This--specifically, the part with the heart monitor--is one of those moments from any work of fiction that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life.
@@thegrandnil764 You're not wrong at all. At the end of the day, Johnny was kind of terrible, and nothing could change the fact that the "real" River still ultimately died heartbroken, betrayed, and alone. That being said, though... I still think this ends up being extremely effective. (And that this is a fantastic sci-fi premise with tons of potential.)
I randomly thought of coming back here and challenged myself not to cry at the ending but the moment I heard the flat line from the heart monitor, I burst into tears. This is absolutely beautiful and one of a kind.
It’s such a hard stab in my heart seeing this. I finished this game with the love of my life and left him just a few weeks later. We just weren’t happy on a physical level. However he just hugged me as I cried a few minutes after finishing this game, without asking questions. I miss moments like this with him.
The saddest part can be that his memory doesn't exist anymore. River from the starship, and the visions of living their life until the good days of old just weren’t true. Everything was just an anima he saw in her, before they started dating. The question is if the true happiness and sense of accomplishment are something we could possibly achieve alone, without the presence of the ones we care about. They may be nothing more than projections of our dreams, imposed on imperfections, which makes them real humans. They too struggle with their own issues, just like us. John spends his time after River’s death in search of answers, yet the answers were inside him all along. Change made by dr Eva removed the true reason for what he wanted go th the Moon, what made the whole wish meaningless, but he still enjoyed it.
I absolutely agree. this story deserves to be accessible by everyone. people complain about video game movies, but hollywood just chooses the wrong movies to adapt. probably because of brand recognition
Fantastic, touching and very bright story, one of the best I've ever experienced. And the ending. I'm quite a big russian guy with beard, but I couldn't hold back the tears, really.
yup Some people were like "Are they in a memory?" um no Kan explained that it was the sign of pain when that red flash goes off, Neil is going through a withdraw from the effects of the painkillers
I remember the first time I heard that flatline. I was tensed up because I knew this was the end and we were seeing this man’s final moments. When he flatlined, my eyes closed and my head dropped.
And I just lost my grandpa last February, too - he committed suicide through drinking pesticide apparently. After grandma's Alzheimer symptoms got worse and she had to go away, he couldn't take it any longer. Now this story has gone onto another level of personal for me ;~;
I'm sorry for your loss, but I somehow get the feeling that you're exploiting your grandfather's issues in an attempt to receive personal attention... which is quite disgusting. The reason why I have these suspicions is mainly because you're mentioning something incredibly personal, which shares no relevance to the ending of To the Moon. I have no intentions of offending you, but there's other ways to honor your grandpa's legacy, than to mention his case down the comment section of a video which happened to make us feel sad. I would simply refrain from ever mentioning deceased family members on RUclips, as it's ultimately a very disrespectful thing to do.
@@quirkyusername1093 Because said "attention" will be rewarded so awesomely with thousands of likes and comments that will buy me food and pay for my rent. Whee.
I agree with Buskman. Doesn't seem all that "personal" if you're okay treating his apparent suicide, and method he used, like a casual topic of conversation. Why share something like that when it has nothing to do with the character? That's just a horrible and fucked up way to go.
rn my grandpa has terminal cancer, and my grandma died of cancer 6 years ago or so. They got divorced when my mum was 16 but they always loved each other, and just a couple of months before my grandma's death, they made up, and she passed away in peace. As I know my grandpa is soon to join my grandma some time soon, this ending hit very close to home. I must say that I really am gonna miss him a lot
I wasn't expecting to cry here, since I already knew the story from a let's play years ago... but 2:39 just hit different. Anya was there since the start of the game. It was there for Johnny and River through their adult and sick years, as they looked off to the other lighthouses they'd hoped to meet. And it practically got forgotten about since most of the memories are before they come to Anya. So after the long journey to get them to the lighthouses in the sky, seeing Anya's light shining up from the ground with the music shifting back to piano, almost like it was reaching out to Johnny one last time to say goodbye... even now it's enough to break me.
I must say I've never considered this until now, but is it possible that John and River on the log again as children with the white background is not a simple flashback, but actually the two of them being reunited in the afterlife? So even though she died thinking he forgot their first meeting, they were able to meet again and relive it?
