To be honest, the graphic design isn't very clear on what the next available step is. Ideally, you'd want the next step to be outlined in a darker shade of black. As it stands, it's kinda hard to differentiate at a glance and it's easy to miss.
the thing with games like this is that NL is perfect streamer to market the game. he played the game just above infuriating level so that we are intrigued to pick this up ourselves. at least, I did.
Outside of basic mistakes (mostly just from this being a new game to him) he played really well this run. Picking armor for your tank hero is a good call, and once he had an armor card he wasn't afraid to keep picking armor synergy and taking advantage of it. If he didn't completely use the wrong card in his final turn, this run had a good thing going.
What I find funny is when I watch these videos, I keep seeing these misplays and am like arrgh you should've done this or that - but when I'm in the saddle (i.e. playing) I pretty much make the same mistakes also. Almost makes me wanna get a backseat gamer to coach me/back me up/be a voice of reason so we can both together analyze and have the other person point out my potential misplays xD
Agreed. My favorite track is the final boss one. It's so epic.. when I managed to reach The Eye of the Storm for the first time, and it kicked in, man - I felt like I was in a movie doing a final epic showdown.
It's giving you that slight adrenaline rush after a brainstorm session, always makes me a little nervous if a strategy would pull off as well as it did in my head.
Love that part of the Bigfoot fight when he really gets into the groove and starts moving companions around. Love to see NL in his lane, mousturized, flourishing.
Fun fact: If you are missing 1 coin to buy an item in the shop.. you can keep clicking on the item to "beg" the shopkeeper to give it to you, and she will cave-in and be like "Ok, fine you can take it for 21 coins"
Another great boost to my strategies was learning that you can actually unequip your crowns and move them around, inclusind putting them on items (regular cards).
NL playing this game and seeing the mixed steam reviews made me annoyed enough to play it myself. Got it yesterday and already have about 4-5 hours on it and the game is honestly amazing. Sure, it's a pretty difficult game but everything is pretty much telegraphed and just takes some time to think through. Got up to about the 3rd boss pretty much as a beginner.
I would be so down for this to be the next 500 part series, dude. I'm in love with this game in a way I've not been in love with a roguelike thing since Monster Train came out (or I guess since SAP if you want to consider that a roguelike).
I also would love that but the game doesn't have enough content to sustain that much gameplay. It's a great game and I recommend it but there really isn't a ton to explore.
Hahah yeah I thought.. why use him, your leader can tank for a while and smackback setting up chompmon to do downright insane damage, and save up chompmon to smacback the bosses.
This feels like the perfect blend of Monster Train and Slay the Spire. Monster train was one of my favorite series from NL so I pog for every dang episode of Wildfrost.
37:30 "As much as you may think you need the crown on Kernel, you want it on nutshell cake so that shelbo comes out after kernel comes out." My brother in Christ, if you put it on Kernel, shelbo will always come out after.
The game isn't difficult because it's unfair - but rather because we humans don't manage to grasp all of its mechanics and strategize properly - leading to our own doom.
This game definitely looks like it requires much more thought than other card game rougelikes. The mixed reviews are probably because of that sharp learning curve.
Honestly I feel like its more strategy than deck builder when comparing it to for example Slay the Spire. Obviously still has deck builder elements, but you don't make that many changes to your deck.
Hahah in one run I was legit thinking where to put the teeth charm on.. my instincts were to put it on my leader, but then I thought wait..... if I do that and win.. how on earth will I be able to kill him when he ascends?
@@PhantomThiefXI Yeah the thing is, after the first win, you really gotta think about which strategy now *counters* your previous one. Some people dislike this - since it can make subsequent runs harder, but I think it's interesting because you're facing a unique final encounter each time - plus it discourages you from using same build/strategy over and over (2 leaders with smackback would smack back each other into infinity until one of them falls)
He played the wrong card. He mentioned his mistake directly after. It's hard to backseat this game without knowing all the mechanics that are not obvious. If he used the right card, Snoofy would've slowed the boss, delayed it by one turn. It also would've reduced the counter for Chompon by 1, allowing it to get faster to his turn to hit. So it was the better play. Nothing to get tilted about other than selecting the wrong card
22 runs (8 hours) in without a win, but I’ve gotten to the final fight (at least I think so). Very challenging game, but I still keep wanting to play. While there may be some balancing changes needed, overall, I think it’s a game that truly rewards skill and strategy much more than RNG.
