Fun fact: Ku could actually have gotten herself off the cliff, considering the fact that you are able to glide while playing as Ku. Without Ori on her back, it would have been easier to glide downward. (Also, Ku isn't dead, she is actually in fact, just unconscious. If you pay close enough attention, you can see her breathing as she lies in Kwolok's Hollow.) And also to clear up a few things about Shriek if no one else has already, • In the Ori & WoTW wiki, it states that Owls are territorial and protective of their offspring/kin, seeing that Shriek looks so different and strange, they see her a threat (her being so close to the owlets) and chase her off without knowing they are the same blood holders. • Ori knew that Shriek had been rejected for the entirety of her life, as it is explained by Baur. The way I take it is that they wish to give Shriek another chance, perhaps help her to forget her dark past and start anew. Shriek, however, having been isolated for her entire life, cannot comprehend the act of kindness that Ori performed and instead, flies away thinking that they intended something else. • Shriek does die in the last cutscene. After the fight, both Shriek and Ori are injured. Shriek chooses to visit her long dead family and stay with them, while Ori brings life back to the land. Side note: Shriek hatched during the events of the Decay. This is what altered her appearance, making her look how she is. Inhabitants of the forest (the Moki, for example) have to stay wary of creatures such as Howl, so seeing Shriek look so alike Howl, they scatter in fear that she would attack them too. One more thing: I'm pretty sure the Spirit Tree was narrating in the first game and Ori narrating in the second, since during the Ginso tree cutscene, the dialogue "But Ori's kindness would once again save my child." doesn't seem quite right, since that would be Ori calling themselves their own child :O
I agree, though it's possible Ori is some sort of cyclical reincarnated version or part of the spirit tree, especially given what becomes of Ori. Might also explain how Ori died like 500 times the first time I played lol
@@177SCmaro Maybe, it would be interesting but It won't be the same Ori since they are currently vessel or spirit tree of Seir. Ori will forever be a spirit tree until they finally pass the light to another spirit. It also makes me wonder if this was Ori's true purpose as spirit. Ori once born into the world didn't have any abilities like the other spirits and the Spirit tree of Nibel put up quite the light show to bring them back. There is even achievement for completing the game called "Destiny" with Ori's spirit tree as the icon which makes me think Ori's purpose was to be the vessel of the light and become the next spirit tree.
same, Kwolok's death was profound. He tried his best and wanted to do what was best for the forest always. Also yea, I'm glad he did the whole story. Some ppl just explain the ending without any context. It's so boring. glad he went the extra mile.
For me saddest part was the end ori clearly was sad that he had to become a spirit tree to save ku and the forest the part where ku died and kwolok died was sad as well but the end was the saddest for me I realy hope they create a third game and I’ve thought of some ways where ori could be a spirit Again I just hope it happens.
For me Shriek. Bornt under your parents dead body no chance to live a happy life facing hatred and fear from everyone. Being Alone and then the end with her last power crawl under her dead parents cadaver and die. That was very moving.
@@Janika9Z8R i just finished and and same for me, she was the saddest part as there was no chance for her to have friends, parents, a good life :( much sad
Those Karen adult owl scared Shriek away because Shriek is diagnosed with the decay, making her look weird. The decay spreads, and the adult owls knew this and didn't want there children to be either mutated or dead. If Shriek only looked weird and didn't have a disease, the owls probably wouldn't have cared and let their children play with Shriek.
Shriek is covered in corruption that is why Shriek is rejected. When you take the corrupted tree branch to Tully he tells you to take it away immediately. There is no proof that the corruption can be spread that way but it is a fear.
I absolutely loved Ori 1 and 2, but damn i was not expecting Ori to sacrifice himself like this. ;_; also Shriek alone... i don't accept this, even if the forest comes back to life, i hoped for a different ending... :(
Carson Lujan I already had like a full length conversation of what we could expect next from the franchise with a fanfiction writer a few weeks ago and we came up with some pretty good theories.
Gladly. The possibility that moon studios would just let this franchise sit and eventually die out is very low, so me and this guy had theorised what would come next in the series. My first idea was a co-op style game, where multiple people can play at once, like battle blocks theatre for example, then a secondary level designer for the average or more creative players in the community. The other guy then replied talking about the leaf that left the spirit tree at the end of will of the wisps and theorised that it may even be a resurrected Ori; or Ori sending another spirit to finish off what he started, like finding shriek and helping her find the warmth she once desired. I then came with the idea of a prequel instead of a sequel, giving the idea of the story of the very first tree and the very first spirit. I predict this will be the less likely idea they will go with in the future but it would definitely be a good story in the future if they play their cards right in the years to come. Then I suggested that it might not even be a game at all, but a comic. I think it would probably fit nicely into this series if it was handled with enough care. But I guess we’ll have to wait and see really. I can only hope it won’t be another Spyro the dragon situation where they only see the monetary value and build off that and only that.
@@glyph4900 What you just explained is pretty much what I think as well. Regarding the new spirit (or reincarnated ori) I had a discussion with someone else saying the same thing about how this new spirit would finish what Ori started and help Shriek. In a sequel the game would start where Ori turned into a spirit tree and this new leaf would land onto the 'Willow's Glade' (Made up the name a while back since the Willow's End was restored and turned into a grass plain).
It would be cool if we played as the "new Ori" with his own story. At the end he finds some Owlets and turns out it's Ku's children. I dunno Moon Studios should make one more entry
I haven’t beat the game but I watched a vid to beat shriek and it ended up showing the cut scene and I cried a lot Then I beat the game And I cried again Then I decided to torture myself and watch the cutscene again and cry
This game just hits different... I have been playing this game called hollow knight that apparently meets the standards and if not surpasses ori. But it doesn't matter. From the moment started this series I was In love and there is no other way of putting it. It is just captivating in a way that is beyond words. No other game can do this...
Adriansyah Pradana then at the ending, when she sees the new ori hurt, she would not only remember the children, but the time she spent with the first ori.
