To Save The World You Must Stalk & Kill Your Neighbors Once A Year

To Save The World You Must Stalk & Kill Your Neighbors Once A Year - Life Eater ALL ENDINGS

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Life Eater is a horror game where you must stalk, capture and sacrifice your neighbors in order to prevent the end of the world.
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@ManlyBadassHero Ай бұрын

Welcome to the All Hail Zimforth Club how All Hail Zimforth are ya? *Note* This game is from the same dev as "Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator"

@walterbrink5391 Ай бұрын

Day 762 of asking Manly to play A Cold Love Story through KZfaq comments.

@Vamprqe Ай бұрын

Year after year

@icebearmuro4762 Ай бұрын

Hail Zimforth

@Nothing_There_HELLO Ай бұрын

A moderate amount of All Hail Zimforth rn. I’m more of a Nyarlothotep person myself

@SaphyTaff Ай бұрын

Love your consistent high quality content man

@SUSLTD Ай бұрын

the timeline-based game interface aspect is pretty unique ngl, like the mf murders his neighbors via adobe premiere lol

@johnzhou4877 Ай бұрын

There's gotta be some murderers who just have to use macbook

@somecallmetim4490 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your honesty.

@MarzaButTube Ай бұрын

That's what got me to click lol, looks pretty unique

@Thk10188965 Ай бұрын

Just edit them out of existence.

@coroner2141 Ай бұрын

why 'ngl'? why would you lie about that in the first place? are you a pathological liar?

@dantekinkade8765 Ай бұрын

It is nice to see a protag in a game like this who obviously hates doing it, but has no other choice because he is trying to save the world. This is a really unique game.

@YdenMk-II Ай бұрын

So basically "get in the robot Shinji" the game?

@dantekinkade8765 Ай бұрын

I mean both fall in love with a long haired boy that they may or may not end up killing.

@CodeMilkMan Ай бұрын

Yeah the protagonist was very relatable

@cassinipanini Ай бұрын

I actually liked the movie Knock at the Cabin for this reason

@dantekinkade8765 Ай бұрын

I felt bad for the guy, it's too bad there isn't a more happy ending but with the nature of the game it is understandable.

@hourzerox Ай бұрын

can we talk about how, in the ralph ending, it's implied he had to dissect himself and stay conscious for long enough to remove the right organs for the sacrifice? the vibe of this game is genuinely bone-chilling.

@areaxisthegurkha Ай бұрын

I think it's not really that ambiguous. The ending implies that Johnny has only one day to be with his mom which means the ritual failed anyway which also means it didn't matter how he sacrificed himself.

@scientisticthug8454 Ай бұрын

@@areaxisthegurkhai don’t think it’s so clear cut. For all we know maybe ralph sacrificing himself was enough, maybe it wasn’t. We have no clue, just as Johnny doesn’t

@wolfydawolf5680 Ай бұрын

Zimforth's ask was "you know who I want dead. You are mine alone now forever." Right? You could interpret "you are mine now forever" as Ralph sacrificing himself to Zimfort counting as staying with them forever. You know who I want dead could be Johnny but it could also be Ralph as Zimforths goal is to stay with Ralph forever, right? And it doesnt give the fail screen for abducting the wrong target either. So I think both are a fine sacrifice.

@josemartin9589 Ай бұрын

It would be vivisect then

@angelpon4351 Ай бұрын

Bro really started small with a rib and then ripped out a lung and stayed conscious enough to cut the correct intestines

@weirdtyrant6274 17 күн бұрын

The most gruesome thing about this game is that the fact the heart keeps beating during the dissection scenes until you stab it implies that the abductee in question was being vivisected.

@wellmaruprepareduknowim3272 2 күн бұрын

Off why think the last action is called shower the flower

@temporalwolf7054 Ай бұрын

I'm shocked there's no ending for waiting out the time limit at the end. Like Johnny and Ralph sharing drinks as the world crumbles around them or something.

@imperror6679 Ай бұрын

Yep, I thought that loosing all time would be an ending, but sadly not

@ikjjoli607 Ай бұрын

@@imperror6679 Frankly seeing the blanked out schedule made me think that was the case, allegorically and gameplay wise losing time till the end of the world. Even the flavor text implied it (talk with Johnny, delete evidence, ect). Overall the game needs a good update because it only needs a few things to become amazing

@hunter_deamonne Ай бұрын

I feel like the reason there wasn't was because if we saw the world end, it would remove the ambiguity of the ending where Johnny escapes, y'know what I mean? like it would take away the lingering mystery of "is this actually an eldritch horror communicating with this guy, or are both people involved just losing their minds?"

@imperror6679 Ай бұрын

@@ikjjoli607 yep, exactly

@emmetter3000 Ай бұрын

Same! I wish that was an ending. Would probably be the only ending I’d have the heart to get

@fugyfruit Ай бұрын

It's pretty interesting that the Johnny ending is the first time we hear Ralph's name uncorrupted. I think the implication is that the reason he didn't have a name was because he wasn't a "real person" he was a slave to Zimforth. So the first time we can actually see his name is after he finally becomes a real person after he defies Zimforths command by saving Johnny.

@WD_Gaster66 Ай бұрын

Ooooh, good pfp! I love my stupid star child.

@TheBigQQ69420 Ай бұрын

he kills himself... since he's dead, he's not censoring his own name anymore since you were playing as him... also his name was very clearly ralph if you looked at it for a few seconds.

@RottenPancake768 Ай бұрын

But he becomes a dead person after saving Johnny.

@TheBigQQ69420 Ай бұрын

@@RottenPancake768"Man awarded medal for saving teenager... from himself, after holding captive for 10 years." Yikes.

@kerberose Ай бұрын

yeah, the "real person" bit when he said johnny's name for the first time really stuck with me compared to how he essentially didn't have a name for the longest time

@figaeroth Ай бұрын

this was such an interesting narrative 😭 i feel awful for the both of them,, i'm guessing ralph is the name of our protag? him saying "i love you" was - ow. the only real companion he's had in.. forever. but johnny doesn't reciprocate it, which i love most. he sympathizes with ralph, but at the end of the day .. he WAS kidnapped and forced to live in his basement. the dynamic is messed up and i love that.

@Raidensparx Ай бұрын

Agreed. Stockholm Syndrome only goes so far, and looking at Johnny's schedule shows that the guy just wants an end to the continued loss of his life, even if it means dying. Dude spends seven years sitting in a cage, and after that he gets to go upstairs to a sofa. That's not a life.

@SummerSun-ec5hj Ай бұрын

Hearing that was like watching my world crumble *badum tiss*

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

Agreed. Johnny does end up with Stockholm Syndrome, but acts on it in a nuanced way.