I won my 7th run, lost 3, then won 3 in a row. I feel pretty confident I can win the majority of runs at this point. I think the game actually relies very little on luck and 100% winrate actually seems achievable.
NL clicking on the shop 3 times because he kept forgetting that he already went there has me cackling right now lol
We go to the Woolly Snail.
"i've made a mistake..... okay take me to the Woolly Snail"
11:45
To be honest, the graphic design isn't very clear on what the next available step is. Ideally, you'd want the next step to be outlined in a darker shade of black. As it stands, it's kinda hard to differentiate at a glance and it's easy to miss.
@@LinoWalker That's fair, it probably should be changed. Making the mistake once is understandable. Twice though... that's still pretty funny.
I could watch a 2 hour long compilation of NL just saying the companion names. Cracks me up
We move Kernel up so he takes the hit from the Gromble, buffing Chompom who kills the Bigfoot
Just wait two weeks I’m sure the librarian will deliver
snoof
Loving wildfrost. Its like Inscryption but less story and more pure gameplay
I LOVED inscription. Did my first play through stoned. Incredible experience
@@styxrakash4639 same, whenever I got to the trader boss I started tweakin 😭
So basically Inscryption if P03 put some effort into the visuals and cuteness.
Guy who has never seen a movie besides Boss Baby: “Getting a lot of Boss Baby vibes from this”
@@WhiteKnuckleRide512 nah, the fundamental gameplay aspects and design philosphy are very similar, just with a pretty different layout
the thing with games like this is that NL is perfect streamer to market the game. he played the game just above infuriating level so that we are intrigued to pick this up ourselves. at least, I did.
Like an effective version of those mobile game ads.
Outside of basic mistakes (mostly just from this being a new game to him) he played really well this run. Picking armor for your tank hero is a good call, and once he had an armor card he wasn't afraid to keep picking armor synergy and taking advantage of it. If he didn't completely use the wrong card in his final turn, this run had a good thing going.
After the game broke me 20 hours in I was just watching this video pointing out the misplays to myself out loud
What I find funny is when I watch these videos, I keep seeing these misplays and am like arrgh you should've done this or that - but when I'm in the saddle (i.e. playing) I pretty much make the same mistakes also.
Almost makes me wanna get a backseat gamer to coach me/back me up/be a voice of reason so we can both together analyze and have the other person point out my potential misplays xD
it's a good game. A deckbuilder where it's hard to beat the story mode is rare. Just got my first win after like 30 tries with a poison build.
One of my favorite little things is how music always kicks off after hitting an enemy for the first time
So dynamic and atmospheric
Agreed. My favorite track is the final boss one. It's so epic.. when I managed to reach The Eye of the Storm for the first time, and it kicked in, man - I felt like I was in a movie doing a final epic showdown.
It's giving you that slight adrenaline rush after a brainstorm session, always makes me a little nervous if a strategy would pull off as well as it did in my head.
The definition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Help literally the only line my finance heard when they walked into the room was "He's fully nutted, dude." 😂
So now you in debt right?
@@miniclip1162 +2
Love that part of the Bigfoot fight when he really gets into the groove and starts moving companions around. Love to see NL in his lane, mousturized, flourishing.
Fun fact: If you are missing 1 coin to buy an item in the shop.. you can keep clicking on the item to "beg" the shopkeeper to give it to you, and she will cave-in and be like "Ok, fine you can take it for 21 coins"
Watching NL puzzle out plays that constantly almost get him killed until it finally does actually kill him is incredibly stressful
Using the unit who scales off nuts to tank all the hits, thus destroying all his nuts. Never change nut, i mean egg
especially worse when kernel appears and he still keeps caking chompom
Learning from NL that Aimless only hits the same row was a game changer for me. Those aimless 7 attack monster's were destroying every run for me
For those playing along at home, I literally won my first run as soon as I knew this piece of information haha
Another great boost to my strategies was learning that you can actually unequip your crowns and move them around, inclusind putting them on items (regular cards).
