Much Thanks to ManlyBadassHero for playing this game and much thanks to you guys for all the support that you've been giving me. I really hope to see you all in the future sometime again in another game and I love you all :) - Foggy (Ed)
dude i have to say, beside keith, david and pop. the other va... are... well not bad.... but something's missing when they voiced the characters but you... you voiced ed very nicely to the point i have to say you're the best va in the hanged man game. good job man.
What if, in the first ending Manly got, the Sandman knocked out Sofie so that Robert would stop hurting her. That could also be why Will thought she wasn't breathing. She was in such a deep sleep that she was barley breathing at all. It's just weird that the Sanman didn't help her out because, as we saw with the dogs in The Boggey Man, if Sofie is in danger then the Sandman will help her.
HyakuyaFutaba sophie also died in TBM bad end though and sandman couldn't help her. I don't think sandman keep a lookout at her 24/7 because he has his job to do as well
I think Sandman stop Sophie time so that's why Will see her not breathing since her time is stop~ And also, yes Sandman will help Sophie, but remember we still need time to wait for Sandman help in Boggie man.
I conclude that any respect I had for rob left after Sophie's first ending,which wasn't anything at all at that point, and then the bad end 3 happened, and that is almost just as cruel if not crueler than death itself.
"Sophie, you have a terrible luck in life" oh my gosh manly XD it took me a while to stop laughing. Also liked the part when you mentioned how sophie has bad luck on the 3 games of the strange men series HAHAHA
I kind of feel like Will's imaginary friends (aside from Pop) were a bit underused. I thought they would appear more often to Will and have more to do with the story, but each of them appear once, don't do much, and never show up again (except the dog in that one Bad End). Oh well.
Yeah, Murdoc appears on Sophie's back after the argument and in the flashback to let the player know that Will associates acting angrily on impulse with the character, however, doesn't play much else in the game, nor does he blame what he does on the doll anymore than he blames himself.. They kinda were there to act as a reason to put flashbacks and backstory, and then never really get mentioned after.
I also wanted a scene where Will gathers each and every one of them, possibly to "confirm" to himself that all of them represent a "part of him". It's something that Will has to do - to accept himself and his weakness and then move on by trying to remedy it - and that would mean all of his "friends" working together. I'm just suggesting because I have a similar "system" of "friends" like Will. Before, I guess I didn't want to accept them because some of them came from negative emotions, but I realized that it was necessary to "let go" some things that make you who you are. E.g. I have two "main" guardians who are like the typical "angel vs. devil" thing, but both of them now work together to make me a better person - a balance of black and white. I read from Uri's 100 game tidbits that TSM and THM are complete opposits (stay a kid vs. grow up), and I'm actually doing a bit of both. I'm 26 and I'm not ashamed to have those "friends", because they are a necessary step to affirming yourself - your strengths and weakness, and for you to have a little more confidence in yourself. Because in reality, we are all alone and "happiness is our job - we just need someone to share it with" (read from an old SMS quote).
let my huge rambling begin... so i read a recent translation of vgperson about uri 100 secret game tibbids (which is... a lot of it) and i found out the secret of will "friends": 1. mime represents will's fear of dark or unexpected events 2. misery represents his sadness of being alone. 3. captain murdoc represents is irriation of not being able to get along with others. 4.old billy represent will's desire for someone he can put his trust on. 5.pop is a role of "an ideal father" after will get in terms of his father's death. sophie's in college and working on a cafe along with regan (as you can plainly see at the beggining of the game). it's unknown why regan follow her tho. also the "things" you see through the game represent his fear of doing something wrong. also, uri says that will is sorts of a "late bloomer"... anyways, i'm hoping for the spin-off to be good as well, uri said one is serious, and one is silly. edits: i feel like the fact that keith is lying is also the same case with the bad end "out of the window". keith said that sophie was just injured, but he ran away after saying that. so i guess he did lie at that ending. and the good end 1, too...
In the extra scence, David told Will to become a good man to see his dad again someday. Pop represent a fingure , a person who he can trust and rely on. Pop came to Will after the funeral so I think Pop could be based on David, or at least a part of him that Will could remember
One day, will fell in the ruins and the corners cornered him so he smacked his head to the corner then toriel finds him then tries to do deym healing spellz, but accidentaly kills will then toriel barfs magical goat unicorn magic to wills burnt body, then toriel run tries to forget him, and then wills body decomposes then it became grass, then the grass became alive, and his skeleton is now covered in dirt, now wills a flower
I feel like the second good or "true" ending is much better. It's like a proper growing up and coming of age kind of things. Will doesn't need Pop anymore so he's off on his journey, similar to his father as described. And just like it was said before, Pop NEVER lied to Will.
I just imagine David running around bragging about his cute little brother and everyone else being like "Omg David plz stop." David is also my fave character. Not only is he the most relateable- his story is objectively the best one. I feel like the two newest additions to the series tried too hard to tie into the realism- while the first one definitely tried to go for a more emotional ending. Just my opinion :v
Indeed, The crooked man really had a good taste of creeps and disturbing scenes all along with sad and depressing scenes. Fyi, I played The Sand Man first before The Crooked Man without realizing back in 2013 until now lol
I've just finished the Strange Man series... For me, THM was the most engaging one and I didn't feel like it "tried too hard". I also love David and can relate to him, but something about Will's character captured me even more. I guess it all depends on personal experience, which story really gets you because all four of them were constructed perfectly.
Crooked Man was my favorite, Sandman was long, tedious and SUPER unrealistic, atleast Crooked Man made sense, what with everyone being a ghost, and David was on the path of becoming a Crooked Man, Boogie Man and Hanged Man were a lot better, 1000% better than Sandman, but none can top Crooked Man.
LimeDot indeed. btw i'm pretty curious, what's your rank for the strange men series from the best to the least ? mine is : 1. the crookedman ( the best one when it comes to story. i like all of its characters though the gameplay ranks third in my list ) 2. the boogieman ( second when it comes to story... if only the antagonist isn't a big meh... man i love the love story and struggles between keith and helena. first, when it comes to gameplay. the creatives puzzles are fun and challenging to solve. ) 3. the sandman ( i actually like the idea of the story but because it's more of a fantasy rather than a horror one, this is why i put it in the third rank when it comes to story. second when it comes to gameplay. ) 4.the last one but also the least... the hanged man ( it's good in bith story and gameplay but it lacks tension and will isn't as remarkable not likeable as the other mc of the strange men series. the gameplay too... the map is rather repetitive. )
kiyoi kiyo i havent seen or played sand man yet but its in my to do list. But asking me ranks isnt too much fun since i completely agree with your list. Oh i totally forgot i also loved the forest of drizzling rain (how could i forget). I will probably replay boogie man since my memory is bit shady of it :v But Keith is so cool ; v ; (tho i would agree with Manly that many characters are more like characters except for David :T as in less relateable)
These endings made me super emotional. While this game is not my favorite out of the series, the two that I love the most being The Crooked Man and The Boogie Man, this still was a strong game on its own and I could connect with Will. The voice acting definitely improved too (Ed's was great especially) and while there was a lot of empty space, less spooks, overall it was an interesting game to end a series that I've always loved and enjoyed.
If only the creator remember that Sophie has the sandman watching over her and tries to protect her... It's a fine game, but kinda dissapointed coz the characters act like nothing "wierd" happened to them and keep denying Will that strange things happens
Ruruen Keith ignoring it makes sense, since he just thought his supernatural stuff was a mental breakdown, but it's weird that Sophie didn't believe him.
do you know Mogekko Castle? to get a "good" ending, you have to show that you're not a helpless sheep and capable of killing so the villain would get their just dessert
Ed deserved better. He wanted to be happy and in that one bad ending he could have gotten the help he needed and everything would have been fine. But rob never listened and didn't let his brother have a say in what HE wanted to do. Robs intentions were good, he cared for his lil brother Ed, but he never took into account what's Ed wanted. Ed could have been happy in that ending, but rob ruined it all. Rob was stuck in the past and couldn't get over what there father did to them, he couldnt forgive himself for abandoning Ed with his father either. Rob ruined everything for Ed. They didn't deserve what happened to them.
