I love to imagine this from Eugene's perspective. He sees his friend, who's probably only done normal human stuff his whole life, get cracked up on the power of friendship run the island quests, out speed a train and pull off some top tier anime moves no human has pulled off before, just to make sure his friend survives. Now that is a bond stronger than steel.
A major congrats on saving the lad! Kinda humorous that the ultimate weapon against Charles was simply the dock you landed at. Seeing the community dissect the game further since my original run a few weeks back and coming up with these crazy strategies is honestly incredible. I wish I knew you could restore Eugene's health by repairing the train to max. That would have made the final fight WAY less grueling! Thanks for suffering in the long game to ensure the GOAT survived!
Love how Charles was getting stuck very easily and taking a while to get unstuck, but the more he does, he gets stuck less and gets free more quickly, it's like he's learning to adapt.
One of the best things that I like most about Spiff is his unerring good humor and sportsmanship in the face of repeated setbacks. Chillest dude on the web.
Eugene feels like that cool uncle who always buys you the best Christmas presents, and lets you eat as much candy as you want whenever your parents aren't looking.
In version 1 of save Eugene, the things the npcs say about him not coming back to the island himself after getting your help... make much more sense because they're true.
@@idk-vx7vm Perma-aggressive. Aggro was a term inspired by rpgs, in which a mob would chase/Focus a target, either based on the range at which it'd get pissed off and go after you, or abilities that forcefully keep attention on you.
With the whole “Charles going on walkies” and then the idea of getting too far from the beach which would make him teleport, just connects something in my mind that tells Me that he Charles has separation anxiety.
I'd imagine that getting some more armor upgrades might've helped make that final fight a bit easier. If Eugene's death is coded to happen once the train drops below 75% health, then reducing how much health a given hit depletes might have provided some more wiggle room.
My personal favorite Eugene quotes: “Yeah baby!” “We’re coming for you, Charles!” “It’s him, it’s him!” “Light him up, light him up!” “Careful, don’t let the gun overheat!” “He’s not taking enough damage; get some head shots!”
Imagine if they added a secret ending where you go through all this effort to save Eugene, only for him to die of a heart attack or something immediately after Charles is defeated. All that pain and effort for nothing.
Can we just admire how actually realistic and terrifying it looks when each of Charles' individuak legs moves when he's trying to get over that thing on the bridge? 4:00
@@iguessmynamesriya7658 The use of apostrophes is correct in OP’s comment, though there should be another comma in order for it to be grammatically correct.
Less than a minute in and he already called it "Giga-Charles". Giga Monty has left a powerful and lasting impression on this channel and its community, and it shows. I love it.
@@hayond656 it's a version of the character Monty from FNAF Security Breach that has simplified AI that usually stands atop a ticket hut with a spotlight but when the area de-loads, he falls down to the floor and a new monty is spawned when it re-loads again. getting caught by a staff-bot triggers him to instantly path straight towards you and kill you, no jumping or hiding, and even seeing you inside of freddy.
18:24 Charles is a form of hermit-spider of sorts, yeah. It seems like they've been a consistent problem, given the temple hints that they've long been a major issue to the point that past civilizations made a method with which to keep the species at bay, but I think the only real reason Charles is so strong is because he's both been able to absorb a lot of the power of the eggs, he's grown a fair bit from hatching, and he's gotten himself a _very_ nicely armored shell. His face really would be his only weak point, since the internals of the engine contain his own internals, likely grown to fit the train by now. The legs are probably able to be lost and regrown, likely armored (though the main body wouldn't be since they seek out shells, the legs would since they have to be outside) and seemingly don't contain any sensitive parts, likely including much feeling in them - just enough to know where they are and what they're touching, or at least if they are touching something. Not enough for the bullets to really help. The fire probably helps slow him through a combination of fucking with his biological hydraulics (if he does indeed work like a normal spider), and by heating the entire train body around him which absolutely cannot be particularly enjoyable. If he were some mythical true hybrid species that were part train, it's likely that he would also be able to set down on the tracks and use them, which - while it would be very terrifying to see an engine rush you and then stand up on spider legs and sprint - doesn't make much sense since he's already so fast. I also doubt there's any room in there for him to actually retract his legs. The most surprising thing about Charles from a biological standpoint is honestly his face, which both seems very resistant to damage (not too surprising for a creature of that size) and oddly humanoid, although it does display a conventional predatory eye setup. That, and the train whistle, which while clearly mainly a stylistic choice makes little sense for him to be able to use it otherwise. All that said - monsters appear to be commonplace in this world, given the guy we play as literally has a profession around hunting and killing problematic ones, and also Barry's existence. The true question is whether they're simply odd creatures, such as I've detailed above, or if they really are something supernatural - which might well explain the train horn thing.
