No amount of mouthwash could wash away Jimmy's sins. First, he assaults Anya (which is why she asked Curly why there were no locks in the sleeping area) and decides crashing the ship would address the pregnancy. Second, he puts the blame on Curly and never took responsibility no matter how much he says he will. Third, he convinces Daisuke to perform a dangerous act and gives him false hope when there was little hope for him to survive his injuries. Fourth, he claimed that Swansea would use the cryopod for himself when he might have been saving it for Daisuke, the youngest one who still had a future, or maybe for Anya. Fifth, he places Curly into the cryopod which could end with him waking up in 20 years with no rescue or with him getting rescued and having to live life blaming himself for what happend to his crew.
You know the guy got stress about his future and turned to insanity First the Pony express ask them to fake a crash so they can get the insurance, 2nd Anya says she is pregnant from him, 3rd Curly says to them that the company is closing imagine only the STRESS Jimmy will become a father, needs to search for a new job, so his thought process is to fake the crashing early maybe can respond fast to all this responsibility
also the fact that curly in his mind is saying "i will take the blame" and thus he lies to people that curly did it when curly can't even speak and defend himself... awesome
@@crazymus_pride ??? pony express never asked them to fake the crash and Jimmy wasn't trying to 'fake the crashing early', he was trying to get everyone (including himself) killed to avoid having to face the consequences of his own actions
I did get the vibe Anya and Jimmy's getting together was weird and not fully consensual but I did NOT put two and two together about the doors not being locked to the sleeping quarters! It makes perfect sense though. Poor Anya... "We're in control here," Jimmy says to Curly, knowing he basically keeps Anya quiet (among other things of course but this is just a relevant line to this discussion). But once they're fired and they land planet-side, Anya could absolutely report Jimmy without fear of losing her job because there IS no job. Jimmy can't be protected lording his position over her when there's nothing left to use. He'd either have to go to prison or at minimum face extreme financial stress having to provide for the baby. What a situation.
I watched Jacksepticeye' playthrough first then saw in the comments about a conversation he missed so I'm here. At the beginning of _his_ playthrough I thought the same thing and I'm very sad I was right too....
@@GummyCalico I'm not sure yet, I'm still watching the video but apparently he missed the conversation where it was heavy-heavy implied that Jimmy assaulted her. Everything else was breadcrumbs up until that point.
@@theblackcatgirl7013have you seen which convo is that now? I’ve watched Jack’s video too but my adhd is preventing me from watching an entire playthrough again.
"Being in your 30s and not wanting to work in the field for which you've prepared is like realizing you've built your entire skill tree wrong in an RPG."
We tend to live up to 100 years old, so mid life crisis would be in our 50's, or it depends on the life circumstances, and I don't think anyone here is in their 50's
that sequence of swansea chasing jimmy around after we see daisuke’s grave..it really shows how much he wanted to protect the kid, with jim being responsible for daisuke not making it out alive after all swansea saved the chamber for the kid, i don’t think he knew anya was pregnant
I think by that point he did know (he mentions talking to Anya and says she "told him all sorts of things") but yeah he'd been saving the chamber for a while at that point, definitely from before he knew. It's heartbreaking that even with Daisuke defending Swansea to Jimmy saying there must be an explanation for him hiding the stasis chamber, he never got to know that it was for him ;-;
I've only just clocked it now after Gab says "did [Jimmy] even have to defend himself or was [Swansea] tied up the whole time?" that the scene where Swansea is trying to break into the cockpit and Jimmy grabs the metal pipe and rope (to block the door) probably imply that was just a hallucination. A story that Jimmy came up to justify to himself why he did that to Swansea. He _did_ grab the rope, he _did_ grab the metal pipe, but he didn't defend himself. My idea is that he knocked Swansea out with the pipe and proceeded to tie him up to that chair in utility. Potentially beat him and then shot him in the head. That monologue was potentially the last thing Swansea said, and Jimmy needs to paint himself the good guy, so he just kills him.
Jimmy is a deplorable person. It's not outright spelled out, but Anya asking why the sleeping quarters don't have locks on them, and Swansea telling he'd keep Jimmy away from her? Yeah...
Yeah the story is pretty rough. Jimmy grapes Anaya, doesn't feel bad and more worried about what's happen when he gets to earth. Hell he doesn't even care about her OD and is obsessed with the captain, but only mentions Anya 1x to get the Daisuke to go through the vent which kills him. Blames everyone, delusional, and worst part is he doesn't think he's done anything wrong- he's the only problem. It's damn sad cause the Captain didn't let her use the gun to protect herself, and pulled "if you won't protect people then nobody can use it." The Captain failed to keep everyone safe and refused to deal with Jimmy. It's just purgatory. The story telling was fantastic!
Thank you for clarifying that!! I struggled connecting the dots on where the assault was, thinking it was more clearly stated. Horrifying idea the whole way though - what a game.
@@VorpalSnickerSnackcurly the captain really tried to solve anya and jimmy problem as you can see curky tried to talk to jimmy about anya's pregnancy but jimmy was too scared to take responsibility and crash everyone.
@@karissa3283 the second she asked why there's no locks on the living quarters and 'safety' flashed, my stomach dropped. Plus her asking how many months are left on their voyage...
Only tangentially related but my brother used to say that he had "long-eyes" that he could activate at will, which worked like cartoon eyes and could watch anything anywhere if he wanted them to. In hindsight this was a slightly more disturbing concept than i thought it was as a kid.
god what an incredible and very upsetting game.. i think the most disturbing part for me was finding out anya was r4ped, i was thinking at the start how scary it would be to be the only woman on a ship surrounded by men, and so seeing that conversation between her and curly, and him choosing to protect his friend and himself and to potentially cover it up i think was real horror
@@phi4saban honestly I got the vibe that Curly was just trying to keep the situation under control cause he knows Jimmy has a temper. they’re all stuck on the ship together till they make their delivery so I can understand saying whatever you can to keep the peace
So eyerolling this is another game where they only have like one woman on the team and she gets raped. Like that's the only point of having a woman there. to further this narrative that if there were a bunch of men with a woman, she's gonna get assaulted.
@@murph64i think curly messed up with his "I've known him for a long time!" thing cuz.. come on.. don't say that to a victim... but overall he was trying to keep everyone safe and keep the ship stable first and foremost.
being able to pull off a story like this without it becoming comically over the top is very impressive... normally with ultra gorey low poly games you kinda get a kick out of how far they can push it, but I was SO uncomfortable through this entire game I never would have been able to finish it myself 😅
This game does a great job with environmental storytelling. Implying and hinting at things before it spells it out, giving you that moment of, "Wait, what if this is what actually happened?" Before then telling you, "Yep, that horrible thing you thought happened actually happened." Watching as things slowly click into place is so satisfying and a bit horrifying in this case.
I'm pretty sure ppl got it during the live but since there weren't any mentions of it I think Swansea knew Jimmy did it and prepared the cryo for Daisuke. He gave the kid hard time but during his literal last words he said he wanted better for him and I think it meant the cryo was for Daisuke and not his alcoholic ass who already experienced his "best life". I'm not 100% sure but that's what I got from the first time watching this
The following comment contains spoilers. I've heard that women (probably most female animals) have evolved a predisposition to react to babies crying. Some of the guys I've watched, even dads, I'm just like, "aren't they gonna mention the baby crying?". I'm glad Gab mentioned it. And when she said "8 months" I was immediately like, "is she pregnant?" Anya mentioning the locks not being on the personnel quarters was a huge red flag. That scumbag never even saw her as a person, even after the SA, which is why his delusions never even went back to that "mistake", just all the things with the guys. I hate that guy.
This game perfectly explains the term ‘all men’. When men think they are ‘good men’ yet stand by and do nothing, like Curly and Swansea did, it makes them complicit. All those lives destroyed because one man couldn’t keep it in his pants and thought consent was for other people, not him. This game hits so hard as a SA survivor. Indie game of the year for me.
@@glassdragonmedia honestly being the only woman in crew on a ship, and one of the men grapes you, and you can't get away from them for months that would feel like torture
Getting a lot of praise this one and deservedly so. Brutal psychological horror and the writing, editing and pacing is so well done. Jimmy's descent was predictable in a way but avoided the cliches and tropes that would have lessened its impact. Very good use of the unreliable narrator and subtle cues with the storytelling. I love the abrupt flashscreens depicting Jimmy's psyche and the gameplay glitches nudging you in the direction that all is not right with this character. There's a lot going on in here. Pretty exceptional.
The critique of neoliberal labour relations is huge. highly atomized and alienated individuals without any shared working-class discourse working for a faceless corporate bureaucracy. The dialog is so understated but gives each character just enough to establish a believable personality. remind me of that tender is the flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
For people that don't know what an AU (astronomical unit) is, it is the average distance between the Sun and Earth. It is also approximately 9 light-minutes.
@@demonzabrak Not only that, we'd actually continue to rotate around the non-existent sun for the additional 9 minutes, as if the sun was actually there. That's because changes in gravitational field also only travel at the speed of light.
@@VivekYadav-ds8oz This is honestly the coolest part about the sun magically disappearing thought experiment tbh, it illustrates the fact that gravitational force is due to the geometry of space-time (space-time is like a stretched out 4-dimensional fabric in tension, and that "wave" of gravity going away travels exactly as fast as the speed of light)
Well technically all these people died because Curly decided to tell the crew they were going to get fired after the load was delivered. He was supposed to wait a few days before the load was delivered to break the news but instead because he cared about them, spilled the beans early which caused them to go into a downward spiral of panic. Jimmy had nothing to go back to in his life & this job was all he had. He tells Curly that during the psych evaluation. So technically, Curly got them all killed. 😂
@@JusttSarinaaNope. You don't get to blame Curly for "caring about his friends" when it's literally all Jimmy. He assaulted Anya even before the news like bruh.
I absolutely believe the scenes with Swansea chasing Jimmy around with an axe were a representation of Jimmy’s own paranoia and delusions, and his own twisted justification for his actions, and not reality. He convinced himself Swansea was the villain, Swansea had to be stopped, HE was the one in danger. Swansea had no intention of fighting for that pod. The only reason he was safeguarding it was for Daisuke. In his last words he laments not being able to give Daisuke “a last chance off this rock.” and when he mercy kills him early, he talks about it not mattering anymore, and bitterly tells Jimmy he’s “earned” the pod.