Despite people calling THM a “weak” game (probably as weak as Will), well, usually it’s nearly everybody’s opinion on imaginary friends. People who have imaginary friends are often called weak, because they “run away” from reality. However, this is not always the case. Imaginary friends can sometimes be called “therapy friends”, and this is why some psychiatrists actually allow even adults to have them. It’s a way of “getting through tough times” when nobody is around you. Imagine you’re in a deserted island, like in the movie “Castaway”. You’d probably go out of your mind if you don’t talk to someone, hence the protagonist ended up making WILLson (maybe that’s where Uri got the name? haha). Other than the lack of scary stuff, I think Uri’s main focus on the series is not the horror, but on the internal conflict of each character. I feel I relate to both Will and David the most out of all the games, since I can be too nice like David and I’m too imaginative like Will. Also, yes I do have a "system" of imaginary friends like what Will does, but unlike his, mine work together, because I recognize each and every one of them as a part of me, even if they come from negative emotions. Overall, I think that THM was a great game. It’s probably not as good as TCM, but it’s definitely something I’ll remember for a long time, like Gakkou Gurashi, Sucker Punch, and especially like Inside Out (maybe Uri’s inspired by this too?).
I agree adults should have imaginary friends, but my friends and family act so weird when I tell them I don't need a man cuz I got a harem of anime husbandos keeping me company. I still dont know why 2D relationships are so frowned upon.
Thanks for all that you do in such a short amount of time Manly. This is basically what I thought it was be since the beginning, a wrap up of the old games instead of trying to be it's own thing so I was underwhelmed since the first episode. Doesn't seem to be any book marks for the endings so I posted them below. Beginning-17:31 Bad End 2 17:32-29:56 Bad End 3 29:57-50:25 Bad End 1 50:26-1:28:18 *New Game Plus Good Ending 2 1:28:19-1:33:25 Good Ending 1 1:33:26-Manly Analysis and over all wrap up.
Currently my heart is racing as i keep staring at this, wonderful reply of yours, truly i am the one who cannot fathom this, outcome let's call it. so as i lack the words to truly express how i feel, i shall end this short little message with, Have a nice, safe, and productive day.
Though I admit that Ed is pitiable, I absolutely HATE Robert. Screw that guy! He'd kill a girl, a small animal, threaten a kid, and even keep swearing in front of his traumatized brother who told him to stop. He got no sympathy from me.
I enjoyed this game. granted the other ones are better. also the voice acting wasn't bad. the guy who did Ed was very good. Keith's voice actor was a little better. the one voice I did not like was Will's mom's voice. She sounded like a teenage boy and it really bugged me. I am sad the Strange Man series ended but it was a good run. I loved how all four were tied together and that we still see the other protagonists together. I can't wait for what other games URI will make.
Major Chris yeah the only voice acting I didn't like was Will's mom. she sounded uninterested in some lines and kinda dragged the lines. and she sounded too young to be a mom. (if the VA is reading this sorry it's just my opinion)
Felt bad for Rob and was willing to let some things slide because of his upbringing and the current situation... until this episode. Now Rob has 0 sympathy from me. No one messes with Sophie. Still feel bad for Ed though. He knows he did wrong and wants to correct it, but despite that he had issues he couldn't get past.
It was a good game. Though, not going to lie, even without headphones, that mic quality coupled with Will's screams were really painful to my ears. Really took me out of the immersion in some scenes.
Ohhh man, the credits for the second ending always gets me in the feels. I love how we see a progression of David (the first StrangeMen protagonist) being followed by the other two later protagonists before they all meet up with Will at the end. It's such a bittersweet send-off of an awesome series! The music Manly put in the background only adds to it, unless that's the actual soundtrack, but I think his little note indicated that he swapped it out to avoid copyright. Great replacement choice though if it was! The happy beat only doubled the feels for me
I don't really see why some people don't think the true end is the better one. sure, its a bit more bittersweet but it makes much more sense than good end 1 I always figured that will never really fully believed what he was saying in the first play through and good end 1 shows that very well in a subtle way where will gets so caught up thinking the rat is pop that he's completely blind to it not being the same rat, and he'll continue to believe that's so, "trapped in his own world" and presumably never really growing as a person
im pretty sure the imaginary friends are actually the 4 stages of grief. billy is denial, mime is bargaining,(not too sure about the first 2) murdoc is anger, misery is depression, and pop is acceptance.
All I have to say is thank you for playing this game and making these video's. It shows underrated unknown games and brings them into the light teaching some of us lessons. I hope in the future you'll be able to play more games like this one. Thank you for playing Hanged Man.
"Rat us out and I'll chase you to the end of the world." Me: Records his long ass speech, rats him out super hard, tells them to give him a life sentence and put my family in withness protection. I always wanted to move anyway˜
At first I was kinda lost of where the whole point of the hanged man despite the literal one that Will talked to. But I later see what that hanged man meant... The whole world is a good and bad place to be in. Its literally a world of suffering, and all of that suffering goes into a circle; just like a rope tied around your neck. All that suffering and pointing the "Its all my fault" finger is the suffering that suspends the person upside down. Not coming to terms and going with extreme yet crazy thoughts without being brave is the person in a near state of doom in that rope. Only if the person overcomes this is when the rope is lose for them to be back upside up with feet on the ground. That sense of relief is the change that helps the person to grow up; much like how Will felt. In a way...The ritual is nothing but a mere bust of keeping the suffering in that rope forever and ever. In the other sense like a metaphor, Will in the bad end, Keith, Sophie, Robert, Ed are also hanged in the rope of suffering.
I really loved the Strange Men series. Cant wait too see the other two games made by Uri (thank you Epilogue Snowman). The Crooked Man was one of the first Series i Binged watched on Manlys Channel. I really loved the Games that came after. The Hanged Man was Really Good. I really like thee fact that theres a hint that supernatural things exist in the world.
Pop: Sure, even a rat like me can bite back at a cat when he's cornered... But what happens after that? Once you taste blood, you'll do it again! . me: wow, is this foreshadowing Bad End 1 (A Cornered Rat)?? (if I'm not wrong)
It makes my heart hurt every time I see Keith killed. I love him so much. And Will could have had at least some mercy for the guy hardly present in the whole game. I guess I got to see my two fave characters in danger or worse thanks hanged man you really are hurting my heart. But really I did like this game alot not my fave game in the series but I still liked it a lot. Thank you manly for those what I imagine hours of playing the same thing. And editing was really good for what had to be edited. Your truly amazing Manly.
I can't stop watching the credits for good end no. 2 I've never cried harder,didn't even cry at the end of Marley and me,but this just hit me in the gut. Such a great ending.
This was lacking a lot. I really wanted to see a lot more of Wills imaginary friends and learn more about them and tie them into the plot more. I love the "hanged man" character that shows up twice (once in the past and once in a bad end) and thought his presence was done perfectly in either variations. Overall, this could have been /way/ better because there was a lot more potential and I'm disappointed it turned out the way it did. Also I was waitin for a nod back to the Sandman the entire time like with Sandman popping up at the end of the Boogie man, like, we had a whole bad end where Sophie nearly dies and nothing to show for it to nod back to her game? Dang.
I prefer the 2nd good end. It's better for the rat to be dead and not come back. It makes a bit more sense that way, instead of a *net ex-machina* nonsense. It also shows that pops, the rat, really did care for him and tried to protect him. Even if he couldn't talk, he really was his friend... and that's pretty heartwarming knowing that pet really cared for him. Their bond wasn't in his head, even if his words might have been.
