I love the contrast between moon and pebbles. While moon adores the slugcats each for what they have done, wether their trip to her or for other tasks they need to do. Compared to pebbles who calls us “your kind,” he rarely addresses us by our own singular character, and in his dying moments, he still holds the same tone of aggression, wanting us gone from him, yet he knows there’s always another yet to come…
@@catpoke9557 Which is a very nice character ark for him. He slowly comes to appreciate their presence, which in turn makes us appreciate his. It’s a nice way to make both the player and the character “bond” with each other, which I think is nice.
I mean, Hunter revived her and Rivulet reactivated her + its implied Survivor/Monk gave her some neurons and the clothing, so yeah, slugcats always helped Moon
@@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180 Use your body to your advantage -Gourmand, crafting a hecking black hole bomb from some grenades and a flower as well as STOMPING a lizard to DEATH
@@Sharkcatbat56 gourmand: hey people, gourmand here with a lizard meat review, here we have a rare and exclusive red lizard, now we just have to prepare the meat **jumps from a 40 floors long building**.
Ngl i was super confused on how to get into moons systems because i used the gravity thing to just launch myself into the ceiling where moon is and went through the secret pipe there. And then was scratching my head on how the hell can I get citizenship.
JUST WALK OUT you can leave work social thing echo shelter lizards rain daddy long legs too fancy scav toll centipedes if you're quick friend ships IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!! real winners quit
I love that 5p had dialouge specificly for if you die to the DLL in his chamber after showing him the gravity core. Apperently devs experienced that at least once during test runs and found it funny enough to dedicate a lolz to it. edit: gash dangit, how did this happen? Since when did this comment get so many likes and comments?
Since your the most popular comment, I'm going to post my thing here so it reaches people. So, alot of this has reminded me of something. Five Pebbles slowly rotting away and losing his memories from his neurons being eaten by the rot, his structure breaking down, and at the end he sits down and just waits for his demise. Doesn't this remind you of something? Something in the real world, something that affects people, something that affects someone's brain and slowly kills it? It's a metaphor for dementia.
the story is so good being very honest, my second favorite campaign, first favorite campaign would be artificer but for the different mechanics, concepts and favorite region.
Rivulet's campaign is easily the best one of the new slugcats, he's a fast boi, water puzzles aren't puzzles, has a satisfying lore conclusion, and most important of all, The Rot area is tolerable and LTTM's is goated
Ok but I’m just gonna throw my opinion. I’ve beat the artificer campaign, and metropolis is easily my new favorite area. It’s massive, there’s tons to explore, tons of really cool moments like the tallest tower, and the scavs feel like they were dumbed down a little so that you can have as much fun as possible going doom eternal on them
@@TheMantisLord50 I think what's happening with scavs is that their reputation is locked at a small negative value. Anything past around -50 is kill on sight, but for artificer their behaviour looks more like -20 or -30, higher than what hunter starts with
I only just realized that Pebbles has one of his overseers listening to moons last monologue, that's kinda wholesome knowing that he was at least able to see her get back to functionality
for me its kinda of the opposite, no hate! just my personal opinion, five pebbles kinda already has a squishy voice and i think it fits him so well, everytime reading his dialogue i hear the unintelligible speech sounds in my mind.
I think the reading was a tad overzealous, given the state Pebbles was in at the time. The inflection was all off and doesn't convey his emotions properly. Anger in general and anger at yourself sound very different when spoken, and the latter should've been called for rather than the spite in his reading.
Saint : “W h a t.” Rivulet : “ Y-yeah I know I just did something better than you just did-“ *After the incident , Rivulet was spotted near a spider cave with lots of symptoms from Stage 4 Ligma , Artificer suspects Saint ascended is liver…to the plain of not existing.*
"oh gosh, spearmaster's ending is so cute! i wish there was a little more drama though ... " / artificer and hunter: 👀 "wow, those endings were crazy! but i think a little more fluff would be nice ... " / gourmand & the bros: 👀 "it's so nice that the slugcats can have a cute ending! it's a shame that the iterators are just sad forever ... " / rivulet: 👀 "aww, everyone lives happily ever after! this can't get fucked up afterwards, right?" / saint: 👀👀👀
I mean, Saint is providing the highest of services to the creatures by ascending them. They get to flee the infinite cycle, which has been stated to be something that every being wants to escape.
The ending made me emotional af. After spending all of Monk, Survivor and Hunter seeing Moon be completely lost beyond repair, wishing we could do something for her, we finally manage to do it. Actually fucking cried.
