They made a Minesweeper roguelite (Let's Revolution)

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 200

  • @masterplusmargarita
    @masterplusmargarita Рік тому +549

    I just love that seeing a grid of tiles with drawings of roads on them is enough to send NL into a rant about how he'd love to be a medieval peasant turning a mill for 16 hours a day. Not a hint of irony, those weird connections in his brain are why he's so endlessly entertaining.

    • @notatrueroute
      @notatrueroute Рік тому +43

      NL milling grain for Jerma to transport in his wheelbarrow.
      The collab I have been waiting my whole life for.

    • @khaucan5068
      @khaucan5068 Рік тому +17

      So true. That's why he MIGHT not be neurotypical

    • @benisboy2697
      @benisboy2697 Рік тому +13

      Its the Peloton-pill. He literally loves the threadmill.

    • @blunt005
      @blunt005 Рік тому +4

      @@notatrueroute your brain would melt so quickly if you put those two together lol

    • @lxjoe96
      @lxjoe96 Рік тому +1

      16? he said 8

  • @Bertisokay
    @Bertisokay Рік тому +251

    Every time the Pogman thinks a diagonal to a zero is a road, an angel gets its wings.

    • @Silas_MN
      @Silas_MN Рік тому +20

      soooo many angels lol

    • @firedonutzFTW
      @firedonutzFTW Рік тому +15

      my ass in heaven getting killed via angel entity cramming: 😇😇💀😇😇

  • @davefoster7704
    @davefoster7704 Рік тому +140

    NGL, "artisan, small batch, hand-made gravel" had me dying.

  • @bduddy55555
    @bduddy55555 Рік тому +190

    It's amazing how he can see the thing about dead ends, read it out loud, and then immediately forget it 5 seconds later

    • @LJlucky8
      @LJlucky8 Рік тому +21

      I don't think he understood it at all

    • @froxical2128
      @froxical2128 Рік тому

      He even gets it wrong sometimes 😢

    • @doopness785
      @doopness785 Рік тому

      It minesweeper it’s insane how obvious this is.

  • @breathuralic768
    @breathuralic768 Рік тому +144

    I finally understand the guy from the ad allegations. I was near tears for most of the video.

    • @joshuamitchell3441
      @joshuamitchell3441 Рік тому +2

      Found AaronApparents account

    • @Scroolewse
      @Scroolewse Рік тому +3

      His video a few years ago on another minesweeper roguelite, Demon Crawl, was hilariously bad.

  • @Free_Hubert
    @Free_Hubert Рік тому +188

    Minesweeper was the first roguelike. Great to see it get the remaster it deserves.

    • @incription
      @incription Рік тому +20

      Actually games like Beneath Apple Manor (1978) predates the original minesweeper (1983/90)

    • @fonky6480
      @fonky6480 Рік тому +43

      Haters will say Rogue was the first roguelike do not believe them

    • @905LilO
      @905LilO Рік тому +12

      We have it to thank for modern sweeplikes

    • @fudgyboo
      @fudgyboo Рік тому +4

      ​@@incription ☝️🤓

    • @ezdlc2693
      @ezdlc2693 Рік тому +2

      Minesweeper was actually preceded by multiple videogame-likes.

  • @Ihasnotomato
    @Ihasnotomato Рік тому +41

    As a frequent minesweeper enjoyer, seeing NL make wrong calls but still stumble into the right solutions is quite a sight to behold.

  • @liamveezee
    @liamveezee Рік тому +178

    NL quickly becoming the master of roguelite versions of all classic games

    • @wangledteb5671
      @wangledteb5671 Рік тому +12

      Yeah I was just thinking the other day watching Balatro... We got a Chess roguelike, we got a slot machine roguelike, we got a Poker roguelike... Now a Minesweeper roguelike... What's left? A 3D Pinball roguelike maybe :P I was gonna say a Solitaire roguelike but I feel like that's already a thing

    • @Supaserrin
      @Supaserrin Рік тому +3

      @@wangledteb5671 There is a 3d pinball adventure game, not a roguelike, but it has a fun story mode and the gameplay is fantastic, each character is a ball and they have different properties. I forgot how it's called sadly.

    • @somegeezer
      @somegeezer Рік тому +12

      Master, as he thinks a road is next to a zero.

