The funny thing is, Rennick and Addair appear to be some of the most intelligent monsters. They often speak in full coherent sentences to Mcleary, recognising his presence and knowing they are attacking him specifically. Muir doesn't recognise what he is doing, Trots wants to 'make things as they were' and Gibbo appears to not be able to control his actions. My theory is that, the more evil and spiteful a person is, the more their mind becomes intertwined with the creature's mind. Gibbo and Muir, who seem to be the nicest, don't have any control over what their monster body is doing, Rennick and Addair seems to know exactly what they are doing and never once are regretful
from what ive seen people theorize, what the monster spouts on about is typically some of the last thoughts the person had on their mind meaning Addair and Rennick really hated him and Rennick was likely pleased as punch when he managed to leave Caz behind with the helecopter before being dragged back and changing, Trots was scared and wanted things to be normal again, Muir likely got pinned or hurt by something and watched people run from him as he transformed and wanted help/to not be alone, Gibbo likely watched Douglas die as he transformed and was ranting about how sorry he was and how he didnt mean to do it. and love the fact people were really laughing at Rennick too, being the person who basically caused this whole mess and having a massive ego becoming a creature who cannae even fit through doorways anymore
Indeed! To me it adds to the Lovecraft vibes. Within that canon, the smarter a person is, the more studied and knowlegable about the world, the more vulnerable they are to cosmic entities and Beleive Themselves Still Sane despite their actions. They Think They See Sense In It. Conversely, the less studied and more labor intensive a person's occupation, the more proof they are to the madness-- telling that Finley is the only one who can think well enough about the scope of the problem to realize What Must Be Done, and the laborers resist their infection and cry out to warn Caz despite not being in control. The moments in Marine Control where one of our fellows resists long enough to give us a key? Shows that before they break and the mass can begin Moving About that they Know Whats Happening and Suffering With It until they can't. Resistance is futile, but monumental all the same.
I think what is happening is that the parasite will do what it's doing, and the remnant of the victim's brain is trying to rationalize its actions, assuming they are its own choices, so the more inherently aggressive or "bad" a person is, the less confused their brains are about their actions, while the nicer people can't seem to rationalize their actions well at all so they seem the most disconnected from what it happening.
From the voice acting to the overall atmosphere, this game is simply amazing. Honestly it makes me want to see more horror games take place on oil rigs
Throughout the game you always had a sense of Caz trying to "fix" or more accurately run away from the problem and hoping that everything will eventually work out (him crime, his marriage, his job, escaping the rig itself, etc) even when reality tells him otherwise. Finlay telling him to "be brave" was so beautiful in the end as he finally takes a stance to stand his ground and face reality even when it will cost him everything. GOD, what an amazing game!
Someone pointed out something really interesting that Caz could actually be dead from when he fell off the rig at the start and I guess in the end he finally accepts and lets go , I love this game for so many reasons
honestly as a Scottish person its really great seeing people who aren't from Scotland react to the slang in this game and the wee references of places like Glasgow and such and just the banter aswell
I’ve had some good belly laughs at it, the voice acting is incredible and it feels like people having a normal conversation when they talk back and forth, less than reading from a script
The Guardian said Caz wasn't a relatable protagonist. I dunno. I too would scream 'Jesus Fucking Christ' if I saw my manager appear out of nowhere and is now a mutated head with tendrils keeping it up.
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Speaking as someone who's been in a fair share of crisis situations with no warning, the brain really does just sort of go, "Oh? Fuck???" And then you just keep going. Caz's reactions felt pretty on point to that.
The Guardian might say this out of ideological reasons - there still is a push for diversity in gaming journalism (which you can have whatever opinion you like on it); Caz seems very relatable, who hasn't been in one kind big trouble and stumbled into a bigger problem just to try and pull through?
@@Yourehistronicif it is about diversity, I wonder what thick journalist bastard is expecting a diverse cast of women, POC or disabilities on a very, VERY Scottish oil rig 😂 realistically not every setting and job will have diversity so the cast of characters in this game seems completely right to me
It really did make it better, it gives that feeling of being torn between running for your life and thinking that maybe there is some part of them left, maybe you can find a solution and save them or at least put them out of their misery, because it sounds like it’s still these people you know.
It would be so horrifying to turn into a monster like them and still sort of be enough yourself to recognize it at the same time. To be begging for help but you still can’t stop being predatory and seeing yourself and potentially being aware that as you’re asking for help there’s logically no way to fix you. And just to see yourself mutated would be terrifying enough. 🫣
I love the way rennick is the only one that seems to retain his sanity when he transforms , he just genuinely hates you and makes a conscious decision to kill you lmao
idk, it doesn't read as sane to me at all, just keeping the same personality, memories and feelings towards people - it's the monster part that's doing the killing regardless of what person is hosting it lol (then again i haven't finished the vid yet)
He doesn't seems to be sane though. None of them is. From what I see, originally Rennick is not really want Caz or the others to die, that's why he notify him about the helicopter. But his fear and selfishness make him choose to betray and leave them at the end, which didn't end well for him. After he became a Monster, what left of him is his massive ego (And massive head) and selfishness that don't want anyone to leave him there alone. The only one that really have beef with Caz is Addair.
This is a game to remember. The characters felt so authentic and I noticed early on in the game that everything feels so realistic. Like, of course an oil rig looks like this! Nothing feels weird really. It's like the creators had a real place and real people in mind when they made this.
As soon as I heard the actual Scottish spoken, I knew I’d love this game XD I’m not even Scottish, but lived in Aberdeen and Glasgow over 5,5 years. Always nice to hear actually Scottish voice actors and speaking actual Scots, not just a terrible imitation
@@elinamauno8833 it really makes a difference to quality when you get the right folks to do the accent. I know Gabs says it’s hammed up but I’ve lived in Scotland my whole life and worky Scot’s that do things like oil rigs really do have a thick accent and are prone to using multiple excellent slang words to string a sentence. Honestly loved this game.
@@amandawood1348 Yea it may sound a bit exaggerated if you’ve especially spoken to mainly younger people from Scotland. But it still just sounds like genuine Scots. I miss Scotland so much, playing games like this makes it a bit easier 😂
Yea... RUclips becomes sad when that many c words are used. Happened to Eddie (Special Ed, EddieVR, AKA The Mexcorist.) when he tried to upload with them uncensored. His editor had to reupload the whole thing bleeping and censoring the words out.
When I saw all the censored words I assumed that they were using homophobic slurs but then when I learned it was just the c word I was like oh that's not so bad then 😅😅😅
I like that the ending is sad, but not hopeless. The story about Caz running away from his crime landed him on that oil rig, and he regretted every moment of it, but at the end, he chose not to run away and sacrifice himself to destroy the creature, so they won't ever reach other people, especially people he cared about.
There's no guarantee it even worked either. Afaik the only monster who wasn't confirmed to die was Muir. Every chance he was able to cling onto a life boat ready to be picked up by a rescue ship. Bits of them could wash up on shore and trigger another epidemic if they can still infect. Plenty of potential for a sequel
@@EvilSnowVO Yeah, hence, the ending is not hopeless. His action give people in that world hope. We can interpret it in any way, unless they make a sequel of the game where they still need to deal with the creature.
Plus this also takes place in the 70s before the internet and the globalization of language. I'm sure accents were thicker when people weren't around other accents as much as they are today.
