Fun fact - If you do nothing in the opening, specifically when Audrey is sitting at her desk. She’ll eventually go “You know what? I don’t need the coffee, I need to work” and then it’ll cut to the credits
It's such a neat detail that if she never went to get coffee. She would have never run into Wilson. And Wilson would continue conquering the Ink Realm. Though I'm sure sooner or later Audrey would run into Wilson eventually but with different circumstances
@@chasethemaster3440pagen min comes back and you’re able to immediately put your mom to rest no issues whatsoever. _AND_ you’re able to finish your meal
Personally I think my favorite thing about Carly is that people mocked the artist who came up with her. Now Carly is the most powerful, scariest, and most memorable of the butcher gang by leaps and bounds.
i absolutely love how Pastra’s personality with him being so eccentric and positive about his passion with games is completely opposite of what you’d expect for a talented horror artist
you'd be surprised how many artists with creepy artstyles i found that are super nice and caring lol I've been kind of turning into one myself this year
His child like reaction to meeting little bendy was contagious happiness. Also the only thing missing from that final part was Heidi, that ink girl who also gave the player an ability, and betty, the waitress girl.
Heidi did appear in the end room, but nobody's talking about her. She's sitting on something in the right corner of the room, the same side as the door. Unless I missed Betty, she's the only one missing.
I think one thing to make note of the Ink Demon's new design/personality is that it doesn't come out of nowhere like "Let's just make him scarier". The writers actually explain it through some audio logs the Keepers made if you were to find them all in Gent. In essence, Bendy looking so beastly is the result of Wilson's failed attempts to kill, control or contain him. Not only did Wilson fail to kill the Ink Demon ("Termination: impossible."), he made him more powerful by unintentionally forcing him to evolve, adding yet another layer to Wilson's lack of talent or knowledge that ultimately led him down a self destructive path.
A good theory, but I have my own theory I'm working on. Basically it is this: because Wilson froze the cycle, this eternal loop meant to torment Henry forever, the Ink Demon evolves just like the world does. Like I imagine that in the cycle, normally the lost ones have very faint memories of their home/where they were, and Bendy himself is just a souless husk that attacks anything with a soul. But the longer the cycle is frozen, the more memories start to emerge and the world changes to create it. And the more the beings within the cycle change as well. Allison tries to reach out to Alice, to get her to come to her senses even mentioning how she worries she'll have to do something she will regret. Lost ones become more human as they stop standing in one spot sad and lost, they begin to become who they used to be before they were converted into ink creatures (the artist lost one wanting his pictures, the lost one being thrown from the butcher shop acting like he was just fired), or create a whole new identity (Porter and Heidi.) And of course, the Ink Demon changes, he's not just a soulless husk who's task is to hunt anything that moves, but he's become a beaten and tortured animal who loathes himself (his whole speech to Audrey of being a "mistake, a monster" these are things he remembers from his creation and until this moment hasn't been able to remember it.) And of course, the longer the cycle stays active, the more things change. In fact... what if the Joey we meet wasn't Joey trying to put himself into the cycle as Pastra theorizes? But enough fragments that came back together to create him?
One of the most horrifying parts of the game to me is that just by getting up from her chair, Audrey doomed herself to an eternity of torment. Even if The End is played, the Cycle will repeat again, and even if it's rewritten, someone will eventually find a way to bring it back to what it was, because after all, forever is a long time, and someone oughta get bored.
I mean, not really. Audrey is technically immortal, but we also know for a fact that she left the Cycle and returned to the real world with Bendy/Ink Demon. She won't outlive her allies in the Cycle (i.e. Henry, Alison) because they are also immortal ink creatures who don't suffer from age. Even if someone finds a way to bring the Cycle back to what it was, it'll just be rewritten eventually... like you yourself said, forever is a long time and someone will inevitably be bored of it being what is always was.
Actually Audrey did leave the Cycle, the only reason she returns to the room where it all started it's because of the whole loop deal, but she's not repeating it, or else Bendy wouldn't be there which by the way, I wish someone has a theory on whether he is the Ink Demon now being passive, or being cartoon Bendy now separated from The Ink Demon
As always, the contrast between 'Giving you a surprisingly interesting lecture' video Pastra, and 'OH MY GOD LOOK AT BENDY MY BOY' stream Pastra is wonderful.
Something I love about the tiny clips from that stream that I find pretty funny is that Pastra has both of his eyes looking in different directions for most of it, while Lyra is looking straight at the camera for the entire time.
Carley/The Slicer is how you do a jump scare right. The game doesn't just make you jump when she appears, it makes you dread WHEN she's going to pop up and puts you in a state where you wish she would just appear to get it over with. It makes it feel like she's INTENTIONALLY screwing with you, having fun with her victim before she gets bored and goes for the kill.
@@rainond.cooper2971she actually could if you had really low health and you didn't managed to dodge the attack, she makes a bit of damage, but she wouldn't kill you if you were on full health.
The finale is even better when you realize that the Ink Demon is "technically" Joey's son(Not Henry's because Henry didn't make the ink demon, he made Bendy) So the entire finale conversation between the Ink Demon and Audrey is a older bitter brother who was tormented his whole life because he wasn't perfect, talking to his little sister who was perfect in every way he wasn't. All because Joey tormented the Ink Demon because he wasn't perfect. Technically the Ink Demon has never been at fault. It was all Joey. Joey is the true villain, and the Ink Demon is just a confused young boy who wants to make up for his mistakes. Kind of like Wilson in a way. Where Wilson had nothing special and made HIMSELF the villain, but the Ink Demon was special in the wrong way. So much so that he was completely flaud, and tortured. Other's made HIM the villain. When the Ink Demon did nothing wrong...
That's true, even going back to the tape in BATIM which mentions that at first all the Ink Demon would do was roam around the studio, it wasn't really aggressive or anything. Bendy The Ink Demon is a great villain, he was created to embody the cartoon character, but because he was twisted, and horrifying, he was locked away inside the cycle, which probably at the time was nothing but a black void, and then imagine all the year's the years that passed before Joey properly made the cycle of hatred made for Henry. And if you think about it, there's 2 reasons why The Ink Demon would want to kill Henry, because he was the first other being he had ever seen in years, and also when they gi through the loops you can assume it's because you are the one that just restarted everything
@@daranaqelforastero319 You know what's most scary about that? What does that say about human nature? If something is ugly, disfigured, or just weird enough, we isolate it and treat it poorly, then when something is either normal, or weird in a way we find positive, we treat it with more love and respect than we treat ourselves. Then when the thing we neglected for so long turns on us, we see them as the villain, not ourselves
Joey is not desinged to be a villain he is a reformed man,he may done some heinous act but the story itself doesnt view him as a true villain,gent and allen grey is
One thing with Wilson's motivation. I don't think he intended to let the ink creatures Live. His Convo on the train heavily indicates his true plot was to wipe out the Ink realm and replace them with his own creations Your character analysis on Wilson was great though.
I think he just wanted to add his own creatures to the Cycle and make it literally more "colourful", although he did experimented on Lost Ones with iridescent ink which seems to make them more weak, since you can kill 'em with a single hit, so I'm not sure.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Lost Ones during Wilson's "boss" battle were able to be killed in one hit, rather than three because he added that colourful liquid to them :D
One of the most interesting things about the final battle is how even the damage he deals is in theme, because in case you weren't aware, basically everything can kill you in about 3 or so hits, even the lost ones or butcher gang members. But Wilson's creation, it can barely hurt you, it's a big scary monster, but that's it. Just like wilson, it's all a lie. Great vid as always.
I like how the over the top reactions just progressively change the pr manager from 16:10 concerned 40:00 to mad 58:10 to furious I freakin love this bit
@@Aldeyau Okay but that’s what it seemed like, why else would she get that mad, other than her just being annoyed It was really funny I just couldn’t help it
I love how he leans into it this time around. Previous Bendy discussion video: *"My chat accused me of simping for Alice. That's not true."* This video: *"Yo, Alice is so much hotter now. I love it."*
@@Joey-vs4fr It seems you and I have very different ideas on what "romantic jealousy" looks like. I could be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure Pastra made a tweet in the past about making such jokes about them and their friends. Please be respectful and realize that content creators are not your little dolls for entertainment, but living human people with thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
I love how even Baby Bendy has a bit of an uncanny design, with the sketch lines around his mouth when he smiles. I was on edge around the little guy as much as everyone else. I also knew Baby Bendy and The Ink Demon were one in the same.
I love Carley’s design and character so much… her cartoon design is super fun and has a lot of personality. And her warped version…. Yeah… nightmare stuff fuel. Plus her creators story was heartbreaking to hear, personally.
This was most likely not intentional, but as you were talking about how much scarier TDR is compared to BaTIM, a thought came to my mind. What if the reason the original feels so less scary is because we see it from Henry’s POV? Also could explain why he sounds so… not afraid throughout the whole thing. Because he’s done this before and knows what’s going to happen, so it’s not really scary. Audrey on the other hand, has never been in the cycle, so everything is new and horrifying to her. Again, probably just a coincidence, but a cool thing I thought about.
It's a coincidence, like the devs were making the first game's story up as they went along. The reason why Bendy and the Ink Machine isn't as scary as the Dark Revival is probably because it's not that scary.
I like this idea I also like the idea that the reason Bendy is stronger in this one is because when he was awakened with Audrey's powers, he became stronger because /she's/ stronger.
Doesn't it reset each time up until when we, the player play as Henry? Like... I assume from the marks on the walls that hes done it a thousand times, and i don't think hes really aware.
What I love most about this game is that despite being a horror game, it has so much heart. BATDR has the balls to actually give you a semi-happy ending - many horror games seem to feel that they aren't scary enough if they don't end in torment and misery. BATDR, on the other hand, treats its characters as characters, not merely as vessels for torture and pain. And what I adore most of all is its final message. BATDR isn't about good and evil - it's about artistic integrity. Its final verdict on its characters is incredibly wholesome: Alice is crazy and narcissistic, and that's OK. Sammy is a Bendy-obsessed psycho, and that's OK. The Lost Ones are depressive nutjobs, and that's OK. Bendy is a creature of utmost evil that corrupts those around it, and that's OK. Because they're all integral and necessary to their own story. The only thing that is not OK is Wilson. Because Wilson interferes with Bendy's world, not to create art, but to establish himself as some kind of saviour. His own character Dudley isn't a product of artistic integrity, but of greed and envy. He tampers with the nature of Bendy's story without really understanding it. In a way, it's a metaphor for corporate greed plunging its hands into a passionate, original work of art and turning it into mass produce and profit. In the end, Audrey learns what Wilson and even Joey Drew failed to do - to accept the ink machine's twisted world for what it is. To recognise its merit and learn to appreciate it with all its flaws. She brings artistic integrity back into Bendy's world by becoming part of it and working to make it a more peaceful place.
I agree! Batdr was shockingly somewhat wholesome for a horror game. It has an actual overall theme, and it doesn’t feel empty like most horror games nowadays. Like, it’s not just there for scares, but to teach a lesson through its characters and story.
Fantastic video Pastra. I would like to partially disagree on the analysis of the Ink Demon’s final monologue though. It was more than just projection, it was the Ink Demon’s twisted form of empathy, while also serving as a demand for validation. Nothing he says in that scene is a lie or even that inaccurate. Audrey’s road was very much broken, she had no legs and was probably like a few minutes away from dying. She had believed herself human all her life, only to discover she was born from the same ink that made the Cycle’s hellscape. Thus, “her very existence was a terrible lie.” While calling her a monster and a mistake was mainly the Ink Demon echoing what Joey had once called him, it’s worth pointing out that he probably full believes it’s true for both of them, because Audrey IS just like the Ink Demon. She is a soulless creature Joey Drew made using the ink machine. That’s why he’s so obsessed with Audrey willingly merging with him. The Ink Demon completely internalized the label of a demon after being tortured all that time, so the idea that he suffered for NOTHING all this time causes a sort of cognitive dissonance. He needs to prove that Audrey is a monster like him, because otherwise everything the Ink Demon has done would effectively be meaningless. He would have nothing left, nothing to define him. He can’t be Bendy, Joey already drove that point home. So he must be a monster, right? And so, Audrey must be a monster too. To the Ink Demon, his offer at the end of the game is genuinely meant to comfort Audrey, prove she isn’t alone in her grief, that they can be strong together and take revenge on those that harmed them. This is important for the ending, because it signifies that Audrey did what Joey failed to do by allowing the Ink Demon to *choose* who he wants to be, allowing him to reclaim the Bendy identity he had abandoned after Joey rejected him.
Bendys monologue strikes me more as manipulation. For some reason he wants Audrey to merge with him, and I assume the merging can only happen willingly. So he demoralizes her, manipulates her emotions and worldview to feel that there is no road other than merging with him.
Okay but the fact that Audrey gave Bendy more compassion than her father ever did despite him creating the both of them is making me emotional. Like Audrey ends up with Smol Bendy as if he’s a younger sibling to take care of, despite she’s technically older, but he never got to be that kid until now 🥺
Literally the only thing I would wish they had in the game is an actual conversation between Bendy and Henry. Like, the Ink Demon couldn't talk in the first game, but now he evolved to be able to speak and he clearly harbors pain and trauma from being abandoned by his creators. Even though Henry turning around and running from the Ink Demon in BATIM'S Ch-1 is one of the most important scenes in the franchise, it's never elaborated upon for some reason. The finale could've been made even better if Henry and the Ink Demon had their own confrontation, where Henry fully affirms that he knows that the little devil darling that he created more than 30 years ago is still somewhere in that monstrous body and that he believes that the Ink Demon can choose to be more than a rage-fueled abomination. It could be a mirrored version of the final scene between Memory!Joey and Audrey, with Bendy finally choosing the let Audrey show him The End and giving himself a chance.
