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A very detailed and interesting theory. Who knows maybe Techland are also alien developers?!

But we all know that nothing in this game will ever come close to being as incomprehensibly awful as THATS RIGHT *ThE AnGlEr FiSh*

The more reasonable origin would be the fake olympics being held in Harran the year of the game’s setting. ‘The Global Athletics Games’ was set to take place in the city which meant bringing people from all over the world to Harran. In fact, one of the quarantine zones in Old Town is a hotel and it is suggested that it was ground zero for the infection

6:34 love that the alien ship has "Not lost, just exploring" and a license plate

I know I might sound like a nerd, but in the first Dying Light, there were zombie children that would scream, like a child version of the howler in Dying Light 2.

So our immune system acts on "Batman with infinite prep-time" logic.

"but that's just a theory. A GA-" *starts sobbing*

Are we forgetting that children were zombies too in dying light? I vividly remember dropkicking a screaming child

My research into how to make an angler fish with rabies has mysteriously vanished. But trust me this will no stop me from accomplishing my goal.

I may be mistaken but I don't think Volatiles are a "natural" progression in the mutation phases. What I mean is that I belive they are created in a means of conversion rather than being a side path from viral to biter. There was a mission in The Following where we find a missing man who was taken by the infected and brought into the hive and was screaming and begging for us to kill him (He was already in Volatile form). I think that Volatiles purposely drag certain people away based on unknown specifications to be converted or alternatively used as fuel for the feeding grounds. Would explain why the Volatile nests exist and why we see Volatiles seemingly being "born" from the still flesh strapped down victims mid transformation. Might be something worth looking into. Honestly if this is true (Which I think it is) then this gives far more horror to the volatiles considering that they have the intelligence- or in the very least smart instinct to choose who to kill vs who to spare only for conversion. I imagine this is what the Alpha/Darker Volatiles would be in charge of given their ability to not be fooled by the gore camo and increased strength and recognition.

Dying Light is such an awesome game thanks for analyzing it

This channel has taught me many things. 1.) the most Chad science of Microbiology C.) nobody likes angler fish 5.) nobody wants rabies Z.) cancer is a punk

Before I started watching this channel, I had no idea how much thought games like this put into their illnesses, diseases and anatomy. It's really quite impressive and adds more appreciation for the games that do their homework.

Honestly it wouldn’t be surprised that this virus would be alien in origins, since some of the infected types kinda do look like they’re being forcefully changed to resemble something less than human.🤔🐱

Because of how “tachyon” is used in sci fi settings, I just figured the virus had a time travel aspect and the children just didn’t exist at the moment for the virus to reach them.

video game disease coverage is some of my favorite content from you

"How do trees know how to make a flower mimic a bird" I can't believe he just dropped that philosophical bomb shell and just ran away.

Ive honestly been listening to Roanoke all week. This mans voice is in my nightmares.

10:46 - "Goovermints"

While the modified virus could very well be an alien inside job, I still find it hard to believe the original outbreak was caused by crashed alien ship. Like if it was planned why crash the ship, and if it was an accident what are the chances that the virus would be able to cross species that are not even from the same planet? But anyway, nice video and I’m once again asking if you can look into the Moonscorching from the second Fear and Hunger game.

Came here for alien, left with microbiology lesson.

You know, it's quite interesting how DL2:SH clarified the evolution of the Infected. Everyone is destined to at first become a Viral and then a Volatile so long as they minimize exposure to UV radiation, quite the difference from how you originally theorized Volatiles come about. Meanwhile, Walkers come about due to prolonged exposure to UV radiation weakening Virals, whereas special chemical exposure creates the other Infected sub-types.

Neat one of the things I missed was the amount of people that simply died I for some reason thought there were billions of infected which is terrifying

I wonder if the cytokine response originated to save the other people in the family, back when we were dwelling in caves. Kind of jumping on the grenade to save everyone else type of deal.

+Roanoke Gaming - I have a feeling you'll enjoy the movie Mayhem. It's about a virus that induces murderous impulses within people while retaining their memories and their understanding of social hierarchy. For instance, if you are infected, you'll probably curb-stomp the guy who backstabbed you for a promotion, but you wouldn't attack the friendly barista who always remembers how you like your coffee. Interesting, to say the least!

There was a whole quest in DL1 that said the virus came from aliens. I guess he wasn't crazy after all.

please do a video on vampyr game on how the pure vampires blood becomes weaker when infecting more people they turn into Skals. also how skals feeding ways completely changing to where they can feed of peoples flesh instead of the purer vampires can only drink blood. it would also be interesting to know how there are different branches of the vampire blood like how one branch makes people look like werewolfs

As a fan of both this channel and Final Fantasy VII, I feel compelled to ask: any chance we might get a rundown on Jenova cells and their effects on people injected with them? Or perhaps a video simply about the (admittedly grotesque) anatomy of Jenova herself?