My theory is what if ori never becomes a spirit tree like when the spirit leaf fell what if that’s ori being born again but the light becomes so powerful the tree is able to function on its own and have a voice. I don’t believe ori is a spirit tree but more of helping the tree to grow and become powerful. Remember one of the paintings in the will of the wisps were the spirit guides need to unlock a vault well when you enter deep in the vault there’s a painting and it shows ori’s kind dead in the painting so what if ori just helps create the tree and comes out of a spirit leaf once the tree is ready but ori’s life will be the same except one day ori will die just like her family ages sadly. The thing is ori was made by the spirt guides which created her kind, the spirit orbs were never a spirit like ori was just only as a spirit guide and so she’s just creating a new orb to bring the light out to protect everyone she cares about. The memory’s she had with her family could be a meaning that she’ll not see them for many years and she won’t watch ku grow and when she thought of kwallak that could be a meaning that deep down she’ll always miss him for what he’s done and how much he has guided this young bright beautiful spirit named ori.
Amazing job! Just one thing. I think that the reason the owls rejected Shriek was because she was already partially petrified and corrupted (physically). In the game when Ori brings the petrified branch to Tuley, he tells him to get rid of it immediately, so it's doesn't spread the petrification and corruption to their city. I imagine that the owls didn't want Shriek spreading petrification and corruption to their offspring.
But it was fun that way right? What fun is it to be overpowered. They can have their meta bow. I bet none of them had nearly the amount of fun i had straight battling the bosses head on. Im glad i didn’t look up anything for the entirety of my play through
@@thecholones I second your motion! On my play, it took me more hours to beat the freaking spider than anyone else that I have seen on youtube because I had to switch weapons as needed everytime cause I really love spirit arc and basher(i really didn't want to use flash)(I feel like I have multiple hands at once during that fight and I made it). Best gameplays often are the ones you play with your own style.
That's the sad fate of Shriek. She never was in the light, and was rejected when she sought it.. So she clings to the one thing she knows even into death.
Not actually. I'm pretty sure it was because she was carrying the decay. She somehow survived and it isn't developing further but the game clearly shows the threat it poses. There is the moki family which you find turned to stone. If you go back after telling the father you can find him there also as stone showing that the decay isn't a one time thing. And there's the part where you bring a branch from the dying tree to the gardener and he tells you to take it away immediately before you spread it to other plants killing them all.
Also I agree, Shriek was punished for no reason. Just being born a stone owl. Then "hey you know that horrible childhood where you lived in isolation, forget that and move on." seriously wtf?
"oh no! a monster! its tainted by the corruption plaguing the forest" shriek looks like all the other evil creatures, twisted and dark, this is because she was born in it, and looking like all the other threats of the forest, she obviously would be avoided like one. and as for ori reaching out a hand, thats was in acceptance, giving her what she had been without her whole life, and instead of accepting the kind gesture and trying to move on, she rejects it and decides to continue her life of evil.
Can I just say, I NEVER used the bow and arrow after the needed area. I remember using the power ups and not being satisfied with the amount of damage it dropped in comparison to the spear or using your smash abilities. I also didn’t realize I could fire them in rapidsl succession like that and all those “super easy” boss fights, were anything but without them. This was wild to watch cause not only did you mow these bosses down in the blink of an eye, you literally skipped entire phases because of this mechanic. If I ever play through this one again, I’ll attempt Hard Mode and use the bow moving forward lol
If there is a 3rd game it must be about Ori’s child discovering the past and continuing the cycle, trying to prevent Ori’s tree from dying. The tree should die somewhere near the beginning. And the game should be completely new due to the amount of time that’s past, perhaps Niwen has a lot of towns now, new creatures that traveled there from around the world. Perhaps there could be an event between the 2 games where Baur faces off against some evil (maybe shriek), this too could hugely change the world. Ori’s child could even go back to Nibel to find some kind of answer, maybe to get the help of Sein to save Seir and Ori? And there Ori’s child finds the place that Karu cared for Ori. Something like that, just fanfiction until they make another
Up until just now. Aerith's death in FFVII had been the most emotional cutscene I had ever saw. This whole game just toped that single moment. I literally was crying like a baby at the ending.
Same. When I thought Ku had been killed I started crying so hard I had to put my switch down for a while and come back later. Then why I finally get past that, Kwolek dies. Then when I finally was able to digest THAT tragedy...Ori sacrifices himself. I just...can't 😭😭
If ori would to come back it would have to be a reincarnation that is connected with ori with memories i went more into this in Carson Lujan's comment with my idea of a 3rd game.(i put the wrong person the first time so i fixed it.)
Good job on the video though. Do Blind Forest next! It's so good! Edit* I agree, Shriek lived a life of pain. She can't just turn a 180 in an instant. Plus the forest is at fault as well. They should've welcomed her after her kind rejected her. They did it for Ori but not Shriek, talk about bias.
Shriek would’ve caused their death either way because Shriek was deformed by the decay, so yeah. If Shriek was accepted, they would die from the decay.
I think it would have made for a better narrative if shriek was merged with the light and became the new spirit tree, finding both acceptance and redemption, while ori lived on
The comment section is such a fail. Ori is a spirit but the default for English grammar for neither a "he" or a "she" is "He". Seriously, this annoys the hell out of me. Harbinger is right to use he but idiots are complaining Ori isn't a he. Yea, it's a spirit without a gender, so use he and using "it" would be wrong since Ori is alive! I bet those same people don't know the difference between there and their.
I have a theory about shriek species: It's strange that she was the only one to survive, and also it's strange that the owls reject her. Maybe they were in competition for the supremacy in the forest. This explain why we don't find owls in this game: they all have been killed by Shriek once she growth. Also, I think the owls killed the remaining member of Shriek species, not only the spirit tree. But if this is true, why they didn't kill Shriek in the first place? Maybe it was guilty? Remorse? Mercy? Idk, we have to wait to find out.
