Let's Play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - Episode 16: Nestor

Today we head back to the island to report what we saw to Nestor. Poor guy seems pretty rattled.

Nestor's portrait was drawn by yours truly.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Struggle to survive in a harsh, persistent, procedurally generated world. Scavenge the remnants of a dead civilization for food, equipment, or, if you are lucky, a vehicle with a full tank of gas to get you the hell out of Dodge. Fight to defeat or escape from a wide variety of powerful monstrosities, from zombies to giant insects to killer robots and things far stranger and deadlier, and against the others like yourself, that want what you have…

Also slipped Hivemind from the Dead Space OST in there, and the intro is of course from Return of the Living Dead.

[mutantwormgirl]

23:20 - why you should never turn your back on the Color Generator in DaVinci Resolve.

[pigcatapult]

I know it was a coincidence of procedural generation, but the minefield/gun line being pointed *at* the ruined evac shelter instead of away from it is A+ environmental storytelling.

[bananatron]

I was really caught off guard by an encounter with a mysterious impossible shape that hurts to look at or think about, followed by shooting it with a gun until it collapsed; I wasn’t expecting an Otherside Picnic reference.

[mrskundi]

Melli:sees incomprehensible eldritch nightmare responsible for the collapse of human civilization
"So anyways I start blasting"

[MrJruskey]

Loving it. Nestor got smacked half a map tile and gets up and comes back for more what a fucking dude. Last time I had a brute wallop me it sent me through 2 layers of sandbags and a window. Thank fuck for US Army vests and Sapi plates.

[queengames]

Another banger episode. I'm not super familiar with cataclysm beyond the early game, so the sudden shift into eldritch horror actually caught me off guard.

[AutocraticAnarchy]

I got into Cataclysm because of your videos after finding my way here via Fear & Hunger. My current character is a former landscaper who woke up in a mansion basement. There were a pair of feral humans wearing suits of cheap plate armour down there -- poor quality, but impenetrable with the gardening machete he still had on him -- so he had to desperately skulk his way around to find the stairs up, stuffing whatever handfuls of food or small practical tools he could find into his pants along the way. He had no combat training, only decent physical fitness from the manual labour of his job, so any scuffles he got into would be a trade of flesh for space.

He stumbled up the stairs and out an open window, sprinting into the forest until he was sure he was no longer being followed. He had a little food on his person, but no potable water. He'd have to simply limp through the trees, up a road and along a hiking trail, and hope he found sanctuary before sunset. He was immensely lucky to find an abandoned hunting lodge.

There's something enchanting about the way this game creates those little organic storytelling moments.

[Dracef]

Nestor's negatives was the game's way of saying "Never play without 'Disable NPC Needs' ". That'd be one hell of a challenge character though, and my love of smocking racks might just push me that way.

[slitheryrelic]

Nestor getting decked so unbelievably hard, and getting back up to keep fighting? He is a fuckin champ, I hope he continues to survive.

[Ixmythot]

I wasn't expecting portals into non-eccludian space! When Mel started feeling a pulse, I expected it to be some sign of an infection, that she might have gotten infected by the big, beefy infected that nearly took her and Nestor down. Always an instant watch, whenever one of these goes up, and I can't wait for the next one, along with anything else you throw our way!

[Ultrajinni]

Fear and hunger sound track actually fits perfectly to CDDA! Good vid as always!

[lekoe]

What an incredible episode. The moment with the zombie that walloped Nestor and whatever the hell was going on with the Impossible Shapes and the portal thing got me REALLY tense. Loving these videos so much

[perryborn]

"They're not the toughest guys around"
They appear to be the only guys around lol

Loving the series

[legitimatehapp]

I always love when cdda randomly does setup and payoff. With the newspaper -> storm thing. I’ve never actually been able to find the center of the storms before, kind of a shame it’s just another vortex enemy haha. I think I saw people talk about how the storms had good loot but I think maybe they were lying.

[Dvnstrt]

Excellent use of the Fear and Hunger soundtrack in this episode

[raiu]

Always happy to see a new Worm Girl vid

[hugmeir]

This entire series has been fantastic, but dropping a "It's a clear, crisp spring morning" gave me a hearty chuckle.

[animarpg]

My happiness is imesurable and my day is saved. Thanks for the great content!

[Slightquills]

I am loving this series. I watched all the episodes so far in a few days. I really like the style of your videos. I think it was mentioned before being both informational and entertaining. I can't wait to see more.

[asahearts]

Yeah, this is what I was waiting for!

The refugee center always spawns so far away for me...