Becoming the Master of SECRET PUZZLES! - ElecHead Finale
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- ElecHead Part 4 - don't blink, or you'll miss it. Everything that you wanted happens in this episode, but it may not happen when you expect it. Even in its end game, this game manages to keep innovating and fleshing out its already rich ideas. That's truly impressive.
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**VIDEO SPOILERS BELOW**
ElecHead Review, starting with what I liked:
- The main mechanics were incredibly rich and expertly fleshed out. There were nearly a hundred unique consequences that stemmed from only two actions, and every consequence had its own level about discovering that interaction and nothing else.
- There were TONS of aha moments scattered throughout the game, it is incredibly good at making you feel smart.
- Every single level felt fun to solve. None of the solutions felt clunky to execute or overly similar to previous levels.
- The difficulty ramp was smooth, starting with enjoyable easy levels and building towards head scratchers. The head scratchers only seemed easy because of how well the early levels trained you. The average time per puzzle was appropriate for puzzles that only required a single revelation to solve.
- The platforming was the perfect level of difficulty, easy enough to not be a burden, but tricky enough to justify this being a puzzle platformer in the first place.
- The 30 gadgets minigame was a thrilling break from the main game. It tested platforming ability and planning ahead in a different but enjoyable way.
- The golden gadgets were incredibly fair to find, I LOVE an organized secret system combined with obvious visual cues for secret rooms.
- It is incredibly difficult to design a good level that plays differently when you return to it with new information and abilities. This game succeeded at that on several occasions - the entire backtracking portion was glorious.
- The art style was solid and extremely effective at conveying information.
- The soundtrack was banging and matched the art style.
- The minimalist story built the atmosphere well.
- While I didn't find many in my playthrough, there are several well-hidden color palettes that require persistence or extreme thinking outside the box (see the "secret" powering off mechanic) to find. Because they are less fair, I like how optional they are. If you want a true challenge, you might enjoy hunting for those. I don't think I'll do so myself.
- This game was exactly as ambitious as it needed to be. It ensured that its ideas were developed to perfection, rather than introducing several ideas that it couldn't execute well. The vast majority of video games are way too ambitious, as they overvalue ideas (which are worth next to nothing alone because every human being has ideas) and undervalue execution.
What I didn't like:
- The only criticism I can think of is that this game does not stand out on a conceptual level. However, I could argue this about every video game except for maybe 10. A video game does not need to reinvent the wheel to be good, and this game instead perfects a particular niche. Well done.
Overall Rating: 10/10 (Flawless)
why 1 am
@@lakumetiz283 time change.
This game has to be my favorite puzzle game since Baba.
i would be interested to hear what games do stand out on a conceptual level for you
this is the best review ive ever seen tyler write about any game i am in absolute awe
and this game deserves it too, if it was every bit as fun for him to play as it was for me to watch. it was delightful??? this series was only 4 episodes long and ive already gotten attached to it, im going to miss it :(
I love a concise game like this. It gets in, does what it set out to do, and gets out. Put another way: All killer, no filler.
Yeah, considering how it blew up the Earth... Definitely All-killer.
"i might not do all the secrets"
1 day later:
Spoilers ahead:
Fun fact; He didn't get all the secrets. Infact, not only are there more pallets, but there's an entire other powerup that apparently can be obtained by getting out-of-bounds in one area and then going left. This is the Rocket Head Powerup, an optional powerup where you can keep your head in motion after throwing it - and it can be toggled etc!
Tbh i only know this from another vid though, it's not at all easy to find and there don't appear to be any hints for it.
"might"
Hey Tyler, there's a secret mechanic called rocket head mechanic, which allows you to shoot the head upwards like a rocket for a while.
I know you already completed the game, but it's a fun fact, plus it's used in the minigame to get scores upto 50
You can get 50 without the rocket head I think
Believe it or not this still isn’t everything. There’s a way to find an additional secret bonus power.
What, does it destroy the earth _and_ the moon?
What does it do and how do we get it?
Is it if you go left at 1:39 by any chance or is that just another colour filter?
I would like to believe it's a way to save both moon and earth = saving Elechead
@@PaulyPop it's to the bottom right of the ? Warp. You fall down a crack out of bounds and gain a power called "rocket head" that lets you launch your head up after throwing it!
After being spoiled with 12 inscryption videos it's sad seeing this series end so fast
Gotta keep on your toes. You never know if a series will be literally 1 episode long, 2 or 3 episodes long, several weeks long, etc.
you watched them too????
@@RainbowHelveltica I watch every single video he uploads
Yeah lol.
When the idle animation is a gameplay mechanic
man… the two endings and their locations just instills a certain emotion inside of me i cant identify
edit: yall need the hornknee bonk my pfp is not sauce darn it
Pfp sauce?
Is it related to eggman?
As much as I dislike undertale's fanbase, I'm surprised no one got the determination to understand what this comment is about.
69 likes, also perchance you might be feeling Loric?
