#[1.5 UPDATE] they turned my cat into a rain world DLC

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hollow cypress
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I see

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Well time to find those last two regions monksilly

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wait, "from bug to god"

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BUG FABLES???

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||THE EVERLASTING KING|| REFERENCE???

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Hold on I got a big brain idea

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I take the four karma flowers from the throne and bring them with me through the rift

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So I dont have to keep finding other flowers from other regions saintsmirk

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THE SCAVS KEEPS TRYING TO STEAL MY FLOWER

hollow cypress
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I acctidentally stabbed a scav yet my rep didnt go down

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though that scav did somehow survived

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ooh i didnt notice this before

hollow cypress
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hmmm

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I FORGOT TO MENTION
Verdant Waterways has been corrupted

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Which leads one remaining...

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...I just now noticed that the description is outdated and i forgot to update it weeks ago scavjudgement

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Let me fixed that rq

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There we go

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With that said...

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STORMY COAST HAS BEEN INFECTED
I REPEAT STORMY COST IS INFECTED

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WHICH MEANS I HAVE SPREAD THE ROT TO EVERY AVALIABLE REGIONS

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(I hope)

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Now to go see the prince

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Huh I dont remember seeing this place in aether ridge

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I'm surprised that black lizard have managed to survive many cycles in outer rim

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Up the top of the Throne now

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Whoa....

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Oh it withered away

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Was that just my imagination?

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the slugcat's moving on their own..

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Hi there...

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I did your task...

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uhm....

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Still didnt get my score results
I'll see if I can use a mod to view it

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It's bugged and cannot show the actual final score saintpensive

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Oh well

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After all these hours...
The Watcher has finally been completed watcherparty nightbop watchy

modern birch
hollow cypress
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Thanks lizgreengaming

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I should actually go back and see what else has happened

hollow cypress
# hollow cypress

By the way I think the ending cutscenes was glitched for me, since at one point it paused on a black screen for a couple of seconds

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I looked it up, and yeah these images didnt show up slugimjust

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Interesting though...

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The Prince is not speaking nor reacting anymore...

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Did the karma flowers paralyse him?

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Did he somehow "ascend" in a way? vithink

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I did all of that and he didnt at least even say thank you >:(

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The flowers were spreaded in the other rooms...

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I'VE BEEN BLOCKED OFF

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Wait nvm I can get through hunterkek

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I actidentally jumped into rot hunty

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Unless there's a secret I dont know about I think I should stop here

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I'd give a short review of the campaign but i dont want to do that rn hunterrip

calm sierra
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Oh cool you did it gj :3

wild seal
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:3

paper rover
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congrats!!!!! monksilly

hollow cypress
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I should actually share my review and opinions here

When I started playing, I've spent a couple of hours getting lost in the intro, but looking at how others played the campaign I conclude that's just me being stupid and not picking up on what I'm actually supposed to do earlier. Going through the experience blind was fantastic and the vibes were great. The gameplay however? I'm mixed on that. I could tell the DLC is in an incomplete state, especially upon its release (seriously no portals on the minimap at launch??). I did enjoy initally exploring the regions and seeing what they're like rather than prioritise on getting to my goal first.

Getting the first ending was all good, no problems there. The second ending? In my opinion, that was not fun. At. All. It was very tedious to get through, and even when I did finish it, it more so left me numb rather than satisfied. I do like how the Watcher is closer to what the vanilla slugcats are like, being a creature who are simply a small part of the vast ecosystem (despite the powers they gained and all the later stuff), as well as their story kept vague and open, compared to the Downpour slugcats.

Though I will say this, while the downpour campaigns are shorter, I think that DLC tend to prioritise quality over quantity, while The Watcher DLC is more so quantity over quality. At least thats my thought in its current state. I'm not going to touch the DLC again anytime soon, but I am looking forward to what its future updates have to offer. And once it is properly finish, maybe I would go start another playthrough.

