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Risk of Rain 2 is a roguelike third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. A sequel to 2013's Risk of Rain, it was released in early access for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019 before fully releasing in August 2020 with a release for Stadia coming a month later.
Players control a survivor who is stranded on an alien planet. To survive, they navigate through various environments, killing monsters and looting chests to collect items that boost their offensive and defensive capabilities. Over time, the game's difficulty increases, spawning more powerful and dangerous creatures. The game supports up to four players in online multiplayer. The game received generally positive reviews upon release.
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Chris Christodoulou makes you feel the game without even playing the game. The whole RoR2 ost is phenomenal.
"... Depressive, almost melancholy..."
Well yeah... He's the king of nothing. Dude's been imprisoned on a moon for millennia.
His music makes me feel like every fight is against God. And I will win.
oh yes terra pluviam, the song of not finding theses damn pressure plates
Never felt a worse pain
My worst enemy: Explosive Pots
The sound of knowing you gotta do pot rolling again
It's really interesting that you called out the cords in "You're gonna need a bigger ukulele" sounding like the Jaws theme when the name of the song is almost definitely a nod to the famous line "You're gonna need a bigger boat!" from the same movie! You're a master!
Fascinating!
holy crap this is making so much sense xD I mean, take into consideration how sudden and hard Mithrix hits. So many puzzle pieces coming together, genius
mithrix bypasses my one shot protection somehow, he's that powerful.@@cheatfishley67
@@StringPlayerGamerOfficial Moreover, that sudden "radio station change" gives an another nod to previous Chris's tracks for RoR1 - Precipitation. Lorewise, you're fighting against a brother of an antagonist from the first Risk of Rain.
The fact that you can get a decent mental image of everything even though you've never played the games just goes to show how good this music is
Chris never miss.
chris never miss indeed.
Chris Chris doesn't miss is even the name of my risk of rain playlist.
The "channel switch" at 2:23 is when the boss (Mithrix) is done his first phase and goes away while you have to fight his minions (lunar Chimerias) so you could argue that his boss theme went away with him and he's waiting in another room with his music while you fight his minions, hinted a little by how the music is drowned and a little fuzzy
elevator music
Second phase is also Providences theme from the first game (Precipitation)
... and his music was electric
This might just be me, but A Glacier Eventually Farts to me sounds like you're in a vast, much larger place than you can comprehend (from the chimes), yet it feels claustrophobic, terrifying (from the intensity). This description also really fits the environment that the music is played in, where you are exploring the void, as infinitely deep as it seems when you look off the edge of the island that you arrived at, but you are forced to defend yourself against heavy hordes of difficult enemies inside of tiny little bubbles of safety to avoid the void destroying you. The music to me perfectly captures the feeling of being very small.
I like when you create your own story based on what you’re hearing/feeling
Thank you!
Wow, this soundtrack does ambient mood setting effectively. The violin sounds epic with it!
It's one of the best VGM ambients there is! Happy New Year RG!
Ror2.
It goes hard.
Especially "They Might as Well be Dead" *sundered grove's theme, a stage from the dlc*
That track is so incredible, especially since it’s name is a reference to the fact that your run may as well be dead if you get the stage 💀 (this is a joke, though sundered grove is hectic to say the least)
(quick correction, sundered grove isn't from the dlc, but the soundtrack for it is- previously it just reused a different stage's soundtrack)
Ooooo i didn't know that! thanks for that info
I watched this video expecting just some basic comments and thoughts and was suprised to see and hear detailed information and some amazing added instrumentals, I love how you made "You're gonna need a bigger ukulele" sound even more intimidating
I appreciate that!
your first reaction video to this game’s soundtrack is what got me into this game and i play it with friends all the time.
Perfection!
i'd like to mention the "radio station change" is for the transition between phase 1 and phase 2, where the final boss dips out and lets his army soften you up for phase 3. it's a more ambient phase because the boss ain't there fighting you.
The Long awaited 2nd Risk of Rain 2 ost reaction is finally upon us! It is quite hard to focus on the gameplay when the music is just soooo good and relaxing, Chris Christodoulou's music style truly is one of the most magical and phenomenal to ever be crafted (In my humble opinion at least). And great analysis' & reactions on the tracks like always,
Now there are still a few tracks from Risk of Rain 2 that you still need to explore and experience for yourself, however. There are also a lot of tracks from Risk of Rain 2013 & Returns that will also leave you in awe, and here are the ones I think you should check out next:
**Risk of Rain 2:**
Once in a Lullaby
The Face of the Deep
They Might as well be Dead
**Risk of Rain 2013:**
Dew Point
Monsoon
25.3°N 91.7°E
Surface Tension
Coalescence
**Risk of Rain Returns:**
Surface Tension returns
Coalescence returns
Double F!$%ing Rainbow Returns
and still my Personal Favourite: The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky (Risk of Rain 2)
I think you’re definitely one of the best music reactors I’ve ever seen. After you heard the full song of theme you also add your own part to it. I’ve been looking for music reactors that add like they’re own bit but that’s a long time ago. But your definitely one of the best music reactors I’ve found.
