As someone who's played this game for around a decade now, this video touched on so many precious moments I never get to share with people because no one I know plays this game. Including quaffing random ass potions to save a run and getting bonked by yuif for his bitch ass cloak.
I know, right! I went back to look at my logs right afterward out of nostalgia, and saw "killed by Sigmund" and "killed by Crazy Yuif" both in there XD
Okay, DCSS is actually one of the easiest "true" roguelikes to pick up, it has a tileset, a lot of knowledge resources (including the game itself a lot of the time), and a dev team eager to remove every single obscure interaction from it.
I was looking (for the first time) for random DCSS videos on TH-cam to show my gf who was interested in it after playing Dwarf Fortress together. Little did I know that I would find the perfect, concise, and fun overview which is this video! Seriously this is incredible, you really nailed a little piece of nearly every aspect of this incredibly complicated game and almost made me spit out my food with the editing too. Hats off!
Ayyy I'm glad you enjoyed it! That really means a lo to me. Funny enough I recently got Dwarf Fortress, so I might be making a video about that one as well.
@@kingclean I hope you do and that you're enjoying DF! I only got it recently but have already sunk like 50 hours into it. It's got depth and history like DCSS but considerably more relaxing to play. (not that they need comparison, they're both awesome in different ways)
Saw a person talk about it when checking the overall story comments on Yonder (webtoons novel app) and Du geon and stone is based off of DCSS pretty much I guess
Damn, that was a perfect review. It captured the ESSENCE of the casual DCSS experience - rolling characters like dice, and splat them for some bullshit reasons you were too lasy to plan around. Started in 0.13, and never won a game. Still love it. Also, you forgot another way to play. DCSS is the perfect MOBILE game. Yes, imputs are janky, you can fatfinger inputs (I spent across 5000 G on useless potion petitions pressing "a" when tabbing), and I still love it more than any other android game.
That's funny, I never even considered being able to play the game on mobile. But considering it could totally be run on a toaster, I'm not surprised, I might have to check that out. And thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
this video and DCSS let me find your nice channel... glory to the stone soup! btw, gnolls are more chaotic than humans... they train all skills at once!
I love DCSS and you do a great & humorous job at explaining the game. But the Likes on your video are at 420 and so I can't bare myself to click that bad boy. I'm sure you understand. Again, great video though. Godbless
Oh if you're talking about the one that says 0 spectators or whatever, thats only for when you play online. Anyone can start spectating your game and you all can talk in that chat. Good for calling in the boys to figure a way out of a sticky situation, or for watching someone good and asking questions
Question about online mode: Do you need to confirm your email when you sign up an account? Or can you just tell them an email and then get straight to playing?
@@kingclean Alright, I tried it yesterday. You don't need to confirm your email, or even give them an email at all. But if you choose not to, you can't recover your password if you forget it.
@@kingclean that's the combo I used. I got fairly lucky if I recall with a great tower shield and executioners axe early on in the run, and that helped. I was also super paranoid and made lots of kill holes to funnel enemies to me one at a time.
I've tried it once, couldn't even get my head around it, and I've heard it has some really cool mechanics but I've also heard some of the horror stories.
Nethack is not a difficult game. It is a tedious game. DCSS is a difficult and exciting game. I got 29 wins in nethack before realizing that i hated it and switching to DCSS back in 2011.
Nethack's difficulty lies in its obscurity. I don't know a single person who has beaten it without spoilers, so by that metric I guess you could argue it's the hardest roguelike. However, once you know how to beat it, it's one of the easiest roguelikes by far and even easier than DCSS. The two hardest roguelikes I've encountered are Infra Arcana and Brogue. Oh, and one final note about DCSS. Yes, it's one of the easier ones, but that really depends on the character you are playing. Stuff like mummy and formicid make the game really quite challenging. Just stop playing boring minotaurs.
will update this as i watch the video and since you said that you're inspired by Sseth I'm gonna use that as perspective to judge your work 1- your style of narration leaves something to be desired, it's not comedic enough and on the off chance that a you cast a joke, the timing is either off or you don't let the joke "breathe" 2- you should introduce more visual gags such as rapid zooms and flashing text and quick cuts, which are a hall mark of Sseth's production 3- said visual gags are overlayed atop your own narration and that is very distracting
Hey you're only partially wrong
That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me
As someone who's played this game for around a decade now, this video touched on so many precious moments I never get to share with people because no one I know plays this game. Including quaffing random ass potions to save a run and getting bonked by yuif for his bitch ass cloak.
I know, right! I went back to look at my logs right afterward out of nostalgia, and saw "killed by Sigmund" and "killed by Crazy Yuif" both in there XD
Okay, DCSS is actually one of the easiest "true" roguelikes to pick up, it has a tileset, a lot of knowledge resources (including the game itself a lot of the time), and a dev team eager to remove every single obscure interaction from it.
