Dredge - Explained

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Hello everyone, and welcome a video where we look at the story behind Black Salt Games' indie horror game 'Dredge'.
CHAPTERS
Intro - 0:00
Story - 0:35
What Happened? - 12:40
The Affected Area - 14:56
Mythology - 16:32
Split Personality - 17:41
Endings Explained - 19:33
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  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED Жыл бұрын

    Poor fisherman, got himself caught up in Eldritch shenanigans like those other unlucky few of Lovecraft's writing. I guess the moral of this story is respect your superstitions, don't dredge ancient relics, and never wake up Cthulhu to revive your wife.

  • @LanaaAmor

    @LanaaAmor

    11 ай бұрын

    I will wake anyone the fvck up to revive my wife. Why is it called the bad ending? My wife is with me 😿

  • @beans7867

    @beans7867

    11 ай бұрын

    @@LanaaAmor because it literally destroyed the entire world - it’s possible that there wasn’t a reality to spend time with her in, so it could be ultimately pointless.

  • @LanaaAmor

    @LanaaAmor

    11 ай бұрын

    @@beans7867 but his wife was his entire World 😭

  • @jessh4016

    @jessh4016

    11 ай бұрын

    @@LanaaAmor what lol

  • @LanaaAmor

    @LanaaAmor

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jessh4016 cope

  • @shika404
    @shika404 Жыл бұрын

    I don't know if anyone else experienced it this way, but when I first saw the collector on Blackstone Isle and almost up to the reveal, I assumed he was just standing in the doorway of the house. Now, I see that it was always clear that he was a reflection, and the "doorframe" was always a mirror. Wild. I wonder if it was at all intended for players to make the inaccurate assumption that I did

  • @Mant111

    @Mant111

    11 ай бұрын

    Of course that was on purpose. We all thought he was just standing at the doorway not to let the fisherman into his house, only later you can see that it was a mirror all along. Heck, you can even see the Collector's eyeglasses lying by the fisherman on his boat during the opening intro, right before he crashes.

  • @lennartj.8072

    @lennartj.8072

    11 ай бұрын

    Well, it literally also says that he's standing in the doorway of his house as you approach so it's also a case of unreliable narration

  • @arjunsatheesh7609

    @arjunsatheesh7609

    11 ай бұрын

    The first time I saw the man in the 'cabin window' I was wondering how come this person came up into the boat or near the boat. Then we only see him on the isle, indicating that he never leaves the isle. I started wondering if that man was an imagined person. I didn't make the mirror / door connection until I saw that scene where he breaks the mirror.

  • @colingohmann1749

    @colingohmann1749

    9 ай бұрын

    Another giveaway is that he never shows up in your inventory when he’s a passenger on your boat!

  • @rurikeiller2671

    @rurikeiller2671

    5 ай бұрын

    Or when you first see him it's through a porthole, or more accurately it's your reflection in the glass. I wondered about the fisherman being an unreliable narrator but deliberately tried not to think too hard about it, I loved what the game did with the reveal.

  • @giacomoromano8842
    @giacomoromano8842 Жыл бұрын

    Bad ending: the world fucking die. Good ending: you fucking die. Me: "As it happens, i am a very generous person..."

  • @lesunshineworshiper11

    @lesunshineworshiper11

    3 ай бұрын

    Tbf, you would've most definitely died in the apocalypse. Even the rocks foreshadowed it

  • @TheRoseLegion
    @TheRoseLegion Жыл бұрын

    I love that if you dont confront the collector, the collector does the ritual but if you have, you do the ritual.

  • @ZMSTA

    @ZMSTA

    17 күн бұрын

    Damn i didnt know that since i confronted him before getting the bad end.

  • @emeraldviqueen
    @emeraldviqueen Жыл бұрын

    I never noticed the crimson book and the collectors glasses in that very very first cutscene! Love the thought of the Leviathan not being another otherworldly hazard, but an entity trying to stop you! It’s not killing you for funsies or cuz its evil like the phantom shark or night angler. It is a hazard but its not from the rift or whatever brought up with the casket. Never made the connection that it was of our world and trying to protect the oceans/planet but that makes so much sense!