I don’t know about Charles being a hermit-spider, those hunt with webs, Charles behavior is much closer to that of a huntsman spider. It has a territory (island) and will charge at anything is sees with blazing speed until he catches it. Now that I think about it, Charles would probably be MORE terrifying if he used "webs", given his train aesthetic. Imagine if he could make webs that were fake train rails and connect them to actual train rail to make trains go directly into its lair. Then, like a real spider, it could eat its own rails, making it impossible to track down the missing trains. Also, the face and the horn make me believe that even if the spider-train form isn’t it’s normal form, the actual spider is definitely something supernatural. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have spider weaknesses and strength, Charles definitely has the speed of a huntsman spider scaled up so I don’t think a real life Charles could chase you for very long, given those spider generally don’t have to chase for long since they usually catch their prey at the first attack. Edit: I also once read somewhere that spider breathes trough huge tubes and that it prevented spiders from being very large since having respiratory pipes that big would make oxygen leak out. So Charles is either supernatural or has a respiratory system different from other spiders
@@letendreelliott8778 I'm not saying he's just purely a scaled-up form of an existing creature, just that he does have some attributes attributable to a lot of creatures, and that's one given the shell. It would be very interesting to imagine that he could perhaps make false rails, and given the properties of spider silk they likely _could_ take the weight of a train, or be strung across the track and cut one open as it stops it in place. He likely can't chase for too long a time also due to the simple fact that his particular shell is clearly rather heavy, even if the train's internals are mostly gone. For the false rail thing, I wonder if perhaps he and his species adapt to their environment or a chosen facet of it, such as his train covering? In a supernatural way, perhaps feeding off of some collective consciousness interpretation of what it mimics, but that would also explain his whistle. As for the respiratory thing, if any spider had a genetic mutation causing the tubes to be multiplied, using a cluster of small ones rather than one large one, then that growth cap would be easily surpassed. That said, I don't know if there are other limitations keeping them small, but it would be possible to adapt at least that aspect to solve its issues.
Yall talking about the biology of a demon train is so cool. I love overthinking shit like this, especially trying to figure out how XYZ creature would actually work in our world. I am very impressed with the amount of detail everyone is putting in. Great job all around.
I'm so sorry to have sent you on this torturous journey, lol but its been an adventure. Glad to have helped you, one of the coolest things I have gotten to do. I am finishing my video on it too, hope you like it.
@@orenashes3961 Unfortunately ended up hurt for a few months. But im doing alot better and making more videos again and streaming too. Thank you so much for asking 💓
I think it's absolutely amazing that you can keep Eugene til the end of the game. Thought it was a hardcoded cutscene, but no. Probs to you for saving our man!
Eugene is canonically the Flash. Not only can he run faster than any other NPC in a video game, he also just stands there when running away would be the best strategy.
Sadly I'm pretty sure he's already said in livestreams that Eugene is NOT coming back, EVER after people kept spamming him about it. He seemed not to be too anoyed tho so maybe he does it anyway for the lols. Either way it's obvious it was his intention for Eugene saving to be impossible without cheats, but he is a good sport usually.
I don´t think he is annoyed, it's just that if you are a creator, the worst thing you can do is to keep changing the lore of your game according to your fanbase.
It'd be especially fun if he added a cutscene in for accomplishing this while changing nothing else about how the game plays. you literally have to play the game so incorrectly that there's no way for your average player to do this. Maybe slap a very big "This is not canon. Eugene dies always and forever" at the very end.
Eugene definitely should return in a sequel as mecha Eugene. Miraculously surviving his encounter with Charles, Eugene under went surgery where multiple organs and limbs were replaced with machine parts. OR just had a thought, he becomes an AI for the protagonists train.
This might sound contradictive but Spiff has one of those channels that's both entertaining and fun to watch but also so comforting to fall asleep to as well. Literally all his videos are great, 24/7 lmao
Causing Eugene to duplicate, then running away painfully knowing that you will spend 15 years trying to stuck charles in the ocean, run for quests, knowing fully the chances you will get 2 seconds of freetime before giga-unkillable-always seeking you-Charles. Than get a hell Charles that will kill hours of progress you had, then repeat until the Eugene you clones finally survives and you win. Aka letting Eugene survive the whole game(:.
