The Mistress of the Forest Wants Blood in this Dark & Twisted Nordic Folklore Horror Game! BRAMBLE

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @AlphaBetaGamer
    @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +92

    Note: I covered the Nacken's Pond Demo of Bramble: The Mountain King on the channel previously (it's linked at the end of the video if you want to see it), but this new build features two totally new areas and a different giant monster to deal with - Skogsrå, The Mistress of the Forest.
    Also don't worry about it saying "Internal Dev Build" at the bottom of the screen. The devs sent me the key and said it was cool to share the gameplay footage. :)

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +21

      Also, if you're interested in the folklore, here's a little info about the Skogsrå (The Mistress of the Forest)
      She appears in the form of a small, beautiful woman with a seemingly friendly temperament. She appears like a woman from the front but seen from behind she often has a tail and a hollow back or skin like tree bark.
      Those who are enticed into following her into the forest are never seen again. It was said that any human man who has intercourse with the Skogsrå becomes an introvert, as his soul has remained with her. If the seduced man is a hunter, he may be rewarded with good luck in the hunt, but should he be unfaithful to the Skogsrå, he will be punished with numerous accidents. He may put an end to a stormy night caused by her vengeance by firing a shot against her. Late folklore in Nyland, Finland describes silver bullets as effective means of killing a skogsrå.

    • @howardmurphy8019
      @howardmurphy8019 Год назад +5

      @@AlphaBetaGamer "becomes an introvert", what a horrible curse.

    • @GregoryTheGr8ster
      @GregoryTheGr8ster Год назад +8

      @@howardmurphy8019 It sure is a horrible curse. Someone should make a game about an introvert who fights to become an extrovert. He goes from being morose and lonely at the beginning to happy and cheerful and full of liveliness at the end. I love happy endings.

    • @V3RTIGO222
      @V3RTIGO222 Год назад +14

      ​@@howardmurphy8019 I think the idea is closer to "anti-social feral woodland hermit", since introvert has a bit of a different context in their culture.

    • @DMTrojan
      @DMTrojan Год назад +4

      @@howardmurphy8019 Yeah, as V3RTIGO222 said, bear in mind this is a myth from a time and biome where "struck out on your own" in the best case scenario meant:
      "We have no idea how he's surviving alone out there in the woods." or "We're pretty sure he's a bandit preying on travelers living alone in the woods."
      But it usually meant:
      "Poor Sven. We tried to find him but all we ever found was his left foot, still in its boot."
      So the thought of a horrible forest monster that lures people out into untamed wilderness to try and live alone as a hermit and _almost certainly perish,_ is something that doesn't translate great in a culture that romanticizes survivalist culture, where buying groceries and supplies remotely is a thing, and that also has a basic understanding of neurodivergence and mental health.

  • @amacheez3270
    @amacheez3270 Год назад +144

    I like how you try to spare her at the end and then she immediately kills you without hesitation. That shit caught me off guard.

    • @silversobe
      @silversobe Год назад +27

      No sympathy for the wicked, it will be used against you every time. ☠

    • @Dinoslay
      @Dinoslay Год назад +11

      @@silversobe When fighting monsters one should see to it that one does not become the monster.

    • @TAXie-ck7ed
      @TAXie-ck7ed Год назад +4

      Self defense on her part if the player dithers too long.

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +5

      A certified "Mmm whatcha sayyyyy" 🎵 moment 😭

    • @DMTrojan
      @DMTrojan Год назад +15

      Yeah, there’s a big difference between yer standard fantasy mook or bandit and someone/something who will brutally murder a child with absolutely zero pretense. Most fae in mythology abide by a twisted but consistent honor code, but now and then there’s a fundamentally evil and sadistic force of nature incapable of ever coexisting peacefully with other living things.
      Mercy is the sort of thing that always has to be given with a caveat of “Is this the sort of being who will immediately brutalize and victimize people with no shame or hesitation if I turn my back on them?”
      Usually, the answer is no, because the vast majority of people, even bastards, are not bastards for no reason whatsoever. This is not one of those cases.