Roy had just been told his new batch of insulin had been dropped off, just before everything went to hell. It was when he and Cal were talking in the caf.
Yes. As far as I know, insulin still had to be like refrigerated and wasn't synthesized (it was still made using animals) until like the early 80s. So it makes sense he wouldn't just have it on hand easily.
But it’s not refrigerated in the game, I haven’t gotten to the part yet in Gab’s play through, but you can find Roy’s insulin in Accommodation toward the end of the game. I think it’s more that he was working and didn’t realize he would get cut off from it until it was too late.
Its a lovely example of subverting planting and payoff. And Roy says he's gonna go get his medicine, but then the whole rig shakes and he panics and ducks into the pantry. Its perfectly human to duck back to a safe place when something outta the ordinary happens. Galleys contain heavy equipment and are the crossroads of every utility the rig has, *which means its probably The Most Reinforced Area in the living space bloc.* Roy was probably following his own emergancy instructions on where to shelter, but those instructions were unhelpful. Roy did what he was supposed to do, and because of that he couldn't get his medicine on his own. I know with the ending there's not much point in it but I wish the player could circle back and get Roy his insulin despite him saying he can get it himself. Like yeah you probably CAN just like Caz CAN dive off the helipad into the north sea in December- this situation is already in crisis mode and Caz Only Lived By The Care And Effort Of His Fellows. Plus part of the fun of games, imo, is player agency and branching paths for a story to take.
I also realized, in the beginning we hear that Roy just got his shipment of insulin, THEN a few moments after we also hear some workers talking outside, “order’s in but might be two three weeks before its shipped like” so it definitely took a while for the insulin to get to him and he had already been too long without it. Insanely well thought out foreshadowing. I already made this comment but thought I’d mention it here!
That voice acting is insane, broke my heart over the boys crying for help and such. No one deserved it. Fantastic game. Edit: Seen it from start to finish now, and the ending made me cry a bit. The things that really stood out to me was 1) the banter - just brilliant and really made the people feel real. Of course when everything is going to hell, everyone is dying and/or mutated, and you're running for your life - there's still time for bants. 2) I LOVED how the... stuff? It was gross at first, but became more and more hauntingly beautiful but still terrifying through out. So, so effective. Some of the dialect made me laugh, I'm more south but you just never hear it in media lol, so that made me really happy. ALSO never heard Gabs of all people SCREAM like that!! Those chase scenes were intense
I think what hits harder about this game is in the beginning when you hear gibbo screaming “it’s not my fault” it’s because he blames himself for drilling into what caused the whole mess in the first place.
When rennick prounces "leaving" he strains his voice as if he were in pain. impying he was about to transform(which he does in the copter) @@FuriosasWarRig
Wow, didn't notice that detail! At 49:25 he also said "Whatever you do...don't touch this stuff all over the Beira" which means he definitely touched it. That also explains why he was rushing. Thank god he didn't get mainland.
8:05 as someone who has terrible vision i think thats actually a really cool detail. My lenses are very thick so when I'm moving ny head around it does actually make my face look shrunken behind the lenses.
Yup, was gonna say this too! That's what lenses look like when you have a high prescription and poor vision (like me). The lenses are bending the light so hard it actually makes those parts of your face look smaller, lol
Yes backing this up for Gab to see that this was actually done very well and accurate. A thick short-sighted lense will look as if there's an air cutaway around your eyes, especially if you turn your head, because it shrinks both your eyes and your face behind the lense and the remainder will be empty air. That's not a reflection in the lense, that's the empty air at the side of his head.
Hearing Suze in the beginning as a Scot filled my heart with joy! I do promise though, we do actually sound like this. It sounds like there's multiple different dialects but they really accounted for the fact if we're around each other our accents get thicker. And if we're around English or Irish? Even more so. I've trained my accent to be understandable cause when I went further south no one could understand me, and I have American friends. Yet when I talked to a mate from Glasgow, or when I talk to family it gets thick like this.
Her voice reminds me of me nan when she would tell me off 😂 she grew up in Scotland but tried to make her accent understandable too. But when you were in trouble, it would come out!
My partner is English, and if I've been home for a while and hung out with friends and family, my accent is always a lot thicker when I get back to him, it always makes him giggle cos I just don't notice it! I come out with a lot more Scotticisms too that I clearly forget about when I'm with him haha
@@laurenhogg1596 my friend in school back in the day was a muuuch posher scottish, we went away on a school retreat thing and we dormed together. when she got back home her parents went "What happened to your accent? why are you talking with so much slang?" me, i was why. i was the one in the whole group who speaks this heavy lmao
I have a mighty need to see horror games, or games in general, with more scottish people in them. I adore hearing people that sound like my friends and family and don't just sound like someone doing a terrible impression. As soon as I heard "Oh if it's no one thing it's the other" I was like "oh this is Scottish Scottish"
It's great isn't it. A genuine love letter to Scotland. Years ago I travelled through Kilmarnock after going to Glasgow. I feared for my life often (half kidding) but loved the place. Tough but amazing people
I think the most terrifying part about the monsters is that their consciousness is still there and they are afraid and want to be comforted. Kinda like the headcrab zombies in Half-Life. Genuinely fucking terrifying.
I don't think she noticed that Caz saw the same guy in the shower room again, but as a meat-mush pile. Same bald head and a bare leg were visible in the mush, IIRC.
I work offshore, have for the last 10 years or so. I’ve worked on boats that look just like this. It’s almost surreal how well it’s been captured and replicated. Obviously this is before everything went sideways lol.
@@kennabug419man I’m glad someone can relate 😂 like when he’s walking threw the crew quarters, the galley, or hell even on the deck I’m like man I swear I’ve been to this place before what the hell
It's not entirely on an oil rig, but Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (can be read in Dutch or English) involves a rig and I think you'd really enjoy it. His scariest book (in my opinion) is Hex though. The two are very tangentially connected.
I grew up knowing my mum's first husband had died in an oil rig disaster in 1980 in the North Sea. Having that knowledge made this all the more scary and sad.
I was not ready to be so emotionally invested in Roy and Finlay. Hekk even Brodie had me tearing up. Maybe cause he got to have that phone call right before he died, something I never got to do with someone close to me... Anyways, amazing game! Loved the gore and the story, monsters were awesome and it really made me more sure that I hate tight spaces and underwater scenes, yikes. I don't know much about Scottish accents but it was alright, overall the voice acting was top notch. And I really liked the small touch of Caz's breathing in between doing stuff, made it feel more natural and scary.
Oil rigs are such a great horror setting. By their very nature they're deadly, inhospitable, and imposing. But people live and work on them all the same.
Uhg I hope there’s a sequel or prequel to this game that tells us more about the world and if if an explosion like that actually kills this thing. Whatever it was was dormant underground for god knows how long. Honestly it might not have even been “malicious” but reacting to getting attacked. Or it could be exactly as it seemed. I’d love to know more about everything this was.