The AI for Charles is better than any of the animatronics in SB 💀 (I know the environments are very different, open world vs enclosed pizza plex, but it's still very impressive on two star's part)
“I survived the “Saving Eugene by standing on a fishing dock for hours” stream and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt”. Also shout out to the stream chat for constantly shouting out Eugene’s voicelines anytime Spiff would meet his untimely demise. *”ITS HIM! ITS HIM!“*
You have become my favourite video game channel. While I struggle to finish a game, you break them. And to top it off, the vibe and energy is so chill and cozy
I like how i was first pretty afraid of charles and sorta had some difficulty sleeping for the first few night. But with more and more people trying to break choo choo charles, now i saw charles i was like "Heeeey, charles, there you are" :D
@@itsasecrettoevery1 nope, i am just stupid and have really low tolerance to horror stuff lmao Its not that i cant sleep because of nightmare either, i just cant close my eye haha XD
Glad Spiff took Eugenes sage advice in the boss fight and got more headshots, cause Charles was just not taking enough damage otherwise. Made it worth saving the legend
It gives really neat insight on how the game is built, though. I had assumed Eugene on the train was coded to be only enabled during his segment, and would be disabled if you sequence-broke. The fact he's only thrown off/disabled when the train gets under a certain health threshold is really interesting :)
I find it funny that someone asked if you’re going to play Hollow Knight on stream when you were making a new save while in an old save to “combine” them, which is something used in all glitches speedruns in Hollow Knight.
It must be so menacing for the cultists to see some random guy bhopping off Charles' face at them, kiting the death beast along in an attempt to pick up random pieces of metal off the ground
I'll be honest...I did not plan on watching every second of this. Originally, I just wanted to know if saving Eugene could be done. But only a few seconds into the video I had to know how the challenge was even going to work and if it could be done. Then I wanted to know all the setbacks and how much resolve he actually had to finish what he started. This video was definitely a good watch.
the reason the walkies didnt work forever is because you have an invisible circle around you (it's pretty big) and the game doesn't let charles go outside the circle, meaning that he is able to teleport to you when you get far inland.
I just watched the other attempt a couple of hours ago and was disappointed it'd required cheating. This is exactly what I wanted to see, posted close enough to the instant I wanted it.
Hey Spiff, just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful content over the past while and I hope you and your loved ones have a very good Christmas or December 25th depending on your traditions! You’ve given my partner and i some pretty dope moments and your speedrun skills always impress the hell outta me. Keep up the fantastic work!
SO INFINITELY GLAD we get more spiff coverage on this amazing game, loved the first video and watched it so many times lol. Giga Charles is who I live for 💞
Charles: THATS IT, IMMA RUN ON WATER LIKE A STRANGE BLUE HEDGEHOG!! AND IMMA KI.. (Endermen Teleport Noise) Astralspiff: Mmmm, Good Good, working working
GET SOME HEAD SHOTS!!1!!1!1!
hello there
LIGHT HIM UP!!1!!1!1!
DONT LET THE GUN OVERHEAT!1!!!111!!11!
HE'S NOT TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE!
YEAHHHHHHH BABY!!1!1!!1!
I love to imagine this from Eugene's perspective. He sees his friend, who's probably only done normal human stuff his whole life, get cracked up on the power of friendship run the island quests, out speed a train and pull off some top tier anime moves no human has pulled off before, just to make sure his friend survives. Now that is a bond stronger than steel.
Nah, stronger than titanium.
@@-Womp_Womp-jf4qe stronger than australium
@@Spycow. another TF2 fan
I see you are a friend of mine
@Spycow. stronger than a black holes gravity
At least stronger than Charles
A major congrats on saving the lad! Kinda humorous that the ultimate weapon against Charles was simply the dock you landed at. Seeing the community dissect the game further since my original run a few weeks back and coming up with these crazy strategies is honestly incredible. I wish I knew you could restore Eugene's health by repairing the train to max. That would have made the final fight WAY less grueling! Thanks for suffering in the long game to ensure the GOAT survived!
Hi
I read that in your voice
the man is here
Eugene is worth it
DAMN THATS A LOT OF REPLIES
I find it fascinating how he’s programmed to die when the train falls below a certain damage threshold and not just when the train takes any damage.
Gotta give him some time to say his lines, otherwise he'd die before he has a chance to say them
Gostei do jogo
@@MrCh0o get some headsh- AHHH
Love how Charles was getting stuck very easily and taking a while to get unstuck, but the more he does, he gets stuck less and gets free more quickly, it's like he's learning to adapt.
Insert hello neighbour joke here
True
"YOU CAN SEE IT CHARLERAGA!!!!!"