  • @IronDino
    @IronDino Жыл бұрын

    A marvellous synopsis, if I could make a couple of corrections. At 15:55, Rot is just natural decay. The Creature at Stellar Basin is apparently from outer space. It was a spore that arrived in a meteorite, settled on the ocean floor, began to grow down, and (allegedly) made a connection with the Eldritch Abomination in the Bad Ending and began infecting other things. 16:55 the Leviathan is a protector of 'our' seas against forces which would unleash the Eldritch Abomination (aka Cthulhu). We can see this in some of the lore on Devil's Spine in that it enjoyed the light of the grand lighthouse whereas monsters attacked and brought the civilisation to ruin when the lighthouse was destroyed by a volcanic eruption (a natural disaster or caused by the Abomination or the Creature?) 18:55 the Fisherman wasn't so much corrupted by the book, but rather, the grief over losing his wife and the paranoia/superstition that it was him that caused her to die (performing the renaming ceremony wrong, having a woman on board) had him research/ask the book to help him forget, resulting in the split personality.

  • @fishygaming2554

    @fishygaming2554

    Жыл бұрын

    Where does it say that the stellar basin creature came from space?

  • @anikatiz1364

    @anikatiz1364

    Жыл бұрын

    It's possible that the creature in the Stellar Basin is inspired by HP Lovercraft's "The Color Out of Space". O_O

  • @IronDino

    @IronDino

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@fishygaming2554 There are three/four things that allude to it. The two obelisks found there, one of the messages, and the Researcher's findings; 1. The Creature originated from a spore. The idea of panspermia is not only a classic sci-fi trope, but a hypothesis for the real world origins of life on earth. "A spore floats in the water, adrift in the current. Fish feast in a frenzy above, devouring its kin. The spore lands in the thick silt of the sea floor. Its roots stretch down into the seabed, growing - extending towards what lies beneath." 2. The Creature appeared within the last 20 years (the Fisherman visited Stellar Basin with his fiancé with no sign of the Creature... yet there's no mention of visiting the resort, suggesting it was destroyed beforehand) "The green glimmer of an aurora blooms in the night sky above the resort. A distant boom shakes the thatched rooves and rouses dreamers from their sleep. The waters withdraw, exposing the coral to the warm air. Confused creatures chitter and seek out their hiding places. Moments later the waters return; crashing, seething, sweeping souls out to sea." 3. There's a mention of there being an 'alleged' meteor impact. "Artifact Manifest Jar of Earth A jar containing earth from a meteor impact site. Allegedly." 4. The Creature is unnatural, yet not 'caused' by the Eldritch Abomination's influence like the monstrosities found in other locations. The spore that became the Creature seems to have originated in a separate occurrence, however it's clearly not a natural part of the ecosystem, as documented by the Researcher. It's tentative, but I think this points to it being an alien lifeform.

  • @CaptainHillyan

    @CaptainHillyan

    Жыл бұрын

    There's also that he describes the Fanatic as simply fading away when he actually burns himself away on a pyre. Maybe a small thing but it's stuff like this that makes me question if some summary people actually play the games they summarize or if they are using someone else's summary as well.

  • @GreysonMacAllister

    @GreysonMacAllister

    11 ай бұрын

    So the stellar kraken is the source of the infection?

  • @cartooncritique6625
    @cartooncritique6625 Жыл бұрын

    20:20 Interesting...so Leviathan in this story is basically the good guy trying to stop Cthulhu from awakening. I honestly kind of like that idea. You know something's bad when even the thing God supposedly thought was too dangerous to exist is scared!

  • @yannickdellaert1616

    @yannickdellaert1616

    5 күн бұрын

    It is also made clear when you inspect the blackstone next to the old lighthouse. It states that a gray serpent looks at the glowing light and sings a sweet lullaby to it, after which it descends peacefully. The light being the only thing keeping evil at bay in this game

  • @Listening_Books12345
    @Listening_Books12345 Жыл бұрын

    I love Cthulhu inspired stories. This one even had Cthulu himself appear in the bad ending, which is amazing because the sheer size of him is half of what breaks your brain

  • @Vodka6329

    @Vodka6329

    9 ай бұрын

    That's what all the ladies say.

  • @TR_DJ

    @TR_DJ

    3 ай бұрын

    You have 666 likes

  • @HandfulofComments
    @HandfulofComments Жыл бұрын

    Ohh look a calm fishing simulator

  • @KiomonDuck

    @KiomonDuck

    Жыл бұрын

    More like a "calm" " fishing" "Simulator"

  • @HandfulofComments

    @HandfulofComments

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KiomonDuck hehe

  • @Onigiriz
    @Onigiriz Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I was confused by the ending during my first playthrough. My take on the Leviathan eating the MC is to protect the knowledge of summoning Cthulu. Since the MC knows how to do it, he can’t be allowed to live with that knowledge.

