I play as a solo dwarf in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, armed with weapons, working across the mines of Hoxxes IV in quest of precious minerals. I gun down hordes of monsters, dig out provide caches, and improve my weapons so that they hearth much more scorching dying. However there’s one factor that at all times catches my consideration and turns me right into a homing missile. It’s a goofy little snail, and it brings me a lot pleasure.
Often known as the Huuli Hoarder, the snail operates very like the Treasure Goblin from the Diablo franchise. It exhibits up with out warning and its presence might be the spotlight of a run. The snail, upon recognizing a dwarf, offers a high-pitched little shriek, wiggles its butt, and flees off-screen. There’s a built-in danger/reward ratio right here; chasing and killing the snail rewards an enormous chunk of expertise and a random improve. However the snail flees the place it pleases — usually in the direction of environmental hazards, massive lots of monsters, or a tiny nook of the map.
Every degree solely lasts so lengthy; the time spent chasing down a snail may be value it… or it may result in an total loss in sources as you allow mining nodes and expertise across the map. You’re, in any case, a company employee delving beneath the crust of a hostile planet to kill aliens and make revenue. It’s a reasonably confined scenario, and positioning is essential if you wish to keep out of attain of the limitless alien swarms.
This video by YouTuber RubyWeapon exhibits the Hoarder in motion, and I hope its little scream and wiggle brings you as a lot delight because it does me. It will probably’t even assault! It’s only a scared pacifist in a lonely cave who endlessly tries to run away.
Gamers have been bullying this little snail for years in Deep Rock Galactic, however I discover the solo nature of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor makes the method of looking a snail extra private than the unique, four-player sport. Sorry, buddy, I’m not trapped in right here with you — you’re trapped in right here with me.
Typically, it’s tactically viable to prioritize chasing the Huuli Hoarder as a result of it may give augments or an enormous quantity of sources. However sadly, I’ve ended many a run overcome with snail-lust, chasing the factor right into a choke level the place I’m subsequently swarmed and murdered. I’ve to confess that I’m not at all times fascinated with the lengthy sport. Typically, simply catching a glimpse of a Huuli Hoarder prompts a part of my primal lizard mind and I lose all management. I need to go after it. I need to safe the snail.
The Treasure Goblin-style monster isn’t tremendous uncommon in video games; it’s extra of a enjoyable curveball to throw at gamers. However there’s one thing so pathetic concerning the Huuli Hoarder that it lives in my thoughts, rent-free. Its little shrieks, its ineffective wiggling, and its utter cowardice speaks to me. In some ways, I actually am a Huuli Hoarder.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has been fairly profitable as a spin-off, and it helps that there’s already a full rogues gallery of beasties from the core co-op sport. I haven’t been capable of reliably hustle up a full squad of 4 gamers, however I can at all times match a spherical or two of Survivor between different obligations. It’s a easy pleasure, punctuated by pleasant highlights — like working into, and cracking open, a foolish little Huuli Hoarder.