The Complete Guide to Spiral Knights

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In this video I will cover most of the fundamentals of Spiral Knights. For years I wanted to make a video talking about this game. It's probably one that I would call a hidden gem.
Depending how things go, I might make similar videos in the near future.

All music is part of the Spiral Knights OST by Harry Mack

Keanu Reeves skit by FlyinyKitty.

[coffv]

I just want this game to do well again.. sk has a spot in my heart </3

[neonlegendarios]

Hello! Old Jempire officer here to tell you that we definitely aren't dead. We moved on to RIFT, ArcheAge, and Guild Wars 2 for the past 6 years of us playing as a community. Reason why it may seem why we might be dead is due to our website dying out. We may have taken a hiatus to live our lives just recently, but we have definitely not forgotten our days in Spiral Knights. Nonetheless, thanks for including our name in this video, it means a lot that our name hasn't been forgotten! <3

[Artameful]

I swear every game i've ever loved either comes to a sad ending or no one else likes

[enosis]

I feel this would explode on the switch

[AndrewChumKaser]

Cradle is quite possibly one of the most amazingly beautiful, fascinating, and creative game worlds I've ever seen. A clockwork planet that is like the best of many cool world aesthetics. Steampunk gear world, ancient relic/ruins, and still very adaptable. Best of all there's a fantastic justification for randomly generated levels in that the levels are literally descending through a massive clockwork machine that always changes, giving thematic weight and context for the different kinds of journeys you can have. Plus in my humble opinion the knight characters you play as are pretty unique too.

Imagine if this world had a movie animated by the one and only studio Ghibli, imagine the incredible detail sleeping through every frame it would have. I can think of no more absolutely kino of an aesthetic that that.

[gonzalot.]

We need to make this game popular again.

[Serjinxable]

A fantastic overview of the game in its entirety, good job :>

[Synful_RoX]

Omg I didn't see this until now, thanks a lot for the shoutout lol, I was very much experimenting with my art back then. Those commissions were the first ever art pieces I did with a digital tablet, and it was the first time I ever sold art so I had no idea what to value it >w<
Also, excellent overview of the game. I gotta get back to it sometime. Get some nostalgia dosage.

[Toksyuryel]

I'd love for this game to make a comeback. It was my favorite game back in the day.

[evanhampel]

Cool to see high quality and new videos of spiral knights! Would love to more! Btw if more ppl did this the game would actually grow quite a bit I think

[fishmclishy]

Thanks for uploading this, really enjoyed watching! SK content is rare nowadays so I'm glad that people like you are still motivated to make and upload it.

[SparksOpus]

Nostalgia just hit me like a Train. One of the best Soundtracks ever imo.
Would love if the game would gain some popularity again...
Hab gesehen das du auch deutsch und Russisch kannst, so wie ich :D
Gutes Video!

[Drasnier]

Ah, Spiral Knights. The nostalgia. Had some fun times with this, but not actively for many years.
[Here I did a long text on my nostalgia that somehow turned into a rant about the things I think could have been done better, but meh, REDACTED]

Good video man! You covered all the major parts of the game in a good way, and explain in an easy way things it took me quite a while to figure out on my own (and through forums). And the SL part was funny, haha. :D

[iansmith]

this review gave me war flashbacks to being a kid not knowing anything about the game, but still trying my hardest to win. This game is a work of art.

[Necromasterify]

SK saved me and my low spec pc.
Great vid man, I learned a lot!

[tezra]

This Nostalgia, nicely done! I used to play this game so much back in the day. 2012-2012, 5k hours in game.

[willv]

Liked! I remember playing this back in 2011-2015 then did some international moves for work and just stopped. Saw a random bookmark I had to the forums and decided to see if there was any content on Youtube. Definitely nostalgic.

[Lextragon]

I remember playing this game for the TF2 hat. Good memories.

[torbergqvist]

Good video. (Some errors though, so hit read more if you see this)
I really agree that the change of the ui and the reviving system especially was stupid. In particular the reviving system killed a part of the core of the game, that is, fighting together. Since now everyone is on their own, while back then you could sacrifice half your remaining health to revive a friend to that amount. Really miss that. And I gotta say that the forging system is bad, but it's livable with I'd say, especially since aftwr a while you'll be rolling in all ranks of fire crystals except the highest ones.

Some errors:
Maximum damage has a specific meaning, but what you want to say doesn't really have an official name however. I don't really call it by anythibg myself, and would say [super] effective or something.
The progression is, imo, easier than before due to no cap on playtime daily and no need to farm all the energy for your crafts.
Danger missions also change daily.
And (Treasure) Vaults are not event bound and are found the same way as the Treasure Troves.
Tokens are not only found in events and pvp, the two first you showed are examples of the two main categories, the ones from loot blocks which are used to buy useless trinkets to sell for crowns and the ones dropped from bosses which are used to buy certain gear.
Krogmo coins are used to buy recipes and materials for trinkets mainly, and also the bombhead costumes. Not accessories.
(Also should've mentioned Lanzer Knightz who have done a lot for the wiki and tutorials in particular, and I personally feel like Brick Squad who was top tier in T2 back then should've been mentioned, although dead beyond all salvation now.)

[accounterror]

i really miss this game. i joined when SK was being promoted in TF2 and it brought me so much memories.
basically when Mist Energy and Crystal Energy was a thing.
i didnt have money to keep proceeding through the elevators.
when we get to the arenas, the people with Antiquas can carry all newbies LOL. reviving each other with health if we fall.
all Haven servers were packed with so much people at the Auction House, it was crazy.
till this year.. Haven is so... dead. but when its 8 PM PST, about 5 - 10 people pops up to the Auction House.