Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [41] [Cows…With Guns?]

Oh my GOD! THE SONG WAS RIGHT!

FUCK YEAH METROPOLIS! As I’ve raved about before, I love this level. Not keen on the ox challenge, but the ending orbs and final room are great (will be seen later). I wanted to finish Okami (collected everything, filled the tomes, and had S rank to unlock Ammy’s skins. 63 hours of kick-ass game) and Master’s Voice first before I did another part. While I was waiting to record my next part, I played Sly Cooper. As you can imagine (or hear), I absolutely suck at games that only give you 1 HP lol. Matters are worse when you have lives too (R&C, TLOS, and Okami don’t have lives. On top of that, it’s almost impossible to die in Okami if you maintain a good amount of health items and keep your astral pouch full). It makes you appreciate Sparx and how easy it is to get extra lives.

In this video:
-most gems in Metropolis
-2 orbs (bombing the ox and the “talisman orb”)

Note: Up Your Arsenal = best game title ever

Recorded February 25, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Riptos Rage [40] […Wow]

…that didn’t happen. None of you can prove it!
(WARNING: Again, teh squeakness might be hard on ears if set on high volume)

Finishing up Cloud Temples, including a short rant about weird, random, inter-movie slash pairings seen in AMVs, fanfics, etc. The full rant will be coming soon to a channel near you (eventually…meaning we haven’t decided or recorded it yet). Lol, I’ll be waiting for the whole “Wtf we can do what we want” (called an opinion don’cha know. It’s my outlook on the situation and not a personal attack *rolls eyes*) and perhaps “Ur racist/homophobe” (saved for the select few idiots that can’t tell the difference between random slash and racism/homosexuality).

In this video:
-All gems in Cloud Temples
-Rant about…what I said above
-Last orb (ringing the bells)
-Yet another instance of pure Raggedstar-brand stupidity

PS: Grr, I always have to keep editing the description because I say Cloud SPIRES instead. I’m also getting bad at using 2009 instead of 2010 and mixing up my Spyro game numbers (said 2 instead of 1. When I usually talk about Spyro 3, I tend to talk about Spyro 2 too since the games are similar [/worthless defending self])

Recorded February 17, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [39] [My Darn Cat]

Lance wanted hugs, but his cruel owner decided to LP instead. To satisfy himself, he decided to meow (I don’t think you can hear it, but it’s really pathetic-sounding), poke at my leg (with claws out), and loudly chews on objects (including my elbow). Even as I write this description he’s doing the same thing, since he likes pressing buttons on the keyboard when in my lap.

Did most of Cloud Temples. I forgot how bad I am when it came to cliffs in this level (WARNING: THE VIDEOS FOR THIS LEVEL CONTAIN HIGH-PITCHED FAIL SQUEAKING).

Anyways, since I’m nearing the end of the game, people have been asking me about future LPs. I talk about that in this level (this video and the next), but in short, my current answer is no. If you want to share your opinions, fine, but that’s my current answer.

In this video:
-Most gems in Cloud Temples
-Two orbs (talisman orb and following Agent Zero)

Recorded February 17th, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [38] [The Professor Has No Logic]

Couldn’t he get a pencil from Walmart or something like a normal person?

Finishing up Mystic Marsh. Not exactly the most interesting or action packed level when the enemies are cleared for the orb challenges (or when the commentator is half asleep. I held back yawns). I’ll try to be more interesting in Cloud Temples, which is going to be the next level to cover.

In this video:
-Both orbs (getting the spark plugs and the Professor’s pencil)
-All gems in Mystic Marsh (no gem failure for me)

Recorded February 10th, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [37] [Attack Of The Snail Creatures!]

Er, did that elephant just kill the rhino thingies?

Wtf? I don’t know why, but I had a lot of sound glitches here. The sound was WAAAAY out of sync, so I tried to match it again (hence why you see a fade. Thought it would look less obvious, but I was wrong). With the rest of the video, I just sped it up. Damn frame rates.

And if you couldn’t tell, I was very, VERY tired. I started recording before 10 AM.

In this video:
-Most gems in Mystic Marsh
-“Talisman orb” in Mystic Marsh

Recorded February 10th, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Riptos Rage [36] [Damn Hoverboard Races]

It was either 1:35:25 or 1:35:10 (maybe both). I’ll admit that a good chunk of my playing time on that game was spent trying to get that damn skill point. Can’t remember my skill point time, but it was pretty close. Painful race times continue in Canyon Speedway (off the skill point by less than a second).

