The Hardest Soulslike

Let's see you cancel this game, Xbox. Oh no. Today we're going back back to Mac and we're going to play it on hard difficulty. A difficulty suitable for skilled gamers such as myself. I'm pretty good at neck. Just go slow, little buddy. You'll be fine. >> I lost. Oh, shoot that orc in the head. Hey, >> neck has more guns than shadow generations. The orcs serve a treaty. >> Orcs have that. Wait, I don't remember neck being like this. >> How did these goblins progress in such a short time? From bows and arrows to tanks and guns. >> Maybe they entered the cheat code from Vice City, which grants you access to all the tier three weapons. >> Victor. >> The goblins got all their weapons from Victor. He's the bad guy. What you see before you is my ultimate creation. Knack. >> That was the PlayStation talking. >> Oh, the robot punched my neck hair off. >> Oh, do you see that? You're out of there. Guess you could say I have a knack for playing this game. Ever see a knack do that? Ever see a knack eat three big snacks? Wait a minute. They got a knack in this neck. I'm going to get my hair back from this. Oh, >> I have spent decades >> playing Knack only. >> Knack, a living, thinking, breathing creature. >> Knack breathes. Thank you. Thank you. I'm very good at knack. This is hard difficulty, by the way. >> Knack, pick up those relics. >> You got it. Guess what my order is at McDonald's. The Big Knack. >> As you can see, Knack is >> really funny. Oh, look at look at how far his punch goes now. The power of two robots is meaningless compared to the power of one neck. I am so good at this. Nope. Looks like I'm the next big thing. I don't even need to. Neck fatality. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Mac. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Neck. >> Back. Go back to the start of the video. Today we're going back. Back to Wait, where's my ear? Robots. Don't make me activate my neck storm. Oh. Oh, I like I like that neck storm. Look at all these robots. That's cute. No, it's cute. You guys think you can face me? I'm just going to turn on my knack tornado and just wipe all of you out with me. >> Most impressive doctor. You call it Knack. Is that right? >> Actually, I call myself Knack. >> Oh, you don't tell Knack. He tells you. >> Impressive. He seems a little delicate to me. >> Dude, I hate this guy. He's talking crap on Knack. This guy's evil guy. He built all the orcs. >> I brought a few of my security robots with me. >> They suck. If Nack can get by those, then I'll grant he has a place in the expedition. >> Nack can easily destroy those. >> Can't do. Think Nat can do it? >> We'll see now, won't we? That was it. Ned can also blast distant targets with a barrage of relics, >> but only if he's still alive. Dang, they hit hard. Maybe neck is delicate. Nah nah nah nah. Knack blast. >> You are out of there. Can Knack destroy this pot? Well, he can destroy the plant from the pot. I'm going to kill these robots before the like fight even starts. That was one of the most evil things I've done because those robots didn't even get to play neck at all. 10 more parts are needed to unlock Brittleleneck. Wait, why would you want to be Brittleleneck? Oh, he can dodge in the air. Oh, that's interesting. Ooh. >> Next. >> Next. Oh, they're throwing cars at Nick. Oh, watch out for my neck punch. Oh. Oh, he's neck's gone. Just be thankful I'm not playing as Brittle Knack right now. This I mean this one's pretty brittle, too, though. Knack takes a lot of damage. He's dead. Cute laser kid. Now I'm going to transform into little neck. Little tiny little super little tiny neck. You can't even see him anymore. >> Insane combo. >> Whoa. >> So, Victor, you still think I'm too delicate? >> Knack beetle. >> I wonder what Charlotte would have thought of Knack if she were still around. >> She would have gave it a nine out of 10 at least. Once you know the bugs attack, they're very easy to defeat. You just jump over them and then hit them with a punch. That's a knack bird. He can shoot tornadoes. Huh. Not if he's dead. He just leaves. Come to face me, beetle. Oh, I'm still alive. Not anymore. Bald eagle. Say