Sauce = source, as in who drew the picture or what show/movie/anime/whatever it came from. Maybe it was you who needed the bonk all along 🤔
8:00 This made me lose my mind. I beat this section with precision jumps and a solid half hour of rage. To beat it with something so simple makes me so frustrated. I literally never knew that idle animation was a thing! I felt even worse when I got to the other side and it's just a colour palette and not even a secret...
17:45
If it weren’t for this puzzle to be in the way, it would’ve been quite a nice trick/touch where that the “True” ending was always there at the start of the game.
But since you would need to throw the head to be able to pass it though, you would also need the rest of the abilities to get back to the start.
For a moment, I thought that it was possible to get this ending right at the start of the game, but it wouldn’t be possible to pass that section.
You just need the head throw. There are no other abilities except the rocket head, which is not needed. So you can come back immediately after getting the head throw and speed clear the game. But normally you won't have the clue what to do, until you see the hints beyond portal #6..
"As soon as the shiny turd exits the screen!"
**thinks**
...is he talking about the head?
No he's talking about the shiny turd
@@defiantnight2668
But all three turds are equally shiny, and he jumps as soon as the head leaves the screen, so...
@@Scuuurbs The "shiny turd" is a broken ElecHead
At the speed it was going, I understand why he thought it was a shiny turd.
@@OriginalPiMan
Well yeah lol. My comment wasn’t to judge him, just enjoying the thought of the game devs putting in a shiny turd.
Also kinda laughing at myself? When he said it my brain did a double-take as I assumed I was seeing it wrong and it actually _was_ a shiny turd.
I was so furious when he almost had the puzzle in the second stage
But didn't realise it and gave up
In Metroidvanias, you unlock powers as you progress.
In Elechead, knowledge is power.
Counterpoint: this is a Metriodvania where the unlocks are all in your head, making you a more integral part of the game than most.
@@TlalocTemporal like toki tori 2
You still unlock things to be able to progress. You can't just get the good ending from the very start, but you can stumble upon the path. Need to be able to throw the head to get past the one puzzle
@@goldenirie -- Can you not throw your head at the beginning?
@@TlalocTemporal nope you unlock it
Dam, watching this game was so much fun but with Tyler playing it made it even better!
I literally just finished the last episode. Your upload timing is godlike.
Edit: apparently TH-cam showed me this video before It was supposed to. I ain't complaining.
hmmmmm
something isn't right
Another time traveler?
Same
His schedule is based of u
Yeah, wtf is this???
great game indeed especially because the concept was from a 48 hour game jam .. so all the mechanics were done in 48 hours and then fleshed out into this full game
The inscryption dev has another game, though I don’t know if it is a puzzle game. I believe it is called “the hex”. Considering it’s from the same dev, I’d expect similar elements of gameplay, as well as some story connections to inscryption (I think?)
Actually the hex and pony island are not related to inscryption because they are the older games
Quite opposite, Inscryption has story connection to the Hex, as Hex was there long before Inscryption :P
@@TheEvenClan what stops devs from making a story referring to the other story but revealing it in the next game?
The hex has a reference to pony island but other than that its a self contained story
@FlyMaster not everyone can see the future, foresight isn’t that far usually
So happy to see this wrapped up neatly and looking forward to more Carto in the future!!
Well this must be a boring game to any% speedrun, lol
Do you say that because you think you can go right to the end at the start? You can't because u need the power to throw the head. Looks like the speedrun strat is to get to that power while avoiding every checkpoint so that you can self destruct to get back to the start.
Let’s fucking go this game has been so fun to watch, sad to see it go tho
So the endings bring up a question, how much power is in elec’s head?
Yes
We NEED MatPat. NOW
What a charming gaming. Really enjoyed this series got me scratching me head as well for some of those puzzles. When I saw the first ending I was ready to say 'You fiend! You doomed us all!" But then you redeemed yourself with the other ending lol. Once again great series!
I love how shocked he was when the robot just shut off out of nowhere.
Okay but seriously where did you get the art for the previous episodes thumbnail its so sick
the art is probably just screenshots fitted together in a perfect way!
@@RainbowHelveltica -- They're talking about the last episode with the isometric perspective.
I linked it in the previous video’s description! It’s fanart from twitter.com/RowanFuture
I love how this game turns simple things into clever puzzles
Ok so I know I just am one person and it's not super a puzzle game but I would love to see aliensrock play outerwilds
He played it before but didn't really like it that much
haven’t finished the video yet but yes more elechead!! i was waiting for this exact minute
the ending music slaps :(( so sad it’s done now though, i hope the dev releases a new game soon aleady
Day 1 of recommedning Perspective. Its one of my favorite puzzle platformers from when I was in high school and I think Tyler would really enjoy it!
You're an amazing youtuber, man. I really appreciate your content. One of the best!
Also if you liked this game, I recommend you try a game called Seedling, on Newgrounds. It's an adventure puzzle game, however short, which has a very nice sound track and plenty of Aha! moments. The sort of minimalist story telling paired with the fluidity of the game mechanics (for its time) are really awesome, and I know you'd appreciate it like I did so many years ago. I think you should try it if you're looking for games like ElecHead.
Sacrifice the earth to gain a sun, or sacrifice yourself and become a sun.