Interesting how Jimmy apologized to Curly but I didn't notice him ever apologize to Anya....he never REALLY was accountable for his actions, specifically in relation to her.
This game covers so many amazingly dark concepts, but it has so many brilliant ideas. I absolutely love the emergency expanding foam, and just absolutely love the mouthwash idea. The idea that you have a ton of emergency supplies, but even those are extinguished, where now you get to find out what you were shipping. 5 people over a year to make sure a planet gets its shipment of mouthwash, thats great! you can drink liquids.... right? I love the twist too. Props to Gab pointing out the baby crying in the beginning sequence, i never caught that but it makes a lot of sense now. I also just realized at 1:36:20 Curly's footsteps start to get overpowered by something with the rhythm of a galloping horse.
// spoilers // Anya's comment about the sleeping quarters not having any locks but the med bay having one and it immediately flashing to 'safety'. And she even locks herself away when she exits but he still got to her. Not to mention the fact that Anya stays up late because she 'can't sleep' LIKE HUH I WONDER WHY. My only gripe in this game is that literally everyone had to suffer except Jimmy. Also also the fact that he never took the psych evals seriously (or maybe he did and he literally self-reported about his weird feelings about Polle??) and ended up being the one hallucinating the entire time was crazy foreshadowing. Since Curly talked about his lack of sleep I was CONVINCED it was him suffering from like extreme sleep deprivation or something
i mean yeah no jimmy was most likely making weird comments like that on the evals as a show of "power" over anya after what he did to her props to the devs for making such an unlikable sack of shit, they did well
Honestly jimmy not suffering at all is genuinely horrific in and of itself. Reflective of how in real life dicks like that will use and abuse everyone around them, ruin the lives of others, and then get away with hardly a fraction of the pain theyve inflicted on others
Just started the video and i know that at 5:58 the horse guy is meant to make you creeped out but he looks like he is about to drop the SICKEST nae nae ever
I was sure Curly was dead and that "seeing him alive" was just part of Jimmy's hallucinations. I even expected a post-credits scene in which you see that a team discovers the capsule and there is actually a corpse inside. But yeah, a pretty disturbing game. (Amazing, I just wasn't fully prepared) I'll go now for some tea and a piece of leg, I mean cake
I like how it doesn't have a post-credit scene. lets you wonder if they'd ever be found at all since the company's gone bust, meaning they might not have the funding/ability to send a recon crew, if not just sweep it under the rug. for all we know 20 years pass, curly unfreezes, and he's trapped in that capsule with a belly full of his own leg meat and no painkillers
Hmmm I was thinking that too but at the cutting Curlys leg birthday party scene, when they cut to the top view we see everyone dead and just curly and jimmy alive. I also think that the estimated times (4 months after crash) are wrong because of how unreliable of a narrator jimmy is. Cause we see things like the type of painkillers jimmy gives curly changing, total hallucinations, etc. also I dont think the final scene would be in curlys perspective if he were truly dead, it had a sickening sort of finality to it :(
It would honestly lose a lot of the tragedy if that were the case. The whole point is how cruel Jimmy is being in treating still-alive curly as a prop to absolve himself of his guilt
its so good that gab read the posters at the beginning, the "hr cases can result in collective punishment" is why nobody did anything about jimmy even though everyone (well maybe not daisuke) knew what he did. but with her getting pregnant and possibly even giving birth by the time they arrive, it would be undeniable. and bc of this, curly's career would have been destroyed too, thats why he let jimmy try to "fix" things. despite all that talk about how he wants to leave the top of the ladder, he was still afraid of it actually happening and his cowardice resulted in a fate worse than death. cant say i feel sorry for him much.
Thank you for mentioning this!! I was starting to feel like I was the only one that remembered that memo. I think Curly, already feeling bad about the company going under, was probably trying to make sure that there wasn't a pay cut at the end of the job but his priorities definitely weren't in the right place.
I definitely don't think he let jimmy crash the ship, he didn't have time to think (I think) there was only a few minutes to few hours of gap between Anya telling Curly about the sexual assualt and Jimmy crashing the Ship. I mean I agree the way he started off handling this was bad, I do blame him for not taking that seriously (and for not making Anya feel safe). But you can't say he let Jimmy crash the ship, I don't think he was trying to sacrifice the crew the get on top of the ladder or something, maybe I'm wrong! definitely do need to watch it once more, and play it myself
@mastershooter64 i think it's wrong to say he "let" Jimmy crash the ship, but he did just let Jimmy walk into the cockpit after heavily implying that it would be better if the ship crashed. I don't blame Curly for not thinking clearly and realizing what Jimmy meant but like. Jimmy did say it would be better for there to be a tragedy than to get caught
Also interesting in that later section the painkillers were just 500 mg of paracetamol. Which do basically nothing. It will help a headache maybe. You can't even overdose on that unless you take like 20 pills and then you'll just have liver failure.
honestly! i also kept thinking that 10mg extended oxy is NOT enough for what curly was experiencing, so the idea that he may be dead for a long amount of this game seems plausible from that alone. that kind of pain on its own when untreated can kill you, and we saw him get no meds or late meds multiple times. he’s have needed to be on probably a higher dose extended AND still getting immediate release on top, not to mention any other kind of wound care. it’d make sense if by the time it gets to the paracetamol it was just going through the motions because he was “alive”, because if he was cold turkey off extended oxy & ONLY on basically what you’d give a kid he’d be screaming
not to mention how quickly he’d dehydrate w such severe burns all over his body. There’s zero chance their dinky little medical station was equipped to deal with that type of injury. So that makes me think the whole “2,3,4 months after” is wayyy overestimated on Jimmy’s part, especially given how he screws up his own timeline (“4 months after crash” goes to “8 hours before judgement” which then goes to “3 months after crash” but picks up right when that “4 months after” section left off.) It wouldn’t surprise me if everything went down over the course of a week at most and jimmy has just been constructing this drawn-out survival narrative in his head because he needs A Story to tell once he’s rescued
@@murph64 Considering that the ship's damage (which could mean that the computer systems are down) the crew might not have any way to keep track of time. If we add their (especially Jimmy's) state of mind...
@@murph64 oh that's an interesting theory. Actually that makes sense (although lack of awareness on the dev's part may be the cause) but i like your idea better
I’ve watched a few playthroughs of this, but I think I must’ve missed what Jimmy did to Anya before. I thought I was consensual previously and he was just rejecting her. That’s not what happened at all 😢 poor Anya.
It seems like all the men you played this game have been giving everyone the wrong impression. I specifically am only wanting to watch this playthrough as the misogyny and sexism in other comment sections when people highlight they missed the clues on that subject are… too disturbing, if not outright gaslighting.
@@OkamiRose go watch ManlyBadassHero if you want a guy who gets and respects the subject. His playthrough also is much more detailed, with Gab right now it feels so fast, too fast for me.
I read somewhere in another creator's comment section that pregnancy doesn't happen immediately once, it takes multiple times so... yeah, it most likely happened a lot
I was gonna watch Sean's playthrough of this as well because I love seeing varied perspectives on story heavy games but ohhhhhhh mama. I'm good, this was great, but I need a year.
Oh my god. I had no idea what to expect going into this but what a stellar fucking game. I loved it so much, even the parts that made me feel a little sick. Such engaging, visceral storytelling. Props to the devs for creating such a phenomenal experience
The Pony Express was the equivalent of the UPS in 1860-1861 in the United States (From Missouri to California). It was done by horseback along a specific trail with different riders at different sections. This was then deemed unnecessary when the telegraph being built in Missouri and California was completed
Mouthwash is also a really interesting comparison because essentially what he did was eliminated all the germs and the bad taste in his mouth by getting rid of the crew. The entire thing obviously being a cover up for the assault
And to take it a step further, Anya said the mouthwash has too much sugar to work as a disinfectant, and Jumby killing the crew either directly or indirectly doesn't actually work to fix his problems, because he is the infection
1:34:01 God this is such a tragic situation for him because he was alive and had to watch as Anya someone who he cared about (at least I think I haven't reached the end yet) committing...that right in front of him and he literally couldn't do anything about that other than to watch as all of it unfolded right in front of him. Like imagine watching someone you care about doing it right in front of you and you couldn't do NOTHING about it other than to watch it happen. That would destroy ANYBODY emotionally and mentally.
If you’re referring to Jimmy seeing her take her own life, Jimmy didn’t care about her. But maybe you mean Curly.. he probably did, but he also didn’t help her. He didn’t even confront Jimmy.
@@Tilleyforever44 I was talking about Curly here and I mean he did care about her to some degree. Probably not as much as I thought at first considering the scene that comes after the scene that I commented about here between him and Jimmy. I hadn’t watched the entirety of the video yet when I commented that as I commented this as soon as I saw the scene that I put the time stamp on.
I can't help but imagine that was going through his mind when watching her too. The (absolutely correct) feeling that had he just taken her more seriously that none of this would have happened
Yes! From his dialogue with Curly right before the crash it seemed like he assaulted Anya to mar Curly's reputation. "You are no longer a great leader because it is YOUR responsibility to keep the crew safe, it's your fault this happened." No, Jimmy, it's your responsibility as a decent human being not to violate others, it's not hard to do.
Yeah, no. Curly is also to blame for how everything ended up. He enjoyed inaction so much and now that'll be the only thing he will be able to do for the rest of his days, poetic in a sense.
I wouldn't say he enjoyed it. His inaction was a huge mistake, but he didn't deserve what happened. Like most people he was blind to see the evil within his friend. Let's be honest, it's hard to admit when someone you know is a bad person.
That was so fucked. Probably the scariest game I've seen Gab play. Maybe for this whole year. I'm more spooked by psychological horror, and this really did it. The gore was also well played. Good god I need me some eyebleach.
When I first watched Sean play this game, it felt really evocative of “I have no mouth and I must scream”. The name didn’t even really occur to me at first until after I had that thought. But then it was secured when I went to add the game to my wishlist on steam and typed in “mouth” and saw both games next to each other. The art style and a lot of the themes in the story remind me of it. Both have incredibly dark but fantastic story telling that really shows you instead of using exposition to explain the story. I also like the slow burn, as you piece stuff together. It makes the replay-ability really high too, despite not having any actual choices. There’s a lot of dialogue that makes more sense the second time around. I haven’t finished “I have no mouth and I must scream” but I’m familiar with its overall story. Really cool to see that type of game make a resurgence. I really do feel like these developers were inspired by it.