  • @bryanaragon4979
    @bryanaragon4979 Год назад +8

    9:18 For those who doesn't know about Norse mythology. This creature is called a Huldra, which are humanoid-looking creatures that inhabits the forests. It is said that these creatures are the guardians of certain places and their appearance are of beautiful woman with the tail of a cow or fox, it is also stated that her back has the texture of a trunk. They are endowed with superhuman strength, supernatural powers, and high resistance to injury. According to legends, they usually appear in front of humans in the mist or rain, always in a gentle and friendly way. Usually dressed as ladies, and they take special care to hide their tails under their skirts and the hollow on their backs with their hair, they also have a great appreciation for cattle and in fact the Huldra have large numbers of cattle in perfect physical and healthy condition. It is believed that a man can take cattle if he throws his belt over them; they give a lot of milk.
    It was also said, that the Huldra have hyperactive sexual drives and this is the reason why they enjoy seducing and luring men into the woods for the purpose of having sex with them. If the man attracted to a Huldra is able to satisfy her needs, she leaves him alive and may even bless him with her power. However, if the man fails to satisfy her, he will inevitably die. Even if the man manages to satisfy the Huldra sexually, this is not a guarantee of his safety, as he will end up obsessed with her and will return everyday until eventually he gets exhausted and unable to satisfy her any longer, and which dies at this point. Personally I like this part of the game, since the Huldra is one of my favorite mythological creatures in Norse Mythology.

  • @cesarce5184
    @cesarce5184 Год назад +2

    Can we pay some respect about the soundtrack? For real, this game is in another league! DAMN!

  • @pionerd
    @pionerd Год назад +32

    This is Geralt's origin story we need, but not the one we deserve.

  • @Nintendo_Gamer1889
    @Nintendo_Gamer1889 Год назад +6

    Damn...poor kid got raspberry jam all over his face....

  • @okami6399
    @okami6399 Год назад +52

    This is such a cool concept for a game, I love Nordic folklore so much growing up and it makes me happy to see stuff that isn’t as famous as the gods of Asgard take the spotlight. That Huldra (though here she’s called Skosgrå) design is awesome! When I watched you play through the first demo, I certainly wasn’t expecting it to go in this direction with poor Olle. I’m super hyped for the full release

    • @DMTrojan
      @DMTrojan Год назад +6

      From what I can find, Skosgrå is sometimes called Huldran, and is probably sort of a regional variation on the Huldra. They have _most_ of the same attributes, though they seem to vary in a number of regards, so my money is on regional variation. I couldn't find much on that aspect, but online mythology resources are woefully poor most of the time.
      Edit - Found it! Hulder/Huldra is Norwegian in origin, and Skosgrå, Skogsrådan, Talle-Maja, and Skogskäringen are all Swedish forms of the same mythological creature, like the difference between the Kelpie, the Glashtyn, and the Bäckahäst.

    • @okami6399
      @okami6399 Год назад +1

      @@DMTrojan Thank you for the info!

  • @Starry_Wave
    @Starry_Wave Год назад +58

    Honestly, I'd love to see more Nordic mythology-themed video games in the future. God of War is already one of my favorite series, and more Scandinavian representation is always appreciated.

    • @Drunde
      @Drunde Год назад +5

      Try Rune from 2000, very good game focused on melee combat.

    • @GregoryTheGr8ster
      @GregoryTheGr8ster Год назад +2

      Yes! Nordic mythology was meant for video games--or seemingly so, anyways.

    • @MoaRider
      @MoaRider Год назад +5

      God of War was Marvel tier representation.
      Bastardization would be a better word.

    • @ElvenRaptor
      @ElvenRaptor Год назад

      @@MoaRider Nah, it was good representation. You sound like a drag at parties.

  • @BigFella117
    @BigFella117 Год назад +7

    Nordic mythology is one of my favorite subjects. Glad to see it’s getting love from people who know and understand it well

  • @Paolo-ec2si
    @Paolo-ec2si Год назад +14

    I cant wait to see the whole of bramble!

  • @immabethehero1486
    @immabethehero1486 Год назад +14

    This is a cool game! I love the animation and the aesthetic of it!

  • @jackcastle4810
    @jackcastle4810 Год назад +17

    Alright pinecones... keep your secrets.

  • @carloswater7
    @carloswater7 Год назад +3

    I like Norse mythology on video games. It makes it so interesting

  • @radraccoon9489
    @radraccoon9489 Год назад +3

    Reminds me of A Tale of Two Brothers, cried all the tears in my body on that one...

  • @ruxorzen5798
    @ruxorzen5798 Год назад +2

    This is something new and so beautiful..if the narrator is my school teacher i will not skip my classes 😊

  • @NowKnownMAWO
    @NowKnownMAWO Год назад +16

    First I was like: what a cute little game...
    14:37 ...

