r/radgame • • Aug 25 '19

A rant on the state of RAD

17 Upvotes

I'm kind of confused as I recently stumbled across RAD, and I played it for the funky 80s music even though I saw it had bad reviews and people claimed it was repetitive and mundane, what I found was a game on a whole different level than any game I've played before. It's the first game I've played where I literally walk around and hear what towns folk have to say with each mutation. The attention to detail is astonishing, I feel like not only am I a part of a world but every run, everything I do maters. Though clearly roguelikes have been done before it feels different enough from its predecessor just in all the concrete world and concepts but also mechanically. There's like a maybe 5 different types of melee attacks possible which is enough to keep it interesting when you're also consistently getting new mutations and combinations. 20 hours in and its my new favorite game and I'm still constantly progressing and feeling like I'm doing something important. THAT BEING SAID WHERE IS EVERYONE? Its literally the love child of the people who made world renowned classics and no one is talking about it, there's no subreddit, no good guides, and everywhere I look all I can find are reviews or comments complaining about how repetitive it is? Which I can't comprehend. I saw one review claiming there was no variations of attacks at all, just tap x and dodge, which just isn't true. I think it suffers in the eyes of simple minded reviewers because it doesn't give you a winded tutorial on attacks, I learned about different combos just from the hints menu. Do you guys think RAD will make it? As it stands today it doesn't appear to me it will even make it to the level of cult classic to anyone but me.

TL;DR: RAD is dead before it even got a chance.


r/radgame • • Aug 29 '19

List of mutation synergies (please contribute)

15 Upvotes

Hello everyone, id like to compile a list of synergies so we can all reference it mid run and improve our chances of winning. So far i have found:

Toxic dump + wither cloud AoE = poison AoE debuff

Toxic dump + dungeouness crab = poisonous mega knockback

Warhead + fire arm = higher damage remote explosive

Teenybopper + chronobellum = time slow barrage

Cobruh + polyp pal = snake pals

Please list your discoveries below and i will add them in. Thank you and have fun


r/radgame • • Aug 28 '19

Bat wing mutation tip

11 Upvotes

You can jump kick then flap your wings to regain the aerial kick, this can be done in quick succession to land many aerial kicks

Edit: spamming bat wing and ground pound is extremely effective against most enemies. Also luring large enemies to an edge and using ground pound + wing flap makes it super easy to knock them off, much quicker than killing them


r/radgame • • Jul 25 '20

RAD 2?

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10 Upvotes

r/radgame • • May 21 '20

It's possible to push Colossus off the edge and win instantly

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9 Upvotes

r/radgame • • Jun 03 '20

Why did DF give up?

8 Upvotes

Why did double fine give up on the game? They dont really have any other roguelike games that they support so I'm shocked to see they gave up on RAD, I've purchased it on PC and Xbox One, and DF are one of the best developers out there. Just curious.


r/radgame • • May 16 '20

This rougelite is still lit

8 Upvotes

Too bad it never took off :/ I bet if there were different weapons that changed attacks it might have been more captivating to people.


r/radgame • • Dec 30 '19

Broken Mutations

7 Upvotes

Finding a Broken Mutation

Occasionally, you will exit a cave on world 1 and there will seem to be nothing there, except perhaps a plant to revive. Stomp on an almost hidden skeleton and you should find what I call a broken mutation. Picking it up and using it doesn't do anything.

Using a Broken Mutation

If you pick up a broken mutation, you can either drop it into the mouth of a Mender altar and have it returned repaired, or you can hold onto it during an exomutation and obtain the repaired mutation. But which broken mutation becomes which exomutation? Here are the broken mutation results that I found so far:

  • Bonerang = Armarang

  • Dinged Wings = Batty

  • Snake Molar = Cobruh

  • Hatched Egg = Death Roe

  • Charred Limb = Firearm

  • Helm of the Home Slice = Home Slice

Remaining Exomutations

I don’t think there’s a broken mutation for every exomutation, but here are the remaining exomutations. Has anyone found a broken mutation for one of these?

