Maid of Sker - Story Explained

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the next installment of Lore and Order, where I unpack game lore and stories from games. In this one, we look at Wales Interactive's Welsh Folklore Inspired Horror Game called Maid of Sker
CHAPTERS
Intro - 0:00
Plot - 0:46
The Real Sker Hotel - 8:35
The Williams Family - 11:41
Elizabeth's Plan - 16:29
The Siren - 19:35
Shipwrecks - 21:39
ALL MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND
ALL GAME FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY MYSELF ON PC
Thanks to Louvain Rees for use of some images in this video - Twitter @hellohistoria
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@purplewolfranger22 Жыл бұрын

"Completely optional, but come on." If anyone didn't free the dog, imma need your location, I just want to talk.

@GamingHarryYT Жыл бұрын

I liked the dog, purely because it looked like boomer from FC5/6 😂

@purplewolfranger22 Жыл бұрын

@@GamingHarryYT I didn't even make that connection when I played the game but oh god you're right 🤣

@libraeevee9467 Жыл бұрын

*loads a shotgun* I just wanna talk that’s all

@tutsun Жыл бұрын

Wait if you don’t save the dog how does it save you?

@purplewolfranger22 Жыл бұрын

@@tutsun the dog is a survivor so you don't get the perfect ending.

@Neopologist Жыл бұрын

I love how Elizabeth glosses over the fact she was being trapped in the attic but somehow was able to meet Thomas by the piano

@hugosanders854 Жыл бұрын

Never let em know your next move- Elizabeth probably

@dinosirbone Жыл бұрын

I want to make some funny joke about that but I can't think of any so just pretend I did

@cartooncritique6625 Жыл бұрын

"I escaped somehow."- Elizabeth

@shemar1177 Жыл бұрын

Wmm

@leen8430 Жыл бұрын

''... and Thomas frees her. Completely optional, but - come on.'' Another fantastic episode of Lore & Order, thanks so much.

@Pdasniper Жыл бұрын

So glad to see a horror game where what happened is what happened. Plot isn't inside the main characters head, character is not mad and is not hallucinating. Just a great story with high stakes that doesn't spiral into madness of "it was aaaall a dreeeeaaam"

@blingsing5383 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m getting pretty sick of recovering lost memories or everything representing depression it’s got to the point that I’m genuinely shocked when it’s not the case

@Solararisa Жыл бұрын

I never found the entire, "it was all just a hallucination" thing interesting at all. It's been overused over the years so much.

@cartooncritique6625 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Psychological Horror is grossly overused these days. Sometimes it's best to just stick with the classics...ghosts, monsters, evil cults, etc.

@cammike10 Жыл бұрын

It was all a dream really only works in a few movies, like American psycho where it's like... But was it though? But when the final scene of the movie is a slow back out shot of the main characters eye in a coma or whatever than yeah. That's shit

@Bella_The_Chef Жыл бұрын

I swear i am so damn sick of “ooooh it was alll a dreaaammm” like for gods sake have some balls and don’t pull an “insane narrator” or “untrustworthy narrator”

@houseonahillok 10 ай бұрын

What a strong idea for a story. They use a captured siren to crash ships and loot them legally because its on their property. But they have to feed it victims to keep it from dying, so they try to record the siren's music so they can do it any time they want. Someone pay these developers for the story and make this into a movie.

@ShadowsandCityLights Жыл бұрын

7:00 Shear terror and then pans over to a cute lil doggo there to rescue him. It's so funny and adorable at the same time. 🤣

@allsparkwarrier Жыл бұрын

I love hearing folk takes and legends so to see games being made directly from them is a real treat to me, I think I will have to give this game a look

@siddhantmahapatra646 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard of most of the games that you cover on you channel and i am 1000% sure i will never play these game (as i am terrified of horror games😅😅😅)...but the presentation and the storytelling is just so good that i just unconsciously click the video when i see them on my feed......love your videos man keep up the good work.

@StepMamiKronic Жыл бұрын

I agree love the videos I can’t play most of these games and never heard of some but the story telling is terrific 😊I hope they keep up the good work!

@iispec5936 Жыл бұрын

Exactly, found this channel trying to sleep. Worked perfectly.

@blyddwynhurford1929 Жыл бұрын

I live in the area where the Game is based and loved playing a game that has music in my native language(Welsh). Also love your Law & Order series, i think I've watched everyone.

@GamingHarryYT Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm from Cardiff. So this game, stood out for me when it first came out

@blyddwynhurford1929 Жыл бұрын

@@GamingHarryYT damn, I never would have guessed you're also from Wales. Glad to see a great KZfaqr that's also from Wales.