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +8

      Haha, yeah, that was pretty brutal! Even more unsettling is that you can just keep stabbing her in the face forever. The scene won't stop until you stop pressing the X button prompt!

    • @il-ma.le.
      @il-ma.le. Год назад +4

      @@AlphaBetaGamer looks like a good place where to put a good/bad ending decider

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад

      Kill or be barbecilled

    • @lorenzocassaro6188
      @lorenzocassaro6188 Год назад +1

      @@AlphaBetaGamer Then I can't wait to see youtubers fighting for the world record of Bramble's longest stabbing streak...

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +12

    11:38 stabbed through the heart, and you're to blame, you give plot armor a bad name
    12:58 Huldra: "I am weakened, I must immediately face the shorty buttwise, heart exposed"
    16:42 actually huldras would eat their victims before enchanted men would realised what they are. They are definitely coniferous creatures.

  • @leo.jf.c8870
    @leo.jf.c8870 Год назад +4

    14:38 - "The Cycle Ends Here"

  • @francoalmiron5107
    @francoalmiron5107 Год назад +4

    This game looks interesting specially with the nordic folklore.

  • @0_dearghealach_083
    @0_dearghealach_083 Год назад

    Amazing!! I can't wait for the full release!
    I see last time, Olle ran from the Neck, and now fought the Huldra.
    I wonder if he'll have to fight the Nattravnen, Mylingar, or maybe even the Kyrkogrim.

  • @HWDragonborn
    @HWDragonborn Год назад +1

    14:51 Stop! Stop! She's already dead!!! 😭😭😭

  • @ViktorDmytrenko
    @ViktorDmytrenko Год назад

    Whow! First time I see navka in the game. Locks really interesting

  • @BenjamminFranklin.
    @BenjamminFranklin. Год назад +7

    6:41 I feel like I just watched a murder.

  • @Cheesy_33
    @Cheesy_33 Год назад +1

    And the Best Graphics of the Century Award goes to…

  • @jooch_exe
    @jooch_exe Год назад +15

    The story telling is clever in this one, perhaps more impressive than the graphics. It exploits your feelings of guilt and forces you to make decisions you would rather not make, and then you're left with questions.

    • @ViktorDmytrenko
      @ViktorDmytrenko Год назад

      It is not the Nordic only. In Ukraine we have the very similar characters ) Actually this female-undead is called Navka or Mavka from old slavic - Nav (deadman). This is specifically girls or women who sink in the river or lake and they have no back (as here in the game)

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +90

    I think you are brambling on. Get to the joint. You may need a more fir grasp of narration. Tell a story where the protags pine for each other. The story should be logical, not too fernfetched. We don't want a non-sequoitur. Don't make the story oak like old floorboards when stepped on. Use a plan to maple out the story. There should be conflict, but not only in the sense of the protags constantly hickorying. Make it so one spruces his bone or breaks his elmbow when chased by something. It's a locust way to bass up the action. The story should be something new, but not like fresh off the vine. It should be familiar. It's vine to play with reader expectations. I don't like to be mistle(d)toe.

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +35

      Damn, those puns are tree-mendous! :)

    • @julianemery718
      @julianemery718 Год назад +13

      Goodness, yew were really rolling there, I log over a dozen or sew puns

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +8

      @@julianemery718 Thank yew, redbud. Ash should clarify I wanted to include a bit of creative wilting bassics. A protag shrub want something so bad they are willowing to sewcrifice everything flower it. This want shoot stand in opposition to a need that our birch motherpotter wallflower protag doesn't realise they nettle it fulfilled to fill a hole in their soil. In the climbax they should be apple to reeds the goal or get the opportunity to, butt ultimately abandon it for the need, cypressing their egoistic urges. After that the protag burns all bushes, but might unexpectedly still get their want granated. But in order to create an apricot plot we need an antangerinest who will throw logs under their feet also spurting their undergrowth. So many stories don't get the basilcs and the stories get nothing but orchard. The creators larch onto big franchises, are junipering to conclusions, potting over structures, and think it will cedar right with people. And to think they had a good story in the palm of their hand, hemlocked tightly on the great premise. And their chances to succseed plum-met. They should pear with the pine of writing and branch out, instead of klinking to ideas they aren't firing. Things aren't always so peachy.