13:00 I forget that English isn’t your first language sometimes because of how well you speak and read it. Doesn’t help that you also (to me, an American) don’t have an accent at all really either. Hell even some of us natural born speakers of the language have more troubles with English than you do and we don’t speak Dutch and Japanese on top of it! So you should be very proud of how fluent you are with your pronunciations and understandings of the language!
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme no it’s not my second. I don’t have one and I’m saying how impressed I am with her being so well versed in the language. Don’t look for offense in what’s clearly a bunch of compliments. Especially when I tagged the timestamp of her addressing this exact thing and saying how people have called her stupid for messing words up. So it’s not like I’m just randomly saying all this, she brought it up in the video. I was merely reinforcing her beliefs in herself while stating how impressive it is as well.
This was so dark, twisted and visceral, and I loved every second of it! The subversion of the expectations, the twist - beautifully done. Absolutely disgusting and hopeless story of a man trying to avoid all the responsibility but believing he's doing the right thing. The anticapitalist themes are the cherry on this cake of horrors.
Polle represents the act of delivering something since he's the face of the company, and the crew doesnt really want to do this; theyre only here because they have to. and i think the baby crying at the start was already telling us about Anya being pregnant, deliverig something she doesnt want to
I’ve commented this exact sentiment a few times! I want her to play it soooo badly! The part with Curly in the water reminds me so much of the Isle of the Dead in Signalis
I love seeing that Gab, knowing a girl's mind and understanding much more about being in a woman's position in essentially a man's world, her first guess IS that Jimmy was the one Anya was talking about when saying she wanted to hide the gun so "he" couldn't use it. And how, meanwhile, JACK on the other hand, simply assumed the "most douchey" character was probably responsible - Swansea - because he hadn't picked up all the weird subtleties Gab had regarding Jimmy's behavior, Jimmy's behavior toward Anya, and also how Curly remarked "I've known him for a long time, we can fix this" essentially is a coded way for a man to speak and he'd already remarked before about Jimmy in that same way. Just the fact that Gab was able to pick that up, while jack stayed oblivious, was really impressive and goes to show you that even with gab as his girlfriend, jack does still possess a fair amount of white male privilege that he's only vaguely aware he has. That those sorts of signals go over his head because he hasn't had to exist as a woman in a potentially dangerous position being around an entirely male crew, how easy it would be to be taken advantage of in a situation like that, and then because you're all stuck together for a year and all the other staff are male, as a woman you feel like you can't go to any of them for solace or help - whether it's because you're afraid they'll label you as easy and mock you and judge you, or whether they'll even target you as well or even worse, tag-team target you now that more than one knows they can take advantage of you, and WORST OF ALL, the potential that ALL of the men on board, EVERY SINGLE one of your other crew members, will ALL take advantage of you because you're the only woman on board with no one to defend you so they can do literally whatever they want with you. While I'm sure nothing like that has ACTUALLY HAPPENED to Gab before, she has a much better understanding of that situation and that potential danger, whereas jack can't possibly comprehend that there would even be a danger because he, meanwhile, could only see himself as a male crew and wouldn't have to worry about such an insane thing happening. Really crazy. Also shows how ALL women tend to have high alert levels for that kind of thing, and men just... don't. Because they don't have to, and women DO have to. I don't blame jack for that or anything, it's just the reality we live in, and it's simply fascinating to see it. Obviously jack would change it in a heartbeat if he could, but that's just it, he can't, all he can do is try to learn more, himself, and better himself. And guys like that are the true allies to women. Ones that step up and say no. Curly should've been harsher with Jimmy, but at the same time, he'd known Jimmy for years and would've had never thought Jimmy SA'd Anya. The implication is that he did, but no one ever explicitly says it, even Anya. She doesn't tell Curly that's what happened, either, but she implies it when she says she wants to hide the gun from Jimmy. IE, he's already assaulted her once, so now she's afraid of him and what he might do if given another opportunity, so the only thing she might be able to is nip any potentially WORSE futures in the bud. But she didn't tell Curly it was an assault, and Curly wouldn't really assume it was because he "knows" Jimmy and doesn't think Jimmy would be capable of something like that. So it's understandable that he's not harsher with Jimmy about the whole thing, but he still should've been. He should've been EXPONENTIALLY harder. And maybe he PLANNED on ACTUALLY doing something, but to Jimmy's face pretended it would all be okay? Other than that, Curly SHOULD'VE been harsher with Jimmy about it. insisting everything would be "fixable" to Jimmy despite getting a crew member pregnant during the trip - no matter how it happened - should be much more serious even if it was totally consensual, but with what Anya told Curly, Curly should've really sensed it might've been an assault and he should've treated it that way. If more men would hold others accountable, women wouldn't always blame men for everything. There are definitely men out there who try for sure, but too many keep quiet when they could help. If you're good to other people, they'll be good to you, no matter your race, gender, identity, or anything else.
I love this comment a lot cant really put it into words, but, idk It just, really made things make sense to me, about how just being a woman makes u see stories like these a little more clearly, if that makes sense ive always been confused about how some people just . wouldnt get it, and theyd find it ridiculous when things are interpreted in that way by a woman, like when things arent just clearly spelled out for them it cant possibly be about S.A, or if it is then maybe it wasn’t not-consensual. Idk if im making sense Idk, im kind of tired rn so my thoughts are a little jumbled up i just really like this comment
It's refreshing to see a playthrough of this game from a woman's perspective. Jack's playthrough made my blood boil tbh. Even at the end he didn't recognize what Jimmy did and straight up assumed the biggest mistake he did was that he crashed the ship and that's it. Bro even proceeded to question if Swansea or Daisuke was the one who SA'd her. He even asked "how could she even become a nurse if she couldn't even do these stuff?" after Jimmy yelled at her for not being giving Curly the painkillers. Not to mention he missed all the clues, not understanding anything about the game, and constantly making forced jokes just about anything going on in the game. I love Jack but his playthrough made me sick. Goes to show that when it comes to understanding nuance and having empathy, men still got a lot of work to do. And apparently the reply above me proves that. Sick creatures.
Honestly, this comment wants me to double check Manly's playthrough. I want to say he picked up on the more subtle hints about Jimmy's... Character. But I'm not sure In men's defense... C'mon. It's Jack we're talking about. Dude is overly nice, and let's admit it, dense at times when it comes to subtle cues and clues. I was one of the people who almost screamed when Jack even suggested Daisuke of all people assaulted Anya and never even thought about it might be Jimmy, our protagonist. Despite the fact that by that point of the game Jimmy's doucheness was on full display
Anya is such a tragic character in a sea of tragedy, everyone on the ship failed her, be it Jimmy being a direct cause of trauma and crashing the ship, or everyone else letting it happen
Some Alien-esque anti-capitalism themes and also body horror? This was right up my alley! (I hate/love body horror, because it's the scariest form of horror, for me!)
One of my favorite moments is 37:00, which kinda makes you think that the game's main theme will be about some political conspiracy, or greedy corporations, or experimenting on people. Nope. It's about humans being dicks to each other. Which is actually the most horrible thing, and the source of all above-mentioned problems. My hat is off to the devs.
What an incredibly disturbing game. Just so well-written too--great premise, really good execution, and a lot of attention to detail. I'm actually going to be losing sleep tonight, I can't help but to keep turning this story and these characters over in my head. None of them (barring Jimmy obviously, who faced the consequences of his actions) deserved any of this :( like they all had their issues and none of them were perfect but goddamn. They didn't deserve THIS. Anya and Curly in particular... dear god. Anya's predicament also just feels too real. A man repeatedly assaults you and you're trapped with him until your options slowly dwindle and he ultimately ends up killing you... it's extremely real for the world we live in.
So let me get this straight… Jimmy criticized Curly for leaving them out to dry bc it’s the COMPANY that’s going out of business. Then he took matters into his own hand when he got Anya pregnant by CRASHING the ship for insurance probably. He also doesn’t take the blame for the crash and is the sole responsibility for not only Curly being deformed from the crash, but also for the other crew’s demises?! Then he cuts Curly and when eating his leg and then feeding Curly himself, he said he’ll thank him later… Jimmy in the end does take responsibility but only after the consequences and was pretty much hypocritical, saying some condescending comments of Curly being the great leader and then when Jimmy’s the captain, it all goes downhill. Edit: He says “I fixed it” by taking responsibility (when really his actions of taking responsibility are irresponsible) and putting Curly in a cryopod… which still doesn’t guarantee Curly’s safety. Could still wake up after 20 years if he wasn’t intercepted and suffer for the remaining of his life
also pepper in the fact that he got Anya pregnant by /r*ping/ her ("why are there locks on the medical cabinets but not the bedroom doors"...) and was afraid of facing consequences when they got back to Earth (despite Curly promising that "they'll fix it", read 'cover it up', when the get home...) .....and so he decided to crash the ship and k*ll everyone...to avoid That Responsibility
I assumed him crashing was another misguided attempt to “fix” it for everyone by saving them from unemployment and saving Anya from being a single mom w/ a deadbeat baby daddy (ain’t n way Jimmy would ever be a parent or pay child support 😒) I like to imagine there’s an alternate universe where Curly immediately took action by freezing Jimmy’s rapist ass and then he ends up as the kid’s step-dad, even if he has no interest in Anya
@@ObsidianGloria Jimmy was the one who crashed the ship, because he didn't want to be outed as a r@pist and face consequences for it. Same, though frankly any real Good Ending has to give Anya some sort of method to have an abortion.
Man, this was crazy, I don’t usually get spooked by low poly style horror games but this was impressively visceral even though the actual images weren’t that graphic, wild!
That convo around the 35min mark hits hard right now. I've been feeling stuck, like things are stagnant. So I'm literally embarking on something new even if I'm bad at it. And I'm doing it for me, and that's terrifying.
My sister and I were just discussing about this game because she had seen Gab play it on stream. She said it was really terrifying and I joked that it might not even make it to UA-cam. Few minutes later and we got the notification that it was uploaded. Well, time to get scared 😢
which is incredibly ironic, considering this game could definitely be a detriment to some people’s mental health 😂 still, i also love gab’s videos, they’re always a pleasure!