5:42 “hold on I gotta show you something” was ADORABLE I love that you felt the need to leave her some entertainment, be kind, show off your snazzy new slugcat like you’re a kid with light up sneakers. Wholesome 10/10
Also the description of some scav stumbling upon a pearl Rivulet dropped and thinking “huh, fancy that. I kinda like that wet rat a bit more.” 🤣 “the chieftain”
10:58 that shit caused me to fucking freeze in place when i saw it...really put into perspective just how destructive the rot honestly was, turning so much of five pebbles to just...nothing
Big sis moon got her sibling back and met a new sibling/friend/pet :> This run is so wholesome, I cant handle the fact that Moonsie named the rivulet Ruffles.
It surprises me that Iterators don't have maintenance droids. Like the spooders on PB's red bricks Moon mentions that the Rarefaction cells became wholly necessary bc their creators couldn't maintain the structure bc they're all, well, dead. Surprised they didn't make some Sentinel-like mfs to repair the place, and take directions from data pearls. Oh well, glad Moon's back tho
i believe in some exclusive 5p dialouge w arti, he mentions that the relationship between the ancients and interators were symbiotic, so i assume it *was* the ancients that managed the uptake of the iterators, and they probably assumed that there were always gonna be other ancients on the planet, so they didn't really think about making anything to keep their artificial god babies alive before they all went for a goop bath.
They do have something like that, a being called an Inspector. It seems the Ancients designed them to be as self sustaining for as long as possible with fewer critical parts to break down. The problem with standard maintenance drones is you need drones to maintain them, and so on and so forth. As is, all resources are developed on site, either through void fluid or the eco system itself. Requiring no extended supply chain to complicate things. Computing systems are semi organic and perpetually renewing, using clean water as a medium. Most actual working technology is simple-iron wheels, heated coils and steam turbines. Hands on work and observation is done by small machines made entirely of hard light or solid holographic mechanisms, not susceptible to damage or wear. Peebs managed to break the game when he messed up his organic wiring.
@@mothhuuny I think its moreso that they didn't think there would always be other ancients, but that the duty of the iterators only mattered so long as ancients still existed. their goal was to solve the problem for the ancients, and if the ancients were all gone, there would be no one to solve it for, so the iterators no longer needed to exist or function properly. I suppose that means they kept them from self destruction after that point out of spite.
There's a lore pearl in the game that basically means this. Everything inside the perimeter of the iterators aka the cities, buildings, facilities, everything. before the iterators and the iterators themselves are incorporated with a microbe that self-repairs at a pace that can outpace the abrasion of rain. which is why the landscape rarely changes unless something really really bad happened
@@squeaky1963 To double down on my above comments...the line between living and non living material effectively doesn't exist in Rain World as we know it. Slugcat is descended from a purposed organism. But entire buildings are also considered purposed organisms, literally grown with rooms for living space and machinery. They grow and draw energy from the environment like plants. We've been developing self sealing concrete in the real world...this is the end state.
Just realised that based on what we know about the heights of Ancients, Rivulet could probably backflip into one's face, since they're like, 2x/3x a slug's height
That cut from serene music and me tearing up over five pebbles to a super speed ascension montage with loud music shocked me in both my body and my weakened heart
"I doubt any creature could get anywhere near [FP]" Moon, listen. I gunned it towards FP on my first run, got in, got back out too. Have you seen my gilled fabulousness? You don't even know. Rivulet is so many fast I can't even!
Random theory, but during the stream das (and in this vid) asked where BSM got her new clothes from. my guess is that it`s her old one, but faded and torn due to all the water. could easily be wrong though, i don`t remember if she had pre-dlc or not or if they where different also, at 14:32 it looks like 5P is petting rivulet..
Honestly i just thought that the other iterators have constantly been sending assistance the whole time, which wouldve explained the additional neurons as well as the clothes.
@@LordoftheNightWolves Moon mentions that scavengers bring her things from time to time, maybe they found her old clothes, or could be some random torn rag as well
It's from Monk or Survivor! Canonical probably Monk. If you go into Submerged Superstructure on either of those, you can find the cloak, bring it to Moon and she'll start wearing it
slugcat review: pros: is blue can hold breath for long very fast jump big almost the most important slugcat cons: he is the perfect life form, he has no flaws, except that he is a slugcat. verdict: 9/10, would play again
Seeing Das going through the rotted memory crypts makes me appreciate my first experience with rivulet's 5p - climbing the wall, clueless, then noticing that the gravity is consistent in the pictures room, then seeing that one piece of rot at the end of corridor to 5p's chamber, and finally entering his chamber moments later, to be shocked by just how much his condition has deteriorated.