I thank you for your videos. It makes me feel better thinking I'm learning stuff from watching videos about video games and movies.

Man, the TF2 music playing in the background really brought back some memories.

"Children are immune!" *The baby screechers in Dying Light 1* :]

17:30 All fluids can transmit? Oh god, that poor girl Aiden hooked up with..

Most saddening part of this video is Dying Light 2 hasn't had %1 of the agitation and horror elements of first game. I can still remember the bolter chase where I shit myself in first game where they turned them just a some frightening mob in 2nd game.

So excited to see new content. You do great work keep it up

Shocked that this didn't get slapped with a cOnTeXT warning.

I've learned a startling amount from this channel and I'm 100% for that. I'm not sure if you do SCPs anymore, but I'd love to hear about SCP 3288. An off shoot of humanity that inbreeds and the negative effects that come with inbreeding are reversed into positive ones. It'd probably be better as a short though. It's incredibly not ad friendly if you get into details

22:26 "no its parishhitic" LMAOOOO perfect way to imitate those people

Strangely enough, I feel like dodging KZfaq’s naughty words has made you more unique to listen to. No one on KZfaq talks quite like you lol it’s cool

I don't know if you already covered this but it could increase your love with anglerfish if you think about it, what do you think about the variant of the T virus from Resident Evil that was banned from the black market because it can infect the water and fish so half the world would be infected if it was released, even humans can be infected, it transforms fish into monsters so imagine a anglerfish infected with the Abyss

My dad was part of the crew that were monitoring the lion fish outbreak

In dying light there is a mission about a guy who thinks it's from space and makes you search a meteorite that landed in old Town that glows under uv saying the GRE were all over it when it crashed or the local authorities were I don't remember but same with the ship it hints that it is from space and just like volatiles has a reaction to uv light from the sun

Playing Dying light 2 while Roanoke is giving us the virus lore. Nice. I’ll the game lore video going too, get the full schizophrenic experience

Petition for you to cover the karah in subnautica

it was the plain old military industrial complex deciding to make a biological weapon that backfired on them hard

Holy shit my favorite franchise I love you Roanoke

Before 2020, a lot of people would've never guessed that so many adults would remain like children when it came to intentionally getting other people sick. Perhaps if more epidemiologists had payed attention to the "Corrupted Blood" incident in World of Warcraft, they would've been able to see this coming.

Dying light 2 was such a cockup. Like nothing of the trailers came to pass.

"Some people absolutely don't care.." My mamba in law is such a person. Sitting in the middle of a kids birthday party with full blown pneumonia. Day later she finally waddles to the doctor. Day after that she graciously calls and lets us know. Love people like that......😡

However, in the old town in Dying Light 1, there were "Screamers" kids and babies that were infected. In Dying Light 2, there are notes to be found about the mutation of the screamer from Haran but no mention of the name and what they look like. Perhaps Dying Light 3 with Spike at the forefront.

The main way the Milwaukee Protocol helps a rabies patient is by removing the top of their skull, allowing the brain to swell. And since the brain doesn't die from extreme pressure, it buys time for the immune system to fight the virus and turn the tide of the battle. You missed that in the description, but it is 99% of why the protocol saves some people.

See, with all that u said in this video, I'm curious to hear ur take on Adian and Walts' unique infection powers and how they maintained their consciousness long after initial infection

13:45 its the other way around. people avoid people only if they feel sick and not because of the intrest of others

Love this franchise! Nice one for covering it brother!

I'd love to see you do a video on the Mimics from Edge of Tomorrow. Your take on their alien biology would be fascinating.

I just can't get the background guitar out of my head, thinking that it's the song Engineer play during his trailer for TF2

How don't you have a million subscribers by now?! Enjoy your content bro. Great work!

Any chance you'd cover the Last stand (flash games and also standalone 5th game) virus? A new rogue like game was released a few years ago but most of the lore hasn't been documented, having finushed the game myself it shows new insight about the virus but still pretty vague.

Nice wanted to see this game, like how you talked about the first dying light

Video 3 of asking you to look at warframes infestation Dying Light let’s gooooooo

2:34 I definitely understood all of that and everything definitely entered my mind

The balance between exposure and non-exposure is tedious, because if we overly-prevent exposure we'll end up as immunocompromised as the quarians of Mass Effect. It ultimately harms the immune system more than helps anyone, so everything in moderation.

