Hollow Knight: Pale Court - Teaser Trailer (Fan-Made Expansion) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-21 | Hollow Knight: Pale Court - Teaser Trailer (Fan-Made Expansion)
Onikura - Demo Bosses (No Damage) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-21 | Defeating the three available bosses without taking damage in the demo of Onikura, an upcoming 2D boss rush built with a good bit of parry-focused combat.Looks pretty promising so far. You can use the souls to get talismans that provide upgrades by choosing between two possibilities per boss (such as the fire boss gives a longer dash or +1 HP).0:00 Hokai1:31 Wanyudo2:58 SuzumeOnikura can be wishlisted and the demo played at store.steampowered.com/app/3008640/OnikuraMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Yuppie Psycho - Ways to Die & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-20 | A compilation of ways Brian Pasternack can meet a terrible end during his first day on the job of witch hunting. With a job offer you can't refuse (unless you do) you get to explore a cursed company building filled with monstrosities and office politics.This game's really well-done and improves upon the gameplay of The Count Lucanor noticeably. Brian collapses in a pool of blood for most deaths like with their previous game except for a few exceptions and because of how dark most places are (and Brian's flashlight switches off when he dies) this leads to having to set down glowsticks if you want to see that occur (which I don't always do as I either didn't have them yet or because of the generic animation). Some critters like the camera boss are identical to the normal mooks or the moving land mines being identical to stationary ones.Additionally, the finale events play out similarly for the new route so I only included new scenes for subsequent endings. For the original route if you didn't speak to Hugo on the 10th floor then not stealing the Athame dagger will have him give his spiel like with the Fired ending, so I started that from where things change with the endings.0:00 Disturbing the Furniture0:17 Slow Walking to the Afterlife0:40 Having a Blast0:59 Super-Sized Spider1:14 Going Green1:38 Anger Management1:49 Anger Management Too2:06 Within Spitting Distance2:23 Biting Off More Than You Can Chew2:34 Grave of the Fireflies2:41 Death Caught in 4K2:54 Sick of Living3:12 Acid Trip3:25 Printer Problems3:33 To Serve Man3:54 Party Til You Drop Dead4:08 Getting the Point4:20 Keeping Your Hands to Yourself4:33 At the End of Your Rope4:47 All Charged and Ready to Die4:54 Killer Performance Art5:03 Super Drowning Skills5:19 Well Presented Points5:26 Returning Your Dagger5:37 Didn't Make the Cut for Hide and Seek5:43 I'm Better Off At Home Ending7:15 Fired Ending13:09 Stay With Me Ending26:50 Super Hugo Post-Credits Scene28:36 Back Home Ending33:36 Cleaning Boy Post-Credits Scene34:38 Goodbye Ending43:12 The Secret of My Success Ending47:42 The Boss of It All EndingYuppie Psycho can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/597760/Yuppie_Psycho_Executive_EditionMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Starting Out in Neva! CrankyTemplar 2024-10-20 | Neva is a beautifully looking game by the folks that made Gris (which I still need to play some day) and I've been interested in trying it out. I think this will be possible to finish in one stream since it looks like a puzzle platformer with combat and they are usually only a few hours long.Neva can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2420660/NevaMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
AOKAKI Demo - Upcoming Combat Platformer (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-19 | A demo playthrough of Aokaki, a platformer kind of in the style of Ninja Gaiden where you're a bug ronin fighting evil. It looks like an early demo as sections don't have music but the gameplay looks pretty good. Controls do feel a bit finicky for wall jumping (it seems like there's a delay with registering so it feels a bit sluggish) which gave me some issues but otherwise it's fun so far. AOKAKI can be wishlisted and the demo played at store.steampowered.com/app/2925520/AOKAKIMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Playing Through Killing Time Resurrected! CrankyTemplar 2024-10-19 | One fellow has been recommending this game for a while and when I saw a remaster was being released I figured this is a good time to finally get around to trying it. It's a first person shooter from the 90s (with the game taking place in the 30s) dealing with finding some Egyptian relics while everything goes to hell.Admittedly this isn't a genre I get into easily but I'm eager to see what it's like and try out a game someone greatly enjoys.Killing Time Resurrected can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1733170/Killing_Time_ResurrectedMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
All Ways to Die in Misao (2024 Remaster / Definitive Edition / Original Game) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-18 | A compilation of every way both protagonists in Misao can meet a terrible end walking about their super cursed school. This covers the 2024 remaster, definitive edition, and the original game.It should be noted that I played v3.03 for the original game but from my understanding earlier versions only had the female protagonist and the death for the paper saying "You're Dead" had a zombie similar to the evil spirit in the hallway. So while this should be every death there is an alternate version of one death I wasn't able to record.Curiously the deaths in the truth segment seem to not be present in the definitive edition but are there in the 2024 version. 0:00 Male Protagonist 2024 Remaster Deaths17:46 Female Protagonist 2024 Remaster Deaths35:29 Male Protagonist Definitive Edition Deaths51:42 Female Protagonist Definitive Edition Deaths1:07:59 Male Protagonist Original Game Deaths1:19:15 Female Protagonist Original Game DeathsMisao can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/691450/Misao__2024_HD_RemasterYou can download the original game (v3.03) at vgperson.com/games/misao.htm My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Tenebris Somnia Demo - Upcoming Survival Horror Game (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-17 | A playthrough of the demo of Tenebris Somnia, an upcoming survival horror that blends live action cutscenes where you play as a young woman exploring her ex-boyfriend's apartment to look into their disappearance. Unfortunately eldritch abominations are the new tenants down the hall and they are the absolute worst neighbors by abducting him to borrow a pound of flesh for their cake recipe.I played an earlier demo and had been interested in seeing more. It's what you'd expect of survival horror with finding the right item combinations to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles along with fighting various monsters. The live action cutscenes also look nice. My only complaints are that at the moment finding where to click to use doors or interact with items can sometimes be finicky and that combat control can be a bit stiff (the tongue enemies usually get knocked back unless fighting them against a wall which requires adjusting after each hit).Otherwise this game looks very promising.0:00 Intro5:48 Entering the Sealed Room7:07 Monster Cutscene & Combat8:36 Elevator Cutscene15:36 Room Cutscene21:05 Candle Monster Cutscene21:29 DeathTenebris Somnia can be wishlisted and the demo played at store.steampowered.com/app/2121510/Tenebris_SomniaMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Fox N Forests - All Bosses (No Damage) & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-10-16 | Defeating the five bosses in Fox n Forests without taking damage and its ending. You play as a fox that gets conned into doing a bird's dirty work to collect some magic bark for a magic tree. It's basically Seasons After Fall as an alright SNES style game.The bosses themselves aren't particularly challenging but on hard difficulty most enemies in levels do hit pretty hard. Gold is pretty plentiful which is a good thing since you pay to use the checkpoints. It also lets you buy upgrades and potions (curiously healing potions aren't sold, just various forms of a magic effect to hurt enemies). There's also a bunch of secrets each level to find such as magic seeds which are needed to open new worlds. Each world has two levels, a boss fight, and then a short bonus level if you found all the magic seeds for that world which just lets you collect some more gold.It's one of those kind of games that you pick up in a sale and enjoy.0:00 Furious Frog1:46 Wild Wasp4:21 Spiteful Spider7:28 Hysterical Hyena9:07 Withering Witch13:45 Ending14:22 Post-Game Reward for All Magic SeedsFox N Forests can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/603400/FOX_n_FORESTSMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Fragile - Ways to Die & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-15 | A compilation of ways you can die in Fragile and both endings. You can play as an abducted girl that tries to escape while seeing a bunch of horrific activities their captors engage in.This is a pretty dark game that does its story and message quite well. Unfortunately, the game has a number of flaws in its gameplay as it can be a bit laggy and have long loading screens. You can't skip cutscenes and your ability to start from specific chapters is lost when you finish the game, so if you want to see both endings you have to replay it entirely. As well, some achievements are weird ones like die ten times to certain things (like with both impalement deaths) that seem to have to be ten times in a single playthrough. So while there's some good points towards the game there's definitely some frustration in trying to play it.0:00 Guard0:20 Too Many Attempts to Grab the Key0:34 Miner0:46 Dog1:05 Losing the First Game1:26 Losing the Second Game1:40 Surgeons1:56 Butcher2:11 Butcher 2 (Not an actual death but similar enough to include)2:21 Headless2:43 Climbing Monster2:54 Wind3:05 Bad Ending5:58 Good EndingFragile can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1184210/FragileMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Shinkansen 0 - All Anomalies & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-14 | A compilation of the anomalies for Shinkansen 0 and its two endings. You're on a looping train with a bunch of anomalies that probably don't have a ticket to ride and you've got to reach the end to find a way off.Definitely meant to get to this one sooner and it's a well-done anomaly game. It's also has more story elements than most of the games in this genre.Because there's a different set of anomalies for the blue and green cars I organized this to show the deaths first, then anomalies for each car, and finally the endings. One anomaly in the blue car only occurs if the supporter content is checked (it doesn't appear to be needed for the achievement to encounter all blue car anomalies). The ghost in the green car kills you if you make three mistakes and is really tough to see so I turned up brightness to max for when it appears.0:00 Green Eyed Stalker Invades Your Personal Bubble0:16 Showing You the Door0:27 Aggressive Sales Pitch0:35 Red = Dead0:53 End of the Line1:20 Pancake1:43 That Sinking Feeling2:18 Sleeping with the Fishes3:09 Ghost Hunting (You)3:39 Final Chase (For You)3:53 Taking Out the Trash4:08 Take a Seat to the Next Level4:23 He's So Over It4:47 Photographic Galatea5:01 Hiding Under the Seats5:17 No Rest for the Wicked5:32 Nice Kitty5:48 Helping Hands5:59 Leaving a Lasting Impression6:13 Eyes on the Prize6:25 The Still Not-So-Scary Ajar Door6:32 Deathly Signs6:43 Just Trust Me Bro6:57 Miscounting7:12 Slowly Shuttering Shutters7:37 Seat Shenanigans7:50 Reclining Seats8:01 Lights Out8:17 Tunnel8:27 Taking a Leak8:55 Minimalist Compartment9:18 Mirror Version9:33 Eyes to the Right9:47 Eyes on the Door9:56 Invisible Stalker10:13 Littering the Train with Supporter Content10:47 Quick Customer Service10:57 The Kind-Of-Scary Chasing Door11:11 Green Eyed Stalker11:29 Ticket to Ride12:13 Child's Play12:48 Quicksand Floor13:08 Tight Squeeze13:29 Attendant Takes a Smoke Break13:38 Attendant Really Looking Out for You13:55 Eye Spy an Anomaly14:14 Radically Repugnant Reflection14:26 Shinkansen 0 Livestreaming14:36 Happiness was the True Anomaly14:53 Two Heads are Better Than One for Spotting Anomalies15:03 Peek-a-Boo15:17 Peek-a-Boo Too15:39 What a Twist15:54 Getting Back to Nature16:28 Smoking Section16:43 Really Planting His Feet16:55 Can See Right Through Him17:08 They Could Use a Hand17:19 Got a Handle on the Situation17:33 The Cake Was a Lie17:41 Should Probably Ask for a Cheeseburger18:06 Train Self-Reports18:33 Ending 122:06 Ending 2Shinkansen 0 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2793370/Chillas_Art_Shinkansen_0___0My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Shadow Trick - Playthrough & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-10-14 | A playthrough of Shadow Trick and its ending. The moon gets blasted and you're out to find fragments to duct tape back onto the moon.This is a short, casual platformer with the gimmick being you swap between your shadow and yourself to overcome obstacles. This has some good points for it with the gameplay and aesthetic but the short length and easy difficulty make this a more average game that you'll blow through in about an hour.All the moon fragments are required to get the brief ending (if you don't have them all after finishing the final level you'll get a message to collect them all to see the ending). You do have to beat each boss without taking damage in order to get a moon fragment.All in all, the $5 price tag for a short platformer makes it difficult to recommend.You can purchase Shadow Trick at store.steampowered.com/app/3010480/Shadow_Trick My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
The Count Lucanor - Ways to Die & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-12 | A compilation of the ways Hans can meet a terrible end while exploring Tenebre Castle and the five endings. Having recently reached adulthood at the age of ten Hans sets out to find their fortune and ends up treasuring hunting in a trap-filled castle to learn a kobold's name and make some cold hard coin.Another backlog game I've been meaning to play (and I see they also made Yuppie Psycho which I intend to get to at some point). There's no special animations for dying but the design for enemies is really good. Because the three endings involving leaving the castle have a lot of overlap I opted to show the walk home for the Poor but Happy ending, then show finding the fortune for the Wealth Without Answers ending, and other than briefly showing what's needed for A Prosperous Future ending started from arriving home. I did try to use up food/candles to see if I could get some variant dialogue.I'm not sure why but this game caused a few issues with recording and seems to have some stuttering on the ending cutscenes. My apologies for that.0:00 Red Camerlengo0:10 Castle Servants0:21 Goat0:38 Spikes0:47 More Spikes0:57 Fire1:10 Cave Beast1:19 Mimic1:28 Worm (it causes scratch damage when obtained)1:37 Cake2:44 Lucrezia3:54 Getting the Kobold's Name Wrong4:59 Finale7:29 Ending - The Kobold's Trick8:34 Revealing the Truth10:27 Ending - The Pact with the Kobold12:11 Leaving the Castle and the Walk Home17:10 Ending - Poor But Happy19:53 Finding the Treasure24:04 Ending - Wealth Without Answers26:36 Ending - A Prosperous FutureThe Count Lucanor can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/440880/The_Count_LucanorMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Lamentum - Ways to Die & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-11 | A compilation of ways Victor can meet a terrible end in Grau Hill Manor along with the game's four endings. When your wife catches a common cold and doctors can't treat it you'd do anything to save her up to and including going to alternative medicine practitioners down the road in a different reality.This has got some very lovely pixel art and overall a good survival horror type game. Combat could use more polishing as it's mostly melee swing and backstep over and over until critters die (and use guns on bosses). I also wish more unique death animations were in the game as the few that exist are well