I love rewatching Joey’s last words “Just a pencil and a dream! …Isn’t enough. You have to have… heart.” Just shows how much joey learned as he grew older. Just makes his words a lot more impactful right as he’s being crushed and him revisiting his old famous words on how to be a successful person. By far one of the greatest lines I’ve heard in media. Jesus! Most likes I’ve had ever were like 100. Guess a lot of you agree with me.
@@awesomefox555 I mean, it's still true. Even in real life, Walt Disney only developed his animation studio into the massive success that it is today because he was willing to put ALL of his eggs into the animation basket that he was passionate about. The man literally bet his job, company and his home when he decided to make Snow White all those decades ago... and I think it's obvious now that it paid off _tremendously._ To hit the point home further, Disney Studios only began to fall into overworking decadence and scandals when Walt himself become more focused on profit and hierarchy (i.e. the infamous strikes and layoffs of the 40s). Just like how Joey eventually saw his empire fall when he lost sight of the heart that Henry brought to the studio, and only learned for himself about why Henry left the studio for family reasons when Joey had a child of his own, far more valuable than any work of art.
@@mrreyes5004 Having a dream can br a wonderful thing, becoming obsessed with that dream is when things start falling apart. Joey was so obsessed with his dream that he couldn't see the pain he was inflicting on everyone around him.
Wilson might be evil but damn Pastra really tore him apart The amount of hard cutting insults in the span of just around 2 minutes was intense If Pastra was wrong about him having an inferiority complex he certainly made it true with that take down
Seeing how Pastra is an artist, I can see where he’s coming from and why tore into him For example, nowadays there are a bunch of Wilsons out there, AI “artists” are the IRL Wilsons They call themselves creators despite not creating anything since the machine just takes and steals from others, saying artists will be replaced despite the machine being flawed and needing real artists work And, of course, being bitter, angry and jealous of real artists because, deep down, they know they’ll never be recognized, taken seriously and be real artists
Especially since Wilson didn't do anything WRONG in his situation He found out about the loop He wanted to break it There's countless other things he could've done but he chose the most roundabout way
I think the best part about Carly's mechanics is, the fact that you could completely skip over her introduction. Not even activate her, and game play would still go on normally, but with the way she's presented, it draws people into the mistake of meeting her, and then she certainly lets the player know that opening her box was a mistake. Edit: I love Pastra's reaction to Joey showing up! Just the " What the- WHA HUH??? JOEY???" was pure gold XD
The one thing I missed from the original game is that you can't see the Ink Demon all that much when he begins hunting you. It's so intense to see this tall slender monster who is still trying to keep the Bendy design but still definitely a demon. A limping corpse with a horrid smile just brushing pass by your little miracle station. Edit: this is not me hating on the Ink Demon's new design. I absolutely love it, I just wish we could actually see him roam around the areas more. Or at least when we were in Miracle Stations. I just want to see a lurking demon, literally crawling around the environments and even checking in hiding places for you. If anything I kind of wish there was a bit both, having the original form come back as a transition form from Ink Demon to Bendy and vice versa. Seeing the cartoon baby slowly get larger and dropping more and more of it's original features for more horror.
Yeah I agree, the ink demons overhaul is the only thing I think dark revival downgraded. The silent slim cartoon like demon is way more unsettling and creepy than a giant demon that can talk to the player
@@tingofingo1348 Maybe, but I think that the choice to give the Ink Demon a voice and a personality far outweighs that. In the first game, the Ink Demon was just a mindless beast who had no real character, just a one-dimensional living obstacle. Boring. But here, the devs actually gave him a proper motivation and in-depth character far more than merely a mysterious monster (which was discussed by Pastra here -> 1:04:40).
@@mrreyes5004 yeah and for the story of dark revival that works, I actually understand the change, but I disagree that the old bendy was “boring”. The new one feels far more cliched and boring to me if I’m being honest. I’ve always been more of a fan of the mindless monsters who you can’t understand, I think it provides more horror*. But for the story of dark revival it is true that bendy’s overhaul was necessary for the plot
26:03 my favorite part about Carly is realizing after you've been terrorized by her all game that if you just never opened the box, you wouldn't have had to deal with her 😩
Something that adds to Wilson's character is that He caused Nathan Arch to own bendy. If I remember correctly, there's a line early in the game from Nathan which says, 'my son suggested movies!' Or something to that effect, which means he... caused everything, even unknowingly.
Yeah, Wilson suggested that Nathan start a movie studio. Nathan was inspired by that idea to create a cartoon studio, so he bought the rights to Joey Drew's characters, workshop equipment, and IP, kickstarting the events of The Dark Revival.
One detail i really liked about carley part was that if you just completely ignore the "come say hello" sign and dont get her out of the box, you can beat the game without facing her.
I actually missed the sign all together but I watched someone else play the game and let her out so I replayed the game to see if I could beat it with her. She definitely adds more of a challenge lol she scared me so much.😂😅
I feel like a really cool part of this interpretation of Wilson is the "break the cycle" bit; Joey's success and rise to power was fueled and based on someone else's work and effort, and so was Wilson's. It was Audrey who, in the end, broke the cycle of theft and lies that comprised the 'fame' of these people
The significance of projection in this franchise, both literal and metaphorical, is very poetic. It seems like the writers might have been doing some projecting of their own when they made it. There are some strong parallels between the in-game story and the actual development process, even in the sequel. Mike Mood had created a cycle of his own, repeatedly tarnishing his and TheMeatly's creations; in the end he just had to leave it alone, and allow their world grow into something truly beatuiful.
Part of me wonders if Joey’s pseudo-redemption in this game is at least partially because theMeatly wanted to disassociate the character from the memes about Mike Mood being an IRL Joey Drew.
@@theoverlord3937 It's also the fact that the Drew in the Dark revival is simply a memory of Joey's best times; his lasting legacy. That's exactly what this game is for Mike. He may not be personally involved anymore, but his impact on the project, for better or for worse, will always be remembered and appreciated.
BATDR always felt like a weird hybrid between the original and bioshock to me. The somewhat more realistic atmosphere combined with the "grundge" that it has gives off a much stronger feeling of a place that's been abandoned by everyone. This, combined with the protagonist having a few mystical ways to deal with monsters gave off so many vibes akin to how I felt when I played bioshock 1 for the first time. Its even better that the keepers would not feel out of place in Bioshock, just as a lot of the inhuman enemies from that game would fit well in Bendy if given a new coat of paint (or Ink if you prefer.)
Something I really like about the dialogues on the ending is that, in Joey´s final dialogue "Just a pencil and a dream... Isn´t enough. You have to have... heart" is a line that really hurts the Ink Demon because he had always have a heart, damn he´s heart beat is one of his main characteristic being an alert signal to know when he is near, and one of the most iconic sound effects of the Demon and Joey telling him that he could have been something good and beautiful even without a soul of his own (which was the reason they though the Ink Demon was a failure, but at the end we see it wasn´t) like we see with Audrey and with him actually achieving this in his "contained" form, is something that truly piss him off. Because if he had received the loved and compassion Audrey received from the world and their father Joey Drew, he might have become the Bendy he was supposed to be and not the monster and demon he actually became. And that´s also why he killed Joey with so much hatred and wanted to make Audrey part of him because; consuming Audrey would mean that no matter how you were treated, if you are born from the ink you are destined to be a monster like the Ink Demon and that Joey was only capable of making monsters like him, something that gave him confort. And killing Joey the way he did just recemblen how much the Demon hated that his father, how he hated Joey Drew for giving Audrey all the love that he never got and all that compassion that was stolen from him by his creator.
The Metroidvania-esque world design made the game feel so much bigger! You can walk from the very end of the game all the way back to the beginning and nothing's closed off. It was really refreshing after the first game only let you explore one area at a time
46:40 it also adds more meaning to the chapter by chapter release, even if unintentional! Each chapter is Joey adding more in, going back and adding new things in, adding Alison. I love this game
@@Pinkels Well what they're saying is Joey could have been writing every chapter but could have also changed it at will. After all, it's his creation to mold. It's really cool when ya think about it
You didn't mention this, but there's a post-credit scene showing the Ink Machine (and the items needed to activate it) getting loaded onto a Gent Corporations delivery truck in the middle of the night and then being taken away somewhere. This is probably hinting that there's a 3rd game in the works, probably featuring Gent as the main villains and that they want to use the Ink Machine for some unknown purpose.
seeing how eccentric and positive Pastra is, i feel like i'm being represented and i feel so much better about how intensely positive i become about my interests
@@suliscool58 i love to ramble and get excited about what i'm interested in so seeing someone else who does and is loved for it makes me smile cause it helps me realise people do like hearing what i have to say as well
@@IndieDoodles @JaspytheEnby yeeehh. i also sometimes feel kinda bad after getting excited and acting really expressive/emotional bc of something im passionate about. so in that sense i find it comforting when other people do it too 😄
I really like how they handled the whole Jekyll and Hyde thing with Bendy in this game. See, a lot other games with this trope of your best buddy and worst enemy being two sides of the same coin have at least some sort of heartwarming and/or gut-wrenching "they're still in there" moment. Something like if the Ink Demon had Audrey cornered and about to kill her, but suddenly "remembered all the good times" for a moment and held himself back. This isn't a bad trope at all, mind you, and it's great for the feels. But honey, this is a _horror_ game, a _Bendy_ game no less. The only "feels" here are despair and terror. What makes it work so good in this it's that it's a TRUE Jekyll and Hyde scenario where neither side ever bleeds into the other. Ink Demon is not Lil' Bendy going berserk. Lil' Bendy is not Ink Demon made friendly. For all intents and purposes, they are two completely separate people. It really is as if BATIM Ink Bendy's "cartoon demon" form was split in half: the "cartoon" side becoming Lil Bendy, and the "demon" side becoming BATDR Ink Demon. Wilson may have lied about killing Bendy, but maybe there was some truth to when he said he "tore the Ink Demon in two." What's even more neat is once this is revealed, you now by proxy have an emotional attachment to the Ink Demon. Soon after, you can't help but be at least a little upset hearing that the Keepers tortured Ink Demon as well as Lil' Bendy. The game makes you gaslight yourself into thinking you and Ink Demon are somehow on even slightly better terms, which it even more explicitly enables in Chapter 5 when the Ink Demon talks to Audrey _without_ threatening her, even warning her of Wilson's lies and calling him out for torturing him. I kid you not, when I was watching Pastra's stream and saw him show up to finish off Shipahoy Wilson, I said "Please be friendly" out loud. But no. This thing does not love you back in the slightest. He does not secretly want to be your friend as Lil' Bendy. Hell, he's not even thankful that you freed him _from_ Lil' Bendy. He is THE Ink Demon. As fun as it would have been, it honestly might have really downplayed just how damn intimidating they made Ink Bendy in this game if his monstrous form showed even the possibility of being "tamable". (except ignore everything I juST SAID YOU ACTUALLY DO SORTA HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEY PULL A FREAKING SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY AND IT THE COOLEST FREAKING THING THE WORLD) ...That's what I was planning to comment on going into this, and then I got to the end of the video. I did notice Ink Bendy's projection, but I didn't really get a chance to think about it too much with all that craziness that was going on. They way you went into just _how much_ he was projecting onto someone he shares almost _nothing_ in common with was way more eye opening than I expected. In his effort to bring Audrey as low as possible, he says the most hurtful and painful things he can think of. And I mean, no wonder he's so laser-focused on Audrey; in a way, she's exactly what he was SUPPOSED to be: Joey's greatest creation, spawned directly from the Ink Machine (which begs the question of why she has a soul when Bendy didn't, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms, especially when you factor in a certain note from Joey that Pastra missed in his playthrough. You genuinely made me start questioning just _how_ "split" Bendy's split personality actually is. I mean, the Ink Demon mimicking the same friendly gesture Audrey greeted Lil' Bendy with is proof enough that he IS by some means aware of what Lil' Bendy gets up to, and Lil' Bendy is known to possess similar powers to his Ink Demon self, like phasing through walls and being unkillable. After freeing the Ink Demon, he seems to switch back and forth somewhat frequently, showing up as Lil Bendy a few times, but once you actually see the transformation, Lil' Bendy, who's our friend by that point, doesn't really even look at us and just walks away in shame, never revealing himself to us in that form again once we know the truth, perhaps thinking there's no way we'd still wanna be friends (he's wrong fyi). If the Ink Demon was able to be turned into something/someone like Lil' Bendy, that would likely mean it'd had to have been a part of him. The way they made Ink Bendy from this unthinking entity of malice and rage to an actualy character with so much potential nuance is astonishing. God this game, man. It answers so much and still leaves you so much more to think about, and it's simply amazing.
I quite agree with this analysis. During the game's development, I was worried that the devs would just keep the Ink Demon as a personality-less rage monster. But then BATDR came around and actually gave him a nuanced character with serious developmental potential. As you said, the Ink Demon's laser-focused hatred for Audrey makes sense: he is essentially jealous of how she was born "perfect" while he was abandoned as a "mistake".