I'm not sure that's the case since it's made abundantly clear that the Silent Woods is the result of the Spirit Willow dying. Shriek is born the way she is because she's in the thick of decay, which in this series is as supernatural a plague as it is physical. Shriek is not rejected by the owls alone...but ALL living creatures. It's worse than petty rivalries, Shriek and her deformed state is exiled and isolated because she introduces the concept of death and extinction to life outside the Silent Woods. She looks like a spawn of the decay, nothing *alive* wants anything to do with her. The baby owls were just too young to harbor any such impression or bias like their parents. Ori itself is the only exception and that is only after learning the truth from Baur. Would Ori have stopped Seir if he didn't know the truth of Shriek?
@@crazy13alex idk man, with the little information we have right now, every theory can be true Your interpretation is really good: Shriek really seems like a living embodiment of corruption (she seems to be immune by the infection) but I think she isn't: Every creature must decay and die, in order to create life. She isn't just a fallen angel of decay: she is an enraged fury, against all life, because life didn't want her, yes. She probably is the destructive power of life itself, the power of life to kill life, not just corrupt it. While other spirits and species accepted the course of nature, she fought violently against it. She is... like us? Maybe she is the rappresentation of what we can become... P.s. is that me, or the silent woods look like a nuclear wasteland?
actually now that i think about it, it could very much be a wasteland, i mean, think about it, during the decay the creatures of the forest get corrupted and try to kill the creatures that survived the corruption, but they're clearly not dead, but in the silent woods it appears that every single living thing in it has turned to stone. and judging by Shriek's cutscene, it appears that the silent woods has been like this for a while, because the willow was still alive at the time judging by the fact that the owls seem to be living a normal life at the time. and let's not forget that one particular side quest from a moki, where you've been told to go to the silent woods and tell his family that he now has a home in the glades, as soon as you arrive to the house however, you find out that his family has turned to stone, so you tell him about it and he decides that he has to go see them, and if you were to go back there you'll find him there too, turned to stone like his family. so it's possible that something happened and it has nothing to do with the decay, those are my expectations anyway.
Korochan Skidacc1 for what it’s worth. My guess is that when the spirit tree died, it sent out some kind of wave of decay, kind of an opposite force that the spirit tree sent out in the first game. That wave petrified everything in the silent woods. I’m assuming this because the owl graveyard, they were mostly huddled around their eggs, implying this wasn’t a slow gradual process but some kind of fast moving force. There’s no reference to any kind of timeline between when the spirit willow died and shriek was born, but if I had to guess, they weren’t far apart, which is why she’s only partially petrified and the other egg in the nest is completely petrified. The part about exile is spot on I believe. She was rejected by those who haven’t been touched by the decay. Though that raises another point, how are their still creatures living within the Ailey woods? She must have spent some time living elsewhere before returning to those woods.
The reason niwens inhabitants rejected shriek, is because shriek is a creature born from the age of decay, her body is disfigured, they would be hesitant to accept a creature of the decay, the slugs and other enemies are no different, so it would make sense to fear her, ku and ori were not affected by the decay, and lets not forget that the moki didnt immediately believe ori to be an actual spirit, they wanted to see that ori could truly use the light. And on shriek rejecting ori's kindness, the spirit tree didnt blame shriek, it simply stated that she rejected the kindness of ori, it said "blinded by her past, she rejected the warmth she once sought" I dont see how it was blaming shriek, its just telling whats going on on the screen.
If there's ever a sequel, it should be with a new ori-like main character (you know, the one leaf that sheds from the tree in WotW ending) in the same world. When it's born a new character can raise it and then BOOM, something chaotic happens, new spirit has to fix the issue, new adventure ahead, game starts. This time you get to meet new and old characters (adult Ku, baur maybe or one of his kids, or something like that.) Having adult Ku help the new spirit along the journey would be pretty dope.
The very ending shot actually shows the faces of each of Ori's family members in Ori's tree bark, meaning they ended up being part of Ori forever, so they did probably die of old age eventually.
4 years late, but am I the only one who's pretty sure that you dont need the spirit slam to progress in the windswept wastes, nor at any other point in the game? Sure, it acts as the game's groundpound ability, but the floors and walls it breaks always only hide secrets and cells right?
Literally says explain, which he did. What exactly is clickbait about that. Also you're being a hypocrite, your entire channel is actually clickbait videos. Thankfully none of them get views, pathetic.
Dear god, so many people in the comments don't understand basic grammar. Harbinger uses 'he" because Ori is an "it". You use "he" when something is genderless, not "she". Did anyone actually pay attention in English? The guy in the video did obviously.
@@Dan-do2pl if you are talking about this quote "When she embraced our light" she is referring to naru not ori. ori is the our light part. ori's gender is up to the player just like frisk from undertale is. i personal call ori a she because to me the sounds ori makes sound more like a girl.
a decent overview of the game, but the title is misleading (it explains everything but the ending...) and some stuff mentioned was just wrong (for instance, purchasing the slam ability is NOT required to complete the story)
21:57 - needed to be put down? Are you serious? Everyone disregarded Shriek just because she was a defect, it's a parallel to Ku. If a kid at school was being bullied and mistreated, they'd have every right to be upset about it. We wouldn't kill them. Fucking hell...
Amharbinger uses correct grammar when addressing Ori which a genderless spirit as "him" because that's a English rule. Comments: ORI IS A GIRL!!!!!!!!! Developers and Wiki: Ori is a genderless spirit. Me: Dear god, this is why humanity is going backwards instead of forward. Even basic grammar is foreign to these people. I'm glad that at least people like this guy uses proper grammar.
I don’t really get this video. I thought it would be an analysis of the ending with a short recap of the story but it’s just a long recap of the entire story. I ask you, who is this video meant for?
I liked it. there are channels with millions of subscribers who do the same thing. Foundflix does it for movies. plus people who get annoyed if he did it that way. a channel use to do it and kept getting "why don't you explain the ending".
I get you were upset about shrieks backstory but shriek was completely at fault for not accepting oris mercy The death of many creatures and even his own death could have been avoided if he put his differences aside with ori Shriek almost killed oris sister and badly hurt ori killed many mokoi and creatures and he still had it in him to forgive shriek and put his differences aside to give him the comfort he wanted his whole life and when He finally gets that chance he refuses to change and just runs off like a bitch. This was the first time in his life he was given a chance to live in peace and he just said fuck that. Sure the other owls were dicks back then but still
Spoilers!!! At the end of the game ori turns into a tree and you can see that there is a feather on the tree. If ever you played the first game, ori was born due to a feather like the same one in will of the wisps. So if Moon studios and Microsoft games make a third ori there could be a new ori or him being reborn.