I watched Sean's video first.... I didn't notice baby cries in the beginning, it all is there from the start... Curly didn't deserve what happened to him, but he defended Jimmy, covered his ass saying he won't pull anything and that he's sane, all those four month laying there in agony... Did he regret it all?
Every time when I see these kind of games, I’m always like: “are the devs okay? Are we sure the devs are okay!?” (Although this time is the most extreme) Also, extra note: Gab questioning the reason of why the person did what they did. There is no reason for it. That person had no logical reason. Their logic was what you see in this game, twisted. Even patted themselves on the shoulder basically for “fixing it”. Yikes damn
I absolutely loved this. Finally some good fucking psychological horror. I think I might buy this even if I don't really feel a need to play it myself after seeing it, because I want to support talented devs doing interesting things. They had something to say and did it in a very creative way. The visual style and sound design were top notch and really created such an uncomfortable atmosphere, in the best way.
I was pleasantly surprised with this game. I thought it would be just a short game about feeding mouthwash to a scary bandage guy, but the story is far more interesting than that. I do wish the game title reflected it lol! Projects like these are quite inspiring to me
Thanks so much for playing this, Gab. I really love these type of games, where you can explore one's psyche through extreme situations. Like, you still were fixed on the fact that they were hauling mouthwash - even saying, maybe it's contraband. Funny how the human psyche works, if someone is not proven fully guilty, we still tend to blame the circumstances. And all in all, I think this game is all about this: Jimmy is an evil person. He did everything on purpose - there were no accidents!
Definitely the kind of game you need brain bleach after. A lot of it. It's really made me look differently at the bottle of mouthwash on my god damn sink lmao
Quite honestly when I first started listening to you, I thought you were from Minnesota (there's a big Nordic community there). I forget that English isn't your first language, and as someone who can only speak one language, you are amazing!
I think there are a lot of gratuitous horror games out there that overuse tropes to the point of beating a dead horse. But this one utilized a lot of narrative tools with phenomenal balance and skill. I was absolutely disgusted the whole time without it being tiring or driving me away from watching along. I particularly love the subtlety and delicate handling of plot points and an unreliable narrator. Everything is there if you listen, and the characters feel "fleshed out" and realistic without being cheesy or spelling things out too simply. I love it and also hate it so much thanks :(
The word "Polle" is Swedish and it's a nickname/cute way of saying "horse" or "pony". 🐎 (pronounced as "P-oh-ll-eh") And since there's a Swede on the team of developers it's not too surprising since Polle is scary as hell xD
Oh this is Swedish? That really explains a lot. (Jokes aside, thank you for the context and confirming the little "Polle sounds pretty Swedish doesn't it..." thought I had. ❤)
am 36 minutes in, and I think Jimmy did it! Because when u started the game the person doing it was sat in the left chair in the pitcock, and when u did Jimmys psysch-evaluation, JIMMY SAT IN THE LEFT CHAIR, so excited to see if I was right B) JUST FINNISHED WATCHING lolol spoiler alert!! I was right c:
saw something abt how anya was right to hide the gun knowing jimmy would use it against her, since before the crash we see him outside the cockpit where the gun codes are and clearly freaking it about the consequences of his own actions. he couldnt use the gun, so he killed everyone instead.
going through the game again with the knowledge abt what happened to Anya is so powerful. like even in the end jimmy guilt trips Curly abt how it's his fault she got pregnant and that everyone will blame him for his lapse in leadership crazy
i bought this game yesterday. I wasnt expecting it to be as absolutely stunning and amazing as it was/is. Such a powerful story and so much tension at points where I felt like I could cut the tension with a dull blade.
Computer: Steer left to avoid impact Gab: Steers right Computer: Auto-pilot will steer away from impact Gab: Turns off auto-pilot Computer: Warning! Impact imminent! Gab: Whoever I'm playing as REALLY wants this to crash.
I just love when I happen to finish working so hard and long on a big project like I just published my book and in the end of the day I find that the universe sends me a gift that is a Gobbus video. Thank you. The universe provides for those who strife indeed.
I think I felt for Swansea most of all, just because the theme of poverty and corporate slavery hits more personally hard to me than others in this game.
Can’t remember in which video you recommended it, but I just now watched Barbarian that was on my watchlist thanks to you and JEEZ! That was a good one! Keep recommending movies please! 😂
As someone who's also ESL, can relate lol. I always feel so relieved when I'm watching something on UA-cam and see an unfamiliar word and start to feel stupid, and then the youtuber is also like "what the fck is that word?? How do you pronounce this??" despite english being their native language lol
Except that English isn't her native language. Gab was born and raised in the Netherlands. ;) But no need to feel stupid, I mean, you can't know all words! :)
Finally getting around to watching Gab play this game. It's such a heavy freaking game, but it's also incredible. Definitely my favorite indie horror game after Signalis for sure. I really hope that eventually Gab plays SIgnalis. I'm pretty confident she'd love it, especially given it's Silent Hill and old school Resident Evil influences.
The game had a perfect balance of what was shown on screen to what was in the story, imo. Of course, everyone has different levels of sensitivity, that's valid. But in comparison to say, Outlast Trials, this was pretty tame. I get far more uncomfortable with that one, even with all of Team Eazy Small's shenanigans. I think the main major source of discomfort for players was actually the knife segments-it's one thing to see horrible things happening in a cutscene, it's another to force the player to "participate" in it.
51 books this year already! Damn, that's good going. Most I done was like 8 😆 Would explain how you're so good at reading text in the games aloud, I constantly trip over my own words, clearly I need to read more.
Never feel bad about mispronouncing a word that you've only ever read and have never heard aloud. It's even possible, (and probable) that if you have heard a word before, the person who said it to you may have mispronounced it. In my opinion, if the way you say a word is reasonable based on the common pronunciation of its individual letters, it's just as valid as anything else. The only time to really worry about pronunciation accuracy is when pronouncing a person's name.
I remember watching Manly Badass Hero play the demo for this but I was NOT prepared for this story. This is seriously one of the best horror games of this year. At least top 10. That was chilling and uncomfortable and everything I want wrapped in the low poly nostalgia graphics of my childhood. Thank you for playing this.
I haven't gotten the chance to watch this whole video yet, but I was watching an interview with the Gameplay Lead at Wrong Organ and he recommended your playthrough in particular, so I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! :D
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No amount of mouthwash could wash away Jimmy's sins.
First, he assaults Anya (which is why she asked Curly why there were no locks in the sleeping area) and decides crashing the ship would address the pregnancy.
Second, he puts the blame on Curly and never took responsibility no matter how much he says he will.
Third, he convinces Daisuke to perform a dangerous act and gives him false hope when there was little hope for him to survive his injuries.
Fourth, he claimed that Swansea would use the cryopod for himself when he might have been saving it for Daisuke, the youngest one who still had a future, or maybe for Anya.
Fifth, he places Curly into the cryopod which could end with him waking up in 20 years with no rescue or with him getting rescued and having to live life blaming himself for what happend to his crew.
You know the guy got stress about his future and turned to insanity
First the Pony express ask them to fake a crash so they can get the insurance, 2nd Anya says she is pregnant from him, 3rd Curly says to them that the company is closing imagine only the STRESS
Jimmy will become a father, needs to search for a new job, so his thought process is to fake the crashing early maybe can respond fast to all this responsibility
@@crazymus_pridewhat
also the fact that curly in his mind is saying "i will take the blame" and thus he lies to people that curly did it when curly can't even speak and defend himself... awesome
@@crazymus_pride ??? pony express never asked them to fake the crash and Jimmy wasn't trying to 'fake the crashing early', he was trying to get everyone (including himself) killed to avoid having to face the consequences of his own actions
I did get the vibe Anya and Jimmy's getting together was weird and not fully consensual but I did NOT put two and two together about the doors not being locked to the sleeping quarters! It makes perfect sense though. Poor Anya...
"We're in control here," Jimmy says to Curly, knowing he basically keeps Anya quiet (among other things of course but this is just a relevant line to this discussion). But once they're fired and they land planet-side, Anya could absolutely report Jimmy without fear of losing her job because there IS no job. Jimmy can't be protected lording his position over her when there's nothing left to use. He'd either have to go to prison or at minimum face extreme financial stress having to provide for the baby. What a situation.
At the start I thought how terrifying it would be to be Anya with a crew of all men, then the game proved me right goddamn
I watched Jacksepticeye' playthrough first then saw in the comments about a conversation he missed so I'm here. At the beginning of _his_ playthrough I thought the same thing and I'm very sad I was right too....
@@theblackcatgirl7013wait which part did he miss?
@@GummyCalico I'm not sure yet, I'm still watching the video but apparently he missed the conversation where it was heavy-heavy implied that Jimmy assaulted her. Everything else was breadcrumbs up until that point.
@@theblackcatgirl7013have you seen which convo is that now? I’ve watched Jack’s video too but my adhd is preventing me from watching an entire playthrough again.
@@MillyDelHe missed the day 0 dialogue I think.
"Being in your 30s and not wanting to work in the field for which you've prepared is like realizing you've built your entire skill tree wrong in an RPG."
At least in an RPG I can delete the save and start over.
@@tammypi6877 that's called a midlife crisis
@@demonzabrak or just a regular crisis if it's just your entire life.
@@tammypi6877 I feel personally attacked (note: joke)
We tend to live up to 100 years old, so mid life crisis would be in our 50's, or it depends on the life circumstances, and I don't think anyone here is in their 50's
that sequence of swansea chasing jimmy around after we see daisuke’s grave..it really shows how much he wanted to protect the kid, with jim being responsible for daisuke not making it out alive after all
swansea saved the chamber for the kid, i don’t think he knew anya was pregnant
I think by that point he did know (he mentions talking to Anya and says she "told him all sorts of things") but yeah he'd been saving the chamber for a while at that point, definitely from before he knew. It's heartbreaking that even with Daisuke defending Swansea to Jimmy saying there must be an explanation for him hiding the stasis chamber, he never got to know that it was for him ;-;
If you get axed 10 times during that part you get the achievement “Good Ending” lol
@@pfsnxdti8106 ahh yeah he knew after the crash
@@pfsnxdti8106 bruh i thought i replied to this, but yes thanks for reminding me he probably did know after trying to save it for him :(
Yeah and Jimmy being the narcissistic asshole assumed Swansea saved it for himself because that's what Jimmy would have done.