This game was really touching. I teared up multiple times. But I noticed something strange. At 1:06, why does it look like there's another Neil standing underneath Neil and Eva? Combined with the post-credits scene of this game, it seems to imply that we're dealing with memories inside memories. In other words, while the game was about Eva and Neil altering John's memories, it seems like the entire game itself is just one long memory inside Neil's mind.
Yes, you're probably right. Haven't played the other games yet but in the post credits scene just before Neil walks offscreen we get a red tinted screen
I just played this game for the first time. I had always heard great things about the story, and it lived up to the hype. The gameplay may be lacking, but the story is amazing. One of the best examples of video games being an art form. Thank you to the creators for this masterpiece of a game
He is addicted to painkillers (the pills he took after the flash) and because he takes too much of them he's in bad shape, probably getting heavy headaches, which are indicated by the red flash.
I'd like to point this out and I know I am late, but this theory is generally wrong. (HEAVY SPOILERS FOR IMPOSTOR FACTORY) Neil has the same genetic disorder that killed his mother Lynri. He presumably takes these pills to treat the disorder or at least stop the pain. He is already in bad shape because *his disorder could go malignant and kill him at any time.* The red flash indicates that the disorder may be flaring up at that time.
omg so emotional on the verge of tears, i didn't even know this game and i only knew it from looking for the song "to the moon" and i already love it ...
I have a theory.... SPOILER in the post credit scene there was a hint that the whole time Neil and Eva and this case was just a memory since the screen blinked red like how they dived into John's memory and everytime John had his health failing it blinked red. What if the ending that we got in "To the Moon" is just a memory revised to get the ideal outcome? What if the reality of Johnny and River's case is that they never erased River in Johnny's memory?? What if the "To the Moon" ending that we got is what Neil's regrets and Eva is the one modifying his memories????
This ending fucking destroyed me the first time I saw it and it's not a whole lot *less* potent now some time later. Goddamn it, this is a fucking beautiful ending to a fucking beautiful game.
not to mention that Eva remove the meaning toward's Johnny's reason as to why he wants to go to the moon. Like in their childhood, they promised each other if they got lost they would regroup on the moon. Johnny's subconscious remembered. Johnny lost River, that's why he wants to go to the moon, to be with River again. Removing River removed all meaning to John's wish. John's wish, going to the moon, literally meant being with River.
You know whats the worst part? River died thinking he husband didnt remember his romise, and all the guilty led him to vaguely remember the promise tonher wife
Actually, we can't be sure. It was never confirmed in the game, he might as well feel pain because of illness or something like this. It might also turn out to be inception, but I think Kan has some more imagination.
Umm no. As it turns out there was no better ending. Johnny never wanted to go to the moon until River died, and he never gained the motivation to go to the moon after Eva removed her from his memory. His desire to go to the moon was based entirely on his desire to see River again, and the reason he didn't make it in the end is because he never connected with River, not until maybe the very end where they can both be seen as young kids sitting on a log. The tragedy in this is that River died before any of her efforts were ever realised.
No it's terrible and it says nothing with every other song in the game and the feeling this game gives you. The only thing they have in common is the title, excuse me wtf
You don't beat this game. The game beats you.
Beats you into a bloody fucking pulp of tears. And it's beautiful.
Into the ground. Over and over. And you thank it.
Man I just finished it and I am SHATTERED.
this game whips out the comically large emotional hydraulic press and slowly crushes you to death with it
The final beep at the end is enough to make me cry especially when it starts to sound wavy towards the end
This game should just be declared artistic heritage of humanity.
100% agree. It's made enough people cry to be remembered as such.
To think that a game of pixels made me cry like never before is itself a prove of how much of a masterpiece this plot was.
This--specifically, the part with the heart monitor--is one of those moments from any work of fiction that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life.
Isn't this game about gaslighting someone by going into their brain and fucking with shit?
That sounds pretty horrible to me.
@@thegrandnil764 You're not wrong at all. At the end of the day, Johnny was kind of terrible, and nothing could change the fact that the "real" River still ultimately died heartbroken, betrayed, and alone. That being said, though... I still think this ends up being extremely effective. (And that this is a fantastic sci-fi premise with tons of potential.)
I legit full on cried. I don't cry at fiction. This is the first and only time I did.
Try the game Rakuen by Laura Shigihara if you havent already. One of my favorite non-combat games.