I just had a thought- so moon’s dialogue before giving her the cell states that the iteratiors control the weather, and that five pebbles was the main cause for the heavy rains, as he was loosing control of his anti gravity from rot. That’s why the downpours were so fatal to the slug cats, he literally was keeping the water in the sky with his own gravity, or maybe pulling it down with his cells? When you hand give moon the cell, everything turns to snow. It’s moons way of dealing with the weather. That’s why everything becomes cold in saint’s campaign. The random blizzards/downpours could also be explained by this, then, as both moon and five pebbles are broken, and because five pebble’s worsening state meant that the downpours only got worse, as moon fixes herself maybe she will be able to lessen the blizzards/downpours and that could mean a theory on fully functioning iterators allowing for normal weather instead of such harsh cycles. That might not be the case, but it’s fun to think about!
This was such a chaotic livestream, from trying to figure out where the Battery is inside FP or trying to figure out where Moon's entrance and exit are to her Superstructure Either way the lore was just Amazing ln this one, and the ending is bittersweet. But we already know the road ahead isn't too Good for the timeline. Also *WET MOUSE* REEEEE xD And Scruffles,
i would like to acknowledge that if you take a look at the projections that moon's overseers are showing to her and pebbles, they're most likely playing a game of dominoes at all times, how nice :p
rainworld except the slugcats swarm 5p while 5p cant do anything (they are being abnormally snuggly and were sent by a false iterator from another planet to repair things]
Definitely may favorite of the new five! The gameplay fixes everything I hated about my initial playthrough of rainworld (annoying swimming mechanics, slow movement, too many deaths from enemies, etc.) and then adds probably one of if not the coolest new campaigns. My least favorite areas in the game used to be shoreline and drainage system because they were so tedious with the swimming, but now they are just as fun as any other section, and the new areas (especially that sick snow area) are a fun inclusion. It just fits the way I like to play.
One thing that really struck me was how good the atmosphere and sound design was in The Rot and Submerged Superstructure. Even for the insanely high bar set by this game these two regions immersed me to an insane degree.
Rivulet's campaign is crazy. I expected artificer's campaign to be my favorite, but rivulet's campaign is by far and away my favorite. And that's ridiculous because artificer's campaign rivaled the quality of the 1st survivor playthrough.
even though i watched a good amount of the streams as well as the compilations afterward, going into the new regions is still a whooole ass adventure...still only on artificer and the area before waterfront facility was one hell of a ride. anyway, been really enjoying the content, as usual, and what i managed to catch of the streams. Can't wait for your lore compilations, wildlife vids, or other ideas you get for the expansion.
Imma be real, Moon's dress.... It-It does the job, I'm sad them thunder thighs is gone, but the dress kinda leaves allot to the imagination.... Also, she named Rivulet,"Ruffles" that's so fucking cute.
So... I love the development in this mod- that you aren't just constrained to happenings of base RW, you see what happens after Also... it feel both gut wrenching and yet idk closing and good to see that Five Pebbles got what he wished for, after all that happened. Yeah, he came out as quite an asshole in base game, but there is some understanding why
The Rot (Depths) has got to be my favorite area just for the atmospheric music. The wiggly (sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to describe it) sound of the music in the area just conveys the level of rot infestation so insanely well, you no longer feel like your in a machine, it's something else. And the one room where you can see that the inside is completely exposed to the outside is so cool. I really want to see more people's reactions to The Rot (depths) and how truly alien it feels.
I don't even play this game but I found your channel awhile back and have been excited for the dlc for sometime now just so I could watch you do it. I'm not disappointed at all. Can't wait to see the next one.
Idk if this is a mod but when playing as survivor you can find a cloak and give it to moon, it might’ve gone canon during the dlc and originally was meant to be optional (as a commenter had guessed where I had seen the video from) so maybe that’s why we didn’t see it in monk
With the clothes and extra neurons, I'm pretty sure it's implied that Monk was the one to do that. In Saint's campaign you can see an overseer projection which shows Monk holding two neurons.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH my pain! Before watching this, i playeed rivulet myself and Accidently went to the underwater superstructure WITHOUT bringing the core. I was wondering why that area was so damn hard...
Each slugcat takes place at a different time in the game something is maybe in the past and the saint is far in the future. When you give moon clothes in one slugcat plaything she'll have clothes in one playthrough that takes place in the future. But the braincell or whatever is something idk.
Am I the only dumbtard who explored Submerged Superstructure BEFORE getting to 5p? I don't know how I missed the obvious nudge in that direction. Lemme tell you though, exploring that area without the faster swimming from the core AND with the super short cycle timer was thrilling to say the least
I was absurdly spoiled for this game, but one moment I still wasn't expecting was the rivulet's memory crypts, I knew that by rivulet 5P was bad but I didn't know quite how bad it was...
Rivulet: "Can I have some gravity?"
5 Pebbles: "Only a spoonful."
Rivulet then pulls out a comically large spoon, funniest thing I've ever seen
"Hey Moon, can I have some water?"
"Sure, just a sip."