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +6

      @@AlphaBetaGamer thank yew, I barked treelly hard on them!

    • @Finnbar01
      @Finnbar01 Год назад +8

      You've barked up the wrong tree. Don't worry, all willow be well.

  • @schizoidmeme5470
    @schizoidmeme5470 Год назад +5

    Man this game looks amazin.

  • @AntipaladinPedigri
    @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад +14

    If a character is named Lillemor (like little death), I don't foresee an impressive lifespan for them.
    From what I gather this game is about Frodo Baggins on his way to throw his little sister into the fire
    4:40 yup, that's Galadriel's voice speaking about shiny things and hope. Shit's bout to go down.
    7:09 *Lillemor throws a rock at your head, giggling*
    12:35 rich of cocaine Galadriel trying to stab you while repeatedly calling you "Mithrandir" (the grey pilgrim/wanderer). Funny fact is that Gandalf is an existing name coming from old norse and meaning "staff elf".
    14:10 you can see Erebor, the lonely mountain from here

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад

      @@lonewolf8667 that's why I said it is LIKE that, not that it means exactly that. Mor does sound like the various forms of "mort" meaning death. And I turned out to be right.

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад

      @@lonewolf8667 The mort part is also in Latin as well as some other languages influenced by it.

    • @Dinoslay
      @Dinoslay Год назад +1

      Wouldn’t be a surprise if Shelob also shows up.

    • @AntipaladinPedigri
      @AntipaladinPedigri Год назад

      @@lonewolf8667 You are reading too much into something what was essentially a joke. If I wanted to be educational I would have put it in a way that creates no doubt like "In norse the word "Lille" means "small" and "mor" means "mother". I usually even do translations in separate posts, solely devoted to them. I would argue and bite back but I'm honestly too tired and annoyed by my furnace blowing smoke up the lid and into my face, so let's leave it at that.

    • @apbnidd
      @apbnidd Год назад

      @@AntipaladinPedigri Shit joke, backtracking what a hill to die on

  • @punishedfilthyfrank7348
    @punishedfilthyfrank7348 Год назад +26

    Mistress of the forest lookin kinda thicc tho ngl hmmm

  • @BadTeacherUA
    @BadTeacherUA Год назад +3

    Gorgeous!

  • @joeo2533
    @joeo2533 Год назад +2

    14:29 that's what you get for simping 😂

  • @ChingoSakoto
    @ChingoSakoto Год назад +2

    14:29 Well damn ya'

  • @dan.9093
    @dan.9093 Год назад +2

    I prebought this game the moment I knew about it. It looks so creepy, and the Nordic mythology part got my hopes up. hope It will fulfill my expectations. How much long is it?

  • @datemasamune2904
    @datemasamune2904 Год назад +6

    She a contender for Atomic Heart’s twins?

  • @DRACOFURY
    @DRACOFURY Год назад

    *Looks AMAZING*

  • @naidesurin
    @naidesurin Год назад +1

    one step closer

  • @dimpopcornyo3637
    @dimpopcornyo3637 Год назад +1

    Mistress of the forest looks like a huldra

    • @ElvenRaptor
      @ElvenRaptor Год назад +2

      She is. They had more than one name, but hyldra was one of them.

  • @m3xnoID
    @m3xnoID Год назад

    Looks interesting

  • @ladieslucknut6022
    @ladieslucknut6022 Год назад +1

    🖤🖤🖤 graphic

  • @RainPhoenixTilla
    @RainPhoenixTilla Год назад +2

    The mistress of the forest Here me out 😮

  • @eliteherodungeon5392
    @eliteherodungeon5392 Год назад +3

    Is that succubus???

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +12

      Hi! I guess she's a little similar to a succubus, she's a Skogsrå ('the Mistress of the Forest') - a mythical female creature from Swedish folklore.

    • @eliteherodungeon5392
      @eliteherodungeon5392 Год назад +1

      ​@@AlphaBetaGamer hm alright

  • @Seichensi
    @Seichensi Год назад +1

    Wasn't that game 2D like?

  • @imaghost2961
    @imaghost2961 Год назад

    Wait, this isn’t part of the demo?? Did the full game come out??

    • @AlphaBetaGamer
      @AlphaBetaGamer  Год назад +12

      Hi! no, the full game isn't out yet. This is a development build I was sent to cover. The full game will release towards the end of April.