done. I only included a few examples of the generic death but I'm pretty sure all other enemies gives the generic collapsing death animation (unless I overlooked one I let myself die to each creature).Ending C is just leave the manor when the option becomes available. Ending B is going to the church and completing the ritual. Ending A is basically the same, only you need to kill the boss after you open the way to the altar and you need to have made certain choices (mostly ones that are more positive towards Mary). Ending S requires finding all the special coins and teeth to get the gear pieces to descend the elevator in the basement (and some of them are very missable). All four can be done in one run (definitely recommend a guide to not miss the coins or teeth).0:00 Pit0:10 Statue 0:20 Spikes0:31 Fork Monster0:43 Meat Monster0:51 Giant Slug1:01 Spider Boss1:09 Final Boss1:19 Dart Trap (Generic)1:26 Statues (Generic)1:36 Violinist Boss (Generic)1:47 Ghoul (Generic)1:54 Ending C - Cowardice2:38 Finale at the Church4:33 Ending B - Ritual5:52 Ending A - Redemption8:17 Ending S - SacrificeLamentum can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1033950/LamentumMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Nobodys Home - Ways to Die & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-10 | The two deaths and five endings to Nobody's Home, a short game where you wake up on a bed after a party to find nobody's home and you need to find a way out. Also starring party zombies that really know how to knock 'em dead.It's a rather curious little game that's been on my backlog for ages. If anything it's really made me never want to remove my shoes at a party with how much broken glass you have to walk over. Most endings can be done in one run but the trembling essence requires all four cigarette butts so you can't save and have to do it separately.0:00 Stepping on Glass0:06 Losing a Fight0:20 Home Video1:39 Consumed Ending2:25 Nicotine Ending3:43 Throne Ending5:34 Leave Ending6:04 Phone Call Ending (one set of choices)7:33 Phone Call Ending (the other choices)You can purchase Nobody's Home at store.steampowered.com/app/2531970/Nobodys_HomeMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
The Supper: New Blood Demo Playthrough (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-09 | Playing through the demo for The Supper: New Blood, an upcoming point-and-click adventure game where you're a hotel manager who goes a little Psycho and decides to murder guests that you feel deserve to die. Also cook them because your great-grandmother did that and she taught you not to waste food.The Supper was a short point-and-click game where you murdered some guests out of revenge and this looks more like a dark comedy sort of follow-up. I've enjoyed Octavi Navarro's games and pixel art so hopefully this one also ends up being fun.0:00 Intro1:33 Rude Guest4:03 New Plans7:21 Gameplay14:51 Another Guest17:53 Picking Rhett18:32 Trailer20:03 Picking MirandaYou can wishlist The Supper: New Blood and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/3032010/The_Supper_New_BloodMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Viviette - Ways to Die and Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-08 | A compilation of the ways Jules and his friends and sister can die along with all three endings to Viviette. When you go ghost hunting in an abandoned manor and your sister gets possessed you'll have to solve a number of puzzles to put the ghost to rest.Really fun little horror game that I feel they must have intended more deaths with some of the smaller spooky events implemented. However, keeping away from your possessed sister is pretty easy as when she enters a room you can leave by the same door before she becomes active in the room. Her aggro range is pretty small and she gives up the chase somewhat quick (and she will never pursue you outside). Even if she does catch up, you can still button mash to avoid death. She can presumably attack while you're trying to work on puzzles and has a tendency to enter the room you're in at the worst time so she can be a bit annoying.The three endings are based on whether you have your sister die (it won't matter if your friends die or not), your sister lives but any of your friends died, or if everyone made it out alive. Saving your sister requires moving a cart full of hay before the final confrontation in the attic and not killing your friends requires not sawing the big log, not cutting off the head of the mannequin wearing a hat, and not collapsing the floor near the barrel. After playing I realize all three endings can be easily done on one playthrough if you get the emblem key but don't interact with the hay cart until you're ready to go to the attic at which point you let Felice to die for the very bad ending. Then reload and move it so she lives and finish the game for the good ending. Finally reload after saving Felice and murder your friends for the bad ending.0:00 Falling0:43 Stabbed1:31 Letting Your Sister Die2:22 Very Bad Ending5:36 Killing Your Friends6:18 Bad Ending9:33 Good EndingViviette can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/883070/VivietteMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Mandragora Demo - All Bosses (No Damage) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-07 | Fighting through the demo bosses in Mandragora without taking damage. Something about hunting a witch and the usual getting sidetracked with other people's problems.The visuals are good and seeing some of the boss designs on Twitter is originally what got me checking this out. You run out of stamina pretty fast which still lets you perform actions but significantly slower. It's also a bit weird the game gives you a fire spell that you can't use at all. They also re-use the same Corrupted Vermin fight shortly after beating the first one. So I'm a bit more on the fence with this one but I hope the end result is good.0:00 Corrupted Vermin0:55 Corrupted Vermin (again)1:57 Bandit Captain2:45 Wraith3:41 CaretakerYou can wishlist Mandragora and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/1721060/MandragoraMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Ways to Die in Misao 2024 Remaster CrankyTemplar 2024-10-07 | A compilation of the various ways Aki can meet a terrible end while exploring their cursed school in the 2024 Remaster of Misao. Everyone either sucks or wants to kill you, so it's basically like normal high school.I never played Misao before but knew of it so trying out this version was a good way to jump in. It's always fun to see what deaths there are in this kind of game and it certainly didn't disappoint.I put them in order of the dropout list on the 1F that tracks your deaths and what the deaths are listed as. I've included variant methods of getting that death as well. You can choose between male and female protagonists but I'm not sure if there's any real difference between the two.0:00 Thorned Rose0:27 Spirits' Temptation 10:37 Spirits' Temptation 20:56 Cursed Desk1:16 Bogus Door1:31 The Library Killer2:26 Pancake2:40 Lazy-Eyed Ranger3:09 Blood Wall3:22 Locker 13:28 Locker 23:37 Hanako of the Toilet4:15 Lunchtime5:05 Anatomical Model5:28 Measuring Up5:39 Engulfing Darkness5:50 Hall of Death (Heading to the Gym)6:08 Hall of Death (Returning from the Gym)6:23 Sharp Glass6:34 Broken Fire Door (Examining Paper)6:47 Broken Fire Door (Covered in Blood)6:55 Kurata's Attack (Locker)7:18 Kurata's Attack (Infirmary)7:34 Trip Laser7:43 High Security8:15 Call of the Reaper8:25 Test-Tube Spirit8:34 Mystery Drink8:56 Shelves' Shadow9:37 Long Way Down9:50 Mimicry10:24 Test Subject10:52 Cardboard Box11:16 Left Exposed11:44 Mandrake Bomb (Cafeteria)12:05 Mandrake Bomb (Underground)12:39 Play It Again13:03 Stop the Music13:28 Awakened Doll13:59 Kudoh in Crisis15:02 Deadly Canvas15:16 Busted15:32 To the Bone15:44 Preyed Upon15:58 Slipped16:14 Tombstone16:28 Bad Ending DeathYou can purchase Misao at store.steampowered.com/app/691450/Misao__2024_HD_RemasterMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Another Crabs Treasure Prototype Demo CrankyTemplar 2024-10-06 | Aggro Crab released their original demo for Another Crab's Treasure for hitting 