@raptorskilltor4554 Ай бұрын

And also zimforth is real (in game)

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

@@raptorskilltor4554yep dark emperor zimforth

@FlantisFroggu Ай бұрын

Johnny: "Say hello to the wrong guy in a grocery store... end up in a basement. That's america in a nutshell." Ralph??: "..." Manly the Florida Man: Ye

@FlantisFroggu Ай бұрын

(I forgot where he lives, I think he said it once. It's not on the wiki, I am not gonna go find it, I'll just say it's Florida as my headcannon)

@kartoha4295 Ай бұрын

Manly Florida man

@lufcik69 3 күн бұрын

I heard "e" actually.

@Clockworksalamander Ай бұрын

The storyline was super compelling, I was pleasantly surprised when Ralph turned out to be RIGHT about the whole thing. I really do like the Johnny ending, it feels like a proper ending, tragic but satisfying.

@NoxY_05 Ай бұрын

It's still unclear. It could be just a coincidence about earthquake.

@shawnheatherly Ай бұрын

I believe the earthquake was a coincidence, if only because the alternative is that even the better ending seems Johnny doomed.

@mochalatte9564 Ай бұрын

@@NoxY_05 well they did say the ground liquified lol

@TheBigQQ69420 Ай бұрын

the whole point was he locked johnny away from the world for years... he would obviously be biased and easily manipulated by ralph's views... stockholm syndrome.....@@NoxY_05

@baatmilk Ай бұрын

I think the earthquake wasn't a coincidence but I also think Johnny survives his ending. It seems like the point of Zimforth's rituals isn't that it needs or really even cares about sacrifices, rather the actual point seems to be torturing people like Ralph, who seem to be fundamentally good and have to obey Zimforth against their own conscience. Even though the last request broke Ralph, it would be pointless to end the world since there are undoubtedly still people like him to be forced into servitude, and I suspect Johnny can walk away from it since he wouldn't be useful to Zimforth as a supplicant.

@quitethehandful Ай бұрын

You’d think after a couple years MC would give Johnny better accommodations considering how nice he was in different aspects. Bigger cage or something.

@dinonuggies9889 Ай бұрын

I mean in the first years Ralph purposely didn’t talk to jhonny a lot to avoid growing attached, but I do think he deserved a pillow or a blanket after a year or two

@HoundofDarkness 29 күн бұрын

Yeah, he could at least move a couch cushion into the cage or something.

@zacharymacleod1146 Ай бұрын

man what if zimforth is just some guy with psychic powers who can't actually end the world and is just messing with the main dude

@caileyrookids Ай бұрын

And just times his deadlines with disasters so confirmation bias will happen

@tarukaja8 Ай бұрын

I bet this is it. Confirmation bias is super strong.

@DARKthenoble Ай бұрын

@@caileyrookids To be fair, that is exactly what the aztecs did to an entire civilization. "Oh no the suns missing!" "Quick rip out the heart of someone!"

@JerichoDeath Ай бұрын

@@DARKthenoble I remember there was a Twilight Zone episode that did almost exactly that but with a group of teenagers exploring a cave that run across some ancient drawings and an urn filled with blood.

@TheBigQQ69420 Ай бұрын

ralph never skipped a year... the earthquake had nothing to do with anything lol.....@@caileyrookids

@apollo8050 Ай бұрын

I really liked the story in this one. The writers did a great job at making me sympathize with the main character. I'm just as fine not knowing if Zimforth was real or not-either outcome lasts in some kind of tragedy (MC having to kill the only person who came close to understanding his predicament or Johnny having lost 10 years of his life to a cause that either IS real or isn't and having to readjust to society after so long-and disabled no less) which is the real focus for me, honestly The art direction is also great imo, and so was the voice acting! Solid game

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

The ambiguity of the premise really sells it.

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

Zimforth is Real he is called dark emperor.he is a character from space warlord organ trading simulator

@null_nihility 26 күн бұрын

nah the game was dogwater lets be honest here

@mineinmonkey9787 21 күн бұрын

@@null_nihilityyap more lil bro

@superdoonz1 Ай бұрын

Zimforth demands a sacrifice of someone who 1) Works 80 hours a week 2) Gets drunk instead of sleeping in their downtime 3) Has no friends or family Me: (looks nervously over my shoulder.....)

@mishagaming1075 Ай бұрын

4) doesn't go outside unless necessary.

@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287 29 күн бұрын

You have downtime that's not sleeping with a 80 hour week?

@Clooger- 23 күн бұрын

@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287 Who wouldn't get shitfaced working that much? You have to have a screw loose regardless

@talkingbirb2808 20 күн бұрын

you work 12 hours each day without break? That's tough....

@lufcik69 3 күн бұрын

and still doesn't make a decent living

@youtubeuniversity3638 Ай бұрын

Imagine Johnny end had Zimforth start talking to Johnny then.

@charondusk5608 Ай бұрын

That's honestly what I was expecting, too. Like, if this so-called deity is this fucked up enough as to demand someone sacrifice to it on a yearly basis and throws a world-ending tantrum if they say "no", then it's also childish enough to just...move on to someone else when that person dies. That said, given Johnny's state at the end, he might not be of any use to Zimforth...

@changednamelit Ай бұрын

when Johnny went blind I knew we weren't getting a typical ending of deity moving on to him as next target. Ironic how his decision to blind himself would save him from that torture.

@amphiptered.5355 Ай бұрын

Honestly, I thought that Zimforth was going to have Johnny replace Ralph.

@DARKthenoble Ай бұрын

@@changednamelit Too be fair. He has a day. It could still happen. zimforth could grant him the ability to see once a year.

@SummerSun-ec5hj Ай бұрын

I mean it’d be pretty hard to kill blind,I can’t imagine the pain he saved himself

@naillilramos2858 Ай бұрын

To Manly's closing thoughts on this game: Personally I thought that the grayed out silhouettes for the targets was an artistic choice to represent the main character trying to dehumanize them (make them "beasts") so he could cope with killing them. But based off of how many characters had died hair, I did wish for a character sprite or two! Lol

@Euhhyuk Ай бұрын

The concept of such a malicious, sadistic god - one that chooses ----- specifically to carry out his bidding, condemning him to a life of torture and guilt - is interesting. The specific orders of people with random descriptions add further to the idea that ----- is being punished. The fact that his name is not revealed to us until the end is also fascinating - was it just for immersion, or is it something to note?

@chucklebutt4470 Ай бұрын

Ralph's name? If you look closely you can see his name is Ralph under the distortion in the subtitles

@cheshirekitsune Ай бұрын

A different comment mentioned it could be him being a slave/not human until he retaliates

@Euhhyuk Ай бұрын

@chucklebutt4470 oh ty lol I was watching with with low res so I didn't catch that

@treplox4318 Ай бұрын

He calls Jonny by his name because he considers him a real person, but doesn't consider himself to be one because of what he does

@Zinlain Ай бұрын

@@treplox4318 YEP. he even says "If i were real zimforth wouldnt want me"

@ManlyBadassHero Ай бұрын

first manly doin numbers give me a heart plz

@Synclose Ай бұрын

nu uh

@saberbyte3989 Ай бұрын

Doin numbers?

