One other Crab’s Treasure is lastly out, and in the event you’re as a lot of a sucker for soulslikes as I’m, you’re seemingly 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. Considered one of its operating gags might probably chunk you within the ass although, costing you some much-needed therapeutic. Right here’s what you must 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 lovely, 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 varied appendages to juggle the kelp like a seasoned futbolista. You go, Kril! Nevertheless, 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 may decide it again up assuming that the heartkelp has landed someplace reachable. They’ll usually be picked up world wide and are featured in a lot of boss fights, so hope isn’t solely misplaced in the event you do occur to drop one right into a chasm, which may occur extra usually than you would possibly suppose. Gamers additionally regain all their heartkelps upon resting at One other Crab’s Treasure’s bonfires, that are known as Moon Snail Shells. Nevertheless, I’d nonetheless be aware of the place precisely you let Kril idle, as many places—together with a lot of Moon Snail shells—are precarious spots for heartkelp juggling, being located on ledges or typically bridges lacking just a few planks. I let Kril idle at a few of these supposed protected spots pondering I’d be effective, solely to be betrayed by this Computer virus of an animation, as a result of when he fumbles the heartkelp, he sends it flying ahead fairly a bit greater than you’d anticipate. To get away with it and face no penalties, give Kril ample room as a way to see the animation and nonetheless recuperate your stuff.
It’s vital to notice that in the event you 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 any case, 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 need to threat shedding one in all them within the early stretches of One other Crab’s Treasure, when there are valuable few to go round. And even if resting at Moon Snail shells is all the time typically 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 could be higher off taking the lack of a heartkelp pod than resetting some tough-as-nails hammer-swinging crabs.
Mainly, watch out the place you allow Kril. And for the love of god, in the event you’re dealing with an edge, simply pause the precise recreation moderately than leaving Kril simply standing there. You’ll thank me later.