I randomly thought of coming back here and challenged myself not to cry at the ending but the moment I heard the flat line from the heart monitor, I burst into tears. This is absolutely beautiful and one of a kind.
I just finished the game, instantly added the soundtrack to my playlist. What a beautiful journey it was
It’s such a hard stab in my heart seeing this. I finished this game with the love of my life and left him just a few weeks later. We just weren’t happy on a physical level. However he just hugged me as I cried a few minutes after finishing this game, without asking questions. I miss moments like this with him.
Saddest part about this is that nothing really changed, just his memory.
The saddest part can be that his memory doesn't exist anymore. River from the starship, and the visions of living their life until the good days of old just weren’t true. Everything was just an anima he saw in her, before they started dating. The question is if the true happiness and sense of accomplishment are something we could possibly achieve alone, without the presence of the ones we care about. They may be nothing more than projections of our dreams, imposed on imperfections, which makes them real humans. They too struggle with their own issues, just like us. John spends his time after River’s death in search of answers, yet the answers were inside him all along. Change made by dr Eva removed the true reason for what he wanted go th the Moon, what made the whole wish meaningless, but he still enjoyed it.
It implies they met in the afterlife at 4:36
@@Szkarlatynowa well the ending implies they found each other again on the moon aka the afterlife. Lets just hope that John remembers everything.
I still cry like a little bitch every time I watch this ending even 5 years after I first played it
Same
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As the patient monitor started beeping at 3:30 I could literally feel MY OWN heart aching with it too...
I break down in tears every single time the heart monitor sound starts to play
It actually starts around 2:49 but it's not as noticeable with the piano melody. But it does get louder and louder until it's the only sound present.
With some tweeks to the story, this could make a fantastic movie.
I absolutely agree. this story deserves to be accessible by everyone. people complain about video game movies, but hollywood just chooses the wrong movies to adapt. probably because of brand recognition
I imagine many people comparing it to Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.
Honestly, it's probably the only videogame that could earn an Oscar for Best Picture if done right. The story has a Titanic feeling to it.
TO THE MOON ANIME FILM ADAPTATION WAS JUST CONFIRMED!!!
That wouldn't be necessary, a good story mustn't be remade, it may lose some of it's values.
Fantastic, touching and very bright story, one of the best I've ever experienced. And the ending. I'm quite a big russian guy with beard, but I couldn't hold back the tears, really.
И я. 10 лет прошло прошло, а эта игра все еще лучшая
for fucks sake i played this game like a year ago, and seeing this after all this time still makes me cry
5 years and still hitting too close
I was doing fine until the "BEEEEEEEEEEEEP" then I exploded and cried so much...
I haven't played the game for four years. I'm stll crying.
@@elsteven0 right?!?!
can you explain the ending? i dont understand what happened
Every time I watch this I cry. Every time. If you have dry eyes and you want some tears, watch this
lie down
try not to cry
cry a lot
yup Some people were like "Are they in a memory?" um no Kan explained that it was the sign of pain when that red flash goes off, Neil is going through a withdraw from the effects of the painkillers
I remember the first time I heard that flatline. I was tensed up because I knew this was the end and we were seeing this man’s final moments. When he flatlined, my eyes closed and my head dropped.
And I just lost my grandpa last February, too - he committed suicide through drinking pesticide apparently.
After grandma's Alzheimer symptoms got worse and she had to go away, he couldn't take it any longer.
Now this story has gone onto another level of personal for me ;~;
this made me cry fuck i hope ur doing fine
I'm sorry for your loss, but I somehow get the feeling that you're exploiting your grandfather's issues in an attempt to receive personal attention... which is quite disgusting.
The reason why I have these suspicions is mainly because you're mentioning something incredibly personal, which shares no relevance to the ending of To the Moon.
I have no intentions of offending you, but there's other ways to honor your grandpa's legacy, than to mention his case down the comment section of a video which happened to make us feel sad.
I would simply refrain from ever mentioning deceased family members on RUclips, as it's ultimately a very disrespectful thing to do.
@@quirkyusername1093 Because said "attention" will be rewarded so awesomely with thousands of likes and comments that will buy me food and pay for my rent. Whee.