@@thechosenone1425 HAHA I know precisely what you mean. Her going through horror games is just genuine which makes it more immersive. This is also a beautiful game, watched John Wolfe play it and it was a journey
This was a fantastic lovecraftian Style horror game. I found the shimmering colours around the creatures, that also seemed to spread over his eyes very unsettling. I agree the creatures look like the thing, with the flicking tendrils and the way the human body's are still visible, but misshapen and distorted. The shimmering colours reminded me of the Annihilation story. 😊
So those suits the oilmen are wearing on the rig are common work coveralls for anything on the ocean. They're usually made of a material that will dry quick in case you end up in the water, woven tight like canvas so it'll be hydrophobic to small water droplets and resist saturation for a minute or two; allowing the person wearing it to unzip and escape it and any attatched equipment if the weight is too much to swim against. In the modern day, these coveralls also get a treatment that causes them to turn a crazy bright orange when wet, to help search and rescue efforts in an Overboard event. My partner is a submariner, and on the boat they call them poopie suits. They're the uniform for messy work details, like repainting the hull's resistant coating, scraping barnacles, and... cleaning out the waste system for regular maitinance. Its not always the Scrub The Sewer Pipe job, but it is what every new sailor remembers 😂
I saw a kick streamer i usually watch play this game that was unfamiliar to me 😁. Then i searched to see if you had played it, and to my surprise you had! Love watching your playthroughs Gab, What an amazing game, thanks for entertaining me during my long car rides to and from work ❤️
Holy shit, this was good. I clicked on this video to have something on in the backround, but towards the end I just stared at the screen. The voice acting! Like when Caz talks to Finley on the phone he legitemately sounds SO scared. The locations, the claustrophobia, the chase sequences!, the soundtrack...Also some of the best lovecraftian horror I have ever seen on screen. The authentic scottish was a lovely touch and made it all more emotional. I cried at the end. What a well made game
I really liked the acting throughout the game! And we cannot forget screwdrivers supporting role and lighters surprise comeback. 😌 I liked how these two brought beginning and end together so nicely 🪛🪔
This game does a really great job of telling you what's happening, but all the stress and shock i'm sure makes it harder to retain that information. They're trying to fix it so they can live long enough to call for help, it isn't just random. there wasn't a second chopper that crashed, it was rennick likely turning into a monster trying to crash it into caz. This game is so freaking fantastic, i'm loving it so much!
8:13 I have astigmatism with shit sight so my glasses are thick af, which makes my face appear smaller through the lens. Dunno if it applies to everyone, but I thought it was a nice detail.
The swears censored with the boat horn was my favorite part! Especially "Merry Christmas, ya *boathorn*"! . What a fantastically crafted game! The voice acting, sound design, lighting, level design, the writing, it was all so well done. . . Roy nooooo, I'm sobbing! At least he went peacefully. Fuuuck, Brodie's last moments were voice-acted so damn well. The fear and emotion in his voice was heart-wrenching. The ending of the game was so tragic yet inevitable.
“Our wives under the sea” by Julia armfield is a really good book with similar themes!! It doesn’t take place on an oil rig, but the game really made me remember it.
That was the intention " game's "unathletic" main character " This is an intentional choice to make players feel "powerless", so that every decision made by players will feel impactful " which worked for me at least
The way we come full circle in the game is nuts. At the start we give Finlay the lighter that we end up getting back and using at the end. Gab going "this is a horror game, you're gonna need that lighter!" and then we get it back at the end...
This is seriously one of the best horror games in a while. It feels like such a perfect blend of dead space and RE7 while still adding so much of its own horror in real-life fears of heights, drowning, the dark, etc through a more realistic view. I also appreciate that they didn’t just take a cheap shortcut and have Caz be knocked out and wake up after everything went to shit- we get to see it happen live. The characters feel like they’re reacting as they should and the whole cast being Scottish was just a great cherry on top. Stellar game, super scary!
Gab, my son was recently diagnosed with T1D, he's been having a rough time but I told him it happens to alot of people even cats! And showed him BB! 💕 Thanks for being around during this stressful time to help my decompress
Walker's shortbread is so good with a strong cuppa or a coffee. Great move by the developers! I am downloading this game now and look forward to playing with a pack of shortbread too. The voice acting, accents, and dialect are so perfect in this game too.
Anyone genuinely think that Caz may have been infected too? He was hit multiple times by tentacles as part of the cut scenes and not gameplay. And the canon is that you mutate if any of that flesh touches you.
Also suppose there was having contact from the oil as well. If Finlay already hints that with how Gibbo turned into as is from being covered in oil or some sh!te on him.
@@martianfilms9902 probably why Caz was having hallucinations already. And how some rig workers didn't go completely mad unlike Tots, Allair, Rennick, and the one outside (forgot his name). There must be some resistance, yet futile. Caz would have the strongest resolve to escape as well as Finlay. Tho it doesn't look like Finlay was exposed to any of the stuff. But she DID have hallucinations as well. Maybe that's why Caz lasted to the end.
@@derkz4145 I thought she may be exposed to it one time tho, altho you could say she just got exposed to it after getting struck from a falling crane above before dying. Interestingly, I can say Roy seems to have died a bit more peacefully or untainted than the rest of the crew on the rig despite a stroke being rather lethal or still a sad way to go as well. He doesn't seem to turn infected or else be mauled from said (if to see from the bodies in the cabins thru the accommodation area, def doesn't look like the infection works in zombie logic). Honestly it seems like the very goodness in his heart (if I suppose his churchgoing) seems to have kept him from falling victim to said as well I see from it. A pattern quite common I see kept safe from it as possible, esp to consider how Caz, Brodie, and Finlay have a nack for determination to survive as possible, as if the entity's attack of the rig reminds me a biblical apocalypse to it. And to see from the ending, it looked like Caz going to heaven. This something to like about this game, it doesn't have to outright explain itself (so it doesn't fall into numerous plot holes as possible or have anyone point out the illogical nature of it in a bad way) or you just rely on the symbolism you can interpret with it. And I wonder if there will be much more theory videos out here considering how open ended it gets.
@@martianfilms9902 well said. Feels more depressing how Roy went coz we know his condition medically. And we were helpless in helping him due to the disaster that ocurred. Nonetheless, I agree he had the most peaceful death. For the entirety of the story, it was well done and I absolutely agree with you that it can be interpreted in any way that captures you the deepest. That's excellent story writing. As for the continuity of the story? I have mixed feels of making a prequel or sequel. It's fine the way it ended. Both prequel and sequel need to be extra powerful if they want to create a lore around the game. They have the talent, but maybe another game with a story as great (or greater than) is a better path.
Oh definitely. That distortion around the edges of the screen whenever monsters are nearby I think proves it. I’d say that’s him reacting to the presence of the others.
God, I heard this game was good but from that scene with Brodie til the end of the video, I was bawling. I'm still bawling 😂 The voice acting broke me. Simply incredible.
Getting some strong Alien Isolation vibes from this game. I can totally relate to your reaction at 33:50. Every time I encounter the "hide in a locker" mechanic I have flashbacks to my nightmare mode run in Alien Isolation.
Games as good as this are so damn rare. I hope this team is so proud of themselves, because this is legitimately one of the scariest and best games of the year.
As a type one diabetic I always feel so seen when Gab talks about something diabetes related like when she said "insulin!" or when she talks about BB's diabetes 🤧
It's been a while since a game has left such a huge emotional impact on me. It was such a bittersweet experience. Gosh I hope this game gets the reception it deserves.
So I live on the seaside of the north east sea just below Aberdeen, I can look out my window and in the distance see the rig area this would have taken place. Leccy means electricity. Will update this with other colloquial misunderstandings.