One of the best things that I like most about Spiff is his unerring good humor and sportsmanship in the face of repeated setbacks. Chillest dude on the web.
As someone with anger issues, I WISH 😭
Eugene feels like that cool uncle who always buys you the best Christmas presents, and lets you eat as much candy as you want whenever your parents aren't looking.
Meanwhile Charles is that annoying little cousin who eats Eugene while the rest of the family isn't looking.
This is going to be on r/cursedcomments, I just knew it.
@@givemethelamp2652 LMFAO
@@para3952 if it does can they put me in the screenshot!
@@givemethelamp2652 I hate it when that happens
In this timeline, Eugene gets the credit for killing Charles and you are happy that he is well and appreciated
Yes
In version 1 of save Eugene, the things the npcs say about him not coming back to the island himself after getting your help... make much more sense because they're true.
He gets the credit? His lazy ass never leave the train even once
@@RoundShades no he came back to the island he just died on the island
@@supernova5934 no in version one of "Save eugene" he's stuck in his boat, so never reaches the island
The fact that now every perma-agro is considered "giga" no matter what game they're from is fantastic
I want to see a fan art of AstralSpiff walking the Charles at the beaches.
Where it originally comes from?
@@victorhladun2751 giga monty, security breach
what does perma-agro mean?
@@idk-vx7vm Perma-aggressive. Aggro was a term inspired by rpgs, in which a mob would chase/Focus a target, either based on the range at which it'd get pissed off and go after you, or abilities that forcefully keep attention on you.
With the whole “Charles going on walkies” and then the idea of getting too far from the beach which would make him teleport, just connects something in my mind that tells
Me that he Charles has separation anxiety.
Minecraft dog who’s glitched to never sit
I'd imagine that getting some more armor upgrades might've helped make that final fight a bit easier. If Eugene's death is coded to happen once the train drops below 75% health, then reducing how much health a given hit depletes might have provided some more wiggle room.
Eugene is programmed to fall when the train is hit three times. It doesn't matter how much health it has.
@spencerblanchard2071 ...did you even watch the video??
@ I did which means that I was probably wrong. I posted that before I watched too far in
My personal favorite Eugene quotes:
“Yeah baby!”
“We’re coming for you, Charles!”
“It’s him, it’s him!”
“Light him up, light him up!”
“Careful, don’t let the gun overheat!”
“He’s not taking enough damage; get some head shots!”
Don't forget "AAAAAAAAAAAGHUHEAGUEGGHU!!!!"
Truly beautiful and eloquent.
@@sunnyisabunny1479 ur pfp is amazing
@Arcipola Its just a bunch of lines
@@Top5youtube4 Not to everyone ^^
@@Top5youtube4 based
Watching chat spam the Eugene lines every run was one of the most awesome things i never knew i had to experience
I was lurking the whole stream while playing and I just went to read chat and was so confused, but totally in on it
HES NOT TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE, GET SOME HEADSHOTS
Honestly if there's a sequel, TwoStar should definitely make saving Eugene canon for laughs
gus the Bus where you kill his cousin, enegue
100%
Have it be a Deputy Dewey situation where he's seemingly killed in every entry
@@Benzona That would be so funny XD
I love Choo Choo Charles 💖
Imagine if they added a secret ending where you go through all this effort to save Eugene, only for him to die of a heart attack or something immediately after Charles is defeated. All that pain and effort for nothing.
he trips on the train and falls on the spike with charles
We got a new candidate for the devil
Can we just admire how actually realistic and terrifying it looks when each of Charles' individuak legs moves when he's trying to get over that thing on the bridge? 4:00
the inevitability of charles crawling his way out of the void is undeniably badass
Easily my favorite thing about this. Even the cheese that banishes him to the dark lands beneath cannot contain him for very long.
💖💖💖
The developer made his game way too good.
the void, a place where entities fall and never survive, can be easily bested by a spider train.
you cannot outrun death...pardner
I believe that Eugene is spiff’s, and most people’s favorite character
And god damn it he deserves to be it
well, him or the pickle lady
@@cobaltordinaire5219PICKLES
The misuse of apostrophes confused me so hard
@@iguessmynamesriya7658 The use of apostrophes is correct in OP’s comment, though there should be another comma in order for it to be grammatically correct.
Nah, I like Charles better.