Anyways I will now go back to this thread (https://discord.com/channels/291184728944410624/1282963723778261052) and continue playing Inv and the rest of Downpour's content boinginv

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I FORGOT TO MENTIONED! I played 99% like campaign without wearing my semi-broken headphone, so the sounds were a bit quiet and didn't properly listen to the music in full

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I listened to the soundtrack instead on youtube, and oh my goodness, the songs were beautiful.. and I missed out on hearing most of them scavpleadbigeyessobweep

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I did hear some of them are actually currently unused, which is certainly interesting...

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Also I just now noticed this thread had reached 1000+ comments invblink

hollow cypress
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Huh, it also managed to getmore comments than my downpour thread invgoggle

wild seal
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@ felper pin monksilly

hollow cypress
paper rover
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despite its flaws (and the repetitiveness/rng in the process of getting ending two) i do agree they did a really good job of giving the unique feeling rw ecosystems give the player plus a really unique storyline

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very good review monksilly

hollow cypress
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WATCHER UPDATE IS HERE huntersmile IT'S TIME TO RESURRECT THIS THREAD BECAUSE I WILL BE PLAYING IT AGAIN.... at some point.

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Yeah, at the moment I am busy with lots of things (mainly college + my birthday tomorrow), which unfortunately means I can't play right now. I did say before I would do another playthrough once the update comes out, however, as much as I want to do that, I do not have the time to start over given how long it takes to go through the campaign. I am aware that there's a new ending, but with the current save I have, I do hope I am not locked out from any of the new content. If I am, oh well, time to start over monksweat .

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(do let me know if I'm locked out of anything without spoiling the specifics monky)

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Oh yeah, jolly co-op is now official available (once again)! My brother is currently away right now, but I think he does plan on playing the DLC.... maybe I could play with him this time monksmug

hollow cypress
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THERE ARE NOW NEW ACHIEVEMENTS TO COLLECT slugwoh
....oh no there are more achievements to collect slugempty

calm sierra
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Let’s have a watch

hollow cypress
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It's time for Watcher 1.5 watchthis !!

I decided that I will replay the campaign from the beginning so I could experience the new stuff casually, though I will not be playing it all in one sitting. Also I currently don't have my controller with me, so I'll instead have to try and use keyboard controls for now inveyes

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This time I will not spend many hours getting lost at the beginning watcherpopcorn

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Goodbye old save file watchersalute

hollow cypress
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[1.5 UPDATE] they turned my cat into a rain world DLC

hollow cypress
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Didn't share my progression live as I was streaming my playthrough in a VC group. Would like go into detail on how I went so far, but I am currently very sleepy right now and kind of want to get this out of the way slugtired

  • Got a bit lost at the beginning because I forgot the vanilla map layout
  • Went into Torrential Railways as my first region
  • Went into a completely new region called Pillar Grove not long after
  • Found Coral Caves, but I couldn't progress in that region any further because of a big gap I cannot yet cross
  • THERE ARE A BAJILLION NOODLEFLIES AND FROGS WHAT THE HECK
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By the way, to make the campaign a little bit more fun, I played around with customising the Watcher and made them look like Coco! slughappy

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The result turns out to be way better than I expected
Look at this creature watchy

hollow cypress
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I made it to strouded stacks

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There is also a coloured pearl over there... hmm....

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I already made it to another region hunterglee

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Oh nice this region already got its map filled out

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Time to see the echo huntersmile

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Hmmm I think something tells me a room got its layout changed over there

hollow cypress
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Hello friend!!!

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Got sent to Torrid Desert

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saintstare thats new.. I think

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looks like they want me to go to the echo

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but I want to explore the top region first >:(

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Wait that pipe on the left wasnt there before

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NEW ROOMS

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Ooh nice theres kind of an alternative shortcut to the echo

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Map doesnt display it fully but i recognise this room

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Though instead I'll go to the new portal in the other room before saintblep

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Funny how I'm visiting some of the last few regions from my previous playthrough early this time lol

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...i fell off in the most embarassing way possible

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Eh, maybe I'll go to the echo instead

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Just kidding I'll explore the top right this time hunterglee

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I should come back here once I get my levitation

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Made it to the surface

hollow cypress
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Oops I forgot to update my progress here from a couple of days ago

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I made it to Aether Ridge and is currently having trouble getting through there

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That's all I remember so far rivstare

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I think I did a decent amount of college work to warrant myself on continuing the watching rivowo

hollow cypress
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I FINALLY MADE IT TO CORAL CAVES THROUGH AETHER RIDGE GOOD GRIEF

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I forgot I only have two karma levels so far lol

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IIRC the echo should be here?