*Pebbles then proceeds to pull out a comically long straw*
@@Catwithaknife69 oh no-
Badlands pebbles@@Catwithaknife69
I love the contrast between moon and pebbles. While moon adores the slugcats each for what they have done, wether their trip to her or for other tasks they need to do. Compared to pebbles who calls us “your kind,” he rarely addresses us by our own singular character, and in his dying moments, he still holds the same tone of aggression, wanting us gone from him, yet he knows there’s always another yet to come…
By the end he actually warms up to rivulet and appreciates its presence. He even says he misjudged their kind
@@catpoke9557 Which is a very nice character ark for him. He slowly comes to appreciate their presence, which in turn makes us appreciate his. It’s a nice way to make both the player and the character “bond” with each other, which I think is nice.
@@Burning_Marshmallow Yup, I used to hate him but by the end of rivulet I liked him and wanted to comfort him.
I mean, Hunter revived her and Rivulet reactivated her + its implied Survivor/Monk gave her some neurons and the clothing, so yeah, slugcats always helped Moon
@@tear959 slugcats canonically always helped moon. Sometimes in alternate cycles they’ll eat her neurons for the funnies.
"What's this? A literal Demi-God is chasing you? Just outrun him, you're Rivulet!"
i mean, he IS faster than the saint
@@overloader7900 saint has to have really convenient tongue spots to match riv's speed
and then once he goes into godmode riv can just jump over it
@@pallingtontheshrike6374 “convenient tongue spots”
@@wildfire9280 ;3
Rivulet won the marathon if he was real
19:17
Moon: Have you noticed. little friend? The Heavy Rainfall as of late has begun to recede
Daszombes: Yeah, I got his B a l l s 💀
"Yeah, I- I just- is- I- I got his balls"
“It is better to hit da bricks than for da bricks to hit you.”
- Rivulet “Ruffles”: The Art of Speed
“If not enough spear , get more spear”
- Spearmaster before being bamboozled by a totally hidden spider
@@shrimplebogusIf creature, kaboom
-Arti before getting swarmed by 15 million vultures with scavengers
@@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180 Use your body to your advantage
-Gourmand, crafting a hecking black hole bomb from some grenades and a flower as well as STOMPING a lizard to DEATH
"It is what it is"
-The saint 5 seconds after "ascending" the god of ascension
"Live every day like it is your last" Hunter 1 cycle before going rotten
I love that moon named the Rivulet as Ruffles.
it's name is now ruffles and nobody can tell me otherwise
Ruffles have ridges
@@sakura368 in the dating sim rivulet says that they don't like the name ruffles
@@Boooiiiiii But we like it :(
@@Boooiiiiii dating sim isn't canon.
Rivulet running: Hey Rivulet here! This is bad, REALLY bad
Water Centipede: *Screeches*
Rivulet: AHH
Gourmand Catching his breath: Hello Gourmand here! ooh what that
Red Lizard: turns around the corner
Gourmand: oh oh no!
@@Sharkcatbat56 gourmand: hey people, gourmand here with a lizard meat review, here we have a rare and exclusive red lizard, now we just have to prepare the meat **jumps from a 40 floors long building**.
@@weeb_dweeb hey slugcats, gourmand here, red lizards are unkillable
Or are they? *Jumps*
@@weeb_dweeb **impacts red lizard and kills in one shot**
@@weeb_dweeb that red shit can catch you while you are doing this
This whole storyline is so wholesome in so many aspects
5p fucking dies
hell yeah, moon suffers less, the Rivulets just chills till his last breath, oh yeah and FIVE PEBBLES IS DEAD LET'S GOO
Ngl i was super confused on how to get into moons systems because i used the gravity thing to just launch myself into the ceiling where moon is and went through the secret pipe there. And then was scratching my head on how the hell can I get citizenship.
@@anthonythetophatter2834 fp is my favourite character..
@@anthonythetophatter2834 big sis moon wouldn't be happy with that last statement
Wouldn’t expect such a wholesome story to feature Five Pebbles of all people
A GHOST LEVIATHAN FROM SUBNAUTICA?!?!!
JUST WALK OUT
you can leave
work
social thing
echo
shelter
lizards
rain
daddy long legs
too fancy scav toll
centipedes if you're quick
friend ships
IF IT SUCKS... HIT DA BRICKS!!
real winners quit
I love that 5p had dialouge specificly for if you die to the DLL in his chamber after showing him the gravity core. Apperently devs experienced that at least once during test runs and found it funny enough to dedicate a lolz to it.
edit: gash dangit, how did this happen? Since when did this comment get so many likes and comments?
"Man the universe is just trying to spite me at this point huh?"
-5P probably
lol
I think that line plays if you die in his chamber, gravity core or not.
Yes, it happened to me, he called me a dumb creature
Since your the most popular comment, I'm going to post my thing here so it reaches people.
