I have often pondered the existence of alien life. And i dont know whats more scary. The fact that there might be alien life, or the fact we maybe the only life there is in the galaxy.
The entire world of Prey is a great example of the Dark Forest theory of extraterrestrial life. The idea that there is life everywhere, a forest full of hunters. Only when a child is dumb enough to wander into a clearing and light a fire to keep the chill from their bones is when the other hunters are able to strike.
I was really hoping that you'd do a video for Prey since I recently completed it, and naturally you did not disappoint. I liked your take on the Fermi's Paradox and how you associated the the mysterious nature of the Typhon with the reason we've yet to discover intelligent alien life in our universe. The Typhon reminds me of the the Alien from the original Alien movie and the cellular-replicating alien species of the Thing. Non-terrestrial beings whose nature and motives are the definition of the word alien. However, Arkane Studios took the idea of a truly alien species to a different level with the Typhon. The possibility that the Typhon don't even come from our universe or dimension as hypothesized by the mimic's ability to take the form of an inanimate object is a great expansion of cosmological horror. To further the argument against the Fermi's Paradox is the possible inability to communicate with intelligent life as made inherent with the Prey character statements and audiologs, and certainly the endgame revelation. Once again, thanks for the top quality content. You're one of the few UA-cam channels out there that goes beyond LPs and reviews, and gives us something that allows us to admire these games even more and the developers that put so much effort into their games. I'll do what I can to spread the word about your channel, because your content is too good to be so unknown.
*steps in from the future* Yes they did make DLC!!! A year later, but better late then never! The DLC, MoonCrash, is about exploring a simulation of the moon base owned by TranStar mentioned in the base game!
Ok. I had a thought after watching the Mooncrash DLC. Pytheas and Talos expirianced the Typhon outbreaks relatively closely if it comes to time (at least it seems like it). My theory is that Typhons work more or less like Tyranids from Warhammer 40K- they need a synapse creature to coordinate. My theory is that Apex, this giant creature that arrives in Prey's endgame, is the synapse creature of Typhons and the closer it was to the Solar system the more coordinated Typhons on Talos and Pytheas became. If by any coincidence Typhons work more similarly to Tyranids- it means that there is essentially a Typhon Hive Fleet of sorts, somewhere, and so far it only sent it's tendril towards Earth once the evolved monke russled the bait Addendum- I feel less mad about the next theorizing since I seen others think about that too. What if Typhon aren't aliens in just space sense? What if they are extradimensional? Their mimicry ability has been confirmed as a form of dimension manipulation, not just molecular one. The theory goes that the Typhon arrived here or are arriving here from some paralel dimension, mostly connected to here via their mimicry ability- putting objects from other realities here and connecting to them, passing through only when a prey is availible. This would also mean that Fermi's Paradox brought in this vid isn't just caused by space real estate- but also a dimensional real estate.
yo dude i feel very lucky to have discovered this channel yesterday through your soma series, amazing work!! fascinating and very very well-researched, from now on these videos will be my go-to audio to zone out to.
I knew it! I absolutely knew that you were going to do a Game Dig for Prey! I always get so incredibly excited for these. Incredible incredible work! Can’t wait for your next analysis. There’s nothing like this series on UA-cam, thank you for your creativity and endurance for continuing this series.
Ororo Munroe Thanks! Prey was my 2017! Breaks my heart that it sold so poorly. Next will be Dishonored 2, then after that prob another series retrospective.
YESS!!! i was hoping youd do another dishonored video. Btw, have you considered making one about Deus ex series? those games have plenty of interesting lore and topics to cover
Dude I absolutely love your work, though I’m a little sad you didn’t mention December at all, but whatever. Also if you want a great look at the meta narrative of the story watch Extra Credits’ video on Prey (2017).
Prey DLC is being hinted at by twitter.com/PreyGame and twitter.com/KasmaCorp. Supposedly the DLC will take place on the moon, or in low lunar orbit. Everyone on the Prey reddit is super excited!
Yeah, they set it to private recently. But good news, all of KasmaCorp's posts have been reposted to the prey subreddit. So far, KasmaCorp only has 5 posts on their twitter. 1st post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/81l1f4/new_weapontool_psi_cutter/ 2nd post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/829vej/kasma_corp_tweeted_this_photo/ 3rd post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/82r2l6/kasma_corp_new_photo/ 4th post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/83bm1q/kasma_corp_newest_photo/ 5th and last post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/84ph7p/first_photo_of_moon_base_tweeted_by_kasma_corp/ KasmaCorp has also left some codded comments in the prey subreddit. www.reddit.com/user/KasmaCorp
Great documentary! It is more than a video- it is quite amazing! You should contact these game studios and monetize your hard work (along with crowd funding).