  • @Miles26545

    @Miles26545

    Жыл бұрын

    Does Cthulhu not want to be summoned?

  • @mayorkoopbob

    @mayorkoopbob

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Miles26545 it's not cthulhu. it's most likely other forces (i.e., the leviathan) preventing cthulhu being summoned by any and all costs. besides, going by lovecraftian mythos, cthulhu is beyond morality/apathetic to the world. everyone and everything destroyed or driven to insanity is just an unfortunate side effect of cthulhu's unfathomable existence.

  • @gefenbenhayon343

    @gefenbenhayon343

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mayorkoopbobthat's cthulhu's dad

  • @mayorkoopbob

    @mayorkoopbob

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gefenbenhayon343 nug? if i remember correctly, nug looks very different from the eldritch deity that showed up at the end of the game. if anything, it could just be a monster designed after one of the notable eldritch entities in mythos and lore.

  • @Gortall
    @Gortall9 ай бұрын

    I'm a bit sad I never encountered the Leviathan in my entire playthrough, only heard of it. I suspected "something" to stop me from going too far at sea but never tried. Though, even whales scared me so that thing would've killed me if I did see him. It's really cool that he's actually part of the overarching story and not just another spooky entity that is never spoken of again.

  • @KodasGarden
    @KodasGarden Жыл бұрын

    Okay so the fact that letters written by people already deceased can be found did clear something up for me. I wondered how we found the journal entry from our wife about the night she died if she was... You know... Dead. But if we can find writing from people after they died, that makes more sense now

  • @TayTay-fk2oe
    @TayTay-fk2oe Жыл бұрын

    My god, the collector... if you look at his image closer, you can see it is, in fact, a mirror the whole time... fucking wild.

  • @HollowedPrince
    @HollowedPrince Жыл бұрын

    Love that you covered this! One thing I’m surprised you didn’t bring up was the various black stones around the islands. When you’re sane, they’re harmless and do nothing. But if you’re sanity is gone/if you’re paranoid, the stones actually light up and describe the island’s history and the monster on said island. For example, I was out fishing at night and I just got away from the monster at the Gale Cliffs, but I was paranoid and came upon the stone and it was glowing. It actually gave me some text on how the island’s monster came to be. Pretty neat stuff!

  • @TheKgr320

    @TheKgr320

    Жыл бұрын

    Ahhh, I was wondering what those stones were about. I finished the story of the game but went back thinking I still had stuff to unlock because I couldn't interact with them.

  • @HollowedPrince

    @HollowedPrince

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheKgr320 Now ya know :)

  • @hanacinnabun

    @hanacinnabun

    Жыл бұрын

    Any chance you’re willing to say what some of the texts stated?

  • @jamesmccarthy962

    @jamesmccarthy962

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hanacinnabun One near the ancient lighthouse talks about a leviathan rising from the sea and actually enjoying the light perhaps alluding to the leviathan which eats the MC in the good ending presumably to protect the world from knowledge of summoning the elder god in the bad ending

  • @bonelesschickennuggets1868

    @bonelesschickennuggets1868

    10 ай бұрын

    I only discovered how to read the obsidian stones AFTER getting the bad ending of the game for the first time, and the very first THE VERY first obsidian stone I read was one that described the destruction of the world and how Greater Marrow fell to ruins. I felt like my previous save was a much more organic premonition of what it was to come if I followed the collector whims. It feel so poetic having that knowledge after being left with the uncertainty if there was only one ending, and not so long after I found the old mayor and slowly but surely I started to piece everything together, this game’s story is so well crafted omg

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you covering indie games, the commentary is on point

  • @KiomonDuck

    @KiomonDuck

    Жыл бұрын

    Ur God damn right

  • @RyanTabes

    @RyanTabes

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a question @heisenberg because I hear different answers everywhere. So tell me, at what moment did you become Heisenberg?

  • @shrumrii1648

    @shrumrii1648

    Жыл бұрын

    just saw u on dead meat lol

  • @goldfishPACIFIER

    @goldfishPACIFIER

    Жыл бұрын

    fucking hell, you're everywhere. got any blue crystals?

  • @antantgaming7720

    @antantgaming7720

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn bro this guy is everwhere

  • @samuraicupcake289
    @samuraicupcake2899 ай бұрын

    Oh, that's fun : the first time I got the bad ending I wasn't aware of the split personality thing. I thought it was very weird that though it said that the collector got onto my boat, he wasn't an inventory item like other passengers previously. I thought it was an oversight, but now it makes perfect sense!