I've only just clocked it now after Gab says "did [Jimmy] even have to defend himself or was [Swansea] tied up the whole time?" that the scene where Swansea is trying to break into the cockpit and Jimmy grabs the metal pipe and rope (to block the door) probably imply that was just a hallucination. A story that Jimmy came up to justify to himself why he did that to Swansea. He _did_ grab the rope, he _did_ grab the metal pipe, but he didn't defend himself.
My idea is that he knocked Swansea out with the pipe and proceeded to tie him up to that chair in utility. Potentially beat him and then shot him in the head. That monologue was potentially the last thing Swansea said, and Jimmy needs to paint himself the good guy, so he just kills him.
When Jimmy grabbed the rope, I thought he was gonna hang himself honestly
Jimmy is a deplorable person.
It's not outright spelled out, but Anya asking why the sleeping quarters don't have locks on them, and Swansea telling he'd keep Jimmy away from her? Yeah...
Yeah the story is pretty rough. Jimmy grapes Anaya, doesn't feel bad and more worried about what's happen when he gets to earth. Hell he doesn't even care about her OD and is obsessed with the captain, but only mentions Anya 1x to get the Daisuke to go through the vent which kills him. Blames everyone, delusional, and worst part is he doesn't think he's done anything wrong- he's the only problem. It's damn sad cause the Captain didn't let her use the gun to protect herself, and pulled "if you won't protect people then nobody can use it." The Captain failed to keep everyone safe and refused to deal with Jimmy. It's just purgatory. The story telling was fantastic!
Thank you for clarifying that!! I struggled connecting the dots on where the assault was, thinking it was more clearly stated. Horrifying idea the whole way though - what a game.
@@VorpalSnickerSnackcurly the captain really tried to solve anya and jimmy problem as you can see curky tried to talk to jimmy about anya's pregnancy but jimmy was too scared to take responsibility and crash everyone.
what could curly have done about jimmy? they're the only people on the ship. he'd have to wait until they got back to earth to do anything about it
@@karissa3283 the second she asked why there's no locks on the living quarters and 'safety' flashed, my stomach dropped. Plus her asking how many months are left on their voyage...
I love when first person games have a zoom function. I always picture them stickin their neck real far forward
😂😂 I love this imagery
I love when a game let's you zoom your eyeballs.
Only tangentially related but my brother used to say that he had "long-eyes" that he could activate at will, which worked like cartoon eyes and could watch anything anywhere if he wanted them to. In hindsight this was a slightly more disturbing concept than i thought it was as a kid.
@@leolion3323 Did they pop out on springs with a "BOING" sound?
i imagine it's like when Patrick was trying to sell chocolates
god what an incredible and very upsetting game.. i think the most disturbing part for me was finding out anya was r4ped, i was thinking at the start how scary it would be to be the only woman on a ship surrounded by men, and so seeing that conversation between her and curly, and him choosing to protect his friend and himself and to potentially cover it up i think was real horror
@@phi4saban honestly I got the vibe that Curly was just trying to keep the situation under control cause he knows Jimmy has a temper. they’re all stuck on the ship together till they make their delivery so I can understand saying whatever you can to keep the peace
He could also def just be scummy, but I like it better for the story if he’s being dishonest w Jimmy instead of Anya, ha
@@murph64 yeah i get what you mean, i can see that too
So eyerolling this is another game where they only have like one woman on the team and she gets raped. Like that's the only point of having a woman there. to further this narrative that if there were a bunch of men with a woman, she's gonna get assaulted.
@@murph64i think curly messed up with his "I've known him for a long time!" thing cuz.. come on.. don't say that to a victim... but overall he was trying to keep everyone safe and keep the ship stable first and foremost.
Daisuke looks awfully similar to Ryosuke Kawashima from the horror movie Pulse (2001) while Anya looks a lot like Wendy Torrance from Shining (1980)
"Here's Jimmy!"
Just a comic relief. I'm disturbed. Poor Anya.
I noticed Anya looked like Shelley Duvall, too! I didn't know the other person, but after looking, you're right!
Yo jack made the shining connection too!
I read in the wiki that Anya is indeed inspired by Wendy/Shelley Duvall but I forgot whi Daisuke is based on
The dev diaries on their Steam page confirmed that you are correct and it was intentional.
being able to pull off a story like this without it becoming comically over the top is very impressive... normally with ultra gorey low poly games you kinda get a kick out of how far they can push it, but I was SO uncomfortable through this entire game I never would have been able to finish it myself 😅
This game does a great job with environmental storytelling. Implying and hinting at things before it spells it out, giving you that moment of, "Wait, what if this is what actually happened?" Before then telling you, "Yep, that horrible thing you thought happened actually happened."
Watching as things slowly click into place is so satisfying and a bit horrifying in this case.
I'm pretty sure ppl got it during the live but since there weren't any mentions of it I think Swansea knew Jimmy did it and prepared the cryo for Daisuke. He gave the kid hard time but during his literal last words he said he wanted better for him and I think it meant the cryo was for Daisuke and not his alcoholic ass who already experienced his "best life". I'm not 100% sure but that's what I got from the first time watching this
He either had the cryo for Daisuke or Anya considering he knew what Jimmy did to her
@@sockjriggs1926yeah either of them but not for himself like Jimmy thought
Swansea was told by anya at a point during the game. he didn't now before the crash
@@cheyannegiles9772yeah, I’m thinking it may be when you find them in the cockpit in the beginning.
@sockjriggs1926 i'm pretty sure it was for daisuke and that's what swansea and anya were talking about in the cockpit that one time
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I've heard that women (probably most female animals) have evolved a predisposition to react to babies crying. Some of the guys I've watched, even dads, I'm just like, "aren't they gonna mention the baby crying?". I'm glad Gab mentioned it. And when she said "8 months" I was immediately like, "is she pregnant?"
Anya mentioning the locks not being on the personnel quarters was a huge red flag. That scumbag never even saw her as a person, even after the SA, which is why his delusions never even went back to that "mistake", just all the things with the guys. I hate that guy.
Jimmy do be the absolute worst
1:43:45 Get it? You're moving further and further away from responsibility. You're not taking responsibility, you're avoiding it.
Staring it in the face too
This game perfectly explains the term ‘all men’. When men think they are ‘good men’ yet stand by and do nothing, like Curly and Swansea did, it makes them complicit.
All those lives destroyed because one man couldn’t keep it in his pants and thought consent was for other people, not him.
This game hits so hard as a SA survivor. Indie game of the year for me.
This is such a sexist and bad fuckin take on this game, and I say that as a woman and a CSA survivor.
When a video starts with “trigger warning : suicide, gore, torture, cannibalism”, you KNOW we’re in for a good one💀
Except they accidentally forgot the SA warning, unless that was what they meant by "torture".
@@glassdragonmedia honestly being the only woman in crew on a ship, and one of the men grapes you, and you can't get away from them for months that would feel like torture
"Did it crash?
"7 days before the crash"
Perfect timing
Getting a lot of praise this one and deservedly so. Brutal psychological horror and the writing, editing and pacing is so well done. Jimmy's descent was predictable in a way but avoided the cliches and tropes that would have lessened its impact. Very good use of the unreliable narrator and subtle cues with the storytelling. I love the abrupt flashscreens depicting Jimmy's psyche and the gameplay glitches nudging you in the direction that all is not right with this character. There's a lot going on in here. Pretty exceptional.
The critique of neoliberal labour relations is huge. highly atomized and alienated individuals without any shared working-class discourse working for a faceless corporate bureaucracy. The dialog is so understated but gives each character just enough to establish a believable personality. remind me of that tender is the flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
For people that don't know what an AU (astronomical unit) is, it is the average distance between the Sun and Earth. It is also approximately 9 light-minutes.
(Yes that means if the Sun magically turned off, we would still have light on earth for around 9 minutes before we plunged into the eternal night)
@@demonzabrak Not only that, we'd actually continue to rotate around the non-existent sun for the additional 9 minutes, as if the sun was actually there. That's because changes in gravitational field also only travel at the speed of light.
@@VivekYadav-ds8oz This is honestly the coolest part about the sun magically disappearing thought experiment tbh, it illustrates the fact that gravitational force is due to the geometry of space-time (space-time is like a stretched out 4-dimensional fabric in tension, and that "wave" of gravity going away travels exactly as fast as the speed of light)
So all these people died because...*checks notes* a man assaulted his coworker
facts
I mean..... he did a lot more than that. But it certainly all started to go wrong then
Well technically all these people died because Curly decided to tell the crew they were going to get fired after the load was delivered. He was supposed to wait a few days before the load was delivered to break the news but instead because he cared about them, spilled the beans early which caused them to go into a downward spiral of panic. Jimmy had nothing to go back to in his life & this job was all he had. He tells Curly that during the psych evaluation. So technically, Curly got them all killed. 😂
@@JusttSarinaaNope. You don't get to blame Curly for "caring about his friends" when it's literally all Jimmy. He assaulted Anya even before the news like bruh.
SPOILER FUCKING ALERT GODDAMNIT😂😂😂😂😂
I absolutely believe the scenes with Swansea chasing Jimmy around with an axe were a representation of Jimmy’s own paranoia and delusions, and his own twisted justification for his actions, and not reality. He convinced himself Swansea was the villain, Swansea had to be stopped, HE was the one in danger. Swansea had no intention of fighting for that pod. The only reason he was safeguarding it was for Daisuke. In his last words he laments not being able to give Daisuke “a last chance off this rock.” and when he mercy kills him early, he talks about it not mattering anymore, and bitterly tells Jimmy he’s “earned” the pod.
Interesting how Jimmy apologized to Curly but I didn't notice him ever apologize to Anya....he never REALLY was accountable for his actions, specifically in relation to her.
This game covers so many amazingly dark concepts, but it has so many brilliant ideas. I absolutely love the emergency expanding foam, and just absolutely love the mouthwash idea. The idea that you have a ton of emergency supplies, but even those are extinguished, where now you get to find out what you were shipping. 5 people over a year to make sure a planet gets its shipment of mouthwash, thats great! you can drink liquids.... right?
I love the twist too. Props to Gab pointing out the baby crying in the beginning sequence, i never caught that but it makes a lot of sense now.
I also just realized at 1:36:20 Curly's footsteps start to get overpowered by something with the rhythm of a galloping horse.