Thanks for the vid, Manly! I was looking forward to seeing all the endings! ^^ Honestly, I did feel this game had too many empty rooms, etc. I see the reason why now (considering how you have to run away from Ed and work your way out of the building towards the end) but though having that one bit of the game be better by having more buildings, the rest of the gameplay is lacking since alot of it invovles searching empty rooms that are there with no purpose. I will admit, there were alot of empty rooms in the crooked man, but in that game, the rooms without purpose were locked and stayed locked (though most rooms in that game were eventually used for something). My personal list for the order of the strange men series (top is best, bottom is least): Crooked man At this moment Sandman and Boogieman are equal. I'd have to go through them again to see which one I thinm is better. And lastly the hanged man. Just as you said, I think near the end of this game & the endings is the most interesting part of this game. The start and middle were kind of boring (Empty rooms..). One of the things I've really liked about these games are the endings, and the endings for this game were great! Keep up the good work, Manly! :D
I really enjoyed The Hanged Man. I mostly agree with you on the lineup of the four games, only differencing in personal bias. Even if it is technically the weakest, I probably enjoyed THM more than TBM (I haven't personally played TSM), but thats probably due to my bias to Will. I really loved Will as a character (even if he had his worse moments). Maybe because I can relate to him more than the others (our age gap isn't that big either), maybe because I am more of an "angsty teen xd" than I thought ha. Also, I really like his design. I think the snowy setting helps to it a lot, too, even if we dont see it much. This game ended up being a lot different than I expected, with it starting with a more silent Will and all, but I'm fine with it. I do wish it had more to do with the supernatural, the Hanged Man/supernatural in general aspect was really underused in my opinion. The atmosphere of the area and fear of the unknown did make me feel unsettled during my first play (I am weak and dont play much horror games), but it was no TCM when it came to that - there wasn't really any overlooming threat that would pop out and chase you. As I said, the Hanged Man aspect held great opportunities. At least we got one of my favorite scenes in the series (Will, Sophie, Keith and ghosts). Gameplay wise, I have to agree too. I had to use walkthroughs often because I did a puzzle after going to the room where the completed puzzle would trigger a scene (a clear example is Keith's ring+library part in which I had no idea completing a puzzle would trigger a scene in the library where I had already gone and found nothing in). I wish the rooms had more spooky aspects to them (patient stories or something), since there could be a lot of chances (especially in building 3-4?) for that. All those empty rooms with empty shelves...shudder. And the ending business. The 2nd playthrough did seem unnecessary, but oh well. I did quite like all the endings though. As you said, could've been better, but it's not bad by any means. I kinda wish we could see more Will and David, I think they will have a nice brotherly bond. I'd say THM was a nice ending to the series, even if it isn't perfect. Uri and co. did a good job! Manly's playthrough was also great, thank you for your hard work with all the editing and such! (what a long comment)
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!! THM is my second favorite game. People only call it "weak" because of Will and his "imaginary friends". People think of imaginary friends as a sign of being weak, but it's not always like that. Will became strong because he was guided by Pop. All those other friends posed as a challenge to know his weakness (e.g. fear of the darkness, hatred for society, deep sadness etc.) and he realized that he can be something bigger if he just had the courage to save his real friends and loved ones. I'd like to think of Pop and Will's relationship as a Jiminy Cricket and Pinocchio thing. All of us have that inner voice telling us what to do or to keep us from getting bored when there's no one to talk to - that's how imaginary friends are born. Will was always alone and that's why he made them. People who call Will as a weirdo are the ones to blame why he stuck to his imaginary friends more than other people, because imaginary friends are nicer than most people who don't understand what others are going through.
I wish this game had been more eventful. I do think it needed some things to be added to it, but I actually really did love Will. I think he was an interesting character, and I wanted to see more of his "imaginary friends" and how much more it interfered with his life. He could have had a better story around him.
Pop was the rat which attacked Rob. He died. In one bad end, old Billy has confirmed that. In the second good end, Keith said that he didn't want to lie to a child, and David said that he didn't have to, so he didn't. He came to Will and said the rat was gone and he couldn't find it, which was not a lie.
And the rat that appeared in the good end is probably Pop's ghost or Will's inner-self. Either way, it's kinda go the same way with how Will met and talked to old Billy again after many years
Thanks for playing this game and uploading all the endings! I love watching alternate endings. I'm kind of sad that David wasn't in here a whole lot, though, since he was vital in the other games. Oh well, excellent walkthroughs!
Wait rats don't usualy live 1~2 years how Pop is alive for this long? And how cute was the credit scene, kinda sad how Pop go, but until the end he protect Will
I feel like the true actually evil person you could say, is Rob, Ed was mentally unstable due to everything he had to go to, and the routes where he thinks he killed his father are the only routes he truly snaps and tries to murder Will and Keith, on the other endings it is just, Rob wanting to kill everyone for the sake of his brother, even going as far as killing without hesitation and threatening a child with murdering him and his whole family, scarring him for life, while his brother is begging him to stop. Even if he was doing this to protect Ed, he did things consciously and willingly, so he is actually the real villain on the long run.
Thus the Hanged Man ends, and the Strange Men series with it. I quite like these games as a whole, and my stance on which are the best is mostly the same as yours (I like the Boogie Man nearly as much as the Crooked Man, mainly due to Keith). This isn't the strongest ending to go out on, but I still like Will and feel he's a good fourth protagonist for the games. Whatever Uri ends up doing next, I'll be looking forward to it. Well done finishing this journey, Manly.
whoa I like the tiny rat journey ending. I was already suspicious that the covered rat is pop and he gave replacement rat in the first good end. An even better ending would be if Will is not fragile is for Keith to tell the truth, as he should've done much earlier, and they bury it properly so that Will realizes that the whole distracting Ed idea is from himself thus being self confident. but lol that sophie makes every ending worse, even guns stop working properly because of her 😂
Is it weird that I thought this game felt like a Christmas movie with extra horror/thriller scenes? Maybe because of the kid protagonist, the journey that serves as a way to get his character development, the snow environment, and even the option to spare the "villain" lol
I'm a little disappointed this is how the Strange Man series "ends chronologically". Maybe because I expected something extremely grandiose involving the previous cast and that there was something overly supernatural pulling strings in relation to all the "men" in the series...even though all (expect Sandman) ended up being some form of mental illness/degeneration to the main cast that they've overcome. I still felt maybe the "Hanged Man" or eventually some other "Man" was an actual driving force that caused everything and bringing the cast together. But...that's me. Regardless of me, Sophie's "Love Jewel" is still missing/unresolved...and i can't imagine her living too happily without being able to love someone...then again, Helena's talk with her in Boogie Man implies that Sophie (and over humans) can replace them...then again, Helena was using metaphor and there isn't any way she would know about the jewels.... ...right? O_o
Now after the end of this amazing series I realized that even after seeing so many deaths and bad ends, I just teared up with David's mom and Pop's deaths. Anyways this was fun and I hope to always remember those good night hours I spent watching 'The Strange Men' games.💯 🌃
I know this is an old video but I’m revisiting the strange men series and looking at will’s friends, I’m noticing that all of them have names that start with M except for Old Billy and Pop. The only ones who’s names don’t start with M are the ones who were real animals. Also, Will’s last name starts with an M too. Neat.
yeah I agree with all your criticisms. If the devs read this comment all I can suggest is go back and reevaluate your old work because it feels like the world building got a bit off track and the series went from being a horror one to just a visual novel basically. There's no tension in this game and almost no scares, its mostly just interested in telling Will's story. This is fine in itself but the shift in tone makes people that came in as fans of the Crooked Man somewhat disappointed. Its certainly as bad as say that Gritty Bomberman game that came out years ago in terms of fucking up what people enjoyed about it but the game could have been way better if it was more like its predecessors.
