Another Crab's Treasure Story & Ending Explained

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  • Another Crab's Treasure is a new soulslike game from Aggro Crab. You play as Kril, a little hermit crab whose whole world is turned upside-down when his shell gets repossessed due to taxes. He has no idea what taxes are.
    The story for Another Crab's Treasure follows Kril has he tries to get his shell back and find out what is going on in the world outside of his reef. The themes of the game deal with Exploitation, Capitalism, and Pollution. I really loved the worldbuilding, lore, and story of Another Crab's Treasure and hopefully you will too!
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  • @ryanchildress
    @ryanchildress 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +550

    As an environmental science major, absolutely LOVED the messaging of this game. Really glad it’s making some headlines, people need a wake up call.

    • @Mrlighthouse1000
      @Mrlighthouse1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      As a conservationist I didnt, anyone that works at the countryside knows either conciously or unconciously that the best answer to the tragedy of the commons is private property, and governments are inefficient at best, and detrimental at worst, the "greta thunberg" mentality in my country only serves to replace burned down forests with windmills for the green lobby, as they are the only ones that can legally do something with them

    • @absolutelyunepic3072
      @absolutelyunepic3072 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Mrlighthouse1000yeah, they basically up and said capitalism was behind all the pollution and corruption. Ironic because one of the main polluters nowadays is a communist country. Such a tunnel visioned way of thinking. The problem is not capitalism, it would end up being the exact same in any other system just with different people getting power and thus corrupted just like the capitalist billionaire.
      The problem is human nature. We are not blank slates. We are naturally selfish creatures that under the right conditions can all become monsters.
      Tyrants will always form if you give anyone too much power, and in this case, its the billionaires. Before we had modern capitalism it was the tyrant king. And in the big government alternatives, communism and socialism, it is the government.

    • @Xcyper33
      @Xcyper33 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Mrlighthouse1000 Cringe.

    • @oskarikarkkainen5606
      @oskarikarkkainen5606 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      ​@@Mrlighthouse1000 So "as a conservationist" you dislike the message of "we need to stop polluting the ocean" .....why exactly?? Did the game tell us to follow Greta Thunberg somewhere? Wtf man.

    • @Mrlighthouse1000
      @Mrlighthouse1000 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@oskarikarkkainen5606 i didnt like the anticapitalist themes, ive seen green lobbyists and leftist activists destroying the enviroment before under the pretext of protecting it
      my country is filled with windmill fields built over burned down forests, and this is because they are the only ones that can legally build in that terrain, and local people cant legally mantain patches of land because of regulations promoted by those lobbyists and subsidized activists

  • @mozerella8657
    @mozerella8657 หลายเดือนก่อน +195

    Something I like a lot about the game is krill’s loss of innocence and growing anger. It’s a character arc that’s very unique, and is quite fitting for a souls game.

  • @clthewanderer
    @clthewanderer หลายเดือนก่อน +231

    I love how in the end, even though Kril got his shell back he realizes that he can never go back to the life he once lived because he's not that person anymore, so he leaves his shell to the shelless hermit crab, and continues to adventure without it.

  • @EliasTressa
    @EliasTressa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +466

    Imagine if there was an achievement for not killing the snail and letting him follow you through out the game, like the immoral snail riddle

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

      Oh man I need this as a mod. Make it so he insta-kills you if he gets you 😂

    • @Orion695
      @Orion695 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      The somehow still alive snail

    • @Sealbonk
      @Sealbonk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Its sadly probably to late

    • @trevorweisberg8470
      @trevorweisberg8470 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I'm kinda disappointed it didn't unlock some sort of new mode where the snail constantly chases you throughout all the levels and if it touches you you instantly die.

    • @jaykupthereal
      @jaykupthereal 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@trevorweisberg8470HES A GENIUS

  • @rileyzito3218
    @rileyzito3218 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    The Snail at the beginning reminds me of a disgruntled gas station employee on a quick cigarette break

  • @celinadelrosario449
    @celinadelrosario449 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Me when i started it: oh its just a cartoony cute crab game ^^
    Me by the end: having an existential crisis "oh my god this is the deepest game i have played IN A WHILE"

  • @austinmorrison6953
    @austinmorrison6953 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +226

    Given how Aggro Crab’s last game, Going Under, also had such heavy and obvious anti capitalist themes in it, I shouldn’t be shocked One Crab’s Treasure should also be heavily anti capitalist.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Haven’t played Going Under! So this is my first Aggro Crab experience.