Title: Ori and the will of the wisps ending explained, ok nice then you see it's 24 minutes what is nice as well. Then you watch the video and you tell the whole story of the game and explain the ending cutscene 10 seconds or so... I'm just dissapointed by the clickbait really
I have thought of a whole third game where ku finds a way to save ori if anyone wants to know tell me and when I mean a whole game I mean a whole game so if you want to know reply saying you want to know
1 and 2 are amazing games but such a sad ending wish they did a happy ending but very sad can’t see ori 3 being made not after the ending it wouldn’t be the same with out ori :( but I loved the games they are my fav but so so wished the ending was a happy one don’t like sad endings
There is still a chance ori 3 could happen. lots of people including me have how we see a 3rd ori game story going under Carson Lujan's comment if u wanna read up on them. preatty good reads even if the game will never happen.
Kuro restored the Spirit Tree wasn't because she changed her mind to spare Ori but because she wanted to save her child. And it stay consistent through the game. Will of the Wisps' story is weak. There is no conflict between Ori and Shriek. Ori wants to rescue Ku and get the hell out of there. Shriek wants to kill everything? Because... Why not? It's just lame to me. And the shift of Ori's objectives is weak too. When I play, I feel like: "Screw the forest. I just want to rescue Ku and the forest can stay dead for good."
Here's an English lesson, when something is neither a he nor she the default term is "he". Referring Ori as a "she" would've been just as wrong and incorrect from a grammar perspective as Ori is an "it". This is something you learn from elementary school.
@@amharbinger correct me if i'm wrong but the correct way to refer to someone when you don't know their gender/dont have a gender is "they". there's no need to be so condescending. :/
@@jdstronger861 “it” refers to an object, something not alive or used to demean someone/thing as not holding the same category of life as what user sees for others.
@@faithseed179 Ori’s species has genders. This is only referenced to when you gain a new ability from the Ancestral Trees in Ori and the Blind Forest. The developers decided the gender didn’t matter much.
![[Ori and the Will of the Wisps] Animation: The "TRUE" Ending of Ori](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/f2AC5lt70ZE/mqdefault.jpg)
Fun fact:
Ku could actually have gotten herself off the cliff, considering the fact that you are able to glide while playing as Ku. Without Ori on her back, it would have been easier to glide downward.
(Also, Ku isn't dead, she is actually in fact, just unconscious. If you pay close enough attention, you can see her breathing as she lies in Kwolok's Hollow.)
And also to clear up a few things about Shriek if no one else has already,
• In the Ori & WoTW wiki, it states that Owls are territorial and protective of their offspring/kin, seeing that Shriek looks so different and strange, they see her a threat (her being so close to the owlets) and chase her off without knowing they are the same blood holders.
• Ori knew that Shriek had been rejected for the entirety of her life, as it is explained by Baur. The way I take it is that they wish to give Shriek another chance, perhaps help her to forget her dark past and start anew. Shriek, however, having been isolated for her entire life, cannot comprehend the act of kindness that Ori performed and instead, flies away thinking that they intended something else.
• Shriek does die in the last cutscene. After the fight, both Shriek and Ori are injured. Shriek chooses to visit her long dead family and stay with them, while Ori brings life back to the land.
Side note: Shriek hatched during the events of the Decay. This is what altered her appearance, making her look how she is. Inhabitants of the forest (the Moki, for example) have to stay wary of creatures such as Howl, so seeing Shriek look so alike Howl, they scatter in fear that she would attack them too.
One more thing: I'm pretty sure the Spirit Tree was narrating in the first game and Ori narrating in the second, since during the Ginso tree cutscene, the dialogue "But Ori's kindness would once again save my child." doesn't seem quite right, since that would be Ori calling themselves their own child :O
I agree, though it's possible Ori is some sort of cyclical reincarnated version or part of the spirit tree, especially given what becomes of Ori. Might also explain how Ori died like 500 times the first time I played lol
@@177SCmaro true, also you tried your best lol
@@_krill
They weren't kidding when they said "Hard" difficulty.
Amazing explanation ! Thanks😊
@@177SCmaro Maybe, it would be interesting but It won't be the same Ori since they are currently vessel or spirit tree of Seir. Ori will forever be a spirit tree until they finally pass the light to another spirit. It also makes me wonder if this was Ori's true purpose as spirit. Ori once born into the world didn't have any abilities like the other spirits and the Spirit tree of Nibel put up quite the light show to bring them back. There is even achievement for completing the game called "Destiny" with Ori's spirit tree as the icon which makes me think Ori's purpose was to be the vessel of the light and become the next spirit tree.
I like how he did the whole story, the frog was the saddest thing🥺
same, Kwolok's death was profound. He tried his best and wanted to do what was best for the forest always. Also yea, I'm glad he did the whole story. Some ppl just explain the ending without any context. It's so boring. glad he went the extra mile.
For me saddest part was the end ori clearly was sad that he had to become a spirit tree to save ku and the forest the part where ku died and kwolok died was sad as well but the end was the saddest for me I realy hope they create a third game and I’ve thought of some ways where ori could be a spirit Again I just hope it happens.
Me is when Ori sacrificed his life to save everyone.
For me Shriek. Bornt under your parents dead body no chance to live a happy life facing hatred and fear from everyone. Being Alone and then the end with her last power crawl under her dead parents cadaver and die. That was very moving.
@@Janika9Z8R i just finished and and same for me, she was the saddest part as there was no chance for her to have friends, parents, a good life :( much sad
Those Karen adult owl scared Shriek away because Shriek is diagnosed with the decay, making her look weird. The decay spreads, and the adult owls knew this and didn't want there children to be either mutated or dead. If Shriek only looked weird and didn't have a disease, the owls probably wouldn't have cared and let their children play with Shriek.