@@Pakkens_Backyard it's mostly about respecting deceased family members
I agree with Buskman. Doesn't seem all that "personal" if you're okay treating his apparent suicide, and method he used, like a casual topic of conversation. Why share something like that when it has nothing to do with the character? That's just a horrible and fucked up way to go.
Years later . Still crying
@1:09
Look closely. Theres another Neil behind Neil and Eva.
Could a dying Neil be watching his own memories and enabled interaction for that moment?
No
Maybe, in next games
@@StarryRiver3 no, please
dammit i played the other games and DONT MAKE ME CRY AGAIN DAMN IT
rn my grandpa has terminal cancer, and my grandma died of cancer 6 years ago or so. They got divorced when my mum was 16 but they always loved each other, and just a couple of months before my grandma's death, they made up, and she passed away in peace. As I know my grandpa is soon to join my grandma some time soon, this ending hit very close to home. I must say that I really am gonna miss him a lot
is this fortnight?
is your grandpa alright now?
I wasn't expecting to cry here, since I already knew the story from a let's play years ago... but 2:39 just hit different.
Anya was there since the start of the game. It was there for Johnny and River through their adult and sick years, as they looked off to the other lighthouses they'd hoped to meet. And it practically got forgotten about since most of the memories are before they come to Anya. So after the long journey to get them to the lighthouses in the sky, seeing Anya's light shining up from the ground with the music shifting back to piano, almost like it was reaching out to Johnny one last time to say goodbye... even now it's enough to break me.
I must say I've never considered this until now, but is it possible that John and River on the log again as children with the white background is not a simple flashback, but actually the two of them being reunited in the afterlife? So even though she died thinking he forgot their first meeting, they were able to meet again and relive it?
That was always how I liked to think of it.
come here once in a while to cry my eyes out
I felt so bad for the real River. It's heartbreaking.
This game was really touching. I teared up multiple times. But I noticed something strange. At 1:06, why does it look like there's another Neil standing underneath Neil and Eva? Combined with the post-credits scene of this game, it seems to imply that we're dealing with memories inside memories. In other words, while the game was about Eva and Neil altering John's memories, it seems like the entire game itself is just one long memory inside Neil's mind.
Yes, you're probably right. Haven't played the other games yet but in the post credits scene just before Neil walks offscreen we get a red tinted screen
I searched for this, thinking I just watch it again for the nostalgia. I can't. I simply can't. I can't risk nearly drowing in tears again.
4:03, every time... Best story game I've ever played.
I keep coming back to this now, it's so bittersweet 😭
I cried so much, later i play this game with my wife and ... We cried so much :( Beautiful masterpiece
Can't deal with this feel
It’s been a couple years now since I’ve played this game and when I play this video, I still break down every time.
I just played this game for the first time. I had always heard great things about the story, and it lived up to the hype. The gameplay may be lacking, but the story is amazing. One of the best examples of video games being an art form. Thank you to the creators for this masterpiece of a game
One of these days I'll be able to finish this game without crying. Maybe.
He is addicted to painkillers (the pills he took after the flash) and because he takes too much of them he's in bad shape, probably getting heavy headaches, which are indicated by the red flash.
Q I’m really late but what if he died and was a patient himself???
@@Hexcade I'm late but not as late as you, I thought that too, maybe they failed that mission miserably, and he wished they had succeeded
Don't the red flashes only happen when you're inside someone's head/memories?
I'd like to point this out and I know I am late, but this theory is generally wrong.
(HEAVY SPOILERS FOR IMPOSTOR FACTORY)
Neil has the same genetic disorder that killed his mother Lynri. He presumably takes these pills to treat the disorder or at least stop the pain. He is already in bad shape because *his disorder could go malignant and kill him at any time.* The red flash indicates that the disorder may be flaring up at that time.
The final beep Makes me Cry! 😢 aaaaaaaaah😭
omg so emotional on the verge of tears, i didn't even know this game and i only knew it from looking for the song "to the moon" and i already love it ...
3:45 is the love of his life with him
Yes, but actually no
4:03 That idea is a genius
This never fails to make me cry. Amazing story telling!
It should be a crime to interrupt this video to show an ad with a guy yelling cheerfully
This game really made me cry T^T
Awesome game, best storyline and it makes you cry at many moments.
first time, such an exciting melody at the beginning makes me want to cry
After 8 years every single time
When come to the end
I still cry
Just cry
Surprise to see my own comment here
I still crying btw
To this day, sure i dont fully cry, but its enough to make me tear up, i need to replay this game
when men cried
Don't mind me, just passing through for the feels and nestolgia... can't wait to play the sequal!