@cynicallyhonest98 Жыл бұрын

Your voice is so therapeutic that I must’ve clocked 4x viewings on your lore & order series. As an insomniac sir thank you so bloody much as these video’s help myself sleep

@maxx1802 Жыл бұрын

took the words right out of my mouth

@WallNutBreaker524 Ай бұрын

Oxhorn, HazmatTfw and Dark Lore Dash along with Gaming Harry have awesome voices.

@noxnilrem9351 Жыл бұрын

Thomas Evans is actually my ancestor! I didn't know the story regarding the Maid of Sker (the song btw, not this game lmao) and it's such a shame there isn't more on him and info on his tragic love story.

@teiloturner2760 Жыл бұрын

Who's Thomas Evans didn't watch past a couple minutes as I didn't want to spoil it. There's an Evans or Thomas that's the ancestor of every cymro but I assume it's family history that you have this down

@WallNutBreaker524 Ай бұрын

Seems Thomas Evans found himself a Woman for you to be alive today. That's both awesome, and sad. 😢 If you're truly the descendant of Thomas Evans then it's awesome that his bloodline still lives on. But it's seems his bloodline wasn't with his loved one.

@chinaman1 Жыл бұрын

I don't play horror games. So I rather just watch them and this channel is perfect.

@Sleepy.Time. Жыл бұрын

releasing a creature that eats people being the "good" ending is a rather odd choice

@CNNBlackmailSupport Жыл бұрын

Couple things: Muses provided inspiration to artists. A Welsh hymn would make sense as what the Siren, or the artist, was inspired to write/sing by the Muse. They can't very well sign an Arabic hymn, right? "The 4 chairs" is a musical reference, too. In Orchestra, the players of an instrument will be ranked by chair number, usually based on skill. 1st chair being the most skilled and whatever the last chair is being the least (I haven't seen more than 4th chair being advertised, but anything else is like 4th - Nth place at the Olympics. Sure, you might place 7th, but we only really care about 1st through 3rd.) This had the practical effect of creating more "tracks" for a given instrument using parts designed for the specific chair, which allowed greater complexity and grandeur. Now there are two numbering systems, one being the ranking, and one being the parts, like 1st clarinet part, 2nd clarinet part, 3rd clarinet part, etc... which we call "tracks" in modern recording (like the difference between an 8 track soundboard and a 64 track soundboard.)

@tonesthetic Жыл бұрын

i really love the mythology of this game, i feel like it isn't particularly difficult to guess the twist about elizabeth, i think anyone who's played a horror game before can tell you her story doesn't add up, but i think it is still interesting, and just that final scene seeing the creature under the hotel is so creepy! thanks for covering this game!

@elfbotanist Жыл бұрын

The intro train scene screams The Dracula!! Great video as always! I'm so addicted to your channel. I love watching your videos before bed after a hard day of college, I always look forward to it.

@jcilio7004 Жыл бұрын

Harry, we love you and we love your content but please don't forget to take care of yourself.

@Chaos0f7ife Жыл бұрын

There just are not enough of your videos out there. I've binged them all and still want more of your epic storytelling.

@Chaos0f7ife Жыл бұрын

Side question. Will you ever do the Silent Hill series?

@bigsistercamilla9808 2 ай бұрын

Wild how the follow up to this game is to have a wave based shooter akin to Call of Duty zombies. But story wise, it shows that the bad ending is the canonical one as Elizabeth has control while her daughter Arianwen opposes it. Having the player thwart any broadcasting to have the rest of the world descend into darkness.

@mirkomatassa 2 ай бұрын

It’s crazy to see that the bad ending is the Canon ending but there is some more questions like how many years have passend

@meimei8718 Жыл бұрын

I like games that have some ties to local history. It’s like the games lore becomes an urban legend, you know?

@madisonblanchard583 Жыл бұрын

So glad and pleased to see another video game use accurate display of creatures. This one being the siren! Sirens were bird women not mermaids

@gawthamravivaruman3166 Ай бұрын

Damn, amazingly researched and explained. Can’t wait for a follow up on the story for Sker Ritual

@JosephDutra Жыл бұрын

I'm glad there's a happy ending, feels like something that needs to happen more often in horror games after all the trauma the main character goes through.

@Noflyzone22 2 ай бұрын

Watching this because of Sker ritual, that round based game got me really into the lore abraham gave me mr x vibes

@FearTheDeep 2 ай бұрын

Came looking for this after Sker Ritual dropped. Interesting to see that such a lore heavy game produced a CoD-Zombies styled spin off. I recommend it, it's pretty good if not a bit buggy at the moment since it's just been released.

