ULTRAKILL Is NOT About You
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Fuelled only by bloodlust, ignorant to any justification.
Just a silly filler video after almost a year of no uploads :) I may make move vids on ULTRAKILL in the future, depending on how well this one does. - Розваги
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Gabriel is the main character, and V1 is the inciting incident.
V1 is an insignificant fuck
Isn't god leaving the inciting incident since that leads into the story of ultrakill and the kings leading an uprising which cements gabriel's role as judge of hell?
@@pachicore if you go by that logic, the inciting incident is the creation of hell since that's what caused that
@@Riciliz actually yeah considering that Hell's also the villain of Ultrakill
Hes a bit of a total ass though. Did either of the prime souls have to be tortured and die?
V1 is still the protagonist of the game, Gabriel is just the story's protagonist but not the game's
@@Pickletron275protagonist literally refers to the person the story is from the point of view of. The antagonist is the person against them
@@Pickletron275That’s not true at all. You’re probably thinking of "hero." A protagonist doesn’t have to be good at all. Antagonists are actually good a lot of the time
@@Pickletron275 gabriel isn't really a good guy though, and this statement is wrong
@@beef_baby COMPLEX PFP!!!!!
Not really, the protagonist is the character who moves the plot forward, while the main character is the one we see the story through@@JestroGameDev
I've also heard a theory that you are actually one of the sentient terminals observing recordings of v1's fighting for entertainment since between every act you have to insert a new disc or something like that
That is believable but i think gameplay is just records watched by Angels after our death in the end
@@kw5130 i still think we would be a terminal since the cybergrind was created by the terminals as a way to get live entertainment from watching v1 kill stuff, i think this detail was revealed from one of the terminals at the end of a secret level or prime sanctum but i can't remember
@@equalibrius8691 that's rights actually
The disks were stated to just be a reference to old Ps1 games.
It’s actually V2 watching the recordings, he survived and watches V1 fight
his divine link to be WHAT???
cruelty slop
i guess you could say his *hope* was *eradicated*
That's the gorbinos quest of references
we should add a *stock market* to ultrakill
@@arkimist2186 In that case V1 finds Power in Misery.
@@sirkduck6612 nah, the game does kill when achieving hope eradicated, and it does say display the “Divine Light Severed” image anyways
I saw a comment somewhere else That said "this is a disaster movie and you are the meteor"
2:39 "Fueled by inner rage" *has bunny ears*
At least that was just an Easter update
What can be more angry than a divine bunny?
This made me think of something. What if the last level, you dont kill anything? Its just you, no one else.
Hell is empty, you destroyed it all. Theres no music, just ambient sound of wherever you are, slowly waiting to die as all you caused was death for your own purpose
Just like humanity, youll perish after destroying it all with the intention of your own benefit
It would be one hell of an ending after we fight gabriel for the last time
"The fire is gone"
People would speedrun it lmao
I think Hakita said that it would make sense, but since it's Ultrakill, it has to be an Ultrakill level
But heaven is full.
1:04 i think the "three beautiful lines" most people would think of is the tagline of the game. and also you said we are looking for fuel before explaining how there is fuel in hell.
cuz the blood is fuel, and demons have blood
In ultrakill, machines run off of blood, which is why there's so many of them in hell and why they all bleed when shot.
Counterpoint to V1 not being able to feel emotion: the new update added a book alongside the alt shotgun, where it's stated that this gutterman in particular felt pity for te person on its back
My theory is that V1, being the penultimate killing machine, was stripped of any ability to feel emotion. The previous models had flaws in their design that caused them to (somehow) be able to feel things they weren't built to (i.e. various machines getting enraged when you do something disrespectful towards them). V1 is just bare-bones killing machine, with its designers putting more effort into making him truly emotionless
@@coldbrewYT Counterpoint: "YOU ARE NOT GETTING AWAY THIS TIME" -V1 In 4-4.