I like to imagine that this timeline, the Archivist found out how to time travel after the game and went back to save Eugene over and over and over-
Basically the plot for madoka magica (and now I'm imagining eugene in a magical girl outfit)
I love reading Spiff's chat
Guy 1: I have 2500 hours in tf 2
Guy 2: I have 900 in gmod
Guy 3: i have 157700 hours in life
LMAO\
@@Maks09111 That means that person is roughly 18.003 years old, have a great day :)
Less than a minute in and he already called it "Giga-Charles". Giga Monty has left a powerful and lasting impression on this channel and its community, and it shows. I love it.
Where's that from?
@@hayond656 it's a version of the character Monty from FNAF Security Breach that has simplified AI that usually stands atop a ticket hut with a spotlight but when the area de-loads, he falls down to the floor and a new monty is spawned when it re-loads again. getting caught by a staff-bot triggers him to instantly path straight towards you and kill you, no jumping or hiding, and even seeing you inside of freddy.
18:24
Charles is a form of hermit-spider of sorts, yeah. It seems like they've been a consistent problem, given the temple hints that they've long been a major issue to the point that past civilizations made a method with which to keep the species at bay, but I think the only real reason Charles is so strong is because he's both been able to absorb a lot of the power of the eggs, he's grown a fair bit from hatching, and he's gotten himself a _very_ nicely armored shell. His face really would be his only weak point, since the internals of the engine contain his own internals, likely grown to fit the train by now. The legs are probably able to be lost and regrown, likely armored (though the main body wouldn't be since they seek out shells, the legs would since they have to be outside) and seemingly don't contain any sensitive parts, likely including much feeling in them - just enough to know where they are and what they're touching, or at least if they are touching something. Not enough for the bullets to really help. The fire probably helps slow him through a combination of fucking with his biological hydraulics (if he does indeed work like a normal spider), and by heating the entire train body around him which absolutely cannot be particularly enjoyable.
If he were some mythical true hybrid species that were part train, it's likely that he would also be able to set down on the tracks and use them, which - while it would be very terrifying to see an engine rush you and then stand up on spider legs and sprint - doesn't make much sense since he's already so fast. I also doubt there's any room in there for him to actually retract his legs.
The most surprising thing about Charles from a biological standpoint is honestly his face, which both seems very resistant to damage (not too surprising for a creature of that size) and oddly humanoid, although it does display a conventional predatory eye setup. That, and the train whistle, which while clearly mainly a stylistic choice makes little sense for him to be able to use it otherwise.
All that said - monsters appear to be commonplace in this world, given the guy we play as literally has a profession around hunting and killing problematic ones, and also Barry's existence. The true question is whether they're simply odd creatures, such as I've detailed above, or if they really are something supernatural - which might well explain the train horn thing.
I don’t know about Charles being a hermit-spider, those hunt with webs, Charles behavior is much closer to that of a huntsman spider. It has a territory (island) and will charge at anything is sees with blazing speed until he catches it. Now that I think about it, Charles would probably be MORE terrifying if he used "webs", given his train aesthetic. Imagine if he could make webs that were fake train rails and connect them to actual train rail to make trains go directly into its lair. Then, like a real spider, it could eat its own rails, making it impossible to track down the missing trains. Also, the face and the horn make me believe that even if the spider-train form isn’t it’s normal form, the actual spider is definitely something supernatural. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have spider weaknesses and strength, Charles definitely has the speed of a huntsman spider scaled up so I don’t think a real life Charles could chase you for very long, given those spider generally don’t have to chase for long since they usually catch their prey at the first attack.
Edit: I also once read somewhere that spider breathes trough huge tubes and that it prevented spiders from being very large since having respiratory pipes that big would make oxygen leak out. So Charles is either supernatural or has a respiratory system different from other spiders
@@letendreelliott8778 I'm not saying he's just purely a scaled-up form of an existing creature, just that he does have some attributes attributable to a lot of creatures, and that's one given the shell. It would be very interesting to imagine that he could perhaps make false rails, and given the properties of spider silk they likely _could_ take the weight of a train, or be strung across the track and cut one open as it stops it in place. He likely can't chase for too long a time also due to the simple fact that his particular shell is clearly rather heavy, even if the train's internals are mostly gone. For the false rail thing, I wonder if perhaps he and his species adapt to their environment or a chosen facet of it, such as his train covering? In a supernatural way, perhaps feeding off of some collective consciousness interpretation of what it mimics, but that would also explain his whistle.
As for the respiratory thing, if any spider had a genetic mutation causing the tubes to be multiplied, using a cluster of small ones rather than one large one, then that growth cap would be easily surpassed. That said, I don't know if there are other limitations keeping them small, but it would be possible to adapt at least that aspect to solve its issues.