So, alot of this has reminded me of something.
Five Pebbles slowly rotting away and losing his memories from his neurons being eaten by the rot, his structure breaking down, and at the end he sits down and just waits for his demise.
Doesn't this remind you of something?
Something in the real world, something that affects people, something that affects someone's brain and slowly kills it?
It's a metaphor for dementia.
18:25 You know the devs accidentally discovered this, and judging by pebble's reaction, they thought it was hilarious and decided to keep it.
Love Rivulet, just the speediest boi
The speedrun character
I did not expect rivulet to have my favorite story but the wholesome ending and also getting to see a rotted pebbles is perfect
Its great because the only slugcat after somehow has the least wholesome campaign. Less wholesome than artificer
the story is so good being very honest, my second favorite campaign, first favorite campaign would be artificer but for the different mechanics, concepts and favorite region.
@@TheMantisLord50 that's Saint, right?
Rivulet's campaign is easily the best one of the new slugcats, he's a fast boi, water puzzles aren't puzzles, has a satisfying lore conclusion, and most important of all, The Rot area is tolerable and LTTM's is goated
i don't think he was having a great time with the rot though... xd
@@mrhoundeye1064 Better than FIve Pebbles
@@NightshadeNate haven't been there yet, but probably
Ok but I’m just gonna throw my opinion. I’ve beat the artificer campaign, and metropolis is easily my new favorite area. It’s massive, there’s tons to explore, tons of really cool moments like the tallest tower, and the scavs feel like they were dumbed down a little so that you can have as much fun as possible going doom eternal on them
@@TheMantisLord50 I think what's happening with scavs is that their reputation is locked at a small negative value. Anything past around -50 is kill on sight, but for artificer their behaviour looks more like -20 or -30, higher than what hunter starts with
I only just realized that Pebbles has one of his overseers listening to moons last monologue, that's kinda wholesome knowing that he was at least able to see her get back to functionality
I love how he actually has a line for you
[spoiler]
dying inside of the room...
There's more than just that if you keep dying to the rot
I thought that was so funny when I first saw that lol. “How did it even manage to do that? What a dumb creature.”
someone on the dev team got stuck and they found it funny enough to include , prolly
This video and the whole stream's title could easily be replaced by the "hit da bricks" experience.
Your voice for Five Pebbles fits him so well and only adds to my love for the character.
I just love hearing him read lore he has a good lore reading voice
for me its kinda of the opposite, no hate! just my personal opinion, five pebbles kinda already has a squishy voice and i think it fits him so well, everytime reading his dialogue i hear the unintelligible speech sounds in my mind.
It... it doesn't fit him at all. Have you ever heard his voice before he gives you the mark of communication?
@@jessiesowter yes! I have! And I personally like zombes more for reading out dialogue, doesn't mean others have to.
I think the reading was a tad overzealous, given the state Pebbles was in at the time. The inflection was all off and doesn't convey his emotions properly. Anger in general and anger at yourself sound very different when spoken, and the latter should've been called for rather than the spite in his reading.
PEBBLES PETTING RIVULET IS THE CUTEST THING EVER IN THIS GAME
thats moon
@@alextinsley574Pebbles pets Rivulet as well, if you paid attention.
Love that Pebbles calls Rivulet a small beast in a situation where you can clearly see that Rivulet is bigger than him
late, but i mean pebbles is the whole *machine* surrounding them being eaten by supercancer, not just the puppet
@@farbott8137 true, but it’s still a comedic juxtaposition!
Ruffles:
Saves the timeline and makes everything better.
Saint:
💀
hehe rapture time go zoom zoomies
Saint : “W h a t.”
Rivulet : “ Y-yeah I know I just did something better than you just did-“
*After the incident , Rivulet was spotted near a spider cave with lots of symptoms from Stage 4 Ligma , Artificer suspects Saint ascended is liver…to the plain of not existing.*
@@shrimplebogus"it's so sad ruffles died of ligma."
"Who the hell is Steve Jobs?"
"Ligma balls."
"oh gosh, spearmaster's ending is so cute! i wish there was a little more drama though ... " / artificer and hunter: 👀
"wow, those endings were crazy! but i think a little more fluff would be nice ... " / gourmand & the bros: 👀
"it's so nice that the slugcats can have a cute ending! it's a shame that the iterators are just sad forever ... " / rivulet: 👀
"aww, everyone lives happily ever after! this can't get fucked up afterwards, right?" / saint: 👀👀👀
I mean, Saint is providing the highest of services to the creatures by ascending them. They get to flee the infinite cycle, which has been stated to be something that every being wants to escape.
Alternate title.