    • @seankenny174
      @seankenny174 Рік тому +5

      He's wasting stamina by clearing 5 tiles at full stamina

    • @ananas_anna
      @ananas_anna Рік тому +4

      @@wangledteb5671don’t forget hockey roguelite lmao

  • @PhantomThiefXI
    @PhantomThiefXI Рік тому +71

    the instant payoff of gamers and tutorials into "everything attacks from a distance?"

    • @tabula_rosa
      @tabula_rosa Рік тому +5

      my wife is like that. playing elden ring shed insta-close the tutorial popups with gamer reflexes and then not a second later ask me what it said. maddening

    • @PhantomThiefXI
      @PhantomThiefXI Рік тому

      @@tabula_rosa nice mizukoshi saying just thinking about it avatar

    • @tabula_rosa
      @tabula_rosa Рік тому

      @@PhantomThiefXI i never knew what its from. i cant find anything about it online, id really like to watch a clip or two of it but the only things i see are a couple of AMVs. is there somewhere i should be looking?

    • @PhantomThiefXI
      @PhantomThiefXI Рік тому

      @@tabula_rosa my comment keeps getting filtered by youtube i dont know what im doing wrong
      searching hen zemi on youtube gets some vids (most spanish subs) but the good jokes are too risky for youtube, i dont think theres any legal streaming of it, so youd have to look for your pirate site of preference

  • @ann0d0m1n1
    @ann0d0m1n1 Рік тому +20

    The niche adult animation style word NL is looking for is known as "children's animation"

    • @OscatJ
      @OscatJ Рік тому +5

      Ah yes, Stephen Universe, the first show that enters my mind when I think of adult animation.

  • @thespleenenator
    @thespleenenator Рік тому +27

    Imagine if NL learns how to recover energy by revealing tiles with Roundhouse, thereby effectively getting free abilities, the world would be joever.

  • @MrErythorbicAcid
    @MrErythorbicAcid Рік тому +17

    Artisan small-batch handmade gravel.

  • @EAJ97
    @EAJ97 Рік тому +58

    The amount that I wanted to scream something was or was not a road is insane. NL can’t count in this game I swear

  • @danielvan12
    @danielvan12 Рік тому +13

    Game developers: Make clear indicators that show where you can shoot with the bow.
    NL: “I didn’t know you didn’t have to be in the same row or column to attack with the bow.”

  • @Ichthyodactyl
    @Ichthyodactyl Рік тому +26

    Minesweeper roguelike already exists, it's called Demoncrawl.

  • @Jrakula10
    @Jrakula10 Рік тому +10

    the "you have selected power drive" bit gets me evertim

  • @sqronce
    @sqronce Рік тому +34

    As for the knowing about the roads thing, it was evident from the previous screen. So people in chat could have known just by watching NL and being more observant than him.

  • @HelciusCabral
    @HelciusCabral Рік тому +9

    What about Demoncrawl

  • @Weyk47
    @Weyk47 Рік тому +5

    was really hoping for the classic "wake up honey, there's a new minesweeper roguelite and its sweeping the nation"

  • @XionGaTaosenai
    @XionGaTaosenai Рік тому +39

    Seeing this title made me sad that Northernlion only ever made the one Demoncrawl video. Watching this video reminded me WHY Northernlion only ever made the one Demoncrawl video.

    • @INStheRebel
      @INStheRebel Рік тому

      That game crashes for literally any reason. I’ve never refunded a game so fast

    • @melly20xx
      @melly20xx Рік тому +8

      @INStheRebel Makes sense you refunded it, but I don't think that's the univeral experience either. I've put like 60 hours into it without any crashes and haven't heard of it crashing for anyone til now

    • @Scroolewse
      @Scroolewse Рік тому +1

      Yeah that video was hilarious. That game is so good though. I've got like 250 hours in it.

    • @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX
      @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX Рік тому +1

      I know we all watch nl for his banter, but boy videos like this really drive that point home 😂, literally unwatchable otherwise

    • @Scroolewse
      @Scroolewse Рік тому +1

      @@XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX nintendo fanboy with way too many Xs in his name is rude as hell, what a shocker.