@danielriveradeltoro4262 Ай бұрын

You're what?!

@corpsehandslauren Ай бұрын

🫀

@mochiandturtles5642 Ай бұрын

Hey wait a minute-

@justjuniorjaw Ай бұрын

Poor Johnny just trying to say hi

@EffeminateCowardlyVillain Ай бұрын

"Hi there hope you have a good day! :)" >Ralph will remember that

@yumsoup3377 Ай бұрын

why did he have to kidnap Johnny?

@anapplepinetarticathe23rd90 29 күн бұрын

Because he said his name: Ralph

@IrvinCascade Ай бұрын

Ya know, the final person is kind of ambiguous in a way. "You know who I want dead. You are mine alone, now and forever." If this is the message R̸͕͍̄̾̊̓ǎ̶̛͔̤̱͈͌̋l̴̒̈́p̵̡͖͕͒̊ḧ̶̨̺͈̘́̄̆̂͋ gets, then it could be either Zimforth demanding he sacrifice Johnny to be the lone servant of Zimforth, OR it could be Zimforth demanding R̶̼̼̍͆ͅǎ̸͓̹̘l̷͈̬̃́ṗ̶̞̉̀́̀h̶̬͓͉̤̖̊́̀̆͐ give himself to Zimforth to be his and his alone. The important point is that Zimforth is a jealous b*tch, and neither R̷̬̪̲̺̓à̵̤̪̆͝͝l̷̪̳̘̲͌́p̵̛͔͍͗͂͘h̷͕͖̗̠̓͛̿͝ nor Johnny deserved this. Almost makes you wonder what would happen if someone other than R̷͚͎̓́̉a̸̧̪̽̕͜ḻ̸̨̾p̵͉̓͘h̸͈͔̀ was influenced by Zimforth, how things would've went. Would there be a friggin' cult of Zimforth? Would it become a full-blown religion? If the MC was captured and things started going to sh*t, proving to the authorities that the MC is telling the truth and Zimforth is destroying everything for their insolence... How would our nation, or even our world handle that? I could see this getting a sequel. Either R̵̢̢̫̈́͆͛à̴̢͙͍̌̍l̸̞̟̤͕̔̿p̴̛̞̲̄̔̽h̸̭̘̜̘̿͛ sacrifices himself, appeases Zimforth by this technicality, or R̷̢̬͔̺̈́ă̸̰̜̜l̸͉͆̔̽̍͜p̸̦̓̑̈́͝h̵̯͆ kills Johnny, and then is unable to live with himself and ends his life in a non-ceremonial way at the end of this story. From there, the baton is passed to another random person.

@BootyTickleingBandit Ай бұрын

I swear when I read that I thought they were some weird ahh yandere or some random fan of Ralph

@DARKthenoble Ай бұрын

I believe ralph said there were 3 others that he had never met in one of the scenes.

@ricardovonpepsistein3497 Ай бұрын

Nope. When Zimforth demands the last sacrifice Ralph says "Anyone but him, please!" clearly referring to Johnny. Pay better attention.

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

@ricardovonpepsistein3497 It's not a matter of attention, but interpretation. Ralph could've mistaken the message to refer to Johnny, when Zimforth would be satisfied with either man, being so sadistic that it only mattered that Ralph was in torment.

@IrvinCascade Ай бұрын

@ricardovonpepsistein3497 maybe you need to pay better attention, considering any other time where you sacrifice the wrong person, the game says "Zimforth will be displeased," while either option at the end of the tenth year gives the same "All targets abducted" response. "Oh, that's just a game mechanic," one they could have penciled in an exception for. If you sacrificed the wrong one, you could get the "Zimforth will be displeased" text, but then lead it into the ending scene. The dev was either lazy--which I don't think they were, this is a pretty intricate game--OR they intended this for ambiguity. This could be interpreted as either option being viable. Again, if the comment at the beginning of the gameplay portion IS Zimforth's exact message, then it makes sense for either to be viable. It's very possible that R̶͓̞̞̉͋ã̶̖͕͍͘l̷̝̠̋p̷͈̹̱̒̈̀h̶̯̙͔̕͠͝ went straight to Johnny as an assumption; because, he's the MOST obvious option, but Zimforth even states "You are mine alone, now and forever" meaning the bulk of the comment is focused specifically on R̴̲͍͇̿͠͠à̶̯l̵̻̰̅̀p̸̨͎̹̼̎̾h̷̳̅̎̾. In fact, the inference of Johnny COULD be a red herring, with Zimforth ACTUALLY wanting R̷̩͕͕̭̓̂a̴̠̣͊̍̌̑l̷͔͑̈́̀p̶̧͍̠̻̄͒́h̸͉̏͐̌̉. This could be considered R̴̗͂a̸̠̰̓̂l̴͓̀p̶̺͊̚h̶̰̔̚'s "final test" of sorts, as Zimforth doesn't give him any straightforward options of who to hunt, directing R̸̠͆ą̶̼͛͑l̴̲͖̣͐p̴̙̬͑̆̉h̴͓̱͍̿̀ with riddles and making him deduce which person to hunt. Since these two options are available and given RIGHT from the start, it stands to reason that this would be another test for Ŕ̷̠à̶͙l̷̢̆ṗ̶̟h̸̩͝. It also makes sense for Zimforth to do this as a form of punishment, since he'd never had to deduce between multiple targets prior to abducting Johnny; however, IMMEDIATELY following the abduction, he freaks out about how this had never happened before. If making this decision angered Zimforth and made him give R̵͉͝ͅͅä̶̮͈l̸̟̿̊̉p̵̢̟̎̑͛h̸̡̛̃̍͜ ever-harder ordeals to overcome, it'd be possible for this to be his final ordeal, consider it... a final bit of retribution for ruining this kid's life. Either end his suffering and prove your fealty to Zimforth, or give yourself--body and soul--to Zimforth, and set him free. Either way, the two are separated, Zimforth is content, and the world continues forward. So, yeah, either choice is valid under the right lens.

@furrykittens9312 Ай бұрын

Wow. That schedule in the final year, that was a real stroke of genius to use the interface we've gotten used to in that way. The way it gives the player a choice is really creative too. The voice actors absolutely killed it. This was such an emotionally brutal game. Hurt really bad and I feel like I need a palette cleanser of cute cat vids, but I loved it. Also that ending song was haunting. They really nailed it thematically

@shizune_ Ай бұрын

The fact that Ralph got away with all of these murders (and the ones that he did before Zimforth lowered down the deadline to do the sacrifices) makes me realize the fact that there may very well be a lot of people in the real world who live alone with no one to check up on them. The fact that Manly did not break the ribs if the abducted person had children adds to that realization.

@zedetta6239 Ай бұрын

There also seems to be some kind of supernatural disguising effect on him (The distortion of his name, his reaction to Johnny recognising him being to kidnap him) so it's possible when the police investigate they just wouldn't find him

@GiantParfait 25 күн бұрын

Many many elders and other people are found only months later when their rotten corpses smell too foul to be ignored by neighbors. In rural areas it could be years.