Can't wait to watch this later. Damn I wish I saw it earlier. Edit: Finished watching it and like always, great job. I really like this game but man, the ending killed the replay value for me. It's a great game and exactly what I expected from Arkane after being a fan of the Dishonored series. I don't thibk it's quite as good as Dishonored but it is a damn good game.
What are your thoughts on the Nightmare? *Spoilers* I may have overlooked an important detail since it's been a few months since I've played it but I'm thinking it's possibly unique to our character because of us actually being a Typhon and it's more like our subconscious mind triggering and trying to snap us out of the simulation and the only reason the real Alex and Operators know of it is because they've seen it in earlier simulations (assuming this isn't their first one or that this isn't our first iteration that was reset by a failure, such as leaving the station in the escape pod canonically results as a redo) that weren't giving adequate results. Even the way we get rid of it, by sending out a certain frequency(which could be used to either break whatever frequency the Hive-like mind sends out or to purposely bring it about) supports this I think and they implemented it in a way so that it wouldn't seem out of place to the subject(us) undergoing the experiment when you inevitably come across it which Alex knows is going to happen so it would just seem as if it's there just like all the other Typhon. Imo it is the only Typhon that's out of place in the game and is completely unique because it always knows where you are and comes when you increase your Typhon levels which could be reinforcing your mind, subconsciously. Basically I'm thinking it's like a subconscious defense mechanism that's being triggered by a frequency that's possibly coming from the Hive mind(that we can cancel out or replicate when calling for it or sending it away). I'm not too great at explaining it but hopefully you see where I'm coming from with this, I really don't believe it's part of the simulation, it's more like the simulation is attempting to explain it away in order to keep up the illusion.
(2 years late SRY) Yeah that hypothesis makes a lot of sense, I agree 100% --especially considering how the Nightmare literally pops out of thin air when you "deter" it, like when other Typhon vanish/teleport they leave faint black smoke behind in their wake -- and the Nightmare doesn't, it just vanishes in a second and thus flickers out of "existance". The satellite you use to attract or deter it, the in-game comments of characters when it appears (i.e. Mikhaila Ilyushin says, "Morgan, did you cause that?!"), and even "Morgan's" vague codex/research entry on the thing (can't recall it exactly, just writing this comment off the top of my head), could very well be all parts of a hastily slapped-in effort by Alex Yu and his colleagues to make it seem to "Morgan Yu"/the Test Subject Typhon that this "Nightmare" is just another Typhon aboard Talos 1 -- and to make the simulation of it all seem "real" to their Test Subject. There's also this voice you hear in important parts of the game. Like when you come into contact with the Coral for the first time, (outside the simulation) the Typhon Test Subject goes "into shock" (as heard briefly by one of Alex's colleagues in the short cutscene that plays), and (inside the simulation) hears none other than "Morgan Yu's" voice telling them "Don't let them do this to you." I believe this voice, along with the Nightmare, are the Test Subject's Typhon instincts screaming at them, "Wake up, this reality isn't real, kill them". I also think the Test Subject is sort-of a half-Typhon, half-Human hybrid what with the Test Subject possibly thinking that they're Morgan in the simulation, and outside the simulation possibly having Human attributes such as empathy, or even curiosity (as those attributes were installed in them by Alex Yu and his Operator colleagues, possibly like how Alien Neuromods -- literal peices/attributes of the Typhon alien organisms -- are installed in Human beings in the universe of Prey (2017)...). Idk that's just what I think. Thanks for reading this rambling response of mine! Prey's lore is so interesting. This is all just a theory of mine, can't be sure it's legit. It's just what I gather from playing Prey (2017). :D
ManaCaster427 Haha no problem, I'm glad someone finally gave some feedback to it. It's been a long time since I played, probably around the time I wrote this actually, but I think you're probably on to something. While reading it I started to remember the "Pro-human" Ending(or my imagination), doesn't the Test Subject Typhon take atleast a partial human form when it shakes Alex's hand? I only say partial because all we can see is it's hand(but I'm assuming it doesn't end there). If so then I think that should be considered significant, if I remember right, we never any any Typhon take any complex organic forms, they're always objects with the most advanced being us taking the form of mechanical objects so if this isn't purely from my imagination I think that also supports your theory. You'd think Alex would put a Human mimicking Typhon in the simulation if he knew that's something they can do as it would be an amazing way to gauge the Test Subject Typhon's mind by putting in a unique scenario that's a little closer to home so it makes me think what we see at the end is entirely new and could likely be caused by what you suggested rather than it just mimicking Alex's arm through touch(which if I remember right isn't how that works anyways).