  • @EthanVanHorn
    @EthanVanHorn Рік тому +3

    He is the guy in the ads even in this video

  • @Kasaaz
    @Kasaaz Рік тому +4

    Is there a way to mark tiles you suspect might have things? Just to sort of help you visualize what's going on? Like the flags in Minesweeper?

  • @CasualFrydays
    @CasualFrydays Рік тому +9

    failing upward lmao

  • @TelvanniGuard
    @TelvanniGuard Рік тому +3

    That ending made me very sad when he thought he was dead.

  • @granfalloon9848
    @granfalloon9848 Рік тому +1

    1:54 America had often unethically sourced labor break rocks to clear land for agri biz fields and for the interstate highway system along with materials to form said highway system.

  • @trukklob2227
    @trukklob2227 Рік тому +1

    "Medieval Peleton"...? I freaking lost it lmao! 😂

  • @VinceVanished
    @VinceVanished Рік тому +1

    I used to hate watching ads where the person plays like they don’t know the mechanics and then I heard NL say “this must be a road” like 4 times while standing on a zero square 😂😂

  • @drulli6
    @drulli6 Рік тому +2

    drink anytime he says something is a dead end when it cannot be.

  • @Zettabyte7
    @Zettabyte7 Рік тому +2

    Take a shot every time he guesses wrong whether a tile is a road and prepare to die of alcohol poisoning.

  • @Trogdor390
    @Trogdor390 Рік тому +5

    "Let's take a second and puzzle it out."
    *doesn't get how to puzzle it out*

  • @jgmelody
    @jgmelody Рік тому

    Thinking that gravel is in surplus and naturally occurring is such an Ottawa/kingston resident giveaway

  • @AwesomeNick94
    @AwesomeNick94 Рік тому +11

    We all just intuited the shit about roads while NL was stalling

  • @nerdtron8
    @nerdtron8 Рік тому +4

    “I’m talking about Steven Universe and Bob’s burgers, because I just don’t understand them.”
    Okay old ass

  • @sigithesauropod3340
    @sigithesauropod3340 Рік тому +3

    DemonCrawl flashbacks

  • @bytemeah
    @bytemeah Рік тому +1

    watching NL play Minesweeper is pretty much permanent facepalm territory

  • @alexanderjonsson4891
    @alexanderjonsson4891 Рік тому

    The frustration when there’s less than a second between “enemies can’t spawn on dead ends” and there’s a road there I can’t go there..

  • @Johnsken
    @Johnsken Рік тому +5

    great game, great gameplay, love it, i wish for more of it.

  • @kensw87
    @kensw87 Рік тому +1

    I just came from the minigame video and now I realise NL is the ad guy and I have to buy this game

  • @sleepiestgf
    @sleepiestgf Рік тому +2

    haven't even started the game yet and we're already farming +2s, you know it's a good one

  • @CTOOFBOOGLE
    @CTOOFBOOGLE Рік тому +1

    Lol at the guy who convinced him that corners arent safe

  • @craig.6076
    @craig.6076 Рік тому +12

    This game was so ridiculously easy on my first playthrough I tried to do a no hit run...
    Then I got to the last stage..😂

  • @secondengineer9814
    @secondengineer9814 Рік тому

    Regarding rock breaking, gravel is used a ton in concrete, so we always need to make more

  • @relatedreality
    @relatedreality Рік тому +1

    He really is the guy from the mobile ads

  • @mikec2845
    @mikec2845 Рік тому

    2:40, heard this, programming it into my game tomorrow

  • @riley7036
    @riley7036 Рік тому

    Ive been waiting for another minesweeper roguelite since Demoncrawl lets go

  • @albertosandoval8443
    @albertosandoval8443 Рік тому +1

    the demo is INSANE how much more does the full game have to offer??!? its super fun

  • @Gabu_
    @Gabu_ Рік тому

    1:00 What a start to a video

  • @austinfletchermusic
    @austinfletchermusic Рік тому +3

    He's so bad until he's so good

  • @Eggz4Dinner420
    @Eggz4Dinner420 Рік тому +12

    Imagine thinking Steven universe is adult animation

    • @pietrocelano23
      @pietrocelano23 Рік тому +4

      Brother have you seen blue diamond? Let's just say im having adult thoughts

  • @weasaldude
    @weasaldude Рік тому

    Breaking rocks in half is for railroads

  • @MattHolstein
    @MattHolstein Рік тому

    Just a quick aside, a lot of the mining in prisoner camps was for either gold for obvious reasons, or sulfur for gunpowder/explosives.