I think Uri (the author) intentionally just wanted to focus on storytelling rather than the actual gameplay from the beginning of TCM. Most female creators (like me) tend to focus more on storyline rather than on gameplay aspects, horror and the like. My first RPG Maker game was a badly-done horror-puzzle game, but I realize that the "horror game" thing is just a fad - I like horror stories but I like the story better than the jumpscares and the gameplay aspect. I'm the kind of person who likes playing games mostly due to either the story or the music (since I'm a composer as well). I don't really care much about the other elements, and I think that might be the case for Uri as well. I agree with most that TSM, TBM and THM were just "downsliding" in terms of both horror and gameplay quality, but hey, it happens to creators once in a while. It's called the "sequel effect" in which most of the sequels in movies are worse than their predecessors. Or sometimes, it could also be an "artist block" due to stress or lack of inspiration.
Wild . In the first bad ending it is depressing in every single way but Ed doesn't lose sanity and threaten people. at minute 47 rn, hating all of the bad endings but im going to keep going for the sake of knowing lol. Its crazy that Ed talks about how it hurts and is pleading for his life and just expects Will to go along with his plans and pleads, as if he didn't just kill someone Will trusted and was about to kill Will too.
_You can't look in the hearts & minds of others for your happiness ~ Hunter Thompson_ Although his meeting the Hanged Man enabled him to “talk” with entities, I think it's more rational to think that the entities were representations of truths Will knew... because children often do know more about what’s going on than we think they do. But there was a tinge of the supernatural to some of his revelations, because he did have the ability to see “shadow figures’ around that building. Really, whether imaginary friends or supernatural, the game was about a boy’s journey in becoming a man, dealing with loss, & understanding that life is meant to be lived. A nice wrap-up to the series & nice to see many characters again. But overall, it was not my favorite of Uri's games.
I hate how forgiving David is to his father, in the crooked man David hated his father for abandoning him and his mother and forcing him to grow up early in order to support her but in this game he's just totally fine with his father. Absolutely ridiculous. And if David really wanted to be a part of Will's life he should have been there for him since the beginning so I can't believe Will's sudden acceptance of him. Also the true ending and the good ending makes no sense, if Keith lied to Will about Pop"s death how in the good end did he find a rat who had a crooked leg and a missing patch of fur that looked exactly like Pop?! Bottom line: everyone in this game (yes including golden boy David) is an asshole.
All of this is Ed's father and that George guy's fault. I don't blame Ed that much because he has a mental illness and he couldn't tell what is normal and what is not. And the bastards took advantage of that.As for Robert, he acts like a piece of s*** but he's only doing that to protect Ed.But he shouldn't use bad words in front of Ed.
Since this is the final of the series... Lets give it a pun-tastic farewell... I see this one ties up the series nicely to the very end. I'd ROPE-d the series to hang around but this is the last one.
Remembering what my first watch of The Crooked Man and knowing that there were more like this by Uri, I was excited to see what she offered. I started The Sandman with excitement and ended with confusion but still mostly approving of the game. Then I watched the third game of the series which is better than the second (but they are close in my rating). Though I say this, these mentioned games will never hold a candle against The Crooked Man. But I have to say that the last installment of the Strange Men series leaves a lot to be desired. Even though I feel a lot of disappointment, I can't quite pinpoint what is wrong exactly. Nevertheless, thank you Uri for the games and thank you ManlyBaddassHero for the showcase and hardwork.
There should be an ending where he never brings Pop with him to the spooky asylum/shelter ; ; he should leave Pop at David's house thinking that its too cold for Pop. Out of all the psychological horror in this, Pop's death was the worst moment
I feel the same too honestly manly. I prefer all the other ones compared to this one, they were better in gameplay. More interaction with the world and the characters. This one felt dull, but it was still pretty good in some scenes. I actually knew Keith was lying the moment he was silent as he lay the cover over it. He's a good guy. I also really wish Will's other friends showed up more at the very least, helped. I even wanted an end where one or all of them would show up to fend off Ed. Cause Will was kind to them no matter what. I'm also a bit biased to the supernatural I wish it had more of a part here.
You know what in all the strange men games all of them were a threat but the hanged man... like a physical threat it kind of makes me cheesed that he doesn't chase you or anything
This is some heavy stuff... I like the true ending though. I wonder where Pop will end up next? Also, is it me or does Ed have a taller sprite than everyone else?
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Much Thanks to ManlyBadassHero for playing this game and much thanks to you guys for all the support that you've been giving me. I really hope to see you all in the future sometime again in another game and I love you all :)
- Foggy (Ed)
Foggy VA ED!
Foggy VA Dude, you were great as Ed. You really nailed the stuttering nice guy sound.
ED!!
I love the way you portrayed Ed's voice! Pretty impressive, I like it!
dude i have to say, beside keith, david and pop. the other va... are... well not bad.... but something's missing when they voiced the characters but you... you voiced ed very nicely to the point i have to say you're the best va in the hanged man game. good job man.
Brought to you after many hours and rerenders due to copyright claims.
ManlyBadassHero Thank you for all of your hard work!!!!
Hang in there, Manly! We really appreciate all the work you're doing!
ManlyBadassHero wolf man?
I bet most of it has to deal with the music? :D
copyrights everywhere
What if, in the first ending Manly got, the Sandman knocked out Sofie so that Robert would stop hurting her. That could also be why Will thought she wasn't breathing. She was in such a deep sleep that she was barley breathing at all.
It's just weird that the Sanman didn't help her out because, as we saw with the dogs in The Boggey Man, if Sofie is in danger then the Sandman will help her.
HyakuyaFutaba now you've said it
HyakuyaFutaba sophie also died in TBM bad end though and sandman couldn't help her. I don't think sandman keep a lookout at her 24/7 because he has his job to do as well
I think Sandman stop Sophie time so that's why Will see her not breathing since her time is stop~
And also, yes Sandman will help Sophie, but remember we still need time to wait for Sandman help in Boggie man.
Man, Sophie sure is lucky to have an immortal fairy watching over her. Imagine if David was helped by Duke's ghost from time to time
@@TheSynthPunk probably duke will help if David want to crooked his own neck
I conclude that any respect I had for rob left after Sophie's first ending,which wasn't anything at all at that point, and then the bad end 3 happened, and that is almost just as cruel if not crueler than death itself.
Also the cornered rat reference in the good ending
Mini Will is adorable.
Ikr? He's the cutest little thing ever. He kinda sounds like Tails. ^_^
This is really stupid but.. when I saw Pop there with his little green bindle I cried. It hit me right in the feels.
エーパゼラーアシュリー Dang dude. Not stupid but can't blame you.
エーパゼラーアシュリー I can definitely understand. I'm a journeyman myself, too. Seen quite a lot until now.
エーパゼラーアシュリー. It's not stupid at all, I got teary eyed myself.
I started crying too. It was an extremely touching moment.
エーパゼラーアシュリー I did the same,actually.
"Sophie, you have a terrible luck in life" oh my gosh manly XD it took me a while to stop laughing. Also liked the part when you mentioned how sophie has bad luck on the 3 games of the strange men series HAHAHA
Honestly, had she appeared in the crooked man, I'd call her the unluckiest person alive in this series.
I kind of feel like Will's imaginary friends (aside from Pop) were a bit underused. I thought they would appear more often to Will and have more to do with the story, but each of them appear once, don't do much, and never show up again (except the dog in that one Bad End). Oh well.
Yeah, Murdoc appears on Sophie's back after the argument and in the flashback to let the player know that Will associates acting angrily on impulse with the character, however, doesn't play much else in the game, nor does he blame what he does on the doll anymore than he blames himself.. They kinda were there to act as a reason to put flashbacks and backstory, and then never really get mentioned after.
I also wanted a scene where Will gathers each and every one of them, possibly to "confirm" to himself that all of them represent a "part of him". It's something that Will has to do - to accept himself and his weakness and then move on by trying to remedy it - and that would mean all of his "friends" working together. I'm just suggesting because I have a similar "system" of "friends" like Will.