ManaCaster427 Haha np, I get the same way when there's a game I enjoy that was thought out enough to make it worth pondering.. Like, even though I really don't like some of the changes made to it, I've been bouncing off ideas(mostly off of myself) regarding the FFVII Remake for months now and still get excited when something new clicks which happens almost every time I play it(I can't help it with this one, I've waited for this since the PS2 came out). I completely agree with the Subject being a Hybrid and I think Alex all but spells it out for us at the end with the "We spent years putting what you can do into us. We never thought to put what we can do into you. Until now." You mention it having a humanoid form while still strapped to the chair despite it still being inky, that's something I remember finding interesting because it's literally in the shape of a human, or atleast it's hand/arm is but I haven't examined the other Phantoms closely enough to see if they also have literal hands with all 10 fingers so I'm not sure if it's unique to the Subject. My only problem with this scene is the fact that if you look down in that scene you can see the Subject appears to be wearing boots...for some reason..while in its Phantom form which kinda makes me wonder about some of the details in that scene though I think that was likely something they simply overlooked in an otherwise extremely detailed game. I didn't know that about the name, I always assumed it was referring to the monster birthed by the Titan Gaea that was said to have a hundred Dragons' heads which fits the big bastard that pops up near the end if I remember right(sorry, I can't remember it's name, it's been a while lol) though what you came up with also fits. Hopefully this game will get a sequel, I sometimes get the urge to replay it because it really is pretty damn good(and I'd like to see how it looks now that I've finally got a 4K TV to support my Pro) but the ending really killed it's replay value for me. I wish that the NG+ had a way to where you could embrace being a Typhon, it'd be pretty damn awesome to run around playing as a Phantom, I love those effects.
@@WhiskeyTango76s About the ending scene with us being a Typhon-Human hybrid, the Subject's "body" seemed to have taken on Morgan's shape exactly -- because it thought it was Morgan/OG Morgan is a part of them with it having Morgan's cells and memories implanted -- hence why the Subject appears to be "wearing" boots and whatnot (idk, that's just how I interpret it as we don't really get a good view of it's "body" in the chair). And I was mistaken about the Typhons' name! 'Typhon' is actually the name of the father of all monsters in Greek mythology, and fought with Zeus over the control of the Universe. Very fitting. I think the name of that monster you mentioned (which I also forgot, and is one of my favorites in Greek mythology) would also fit very well for the Subject, as it could've been one of many versions of itself that "failed" the test. Just one of many failed experiments that (probably) "succeeded". I would also love to play as a Typhon -- Gods forbid NOT in a half-assed cash-grab multiplayer mode -- and really embrace the alien side of "Morgan Yu"...I love the Psi Powers, they're so Godsdamn gr8! XD That kind of option, especially in a New Game+ would be just awesome. Maybe the story would change as well, who knows? As for the FFVII Remake (am from the wrong generation, but my older brother hands-down loved the original as s kid), I don't think it's a Remake because of all the obvious changes. I'm not a fan of them either (was hoping for a nuFFVII, however tragic Aeris/th's death would be in HD). But it looks like a great game regardless. I hope it turns out to be great. (Even though I'm a petty Xbox player... -_- )
Fuuuuuuuck I really love this game. Bless you for making this, I love hearing your perspectives and your detailed analysis of the events of I dunno, every game you cover. Fun fact: I live in Dallas, TX and I have been at that grassy knoll/in the building (WHICH ONE IS IT???) where JFK was shot. There are markers on the concrete on the street where each shot hit him. It's pretty surreal to see.
So, there are a crapton of conspiracy theories around who shot JFK/where he got shot from. The official story (which is the most realistic one, so I'm down with that being the case) is that Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from inside a building that was a hundred yards or so from where JFK's car was driving. There's a museum in that building and you can go stand in that spot where he was supposed to have taken the shots. With a rifle I would expect someone could make those shots, so, pretty realistic in my mind. The most widely spread conspiracy theory is that someone shot him from the "grassy knoll," and that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald shot him. I've also stood on that grassy knoll, and while it's closer and at ground level, the Zapruder film + the ballistics make it pretty clear that the shots couldn't have been made from there. My college US history teacher had a field day talking about all the conspiracy theories.
Sorry for the delayed reply. In Florence on my honeymoon. Prey is so dope. My game of 2017, no doubt. Also, I’m trying to visit to Dallas some next year. I’ll def make a trip to see it. As if it wasn’t obvious, history is one of my passions.
4:20 should have used the song Laika from Bluetech, its a really cool techno remix. I once saw the band live and they played it. But said doggo commercial music works too
I am pretty sure that Arkane is working on DLC for Prey, they had hinted at it a while back, I suspect we'll get an announcement for the DLC next E3, finger's crossed. Dishonored 2 got its DLC 9 months after it came out - with this DLC being announced at E3 - so I suspect the same for Prey's DLC. But anyway, fantastic video.
