Cavalcadence plays Monk 20: What Just Happened? (Mystery Mode) (Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
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AMPLIFIED DLC v2.54 (2017 Jul 12)
Cavalcadence plays Monk 20: What Just Happened? (Mystery Mode: AMPLIFIED)
Achievement: What Just Happened?
Description: Complete "Mystery Mode" with any character (DLC Required)
For anybody who's interested in custom Cadences (or other characters), the official NecroDancer FAQ has some info about creating custom characters, and even has a link to the pinned thread on the official forums, where people have posted some of their custom creations:
http://necrodancer.com/faq.php
So... Mystery Mode isn't quite as weird as Randomizer Mode... but it is perhaps just as confusing! ^^;
Mystery Mode basically makes it so that you can't tell what an item or enemy is, based on its sprite... because all item sprites are replaced with a green question-mark-based sprite... and all enemy sprites are replaced with a red question-mark-based sprite.
In other words, to figure out what things are, you have to observe their effects, actions, traits, and/or behavior... instead of what they look like. So it's kind of like the "Uncertainty" weapon... except that "Mystery" applies to all items and enemies... instead of just weapons. ^^;
Overall, I think Mystery might(?) be a little easier than Randomizer... but there's definitely a luck factor involved for both! In Randomizer, certain trait combinations could turn out to be really difficult to deal with... and in Mystery, not know what something is without using it... could result in some unwanted situations (Scroll of Need, Earthquake Scroll, etc). ^^;
Anyway, here's my first ever Mystery Mode win! Despite the things that went wrong on this run, I had a lot of fun! Hope you enjoy!
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:10 1-1
0:14 Oh, looks like yellow skeletons... hmm, if I build up my coin multiplier, I might be able to get a Leprechaun from there...
0:34 ?Torch
0:57 Leprechaun & Lucky Charm!
1:20 ?Consumable
2:01 ?Ring
2:14 ?Weapon
2:20 Mb: Green Dragon
2:21 Oh, a Staff? Titanium Staff? (note: Actually a normal Staff + Ring of Might, but I didn't realize that at the time)
2:49 1-2
3:02 ?Headgear
3:11 Oh, it's a Monocle! Nice! =)
4:18 Mb: Gray Minotaur
4:51 Hoping for a safer weapon for Monk (teleport mages can be pretty dangerous for Monk + Staff). Oh, it is a weapon!
5:00 A bow! Nice! =)
5:22 1-3
5:25 2-damage bow! =)
6:09 Mb: Red Dragon
7:07 Drumstick!
7:13 Ice Spirit Familiar!
7:49 Z1B: King Conga 1
8:08 Yeah, I'd heard about the visual bug with the throne. ^^;
8:09 Flawless! Reward: Ham!
8:27 2-1
8:59 Chainmail!
9:53 ?Torch
9:56 Oh, it's a Glass Torch!
10:27 Mb: Direbat
10:52 2-2
11:24 ?Shovel
11:27 Battle Shovel!
11:36 Potion!
11:40 Mb: Red Dragon
12:28 Peace? Oh, must be the Ring of Uncertainty! Never seen it before, but... I think it's a bug that we can see the actual effect of the ring. ^^;
12:33 [bug: RoU sprite, instead of Mystery]
12:51 Oh, only doing 1 damage now... that other ring must've been a Ring of Might! Hmm, I think Bow + Might may be more useful than Bow + Peace...
13:01 Ring of Might!
13:35 2-3
14:33 Glass Torch shattered! =p
15:21 Mb: Gray Direbat
15:42 Z2B: Fortissimole 2
16:11 Flawless! Reward: (none taken)
16:28 3-1
17:39 Mb: Blue Dragon
19:06 3-2
19:19 Map!
19:59 Mb: Blood Nightmare
20:02 [bug: can't see nightmare's sprite]
21:24 Hm? Oh, a Holster!
21:33 3-3
22:04 Mb: Gray Minotaur
22:39 Winged Boots!
22:47 ?Weapon. A blood weapon! That could be useful!
22:52 Blood Flail!
22:33 Z3B: Death Metal 3
24:21 Flawless! Reward: (none taken)
24:32 4-1
24:46 [bug: Harpy mystery sprites slightly left of where they should be]
25:35 Ow. =p
25:44 Switching to flail, so I won't drop the bow, if this is a weapon...
25:47 ?Consumable. Hopefully food?
25:51 Glass! (Scroll of Need!). Ack, not what I was hoping for! ^^; Umm, well at least my bow is safely not-Glass...
26:08 Mb: Blood Nightmare.
26:57 4-2
28:42 Mb: Green Banshee
29:24 4-3
29:59 Glass Armor shattered! =p
31:23 Wait, was that the Ogre?
31:26 Glass Jaw/etc. shattered! Quaffed Potion! Ow. No, this is the Ogre. =p
31:26 Mb: Ogre
31:44 Oh, my flail is still okay! Right, it was holstered when I got hit! ^^
31:58 Z4B: Deep Blues 4
32:31 Flawless! Reward: ?Spell
32:52 Fireball Spell!
32:59 5-1
34:28 Mb: Metrognome
35:08 5-2
35:35 Mb: Red Dragon
36:00 5-3
37:15 Mb: Gray Minotaur
38:04 Z5B: Coral Riff 5
38:55 Flawless!
39:02 My first ever Mystery Mode win! =)
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AMPLIFIED DLC v2.54 (2017 Jul 12) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/1422426030718375061
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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