Yall talking about the biology of a demon train is so cool. I love overthinking shit like this, especially trying to figure out how XYZ creature would actually work in our world. I am very impressed with the amount of detail everyone is putting in. Great job all around.
so basically even if you GET SOME HEADSHOTS, Charles still won't be TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE
I wish I was smart 🙄
The fact that so many people are dedicated to saving this man shows how instantly memorable he is.
Not really. It just means they found an interesting challenge and want to see it to the end.
@@PointsofData no way bro, he's a chad that's loved by the community
I disagree with your @@PointsofData
The man has like 3 minutes of screen time, and yet, everyone likes and wants to save him
@@PointsofDatawdym? he is really memorable, he is better than all npc’s especially with that fast walk speed
I'm so sorry to have sent you on this torturous journey, lol but its been an adventure. Glad to have helped you, one of the coolest things I have gotten to do. I am finishing my video on it too, hope you like it.
Ayyy yoo, how’re you doing all these months later?
@@orenashes3961 Unfortunately ended up hurt for a few months. But im doing alot better and making more videos again and streaming too. Thank you so much for asking 💓
@@RoxasTheHeroOfTime im sorry you were hurt but glad youre better now! just remember to pace youself love!
I think it's absolutely amazing that you can keep Eugene til the end of the game. Thought it was a hardcoded cutscene, but no.
Probs to you for saving our man!
Eugene is canonically the Flash. Not only can he run faster than any other NPC in a video game, he also just stands there when running away would be the best strategy.
If the developer creates an extra cutscene if you save Eugene, that would make him an absolute GOAT.
Sadly I'm pretty sure he's already said in livestreams that Eugene is NOT coming back, EVER after people kept spamming him about it. He seemed not to be too anoyed tho so maybe he does it anyway for the lols. Either way it's obvious it was his intention for Eugene saving to be impossible without cheats, but he is a good sport usually.
I don´t think he is annoyed, it's just that if you are a creator, the worst thing you can do is to keep changing the lore of your game according to your fanbase.
@@HighTreshold who said it had to be canon though 🤔
@@HighTreshold I think one franchise in particular could take notes from this 👁
It'd be especially fun if he added a cutscene in for accomplishing this while changing nothing else about how the game plays. you literally have to play the game so incorrectly that there's no way for your average player to do this. Maybe slap a very big "This is not canon. Eugene dies always and forever" at the very end.
seeing the constant wall of "GET SOME HEADSHOTS" during the final fight was genuinely so damn funny, my mood got raised by like two whole levels-
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@@MrCh0o
Finally, I can cross that one off the bucket list! Now that that's done, all I've got left is "Get better priorities"
Eugene: You can't save me
Horoscoped: I know, but he can
AstralSpiff:
5:47
So nice of Eugene to give advice to Charles to go for Headshot(bite)
This moment was perfectly timed with the dialog. Like dang.
You gotta admit, the game's resistance to being completely broken is admirable.
Cough cough security breach
security breach wants what choo choo game has
Eugene is the greatest npc in gaming, because he can actually run
True
It's annoying how rare it is to see an npc running
Truee
True
And eazyspeezy said he was pretty slow
Alright but props to the guy who made the game for making an enemy that can only be trapped in ONE spot, and only temporarily. SB coders are shaking
It reminds me of the one spot in Alien Isolation where you can trap the Xenomorph for a while but it comes back
27:02
Spiff: Where's Charles?
NPC: Over here!
Spiff: Understandable, have a nice day
I love how the game was launched for 2 seconds and the entire world feel in love with eugene
Im more invested in the life of an NPC than 99% of tv and anime protagonists
imagine living in that island with Charles, criating your son with that monster
I swear this is going to turn into a speed run % challenge of how fast you can save Eugene.
I would be disappointed if it didn’t
Yeah,
Eugene%
Eugene%
Maybe savior% instead of Eugene% as Eugene% implies getting to Eugene as fast as possible
@@robert.7230 You start with Eugene, so maybe Eugene% would be killing Eugene as fast as possible, the exact opposite of survivor%. lol
Eugene definitely should return in a sequel as mecha Eugene. Miraculously surviving his encounter with Charles, Eugene under went surgery where multiple organs and limbs were replaced with machine parts. OR just had a thought, he becomes an AI for the protagonists train.
“Get some headshots beep boop!”
@@Jagm3854💀
choo choo charles 2: eugene is the gun
@@therealtailsprower Eugun, even.
MAJOR VON STROHEIM
23:23
I normally never make second comments but i just HAD TO on this one, this was the awesomest thing ive ever seen a TH-camr do.