    • @loafofgodlybread9225
      @loafofgodlybread9225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I mean, one of the main antagonists in Roland has the title of “Venture Crabitalist”, so by all means take that as you will

    • @The_Jumping_Box
      @The_Jumping_Box หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@loafofgodlybread9225 alley ooh- aw shit

    • @DatJaneDoe
      @DatJaneDoe 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I think the theme is just anti greed in general tbh, not all the villains are capitalists, but they are all very greedy.
      Magista is a tyrant who just kept taxing people to oblivion and expanding her fortress regardless of the people's wellbeing.
      Camstcha is a king who couldn't let go of power. He couldn't use the Perfect Whorl as its hermits only so he eliminated the hermits and kept the shell himself so no one could use it and he could stay king.
      Pollution isn't exclusive to capitalism, as communist China is one of the largest sources of pollution in the world. It'll occur as long as people don't stop it, regardless if it's from a big corporation or the government

  • @limehazard
    @limehazard หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Every inch of this game is filled with some clever joke or a pun. I just noticed that Firth's boss title is most likely a reference to David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World"

  • @AnimatedTerror
    @AnimatedTerror หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    Something I noticed is that it seems firths weapon during the final boss is a literal silver spoon…
    So uh…. Yeah.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Just watched it back and holy crap you’re right 😂

    • @peek_yew9369
      @peek_yew9369 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I honestly thought that it was just an opposite to kril's fork

    • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
      @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I think firth is basically like a second krill that fights you to test your skills

    • @outzymes3636
      @outzymes3636 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I got so hyped when he pulled it to him like thors hammer knowing it was gonna be a fire mirror match

    • @tonywa7272
      @tonywa7272 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Its an allegory for the term, "Born with a silver spoon in your mouth'. "

  • @erick-manuelsanchez8071
    @erick-manuelsanchez8071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

    I think the Loan Shark was really Prawnathan and it is not talked enough.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      Yeah that’s definitely the implication because when he sees you he’s like “oh crap not this guy again”

    • @Crazycubesmith
      @Crazycubesmith 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      You can also see the loanshark half buried in the back of Prawnathans shop, I just noticed him before beating the final boss lol

    • @natejohns8716
      @natejohns8716 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yeah he has the same theme play when you enter his shop

    • @AllyMind5Star
      @AllyMind5Star หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Taking Kril behind his shop, he sees the shark toy there. It's completely obvious the entire time.

  • @MrProteeus
    @MrProteeus หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    What sucks is we can make movies we can make games. We can talk about it but knowing how humanity is they’re not gonna change….. I’m not saying it’s a lost cause….. but it’s annoying that when you try to change something that’s when greedy people want to stop you

  • @FuzzyMH
    @FuzzyMH หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Fun fact! You can actually take an alternate route through the Old Grove and fight “The Consortium” and gain access to Flotsam Vail without encountering Inkerton!
    …how do I know this? I did it myself :)

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Cool, I assume that’s where the line leads to that’s kind of on the west side of Floatsam! Consortorium and maxing out my fork are my last two achievements I need for 100%

  • @loafofgodlybread9225
    @loafofgodlybread9225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    This is already one of my favourite games this year. I’m up to Roland and played up to their without spoilers, but decided to see what was left. Jesus do I just feel like pulling the gun on him at this point because he’s incredibly difficult to learn as a boss fight. Either way, I can’t wait to keep going, Inkerton looks like a phenomenal boss that I’d enjoy the hell out of

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Roland was tough! I just spammed parry and got lucky 😂 Inkerton, Heikea, and Topoda were probably my favorites.

    • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
      @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Use lil red cup self repair and parry the most u can and concentrate on res and atk

  • @boldisordorin9010
    @boldisordorin9010 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    There is a stowaway called rubberband that you can find in the factory which makes you immune to electric attacks. Making voltai's hairdryer, adapter and the attack where she bursts from the wall do literally nothing, making her the easiest boss in the game. I personally am guilty of using the glock though, i didn't know storywise i have to come back to the cannibal crab later so i tried to beat him straight away and i got angry

    • @bigdumbfatcat2869
      @bigdumbfatcat2869 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can use the rubber duck shell to nullify her attacks, if you didn't get the rubber band

    • @multiverserift
      @multiverserift หลายเดือนก่อน

      I tried the rubberband, but still died to electric attacks.

    • @drake637
      @drake637 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@multiverserifthow in the world did you manage to do that

    • @multiverserift
      @multiverserift หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drake637 I have no shuckin' clue.
      I tried it on against the big crabs with the battery hammer.
      Still died.
      Thought it doesn't really work and never tried it on again after this.

    • @mrbones9332
      @mrbones9332 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@multiverseriftI'm two weeks late, but I'm pretty sure it disables the extended hitstun from electric attacks, not the damage.

  • @NotFrickingNick
    @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Watching this back I love how my run of Another Crab's Treasure involves me putting on increasingly dumber outfits.

