Dredge is Terrifying and Beautiful
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Dredge lets you cast a line into an ocean of existential dread while maintaining the serene facade of a fishing simulator. This video explores the unsettling blend of cosmic horror and tranquil fishing, analyzing how it creates a uniquely chilling experience.
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If I told you one of the scariest and most unsettling games I have ever played also made me feel calm and at ease, you'd probably think I was crazy. On the surface, Dredge looks like a relaxing fishing simulator, but it masterfully taps into our primal fear of the deep with its suspenseful atmosphere and cosmic horror elements. So in this video, we'll uncover the secrets behind Dredge's unnerving blend of tranquility and terror.
00:00 Prologue
04:38 The Story Begins
07:54 Gale Cliffs
11:55 Stellar Basin
15:50 Twisted Strand
21:27 Devil's Spine
24:58 Pale Reach
28:49 Epilogue
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Okay, I'm not seeing anyone else saying this in the comments, so... HUGE TIP: the mind eaters in Twisted Strand can only see movement. If one starts to surface near you, it stays under the water for a moment, and you can use that moment to stop moving. If you stay still or go VERY slowly while one of the heads are up, they won't see you and destroy your Sanity, and will resubmerge after a few seconds, letting you resume travel. There's a couple lines in notes and dialogue that hint towards this, I believe I found out by asking the Airman how he built the traps and he mentioned it. Basically turns the whole area from "try to leave when a head shows up" to "Red Light Green Light" until you just break the traffic light
@ultmateragnarok8376
20 күн бұрын
Additionally, the Mind Suckers don't actually do any damage to your boat. All they do is immediately max out your panic, which means if you get your panic from another source - such as moving about at night with bad lights, or catching the attention of a miasma patch - the Strand's dangers will come up again, whether the Mind Suckers are still there or not.
@raydhen8840
4 күн бұрын
Yeah, Twisted Strand ended up become the safest map, not only the eldritch threat can be permanently killed, even avoiding them is no big deal as long as you treat them like traffic light.
Would be really cool to see more cosmic horror vids about smaller games, love this kind of content!
@CosmicHours
3 ай бұрын
Next video is on Darkwood but I'm planning on showcasing multiple small / niche games in the video after
@Atariusz_
3 ай бұрын
@@CosmicHours the only game that im unable to play because how scared i am
@ophiun2825
3 ай бұрын
@@CosmicHours Love it, and happy with the new avenue of video :)
The fiddleship will never sink
ive heard your voice somewhere..
@akaza0077
Ай бұрын
I KNOW RIGHT😮
@jeremytitus9519
Ай бұрын
In your _dreams_
@ElToOnOn
Ай бұрын
sunny is that you xD
@Celeste_PlaysGames
Ай бұрын
Lol like top 10 ghost caught on camera 😂
@PhoenixPotato
25 күн бұрын
Maybe KZread lol
Why no asol?
“And happy high rollin” - The GOAT
Though you mentioned one in Gale Cliffs describing the serpent's formation, there are quite a few more obelisks around the map, each with their own unique vision revealed when panicked. Generally each region will have two, though some exceptions exist. There are three which tie for my favorites - one in the destroyed resort in Stellar Basin, detailing a massive wave sweeping the inhabitants out to sea in the night; one in the Devil's Spine, which depicts the leviathan craning itself out of the water and all the way up to the level of the mountaintop lighthouse in the region, and crooning some strange song to it before returning to the deep; and one in the Pale Reach, which describes how the near-dead god frozen in the ice was fragmented in an unfathomable battle in the deep, meaning whatever precisely that creature is, it lost to something stronger. Indeed, the leviathan appears to be some balancing force of nature (though perhaps uncaring of being a force of 'good' as we understand it) rather than as malevolent as most else in the game. It is the only creature in the game unaffected by banishment, implying a differing origin, and is seen in very particular places. It hems the fisherman into the area, invariably attacking should he attempt to leave the region altogether. It stalked another boat seeking to deliver a package to Little Marrow, a package which though with unknown contents was clearly shown to be connected to the abberations, and which changed the dockworker in a clearly negative way. It even is described as seeming satisfied by the ancient lighthouse when it remained on, the very same lighthouse which is depicted to have once driven back the entity from the Collector's ending in the paintings below it, until its destruction. And, in the recent trailer for The Iron Rig, the Leviathan sought to stop the progress of Ironhaven from researching and attempting to exploit the abberations the area suffers from. In the good ending for the game, it serves to reclaim the fisherman for the sea, as he would not have survived the dredging of the Book of the Deep if not for its own meddling. Though whether a good thing or not, it cannot fight that being from the ending on its own.
