Risk of Rain 2 Developers React to 9 Minute Speedrun

Ride along with the co-founders of Hopoo games Paul Morse and Duncan Drummond as they watch and react to an incredible speedrun of the newest Anniversary Update from Risk of Rain 2.

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Risk of Rain 2 is a roguelike third-person shooter developed by Hopoo games and published by Gearbox Publishing. It was released into early access in 2019 and fully released in August 2020. The game supports up to 4-players in online multiplayer and is available for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Google Stadia. The new Anniversary Update adds a ton of new content and skins to the game.

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[StalwartTirith]

My favorite bit was how the devs spent the entire video _desperately_ trying to understand why anyone would choose the bauble, and missed the obvious answer which is that it was a misclick.

[movingtarget]

Can we appreciate the devs when they were talking about level design and jumping straight up to the top. They mention that they were glad that they didn't force creative players through the level using boundary walls or anything. Big shoutout to letting players find fun way to play and not punishing them for it!

[MonsterSkinMan]

"The loader is a slow but powerful bruiser"

[yourneighbor]

"Our friend here has a lot of Lunar Coins"
"He must have played a lot"

*me sweating nervously* oh no.. they disapprove..

[MrLaCokaNostra]

kills mithrix and skips phase 4
Devs: "its gotta be the chronobaubble" im dead

[lostinthewoods]

2:40 this guy activated the portal before picking his next destination... what a fcking flex

[Woolie]

wasn't engineer - doesn't count

[Draganox]

The chronobobble is what carried him for sure

[SixCubitMan]

that is easily the least surprised i've ever seen devs in this series lmao

[ssjZer]

i've killed mithrix so fast on 3rd phase one time that he didn't die and the game thought he was dead, he chased me back to the ship and slaughtered me

[SkyFoxCode]

lmao devs trying to find a deep reason for the chronobauble but really it was probably just because the player's hand slipped and they picked it on accident

[lydia]

Cool that 1/3 of the dev team could make it

[RickBomhof]

this is the most standing around and waiting ive seen in a speedrun ever

[blankdesktop]

For the devs, it's because Mithrix has an in-between moment for phase 2-3, where he can be shot before he starts taking items

[juanmiguelfernandez]

"Wasn't on Monsoon, didn't count."

[olivierm]

They sound genuinely excited to see the speedrun, RoR2 is a great game and the devs deserve it. Also: all hail the chronobauble

[dadiscoverychannel]

I'm so glad that the devs immediately acknowledged that Loader was the best character in the game. How is Falcon Punch Spiderman something that only exists in this game

[brianwilliams]

He was just standing there, menacingly.

[Snakesrcoolaccount]

its interesting how a speedrun does not include a single speed item

[jehffvredition]

being a ror1 player since 2014 it makes me so happy to see risk of rain 2 becoming as popular as it is