While I think the changes have generally made the game better, cleaner UI, more stuff, yeah I think they are too trigger happy with removing stuff.
I was looking (for the first time) for random DCSS videos on TH-cam to show my gf who was interested in it after playing Dwarf Fortress together. Little did I know that I would find the perfect, concise, and fun overview which is this video! Seriously this is incredible, you really nailed a little piece of nearly every aspect of this incredibly complicated game and almost made me spit out my food with the editing too. Hats off!
Ayyy I'm glad you enjoyed it! That really means a lo to me. Funny enough I recently got Dwarf Fortress, so I might be making a video about that one as well.
@@kingclean I hope you do and that you're enjoying DF! I only got it recently but have already sunk like 50 hours into it. It's got depth and history like DCSS but considerably more relaxing to play. (not that they need comparison, they're both awesome in different ways)
Surviving the game as a barbarian novel made me come here
Saw a person talk about it when checking the overall story comments on Yonder (webtoons novel app) and Du geon and stone is based off of DCSS pretty much I guess
normal people: "banished to the shadow realm"
me, an intellectual: "banished to the fuck off dimension"
You sir, have made my day.
Loved the video. A good mix of review and entertainment
I love this game! Glad to see its enjoyed by others
great video!
Damn, that was a perfect review.
It captured the ESSENCE of the casual DCSS experience - rolling characters like dice, and splat them for some bullshit reasons you were too lasy to plan around.
Started in 0.13, and never won a game. Still love it.
Also, you forgot another way to play. DCSS is the perfect MOBILE game.
Yes, imputs are janky, you can fatfinger inputs (I spent across 5000 G on useless potion petitions pressing "a" when tabbing), and I still love it more than any other android game.
Also, subbed and put a bell on all future videos. Imo, TH-cam needs an obscure games reviewer. May the algorhytm bless you.
That's funny, I never even considered being able to play the game on mobile. But considering it could totally be run on a toaster, I'm not surprised, I might have to check that out. And thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I liked the audio for sure
Thanks!
you should try "cataclysm: dark days ahead"
Oh I think I've seen this once before. I'll look into it
this video and DCSS let me find your nice channel... glory to the stone soup!
btw, gnolls are more chaotic than humans... they train all skills at once!
Love the video brother! was laughing too muchh xD
I love DCSS and you do a great & humorous job at explaining the game.
But the Likes on your video are at 420 and so I can't bare myself to click that bad boy.
I'm sure you understand. Again, great video though. Godbless
man this is fire
i know it's an old video, but how do I get that menu with all the slots in the bottom right ??
Which part of the video are you talking about?
Oh if you're talking about the one that says 0 spectators or whatever, thats only for when you play online. Anyone can start spectating your game and you all can talk in that chat. Good for calling in the boys to figure a way out of a sticky situation, or for watching someone good and asking questions
Question about online mode: Do you need to confirm your email when you sign up an account? Or can you just tell them an email and then get straight to playing?
I don't think you do, but its been a long time since I set up an account
@@kingclean Alright, I tried it yesterday. You don't need to confirm your email, or even give them an email at all. But if you choose not to, you can't recover your password if you forget it.
My first win was on a formicid!
I've always wanted to make a tanky formicid fighter work, but I've never pulled it off
@@kingclean that's the combo I used. I got fairly lucky if I recall with a great tower shield and executioners axe early on in the run, and that helped. I was also super paranoid and made lots of kill holes to funnel enemies to me one at a time.
Too afraid to try the game but I love this video
You think DCSS is the hardest roguelike? Oh, sweet summer child. Give Nethack a try.
I've tried it once, couldn't even get my head around it, and I've heard it has some really cool mechanics but I've also heard some of the horror stories.
Nethack is not a difficult game. It is a tedious game. DCSS is a difficult and exciting game.
I got 29 wins in nethack before realizing that i hated it and switching to DCSS back in 2011.
Nethack's difficulty lies in its obscurity. I don't know a single person who has beaten it without spoilers, so by that metric I guess you could argue it's the hardest roguelike. However, once you know how to beat it, it's one of the easiest roguelikes by far and even easier than DCSS. The two hardest roguelikes I've encountered are Infra Arcana and Brogue. Oh, and one final note about DCSS. Yes, it's one of the easier ones, but that really depends on the character you are playing. Stuff like mummy and formicid make the game really quite challenging. Just stop playing boring minotaurs.
will update this as i watch the video and since you said that you're inspired by Sseth I'm gonna use that as perspective to judge your work
1- your style of narration leaves something to be desired, it's not comedic enough and on the off chance that a you cast a joke, the timing is either off or you don't let the joke "breathe"
2- you should introduce more visual gags such as rapid zooms and flashing text and quick cuts, which are a hall mark of Sseth's production
3- said visual gags are overlayed atop your own narration and that is very distracting
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
Some background music would be cool too
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This vid has nothing to do with mutations or using them, just a game description. Title better please.
dcss is easy to get into but hard to master.