NL playing this game and seeing the mixed steam reviews made me annoyed enough to play it myself. Got it yesterday and already have about 4-5 hours on it and the game is honestly amazing. Sure, it's a pretty difficult game but everything is pretty much telegraphed and just takes some time to think through. Got up to about the 3rd boss pretty much as a beginner.
ive been playing this game all weekend its honestly so much fun
I would be so down for this to be the next 500 part series, dude. I'm in love with this game in a way I've not been in love with a roguelike thing since Monster Train came out (or I guess since SAP if you want to consider that a roguelike).
I also would love that but the game doesn't have enough content to sustain that much gameplay. It's a great game and I recommend it but there really isn't a ton to explore.
Sap is a pvp roguelike.
So is Fortnite.
I don't want to start the backseating this early but when he let chompom take 10 damage I wept.
Hahah yeah I thought.. why use him, your leader can tank for a while and smackback setting up chompmon to do downright insane damage, and save up chompmon to smacback the bosses.
I think in the moment he literally just forgot chompoms damage was tied to his armour
Him messing up is still very funny
@@eeee6937 oh, dont get me wrong it was hilarious
This feels like the perfect blend of Monster Train and Slay the Spire. Monster train was one of my favorite series from NL so I pog for every dang episode of Wildfrost.
It's incredible how polished this game is. It's so beautiful
Very intrigued by this game. Happy to see more of NL playing it.
36:52 "ice dice... that boy's a liar" how does he do it
35:52 the sudden Newman impersonation had me dying 😂
37:30 "As much as you may think you need the crown on Kernel, you want it on nutshell cake so that shelbo comes out after kernel comes out."
My brother in Christ, if you put it on Kernel, shelbo will always come out after.
Well polished, just like Lion's head
I cackled
Great title
Death by a thousand misplays
The game isn't difficult because it's unfair - but rather because we humans don't manage to grasp all of its mechanics and strategize properly - leading to our own doom.
@@IvanSensei88 so it goes
Such a fun and infuriating game to watch, 10/10
This game definitely looks like it requires much more thought than other card game rougelikes. The mixed reviews are probably because of that sharp learning curve.
Honestly I feel like its more strategy than deck builder when comparing it to for example Slay the Spire. Obviously still has deck builder elements, but you don't make that many changes to your deck.
@@purepurple5475 Agreed, and I think that's it's strong point.
Wildfrost is so damn good 🤓
38:45 Has to be up there with some of the best deliveries I’ve ever heard
the biggest exp in this game is "oh no i made the final boss too strong i will never beat the game now" and then you just win again
Hahah in one run I was legit thinking where to put the teeth charm on.. my instincts were to put it on my leader, but then I thought wait..... if I do that and win.. how on earth will I be able to kill him when he ascends?
I had that same thought 3x in a row xD
@@IvanSensei88 put smackback on the leader and havent won since its ogre for me
update: won with them bommy dudes, best ailment
@@PhantomThiefXI Yeah the thing is, after the first win, you really gotta think about which strategy now *counters* your previous one.
Some people dislike this - since it can make subsequent runs harder, but I think it's interesting because you're facing a unique final encounter each time - plus it discourages you from using same build/strategy over and over (2 leaders with smackback would smack back each other into infinity until one of them falls)
I've played 2 runs of wildfrost so far, in both I flubbed it 1-2 turns away from beating the final boss.
That’s rough buddy.
@MrMharv42 Definitely not a fun way to end like 2.5 hours of gameplay
i’ve done the same you reaaaally need to pay attention to the auto battler part bad positioning is so punishing
Me too!!! I had a killer run yesterday and made one misplay on the final boss that lost me the run 😭
@@mewwww17 2.5 hours LOL
Egg yanks his scrappy sword for nut build
Loving this game, really glad you're playing it!
Lovin this no doubt. Music goes kinda hard
This is the content I needed. Brings me back to my days binge-watching / listening to Monster Train as I worked out in the delta outbreak.
Zany Egg folds to Krunker with the most stacked shell build I ever did see.
