Cavalcadence plays Diamond 1: 8-way movement! (Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
7Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
AMPLIFIED DLC Early Access v2.42 (2017 Mar 07)
Cavalcadence plays Diamond 1: 8-way movement! (All Zones Mode: AMPLIFIED)
So... NecroDancer Amplified updated yesterday, and amongst the additions, fixes, and changes... a new character was added! =) Diamond, who has 8-way movement and attacks (!)... but does have some disadvantages as well. Because the diagonals use every 2-key command except for up+down and left+right... those two commands are given to bombs and items. So, due to the lack of 2-key commands, Diamond is unable to throw weapons... and I suspect probably also can't use weapons that reload, the holster, backpacks, boots with effects you can toggle... and spells. =p
Anyway, the first thing I did yesterday after NecroDancer updated... was try out the new character. And though using diagonals does take some getting used to... being able to move and attack diagonally... turns out to be incredibly useful! =) Even more so if you get a weapon with some range. =)
So anyway, here it is... my first ever All Zones Mode win with Diamond! Hope you enjoy!
The mini-bosses and bosses I encountered during this run were:
Zone 1: Minotaur, Gray Direbat, Gray Minotaur, & King Conga 1.
Zone 2: Nightmare, Gray Direbat, Gray Minotaur, & Death Metal 2.
Zone 3: Gray Minotaur, Banshee, Nightmare, & Fortissimole 3.
Zone 4: Banshee, Ogre, The Mommy, & Coral Riff 4.
Zone 5: Metrognome, Green Dragon, Metrognome, & Deep Blues 5.
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:08 1-1
0:12 Diagonal! ^^
0:35 Mb: Minotaur
0:48 Bat room! ^.^
2:55 1-2
3:13 Range 2 diagonal attack! ^^
4:09 Mb: Gray Direbat
4:31 Leprechaun & Lucky Charm!
5:10 Pickaxe!
5:29 Carrot!
5:31 Oh wait, forgot I had the Ice Spirit! ^^; Umm, not enough time left in the song... but I think I'd rather have the carrot anyway. ^.^
5:34 1-3
6:45 Titanium Spear & Lead Boots!
7:06 Torch of Walls!
7:21 Mb: Gray Minotaur
7:44 Zone 1, Boss: King Conga 1
8:06 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Luck
8:16 2-1
8:26 Ah, Cadence Clone... I guess the Diamond Clones haven't been added yet. ^^
9:34 Boots of Strength (temporarily, to open the box)
10:20 Mb: Nightmare
10:35 2-2
11:20 Curing Cursed hearts with Cookies! =9
11:36 Strength Charm!
12:27 Mb: Gray Direbat
13:08 2-3
13:28 Mb: Gray Minotaur
14:00 Ack, accidental bomb usage. =p
14:37 Frost Charm!
15:32 Zone 2, Boss: Death Metal 2
15:58 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Charisma
16:10 3-1
17:01 Mb: Gray Minotaur
17:38 Ring of Peace!
17:49 Oh wait, the Ring of Charisma will get me better prices... ^^;
17:55 Ring of Charisma (temporarily, for the shop)
18:05 Monocle!
18:41 3-2
19:04 Hmm, I wonder... Heh, item surrounded by traps? No problem for Diamond! =)
19:06 Whoops, thinking too much about diagonals, and completely forgot about the empty heart container from the Ring of Peace... ah well. ^^
19:34 Map!
19:45 Mb: Banshee
20:11 3-3
20:34 Frost Charm shattered! =/
20:54 Heavy Plate!
21:50 Mb: Nightmare
22:47 Zone 3, Boss: Fortissimole 3
23:11 Flawless! Reward: (none taken)
23:22 4-1
24:19 Hmm, tempting... but I've been doing well with the spear, so maybe it'd be better just to stick with the weapon I have. ^.^
24:20 Mb: Banshee
25:48 4-2
26:32 Mb: Ogre
26:46 Ow. Forgot about the wall pig. =/
27:09 4-3
27:14 Wha...? Oh, it's one of the new items! The Monkey's Paw, I think? Given that in the original story, there was always a disadvantage to using the Monkey's Paw, picking it up might not be the best idea... but I'm kind of curious to see what it does. ^^;;
27:23 Monkey's Paw. Hmm, nothing seems to be happening so far, good or bad... Well, I guess we'll find out what it does later. ^^
28:16 Wait, why is that monkey frozen... is that what the Monkey's Paw does? Freeze monkeys? That could definitely be useful! ^^ Though I'm still a bit worried the Monkey's Paw might have some sort of disadvantage as well. ^^;
28:17 Mb: The Mommy
29:06 Zone 4, Boss: Coral Riff 4
29:29 Flawless! Reward: (none taken)
29:43 5-1
30:04 Interesting... the Water Ball is frozen too.
30:30 ...and the Gorgon.
31:11 Mb: Metrognome
31:54 5-2
33:19 Mb: Green Dragon
33:57 5-3
34:38 Ack, cursed wraith! =p I was expecting it to move diagonally towards me, for some reason. ^^; Just thinking too much about diagonals, I guess. ^^;;
34:49 Mb: Metrognome
35:51 Zone 5, Boss: Deep Blues 5
36:12 Flawless Victory!
36:15 My first ever Diamond win! ^_^
More Diamond videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2acNkezNgNRnyHSC7bBABnGR
More Crypt of the NecroDancer videos:
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AMPLIFIED DLC Early Access v2.42 (2017 Mar 07) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/254856417447578718
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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