I'm so impressed with this game! Such a great job setting up and walking us through the story without making it feel forced, seeing the rig go from normal operations to slowly getting more and more destroyed and overtaken, always having escape riiiight at our fingertips but just out of reach, great dialogue, struggling to find and save survivors and everyone working together to try and escape but slowly being whittled away to the inevitable doom, the whole thing is just a masterpiece!
8:37 "What is the "leccy"?" I'm guessing its short for 'electricity', and that you're playing an electrician. 8:46 "Oh! Is it could out?" It's the North Sea at Christmas ...
Lovecraftian horror and existential dread will always be the scariest concepts to me. I played this myself and loved it too. Its very reminiscent of The Thing and SOMA. Which SOMA is a lot more bleak, but still very good. I wonder if Gabs would do another play through of it! Awesome video! thanks for the experience :)
Unrelated to the game except for it being Scottish: seeing you eat shortbread makes me want shortbread SO BAD but I only make it at Christmas because it's so much work to make from scratch, lol. Edit: Also I love just listening to this game. I love Scottish accents, lol.
My great grandmother was born in Scotland and she made shortbread every time i visited because she knew I loved it. She used to store it in coffee tins. I have her recipe now and make it every Christmas (and sometimes just because!) and its my hubby and kids' favorite too.
Rewatching this game after jack’s playthrough, I realized, in the beginning we hear that Roy just got his shipment of insulin, THEN a few moments after we also hear some workers talking outside, “order’s in but might be two three weeks before its shipped like” so it definitely took a while for the insulin to get to him and he had already been too long without it. Insanely well thought out foreshadowing.
Definitely one of my new favorite horror games. The writing is absolutely fantastic. Also, the fact that the yellow is your objective marker feels so realistic to how these types of hazardous workspaces are set up and denoted as such (coming from a welders' kid, that shade of yellow is almost nostalgic).
I had to watch it in parts because this is more than what I normally could handle when it comes to horror, but it was worth it. What a wonderful game. I'm glad Gab played it.
Have this on in the background whilst I’m working and I. Am. Sobbing. 😢 The acting is top notch, the sense of humour is grim and on point. All the feels. All of them!
The body horror/horror in this game is brilliant and hearing actual Scottish voice actors speaking Scottish makes my Scottish heart happy with a great ending of Caz facing his fears instead of running from them my personal game of the year
The funny thing is, Rennick and Addair appear to be some of the most intelligent monsters. They often speak in full coherent sentences to Mcleary, recognising his presence and knowing they are attacking him specifically. Muir doesn't recognise what he is doing, Trots wants to 'make things as they were' and Gibbo appears to not be able to control his actions. My theory is that, the more evil and spiteful a person is, the more their mind becomes intertwined with the creature's mind. Gibbo and Muir, who seem to be the nicest, don't have any control over what their monster body is doing, Rennick and Addair seems to know exactly what they are doing and never once are regretful
from what ive seen people theorize, what the monster spouts on about is typically some of the last thoughts the person had on their mind
meaning Addair and Rennick really hated him and Rennick was likely pleased as punch when he managed to leave Caz behind with the helecopter before being dragged back and changing, Trots was scared and wanted things to be normal again, Muir likely got pinned or hurt by something and watched people run from him as he transformed and wanted help/to not be alone, Gibbo likely watched Douglas die as he transformed and was ranting about how sorry he was and how he didnt mean to do it.
and love the fact people were really laughing at Rennick too, being the person who basically caused this whole mess and having a massive ego becoming a creature who cannae even fit through doorways anymore
i also loved hearing Addair go "You tryin' to trick me?," it showed off exactly what you mean with how they're more intelligent
Indeed! To me it adds to the Lovecraft vibes. Within that canon, the smarter a person is, the more studied and knowlegable about the world, the more vulnerable they are to cosmic entities and Beleive Themselves Still Sane despite their actions. They Think They See Sense In It. Conversely, the less studied and more labor intensive a person's occupation, the more proof they are to the madness-- telling that Finley is the only one who can think well enough about the scope of the problem to realize What Must Be Done, and the laborers resist their infection and cry out to warn Caz despite not being in control. The moments in Marine Control where one of our fellows resists long enough to give us a key? Shows that before they break and the mass can begin Moving About that they Know Whats Happening and Suffering With It until they can't. Resistance is futile, but monumental all the same.
I think what is happening is that the parasite will do what it's doing, and the remnant of the victim's brain is trying to rationalize its actions, assuming they are its own choices, so the more inherently aggressive or "bad" a person is, the less confused their brains are about their actions, while the nicer people can't seem to rationalize their actions well at all so they seem the most disconnected from what it happening.
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Oh my god. Rennick was the most narcissistic and when he transforms the literally gets a big head!
From the voice acting to the overall atmosphere, this game is simply amazing. Honestly it makes me want to see more horror games take place on oil rigs
Same! What a perfect horror game setting 👍🏼
Knowing you’re just out in the middle of nowhere.. in tiny corridors….the horror lol. I want to watch Gab play it but I want to for myself
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This game was the catalyst to watching shows: The Rig and Rig 45 ; pretty good shows.
@@sugar-pill I actually just found out about those shows a couple days ago! Definitely will give them a watch
Throughout the game you always had a sense of Caz trying to "fix" or more accurately run away from the problem and hoping that everything will eventually work out (him crime, his marriage, his job, escaping the rig itself, etc) even when reality tells him otherwise. Finlay telling him to "be brave" was so beautiful in the end as he finally takes a stance to stand his ground and face reality even when it will cost him everything. GOD, what an amazing game!
Someone pointed out something really interesting that Caz could actually be dead from when he fell off the rig at the start and I guess in the end he finally accepts and lets go , I love this game for so many reasons
@@blackrosestudios9556My guess is similar, it might be his fever dream after being in a coma (a likely outcome for such a hefty fall)
honestly as a Scottish person its really great seeing people who aren't from Scotland react to the slang in this game and the wee references of places like Glasgow and such and just the banter aswell
I’ve had some good belly laughs at it, the voice acting is incredible and it feels like people having a normal conversation when they talk back and forth, less than reading from a script
also seeing them realise that there’s no one Scottish accent - somebody from Glasgow sounds wildly different from somebody from Perth 😂
It’s been amazing hasn’t it. And the real local references - Barnsley being shite has been very funny as a native Sheffielder 🤣
Literally was so shocked by the Barnsley mention when the internet is generally Americanised
Hearing Suze saying "Straight to Barlinnie" really hit me, ngl.
The Guardian said Caz wasn't a relatable protagonist. I dunno. I too would scream 'Jesus Fucking Christ' if I saw my manager appear out of nowhere and is now a mutated head with tendrils keeping it up.
Definitely not relatable, that was the weakest reaction to something like that.
I said Jesus Christ when I first saw it and I was just watching! So, super relatable.
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Speaking as someone who's been in a fair share of crisis situations with no warning, the brain really does just sort of go, "Oh? Fuck???" And then you just keep going. Caz's reactions felt pretty on point to that.
The Guardian might say this out of ideological reasons - there still is a push for diversity in gaming journalism (which you can have whatever opinion you like on it); Caz seems very relatable, who hasn't been in one kind big trouble and stumbled into a bigger problem just to try and pull through?