This might sound contradictive but Spiff has one of those channels that's both entertaining and fun to watch but also so comforting to fall asleep to as well. Literally all his videos are great, 24/7 lmao
That was beautiful in a tragic Shakespeare kind of way. Someone get this man some doordash, Netflix and nice cozy blanket
The speed run community should make a save Eugene category
OH GOD
that's an aweful idea but I agree
eugene% yeesh
That's basically entirely RNG as far as I can tell, that's not really in the spirit of speedrunning.
@@nikkiofthevalley yugioh?
This is first time in ages i have seen
TH-cam gaming community trying their best to save a npc in game
Usually it’s the community coming together to kill a a seemingly immortal NPC
@@thraexgladiator yeah last time it happend was in starting days of gta 5
Everyone just hated micheals gardner
if a death is scripted, people try to find away around it.
@@Totally_Bonkers if a death is scripted
Then the game shall be broken into a million peices to save the npc
- Poet who dunno how to ryme
Causing Eugene to duplicate, then running away painfully knowing that you will spend 15 years trying to stuck charles in the ocean, run for quests, knowing fully the chances you will get 2 seconds of freetime before giga-unkillable-always seeking you-Charles. Than get a hell Charles that will kill hours of progress you had, then repeat until the Eugene you clones finally survives and you win. Aka letting Eugene survive the whole game(:.
It’s absolutely hilarious how spiff is just watching a Marble race while he is being chased by a man eating spider train
You really gotta give credit to two star for making a well coded Charles
Definitely
And the smooth animations for charles too
I know right???? I've been wondering how smart Charles AI honestly is and its movement is pretty realistic its amazing
The AI for Charles is better than any of the animatronics in SB 💀
(I know the environments are very different, open world vs enclosed pizza plex, but it's still very impressive on two star's part)
Charles is just a misunderstood train without any friends, and all he did was hug Eugene
Yeah
lol 😂
Yea he hugged him real tight and gave him a bunch of *toothy* kisses 🥰🥰🥰
hey remind me why we killed him idk about you but he doesn't seem to be hurting any one
@@I-like-cows yeah all he does is take out a cult and their leader other than that just a couple of scary jokes
“I survived the “Saving Eugene by standing on a fishing dock for hours” stream and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt”.
Also shout out to the stream chat for constantly shouting out Eugene’s voicelines anytime Spiff would meet his untimely demise.
*”ITS HIM! ITS HIM!“*
You didn't only save Eugene but also found his brother :)
You have become my favourite video game channel. While I struggle to finish a game, you break them. And to top it off, the vibe and energy is so chill and cozy
I like how i was first pretty afraid of charles and sorta had some difficulty sleeping for the first few night. But with more and more people trying to break choo choo charles, now i saw charles i was like "Heeeey, charles, there you are" :D
"Do you wanna go for a walk in the beach? :D"
younger sibling using the 10 yo account, right? charles is not *thaaat* scary
Yeah it’s always like that for me too, horror messes me up unless I recontextualize it so watching speedrun stuff is great
@@itsasecrettoevery1 nope, i am just stupid and have really low tolerance to horror stuff lmao
Its not that i cant sleep because of nightmare either, i just cant close my eye haha XD
Maybe the real Eugene was the friends we made along the way
Likely
Eugene living gives us hope that maybe we too can survive whatever life throws at us
@@RedB4048 twins: 😀
We just might need a little help :)
@@RedB4048 not too high in requirements.
The funniest moment was while you were dying to Charles, you just hear Eugene in the distance yell “GET SOME HEAD SHOTS!”
spiff literally went from eugene being his pal to charles and chat being the only things he paid attention to
Glad Spiff took Eugenes sage advice in the boss fight and got more headshots, cause Charles was just not taking enough damage otherwise. Made it worth saving the legend
Spiff always finds the most interesting unintended challenges
watching this live took a LOT of perseverance. but this end result? made it all worth it :D great video as always spiff!
It gives really neat insight on how the game is built, though.
I had assumed Eugene on the train was coded to be only enabled during his segment, and would be disabled if you sequence-broke. The fact he's only thrown off/disabled when the train gets under a certain health threshold is really interesting :)
The neat thing about this challenge is that Eugene looks where Charles teleports in the final fight, so you can actually tell where he is. Slick.
Eugene is the embodiment of a giga chad put into a npc
Edit:"Ima popular boi"
Indeed
Agreed
HE ISN'T TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE
GET SOME HEADSHOTS
@@kdevelopergw HE ISN'T TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE GET SOME HEADSHOTS
@@tytheghost3024 WE'RE COMIN FOR YA CHARLES
You should get a secret achievement for this and a secret cutscene
Soon, the dev probably would alongside making it possible by someone who isn't a god like Spiff.