    • @Pkhemi
      @Pkhemi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Lol btw Voltai is easily beaten with a rubber band (it negates electrical damage or effects)

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@Pkhemi WHAT

    • @vlocs_nl
      @vlocs_nl หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why did you coconut mall me

    • @dagameboy
      @dagameboy หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NotFrickingNick yea i found that out after beating her normally

    • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
      @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You can use rubber ducky shell too and it works the same as a rubber band

  • @multiverserift
    @multiverserift หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I wish they had elaborated on the Moon Snail a bit more.

  • @quicoboy
    @quicoboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    ...cuz in the end...the love you take is equal to the love you make...yeah...we eatin seafood today!...lol...

  • @ShawnGaming23
    @ShawnGaming23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    I notice that scanning that code leads me to the video that You Get Coconut Malled. I thought that it would lead you to get rick rolled but you get Coconut Malled instead. Also I did beat the game and I didn't find that QR Code so thank you for that

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Anytime, I got Coconut Malled so I was legally obligated to do so to you through this video 😊

    • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
      @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@NotFrickingNick should have told us it was an entry to a giveaway

  • @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337
    @maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I mean you can also just equip the Rubber Band stowaway which makes you immune to electric attacks, and that basically negates all of Voltai’s long range attacks
    And fun fact, it turns out Pagurus has a banana allergy. If you trick him into eating a banana shell, it’ll take away 60% of his health

    • @bigdumbfatcat2869
      @bigdumbfatcat2869 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't even need the band, just equip the Rubber Duck shell, and you are immune when you block

  • @Its_me_Stolas
    @Its_me_Stolas หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Voltal is easy if you have rubber band. It just negates All electricity based attacks.

  • @XX-sp3tt
    @XX-sp3tt หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Why should we own land? Isn't it just like there?"
    To quote Squidward, "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!"

  • @NEXlUM
    @NEXlUM หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love the child like design and the gulliton dude

  • @TheAllMightyTabby
    @TheAllMightyTabby หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Krill looks like mrcrabs

    • @YEY0806
      @YEY0806 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This game is Mr. Krabs Origin Story

  • @corruptedmineral
    @corruptedmineral หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    9:08 the magic wand is crazy 💀

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I about died laughing when she whipped it out and giddily exclaimed "I don't even know what this does!"

    • @YEY0806
      @YEY0806 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@NotFrickingNick for some reason, I doubt that she doesn't know 😂

    • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
      @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a massage machine (I think)

    • @canzy8
      @canzy8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-eh8yd6vs4u Well, you can call it that

  • @RoyalWill02
    @RoyalWill02 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Added to my library! Thank you!

  • @dxcSOUL
    @dxcSOUL 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great game, great themes, great summary!
    I'm so happy I just discovered this channel. I loved how you did a little bit more of an analysis with the ending here more so than you typically do with your other videos.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you! Glad you enjoy the channel 🙂

  • @jakenewland-griffin9460
    @jakenewland-griffin9460 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    fun fact about voltal you can fish the power plugs off her body turning off the weapons making it a much fairer fight

    • @dhfiwxjf
      @dhfiwxjf หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just used a maxed out version of topodas ability and knocked her out so hard it deactivated the weapons for one cycle

  • @TwigmasterGaming
    @TwigmasterGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Great video! Loved plaything through this one and adding it to my 100% list 👍

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice! I have 2 more bosses to hunt down then I gotta find every shell. After that I’m going to go back and do Voltai and Firth without a gun 😂

  • @foufouv
    @foufouv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    What is the chance that I was watching someone playing this game and I got this video in my recommendation? Anyways great vid!

  • @tgrosskopf9249
    @tgrosskopf9249 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    dude the key to beating volta is that there is a rubber band in the power plant that makes you immune to elctric attacks

  • @sonyawinter3262
    @sonyawinter3262 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The video made my day thank you and you definitely deserve a follow❤

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you and welcome aboard 😊

  • @Jazzamonroe
    @Jazzamonroe หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You’re supposed to use the toast as platforms to hit the electric eel. And use the rubber band to make sure immune to electricity. The gun is not needed 😭

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Oh I got the toast thing, I just had no idea about the rubber band or being able to unplug the appliances 😂 I’ve since gone through and beaten the game again without using the accessibility menu so we’re good!

  • @thricecreamcone
    @thricecreamcone หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    “The absolute worst thing you can do is nothing” except that runs entirely counter to the actions of Krill in this game. At two points in this game Krill acts on anger and makes things significantly worse for those around him. The second of which has literal apocalyptic implications for the residents of New Carcinia. Surely “doing nothing” is better than spurring a literal apocalyptic event.

    • @zGoldenHawk
      @zGoldenHawk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      if he did nothing the entire trash island would completely bury new carcinia

    • @thricecreamcone
      @thricecreamcone หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@zGoldenHawk he did something and not only is the city buried under trash island anyway, he also destroyed the only immediate fix to the problem in a fit of childish rage.

