I've never actually been there, but I can understand the concept of your suggestion/fact. I do plan on going there soon as I got a new controller recently, but I'm currently a bit busy with some other games off-stream.
The way that with no other clear prompt except for this track and genuine environmental design, after the ride yet before progressing, the game made me look back and audiably thank the deer: "Hey! Thank you. Wish you luck out there." and then waiting for the deer to go off-screen before I slid down further... Just a silly person playing a silly game, yet that moment meant so much for me. I want more "games as art" that do these kinds of subtle moments. Rain World really is amazing for making you experience these wide ranges of emotions almost purely through how you interact with the game mechanically.
This song is really good, and really sad, I think. Its not like sad in the way someone you know just died. It's more like seeing your childhood home one last time before you move out forever. Its like returning to a place you haven't been to in a long time, and seeing how its changed.
I love this game for many things, but what really amazes me is its ability to evoke such emotions. I love this game for its community, for people writing comments like yours. Thank you so much for sharing it
Descending down into the fissure the first time. Travelling on the Rain Deer, seeing noots and centipedes and scavengers, all watching you descend into the one place nothing goes, while sun sets. With Sundown's motif in the background, it sounds quite solemn, like Slugcat has realized their journey is nearly over. The endless cycles of survival, pain, and death. It's no longer about survival. It's about going home, more or less. And, little slugcat. You're almost home.
I personally feel like this deer moment is much more mature and subtle, which goes to show the journey slugcat made from outskirts to here, but in a way the innocence of unseen land can indeed be more powerful than this moment
I feel like this song is almost sort of the sequel to Unseen Lands in a way. As if unseen Lands is the start of the first act. And Emotion Thread is the start of the third act.
Above all else this is my favorite track. I think it sums up the overarching theme in Rain World the best; Longevity. Surviving in a forgotten world with broken toys. This game is a masterpiece
its like, all of a sudden, its no longer about survival. that's not what you're here for now. you're continuing further below not just out of curiosity, but with a purpose
That's right. You've grown beyond the base desire to survive, as evidenced by your karma. It's amazing that the game can convey that feeling to the player without words.
It is here we shall part ways... Go back now... and hey... I just wanted to say... thank you.... I will think of you in the darkest of times.... I will never forget what you did for me.... I just wish I could repay you in any way...
What? If I owe something to the Rain Deer? NO! Those bastards that owe me! The amount of stress cannot be forgotten. I remember on my first playtrough, one of those stupid assholes sitted at a pipe, THAT I NEEDED TO EXIT for what felt like an eternity, screw it, I'm using these spore apples for the centipedes, geez.
the slugcat unfortunately gave up his ascension, it is a victory for the player, but a loss for that world. the dlc finally gave us a less melancholic and more exciting way out
(spoilers) It's said that the Ancients held celebrations when someone was preparing to ascend, similar to funerals or weddings. This is the song I imagine being played as they walk into The Depths. There's no going back now, so enjoy your last moments before the void swallows you whole.
@@Disorder2312 Who knows? I don't think they just decided to disappear, where would they go? I just think something happened and they all just.. dissapeared. Idk, for now it's a mistery how and why the Ancients aren't "existing" anymore
@@meowscarada1 You clearly haven't read the lore, have you? Or just like to forget things too much? They decided to take a gamble and make the mass ascension, thus leaving the world by their choice, but with an unfortunate chance to become an echo. We don't know how exactly they did this, only can assume that it was invloving the void fluid, but it doesn't matter in this case. It was their choice. Almost everyone agreed that life is not worth living, which is also confirmed by the echo in Undergrowth. I'm just surprised by how you ask "where would they go?", you talk as if the ascension is totally not a thing in this game and wasn't their primary goal to begin with.
@@Disorder2312 I just thought they just disappeared with no reason.. Like they tried to use void to kill themselves and then created the iterators to search another option because the void was too idk... I'm sorry for being wrong :((
@@the_funky_wandrr Hey! I honestly need to change my pfp.... I still want it to be the Hunter but I want to remake it myself (I did a sketch I would need to transfer to digital) or commission someone. I had a best friend of 4 years make this pfp for me in exchange for some cherry coke. But uh, turns out she was, um, a not a good person tho and I stopped talking to her 3 years ago unfortunately. I use this pfp on tumblr too and credit her there but yeah it's way past overdue to change it and stop using her art rip.