If you want similar content check out DrumRollTony and The Charismatic Voice
Alex Moukala too!
I went into this game with some buddies a while ago and didn't expect to be met with insanely good and unique music. Especially sky meadow theme.
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Wow your train analogy perfectly summarizes the player’s experience in the game.
You travel through changing environments, the stages, in your steadily chugging vessel, the survivor.
Wonderful analysis on the artificial vs natural sounds. This encapsulates the RoR story/world and is what makes this soundtrack so beautiful to me.
OMG I'm so happy that he listened to the Herzog Monologue version of the "Glacier that eventually farts" , it really amps the song by one hundred percent and it is for sure, the ideal version of the song.
Agreed, I just wish it was in game
wdym by herzog monolouge? i know youre talking about the lyrics but i never really understood the lore behind them
I can only imagine how much you're gonna love the music from Layer 7 in Ultrakill. The two-parter of Suffering Leaves Suffering Leaves and Danse Macabre is incredible.
Given his response to my comment of a somewhat similar note, sounds like we’ll be getting more of the previous layers to catch up on before layer 7, but that means more Ultrakill reactions will happen, which is never a bad thing lol
@@nathanflinchum1153 ngl, I'd much rather hear Versus+Duel, but I'm sure he'd have interesting input on layer 7's classical stylings.
Your instinct at the end of Terra Pluviam is so incredibly spot-on! The little synth melody right at the end is a direct reference to a track from a game called The Dig, a sci-fi adventure game from 1995. Chris speaks to this in his album commentary video, he says that it was a very influential soundtrack to him and he wanted to pay homage to it in some way, so for this he took the opening track "Mission to the Asteroid" and just rearranged it to fit the sound of Risk of Rain.
I love when a game can get you to understand its world and story just with music. To me music is just as good a story device as any other and the risk of rain 2 soundtrack really embodies that for me.
I just want to say, you were able to replicate that noise SO WELL at 2:04
Terra Pluviam is probably my favourite track of RoR2 OST. I just can't get over these electric guitar sections. They are so unbelievably satisfying
this was a HUGE service to the love i have for the RoR2 OST, THANK YOU!!! the analogies are perfect and the way you attentively listen to offer your full analysis just makes my appreciation for the art feel complete.
You should listen to "They Might as Well Be Dead" next because that one slaps harder than Mithrix's pizza
Amen
A Glacier Eventually Farts is a song that brings to mind a certain eldritch horror in my mind. I use it as inspiration for a version of Hell in one of my favorite fantasy settings. The monologue is what carries it mostly for me, with the idea of a landscape foreign, but full of predation, things that attack and choke out everything else for the simple cause of survival. It’s brutal, but in its own flow of constant conflict.
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If I remember correctly, Chris Christodoulou said one of his main inspirations for his music is in fact Radiohead!
as soon as i start playing risk of rain 2 this guy upload a video about the game, what a miracle
"From the primordial soup comes the bone and muscle.. something like that." I genuinely cannot believe how accurately you actually nailed that simple guess which fits so perfectly into the context of where this song plays.
What I love so much of this entire soundtrack is that it is also self referential, it makes you recall the earlier levels when you hear a sequence of notes in the later stages which evokes this feeling of accomplishment of how far you have come.
That was awesome. Your improvisation was good too. I'm going to start making music again today because I got inspired again! Thank you for continuing to teach me music! I'm going to try to do something great today.
I remember your comment from your previous video about enjoying having the situation of the song played put for you by people who've gone through the game, and I will try.
The song plays during the final boss fight of the main game, Mithrix. A battle at the top of an abstract spire of the moon of the planet you'vr been fighting through to survive.
The two heavier parts of the song, switching between prog rock and the more stretched out "half times" you described are phase 1 and phase 3, where Mithrix is taking you head on, once by himself, and then with his creations of stone and fire coming down from the sky to support their creator..