100k subscribers so it was neat to see what things originally looked like. There's a few enemies and Pagurus as a boss fight.Pagurus' double swing is kind of wonky for connecting with parries.0:00 Intro1:22 Pagurus Fight1:58 Demo End2:21 DeathYou can download and play this demo at aggrocrab.itch.io/another-crabs-treasure-prototypeMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Super Roboy Demo - Upcoming Metroidvania (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-06 | A playthrough for the demo of Super Roboy, an upcoming Metroidvania where you're playing as a robot kid in a post-apocalyptic world on the hunt for upgrades and your memories. It looks like it has a pretty good foundation so far. You can wishlist Super Roboy and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/1756020/Super_RoboyYou can support its Kickstarter at kickstarter.com/projects/vincentpenning/super-roboyMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Declines Drops Demo - Upcoming Platforming Brawler (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-06 | A quick playthrough of the demo for Decline's Drops, where your character Globule has their garden ruined so it's time to return the favor. They might be a silent protagonist but your fists are fluent in the language of violence.Looks like a cute little game with a good bit of secrets to find in levels. One small annoyance I had was getting stuck in combos and being unable to dodge on the boss fight which took some time to adjust to. Decline's Drops releases on October 10th.0:00 Tutorial0:45 Level 14:58 Level 210:52 Boss Intro11:54 Boss Fight14:23 TrailerDecline's Drops can be wishlisted and the demo played at store.steampowered.com/app/1500180/Declines_DropsMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Continuing with Abiotic Factor as the Weakest Scientist Ever on Apocalyptic Difficulty CrankyTemplar 2024-10-06 | Pushing through with Abiotic Factor on Apocalyptic difficulty and all negative perks. Last time I stopped in the labs shortly after acquiring the tier 3 keypad hacker and cleaning out the adjustment wing. Now I have to explore the Furniture Store portal world and its many zombies along with farming Leyak essence to clear the remainder of the labs to make it to the Security Sector (and hopefully Hydroplant).No deaths so far but it's been a super close call in the labs. Abiotic Factor can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_FactorMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Im on Observation Duty 7 Demo - Jumpscares and Deaths CrankyTemplar 2024-10-05 | A compilation of ways to lose in I'm on Observation Duty 7 demo, a rather fun spot the difference sort of game where you report changes in scenes before four anomalies become active. Additionally, there are intruders (or other anomalies) that may be able to kill you if ignored for too long. For just one map this is already looking pretty solid.0:00 Entryway Intruder0:22 Kitchen Intruder0:43 Yard Intruder1:27 Entryway RiftYou can wishlist I'm on Observation Duty 7 and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/2462520/Im_on_Observation_Duty_7My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Im on Observation Duty 7 - Demo Playthrough CrankyTemplar 2024-10-05 | I'm on Observation Duty 7 recently got a demo released so I opted to give it a try. There's only one map but so far it's looking good if you enjoy these sorts of games. Here's a successful playthrough without any mistakes. Unfortunately I don't get any dangerous intruders.You can wishlist I'm on Observation Duty 7 and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/2462520/Im_on_Observation_Duty_7My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Voidwrought - Demo Bosses (No Damage) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-04 | I was reached out to about trying a newer private demo for Voidwrought that looks to be closer to what the game will be when it releases on the 24th so I tried out the first two bosses and one fragile mini-boss.So far it looks like this will be a good Metroidvania. A dash ability does appear to be intended but not gained this early and it doesn't look like there's parrying. You can pogo to get to places like in Hollow Knight. It does feel a good bit more fast-paced with movement that takes some getting used to.0:00 The Council1:42 Golem2:01 The Eternal MachineYou can wishlist Voidwrought and play the earlier demo at store.steampowered.com/app/2014550/VoidwroughtMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Endoparasitic 2 - Full Playthrough & Ending (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-10-04 | Playing through Endoparasitic 2 from start to finish, where your character only has one arm to drag themselves around and a parasite is slowly killing them while you explore an infested ship. I'd say break a leg but that's already happened.This is a second playthrough as I saw there was an update to add more ammo and I was curious to see the differences (plus I wanted to see how much smoother a second play would be). I had a few issues with ammo in my original play (nothing where I was out of ammo but a few times I was running low on bullets) but this time around I had so many resources that I started ignoring them in the later levels unless I needed something right away. I also felt less need to evade or trap as many monsters as I did in my first play.Definitely still sloppy play as I died a few times overall and usually the ambushes would get me from not acting fast enough. I'm also pretty bad at logic puzzles. Plus I forgot to pick up the biomass on Floor 23 to bring to Karis so I added the scene where you return all three at the end of the video.0:00 Intro1:20 Floor 13:18 Floor 210:53 Floor 317:54 Floor 426:43 Floor 534:39 Floor 638:36 Floor 749:44 Floor 81:00:23 Floor 91:12:49 Floor 101:22:22 Floor 111:29:03 Floor 121:35:45 Floor 131:44:02 Floor 141:56:14 Floor 152:05:36 Floor 162:15:22 Floor 172:20:35 Floor 182:28:38 Floor 192:41:40 Floor 202:58:43 Floor 213:07:40 Floor 223:14:16 Floor 233:33:02 Floor 243:35:56 Floor 253:50:31 Floor 264:00:03 Floor 274:04:23 Floor 284:14:48 Floor 294:31:00 Floor 304:31:45 Final Boss4:34:59 Ending & Credits4:35:54 Bring All Biomass to KarisEndoparasitic 2 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2990640/Endoparasitic_2My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Rot in Paradise - Playthrough & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-04 | Playing through Rot in Paradise by RachelDrawsThis (who also made games like Elevator Hitch and Dead Plate), a short horror game made for a game jam where some friends go on vacation before everything goes to hell with the important lesson of whether your friends are doing drugs like hard water or under the spell of a vengeful sea goddess you shouldn't let them pull you drown.You can download Rot in Paradise at racheldrawsthis.itch.io/rot-in-paradiseMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Endoparasitic 2 - Final Boss & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-10-03 | Defeating the final boss and the brief ending for Endoparasitic 2, where your character only has one arm to drag themselves around and a parasite is slowly killing them while you explore an infested ship. Give this man a hand for how skillfully they move around as they sorely need one.I never played the first game but saw clips of it so when I saw a sequel released I really wanted to give it a try. It takes some getting used to for the controls but it's quite well done for creepy exploration vibes and having to save bullets (although part of my ammo issue was probably from making more nitrate injectors than needed when I had tons of needles lying on the floor that make Cynte look like a junkie instead of using the nitroglycerin for more pistol ammo).While the Steam page lists boss fights, this is the only actual boss fight I encountered.Endoparasitic 2 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2990640/Endoparasitic_2My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Overbold (UFO 50) - Playthrough and Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-10-01 | Completing Overbold in UFO 50 with both endings (though to be fair the