  • @mackers4393
    @mackers4393 Жыл бұрын

    there's actually a little secret at the end where if you first take the book from the collector and then decide to help him (yourself) it will have different text saying that his reflection dissapeared and you feel cold wind, if you don't take the book it will simply say that the collector just climbed onto your boat

  • @IceFireofVoid
    @IceFireofVoid3 ай бұрын

    What I really liked about the plot was the underlying sense of grief and loss that clings to everything, from the main story to the sidequests. A lot of what you do in this game is help NPCs move on, find peace or have new beginnings. And the two endings then becomes the split between the main character also moving on, or paradoxically falling to his grief after a journey of helping others let theirs go.

  • @13579zod
    @13579zod Жыл бұрын

    I was really excited when the demo for this game was released. The studio did an awesome job making this little world feel lived in, old, and mysterious. I look forward to whatever they do next.

  • @jameboston
    @jameboston Жыл бұрын

    Incredibly well-written story that got explained so well by you 👍 I'm glad this endings explained got aired.

  • @thatguywesmaranan
    @thatguywesmaranan Жыл бұрын

    an indie game with interesting gameplay, simple but great aesthetics, and far better writing than most AAA releases...

  • @cartooncritique6625

    @cartooncritique6625

    Жыл бұрын

    That's because most modern AAA games are created to be products, not art.

  • @bbbbbbb51

    @bbbbbbb51

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@cartooncritique6625soul vs soulless

  • @trollman_2345
    @trollman_234511 ай бұрын

    MAn with boat lost wife, made a pact with a water demon, had amnesia and the part of him that did the pact manifested in mirror, then depending on the ending you pick either finished the pact, resurrecting his wife in exchange for the lives of all the people in the islands getting murked by a demon, or he rejects the pact, getting eaten by a giant feesh and lifting the curse around the place.

  • @jeanremi8384

    @jeanremi8384

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly, except instead of the islands, you pretty much take reality as we know it.

  • @evilpompom
    @evilpompom Жыл бұрын

    I just played through the game for the third time and I love it! It's like an interactive Lovecraft novel 😊 Thank you so much for this video, it brought up some very interesting details that I hadn't noticed, such as the fisherman having the book in the intro 👍

  • @yardmanharris
    @yardmanharris Жыл бұрын

    Great video but Magran definitely doesn't simply fade away. He burns himself to death in the pyre!

  • @Rivethx
    @Rivethx Жыл бұрын

    I've looked forward to this one!! Thanks for covering Dredge :)

  • @JOJO-Bub
    @JOJO-Bub Жыл бұрын

    19:06 I can’t believe I didn’t notice the crimson book in the first cutscene!

  • @livelaughstuck
    @livelaughstuck Жыл бұрын

    Immediately stopped the podcast I was listening to so I could put this on when I saw the notif! Absolutely loved this game. I actually got the secret ending the first time without knowing what I was doing lol Thanks for covering it! Love your commentary and explanation as always!

  • @Weezeization
    @Weezeization Жыл бұрын

    Harry, your explanation videos are always so understandable! I'm really hoping you cover The Chant, because I have no idea what I've just been through. Love the videos as always

  • @mrenfilade7178
    @mrenfilade717811 ай бұрын

    Well done, Harry! The Crimson and Silver Book on the dash of the fisherman's boat at the very start of the game is the clinching clue. That, and all the message bottles I never read... +1 Like, +1 Sub

  • @rhinoman441
    @rhinoman4417 ай бұрын

    Wonderful narrative and the way you explain these game stories makes it easy to stay engaged through the entire video.

  • @MrOpeningact
    @MrOpeningact Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so good! I really enjoy your breakdowns in particular

  • @simonwoods2169
    @simonwoods2169 Жыл бұрын

    Also, If I recall correctly if Cthulhu awakes, it means that apocalypse is already begun, he's not the one who started.

  • @cartooncritique6625

    @cartooncritique6625

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, according to the mythos he awakens when the stars are in the proper alignment.

  • @neilshadow8364
    @neilshadow8364 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Recap and Story Explanation, thank you for making us discover awesome games!

  • @handgunrex1896
    @handgunrex1896 Жыл бұрын

    I missed so much, thank you for covering this game!