@SarkenHS 20 күн бұрын

As sad as it is, thousands of people simply disapears every year. To give you an idea, just in France, 175 people per day are registered disapearing. Out of those, around 8000 adults disparitions per year are considered "weird / worrisomes" (as in, not just a random person being gone for a day or two). In just one country.

@dziewiaty 2 күн бұрын

Ralph stalked each of his victims for about a week before abductions, crimes itself seems too unrelated to connect them to single serial killer. One spree a year at random dates, no motive, no relations to the victims, no modus operandi discovered since bodies were never found. If we assume the area Ralph operated in had high enough crime rate that up to 3 missing persons a year wasn't an unusual spike, I'm afraid Ralph didn't even need a divine intervention from Zimforth to stay under the radar for the entire time.

@Axel-. Ай бұрын

ofc the guy named Chad is one spiking drinks and trolling on social media. Actually the typical high school bully in movies lol.

@Euhhyuk Ай бұрын

----- having to resort to stalk and track his potential victims, learning their schedules interest etc adds further to idea he's being punished, in my interpretation. He tries to assauge his guilt by calling them beasts but the toll that it takes on him is evident. Having to abduct Johnny just because he was recognized, speaks to his developed paranoia and fear.

@Basteal Ай бұрын

VA for Ralph killed it in that last scene.

@fallensanity1075 Ай бұрын

20:43 I KNOW YOU CAN FIT THROUGH THOSE BARS JOHNNY

@trlycrlym7768 Ай бұрын

SKINNY LEGEND JOHNNY

@yeedog6145 Ай бұрын

SKINNY J

@changednamelit Ай бұрын

One greatest reason I don't play video games myself... despite Manly's explanation I still have no idea how to play this game. Looks pretty cool tho

@ManlyBadassHero Ай бұрын

I'll use a fake example, you get a target that says "They watch a lot of ANIME, a useless scourge on the world" then you'd go to the timeline of multiple people and start unlocking nodes that have randomized time costs and an unknown level required factor. You always aim for the shortest time level needed required nodes and they refresh every time you unlock another node. You'd then look for nodes that say Watching ANIME, but then you might get more than one with WATCHING ANIME so you've only narrowed it down to two, so you'd look for some unique node like WATCHING BAD ANIME or WATCHES DUBS ONLY then you know ya that's where the "scourge" part comes in. But then you get a twist, you unlock a node on someone you wrote off that has a WATCHES ANIME while posting on twitter while liking Kotaku posts, then you know aha that's the real scourge. Then you'd just narrow down details of their life for the end quiz. Sometimes they have overlap schedules where they hang together so you'd look for something distinct from the others near that time frame.

@toiletpaper3394 Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHerothis post is pure perfection lmao

@suitov Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHero But then I found "laundering scarf" and "recording KZfaq voiceover" and decided to spare them because the world needs them. Plus the other guy had a time slot labelled "venting" so definitely not to be trusted.

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHero "Watching Dubs Only" 💀

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

@@suitovTruly sus.

@amphiptered.5355 Ай бұрын

The game's premise lowkey reminds me of Herbert Mullin, he is a real life serial killer who killed to (according to his confession) prevent earthquakes. I am surprised no one has done something like this sooner.

@DARKthenoble Ай бұрын

There were a few flash games before with that idea in mind, but it was unclear that the protags new that would happen beforehand if they failed.

@leobe2104 Ай бұрын

There is also a black mirror episode similar to this. The protagonist has to kill I think three people within three days to save the world

@erihtea0719 Ай бұрын

@@leobe2104That was my first thought too!

@SailorMars768 Ай бұрын

Very good (albeit sad) game, voice acting is excellent and makes you feel awful for both Ralph and Johnny. The ending where Johnny lives definitely feels like the true one.

@t_g_gamerftw5075 Ай бұрын

What's even more clever about the Johnny ending, is that even if the world doesn't end after a day, it still works, as the person Zimforth describes on the last killing also fit's ralph himself, as it just says "You know who I want dead. You are mine now and forever", So despite ralph thinking it was Johnny, this also could apply to ralph, as sacrificing himself to Zimforth means that for his entire life he would have been stuck serving him and potentially into the afterlife for forever, and ralph technically knows the person Zimforth wants dead, that being himself, meaning he could have saved the world by killing himself, and set Johnny free.

@hunter_deamonne Ай бұрын

I think this was one of the most emotional games I've ever seen, despite how short it was, despite how much was left up to interpretation, it really changed me. dev, I dunno if you're out there reading the comments, but this was incredible. you've got some real talent. I would love to see more games like this

@mcinerc Ай бұрын

We’re all looking at videos, watching streams, and occasionally reading comments. We appreciate all the nice ones. Thanks. 😊

@spaghetto9836 Ай бұрын

If you loved this, I'd super recommend Manly's playthrough of Hitchhiker. It's an old one, but the narrative is great. It feels no different from a recent vid, since Manly never changed. He's really introduced me to some indie gems.

@darkflightdreamer1698 Ай бұрын

Do you mean HIKEBACK from 3 years ago? Time flies.@@spaghetto9836

@bananafone1414 Ай бұрын

@@spaghetto9836did it get deleted i can't seem to find it

@spaghetto9836 Ай бұрын

@@bananafone1414 Wait, I'm sorry, the title is HIKEBACK, & it's about a hitchhiker 😭.

@GeloRuse Ай бұрын

Zimforth threatens to end the world if some guy won't sacrifice someone. Where he'll get his sacrifices after the world is gone then? Is he stupid?

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

He is an alien god he is called dark emperor

@zacmayes2802 Ай бұрын

It says he's a cruel god. I think he's honestly fine with either, but prefers the first one. He knows MC will kill if it means saving the world.

@calebleach7988 29 күн бұрын

I like to imagine that Zimforth doesn't *need* sacrifices, he's just an asshole. When the world is destroyed, he'll just find another one.

@Tickerchicken 16 күн бұрын

⁠@@zacmayes2802yeah I see it as it wanting entertainment, he enjoys watching the process how it makes the main character hate himself

@NoOne-dj1ou 16 күн бұрын

Is there a lore reason for this?

@johnzhou4877 Ай бұрын

The voice acting is FIRE. 14:55 like COME ON.

@odile2odette Ай бұрын

the intro monologue caught me off guard right away, i was not expecting this to have voice acting like that

@icahopilm898 Ай бұрын

I wish I knew the VA's names 😭😭

@FFFFPPPP Ай бұрын

Meh. It’s stage style. I hated it. It was really that bad and hearing the same royalty free synth music grew annoying very quickly. The storyline was stolen from the movie Frailty. It’s exactly the same other than the specifics of how everything is handled. A father receives messages from God to kill “demons” on a list he gave him. He abducts, questions and kills with an axe named Otis and eventually brings his sons into it. One of which has to be confined til he breaks and joins in. They grow up to be serial killers. The end. It’s a fantastic little thriller starring Bill Paxton and Matthew McConaughey.