    • @zGoldenHawk
      @zGoldenHawk หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @thricecreamcone yeah but the island was blown into chunks imagine how much more damage the trash island would do if it weren't in chunks

    • @oggolbat7932
      @oggolbat7932 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah, I didn't really like the ending. It undervalues Chitan's last words about using anger as fuel responsibly, and it honestly makes Kril look more like a villain than Firth, whose antagonization comes from misunderstanding.

    • @dreamer1292
      @dreamer1292 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@oggolbat7932 i does undervalue chitans words because kril always embraced them subconsciously, dude was always angry and even he acknowledges it (and that he was angry but didnt know) chitan was always in the wrong not because her intentions were bad but because what kril did at the end was exactly the path that chitan would follow, using the whorl to destroy the bad people but then we see what happens when you use power to only violence but no betterment, he makes things worse due to being overly emotional.
      chitan is the radical revolutionare which is even why she was vulnerable to praya, its why she said that while praya used her body, chitans own anger was still being used.

  • @mariokon3666
    @mariokon3666 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This game story was amazing.After the boss fight on the pinball machine with Krill just losing it is just ...different you know?

  • @CDio-vr3bx
    @CDio-vr3bx หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    5:28 The sands between.
    I see what they did there

  • @nekbox5407
    @nekbox5407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    9:00 Nani tf also ty for making this video I was wondering what the story for this would be

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No problem! It’s a fun game and an interesting story. And yeah when Voltai whips it out she’s like “I don’t even know what this is!” 😂

  • @MeleeFightTf2
    @MeleeFightTf2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Voltai can be hooked to remove her electricity except for the toaster, just something that might help someone if they're struggling with her, and so you don't need to use the accessibility mode (maybe)

  • @r.downgrade5836
    @r.downgrade5836 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Remember, never talk about how ancient nomads, like the aboriginals in Australia, destroyed the lush forest of their homeland because they decided the best way to hunt was mass fires.
    That is to say, every system has greed and destruction in it.
    That said, the overall message of how you, PERSONALLY have to act for the world to change is accurate. So that's nice at least.

  • @darkforever8994
    @darkforever8994 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you 🙏🏻.. really like the way you present the story.. what a nice game 👌🏻

  • @chunkyBOBA
    @chunkyBOBA หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    end game music was tranquil

  • @user-eh8yd6vs4u
    @user-eh8yd6vs4u หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How is the eel boss hard just grab lil red cup and a few puffer qwils and beat the shuck out of the eel

  • @taizo._
    @taizo._ หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    don’t know if this is just purely for editing purposes but, when you killed prawnatahn at the end it looks like you still had a low level fork, you can use the stainless relics (keys) found in the game to upgrade your fork at the blacksmith in new carcinia at the under area

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think I had upgraded it 3 times before this point? Maybe only twice. I put this video out the day after the game released so towards the end I just kinda rushed it with parry windows increased to make it a little easier. Then I went back and played it legit and 100%d it :)

  • @SpicySharp
    @SpicySharp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Well done, fantastic video!
    The game surpassed my expectations. Yet another indie game proving why indie games are truly superior to AAA. I couldn’t put the controller down.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Just ELEVEN PEOPLE made this, it’s insane

    • @YEY0806
      @YEY0806 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@NotFrickingNick, WOW

  • @rioramos9287
    @rioramos9287 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The fricking gun bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mint_dragon3858
    @mint_dragon3858 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:48 you just got coconut malled

  • @Chicken-xn4yz
    @Chicken-xn4yz หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hearing other people's experience with this is interesting. I honestly struggled the most with Pagurus out of any other boss while I considered Voltai the easiest out of them all

  • @kenseikc
    @kenseikc หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm kinda mad that one of my fav streamers flushed this game before finishing it

  • @angsty_saint
    @angsty_saint 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fun fact! If you play another crabs treasure than Maneater than biomutant it feels like you just played a trilogy

  • @lorferreirapastoreli9581
    @lorferreirapastoreli9581 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Voltai fight Just get esier wen you get Rubber band, and "navalha" The blade item, and a Love her design, this game was awesome

  • @olivearg
    @olivearg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hey, your're a cool and good guy
    thanks for making this video, it's awesome

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! Glad you liked it!

  • @zachary37
    @zachary37 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, I need to play this game

  • @nugget7409
    @nugget7409 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    when firth dies its a reference to the original spongebob movie ergo bigger boot

  • @joshuac-b8204
    @joshuac-b8204 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm not sure if anyone's said this about the eel boss but I found out if you shoot a grapple at it you can disarm it momentarily.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh yeah I’ve learned all sorts of strats from these comments and I went back and re-played the game since I rushed this to get the video out 😊

    • @joshuac-b8204
      @joshuac-b8204 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@NotFrickingNick nice, I literally finished the game like an hour ago it's so fun, I might replay it to see if other bosses have similar gimmicks that I missed out on.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joshuac-b8204try getting Pagarus to accidentally eat a banana peel

  • @godzillamanz8139
    @godzillamanz8139 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Welp.
    [inhales]
    *casually screaming infestation from terraria calamity*

  • @Its_me_Stolas
    @Its_me_Stolas หลายเดือนก่อน

    This, and Mortal shell are two good starting points to souls games

  • @janelewis989
    @janelewis989 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fucking coconut mold by the QR code

  • @Zekrozma3
    @Zekrozma3 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2:26 Fun Fact: Thats gianni matragrano, aka Gabriel Ultrakill.