Before, I guess I didn't want to accept them because some of them came from negative emotions, but I realized that it was necessary to "let go" some things that make you who you are. E.g. I have two "main" guardians who are like the typical "angel vs. devil" thing, but both of them now work together to make me a better person - a balance of black and white.
I read from Uri's 100 game tidbits that TSM and THM are complete opposits (stay a kid vs. grow up), and I'm actually doing a bit of both. I'm 26 and I'm not ashamed to have those "friends", because they are a necessary step to affirming yourself - your strengths and weakness, and for you to have a little more confidence in yourself. Because in reality, we are all alone and "happiness is our job - we just need someone to share it with" (read from an old SMS quote).
The only character i cant recall seeing in the game was Mimic. Did they ever appear?
It hurts my heart to see Keith killed every single time..
let my huge rambling begin...
so i read a recent translation of vgperson about uri 100 secret game tibbids (which is... a lot of it) and i found out the secret of will "friends":
1. mime represents will's fear of dark or unexpected events
2. misery represents his sadness of being alone.
3. captain murdoc represents is irriation of not being able to get along with others.
4.old billy represent will's desire for someone he can put his trust on.
5.pop is a role of "an ideal father" after will get in terms of his father's death.
sophie's in college and working on a cafe along with regan (as you can plainly see at the beggining of the game). it's unknown why regan follow her tho. also the "things" you see through the game represent his fear of doing something wrong. also, uri says that will is sorts of a "late bloomer"...
anyways, i'm hoping for the spin-off to be good as well, uri said one is serious, and one is silly.
edits: i feel like the fact that keith is lying is also the same case with the bad end "out of the window". keith said that sophie was just injured, but he ran away after saying that. so i guess he did lie at that ending. and the good end 1, too...
In the extra scence, David told Will to become a good man to see his dad again someday. Pop represent a fingure , a person who he can trust and rely on. Pop came to Will after the funeral so I think Pop could be based on David, or at least a part of him that Will could remember
Shiruku tsuki
I have read the T/N as well. And now I get it why Robert puts down (or i think smashes) the painting at one part of THM.
why did Robert put the painting down? o.o
If Sophie did die in that ending that makes me more upset with these endings than anything else.
OuroborosXiii well, you can tell by keith's reaction after he "told" will that she is on another hospital.
48:27 : "It's kill, or be killed ..."
Okay Flowey.
LiliumSnow lol the 1st time i play this game i just like...Lol! He is Flowey! hahaha
My exact reaction!
One day, will fell in the ruins and the corners cornered him so he smacked his head to the corner then toriel finds him then tries to do deym healing spellz, but accidentaly kills will then toriel barfs magical goat unicorn magic to wills burnt body, then toriel run tries to forget him, and then wills body decomposes then it became grass, then the grass became alive, and his skeleton is now covered in dirt, now wills a flower
undertale is ded
Undertale is boring
I feel like the second good or "true" ending is much better. It's like a proper growing up and coming of age kind of things. Will doesn't need Pop anymore so he's off on his journey, similar to his father as described.
And just like it was said before, Pop NEVER lied to Will.
I just imagine David running around bragging about his cute little brother and everyone else being like "Omg David plz stop."
David is also my fave character. Not only is he the most relateable- his story is objectively the best one. I feel like the two newest additions to the series tried too hard to tie into the realism- while the first one definitely tried to go for a more emotional ending. Just my opinion :v
Indeed, The crooked man really had a good taste of creeps and disturbing scenes all along with sad and depressing scenes.
Fyi, I played The Sand Man first before The Crooked Man without realizing back in 2013 until now lol
I've just finished the Strange Man series...
For me, THM was the most engaging one and I didn't feel like it "tried too hard". I also love David and can relate to him, but something about Will's character captured me even more. I guess it all depends on personal experience, which story really gets you because all four of them were constructed perfectly.
Crooked Man was my favorite, Sandman was long, tedious and SUPER unrealistic, atleast Crooked Man made sense, what with everyone being a ghost, and David was on the path of becoming a Crooked Man, Boogie Man and Hanged Man were a lot better, 1000% better than Sandman, but none can top Crooked Man.
@@HatKidPeck sandman is definitely the goofiest one, and i love sil
Ah man, you know, I found this channel because of The Crooked Man those years ago. It is bitter sweet to see the last game of the timeline.
crooked man was so good ]: kinda wish hanged man had less rooms and more content. gotta agree this was weakest of the series.
LimeDot but i liked tne seri3s, very interesting
same the strange man series are my fave besides LiEat, Ib and deep sea prisoner series.
LimeDot indeed.
btw i'm pretty curious, what's your rank for the strange men series from the best to the least ?
mine is :
1. the crookedman ( the best one when it comes to story. i like all of its characters though the gameplay ranks third in my list )
2. the boogieman ( second when it comes to story... if only the antagonist isn't a big meh... man i love the love story and struggles between keith and helena. first, when it comes to gameplay. the creatives puzzles are fun and challenging to solve. )
3. the sandman ( i actually like the idea of the story but because it's more of a fantasy rather than a horror one, this is why i put it in the third rank when it comes to story. second when it comes to gameplay. )
4.the last one but also the least... the hanged man ( it's good in bith story and gameplay but it lacks tension and will isn't as remarkable not likeable as the other mc of the strange men series. the gameplay too... the map is rather repetitive. )
kiyoi kiyo i havent seen or played sand man yet but its in my to do list. But asking me ranks isnt too much fun since i completely agree with your list. Oh i totally forgot i also loved the forest of drizzling rain (how could i forget). I will probably replay boogie man since my memory is bit shady of it :v But Keith is so cool ; v ; (tho i would agree with Manly that many characters are more like characters except for David :T as in less relateable)
These endings made me super emotional. While this game is not my favorite out of the series, the two that I love the most being The Crooked Man and The Boogie Man, this still was a strong game on its own and I could connect with Will. The voice acting definitely improved too (Ed's was great especially) and while there was a lot of empty space, less spooks, overall it was an interesting game to end a series that I've always loved and enjoyed.
If only the creator remember that Sophie has the sandman watching over her and tries to protect her...
It's a fine game, but kinda dissapointed coz the characters act like nothing "wierd" happened to them and keep denying Will that strange things happens
Ruruen Keith ignoring it makes sense, since he just thought his supernatural stuff was a mental breakdown, but it's weird that Sophie didn't believe him.
Ciara The Wolfpup exactly
Ruruen or maybe just maybe..
sophie's memories of the fairies have faded slowly but surely.
kiyoi kiyo She mentioned having met fairies earlier in the game though...
maybe rob has insomnia and sandman couldnt put him to sleep
There's something odd about how you get a bad ending when you apologize to Sophie. Normally, you would expect that to make your ending better.
do you know Mogekko Castle? to get a "good" ending, you have to show that you're not a helpless sheep and capable of killing so the villain would get their just dessert
I mean, it's not the first time a seemingly good choice has led to a bad end in a Uri game. Take a look at Crooked Man with Sissi for example.
@@ZacSonicMee This is a very old comment but yes you are correct
Ed deserved better. He wanted to be happy and in that one bad ending he could have gotten the help he needed and everything would have been fine. But rob never listened and didn't let his brother have a say in what HE wanted to do. Robs intentions were good, he cared for his lil brother Ed, but he never took into account what's Ed wanted. Ed could have been happy in that ending, but rob ruined it all. Rob was stuck in the past and couldn't get over what there father did to them, he couldnt forgive himself for abandoning Ed with his father either. Rob ruined everything for Ed.
They didn't deserve what happened to them.