  • @Xuvier
    @Xuvier Жыл бұрын

    YES!!! I’m so glad you covered this. This game looks so interesting to me. Unfortunately I knew I was not going to be able to purchase it. Love Lore & Order.

  • @jorgiganteng7094
    @jorgiganteng7094 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always, keep up the great work ❤

  • @Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy
    @Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy Жыл бұрын

    So good, thank you for covering this awesome game!

  • @migjordanpayawal7856
    @migjordanpayawal7856 Жыл бұрын

    I'm sure you just forgot to mention it, but you actually get 2 relics in the Marrows. First is the handkerchief, second is the key to the music box found on the backside of Greater Marrows. There are 6 relics in total. Either way, great recap and explanation video! I love this game too.

  • @riley_6363
    @riley_6363 Жыл бұрын

    Ironically, Gale cliffs was the last place i got the artifact because i thought i needed Banish to get rid of the stupid monster and i hadn't realize it wouldn't follow me to the spot the relic was in until i watched Jacksepticeye's playthrough 😮‍💨 But it is cool how you can play every area out of order if you want.

  • @dovahgoatdragonbear3075

    @dovahgoatdragonbear3075

    10 ай бұрын

    Same here

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy Жыл бұрын

    What an awesome game this was! A great lovecraftian game masqaurading as a calm and simple fishing game. Its like they build the entire basis of the game on how a lovecraftian tale is written. At surface level all seems fine but then as you delve deeper and deeper you realize how dark it actually is

  • @bigbugga861
    @bigbugga861 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I love videos on indie games like this, I hope there’s more to come!

  • @Seskoi
    @Seskoi Жыл бұрын

    Most complete explanation I have seen! Cheers!

  • @jeremypalmer5695
    @jeremypalmer5695 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video. I'm going to have to rewatch that opening cutscene again. Also learned deeper lore of other areas. Additional fact. The description of the artifacts changes if you have high enough panic. Showing the fisherman remembers the before time.

  • @Sandrilyonaify
    @Sandrilyonaify11 ай бұрын

    Good video! You can also read some lore on the black stones when the fisherman is going mad =) I enjoyed this game so much! Although I was a bit disappointed that the reward for finally throwing the book away was being eaten by a sea monster. Can't wait for a DLC and photo mode additional quests. The team did an amazing job!

  • @A1iiiiii
    @A1iiiiii11 ай бұрын

    Such a great game! Only thing that bummed me, was that I expected some kind of hidden third ending, where you'd repair the broken lighthouse using the stone tablet. Was kinda anticlimactic that all you got from this was a new light and some trinkets.

  • @leonerduk

    @leonerduk

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah; I found that somewhat disappointing too. It felt like you should have got more out of it.

  • @augustecle9349
    @augustecle93499 ай бұрын

    very interesting men, you'r right, thats a hell of a lore, also im in progress to learn english so the ton of terminology that is present in this video helped me and enlarged my vocabulary, thanks for that men :) ill be sure to check your upcoming videos

  • @gr8pom4gran8
    @gr8pom4gran8 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Harry, love your work! Speaking of eldritch horror and the sea, would you ever consider doing a story explained for The Sinking City?

  • @meticulousgeek
    @meticulousgeek7 ай бұрын

    Just finished the game and I have to say - I'm glad I finished it before watching this. But man, what an awesome analysis and review of the story. Thank you!

  • @bluesaphire6
    @bluesaphire6 Жыл бұрын

    It’s also eldritch because of the fear mechanics and seeing things hunt you at night. It’s a common mechanic in all the Cthulhu board games. As you lose sanity, worse things happen to you.

  • @BoxCox

    @BoxCox

    6 ай бұрын

    It is clearly heavily inspired by Sunless Sea so madness mechanic is a given.

  • @yazimtariq
    @yazimtariq Жыл бұрын

    Gaming Harry new upload??? Instant click, and getting comfy in the couch... (I love your videos, and thank you for putting this upload, as I have to go to hostel and keep everything behind, probably for another 3 months... Thank you so much again)

  • @tomjsherlock
    @tomjsherlock11 ай бұрын

    Just finished the game and watched this, excellent round up thanks chief

  • @bunnyrose9203
    @bunnyrose920311 ай бұрын

    12:04 I could be wrong but I think he actually used the flames to burn himself there.