@ladylight9375 Жыл бұрын

Even if I play any of the games you discuss I rarely look into the lore so I enjoy watching these Plus your voice is very soothing to me

@tazzidoe7083 Жыл бұрын

So glad you did a story explained on this one as I Really enjoyed your gameplay of it. Great addition to the lore and order series :)

@RevanHawkeVEVO 2 ай бұрын

Came to this video so I could understand what’s happening in Sker Ritual. I hope you make a video on that game too!

@mrdustin6996 Ай бұрын

Who else is here to see some back story to sker ritual 😂

@charlod7352 Жыл бұрын

As someone from South Wales, this was a great watch! Keep up the good work! 👍

@mortenharket3265 Жыл бұрын

As always! A fresh one from you! Nice1 Lore and Order! Keep it up!

@CH0015 Жыл бұрын

I love your story explained series! Please keep doing them they are amazing ❤

@Knittingsteve Жыл бұрын

This was a really interesting video! I had never before heard of this game, but I really enjoy games that have some real-life history to them! Great job explaining the story!!

@vbbrothers Жыл бұрын

Could you cover Detention? Its a perfect game for you to cover imo

@scorchedroseproductions3266 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found this channel. It allows me to see so many games that I can't afford to buy!

@sirbill_greebi3811 Жыл бұрын

"This video is a siren's song" is what I would say if I didn't have self respect. Which is why I said it.

@Noodlemonkey7 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being so in depth with your content btw!

@AnaxErik4ever Жыл бұрын

No lie, in addition to the Welsh and Greek mythology influences, I am reminded of the film made for the Professor Layton series. It's the melodies being played together that made me think of it. There are two prominent melodies in the film which can bring a legendary city back from under the water, and during the final battle, the titular professor discovers a third melody that is used to defeat Descolé, a prominent villain for the series.

@yanselalmodovar918 7 ай бұрын

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. It's a good movie if you're a fan of the Professor Layton games.

@zomgfun9 Жыл бұрын

i love your story telling you have such an easy voice to listen to i love this content thank you!

@jon1335 Жыл бұрын

perfect timing as always

@M00NQUITE 11 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS GAME!!!! I thought I’d never see anyone make content about this game. I had so much fun playing this!

@sarahpusey9052 Жыл бұрын

Gaming Harry, I could binge watch your Lore & Order series. Keep cracking open!

@benxnewman 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Loved the game by itself, but all this research is a great insight into the devs' research itself. Awesome work :)

@ladylunaginaofgames40 Жыл бұрын

I actually heard of this game from a completely different source that use a robotic reader to read the script. So be interested in your take on it

@scorpionlord9175 Жыл бұрын

great video. i think you should do a video on the game Draugen and Call of Cthulhu. the first one is a visually beautiful game. just as a warning, there are no running for your life, button mashing, ect. its more of a walk around and unpack the mystery type game.

@jacobdalton1602 Ай бұрын

Coming back to this after sker ritual dropped. Really hope you do a video on that one aswell. Could possibly collab with some zombie KZfaqrs to capture the gameplay. Be nice to see

@Ziialan Жыл бұрын

lets go, harry! excited to watch this one

@Ziialan Жыл бұрын

careful, scam

@saltycomet Жыл бұрын

Saw the title, saw who posted it, clicked instantly 😊

@rometherevenant8749 Жыл бұрын

Awsum video bro. The Medium next would be amazing

@renerivera9715 Жыл бұрын

Never heard of this game but looks good and creepy

@hylianxbox6586 5 ай бұрын

Recently played this game for myself and I absolutely loved it and its now my favorite horror game

@deb388 2 ай бұрын

Live near the house it's an eerie place. Love this Porthcawl rules.

@yasashi_chan6186 Жыл бұрын

I love that you always cover my favorite games in your videos! How about a video on the Bioshock series? 🤖

@CxerRy96 Жыл бұрын

"there's something sinister going on in sker hotel"...YE NOT SHIT IT'S CALLED SCARE HOTEL

@CrackFrog 10 ай бұрын

As a welshman Its weird finding a game or movie based in wales because most people forget just it exists

@yokai333 Жыл бұрын

Interesting game. And the tale associated with it, very nice.

@jamesjr9994 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video man wish you would do Prey story explained it's a awesome awesome game

@aeureus Жыл бұрын

Gaming harry needs more subs. Nay, deserves more subs.