Spigg is not a god
He just has amazing levels of tenacity and time
I find it funny that someone asked if you’re going to play Hollow Knight on stream when you were making a new save while in an old save to “combine” them, which is something used in all glitches speedruns in Hollow Knight.
It must be so menacing for the cultists to see some random guy bhopping off Charles' face at them, kiting the death beast along in an attempt to pick up random pieces of metal off the ground
Charles might be the most powerful boss in any video game. Even when you break the physics of the game it only slows him down
19:45 I love that you can see Barry moving away from mspiff like he knows Charles in coming lol
I was the one who recommended ground flames at 25:43! Glad to see I could be of help in this long and painful endeavor!
The community saving Eugene with such determination is great to see 😂
That is epic. Thank you ☺️💞
There were a few times I was raging with you and rooting for your win and wonderful to see it happen!❤️
43:45 is just too perfect
an open world horror game like this is so cool and not really scary, so saving eugene should be an option
Yeah
Watching that stream was like watching grass grow, but there was great commentary and a blast to have on in the background. 10/10 would recommend.
Saving Eugene is the ticket to achieving godhood
"And i would have to hear the horn over....and over"
>SHAUN
>another hand touches the beacon
I'll be honest...I did not plan on watching every second of this. Originally, I just wanted to know if saving Eugene could be done. But only a few seconds into the video I had to know how the challenge was even going to work and if it could be done. Then I wanted to know all the setbacks and how much resolve he actually had to finish what he started.
This video was definitely a good watch.
Spiff grinding out bangers before Christmas, GG to the man
This man trades several years off his life with Eugene's, what a true homie
Spiff is like the physical embodiment of the law of unintended consequences
the reason the walkies didnt work forever is because you have an invisible circle around you (it's pretty big) and the game doesn't let charles go outside the circle, meaning that he is able to teleport to you when you get far inland.
I'm calling it that Eugene% will become a speedrunning category for this game, so long as this isn't patched out.
Spiff doing stuff Spiffway again THE ONLY RIGHT WAY ❤
I just watched the other attempt a couple of hours ago and was disappointed it'd required cheating. This is exactly what I wanted to see, posted close enough to the instant I wanted it.
Thank you for saving Eugene in your infinite love 🙌🙌
18:50 Auxiliary fun hippo fact: recently a two year old had half their body swallowed by a hippo before *also* escaping, unharmed
19:37 Spiff: “he must still be at the water”
Charles: “insert Bruce from finding Nemo hellho”
Congrats on setting the Eugene % World Record. :3
I’m so glad you did this, I’m glad you never quit, I’m glad I stubbled upon you a year ago, thank you spiff.
The developer should make this way easier and make it a secret ending
Better, don't make it easier but if there's a sequel... Make it canon.
@@DropsOfMars "Eugine didn't acutally die, a rancher came and saved him"
Good ideas, I’ll go ask him
@@Artur-xd6ve Helen’s pet rock saved him with mouth to mouth.
Hey Spiff, just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful content over the past while and I hope you and your loved ones have a very good Christmas or December 25th depending on your traditions! You’ve given my partner and i some pretty dope moments and your speedrun skills always impress the hell outta me. Keep up the fantastic work!
14:38 "Quadra-Shit" is my new favourite catchphrase now.
i hope the creator adds the ability to save Eugene legitimately in honor of this run
SO INFINITELY GLAD we get more spiff coverage on this amazing game, loved the first video and watched it so many times lol. Giga Charles is who I live for 💞
Giga Eugene doesn't fear any Giga Charles, for he reigns as the supreme NPC.
Charles: THATS IT, IMMA RUN ON WATER LIKE A STRANGE BLUE HEDGEHOG!! AND IMMA KI..
(Endermen Teleport Noise)
Astralspiff: Mmmm, Good Good, working working
ITS BEEN SO LONG! SINCE LAST I'VE SEEN EUGENE, LOST TO THIS MONSTER!! TO THE TRAIN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER
This right here proves that Spiff is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will.
i have no clue how my brain works but i'd rather watch spiff going out on walkies with charles than watch a full packed action gameplay
My theory is that Charles knows how strong Eugene is, so he is extra aggressive considering both the player and Eugene are a dangerous pair
42:52 “everyone including myself keeps getting demonetised for this part” *still shows the remaining corpse of the train that learned walkies*
Im sure eugene really appreciates that... somewhere deep in that jumble of 0s and 1s