The middle section of the song where everything becomes muffled for a moment before resuming, sounding almost seperate from the rest of the song, and that is because it carries hints his Brother's theme, the final boss of the first risk of rain. And this chooses to play during the "add" phase, the second phase of the fight where Mithrix takes a break while you fight a spawn wave of his constructs before phase 3 comes.
And the end of the song, where it becomes quiet, almost pathetic, the sound trudging along. This plays during the last stand of Mithrix, beaten, weakened to the point he can no longer fight you with his hammer, no long do so much as run, only walk. He creates a vortex, absorbing the items that gave you the power to bring him this low, and he begins to walk at you, raising his undamaged left arm to fire projectiles at you, only using his injured right to punch the ground, creating a cascade of energy balls that roll across the floor, which at this point drains his broken body to the extent it actually damages him. But as he is, he'd pulled out his trump card on us too late, and for as much as he taunts us for being weak without our items, he is too weak now to win even with the power they provide, and falls by our hand.
definitely recommend Chris's video where he gives commentary on a lot of the songs and how its not always a guitar than youre hearing
You’ve probably heard but the next layer of ULTRAKILL has released with a number of new tracks, I’m sure there a quite a few people who’d enjoy seeing your reaction whenever possible, no rush though ofc, I know time is a limited resource. Cheers
We'll get there when we get there. Lots more songs to do from Ultrakill before we get to level 7.
@@StringPlayerGamerOfficial ooh you have a fair point haha, I’m looking forward to it all!
Terra Pluviam (22:50) gives me so many flashbacks to aimlessly wondering around looking for the teleporter after I got all the chests
I'm so excited to see you getting further into this soundtrack. Risk of Rain 2's soundtrack perfectly complements the tension of its gameplay, Christodoulou is amazing.
*”You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Eukelele…* how big?”
Yes
when recomending risk of rain 2 soundtracks, i think "Who can fathom the soundless depths" is a must listen to, its my favorite track and "Once in a lullaby" is also a must hear.
I think you'd love the songs from the Survivors of the Void DLC. It contains two of my favourite tracks in the whole game -- The Face of the Deep and Once in a Lullaby. Worth checking out!
Cannot wait for the Sax. 🎷🦀
@@Slime-xs6si absolutely!!! 🎷🦀
“Once in a Lullaby” is the best song on the soundtrack. Fight me
ill fight you, its joint, and i listened to that song for 3 days repeat
Chris is just insane for making such good songs for a game where after the 6 stage you cant even hear anything due to how much noise all that is happening produces, if you ever react to more of his work please consider giving once in a lullaby or any of the DLC tracks a chance. They're awesome.
I have the sound of all the effects and junk lowered and the music maxed out to solve this very issue.
Im still waiting for the Time he reacts to Coalescence from the first game
God I love the f*cking super shocked look on his face everytime there's a switch up, it's genuinely hilarious and reflects how all of us feel when we take time to listen to these songs outside of their game context
Ok, now you MUST listen to the dlc soundtrack! Survivors of the Void had some of my favorite songs, especially The Face of the Deep and They Might As Well Be Dead.
+ I also just love the content keep it up man
Base game must be exhausted first.
The sequel I’ve been waiting for! Risk of Rain 2 OST is SO good, super happy that you revisited it after half of a year! Does this mean we can expect to see the rest on your channel soon? Happy New Years by the way, keep up the great work!
13:00 When I’m listening to an OST and get hit with that surprise Werner Herzog
I wish to see you react to more of Risk of Rain 2 music, all of the songs are amazing and every one gives you perfect sense of whats going on in the game
Chis chistodoulou is a master of setting the tone in these games. I get goosebumps listening to some of these songs. He was actually my most listened artist this last year 😂
Wow, I've been a big fan if this OST for so long, but your videos makes me discover new things about these pieces. For real, I think it's the first time I've heard "A Glacier Eventually Farts" at 100% volume, I never suspected how much details this track has (for instance the dissonant repetition of the main progression far in the right ear)
Thanks for making these reactions videos I love it !
Hey SPG, The violence layer has come out to Ultrakill. Would love to see you revisit Ultrakill ost again
Dude I just got into risk of rain recently and seeing you discover it with me is amazing
loved your solos in this video- first & last especially. i found ror2 through its music before i ever saw any gameplay or anything of the like, so i love seeing a lot of new people watching these videos, finding out about chris christoudolou's work! keep these up ig or sumn idk
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Ukulele perfectly portrays the final boss in the game. The heavy parts being the ones where you fight him directly, the slow part when he spawns his minions to battle with you, then the heavy part again where he is even stronger and spawning enemies mid fight, very fast paced battle and many stuff happening with the introduction of new attacks when he tried fighting you again... and then the last slow part, where he steals your items and tries to defeat you while being weakened and slow, all while he insults the player in the game chat. "VERMIN. WHERE IS YOUR INFLUENCE. BREAK BENEATH ME. WEAK. WITHOUT YOUR BAUBLES AND TRINKETS."