Also another thing i want to point out is the "we are goong to need a bigger boom" line. While its in red, i doubt its hell speaking to us, since when it does It uses spaces between letters. "F E E D I T", "A N O T H E R D I E S, I H U N G E R". I dont fully remember the arg hell text fully but It used spaces in between letters
@@thatonebro7451 That was Hakita
@@coldbrewYT Unlike v2, it was designed specifically for war and war alone, not the closing of conflict. V2 also gets angry when you hit it with its own arm, so we know there is disparity.
I saw a theory that The Events of Ultrakill is actually just the terminals sharing their last bits of data since nothing else in hell would be alive.
Also because the start of the acts involving us inserting a disc.
There are two kinds of ultrakill videos
1 - This
2 - Earthmovin'
i always thought this was a silly point to make. i know it's hakita who mentions this, but like lots of games have blank slate protagonists, lots of stories have reactive protagonists that are defined by their antagonists, who are often more complex characters with complete archs. V1 being a bit of a blank slate is on the service of the player who is free to pour into V1 their own ludonarratives, if anything it's actually entirely about me, like not V1, me.
Gabriel is the reactive protagonist that is defined by V1
I think the difference is that lots of “blank slate” protagonists are hypothetically people in-universe. Gordon Freeman, for example, being a physicist, or Link being a knight, or Doomguy being a space marine, all imply a level of agency and personality prior to the starts of their stories. V1 is just a killing machine that booted up right as the story starts. There’s no history, its motivations and any sign of personality were merely programmed into it rather than developing naturally over the course of its lifespan. Gabriel doesn’t simply have more personality and agency than V1, Gabriel _has_ a personality and agency while V1’s little more than ChatGPT with a gun.
V1 really isn’t a “blank slate” though. Its intentions are obvious. Stay alive. There’s nothing more to it. That’s why the fast gameplay compliments the story. Just like v1 can’t and doesn’t need to comprehend what it is doing, we are only focused on the present moment. Going fast, being stylish, and not dying.
v1 is literally a plot device though. he does nothing of importance other than being a catalyst to gabriel's arc. we are not the ones that end the revolution in lust or the insurrection in greed, gabriel is. we only clean up whatever's left because v1 is not the center of the story
Now that the new update has dropped, I think this point in the video at 3:02 is kinda false, since there's a secret book inside a ripped off coffin where you can find a book where Gutterman (the oldest blood-fueled robot, by the way) feeling empathy for the person who was suffering inside their coffin.
So, it probably implies that v1 has feelings too, since they seem to be the most advanced model out of all the machines, and you can actually anger v2, who is, y'know, a newer model of v1.
counter point... V2 was modified to be a security robot. to protect people and property and eliminate threats. V2 doesn't think like V1. V1's only objective is to kill. Always has been. I think if any personality were to develop, it would be in V2 and not V1.
Thirsty robot goes on mass murder spree! Godly forces retaliate and fail to apprehend the suspect.
As an ULTRAKILL amateur, this video was really good! I really liked the editing.
Wow, thanks! Glad ya liked it!
the layer 7 enemy descriptions describe that the sun was blotted out by the earthmovers. And quote “a war of all against all”. And “all resources were used up in the war”. Indicates that civil wars were likely breaking out everywhere. And explains the need for blood powered machines, so we can assume that once the sun was gone the machines went rouge and anyone who might’ve survived the machines would’ve starved.
It did say the war eventually ended wich then turned into the great era of peace, V1 was made during the final moments of the war, because there was still fighting going on, they were made with the feature to repair trough absorbing blood. V2 was made during the era of peace, and was thus made to be bulkier and without the self repair feature, he was most likely meant as a sort of law enforcement robot or a mascot for this new era of peace.
Its probably left over robot that during this era of peace started running out of blood and caused a robot uprising, leading to the events of ultrakill.