Now that I think about it Prey has more in common with the Alien/Prometheus universe than Bioshock even though it is a spiritual successor in some ways
The 'dimensional shifting' is just a hypothesis. It's never determined for certain how the Mimics actually change their shape. In your video you seem to treat this as the definite answer.
The video is brilliant as always, but you went a little overboard with the Great purge numbers. Official reports of 1951 form within USSR estimate ~1 400 000 people repressed (throughout 1936-1938) with half of them being sentenced to death. In no way I defend or condone such inhumane actions, but even if we triple this number we are still nowhere near "tens of millions".
Hai. Sorry for posting it under this video not under Penumbra, but will you look into lore of Amnesia? I mean The Darl Deacent and Rebirth... Machine for Pigs is a bastard child and a detour that should not be mentioned.
Female Morgan is the best Morgan And you're taking just ONE of their THREE theories on how mimics work and repeating it like its fact. I don't think that was ever verified >.> they just know it's one of those 3. Although in one email, someone said they thought it was magic. I agree with that one.
I actually think that'd be pretty good, it's got a pretty big backstory all contained in one game. I just hate that the game was so good with story telling that you learn basically everything through just the main quest
I can see how some may not have clicked if people missed out on any vantage points(I thought those were excellent, I loved how they didn't just show an image but gave a first hand account of it with voice acting) or the little relics you find in the areas adds alot of flavor to the lore. It's bad when my only real complaint with the game is actually a pro that adds alot of games have problems doing, it made it where I didn't feel the need to replay it again because it did such a great job presenting it's story. I'm regretting that I traded it not long after beating it now that it has some DLC that I heard is pretty damn good.
Another vote for Horizon! There's a lot of lore in there that's not completely visible. All the data points, audio logs, holograms, and vantage points tell a lot of the story that's easily missable. I've played if through twice, and still haven't found all the data points.
@@GameologicalDig When weighing between making sense/being correct and sounding cool, making sense/being correct should probably be more important. But hey, its your (information centered) channel.
They didn't know for sure it would die (but didin't have much hope for it either). Human space exploration was at stake. Would you rather send a human to die?
"....a future where Lee Harvey Oswald never made it to that grassy knoll" Listen kids, if you dont know your history, don't try to invoke it, you'll just make a fool of yourself. 🤦♂️
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This game was perfect! System shock 2 finally has a true spiritual successor!
How does it compare to Bioshock games??? Aren't they also spiritual successors???
123doomdoom Prey is more like system shock 2 and less like bioshock, so it's more of a spiritual successor to system shock 2 than bioshock is.
@@johnstark7850 I found it to be very similar to BioShock.
@@123doomdoom I think Prey is even better than Bioshock. Game was shockingly underrated when it came out.
Ya it is better.....Bioshock overrated but still good.
I just finished Prey and was thinking about how perfect it'd be for Gameological Dig. Glad to see you're already on top of it!
This and SOMA are some of my favourite games
I have often pondered the existence of alien life. And i dont know whats more scary. The fact that there might be alien life, or the fact we maybe the only life there is in the galaxy.
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
If we find aliens cool
If aliens find us
We
Are
F*cked
The entire world of Prey is a great example of the Dark Forest theory of extraterrestrial life. The idea that there is life everywhere, a forest full of hunters. Only when a child is dumb enough to wander into a clearing and light a fire to keep the chill from their bones is when the other hunters are able to strike.
I was really hoping that you'd do a video for Prey since I recently completed it, and naturally you did not disappoint. I liked your take on the Fermi's Paradox and how you associated the the mysterious nature of the Typhon with the reason we've yet to discover intelligent alien life in our universe.
The Typhon reminds me of the the Alien from the original Alien movie and the cellular-replicating alien species of the Thing. Non-terrestrial beings whose nature and motives are the definition of the word alien. However, Arkane Studios took the idea of a truly alien species to a different level with the Typhon. The possibility that the Typhon don't even come from our universe or dimension as hypothesized by the mimic's ability to take the form of an inanimate object is a great expansion of cosmological horror. To further the argument against the Fermi's Paradox is the possible inability to communicate with intelligent life as made inherent with the Prey character statements and audiologs, and certainly the endgame revelation.
Once again, thanks for the top quality content. You're one of the few UA-cam channels out there that goes beyond LPs and reviews, and gives us something that allows us to admire these games even more and the developers that put so much effort into their games. I'll do what I can to spread the word about your channel, because your content is too good to be so unknown.
This video is so so far above the average quality out there. I’m blown away. Keep up the good work.
*steps in from the future*
Yes they did make DLC!!! A year later, but better late then never! The DLC, MoonCrash, is about exploring a simulation of the moon base owned by TranStar mentioned in the base game!
It's not owned by transtar. Its owned by a sister company of sorts as shown by the company logo in the loading screens and the emails
Wasnt it a poor way to make a multiplayer variant?
supertamal2000 no but that comes with the dlc
Ok.