Shriek is covered in corruption that is why Shriek is rejected. When you take the corrupted tree branch to Tully he tells you to take it away immediately. There is no proof that the corruption can be spread that way but it is a fear.
I absolutely loved Ori 1 and 2, but damn i was not expecting Ori to sacrifice himself like this. ;_; also Shriek alone... i don't accept this, even if the forest comes back to life, i hoped for a different ending... :(
Ngl the ending cut scene cen never fails to make me cry
Like I can watch it 1 million times and cry
Same >~<
I cried for hours in bed
I hope they make a third game, it would be a waste to end the franchise now.
Carson Lujan I already had like a full length conversation of what we could expect next from the franchise with a fanfiction writer a few weeks ago and we came up with some pretty good theories.
I don’t want to ask too much but now I’m interested on what you came up with. Would you be able to summarize some things?
Gladly.
The possibility that moon studios would just let this franchise sit and eventually die out is very low, so me and this guy had theorised what would come next in the series. My first idea was a co-op style game, where multiple people can play at once, like battle blocks theatre for example, then a secondary level designer for the average or more creative players in the community.
The other guy then replied talking about the leaf that left the spirit tree at the end of will of the wisps and theorised that it may even be a resurrected Ori; or Ori sending another spirit to finish off what he started, like finding shriek and helping her find the warmth she once desired.
I then came with the idea of a prequel instead of a sequel, giving the idea of the story of the very first tree and the very first spirit. I predict this will be the less likely idea they will go with in the future but it would definitely be a good story in the future if they play their cards right in the years to come.
Then I suggested that it might not even be a game at all, but a comic. I think it would probably fit nicely into this series if it was handled with enough care. But I guess we’ll have to wait and see really.
I can only hope it won’t be another Spyro the dragon situation where they only see the monetary value and build off that and only that.
@@glyph4900 What you just explained is pretty much what I think as well. Regarding the new spirit (or reincarnated ori) I had a discussion with someone else saying the same thing about how this new spirit would finish what Ori started and help Shriek. In a sequel the game would start where Ori turned into a spirit tree and this new leaf would land onto the 'Willow's Glade' (Made up the name a while back since the Willow's End was restored and turned into a grass plain).
It would be cool if we played as the "new Ori" with his own story. At the end he finds some Owlets and turns out it's Ku's children. I dunno Moon Studios should make one more entry
When Shriek crawls to her parents: Dammit I'm crying again :/
Same, I just beat the game a few hours ago
Same
I haven’t beat the game but I watched a vid to beat shriek and it ended up showing the cut scene and I cried a lot
Then I beat the game
And I cried again
Then I decided to torture myself and watch the cutscene again and cry
The ending explained in one word: bittersweet
This game just hits different...
I have been playing this game called hollow knight that apparently meets the standards and if not surpasses ori. But it doesn't matter. From the moment started this series I was In love and there is no other way of putting it. It is just captivating in a way that is beyond words. No other game can do this...
Bf ending: Kuro wins mom of the year award
WotW ending: *BECOME A GOD*
Y e s
More like "become a tree" but also y e s
I'd say Kuro and Naru are tied.
Plot twist:
Ku is actually Kuro in the re-started timeline..
Adriansyah Pradana then at the ending, when she sees the new ori hurt, she would not only remember the children, but the time she spent with the first ori.
@@phantomruby6633 LMAO
Well damn
infinite loop
My theory is what if ori never becomes a spirit tree like when the spirit leaf fell what if that’s ori being born again but the light becomes so powerful the tree is able to function on its own and have a voice. I don’t believe ori is a spirit tree but more of helping the tree to grow and become powerful. Remember one of the paintings in the will of the wisps were the spirit guides need to unlock a vault well when you enter deep in the vault there’s a painting and it shows ori’s kind dead in the painting so what if ori just helps create the tree and comes out of a spirit leaf once the tree is ready but ori’s life will be the same except one day ori will die just like her family ages sadly. The thing is ori was made by the spirt guides which created her kind, the spirit orbs were never a spirit like ori was just only as a spirit guide and so she’s just creating a new orb to bring the light out to protect everyone she cares about. The memory’s she had with her family could be a meaning that she’ll not see them for many years and she won’t watch ku grow and when she thought of kwallak that could be a meaning that deep down she’ll always miss him for what he’s done and how much he has guided this young bright beautiful spirit named ori.
@@N_Sweet_Drone your theory is best
Maybe it should be sequel
Or ori behind story
Loved it
Just finished it. I needed 20 hours. First game to finish after almost a decade. Masterpiece
Amazing job! Just one thing. I think that the reason the owls rejected Shriek was because she was already partially petrified and corrupted (physically). In the game when Ori brings the petrified branch to Tuley, he tells him to get rid of it immediately, so it's doesn't spread the petrification and corruption to their city. I imagine that the owls didn't want Shriek spreading petrification and corruption to their offspring.
"Spirit arc can take down bosses in a matter of seconds"
Me: did not use spirit arc for almost the entirety of the play
But it was fun that way right? What fun is it to be overpowered. They can have their meta bow. I bet none of them had nearly the amount of fun i had straight battling the bosses head on. Im glad i didn’t look up anything for the entirety of my play through
@@thecholones I second your motion! On my play, it took me more hours to beat the freaking spider than anyone else that I have seen on youtube because I had to switch weapons as needed everytime cause I really love spirit arc and basher(i really didn't want to use flash)(I feel like I have multiple hands at once during that fight and I made it).
Best gameplays often are the ones you play with your own style.
Ori and Ku
Everyone: sectors clear
Shriek
Everyone : *NOT CLEAR NOT CLEAR*
I just finished it hoping for a good ending, like trying to make Shriek go back to the light.
That's the sad fate of Shriek. She never was in the light, and was rejected when she sought it.. So she clings to the one thing she knows even into death.
She is the contrast of Kuro, where Kuro sacrifices for Ku, she is long lost in the darkness
The one boss fight that makes you feel remorse in the end.
Fun fact about owls, they hate other birds. Even other owls.
spirit blade + launch = the boss cant do shit to you.