This game is literally the sketch drawings I used to draw as a kid, crazy I never thought I’d see a game with this kind of feel
@cult_of_odin
2 күн бұрын
Love cell shading. Wind waker was one of my favorite Zelda games because of the feel and ocean.
Love the concept of this channel, look forward to seeing you grow sunny !
u failed to mention that leviatan eats you if you try to leave the map (not the object, playable area) perhaps it recognises you as one trying to wake cthulhu, another person mentioning leviatan is a guy who was trying to deliver package, pacckage ultimetly turns docker into lifless zombie, so leviatan was maybe trying to prevent this
@Caspianm2
22 күн бұрын
((Spoilers)) This makes sense too, because in the "good ending" where you discard the book for good, it eats your entire boat along with the book. Some of the stones in the game describe two ancient beings battling, and one lost and was sealed deep beneath the waves, the red madness along the surface being described as parts of it's spirit trying to come back. I think the leviathan was one of these two titans and the colossal being we see in the "bad ending" was the second, hence the leviathan trying to prevent it coming back. You can encounter the leviathan when wandering the open ocean too, and it just goes its own way without aggression unless you try to leave.
@blenderpunk2077
10 күн бұрын
Aren't there few leviathans?
@jansasiadek2507
10 күн бұрын
@@blenderpunk2077i think u might be thinking about event when you are mad, and many leviatan fins stick out of the sea, but i think it only one of these fins "has a head", leviatan simply twists many times like a snake i believe
This was amazing. I can't wait to see where all the channel goes!
Great video, I really liked its structure, and the cinematography, if that's how it's called, was pretty sick. My only slight issue is that sometimes it felt like you were rushing through the script. It might be just me, idk. Besides that, amazing video. Can't wait for more 😊
@CosmicHours
3 ай бұрын
fantastic feedback, thank you! I spend ages trying to get the free cam to work for the game so I could have cinematic shots for the video. I can see why some of the script felt rushed, it's the first video and in the back of my mind I was constantly scared people would find it boring, sometimes I might have tried to rush through a chapter to have new environments and enemies that felt fresh in the next one
This channel is such a good idea. I'm here for the long run. Great video !
love this type of content , love the voice , i hope this channel has success
Oh no a sea monster, quick, print more ships!
this has been such a treat to find and experience!! i love the main focus on dredge, as well as the tangents comparing it’s themes with other games. it gives an ‘art collage-y’ feeling, with the storytelling and mixed media. very well crafted video, great work :] 💛!
@CosmicHours
23 күн бұрын
That really means a lot, thank you!
This captured the game so perfectly, thank you for making this, subbed!
Such a good video. I love wondering about different themes and this really felt like a deep dive
I've always loved dredge. Even in broad daylight I've felt terrified, just because the nighttime anxiety got to me so bad, it bled into the daytime sections. Also the mirror....god damn that broke my heart
i like where the vibes of this channel are going keep up the good work bro 💯
Incredible video, keep up the good work man
Great video, I really loved it. Can't wait for your next videos🤍
Getting recommended a sunny video on lovecraftian horrors was not on my bingo card. Great video!!
Nice script man!!! I'm excited to see what the next video is about keep up the good work!!!
props for this! Really love this new type of content.
please, please do more of this! I want you narrating games like this and the such!
Subscribed! I hope to see more of your videos soon! Keep up the good work Sir!