difference is one line of text). After escaping Velgress your character Alpha decides to go gamble by fighting in an arena for the cash to buy a new spaceship.Like Velgress, this is a bit of a rage game with how quickly things can go wrong as while you have a health bar without upgrades almost everything will kill you in one hit. On top of that, cherry completion requires $4500 or more at the end so you need to have $1300 or more going into the final fight to ensure you reach that amount. This means adding a lot more extra mobs to earn enough prize money per wave to get enough upgrades and then stockpile cash. The upgrade that lures enemies to your bombs is hands down the most useful one and once you have a decent amount of bombs you should be able to get $400-700 per wave without too much trouble.It's very satisfying to finish though especially since the first time I played this I got killed a lot. 0:00 Intro0:32 Playthrough8:26 Good Ending10:10 Normal EndingUFO 50 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged - Ways to Die & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-10-01 | A compilation of ways George Stobbart can meet a terrible end while getting caught up in a mystery after a cafe explosion involving assassins and the knights templar. Also the explosive ending to the game.I never got the opportunity to play this when it first came out so the remaster seemed a good time to try it out. While there are some things that seem like it'll result in a game over (i.e. entering a house where the groundskeeper threatens to call the police but never makes good on the threat or drinking excessive amounts of alcohol) there are less deaths than expected. With the segment on the train with Eklund you can also die by clicking on the fire axe or taking too long but it's otherwise the same as the two shown (just no unique dialogue).I did find the attempted citizen's arrest to be hilarious. It's also surprising that it's there since George will give reasons for not attempting other suicidal actions.0:00 Hotel1:04 Museum2:09 Citizen's Arrest3:00 Syria6:31 Well7:12 Train Roof7:21 Train8:11 Church9:02 Finale and Ending18:05 Post-Credit ScenesBroken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2544110/Broken_Sword__Shadow_of_the_Templars_ReforgedMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Velgress (UFO 50) - Playthrough & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-30 | Completing Velgress in UFO 50 with a full playthrough and both endings. Your character gets thrown into a pit with collapsing blocks and spikes rolling up after you as you ascend with most runs ending poorly when you get knocked into the spikes or fail to leave yourself somewhere to jump.This game is fun but a bit of a rage game as a good run can go south very quickly and dying sends you all the way back to the beginning. Each run is fast though so you get used to a lot of dumb mistakes. You also need to be cautious not to ascend too quickly or blocks you intended to land on might end up destroyed. It can be very RNG on how many coins you can safely collect but buying upgrades are super worth it (especially lightfoot and triple jump to have many more options).You get the full ending by collecting a key on each of the three levels (otherwise you get the normal ending). The bird only stays up for a short while so you have to be somewhat quick.0:00 Intro0:33 Level 12:08 Level 23:43 Level 34:48 Level 46:09 Good Ending & Credits7:15 Normal EndingUFO 50 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Camouflage (UFO 50) - Playthrough & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-09-29 | Completing Camouflage in UFO 50 with all collectibles obtained and its ending. A fun little puzzle game where you're a lizard trying to make it safely to a hole and avoid a number of predators. Your ability to camouflage allows you to blend in with a particular colored tile and swapping between colors helps you stay undetected.It took about an hour and a half to finish and it's pretty friendly for mistakes as you can undo to shortly before messing up instead of having to start the entire level over.0:00 Intro0:33 Level 11:09 Level 22:20 Level 33:22 Level 44:50 Level 55:53 Level 66:45 Level 78:18 Level 89:42 Level 910:33 Level 1012:12 Level 1113:35 Level 1214:29 Level 1315:41 Level 1417:55 Level 1518:13 EndingUFO 50 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Can I Complete Abiotic Factor on Apocalyptic Difficulty with All Negative Perks? CrankyTemplar 2024-09-29 | Abiotic Factor got an update to add an apocalyptic difficulty mode and I've considered trying a challenge run with all negative perks so this seems like a good time to try both at once and seeing how painful it is. The current patch of early access has five sectors available (Office Sector, Manufacturing West, Labs, Security Sector, and the Hydroplant) so I'll try and see if I can reach the beginning of the reactors which serves as the current end. This will almost certainly take more than one stream since my best solo run finished labs in 6.5 hours before the Crush Depth patch.Negative perks include reduced XP gain (and combat skills can only be trained to basic levels), slower healing and increased chance to bleed, higher sleep/hunger/thirst needs, reduced health and stamina, and worst of all increased toilet use.Bear with me as even though I know the game a decent amount this will likely be slow and painful to clear.Abiotic Factor can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_FactorMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Floor 9 - All Anomalies CrankyTemplar 2024-09-28 | A compilation of anomalies for Floor 9, where you try to figure out if there's an anomaly on your floor or not and use the elevator to descend.This one didn't grab me all that much. Only the bloody maid is a danger and that requires getting off the elevator which you have no reason to do (she won't enter the elevator and the button to report is right there). This game also doesn't prioritize unseen anomalies so you can potentially see the same anomaly repeat while seeing all the anomalies will likely come down to finally getting a rarely spawning one to show up.I was sent a free key to give this one a try.0:00 Bloody Maid0:11 Killed by Maid0:24 Random Girl (she just stands there)0:40 Ghost Banging on Window0:56 Coffin1:09 Shadowy Figure on Stairs1:20 Die Sign1:29 Blood Pooling Under Door 15 (slowly expands)1:44 Hangman Game on the Wall by Door 151:56 Wide Vase2:10 Eyeball in Vase2:18 Table Pushed from Wall (slowly pushes away from the wall)2:26 Painting Stretches2:48 Eyes Opened in Painting2:58 Hand on Plate3:08 Door Knobs Missing3:18 All Doors Labelled 133:28 Elevator Emergency Sign Changed3:36 Tiny Arrows Above Elevator (slowly shrinks)3:44 Baby Doll Above Elevator3:52 Cart Wheels Missing4:02 Book in Cart4:10 Door 16 Stays Open4:25 Door 18 is Open and is Slammed Shut When Approached4:34 Fire Hose Case Marked On4:46 Fire Extinguisher Mount Missing4:59 Rug Corner Pulled Up & Crucifix on the Ground5:11 Do Not Disturb Sign Reversed5:21 Lights On in Painting5:31 Pentagram on Door 175:41 Knocking on Door 17Floor 9 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/3106510/Floor_9My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Escaping the Tower with Our Best Turtle Bro Hubert in Lucky Tower Ultimate CrankyTemplar 2024-09-28 | Another escape and this time with Hubert surviving to return to his parents. Plus I escape by getting let out of the tower by Evelius (although I did kill a guy during one of his "don't kill anyone" tasks so must have got off on a technicality). On top of that I buy a "palace" but after seeing the size of my house upgrade this is an absolute scam.Not sure I'll upload another run unless I have something particularly noteworthy occur in terms of progression but so far I'm enjoying myself (not sure how RNG some of the achievements are).0:00 Once More From the Top1:35 Turtle Power8:11 A Shortcut Down the Tower9:31 Third Area12:33 Freedom for Free15:45 Buying a "Palace"Lucky Tower Ultimate can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1700270/Lucky_Tower_UltimateMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Valbrace (UFO 50) - Playthrough & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-27 | Completing Valbrace in UFO 50, a dungeon crawler RPG with some action combat where you play a knight that gets sent into the dungeon after being robbed and having to descend six floors to defeat the abyss lord. There's two endings depending on whether you fight the boss with the red star sword or not (with cherry completion needing the sword).My run encountered a curious bug where my red star sword apparently disappeared from my inventory (maybe I dropped or gave it away at some point without noticing) but for some reason defeating the abyss lord normally still gave me the good ending. Because of this I included how the fight would normally be with the sword.Weirdly enough the rapier is an incredibly good sword compared to other weapons as the speed and damage is good but it uses far less stamina. This allows you to get by with lower constitution for a good while. Magic is a bit odd as low-level spells are really good but the high end spells tend to not really be worth the investment to cast.I extinguish torches (which probably only needs to be done on floor 2) as doing so allows you to get the phantom shield from the knight boss. The dragon shield is extremely good already (and can easily last the full game) but the phantom shield also gives a small amount of mana back when blocking.I played through (and died) many times to learn stuff so I don't look for carvings to "learn" spells - if you know the movements you can cast anything right away.0:00 Intro0:51 Floor 02:48 Floor 121:31 Floor 236:31 Knight Boss37:11 Floor 340:09 Red Knight & Getting the Red Coin48:14 Wishing for Honor49:46 Getting the Red Star Sword51:13 Floor 459:57 Skipping Insect Boss1:00:04 Floor 51:13:23 Floor 61:32:25 Final Boss1:35:24 Good Ending1:37:24 Normal Ending1:38:20 Final Boss with the Red Star SwordUFO 50 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Escaping the Tower in Lucky Tower Ultimate! CrankyTemplar 2024-09-26 | I tried continuing from where I left off with from when I streamed this and was unable to escape the tower but found cloud saves don't appear to be a thing so I started over and was able to get a successful run on attempt 10. It's a bit slower than I expected for a run but a win is a win. But poor Hubert died to poisoning near the end so this is clearly a bad run.Still, I did find out that killing Evelius will have the key to get out drop so at least for future runs I know I'll have an out, even if it's very easy to die to him.I love the quirky humor and silly deaths that can occur. I may opt to upload some more successful runs in the future especially if I try achievement hunting.0:00 Top of the World (or rather Tower)2:29 Second Area6:31 Third Area13:11 Fighting Evelius15:20 Final Exploration20:20 Leaving the Tower25:58 The End (for now)Lucky Tower Ultimate can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1700270/Lucky_Tower_UltimateMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Home Safety Hotline: Seasonal Worker - Wrong Answer Calls CrankyTemplar 2024-09-24 | A compilation of the calls you handle in the DLC for Home Safety Hotline and the follow-up call from picking the wrong answer in addition to both endings. Now you can not only negatively affect people's lives through incompetence but truly ruin Christmas for everyone. Or attend the office party. It's hard to decide.Day 4 has four calls where the correct answer is the Twilight. However, answering incorrectly doesn't appear to have a follow-up call. I'm not sure if that's intended or a bug.Definitely recommend the game for some short fun of trying to figure out the answers to people's calls.0:00 Gerald (Pine Sprites)0:33 Janet (Mice)0:53 Robin (Snow Golems)1:36 Chester (Forgotten Boggart)2:32 Carl (Sugar Wisps)3:19 Toni (Mice)3:59 Christine (Elves)4:39 Charlie (Time Wisps)5:12 Angela (The Mare)6:00 Holly (False Carolers)6:49 Ronda (Lussi)7:40 Kim (Avalanche)8:01 Sam (Red Nose)8:45 Steven (Troll)9:28 Whittaker (The Locomotive)10:11 Nick (Yulemen)10:53 Ray (Yule Goat)11:59 Kathy (Avalanche)12:17 Dorothy (Belsnickel)13:09 Laura (Hans)14:03 Denise (Cloch)14:39 Georgia (Animation)15:43 Wade (The Mouse King)16:48 Porter (The Gift Hag)17:50 Debra (Common Hobb)18:25 Dale (The Twilight - no failure call)18:44 Stella (Ogress)19:26 Shepp (Yule Cat)20:23 Geoffrey (The Hunt)21:11 Theodore (Mountain Warlock)21:33 Rod (The Twilight - no failure call)21:48 Joseph (The Saint)22:31 Beverly (Antler Growths)23:12 Woodrow (Wight)23:54 Dennis (Perchta)24:33 William (The Twilight - no failure call)24:51 Mariah (The Sinner)25:42 Becky (Dwarves)26:15 Jana (The Twilight - no failure call)26:36 Christmas is Ruined Ending27:25 Office Party EndingHome Safety Hotline can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2357910/Home_Safety_HotlineMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Beyond Shadowgate - Ways to Die and Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-24 | A compilation of the many, many ways Del Thornburrow can meet the grim reaper while on their quest and all four endings to Beyond Shadowgate, a point-and-click adventure game where you start with breaking out of prison and then get roped into saving the land. It's an official sequel to Shadowgate with short adventures through Uninvited, Deja Vu, and Mines of Mythrok.Many thanks to Chrisaegrim for checking my list of deaths. It turns out I did miss a death and my thanks to Chrisaegrim and Alex S. for mentioning this. You can find the missed death here: youtu.be/S8y4b6mF4n8One detail I really enjoyed seeing what the death screen changing to whichever game area you were currently in.All of the magic staff items (void staff, divine staff, staff of ages, warlock staff) share the same death so I just used one of them. Some identical deaths can be obtained other ways (such as dying from holding the ruby too long has the same death occur if you try to leave the area with it). Punching the blacksmith or the guard playing cards just has them punch you which causes you to move back a screen.0:00 Setting a Fire Without Moving the Bench0:43 Not Closing Your Cell Door1:18 Interrupt Minotaur's Patrol1:39 Not Closing the Door in Time2:12 Not Closing the Door in Time Round 2 (either prisoner room)2:51 Wrong Move Against Minotaur3:34 Swimming in the River4:08 Wrong Move Against Beast4:25 Attack Beast When It's Distracted4:43 Jumping Down the Well5:15 Punching a Guard5:46 Trying to Pickpocket a Guard6:05 Punching a Monk6:29 Punching the Weapon Shop Owner6:52 Punching the Tavern Owner7:25 Punching the Curio Shop Owner7:53 Punching the Barmaid8:21 Gold Dagger on Self8:46 Fail to Escape the Backroom9:39 Escape the Backroom via Jumping Out the Window9:55 Entering Jair's Camp10:22 Wrong Combo for Sun Puzzle10:47 Messing with Armor11:05 Chest Trap11:33 Punching a Castle Guard11:58 Mandragora12:43 Moving Down Stairs in Darkness13:15 Punching the Prince13:49 Wrong Item Presented to the Prince14:08 Speaking After Presenting the Royal Seal14:50 Robbing the Treasury15:31 Robbing the Treasury Again15:54 Robbing the Treasury Even More16:18 Jumping Out Window 116:26 Jumping Out Window 216:39 Punching Guard Captain17:00 Attracting Dire Wolves17:32 Entering Wolves' Lair17:51 Sledgehammer on Self18:10 Jumping Off Overlook18:36 Jumping Out Window 318:52 Jumping Out Window 419:09 Jumping Out Window 519:27 Jumping Out Study19:39 Jumping Off Turret19:53 Punching a Dragon20:10 Approaching a Dragon20:29 Fire Elemental 121:12 X-Bow on Self21:43 Bridge Trap22:15 Harpy Deaths22:47 Treant23:14 Manticore Deaths25:12 Hydra Vines25:37 Quicksand26:00 Lava Pit26:10 Fire Elemental 226:36 Pit27:00 Holding Ruby for Too Long27:21 Hammer on Self27:52 Ghost Lady Deaths28:47 Entering the Front Door29:30 Taking Too Long to Avoid Car30:04 Going Back to the Mansion30:27 Tentacle30:54 Phantom31:44 Possessed Armor32:20 Possessed Deer Head32:57 Ectoplasm on Self33:23 Entering Trap Room33:45 Pulled into Cesspool34:19 Possessed Gargoyle34:51 Skeleton Under the Bed35:24 Failing the Clock Puzzle35:49 Getting a Drink36:15 Gunned Down37:02 Sewer Gator Deaths38:31 Failing to Wear the Coat38:58 Thin Ice39:22 Guard Arrests40:27 Zombie Soldier40:53 Pickaxe on Self41:16 Climb Down Grappling