"Axolotl Slug Pulls The Life Support Plug of An Old Guy"
Then gives it to a blue idiot
umm *snort* actshually pebbles is the youngest (JK, this comment is funny)
umm *snort* actshually pebbles is the youngest (JK, this comment is funny)
Finally, Das has completed his dream of being inside Moon
Being inside Moon? Ayo?
@@onesandzeros1338 them thighs.
Well, when you word it like _that_
Well, that's one way to fufill that.
I mean, when you THINK about it.... 😏😏😏
"You should be on your knees, thanking me for giving you the gift of consciousness and life."
Pale King ass quote
The ending made me emotional af. After spending all of Monk, Survivor and Hunter seeing Moon be completely lost beyond repair, wishing we could do something for her, we finally manage to do it. Actually fucking cried.
5:42 “hold on I gotta show you something” was ADORABLE
I love that you felt the need to leave her some entertainment, be kind, show off your snazzy new slugcat like you’re a kid with light up sneakers. Wholesome 10/10
Watched the vod and this play through went from “hit da bricks” to “f u wiggy” in maybe 3 minutes
Also the description of some scav stumbling upon a pearl Rivulet dropped and thinking “huh, fancy that. I kinda like that wet rat a bit more.” 🤣 “the chieftain”
“Well then. Another ordeal to add to my running tally of bad luck” 💀
10:58 that shit caused me to fucking freeze in place when i saw it...really put into perspective just how destructive the rot honestly was, turning so much of five pebbles to just...nothing
Big sis moon got her sibling back and met a new sibling/friend/pet :>
This run is so wholesome, I cant handle the fact that Moonsie named the rivulet Ruffles.
MOON CAN MOVE AGAIN HELL YEAH
I like how its implied that Survivor/Monk gave her Moon neurons from pebbles
It surprises me that Iterators don't have maintenance droids. Like the spooders on PB's red bricks
Moon mentions that the Rarefaction cells became wholly necessary bc their creators couldn't maintain the structure bc they're all, well, dead. Surprised they didn't make some Sentinel-like mfs to repair the place, and take directions from data pearls.
Oh well, glad Moon's back tho
i believe in some exclusive 5p dialouge w arti, he mentions that the relationship between the ancients and interators were symbiotic, so i assume it *was* the ancients that managed the uptake of the iterators, and they probably assumed that there were always gonna be other ancients on the planet, so they didn't really think about making anything to keep their artificial god babies alive before they all went for a goop bath.
They do have something like that, a being called an Inspector. It seems the Ancients designed them to be as self sustaining for as long as possible with fewer critical parts to break down. The problem with standard maintenance drones is you need drones to maintain them, and so on and so forth.
As is, all resources are developed on site, either through void fluid or the eco system itself. Requiring no extended supply chain to complicate things. Computing systems are semi organic and perpetually renewing, using clean water as a medium. Most actual working technology is simple-iron wheels, heated coils and steam turbines. Hands on work and observation is done by small machines made entirely of hard light or solid holographic mechanisms, not susceptible to damage or wear.
Peebs managed to break the game when he messed up his organic wiring.
@@mothhuuny I think its moreso that they didn't think there would always be other ancients, but that the duty of the iterators only mattered so long as ancients still existed. their goal was to solve the problem for the ancients, and if the ancients were all gone, there would be no one to solve it for, so the iterators no longer needed to exist or function properly. I suppose that means they kept them from self destruction after that point out of spite.
There's a lore pearl in the game that basically means this.
Everything inside the perimeter of the iterators aka the cities, buildings, facilities, everything. before the iterators and the iterators themselves are incorporated with a microbe that self-repairs at a pace that can outpace the abrasion of rain. which is why the landscape rarely changes unless something really really bad happened
@@squeaky1963 To double down on my above comments...the line between living and non living material effectively doesn't exist in Rain World as we know it. Slugcat is descended from a purposed organism. But entire buildings are also considered purposed organisms, literally grown with rooms for living space and machinery. They grow and draw energy from the environment like plants.
We've been developing self sealing concrete in the real world...this is the end state.
Moon before downpour: I’m too weak…
Moon after downpour: Unlimited power!!!
Rivulet is:
No more drowning
SPEEEEEED
Wholesomeness all around
Terrifying waterpedes _(notgood)_
Conclusion: Riv is the best slugcat
No, artificer is the best
@@arteshinobi10.2 no, I am
18:18
5P: "Well then. Another ordeal to add to my running tally of bad luck."
I do not know why that was so funny to me but is was.
Just realised that based on what we know about the heights of Ancients, Rivulet could probably backflip into one's face, since they're like, 2x/3x a slug's height
That cut from serene music and me tearing up over five pebbles to a super speed ascension montage with loud music shocked me in both my body and my weakened heart
Rivulet is the type of slugcat who always stays in the gym, but stays skinny.