@Selnathorn Ай бұрын

@@icahopilm898 1:11:23 Ralph is voiced by Jarret Griffis and Johnny is voiced by Xalavier Nelson Jr.

@icahopilm898 Ай бұрын

@@Selnathorn I'm an idiot. Thank you!!

@skellish Ай бұрын

You know, I usually don't love stories that are super open to interpretation and open ended, but the way this game did it was was actually really cool. I adore Johnny, it would have been so easy for him to just hate Ralph for ruining his life but I think he recognized that Ralph wasn't doing these things because he wanted to, he wasn't some crazy murder, he was just a normal guy, doing what he thought needed to be done. This story is painful in the best way possible and I know it'll be stuck in my mind for a long time.

@TapDancingTapioca Ай бұрын

It's insane that Johnny spent a third of his life locked in Ralph's basement

@Markm8 Ай бұрын

I think the grayed out people were meant to show how “you” see them not as people but beasts, i whould have likes if the last level had there full art though

@shushiiii Ай бұрын

yall, im actually going to cry

@Forgottensnapdragon Ай бұрын

👍

@Theiron2142 Ай бұрын

Cry Mor

@alexread6767 Ай бұрын

The music and the premise really hurts

@shushiiii Ай бұрын

@alexread6767 EXACTLY- this entire story is just really unfortunate, and everything is in the morally grey.. Johnny is the only person I feel really bad for the most, he didn't deserve any of this 😭😭

@spaghetto9836 Ай бұрын

Ralph's VA knocked it out of the park with those final pleads. My heart almost clenched on his behalf. I hope those two get paid generously 😂.

@MidnightSonnet Ай бұрын

I watch a ton of horror gameplays, and few ever get to me. This one did. This could've been a simple, yet very elaborate horror game where you murder people to appease a cruel unknown entity. But the addition of Johnny added a layer that completely changed how we view it all. I got so attached to both these guys as they shared so many emotions. I actually felt a little happy when Johnny was finally allowed upstairs. That made me question why Ralph felt he needed to abduct him and why he assumed he couldn't let him outta the cage, even though his legs atrophied to the point he could no longer walk (which makes me wonder how tf he was able to walk during the true ending). As others have speculated, Ralph must've been paranoid about Johnny revealing who he is to the authorities, even though Johnny was just saying hello. When i tell you that the tears never stopped falling after Zimforth chose Johnny, that's an understatement. The sinking feeling in my stomach never left. My god, that entire ending was heartbreaking. Johnny was the only real connection Ralph had in his haunting life. It doesn't matter of him saying "i love you" was romantic or platonic. Ralph needed Johnny as a comfort and a distraction, if only for a minute. Johnny's empathy and compassion was unmatched. The voice acting... Holy hell, the voice acting. I can't possibly praise them enough. They put their all into every line. None of it felt forced or fake. A+ work all around. The ending song absolutely tore my soul apart. It's so damn sad. Feels like it's Ralph begging Johnny to stay. Made me cry harder. This game is a damn masterpiece. The only thing that was confusing (beyond what i believe to be intentional by the dev) was how the hell Ralph was able to remove the "water the flower" necessities after stabbing himself. There's no damn way he opened his entire abdominal area by himself. Also, why did Johnny want his eyes removed? A blindfold could've worked just as well. More to the point, how did Ralph ensure there'd be no rusk of infection after removing his eyes? I highly doubt Ralph would know how, even after his years of removing organs and ribs. Those are small things that really don't matter, though. The game is a solid 10/10. The OST, the plot, the stakes, the voice acting, the emotional connections, the mysteries... It's perfect.

@fanrosefabrose9457 Ай бұрын

Comments like these are what make developer's day, I really hope they read this! Most devs comment on Manly's videos anyways

@mekabare Ай бұрын

Agreeing with you 1000000% on this, you worded this so much better than I ever could!

@abandonedcharcoal5404 Ай бұрын

Johnny's legs must've recovered after Ralph brought him upstairs. He was standing up while helping wash his dishes in a cutscene. Ralph probably helped him walk later on.

@MidnightSonnet Ай бұрын

@@abandonedcharcoal5404 Johnny was stuck in that cage for years before finally being let out for brief periods. He couldn't even walk a few feet during his escape attempt. There's no way Ralph could've helped him rehabilitate his legs to the point he could walk. At best, he'd need crutches or some kind of assistance. My guess is that the dev just forgot about Johnny's legs being atrophied, which is fine. It didn't take away from the story at all.

@PupperinACupper 24 күн бұрын

@@MidnightSonnetwell given that the interactions we see with the characters are years apart, that’s plenty of time to learn how to walk again.

@waferdaze8017 Ай бұрын

That's a brutal story. I really like the connection between Johnny and Ralph. It's incredibly fucked up though. It's such a complicated situation. Is it perhaps madness? Ralph has good intentions, but also the fear of the world itself in him. I can't imagine what Ralph put himself through in the Johnny ending, cause it seems he performed the ritual on himself. Which had to be excruciating, but apparently he was willing to go that far for Johnny's sake. Tragic mess.

@da703 Ай бұрын

I feel that the gray characters are meant to represent how Ralph didn’t look at them beyond their “face value”, similar to his referring to them as beasts.

@shadesmcf Ай бұрын

That was an interesting concept. You learn about your target and then take them out and harvest their body in a way thats kinda like diffusing a bomb lol. The art and animation is real cool. The voice acting was real good. 10 years being locked up that way is such a long time. If Zimforth was real then i wonder what does it do next unless its satisfied with Ralph going out the way he did. At least i think the main characters name is Ralph. On the other hand if the entity doesnt exist, its a real gruesome story about a serial killer and his captive.

@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Ай бұрын

The way he acts and this is set up, this is very much a guy with severe delusions. Thinking he is being instructed to "save the world". And definitely kills random people imagining them as sacrifices.

@The_Sharktocrab Ай бұрын

Johnny says at the end he only has one day, the world is going to end because johnny didnt die

@YamiHoOu Ай бұрын

He says if he only has one day (he's going to make it count)@@The_Sharktocrab

@Lernos1 Ай бұрын

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme This is just one interpretation. The game is specifically made so that both interpretations are equally valid, otherwise the endings wouldn't have been this ambiguous in the first place. For what it's worth though, Zimforth is a real entity in the dev's other game.