@@juanstekelenburg3175 With the ARG, we actually kind of find out that isn't the case. Humanity discovered hell, and it was sentient. Everyone who went down there died, and the end of the world happened quickly after. The machines didn't cause our extinction, but our curiosity in the end ultimately did. Once the machines up top didn't have any fuel since all methods of extraction are gone with humanity, they then went into hell. Also, it is likely in the story hell itself is reviving the souls we kill to have us fight them again and is laughing at us in the game over screen, and possibly revives us also. Endless bloodshed, a truly terrifying hell where no one can die.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that. V1 is constantly established as being special. It's the only one of its kind, even stronger than V2. You're constantly pulling off insane feats of strength that nothing else can do, like parrying giants and killing Earthmovers. You kill all of the most important beings in Hell: Minos' body, Gabriel, the Ferryman, the souls of the kings of two different layers. Because of you, the Council is dead, Heaven is in chaos, and their strongest angel is dying. It's not a stretch to say that you're special. The story revolves around you like any other game, it's just that you're not the good guy here.
While that is kind of true, you are missing a big but subtle plot point revealed in violence: you are not the biggest threat in the room, at least, not anymore. If you go to 7-3 you will start seeing that the enemies are attacking eachother and are practically ignoring you unless you attack them. Now its not about fending off waves of enemies, now you have to survive in an all out war between robots, husks, angels, and you, and everyone is fighting everyone
@@botno.8681But this only happens in 7-3. I would agree with you if this happens in a level where the trees are not present, since in their introduction V1 receives a message in red text calling V1 to feed the tree. And earlier in the level, there is “Feed us, we will grow” written on a stone, which, since the trees can’t move to write, must’ve been written by something else possessed by the trees. My point is that the enemies in 7-3 already fight each other because they are under the influence of the trees and driven to spill each others’ blood to feed them ASAP. That and the fact that the fights are already happening BEFORE you enter the rooms, so would ofc be fighting each other , unlike in any other level where enemies show up after you do.
you really aren't that special, just immovable
V1 is outright stayed to exist for entertainment
@@botno.8681 actually hakita stated in the dev interview that the intended reason they were fighting eachother is because the fight had already started before you enterred the room
V1 is never established to be special.
"The way i'd put it is that v1 isnt special but it's different"
-Hakita
This shouldnt even be a debate
What v1 fights is just his POV every other machine is fighting their own battles and who knows if there are strong ass machines that take down important figures like Kings in hell?
V1 is not special, He is a particularly strong machine that happened to be found by Gabriel in 3-2
Also Gabriel losing is less "Oh v1 is special" and more how unspecial Angels actually are.
god i hope to hell we get an epilogue of going through hell after we finish rampaging through hell
I have had similar thoughts about this for a while now, and this video does a fantastic job presenting that with the context of Gabriel and his story. And I think this can be taken even further in the way Hell works in Ultrakill.
Through the lore dumps found after beating P1 and P2, we learn of the nature of the terminals and their symbiotic relationship with the machines (essentially the terminals give robots points to buy new weaponry in exchange for entertaining battle footage, giving a lore explanation for the terminal shop and the end of level grading system). This re-contextualises so much; you may have just assumed V1 was the only one getting these perks because, duh, it's the protagonist! But in reality? So many other robots, perhaps every single one you fight, are using the exact same systems. It perfectly echoes the theme of you not being special. This is just the way hell works.
This can be seen again in the Prelude, where we see a Swordsmachine running around and, just like us, slaughtering husks left and right. Of course, you end up killing this same swordsmachine, but the point remains. This is just what every machine down here does. You are not special.
Of course, all of this may have been very much not intended by the people behind Ultrakill and its story, but I still think its interesting. And yes, V1 is also often presented as special throughout the game as well (convenient gun placed on pedestal at beginning seems like Hell itself begging V1 to go slaughter some filth lol). But these are just my thoughts.
Gabriel is the main character and V1 is the cameraman given a gun.
I'm 99% V2 can feel emotion. Not only becaue it taunts V1 in bothe encounters but in the second encounter it becomes enraged when you punch it with it's own arm.
