"it's bound to be boring, long, and above all awful" singlehandedly the greatest intro to any video on KZfaq

I do like how honest he is with games like this. He doesn't just hand wave the bad for the sake of doing it

"I'm not going to chop the trees now because they will keep growing" *Keeps trees alive the entire game*

One thing that likely hurt the run is the amount of towers types you picked up. Flooding the upgrade pool so finding the mana bank was less likely to show up.

Its fun seeing AA play smaller games like this, hope he checks out yomi hustle when it hits steam

Flame towers and sprayers do damage to everything in a line, not single target. It's best to put them on progress and next to long straight sections so they hit the most enemies. Obliterator and particle cannon are your single target options.

Frost keeps killed your mana, they use it even with no enemies. Mortars fire really slow, probably would have made more sense to upg fire towers. More towers is probably better then spam-upgrading. But the biggest mistake I think you make is having everything target most armor/health/shield only. You want towers attacking different enemies not the same target, and most importantly you have to realize that after you damage something even a little bit your tower is going to immediately switch targets because it no longer has the most whatever. It's good to have some towers like flame/poison target least whatever because it makes them target the front of the pack, but not necessarily the one furthest ahead.

AA, I'm not sure if anyone actually said it during the livestream, but since you asked: The vampire enemies are likely a reference to Strahd Von Zarovich, who is the main villain of multiple D&D adventures, board games, and even an old video game from the 90s. To my knowledge his most recent appearance is in the 5th edition campaign "Curse of Strahd"

9:50 i have played D.O.T. builds a lot and here is a tip on flamethrowers and poison spayers: sometimes, the best spots for them are on ground lvl. they deal dmg over their full range, so what you want is to have them blast it down a lane, to cover as much of it as possible. no priority other than the default "progress" needed, since they are going to hit every passing target for as long as possible. that first flamethrower of yours is definitely sitting in one of the worst spots for its type of attack. projectile weapons like ballista and shredder, or area covering towers like the frost keep and encampment would need that one. the flamethrower in that area would work much better if placed to the upper left of that ore.

From the looks of things, the mortars went for things still with shields because they had the most armour left, which meant things with less armour than the bosses just went straight through the mortars without much hindrance because of different focuses

The targeting priority is evaluated top to bottom, no need to set them all to the same thing, it's only for ties. Counterintuitively, naturally weak or short range turrets get the biggest buff from being on hilltops. The +value is a flat bonus to both range in squares and base damage before level multipliers.

I love how you understood Polyphemus, but thought BB-Hate was a reference to BB King instead of BB-8 from Star Wars. It shows sophistication. The boss names in this game are great.

I am so surprised at how entertainment your commentary is for a vod, would have guessed this to be a recording

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but the bubble gum reference is probably from Duke Nukem, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta bubble gum", which according to Google originally comes from the 1988 movie They Live!

Balistas turn a certain colour not with leveling up, but with upgrades which give additional burning/bleeding/poison damage. :)

"I'm worried you'll think I'm boring" haha such a good line. This game does look very interesting though

there's a chance the enemy shouting "bat!" may be a reference to the what we do in the shadows tv show, where one of the vampires shouts bat every time he transforms into a bat

Seeing him talk about Knights of the Old Republic and HK-47. This brings me a great joy. Very accomplished game all around.

Your target priority could use a little bit of work :P Also I HIGHLY suggest the particle accelerator. P.A. + shredder can beat most things. Mortars for early armor shred, but once you get enough P.A. or shredders you dont even need those.

Love your content! I typically have you in the background while I study, and do my schoolwork. Believe it or not but your earlier philosophical content inspired me to pursue a bachelor’s degree. I became a subscriber because of that, but stayed for the absolute amazing content. Keep up the fantastic work AA and don’t be afraid to take breaks!

"I'm all out of bubble gum" actually is a reference to an 80's movie, which was then re-used in Duke Nukem

Thunderstore mod manager is what you need for this game to easily mod it.

> who is yaga baba > In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, also spelled Baba Jaga (from Polish), is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman. In fairy tales Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on a chicken leg.

For the record, BiBi Love was a psycho in Dead Rising 2 who you could save if you played along. She was an old singer who was past her prime trying to claw her way into the spotlight again when the outbreak occurs, becoming unhinged in the process.

Oh man I really love the soundtrack of this game, the way it goes calm when in building phase but goes back to crazy drums when being attacked

I got ptsd from the chicken in wheels because I thought they were the wheel skeletons from dark souls.

As was mentioned below, upgrades add colors: Blue is poison Orange is fire Red is bleed Generally it's easier if just 2-4 towers are picked, since each tower, or some buildings gets added to the draw stack. Aka, "poisoning the well" Also, universities make a HUGE difference.

I've had this on my wish list for about 3 months now and now I can finally get an amphibian point of view.