Great video! Lookin forward for more
As the president of the "She Who Wanders" Fanclub: I approve. Not what I expected from Mister Cardgame, but honestly good video.
This was an amzing video and you have a great channel you deserve every like and follow i loved it
Yay I love seeing you play other games !
Amazing Video! Keep going!
I liked the video. Great job!
Awesome script, keep it going!
Outstanding video!
great vid expect to see some more!
Love the horror game analysis!
Keep up the good work 👍
Loved this game so chill and unnerving at the same time
I just played 100% through the whole of dredge so that I don’t get spoiled in this video, now I can finally watch
My personal theory is that the colossus in the bad ending is the aberrant form of the leviathan. That final ritual was the tipping point.
this is an unexpected but very welcome surprise. lets go cosmic horror!!!
If snnuy actually going for this, League also have some Cosmic horror too
This is a game genre I've never head of before. It gripped me the moment i started playing.
Interestingly, I played this game on story mode - no “scary events.” I wanted the cozy experience. All the lore is still there, and even the monsters, but they aren’t aggressive. I knew I’d be missing a large part of the theme, but it was quite pleasant.
Hey it is the sun man, good video lov it
Oh wow cool new deep gameplay
Gonna copy my comment from your main channel. Some food for the algorithm! Had no idea you're into cosmic horror! Very exciting, gonna sub immediately! I've lost interest in LoR for a while now so this is probably going to be my new favorite content of yours!
I cant remember the name off the top of my head but i played a game by this studio and it was one of my favorite gamepass downloads of all time, worth it worth it worth it.
What a great video! Great quality too! :D
"Captain, I would ask that you seek these relics and help me-" "Nope." "...but, it's import-" "No thanks. I'm just doing my usual route near town and getting fish. Not interested." *Good Ending*
honk the horn at night and... something.. honks back
Bro I learnt many things I didn't know about the game after playing for a considerable amount of time. Also, there is one thing you missed to point out. Sometimes, when that night angler appears, our character automatically sets off the lights of the boat. At first, I thought it happens due to the nature of weather, but one day I saw the angler when the light went off. But it wasn't until this happened like for 3-4 times I actually realised that.
It would be interesting if you could throw the book overboard and then hightail it out of there. Maybe after that the leviathan would disappear and you could have a post game.
Where is all this scare and creepy? Ive been fishing day and night and almost completed the game without encountering anything significant. Its been a super chill fishing so far
Hey! The mix between the cozy and creepy makes me think of minecraft. Can you talk about that game compared to this game? Great video ❤
great video, looking forward to more
Man oh man! this kinda content is some of my favorite!!!
Long time sub of your other channels here. First, congrats on the new channel! Great quality of video as always. Second, I love the script, however, I do have some suggestions on your video. Personally, across the video, you make many valid point and observation of the game mechanics, storytelling and story (which is great). But my problems is that you don't spend a lot of time showing the viewers and allow them to experience what you are telling. The pacing in your talk is quite... rapid? Make the gameplay doesn't really stick with me. I would love more "showing instead of telling" here. To achieve that, I would suggest more moment of silence, reduce the pacing of your script, showing the atmosphere of the game (sounds and musics), or maybe even you being terrified (like that one time you meet Leviathan). With all that being said, this is just my personal opinion and I wish you the best! 💪
One the funnest games I’ve played.
Good job on the video it's really good
so cool man
I have thalassophobia but I LOVE water games like this one I'm a big subnautica fan
this is good.
Fuck yes. Dredge is my favourite game of all time. Its the first game just ever 100%ed including coming back to do the new DLC and getting the Paints.
Great video, but personally, i would never describe the fear of water and unknown as, "Unreasonable". The unreasonable aren't afraid LOL.
Finally lor add fishing mini game
I was not expecting to see our lord and savior Cthulhu here, this game looks awesome!
Very well narrated!! Will you visit Subnautica and its sequel at some point with this style of content?
im lowkey considering getting this game now, i would love to see a video like this one focused on hollow knight, if thats possible of course.