I had a thought after watching the Mooncrash DLC.
Pytheas and Talos expirianced the Typhon outbreaks relatively closely if it comes to time (at least it seems like it). My theory is that Typhons work more or less like Tyranids from Warhammer 40K- they need a synapse creature to coordinate. My theory is that Apex, this giant creature that arrives in Prey's endgame, is the synapse creature of Typhons and the closer it was to the Solar system the more coordinated Typhons on Talos and Pytheas became.
If by any coincidence Typhons work more similarly to Tyranids- it means that there is essentially a Typhon Hive Fleet of sorts, somewhere, and so far it only sent it's tendril towards Earth once the evolved monke russled the bait
Addendum- I feel less mad about the next theorizing since I seen others think about that too.
What if Typhon aren't aliens in just space sense? What if they are extradimensional?
Their mimicry ability has been confirmed as a form of dimension manipulation, not just molecular one. The theory goes that the Typhon arrived here or are arriving here from some paralel dimension, mostly connected to here via their mimicry ability- putting objects from other realities here and connecting to them, passing through only when a prey is availible.
This would also mean that Fermi's Paradox brought in this vid isn't just caused by space real estate- but also a dimensional real estate.
Honest to god this is one of the most underrated videos I have ever seen.
This is an awesome video!
yo dude i feel very lucky to have discovered this channel yesterday through your soma series, amazing work!! fascinating and very very well-researched, from now on these videos will be my go-to audio to zone out to.
Yeah soma is brilliant. That story stands on its own. Should make a movie about it. But yeah prey is definitely up there with soma but even more so
One of my favourite games this year... all time in fact alongside dishonoured
Thank you for these lore videos
probably your best video so far.
I was about to beat up some aliens with a wrench but GD uploaded
Easton Alecsandré Ephiccza yo don’t let me stop you. Talos 1 needs you!!!
I knew it! I absolutely knew that you were going to do a Game Dig for Prey!
I always get so incredibly excited for these. Incredible incredible work! Can’t wait for your next analysis. There’s nothing like this series on UA-cam, thank you for your creativity and endurance for continuing this series.
Ororo Munroe Thanks! Prey was my 2017! Breaks my heart that it sold so poorly. Next will be Dishonored 2, then after that prob another series retrospective.
YESS!!! i was hoping youd do another dishonored video. Btw, have you considered making one about Deus ex series? those games have plenty of interesting lore and topics to cover
Dude I absolutely love your work, though I’m a little sad you didn’t mention December at all, but whatever.
Also if you want a great look at the meta narrative of the story watch Extra Credits’ video on Prey (2017).
Man!
Amazing video.
Thank you so much for all the research you did to pull this together
Prey DLC is being hinted at by twitter.com/PreyGame and twitter.com/KasmaCorp.
Supposedly the DLC will take place on the moon, or in low lunar orbit.
Everyone on the Prey reddit is super excited!
GasMaskMonster the kasma corp account is private?! :/
Yeah, they set it to private recently.
But good news, all of KasmaCorp's posts have been reposted to the prey subreddit.
So far, KasmaCorp only has 5 posts on their twitter.
1st post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/81l1f4/new_weapontool_psi_cutter/
2nd post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/829vej/kasma_corp_tweeted_this_photo/
3rd post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/82r2l6/kasma_corp_new_photo/
4th post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/83bm1q/kasma_corp_newest_photo/
5th and last post: www.reddit.com/r/prey/comments/84ph7p/first_photo_of_moon_base_tweeted_by_kasma_corp/
KasmaCorp has also left some codded comments in the prey subreddit.
www.reddit.com/user/KasmaCorp
GasMaskMonster wow cool! Thanks so much for sharing!!
i srsly hope your channel will gain popularity soon, pls keep on uploading. I cannot even imagine how much research you put in these...
I’m about half way through Prey and figured nothing too mind boggling would be spoiled but *Prey is a simulation*
Oof
I'm so glad I saw a link to your video on Reddit. Very well done, I am definitely going to subscribe and binge watch the rest of your content.
Prey for me is a example of 2 sayings
"Trying steal fire from god"
And
"Poking the sleeping giant"
Great documentary! It is more than a video- it is quite amazing!
You should contact these game studios and monetize your hard work (along with crowd funding).
Can't wait to watch this later. Damn I wish I saw it earlier.
Edit: Finished watching it and like always, great job. I really like this game but man, the ending killed the replay value for me. It's a great game and exactly what I expected from Arkane after being a fan of the Dishonored series. I don't thibk it's quite as good as Dishonored but it is a damn good game.
What are your thoughts on the Nightmare?