Ah I played this a good while ago and found it extremely addictive in a mediocre sort of way. A similar feeling to what I got from playing WC3 customs for twelve hours straight back in the day. Excited to watch this through and see your horribly boring, long and awful thoughts.

That early round tower radar would have been clutch. Its extremely powerful and doesnt use mana

You did Rogue Tower finally! Awesome game, glad you played it, buddy.

Some dude just wanted to feature their music, and made a game. I love every single track on this game.

I love all the long vods 🥺

The BB-Hate boss is a reference to BB-8 from the newer Star Wars trilogy. The guy talking about bubblegum is a reference to Roddy Piper in the movie "They Live!" in which he says: "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."

placing towers on the sides of straight roads instead of in the middle of that insanely juicy windy road near the beginning that could cover both sides was driving me nuts

When you set towers to Most Armor > Most Armor > Most Armor, that's the same as Most Armor > Progress > Progress. Give 'Least Shield > Most Armor > Most Health' a try for your flamethrowers so they'll hit the most armored units that aren't shielded.

Such a great intro to the VOD.

"And I'm all out of gum" is a Duke Nukem reference. "I'm here to kick ass, and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum"

I don’t know what you’re talking about. This was very entertaining to watch 😊

I enjoyed watching this game more than I expected. Very relaxing but simultaneously interesting.

If i can make some "free" time for myself, i ll give advice. You made it really far with so many bad choices, im amazed. I played on a lot older version, but even that knowledge can be useful. One tip for starters: try to find a long straight path. Vertical to the path try to put a flame/poison tower, to be able to face the opposite end of the road. Then put the priority to either: 1. The most progressed (if you put it to the entrance) 2. The least progressed (if you put it to the end of that road). This way you deal more dmg overall, put more d.o.t. as well. Just an another info: the higher lvl the tower, the more mana it uses. Extra tip: teslas. Put them on the islands, or a half island, to hit more at once. Hight is secondary step in choosing. You can win with only 4-5 teslas if you know what you are doing. Upgrade them. If you choose quality over quantity, they wont do dmg to armor, unless you upgrade them manually, but thats worth it. At the most top placed segment of your map in this run, you had an excellent place for the straight road to use, next to it a tesla, and put even a bit of slow to the closest avaliable spot below the tesla. It could've been any variation, but that spot was hurting to be not used. You tried to somewhat make killboxes witch is great, but heavily underutilised your extreme luck with that winding back sole road. Speaking of winding back, you didnt commit enugh to the turning back to your starting area. If they go trough too fast on an another side, of course try to lenghten that one. But in this case, if you have committed, even your last resort ballistas would've lvled a bit, with that more money from the houses and more dmg in case of an emergency. Even if it starts to wind there, its better than what you got on the other points. After a certain lvl, the upgrading towers dmg can start to rapidly incerase per upgrade. Most of these are applicable to the current version as i see it And i stop here, because this was half an hour to write on phone. And i started with "one" tip. If i have time, i will try to play again to try and give more advice.

Dude gets a god map, loses. Reaction : “we had horrible rng”

Bought this game just because of your VOD AA. You're right the music is nuts at the right time! Thanks for the recommendation!

Best ASMR vid yet Amph. Much love and keep ‘em coming :)

“Why are you attracted to him?” “His way with words is simply remarkable.”

this was quite neat, good video!

You can improve houses with any tower. That early radar could have replaced some your rear ballistae, there was a spot by one of the later houses could have used a flame thrower…etc.

This is a very nice game. I'm a fan of those path tower defenses and have watched more of this one before. You're very lucky to have such a long one-way path haha! Here's a pro tip. If you want to maximize tower efficiency try to make sure that it covers the most path possible and target earlier towers to the strongest enemy.

Severe diminishing returns on ballistas next to houses, always take the high ground!

You can hold shift and put down multiple towers without having to click the tower you want over and over

9:00 you hurt my head selling the ballista in the middle instead of the three practically useless ones far out of the bend

I've beaten this game several times, unlocking all perks and beating every play type, and RNG is the hardest part of it. I've found maximizing tower effectiveness by focusing on two or sometimes, three different towers are best. There's a chain of progression for your towers that are locked by the "cards" you choose leveling up to make the most of them. Playing "tall" is the best strategy I've found, but the best laid plans/ builds of mice and men are usually destroyed around level 35, 40 and 45...

nothing better than a relaxing rogue tower vod

Wow, this looks like my kind of game! I love tower defense games.

I don't want to be that guy, but flame and poison towers attacks pierce in a straight line so it's better to place them right at the end of a straight section of the path. Another way to say that is that the aoe that they deal only hits directly behind the target they shoot at. Idk, love your videos, just wanted to say that so you know in case you continue playing this. Love this game

"I'm all out of gum" "What are these, like, gum monsters?" No they make pop culture references. Gum line is Duke Nukem...hilariously a character that makes pop culture references.