I have always pondered if the goal of a virus is to spread and rise in numbers of itself wouldn’t it be more beneficial to not kill the species that it needs to survive. I mean eventually it could adapt to a zoonotic virus but how likely is that and what would have to happen for that to be successful? Viruses are incredibly interesting I always wanted to specialize in them. Life can change plans in an instant. At least I have channels like yours to feed my curiosity. I would love any reading recommendations you might have on the subject.

Man, there's a video or study done on elephants where the older males were "removed", and all the young males went essentially mad

Oh Roanoke covering my favorite game. my day is better

7:50 Just like how Farmers have used some bugs other countries in order to try to keep pests down naturally.. but resulting in similar situations. #anglerfishareyourfreind!!

Not only does the US government have the weapons to deal with such an outbreak many civilians do as well. It's far more likely for pockets of humans to survive in the US especially the well armed smaller towns.

I literally JUST started playing through this again last night, funny coincidence. Keep up the good work Roanoke 😄

You gotta do a days gone virus overview

The start of the video: Angler fish: I EXIST

No one explains game lore no other than Roanoke, but mostly MatPat is still unbeatable

I love your videos! Keep it up my brother

The timing of this video and recent events in the lab was quite poor lol

Lmfao ChubbyEmu is the GOAT for [Insert Anxiety Disorder Aforementioned] x'DD The Gas Station Sushi episode was the first one I saw for his channel and it definitely got the anxiety going, but spurred the need to know more. which is exactly what your INCREDIBLE scientific deductions and hyper realistic observations do every time I watch your videos!^^ Also, the way you break down viruses, infections, diseases, etcetera and how in depth you are without losing the attention of people whom aren't as knowledgeable about the medical jargon is inspiring!^^^ Woo woo!^^ 🎉

You talking about immune systems make me realize how much hell I put mine through. I drink days old coffee and day old milk coffee and food thats been left out for days whether its meat or something else. But hell I never get sick so Imma keep doing it

Loved this video! Roanoke you had mentioned something along the lines of "How does rabies know to travel through saliva" and "how does a tree know to make flowers which mimic the appearance of a bird to ward off predatory insects". VERY thought provoking concept, personally I look at it not as the organisms are consciously making adaptations but rather that they are subjected to selection pressure over the course of millions.....and millions of years. In the example of the tree, millions of years ago its flowers probably didn't look anything like a bird. But over many years mutations occur with the beneficial ones being passed on, in this case ones which warded off insects. Maybe it took 1 million years for the flower to start having the shape of a bird and another 1 million years for it to have the colors of a bird. So in a nutshell what I am saying is that the flowers didn't look like birds to start out but were molded into a bird like appearance by selection pressure over many years.

Oh yeah super zombies let's go.

Fun video, great watch! Feels incomplete though in regards to DL2, would love to see your take on THV Genmod and the Inhibitors to see what theories you could come up with for that!

Roanoke this is Perfect Timing I just started giving this game a second go amd enjoying it. 😂

you and curious archive have given me anxity! keep it up guys!

"That could never happen." *COVID enters the chat*

This feels like that whole “alien space spore” joke from TWD. I mean, Mario is literally in the game, I don’t really know if that’s canon.

20:23 a cytokine storm is like you setting fire to your house to end the serial killer that has already taken out several of your family members and the whole forest surrounding your home going up as well. Its not happening as a way to attack the target but just a unfortunate byproduct that is a risk when messing about with fire.

The biology and physiology and morphology of Gaw from the King Kong mythos

Yay Roanoke. Dying Light 1 is one of the best games ever made.

These viruses in game always seem unknowable until papa Roanoke brings the facts and biology, you should do the Blacklight virus form the game Prototype.

You should cover the strigoi from the strain

"Unity" from Rick and Morty

Look like Roanoke is enjoying the recent DL2 updates 😀

Please please please! Do a video on the revenants of dying light 2!

Dlc in the first game had the military moving around concentrated viral compounds. The stuff turned people into volatiles.

Good to hear about how it started in the background as I hunt Volatiles for upgrading my weapons [New Game+].

Every time I see anything involving zombies I feel good living in the middle of nowhere in a cold ass climate in the woods. 😅

8:55 Lmfao i busted out laughing because i knew immediately what the reference was 🤣🤣

9:10 I'm still not convinced Covid-19 wasn't a lab-grown SARS variant.

finding that meteor in dl1 was so damn fun and cool. i love easter eggs like that. such a fun quest too.

Wow, A lot of work went into this. That is some quality stuff right there.

Dang, missed the chance for a "Dying Light Two, Electric Boogaloo"

Didnt enjoy the second game as much as the first

Don’t know how I missed the TF2 music blaring