*Spoilers*
I may have overlooked an important detail since it's been a few months since I've played it but I'm thinking it's possibly unique to our character because of us actually being a Typhon and it's more like our subconscious mind triggering and trying to snap us out of the simulation and the only reason the real Alex and Operators know of it is because they've seen it in earlier simulations (assuming this isn't their first one or that this isn't our first iteration that was reset by a failure, such as leaving the station in the escape pod canonically results as a redo) that weren't giving adequate results. Even the way we get rid of it, by sending out a certain frequency(which could be used to either break whatever frequency the Hive-like mind sends out or to purposely bring it about) supports this I think and they implemented it in a way so that it wouldn't seem out of place to the subject(us) undergoing the experiment when you inevitably come across it which Alex knows is going to happen so it would just seem as if it's there just like all the other Typhon. Imo it is the only Typhon that's out of place in the game and is completely unique because it always knows where you are and comes when you increase your Typhon levels which could be reinforcing your mind, subconsciously. Basically I'm thinking it's like a subconscious defense mechanism that's being triggered by a frequency that's possibly coming from the Hive mind(that we can cancel out or replicate when calling for it or sending it away). I'm not too great at explaining it but hopefully you see where I'm coming from with this, I really don't believe it's part of the simulation, it's more like the simulation is attempting to explain it away in order to keep up the illusion.
(2 years late SRY) Yeah that hypothesis makes a lot of sense, I agree 100% --especially considering how the Nightmare literally pops out of thin air when you "deter" it, like when other Typhon vanish/teleport they leave faint black smoke behind in their wake -- and the Nightmare doesn't, it just vanishes in a second and thus flickers out of "existance". The satellite you use to attract or deter it, the in-game comments of characters when it appears (i.e. Mikhaila Ilyushin says, "Morgan, did you cause that?!"), and even "Morgan's" vague codex/research entry on the thing (can't recall it exactly, just writing this comment off the top of my head), could very well be all parts of a hastily slapped-in effort by Alex Yu and his colleagues to make it seem to "Morgan Yu"/the Test Subject Typhon that this "Nightmare" is just another Typhon aboard Talos 1 -- and to make the simulation of it all seem "real" to their Test Subject.
There's also this voice you hear in important parts of the game. Like when you come into contact with the Coral for the first time, (outside the simulation) the Typhon Test Subject goes "into shock" (as heard briefly by one of Alex's colleagues in the short cutscene that plays), and (inside the simulation) hears none other than "Morgan Yu's" voice telling them "Don't let them do this to you." I believe this voice, along with the Nightmare, are the Test Subject's Typhon instincts screaming at them, "Wake up, this reality isn't real, kill them". I also think the Test Subject is sort-of a half-Typhon, half-Human hybrid what with the Test Subject possibly thinking that they're Morgan in the simulation, and outside the simulation possibly having Human attributes such as empathy, or even curiosity (as those attributes were installed in them by Alex Yu and his Operator colleagues, possibly like how Alien Neuromods -- literal peices/attributes of the Typhon alien organisms -- are installed in Human beings in the universe of Prey (2017)...). Idk that's just what I think. Thanks for reading this rambling response of mine! Prey's lore is so interesting. This is all just a theory of mine, can't be sure it's legit. It's just what I gather from playing Prey (2017). :D
ManaCaster427 Haha no problem, I'm glad someone finally gave some feedback to it.
It's been a long time since I played, probably around the time I wrote this actually, but I think you're probably on to something. While reading it I started to remember the "Pro-human" Ending(or my imagination), doesn't the Test Subject Typhon take atleast a partial human form when it shakes Alex's hand? I only say partial because all we can see is it's hand(but I'm assuming it doesn't end there). If so then I think that should be considered significant, if I remember right, we never any any Typhon take any complex organic forms, they're always objects with the most advanced being us taking the form of mechanical objects so if this isn't purely from my imagination I think that also supports your theory. You'd think Alex would put a Human mimicking Typhon in the simulation if he knew that's something they can do as it would be an amazing way to gauge the Test Subject Typhon's mind by putting in a unique scenario that's a little closer to home so it makes me think what we see at the end is entirely new and could likely be caused by what you suggested rather than it just mimicking Alex's arm through touch(which if I remember right isn't how that works anyways).
@@WhiskeyTango76s Yeah! Damn this is interesting! ^~^ (Tysm for responding to my ramble!
ManaCaster427 Haha np, I get the same way when there's a game I enjoy that was thought out enough to make it worth pondering.. Like, even though I really don't like some of the changes made to it, I've been bouncing off ideas(mostly off of myself) regarding the FFVII Remake for months now and still get excited when something new clicks which happens almost every time I play it(I can't help it with this one, I've waited for this since the PS2 came out).