I really like Keith, and his voice, he's my fav c:
Despite people calling THM a “weak” game (probably as weak as Will), well, usually it’s nearly everybody’s opinion on imaginary friends. People who have imaginary friends are often called weak, because they “run away” from reality. However, this is not always the case. Imaginary friends can sometimes be called “therapy friends”, and this is why some psychiatrists actually allow even adults to have them. It’s a way of “getting through tough times” when nobody is around you.
Imagine you’re in a deserted island, like in the movie “Castaway”. You’d probably go out of your mind if you don’t talk to someone, hence the protagonist ended up making WILLson (maybe that’s where Uri got the name? haha).
Other than the lack of scary stuff, I think Uri’s main focus on the series is not the horror, but on the internal conflict of each character. I feel I relate to both Will and David the most out of all the games, since I can be too nice like David and I’m too imaginative like Will. Also, yes I do have a "system" of imaginary friends like what Will does, but unlike his, mine work together, because I recognize each and every one of them as a part of me, even if they come from negative emotions.
Overall, I think that THM was a great game. It’s probably not as good as TCM, but it’s definitely something I’ll remember for a long time, like Gakkou Gurashi, Sucker Punch, and especially like Inside Out (maybe Uri’s inspired by this too?).
I agree adults should have imaginary friends, but my friends and family act so weird when I tell them I don't need a man cuz I got a harem of anime husbandos keeping me company. I still dont know why 2D relationships are so frowned upon.
Thanks for all that you do in such a short amount of time Manly.
This is basically what I thought it was be since the beginning, a wrap up of the old games instead of trying to be it's own thing so I was underwhelmed since the first episode.
Doesn't seem to be any book marks for the endings so I posted them below.
Beginning-17:31 Bad End 2
17:32-29:56 Bad End 3
29:57-50:25 Bad End 1
50:26-1:28:18 *New Game Plus Good Ending 2
1:28:19-1:33:25 Good Ending 1
1:33:26-Manly Analysis and over all wrap up.
"Sample Text"
You cannot fathom its true form.
Currently my heart is racing as i keep staring at this, wonderful reply of yours, truly i am the one who cannot fathom this, outcome let's call it. so as i lack the words to truly express how i feel, i shall end this short little message with, Have a nice, safe, and productive day.
mikkel hansen
Yeap, senpai noticed you~
(=3=)
mikkel hansen Dammit, "Sample Text"!
mikkel hansen at what time is that?
Though I admit that Ed is pitiable, I absolutely HATE Robert. Screw that guy! He'd kill a girl, a small animal, threaten a kid, and even keep swearing in front of his traumatized brother who told him to stop. He got no sympathy from me.
I enjoyed this game. granted the other ones are better. also the voice acting wasn't bad. the guy who did Ed was very good. Keith's voice actor was a little better. the one voice I did not like was Will's mom's voice. She sounded like a teenage boy and it really bugged me. I am sad the Strange Man series ended but it was a good run. I loved how all four were tied together and that we still see the other protagonists together. I can't wait for what other games URI will make.
Major Chris thank you. :) - Foggy (Ed)
Got to admit, Will's mom's voice bothered me a bit too but everyone's acting wasn't bad.
Major Chris yeah the only voice acting I didn't like was Will's mom. she sounded uninterested in some lines and kinda dragged the lines. and she sounded too young to be a mom. (if the VA is reading this sorry it's just my opinion)
I want a "The fanservice man "
Felt bad for Rob and was willing to let some things slide because of his upbringing and the current situation... until this episode. Now Rob has 0 sympathy from me. No one messes with Sophie.
Still feel bad for Ed though. He knows he did wrong and wants to correct it, but despite that he had issues he couldn't get past.
OK BUT DAVID'S VOICE IS GOOD AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT///
It was a good game.
Though, not going to lie, even without headphones, that mic quality coupled with Will's screams were really painful to my ears. Really took me out of the immersion in some scenes.
Freya Mizushima What's wierd is the child Will was more immersive since their was proper mic quality and I wish Will was voice acted much better.
+OuroborosXiii Actually I think he was voiced by a girl.
Ohhh man, the credits for the second ending always gets me in the feels. I love how we see a progression of David (the first StrangeMen protagonist) being followed by the other two later protagonists before they all meet up with Will at the end. It's such a bittersweet send-off of an awesome series! The music Manly put in the background only adds to it, unless that's the actual soundtrack, but I think his little note indicated that he swapped it out to avoid copyright. Great replacement choice though if it was! The happy beat only doubled the feels for me
I don't really see why some people don't think the true end is the better one. sure, its a bit more bittersweet but it makes much more sense than good end 1
I always figured that will never really fully believed what he was saying in the first play through and good end 1 shows that very well in a subtle way where will gets so caught up thinking the rat is pop that he's completely blind to it not being the same rat, and he'll continue to believe that's so, "trapped in his own world" and presumably never really growing as a person
gotta love that sample text though
CrockerGamer when is that
Ed is without a doubt one of the best (if not THE best) characters of the whole series!
im pretty sure the imaginary friends are actually the 4 stages of grief. billy is denial, mime is bargaining,(not too sure about the first 2) murdoc is anger, misery is depression, and pop is acceptance.
All I have to say is thank you for playing this game and making these video's. It shows underrated unknown games and brings them into the light teaching some of us lessons. I hope in the future you'll be able to play more games like this one. Thank you for playing Hanged Man.
This series will always hold a spot in my heart. Sad to see it end
Thanks for the vid. Makes me feel better even though I have work in the morning. It's 12:30am, Manly lol.
"Rat us out and I'll chase you to the end of the world."
Me: Records his long ass speech, rats him out super hard, tells them to give him a life sentence and put my family in withness protection.
I always wanted to move anyway˜
In the end everything is Roberts fault. 🤔
At first I was kinda lost of where the whole point of the hanged man despite the literal one that Will talked to. But I later see what that hanged man meant...
The whole world is a good and bad place to be in. Its literally a world of suffering, and all of that suffering goes into a circle; just like a rope tied around your neck. All that suffering and pointing the "Its all my fault" finger is the suffering that suspends the person upside down. Not coming to terms and going with extreme yet crazy thoughts without being brave is the person in a near state of doom in that rope. Only if the person overcomes this is when the rope is lose for them to be back upside up with feet on the ground. That sense of relief is the change that helps the person to grow up; much like how Will felt. In a way...The ritual is nothing but a mere bust of keeping the suffering in that rope forever and ever. In the other sense like a metaphor, Will in the bad end, Keith, Sophie, Robert, Ed are also hanged in the rope of suffering.
I really loved the Strange Men series. Cant wait too see the other two games made by Uri (thank you Epilogue Snowman). The Crooked Man was one of the first Series i Binged watched on Manlys Channel. I really loved the Games that came after. The Hanged Man was Really Good. I really like thee fact that theres a hint that supernatural things exist in the world.
Pop: Sure, even a rat like me can bite back at a cat when he's cornered... But what happens after that? Once you taste blood, you'll do it again!
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me: wow, is this foreshadowing Bad End 1 (A Cornered Rat)?? (if I'm not wrong)
It makes my heart hurt every time I see Keith killed. I love him so much. And Will could have had at least some mercy for the guy hardly present in the whole game. I guess I got to see my two fave characters in danger or worse thanks hanged man you really are hurting my heart. But really I did like this game alot not my fave game in the series but I still liked it a lot. Thank you manly for those what I imagine hours of playing the same thing. And editing was really good for what had to be edited. Your truly amazing Manly.
Aemilia Wynn I legit felt a large part in my heart break into pieces after seeing Keith die ;-;
I can't stop watching the credits for good end no. 2
I've never cried harder,didn't even cry at the end of Marley and me,but this just hit me in the gut. Such a great ending.
God I love this series so much. Best indie games.
This was lacking a lot. I really wanted to see a lot more of Wills imaginary friends and learn more about them and tie them into the plot more. I love the "hanged man" character that shows up twice (once in the past and once in a bad end) and thought his presence was done perfectly in either variations. Overall, this could have been /way/ better because there was a lot more potential and I'm disappointed it turned out the way it did.