@@Yourehistronicif it is about diversity, I wonder what thick journalist bastard is expecting a diverse cast of women, POC or disabilities on a very, VERY Scottish oil rig 😂 realistically not every setting and job will have diversity so the cast of characters in this game seems completely right to me
There is something so viscerally unnerving about the monsters yelling "help me" and screaming in agonizing horror. This game is truly a MASTERPIECE!!
Reminds me of the bear in Annihilation
@@soozarooz7813oh god that bear scene
The taffy and shimmering colors reminds me of Annihilation too
It really did make it better, it gives that feeling of being torn between running for your life and thinking that maybe there is some part of them left, maybe you can find a solution and save them or at least put them out of their misery, because it sounds like it’s still these people you know.
It would be so horrifying to turn into a monster like them and still sort of be enough yourself to recognize it at the same time. To be begging for help but you still can’t stop being predatory and seeing yourself and potentially being aware that as you’re asking for help there’s logically no way to fix you. And just to see yourself mutated would be terrifying enough. 🫣
I love the way rennick is the only one that seems to retain his sanity when he transforms , he just genuinely hates you and makes a conscious decision to kill you lmao
He also sound like an angry Scrooge McDuck from Duck Tales, except with a really foul mouth.
idk, it doesn't read as sane to me at all, just keeping the same personality, memories and feelings towards people - it's the monster part that's doing the killing regardless of what person is hosting it lol (then again i haven't finished the vid yet)
He doesn't seems to be sane though. None of them is. From what I see, originally Rennick is not really want Caz or the others to die, that's why he notify him about the helicopter. But his fear and selfishness make him choose to betray and leave them at the end, which didn't end well for him.
After he became a Monster, what left of him is his massive ego (And massive head) and selfishness that don't want anyone to leave him there alone.
The only one that really have beef with Caz is Addair.
Dude is true hater lmfao
there is still some of them in there when they turn and they can talk with their feelings but most of the time its the monster talking as them.
This is a game to remember. The characters felt so authentic and I noticed early on in the game that everything feels so realistic. Like, of course an oil rig looks like this!
Nothing feels weird really. It's like the creators had a real place and real people in mind when they made this.
ditto!! the characters have so much to them, really liked it, feels v realistic physically too
They had me crying over many of the characters. This game is a masterpiece.
Actual Scottish voice actors with the actual words and phrases we use!?
Also available in Scottish Gaelic
@@its-aydonus6842 love that
As soon as I heard the actual Scottish spoken, I knew I’d love this game XD I’m not even Scottish, but lived in Aberdeen and Glasgow over 5,5 years. Always nice to hear actually Scottish voice actors and speaking actual Scots, not just a terrible imitation
@@elinamauno8833 it really makes a difference to quality when you get the right folks to do the accent. I know Gabs says it’s hammed up but I’ve lived in Scotland my whole life and worky Scot’s that do things like oil rigs really do have a thick accent and are prone to using multiple excellent slang words to string a sentence. Honestly loved this game.
@@amandawood1348 Yea it may sound a bit exaggerated if you’ve especially spoken to mainly younger people from Scotland. But it still just sounds like genuine Scots. I miss Scotland so much, playing games like this makes it a bit easier 😂
RIP all the censored c words, lost but not forgotten
Yea... RUclips becomes sad when that many c words are used.
Happened to Eddie (Special Ed, EddieVR, AKA The Mexcorist.) when he tried to upload with them uncensored.
His editor had to reupload the whole thing bleeping and censoring the words out.
What's the c word? Is it c*nt?
When I saw all the censored words I assumed that they were using homophobic slurs but then when I learned it was just the c word I was like oh that's not so bad then 😅😅😅
@@hannahbumbebee omg thats exactly what i thought too lol 😅😅😅
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I like that the ending is sad, but not hopeless. The story about Caz running away from his crime landed him on that oil rig, and he regretted every moment of it, but at the end, he chose not to run away and sacrifice himself to destroy the creature, so they won't ever reach other people, especially people he cared about.
There's no guarantee it even worked either. Afaik the only monster who wasn't confirmed to die was Muir. Every chance he was able to cling onto a life boat ready to be picked up by a rescue ship. Bits of them could wash up on shore and trigger another epidemic if they can still infect.
Plenty of potential for a sequel
@@EvilSnowVO Yeah, hence, the ending is not hopeless. His action give people in that world hope. We can interpret it in any way, unless they make a sequel of the game where they still need to deal with the creature.
@@EvilSnowVOI don't want a sequel, I like to think that he didn't sacrifice himself in vain
@@arlangunadi8674Sadly, no one will ever know the truth of what happened.
@@EvilSnowVO I wonder where Raffs is as well... if he's still in the diving bell floating somewhere lol.
As a scot, I can verify that round where I come from sounds a bit like their accents. Right down to 'polis' and 'leccy' (which is the electric btw)
@@thequeerrunner5745 What part of Scotland?
My nan is from the Northern end of Scotland and it kinda reminds me of her accent when she'd tell us off 😂
this is how everyone from glasgow sounds hahahah
Plus this also takes place in the 70s before the internet and the globalization of language. I'm sure accents were thicker when people weren't around other accents as much as they are today.
@@Avandra such a good add lmao
Roy had just been told his new batch of insulin had been dropped off, just before everything went to hell. It was when he and Cal were talking in the caf.
Yes. As far as I know, insulin still had to be like refrigerated and wasn't synthesized (it was still made using animals) until like the early 80s. So it makes sense he wouldn't just have it on hand easily.
@@hermitgirl34You know what I kinda figured. Being the 1970s I don’t think there were many resources for diabetics like we have now. Man… Poor Roy..
But it’s not refrigerated in the game, I haven’t gotten to the part yet in Gab’s play through, but you can find Roy’s insulin in Accommodation toward the end of the game. I think it’s more that he was working and didn’t realize he would get cut off from it until it was too late.
Its a lovely example of subverting planting and payoff. And Roy says he's gonna go get his medicine, but then the whole rig shakes and he panics and ducks into the pantry.
Its perfectly human to duck back to a safe place when something outta the ordinary happens. Galleys contain heavy equipment and are the crossroads of every utility the rig has, *which means its probably The Most Reinforced Area in the living space bloc.* Roy was probably following his own emergancy instructions on where to shelter, but those instructions were unhelpful.
Roy did what he was supposed to do, and because of that he couldn't get his medicine on his own.
I know with the ending there's not much point in it but I wish the player could circle back and get Roy his insulin despite him saying he can get it himself. Like yeah you probably CAN just like Caz CAN dive off the helipad into the north sea in December- this situation is already in crisis mode and Caz Only Lived By The Care And Effort Of His Fellows.
Plus part of the fun of games, imo, is player agency and branching paths for a story to take.
I also realized, in the beginning we hear that Roy just got his shipment of insulin, THEN a few moments after we also hear some workers talking outside, “order’s in but might be two three weeks before its shipped like” so it definitely took a while for the insulin to get to him and he had already been too long without it. Insanely well thought out foreshadowing. I already made this comment but thought I’d mention it here!
That voice acting is insane, broke my heart over the boys crying for help and such. No one deserved it. Fantastic game.
Edit: Seen it from start to finish now, and the ending made me cry a bit. The things that really stood out to me was 1) the banter - just brilliant and really made the people feel real. Of course when everything is going to hell, everyone is dying and/or mutated, and you're running for your life - there's still time for bants. 2) I LOVED how the... stuff? It was gross at first, but became more and more hauntingly beautiful but still terrifying through out. So, so effective.