  • @dracomalfoy9629
    @dracomalfoy9629 หลายเดือนก่อน

    for the electric eel you can be immune to the electric attacks by using the rubber band or a rubber duck

  • @larsthememelord3383
    @larsthememelord3383 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    2:05 oh wow a going under reference, wait is this game made by the same devs?
    oh shi- agro crab actually showed up it totally is made by the same devs
    also inkerton is a reference to the pinkertons who are known for union busting and magic the gathering cards

  • @Smug-yn4bw
    @Smug-yn4bw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Learned that the perfect whole got no ability

  • @sitcatz9249
    @sitcatz9249 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thanks for summing up the plot and making the messages the game wanted to convey relatively easy to understand. It was clear from the get-go that environmentalism and critique on capitalism were the main themes of this game's story, but what really stuck out for me personally was its take on violence.
    When that snail at the beginning started attacking me, I immediately reacted by swinging back only to realize a few seconds later that I could have just decided to run away. Instead, I killed a non-zombified being with human-like (or, in this case, crab-like) intelligence, and to rub in the meaninglessness of my impulsive behavior, the shell it left was too small for me to wear, meaning that I didn't even benefit from my brutal action. I just sat there for a whole minute and then decided not to let this death go to waste by promising to the dead snail that from this point on until the end of the game I would be very careful about where I'd swing my fork at and avoid violence wherever possible, a promise I was reminded of by Nemma when she pointed out the horrific nature of fighting against other sea-creatures when talking to her in the Expired Grove.
    I just finished the game for the first time, but technically speaking, I didn't finish it at all. When the prompt for attacking the pawn owner appeared, I was awestruck. I was instantly reminded of my promise, searched the whole city area for another way of ending the game, of just leaving the shell behind and letting it be. You could argue I did exactly what the game's credit scene said was the worst thing to do: nothing. But at least from my point of view, I did something: I decided against violence. I sat there for another minute, took a last look at the pawn owner and my shell, said "Fuck it!" ... and turned off my console.
    I honestly couldn't have wished for a more phenomenal ending to my already overly-phenomenal experience with this game. Thank you so much, Aggro Crab 🦀

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There’s so much nuance to this game and Kril is such a flawed and impulsive protagonist that it really makes Another Crab’s Treasure a gem of a game. Easily my favorite of 2024 so far. Thanks for your comment!

    • @sezerolama833
      @sezerolama833 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree for the most part of your arguments except the last section:''Prawnathon deserved it''.Prawnathon deserved it cause unlike Firth who is naive,good-natured,oblivious to stuff around him and looks through blinders Prawnathon was evil,greedy,a bootlicker and knew what his actions does.He doesn't care about anyone but himself,a merciless bastard who will side with anyone who holds power for his benefits.By striking Prawnathon we do the right thing:Prevent him from becoming another Roland.

    • @oggolbat7932
      @oggolbat7932 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Honestly the message could have been better handled with the ending. Making Firth understand how the pollution is affecting the ocean and redeem him instead of killing him mercilessly, polluting all the city, and then for some reason making Kril look like the hero.

    • @dreamer1292
      @dreamer1292 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@oggolbat7932 but the thing is, the story wants to point out tha krill was wrong in the last second, he got too angry, he got the perfect whorl and instead of using to save new carcinia chitan, he focused his anger on firth and only firth, his choice to be more violente than he should have was what caused the tragic ending, if just got the whorl, undid what firth did and went on to push his own plans then krill xould have either saved the ocean or maybe in a more tragic way develop a god complex e rule with an iron fist of a god.
      in the end the whorl being destroyed was kind of necessary since it would be cheap for such powerful macguffin exist and solve everything.
      the ending we got is a solid neutral ending with a good message.

  • @MK-qh3li
    @MK-qh3li หลายเดือนก่อน

    There’s stowaway item called rubber band that makes you immune o electric

  • @Stryker-bp1tw
    @Stryker-bp1tw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Should I watch this video now. or should I get this game and after I beat it I then watch the video?