Also I was waitin for a nod back to the Sandman the entire time like with Sandman popping up at the end of the Boogie man, like, we had a whole bad end where Sophie nearly dies and nothing to show for it to nod back to her game? Dang.
I prefer the 2nd good end. It's better for the rat to be dead and not come back. It makes a bit more sense that way, instead of a *net ex-machina* nonsense. It also shows that pops, the rat, really did care for him and tried to protect him. Even if he couldn't talk, he really was his friend... and that's pretty heartwarming knowing that pet really cared for him. Their bond wasn't in his head, even if his words might have been.
Thanks for the vid, Manly! I was looking forward to seeing all the endings! ^^ Honestly, I did feel this game had too many empty rooms, etc. I see the reason why now (considering how you have to run away from Ed and work your way out of the building towards the end) but though having that one bit of the game be better by having more buildings, the rest of the gameplay is lacking since alot of it invovles searching empty rooms that are there with no purpose. I will admit, there were alot of empty rooms in the crooked man, but in that game, the rooms without purpose were locked and stayed locked (though most rooms in that game were eventually used for something).
My personal list for the order of the strange men series (top is best, bottom is least):
Crooked man
At this moment Sandman and Boogieman are equal. I'd have to go through them again to see which one I thinm is better.
And lastly the hanged man.
Just as you said, I think near the end of this game & the endings is the most interesting part of this game. The start and middle were kind of boring (Empty rooms..).
One of the things I've really liked about these games are the endings, and the endings for this game were great!
Keep up the good work, Manly! :D
Honestly when Ed was about to try to kill Will, I was shocked that Will shot his brains out.
I really enjoyed The Hanged Man. I mostly agree with you on the lineup of the four games, only differencing in personal bias. Even if it is technically the weakest, I probably enjoyed THM more than TBM (I haven't personally played TSM), but thats probably due to my bias to Will.
I really loved Will as a character (even if he had his worse moments). Maybe because I can relate to him more than the others (our age gap isn't that big either), maybe because I am more of an "angsty teen xd" than I thought ha. Also, I really like his design. I think the snowy setting helps to it a lot, too, even if we dont see it much.
This game ended up being a lot different than I expected, with it starting with a more silent Will and all, but I'm fine with it. I do wish it had more to do with the supernatural, the Hanged Man/supernatural in general aspect was really underused in my opinion. The atmosphere of the area and fear of the unknown did make me feel unsettled during my first play (I am weak and dont play much horror games), but it was no TCM when it came to that - there wasn't really any overlooming threat that would pop out and chase you. As I said, the Hanged Man aspect held great opportunities. At least we got one of my favorite scenes in the series (Will, Sophie, Keith and ghosts).
Gameplay wise, I have to agree too. I had to use walkthroughs often because I did a puzzle after going to the room where the completed puzzle would trigger a scene (a clear example is Keith's ring+library part in which I had no idea completing a puzzle would trigger a scene in the library where I had already gone and found nothing in). I wish the rooms had more spooky aspects to them (patient stories or something), since there could be a lot of chances (especially in building 3-4?) for that. All those empty rooms with empty shelves...shudder.
And the ending business. The 2nd playthrough did seem unnecessary, but oh well. I did quite like all the endings though. As you said, could've been better, but it's not bad by any means.
I kinda wish we could see more Will and David, I think they will have a nice brotherly bond.
I'd say THM was a nice ending to the series, even if it isn't perfect. Uri and co. did a good job! Manly's playthrough was also great, thank you for your hard work with all the editing and such!
(what a long comment)
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!
THM is my second favorite game. People only call it "weak" because of Will and his "imaginary friends". People think of imaginary friends as a sign of being weak, but it's not always like that. Will became strong because he was guided by Pop. All those other friends posed as a challenge to know his weakness (e.g. fear of the darkness, hatred for society, deep sadness etc.) and he realized that he can be something bigger if he just had the courage to save his real friends and loved ones.
I'd like to think of Pop and Will's relationship as a Jiminy Cricket and Pinocchio thing. All of us have that inner voice telling us what to do or to keep us from getting bored when there's no one to talk to - that's how imaginary friends are born. Will was always alone and that's why he made them. People who call Will as a weirdo are the ones to blame why he stuck to his imaginary friends more than other people, because imaginary friends are nicer than most people who don't understand what others are going through.
I really fell in love Will too, -//////-
YEAHHH!!! I had nothing to do, thanks Manly, you are a legend =D
Man, the true ending made me kinda sad with Pop going on his tiny rat journey.
Fullmetal Alchemist on train: Hughes
The hanged man on train: Pop
Wow ... right in feels
I wish this game had been more eventful. I do think it needed some things to be added to it, but I actually really did love Will. I think he was an interesting character, and I wanted to see more of his "imaginary friends" and how much more it interfered with his life. He could have had a better story around him.
Adolpha Deirdre
Me too, I love Will too. He's my favorite character...'Cause he was interesting and cute.... 😆❤
Perfect video and editing, thanks a lot for showing us everything. Must've taken a long time.
pop is alive because he is alive to talk him just before the chase
Travis.T 777 That could've been Pop's ghost.
Pop was the rat which attacked Rob. He died. In one bad end, old Billy has confirmed that. In the second good end, Keith said that he didn't want to lie to a child, and David said that he didn't have to, so he didn't. He came to Will and said the rat was gone and he couldn't find it, which was not a lie.
And the rat that appeared in the good end is probably Pop's ghost or Will's inner-self. Either way, it's kinda go the same way with how Will met and talked to old Billy again after many years
Oh my god, that "true" ending is so cute and great and I just love it SOOOoooooo much.
Thanks for posting your play through of this. I really enjoy these and seeing other's take on the stories
Yay more! Really love your channel man!
Thanks for playing this game and uploading all the endings! I love watching alternate endings. I'm kind of sad that David wasn't in here a whole lot, though, since he was vital in the other games. Oh well, excellent walkthroughs!
Wait rats don't usualy live 1~2 years how Pop is alive for this long?
And how cute was the credit scene, kinda sad how Pop go, but until the end he protect Will
I feel like the true actually evil person you could say, is Rob, Ed was mentally unstable due to everything he had to go to, and the routes where he thinks he killed his father are the only routes he truly snaps and tries to murder Will and Keith, on the other endings it is just, Rob wanting to kill everyone for the sake of his brother, even going as far as killing without hesitation and threatening a child with murdering him and his whole family, scarring him for life, while his brother is begging him to stop. Even if he was doing this to protect Ed, he did things consciously and willingly, so he is actually the real villain on the long run.
I agree, screw Rob >:( i hate him so much
Thus the Hanged Man ends, and the Strange Men series with it. I quite like these games as a whole, and my stance on which are the best is mostly the same as yours (I like the Boogie Man nearly as much as the Crooked Man, mainly due to Keith). This isn't the strongest ending to go out on, but I still like Will and feel he's a good fourth protagonist for the games. Whatever Uri ends up doing next, I'll be looking forward to it. Well done finishing this journey, Manly.
awwwww 😭😍💗 Thank you Manly!
whoa I like the tiny rat journey ending. I was already suspicious that the covered rat is pop and he gave replacement rat in the first good end. An even better ending would be if Will is not fragile is for Keith to tell the truth, as he should've done much earlier, and they bury it properly so that Will realizes that the whole distracting Ed idea is from himself thus being self confident.
but lol that sophie makes every ending worse, even guns stop working properly because of her 😂
Is it weird that I thought this game felt like a Christmas movie with extra horror/thriller scenes?
Maybe because of the kid protagonist, the journey that serves as a way to get his character development, the snow environment, and even the option to spare the "villain" lol
Before you mentioned what you thought Pop represented I had initially thought that maybe Pop would be rationalization but your idea seems better.