Hook41:49 Grappling Hook on Self42:21 Climb Rickety Ladder43:00 Cross Ledge Without Harness43:20 Cross Ledge Without Heavy Coat43:40 Winged Monster44:11 Falling into Chasm44:30 Thorny Barrier45:05 Spider45:52 Trap Book46:29 Falling into Pit46:52 Falling into Another Pit47:11 Falling into Yet Another Pit47:25 Gatekeeper Deaths48:32 Falling into Alcove Pit49:02 Giant Toad49:32 Jumping into Undead Chasm49:42 Basilisk50:27 Basilisk Horn on Self50:59 Trapdoor in Cold Room51:24 Bottle 6 on Self51:52 Slime52:20 Hole in Mirror Room52:38 Breaking Mirror & Going to Space53:04 Summoning a Wraith53:26 Scythe on Self53:54 Jumping out Parlor Window54:05 Jumping Off Battlement54:22 Jumping Off Watch Tower54:32 Jair Deaths55:51 Any Staff on Self56:10 Skeleton King Deaths57:24 Gargoyle58:25 Electricity Trap58:54 Using Magic on Lakmir59:20 Wrong Move against Lakmir59:41 Void Conduit on Self1:00:17 Punching Belezsarr1:00:45 Speaking to Belezsarr1:01:17 Use an Item on Belezsarr1:01:45 Ending A - The Legend of Del1:04:27 Ending B - The Second Story's End1:08:19 Ending C - Foolish Gambit1:10:14 Ending D - Dawn of SorrowBeyond Shadowgate can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2332240/Beyond_ShadowgateMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Templum de Malum - Ways to Die & Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-09-22 | The small number of deaths in Templum de Malum and its ending, where you and your father's servant Brimley get shipwrecked and explore the Tower of Babel to rough up a Nephilim. Much like Shadowgate you must keep a torch lit or you'll instantly die (using your torch on Evinco will deplete it by about 10% but gives the same death message). There aren't many around but they do last for a while (however if it's below 25% you can't save until you light a new one). Not having both you and Brimley drink the protection potion in the finale will cause a game over from one of you dying. While you do get some weaponry, the game won't let you use them on yourself or Brimley.It's a pretty straightforward and relatively short point-and-click game that I learned about from a thread in the Beyond Shadowgate forums recommending similar games so I wanted to give it a try. 0:00 Ringing the Gong0:22 Wrong Grave0:43 Torch Goes Out0:54 Jumping Out a Window1:03 Attacking the Ancient1:16 Unworthy Offering1:27 Death Magic1:37 Letting Brimley Die to Death Magic1:52 EndingTemplum de Malum can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1047930/Templum_de_MalumMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Playing a Collection of Games (and Deaths) Between UFO 50 & Lucky Tower Ultimate! CrankyTemplar 2024-09-22 | Been unsure of what to stream this week so I'm going to opt to play more UFO 50 since I had fun with Night Manor and want to see what other games they have to try. As well I'd like to try Lucky Tower Ultimate since it released into early access and now you can escape the tower.My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Beyond Shadowgate - Playthrough and Best Ending (No Commentary) CrankyTemplar 2024-09-21 | Playing through Beyond Shadowgate, a point-and-click adventure game where you start with breaking out of prison and then get roped into saving the land. Of course, as a sequel to Shadowgate there are a great many ways to meet a terrible end (including testing a variety of lethal items on yourself).I had a great time playing this and have looked forward to this since the Kickstarter but I've had a fondness for this style of games since playing Shadowgate as a kid and playing other games in this style, including GrahfMetal's Infested and Spectacle. So I might be a bit biased. It was also neat to see side adventures with Uninvited and Deja Vu.There are four endings to the game with this being the best outcome (placing a different item in the finale will lead to a different ending). Depending on how you resolve things in the manor ending B or D will be possible to get. Your final play time is lower than expected as the in-game timer pauses whenever text is up. As well, a few puzzles get randomized each playthrough (such as the path through the desert which you learn from the Deja Vu segment).0:00 Intro0:59 Dungeons11:19 Gwynenthell22:17 Getting into the Castle22:56 Castle Gwynenthell35:38 Throne Room41:03 Torlin Forest & Mines47:00 Castle Tower & Getting the Magic Lens55:55 Magic Forest & Enemies1:00:26 Boat Ride1:03:53 The Swamp and the Desert1:08:17 Uninvited Segment1:17:59 Entering the Manor1:30:10 Dealing with the Phantom1:35:38 Deja Vu Segment1:47:34 Navigating the Desert1:48:30 Gatekeeper Mountains1:56:07 Riding a Dragon & Powering the Next Portal2:05:26 Wisp Helps Power the Portal2:06:24 Meeting Odin & the Mines of Mythrok2:15:33 Passing the Barrier of Thorns & the Gatekeeper2:17:58 Castle Shadowgate2:24:52 Collecting Memories2:29:30 Talimar Attacks the Circle & Going Deeper into Shadowgate2:34:06 Returning to Jair & Obtaining the Staff of Ages2:43:06 Confronting Beleszarr2:44:29 Defeating the Warlock Lord2:46:16 Ending B2:47:54 Final StatsBeyond Shadowgate can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2332240/Beyond_ShadowgateMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Night Manor (UFO 50) - Playthrough & Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-19 | UFO 50 is a collection of 50 games created in a retro style of multiple genres with Night Manor being a horror point-and-click adventure game where you wake up in a manor after crashing your car and a maniac is out to get you.This game alone had me interested in the collection and there's still 49 other games to try. I'm a tad disappointed there's no real deaths in this game but it does establish the vibe for this game very well when you're playing for the first time. Not so much for this playthrough where I know what to do and take out the maniac pretty quickly (normally, anything that makes sound will immediately attract him otherwise he shows up periodically and this forces you to hide or run far enough away). I thought I could run for every time you have to engage with him but I guess you don't have enough rooms on the first time (anytime you enter a room you can hide you'll automatically try to do so and except for things like the bushes outside you'll find the thing you hid behind to be destroyed).You have two major endings based on whether you escape in the car (which is the same whether or not you've shot the maniac) or fully finish, however the true ending then has a slight variation based on whether you made it through deathless or not.The deaths are the same but there's an extra line for failing to hide or running back towards the maniac. If you take too long to leave the room you get the same death message.0:00 Intro0:17 Playthrough29:05 Best Ending & Credits (End the Nightmare with 0 Deaths)31:18 Not-So-Good Ending (End the Nightmare with 1 or More Deaths)31:49 Bad Ending (Escape in the Car)32:26 Death (Running Back Towards the Maniac)33:04 Death (Failing to Hide)UFO 50 can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50My Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Incubo - Ways to Die and Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-09-17 | A compilation of the ways you can reach a terrible end in Incubo and its ending, where you're a kid wandering through a twisted landscape/your mind as you try to remember things all the while everything is trying to kill you.A short little puzzle platformer from a few years back with some neats deaths that I stumbled upon. The first clip isn't fatal but if the game is going to put something like that in the game I might as well add that in too.0:00 Deaths5:36 EndingIncubo can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/992330/Nightmare_IncuboMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Fallen Tear: The Ascension - Boss Rush Demo Bosses (No Damage) CrankyTemplar 2024-09-17 | A new demo came out for this upcoming Metroidvania to go with their Kickstarter so I finally gave it a try for the three available bosses in the boss rush (which also has arenas of monsters to clear to familiarize yourself with combat mechanics).It still looks incredible and the bosses are alright. I just have to remember that dashing