@qazwsx014jsbd8 Ай бұрын

@@Lernos1 i completely agree. it could be a brain tumor or something but its just as likely that an actual eldritch horror just likes screwing with this one specific guy. the whole point of the game is that you never know which one is true. im of the opinion that it was real given the fact that ralph (this probably isnt accurate but its how i interpreted him choosing specific groups of people before narrowing down to specifics) has a list of names/an idea of where to go before he knows who the people actually are, and zimforth is real in the creator's other works. any other interpretation is completely valid though

@Takapon218 Ай бұрын

I just wish we had gotten like. Any amount of lore about zimforth. Cuz wtf is "water the flower." But this game is SUPER cool ngl

@leukosethel7684 Ай бұрын

Im assuming « watering the flower » is a reference to healing the Earth so an apocalypse doesn’t happen, to not water the flower will lead to its death. No not feed Zimforth a corpse will lead to Earths death

@RanMouri82 Ай бұрын

I suspect the devs were trying to keep Zimforth's existence ambiguous, so to give clear lore could've interfered with that.

@CottagecoreGoblin Ай бұрын

The steam page refers to Ralph as a "modern day druid" and he calls Zimforth the lord of the earth in his opening monologue, so it seems pretty likely Zimforth is an ancient nature deity or something adjacent, tying in with the natural disaster aspect and the sacrificial rituals being described as to ''water the flower', but more in-game explanation or even speculation so they can still keep things vague would've been really cool.

@bluishwolf Ай бұрын

He's the god of spiders and enemy of all life.

@desadograisedrobot515 Ай бұрын

@@CottagecoreGoblin Imagine if Zimforth is just Earth and they go to Ralph and say "I kinda am just in some diet you can't understand so feed me these people and we will all be fine" until Johnny takes Ralph's attention and Zimforth got jealous like a greek god and said "Suddenly, I have cravings for disabled people. Equality and all y'know."

@iiyamii5554 Ай бұрын

Don't be like Ralph, take better care of your human pets. Give them a cage they can comfortably stand up in and walk two steps in any direction. Let them out for a walk and sunlight exposure at least once a week. Feed them a proper balanced diet. Take care of your human's hygiene. Play with your human and give them toys so that they won't feel bored. Don't be like Ralph. Be a good owner.

@dziewiaty 2 күн бұрын

Ralph was such an irresponsible owner. He says he "is sorry" John had to see the rituals and yet he didn't do anything about it beforehand? My brother in Zimforth, you had entire year to build proper dungeon and you didn't even bother to set up some cheap dividers.

@The_Voidness Ай бұрын

haven’t seen a good like this in a long while, well built, if you focused on Ralph’s name before we learned it, every-time it was said it looked more and more like “Ralph” and not an odd vibrating blob, and on the last time(it was censored/filtered) it was just clear it was Ralph, great game.

@coffeebeaned Ай бұрын

actually this game is gonna stick with me for a hot minute lmao. the story was really really good, the characters were also pretty damn good, and the vagueness of the endings is very well-done. my favorite horror games are ones that give you ethical and psychological issues to work through, like SOMA and Mad Father. i think Life Eater is gonna be in my top 10 :)

@mewrp Ай бұрын

Dang this game's ui is SUPER unique!!! Genuinely super cool so see both as a concept & in action omg

@forstuffwow7145 Ай бұрын

Its literally adobe premiere lmao

@tropicalsquid8802 Ай бұрын

Wow, I was not expecting the quality voice acting. Not through the vid yet, but this game seems awesome. Really unique stuff. You really feel awful for both main characters.

@jadewedge6082 Ай бұрын

Life Eater, the long distant relative of Snake Eater oh god. What a harrowing game. "That was just a dream, right?" My guess is - completely unrelated and coincidental occurrence! we'll see. Well, it was never... directly. Answered. And that's why one of the voices I recognised! It's made by the same people/person/ that made that El Paso Elsewhere.

@icqgo3348 Ай бұрын

baaa

@shiyon8947 Ай бұрын

and Soul Eater

@BasicNoLife Ай бұрын

This game hurts and makes you emotional. The voice acting, the art, and the fact you have stalk people to know them without "knowing" them is an interesting concept as well. Zimforth might act like a parasite in Ralph's brain (thinking like endoparasite?) as he's slowly eaten from the inside, literally or figuratively from guilt.

@canimanamino2433 Ай бұрын

I have this one interesting interpretation. So, everyone knows Stockholm Syndrome, very present here. But a lesser known "condition" are the various forms of shared psychosis. Here, Johny has been told the last ten years that if Ralph fails, the world ends. The only time he doesn’t, a massive disaster happens. If thats coincidence, Johny might still fully believe it. So theres a chance everything was fake, and that this "Zimforth" contacts Johny just because Johny believes it must happen. I know its never eluded to what happens after Ralph dies, but I think this could be an interesting view into stuff like psychosis

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

Zimforth is Real he is called dark emperor.he is a character from space warlord organ trading simulator im sorry if i ruined it

@canimanamino2433 Ай бұрын

Oh, might need to go check that out. And plus, it was more of a thought experiment than a fan theory. Just something I thought was a fun concept

@erihtea0719 Ай бұрын

I think Zimforth was never going to end the world, lest they lose all the humans they could toy with. Instead, I think the earthquake was a threat effective enough to coerce Ralph into killing more people. Not saying your theory is wrong though, nothing is exactly proven

@canimanamino2433 Ай бұрын

@@erihtea0719 Yeah, it wasn't meant to imitate what happened, more just a fun thought. Especially now that I know it actually has context

@BrightAGen Ай бұрын

Only once a year? Psh... that's light work.

@lcmiracle Ай бұрын

IRN, I hope we ain't getting the same pay with me hauling my ass here...

@TheMasterwitcher Ай бұрын

Well, I guess the fbi is coming for you then admitting stuff

@amergingiles Ай бұрын

THOSE ARE ROOKIE NUMBERS, YOU GOTTA GET THOSE NUMBERS UP.

@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female Ай бұрын

Rookie numbers.

@user-ow1bc4sx2r Ай бұрын

More than once a year and it gets hard to convince people to rent the house

@Tridelo100 Ай бұрын

I mean, taking this game as a canon prequel to Space Warlock Organ Trading Simulator would mean Zimforth is both real and also the kind of being who would do this.

@coolestbean24 Ай бұрын

if i had to describe this game in a single sentence it would be "probably the weirdest case of stockholm syndrome x2"

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

What Ralph did not like the zimforth at all

@gluthedoge3188 Ай бұрын

@@Mrhandgrenade ...... i dont think he means zimforth....

@anapplepinetarticathe23rd90 29 күн бұрын

No it was Lima syndrome from Ralph to Johnny, that’s when you love your captive

@Mrhandgrenade 29 күн бұрын

@@gluthedoge3188 he said 2x

@gluthedoge3188 22 күн бұрын

@@Mrhandgrenade Def not what he meant

@ShadowryuuPmP Ай бұрын

Well, that was something else. What funny to me is one of them had green hair and i was like "that one" and was correct

@mandrake7305 Ай бұрын

The vibe of this game is phenomenal

@_g0r3c0r3 Ай бұрын

i love how we can hear Ralphs name for the first time at the johnny ending.. i really loved johnny and ralphs relationship.. beautiful game

@shawnheatherly Ай бұрын

It's such a creative idea for a game made all the better that it's tragic. They're not super common or anything but we have plenty of games where you're evil... not too many where you're truly mortified where you are compelled to be evil. I don't think any god was actually talking to Ralph, but that doesn't change it from his perspective. As far as he was concerned, there was only one choice and he hated it. Adding Johnny, a true innocent who got dragged into this for no reason other than bad luck, made for such a strange "friendship". Excellent stuff, although I do agree we needed more missions like the old man in a coma.