  • @mofrad6400
    @mofrad6400 Жыл бұрын

    excellent I think it is a good choice to tell the "Vampyr 2018" story

  • @dr.nipples3444
    @dr.nipples3444 Жыл бұрын

    you're the only creator i insta click when you upload - you really do make my day better, i hope to see more soon

  • @Autismtrademark

    @Autismtrademark

    2 ай бұрын

    I hope you know your username made me literally cry from laughing, its so stupid and dumb and its not funny but i just saw “dr.nipples” out of the blue in the comments and it broke my brain. Thank you? How dare you? Idk which one is more accurate but it’s important that you know this.

  • @FunkyTown___
    @FunkyTown___11 ай бұрын

    Your voice was made for this and other similar formats. Super relaxing

  • @vojtechdrahokoupil6553
    @vojtechdrahokoupil6553 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, I personally love watching your videos and wanted to ask if you will ever be explaining Sinking City as it is kinda horror game based on Lovecraft and I think it would be a great addition

  • @alunlloyd9812
    @alunlloyd9812 Жыл бұрын

    Just finished this so was eagerly awaiting this video :D

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

    We appreciate your effort and hard work. God bless you.

  • @notaeus3008
    @notaeus300811 ай бұрын

    loved this vid‼️ keep up the good work💯💯

  • @TheManWithManyNames
    @TheManWithManyNames8 ай бұрын

    Every time I watch one of your videos I keep expecting to hear Niet here with FilmComicsExplained. Your voices are very alike and so it makes it ever more worth it. Except your GameComicsExplained although I wouldn't quote you on that as I don't know if that's copyrighted.

  • @akifinisgaming
    @akifinisgaming Жыл бұрын

    Love the video 😀 Great job as always I was wondering.. is there any chance that you would cover "Song of horror"? Also a Lovecraftian themed game 😀

  • @jamesbernadette6216
    @jamesbernadette621611 ай бұрын

    9:22 you might have had some accidental error in the script at this bit. Sounds like part of the Devil's Spine chapter got spliced into Twisted Strand's part of the story.

  • @uniqueatbest9646
    @uniqueatbest96462 ай бұрын

    It’s an absolutely fantastic detail that you spend a lot of the game gathering and reading other books while travelling, naturally the character must like books :)

  • @rometherevenant8749
    @rometherevenant8749 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video as always. This is an awesome game on my switch oled

  • @antrc99ant41
    @antrc99ant41 Жыл бұрын

    Keep doing indie horror games I love these vids

  • @randel377
    @randel377 Жыл бұрын

    loved this game. great explanation

  • @onlyasamuse
    @onlyasamuse6 ай бұрын

    How did I end up never seeing the leviathan until the last scene? I was so confused 😂

  • @SnuSnuDungeon
    @SnuSnuDungeon Жыл бұрын

    I like how they captures the atmosphere of being truly cut off from the rest of the world in game

  • @simonwoods2169
    @simonwoods2169 Жыл бұрын

    There are no happy endings in Lovecraft inspired stories.

  • @cartooncritique6625

    @cartooncritique6625

    Жыл бұрын

    Something tells me Hidetaka Miyazaki must be a big Lovecraft fan. 😅

  • @merchant69420

    @merchant69420

    Ай бұрын

    Even his cat couldn't get a break.

  • @ianmaluk1
    @ianmaluk1 Жыл бұрын

    I actually think that the Leviathan is an extension of Cthulhu's will, just as he is in the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos. It follows and stalks the Fisherman to ensure that its master's/parent's plan comes to fruition. Which is why it kills the Fisherman when the player tries to leave the area, as well as in the good ending. The player is basically demonstrating an unwillingness to serve The Great Old One's plan, so it sends its spawn to kill its uncooperative thrall. But even if the Fisherman throws the book back into the sea, Cthulhu will just find someone else to serve its will. The world's destruction was only delayed.

  • @breadboi8747

    @breadboi8747

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s how I interpreted it aswell. It makes the most sense that way imo

  • @cartooncritique6625

    @cartooncritique6625

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I like that more than Leviathan vs Cthulhu...mostly because it adds to that theme of inevitable doom that is such a mainstay of cosmic horror.

  • @OctagonCookies

    @OctagonCookies

    Жыл бұрын

    This clashes with the Leviathan trying to kill you as soon as you discover the book, more likely implying it was trying to stop you. In addition It has a chance to spawn and devour you when using your powers in open waters, a fate the collector constantly warns you about, implying he's hunting you down and the usage of the book's powers leads him to you.

  • @nirjhar4803

    @nirjhar4803

    Жыл бұрын

    But the Leviathan also tries to kill you when you use the book's powers too much in the open waters... And if the Leviathan was an extension of Cthulhu that simply doesn't make sense...