I personally think that in BATIM, he was a character who was just very spiteful. He had grown accustomed to sadness and anger and henceforth nearly couldn't feel anything positive. However, he was not pure evil because whereas BATDR ink demon is always shown as a fearless demon fueled by anger, BATIM bendy was shown to, during the projectionist scene, display mercy and did actually panic, displaying fear, when the END was played. Tl;dr In BATIM, he is a satanic Grinch In BATDR, he is liquid dalek
@@jeanremi8384 I would go even further and theorize that the Ink Demon in BATDR is a natural evolution of how he was back in BATIM. In the first game, Ink Bendy was basically a husk full of rage and fear, with only slight traces of human-like intelligence. In the second game, however, the added time as well as Wilson's experiments caused Bendy to forcibly grow in intelligence and in other emotions (whereas before he only had small traces of them). In BATIM, he was pretty much an abused child lashing out at everything around him. By the time BATDR happens, he's more like a teen who has become smarter (which is why he can talk now), but it also means that he can show more sides of him that he couldn't possess/display back then. This is why his normal monster form is bigger and stronger than his design in BATIM, because Ink Bendy grew up in the same way that little simple-minded kids grow up into more complex adults. And it's why he can now turn into little Bendy who represents the child-like fear, sadness and curiosity that lies underneath his monstrous exterior. The Little Bendy form of BATDR's Ink Demon basically embodies the mercy and deeper emotions that the BATIM Ink Demon only had bits and traces of without the same anger, while the base monster Ink Bendy form of BATDR's Ink Demon represents the same rage and power of the BATIM Ink Demon except now with added intelligence and maturity. People in real-life have different sides of their complex personality, so BATDR Ink Demon having two forms that embody the different parts of him perfectly represents how much he grew from his BATIM self.
Outside of bendy, the slicer has to be my favorite horror monster. Not only does it attack at random, is unkillable, and unpredictable, she’s my favorite cause she’s completely optional. It was fun watching people’s playthroughs, then they reach that moment and open the box out of curiousity, and i inew this was gonna be a fun watch. She is basically the embodiment of “curiousity killed the cat” if she was the curiousity, and you the cat. She is a punishment for looking into something that you shouldn’t. The whole game has you believe to check everything that you can interact with, and actually lulls you into a false sense of security. You had no reasons at that point to be cautious, as every locker and trashcan helped you, so you’d thinkmthe same for the crate, not knowing that you’ve just unleashed one of your worse enemies. In a way, it teaches you to not fully trust in everything, as you might make your situation worse. I love subversions like these. Especially when they have long-term effects, even if you were unaware. After all, a good horror game makes you afraid of even the things you thought were safe.
I think that is a very similar mechanic to the 'silent spider splicers' in BioShock. Basically if you go looking around in the Fort Frolic level you find a room that contains a weapon upgrade and a ton of these plastered figures (that curiously bleed when struck). If you follow through and get to the upgrade the lights flicker and one of the figures attacks you immediately. And from that point on these fuckers are gonna be all around the level. They act like regular spider splicers, climbing up the walls and throwing hooks at ya, but with one key difference. They are completely silent. Other splicers have dialogue options so you can tell where they are but these plastered splicers are silent making them much harder to deal with. They freaked me out when I first played the game and the upgrade was only semi worth the hassle honestly.
Now that the sequel to this series has been released, I think it’s clear that this game is a love letter (design-wise) to the Bioshock and Epic Mickey games. The hallways of the studio are very similar to the tunnels in the underwater city of Rapture, the music being an ominous loop of songs from the 1930’s and 40’s, and more direct references being the audio logs we find and Joey Drew acting in a similar way to Andrew Ryan. (Oh and the cartoon city window in Dark Revival REALLY being a reference to the opening of Bioshock.) In relation to Epic Mickey, I think the toon style art direction is very similar, and the story revolving around former cartoon studio creations gone horribly wrong. I’m actually pleased to see these elements being used in a game! I grew up with those titles and enjoying the environments and best of all, the horror and scary elements. I hope the next generation appreciates it.
Oh yeah. When I was watching SuperHorrorbro's playthrough of The dark Revival, I had Bioshock on the brain because I had just finished playing all three for the first time a few months ago(Yeah, Yeah, I'm late. The second was my favorite btw) Anyway, while watching the videos I was thinking "all of this is giving me strong Bioshock vibes" (more Bioshocks 1 and 2 with the tight Rapture hallways and the audio logs than Infinite with the wide open spaces)
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONS EPIC MICKEY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME! Ever since i first saw this game it reminded me of epic mickey, like if the creators of that took it as far as they could to create a true horror experience, but so far, i have never found anyone bring it up.. FINALLY I FEEL VINDICATED AT LAST
39:00 that is one of the most wholesome and beautiful interactions I have ever seen, and you can bet I also immediately feel that we need to protect him from everything oh my god this is just so lovely
I’d recommend Super Eyepatch Wolf, his whole channel is dedicated to stuff he loves, and even if you don’t care or even know the topic, his passion for the subject is unparalleled.
sure its graphicly better but i think the original is better in my eyes, there's no overpowered mechanic or anything like that. just a simple looped game while audrey is like "haha i can control literally anything im basically god" which kinda takes away the "horror" element
Probably is the best horror game this year cause like what else came out this year for horror? Edit: I have since played Signalis. That beats this by a landslide. Go play it.
Given the entire ending sequence, I feel like a major message to take away from it is... that the player is a part of the series' legacy. You are what gives Bendy power, but you are the ones who control him in the process. And if that power inspires you, you can take everything you like from it, and create something truly astounding.
One thing that stuck out to me when Pastra was talking about Wilson's motivations, was how they seemed to mirror Joey Drew's motivations in the original game. While Joey Drew definitely is a very good idea's man, in the original game it there was a story of Henry's creations always being the ones that got praised. While Joey is left behind and the company falls to ruin after Henry left.
I want Pastra to do concept art for a horror game. Their style would be amazing in reviving game series's like FNAF, where the horror aspect has more-or-less been ignored
Am I the only one that really loves how the Bendy games also establish such different integral atmospheres? the original game gives the feeling of a chaotic world, forced together and constantly breaking and remaking itself- an unstable, feral mess of a world, just like what Joey intended to create- a hell. The original world was chaotic, it was a living, breathing catastrophe. And then Dark Revival comes in. DR's version of The Studio is seen as much more organized, with established lore, titles, characters, places strung together in a mostly coherent manner. It's a much, much more organized way of life for those in The Studio, as if The Studio and everyone in it has evolved into something more civilized. But it still keeps that feeling that everything is falling apart, but it feels like someone's just taking it apart instead.
In a way, I feel like BATDR is to BATIM as Portal 2 is to Portal 1. A direct improvement that enriches the whole world, expands on the lore, gives a much more abundant gameplay experience, while still keeping the original in mind as the base to build up on. Considering that the creators are fans of Portal series (even referencing the Companion Cube in BATIM), this is not a surprising parallel to draw. They really did it right.
If I had a nickel for every time an old and famous indie game got a sequel in 2022 that fixes practically everything, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
Dark Revival gave me MASSIVE Bioshock vibes and I mean that in the best way possible. I think it's exactly the direction this series needs to go in. I'm so excited to see what comes next for the series.
Well from what I have heard, one of theMeatly’s favorite games is Bioshock so I guess he took inspiration from it for this game. I’m not complaining about that because from what I have seen of this game, this game makes Bioshock look like a chump
Yeah, the Bioshock inspiration is very obvious. The Ink Machine's world, in this game especially, has a very similar vibe to Rapture, just sepia-toned studio instead of underwater "utopia". It's quite fascinating, and it definitely seems to *work* quite well.
fun fact boris shows up a few times, just barely seen, once at the beginning for 3 seconds. and later at the factory, crawling in an opposing vent, he is easily missed. also we know its not tom because tom has a "robotic" arm. boris doesn't have this
Honestly my interpretation of the original bendy is as a creation of the ink he was unsure if he’s a cartoon or a monster shambling around the studio angry and soulless. Until the very end of the game leading into BATDR where he fully embodies the demonic and monstrous side of himself and starts rampaging and terrorizing the people of the cycle. Willson can only contain the beast while when Audrey comes into the picture she is the only person who can turn bendy into what he was truly meant to be that little devil darling we all loved from the cartoons.
The fact that everything Pastra said at the end was said at the beginning really makes it a "cycle" It really shows how much effort in even the little things he put in this video
I do feel really bad for Henry. The real one is probably fine, but the one we know is so defeated and broken in the new game. Remember those Henry Stein logs that were released before chapter 5?... This poor guy has gone through the loops so much he could barely remember his name. Not mention he found out he wasn't real...
There is something kinda funny about the fact that there is a totally normal Henry out in the real world just living life without knowing he has a fake clone that was in a fanfic hell loop. Henry: “Cycle? Ink clone? Parallel worlds!? Audrey wtf are you talking about, I just came by to say hi. Also when did you have a kid and why is he dressed like that?”
Does anyone beside me reasonably believes that the Henry that we played as in BATIM and the Henry we encounter in The Pit and, later, in the end of BATDR was, in fact, the real Henry all along?
@@TheChildoftheDarkness Joey in dark Revival says that the real Joey made a fake Henry to torture on loop. But the idea that this is the real one and a fake ink version of Henry is in the real world is kinda interesting.
@@strelitziamystery21 I just have a theory, A GAME THEORY. But I'm kinda too shy to share it. But I'll say that first of all is that both Henry's are in the Cycle.
Whenever I am looking at stuff involving Wilson, I feel like Wilson was suppose to be an sort of in game representation of Mike Mood. It likes up a bunch with how he acted and with him not being in the credits of the game, it feels a lot like TheMeatly giving him a middle finger without directly giving it to him.
That revival do be dark, though. In all seriousness, it overjoys me that not only is BATDR finally here, but it's also leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. It was a long three years, but it sure as heck was worth it. And honestly, Pastra's enthusiasm and love for this franchise makes the experience even more enjoyable personally. Sure is good to be a Bendy fan.
I really like the way you dug into this game,it made me appreciate a lot of different little details I didn't pick up on the first time,and also just clearing up the plot was one of the most satisfying things. This game is a miracle 9/10
the fact that after so many years Bendy could come back with such flying color (so to speak) is really cool to see, I really have enjoyed watching the game series grow since 2017.
Can I just say, your videos have the upmost quality on RUclips nowadays. I just discovered you in recent months and I highly consider you one of the most naturally talented RUclipsr I’ve ever seen
Something I noticed in Chapter 0 (Real world part, Piper encounter, Allison encounter, ect) is that it has a small reference to something that happens in Chapter 5 of the original game. When we first meet Allison, she holds Audrey's arm for a few seconds before quickly taking her hand off it and saying "Don't touch me!". This IMMEDIATELY called me back to the finale of Bendy and the Ink Machine, where Allison and Tom couldn't go with Henry into the ink machine because, as she says, "A drop of water in the ocean is rarely seen again". Edit: Nevermind, I think Audrey said that, still a fun thought though.
Don't mind me, just putting my favourite parts of this video- 16:10 - 16:18 - About Alice and her new design 25:15 - 29:29 - About the new member of the Butcher Gang, Carly (Carlie? Carli?). 38:38 - 40:11 - About Little Bendy. 42:09 - 42:19 - About Joey Drew. 58:08 - 58:22 - About Alice... AGAIN. 1:08:32 - 1:08:41 - “SAMMY JUST GOT FUCKING SHOT”. 1:09:34 - 1:09:57 - About the end.
Sammy was simultaneously my favorite and least favorite character from BATIM. It was weird seeing him die and being like "Fuck yes, that's what you get!" And " HOLY FUCK SAMMY JUST DIED!"
I think the fact that Carly is entirely optional, makes her less of a scary threat as the Ink Demon. Mainly because even if it is your own commuppance, Carly's biggest inconvience is spooking you- she isn't that much of a threat beyond just the scare- the Ink Demon has so much going in the atmosphere, that while you DREAD him coming, the moments last sooo much longer making the fear far more vibrant.
I think the best part about the part where the end was played, was the fact it was played on the projectionist’s head, probably giving the projectionist his revenge, kinda like “did ya miss me, bendy?”
I have always been confused at Wilson being very angry at his Father. But now knowing that Bendy mainly represents his Father makes a ton more sense. No wonder he's been torturing the Ink Demon. He's even been torturing poor Bendy too :c
It's honestly also fitting, because the Ink Demon can oddly _relate_ to Wilson because the Ink Demon has reasons to hate both Henry AND Joey who were his own creators, the same way Wilson hated his father. The Ink Demon and Wilson are also neat Foils to each other as characters; Wilson was a pathetic and envious rat who tried to make himself out to be a glorious hero, while Bendy was a genuine good guy cartoon who was abused into monstrosity.
@@hollowwoods7130 True, but a large number of people have theorized that when the Ink Demon lunged through the boarded-up wall at Henry in Chapter 1 of BATIM, he wasn't actually trying to attack Henry; he was actually just trying to reach out to him from behind the boards. Henry obviously ran away, and the Ink Demon interpreted that to mean that another of his creators abandoned him because he wasn't created perfectly. Of course, Henry didn't know about anything Joey was doing and Henry didn't mean anything by it (bc the Ink Demon IS terrifying to look at). But even without that earlier incident, the Ink Demon probably also despised Henry for abandoning the studio 30 years before because that meant Henry wasn't around to stop his cartoon creations (ie. Bendy) from being abused and experimented on by Joey and Gent Corporation. I'm not saying Henry is any kind of villain, because he had no way of knowing that Joey would go on to perform such atrocities. But from the Ink Demon's perspective, it looked like his true creator/father left him behind to be experimented on and locked up by greedy false-creators just because he didn't look exactly like the original cartoon that Henry made. The Ink Demon was so pained and isolated that he was inevitably going to lump Henry in with Joey and other people who screwed the Ink Demon over due to Henry being his actual creator (AKA the indirect cause of the Ink Demon's suffering as a failed copy).
@@mrreyes5004 No. There's a hidden tape recorded by Wilson that implies that he isn't all that talentless and worthless as Pastra says (damn he mocked him). And if you'd read "The Lost Ones" you'd know that the Ink Demon was always MEANT to be a failure, that didn't realize its true nature and purpose yet, but by the games's events, starting with BATDS, it did.