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Good news is the map has mostly been filled out from my previous playthrough

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ITS THE NEW FUNNY HORNET LIZARD

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I've already known about them though from watching (watchy) my brother's playthrough

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Not sure about their functions

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maybe they're the evolved descendant to bell beast silksong since bell beast likes hornet huntersmile

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Scav saved me from a lizard :D

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It looks like the new lizards replaces the yellow lizards

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In this region at least

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i dont think i've explored here before

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found a portal!

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it's rusted wrecks

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WHAT ARE YOU

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sea scug haven

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That is one fat blue seaslug rivflabbergasted

hollow cypress
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Going back into Desolate Track and find the echo there

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HI OOMF

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Finally got my third karma lol

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Got sent to Turbulent Pump

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Just realised I'm on Cycle 51 already hunterclose

hollow cypress
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Now in Verdant Waterways

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Karma 4

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Now in Fetid Glen

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..thats a new creature hunterclose

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Maybe thats an object idk

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What are the scavs smoking rivflabbergasted

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Oh i can hold it

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What happens if I throw it?

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So it.. kind of like a smokescreen and paints some part of the area?

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ITS A SPLATOON BOMB

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New room :o

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I FINALLY CAME ACROSS ANOTHER NEW REGION

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Unless it's an old region that was renamed like sunlit port

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Looks like a new region though

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OMG

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CLODSIRE WHALE

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there's so

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many

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FLIES

calm sierra
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The flies consume

hollow cypress
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the mud is covering my eyes i cant see

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Oooh the whales protect you from the flies

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Hmm, the room layout seems to be very similar to verdant waterways

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WHERE'S THE NEXT SHELTER

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Wait, it doesn't appear to rain (or other environmental hazards) at the end of the cycle

calm sierra
hollow cypress
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I figured it's connected to verdant slugclose

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Wonder how i can cross here since there seems to be no mud nearby

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Do I need to wait for a whale to show up and take cover under it? monkcurious

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My uber was 10 minutes late hunterclose

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SPIDER VOID SPAWN??? Also omg it's the karma gate!

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I can't believe Hornet Silksong was void all along /j

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HOLY MOLY

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Mega Clodsire....

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Yay I finally found shelter

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Something tells me the echo is nearby

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Now on Karma 5 hunterglee

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I think

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Idk I lost track

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Now in Cold Storage

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Omg I got the float ability now yay monksilly

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I don't like climbing up station annex so I'm heading straight to unfortunate development instead monkblep

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Hello friend!! huntersmile

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Outer Rim time

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My favourite walking simulator!

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I'll be honest, I'm gonna confess my crime and admit I have the mouse drag mod on

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simply because I do not want to waste my time holding left for 10 minutes slugimjust

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I know what you are...

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The room seems brighter than I remember

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Hey remember the time I got completely stuck and didn't know where to progress from here?

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Good times huntersmile hunterangy

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Anyways the karma flower room sent me back to torrid desert

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I might as well get the echo from here saintunyoy

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Now in Badlands

hollow cypress
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Went through a portal

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New region! :o

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Whoaaa

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MANY CRABS

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..the barncles just pushed me out of bounds

hollow cypress
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thats.. interesting hunterthinking

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could that be something to do with the void spawns?

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looking at it more it kind of looks like a progress bar from the void spawns I freed??