    • @senpie6639
      @senpie6639 Год назад

      It's on April 23rd

  • @majorsilly8966
    @majorsilly8966 Год назад

    A lot of nines in this video

  • @RooRoove
    @RooRoove Год назад +3

    Nor-vegan lol +1

  • @bobi7939
    @bobi7939 Год назад +1

    Slay

  • @theatomicbonbon3717
    @theatomicbonbon3717 Год назад +2

    Okay hear me out

  • @summerdragonfly
    @summerdragonfly Год назад +1

    ✌👍

  • @crocodyllul
    @crocodyllul Год назад +2

    NGL, this got me less interested in the game. Seems like they decided to take the game to a completely different direction after the other gameplay videos

  • @αφέλεια
    @αφέλεια Год назад +3

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @monoturiim1992
    @monoturiim1992 Год назад +1

    Lillemor.......

  • @Joxonart
    @Joxonart Год назад +2

    Thank you for the Video.
    Beautifully crafted, but i'd never play this game. The way that lil' boy is stabbing that woman in the face, just too much lol. Plus, she's Norn-Vegan..

  • @MrsMischief
    @MrsMischief Год назад +1

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @Royalfaction
    @Royalfaction Год назад +3

    Too many horror Gamez

  • @kwinter2541
    @kwinter2541 Год назад

    #ProjectStrix

  • @Muramasa1794
    @Muramasa1794 Год назад

    I would take a chance with you guys I’m sorry

  • @mrl9910
    @mrl9910 Год назад +7

    even indie games are going to shit...
    big production companies stopped caring for their products before the beginning of the last decade.
    i used to still see innovation and care in indie games, or minor developing companies, even mobile games could sometimes show originality that stopped existing completely in aaa games.
    now i see that the indie games, as they get better technically, they worsen under all other aspects, or straight out copy each other.
    this game graphic was fine, but what did it give to me? meaning? vibes? thrilling gameplay? nada!
    for me we entered a dark age for gaming.
    i am gonna become a retrogamer i think.
    just got the first max payne for 3 euros, i believe it's a deal.

    • @friendformationbot
      @friendformationbot Год назад +2

      i wrote a long comment saying exactly the same thing before i even scrolled down and saw this, but you're completely correct

  • @blagushkin2114
    @blagushkin2114 Год назад +1

    Девка нормально бежит, а этот же как будто обосрался. Ненавижу игры где убиваешь босса, а потом он встаëт и поновой боришься с ним.

  • @endrgar
    @endrgar Год назад +2

    The art design of the game is gloomy and excellent. But the gameplay is unfortunately boring.

  • @friendformationbot
    @friendformationbot Год назад +5

    its very pretty but the gameplay really seems tacked-on and oddly outdated, like this is being developed by people who dont play a lot of games themselves. the character design style is also very standardized, the basic Disney-type Pretty Girls with big eyes and body language without any nuance, that i've seen in hundreds of cutscenes in hundreds of games already. they could be someone's Frozen OCs. even the hazy green palette is overdone at this point. the huldra has what appears to be a basic "girl" body model asset from an asset pack, there's no nuance or deviation from standard shapes you see everywhere else. this stuff makes me frustrated because it seems like devs use up all the originality theyre willing to expend on an odd subject matter like scandinavian troll folklore and then play it EXTREMELY safe and conservative with everything else in the game. but that doesn't suit your central themes!

  • @lukasblur3500
    @lukasblur3500 Год назад

    They should've used Swedish voice acting like the game unforgiving. The English really ruins the mood.

  • @974cerebrate
    @974cerebrate Год назад

    Wtf

  • @HuyTran-hw1sf
    @HuyTran-hw1sf Год назад

    beautiful game, beautiful Nordic culture, beautiful white children... OH NO! the woke don't like this! I WILL BUY THE GAME

    • @ghostwalker89
      @ghostwalker89 Год назад +1

      Oh look pre game whining, how fun!
      Nobody would go after this game, stop your snowflake shenanigans.

    • @HuyTran-hw1sf
      @HuyTran-hw1sf Год назад

      @@ghostwalker89 Oh look! Another bud light drinker! Go to the nearest Walwart to get a box, for free!

  • @thealeworld
    @thealeworld Год назад

    I would like to know the name of the song starting at 5:51

  • @VoidOPlasm
    @VoidOPlasm Год назад +4

    She kinda bad tho😳