Got the new video up taking a look if the world of The Pathless is connected with any other of the games like Abzu and Journey, check it out here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8-Jg5RnvcvNdHU.html and let me know what you think!

Something i just realized; The tall ones the Player gets to meet in the game are their spirits/ghosts after the godslayer killed their original body. When receiving the gifts of the tall ones, they always lead the player to the site where their own body lays-

Loved the summary of the story, great video! When reading trough the entire pathfinder storyline, it really seems like the pathfinder wasn't always a bad guy. Here's my interpretation of his story: It really sounds like he actually wanted to do good in the world, finding a path to follow that leads people to true happiness. However by wanting to find a new path he was questioning the tall ones, which leaded to him being imprisoned. Being in prison because of his beliefs made him resentfull towards the tall ones, so when he broke out he started to move forward his plan in a more violent manner. Still, he just wanted to find happiness for the entire world. Skip forward to where he found the spirit mask. As you said those who are not worthy will never see the world the same. I think this is the point where the pathfinder went from anti-hero to villain. He went mad and decided that he had to kill the world to remake it. However despite all of this he still cared for his followers, even when he aquired the sun sword he was planning to bring all of his dead followers back to life after his plan succeeded. Even after the final bossfight, his last line is "the people need a true path to happiness"(or something like that). This proves that even in his monsterous form, he did actually care about his people. He wanted to give them happiness, even if he had to become a monster in order to do it. It's kinda sad actually...

I loved how the story slowly showed, that the darkness of one man’s heart and him enforcing his view on others, can ruin the whole world. The pathfinder’s quest starts as a quest to help his people. But cruelty and him focusing only his quest, twists him and he slowly becomes a demon of death and destruction. One spirit at the beginning even doubthed he was ever a human, so horrible he was. Also just one small thing: I always thought the fortress-battle with the monks, happened after the Godslayer conquered the previous plateaus, because the spirits there speak about they being the last warriors left to fight the mad army. The Godslayer’s soldiers are also showing the simpthons of the corruption, fighting like animals and without humanity.

I just love this world, it’s just feels so alive yet in ruin. It’s beautiful.

Just finished the game today, this video is masterfully done. (spoilers) There's no doubt in my mind that Abzû and The Pathless are connected. If Basilla was just an easter egg, then how would you explain the identical room we see the tall ones in during the Godslayer boss battle? Giant Squid is definitely trying to create a large story. I think it's a beautiful thing, Abzû and The Pathless are both amazing games, and connecting them makes it an even greater story. Hopefully they continue it, they're such an underrated studio.

SPOILERS: . . . . . . . . The Shark tall one seems to be some kinda allusion to ABZÛ, (god what a game), so it seems like they’re maybe tryna do a linked world between all the different worlds & stories they’re portraying. perhaps the body of water we see the Hunter arriving to the island from is the same ocean we explore in ABZÛ?? excited for ur next video on this!

I'm glad someone did this. It's easy to get the broad strokes of the story, but I missed so much of this.

Thanks for this video! Filled in a lot of the gaps I was trying to piece together throughout the game. Glad you liked the game!

Great video dude! Awesome to know all the backstory of this incredible game, keep up the good content and quality! :)

I‘m so happy this channel exists! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

This needs a lot of attention. Thanks man for providing this story ❤

I love the video. The Pathless is such a simple game but with a rich story. I wish we could see more about this spirit world.

Wait I just thought of something, about what you said about the giant skeletons among the plateaus! In ancient cultures giant skeletons of animals (which were actually dinosaurs) were thought to be mythical creatures. The story of Kumo having giant friends is simply this culture’s myth about the giant bones.

I bought the game before I watched video and I didn’t know what the video it is such a great game it’s free plus it has good reviews please buy it if you love this video

Can't wait for the next video bro! Just finished the game at 100% and cam straight to youtube to find this dope video! I hope and strongly believe there will be a next pathless game. As for the lore i believe that the Hunter/Secret Elder is actually the same. I think that she is a god herself given that she doesn't take damage like fall damage, attack damage from the boss battles, and even the in the cutscenes she's mainly staggered or stunned. Her bow is the sister to the sun sword and only those "worthy" are able to wield the most powerful weapons in that realm and the spirit realm. She's like a pathless avatar restoring balance. Toward the end (trynig not to spoil it for others) the pathfinder says that she should not be able to withstand the eagle mothers curse and ask who she was angrily while at the same time she again no matter how many times she gets hit where others like the tall ones have died she doesn't given you can get knocked out the ring but you don't actually die and have to restart.

So Kumo’s land used to be green? Even at the Landing, starting island, it describes his land as mountain tundra.

Amazing work and about the shark and the shells it could be a reference to ABZU idk tho

Love it dude

What were Kumo’s followers like? What did Kumo give to them?

I 💕 the video....So Amazing

Good effort you did here, my only comment is regarding your voice is a bit too low

Did you ever managed to find anything else about the fifth god?

so did everyone who lived on the island die or did the whole population of the world die off as well

so they had to look like man? BS, also they sounded evil and screwed up from the lore

we cant see shit at its feet when the image is showing its upper body, so the fifth child is bullshit, rejected yet still remains, the villain is greedy as fuck and nothing could stop him and the island is bullshit, i mean a mountain facing downward and appears to be on fire and the final boss, everything about it is bullshit, why the bird needs its own island when it has a home below makes no sense. and it couldn't stop one guy? bullshit. yet were never in the water and that could mean for the snake