  • @ianmaluk1

    @ianmaluk1

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@OctagonCookies A willing slave is a good slave; think about it. In order for an Old God to push its unknowing victims into doing what it wants, it must coerce subtly by them give them a sense of urgency and slight paranoia. Making the victim think that cooperation with the Old One is theirs and the best alternative. This will make the victim be more amenable to the Old One's commands. But a reckless and uncooperative servant is no use to its master, so it uses the Leviathan as its whip and punishment should the servant disobey.

  • @clearcomm
    @clearcomm Жыл бұрын

    Gaming Harry must read minds because I was just looking for this one and he pulls through!

  • @HeatherLandon227
    @HeatherLandon227 Жыл бұрын

    I watched a play through of this and loved it!

  • @markee2504
    @markee25045 ай бұрын

    This game was soooo good! Didn't expect a lot going in, but I was hella surprised about how good it was!

  • @potato4481
    @potato44814 ай бұрын

    omg the collector at the start of the game being in the reflection of the boats window is so cool, also didn't know the crimson book was in the boat at the start of the game cutscene

  • @dudewithtude4476
    @dudewithtude4476 Жыл бұрын

    sup gaming Harry notification crew 💪

  • @guyyoung4388
    @guyyoung4388 Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations your video made me get the game

  • @borderlinemental4554
    @borderlinemental455410 ай бұрын

    Just finished this game yesterday and it was one of the best games ive played in a long time second to subnautica but like the freedom you have in this game to slowly unravel the mystery when i realised who the collector was my jaw dropped coz like people have said its meant to seem like hes in the door and not your mirror reflection when the reveal happens who the little things about the story make sense plus have how all the characters are related or connected and you don't even know it at first til you go back after that reveal and its like shit now the whole story makes sense glad the good ending i didnt get spoiled by the internet coz the whole time i played it i was like the collector is suspicious as hell man then learning the developers made this game as way we like experience grief is just cherry on top for me coz who hasnt thought of wanting to bring a dad loved one its the fact that no we have to move on throw it back also we have to move on life and death this game is a masterpiece and can not wait for the story dlc at the end of the year if they stick to the roadmap they released thank you to the people who made this beautiful game

  • @tyson6260
    @tyson6260 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, commenting for the algorithm.

  • @amandamahon5133
    @amandamahon5133 Жыл бұрын

    another great video~

  • @alisamurillo
    @alisamurillo Жыл бұрын

    Could you please do one of these for “what remains on Edith Finch”? ❤❤

  • @essimathews9056
    @essimathews90564 ай бұрын

    Ever notice how the collector is always framed to be a reflection? He’s first seen through a window, and the next time he looks as though he’s framed by a mirror

  • @learnyt3688
    @learnyt36889 ай бұрын

    wooow what an explaination thank you

  • @bixmcgoo5355
    @bixmcgoo5355 Жыл бұрын

    pretty cool, definitely makes me want to pick up that game. i just have one question: when the guy reads some magic words from a magic book, isn't it safe to say that the teleportation ability that comes from it is actual magic, not just "as if by magic" (also "r'lyeh" is not pronounced "re-lie-uh")

  • @cylon_
    @cylon_ Жыл бұрын

    LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, love these vids!!!!!!!!!!

  • @terabites363
    @terabites363 Жыл бұрын

    Have you done any Borderlands story explained yet? Love your vids btw.

  • @NK73080
    @NK730804 ай бұрын

    i always interpreted it as that magran was the monster tormenting the gale cliffs, that the amount of cursed fish he ate turned him into a monster

  • @swangooo
    @swangooo Жыл бұрын

    I played and beat this game in a few hours, I didn't even realize the depth of the story but now it makes more sense. What personally disappointed me was that there were a few clues alluding to vampiric presences in the area. The two I can think of are 1) the casket was opened and scarlet shit hit the fan and 2) when you're going mad and start seeing the eyes in the dark. But then again, the meteorite suggeted alien lifeforms or plague, and the sea monster suggested Cthulu so between all the direction and misdirection it did a good job at keeping me guessing and learning. I only saw the 'bad' ending, revealing dark magic/necromancy and resurrection of mighty Cthulu. The 'good' ending is tidy and necessary, but I'm really glad they offered the bad one, that was epic!

  • @HollowBagel

    @HollowBagel

    6 ай бұрын

    Why would either of those allude to vampires?