"I doubt any creature could get anywhere near [FP]"
Moon, listen. I gunned it towards FP on my first run, got in, got back out too. Have you seen my gilled fabulousness? You don't even know.
Rivulet is so many fast I can't even!
Random theory, but during the stream das (and in this vid) asked where BSM got her new clothes from. my guess is that it`s her old one, but faded and torn due to all the water. could easily be wrong though, i don`t remember if she had pre-dlc or not or if they where different
also, at 14:32 it looks like 5P is petting rivulet..
Honestly i just thought that the other iterators have constantly been sending assistance the whole time, which wouldve explained the additional neurons as well as the clothes.
During spear master you see moon before the collapse and her cloths are orange just like pebbles
@@LordoftheNightWolves Moon mentions that scavengers bring her things from time to time, maybe they found her old clothes, or could be some random torn rag as well
@@LordoftheNightWolves key word: faded
somehow I don't feel like the colour would survive who knows how many torrential downpours
It's from Monk or Survivor! Canonical probably Monk. If you go into Submerged Superstructure on either of those, you can find the cloak, bring it to Moon and she'll start wearing it
slugcat review:
pros:
is blue
can hold breath for long
very fast
jump big
almost the most important slugcat
cons:
he is the perfect life form, he has no flaws, except that he is a slugcat.
verdict: 9/10, would play again
dang if ruffles is only a 9/10 i dont know what a 10/10 is
Waterpedes:
It is official little blue slugcat is named ruffles. The rest need official names!
Spearmaster is ‘spike’
Hmm, gourmand- Bob. It just fits.
@@Foxett25 I think chad also fits, how about "chad bob"?
@@mishagaming1075 ah yes.
@@Foxett25 Artificer is gonna be called "doom slayer"
I just found this channel an hour ago and I had already finished the gourmet and artificer videos. Amazing timing.
gourmet
@@znoopsy it fits doe
Seeing Das going through the rotted memory crypts makes me appreciate my first experience with rivulet's 5p - climbing the wall, clueless, then noticing that the gravity is consistent in the pictures room, then seeing that one piece of rot at the end of corridor to 5p's chamber, and finally entering his chamber moments later, to be shocked by just how much his condition has deteriorated.
SHE NAMED HIM RUFFLES
I just had a thought- so moon’s dialogue before giving her the cell states that the iteratiors control the weather, and that five pebbles was the main cause for the heavy rains, as he was loosing control of his anti gravity from rot. That’s why the downpours were so fatal to the slug cats, he literally was keeping the water in the sky with his own gravity, or maybe pulling it down with his cells? When you hand give moon the cell, everything turns to snow. It’s moons way of dealing with the weather. That’s why everything becomes cold in saint’s campaign. The random blizzards/downpours could also be explained by this, then, as both moon and five pebbles are broken, and because five pebble’s worsening state meant that the downpours only got worse, as moon fixes herself maybe she will be able to lessen the blizzards/downpours and that could mean a theory on fully functioning iterators allowing for normal weather instead of such harsh cycles. That might not be the case, but it’s fun to think about!
Rivulet is not rivulet, is now ruffles and you can't tell me otherwise
Gourmans did have a unique ascend cutscene, he was visibly chunky
Ruffles is the best slugcat and there is no competition
remember that huge jellyfish? moon did say they grow alot larger but never had the time to grow that big
Love watching the six hour stream and then the cut down version as well! Can’t wait to do this with spearmaster
This was such a chaotic livestream, from trying to figure out where the Battery is inside FP or trying to figure out where Moon's entrance and exit are to her Superstructure
Either way the lore was just Amazing ln this one, and the ending is bittersweet. But we already know the road ahead isn't too Good for the timeline.
Also *WET MOUSE* REEEEE xD
And Scruffles,
Finally... The Ribvulet is back at McDonald's!
i would like to acknowledge that if you take a look at the projections that moon's overseers are showing to her and pebbles, they're most likely playing a game of dominoes at all times, how nice :p
I think since there is giant jelly fish that would prove your theory that the jelly are siphonophores maybe?
im really impressed with how fast these streams were edited down tbh
I personally enjoy your voice acting of Pebbles the most. The genuine frustration you channel in his voice is very pleasing to hear.
Got a problem? Life in imminent danger? Just be faster!
rainworld except the slugcats swarm 5p while 5p cant do anything (they are being abnormally snuggly and were sent by a false iterator from another planet to repair things]
8:20 last chip in the Pringle can moment
Definitely may favorite of the new five! The gameplay fixes everything I hated about my initial playthrough of rainworld (annoying swimming mechanics, slow movement, too many deaths from enemies, etc.) and then adds probably one of if not the coolest new campaigns. My least favorite areas in the game used to be shoreline and drainage system because they were so tedious with the swimming, but now they are just as fun as any other section, and the new areas (especially that sick snow area) are a fun inclusion. It just fits the way I like to play.