Rain World has hands down the best soundtrack for a game in the 2010s yet doesn't get nearly the level of recognition for it as some of the other games (maybe for the better). I constantly come back to these songs and have them in my regular rotation. I have not heard a game soundtrack this cold yet warm on the inside since the first Mario Galaxy.
I listened to this song in my car yesterday and just sat parked in front of my home for a while before going in. I spotted a deer in the wooded area next to me, we made eye contact. A video game helped me have a meaningful moment with nature. I have two kids of my own and play rain world co-op with my six year old. We don’t get far but we have fun. She’s my slug pup 🩵
![Rain World - Outskirts Threat [8-bit, 2A03]](/img/1.gif)
this song is perfect for that last deer ride slugcat takes before decending into the fissure
I've never actually been there, but I can understand the concept of your suggestion/fact. I do plan on going there soon as I got a new controller recently, but I'm currently a bit busy with some other games off-stream.
Wanted to write same thing, raindeers are awesome
Aww, that sounds perfect... Thanks for sharing
@@jawadmuni3447 how? nothing I said changed
@@turtletoad7725 Im very sure this plays on the last deer ride you mentioned, unless my memory is wrong.
The way that with no other clear prompt except for this track and genuine environmental design, after the ride yet before progressing, the game made me look back and audiably thank the deer: "Hey! Thank you. Wish you luck out there." and then waiting for the deer to go off-screen before I slid down further...
Just a silly person playing a silly game, yet that moment meant so much for me. I want more "games as art" that do these kinds of subtle moments. Rain World really is amazing for making you experience these wide ranges of emotions almost purely through how you interact with the game mechanically.
This song is really good, and really sad, I think. Its not like sad in the way someone you know just died. It's more like seeing your childhood home one last time before you move out forever. Its like returning to a place you haven't been to in a long time, and seeing how its changed.
I love this game for many things, but what really amazes me is its ability to evoke such emotions. I love this game for its community, for people writing comments like yours. Thank you so much for sharing it
This game has the power to constantly make me feel indescribable emotions with all of it's music.
Descending down into the fissure the first time. Travelling on the Rain Deer, seeing noots and centipedes and scavengers, all watching you descend into the one place nothing goes, while sun sets.
With Sundown's motif in the background, it sounds quite solemn, like Slugcat has realized their journey is nearly over. The endless cycles of survival, pain, and death. It's no longer about survival. It's about going home, more or less.
And, little slugcat. You're almost home.
zaammmn u didnt have to make this as sad as u did but now im teary eyed
unless you take the ds/shoreline route lol
with the downpour relase the "going home" thing fits even better now tbh
@@humanleader184 drainage system sucks, I ain't never going to subterreanian through there lol
jokes on slugcat (I am going to make them take the dark fuschia pearl all the way to moon)
this is really really pretty, it's perfect for the last deer ride just like turtle toad said
Goodbye Raindeer, thanks for the ride!
Have luck
I remember looking at the graffiti in the background and thinking, is that an Ancient smoking a bong?
Almost as beautiful and compelling as the one moment you walk into the unseen lands room.
I personally feel like this deer moment is much more mature and subtle, which goes to show the journey slugcat made from outskirts to here, but in a way the innocence of unseen land can indeed be more powerful than this moment
@@SerpongeDash what room does the unseen lands track play in?
@@cthulumilesrules in the very first area once you get out of the first shelter room! a beautiful moment for sure that sets the mood for what's next
@@SerpongeDash omg yes of course that room with the weird helicopter fan at the top right? That was a really nice bit
I feel like this song is almost sort of the sequel to Unseen Lands in a way.
As if unseen Lands is the start of the first act. And Emotion Thread is the start of the third act.
Oh hey, another sundown leitmotif
Above all else this is my favorite track. I think it sums up the overarching theme in Rain World the best; Longevity. Surviving in a forgotten world with broken toys. This game is a masterpiece
I agree. This song captures loneliness and sadness in a way, that makes me really feel it. In the end it is a sad game about a very lonely creature.
emotion thread my beloved
Don't know why, but that moment when this track is playing really hits me.
I can't stop eargasming. This is the best relief moment I've ever heard.