I'm a little disappointed this is how the Strange Man series "ends chronologically". Maybe because I expected something extremely grandiose involving the previous cast and that there was something overly supernatural pulling strings in relation to all the "men" in the series...even though all (expect Sandman) ended up being some form of mental illness/degeneration to the main cast that they've overcome. I still felt maybe the "Hanged Man" or eventually some other "Man" was an actual driving force that caused everything and bringing the cast together.
But...that's me.
Regardless of me, Sophie's "Love Jewel" is still missing/unresolved...and i can't imagine her living too happily without being able to love someone...then again, Helena's talk with her in Boogie Man implies that Sophie (and over humans) can replace them...then again, Helena was using metaphor and there isn't any way she would know about the jewels....
...right? O_o
Now after the end of this amazing series I realized that even after seeing so many deaths and bad ends, I just teared up with David's mom and Pop's deaths. Anyways this was fun and I hope to always remember those good night hours I spent watching 'The Strange Men' games.💯 🌃
this is the earliest i've ever been so far wowie
I know this is an old video but I’m revisiting the strange men series and looking at will’s friends, I’m noticing that all of them have names that start with M except for Old Billy and Pop. The only ones who’s names don’t start with M are the ones who were real animals. Also, Will’s last name starts with an M too. Neat.
yeah I agree with all your criticisms. If the devs read this comment all I can suggest is go back and reevaluate your old work because it feels like the world building got a bit off track and the series went from being a horror one to just a visual novel basically. There's no tension in this game and almost no scares, its mostly just interested in telling Will's story. This is fine in itself but the shift in tone makes people that came in as fans of the Crooked Man somewhat disappointed.
Its certainly as bad as say that Gritty Bomberman game that came out years ago in terms of fucking up what people enjoyed about it but the game could have been way better if it was more like its predecessors.
I think Uri (the author) intentionally just wanted to focus on storytelling rather than the actual gameplay from the beginning of TCM. Most female creators (like me) tend to focus more on storyline rather than on gameplay aspects, horror and the like. My first RPG Maker game was a badly-done horror-puzzle game, but I realize that the "horror game" thing is just a fad - I like horror stories but I like the story better than the jumpscares and the gameplay aspect.
I'm the kind of person who likes playing games mostly due to either the story or the music (since I'm a composer as well). I don't really care much about the other elements, and I think that might be the case for Uri as well. I agree with most that TSM, TBM and THM were just "downsliding" in terms of both horror and gameplay quality, but hey, it happens to creators once in a while. It's called the "sequel effect" in which most of the sequels in movies are worse than their predecessors. Or sometimes, it could also be an "artist block" due to stress or lack of inspiration.
I want more Detective Keith
I want more Will too,
a horror pixelated game series made me emotional and i'm not even gonna complain :)
I didn't catch how Pop was the rat the died until my second playthrough. I kinda feel for poor Will.
My sister and I just finished playing the game last night.. It's probably my new favorite in the strange men series.
I bet, Will.
Shota banzaiii >
Wild . In the first bad ending it is depressing in every single way but Ed doesn't lose sanity and threaten people.
at minute 47 rn, hating all of the bad endings but im going to keep going for the sake of knowing lol. Its crazy that Ed talks about how it hurts and is pleading for his life and just expects Will to go along with his plans and pleads, as if he didn't just kill someone Will trusted and was about to kill Will too.
helena has one of the most sweetest voice
_You can't look in the hearts & minds of others for your happiness ~ Hunter Thompson_
Although his meeting the Hanged Man enabled him to “talk” with entities, I think it's more rational to think that the entities were representations of truths Will knew... because children often do know more about what’s going on than we think they do. But there was a tinge of the supernatural to some of his revelations, because he did have the ability to see “shadow figures’ around that building.
Really, whether imaginary friends or supernatural, the game was about a boy’s journey in becoming a man, dealing with loss, & understanding that life is meant to be lived. A nice wrap-up to the series & nice to see many characters again. But overall, it was not my favorite of Uri's games.
Not my favorite either, but definitely a good, solid game.
It's such amazing that an rpg game can be so emotional
3 Years ago, damn.
I haven't watch the whole thing yet, but how bad is the bad endings?
wow Will just lost his fingers, this is going so well!!!
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Will also becomes a serial killer! You WILL have to see this!!!
oh i will....
Time to learn how to shoot a gun one handed!
I hate how forgiving David is to his father, in the crooked man David hated his father for abandoning him and his mother and forcing him to grow up early in order to support her but in this game he's just totally fine with his father. Absolutely ridiculous. And if David really wanted to be a part of Will's life he should have been there for him since the beginning so I can't believe Will's sudden acceptance of him. Also the true ending and the good ending makes no sense, if Keith lied to Will about Pop"s death how in the good end did he find a rat who had a crooked leg and a missing patch of fur that looked exactly like Pop?! Bottom line: everyone in this game (yes including golden boy David) is an asshole.
All of this is Ed's father and that George guy's fault. I don't blame Ed that much because he has a mental illness and he couldn't tell what is normal and what is not. And the bastards took advantage of that.As for Robert, he acts like a piece of s*** but he's only doing that to protect Ed.But he shouldn't use bad words in front of Ed.
Since this is the final of the series... Lets give it a pun-tastic farewell...
I see this one ties up the series nicely to the very end.
I'd ROPE-d the series to hang around but this is the last one.
Remembering what my first watch of The Crooked Man and knowing that there were more like this by Uri, I was excited to see what she offered. I started The Sandman with excitement and ended with confusion but still mostly approving of the game. Then I watched the third game of the series which is better than the second (but they are close in my rating). Though I say this, these mentioned games will never hold a candle against The Crooked Man.
But I have to say that the last installment of the Strange Men series leaves a lot to be desired. Even though I feel a lot of disappointment, I can't quite pinpoint what is wrong exactly. Nevertheless, thank you Uri for the games and thank you ManlyBaddassHero for the showcase and hardwork.
Will reminds me of Fluffy from the Crooked man lol. But Fluffy's dead so...
Dude omg the last video for this playthrough came out at the same time that Ed's VA released a character song for Ed on his channel
Dammit Rob.... :I
Oh my....Will, Your poor boy. *sob* T T
It says whenever Robert lies he turns away from people....now I'm going to have to go back and watch when he lies
There should be an ending where he never brings Pop with him to the spooky asylum/shelter ; ; he should leave Pop at David's house thinking that its too cold for Pop. Out of all the psychological horror in this, Pop's death was the worst moment
yo manly where is your playthrough of the The Crooked Man
He had to take them off due to copyright issue. But I want to watch it as well. (TwT)
I feel the same too honestly manly. I prefer all the other ones compared to this one, they were better in gameplay. More interaction with the world and the characters. This one felt dull, but it was still pretty good in some scenes. I actually knew Keith was lying the moment he was silent as he lay the cover over it. He's a good guy.
I also really wish Will's other friends showed up more at the very least, helped. I even wanted an end where one or all of them would show up to fend off Ed. Cause Will was kind to them no matter what. I'm also a bit biased to the supernatural I wish it had more of a part here.
You know what in all the strange men games all of them were a threat but the hanged man... like a physical threat it kind of makes me cheesed that he doesn't chase you or anything
Aww poor Ed, so adorable, I don't care if he is a psychopath, I still like him, I'll adopt him.
This is some heavy stuff... I like the true ending though. I wonder where Pop will end up next?
Also, is it me or does Ed have a taller sprite than everyone else?
Yeah, well hes the second tallest character in the entire series
Wait, why didn't the sandman protect sophie then?
Sad to see the strange men series end.
48:27 *Flowey's voice* It's kill or be killed!!!
Wait so the real pop is dead? And in the 2nd good ending it's only Will's imagination that he saw Pop? While in the 1st good ending Keith lied?
the end credits for good end 2 were cute af fucking got me 11/10 game of the year roll the credits