29:56 theres always something so hilarious how when you watch the gameplay, and you just see the mouse shake out of fear when a jumpscare occurs but you can't hear or see the person getting jumpscared
The Thing I like about BATDR is how much improvement they made to the Ink Demon in this game. Seriously, every time he appears, you get this sense of panic in you because you can't see him coming. Plus the model just looks way more better then how he looked in the original game. He looks more like an actual demon, when you get a good look at him in cutscenes. How I see his redesign is more on how Christianity has described demons to be. For example, normally in western media today, we normally know what a typical demon looks like. A person that had red skin along with very long black horns. But with demons in Christianity around the 18th century, demons along with Satan himself were originally described as goats that Witches would offer sacrifices or offerings. And ironically enough, Bendy is shown to have Goat like hooves as feet. Kinda like how Demons and Satan himself were originally portrayed as in Christianity before the modern era. Which is a pretty interesting detail not going to lie. Who knows. Maybe in the next Bendy game revolving around the cycle in the future, maybe we could get a group of people that are witches that always warships the Ink Demon (kinda like Sammy) and always without fail, offer sacrifices or offerings to him as a way make him happy. By the way, if you guys are just trying to look for the source of this piece of information I got from Christianity , then I recommend you look at something called "Animals of Evil". Where it shows an Oil painting made in the 18 century around Europe that describes a type of gathering of people being called witches that would offer sacrifices or offerings to Satan himself. It's genuinely interesting, I recommended it. Edit: Also I love the fourth member of the Butcher Gang. Carley. She is genuinely kinda like a troll within the Bendy franchise. No really, I'm being serious here. She is just like a troll, that loves to freak people out, just because she can. Carley, you are my favorite member of the Butcher Gang. Carley, lets mess with Pastra together. Shall we? :)
Your enthusiasm and passion are pandemically infectious. I have to thank you for that. After your retrospective on Batim, it reignited my enjoyment of the franchise and fandom and really heightened my experience of Batdr, more than I ever predicted. But furthermore, your joy is so contagious that my first thought upon seeing this video was "Oh, thank god, they loved it!" And it really made my day just basking in the second hand delight that you express with the game's release. Your passion and love for horror make it a joy to watch all your videos and your artwork is an inspiration to my own interest in macabre work. Please keep using your talents for the videos you do. It'll be my pleasure to keep following your work .
I've been delayed on completing the game for far too long, but after beating it finally, I can watch this video. You definitely outdid yourself on this one. Everything you said here was exactly what I thought during my playthrough. I especially loved your analysis on the Ink Demon's interaction with Audrey at the end. Fantastic work Pastra!
I'm surprised I got the Carley achievement and the No death achievement in one run. I got scared and flicked my mouse everywhere, every time she popped up. And yet I somehow. Never. Died.
i will never forget the amount of screams this mans let out in that game, it was pure joy just burst out, especially when baby bendy was first seen that whole scene was made so much better by pastra literally melting away into a puddle
Also, The searchers are considered the one creature that might be directly controlled by the ink demon. And one thing that they are said to lack, is legs. Before audrey makes the deal with the devil. She lacks her own legs.
I think one of my favorite little details is that when you sit there long enough, you can start to hear the music a lot better, more loudly. I’m a chronic hider, no matter what, I’ll always manage to hide in a box or locker for far too long (like, for minutes) and I’m not sure if this is something meant to happen, or if my brain fabricated it, but the longer I’d wait in a hiding place, the louder the music became, making the atmosphere a bit more panic inducing. It’s like the game is telling you to move on already, that the longer you wait, the more likely it is you’re gonna regret it. I do hope that this isn’t just something my brain put together itself, because it’s such a cool idea. It goes along with Alison telling you in the beginning to not stick around one spot for too long, as well as, well, the longer you stick around in one area, the Ink Demon’s gonna spawn there at any moment.
The optimism and positivity is always so insanely intoxicating, thank you for creating this wonderful video. Sure, you recognize that the game has flaws, like any game, but you're approach to just enjoy it to the fullest anyway is so positively amazing. As much as I'm no big Bendy fan (only watching playthroughs up to around chapter 3, partly because of how slow they released 😅), I was so engaged and invested in this passionate rant about a game made for people just like you. I can imagine being a dev of this game, watching this video, and just having the biggest, stupidest grin plastered on my face knowing that I succeeded in exactly what I wanted to help accomplish, working so hard to make an experience for someone to absolutely love
The story of the ink demon is so good. I love when characters, even villains, have deep backstories that explain why they feel that way. But I especially love how the game presents it. You will miss it if you aren’t careful, and you’ll misunderstand what the ink demon represents. He represents joey’s mistakes and greed before he met Alison, and Audrey represents his development as a character and how he grew as a person. It’s amazing I love it so much
your persona character is so perfect i love it, the expression and the artistic rubberhose actions it can perform, it's also adorable whilest having a spooky vibe, and your video quality is so flawless, keep up the good work
Alice was brought back to us just to get stabbed again😔 Its nice to get that send off though. I have a lot of theories that Alice/Susie's backstory is way more tragic than at seems and this was indeed a bittersweet scene for bestest angel
The bendy franchise will always have a crescent-shaped hole in my heart the team really knew what they were doing (there's also a Wilhelm scream when Sammy falls)
My favorite moment related to this game was during Ranboo's stream. They basically spend the first hour or whatever being like "I just want a little Bendy plush following me around everywhere and he'd be so cute and I'd love him so much." And they're going down some stairs going on another rant about it, start walking backwards down the stairs to demonstrate the ideal height for the Bendy plush, and turn around to see *EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT ROOM.* The time is 1:24:47 in the VOD on the RanbooVODs channel by the way. The moment is absolutely magical.
Pastra going "LITTLE BENDY" "LITTLE GUY!!" has so much excitement it's a whole new person and I can't stop laughing Update: being followed with "I WOULD KILL FOR HIM" is _also_ a totally new person and I'm concerned lmaooo
16:28 The Keeper's design is actually very reminiscent of Subject Delta from BioShock 2. They both have almost the same exact design for the face, down to the coloring. Also, the two limbed arm can be seen as an homage to the drill arm that Subject Delta has. This is probably due to the fact that BioShock serves as the main inspiration for Bendy.
I love this game so much. I would’ve LOVED it if we saw Buddy Boris in a chamber in the captured cycle breakers room and/or joined Henry in helping us at the end. Although we did see him for glimpses in chapter 1, I would’ve loved to see him more.
Same, but he's also in Chapter 4: he can be seen crawling through the ventshaft opposite to Audrey's when we first see Keeper's lower body parts. Probably he is the subject who broke out that Keepers were talking about at that very moment.
My favorite part of the game was the first meeting of the ink demon. The way he spoke was absolutely breathtaking, it felt like my tongue and brain were rattling to his words. Also, he has very nice teefers!
I love how they took the crooked deformed bendy and reformed it into a perfect almost biologically accurate eyeless demon,from the smooth teeth to the clover hooves,it's demonic yet at the same time a feral animal
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Fun fact - If you do nothing in the opening, specifically when Audrey is sitting at her desk. She’ll eventually go “You know what? I don’t need the coffee, I need to work” and then it’ll cut to the credits
Bendy speedrun low % world record
It's such a neat detail that if she never went to get coffee. She would have never run into Wilson. And Wilson would continue conquering the Ink Realm. Though I'm sure sooner or later Audrey would run into Wilson eventually but with different circumstances
@@rickygamingproductions The butterfly effect 🦋
That reminds me of farcry four because it does the same thing if you stay in the room at the beginning pagen min comes back
@@chasethemaster3440pagen min comes back and you’re able to immediately put your mom to rest no issues whatsoever.
_AND_ you’re able to finish your meal
Wilson's plan to kill/trap the ink demon was literally to turn him into a marketable plushie
Same goes for Audrey, I guess.
(in demonic voice) NO WILSON PUT THAT JAR AWAY DON'T DO THIS NOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@francofernandes2006a fate worse than death
“Wilson, don’t turn me into a marketable plushie!”
“WILSON!”
I mean, he ain't wrong...
Personally I think my favorite thing about Carly is that people mocked the artist who came up with her. Now Carly is the most powerful, scariest, and most memorable of the butcher gang by leaps and bounds.
*Carley.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness oops, my b
Ironic, isn‘t it? Cuz prior to the box opening, there‘s a tape where the author rants about how people mocked the design. How the tables have turned
@@meliksahgulmez9664 And a well deserved turning of the tables at that
reminds me of the "be careful who you make fun of at school" meme
i absolutely love how Pastra’s personality with him being so eccentric and positive about his passion with games is completely opposite of what you’d expect for a talented horror artist
Junji ito is also very positive and wholesome
Actually, from what I hear, horror artists tend to be surprisingly super nice people.
@@Wobbmin same with people who like metal music, they might seem all dark and brooding, but in reality they’re just big softies.
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you'd be surprised how many artists with creepy artstyles i found that are super nice and caring lol
I've been kind of turning into one myself this year
His child like reaction to meeting little bendy was contagious happiness. Also the only thing missing from that final part was Heidi, that ink girl who also gave the player an ability, and betty, the waitress girl.
Heidi did appear in the end room, but nobody's talking about her. She's sitting on something in the right corner of the room, the same side as the door. Unless I missed Betty, she's the only one missing.
What about his freak out saying he'll kill everyone for the little Bendy.
@@TheNightmareAngelYT uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh
@@TheNightmareAngelYT Relatable overprotectiveness
And boris
38:50 Here’s a timestamp for those who want to enjoy Pastra’s reaction to small Bendy over and over again
thank you so much
i love how the other person there is just silent
“AWHH ITS A LITTLE GUY”
I appreciate you
he's like, more happy than people I see at weddings
I think one thing to make note of the Ink Demon's new design/personality is that it doesn't come out of nowhere like "Let's just make him scarier". The writers actually explain it through some audio logs the Keepers made if you were to find them all in Gent. In essence, Bendy looking so beastly is the result of Wilson's failed attempts to kill, control or contain him. Not only did Wilson fail to kill the Ink Demon ("Termination: impossible."), he made him more powerful by unintentionally forcing him to evolve, adding yet another layer to Wilson's lack of talent or knowledge that ultimately led him down a self destructive path.
I thought that the Ink Demon evolved like this is because of the amount of times The Cycle has been reset, hm🤔.
A good theory, but I have my own theory I'm working on. Basically it is this: because Wilson froze the cycle, this eternal loop meant to torment Henry forever, the Ink Demon evolves just like the world does.
Like I imagine that in the cycle, normally the lost ones have very faint memories of their home/where they were, and Bendy himself is just a souless husk that attacks anything with a soul. But the longer the cycle is frozen, the more memories start to emerge and the world changes to create it. And the more the beings within the cycle change as well.
Allison tries to reach out to Alice, to get her to come to her senses even mentioning how she worries she'll have to do something she will regret. Lost ones become more human as they stop standing in one spot sad and lost, they begin to become who they used to be before they were converted into ink creatures (the artist lost one wanting his pictures, the lost one being thrown from the butcher shop acting like he was just fired), or create a whole new identity (Porter and Heidi.) And of course, the Ink Demon changes, he's not just a soulless husk who's task is to hunt anything that moves, but he's become a beaten and tortured animal who loathes himself (his whole speech to Audrey of being a "mistake, a monster" these are things he remembers from his creation and until this moment hasn't been able to remember it.)
And of course, the longer the cycle stays active, the more things change.
In fact... what if the Joey we meet wasn't Joey trying to put himself into the cycle as Pastra theorizes? But enough fragments that came back together to create him?
So basically he’s 682 except any adaptations are permanent?
@@frostythesnowmanlol Until the cycle restarts, yes.
@@22Tesla Huh, an interesting theory that would explain a lot. I never even thought of that regarding the Lost Ones.
It's always nice to see the Bendy community be revived after all these years, Bendy will always be remembered by the internet!
was the pun intended?
A _Dark_ Revival of the community
*insert boomer laughing emoji here*
I guess you could say this was a...
Bendy and the FANS revival?
Eh?
Eh?
Do you want me to shut up?
Ok that makes sense
Yes
One of the most horrifying parts of the game to me is that just by getting up from her chair, Audrey doomed herself to an eternity of torment. Even if The End is played, the Cycle will repeat again, and even if it's rewritten, someone will eventually find a way to bring it back to what it was, because after all, forever is a long time, and someone oughta get bored.
I mean, not really. Audrey is technically immortal, but we also know for a fact that she left the Cycle and returned to the real world with Bendy/Ink Demon. She won't outlive her allies in the Cycle (i.e. Henry, Alison) because they are also immortal ink creatures who don't suffer from age. Even if someone finds a way to bring the Cycle back to what it was, it'll just be rewritten eventually... like you yourself said, forever is a long time and someone will inevitably be bored of it being what is always was.
She just wanted some coffee... 😢
Well, the ending implies that she can make the cycle better, so even if she is stuck, she seems to be contented with her fate at least.
Actually Audrey did leave the Cycle, the only reason she returns to the room where it all started it's because of the whole loop deal, but she's not repeating it, or else Bendy wouldn't be there which by the way, I wish someone has a theory on whether he is the Ink Demon now being passive, or being cartoon Bendy now separated from The Ink Demon
She isn’t stuck in the cycle, she can just improve it for everyone else and control it like Henry did.
As always, the contrast between 'Giving you a surprisingly interesting lecture' video Pastra, and 'OH MY GOD LOOK AT BENDY MY BOY' stream Pastra is wonderful.
Paatra and the other person in the stream i dont remember the name of sadly were SOOOO much fun to watch
@@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizardThe person that Pastra was streaming with was LyraHorrorz, if that’s what you’re asking!
@@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard The other person is Lyra. She is cool, so remember her name! =D
Something I love about the tiny clips from that stream that I find pretty funny is that Pastra has both of his eyes looking in different directions for most of it, while Lyra is looking straight at the camera for the entire time.