I completely agree with the Subject being a Hybrid and I think Alex all but spells it out for us at the end with the "We spent years putting what you can do into us. We never thought to put what we can do into you. Until now." You mention it having a humanoid form while still strapped to the chair despite it still being inky, that's something I remember finding interesting because it's literally in the shape of a human, or atleast it's hand/arm is but I haven't examined the other Phantoms closely enough to see if they also have literal hands with all 10 fingers so I'm not sure if it's unique to the Subject. My only problem with this scene is the fact that if you look down in that scene you can see the Subject appears to be wearing boots...for some reason..while in its Phantom form which kinda makes me wonder about some of the details in that scene though I think that was likely something they simply overlooked in an otherwise extremely detailed game.
I didn't know that about the name, I always assumed it was referring to the monster birthed by the Titan Gaea that was said to have a hundred Dragons' heads which fits the big bastard that pops up near the end if I remember right(sorry, I can't remember it's name, it's been a while lol) though what you came up with also fits. Hopefully this game will get a sequel, I sometimes get the urge to replay it because it really is pretty damn good(and I'd like to see how it looks now that I've finally got a 4K TV to support my Pro) but the ending really killed it's replay value for me. I wish that the NG+ had a way to where you could embrace being a Typhon, it'd be pretty damn awesome to run around playing as a Phantom, I love those effects.
@@WhiskeyTango76s About the ending scene with us being a Typhon-Human hybrid, the Subject's "body" seemed to have taken on Morgan's shape exactly -- because it thought it was Morgan/OG Morgan is a part of them with it having Morgan's cells and memories implanted -- hence why the Subject appears to be "wearing" boots and whatnot (idk, that's just how I interpret it as we don't really get a good view of it's "body" in the chair). And I was mistaken about the Typhons' name! 'Typhon' is actually the name of the father of all monsters in Greek mythology, and fought with Zeus over the control of the Universe. Very fitting.
I think the name of that monster you mentioned (which I also forgot, and is one of my favorites in Greek mythology) would also fit very well for the Subject, as it could've been one of many versions of itself that "failed" the test. Just one of many failed experiments that (probably) "succeeded".
I would also love to play as a Typhon -- Gods forbid NOT in a half-assed cash-grab multiplayer mode -- and really embrace the alien side of "Morgan Yu"...I love the Psi Powers, they're so Godsdamn gr8! XD That kind of option, especially in a New Game+ would be just awesome. Maybe the story would change as well, who knows?
As for the FFVII Remake (am from the wrong generation, but my older brother hands-down loved the original as s kid), I don't think it's a Remake because of all the obvious changes. I'm not a fan of them either (was hoping for a nuFFVII, however tragic Aeris/th's death would be in HD). But it looks like a great game regardless. I hope it turns out to be great. (Even though I'm a petty Xbox player... -_- )
ive watched this like 5 times now because i love the universe
your contents are seriously underrated.
Fuuuuuuuck I really love this game. Bless you for making this, I love hearing your perspectives and your detailed analysis of the events of I dunno, every game you cover.
Fun fact: I live in Dallas, TX and I have been at that grassy knoll/in the building (WHICH ONE IS IT???) where JFK was shot. There are markers on the concrete on the street where each shot hit him. It's pretty surreal to see.
Which one is what? Where the shooter(s) was/were supposed to have been?
So, there are a crapton of conspiracy theories around who shot JFK/where he got shot from. The official story (which is the most realistic one, so I'm down with that being the case) is that Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from inside a building that was a hundred yards or so from where JFK's car was driving. There's a museum in that building and you can go stand in that spot where he was supposed to have taken the shots. With a rifle I would expect someone could make those shots, so, pretty realistic in my mind.
The most widely spread conspiracy theory is that someone shot him from the "grassy knoll," and that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald shot him. I've also stood on that grassy knoll, and while it's closer and at ground level, the Zapruder film + the ballistics make it pretty clear that the shots couldn't have been made from there.
My college US history teacher had a field day talking about all the conspiracy theories.
Haha I'd like to have seen it (the lecture)
Sorry for the delayed reply. In Florence on my honeymoon. Prey is so dope. My game of 2017, no doubt. Also, I’m trying to visit to Dallas some next year. I’ll def make a trip to see it. As if it wasn’t obvious, history is one of my passions.
Totally go see it, man! The museum has a lot of cool stuff to look at.
And yes, it is kinda obvious that you're a history buff.
Brilliant, again! Thank you for posting.
Morri-Ogre thank you for watching. All the effort in the world won’t mean much without your viewership!
Amazing video man ! You got another sub
I will give this game another try
holy shit this series is gold
Novashadow115 Thanks a bunch, shadow!
4:20 should have used the song Laika from Bluetech, its a really cool techno remix. I once saw the band live and they played it. But said doggo commercial music works too
I am pretty sure that Arkane is working on DLC for Prey, they had hinted at it a while back, I suspect we'll get an announcement for the DLC next E3, finger's crossed. Dishonored 2 got its DLC 9 months after it came out - with this DLC being announced at E3 - so I suspect the same for Prey's DLC.