While V1s main goal is to sustain itself i dont think there is no sentience or creativity going on. I mean look at hank, look at "You're not getting away this time". V1 decides what is rellavant vs whats irrelevant in the books it reads. Hell it reads books to begin with. It can do thr challenges the terminals asks it to do. Its not the stories focus characters, but its not like it's just a blank self insert for the player.
THIS VIDEO THIS CHANNEL, THIS MAN DESERVES MORE
it is about me.
I'm sure it is elju369
You know, I thought so but I couldn’t be sure. Thanks for the clarification.
Also the plot armor is amazing.
this guy has a powerful aura
Elju369 prime
2:18 I wouldn't call it plot armor, as gaberiel himslef confirmed that being an angel is meaningless in battle.
How does this not have more likes????????????
no seriously i expect this kind of stuff from a channel with at least 1-5k subs
Ultrakill has the same story as i at 3 am (i am extremely hungry)
NAHHH the bunny ears on gabriel during his second fight was foul ToT
V1 is the end of all things. The story just so happens to be caused by V1.
I think V1 feels emotions and has sentience, seeing as it hates V2 and vice versa, it doesn’t know what is going on with Gabriel and just thinks that he’s a sore loser interrupting its journey as it tries not to die from lack of blood and Gabriel tries to make the most of his remaining time, making their stories parallel, unknown to V1.
V1 also say "you're not getting away this time" to v2 when he tries to escape idk if that help something
V1 is just chaos
We forget that V1 is the main VILLAIN, like Gabriel said, we destroyed limbo and lust, and by the time we defeat gabriel again gluttony is probably gone too
We are ACTIVELY destroying all of hell, and he is here to stop us
Good video would recommend
“Why is this so fucking loud” perfect hahahaha
I mean, the reason V1 wasn't that efective in war was because humans were going exctinct and there wasn't that much blood to use, that's why V2 is way tougher, but can't regen. There wasn't simply enough blood to make V1 as effective as it's in hell
2:35 divine link severed, you are a flesh automaton animated by neurotransmitters
lmao how tf did you sync the music on the gabriel part so well, the segment ended just as the music did. was that on purpose??
may or may not have taken a lot of trial and error
@@coldbrewYT coming from someone that has made a fair few videos
that sounds like it wouldve fuckin sucked lol, gj
Some lore to help understand the nuances:
1. Humanity was in an escalating war known as the Final War. Many machines that run on blood were made, but V1 is unique in that it can repair itself using blood. Not even V2 (the second version of V1) has this, instead being incredibly durable compared to V1.
2. The Final War ended with machines capable of destroying whole cities that needed blood and solar to function. The destruction caused The Long Night (exactly what it sounds like), causing the city destroying machines to lose power. This brought about the New Peace as humanity started to work together.
3. Humans discovered the entrance to hell and something terrible happened. Since the lore found in game references God having disappeared, it's reasonable to assume that God disappeared which meant all hell could literally break loose. Humans were completely wiped out and the Earth is likely lifeless, leaving the machines with no alternative but to fight each other as they descend into hell. This is where the Prelude starts, with V1 slaughtering everything in his path on the way to the gates of hell.
4. Residents of hell took advantage of the chaos caused by God disappearing to revolt. Minos in the lust layer lead a peaceful rebellion in the form of a renaisance and Sisyphus (yes, the funny boulder guy) lead a violent revolution. A council was formed in Heaven to govern Heaven and Hell and Gabriel was assigned to squash the rebellions. Both were squashed and Gabriel was made judge of hell, previously Minos' position.
5. V1 rampages through the first 6 layers of hell in less than a day, defeating Gabriel once at the third layer and again at the sixth layer. Gabriel is punished by the council the first time, dooming him to death unless he defeats V1. After his second defeat, Gabriel sees how broken Heaven is. With God gone, the council had taken power and grown corrupt. Gabriel slaughters the entire council, dooming himself to inevitable demise and descending into hell one last time, presumably for a final showdown.