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maybe I'm over analysing and that's just background decoration hunterkek

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I do not remember this place rivworried

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Nvm I do remember hunterkek

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now THIS I dont remember

hollow cypress
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Something tells me the void spawns want me to go to a certain direction

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Well I want to go the opposite way first >:(

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Let me tell you that I will fry you for what you made me go through last time

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THAT IS A FAT CREATURE

hollow cypress
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So... it's been a while since I last played monkbigeyes

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I haven't gotten around to playing the game the past couple of months is due to a couple of things, but to simply put it, life had gotten pretty busy and stressful. And since Rain World is a difficult game that can often be frustrating to play imo, I wasn't really in the best mood to continue at that moment.

But I think I'm ready to continue again monksilly

Problem is I kind of forgot how to play so I'll likely be struggling a lot rip

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I forgot what my current goal was scavjudgement

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I think I was simply trying to find all the echos?

hollow cypress
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Update: I have obtained max karma and managed to reach the first ending monksilly

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I also beaten my time by about 7 hours saintsmirk
(first is from the old playthrough, second is the newer one)

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Now onto the next objective: explore the new stuff!!

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I recall about there being a thing in outer rim

hollow cypress
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but I was also told there's some new stuff in daemon... hunterthinking

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plus I do need to figure out the use for the coloured pearls...

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That is new (I think) scavjudgement

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So thats where I use the coloured pearls slugwoh

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there are also these feathers.....

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Made it to Daemon!

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That's definitely a new area

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hmmm.........

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cannot summon a warp in here

hollow cypress
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I should mention I have also woken up the prince

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I assume I can spread the feathers like how I spread the rot...

hollow cypress
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there's a new symbol on the map..

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I brought two more pearls sainthappy

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The green pearl though..

hollow cypress
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Status update:

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(it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out the webs and such huntersadbean)

hollow cypress
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Second meeting

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I think I'll call it The Weaver as thats what the steam achievement description describes it

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I'm gonna explore more Salination and fill out the rest of the map

hollow cypress
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Finished exploring Salination hunterrip

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I also got a couple more coloured pearls so I might as well bring them over to the Ancient Urban room now

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Third Weaver meeting

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WAIT I GOT A COOL TAIL NOW

hollow cypress
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The first and third pearl readings seems to be the same save for a couple of different texts

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The second seems like it has an ominous audio played in reversed...

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I think this might be the last time I'll bring the pearls to the machine until I'm at least done with the main story

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Of course if I find any more pearls I'll store them in the shelter at Shattered Terrance for later use

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Now then, I was told something different has occurred at Unfortunate Evolution, so I might check that out again....

calm sierra
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besides it becoming inaccessible from the weaver eventually

calm sierra
hollow cypress
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oh wait maybe I was misremembering hunterrip

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when you said "big worm guy" i thought you were talking about the void worm over there lol

calm sierra
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also fun fact it can also read the pearls from industrial outskirts and chimney because you can bring one of those in your stomach before getting kidnapped

hollow cypress
calm sierra
calm sierra
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there’s other changes too but can’t see them because of dress my slugcat

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there is some game mechanic changes though

hollow cypress
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o scavjudgement

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yeah I assumed dms would overlap some parts actually

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also that is a very blue snail

hollow cypress
calm sierra
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I kinda don’t like how it can randomly get locked because it means some people on their first playthroughs will never discover unfortunate evolution

hollow cypress
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Fourth Weaver meeting

hollow cypress
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PINECONE TAIL

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wait I want to see what vanilla watcher looks like now

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MY EYES ARE ORANGE

calm sierra
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🍊

hollow cypress
calm sierra
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The orange eyes happen after the first weaver

hollow cypress
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Well looks like I'm updating Coco's appearancce monksilly

hollow cypress
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I got an achievement..

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"A path. A purpose."

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:o I got a halo

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Coco if she drank a lot of orange juice

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Oh I noticed there aren't any feathers in any regions

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What if I go back to daemon...

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Wait my karma flower didnt get used up when I warped out?!

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sloggers I THINK I CAN FREELY WARP WITHOUT NEEDING A KARMA FLOWER

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Oh that make things a LOT easier

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The warp portals are binded(?) again

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Still hasn't been lit up

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I wonder if the prince got something to say about this

hollow cypress
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Is it me or does something look off about the prince?