@WhitneyDahlin Жыл бұрын

‼️WHAT IS THE BOOK MAID OF SKER ABOUT??? Was the girl found in the lifeboat a mermaid or something or was it not supernatural? I need these questions answered!

@5H4D0WFURY Жыл бұрын

Would be really nice if you put in subtitles for ingame dialogues for your upcoming videos, but other than that, great vid again.

@mrllyod Жыл бұрын

Its crazy as it its. A lot of horror modern games will be difficult to sperate from reality and soon maybe a horror game story will happen irl

@megami7373 Жыл бұрын

the greatest horrors happen every day :(

@TheStoryOf-Podcast 8 ай бұрын

Fun fact i work right next to the australian steam ship built in 1800 and decimmissioned in 1970's its name: maid of sker

@SharkCatSG Жыл бұрын

Do you think you could cover Devotion by Red Candle Games? Love your Lore & Order series! ♥

@chrisgood8438 Жыл бұрын

Hmm I have a feeling I may have to take a visit to Sker Point

@greggleblom Жыл бұрын

"it's completely optional to free the dog" is it, though? Or are you a monster if you don't free the doggy? Let's be honest bere

@Arjenviking Жыл бұрын

hey Harry, You had stated that saving the Calliope is optional, in the case that you don't does it still come back to save you later on when your are in the basement.

@hekam Жыл бұрын

Man, where do you find these games... I've been trying to play every game you explained... And they are so good..

@DarkSeraph95 Жыл бұрын

Short game. Pretty good though. It made me feel tense through the entire run

@alexandriatrenier7366 5 ай бұрын

I just realized the dog Calliope is named after the Greek muse of eloquence and epic poetry. The name also translates to “ beautiful-voiced “.

@PainfullyCasual Жыл бұрын

Man that phonic modulator thing looks very similar to the sentinel artifact

@GhostFoundation 2 ай бұрын

It's odd to see this game is the first part of a story that sker ritual continues

@mera-mera-burn Жыл бұрын

7:31 sigma male path leads to good ending. Dont simp!

@ghostsoldier2112 Жыл бұрын

This is a great game well worth the price I got it for free because of Xbox gold and I love the unique breath holding mechanic but the regular price now is only 20 bucks I think? For an 8-10 hour horror game that feels fresh and unique? I highly recommend it

@andersondipnarine8244 Жыл бұрын

When I pause a gaming harry video to watch the new one

@majorbaconbr Жыл бұрын

You should do firewatch really good game that deserve more love

@bustermk9855 Жыл бұрын

What happens if you don't free the dog? Will it still rescue you later?

@dudewithtude4476 Жыл бұрын

sweet new content hell yeah

@pandaharris5535 Жыл бұрын

This is giving real resident evil village vibes

@CannonAbuser Жыл бұрын

I love games like these.. too bad my pc is so old that cant even left4 dead without lagging.

@BuddhaDisciple Жыл бұрын

Is there any explanation to the bright spirit through out the game?

@joyboyg5780 Жыл бұрын

Hey harry, was wondering if you would ever do a silent hill games law and order, similarly to your resident evil videos ?

@labyrinthgirl17 Жыл бұрын

18:45 - well said!

@dawndumolt7670 Жыл бұрын

"Because, you know, KZfaq..." Don't need to add anything else. That says plenty.

@aerokatchem3678 Жыл бұрын

It seems like in horror games it’s paramount to have a pen on you at all times, I’ve heard way too many “drawn in their own bloods”

@nolanalexander8696 Жыл бұрын

What is the name of music you used in that started in 6:32?

@BoiRenton Жыл бұрын

Now this request would be tough but how about the Blair witch games? The first ones

@114Lazy Жыл бұрын

Hope you do a video on “song of horror”

@AntiSociableWallflower Жыл бұрын

Looks like RE:7, but it still looks amazing and interesting.

@MaximPROD 5 ай бұрын

Have you considered the sker ritual spinoff game for another lore video?

@thealmightyone6461 Жыл бұрын

What would've happened if you didn't free the dog?

@TK9451 Жыл бұрын

Please do the Bioshock games stories?

@coyoteartist Жыл бұрын

The practice of salvaging goods from wrecked ships, was called wrecking. There is no clear evidence that such practices as false lights or decoy ships was ever employed either in the Americas or Europe. In the US, the practice was in 1921 when licenses were no longer grants. In Britain, reports continued in to the 20th century as well. These days, salvage in the UK is to be reported to the Receiver of Wreck, an admin position that also covers the possession of royal fish on behalf of the crown.