My last two braincells be like
Carley/The Slicer is how you do a jump scare right. The game doesn't just make you jump when she appears, it makes you dread WHEN she's going to pop up and puts you in a state where you wish she would just appear to get it over with. It makes it feel like she's INTENTIONALLY screwing with you, having fun with her victim before she gets bored and goes for the kill.
OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!! Someone who pronounced her name RIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!! I'm officially in Heaven.
@@TheChildoftheDarknessstfu
The only issue with that is the fact that she can't actually kill the player
@@rainond.cooper2971pretty sure that if you don’t move when she appears, you die, could be wrong tho
@@rainond.cooper2971she actually could if you had really low health and you didn't managed to dodge the attack, she makes a bit of damage, but she wouldn't kill you if you were on full health.
The finale is even better when you realize that the Ink Demon is "technically" Joey's son(Not Henry's because Henry didn't make the ink demon, he made Bendy) So the entire finale conversation between the Ink Demon and Audrey is a older bitter brother who was tormented his whole life because he wasn't perfect, talking to his little sister who was perfect in every way he wasn't.
All because Joey tormented the Ink Demon because he wasn't perfect.
Technically the Ink Demon has never been at fault. It was all Joey. Joey is the true villain, and the Ink Demon is just a confused young boy who wants to make up for his mistakes.
Kind of like Wilson in a way. Where Wilson had nothing special and made HIMSELF the villain, but the Ink Demon was special in the wrong way. So much so that he was completely flaud, and tortured. Other's made HIM the villain. When the Ink Demon did nothing wrong...
That's true, even going back to the tape in BATIM which mentions that at first all the Ink Demon would do was roam around the studio, it wasn't really aggressive or anything.
Bendy The Ink Demon is a great villain, he was created to embody the cartoon character, but because he was twisted, and horrifying, he was locked away inside the cycle, which probably at the time was nothing but a black void, and then imagine all the year's the years that passed before Joey properly made the cycle of hatred made for Henry.
And if you think about it, there's 2 reasons why The Ink Demon would want to kill Henry, because he was the first other being he had ever seen in years, and also when they gi through the loops you can assume it's because you are the one that just restarted everything
@@daranaqelforastero319 You know what's most scary about that? What does that say about human nature? If something is ugly, disfigured, or just weird enough, we isolate it and treat it poorly, then when something is either normal, or weird in a way we find positive, we treat it with more love and respect than we treat ourselves.
Then when the thing we neglected for so long turns on us, we see them as the villain, not ourselves
@@crimsongamer3137 that's such a deep and true reflection, man you should write a book!
@@daranaqelforastero319 Thank you very very much! I actually am a writer in training! So that compliment means a huge amount to me
Joey is not desinged to be a villain he is a reformed man,he may done some heinous act but the story itself doesnt view him as a true villain,gent and allen grey is
One thing with Wilson's motivation. I don't think he intended to let the ink creatures Live. His Convo on the train heavily indicates his true plot was to wipe out the Ink realm and replace them with his own creations
Your character analysis on Wilson was great though.
Good thing Audrey prevented a genocide from occuring.
I think he just wanted to add his own creatures to the Cycle and make it literally more "colourful", although he did experimented on Lost Ones with iridescent ink which seems to make them more weak, since you can kill 'em with a single hit, so I'm not sure.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness I'm so glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Lost Ones during Wilson's "boss" battle were able to be killed in one hit, rather than three because he added that colourful liquid to them :D
One of the most interesting things about the final battle is how even the damage he deals is in theme, because in case you weren't aware, basically everything can kill you in about 3 or so hits, even the lost ones or butcher gang members. But Wilson's creation, it can barely hurt you, it's a big scary monster, but that's it. Just like wilson, it's all a lie.
Great vid as always.
Amazing analysis, basically peak ludonarrative harmony.
I find how weak he apparently is super depressing
@@Dooperbooperlooper that’s why, no matter how big and strong the monster is in the cartoon realm, Bendy is still the number 1 threat of the studio
It’s got a cool anchor weapon. That’s probably the only good thing Wilson’s ever done
For narrative purposes, yeah its great. But for gameplay purposes, I think its a horribly stupid decision that the final boss isn't even a threat.
I like how the over the top reactions just progressively change the pr manager from
16:10 concerned
40:00 to mad
58:10 to furious
I freakin love this bit
The first two look exactly the same, so she might have a crush on him and be jealous of evil Alice 😂😂😂😂
@@Joey-vs4fr That's... weird. Please don't imply romantic connotations between real life people who are friends, that's disrespectful.
@@Aldeyau Okay but that’s what it seemed like, why else would she get that mad, other than her just being annoyed
It was really funny I just couldn’t help it
I love how he leans into it this time around.
Previous Bendy discussion video: *"My chat accused me of simping for Alice. That's not true."*
This video: *"Yo, Alice is so much hotter now. I love it."*
@@Joey-vs4fr It seems you and I have very different ideas on what "romantic jealousy" looks like. I could be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure Pastra made a tweet in the past about making such jokes about them and their friends. Please be respectful and realize that content creators are not your little dolls for entertainment, but living human people with thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
I love how even Baby Bendy has a bit of an uncanny design, with the sketch lines around his mouth when he smiles. I was on edge around the little guy as much as everyone else. I also knew Baby Bendy and The Ink Demon were one in the same.
Tbh the lines under his eyes indicates that they are eyebags too… he looks really tired… from all the torture the Keepers did to him.
@@hungrywarnergaming5263 I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing that out.
The Ink Demon Was Always Bendy It Always Was Even In The Past
I love Carley’s design and character so much… her cartoon design is super fun and has a lot of personality. And her warped version…. Yeah… nightmare stuff fuel. Plus her creators story was heartbreaking to hear, personally.
You mean Carley-?
@@hungrywarnergaming5263 oops, yeah I’d did
If you never open the box their in, they never spawn
@@grung8864 It's a girl. What do you mean "they"?
@@TheChildoftheDarkness bro it’s a weird ghost ink thing, it’s gender is not the part to be focusing on
This was most likely not intentional, but as you were talking about how much scarier TDR is compared to BaTIM, a thought came to my mind.
What if the reason the original feels so less scary is because we see it from Henry’s POV? Also could explain why he sounds so… not afraid throughout the whole thing. Because he’s done this before and knows what’s going to happen, so it’s not really scary.
Audrey on the other hand, has never been in the cycle, so everything is new and horrifying to her. Again, probably just a coincidence, but a cool thing I thought about.
That honestly enhances the experience even more tbh
It's a coincidence, like the devs were making the first game's story up as they went along. The reason why Bendy and the Ink Machine isn't as scary as the Dark Revival is probably because it's not that scary.
@@screamsintothevoid9968 true - batim in its early development was basically just a polished garten of banban
I like this idea
I also like the idea that the reason Bendy is stronger in this one is because when he was awakened with Audrey's powers, he became stronger because /she's/ stronger.
Doesn't it reset each time up until when we, the player play as Henry? Like... I assume from the marks on the walls that hes done it a thousand times, and i don't think hes really aware.
What I love most about this game is that despite being a horror game, it has so much heart. BATDR has the balls to actually give you a semi-happy ending - many horror games seem to feel that they aren't scary enough if they don't end in torment and misery. BATDR, on the other hand, treats its characters as characters, not merely as vessels for torture and pain. And what I adore most of all is its final message.
BATDR isn't about good and evil - it's about artistic integrity. Its final verdict on its characters is incredibly wholesome: Alice is crazy and narcissistic, and that's OK. Sammy is a Bendy-obsessed psycho, and that's OK. The Lost Ones are depressive nutjobs, and that's OK. Bendy is a creature of utmost evil that corrupts those around it, and that's OK. Because they're all integral and necessary to their own story.
The only thing that is not OK is Wilson. Because Wilson interferes with Bendy's world, not to create art, but to establish himself as some kind of saviour. His own character Dudley isn't a product of artistic integrity, but of greed and envy. He tampers with the nature of Bendy's story without really understanding it. In a way, it's a metaphor for corporate greed plunging its hands into a passionate, original work of art and turning it into mass produce and profit.
In the end, Audrey learns what Wilson and even Joey Drew failed to do - to accept the ink machine's twisted world for what it is. To recognise its merit and learn to appreciate it with all its flaws. She brings artistic integrity back into Bendy's world by becoming part of it and working to make it a more peaceful place.
I agree! Batdr was shockingly somewhat wholesome for a horror game. It has an actual overall theme, and it doesn’t feel empty like most horror games nowadays. Like, it’s not just there for scares, but to teach a lesson through its characters and story.
This whole comment is the reason i hate madison's ending, like it's so unsatisfying, BATDR on the other hand.
@company mandated therapy horror game
@company mandated therapy pretty good one
@@sh4rky466 I really like that it's basically the entirety of the whole Bendy franchise😊.
Fantastic video Pastra. I would like to partially disagree on the analysis of the Ink Demon’s final monologue though. It was more than just projection, it was the Ink Demon’s twisted form of empathy, while also serving as a demand for validation. Nothing he says in that scene is a lie or even that inaccurate. Audrey’s road was very much broken, she had no legs and was probably like a few minutes away from dying. She had believed herself human all her life, only to discover she was born from the same ink that made the Cycle’s hellscape. Thus, “her very existence was a terrible lie.”
While calling her a monster and a mistake was mainly the Ink Demon echoing what Joey had once called him, it’s worth pointing out that he probably full believes it’s true for both of them, because Audrey IS just like the Ink Demon. She is a soulless creature Joey Drew made using the ink machine. That’s why he’s so obsessed with Audrey willingly merging with him. The Ink Demon completely internalized the label of a demon after being tortured all that time, so the idea that he suffered for NOTHING all this time causes a sort of cognitive dissonance. He needs to prove that Audrey is a monster like him, because otherwise everything the Ink Demon has done would effectively be meaningless. He would have nothing left, nothing to define him. He can’t be Bendy, Joey already drove that point home. So he must be a monster, right? And so, Audrey must be a monster too. To the Ink Demon, his offer at the end of the game is genuinely meant to comfort Audrey, prove she isn’t alone in her grief, that they can be strong together and take revenge on those that harmed them.
This is important for the ending, because it signifies that Audrey did what Joey failed to do by allowing the Ink Demon to *choose* who he wants to be, allowing him to reclaim the Bendy identity he had abandoned after Joey rejected him.
In other words. If Joey was a better dad-
I'm freog, and I say, noice!
Bendys monologue strikes me more as manipulation. For some reason he wants Audrey to merge with him, and I assume the merging can only happen willingly. So he demoralizes her, manipulates her emotions and worldview to feel that there is no road other than merging with him.
i-i think i might cry.
that explanation was so beautiful, breathtaking and heart-wrenching.
@@aarrin5058 is ok to cri. U can cries now.
10:08 Audrey just shoves that ink guy out of the way and dives into a locker and everyone is like "damn she's on home base, guess we gotta go home"
@MUkitten2011you really love up to your name, huhm
Okay but the fact that Audrey gave Bendy more compassion than her father ever did despite him creating the both of them is making me emotional. Like Audrey ends up with Smol Bendy as if he’s a younger sibling to take care of, despite she’s technically older, but he never got to be that kid until now 🥺
Literally the only thing I would wish they had in the game is an actual conversation between Bendy and Henry. Like, the Ink Demon couldn't talk in the first game, but now he evolved to be able to speak and he clearly harbors pain and trauma from being abandoned by his creators. Even though Henry turning around and running from the Ink Demon in BATIM'S Ch-1 is one of the most important scenes in the franchise, it's never elaborated upon for some reason.
The finale could've been made even better if Henry and the Ink Demon had their own confrontation, where Henry fully affirms that he knows that the little devil darling that he created more than 30 years ago is still somewhere in that monstrous body and that he believes that the Ink Demon can choose to be more than a rage-fueled abomination. It could be a mirrored version of the final scene between Memory!Joey and Audrey, with Bendy finally choosing the let Audrey show him The End and giving himself a chance.
@@mrreyes5004
...aaaaaaannnd im taking this as my cannon now. There's nothing you can do now! It is my headcannon! /J
Bendy may be older than Audrey, he never got to enjoy life and can finally have someone care about him.
Kinda feels like the parent picking the youngest as the favorite and forgetting the firstborn child.
@@zolasamarita yea, basically yes
I love rewatching Joey’s last words “Just a pencil and a dream! …Isn’t enough. You have to have… heart.” Just shows how much joey learned as he grew older. Just makes his words a lot more impactful right as he’s being crushed and him revisiting his old famous words on how to be a successful person. By far one of the greatest lines I’ve heard in media.
Jesus! Most likes I’ve had ever were like 100. Guess a lot of you agree with me.
…despite how honestly cliched it sounds XD
@@awesomefox555 I mean, it's still true. Even in real life, Walt Disney only developed his animation studio into the massive success that it is today because he was willing to put ALL of his eggs into the animation basket that he was passionate about. The man literally bet his job, company and his home when he decided to make Snow White all those decades ago... and I think it's obvious now that it paid off _tremendously._
To hit the point home further, Disney Studios only began to fall into overworking decadence and scandals when Walt himself become more focused on profit and hierarchy (i.e. the infamous strikes and layoffs of the 40s). Just like how Joey eventually saw his empire fall when he lost sight of the heart that Henry brought to the studio, and only learned for himself about why Henry left the studio for family reasons when Joey had a child of his own, far more valuable than any work of art.
@@mrreyes5004 Having a dream can br a wonderful thing, becoming obsessed with that dream is when things start falling apart. Joey was so obsessed with his dream that he couldn't see the pain he was inflicting on everyone around him.