Yep I did that for ku before this comment
angry teapod Heavy Machine Gun, and bosses will be intimidated by you!
Although it wasn't really shown, I would guess the reason why the other creatures didn't help Shreik might have been they were frightened by her.
177SCmaro The other owlets wanted to play with her, but the adults turned her away. Proof that children are innocent and without judgement.
@@leociresi4292
Yes, for better or worse.
Not actually. I'm pretty sure it was because she was carrying the decay. She somehow survived and it isn't developing further but the game clearly shows the threat it poses. There is the moki family which you find turned to stone. If you go back after telling the father you can find him there also as stone showing that the decay isn't a one time thing. And there's the part where you bring a branch from the dying tree to the gardener and he tells you to take it away immediately before you spread it to other plants killing them all.
Also I agree, Shriek was punished for no reason. Just being born a stone owl. Then "hey you know that horrible childhood where you lived in isolation, forget that and move on." seriously wtf?
i dont think that ori did that expecting Shriek to change
"oh no! a monster! its tainted by the corruption plaguing the forest"
shriek looks like all the other evil creatures, twisted and dark, this is because she was born in it, and looking like all the other threats of the forest, she obviously would be avoided like one.
and as for ori reaching out a hand, thats was in acceptance, giving her what she had been without her whole life, and instead of accepting the kind gesture and trying to move on, she rejects it and decides to continue her life of evil.
Shriek is rejected because she had the decay curse which had supposedly turned things into stone.
Can I just say, I NEVER used the bow and arrow after the needed area. I remember using the power ups and not being satisfied with the amount of damage it dropped in comparison to the spear or using your smash abilities.
I also didn’t realize I could fire them in rapidsl succession like that and all those “super easy” boss fights, were anything but without them.
This was wild to watch cause not only did you mow these bosses down in the blink of an eye, you literally skipped entire phases because of this mechanic.
If I ever play through this one again, I’ll attempt Hard Mode and use the bow moving forward lol
If there is a 3rd game it must be about Ori’s child discovering the past and continuing the cycle, trying to prevent Ori’s tree from dying. The tree should die somewhere near the beginning. And the game should be completely new due to the amount of time that’s past, perhaps Niwen has a lot of towns now, new creatures that traveled there from around the world. Perhaps there could be an event between the 2 games where Baur faces off against some evil (maybe shriek), this too could hugely change the world.
Ori’s child could even go back to Nibel to find some kind of answer, maybe to get the help of Sein to save Seir and Ori? And there Ori’s child finds the place that Karu cared for Ori.
Something like that, just fanfiction until they make another
Up until just now. Aerith's death in FFVII had been the most emotional cutscene I had ever saw. This whole game just toped that single moment. I literally was crying like a baby at the ending.
Same. When I thought Ku had been killed I started crying so hard I had to put my switch down for a while and come back later. Then why I finally get past that, Kwolek dies. Then when I finally was able to digest THAT tragedy...Ori sacrifices himself. I just...can't 😭😭
What if the sequel of this game something miraculous happens:Ori comes back
it's more likely going to be a new spirit going on adventures and saving people, like his ancestor
I have thought of a whole game where something like that happens that I would call ku and the quest to save ori if anyone wants to know tell me
@@korochanskidacc1748 yea, that's more like it. seems like it's fate to have a new spirit to be the savior
Well ori died In The first one at the beginning amd was brought back so was that lady by gumo with that blue ball
If ori would to come back it would have to be a reincarnation that is connected with ori with memories i went more into this in Carson Lujan's comment with my idea of a 3rd game.(i put the wrong person the first time so i fixed it.)
20:15
Seeing as this Tree IS Ori, it also shows some arrogance on her part.
I feel like Baurs reach should have been in Norway or Canada, if it existed in real life.
yeah! hella Yukon vibes
Good job on the video though. Do Blind Forest next! It's so good! Edit* I agree, Shriek lived a life of pain. She can't just turn a 180 in an instant. Plus the forest is at fault as well. They should've welcomed her after her kind rejected her. They did it for Ori but not Shriek, talk about bias.
Shriek would’ve caused their death either way because Shriek was deformed by the decay, so yeah. If Shriek was accepted, they would die from the decay.
What I don't understand is why people disliked this
I think it would have made for a better narrative if shriek was merged with the light and became the new spirit tree, finding both acceptance and redemption, while ori lived on
Only spirits can become trees
21:57 "but the fact that she was a danger to everyone"
She wouldn't be so if fate didn't seal it that way
I always call the Moki Meerkats
K is for KAZOO The Moki actually remind me of ringtailed lemurs
The comment section is such a fail. Ori is a spirit but the default for English grammar for neither a "he" or a "she" is "He". Seriously, this annoys the hell out of me. Harbinger is right to use he but idiots are complaining Ori isn't a he. Yea, it's a spirit without a gender, so use he and using "it" would be wrong since Ori is alive! I bet those same people don't know the difference between there and their.
After beating the game once I can’t play it again without crying
I think you get more out of the boss fights if you either don't use the OP version of the bow and arrow, or at least save it for your last upgrade
I didn't know about the upgrades when I first beat the game and I thought that splinter was bothering me for some reason so I agree.
I lowkey accidentally made myself op thinking that this was the intended way
I have a theory about shriek species:
It's strange that she was the only one to survive, and also it's strange that the owls reject her.
Maybe they were in competition for the supremacy in the forest.
This explain why we don't find owls in this game: they all have been killed by Shriek once she growth.
Also, I think the owls killed the remaining member of Shriek species, not only the spirit tree.
But if this is true, why they didn't kill Shriek in the first place? Maybe it was guilty? Remorse? Mercy?
Idk, we have to wait to find out.
I'm not sure that's the case since it's made abundantly clear that the Silent Woods is the result of the Spirit Willow dying. Shriek is born the way she is because she's in the thick of decay, which in this series is as supernatural a plague as it is physical. Shriek is not rejected by the owls alone...but ALL living creatures.