Amazing OST, i love this game.
One of my personal favorites from ror2 music is "Having Fallen, It Was Blood". Definitely recommend to listen, if not for new video then by yourself.
The melancholic feelings presented by you're gonna need a bigger ukelele is fitting as its played during the final boss fight against a rather depressing character, as in their story is sad and also very interesting if you look into it
The contrast between the rock solid and freely flowing in the song is reminiscent of the dynamic between the bosses of the first and second game who are brothers
@@person803id say the difference between your ginna need a bugger ukulele and double fucking rainbow works better
nice vid! But man I watched so many Risk of rain reactions of yours, but you never react to Köppen as F*ck. It is my favorite tune that plays during combat, it is very energetic, and totally shreds!!
Would love to see you react more to this ost and that song in particular :D
In 'You're Gonna Need A Bigger Ukulele,' most of these drastic and sudden changes in the song are actually the different phases of the boss fight.
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Wow…. This is beautiful….
And so he left, with new violin solos to make...
You definitely need to do once in a lullaby, that one is fire
Please check out the music Chris made for the "survivor's of the void" DLC. Most of them are amazing
I hope you will listen to other soundtracks from risk of rain 2. Some that I like are 'Who can fathom the soundless depths' and 'They might as well be dead' . The new 'I should build the man a statue' is also such a nice soundtrack.
Once in a Lullaby, Koppen AF, The Face of the Deep. All must listens.
its actually pretty cool how he just about perfectly described the mithrax fight just from the music alone, goes to show just how good of a job it does.
I really really hope you check out Risk of Rain 1/Returns OST (same ost but Returns has 4 extra songs) because there are a LOT of leitmotifs shared between tracks and they add so much to their vibes
"You're Gonna Need A Bigger Ukelele" takes melodies from "Double Fucking Rainbow" (Yes, actual name) due to the connection between the two bosses, and both being the Final Boss theme
Also, hope you eventually get to the Survivors of the Void DLC soundtrack, because Chris Christodoulou manages to go *even harder* in the OST for that than he did with the base game's OST
ALSO also, to add on a little more. Really love your note about how YGNABU has a melancholy feel to it, since that's exactly what it's going for (as well as most of the OST to be honest.) This track in particular plays when fighting the main final boss, Mithrix, who is the brother to Providence. Your notes about the track also being "sturdy" and "highly order/freely flowing" also fit quite well. Mithrix's entire shtick is order, he creates things for mechanical purpose, neglecting to give them soul as that brings chaos into their purpose. His brother, Providence, however, loved life, and didn't care much for order. Eventually, they get into a dispute, and Provi banishes Mithrix to the moon, where he is trapped with nothing but moon rock, ala his title "King of Nothing". This is the melancholy vibe of his track. He has been sent away, rejected by his brother, and now, all he can do is make lifeless lunar chimeras in an attempt to create an army, building up his sorrow and rage to hopefully enact revenge on his brother.
I can't describe it all well-enough in a single comment, but if you wanna learn a bit more about it, the video titled "The Tragic Lore of Risk of Rain" by Astro is a great video that looks over the lore of the game, and may give a lot more insight into the vibes of the music
I could talk so so much about this game but I'm gonna end up writing a massive comment if I try and do that, but one more "little" note
The speech in A Glacier Eventually Farts is (obviously) not heard in-game, but it's taken from the 1982 documentary "Burden of Dreams" and is narrated by Werner Herzog. The track plays in the Void Fields, which is intended to be an ocean-like environment in a dark void, and the whole area is covered in a toxic fog, except for little vent cells that you have to open up to clear the fog. The narration is seemingly meant to represent the toxic and hateful environment of the Void in the Risk of Rain universe, and how the Void Reavers act as essentially space police to capture and secure beings of anomalous or intense power
Okay ONE last edit! I am so sorry for the massive comment I just love this game so much and have So Many thoughts
Your note about how Terra Pluviam sounds like someone screaming/wailing is PERFECT for one of the two stages it plays in, the Abyssal Depths, a very hellish stage that's the home of the Imps and is a very ruthless environment. The log for the Abyssal Depths is even just an audio transcript of a team landing there, and then panicking due to just how hostile of an environment it is. I'm honestly amazed at just how good you are at getting these vibes from the music, though I suppose that's partially thanks to Chris's masterful composing as well. Absolutely love this series so so much because of that
a glacier eventually farts id say is more related to providence and petrichor, however it has nothing to do with the story
Adding a Celtic sound to A Glacier Eventually Farts was unexpectedly amazing
You should listen to the dlc ones too ! they might as well be dead and once in a lullaby are so good
risk of rain is a game i played when i was ten and i liked it. And later then i realised how insane the game was. it became the reason i'm giving my best to learn how to code at 15 with my friend. Can't wait to grow up and make great indie game. I'll give my best dw.