Gotta love corporate greed. It really does ruin everything
@@mrreyes5004 didnt walt disney support the nazis
love his work but
y'know
Wilson might be evil but damn Pastra really tore him apart
The amount of hard cutting insults in the span of just around 2 minutes was intense
If Pastra was wrong about him having an inferiority complex he certainly made it true with that take down
bro rlly said
0 rizz
0 bitches
0 talent
0 creativity
Ikr? I’m sitting here listening to Pastra tear him apart like daaaaaaaaaaaang
Seeing how Pastra is an artist, I can see where he’s coming from and why tore into him
For example, nowadays there are a bunch of Wilsons out there, AI “artists” are the IRL Wilsons
They call themselves creators despite not creating anything since the machine just takes and steals from others, saying artists will be replaced despite the machine being flawed and needing real artists work
And, of course, being bitter, angry and jealous of real artists because, deep down, they know they’ll never be recognized, taken seriously and be real artists
Man lucky Wilson didnt get to meet Pastra, otherwise, he would have been double dead
Especially since Wilson didn't do anything WRONG in his situation
He found out about the loop
He wanted to break it
There's countless other things he could've done but he chose the most roundabout way
I think the best part about Carly's mechanics is, the fact that you could completely skip over her introduction. Not even activate her, and game play would still go on normally, but with the way she's presented, it draws people into the mistake of meeting her, and then she certainly lets the player know that opening her box was a mistake.
Edit: I love Pastra's reaction to Joey showing up! Just the " What the- WHA HUH??? JOEY???" was pure gold XD
*Carley, please pronounce it right already.
I was completely shocked about Joey, and more so about seeing Henry. This was an incredible sequel, and was well worth the wait.
Well, wandering is a terrible sin
@@TheChildoftheDarknessthere's no pronouncing here it's all text
if you're gonna nitpick at least do it right
(the spelling is what's wrong here lol)
@@FrostFire425 🤔.
The one thing I missed from the original game is that you can't see the Ink Demon all that much when he begins hunting you. It's so intense to see this tall slender monster who is still trying to keep the Bendy design but still definitely a demon. A limping corpse with a horrid smile just brushing pass by your little miracle station.
Edit: this is not me hating on the Ink Demon's new design. I absolutely love it, I just wish we could actually see him roam around the areas more. Or at least when we were in Miracle Stations. I just want to see a lurking demon, literally crawling around the environments and even checking in hiding places for you. If anything I kind of wish there was a bit both, having the original form come back as a transition form from Ink Demon to Bendy and vice versa. Seeing the cartoon baby slowly get larger and dropping more and more of it's original features for more horror.
BATIM Ink Demon superiority
I guess we can't all be satisfied.
Yeah I agree, the ink demons overhaul is the only thing I think dark revival downgraded. The silent slim cartoon like demon is way more unsettling and creepy than a giant demon that can talk to the player
@@tingofingo1348 Maybe, but I think that the choice to give the Ink Demon a voice and a personality far outweighs that. In the first game, the Ink Demon was just a mindless beast who had no real character, just a one-dimensional living obstacle. Boring. But here, the devs actually gave him a proper motivation and in-depth character far more than merely a mysterious monster (which was discussed by Pastra here -> 1:04:40).
@@mrreyes5004 yeah and for the story of dark revival that works, I actually understand the change, but I disagree that the old bendy was “boring”. The new one feels far more cliched and boring to me if I’m being honest. I’ve always been more of a fan of the mindless monsters who you can’t understand, I think it provides more horror*. But for the story of dark revival it is true that bendy’s overhaul was necessary for the plot
26:03 my favorite part about Carly is realizing after you've been terrorized by her all game that if you just never opened the box, you wouldn't have had to deal with her 😩
Thank goodness I watched this video. Now when I play the game, I'm gonna make sure not to let Little Miss Jumpscare out of her box.
@@TheNightmareAngelYT bit late but from what i remember you need to do that scene to progress with the game anyways
@@daverave3561 Pastra says it's optional. He's played the game himself, so I believe him.
@@TheNightmareAngelYT I've played the game as well but only once and that one time I did I ended up unleashing it so I couldnt tell you
Something that adds to Wilson's character is that He caused Nathan Arch to own bendy. If I remember correctly, there's a line early in the game from Nathan which says, 'my son suggested movies!' Or something to that effect, which means he... caused everything, even unknowingly.
Yeah, Wilson suggested that Nathan start a movie studio. Nathan was inspired by that idea to create a cartoon studio, so he bought the rights to Joey Drew's characters, workshop equipment, and IP, kickstarting the events of The Dark Revival.
Woah you’re so right!!! I didn’t even connect that 👀
One detail i really liked about carley part was that if you just completely ignore the "come say hello" sign and dont get her out of the box, you can beat the game without facing her.
I actually missed the sign all together but I watched someone else play the game and let her out so I replayed the game to see if I could beat it with her. She definitely adds more of a challenge lol she scared me so much.😂😅
1:03:05 I genuinely wasn’t expecting the takedown of Wilson to be this thorough and harsh. “Talentless.” “No charisma.” Beautifully said.
+ L + ratio + no angels + stay mad
"No charisma" technically saying he has no rizz
NO DICK
NO BALLS
And probably no butthole either because this guy feeds on spite.
0 rizz + ratio
I feel like a really cool part of this interpretation of Wilson is the "break the cycle" bit; Joey's success and rise to power was fueled and based on someone else's work and effort, and so was Wilson's. It was Audrey who, in the end, broke the cycle of theft and lies that comprised the 'fame' of these people
Yeah! That's right! Very true honestly
Damn, Pastra's happiness is so contagious! I couldn't stop smiling from his commentary
well that's just how he is in all of his videos
EXACTLY
@@omaraliwan437 if you see his BATDR stream, he’s so happy about the game.
@@hungrywarnergaming5263 well bendy and the ink machine was his favorite horror game of all time and dark revival is even better
honestly i couldn't stop smiling the whole stream! his reactions to the game were insanely breathtaking
It was today that I realized that Wilson's blind eye in the real world is the one he sees with in the Ink world. A neat little detail.
Kinda impossible to miss that one from the get go, but okay.
@@TheChildoftheDarknesswell tbf I didn’t see it either
The significance of projection in this franchise, both literal and metaphorical, is very poetic. It seems like the writers might have been doing some projecting of their own when they made it. There are some strong parallels between the in-game story and the actual development process, even in the sequel. Mike Mood had created a cycle of his own, repeatedly tarnishing his and TheMeatly's creations; in the end he just had to leave it alone, and allow their world grow into something truly beatuiful.
OMG YOU’RE RIGHT
Part of me wonders if Joey’s pseudo-redemption in this game is at least partially because theMeatly wanted to disassociate the character from the memes about Mike Mood being an IRL Joey Drew.
@@theoverlord3937 It's also the fact that the Drew in the Dark revival is simply a memory of Joey's best times; his lasting legacy. That's exactly what this game is for Mike. He may not be personally involved anymore, but his impact on the project, for better or for worse, will always be remembered and appreciated.
@@theoverlord3937 Probably
What I like most about Pastra is that it touches on video points that I don't notice. Three years and worth the game
three years? you mean four and a bit
@@snakesbakecookies The game if I remember correctly was announced at the end of 2019
@@andrei6386 it was announced about two months after chapter five came out I think
@@snakesbakecookies "after 4 years in development, hopefully, it was worth the wait."
@@andrei6386 At the beginning of 2019.
BATDR always felt like a weird hybrid between the original and bioshock to me. The somewhat more realistic atmosphere combined with the "grundge" that it has gives off a much stronger feeling of a place that's been abandoned by everyone. This, combined with the protagonist having a few mystical ways to deal with monsters gave off so many vibes akin to how I felt when I played bioshock 1 for the first time. Its even better that the keepers would not feel out of place in Bioshock, just as a lot of the inhuman enemies from that game would fit well in Bendy if given a new coat of paint (or Ink if you prefer.)
Something I really like about the dialogues on the ending is that, in Joey´s final dialogue "Just a pencil and a dream... Isn´t enough. You have to have... heart" is a line that really hurts the Ink Demon because he had always have a heart, damn he´s heart beat is one of his main characteristic being an alert signal to know when he is near, and one of the most iconic sound effects of the Demon and Joey telling him that he could have been something good and beautiful even without a soul of his own (which was the reason they though the Ink Demon was a failure, but at the end we see it wasn´t) like we see with Audrey and with him actually achieving this in his "contained" form, is something that truly piss him off. Because if he had received the loved and compassion Audrey received from the world and their father Joey Drew, he might have become the Bendy he was supposed to be and not the monster and demon he actually became. And that´s also why he killed Joey with so much hatred and wanted to make Audrey part of him because; consuming Audrey would mean that no matter how you were treated, if you are born from the ink you are destined to be a monster like the Ink Demon and that Joey was only capable of making monsters like him, something that gave him confort. And killing Joey the way he did just recemblen how much the Demon hated that his father, how he hated Joey Drew for giving Audrey all the love that he never got and all that compassion that was stolen from him by his creator.
It wasn't even the real Joey.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness And that matter to this because?
@@e.supremacia2275 Huh?
It makes him just crushing Joey's body feel more personal.
@@Daveaintreal EXACTLY!
The Metroidvania-esque world design made the game feel so much bigger! You can walk from the very end of the game all the way back to the beginning and nothing's closed off. It was really refreshing after the first game only let you explore one area at a time
It really reminded me of alien isolation in the best way
Wild Flembons spotted
I think everyone had the same reaction to small bendy being "You're my friend now. We're having soft tacos later!"
This man is not small, though.
😢@@TheChildoftheDarkness
@@TheChildoftheDarknessnuh uh he's just a little guy
Can we all just... appreciate the vibes? Hes so FUCKING HAPPY in this opener. So elated. Its just nice to see someone happy with no string attached.
46:40 it also adds more meaning to the chapter by chapter release, even if unintentional! Each chapter is Joey adding more in, going back and adding new things in, adding Alison. I love this game
Jack Fain wasn't originally in CH2 so
@@Pinkels Well what they're saying is Joey could have been writing every chapter but could have also changed it at will. After all, it's his creation to mold.
It's really cool when ya think about it
You didn't mention this, but there's a post-credit scene showing the Ink Machine (and the items needed to activate it) getting loaded onto a Gent Corporations delivery truck in the middle of the night and then being taken away somewhere. This is probably hinting that there's a 3rd game in the works, probably featuring Gent as the main villains and that they want to use the Ink Machine for some unknown purpose.
seeing how eccentric and positive Pastra is, i feel like i'm being represented and i feel so much better about how intensely positive i become about my interests
its really comforting yeah
@@suliscool58 i love to ramble and get excited about what i'm interested in so seeing someone else who does and is loved for it makes me smile cause it helps me realise people do like hearing what i have to say as well
@@IndieDoodles @JaspytheEnby yeeehh. i also sometimes feel kinda bad after getting excited and acting really expressive/emotional bc of something im passionate about. so in that sense i find it comforting when other people do it too 😄
The neurodivergency is strong here
@@SomeRandomEcho thank you for noticing! i was diagnosed as autistic and ADHD when i was about 12-13 (genuine)
I really like how they handled the whole Jekyll and Hyde thing with Bendy in this game. See, a lot other games with this trope of your best buddy and worst enemy being two sides of the same coin have at least some sort of heartwarming and/or gut-wrenching "they're still in there" moment. Something like if the Ink Demon had Audrey cornered and about to kill her, but suddenly "remembered all the good times" for a moment and held himself back. This isn't a bad trope at all, mind you, and it's great for the feels.
But honey, this is a _horror_ game, a _Bendy_ game no less. The only "feels" here are despair and terror.
What makes it work so good in this it's that it's a TRUE Jekyll and Hyde scenario where neither side ever bleeds into the other. Ink Demon is not Lil' Bendy going berserk. Lil' Bendy is not Ink Demon made friendly. For all intents and purposes, they are two completely separate people. It really is as if BATIM Ink Bendy's "cartoon demon" form was split in half: the "cartoon" side becoming Lil Bendy, and the "demon" side becoming BATDR Ink Demon. Wilson may have lied about killing Bendy, but maybe there was some truth to when he said he "tore the Ink Demon in two."
What's even more neat is once this is revealed, you now by proxy have an emotional attachment to the Ink Demon. Soon after, you can't help but be at least a little upset hearing that the Keepers tortured Ink Demon as well as Lil' Bendy. The game makes you gaslight yourself into thinking you and Ink Demon are somehow on even slightly better terms, which it even more explicitly enables in Chapter 5 when the Ink Demon talks to Audrey _without_ threatening her, even warning her of Wilson's lies and calling him out for torturing him. I kid you not, when I was watching Pastra's stream and saw him show up to finish off Shipahoy Wilson, I said "Please be friendly" out loud. But no. This thing does not love you back in the slightest. He does not secretly want to be your friend as Lil' Bendy. Hell, he's not even thankful that you freed him _from_ Lil' Bendy. He is THE Ink Demon. As fun as it would have been, it honestly might have really downplayed just how damn intimidating they made Ink Bendy in this game if his monstrous form showed even the possibility of being "tamable".
(except ignore everything I juST SAID YOU ACTUALLY DO SORTA HAPPEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY THEY PULL A FREAKING SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY AND IT THE COOLEST FREAKING THING THE WORLD)
...That's what I was planning to comment on going into this, and then I got to the end of the video. I did notice Ink Bendy's projection, but I didn't really get a chance to think about it too much with all that craziness that was going on. They way you went into just _how much_ he was projecting onto someone he shares almost _nothing_ in common with was way more eye opening than I expected. In his effort to bring Audrey as low as possible, he says the most hurtful and painful things he can think of. And I mean, no wonder he's so laser-focused on Audrey; in a way, she's exactly what he was SUPPOSED to be: Joey's greatest creation, spawned directly from the Ink Machine (which begs the question of why she has a soul when Bendy didn't, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms, especially when you factor in a certain note from Joey that Pastra missed in his playthrough.