"Not for the squemish"
What its just an ordinary horr- OH MY GOODNESS
JIMMYYYYY!!!!
I *HATE* JIMMY!
AHHHHHHH I HATE HIM
*I HATE JIMMYYYY!*
// spoilers //
Anya's comment about the sleeping quarters not having any locks but the med bay having one and it immediately flashing to 'safety'. And she even locks herself away when she exits but he still got to her. Not to mention the fact that Anya stays up late because she 'can't sleep' LIKE HUH I WONDER WHY. My only gripe in this game is that literally everyone had to suffer except Jimmy. Also also the fact that he never took the psych evals seriously (or maybe he did and he literally self-reported about his weird feelings about Polle??) and ended up being the one hallucinating the entire time was crazy foreshadowing. Since Curly talked about his lack of sleep I was CONVINCED it was him suffering from like extreme sleep deprivation or something
i mean yeah no jimmy was most likely making weird comments like that on the evals as a show of "power" over anya after what he did to her
props to the devs for making such an unlikable sack of shit, they did well
Honestly jimmy not suffering at all is genuinely horrific in and of itself. Reflective of how in real life dicks like that will use and abuse everyone around them, ruin the lives of others, and then get away with hardly a fraction of the pain theyve inflicted on others
Just started the video and i know that at 5:58 the horse guy is meant to make you creeped out but he looks like he is about to drop the SICKEST nae nae ever
neigh neigh*
HOOWAHHH ❤🔥❤🔥
I was sure Curly was dead and that "seeing him alive" was just part of Jimmy's hallucinations. I even expected a post-credits scene in which you see that a team discovers the capsule and there is actually a corpse inside.
But yeah, a pretty disturbing game. (Amazing, I just wasn't fully prepared)
I'll go now for some tea and a piece of leg, I mean cake
I like how it doesn't have a post-credit scene. lets you wonder if they'd ever be found at all since the company's gone bust, meaning they might not have the funding/ability to send a recon crew, if not just sweep it under the rug. for all we know 20 years pass, curly unfreezes, and he's trapped in that capsule with a belly full of his own leg meat and no painkillers
Hmmm I was thinking that too but at the cutting Curlys leg birthday party scene, when they cut to the top view we see everyone dead and just curly and jimmy alive. I also think that the estimated times (4 months after crash) are wrong because of how unreliable of a narrator jimmy is. Cause we see things like the type of painkillers jimmy gives curly changing, total hallucinations, etc. also I dont think the final scene would be in curlys perspective if he were truly dead, it had a sickening sort of finality to it :(
It would honestly lose a lot of the tragedy if that were the case. The whole point is how cruel Jimmy is being in treating still-alive curly as a prop to absolve himself of his guilt
its so good that gab read the posters at the beginning, the "hr cases can result in collective punishment" is why nobody did anything about jimmy even though everyone (well maybe not daisuke) knew what he did. but with her getting pregnant and possibly even giving birth by the time they arrive, it would be undeniable. and bc of this, curly's career would have been destroyed too, thats why he let jimmy try to "fix" things. despite all that talk about how he wants to leave the top of the ladder, he was still afraid of it actually happening and his cowardice resulted in a fate worse than death. cant say i feel sorry for him much.
Thank you for mentioning this!! I was starting to feel like I was the only one that remembered that memo. I think Curly, already feeling bad about the company going under, was probably trying to make sure that there wasn't a pay cut at the end of the job but his priorities definitely weren't in the right place.
I definitely don't think he let jimmy crash the ship, he didn't have time to think (I think) there was only a few minutes to few hours of gap between Anya telling Curly about the sexual assualt and Jimmy crashing the Ship. I mean I agree the way he started off handling this was bad, I do blame him for not taking that seriously (and for not making Anya feel safe). But you can't say he let Jimmy crash the ship, I don't think he was trying to sacrifice the crew the get on top of the ladder or something, maybe I'm wrong! definitely do need to watch it once more, and play it myself
nobody except curly knew what Jimmy did until Anya told Swansea later
@mastershooter64 i think it's wrong to say he "let" Jimmy crash the ship, but he did just let Jimmy walk into the cockpit after heavily implying that it would be better if the ship crashed. I don't blame Curly for not thinking clearly and realizing what Jimmy meant but like. Jimmy did say it would be better for there to be a tragedy than to get caught
same!
Also interesting in that later section the painkillers were just 500 mg of paracetamol. Which do basically nothing. It will help a headache maybe. You can't even overdose on that unless you take like 20 pills and then you'll just have liver failure.
honestly! i also kept thinking that 10mg extended oxy is NOT enough for what curly was experiencing, so the idea that he may be dead for a long amount of this game seems plausible from that alone. that kind of pain on its own when untreated can kill you, and we saw him get no meds or late meds multiple times. he’s have needed to be on probably a higher dose extended AND still getting immediate release on top, not to mention any other kind of wound care. it’d make sense if by the time it gets to the paracetamol it was just going through the motions because he was “alive”, because if he was cold turkey off extended oxy & ONLY on basically what you’d give a kid he’d be screaming
not to mention how quickly he’d dehydrate w such severe burns all over his body. There’s zero chance their dinky little medical station was equipped to deal with that type of injury. So that makes me think the whole “2,3,4 months after” is wayyy overestimated on Jimmy’s part, especially given how he screws up his own timeline (“4 months after crash” goes to “8 hours before judgement” which then goes to “3 months after crash” but picks up right when that “4 months after” section left off.)
It wouldn’t surprise me if everything went down over the course of a week at most and jimmy has just been constructing this drawn-out survival narrative in his head because he needs A Story to tell once he’s rescued
@@murph64 Considering that the ship's damage (which could mean that the computer systems are down) the crew might not have any way to keep track of time. If we add their (especially Jimmy's) state of mind...
@@murph64 oh that's an interesting theory. Actually that makes sense (although lack of awareness on the dev's part may be the cause) but i like your idea better
@@murph64 maybe they kept him hydrated and stuff? I'm don't really know how you'd treat 3rd degree burns over a large area though
I’ve watched a few playthroughs of this, but I think I must’ve missed what Jimmy did to Anya before. I thought I was consensual previously and he was just rejecting her. That’s not what happened at all 😢 poor Anya.
It seems like all the men you played this game have been giving everyone the wrong impression. I specifically am only wanting to watch this playthrough as the misogyny and sexism in other comment sections when people highlight they missed the clues on that subject are… too disturbing, if not outright gaslighting.
@@OkamiRose go watch ManlyBadassHero if you want a guy who gets and respects the subject. His playthrough also is much more detailed, with Gab right now it feels so fast, too fast for me.
It's a way of story telling, an untrustworthy narrator, like the one in the book Lolita.
and anya’s question about there being no locks where they sleep heavily implies that it happened multiple times
I read somewhere in another creator's comment section that pregnancy doesn't happen immediately once, it takes multiple times so... yeah, it most likely happened a lot
I was gonna watch Sean's playthrough of this as well because I love seeing varied perspectives on story heavy games but ohhhhhhh mama. I'm good, this was great, but I need a year.
Oh my god. I had no idea what to expect going into this but what a stellar fucking game. I loved it so much, even the parts that made me feel a little sick. Such engaging, visceral storytelling. Props to the devs for creating such a phenomenal experience
The Pony Express was the equivalent of the UPS in 1860-1861 in the United States (From Missouri to California). It was done by horseback along a specific trail with different riders at different sections. This was then deemed unnecessary when the telegraph being built in Missouri and California was completed
Wasn't it also mostly managed by people society deemed mostly expendable?
So he was saving the the cryo-pod for Daisuke all along 😭
Mouthwash is also a really interesting comparison because essentially what he did was eliminated all the germs and the bad taste in his mouth by getting rid of the crew. The entire thing obviously being a cover up for the assault
And to take it a step further, Anya said the mouthwash has too much sugar to work as a disinfectant, and Jumby killing the crew either directly or indirectly doesn't actually work to fix his problems, because he is the infection
1:34:01 God this is such a tragic situation for him because he was alive and had to watch as Anya someone who he cared about (at least I think I haven't reached the end yet) committing...that right in front of him and he literally couldn't do anything about that other than to watch as all of it unfolded right in front of him. Like imagine watching someone you care about doing it right in front of you and you couldn't do NOTHING about it other than to watch it happen. That would destroy ANYBODY emotionally and mentally.
If you’re referring to Jimmy seeing her take her own life, Jimmy didn’t care about her. But maybe you mean Curly.. he probably did, but he also didn’t help her. He didn’t even confront Jimmy.
@@Tilleyforever44 I was talking about Curly here and I mean he did care about her to some degree. Probably not as much as I thought at first considering the scene that comes after the scene that I commented about here between him and Jimmy. I hadn’t watched the entirety of the video yet when I commented that as I commented this as soon as I saw the scene that I put the time stamp on.
I can't help but imagine that was going through his mind when watching her too. The (absolutely correct) feeling that had he just taken her more seriously that none of this would have happened
I feel no remorse for Jimmy. I get the responsibility but it just felt like he was just jealous the whole time. Either way, poor curly.
He kept repeating it like it was to comfort himself "I'm not a bad person"
Yes! From his dialogue with Curly right before the crash it seemed like he assaulted Anya to mar Curly's reputation. "You are no longer a great leader because it is YOUR responsibility to keep the crew safe, it's your fault this happened." No, Jimmy, it's your responsibility as a decent human being not to violate others, it's not hard to do.
Yeah, no. Curly is also to blame for how everything ended up. He enjoyed inaction so much and now that'll be the only thing he will be able to do for the rest of his days, poetic in a sense.
@anitaremenarova6662 sure, you can say that. But Jimmy is still a POS. I'd rather have curly then jimmy.
I wouldn't say he enjoyed it. His inaction was a huge mistake, but he didn't deserve what happened. Like most people he was blind to see the evil within his friend. Let's be honest, it's hard to admit when someone you know is a bad person.
That was so fucked. Probably the scariest game I've seen Gab play. Maybe for this whole year. I'm more spooked by psychological horror, and this really did it. The gore was also well played. Good god I need me some eyebleach.
When I first watched Sean play this game, it felt really evocative of “I have no mouth and I must scream”. The name didn’t even really occur to me at first until after I had that thought. But then it was secured when I went to add the game to my wishlist on steam and typed in “mouth” and saw both games next to each other.