Some of the dialect made me laugh, I'm more south but you just never hear it in media lol, so that made me really happy.
ALSO never heard Gabs of all people SCREAM like that!! Those chase scenes were intense
I think what hits harder about this game is in the beginning when you hear gibbo screaming “it’s not my fault” it’s because he blames himself for drilling into what caused the whole mess in the first place.
The fact that Roy took his last moments to comfort Caz before he died is so painful 😭
1:12:52 watching this again and Rennick was definitely infected. This dude jeopardized everyone’s lives from beginning to end
Explain
When rennick prounces "leaving" he strains his voice as if he were in pain. impying he was about to transform(which he does in the copter) @@FuriosasWarRig
Wow, didn't notice that detail! At 49:25 he also said "Whatever you do...don't touch this stuff all over the Beira" which means he definitely touched it. That also explains why he was rushing. Thank god he didn't get mainland.
8:05 as someone who has terrible vision i think thats actually a really cool detail. My lenses are very thick so when I'm moving ny head around it does actually make my face look shrunken behind the lenses.
Yup, was gonna say this too! That's what lenses look like when you have a high prescription and poor vision (like me). The lenses are bending the light so hard it actually makes those parts of your face look smaller, lol
Yes backing this up for Gab to see that this was actually done very well and accurate. A thick short-sighted lense will look as if there's an air cutaway around your eyes, especially if you turn your head, because it shrinks both your eyes and your face behind the lense and the remainder will be empty air. That's not a reflection in the lense, that's the empty air at the side of his head.
High prescription lenses for me and that’s exactly how it looks! Great detail!
Especially back then. Lenses were much thicker back then
Yes, this! I remember being so overly conscious of it in photos when I was younger, trying to find angles where it wouldn’t be visible.
Hearing Suze in the beginning as a Scot filled my heart with joy! I do promise though, we do actually sound like this. It sounds like there's multiple different dialects but they really accounted for the fact if we're around each other our accents get thicker. And if we're around English or Irish? Even more so. I've trained my accent to be understandable cause when I went further south no one could understand me, and I have American friends. Yet when I talked to a mate from Glasgow, or when I talk to family it gets thick like this.
Her voice reminds me of me nan when she would tell me off 😂 she grew up in Scotland but tried to make her accent understandable too. But when you were in trouble, it would come out!
I can't help but read this comment in Scottish.
My partner is English, and if I've been home for a while and hung out with friends and family, my accent is always a lot thicker when I get back to him, it always makes him giggle cos I just don't notice it! I come out with a lot more Scotticisms too that I clearly forget about when I'm with him haha
@@laurenhogg1596 my friend in school back in the day was a muuuch posher scottish, we went away on a school retreat thing and we dormed together. when she got back home her parents went "What happened to your accent? why are you talking with so much slang?" me, i was why. i was the one in the whole group who speaks this heavy lmao
@TonksTheFool love it! Something to be proud of!
2:29:55 I have never heard Gab scream like that and it took me out 💀
It always gets me when she screams for real when playing horror games
Same. She rarely screams so it made me stop what i was doing real quick😅
Oh my god it was fantastic hahaha got me good, like top 5 screams for her ever! 🤣
It's the most replayed moment of the video, and I can absolutely see why 😂
I have a mighty need to see horror games, or games in general, with more scottish people in them. I adore hearing people that sound like my friends and family and don't just sound like someone doing a terrible impression. As soon as I heard "Oh if it's no one thing it's the other" I was like "oh this is Scottish Scottish"
It's great isn't it. A genuine love letter to Scotland. Years ago I travelled through Kilmarnock after going to Glasgow.
I feared for my life often (half kidding) but loved the place. Tough but amazing people
@@TheHulksMistress oh Kilmarnock isnt a place many people want to stay for long haha (saying affectionately as my friend lives there)
I never thought I wanted a horror game with a Scottish accent on an oil rig, but here we are and I love it.
It hurts me a little to remember we gave Finlay that lighter at the beginning of the game
I think the most terrifying part about the monsters is that their consciousness is still there and they are afraid and want to be comforted. Kinda like the headcrab zombies in Half-Life. Genuinely fucking terrifying.
1:18:08 - lmao, Davros' reaction to making to the lifeboats and being asked to backtrack had me in stitches.
caz screaming "fuck!" every time he jumps or exerts too much physical effort really speaks to me
The way gab saw a butt and her first instinct was to smack it. 🤣
I don't think she noticed that Caz saw the same guy in the shower room again, but as a meat-mush pile. Same bald head and a bare leg were visible in the mush, IIRC.
After watching Jacks video too he had a similar reaction XD
@@eeeronthe booty smacking shenanigans must be crazy in their house 😅 😂
“you want a cookie?? tough luck you got diabetes” 😂😂
When was that?
@@aimeemetwell563 i think around 1:10hr
1:12:55 here it is
It's not funny thats actually horrid to say to someone with diabetes
@@FuriosasWarRigisn’t she literally talking to her cat
I work offshore, have for the last 10 years or so. I’ve worked on boats that look just like this. It’s almost surreal how well it’s been captured and replicated. Obviously this is before everything went sideways lol.
I work offshore too and said the same thing. It’s even more unnerving because it looks creepily accurate
@@kennabug419man I’m glad someone can relate 😂 like when he’s walking threw the crew quarters, the galley, or hell even on the deck I’m like man I swear I’ve been to this place before what the hell
It's not entirely on an oil rig, but Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (can be read in Dutch or English) involves a rig and I think you'd really enjoy it. His scariest book (in my opinion) is Hex though. The two are very tangentially connected.
I grew up knowing my mum's first husband had died in an oil rig disaster in 1980 in the North Sea. Having that knowledge made this all the more scary and sad.
Because of this game, I desperately want the protagonist of the next Resident Evil to be from Glasgow.
I wish all games were written this well in the dialogue. This just feels so real compared to stale dialogue in so many other games I've played ❤️
8:07 That's actually how glasses with strong prescriptions work! I think it's a neat little detail, if not a little odd looking, I must admit.
I wonder if ‘McLeary’ is a subtle nod to ‘McReady’ from the thing? If not- funny coincidence!
For sure had to be. I thought that immediately
The game was influenced by the film so that's pretty obvious that it's a nod to MacReady
I was not ready to be so emotionally invested in Roy and Finlay. Hekk even Brodie had me tearing up. Maybe cause he got to have that phone call right before he died, something I never got to do with someone close to me... Anyways, amazing game! Loved the gore and the story, monsters were awesome and it really made me more sure that I hate tight spaces and underwater scenes, yikes. I don't know much about Scottish accents but it was alright, overall the voice acting was top notch. And I really liked the small touch of Caz's breathing in between doing stuff, made it feel more natural and scary.
Same
2:29:55 when Gab looked behind her and saw add THAT close and we screamed at the same time 🤣. I've never heard Gab scream that loud before. 💀
Oil rigs are such a great horror setting. By their very nature they're deadly, inhospitable, and imposing. But people live and work on them all the same.
I imagine those who work on them are equally ad imposing with how tough they are
It wouldn't be the place for mild-mannered types like me 😊
People truly sound like that in Glasgow though 😆 also the actor who voiced Caz also voiced Adam Smasher in Cyberpunk 2077!