You genuinely made me start questioning just _how_ "split" Bendy's split personality actually is. I mean, the Ink Demon mimicking the same friendly gesture Audrey greeted Lil' Bendy with is proof enough that he IS by some means aware of what Lil' Bendy gets up to, and Lil' Bendy is known to possess similar powers to his Ink Demon self, like phasing through walls and being unkillable. After freeing the Ink Demon, he seems to switch back and forth somewhat frequently, showing up as Lil Bendy a few times, but once you actually see the transformation, Lil' Bendy, who's our friend by that point, doesn't really even look at us and just walks away in shame, never revealing himself to us in that form again once we know the truth, perhaps thinking there's no way we'd still wanna be friends (he's wrong fyi). If the Ink Demon was able to be turned into something/someone like Lil' Bendy, that would likely mean it'd had to have been a part of him. The way they made Ink Bendy from this unthinking entity of malice and rage to an actualy character with so much potential nuance is astonishing.
God this game, man. It answers so much and still leaves you so much more to think about, and it's simply amazing.
I quite agree with this analysis. During the game's development, I was worried that the devs would just keep the Ink Demon as a personality-less rage monster. But then BATDR came around and actually gave him a nuanced character with serious developmental potential. As you said, the Ink Demon's laser-focused hatred for Audrey makes sense: he is essentially jealous of how she was born "perfect" while he was abandoned as a "mistake".
Noice
I personally think that in BATIM, he was a character who was just very spiteful. He had grown accustomed to sadness and anger and henceforth nearly couldn't feel anything positive. However, he was not pure evil because whereas BATDR ink demon is always shown as a fearless demon fueled by anger, BATIM bendy was shown to, during the projectionist scene, display mercy and did actually panic, displaying fear, when the END was played.
Tl;dr
In BATIM, he is a satanic Grinch
In BATDR, he is liquid dalek
@@jeanremi8384 I would go even further and theorize that the Ink Demon in BATDR is a natural evolution of how he was back in BATIM. In the first game, Ink Bendy was basically a husk full of rage and fear, with only slight traces of human-like intelligence. In the second game, however, the added time as well as Wilson's experiments caused Bendy to forcibly grow in intelligence and in other emotions (whereas before he only had small traces of them).
In BATIM, he was pretty much an abused child lashing out at everything around him. By the time BATDR happens, he's more like a teen who has become smarter (which is why he can talk now), but it also means that he can show more sides of him that he couldn't possess/display back then. This is why his normal monster form is bigger and stronger than his design in BATIM, because Ink Bendy grew up in the same way that little simple-minded kids grow up into more complex adults. And it's why he can now turn into little Bendy who represents the child-like fear, sadness and curiosity that lies underneath his monstrous exterior.
The Little Bendy form of BATDR's Ink Demon basically embodies the mercy and deeper emotions that the BATIM Ink Demon only had bits and traces of without the same anger, while the base monster Ink Bendy form of BATDR's Ink Demon represents the same rage and power of the BATIM Ink Demon except now with added intelligence and maturity. People in real-life have different sides of their complex personality, so BATDR Ink Demon having two forms that embody the different parts of him perfectly represents how much he grew from his BATIM self.
@@mrreyes5004 I’ve seen a lot of your comments on this video and I have to say that you’re really talented with words and analysis!
Outside of bendy, the slicer has to be my favorite horror monster.
Not only does it attack at random, is unkillable, and unpredictable, she’s my favorite cause she’s completely optional.
It was fun watching people’s playthroughs, then they reach that moment and open the box out of curiousity, and i inew this was gonna be a fun watch.
She is basically the embodiment of “curiousity killed the cat” if she was the curiousity, and you the cat.
She is a punishment for looking into something that you shouldn’t. The whole game has you believe to check everything that you can interact with, and actually lulls you into a false sense of security. You had no reasons at that point to be cautious, as every locker and trashcan helped you, so you’d thinkmthe same for the crate, not knowing that you’ve just unleashed one of your worse enemies.
In a way, it teaches you to not fully trust in everything, as you might make your situation worse.
I love subversions like these. Especially when they have long-term effects, even if you were unaware.
After all, a good horror game makes you afraid of even the things you thought were safe.
I think that is a very similar mechanic to the 'silent spider splicers' in BioShock. Basically if you go looking around in the Fort Frolic level you find a room that contains a weapon upgrade and a ton of these plastered figures (that curiously bleed when struck). If you follow through and get to the upgrade the lights flicker and one of the figures attacks you immediately. And from that point on these fuckers are gonna be all around the level. They act like regular spider splicers, climbing up the walls and throwing hooks at ya, but with one key difference. They are completely silent. Other splicers have dialogue options so you can tell where they are but these plastered splicers are silent making them much harder to deal with. They freaked me out when I first played the game and the upgrade was only semi worth the hassle honestly.
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Now that the sequel to this series has been released, I think it’s clear that this game is a love letter (design-wise) to the Bioshock and Epic Mickey games. The hallways of the studio are very similar to the tunnels in the underwater city of Rapture, the music being an ominous loop of songs from the 1930’s and 40’s, and more direct references being the audio logs we find and Joey Drew acting in a similar way to Andrew Ryan. (Oh and the cartoon city window in Dark Revival REALLY being a reference to the opening of Bioshock.)
In relation to Epic Mickey, I think the toon style art direction is very similar, and the story revolving around former cartoon studio creations gone horribly wrong.
I’m actually pleased to see these elements being used in a game! I grew up with those titles and enjoying the environments and best of all, the horror and scary elements. I hope the next generation appreciates it.
Oh yeah. When I was watching SuperHorrorbro's playthrough of The dark Revival, I had Bioshock on the brain because I had just finished playing all three for the first time a few months ago(Yeah, Yeah, I'm late. The second was my favorite btw)
Anyway, while watching the videos I was thinking "all of this is giving me strong Bioshock vibes" (more Bioshocks 1 and 2 with the tight Rapture hallways and the audio logs than Infinite with the wide open spaces)
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONS EPIC MICKEY WHEN TALKING ABOUT THIS GAME!
Ever since i first saw this game it reminded me of epic mickey, like if the creators of that took it as far as they could to create a true horror experience, but so far, i have never found anyone bring it up.. FINALLY I FEEL VINDICATED AT LAST
I love how he's calm and collected throughout the whole explanation of why he loves the game, and then 16:10 and 38:43
And then there's the understandable little bendy orgasm
We meet the MOST ADORABLE PERFECT LITTLE MAN ON THE PLANET AND I Became a father.
@@notageologist3022 LiTTle GuY!!!!
I loved all three of the moments where his "PR person" had to drag him offscreen
@@Itsmeitsumi "Orgasm"💀📸🤨
39:00 that is one of the most wholesome and beautiful interactions I have ever seen, and you can bet I also immediately feel that we need to protect him from everything oh my god this is just so lovely
its a breath of fresh air to hear someone talk passionately about something they genuinely like
I’d recommend Super Eyepatch Wolf, his whole channel is dedicated to stuff he loves, and even if you don’t care or even know the topic, his passion for the subject is unparalleled.
This game might genuinely be the best horror game of 2022 with how much of a jump in quality it is compared to the first game
sure its graphicly better but i think the original is better in my eyes, there's no overpowered mechanic or anything like that. just a simple looped game while audrey is like "haha i can control literally anything im basically god" which kinda takes away the "horror" element
Many leagues better than sb
Probably is the best horror game this year cause like what else came out this year for horror?
Edit: I have since played Signalis. That beats this by a landslide. Go play it.
@@TRDRHDB hello neighbor 2 just came out lol
@@TRDRHDB but that’s not that scary.
Given the entire ending sequence, I feel like a major message to take away from it is... that the player is a part of the series' legacy.
You are what gives Bendy power, but you are the ones who control him in the process. And if that power inspires you, you can take everything you like from it, and create something truly astounding.
One thing that stuck out to me when Pastra was talking about Wilson's motivations, was how they seemed to mirror Joey Drew's motivations in the original game. While Joey Drew definitely is a very good idea's man, in the original game it there was a story of Henry's creations always being the ones that got praised. While Joey is left behind and the company falls to ruin after Henry left.
"Joey is a man of ideas...and *only* ideas..." -Henry Stein
*looks at Wilson*
Sounds familiar...right?
i love that the slicer is completely optional to have as an enemy because if you just leave the box alone she never can appear
I want Pastra to do concept art for a horror game. Their style would be amazing in reviving game series's like FNAF, where the horror aspect has more-or-less been ignored
You can tell that he genuinely put a lot of effort in this, which tells us how much of a fan he is of BATIM and BATDR
Thanks, captain obvious, we already figured that out.
Bro no need to be rude
Seeing the rainbow goop in the laboratory actually gave me chills because i knew instantly something was very off because there was color.
Am I the only one that really loves how the Bendy games also establish such different integral atmospheres?
the original game gives the feeling of a chaotic world, forced together and constantly breaking and remaking itself- an unstable, feral mess of a world, just like what Joey intended to create- a hell. The original world was chaotic, it was a living, breathing catastrophe.
And then Dark Revival comes in.
DR's version of The Studio is seen as much more organized, with established lore, titles, characters, places strung together in a mostly coherent manner. It's a much, much more organized way of life for those in The Studio, as if The Studio and everyone in it has evolved into something more civilized. But it still keeps that feeling that everything is falling apart, but it feels like someone's just taking it apart instead.
In a way, I feel like BATDR is to BATIM as Portal 2 is to Portal 1. A direct improvement that enriches the whole world, expands on the lore, gives a much more abundant gameplay experience, while still keeping the original in mind as the base to build up on. Considering that the creators are fans of Portal series (even referencing the Companion Cube in BATIM), this is not a surprising parallel to draw. They really did it right.
If I had a nickel for every time an old and famous indie game got a sequel in 2022 that fixes practically everything, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice
@@awesomefox555 wait, whats the 2nd one?
@@beethebee8 portal
Hello neighbour 2
@@awesomefox555 you mean the sequel with an hour long campaign that's going to be continued later? (priced 40 dollars at launch btw)
Dark Revival gave me MASSIVE Bioshock vibes and I mean that in the best way possible. I think it's exactly the direction this series needs to go in. I'm so excited to see what comes next for the series.
Considering I just replayed Bioshock, I know exactly what you mean!
Well from what I have heard, one of theMeatly’s favorite games is Bioshock so I guess he took inspiration from it for this game. I’m not complaining about that because from what I have seen of this game, this game makes Bioshock look like a chump
@@zeldagameryt4018 It takes a lot of what I love about Bioshock and improves on it.
It’s been clear to see the heavy inspiration the whole Bendy franchise got from Bioshock since the very start, and I absolutely love it.
Yeah, the Bioshock inspiration is very obvious. The Ink Machine's world, in this game especially, has a very similar vibe to Rapture, just sepia-toned studio instead of underwater "utopia". It's quite fascinating, and it definitely seems to *work* quite well.
42:18 Pastra's "JOEY?!" sounded so genuine
fun fact boris shows up a few times, just barely seen, once at the beginning for 3 seconds. and later at the factory, crawling in an opposing vent, he is easily missed. also we know its not tom because tom has a "robotic" arm. boris doesn't have this
where’s Tom?
SPOILERS❗️❗️❗️
Tom appears briefly after Allison kills Alice, as well as at the end when Audrey is escaping
Then it's probably the only other Boris we see alive; Buddy
@@pink_sky_morning4842 Tom is in the game he’s the boris with Alison he just looks different for no reason
@@majorghoul9017 it kind of sucks he doesn’t do much
38:43 - 40:11 This entire moment is a MOOD. Baby!Bendy is absolutely precious, and I’d protect him with my life.
Honestly my interpretation of the original bendy is as a creation of the ink he was unsure if he’s a cartoon or a monster shambling around the studio angry and soulless.
Until the very end of the game leading into BATDR where he fully embodies the demonic and monstrous side of himself and starts rampaging and terrorizing the people of the cycle.
Willson can only contain the beast while when Audrey comes into the picture she is the only person who can turn bendy into what he was truly meant to be that little devil darling we all loved from the cartoons.
The fact that everything Pastra said at the end was said at the beginning really makes it a "cycle"
It really shows how much effort in even the little things he put in this video
I do feel really bad for Henry. The real one is probably fine, but the one we know is so defeated and broken in the new game. Remember those Henry Stein logs that were released before chapter 5?... This poor guy has gone through the loops so much he could barely remember his name. Not mention he found out he wasn't real...
There is something kinda funny about the fact that there is a totally normal Henry out in the real world just living life without knowing he has a fake clone that was in a fanfic hell loop.
Henry: “Cycle? Ink clone? Parallel worlds!? Audrey wtf are you talking about, I just came by to say hi. Also when did you have a kid and why is he dressed like that?”
@@3amshreddedcheese304 Lol Audrey would be so confused!
Does anyone beside me reasonably believes that the Henry that we played as in BATIM and the Henry we encounter in The Pit and, later, in the end of BATDR was, in fact, the real Henry all along?
@@TheChildoftheDarkness Joey in dark Revival says that the real Joey made a fake Henry to torture on loop.
But the idea that this is the real one and a fake ink version of Henry is in the real world is kinda interesting.
@@strelitziamystery21 I just have a theory, A GAME THEORY. But I'm kinda too shy to share it. But I'll say that first of all is that both Henry's are in the Cycle.
Whenever I am looking at stuff involving Wilson, I feel like Wilson was suppose to be an sort of in game representation of Mike Mood. It likes up a bunch with how he acted and with him not being in the credits of the game, it feels a lot like TheMeatly giving him a middle finger without directly giving it to him.
Wait who is Mike Mood and what did he do again
Mike Mood was the co-creator of Bendy, he did some questionable stuff
For anyone curious about the timestamps for when Pastra annoyed his PR Manager:
16:10
39:52
58:08
Thank you!!😅
I love the little detail where each time the mouth changes.