0:34
Game devs: we do a little trolling
The luck be a landlord/elechead crossover we never knew we wanted
When i was playing it i thought that the earth explosion is the good ending lol
Nice puzzle design.
19:51 is it just me or is there something at the top right
I love the * tonk * noises
Why would saving the Earth be the good ending? Biased as always, I see.
Death to the pesky humans! Mission completed succeseully. 🤖
Huh, this looks like an interesting speed run. A Moon% run shouldn’t be too long…
Hey Tyler, this game reminded me of another one called 1000 Amps, also a puzzle platform. I think you'll like it, it also plays as a metroidvania
im in love with this game, its a shame it has to end.
SPOILERS
Electicity, just like anything, can be a force for good or for evil. It is up to the user to use it wisely.
lol
Destroyed the earth and got rid of the evidence, another job well done.
Ok, but WHY does every puzzle game have to end with the end of the world?
Hmmn why did elec head kill the entire planet? Lol
The good ending, the earth survived
Yeah, I wonder how long earth sustains life without the moon. Ebb and Flow say bye bye
going back to the beginning is the normal ending, getting 20 chips is the secret one
Yeah its not like like an ending with hidden collectibles is the secret one.
Day 14 of asking Tyler to play Helltaker
Very happy about this game.
Why did your quality drop after the moon exploded?? What happened there?
at 0:20 you could just never enable them by throwing it mid air
Amagin if his camera turned yellow when he got the bad ending
He could still have done something at 17:23
16:44 throw the head? *Yeet*?
Edit: yay
You should play the quell games.
You should play dicey dungeons
4:30 i couldve done that easily
why does he want sea crits so badly?
Wanted to recommend the game Temple of Snek. It's a puzzle game based around the early video game Snake, but with some metriod-vania progression elements. As you solve rooms you eat enemies, and as you eat enemies you grow longer, and as you grow longer you can solve different puzzles but must also protect your larger body from traps. While I was impressed by the scope and depth of mechanics, I do feel it left me wanting a more conclusive ending, but it currently finished with a to be continued screen. Over all its great for puzzle lovers who want a challenge and can deal with some trial and error due to timing based movement and limited camera perspectives.
Oh god i didnt know you could do 16:26 without the rocket head.
I was completely stuck in that room, then discovered the rocket head online, then solved that room using it with a totally different solution that i figured out on my own.
Ngl I was mad at the designer that i couldnt complete the game without the most obscure unhinted hidden powerup ever.
I think the reason the secret ending involves destroying the Earth is because Elechead isn't actually on the Earth; when you blow up the moon you kill Elechead.
Thing with fast platform at 8:00 got to be a bug. I don't remember it going that fast and i found all secrets.
Shiny turd in slot machine secret is actually head.
I wish you showed completion time just to compare. Mine was 5 hours and 15 minutes.
Hey Tyler, you should try plating Solas128, what I can say is that it burns some brain cells to solve puzzles
You didn’t finish it. Also you never mentioned why you can randomly flip your head
Day #10 of being excited for Tyler's daily uploads!
I think you hit my house
I just noticed the chips correspond to the number like section 4 has 3 chips
There is another power that you mist
Altough getting to it is quite hard and weird
Wait a minute, did this game get an update? I don't remember these sections!
Care to share where you find indie games like these? Excited to see what series is next.
RIP Elechead
Favorite series
19:09 damn the explosion was so strong it damaged the mic
mic failure?
Wait didn't he have the ability to recall his head at will?
Aliensrock
5 minutes ago. Wow. What perfect timing.
There is a new world in poly bridge!
2:13 I think we all know what happened there.
“This was the place where I shot up”
Pls play more luck to be landlord
extremely cool game, loved the playthrough!
best series in my opinion gud job
Have you played "HUE" yet?
So what do the endings mean?
Day 26 of having a good time watching tyler, what a good end to a shocking game
Why day 26?
literally shocking [because electricity]
You have a BIG BRAIN
Wassup
1h
Hi
Nice
What an amazing series!
Day 401 of telling Tyler that he never finished his minecraft series and that he should finish it.
I'm so tired lol
Day 361 of agreeing
Day 79
day 1 of agreeing with you
What do you call a chubby psychic?
A "four-chin" teller
Four chins is well past "chubby" and far more in the category of "morbidly obese".
A large medium?
Ahahaha, funny joke, just watched Isab video, included masters.
The funniest part is that he warped back so all he's done over the past episode needs to be redone
I’m so mad that Tyler likes this game so much. I would give it 5/10 because it’s so bland. Play other puzzle platformers and you’ll know this isn’t anything special
(Also if personally I’d rate it 3/10, but objectively I’m just gonna say it’s a 5/10)
Sour individual
for the one puzzle you could not figure out, you want to stand on the one metal platform to the far right and throw your head in the middle hole to block the blocks from apearing. then when it hits the floor you jump across and get the key and drop down.
Someone didn’t watch the whole video
He figured it out at the end of the video...
@@Walter12347 oh sorry, i got called down for dinner and thought the video was over :)