It's worse than petty rivalries, Shriek and her deformed state is exiled and isolated because she introduces the concept of death and extinction to life outside the Silent Woods. She looks like a spawn of the decay, nothing *alive* wants anything to do with her. The baby owls were just too young to harbor any such impression or bias like their parents. Ori itself is the only exception and that is only after learning the truth from Baur. Would Ori have stopped Seir if he didn't know the truth of Shriek?
@@crazy13alex idk man, with the little information we have right now, every theory can be true
Your interpretation is really good: Shriek really seems like a living embodiment of corruption (she seems to be immune by the infection) but I think she isn't:
Every creature must decay and die, in order to create life.
She isn't just a fallen angel of decay: she is an enraged fury, against all life, because life didn't want her, yes.
She probably is the destructive power of life itself, the power of life to kill life, not just corrupt it.
While other spirits and species accepted the course of nature, she fought violently against it.
She is... like us?
Maybe she is the rappresentation of what we can become...
P.s. is that me, or the silent woods look like a nuclear wasteland?
@@istolethispfpfromreddit it looks like a wasteland, not a nuclear wasteland
actually now that i think about it, it could very much be a wasteland, i mean, think about it, during the decay the creatures of the forest get corrupted and try to kill the creatures that survived the corruption, but they're clearly not dead, but in the silent woods it appears that every single living thing in it has turned to stone.
and judging by Shriek's cutscene, it appears that the silent woods has been like this for a while, because the willow was still alive at the time judging by the fact that the owls seem to be living a normal life at the time.
and let's not forget that one particular side quest from a moki, where you've been told to go to the silent woods and tell his family that he now has a home in the glades, as soon as you arrive to the house however, you find out that his family has turned to stone, so you tell him about it and he decides that he has to go see them, and if you were to go back there you'll find him there too, turned to stone like his family.
so it's possible that something happened and it has nothing to do with the decay, those are my expectations anyway.
Korochan Skidacc1 for what it’s worth. My guess is that when the spirit tree died, it sent out some kind of wave of decay, kind of an opposite force that the spirit tree sent out in the first game. That wave petrified everything in the silent woods. I’m assuming this because the owl graveyard, they were mostly huddled around their eggs, implying this wasn’t a slow gradual process but some kind of fast moving force. There’s no reference to any kind of timeline between when the spirit willow died and shriek was born, but if I had to guess, they weren’t far apart, which is why she’s only partially petrified and the other egg in the nest is completely petrified. The part about exile is spot on I believe. She was rejected by those who haven’t been touched by the decay. Though that raises another point, how are their still creatures living within the Ailey woods? She must have spent some time living elsewhere before returning to those woods.
The reason niwens inhabitants rejected shriek, is because shriek is a creature born from the age of decay, her body is disfigured, they would be hesitant to accept a creature of the decay, the slugs and other enemies are no different, so it would make sense to fear her, ku and ori were not affected by the decay, and lets not forget that the moki didnt immediately believe ori to be an actual spirit, they wanted to see that ori could truly use the light.
And on shriek rejecting ori's kindness, the spirit tree didnt blame shriek, it simply stated that she rejected the kindness of ori, it said "blinded by her past, she rejected the warmth she once sought" I dont see how it was blaming shriek, its just telling whats going on on the screen.
If there's ever a sequel, it should be with a new ori-like main character (you know, the one leaf that sheds from the tree in WotW ending) in the same world. When it's born a new character can raise it and then BOOM, something chaotic happens, new spirit has to fix the issue, new adventure ahead, game starts. This time you get to meet new and old characters (adult Ku, baur maybe or one of his kids, or something like that.) Having adult Ku help the new spirit along the journey would be pretty dope.
So did Ori's family die of old age? Because they disappeared once the tree grew full size..
most likely.
Actually ku is an adult and naru is dead
how about gumo?
I think Gumo and Ku are alive
The very ending shot actually shows the faces of each of Ori's family members in Ori's tree bark, meaning they ended up being part of Ori forever, so they did probably die of old age eventually.
Shriek was one of the only villains that actually scared me
4 years late, but am I the only one who's pretty sure that you dont need the spirit slam to progress in the windswept wastes, nor at any other point in the game? Sure, it acts as the game's groundpound ability, but the floors and walls it breaks always only hide secrets and cells right?
This wasnt an explanation, it was a synopsis. I wish you wouldnt write such misleading video titles
Like your videos. Just checked your channel, so much clickbait. Also he did provide an ending explained at the end. So no, he didn't lie.
Asia Yoshimaya lmao dude his channel is just clips there’s not any clickbait
Literally says explain, which he did. What exactly is clickbait about that. Also you're being a hypocrite, your entire channel is actually clickbait videos. Thankfully none of them get views, pathetic.
Dear god, so many people in the comments don't understand basic grammar. Harbinger uses 'he" because Ori is an "it". You use "he" when something is genderless, not "she". Did anyone actually pay attention in English? The guy in the video did obviously.
Did u see the dialogue in the first game it says ori is a girl
@@Dan-do2pl if you are talking about this quote "When she embraced our light" she is referring to naru not ori. ori is the our light part. ori's gender is up to the player just like frisk from undertale is. i personal call ori a she because to me the sounds ori makes sound more like a girl.
@@VortexKen ih we don't talk about frisk cause it is a deep rabbit hole
@@VortexKen same and plus I am talking something else
@@Dan-do2pl I just brought up frisk because it gave the point across
a decent overview of the game, but the title is misleading (it explains everything but the ending...) and some stuff mentioned was just wrong (for instance, purchasing the slam ability is NOT required to complete the story)
Spirit Smash and Spirit Spike is required for getting 100%,
21:57 - needed to be put down? Are you serious? Everyone disregarded Shriek just because she was a defect, it's a parallel to Ku. If a kid at school was being bullied and mistreated, they'd have every right to be upset about it. We wouldn't kill them. Fucking hell...
My only real problem is that the Grappling was pretty buggy (it never seems to target things when I need it too).
I hope there’s a 3rd game with the new spirit and maybe fully grown ku
Shriek is the one character who made the game complicated, you do not feel sorry for the antagonist but here we are
Amharbinger uses correct grammar when addressing Ori which a genderless spirit as "him" because that's a English rule.