Thank you very much, it's very important
She's there to make sure Clyde doesn't take over pastras body.
@@bigdon001 or the other way around.
That revival do be dark, though.
In all seriousness, it overjoys me that not only is BATDR finally here, but it's also leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. It was a long three years, but it sure as heck was worth it. And honestly, Pastra's enthusiasm and love for this franchise makes the experience even more enjoyable personally.
Sure is good to be a Bendy fan.
I really like the way you dug into this game,it made me appreciate a lot of different little details I didn't pick up on the first time,and also just clearing up the plot was one of the most satisfying things.
This game is a miracle 9/10
Is it me? Or do I just love seeing Pastra fanboy over Bendy? It’s so wholesome
We all think he’s our child. And he is. PROTECT THE BABY BOI HE SO CUTE 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😡😡😡😡😡😡😭😭😭😭😭😭
the fact that after so many years Bendy could come back with such flying color (so to speak) is really cool to see, I really have enjoyed watching the game series grow since 2017.
Can I just say, your videos have the upmost quality on RUclips nowadays. I just discovered you in recent months and I highly consider you one of the most naturally talented RUclipsr I’ve ever seen
Something I noticed in Chapter 0 (Real world part, Piper encounter, Allison encounter, ect) is that it has a small reference to something that happens in Chapter 5 of the original game. When we first meet Allison, she holds Audrey's arm for a few seconds before quickly taking her hand off it and saying "Don't touch me!". This IMMEDIATELY called me back to the finale of Bendy and the Ink Machine, where Allison and Tom couldn't go with Henry into the ink machine because, as she says, "A drop of water in the ocean is rarely seen again".
Edit: Nevermind, I think Audrey said that, still a fun thought though.
You mean the Prologue?
@@TheChildoftheDarkness Its never called a Prologue, so thats basically just what you think.
Don't mind me, just putting my favourite parts of this video-
16:10 - 16:18 - About Alice and her new design
25:15 - 29:29 - About the new member of the Butcher Gang, Carly (Carlie? Carli?).
38:38 - 40:11 - About Little Bendy.
42:09 - 42:19 - About Joey Drew.
58:08 - 58:22 - About Alice... AGAIN.
1:08:32 - 1:08:41 - “SAMMY JUST GOT FUCKING SHOT”.
1:09:34 - 1:09:57 - About the end.
Pastra unapologetically simping for Alice is hilarious to me
@@Lemonboba1 the thing that makes it even more hilarious is that he used to deny it lol
@@TBG55 Hey at least they put a Wilhelm scream over his fall. God I love how people still use that.
Sammy was simultaneously my favorite and least favorite character from BATIM. It was weird seeing him die and being like "Fuck yes, that's what you get!" And " HOLY FUCK SAMMY JUST DIED!"
@@JohnDoe12345. oh crap when did it happen? I missed it
I think the fact that Carly is entirely optional, makes her less of a scary threat as the Ink Demon.
Mainly because even if it is your own commuppance, Carly's biggest inconvience is spooking you- she isn't that much of a threat beyond just the scare-
the Ink Demon has so much going in the atmosphere, that while you DREAD him coming, the moments last sooo much longer making the fear far more vibrant.
Can you imagine how exhausted I am?
I think the best part about the part where the end was played, was the fact it was played on the projectionist’s head, probably giving the projectionist his revenge, kinda like “did ya miss me, bendy?”
"One of these days I'm gonna get my light and go see what's causing all the fuss below me".
“BET YA WISH YOU DIDN’T RIP MY HEAD OFF NOW, HMMMM?”
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have always been confused at Wilson being very angry at his Father. But now knowing that Bendy mainly represents his Father makes a ton more sense. No wonder he's been torturing the Ink Demon. He's even been torturing poor Bendy too :c
It's honestly also fitting, because the Ink Demon can oddly _relate_ to Wilson because the Ink Demon has reasons to hate both Henry AND Joey who were his own creators, the same way Wilson hated his father. The Ink Demon and Wilson are also neat Foils to each other as characters; Wilson was a pathetic and envious rat who tried to make himself out to be a glorious hero, while Bendy was a genuine good guy cartoon who was abused into monstrosity.
@@mrreyes5004 Poor Henry didn't really do anything though
@@hollowwoods7130 True, but a large number of people have theorized that when the Ink Demon lunged through the boarded-up wall at Henry in Chapter 1 of BATIM, he wasn't actually trying to attack Henry; he was actually just trying to reach out to him from behind the boards. Henry obviously ran away, and the Ink Demon interpreted that to mean that another of his creators abandoned him because he wasn't created perfectly.
Of course, Henry didn't know about anything Joey was doing and Henry didn't mean anything by it (bc the Ink Demon IS terrifying to look at). But even without that earlier incident, the Ink Demon probably also despised Henry for abandoning the studio 30 years before because that meant Henry wasn't around to stop his cartoon creations (ie. Bendy) from being abused and experimented on by Joey and Gent Corporation. I'm not saying Henry is any kind of villain, because he had no way of knowing that Joey would go on to perform such atrocities. But from the Ink Demon's perspective, it looked like his true creator/father left him behind to be experimented on and locked up by greedy false-creators just because he didn't look exactly like the original cartoon that Henry made. The Ink Demon was so pained and isolated that he was inevitably going to lump Henry in with Joey and other people who screwed the Ink Demon over due to Henry being his actual creator (AKA the indirect cause of the Ink Demon's suffering as a failed copy).
@@mrreyes5004 No. There's a hidden tape recorded by Wilson that implies that he isn't all that talentless and worthless as Pastra says (damn he mocked him). And if you'd read "The Lost Ones" you'd know that the Ink Demon was always MEANT to be a failure, that didn't realize its true nature and purpose yet, but by the games's events, starting with BATDS, it did.
29:56 theres always something so hilarious how when you watch the gameplay, and you just see the mouse shake out of fear when a jumpscare occurs but you can't hear or see the person getting jumpscared
The Thing I like about BATDR is how much improvement they made to the Ink Demon in this game. Seriously, every time he appears, you get this sense of panic in you because you can't see him coming. Plus the model just looks way more better then how he looked in the original game. He looks more like an actual demon, when you get a good look at him in cutscenes.
How I see his redesign is more on how Christianity has described demons to be. For example, normally in western media today, we normally know what a typical demon looks like. A person that had red skin along with very long black horns. But with demons in Christianity around the 18th century, demons along with Satan himself were originally described as goats that Witches would offer sacrifices or offerings. And ironically enough, Bendy is shown to have Goat like hooves as feet. Kinda like how Demons and Satan himself were originally portrayed as in Christianity before the modern era. Which is a pretty interesting detail not going to lie. Who knows. Maybe in the next Bendy game revolving around the cycle in the future, maybe we could get a group of people that are witches that always warships the Ink Demon (kinda like Sammy) and always without fail, offer sacrifices or offerings to him as a way make him happy.
By the way, if you guys are just trying to look for the source of this piece of information I got from Christianity , then I recommend you look at something called "Animals of Evil". Where it shows an Oil painting made in the 18 century around Europe that describes a type of gathering of people being called witches that would offer sacrifices or offerings to Satan himself. It's genuinely interesting, I recommended it.
Edit: Also I love the fourth member of the Butcher Gang. Carley. She is genuinely kinda like a troll within the Bendy franchise. No really, I'm being serious here. She is just like a troll, that loves to freak people out, just because she can. Carley, you are my favorite member of the Butcher Gang. Carley, lets mess with Pastra together. Shall we? :)
Your enthusiasm and passion are pandemically infectious. I have to thank you for that.
After your retrospective on Batim, it reignited my enjoyment of the franchise and fandom and really heightened my experience of Batdr, more than I ever predicted.
But furthermore, your joy is so contagious that my first thought upon seeing this video was "Oh, thank god, they loved it!" And it really made my day just basking in the second hand delight that you express with the game's release.
Your passion and love for horror make it a joy to watch all your videos and your artwork is an inspiration to my own interest in macabre work.
Please keep using your talents for the videos you do. It'll be my pleasure to keep following your work .
“Chat I need a minute, chat..chat I need a minute. I need some water” some of his horror reactions are also downright hilarious
I've been delayed on completing the game for far too long, but after beating it finally, I can watch this video. You definitely outdid yourself on this one. Everything you said here was exactly what I thought during my playthrough. I especially loved your analysis on the Ink Demon's interaction with Audrey at the end. Fantastic work Pastra!
Yes and no.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness?
the rage in pastra's voice when they're explaining carley is peak comedy
Just got to this point when I saw this , I have never laughed harder at an explanation in my life. Losing my marbles rn
I'm surprised I got the Carley achievement and the No death achievement in one run. I got scared and flicked my mouse everywhere, every time she popped up. And yet I somehow. Never. Died.
i will never forget the amount of screams this mans let out in that game, it was pure joy just burst out, especially when baby bendy was first seen that whole scene was made so much better by pastra literally melting away into a puddle
"Baby" Bendy doesn't exist.
@@TheChildoftheDarkness huh? Wdym?
Pastra writes everything in his script at the right time and pace... man I need to pay him to structure my college essays-
Also, The searchers are considered the one creature that might be directly controlled by the ink demon. And one thing that they are said to lack, is legs. Before audrey makes the deal with the devil. She lacks her own legs.
I think one of my favorite little details is that when you sit there long enough, you can start to hear the music a lot better, more loudly. I’m a chronic hider, no matter what, I’ll always manage to hide in a box or locker for far too long (like, for minutes) and I’m not sure if this is something meant to happen, or if my brain fabricated it, but the longer I’d wait in a hiding place, the louder the music became, making the atmosphere a bit more panic inducing. It’s like the game is telling you to move on already, that the longer you wait, the more likely it is you’re gonna regret it. I do hope that this isn’t just something my brain put together itself, because it’s such a cool idea. It goes along with Alison telling you in the beginning to not stick around one spot for too long, as well as, well, the longer you stick around in one area, the Ink Demon’s gonna spawn there at any moment.
The optimism and positivity is always so insanely intoxicating, thank you for creating this wonderful video. Sure, you recognize that the game has flaws, like any game, but you're approach to just enjoy it to the fullest anyway is so positively amazing. As much as I'm no big Bendy fan (only watching playthroughs up to around chapter 3, partly because of how slow they released 😅), I was so engaged and invested in this passionate rant about a game made for people just like you. I can imagine being a dev of this game, watching this video, and just having the biggest, stupidest grin plastered on my face knowing that I succeeded in exactly what I wanted to help accomplish, working so hard to make an experience for someone to absolutely love
The story of the ink demon is so good. I love when characters, even villains, have deep backstories that explain why they feel that way. But I especially love how the game presents it. You will miss it if you aren’t careful, and you’ll misunderstand what the ink demon represents. He represents joey’s mistakes and greed before he met Alison, and Audrey represents his development as a character and how he grew as a person. It’s amazing I love it so much
I love this game. The aesthetic is superb, the atmosphere is immersive. Incredible.
your persona character is so perfect i love it, the expression and the artistic rubberhose actions it can perform, it's also adorable whilest having a spooky vibe, and your video quality is so flawless, keep up the good work
Alice was brought back to us just to get stabbed again😔
Its nice to get that send off though. I have a lot of theories that Alice/Susie's backstory is way more tragic than at seems and this was indeed a bittersweet scene for bestest angel
There's much more tragic character who, unlike her, IS an absolute fallen angel, I hope she'll go to Heaven. She's not a Bendy character.
@@TheChildoftheDarknessoh shut up no one cares
The bendy franchise will always have a crescent-shaped hole in my heart the team really knew what they were doing (there's also a Wilhelm scream when Sammy falls)
My favorite moment related to this game was during Ranboo's stream. They basically spend the first hour or whatever being like "I just want a little Bendy plush following me around everywhere and he'd be so cute and I'd love him so much." And they're going down some stairs going on another rant about it, start walking backwards down the stairs to demonstrate the ideal height for the Bendy plush, and turn around to see *EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NEXT ROOM.*
The time is 1:24:47 in the VOD on the RanbooVODs channel by the way. The moment is absolutely magical.
*Pastra:* Time to play the sequel to my favorite game!
*Carly:* I’m about to end this man’s whole career
*Carley, for goodness sake.
Pastra going "LITTLE BENDY" "LITTLE GUY!!" has so much excitement it's a whole new person and I can't stop laughing
Update: being followed with "I WOULD KILL FOR HIM" is _also_ a totally new person and I'm concerned lmaooo
16:28 The Keeper's design is actually very reminiscent of Subject Delta from BioShock 2. They both have almost the same exact design for the face, down to the coloring. Also, the two limbed arm can be seen as an homage to the drill arm that Subject Delta has. This is probably due to the fact that BioShock serves as the main inspiration for Bendy.
I love this game so much. I would’ve LOVED it if we saw Buddy Boris in a chamber in the captured cycle breakers room and/or joined Henry in helping us at the end. Although we did see him for glimpses in chapter 1, I would’ve loved to see him more.
Same, but he's also in Chapter 4: he can be seen crawling through the ventshaft opposite to Audrey's when we first see Keeper's lower body parts. Probably he is the subject who broke out that Keepers were talking about at that very moment.
My favorite part of the game was the first meeting of the ink demon. The way he spoke was absolutely breathtaking, it felt like my tongue and brain were rattling to his words.
Also, he has very nice teefers!
yeah it was breathtaking alright 🥴
Slicer will always have a place in my heart as my favorite jumpscare, with the keepers being my favorite enemy
I love how they took the crooked deformed bendy and reformed it into a perfect almost biologically accurate eyeless demon,from the smooth teeth to the clover hooves,it's demonic yet at the same time a feral animal