
And so, his journey over, and his planet saved. He went back to protect from any future dangers.
i watched this a while back and i'm just so happy it's in my recommended again it's such a beautiful video with great music choice btw
absolute madlad
Still waiting for a beetle themed survivor...
Something like this.
An unusual offspring of the beetle queen is born with a deformed body and high intelligence. It resists it's colony and flees into the wilderness where it finds human survivors. It eventually befriends them and joins them in the journey to escape the planet.
Its so awesome you can play basically as any monster with little modding
Imagine how powerful this beetle could become with Artifact of Command
oh god
God damn this deserves more exposure than it has. Great job
It no longer serves the queen.
The queen serves *it* now.
The halo music at the end, just perfection
Look at he go, doing his best
I suppose the bugs and worms were worth protecting after all.
Damn that Halo music is lit, even on a beetle runnin
The Little Beetle That Could
this is a goddamn cinematic masterpiece
Weak creature people look down upon but than gets the resolve to become incredibly strong and slays god, what’s the next arc gonna be
the amount of effort put on this... amazing...
This is an excercise of patience
..and so it left, a fledgling queen heading beyond the stars.
The humblest enemy; the beetle; was sent to Fight God. And it came back with his head.
The halo music at the end was a nice touch lol
The Halo music made it so much more dramatic
Commando: Captain, we've secured the survivor.. but... you might want to see this for yourself.
Captain: Oh Jesus Christ... what could-
Beetle: *stares at them with cold, understanding eyes*
Captain: How in Gods name-?
Commando: I watched the surveillance footage from the ship... this thing killed some entity then fled onto the ship.
Beetle: *still staring at them*
Captain: We're keeping 'em.
Why are you doing this to yourself
Why question a king bearing gifts to his people
For revengeance
Doing this to himself? You fool, he is merely growing stronger
I like the implication that the teleported just teleports you underground into solid rock and you need to dig out every time
“now do it on monsoon”
The music and video brightened my day even two years later.
@Ruludos That officially makes you a legend now.
two years? god i'm old ;~;
most underrated melee survivor
LMAO so funny how lil hops sync with music at the beginning :D
I think you can proudly say that you're the only beetle to make it off of that planet
This beetle shall survive the void easily.
"And he escaped, seeing forward to forget it's past"
Im new to the game but I have to say, the great escape was hella emotionally investing. I imagine the lil dude srcreaming its lungs off as its hopping to escape.
nutty bands
She really made it. Colour me impressed!