18:35 damnit! You gave me the hiccups from laughing so hard at this!!!
Sonic the slugcat and Rivulet the hedgehog
One thing that really struck me was how good the atmosphere and sound design was in The Rot and Submerged Superstructure. Even for the insanely high bar set by this game these two regions immersed me to an insane degree.
Rivulet's campaign is crazy. I expected artificer's campaign to be my favorite, but rivulet's campaign is by far and away my favorite. And that's ridiculous because artificer's campaign rivaled the quality of the 1st survivor playthrough.
This is rain world's version of fan service
even though i watched a good amount of the streams as well as the compilations afterward, going into the new regions is still a whooole ass adventure...still only on artificer and the area before waterfront facility was one hell of a ride. anyway, been really enjoying the content, as usual, and what i managed to catch of the streams. Can't wait for your lore compilations, wildlife vids, or other ideas you get for the expansion.
Imma be real, Moon's dress.... It-It does the job, I'm sad them thunder thighs is gone, but the dress kinda leaves allot to the imagination....
Also, she named Rivulet,"Ruffles" that's so fucking cute.
Yeah, moon with CLOTHES
moon put riv in a washing machines
you know.. my guess to what assention truly is.. is pure happyness cus monk found his brother in the void sea
I love how well Das expresses pebble's frustration the first time we met him.
i LOVE your voice for 5 pebbles so much!! it kinda reminds me of jonathan sims from the magnus archives
So... I love the development in this mod- that you aren't just constrained to happenings of base RW, you see what happens after
Also... it feel both gut wrenching and yet idk closing and good to see that Five Pebbles got what he wished for, after all that happened. Yeah, he came out as quite an asshole in base game, but there is some understanding why
excited for the next dlc in which you are a vulturecat and can just fly
What's so haunting to me about this campaign is that even Gods like fp pray in the face of death.
The Rot (Depths) has got to be my favorite area just for the atmospheric music. The wiggly (sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to describe it) sound of the music in the area just conveys the level of rot infestation so insanely well, you no longer feel like your in a machine, it's something else.
And the one room where you can see that the inside is completely exposed to the outside is so cool.
I really want to see more people's reactions to The Rot (depths) and how truly alien it feels.
Just finished my Rivulet playthrough all i can say about Rivulet is: " IM FAST AS F**K BOI!"
I don't even play this game but I found your channel awhile back and have been excited for the dlc for sometime now just so I could watch you do it. I'm not disappointed at all. Can't wait to see the next one.
Idk if this is a mod but when playing as survivor you can find a cloak and give it to moon, it might’ve gone canon during the dlc and originally was meant to be optional (as a commenter had guessed where I had seen the video from) so maybe that’s why we didn’t see it in monk
With the clothes and extra neurons, I'm pretty sure it's implied that Monk was the one to do that. In Saint's campaign you can see an overseer projection which shows Monk holding two neurons.
Awww he skipped the part where he almost ran into the grandpa long legs!
"Five pebbles, what happened to you? your systems have been shutting down!"
"The moist rodent vanished in the middle of my chamber."
34:25 my favourite moment (:
Rivulet can hold their breath for longer than a whole cycle😂
AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH my pain! Before watching this, i playeed rivulet myself and Accidently went to the underwater superstructure WITHOUT bringing the core. I was wondering why that area was so damn hard...
Hit da bricks pal, ya done.
Each slugcat takes place at a different time in the game something is maybe in the past and the saint is far in the future.
When you give moon clothes in one slugcat plaything she'll have clothes in one playthrough that takes place in the future.
But the braincell or whatever is something idk.
Don’t wanna fight? Just hit da bricks! Yknow you can just leave the confrontation no one stops you!
Man, I don't understand how this game about a stupid water slug and two robot computers could make me tear up,
but, god damn it, it does.
This is some great ending omg
Am I the only dumbtard who explored Submerged Superstructure BEFORE getting to 5p? I don't know how I missed the obvious nudge in that direction.
Lemme tell you though, exploring that area without the faster swimming from the core AND with the super short cycle timer was thrilling to say the least
I was absurdly spoiled for this game, but one moment I still wasn't expecting was the rivulet's memory crypts, I knew that by rivulet 5P was bad but I didn't know quite how bad it was...
I just finished my rivulet playtrough and then when i open youtube, i get a dasz video
The wholesome moment of "She named them ruffles!" Was beautiful
Very happy I skipped the leg and underhang, just going straight to the wall from Chimney canopy
5P after witching Riv immediately kill himself: 🥲
Zoom cat
We're finally able to do what we've always wanted to do: help Moon for real!!!