  • @swangooo

    @swangooo

    6 ай бұрын

    @HollowBagel vampire shows like Dracula and Hellsing Ultimate when Alucard unlocks his control art restrictions and unleashes more of his power until the enemy is rendered silent

  • @HollowBagel

    @HollowBagel

    6 ай бұрын

    @@swangooo I don't understand how any of this alludes to vampires being in the game. The casket is a casket. It was what the book was found in. The eyes are figments of your imagination, in higher panic.

  • @swangooo

    @swangooo

    6 ай бұрын

    @HollowBagel Do you want to understand? If you really do I can explain further, but if you're trying to establish that I'm wrong, I am. This game is devoid of vampires. These aspects of the game just steered me in the direction of vampires based on my own experiences with vampire media intake. Simple as that.

  • @pawlerbear
    @pawlerbearАй бұрын

    I would like to make a suggestion/correction. I dont believe that the man on the island with the brazers - is the man who disapeard from the whale town. The reason being: The lady mentioned that he believed he would achieve imortality by EATING corrupted fish. The man you talked about, did nothing like that. HOWEVER, next to the whale town, there is an island with a shadowy figure. who if you speak to him, will request for you to bring him corrupted fish - which he will then eat and he will get increasinly more excited every time.

  • @visfire_4256
    @visfire_425611 ай бұрын

    major fight club vibes with the split personnality

  • @pamelasmith4230
    @pamelasmith4230 Жыл бұрын

    Aaahh so that's where that book went well time to steal from the leviathan need to finish my collection

  • @Sandy_Boy
    @Sandy_Boy7 ай бұрын

    In love's desperate grasp, he dared to tread, Saved the one he loved from shadows spread. Yet the cost he bore, a world in strife, For love's fierce flame consumed all life.

  • @dockbrown8129
    @dockbrown81293 ай бұрын

    that leviathan ending really sparked my fear of the deep

  • @TK9451
    @TK9451 Жыл бұрын

    would love to see him do a Firewatch - Explained

  • @gentickles4637
    @gentickles463711 ай бұрын

    Still not sure about a few things. 1: What was the casket that was originally dredged up. 2: Is the scientists sister your wife? and what about the notes supposedly from the sister after her death. 3: What are the black lore stones around the map.

  • @sharondornhoff7563

    @sharondornhoff7563

    8 ай бұрын

    1. The book with the red cover and silver ribbons. That's what the Old Mayor means when he yells "Throw it back!" 2. Yes, she's your sister-in-law. Apparently she lived far away and never met you until now. The mysterious notes she'd found were bait to attract her attention, same as the handkerchief and bottle-notes are for you. Cthulhu doesn't care who it is who calls him up, and was probably hoping *she* might do so if you failed.

  • @HollowBagel

    @HollowBagel

    6 ай бұрын

    2: There's only 1 bit of evidence to suggest they're related. And that's the messages written by the dead. Other than that, without some more solid proof, I wouldn't say definitively they're our sister in law. I think it's unlikely that she wouldn't know who we were. We married her sister, and it's been 20 years since her death. She would have definitely met us at a funeral of some sort, or seen us in photos.

  • @redgoateyes
    @redgoateyes10 ай бұрын

    HOLD ON, HOLD ON hold on hold on hold on Hoooooold on! At 12:01 youre REALLY gonna describe that man BURNING to death as him "fading away" ??? Lol

  • @takaraconnelly5208
    @takaraconnelly5208 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do Lore explained on Amanda the Adventurer? I think it’s pretty interesting 😊 love your content

  • @Blundabus1337
    @Blundabus1337Ай бұрын

    I never played this game, because the gameplay looks boring but I kind of like the story. I love that reveal that the fisherman is the collector, wow. No wonder this game had such high praise.

  • @keima1722
    @keima1722 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for covering this game. Are you familiar with Yuppie Psycho? That will be a good game to discuss 😁

  • @foxhoundmj2056
    @foxhoundmj205611 ай бұрын

    nice story, somehow for no good reason reminds me of the *Lady in the Lake* in Mike Flanagan's *The haunting in Bly abby*. for really no reason except both stories are heavily convoluted and there are mythological backgrounds and parallel schemes which loves you go back and watch again and again , not to speak of the burning desire of reuniting with one's dead lover which can only end well in one single way.

  • @NguyenTrung-ff2vg
    @NguyenTrung-ff2vg Жыл бұрын

    Id love you to cover the story of "Fear and Hunger" Its so dark and deep that I bet itd take several hours video to do it all

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