Biggest problem for this game are the spoilers . Its hard to avoid them by that point and they ruin the atmosphere. I started 1st run after watching someone's playthrough and it was basically a checklist - the game .
I thought I remember seeing an ending where you throw the book in the ocean but don't get eaten in the process.
The most beautiful platinium trophy I got
Nice!
There seems to be two kinds of people when it considers the horror's that are indifferent. For some people it's scary that the universe and large things are indifferent to your existence but to the optimistic nihilist (including me) this is the other way around. It's complete liberation. If the universe or large unknown forces don't care what you're doing, it means you can do what YOU want to do. (I mean if they don't accidentally destroy you in the proces). The things that scare me the most are forces that are stronger than you that actually have it out for you. Now some people are unable to handle this responsibility and I struggle with it myself sometimes, but i'd have that over any force that wanted something of me, or had it out for me.
Is it just me or is anyone else scared of the ocean but also fascinated by it
@Rigan1994
10 күн бұрын
It’s just you I think I am fascinated by boobies
Very cool video for what looks like very cool game. Especially considering its your first vid. GL mr new youtuber. - Sincerely, your 69th sub
There's something about the concept of fear that I've been thinking about. Humans have some very common fears that exist because of our survival instincts. We're afraid of heights and the ocean because we don't belong there and we can't survive in those environments. We most likely feel uneasy around spiders because of a long history encountering their venom. We're afraid of the dark because we're vulnerable. So... Why are we afraid of dolls with faces? What happened in our history that made us develop a fight or flight response to dolls? What did we used to fight that resembled dolls? We're not afraid of most animals and we're not afraid of other people even though our entire existence has been kill or be killed with other people or various animals so what the hell happened to us that made us evolve to have a universal fear of porcelain figures?
@gurfad392
4 күн бұрын
IIRC, it’s due to our response to things in the “uncanny valley” where something looks almost human but not quite. Don’t know if this is right, but I’ve been told that the uncanny valley evolved as a way for humans to quickly discern corpses from living humans. Having such an intense fear response to dead people means we stay away from them and therefore are less likely to catch a disease or get attacked by whatever killed them. The top floor of a building is safe, but your body thinks you’re dangling off a cliff. A doll is safe but your body thinks you’re about to get killed by whatever got to it first.
I’ve 100% this game. It’s phenomenal
new lor patch looks insane
I'd love to keep watching this video but i feel like i should just play this game first
i love this game
I have always had a fear of the deep ocean so bad in fact. I remember as a child I couldnt play mario 64's aquatic levels it would cause a severe anxiety response for some reason lol.
@staceo4737
2 ай бұрын
Usually a phobia is irrational but fearing the ocean is perfectly rational 😂😂
wow what a great chanel I have discovered! i also just love league of leegnds
Finally holy shit i was waiting for so long for this channel
My beloved ha s branched out
Awesome script and great voice!
This is cooool
Are you only covering games or just all cosmic horror things ? Because if it's the later I'd recommend the long jaunt . Or endless sleep
well howdy Snuuy, Cosmic Horrors my favorite
@garygordle5146
3 ай бұрын
Sunless Sea vibes
Have you played "Still Wakes the Deep"? That must be the scarriest game I've never played. Even a commented playthrough let me flinch.
Cosmic hororr is one of my most favourite horror genres, alongside domestic and surrrealistic. Glad to hear Snnuy thoughts on Dredge!
Very pog vid 🙌💕
Sad this is more of a video essay than playthrough moments
fastest subscribtion in my life
Awesome video! Any chance of a video about SOMA? That is another great underwater game with tons of story to unfold.
@CosmicHours
3 ай бұрын
SOMA is on my list, I have played and beat it several years ago but the game will 100% make an appearance sooner or later
@blackenedvoodoo4727
3 ай бұрын
@@CosmicHours I can't wait!
I couldn’t play Subnautica. Idk why I thought I could play this when it’s night.
He is 100% Dutch
You remind me of the sun ☀️
seems i've heard your voice in another channel, but i'm not sure, probably not a boring card game only channel.