This Game Changed My Life | Asmongold TV

July 5, 2026

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In a single 10-pull, Asmongold pulled two of the rarest characters in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, a free-to-play Japanese mobile game that had just hit 25,000 concurrent players on Steam. He was stunned. "This is just the way it is for me normally whenever I play these games," he said, deadpan, as the screen flashed gold. He had never played before, had no idea what the stats meant, and had just spent the last hour fumbling through menus, losing races, and accidentally sending his horse-girls to the "glue factory" in frustration. Yet here he was, holding the best characters in the game on his first-ever pull. The contrast was the whole point: a game this absurd, this mechanically opaque, this aggressively Japanese, had somehow become the most fun he'd had on stream in weeks.

The Game That Shouldn't Be Good

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Opening Banter & Ad** - Asmongold and a friend argue about driving etiquette, followed by a USAA ad.
2 (01:04) **Discovering "Pretty Derby"** - Asmongold is introduced to a new free-to-play mobile game, *Uma Musume Pretty Derby*, and watches a clip of a horse race with anime-style commentary.
3 (03:37) **Initial Reaction & Download** - Asmongold checks the game's popularity (25k concurrent players on Steam) and decides to download it.
4 (05:22) **First Launch & Character Scouting** - Asmongold starts the game, skips the terms of service, and begins the tutorial.
5 (08:41) **Tutorial & First Race** - Asmongold goes through the tutorial, including the "breeding" mechanic and his first race.
6 (15:24) **"Disturbingly High Quality"** - Asmongold comments on the game's unexpected production value, calling it "disturbingly high quality" and questioning why it's so good.
7 (18:09) **Gacha Mechanics & First Pulls** - Asmongold engages with the gacha system, pulling for characters and support cards.

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Show Notes

This Game Changed My Life Asmongold show for all of his stream highlights, competitions, reactions & more. ------------ Keywords: game reviews, reaction videos, world of warcraft, streaming moments, pc gaming, game criticism

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