Shredders and tesla's then get a few planes and set them to hp shield and armor in the middle of the map place a ton of mortars like 9 set 3 to front 3 to most armor and set the last 3 to most hp. The splash takes care of most of the small guys. Once you get a ton of mana regeneration, spam slow towers and place more shredders around them. That's been my go to strategy. Works pretty well the planes do a ton of damage.

PSA: you can sell towers and get a full refund back, so using the Ballistae on the level 3 high grounds early on isn't a big deal, as you can sell them for full price and replace them with something else later.

45:06 From movie They Live (1988)

I had one Obelisk early on, and it was responsible for like 12% of all damage, it’s well worth it.

Would love to see you tackle Faster Than Light again, maybe even the multiverse mod

Saw blades need to prioritize last. I’ve noticed they go in a straight line and don’t stop until a wall is hit. So to maximize potential damage you wanna have them on last with a long path.

«Let’s spam mortars!» *builds two mortars*

Thngs I've learned about the game: i'd honestly suggest running one Reset by getting everything and testing it out, you'll find what you like and don't like and it's better to do it early on in your resets then later Once you find what towers you like, reset and only purchase those towers and their upgrades. This way you're more likely to get upgrade cards you want overall I'd recommend filling out the stat trees as DoT damage is very useful. Getting mines is, for the most part, a good idea as it's only upgrade grants you more gold overall Sometimes spamming long range towers and turning them into stat sticks can work but can turn into a bad habit. Take it from me, all I do is spam mortars and I understand it's a bad play. Try to get the card frequency upgrades as quickly as possible, cause getting access to upgrades every wave can beef up your towers quickly While tempting, don't spam mana buildings unless you know you'll either regen mana faster then it is consumed or you have more then enough to last the wave, preferably choose option one

Small tip you can change the torrents priority to highest health to help lower the larger hp targets in the early waves

Upgrades shredders, proceeds to place no more shredders and spams unuprgraded mortars

Glad you finally found the mana spot you missed an hour in. It was bothering me.

6:39 "This is not a bad place to have Balistas" Yes it is...

Modding for rogue tower: requires R2MODMAN manager or Thunderstore mod manager (they are basically the same thing, but thunderstore is part of the OVERWOLF app)

"Stop calling me a heretic please, that's hurting my feelings" lol

I watched this whole vod

That was great! On a path like this you could of won with just shredders. You should see what they can do when you pump 20 levels into shields or armor!

Grabbed this game today and I love it, shredders are amazing to just spam down bottlenecks, bleed Carries hard till late game.

I like this game, been playing most the year as a time passer

i always find the most amazing games watching these

The lack of bolts upgrades with a ballista spam is sad 😭

My mans shoulda put more towers near the end. At least an ice tower, a shredder, and maybe the flamer too for DPS

Great game, good playthrough

You introduce me to the oddest games that I seem to keep liking

"Please stop calling me a heretic" spoken like a true heretic

With an opening to a video like that how could I not watch?

AA likes kotor? i knew i liked this ambiguous boi for a reason

23:24 yaga baba is probably a joke on baba yaga, which is a… polish?? Witch who lives in a house with rooster legs and flies around in a couldron.

Pretty sure progress is the best priority for cutters? They start at the front and go back hitting everyone, so as far forward is best

9:00 what a strong looking shape

First video I've seen of you, watched the whole thing at 3AM.

I remember trying out this game and got quite upset when I saw they boasted having 400+ unique cards and upgrades but then you open up the meta progression and majority of towers share identical upgrades with a lot of it just being "Does +X damage to specific thing"

NGL it was truly painful watching AA refuse to copy-paste those attack commands when literally spamming the same tower 2, 3 or 4 times.

Watching you continually pick suboptimal upgrades was anxiety inducing

I'm all out of gum... I'm so lost without you

More of this game pls ❤️

I hate how he sets all three priorities the same because if the first priority is not filled it moves to the second so it just skips all three if it dosent fit

I like way you paused and thought "Oh no, they'll be too young to know who B.B. King is"

This game needs a seed functionality. I ove it, but I wuld hate it way less if I could just retry certain lay-outs with different tactics... just so maybe, one day, I can finally get to the end for once!

Incredible how whenever you hear "rogue" you know if the game is good or bad if it ends with "like" or "lite" respectively

AA I saw when you put the thing in that place that time.

51:16 Nah, AA. Those are Chicken Rings. 😎

Love ur vids ..thank u

Stroad von finklewich, hmmm that sounds far to similar to a friend of mines favourite villain

Seems like you underutilised the bits where the track loops back around, so where your towers can target enemies for longer at no added cost