Peakis awonderful co-op gamefrom indie developer AggroCrab, which sees you and some friends attempt to climb your way up a randomly generated, increasingly intimidating mountain. You’ll come up against poison, blizzards, fire, and - worst of all - overconfidence.
But it’s not all ‘Oops, I fell!’ and then starting over. Sometimes, there’s a lot more shame in those failures. Sometimes, I don’t want to talk about what happened, let alone write a whole list about those moments specifically.
So here’s a whole list about those moments specifically.
5Discovering The Emote Wheel Was My First Mistake
Not only my first mistake, but my first death in the game, ever. I was halfway up the second region when I, to my amazement, discovered the R key brings up a selection wheel of different emotes. You can dance, you can point, whatever you want. “What’s that bottom icon?” I thought, before selecting it without a single second of hesitation to even read the prompt.
Play dead. My climbing partner looked me in the eyes as I went limp, ragdolled on the spot. Problem is, that spot was on the edge of a very,veryhigh cliff. I learnt my lesson.
4Saving A Friend
Don’t Worry, I’ve Got Thi-
On a particularly stressful day, one of my friends was struggling to stay conscious for long periods of time, whether it be due to poison, exhaustion, or one too many drops. In a moment of desperation, there was some luggage just off in the distance. Luggage that might have contained a healing item to make them healthy again.
I took it upon myself to make this excursion, in the hopes that I could keep this friend alive to make it to the peak. Instead, I took a single step off a ledge and missed every grabbing point possible. My hopes ended almost as quickly as I hit the ground. Still, somehow, theremaining friend managed to make it to the top, so… I’ll take credit.
3Literally Less Than A Minute Into The Tropics
We Got Too Excited About Victory
So this one is actually about my climbing partner, and not me, so it’s okay to laugh. As we reached the top of the Shore for the first time and toasted some delectable marshmallows, the fog lifted to unveil the Tropics region. It was new, and it was exciting.
Maybe a little too much, as it was less than a minute into us walking towards this location, staring up in awe at the new mountain before us, that I heard my partner’s sentence cut off by their own panic, before abruptly going silent. Turns out, we should have been looking down at the cliff we needed to descend first.
2I Didn’t See The Purple Thing, Okay!?
We Love A Good TPK
There are many dangers on the path to the peak. So how wasIto know that those purple things would blow up into a giant cloud of toxic gas? It’s not like I did it on purpose. But no, you make one small mistake, and suddenly you’re the reason the whole team is dead. What happened to let bygones be bygones?
At least now I know what to look out for, so it won’t happen again. Right?Right?
1I Jinxed Those Damn Bridges
Naaaah, I Don’t Think They Actually Break Now
As I was enjoying a peaceful climb with my climbing partner, we discussed those rickety wooden bridges in the Shore region. We reminisced about the first one we set foot on, days before, and how it broke. None had broken since then, so we began to develop a confidence that it must have been a scare tactic for the first bridge you use, something to keep you on edge.
Seconds later, as I was right in the middle of this long bridge, it began to struggle. And then it started to crack. “Nope, never mind, they do break,” I said calmly, before accepting my fate - and my hubris - and plummeting back down to the ground. It was a short-lived moment of confidence, but now I’m back to those bridges giving me infinite anxiety with each step.