hello to bald neck. Oh, say goodbye to bald neck. The blue goblin. Let's see what you made. Oh, he's got that move. Knack is hard on hard, man. Boom. Oh, you see that? Oh, I'm getting good at neck. That I'm pretty good at neck. Check out my neck dodge. Boom. Knack dodge. Oh, boom. Remember the game Math Blaster? I'm more like Knackmaster. Nope. Nope. Nope. Who would win? The green goblin or the blue goblin. Shame on the Shrek franchise for trying to kill neck. Shame on Shrek. Look at these goblins on the thing. Look at them. We call that a neck kill where I come from. Big neck is powerful. Look at them. Look at this little guy. Look at this little cabin. What are you going to do? Where you going, Lulu? >> Do you know that I found you in a cave? >> Do you know that I found you in a cave and then punched you in the head as hard as I could? Did you know that Knack actually built the scientist in a cave? Did you know that Knack was released in 2013 to critical aim? Did you know that Cave Interactive released a game called Steep Slope Sliders for the Sega Saturn? >> Careful, Knack. That type of rock is very slippery. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> They're bringing out the grenade gravel. Oh, he's got moves. He's got moves. Look at him. Oh, he's killing. Oh, he drops the grenades when he's dead. It's like Halo. These ice parts are actually tricky. Tell my Oh, he's hugging me. He's hugging me. He must love my game, Knack. For some reason, I'm expecting that we're going to have an unexpected encounter. I was expecting that encounter to not be that easy. Victor, you did this. >> Is everyone all right? >> Your robots attacked us. >> Really? They must have thought you were goblins. >> We only made seven goblin noises, Victor. >> Not to worry, Victor. I picked up a few relics in the process, so I can't say I'm too broken up about it. as you were. >> Hey, you know, forgive and forget. That's what I always say. Stupid robot. >> What? The boomerang boys. Interesting. Oh yeah, they come back. You're going to need more traps than this to catch neck. Oh. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Oh god. Okay. Okay. Will you stop with that boomerang? It It still comes back even after he's dead. >> Good luck. >> I don't need luck. I'm ice neck now. My ice is diced. New joke unlocked. Knacknack. Who's there? It's me, Neck. I'm dead. Walk away and change your ways. Live a happy life. You don't have to keep fighting. All right. What? This is Sopranos. >> Neck. No. >> Let's try that again. >> Where did Nick go? >> Let's try that again. >> Dodge this. Nah. >> Let's try that again. >> What's the deal with this? What's going on with this? >> Let's try that again. >> What? I'm pretty good at neck. Check this out. Huh? I don't think Nick can talk. He can only talk when he's big neck. Why is everybody shooting at Nick? All he did was turn into Ice Neck. Come on. Come on. What you got? What you got? Nothing. You have nothing. >> Phone. Kill him. Knack. >> Knack, wait up. Those are security beams. >> I'm going to run into the beams. Stop shooting. Stop shooting and killing Knack. Really? You got pushed his shirt off. Oh my god. Four enemies in the same fight. No, no. Let's just let's just kill these guys before the fight starts. That's how I like to play this one. Thank you. >> Silver Neck. >> It can't be. >> I present to you Stealth Knack. >> Oh, Stealth Neck. >> I want you to get through those laser beams. Yeah, I'm going to walk straight into the laser beams. Like I said, you >> stealth neck. >> Oh, you guys are really stealthy, too. Good job. Press triangle to switch between necks. Stealth neck is going in for a stealth kill. How did they see me? 14 more parts are needed to unlock a vampire neck. >> How did it feel, Knack? >> It was like enemies could see me even better as stealth neck. Can I kill Neck? Cannot kill Neck. Yes. Oh. Oh, no. There's more. You must not kill Neck. You must not kill Neck. Please. Please don't kill him. Oh. Oh, that was close. No. Uh-uh. Nuh-uh. Are you serious? There's more. No. Oh. Oh, first try. First try. I am mastering this neck. What? How can a mere human defeat Nick? That's