The voice acting in this is absolutely stellar.
Uhg I hope there’s a sequel or prequel to this game that tells us more about the world and if if an explosion like that actually kills this thing. Whatever it was was dormant underground for god knows how long. Honestly it might not have even been “malicious” but reacting to getting attacked. Or it could be exactly as it seemed. I’d love to know more about everything this was.
IT'S ALL IN ONE VIDEO YES I AM ACTUALLY MAKING COFFEE FOR THIS NOW
I find horror gab coffee more cozy than cozy gab coffee haha
@@thechosenone1425 HAHA I know precisely what you mean. Her going through horror games is just genuine which makes it more immersive. This is also a beautiful game, watched John Wolfe play it and it was a journey
Top o da mornin coffee?
When you mention it, I just realized that this is a 3 hours video. I am not prepared haha
@@raccoon001 SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK (memes aside, get all the rest you need)
This was a fantastic lovecraftian Style horror game. I found the shimmering colours around the creatures, that also seemed to spread over his eyes very unsettling. I agree the creatures look like the thing, with the flicking tendrils and the way the human body's are still visible, but misshapen and distorted. The shimmering colours reminded me of the Annihilation story. 😊
To me it felt like a good mix between The Colour Out Of Space and The Leviathan. This is definitely going into my “I wanna watch it again “ list
I’m happy to see someone mention Annihilation, the « taffy » and the shimmering colors remind me so much of it .
So those suits the oilmen are wearing on the rig are common work coveralls for anything on the ocean. They're usually made of a material that will dry quick in case you end up in the water, woven tight like canvas so it'll be hydrophobic to small water droplets and resist saturation for a minute or two; allowing the person wearing it to unzip and escape it and any attatched equipment if the weight is too much to swim against.
In the modern day, these coveralls also get a treatment that causes them to turn a crazy bright orange when wet, to help search and rescue efforts in an Overboard event.
My partner is a submariner, and on the boat they call them poopie suits. They're the uniform for messy work details, like repainting the hull's resistant coating, scraping barnacles, and... cleaning out the waste system for regular maitinance.
Its not always the Scrub The Sewer Pipe job, but it is what every new sailor remembers 😂
I saw a kick streamer i usually watch play this game that was unfamiliar to me 😁. Then i searched to see if you had played it, and to my surprise you had! Love watching your playthroughs Gab, What an amazing game, thanks for entertaining me during my long car rides to and from work ❤️
I agree, i loved this game. If you like games like these, try playing Indika or The invincible. Also good indie games 👍
You are almost the same as me, i watch her playthroughs on the train, best youtuber imo :D
Allways a good time watching Gab 😊
I didnt really like this game tbh :/ found it boring and stagnant.
Stray is also amazing if you want something els to watch 😁
That ending made me actually cry. That almost never happens with media, let alone a game.
The soundtrack is phenomenal
And the voice acting is some of the best i’ve ever heard. Such an amazing game.
Gabs ruining a beautiful sad moment with, "Did you check his pulse"? killed me 🤣
Holy shit, this was good. I clicked on this video to have something on in the backround, but towards the end I just stared at the screen. The voice acting! Like when Caz talks to Finley on the phone he legitemately sounds SO scared. The locations, the claustrophobia, the chase sequences!, the soundtrack...Also some of the best lovecraftian horror I have ever seen on screen. The authentic scottish was a lovely touch and made it all more emotional. I cried at the end. What a well made game
I really liked the acting throughout the game! And we cannot forget screwdrivers supporting role and lighters surprise comeback. 😌 I liked how these two brought beginning and end together so nicely 🪛🪔
This game does a really great job of telling you what's happening, but all the stress and shock i'm sure makes it harder to retain that information. They're trying to fix it so they can live long enough to call for help, it isn't just random. there wasn't a second chopper that crashed, it was rennick likely turning into a monster trying to crash it into caz. This game is so freaking fantastic, i'm loving it so much!
8:13 I have astigmatism with shit sight so my glasses are thick af, which makes my face appear smaller through the lens. Dunno if it applies to everyone, but I thought it was a nice detail.
When it said they hit something with the drill at the bottom of the ocean, I guessed eldritch horror; specifically cthulhu honestly lol
Cthulhu got a lil bump on the head
@@gothmissstress just, like, a good _ hey u up?_
Just completed the game last night very strange
My favorite joke is the middle finger “prick”
“Understood”😂 2:29:05
The swears censored with the boat horn was my favorite part! Especially "Merry Christmas, ya *boathorn*"!
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What a fantastically crafted game! The voice acting, sound design, lighting, level design, the writing, it was all so well done.
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Roy nooooo, I'm sobbing! At least he went peacefully. Fuuuck, Brodie's last moments were voice-acted so damn well. The fear and emotion in his voice was heart-wrenching. The ending of the game was so tragic yet inevitable.
“Our wives under the sea” by Julia armfield is a really good book with similar themes!! It doesn’t take place on an oil rig, but the game really made me remember it.
loved you mentioning Caz's run 😂😂 truly the run of a man who might never have run in his life. he's so real for that. loved this playthrough LOL
That was the intention " game's "unathletic" main character " This is an intentional choice to make players feel "powerless", so that every decision made by players will feel impactful " which worked for me at least
The way we come full circle in the game is nuts. At the start we give Finlay the lighter that we end up getting back and using at the end. Gab going "this is a horror game, you're gonna need that lighter!" and then we get it back at the end...
chekhov's lighter lol
1:57:44 there should be a game where looking down after the player character says not to actually causes them to slip
The way Gab laughs when she discovers how Caz runs, lmao. I love her laugh.
"The Deep" by Nick Cutter is a good underwater horror book. It is set in a research center and is trippy.
Loved that book!
There's a horror series called the Rig as well
This is seriously one of the best horror games in a while. It feels like such a perfect blend of dead space and RE7 while still adding so much of its own horror in real-life fears of heights, drowning, the dark, etc through a more realistic view. I also appreciate that they didn’t just take a cheap shortcut and have Caz be knocked out and wake up after everything went to shit- we get to see it happen live. The characters feel like they’re reacting as they should and the whole cast being Scottish was just a great cherry on top. Stellar game, super scary!
Academy Award level acting from every single VA holy smokes
Gab, my son was recently diagnosed with T1D, he's been having a rough time but I told him it happens to alot of people even cats! And showed him BB! 💕 Thanks for being around during this stressful time to help my decompress
"no more running for you Caz" proceeds to make him run 😂😂
I read this as “terrifying. Gooey. Amazing.” 😂
Walker's shortbread is so good with a strong cuppa or a coffee. Great move by the developers! I am downloading this game now and look forward to playing with a pack of shortbread too.
The voice acting, accents, and dialect are so perfect in this game too.
i’ve been waiting for your playthrough of this! so excited!
Anyone genuinely think that Caz may have been infected too? He was hit multiple times by tentacles as part of the cut scenes and not gameplay. And the canon is that you mutate if any of that flesh touches you.
Also suppose there was having contact from the oil as well. If Finlay already hints that with how Gibbo turned into as is from being covered in oil or some sh!te on him.
@@martianfilms9902 probably why Caz was having hallucinations already. And how some rig workers didn't go completely mad unlike Tots, Allair, Rennick, and the one outside (forgot his name). There must be some resistance, yet futile. Caz would have the strongest resolve to escape as well as Finlay. Tho it doesn't look like Finlay was exposed to any of the stuff. But she DID have hallucinations as well. Maybe that's why Caz lasted to the end.