Nothing like some Twin Peaks soundtrack to signal the slugcat beginning it's final journey
I noticed the same thing when it played during the last deer ride. "This is totally from Twin Peaks", I thought to myself.
its like, all of a sudden, its no longer about survival. that's not what you're here for now. you're continuing further below not just out of curiosity, but with a purpose
That's right. You've grown beyond the base desire to survive, as evidenced by your karma. It's amazing that the game can convey that feeling to the player without words.
Song about eating a puff ball and freezing the game.
Knowing that my journey was reaching its end, I solemnly said "Goodbye, Mister Rain Deer."
It is here we shall part ways... Go back now... and hey... I just wanted to say... thank you.... I will think of you in the darkest of times.... I will never forget what you did for me.... I just wish I could repay you in any way...
*deer looks at your hand*
The gabble; hand it over.
*Raindeer looks at slugcats hand: you gonna eat that?*
What? If I owe something to the Rain Deer? NO! Those bastards that owe me! The amount of stress cannot be forgotten. I remember on my first playtrough, one of those stupid assholes sitted at a pipe, THAT I NEEDED TO EXIT for what felt like an eternity, screw it, I'm using these spore apples for the centipedes, geez.
This is one of the best songs on the soundtrack and also one of my favorite moments while playing.
the slugcat unfortunately gave up his ascension, it is a victory for the player, but a loss for that world. the dlc finally gave us a less melancholic and more exciting way out
It's a bittersweet ending. Slugcat will be in my memory but I never see them again. It will never be the same.
If raindeer weren't so infuriating this would be moving
(spoilers)
It's said that the Ancients held celebrations when someone was preparing to ascend, similar to funerals or weddings. This is the song I imagine being played as they walk into The Depths. There's no going back now, so enjoy your last moments before the void swallows you whole.
I don't think that they enjoyed any moments, if after all they decided to go and disappear...
@@Disorder2312 Who knows? I don't think they just decided to disappear, where would they go? I just think something happened and they all just.. dissapeared. Idk, for now it's a mistery how and why the Ancients aren't "existing" anymore
@@meowscarada1 You clearly haven't read the lore, have you? Or just like to forget things too much? They decided to take a gamble and make the mass ascension, thus leaving the world by their choice, but with an unfortunate chance to become an echo. We don't know how exactly they did this, only can assume that it was invloving the void fluid, but it doesn't matter in this case. It was their choice. Almost everyone agreed that life is not worth living, which is also confirmed by the echo in Undergrowth.
I'm just surprised by how you ask "where would they go?", you talk as if the ascension is totally not a thing in this game and wasn't their primary goal to begin with.
@@Disorder2312 Dude why are you so aggresive i just didn't knew why are you treating me like this :((
@@Disorder2312 I just thought they just disappeared with no reason.. Like they tried to use void to kill themselves and then created the iterators to search another option because the void was too idk... I'm sorry for being wrong :((
Similar melody to Garbage Waste’s threat music. Strange to hear it used so differently.
i love this one a lot
I remember the art that is your pfp!! Hunter “hm…” I wonder who it’s by and where it came from 🤔
@@the_funky_wandrr Hey! I honestly need to change my pfp.... I still want it to be the Hunter but I want to remake it myself (I did a sketch I would need to transfer to digital) or commission someone. I had a best friend of 4 years make this pfp for me in exchange for some cherry coke. But uh, turns out she was, um, a not a good person tho and I stopped talking to her 3 years ago unfortunately. I use this pfp on tumblr too and credit her there but yeah it's way past overdue to change it and stop using her art rip.
"oh no I'm fine"
Rain World has hands down the best soundtrack for a game in the 2010s yet doesn't get nearly the level of recognition for it as some of the other games (maybe for the better). I constantly come back to these songs and have them in my regular rotation. I have not heard a game soundtrack this cold yet warm on the inside since the first Mario Galaxy.
I listened to this song in my car yesterday and just sat parked in front of my home for a while before going in. I spotted a deer in the wooded area next to me, we made eye contact. A video game helped me have a meaningful moment with nature.
I have two kids of my own and play rain world co-op with my six year old. We don’t get far but we have fun. She’s my slug pup 🩵
Turned this on and got chills
I never noticed the Sundown leitmotif :). Is there really one? That would be insanely fitting 👀✨
What’s the name of the song you hear when first entering into the main Outskirts area?
Unseen lands, one of the best tracks in the game
@@gyhatmemesteal8611 thx
This song reminds me so much about Work At a Pizza Place on god
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