wait til he hears the sky meadow song, i love that one
Nothing will be as powerful as ...con lentitud poderosa. Nevertheless, that doesn't stop the rest of the soundtrack from being the absolute dissonance of that power.
Have you seen the Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night soundtrack? If you enjoy the older Castlevania titles' music, there's a lot of melodic "Vampire Metal."
Omg the electric violin goes so well with this soundtrack I absolutely love it
i suggest listening to basically entire layer 7 soundtrack from ultrakill
can be found on hakita's channel (7-1 to 7-4)
certainly worth it even if off-camera
I absolutely love that little horror part you added to ukulele
ROR2 music gives me goosebumps--it takes you right back to those alien worlds--surviving for your life.
The addition of your electric violin with the filter on it gave the track an action-horror vibe, loved that.
I love how melancholy "Bigger Ukelele" is, I always feel as though you're putting Mithrix (final Boss) out of his misery, imprisoned by his Brother, in solitude with nothing but his Machines and Chimera for company for who knows how long, Mithrix, King of Nothing.
Amazing video, love your reactions
If you haven't already, you should listen to some of the DLC tracks. More specific, "They might as well be dead" and "Diviner of the deep". Mainly because the first one is the greatest song in the game, and the second is really interesting and different.
EDIT: It's "Face of the deep", not "Diviner of the deep"
100%
starting 2024 off with a banger reaction! excited to see what comes next!
Love your reactions! If you are going to react to Risk of Rain 2 ever again, you should definitely listen to The Face of the Deep, absolute banger of a track!
This is genuinely my favourite game. And a huge part of that is the soundtrack. I wish some of these songs could show up a bit more often in the game, however I listen to this soundtrack all the time
Wow when I played the game I instantly fell in love with the music and the combat just wow masterpiece
The speech during "A Glacier Eventually Farts" is from Werner Herzog, talking about the making of Fitzcarraldo. Also, the track plays (notably, without the speech) in an area known as the "Void Fields", where a certain group of enemies come from/trap things
You know what they say “Chris’s don’t miss”
The risk of rain 1/2/returns discography is my go to homework music
Makes sense.
@@StringPlayerGamerOfficialone guy i saw had rain formerly known as purple as their number 1 song on spotify recap at 1 month or 2 hours a day
Video game music is simply top tier.
glad to see you like my addictions sound tracks
its so cool to listen music with you that i watched this video like 5 times:D
yoo i was watching ur previous music reaction to ror2 and was wondering when or if u ll upload another, so thanks :D
Woo more ROR2! Once again gotta recommend the song “Antarctic Oscillation” and “The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky”
Please, when You inevitably make another video on RoR 2 ost check out "they might as well be dead" greatest jam this ost has to offer
Another great vid and once again I am here to request the darkest dungeon ost
hooray! more risk of rainn! i love your reactions to this soundtrack so much.
He perfectly mixes something that can be felt as though the planet is both a marvelous beauty to experience or a terrifying reality with no equal
What I love about Chris Christodoulou's work is that not just the drums are live, but MAJORITY of the instruments are actually live instruments. Someone can correct me if im wrong, but in his composer's reaction note series where he talked about the process of making the Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack, he talked about how he recorded a pretty good amount of live instruments at home or in a studio and them put some editing on and some mixers over.
Great to see more Risk of Rain reactions. I would also love to see you take a look at the works of Arnaud Roy (FlybyNo). Particularly Endless Legend and Endless Space 2, they have fantastic soundtracks.
if you love this please, PLEASE take a look at the game deadbolt also made by Hopoo games. one of my favorite sound tracks for sure
Whenever I see that thing I can only hear one thing repeating in my head... "It was a mistake to come here"...
It really does feel like there is a risk of rain. But for real Chris is a wizard
"... And his music was electric."
Chris Christodoulou really put his whole Chris Christodouloussy into this soundtrack