The art style and a lot of the themes in the story remind me of it. Both have incredibly dark but fantastic story telling that really shows you instead of using exposition to explain the story. I also like the slow burn, as you piece stuff together. It makes the replay-ability really high too, despite not having any actual choices. There’s a lot of dialogue that makes more sense the second time around. I haven’t finished “I have no mouth and I must scream” but I’m familiar with its overall story. Really cool to see that type of game make a resurgence. I really do feel like these developers were inspired by it.
13:00 I forget that English isn’t your first language sometimes because of how well you speak and read it. Doesn’t help that you also (to me, an American) don’t have an accent at all really either. Hell even some of us natural born speakers of the language have more troubles with English than you do and we don’t speak Dutch and Japanese on top of it! So you should be very proud of how fluent you are with your pronunciations and understandings of the language!
Is English your second language also? As someone who speaks English as a second language, this comment seems so patronizing.
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme no it’s not my second. I don’t have one and I’m saying how impressed I am with her being so well versed in the language. Don’t look for offense in what’s clearly a bunch of compliments. Especially when I tagged the timestamp of her addressing this exact thing and saying how people have called her stupid for messing words up. So it’s not like I’m just randomly saying all this, she brought it up in the video. I was merely reinforcing her beliefs in herself while stating how impressive it is as well.
Thank you! I’ve always wanted to say that to her, but couldn’t find the words.
@@susanschubert1222 no worries! Glad I’m not the only one that feels this way!
No for real...when I learned English was her *third* language I was blown away...I never would have guessed! She's so smart
This was so dark, twisted and visceral, and I loved every second of it! The subversion of the expectations, the twist - beautifully done. Absolutely disgusting and hopeless story of a man trying to avoid all the responsibility but believing he's doing the right thing. The anticapitalist themes are the cherry on this cake of horrors.
Polle represents the act of delivering something since he's the face of the company, and the crew doesnt really want to do this; theyre only here because they have to. and i think the baby crying at the start was already telling us about Anya being pregnant, deliverig something she doesnt want to
If Gab enjoyed this then Signalis is right up her alley. Absolute banger of a game that I recommend for anyone that likes survival horror
I’ve commented this exact sentiment a few times! I want her to play it soooo badly! The part with Curly in the water reminds me so much of the Isle of the Dead in Signalis
I’m sorry Netflix, I prefer Gab right now. ☕️💛
Same hahaha
Preach
Just when I was doom scrolling here she is! 😃 yay 👏 saviour.
I watch every gab video. She's such a pure cinnamon roll and needs tk be protected at all costs!
@@ghostguy7 Same!
I love seeing that Gab, knowing a girl's mind and understanding much more about being in a woman's position in essentially a man's world, her first guess IS that Jimmy was the one Anya was talking about when saying she wanted to hide the gun so "he" couldn't use it. And how, meanwhile, JACK on the other hand, simply assumed the "most douchey" character was probably responsible - Swansea - because he hadn't picked up all the weird subtleties Gab had regarding Jimmy's behavior, Jimmy's behavior toward Anya, and also how Curly remarked "I've known him for a long time, we can fix this" essentially is a coded way for a man to speak and he'd already remarked before about Jimmy in that same way. Just the fact that Gab was able to pick that up, while jack stayed oblivious, was really impressive and goes to show you that even with gab as his girlfriend, jack does still possess a fair amount of white male privilege that he's only vaguely aware he has. That those sorts of signals go over his head because he hasn't had to exist as a woman in a potentially dangerous position being around an entirely male crew, how easy it would be to be taken advantage of in a situation like that, and then because you're all stuck together for a year and all the other staff are male, as a woman you feel like you can't go to any of them for solace or help - whether it's because you're afraid they'll label you as easy and mock you and judge you, or whether they'll even target you as well or even worse, tag-team target you now that more than one knows they can take advantage of you, and WORST OF ALL, the potential that ALL of the men on board, EVERY SINGLE one of your other crew members, will ALL take advantage of you because you're the only woman on board with no one to defend you so they can do literally whatever they want with you. While I'm sure nothing like that has ACTUALLY HAPPENED to Gab before, she has a much better understanding of that situation and that potential danger, whereas jack can't possibly comprehend that there would even be a danger because he, meanwhile, could only see himself as a male crew and wouldn't have to worry about such an insane thing happening.
Really crazy. Also shows how ALL women tend to have high alert levels for that kind of thing, and men just... don't. Because they don't have to, and women DO have to. I don't blame jack for that or anything, it's just the reality we live in, and it's simply fascinating to see it. Obviously jack would change it in a heartbeat if he could, but that's just it, he can't, all he can do is try to learn more, himself, and better himself. And guys like that are the true allies to women. Ones that step up and say no. Curly should've been harsher with Jimmy, but at the same time, he'd known Jimmy for years and would've had never thought Jimmy SA'd Anya. The implication is that he did, but no one ever explicitly says it, even Anya. She doesn't tell Curly that's what happened, either, but she implies it when she says she wants to hide the gun from Jimmy. IE, he's already assaulted her once, so now she's afraid of him and what he might do if given another opportunity, so the only thing she might be able to is nip any potentially WORSE futures in the bud. But she didn't tell Curly it was an assault, and Curly wouldn't really assume it was because he "knows" Jimmy and doesn't think Jimmy would be capable of something like that. So it's understandable that he's not harsher with Jimmy about the whole thing, but he still should've been. He should've been EXPONENTIALLY harder. And maybe he PLANNED on ACTUALLY doing something, but to Jimmy's face pretended it would all be okay? Other than that, Curly SHOULD'VE been harsher with Jimmy about it. insisting everything would be "fixable" to Jimmy despite getting a crew member pregnant during the trip - no matter how it happened - should be much more serious even if it was totally consensual, but with what Anya told Curly, Curly should've really sensed it might've been an assault and he should've treated it that way.
If more men would hold others accountable, women wouldn't always blame men for everything. There are definitely men out there who try for sure, but too many keep quiet when they could help. If you're good to other people, they'll be good to you, no matter your race, gender, identity, or anything else.
I love this comment
a lot
cant really put it into words, but, idk
It just, really made things make sense to me, about how just being a woman makes u see stories like these a little more clearly, if that makes sense
ive always been confused about how some people just . wouldnt get it, and theyd find it ridiculous when things are interpreted in that way by a woman, like when things arent just clearly spelled out for them it cant possibly be about S.A, or if it is then maybe it wasn’t not-consensual. Idk if im making sense
Idk, im kind of tired rn so my thoughts are a little jumbled up
i just really like this comment
Yeah yeah fries in the bag
It's refreshing to see a playthrough of this game from a woman's perspective. Jack's playthrough made my blood boil tbh. Even at the end he didn't recognize what Jimmy did and straight up assumed the biggest mistake he did was that he crashed the ship and that's it. Bro even proceeded to question if Swansea or Daisuke was the one who SA'd her. He even asked "how could she even become a nurse if she couldn't even do these stuff?" after Jimmy yelled at her for not being giving Curly the painkillers. Not to mention he missed all the clues, not understanding anything about the game, and constantly making forced jokes just about anything going on in the game. I love Jack but his playthrough made me sick. Goes to show that when it comes to understanding nuance and having empathy, men still got a lot of work to do.
And apparently the reply above me proves that. Sick creatures.
@@Kalitayy yeah yeah fries in the bag
Honestly, this comment wants me to double check Manly's playthrough. I want to say he picked up on the more subtle hints about Jimmy's... Character. But I'm not sure
In men's defense... C'mon. It's Jack we're talking about. Dude is overly nice, and let's admit it, dense at times when it comes to subtle cues and clues. I was one of the people who almost screamed when Jack even suggested Daisuke of all people assaulted Anya and never even thought about it might be Jimmy, our protagonist. Despite the fact that by that point of the game Jimmy's doucheness was on full display
Anya is such a tragic character in a sea of tragedy, everyone on the ship failed her, be it Jimmy being a direct cause of trauma and crashing the ship, or everyone else letting it happen
Some Alien-esque anti-capitalism themes and also body horror? This was right up my alley! (I hate/love body horror, because it's the scariest form of horror, for me!)
One of my favorite moments is 37:00, which kinda makes you think that the game's main theme will be about some political conspiracy, or greedy corporations, or experimenting on people.
Nope. It's about humans being dicks to each other. Which is actually the most horrible thing, and the source of all above-mentioned problems. My hat is off to the devs.
What an incredibly disturbing game. Just so well-written too--great premise, really good execution, and a lot of attention to detail. I'm actually going to be losing sleep tonight, I can't help but to keep turning this story and these characters over in my head. None of them (barring Jimmy obviously, who faced the consequences of his actions) deserved any of this :( like they all had their issues and none of them were perfect but goddamn. They didn't deserve THIS. Anya and Curly in particular... dear god. Anya's predicament also just feels too real. A man repeatedly assaults you and you're trapped with him until your options slowly dwindle and he ultimately ends up killing you... it's extremely real for the world we live in.
So let me get this straight… Jimmy criticized Curly for leaving them out to dry bc it’s the COMPANY that’s going out of business. Then he took matters into his own hand when he got Anya pregnant by CRASHING the ship for insurance probably. He also doesn’t take the blame for the crash and is the sole responsibility for not only Curly being deformed from the crash, but also for the other crew’s demises?! Then he cuts Curly and when eating his leg and then feeding Curly himself, he said he’ll thank him later… Jimmy in the end does take responsibility but only after the consequences and was pretty much hypocritical, saying some condescending comments of Curly being the great leader and then when Jimmy’s the captain, it all goes downhill.
Edit: He says “I fixed it” by taking responsibility (when really his actions of taking responsibility are irresponsible) and putting Curly in a cryopod… which still doesn’t guarantee Curly’s safety. Could still wake up after 20 years if he wasn’t intercepted and suffer for the remaining of his life
also pepper in the fact that he got Anya pregnant by /r*ping/ her ("why are there locks on the medical cabinets but not the bedroom doors"...) and was afraid of facing consequences when they got back to Earth (despite Curly promising that "they'll fix it", read 'cover it up', when the get home...) .....and so he decided to crash the ship and k*ll everyone...to avoid That Responsibility
I assumed him crashing was another misguided attempt to “fix” it for everyone by saving them from unemployment and saving Anya from being a single mom w/ a deadbeat baby daddy (ain’t n way Jimmy would ever be a parent or pay child support 😒)
I like to imagine there’s an alternate universe where Curly immediately took action by freezing Jimmy’s rapist ass and then he ends up as the kid’s step-dad, even if he has no interest in Anya
@@ObsidianGloria Jimmy was the one who crashed the ship, because he didn't want to be outed as a r@pist and face consequences for it.