Lore on God's thoughts:
1. Each secret level has a lore tablet written by God/Jesus
2. God/Jesus creates hell and regrets it. When questioned by Satan, he panics and throws Satan into hell.
3. God/Jesus lives in deep regret of his choices, horrified by the pit of suffering he made. He cannot unmake it and it haunts him constantly. This is likely the reason he disappeared, but we don't know where he went.
Personal Theory:
God regretted his decision to create hell so much, he inspired man to create the perfect killing machine to wipe it out. He then imbued V1 with the divine power of plot armor. After all the humans were wiped out, he sent V1 down to hell to destroy it for good. My theory is that God is puppeting V1 and "disappeared" to cause the necessary chaos to cause the hierarchy that governs hell to collapse. V1 would then be the perfect tool to destroy hell from the inside out. A bit of headcanon I have about this is that once hell is destroyed, God will create someplace made of fresh blood for V1 to enjoy for the rest of eternity.
Ah yes, the entirety of hell falling apart because of one robot who was REALLY hungry is not about said robot.
this is the gorbinos quest of life !
i don’t care if i’m the main character, if it can die it can bleed and if it can bleed i can search for fuel longer
The heaven levels will be fire imo. Also props to you for using Titanfall 2 footage
Ngl I feel like this was simply more on the narrative focusing plus a matter of perspective on Gabriel that the story becomes centered around him. Gabriel, and the end of 3-2 and 6-2, literally breaks a few invisible rules in the game. Gabriel, and the Prime Souls, are the only ones who actually talk in the game. That's why 3-2 is such a surprise for first time players cause there hasn't been any dialogue so far. Unlike V1, Gabriel is shown front and center who he is, and what he wants to do.
Additionally, due to V1's already simple and basically completed lore, the two cutscenes at the end of the acts brings the player, or the audience, to see Gabriel as the main character. If it was, for example, a cutscene of V1 breaking free from Humanity's control to become sentient, then the audience would regard V1 as the protagonist, cause we see its story instead of Gabriel's.
V1 is sentient
wait what if in the last boss fight you play as gabriel against V1
man i feel bad for gabriel..... BC HE BOUTA GET DUNKED ON FOR A THIRD TIME RAHHHHHH🤾
Found Gianni's alt account
Finally, a game with 2nd person view
Well this made me feel unappreciated
I like V1
the will of god, the most powerful angel to ever exist, the JUDGE OF HELL
vs.
gopro
Seeing the dominoes in place, I have to say that V1 is absolutely the central focus of Ultrakill. While his thoughts, opinions, and characterization are scarcely ever seen, it bears multiple traits that make it a symbol of the ultimate end: it is my strong belief that V1 is the end of the universe, the angel of death.
Firstly, V1 is the only being who can steal blood, and thus makes it very unique. Because it can collect blood, it can heal itself faster than it can be harmed, and it is also proven to be a fast and efficient warrior. V1 is meta narratively compared to V2 not as an equal, but as a superior. Its superior armor granted it an uncanny ability to abuse God's gift of life on a completely different level than machines already did. V2 bows in the first fight and disrespects you in the second, running both times, and ends the second fight in a humiliating death exploding into a pool of viscera and scrap. V1 *trounced* V2. V2 even had to take to copying you to beat you. V2 pisses its pants when you hit it with it's own arm and V2 is confirmed by Hakita to never, ever be coming back. You reduce V2 to a pile of nothing.
The Earthmovers are machines purpose built to be indestructible and yet V1 expertly executes its purpose and annihilates the first Earthmover it encounters.
Gabriel's entire life is changed by what you do to him. He sets off with a renewed purpose after crybaby hours 2: electric boogaloo™, that purpose being that a.) God is dead b.) my life and all I am is a lie c.) there is no hope for this world, there never was. After the reprise of the original crybaby music, Beethoven's 7th Symphony; 2nd Movement starts playing, a song that sounds like the wailing cries of the world as it dies.