@lazulidelacroix4353 Ай бұрын

the story and the voice actors truly made this game magnificent and even as a viewer i was very much absorbed and couldn’t help but empathize with the two. I truly loved the ending where johnny gets to live as it truly showed Ralph’s human qualities despite his countless murders for the last time.

@overlordcacius Ай бұрын

I would love a sequel where Zimforth uses Johnny as a vessel and Johnny has to find someone else to eventually replace him.

@Veshicg3202 Ай бұрын

That's originally what I thought was going to happen if Ralph chose not to kill Johnny, so I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw the Johnny ending. Although, I do agree, that's another interesting concept

@theanswerisa3758 Ай бұрын

This game has one of the best storylines I’ve seen in an indie horror game ever. A beautifully drawn tragic tale of cognitive dissonance, learned helplessness, and cruel gods. Proof that your ending can go EXACTLY where the reader expects it to go and still be a compelling narrative.

@BrainWeird Ай бұрын

34:09 "We have to figure out who's the bad dude..." "..." "...Bald." (starts clicking) Ok that got me good

@FablesTold Ай бұрын

Man... Man! I love everything about this. It's an odd niche, but I absolutely _love_ stories about serial killers where you are genuinely unable to tell whether they're just crazy or if there are forces beyond mortal ken that is directing things, and this really nailed the concept of it in a way that I would have figured would have taken much longer in a video game.

@_g0r3c0r3 Ай бұрын

16:03 EVEN THE MC QUESTIONS HIMSELF ND FEELS BAD FOR JOHNNY BUT MANLY JS GOES "no"

@ManlyBadassHero Ай бұрын

Shadow the Hedgehog taught me everything I know

@_g0r3c0r3 Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHero OH MY GOD IM LITERALLY CRYING MANLY NOTICED ME

@_g0r3c0r3 Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHero u and shadow r my spirit animals 🙏🙏

@funnywarnerbox300 Ай бұрын

@@ManlyBadassHero I always ask myself, what would Shadow the Hedgehog do...

@marshymoo4702 Ай бұрын

i saw the thumbnail and immediately thought of vinny vinesauce, it’s all i can see now

@Kawatsume Ай бұрын

one of the split timelines

@alexread6767 Ай бұрын

Same

@Sleepy_Kitsune Ай бұрын

vinny if he ever gets a neurolink and chat gets access to it somehow

@Binarokaro Ай бұрын

The voice acting in this game was incredibly good, man. The voice acting gave such a powerful impact to the storytelling, and really fleshed out each of the characters.

@fang4223 Ай бұрын

Man. His name wasn't corrupted. Ralph only became a real person after he defied Zimforth. A lovely little narrative touch.

@VeArk Ай бұрын

Manly uploads makes my soul a little less empty

@gerardoalvarado8425 Ай бұрын

What's this a prime sacrifice for Zimfroth Owo

@alexkatc59 Ай бұрын

@@gerardoalvarado8425 No, it's just empty like his soul.

@limbothebiggay1709 Ай бұрын

In case the dev sees this, I'm curious; Is Zimforth a Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator reference? Edit: Holy shit it is, that's awesome that it's all connected

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

Yep Zimforth the dark emperor

@Granad784 29 күн бұрын

His name is a pun on classic eldritch names and most likely just a standard reference to point at

@amergingiles Ай бұрын

RJ Lake should look into taking comissions. The voice acting was phenomenal.

@SunnyMuffinsRox Ай бұрын

insanely emotionally complex game

@Uncle-Jay Ай бұрын

Them playing Catan is great. I just started working on a resin 3D print of the board for a friend of mine.

@mranderson9553 Ай бұрын

"we have to figure out who is the bad dude...... 👆BALD" - manly 2024

@user-br3oe1lc5y Ай бұрын

the god is most likley real when you consider how many years they went without a major disaster before and after

@Lernos1 Ай бұрын

He's definitely real in the dev's other game about the Space Warlord.

@Granad784 29 күн бұрын

The rest of the world does not count? Also the sun sacrifices

@CygnusDoesThings Ай бұрын

What i found interesting in this game is that Johnny literally goes through the five stages of grief here. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

@Ghostofchristmaspresent Ай бұрын

Man that was actually sad. Either johnny lives a happy life knowing that ralph killed himself because of him or ralph kills johnny and lives the rest of his sick days without a friend.

@ValidAQ Ай бұрын

I KNEW I heard Johnny's voice somewhere before, but it didn't click until I saw the credits. It's the same VA (and game director) as El Paso, Elsewhere, Xalavier Nelson Jr.. Neat.

@gumball02 Ай бұрын

Hey manly I know you mostly play new releases but would you ever consider playing through the rusty lake series? I honestly think you might enjoy it, all of the games are really interesting

@mrjones2721 Ай бұрын

I already do this, so it’s nice to know my hobby has meaning.

@thatonewitch Ай бұрын

*Hol' up-*

@erihtea0719 Ай бұрын

So cool! What’s the name of the guy in your basement?

@mewbunniemilk Ай бұрын

I saw a clip of this on TikTok from the creator of the game, and I had no idea you'd touch something like this! I still went into this completely blind, so I learned as I watched, and had nothing spoiled. I knew Johnny was going to be a sacrifice at the end of the story. He was too important of a character to not be. The prompt saying that Ralph could be a sacrifice in his stead was unexpected however. Also, I like how you choose to interpret the earthquake as a chance, though I agree with Johnny- the chance is *too* coincidental to actually be a chance. But given how Ralph sacrificed himself to save Johnny, I also wonder how Zimforth's chooses his followers. Would Johnny become a follower? Would him being blinded make him invalid for the job, since he needs to be able to watch the sacrifices? Would Zimforth _restore_ his sight so he could do the job? _Can_ Zimforth restore his sight? Overall, the story is extremely interesting, and I like how the gameplay kept introducing new challenges, though they could have added more black haired characters, or any characters with kids. None of the sacrifices had children, despite the fact that the old man would've made the most sense, and would've been easy to show.