impossible. Nick can only be bested by the blue goblin, the little beetle, the other beetle, the little robot from the tutorial. He's got a shield. He's unkillable. Come on, neck. Come on. Neck. Neck. Got a war chest. What are we getting? The secret detector part. Nice. I only need 17 more. Oh, double kill. Oh, this guy's got a laser gun. Got a grenade guy over here. Oh, watch out. You really think you can kill Knack with a 2x4? Come on now. Nope. This guy's holding a barrel. This has a 9 out of 10 chance of killing Knack. What are you going to do? Oh, okay. Not this time, buddy. Not this time. Not I went to the left side. Let's just shoot this barrel guy. I'm sick of him. Oh yeah, two can play that game. Next, pick this barrel up and throw it at him. Next, show this Mega Man X looking guy how we dodge attacks and his souls. Like, come on. Come on, boy. These guys, they're getting act blasted. My god, I almost died anyway. Nah, nah. Oh, when you try to throw gold at me, I say, "Hi, ba dash." And I kill you instead and then I die. Neck laser, huh? Nope. Give me one more try on this. Give me one more shot. If I just hug this wall. Nope. >> Nice, Nick. Good job. >> Wood. >> Wooden neck unlocked. >> Oh yeah. >> Now when the enemies attack me, I'll say, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. I wouldn't do that if I were you. I need to take a break from neck now and just go play something else. Something easier and relaxing. It's just not the same. Is this four robots I have to fight? No. No. No. This can't be real. This can't be real. Oh my god. Okay. No. No. No. No. Don't let him get in the robot. Don't let him get in it. Kill that robot before he gets in. Nice. Oh my god. I'm winning. I'm actually winning. I'm actually winning a neck. Kill him. Yes. He just did a dodge roll. I knew this was a soul's leg. Knock. Don't worry, kid. I die every 7 seconds. Oh my god. I'm still alive. I'm still alive. Nope. Thought I could hide behind that. You can hide behind this wall. You can't hide behind that wall. Oh, you can. Wait, it worked that time. Okay. I have like one part of every gadget in neck, but I don't have all the parts for a single gadget. Give me one upgrade. Just give me one complete upgrade. No. How do we Where do we even Now's my chance. Oh, this game is intense. I swear to God, something about the way the enemies attack in this game. There's something like very specific about the unpredictable rhythm and like the way they attack you. I swear to God, it reminds me of From Software. I'm not even joking. Wait, I have to look into this. Japan Studio. These are the guys that made neck. I swear to God, I saw this logo in front of like a Demon Souls or something. Demon Souls was developed by FromSoft. The project was first proposed and supported by Japan Studio. Wait a minute. I see what they did. They said, "Okay, Demon Souls, that's going to be kind of the beginner, more beginner friendly, more casualbased game." And then for like the hardcore gamers that demand like a sick and demented challenge will create Knack. >> I miss Charlotte terribly, you know. She really was my better half. She stopped me from putting some of my crazier plans into action. >> Like naked neck. >> We were madly in love. Truth is, we found Knack's orb together, too. >> That's why he loves Knack so much. >> When I think of her work, like that car, and I think of the goblins weapons and tanks >> and naked. >> Well, and I know this is crazy, but I see similarities. His wife developed the tanks for the goblins. No, Deborah. No, it can't be. Double kill. I'm getting pretty good at neck. You might even say I have a neck for Please let this be the second of 14 vampire neck orbs. >> Nope. It's the second of 20 Sunstone relics to unlock Sunstone Neck. >> Neck. neck. Oh yeah, you in a little tower. I knocked that horse thing over. I don't care. Look at this dumb guy being dumb. Punch him off the lower level neck. I don't even care no more. I'm neck. Look how far his dodge goes. Goes across the whole screen. Boom. Shoom. As neck, I can never be killed again. >> Someone could get hurt. >> Knock neck. Stomp her neck. Shoot. >> Might be small, but I'm