One other Crab’s Treasure is lastly out, and if you happen to’re as a lot of a sucker for soulslikes as I’m, you’re probably choosing it up. Excellent news: it’s fairly nice and packed to the brim with charming nods to the Souls video games, tight fight and abilities, and funny-as-hell jokes. One in all its working gags may probably chew you within the ass although, costing you some much-needed therapeutic. Right here’s what you have to know to not get suckered by a cute animation in One other Crab’s Treasure.
The principle character, Kril, has an idle animation that begins to cycle after about 50 seconds of leaving him alone. The animation itself is lovable, and options Kril juggling a heartkelp pod, One other Crab’s Treasure’s equal of therapeutic potions or estus flasks. It’s a playful bit that has him utilizing his fork and numerous appendages to juggle the kelp like a seasoned futbolista. You go, Kril! Nonetheless, taking management of him as soon as once more will abruptly scare Kril out of the idle animation, inflicting him to fumble the heartkelp pod and probably lose it.
Don’t fret, you’ll be able to choose it again up assuming that the heartkelp has landed someplace reachable. They’ll usually be picked up world wide and are featured in a variety of boss fights, so hope is rarely solely misplaced if you happen to do occur to drop one right into a chasm, which might occur extra usually than you may suppose. Gamers additionally regain all their heartkelps upon resting at One other Crab’s Treasure’s bonfires, that are known as Moon Snail Shells. Nonetheless, I might nonetheless be aware of the place precisely you let Kril idle, as many areas—together with a variety of Moon Snail shells—are precarious spots for heartkelp juggling, being located on ledges or typically bridges lacking a couple of planks. I let Kril idle at a few of these supposed secure spots considering I’d be fantastic, solely to be betrayed by this Malicious program of an animation, as a result of when he fumbles the heartkelp, he sends it flying ahead fairly a bit greater than you’d count on. To get away with it and face no penalties, give Kril ample room in an effort to see the animation and nonetheless get better your stuff.
It’s vital to notice that if you happen to don’t have heartkelp pods in your stock, Kril received’t do any idle animation. With out them, Kril will merely stand in place. Can’t lose what you don’t have in spite of everything, however you do miss out on a hell of cute time watching him go at it.
Assuming you do have heartkelp pods, you won’t wish to danger shedding considered one of them within the early stretches of One other Crab’s Treasure, when there are treasured few to go round. And even if resting at Moon Snail shells is all the time usually a good suggestion—since they heal you, restore your heartkelp pods, and function checkpoints and fast-travel spots—in addition they respawn enemies. One other Crab’s Treasure’s frequent enemies are as devious as a few of its bosses, and in sure powerful areas, you is likely to be higher off taking the lack of a heartkelp pod than resetting some tough-as-nails hammer-swinging crabs.
Principally, watch out the place you permit Kril. And for the love of god, if you happen to’re going through an edge, simply pause the precise recreation somewhat than leaving Kril simply standing there. You’ll thank me later.