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

Zimforth probably chose good people who will suffer from their actions most (emotionly)

@Granad784 29 күн бұрын

Earthquakes happen each day everywhere it is not too much coincidence, you would be a good Mayan

@aisamai9448 Ай бұрын

I thought this would be a spooky game! Why'd you have to go and dropkick my emotions like this? 😭

@ohyevascns Ай бұрын

I genuinely wonder if you can actually waste all those 100 hours during the endgame part. There's no respective achievement for it, but it still would be interesting to see what would happen if you somehow managed to do it, even though im okay with an open ending of the game. If there's nothing that would be a wasted opportunity for a little Easter egg from the devs or something of that kind, too

@nopperabou_ghost Ай бұрын

talk to the wrong guy at the store, end up on 24/7 john channel

@suitov Ай бұрын

Fantastic idea, fantastic execution. It reminded me of "Her Story" with the way you have to use logic to fill in gaps piecemeal, combined with the random luck factor of finding exactly the right keyword/time slot that gives you a huge puzzle piece. It was a solid choice never to confirm or disprove Zimforth's existence, of course. I feel like they _could_ have given you a hidden "run out the clock" ending for the final choice... but only if it too was inconclusive. (Idk, something like the pair of you drink yourselves into a blackout but then both die in a fire/police shootout for robbing the liquor store/dog alien abduction, making it a less satisfying ending that ushers people off to get one of the main endings.)

@angelixx66 25 күн бұрын

This story is so painful but so GOOD. It references so many things that have happened in the real world, and combines it into one disgustingly heartwarming narrative,,,

@odile2odette Ай бұрын

not even halfway through but i do wonder if it's going down the schizophrenia fake-out route or not. i'll just have to see

@morganblackhand2020 Ай бұрын

It's left it up to interpretation it seems.

@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-now Ай бұрын

i hope not. i hate endings like those, it makes everything that happened during the story not matter.

@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Ай бұрын

@@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-nowwhy does it not matter? It's pretty clear that this is the case. And he still did all those murders.

@followeroftheprince Ай бұрын

@@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-now Not matter? I mean, it only makes it not matter if one of the answers would make it not answer. This leaves it a Schrodinger's situation where you cannot fully be certain one way or another. It's like Total Recall. The adventure could be real, but it also might not. It's not like a horror movie where everyone dies and nothing changes. This is a suspenseful game where you just don't know

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

@@morganblackhand2020.

@MLGRuY6S Ай бұрын

I like to think that the god actually exist, it makes it actually scarier for me. Yeah, the crazzy guy who kills because the voice told him to is scary since is more realistic... But being a puppet, without any opportunity to choose, to be obligated to do this inmorals sacrifices... To have an excuse to end someones life. It horrofies me in a more deep way. Not to mention that there is no enjoyment from the protagonist, he really doesn't want to do it, but he has to. It's like if they send him to war without any type of training or preparation.

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

Zimforth is real he is called dark emperor.he is a character from space warlord organ trading simulator

@MLGRuY6S Ай бұрын

@@Mrhandgrenade Oh, i didn't knew that, thanks!

@reiphas 10 күн бұрын

If by any chance any of the devs are reading the comments, I want you to know that this was a great experience and you've all done an amazing job. The art is wonderful, the story is engaging, the voice acting is phenomenal, both endings are cathartic in their own unique ways. And I simply love it, I'd buy it myself if I could afford it.

@guysir1130 Ай бұрын

Honestly great game. I love the open question if the world was going to really end. I mean, if that earthquake was actually just a coincidence, then obviously it's good Ralph died. He's obviously a monster who's killed at least 30 people and kidnapped one more. But you almost feel for him. You know that he doesn't want to do this. As for Ralph's ending, we don't really know. He could keep on doing his crimes, now truly having lost everything. Johnny's has the hope that well, maybe the world won't end. Maybe he was just a crazy freak. But if it was gonna end...did he do the right thing?

@pulse1001 Ай бұрын

Can someone explain to me WHY he had to kidnap Johnny? It's not like Johnny saw him do anything. Just remembered him from somewhere or another. Can someone please help me?

@wolfganggrimmerdoesnotdese6822 Ай бұрын

He's not mentally sane and therefore doesn't think rationally

@jhg888 Ай бұрын

i think it was ralph hadn't viewed himself as a person who exist to anyone but zimforth for so long that when he was actually percieved by someone else that wasnt zimforth he was afraid that he was going to be condemned for the nature of the killings

@pulse1001 Ай бұрын

@@jhg888 Mkay... Maybe, I guess. Thanks for actually trying to help me out. 👍🏾🙏🏾

@jhg888 Ай бұрын

@@pulse1001 yeah that was just my interpretation of it LMAOOO could just be bro was so paranoid he was like Fuck it we ball too😭

@Divinegoldenlight Ай бұрын

That was... that was one hell of a game. I always love games that encourage the player to pay attention to any and all schedules of targets or interferences. But this? This is like that but even MORE! And yet everything was so chilling, I practically knew Zimforth wanted Johnny as the 10th sacrifice... it was like waiting for your own execution. How they did the endings was nicely done, gives the player a hard choice I talk big in this comment but god damn I could've wet my pants if I wasn't careful The soundtrack, the voice acting, the design, everything was so immersive. I'll definitely check out this for myself, thank you for the play through manly

@CrimsonTintedGlasses Ай бұрын

Technically, Ralph is still Zimforth's, even in the Johnny Ending, so... Maybe they're all good??

@ryanrouse5590 Ай бұрын

Zimforth (Zim, for short) appears to be Invading this guy's life. Hm...

@Keeper_91 Ай бұрын

This was pretty intense. Reminds me of an old Bill Paxton movie I watched where a father and two sons kill for God and God covers their tracks. Pretty unhinged but awesome premise.

@ZenzeroSans Ай бұрын

I amazed that he can still fit in the "empty just like my soul" joke in a game with essentially no reference to trashcans about murdering people for a god.

@gem3763 4 күн бұрын

Wow. That was my favorite game you’ve covered yet. Incredibly well put-together.

@martingaray197 Ай бұрын

I was expecting eldritch terror, not like, sentimental terror. The guion and the voice acting was just... Brutal

@leukosethel7684 Ай бұрын

Johnnys only win was saying hello to a man while shopping. To his mom Johnny died when he was 20, to Ralph he died when he was 30. Maybe someone will find Johnnys body, maybe he will be unrecognizable by the time he’s found just another Doe and cold case. Who would connect a 10 years disappearance with a newer, eyeless corpse?

@Bala_Niranna Ай бұрын

welp. im emotionally devastated for the rest of the day.

@Dyrewulf_ Ай бұрын

A heart-wrenching game! To know that both are under such duress the entire time, and the anguish of making the final decision. Incredibly written story and amazing music! Thanks for sharing, Manly!

@stunshock Ай бұрын

Just started the video and theorizing zimforth is a successful invader zim 🤔.

@Mrhandgrenade Ай бұрын

İ dont get what you said but Zimforth is Real he is called dark emperor.he is a character from space warlord organ trading simulator

@stunshock Ай бұрын

@@Mrhandgrenade oh wow! I was mostly kidding, haha! The cartoon invader Zim always wanted to take over earth 🤷‍♀️ . Thank you for the info.!

@Thelothuo Ай бұрын

Oh man, KZfaq compression did NOT like some of those visuals. I think the weakest points in the game are just the Win and Lose screens and music transitions, honestly. Every single other thing was great, and I hope to see this developer do more!