In that time, Gabriel frees heaven but in such a manner that suggests that at least he did so for the sake of their final moments. Gabriel may not be the only one who knows they are dying, this song is a crucial element combined with the fact that Gabriel chose to die, knew that the counselor would not give his divine light back or no longer mattered. He repeats this message, over and over, that the fire is gone, that god is dead.
Hell watches with horrifying grins as you consign Limbo and Lust to a fate best described as "all gone," "with gluttony soon to follow."
The fire is dying as a direct result of your actions. God dies when you continue to breathe, or he wanted you to kill everything. Hell smiles with your every step towards it's centre, its goal still uknown and unimpeded by God's attempt to unmake it. All while heaven fall apart, humanity is lowered into it's final resting place, and machine kind goes extinct because its perfection has already been achieved.
just excludes v2
Well, yes, but also consider story of the Lust layer & Minos and the Greed layer & Sysiphis. Gabriel isn't the good guy, he is just sort of more positive than V1
there is no good guys to begin
@@signlessnyxpractically the only good guy here was Minos
There are no good guys but V1 is definitely the worst guy
@@benthasome yeah, Minos our beloved
Yes thats it, is not about you, is about doing cool shit while not understanding what is happening, true cinema
The robots do have emotions and personalities though?
V1 DEFINITLY understands Gabriel, he just doesn't care.
I mean just look at V2 who is basically the same model as V1, he's cocky and sometimes literally gets enraged.
V1 isn't an unthink killing machine, though he definitly is a killing machine.
you say that v1 cant empathize but in the world of ultrakill the robots have feeling be cause the run on blood which is created by the tree of life
I love games where you play as the villian, there are you happy now nerd
Great video, but we don’t know that Gabriel is dying.
Gabriel is dying because at the end of act 1, the council took his light away which is passively killing Gabriel slowly like a cancer, and at the end of act 2 when Gabriel kills the council the only people who can restore his light, Gabriel’s fate is sealed
@@DivineOrange ah yes, i meant by v1’s hand like the video suggested
@@CrowFGC it's safe to assume we'll get at least one more gabriel fight, maybe there could be an interesting ending like gabriel canonically killing v1 or v1 sparing gabriel due to the very basic personality he's mustered due to spending so long in hell
another thing is that there cannot be a "happy ending" to this game as after act 1 finishes, both Gabriel and V1 are doomed and on a timer till their death, for Gabriel dies when the Light has fully left and V1 will eventually run out of blood. as the game says "THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT COULD HAVE ENDED."
where does it say that
@@amiano59e4 a secret book you can find (idk where)
the secret book is on the earthmover nearby the security system i think
There is a story?
Now this is were i dissagree. Because we all know v1 and v2 are the only ones of there kind so why bring this up. V2 has shown a lot of emotions. How? Easy whenever you go to the second fight and punch him with his arm he becomes enraged. And emotion that machines shouldnt feel. Then theres the guttertanks who also can be enraged. V1 is whats going on in hell gabriel is whats going on in heaven.
What are you even defending
@@tuvergalarga6144 i think he's talking about v1 having emotions
guttertanks might have humans in them like guttermen, but as for v2, he is a more advanced version of v1, and v1 has shown no sign of emotion unlike v2 and swordsmachine
@@ShoeLobster45 Untrue, as V2, a newer Version of the V model, could feel emotion. Anger, and arguably fear.
V1 could also feel anger, or an anger fueled determination judging by the 4-4 text. that it says.
As you should know, the only differences between V1 and V2 is the type of armor plating they both were made with, they are otherwise identical.
Wrong, ultrakill is actually about 3 different stories, one your own, one Gabriel's and one of the primes
No shi I'm not a blood thirsty robot
Yes it is
...Plot armor? You mean gamer armor?
i don't really see how making the point that ultrakill isn't really about you matters all that much. so what? and the point itself, i think, is debatable.