I won’t be doing polls for which levels to do, since there really aren’t that many left. There’s Canyon Speedway (done), Mystic Marsh, Cloud Temples, Robotica Farms, Metropolis, as well as backtracking Shady Oasis and Fracture Hills (which will be done when I can get together with Shado on Skype to do commentary). Just so few of them, AND I have to backtrack. Ripto will be done at the end after I get 10k gems and 64 orbs.

In this video:
-Finding that elusive gold gem
-Clearing Canyon Speedway
-Skill Point (1:05.53)
-Secret orb challenge (shooting down the targets with Hunter)

PS: For those that don’t know, it’s not unusual for Okami games to last more than 60 hours (especially if they’re going for 100% or haven’t played the game before. I’m both, so this should be…interesting). Since I recorded that video, I’ve played the game for more than 13 hours more.

Recorded February 7th, 2009.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [35] [No Gem Failure?]

I should really bite my tongue sometimes.

Nothing much in this video really. The homeworld is really small and not a lot going on here, so it was a good oppertunity to try out Fraps (a screen recorder). In short, the whole recording was 18-19 minutes (2 parts, and most Winter Tundra levels should be 2-4 parts depending how much I screw up) and roughly 10 GB. Ran it through Vegas and each part was about 230 MB (roughly the same size as a typical part with the other recorder I used). I experienced a little lag, but not too much. Video quality SEEMS to be better and the aspect ratio might be a little different too. Any opinions? If there is a lot of positive input, I’ll keep using it.

In this video:
-Learning headbash (last ability)
-Scoping out the levels
-All orbs in Winter Tundra (in the rock, on the waterfall, and on the castle ledge)
-Gem faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaailure

Recorded February 7th, 2010.

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [34] [Bring It On, Cupcake!]

Gulp apparently doesn’t like cupcakes.

Since the recording of Shady Oasis was only 13 or so minutes long, I decided to cut a little off the end and continue on with Gulp so I could make it a pair of 11 minute videos instead of 6 minutes (perhaps it was the sugar cookies that had me hyped up).

In this video:
-One orb (chasing the thieves)
-A rather ungraceful victory against Gulp
-Entering Winter Tundra

NOTE: Yes, I’m aware that there are 2 skill points during this fight, but since I was close to dying a few times, I didn’t want to be a sitting duck for Gulp while I aimed at Ripto (and the rockets are horribly inaccurate for such a small target). I’ll go back with superflame for the sake of completion. Plus, I did try to get through without getting hit, but that obviously didn’t happen (no, I will not commit Spyrocide half a million times until I get it right for these videos).

‘Nother Note: The cosmos thing came from a very random convo Shado and I had over AIM. It involved AMVs, Bambi, ESPN, bloodcults, 6teen, and the cosmos. If you’re on SFF, you’ll know what we mean.

Recorded February 3rd, 2010,

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [33] [You KNOW It’s True!]

SHADOWSMIFFDEMON IS THE SUPERIOR AMV MAKER! TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ShadowSmi…
Oh yes, our commentary for Fracture Hills is going to be FUN lol.

Soooo, first visit to Shady Oasis is a quick trip. Almost did the entire level in one video. Should’ve been recording this earlier, but I was playing Ratchet and Clank (now at 100% with all weapons, gold weapons, gold bolts, and skill points) and Okami (I don’t think the game tracks %. Well, I got all of the canine warriors and orbs if that means anything) and spent most of my free time playing those games.

In this video:
-Shado vs Raggs war crap
-Most gems in Shady Oasis
-Shady Oasis talisman

Mmm, sugar cookies for breakfast

Recorded February 3rd, 2010,

Raggs Plays Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage [32] [No Problems Here]

Except for not remembering what time the skill point was (not that it matters, but anyways, it’s 1:15), no problems in the speedway for once. No random spazzy noises from me or interuptions from Windows Update here.

Only one more Autumn Plains level to go, and that’s Shady Oasis. I don’t know if I’m going to zip through it or not like with Fracture Hills, since all that needs to be done there is a really fast orb challenge and a headbash chest in backtracking (not to mention the fact that Shady Oasis is a million times easier. No monster plants, supercharges, or eathshapers there).

In this video:
-Fracture Hills talisman
-All gems in Metro Speedway
-Skill point (1:09.40)
-Orb in Metro Speedway (helping THE Hunter with the cat burglars)