doesn't give iframes (quite a few dumb mistakes on the mushroom boss). The crystal goat fight is more or less similar to its fight in the earlier demo only that you don't transform and can defeat it normally.0:00 Apex Minikin0:41 Crystal Goat2:00 ShroomLordYou can wishlist Fallen Tear: The Ascension and play the demo at store.steampowered.com/app/1446900/Fallen_Tear_The_AscensionYou can also support the Kickstarter (until the end of September) at kickstarter.com/projects/fallentearascension/fallen-tear-the-ascension-high-fantasy-jrpg-metroidvaniaMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Nocturnals - Playthrough & Crash and Burn Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-09-15 | Ending 4 where Ted is both cold and incompetent is pretty tricky to get and I've seen some folks asking how to get it so here's my playthrough that managed it. The big things seem to be shoot the glass, lie to Mia, don't kill Maggie (this forces you into Ending 5 or 6), fail the lighter QTE, leave the guitar, and tell Maggie off when she shows up again to get her killed. This is in addition to other cold actions like needling Diego about his past, talking about strength in numbers for why Ted wants to find a group, saying you don't mind corpses, and telling him to get over it when he does give his backstory. Asking how he learned to stitch and thanking him for saving you also give dialogue about Ted's lack of survival skills which is why I picked them (but I can't say for sure that they're required).I'm not sure what additional incompetent options might exist that won't push you into a warm relationship with Diego. Saving the guitar will do this and I even got pushed into a warm relationship by just telling the truth to Mia instead of lying. I also don't know the impact of choices like gathering food vs. logs (shooting the crow is definitely a cold action but I think it also adds competent points), so for some like wearing the glasses I'm assuming that saying no because it's getting dark adds competent points but I can't say with certainty.You can tell at points you're on the right path, as if you gather logs then having too many cold points will have Ted complain about Diego giving the crow a berry. Diego will also say he needs to keep an eye on you when you enter the tunnels if you're incompetent. You'll know for sure if you're warm or cold depending on whether Diego opens up when you enter the prom room or not. As well, the question about whether the world could go back to normal will reveal if you're warm/cold if you agree with Diego or competent/incompetent if you disagree.0:00 Intro1:34 Furniture Store4:00 Escape6:31 Meeting Diego13:32 Tasks16:20 Lighter Fail19:28 Tunnels23:11 Guitar Stuff24:01 Road to School27:30 Prom29:27 Restoring Power30:34 Conversation (Ted is Incompetent)33:22 Diego's Backstory35:37 Maggie's Return37:11 Sneaking Out38:57 Ending40:42 Final StatsNocturnals can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2578910/NocturnalsMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
BioGun Challenge Run for the Ultimate Cure Achievement CrankyTemplar 2024-09-15 | Kicking off streaming again while also going back to BioGun as I really enjoyed the game and wanted to finish the final achievements. The Ultimate Cure achievement requires playing through the entire game with the critical blaster chip (doubles damage but HP is set to 1) as soon as it becomes available and defeating every boss.Expect some de-rusting and plenty of dumb mistakes as I try to defeat the Dooper Virus and save dogkind.BioGun can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/1219240/BioGunMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Nocturnals - Ways to Die and Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-14 | A compilation of the various ways Ted and others can meet a terrible end along with all six endings to Nocturnals. When Ted goes through dead towns looking for a new community disaster strikes at the local furniture store and leaves him having to find another way out of town before a nocturnal hunts him down. This is a pretty short game (about an hour for a first play) that has some simpler Telltale like gameplay.The game was a bit shorter and with less deaths than expected but I enjoyed my time and figuring out how to reach the endings. There's a total of six endings, one for each of the quadrants between cold/warm and competent/incompetent and then two more endings if you decide to shoot Maggie when escaping the furniture store. I'm not sure if the friendship option for what normally would be Ending 6 would, in fact, count as Ending 6 or Ending 5 (since Ending 6's achievement specifically says a goodbye kiss which only occurs with the romance option). Ending 4 was the most challenging one to get since while there are a few incompetent actions Ted can make, the biggest one is saving the guitar and if you do that it seems almost certain you'll be pushed into a warm relationship with Diego (when you need to be both cold and incompetent).I'd recommend this if you like Telltale style games just be aware that it's a short game going into it and most of the content is replaying to see how things change for the different endings.0:00 Ted Deaths2:41 Maggie Deaths3:16 Mia Death3:32 Ending 1 - Happily Ever After6:35 Ending 2 - Himbo9:45 Ending 3 - Psycho12:25 Ending 4 - Crash and Burn15:07 Ending 5 - Lone Survivor17:37 Ending 6 - Goodbye19:51 Ending 6 Variant (Friendship)Nocturnals can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2578910/NocturnalsMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
Fears to Fathom (Episode I-V) - Ways to Die and Endings CrankyTemplar 2024-09-12 | A compilation of possible ways to die along with the ending in the five available episodes of Fears of Fathom, short horror games where you're in some creepy situations and have to try and survive. I don't know if more episodes are intended but I certainly wouldn't be opposed to more, although I kind of preferred getting stupid game overs from crashing into vehicles like in the second episode. I'm also totally disappointed that the final episode didn't have an ex-girlfriend cultist stalking you and breaking into your home as the final antagonist.0:00 Home Alone Deaths0:55 Home Alone Ending1:42 Norwood Hitchhike Deaths4:17 Norwood Hitchhike Ending6:29 Carson House Deaths10:15 Carson House Ending12:09 Ironbark Lookout Deaths16:14 Ironbark Lookout Ending23:17 Woodbury Getaway Deaths26:13 Woodbury Getaway EndingThere is a missed death for Woodbury Getaway (opening the basement door when Rick enters that room) which can be seen here: youtu.be/UQH6MHMrLq0You can play the first episode for free (the other four are pretty cheap) at store.steampowered.com/app/1671340/Fears_to_Fathom__Home_AloneMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar#fearstofathom
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway - Ways to Die and Ending CrankyTemplar 2024-09-12 | A compilation of the ways you can get killed in the fifth episode of Fears to Fathom along with the finale and ending. Unfortunately, it's the same death that only occurs in the finale and from doing the wrong thing. Like with the third game onward crashing your car or jumping into traffic won't cause a game over.After Rick leaves the bedroom going downstairs prior to the second phone call will have him kill you (and he'll hear that phone call from anywhere in the house and find you). You can also get some snarky comments throwing items at people in the office or using the fishing line on Mike but sadly nothing bad will happen.0:00 Walking by as Rick sabotages the door0:51 Too much noise in the basement1:10 Staying too long in the basement1:26 Not hiding in the bedroom1:59 Turning on the bedroom closet lights (or making too much noise)2:29 Following Rick downstairs2:57 Finale and EndingThere is a missed death for Woodbury Getaway (opening the basement door when Rick enters that room) which can be seen here: youtu.be/UQH6MHMrLq0Fears to Fathom: Woodbury Getaway can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/2961530/Fears_to_Fathom__Woodbury_GetawayMy Social Media Stuff:discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXutwitter.com/CrankyTemplar