Comments: ORI IS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!
Developers and Wiki: Ori is a genderless spirit.
Me: Dear god, this is why humanity is going backwards instead of forward. Even basic grammar is foreign to these people. I'm glad that at least people like this guy uses proper grammar.
Most people actually use "they" when referring to someone genderless or of unknown gender.
ill be friends with shreik
Since shriek is decay she can turn creatures into stone
Yea, but its sad. She deserved better but she was a threat to everyone. Double-edge sword.
good job, explain control or DOOM Eternal next.
Doom slayer kills everyone he hates, end of story
@@asiayoshimaya5396 it was more complex than that but ok whatever you say
Ori is an "It" so using "He" is correct. I don't get why this is a big deal to everyone since he's using the correct pronoun.
it is the "the player interpritation" so its ok so to say
I cant,i just cant,ITS So BOOTIFUl AND SAD ;(
I don’t really get this video. I thought it would be an analysis of the ending with a short recap of the story but it’s just a long recap of the entire story. I ask you, who is this video meant for?
I liked it. there are channels with millions of subscribers who do the same thing. Foundflix does it for movies. plus people who get annoyed if he did it that way. a channel use to do it and kept getting "why don't you explain the ending".
People who dont understand the story. Like me
I get you were upset about shrieks backstory but shriek was completely at fault for not accepting oris mercy
The death of many creatures and even his own death could have been avoided if he put his differences aside with ori
Shriek almost killed oris sister and badly hurt ori killed many mokoi and creatures and he still had it in him to forgive shriek and put his differences aside to give him the comfort he wanted his whole life and when He finally gets that chance he refuses to change and just runs off like a bitch. This was the first time in his life he was given a chance to live in peace and he just said fuck that. Sure the other owls were dicks back then but still
Bow with all shards is insanely broken against bosses
Yep, machine gun loadout is unstoppable.
People are overlooking my man kowlocks death rip my guy
Shit that arrow op as fuck😅
absolutely best
They say that Naru passes away too
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :(
My dumbass played the games in reversed order
I wonder if they will make a sequal of this game
I would love one! But with less frame rate issues and crashing.
If you see the ending you know probably there not going to make a new one sadly
Spoilers!!!
At the end of the game ori turns into a tree and you can see that there is a feather on the tree. If ever you played the first game, ori was born due to a feather like the same one in will of the wisps. So if Moon studios and Microsoft games make a third ori there could be a new ori or him being reborn.
@@kisforkazoo8183 a new character or ori reborn would be really cool
@@endless_fox1462 Agree but Risky...
i mean... what if it isn't any good ?
i like games with lore because how interesting is a game where you kill GOD HIMSELF just because
Title: Ori and the will of the wisps ending explained, ok nice then you see it's 24 minutes what is nice as well. Then you watch the video and you tell the whole story of the game and explain the ending cutscene 10 seconds or so... I'm just dissapointed by the clickbait really
Great job explaining some of the lesser details.
Glad it was helpful!
Whats the name of the bow buff shard
Is that necessary to spoiled everything? It's a chance I played tge game before. Your narrating is really nice though!
If you don’t like spoilers, don’t watch the video.
I have thought of a whole third game where ku finds a way to save ori if anyone wants to know tell me and when I mean a whole game I mean a whole game so if you want to know reply saying you want to know
I want to know
P l e a s e ;v;
I think that leaf 24:14 is ori
ori primarily uses she/her but also he/him
I'm subs ribing to anyone on this topic
1 and 2 are amazing games but such a sad ending wish they did a happy ending but very sad can’t see ori 3 being made not after the ending it wouldn’t be the same with out ori :( but I loved the games they are my fav but so so wished the ending was a happy one don’t like sad endings
There is still a chance ori 3 could happen. lots of people including me have how we see a 3rd ori game story going under Carson Lujan's comment if u wanna read up on them. preatty good reads even if the game will never happen.
Still a lot of loose ends. Ori merging with the wisp only delays the decay. Once Ori dies the cycle repeats.
Kuro restored the Spirit Tree wasn't because she changed her mind to spare Ori but because she wanted to save her child. And it stay consistent through the game.
Will of the Wisps' story is weak. There is no conflict between Ori and Shriek. Ori wants to rescue Ku and get the hell out of there. Shriek wants to kill everything? Because... Why not? It's just lame to me. And the shift of Ori's objectives is weak too. When I play, I feel like: "Screw the forest. I just want to rescue Ku and the forest can stay dead for good."
actually its Niwen not Niwel because for some strange reason that triggered me
I didn't like the ending it was so out of place
It was an okay story, predictable but okay.
i didnìt see the ending coming tho :C
Her not him
it's neither him or her.
Ori is not a girl, it's a spirit. So you refer to it as him. Please learn basic grammar.
@@jdstronger861 it's neither as stated from Moon studio
@@jdstronger861 no? you refer to them as they.
Ori’s gender is up to you.
Ori is not a boy!
Here's an English lesson, when something is neither a he nor she the default term is "he". Referring Ori as a "she" would've been just as wrong and incorrect from a grammar perspective as Ori is an "it". This is something you learn from elementary school.
And? He is the correct term. Before saying something stupid please learn basic grammar.
Yea, Ori is an it. So you use "he" when describing him. So what's the problem?
@@amharbinger correct me if i'm wrong but the correct way to refer to someone when you don't know their gender/dont have a gender is "they". there's no need to be so condescending. :/
@@jdstronger861 “it” refers to an object, something not alive or used to demean someone/thing as not holding the same category of life as what user sees for others.
Um ori is a girl I think
Ori is a spirit without gender. States this in the Wiki and in the interviews with the developer's why would you think a spirit has a gender?
@@faithseed179 Ori’s species has genders. This is only referenced to when you gain a new ability from the Ancestral Trees in Ori and the Blind Forest. The developers decided the gender didn’t matter much.
I only understood the ending with death tree feather
I can’t play the game for falling to sadness
mood
I know but its so good! the music is incredible!
@@jdstronger861 i know right.