  • @LevelWithUs
    @LevelWithUs Рік тому

    It's a fantastic premise and fantastic game

  • @shaybcakes6309
    @shaybcakes6309 Рік тому +1

    If you really want to torture the guy who turns the mill take away the mill

  • @noelhanson3522
    @noelhanson3522 Рік тому +4

    I am both thankful and slightly annoyed that you keep finding great games that I need to buy.

  • @DukeChameleon
    @DukeChameleon Рік тому +1

    Minesweeper roguelite lets gooo

  • @co2_os
    @co2_os Рік тому +1

    31:15 poor soul 😂😂

  • @billybillyboebilly
    @billybillyboebilly Рік тому +2

    Who up turnin they rod?

  • @doopness785
    @doopness785 Рік тому

    See as his brain can’t count to 5 he would make a good mill turner.

  • @snodgkins
    @snodgkins Рік тому

    Man, shoot king with bazooka, roundhouse guard and we’d still be going

  • @Aaron537_UNIQUESTRING
    @Aaron537_UNIQUESTRING Рік тому

    Carcassonne with a couple house rules is a really great game

  • @bulldog7758
    @bulldog7758 Рік тому

    Gravel from prisons is also way cheaper than gravel from regular mining companies.

  • @punkrockllama
    @punkrockllama Рік тому +1

    Shape based roguelike poggies

  • @UncleGeorge20
    @UncleGeorge20 Рік тому

    Watching Ryan play games for the first time is always frustrating lol

  • @NichHell
    @NichHell Рік тому

    What a great combo of cool aesthetics and interesting game play

  • @violetstarsign
    @violetstarsign Рік тому +3

    Can we talk about the tutorial lady? Genma is PEAK character design. I want.

  • @James-sm7kn
    @James-sm7kn Рік тому +1

    I honestly also never understood Carcassonne just not my kind of game.

  • @flywingcpy7121
    @flywingcpy7121 Рік тому

    "good roundhouse"
    - worst roundhouse of his life

  • @tdc_rath475
    @tdc_rath475 Рік тому

    not NL accidentally describing the story of Sisyphus 1:15

  • @sky0kast0
    @sky0kast0 Рік тому

    Breaking rocks could be cement

  • @bluebarbe1389
    @bluebarbe1389 Рік тому +10

    beautiful artstyle? I dunno about that one

  • @mysteriousanonymous7992
    @mysteriousanonymous7992 Рік тому

    Can anyone explain how matrix multiplication would help?

  • @Squedism
    @Squedism Рік тому +4

    Why did this video feel so short when it's nearly an hour long

  • @NivetFox
    @NivetFox Рік тому

    CARCASONNE MENTIONED

  • @deathmight12
    @deathmight12 Рік тому +15

    steven universe is not adult animation, it just has adult themes but it is definitely made for kids

    • @Keomei
      @Keomei Рік тому +3

      I'm like 90% sure NL was talking about the animation *style*, and not the themes of the shows. In other words, he's saying that he likes how this game looks, even though it reminds him of Steven Universe and Bob's Burgers (which I guess he doesn't like)

    • @deathmight12
      @deathmight12 Рік тому +1

      @@Keomei ahh okay i get what you mean

  • @g76agi
    @g76agi Рік тому +2

    Why does everything have a mustache?

  • @UnlimitedBladeWork
    @UnlimitedBladeWork Рік тому

    The egg being a MASTER at his craft of making you buy the game he sucks so much ass at. I feel like I wouldn't have bought this game if he didn't fumble the boss fight that hard

  • @jayleno2192
    @jayleno2192 Рік тому

    NL should get his daughter to help him play this game. She might be better at counting than he is.

  • @wabbajocky8235
    @wabbajocky8235 Рік тому

    bro forgot he already played a minesweeper roguelite AINTNOWAY
    it's called "demoncrawl" btw

  • @Vectorbro
    @Vectorbro 10 місяців тому

    streamers tend to suffer RAM shortages and memory leaks

  • @SmartyPoohBear
    @SmartyPoohBear Рік тому

    Ngl, it's messing with my brain to count the diagonals.