Bro plays on "game journalist special" gamemode fr
I have chronic skill issue gimme a break
real as fuck
You made a mistake v1 does not have predecessors and is the only machine that can heal with blood others use it as fuel but v1 heals its armor with it
I meant predecessors in the same as what the Mark IV tank is to the Challenger. New tech, bits and bobs.
@@coldbrewYT k i get that
I can't lie. The degree to which I hate V1 and everything it does makes me deeply conflicted. Like, I really *really* hate V1. I have this sinking feeling that I am really really gonna hate the game's ending and it's gonna make me dislike the game too, but I guess that means the story is good.
Spoiler warning:We know by reading books.
V1 is just an annoying fly that ruined everything ngl
this isnt really groundbreaking info or something unknown but whatever
Yeah im not gay
Nuh uh, Hell literally states V1 is the star of the show
Unpopular opinion: yes you are, you are the main character and thats seen by the development of themes if the levels showing that v1 is slowly changing, along with the "you're not getting away this time" in 4-4 and the hank dialogues.
Im tired of these types of theories as they are lame and are basically ultrakill's "megalovania is the players theme"
No shit its about V1
v1 is the protagonist of ultrakill. a protagonist is a character that most of a story follows, which is v1. having multiple cuts to gabriel's point of view doesnt change this. the story and gameplay do not have different protagonists, because the gameplay is the story. gabriel's character development occurs largely during your fight with him, and you are in v1's perspective during both of said fights. gabriel is the antagonist, not because he is evil, but because he contests the protagonist. his emotional journey does not change this. nor does the protagonist's lack of emotion or compelling motivation. an antagonist can be a more compelling character than the protagonist and still be the antagonist, it doesnt change their roles.
the story is about Gabriel, v1 is a filler arc
@@ShoeLobster45 the filler arc is not 85%+ of the story, nor does it follow a different protagonist
You can say this, but when the creator of the story explicitly states that Gabriel is the protagonist of the game you are simply just incorrect.
You can argue that it's poorly made if you'd like as the protagonist isn't even someone we play as, but the writer has his intentions very clear.
@@Mwright4444 they said this where?
@@Kirbomas1 Hakita says this in the first 7 hour devblog but I have to find the timestamp when I'm not busy.
Or just watch it it's good.
4:25 caught not playing on violent difficulty 😭😭
Hate to be that guy but, all I could think of when seeing the title and thumbnail is "Way too many people in the community need to hear this."
You know, projecting your own sexuality onto fictional robots to see subtext that isn't there and denouncing anyone who doesn't agree it's canon. That's not healthy, no matter how you spin it.
what
@@coldbrewYT I know it's totally unrelated to the video btw lol
@@b.w.s3165 is there like an inside joke that i'm not aware of i feel kind of silly
@@coldbrewYT Oh boy... fine, I guess. Sorry if this is gonna be an uncomfortable read though. (Also took me a while to see this reply)
I was referring to the fact that many people, both jokingly and not, claim Ultrakill's characters and story to objectively have subtext and themes relating to homosexuality and/or transgender people (most notably Gabriel and V1), for... extremely odd nonsensical reasons that essentialy boil down to self-projection (like V1 being a robot with no inherent sex, Gabriel's monologue after his second defeat, the fact that many trans people happen to enjoy this game, and the fact that the game was "made by a bisexual, coded by a gay dude & has character design by a trans person" which apparently is definitive proof of subtext being present somehow)
I posted my comment because the video's title reminded me of how annoying it is that people project their own sexuality onto the game's writing and fetishize it when it's simply not there and the creators made zero mention of it both directly and indirectly.
let's be honest, who cares. We just want to enjoy the game
This right here
might just be the comment I needed to hear
people can care about the story lol
NOO MY ROAST GOT NULLIFIED 😭😭 waaah
But then again V1 does not kill Gabriel when he monologues after his defeat. This could possibly be V1 Hesitating showing that it might be capable of higher though.