  • Teenybopper

  • Wind Bag

  • Chronobellum

  • Dungeoness Crab

  • Exobrain

  • Gnarly

  • Beast Mode

  • Suck Face

  • Prickly

  • Toxic Dump

  • Warhead

  • Withering


r/radgame • • Oct 16 '19

1.05 update

7 Upvotes

A new update si available on ps4!


r/radgame • • Oct 26 '20

Interact button?

6 Upvotes

If you hold down the interact/Ground Pound button there is a green halo effect. What is this?


r/radgame • • Nov 12 '19

Favorite quirks?

6 Upvotes

I alternate between Meat Lovers and Yeet Lovers myself.

Anyone have a favorite?


r/radgame • • Oct 28 '19

what’s the snake molar item do?

6 Upvotes

it’s listed as a consumable in my inventory but it has sort of a balloony X next to it and if i try to use it it does not do anything


r/radgame • • Oct 13 '20

Ando mutation stacks?

5 Upvotes

I've been told hulk haunches stacks, further increasing movement speed. Saw a second waterproof at a vendor, but it's pricey- do resistances stack somehow? Like perhaps healing in the element in question?

Fuck it, ima buy it and tell yall if it does.

Update: I'm dumb, it won't even let me apply the mutation, don't waste your tapes.


r/radgame • • Jul 05 '20

Is this game worth £5 on PS4 pro?

5 Upvotes

Is it open world and can you free roam?


r/radgame • • Dec 28 '19

Figured out X items. You can drop them into the faces for a mutation but you'll also gain that one if you level up while holding it.

5 Upvotes

r/radgame • • Sep 05 '19

RAD update

5 Upvotes

Does someone know what they did to the game?


r/radgame • • Sep 29 '26

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r/radgame • • Nov 06 '20

What's the hat with an X symbol used for??

4 Upvotes

Been painstakingly carrying this thing and I don't even know what it's use is?? It won't let me use it and only says something about it looking sweet lol.


r/radgame • • Oct 19 '20

Is there a maximum number of endo mutations at once?

4 Upvotes

Pretty much the title, running around with 8 endos, and my 3 upgraded exos. Came across a nice purple pyramid mutation machine, and it more or less laughs at me and says 'not even' or 'not right now'.

Is 8 the maximum? Never noticed it on previous runs, but its a bit painful to walk away haha

There is also a broken skull mute machine thats willing to work, but preumably would GAURANTEE a negative trait if 8 is a max?


r/radgame • • Aug 26 '19

Where can I find the third plant the farmer is asking for?

4 Upvotes

I explored every nook and cranny but nothing.

Do I have to score more clears to find it?

Have someone found it?


r/radgame • • Aug 04 '20

Anybody know what this statue actually did? I didn't notice any effects afterwards, which is odd for such an interesting animation

3 Upvotes

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Thank you for the many good years, RiF


r/radgame • • Jun 08 '20

King fruit

3 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me where to find a king fruit, or what it looks like? I've been raking through world 3 a couple of times, even with the "truffle pig" endomutation, but still no trace...


r/radgame • • May 03 '20

Anyone know what these are for?

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3 Upvotes

r/radgame • • Nov 30 '19

How to light a fire?

3 Upvotes

I keep getting an NPC that wants me to light their campfire during my runs. Obviously this isn't game breaking, but how the hell do you do it? Do I have to have just been lucky with RNG and gotten some fireball spell I haven't even seen yet? Thanks!


r/radgame • • Nov 07 '19

Secret Wizard Style?

3 Upvotes

Please trll me I'm not crazy. When I just got the game, after like four runs I start a new one and after choosing the style on the loading screen where it shows the character portrait, the screen glitches and up fancy wizard looking style pops up for a second and the game goes in but I didn't get to use the character. Has anyone else experienced this?