@@derkz4145 I thought she may be exposed to it one time tho, altho you could say she just got exposed to it after getting struck from a falling crane above before dying. Interestingly, I can say Roy seems to have died a bit more peacefully or untainted than the rest of the crew on the rig despite a stroke being rather lethal or still a sad way to go as well. He doesn't seem to turn infected or else be mauled from said (if to see from the bodies in the cabins thru the accommodation area, def doesn't look like the infection works in zombie logic). Honestly it seems like the very goodness in his heart (if I suppose his churchgoing) seems to have kept him from falling victim to said as well I see from it. A pattern quite common I see kept safe from it as possible, esp to consider how Caz, Brodie, and Finlay have a nack for determination to survive as possible, as if the entity's attack of the rig reminds me a biblical apocalypse to it. And to see from the ending, it looked like Caz going to heaven.
This something to like about this game, it doesn't have to outright explain itself (so it doesn't fall into numerous plot holes as possible or have anyone point out the illogical nature of it in a bad way) or you just rely on the symbolism you can interpret with it. And I wonder if there will be much more theory videos out here considering how open ended it gets.
@@martianfilms9902 well said. Feels more depressing how Roy went coz we know his condition medically. And we were helpless in helping him due to the disaster that ocurred. Nonetheless, I agree he had the most peaceful death.
For the entirety of the story, it was well done and I absolutely agree with you that it can be interpreted in any way that captures you the deepest. That's excellent story writing.
As for the continuity of the story? I have mixed feels of making a prequel or sequel. It's fine the way it ended. Both prequel and sequel need to be extra powerful if they want to create a lore around the game. They have the talent, but maybe another game with a story as great (or greater than) is a better path.
Oh definitely. That distortion around the edges of the screen whenever monsters are nearby I think proves it. I’d say that’s him reacting to the presence of the others.
God, I heard this game was good but from that scene with Brodie til the end of the video, I was bawling. I'm still bawling 😂 The voice acting broke me. Simply incredible.
I appreciate the big subtitles so much! Thank you.
Getting some strong Alien Isolation vibes from this game. I can totally relate to your reaction at 33:50. Every time I encounter the "hide in a locker" mechanic I have flashbacks to my nightmare mode run in Alien Isolation.
lol! every other person ive seen play this game, at 3:14, they see the naked man and quickly exit the room. but gab actually runs up to the guy!
Games as good as this are so damn rare. I hope this team is so proud of themselves, because this is legitimately one of the scariest and best games of the year.
1:43:16 "Merry Christmas You @%$!" That was legendary🤣🤣🤣
As a type one diabetic I always feel so seen when Gab talks about something diabetes related like when she said "insulin!" or when she talks about BB's diabetes 🤧
Leccy is Scottish for Electricity lol
We say leccy in England too, at least here in Yorkshire
@@aaronc1407 ... not my corner of Yorkshire 🤔
@aaronc1407 Yeah, I'm familiar with leccy too and I'm in the Midlands.
@@clutterbot7279 Yorkshire’s a big place I suppose!
@@aaronc1407 true! i'm surprised i've never heard of it til now.
It's been a while since a game has left such a huge emotional impact on me. It was such a bittersweet experience. Gosh I hope this game gets the reception it deserves.
So I live on the seaside of the north east sea just below Aberdeen, I can look out my window and in the distance see the rig area this would have taken place.
Leccy means electricity.
Will update this with other colloquial misunderstandings.
So the accents aren't as thick as you might think.
Further north east you go the thicker the brogue (accent)
Polis is still said 39 years later lol.
36:07 good catch, this studio made Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs.
I haven't fell in love with a horror game like this in a while! Each time I watch it, I find a cool new detail I didn't notice before.
I'm so impressed with this game! Such a great job setting up and walking us through the story without making it feel forced, seeing the rig go from normal operations to slowly getting more and more destroyed and overtaken, always having escape riiiight at our fingertips but just out of reach, great dialogue, struggling to find and save survivors and everyone working together to try and escape but slowly being whittled away to the inevitable doom, the whole thing is just a masterpiece!
Gab: ahhh so cozy!
Caz: D': ahm fookin terrified
The Muir Monster! An awe inspiringly nightmarish bit of body horror right there.
Innes: being murdered
Gab: BB got your snacky? Was it good?
8:37 "What is the "leccy"?"
I'm guessing its short for 'electricity', and that you're playing an electrician.
8:46 "Oh! Is it could out?"
It's the North Sea at Christmas ...
I'm glad someone else made that connection like they literally say it's Christmas!
Ya big jessy 😂
Im not even joking when I say , I saw the trailer for this game a week back and went _I hope Gab plays this game_
I'm so happy!!!
Lovecraftian horror and existential dread will always be the scariest concepts to me. I played this myself and loved it too. Its very reminiscent of The Thing and SOMA. Which SOMA is a lot more bleak, but still very good. I wonder if Gabs would do another play through of it! Awesome video! thanks for the experience :)
Normalise swearing like a Scotsman.
SCOTLAND 4 EVAAHHHHHHHH
The timing of…
Gab: “I don’t like it.”
Gibbo: “I don’t like it at all.”
…was too perfect!
This game is like if John Carpenter and HP Lovecraft had a blue collar Scottish baby and I AM LIVING
Unrelated to the game except for it being Scottish: seeing you eat shortbread makes me want shortbread SO BAD but I only make it at Christmas because it's so much work to make from scratch, lol.
Edit: Also I love just listening to this game. I love Scottish accents, lol.
Oh my gosh. The smell of the house after baking shortbread cookies is simply divine ❤😊
My great grandmother was born in Scotland and she made shortbread every time i visited because she knew I loved it. She used to store it in coffee tins. I have her recipe now and make it every Christmas (and sometimes just because!) and its my hubby and kids' favorite too.
Rewatching this game after jack’s playthrough, I realized, in the beginning we hear that Roy just got his shipment of insulin, THEN a few moments after we also hear some workers talking outside, “order’s in but might be two three weeks before its shipped like” so it definitely took a while for the insulin to get to him and he had already been too long without it. Insanely well thought out foreshadowing.
Definitely one of my new favorite horror games. The writing is absolutely fantastic. Also, the fact that the yellow is your objective marker feels so realistic to how these types of hazardous workspaces are set up and denoted as such (coming from a welders' kid, that shade of yellow is almost nostalgic).
I had to watch it in parts because this is more than what I normally could handle when it comes to horror, but it was worth it. What a wonderful game. I'm glad Gab played it.
Rennick was busting through those walls like a demented Kool-Aid man 😭😭😭
58:24 with the airhorn censor was the funniest thing ever 😂 lost my mind over that for a solid 5 minutes
Scottish relatives over here, i can reassure you guys, that yes, the accents can be very thick indeed, depending which part of Scotland.
Have this on in the background whilst I’m working and I. Am. Sobbing. 😢 The acting is top notch, the sense of humour is grim and on point. All the feels. All of them!
This game is absolutely incredible, from the voice acting to the story line.. its just amazing.
The body horror/horror in this game is brilliant and hearing actual Scottish voice actors speaking Scottish makes my Scottish heart happy with a great ending of Caz facing his fears instead of running from them my personal game of the year