much faster. >> Nah, >> you more like a Demon Souls player. >> No, robots. Boom. I don't necessarily like that. >> Oh my god. I lived. I lived. >> Did you find out where the goblins were getting their weapons from? The source is some super goblin named Gundahar. >> Gundahar, you say? I've battled him once before. He is extremely powerful. If >> we could just build a tracking device that >> What if we built a knacking device? >> Sounds good. >> Stop him. >> Oh, I would love to see you stop neck. Oh, that almost killed me. I got this in my bag. What? Secret. Secret. Come on. Give me vampire neck. Vampire neck. Two of six transmitter parts. That's what I like to see. That training dummy isn't realistic at all. The real neck would have died in the first punch. What? When do I get that move? Look, neck. New knew beetle the dead. Oh, good. He killed him. new rock to die, too. >> The idea for Knack was to have a game for everyone. On easy, uh, new gamers are going to be able to get into it right away. And on normal mode, there's going to be quite a challenging, uh, you know, character action experience. For hard difficulty, we wanted players to start striking their PlayStation 4 very violently so that they would have to buy another one. What game is Knack from again? Remember when Duke Nukem goes, "I'm just in this game to eat bubble gum." Mac should be like, "My name is Mac and I just came to this game to eat snacks and die." I just destroyed your turret, Shrek. What are you going to do now, Shrek? Make a new Shrek. Shrek three. Are they up to three Shreks yet? You can't shoot me there. Look at you. You can't You can't get You can't kill Knack. Shame on you for trying to kill Knack. It's time to take Knack back to the store. Ah, that is stupid. Just let him win. The game is called Knack. Knack should be able to win sometimes. Send that Shrek in. Send him in. Boom. That Shrek is gone. Are you serious? Can't believe I'm returning to the goblin caves after I said I would never come back. Who would win between Knack or Ant? Who would win? Vampire orb. Vampire orb. Vampire orb. Vampire orb. Vampire orb. Vampire orb. Vampire orb. What is that? I don't even know what that is. Knack is a deathbased game. Oh, I don't want to fight that. I don't want to fight that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't make me fight that. Can I just shoot him? Just shoot him and he's done. Thank you. >> Throw it. Are you sure about this? >> Just do it. >> This is where they make all the gamblings. >> Okay. H how about >> wait >> that building? >> Little neck can't talk. >> You junk neck. >> Nice. >> Careful. That magnet will strip away all those metal parts you just picked up. >> Yep. That's what it just did. Oh my god. I got all the parts for one of the neck parts. Congratulations. I can now boost Knack's attack strength by by hitting enemies eight times. Look in the bottom right. It's the neckometer. One, two. We can get that up to eight. Does this count? That counts as hits. Yes, I'm neck charged. Now, witness the power of charged neck. I'm at 15 hits. Can you double charge it? Double knack. Wait, I'm in orange mode now. I'm actually doing damage as neck. This is crazy. Oh, look at that. One hit kill. Boom. Oh, I'm just destroying now with this thing. Hey, I was holding a tank before that cut scene happened. No, I got hit my combo. My neck combo. No. >> So many weapons. They've all got to go. What? What? Now, let's use that move on stuff that's alive and attacking us. Watch this. I'm going to throw this tank through there. Nope. >> Hello. >> Not so fast. >> You're my little Green Goblin action figure now. Okay, I got him. Now what? >> No. >> He's dead again. Wasn't >> sure that would work. >> He's died so many times just in the cutscenes alone. Not to mention the gameplay. We're not even counting those anymore. Numbers don't go that high. Watch out for my neck tornado. Triple A. Triple A. It's Triple A. >> I like the way N does it where it just straight up goes into a straight up just totally unplayable cutscene. Watch out for their boomerang blade. Go behind them. Don't get hit by that. Oh, I'm dead. Focus the blue. Watch out for