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Up to you! It’s a really good story so if you want to go into it unspoiled this video will still be here :)

  • @crimsonrose8269
    @crimsonrose8269 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hearing someone say that voltai is a difficult fight surprised me tbh when I was playing it I was at the edge of my seat thinking it was gonna stop being easy suddenly but it never did, easiest fight in the game

  • @stevengardner2496
    @stevengardner2496 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Why did you have a shell that’s a red among
    us

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You buy it at Shellfish Desires and it actually came in clutch cuz it can drop a smokescreen and I used it to avoid giant laser-shooting crabs.

  • @shatteredsentient5321
    @shatteredsentient5321 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I will leave a like and sub for now. Then come back after I beat the game 😂
    Edit: Just wow, just wow. This games ending was insane. Vibrator eel was the funniest thing. And the writing during the abyss. 👌

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Going from this game to Little Kitty Big City is a trip ngl

  • @GreenBugBoi
    @GreenBugBoi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:58 that's just a back massager, dude. I think so, at least.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s not the back that it’s meant to massage I can assure you of that

    • @GreenBugBoi
      @GreenBugBoi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NotFrickingNick oh no wait a second

  • @skymalaran8867
    @skymalaran8867 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i wish there was a sequel of this game or dlc

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It came out like 6 weeks ago give it time ❤️ hopefully Aggro Crab is cooking something

  • @thatonearanara
    @thatonearanara 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Crabitalism

  • @adhd_foks4236
    @adhd_foks4236 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:43 do NOT scan it i swear 🤣🤣

  • @THEPinkPikmin
    @THEPinkPikmin หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Why is this game funny

  • @AllyMind5Star
    @AllyMind5Star หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't believe I just got Coconut Malled...........

  • @needy8373
    @needy8373 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    9:02 im not trying to that your wrong about that but you know you can unplug the items she's using by hooking them right?

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No no you’re good I was just very stupid and also dumb during this part. I’ve since gone back and beaten this boss legitimately after learning more about her 🙂

  • @sergeantcrwhips9437
    @sergeantcrwhips9437 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    09:18 ...or Megaman, THE boss weapon absorber ;j

  • @jessegartung294
    @jessegartung294 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice story about capitalism and pollution

  • @shadowstar5111
    @shadowstar5111 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the game and I would reccomend the other game by the Devs called Going Under !

  • @riskyumbrella4874
    @riskyumbrella4874 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've beaten most of the souls games but this one was too hard for me😢

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really! That’s interesting. You could probably up the parry and dodge invincibility windows and if that doesn’t help go for a more drastic option.

    • @devilofether6185
      @devilofether6185 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you could also try an endurance build with a valve; you will get a practically invincible shell, and an unbreakable hammer. Combine that with an Isopod stowaway, and you will zoom around the battlefield blocking everything; just avoid aggro attacks.

    • @philipphoffmann749
      @philipphoffmann749 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I struggled until I beat Gravekeeper Topoda. Afterwards my build was busted and I first tried almost every boss. So I was kinda dissapointed of the middle/ endgame.
      I struggled a lot more with the souls games. But that's only my experience. 😵‍💫

  • @oddvar4578
    @oddvar4578 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Kind of reminds me of Hollow Knight

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There’s a reference to Hollow Knight! You can find The Knight’s nail and it increases your attack power

  • @Meme-ss5id
    @Meme-ss5id หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I beat Pegurus way too early

    • @shatteredsentient5321
      @shatteredsentient5321 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

    • @zGoldenHawk
      @zGoldenHawk หลายเดือนก่อน

      I beat him before going to flotsam vale and I got secret dialogue oooooh

  • @MattAttack911
    @MattAttack911 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:08 what is the gunk exactly, and how does it cause the crabs ta loss there minds 🤔

    • @Gundam_mug_liker
      @Gundam_mug_liker หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think it’s soda or some form of drink that combines with other pieces of liquidy pollution

    • @goatsfluffy8254
      @goatsfluffy8254 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s just oceanic pollution, the creatures are corrupted because there’s microplastics in their bodies (plus some later revealed other causes).

  • @oggolbat7932
    @oggolbat7932 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn't like the ending. Why does the cinematic paint Kril as a hero when he missed all the points of the game? He lets anger get the better of him he lets trash fall all over New Carcinia, and then he kills Prawnathan out of nowhere to get his shell back. It's like the third act of the game up until the ending never happened for him.

    • @velspy9851
      @velspy9851 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't think it really painted him as a hero, more as someone reaching the end of their character arc and changing for the better, if not just a little bit, by leaving his shell to someone in need. It's a great way to say "you don't need to do anything huge, just change people's lives for the positive if only a little"

  • @chemkip2697
    @chemkip2697 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    How dare you make quality and thoughtful content while only having a small following, just for that im subscribing

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks! I’m trying not to have a small following!