Fun vid
Nut
The repeated shop entries have never egged me sm
I'd love to see this as a full series.
Already watched the vod, commenting and watching to encourage more, please =)
Health being on the left and attack on the right really fucks me up with this game
I love ya NL. I always will, but when you put Kernel behind Chompom my heart was broken
After one tutorial insult NL looks like he had fun this nut build round. The status effects and numbers overwhelmed me early on.
The Noomlin seemed insanely pogged, can’t believe he passed on it. Least Noomlin-pilled streamer of all time
I was screaming at my monitor when he picked the wrong card after planning out a really good play.
Damn i just got done watching the previous Wildfrost video... man what a treat this is :D
His insistence to completely disregard the monsters that'll take a hit for him has me pogged beyond reason.
rip all the nut allergy folks 5:31
the woodhead guy has gotta be so frustrated sitting on the bench the whole ass game
Would absolutely love this to become a regular bit in the game rotation! Great gameplay and love seeing my egg man puzzle it out!
Insta clicking the map before the path is revealed is stressing me out!
Really hope this stays in the rotation
That ending drove me nuts (pun intended), why didnt he move the hero out of the target area
Philosophers has been wondering about that for millenia.
because then the pet would've died which is obviously worse than the hero dying of course
But he couldn’t moved his nutted out character back instead of the pet
Or he could’ve recalled his pet for the heal…
He played the wrong card. He mentioned his mistake directly after. It's hard to backseat this game without knowing all the mechanics that are not obvious. If he used the right card, Snoofy would've slowed the boss, delayed it by one turn. It also would've reduced the counter for Chompon by 1, allowing it to get faster to his turn to hit. So it was the better play. Nothing to get tilted about other than selecting the wrong card
The hero would not get hit if the boss was snowed which is what he thought he was doing but used the wrong card
Hope to see more!
Please keep this series going!
This is so much fun to watch!
bought this immediately after the first stream! love the art and music :)
I hope this is the start of a two hundred plus episode series.
This game looks like a blast. Encore, NL!
Chuckling every time he refers to smackback as clapback
Smackback.
Rewind it Back.
Chompoms got the booty to make Beetle go
WHACK
The art looks great in this game
What I like about this game is I can understand it. I don't like to watch games you cannot follow without having played the game.
Ice dice best joke in the video.
The music in this game is so good.
dude this was a good run but also goddamn it's like the game straight up went "HERE, TAKE ALL MY SYNERGY"
this game is easily my new fav nl content
I would love to see more wildfrost
This game has major monster train energy and it rules.
Holy crap more please
This games soundtrack is SO GOOD!
Woodhead: "Can I come too...?"
I had the same reaction at 29:00 lol
insane throw on this run from refusing to understand the mechanics
He drew the nuts on this one.
Loving this game. Giving me some good old Monstertrain vibes (not in art but game haha). Would love to see more :)
Loving this game, hope we see more!
Wildfrost is my new favorite game ever
Game looks amazing and looks really fun. Can't wait to have money for it!
This build is not legal in November, in case anyone was wondering
More please!
I don’t know what it is, but this game buys me a one-way ticket to Pog city
Even if Snoof went before the boss at the end, he still would've lost because the boss can't be Snow'd. besides that, honestly great gameplay
adding consume to the shellbo hurt me mentally
great vid as always
Pretty sure even if he played the barrage card at the end there snoof would have just attacked the wall and died to smackback
"Local Canadian nuts live on stream"
Really hope this could be another slay the sprie
22 runs (8 hours) in without a win, but I’ve gotten to the final fight (at least I think so). Very challenging game, but I still keep wanting to play. While there may be some balancing changes needed, overall, I think it’s a game that truly rewards skill and strategy much more than RNG.
I won my 7th run, lost 3, then won 3 in a row. I feel pretty confident I can win the majority of runs at this point. I think the game actually relies very little on luck and 100% winrate actually seems achievable.
the music in this game goes so fucking hard
He’s gone nuts
pogged be thy egg
Omg, what a nuts run!
Streamer blindness is real at 33:00
April 13th 2023 The nut incident
I love how quickly you learned this game
Keep it coming
this is great
The title alone
Nut pogs galore!