Same, though frankly any real Good Ending has to give Anya some sort of method to have an abortion.
I honestly doubt she would've had the baby if given the option. She was feeling suicidal before the crash.
@@springdeerling7866 for real, like...she k*lled herself in game to avoid having to have that baby
Man, this was crazy, I don’t usually get spooked by low poly style horror games but this was impressively visceral even though the actual images weren’t that graphic, wild!
Tulpar (the name of the ship) is a Turkic mythical creature btw, the flying horse stand-in for Turkic mythology
That convo around the 35min mark hits hard right now. I've been feeling stuck, like things are stagnant. So I'm literally embarking on something new even if I'm bad at it. And I'm doing it for me, and that's terrifying.
I know it's been four weeks, but you can do it Fork. I believe in you.
@enderponydragon6317 you're so sweet, thank you 😊
@@forkets86 I wanted to spread some encouragement! I know I need it! Good luck, mate.
My sister and I were just discussing about this game because she had seen Gab play it on stream. She said it was really terrifying and I joked that it might not even make it to UA-cam. Few minutes later and we got the notification that it was uploaded. Well, time to get scared 😢
I'm sure other people feel the same but Gab does so much for my mental health... I always look forward to her videos
which is incredibly ironic, considering this game could definitely be a detriment to some people’s mental health 😂
still, i also love gab’s videos, they’re always a pleasure!
I watched Sean's video first.... I didn't notice baby cries in the beginning, it all is there from the start... Curly didn't deserve what happened to him, but he defended Jimmy, covered his ass saying he won't pull anything and that he's sane, all those four month laying there in agony... Did he regret it all?
Every time when I see these kind of games, I’m always like: “are the devs okay? Are we sure the devs are okay!?” (Although this time is the most extreme)
Also, extra note: Gab questioning the reason of why the person did what they did. There is no reason for it. That person had no logical reason. Their logic was what you see in this game, twisted. Even patted themselves on the shoulder basically for “fixing it”. Yikes damn
Another comment mentioned that the Devs are Swedish.
So yes and no.
I absolutely loved this. Finally some good fucking psychological horror. I think I might buy this even if I don't really feel a need to play it myself after seeing it, because I want to support talented devs doing interesting things. They had something to say and did it in a very creative way. The visual style and sound design were top notch and really created such an uncomfortable atmosphere, in the best way.
I was pleasantly surprised with this game. I thought it would be just a short game about feeding mouthwash to a scary bandage guy, but the story is far more interesting than that. I do wish the game title reflected it lol! Projects like these are quite inspiring to me
Thanks so much for playing this, Gab. I really love these type of games, where you can explore one's psyche through extreme situations. Like, you still were fixed on the fact that they were hauling mouthwash - even saying, maybe it's contraband. Funny how the human psyche works, if someone is not proven fully guilty, we still tend to blame the circumstances. And all in all, I think this game is all about this: Jimmy is an evil person. He did everything on purpose - there were no accidents!
Definitely the kind of game you need brain bleach after. A lot of it. It's really made me look differently at the bottle of mouthwash on my god damn sink lmao
Quite honestly when I first started listening to you, I thought you were from Minnesota (there's a big Nordic community there). I forget that English isn't your first language, and as someone who can only speak one language, you are amazing!
I think there are a lot of gratuitous horror games out there that overuse tropes to the point of beating a dead horse. But this one utilized a lot of narrative tools with phenomenal balance and skill. I was absolutely disgusted the whole time without it being tiring or driving me away from watching along. I particularly love the subtlety and delicate handling of plot points and an unreliable narrator. Everything is there if you listen, and the characters feel "fleshed out" and realistic without being cheesy or spelling things out too simply. I love it and also hate it so much thanks :(
This is one of the most incredibly well done naratives ive seen in a while. Incredibly disturbing but the storytelling is insanely captivating
Has Gab played Crow Country? I’ve been obsessed with it lately, would love to see her play it ☺️
The word "Polle" is Swedish and it's a nickname/cute way of saying "horse" or "pony". 🐎 (pronounced as "P-oh-ll-eh")
And since there's a Swede on the team of developers it's not too surprising since Polle is scary as hell xD
Oh this is Swedish?
That really explains a lot.
(Jokes aside, thank you for the context and confirming the little "Polle sounds pretty Swedish doesn't it..." thought I had. ❤)
This entire game was a rollercoaster of intense scenes.
Perfect reaction emoji
Only about halfway through but I'm loving the little TAKE RESPONSIBILITY messages growing in frequency.
am 36 minutes in, and I think Jimmy did it! Because when u started the game the person doing it was sat in the left chair in the pitcock, and when u did Jimmys psysch-evaluation, JIMMY SAT IN THE LEFT CHAIR, so excited to see if I was right B)
JUST FINNISHED WATCHING lolol spoiler alert!!
I was right c:
Holy shit, good catch. I would have never noticed that the crash POV is from the seat that Jimmy sits in.
saw something abt how anya was right to hide the gun knowing jimmy would use it against her, since before the crash we see him outside the cockpit where the gun codes are and clearly freaking it about the consequences of his own actions. he couldnt use the gun, so he killed everyone instead.
going through the game again with the knowledge abt what happened to Anya is so powerful.
like even in the end jimmy guilt trips Curly abt how it's his fault she got pregnant and that everyone will blame him for his lapse in leadership
crazy
Good god, that was sure... an experience
Holy shit, that game wow
i bought this game yesterday. I wasnt expecting it to be as absolutely stunning and amazing as it was/is. Such a powerful story and so much tension at points where I felt like I could cut the tension with a dull blade.
A nice wholesome family game lol
So funny that she talked about Junji Ito, considering I had just watched the first episode of Uzumaki before this video!
Oh shit it's out?! Gonna watch it right now :D
Computer: Steer left to avoid impact
Gab: Steers right
Computer: Auto-pilot will steer away from impact
Gab: Turns off auto-pilot
Computer: Warning! Impact imminent!
Gab: Whoever I'm playing as REALLY wants this to crash.
I just love when I happen to finish working so hard and long on a big project like I just published my book and in the end of the day I find that the universe sends me a gift that is a Gobbus video. Thank you. The universe provides for those who strife indeed.
I love how Gab just can't fight the urge to say "blood" like that toddler whenever it is mentioned or appears in a game
The lengths some men will go to just to avoid responsibility and cover their failures....
I think I felt for Swansea most of all, just because the theme of poverty and corporate slavery hits more personally hard to me than others in this game.
Can’t remember in which video you recommended it, but I just now watched Barbarian that was on my watchlist thanks to you and JEEZ! That was a good one! Keep recommending movies please! 😂
As someone who's also ESL, can relate lol. I always feel so relieved when I'm watching something on UA-cam and see an unfamiliar word and start to feel stupid, and then the youtuber is also like "what the fck is that word?? How do you pronounce this??" despite english being their native language lol
Except that English isn't her native language. Gab was born and raised in the Netherlands. ;)
But no need to feel stupid, I mean, you can't know all words! :)
@@akularz-shati2047 oh I know, I was just relating to what she said
I mean like other youtubers, who did actually grow up speaking english
@@WhoamI-yz9nx Oooooh, I'm sorry, I misread your meaning.
i rly love this game and this type of games. it reminds me of "love, sam" which gab has also played
omg this game is insane!! so cool. the visuals and sound design are on point. On the edge of my seat the entire time damn
Finally getting around to watching Gab play this game. It's such a heavy freaking game, but it's also incredible. Definitely my favorite indie horror game after Signalis for sure. I really hope that eventually Gab plays SIgnalis. I'm pretty confident she'd love it, especially given it's Silent Hill and old school Resident Evil influences.
Watching Gab play indie game horror while I eat lunch is just perfect!!!
That one is especially good for lunchtime uh-huh
The game had a perfect balance of what was shown on screen to what was in the story, imo. Of course, everyone has different levels of sensitivity, that's valid. But in comparison to say, Outlast Trials, this was pretty tame. I get far more uncomfortable with that one, even with all of Team Eazy Small's shenanigans. I think the main major source of discomfort for players was actually the knife segments-it's one thing to see horrible things happening in a cutscene, it's another to force the player to "participate" in it.
51 books this year already! Damn, that's good going. Most I done was like 8 😆 Would explain how you're so good at reading text in the games aloud, I constantly trip over my own words, clearly I need to read more.
You forgot the warning about SA. It wasn’t consensual. She might've not even wanted the baby.
Never feel bad about mispronouncing a word that you've only ever read and have never heard aloud. It's even possible, (and probable) that if you have heard a word before, the person who said it to you may have mispronounced it. In my opinion, if the way you say a word is reasonable based on the common pronunciation of its individual letters, it's just as valid as anything else. The only time to really worry about pronunciation accuracy is when pronouncing a person's name.
i remember watching this live and ooooh boy that ending was ROUGH
The white font flooding the screen gives me Neon Genesis Evangelion (original anime) vibes..
Yesss I was hoping someone else would mention that 😎
not to mention the manner of curly's injuries and how looks like the damaged armourless Eva Unit 0-1
I think this could be a really cool movie, and maybe leave some of the graphic stuff more up to imagination
I remember watching Manly Badass Hero play the demo for this but I was NOT prepared for this story. This is seriously one of the best horror games of this year. At least top 10. That was chilling and uncomfortable and everything I want wrapped in the low poly nostalgia graphics of my childhood. Thank you for playing this.
Jimmy deserved so much worse of an ending, but what a great horror story.
I love that i saw "Polle" and immediately knew the game studio is based in Sweden
I haven't gotten the chance to watch this whole video yet, but I was watching an interview with the Gameplay Lead at Wrong Organ and he recommended your playthrough in particular, so I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! :D
I like that Anya looks like Shelly Duval...
The real fear is being a woman on an all man ship and this game proved me right in that fear
I played this game when it came out & I kid you not I have been WAITING for this video. Praying & fighting for my life.