  • @dots2692
    @dots2692 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    had to play this in 820 resolution still loved it

  • @VardrunCRidleyKnight
    @VardrunCRidleyKnight หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It’s funny how many angry reaganomics-loving bootlickers are coming out of the woodwork here

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I thought “Capitalism has its flaws and can’t exist without exploitation of people and the planet” was like a pretty universally-acceptable statement but here we are lol

  • @connorwilkinson7370
    @connorwilkinson7370 หลายเดือนก่อน

    COCONUT MALL

  • @XX-sp3tt
    @XX-sp3tt หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You've mastered the skill of the one sided arguments, congratulations.
    Democracy isn't perfect either. That doesn't mean we should give all our freedoms to a nominal benign dictatorship.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I am simply echoing the message of the game. I agree they offer a simplistic take on it and I agree that any socioeconomic system is going to have major issues because people are shitty, but I also agree with the game’s final thesis that there is literally nothing that will fundamentally change with our current systems, so I didn’t deem it necessary to spend 5 minutes delivering a soliloquy on how communism only works in a vacuum or whatever. Hope this helps!

    • @Mae_Dastardly
      @Mae_Dastardly 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bro's over here shadowboxing

  • @nephysmultiverse2880
    @nephysmultiverse2880 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You this feels like similar lore of a certain cartoon show that ended a 2 years ago with greed and such things like pride hmmm
    Check for reply for the answer

  • @CinemaKingTheaters
    @CinemaKingTheaters หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I feel like this game is just critiquing capitalism. It is still a fun game all around though.

  • @Giggles_iJest
    @Giggles_iJest หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh but well if they don't like capitalism, why are they selling a videogame?

  • @theindoorfarmer6706
    @theindoorfarmer6706 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how you "trash" capitalism along with the game but even anti capitalists such as yourself would have to admit that there is no alternative that is better to innovate through competition. Please name the "correct" system that would "fix" things. His answer during the game was to just unalive everybody lol. We have a lot of corruption and that happens in any system.

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It’s giving “if you don’t like the President then move out of the country.”

    • @oggolbat7932
      @oggolbat7932 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      In my opinion the message would have been less sour if Firth was redeemed at the end of the game, by making him understand how his pursuit for richness can ruin the city

  • @shortwinger3
    @shortwinger3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish there were more games like this that had political social commentary like this game. The first 4 Ratchet and Clank games did on PS2 but as soon as that series jumped to PS3, that stopped. The Oddworld games did aswell.

  • @beatxboxer9995
    @beatxboxer9995 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Game was honestly pointless. Hours invested for no ending. Could have been better.

  • @NotaYTOficial
    @NotaYTOficial หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Capitalism is not perfect, but it's the only thing that actually works

    • @TheFailedOwl
      @TheFailedOwl หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Actually, it doesn't. The game itself explains that. But you either conform or you get angry like Krill. Both ways won't change a thing.
      And because I want a solution, that doesn't make me a communist. That is poor Manichaeism.

    • @atlusofstone9834
      @atlusofstone9834 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheFailedOwl No NotaYT is right, it does work. The whole point of capitalism is to create value, i.e. food, technology, entertainment etc. Which it does in abundance.
      It has many flaws including...
      powerful people can get away with anything (Which all systems struggle with), it's often morally (and intellectually) bankrupt, it prioritises the now over the future and it has no solutions for what amounts to investment leeches (people who live off of great grandpa's oil fund) and many other flaws.
      But it creates value so you can either work to fix it's flaws or come up with and implement a better system.

  • @cherubin03
    @cherubin03 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would say that the game does in fact exaggerate a lot of "caitalism bad" rethoric, like to have a functional society some kind of token is necessary because without it its excedingly hard to coordinate workforces to achieve anything, and also the jabs at "trickle down of money" and "long term economic benefits" are just too simplified to the point of disinformation about the actual system

    • @cherubin03
      @cherubin03 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Also blaming capitalism for the pollution of the planet directly is just fucking dumb, like just look at Mao's purge of "plagues" and how it left china's environments, one system isn't the culprit for ecological destruction the goddam human nature of solving what it perceives as problems such as having housing or ensuring confort are the ones to actually blame

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’m gonna hazard a guess that having a rich fish in a video game say “you guys should’ve let me have all the money and I would’ve let it get to you eventually” isn’t supposed to be a substitute for Economics 101.