  • @chrisgamertag8522
    @chrisgamertag8522 Рік тому

    I've watched NL play this.

  • @TheWarpstar123
    @TheWarpstar123 Рік тому

    They made a Minesweeper roguelite (again)*

  • @98loud
    @98loud Рік тому +22

    at this point I'd play a hop scotch roguelike... wait a sec that's a fire idea

    • @Blaurot
      @Blaurot Рік тому

      rougelike is the ultimate thing of nobody wants something new- they just want varieties of what they already like, and i think thats a good way of doing it with games

    • @98loud
      @98loud Рік тому

      @@Blaurot honestly it's like one of two things for me now, either I want a super stylized roguelike with a unique premise, or I want a variety of the thing I already like lol.
      I will say, I think it breathes new life into old games because it adds mechanics to them, and basically puts meta progression into something that was already run based (Minesweeper, Pinball, most High Score games are run based, hell all top down RLs are basically Asteroids lol) giving us that extra dopamine hit that they just wouldn't otherwise.
      Like imagine if when Pac-Man came out, before every level you could choose different Power Pellet abilities and buy different perks for Pac-Man. Would've blown people's minds

  • @miles2419
    @miles2419 Рік тому

    Ooo. Depending on how much content there is, I might wanna get this game

  • @xman9354
    @xman9354 Рік тому +1

    Demoncrawl solos this imo

  • @JacoDeltaco
    @JacoDeltaco Рік тому

    honestly if he was any good at the game it would not be as fun watching him there is a kind of frustrating fun watching him play

  • @justinbrown3197
    @justinbrown3197 Рік тому

    does anyone know if hes mentioned playing chess again?

  • @deetsitmeisterjd
    @deetsitmeisterjd Рік тому

    If NL could play games that are available on my platform of choosing so when he intentionally makes me rage through misplays I can actually buy it and do it properly myself, that would be just swell.

  • @imsobeast88
    @imsobeast88 Рік тому

    Babe wake up, another rouglite game dropped.

  • @ewokswag1478
    @ewokswag1478 Рік тому

    I am very close to getting guy in the ad'd by nl but it seems like this game may be a bit on the easy side for my taste.

  • @d42b
    @d42b Рік тому

    minesweeper is pogged

  • @scrub_jay
    @scrub_jay Рік тому +4

    He is bad at minesweeper, holy

  • @annoy4nce648
    @annoy4nce648 Рік тому +1

    Man, streamers are dumb as hell if this guy is one of the smart ones.
    Love the vids tho NL

  • @adfqwed
    @adfqwed Рік тому

    ...he's never gonna play this again, is he. :(

  • @BradPrichard
    @BradPrichard Рік тому +1

    I have never seen someone with such a poor understanding of Minewsweeper. Loved the video though.

  • @mokajones74
    @mokajones74 Рік тому

    This is another game i would love to see port to mobile

  • @GKinWor
    @GKinWor Рік тому

    talk about a guldan era

  • @Subjecttochannel
    @Subjecttochannel Рік тому +7

    the other minesweeper roguelite was infinitely better than this

    • @nants0027
      @nants0027 Рік тому +6

      Demoncrawl is so good!!

    • @mrrp405
      @mrrp405 Рік тому

      so true

    • @flabberjiggles4825
      @flabberjiggles4825 Рік тому +2

      Kinda mean to say that, this game is still cool even if demoncrawl is better

    • @Subjecttochannel
      @Subjecttochannel Рік тому

      @@flabberjiggles4825 they charge money for this game, they released this game to the public, it will be subjected to opinions of people that see it. I personally was bored out of my mind watching this, so I made a comment that reflected my opinion

    • @flabberjiggles4825
      @flabberjiggles4825 Рік тому

      @@Subjecttochannel how could you be bored out of your mind when NL is literally the mobile game ad guy

  • @trebuchette633
    @trebuchette633 Рік тому +1

    I really thought NL was good at games before I watched this 😭

  • @AVUREDUES54
    @AVUREDUES54 Рік тому

    "Life's not fair, I'll see you in the unban requests"
    this is why I don't watch live
    can't ban me if I'm not toxic 😎