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Mostly the way he moves

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Maybe he was always like that idk

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The webs are now showing up a lot more

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Ok so if I go through the naturally-made rifts it closes up saintsmirk

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My guess is if I manage to close up all the rift something might happen

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Alongside rotting all the region through the created rifts

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I'm gonna try to rot all the regions first, hopefully it doesn't lock me out of any endings slugSweat

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Putting here on what regions needs to be rotted:

  • Fetid Glen
  • Verdant Waterways
  • Turbulent Pump
  • Migration Path
  • Stormy Coast
  • Heat Ducts
modern birch
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That last meeting did monksilly

hollow cypress
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the prince ending?

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I did already achieved that ending in a previous playthrough, but can I still get the other endings without that one?

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Then again I did notice the rot is probably not spreading anymore...

modern birch
modern birch
hollow cypress
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Well if I can still get the other endings, I think I'm good to continue rivstare

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Seems like the Prince will be spared rivowo

hollow cypress
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something new is happening monkbigeyes

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CAMERA SCROLLING

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IN MY UNMODDED RAIN WORLD??

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this is so weird what the heck

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EYES?????

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i tried pausing the game because i was being called out for something irl and it skipped the cutscenes..

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well I guess I'm going to the wiki inveyes

willow acorn
hollow cypress
calm sierra
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Oh I’m back at the perfect time I see

hollow cypress
calm sierra
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And now it’s time

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time for the final ending

hollow cypress
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the weaver was actually a hollow knight character all this time monkbigeyes

willow acorn
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splode into feathers

calm sierra
willow acorn
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An Understanding achieved

calm sierra
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Are you able to stream the final ending kuo

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I will go on my laptop to watch rq

hollow cypress
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Sure thing monksilly

modern birch
hollow cypress
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I finished the story the other day

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I'm not sure how I could recreate my live reaction to the ending

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So I took screenshots

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"I'M BACK IN THE artiyoyING BUILDING AGAIN" /ref

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(no popcorns for watcher monkwail)

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Final score

modern birch
hollow cypress
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The final ending is... a trip, and very much bittersweet. But from my perspective, it is also miraculous in a way. It honestly hit me even harder as I changed the Watcher's appearance to look like my cat Coco, and seeing her in the final scene made tear up a bit, knowing that in real life she's old and starting to become more frail as time passes.

Despite it's many flaws, I really like the Watcher DLC. The first-time experience is very fresh and unique compared to the other campaigns. Although, I do get why the DLC's reception is pretty mixed (region feels disjointed, game is way too big, aether ridge is way too big, warp mechanics, barnacles, etc.), especially when it was first released in an unfinished and broken state, so if anyone doesn't like it, I think that's completely understandable.

To close off this comment, I'm personally giving the Watcher DLC a score of 7 out of 10 watchersalutewatchthiswatchy

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(Outer Rim still stinks to the point I enabled the mouse drag mod to go through the area slugwhat )

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I'm not done with the game yet though as I still got to deliver the coloured pearls in Ancient Urbans, so I'll go ahead and start doing that scavpearl

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Oh yeah here are some celebratory Coco photos :D

hollow cypress
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I did learn I am now immune to the rot, but I also found out that extends to not being stunned from eating the rotted fruits, so that's awesome huntersmile

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I'll actually be turning on dev tools since I want to go through this as quickly as possible, sorry about that! slugwhy

hollow cypress
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Alright here's my collection so far slugpearls

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Wiki says there are 17 new pearls added (excluding vanilla region pearls), and it looks like I have obtained 13 of them

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14 now

hollow cypress
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One more..

hollow cypress
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So it took me way longer than needed to find the last pearl, and the reason for that is because I'm stupid scavstare

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Nevertheless I have obtained the final pearl I needed!

calm sierra
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peak

hollow cypress
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With that, I have collected all* pearls in The Watcher! slugpearlswatchthis