But anyway, fantastic video.
Now that I think about it Prey has more in common with the Alien/Prometheus universe than Bioshock even though it is a spiritual successor in some ways
This video is brilliant.
Wish he did a lore video/series on >Observer_ he did for SOMA and Prey but not observer :(
This was really good!
Your very good I feel you like to study and describe the intricate creativeness of unique games .
Amazing video.
Great vid love your content
Sanctusnsb thanks so much!!!
This was awesome
I'd be interested in seeing your take on the game proper. Part 2!
I like to think of Prey as a what if in history that's just me though
Focken amazing vid
amazing content.
can you please make a video on the psychotronics part of the game? references to psychological stuff
The 'dimensional shifting' is just a hypothesis. It's never determined for certain how the Mimics actually change their shape. In your video you seem to treat this as the definite answer.
Since arkane did have a dlc, maybe you could make a video on it
do a lore video on the aliens
Clamantstone lol, never say never.
I kind of meant the Typhon aliens in prey sorry for the confusion
Wow you sound so much like Lance Reddick in this video.
The video is brilliant as always, but you went a little overboard with the Great purge numbers. Official reports of 1951 form within USSR estimate ~1 400 000 people repressed (throughout 1936-1938) with half of them being sentenced to death. In no way I defend or condone such inhumane actions, but even if we triple this number we are still nowhere near "tens of millions".
This game was fukin amazing. So sad its sales were bad...
AHHHHHHHHHHH. I haven't finished Prey yet!!! Does this video contain serious LATE-game spoilers (Post accessing Crew Quarters for the first time?)
Yes, if you are in the middle in playing it wait to watch this.
What Stanners said. It’s got some stuff on TranStar that - while revealed early in the game - might spoil some minor plot points.
Did you finish it
Are you going to delve into Mooncrash, now that it's been out for a while?
Hai. Sorry for posting it under this video not under Penumbra, but will you look into lore of Amnesia? I mean The Darl Deacent and Rebirth... Machine for Pigs is a bastard child and a detour that should not be mentioned.
I'd love to see an episode on Half-Life 2
Why not half life source first.
Your depiction of the kardishev scale is a little askew. But good content nonetheless
Female Morgan is the best Morgan
And you're taking just ONE of their THREE theories on how mimics work and repeating it like its fact. I don't think that was ever verified >.> they just know it's one of those 3. Although in one email, someone said they thought it was magic. I agree with that one.
Maybe Gameological Dig=The Outsider??
Words from the future: what was that about DLC?
Would you do a little Lore Series on Horizon Zero Dawn?
I actually think that'd be pretty good, it's got a pretty big backstory all contained in one game. I just hate that the game was so good with story telling that you learn basically everything through just the main quest
I love that game. Dunno if I’ll do a lore series - for the same reason Fox Die mentioned - but I might do a comprehensive review. We’ll see.
Yeah that is true, but I still think alot of people still missed some dteails...
I can see how some may not have clicked if people missed out on any vantage points(I thought those were excellent, I loved how they didn't just show an image but gave a first hand account of it with voice acting) or the little relics you find in the areas adds alot of flavor to the lore. It's bad when my only real complaint with the game is actually a pro that adds alot of games have problems doing, it made it where I didn't feel the need to replay it again because it did such a great job presenting it's story. I'm regretting that I traded it not long after beating it now that it has some DLC that I heard is pretty damn good.
Another vote for Horizon! There's a lot of lore in there that's not completely visible. All the data points, audio logs, holograms, and vantage points tell a lot of the story that's easily missable. I've played if through twice, and still haven't found all the data points.
Shouldn't it be "...Lee Harvey Oswald made it to the Texas School Book Depository"? Intentional mistake? Im sure he wasn't on the Grassy knoll.
larsyxa Indeed it was. Basically because it sounded better than book depository and because I wanted to reference Walter Cronkite.
Nice
@@GameologicalDig When weighing between making sense/being correct and sounding cool, making sense/being correct should probably be more important. But hey, its your (information centered) channel.
You should seriously narrate the new Twilight Zone.
As great as this video is.
It fails to explain one thing
WHY THE FUCK IS THIS CALLED PREY!? AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL PREY!?
i hate dogs but why send one to die
They didn't know for sure it would die (but didin't have much hope for it either). Human space exploration was at stake. Would you rather send a human to die?
Does anyone think the mimic is like the face hugger
"....a future where Lee Harvey Oswald never made it to that grassy knoll"
Listen kids, if you dont know your history, don't try to invoke it, you'll just make a fool of yourself. 🤦♂️
As a non history buff , what’s wrong with that bit of info ???