    • @cherubin03
      @cherubin03 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@NotFrickingNick eh fair enough it's just too simplistic for my taste, if you have to shove social commentary in fiction at least make it good, if not it's more of an annoyance

  • @dreadaby
    @dreadaby หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wnat to fight krill and eat him for lunch how you gonna use the magickal shell to just hit a guy while hes down which in turn accomplishes his plan anyway so fighting his ass is pointless if you where goning to do that anyway leading to economic destruction to a entire town cause all the crabs with leader material are dead which means he let a town to fiend for them selves with the impending possibility of inflation making it soon end up like a 3rd world country he could have ended the game by pressing the powner or killing him which he did anyway just for a shell he would give away to "some one in need" (by the way theres tons of junk which is apparently more effective then shells so wtf did they mean by someone in need idk they could have gotten their own) and he did all of that to go on a adventure making everything the "character groth" which ways forced and lazy cause its classic "oh well all my fault i go kms" plot which didn't change krils mind about "i need my childhood shell" at all it just stopped his instant depression which they didn't use in anyway good i should've knew all indie single players are like this "The simi reasonable villain gets beat by the American version of a manga/anime hero who is only doing it mainly for them selves" type plot i hate it cause they are doing villain type shit gilded by empathy and selflessness thats never really selfless the so all of that makes the plot ass and bumy like kril him self atleast firn tried to do something good the town would have been in trash anyway cause of kril at least pollution could go down by 20% in some years i just hate him what he did makes me want him to turn him into a krabyaki because plot wise just like the message he ain't shit
    But im still gonna buy anyway cause it's aggrocrab😂😅💀

    • @zanzibar4730
      @zanzibar4730 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I recommend learning punctuation because I ain't reading all that brother

    • @dreadaby
      @dreadaby หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @zanzibar4730 No you don't have to thus I'm not going to you'll comprehend it to the best of your ability im not doing all that for this

    • @Mae_Dastardly
      @Mae_Dastardly 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I just assumed the shell's power has a corrupting effect and brought the worst out in both firth and kril, that being firth's ego and entitlement and kril's anger issues and impulsive behavior

  • @deathgodresh
    @deathgodresh หลายเดือนก่อน

    Or... Or.... Or.... Play real dark souls 1....

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They’re clearly the goats of the genre but this game is a pretty good soulslike platformer made by a small indie studio with a lot of clever design and passion behind it!

  • @Mrlighthouse1000
    @Mrlighthouse1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    so the story is "capitalism bad cuz pollution" pfffff... literally the tragedy of the commons can only be solved trought property rights (thats why the soviet union drained up the aral sea), and "regulations" wont solve most problems regarding externalities, as those willing to pollute will do it even under the threat of enviromental fines if it makes profit, but not under harsher punishment for fellonies against third party properties
    and theres also the point of incentives: if you are the ceo of a lumber company, you have a lot of incentives to replant any tree you chop if the forest is your property to have a long term profit, but if youre an ilegal lumberjack on the amazon, you have 0 incentive to do it because the trees belong to the government, and the government has way less incentive to go after you than you to give up your way of life

    • @benjaminlefebvre1866
      @benjaminlefebvre1866 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Huh ? If anything, lumberjack companies have an incentive to not replant, because doing so is a waste of money when their are still other forests standing, and that would make them fall behind the concurrence.
      Capitalism will never be able to respond to climate change because the seeking of near term profit is fundamentally misaligned with the pursuit of sustainability.
      And no, private ownership does not solve the tragedy of the commons, we still very much suffer from it. I really don't know where you got that idea.

    • @Mrlighthouse1000
      @Mrlighthouse1000 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@benjaminlefebvre1866 yes, there are other forests that are NOT their property, so they cant do anything about them... and even if the owners are willing to sell, its still cheaper to replant, so yes, private property solves the tragedy of the commons, you cant do whatever you please to X place if its not your property, and if it is, you have an incentive to mantain it
      and private bussinesses usually seek long term profit, which is completely aligned with sustainability, and not every single private owner of a terrain would be a bussiness, theres also conservationists or common people living in those terrains

    • @lucylu3342
      @lucylu3342 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@Mrlighthouse1000Damn, I didn't know Firth had a TH-cam account. Did you make one after Krill kicked your Capitalist ass?

  • @TenmasSchoolOfThought
    @TenmasSchoolOfThought หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    18:56 Bullshxt, I can say the same about a socialist society, having family members whose been through communism, that a socialist society incentivizes greed and hurting others for your gains because thats exactly what happened and why they had to drop that system. But that isn't true. Greed comes from the human heart, and it will exist in any system. Yet greed is a factor that pushes humanity to advance. Without the first greedy guy who wanted to have a more comfortable experience, there wouldn't be the push to invent something that makes his life easier.

  • @DrPastah
    @DrPastah หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If they don't like capitalism why are they selling a video game trying to make money off it?

    • @NotFrickingNick
      @NotFrickingNick  หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Cuz a fella’s gotta eat and you may as well own your own means of production!

    • @YEY0806
      @YEY0806 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@NotFrickingNickalso in Marxist terms, making money off what you create is fine, it's when you use employees or labour to do work for you that makes you passive income that is wrong

    • @davisdelp8131
      @davisdelp8131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@YEY0806haha

    • @dave9515
      @dave9515 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@YEY0806 And whats funny about this is Carl Marx is also the one who distorted capitalism into the unfair mess it is today.

  • @dxz3
    @dxz3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    what a commie game