that. Got another blue one. Can barely see his grenades. Boom. Double kill. Take this Shrek out. Watch out for this guy. Oh, come on, neck. Come on, neck. We can win this. We can win this. Oh, take that one out. Oh, jump through. Okay, I just get hit by a grenade anyway. Watch out for that. Go up the neck rope, neck. He doesn't care. What is this huge orc? How do you even fight that? Oh, that was that was surprisingly easy. Hey, I can see the entrance to the cave. >> This was like a 10k cave per minute type game. >> I don't care that you did that. I punched you out of this air. I don't care. >> There's some writing here. It's not good news. It says that beyond this door is tremendous danger. It's hard to tell exactly what that means. >> The rest is gone. >> Not what we were hoping for, then. >> Bugging the child's pendant was such a clever idea of yours, Katrina. >> It's in a maze of some kind. Where is it? The maze appears to be somewhere under Obelisk Mountain. >> Knack, can you just Can you just live? Can you just live, Knack? >> No. Now I'm going to unlock the second of 80 vampire neck orbs. It really isn't vampire. No, wait. No, this is zero of 20 dark neck orbs. My bad. One of the biggest improvements of Knack 2 was that Knack dies in two hits that time. In Knack one, he always dies in one hit. Now get over that force field. Oh my god. >> You can't fly. You have to go up a rope. That's the lamest robot ever. >> The key is ours. >> Should have did flying. You stupid robot. Look, you have jetpacks and everything. That's the worst robot ever. No. Oh my god. Oh my god. That That boss fight was easier than the Oh, she died. No. >> >> Stealth Knack is back. >> Yeah. >> And more visible than ever before. Look at how small Stealth Knack's health bar is. Not that it matters at all. This is like the 80th cutscene where Nack is killed. He keeps getting killed even in the cutscenes. >> Wait, what just happened? >> Well, in the game Knack, when you die, you come back, but you have to play that part again from the start. >> Aha! Levitators. These will do the trick. Ready to try them out? >> Why doesn't Neck get one? >> Watch your step, Knack. It's a long way down. >> Why didn't you give Knack a levitator? There was like four in the chest. >> Tony, I had a levitator. >> These levitators are great. >> I wish I had one. These two guys. Watch how I do this. Watch how I do this. Boom. Boom. I don't care. I don't care. This airship is heading straight for Trogdo mine. Victor certainly isn't wasting any time. >> And I heard it smells like limes. What am I? What buttons am I pressing? Who's that? I am the master of Mac. >> He should transform into AAA Knack to go through these. The only thing it does is it gets him through this crevice. >> All our lives will end someday. neck rated E. >> If Katrina had perished in the achievement of our dream, then that would have been a beautiful thing. But she died for nothing. As you will now. Goodbye, doctor. Stupid Victor. They have levitators. Except for Knack, who's going to die again. >> This is what you get for not keeping me levitated. I'm taking you both down with me. >> All lives must end someday, but yours will end right now. >> Oh man. Come on, Nick. >> Leave these two to me. >> What? Wait, is it week that he quit? I want to play as him instead of Nick. >> It was my final project for Gundahar before I learned the truth of what he was up to. >> Marvel, here's a challenge for you guys. Work that sentence into every movie going forward now. Hey, I remember that thing. Killed Knack like 80 times. >> Knack, good luck. >> Not to worry, doctor. As you always say, I'm your greatest creation. >> You really do have to die 7,000 times to each of these enemies to understand how satisfying this part is right now. Whoa. Super duper mega ultra neck can never be killed. No, he still can. Shadow neck. Get the las. Huh? Where's neck? Purple grenade. No, I died to the fire. I want Come on, Lucas. >> Boss Gunga is going to give us a big orb. >> Thank you, Knack. >> Thank you. >> Could I get like one of those vampire neck gems, too? I still need like 80 of them. Very hard difficulty has been unlocked. Oh,