2:25 i just adore Neil
Years later and still makin' me cry
I did not plan to struggle with tears at work today, but here we are.
This is the first and only time I ever cried at a game,
I played this game at 2015
I have a theory....
SPOILER
in the post credit scene there was a hint that the whole time Neil and Eva and this case was just a memory since the screen blinked red like how they dived into John's memory and everytime John had his health failing it blinked red. What if the ending that we got in "To the Moon" is just a memory revised to get the ideal outcome? What if the reality of Johnny and River's case is that they never erased River in Johnny's memory?? What if the "To the Moon" ending that we got is what Neil's regrets and Eva is the one modifying his memories????
7:23 when played for the first time, I thought Dr. Watts was also dying and we were actually in his memory all the time.
Ever got the best ending but the worst ending bc it never happened. Bro... im not crying, youre crying 😢
Man, I feel so sorry for River
Слишком грустная сцена для меня 🥺
Normal game hard mode: More difficulty enemies
To the Moon hard mode: Play without crying
Bro I cant even beat easy mode
A few games that makes me cries.Like baby.
That's not the real ending - just a part of it. The real feels are way deeper than this shorted version.
the final beep sound as johnny and river were arrived to the moon
플레이한지 5년이 더 넘어서 내용 다 까먹었는데 엔딩 연출은 생생하게 기억나는 게임
This ending fucking destroyed me the first time I saw it and it's not a whole lot *less* potent now some time later. Goddamn it, this is a fucking beautiful ending to a fucking beautiful game.
not to mention that Eva remove the meaning toward's Johnny's reason as to why he wants to go to the moon. Like in their childhood, they promised each other if they got lost they would regroup on the moon. Johnny's subconscious remembered. Johnny lost River, that's why he wants to go to the moon, to be with River again. Removing River removed all meaning to John's wish. John's wish, going to the moon, literally meant being with River.
Oh my god I own the sequel and haven't played it yet
I played it now, it was great
And with his last heartbeat, he was happy
I coming back to Remember the time I cried to this game 😭✋
It was when I found out the meaning of all the bunnies, that's when all the sand got in my eyes...
I'm 38 and my eyes......... I'll never forget Moon.
Anyone else notice at 1:06 there's 2 Neils >.>
PARADOX!
Eva said in the game before to Neil "The world is too small for two of you"
*_Well fucc_*
I love the ending even tough it made me cry
Just came home from a laser eye surgery, and my eyeballs were a little dry. Problem solved.
"I won.. but at what cost?"
Lmao :")
Trilha sonora épica esse jogo tem e olha que é 2d
Where real men cry.
Someone's cutting one massive onion in here.
My grandma died from cancer in 2013. And grandpa died from cancer in 2014
You know whats the worst part? River died thinking he husband didnt remember his romise, and all the guilty led him to vaguely remember the promise tonher wife
*”Then we can always regroup on the moon, silly!”*
Nope, Kan already said it's a glitch.
we'll call it river...
DAMMIT WHICH ONE OF YOU CALLED THE ONION NINJA BRIGADE
I know the feel.
Actually, we can't be sure. It was never confirmed in the game, he might as well feel pain because of illness or something like this. It might also turn out to be inception, but I think Kan has some more imagination.
what is the name of this song? "To the moon" or "for river"?
I cried like a little bitch.
bye.
daph:(
Does anyone know what's "Episode 2"?
bubbaseaton A Bird Story is essentially Episode 1.5, as in a prequel to Episode 2
I know. I found out on my own.
Magic Hitler I know, I found out on my own, I'm excited for it.
"Episode 2" is out now. It is called "Finding paradise", if you didn't already find out yourself.
Why did they use the Shuttle to go to the Moon?
The memories were constructed using John’s beliefs. I guess he just believed the space shuttle was able to get to the moon.
진짜 미치겠네 너무 슬퍼
WAIT WHATS GOING ONN???? IVE NEVER PLAYED I JUST LIKE THE SONG SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS HAPPENINGGG
Me:
Stop
Drop
Cry
오진다
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH WHY???
Well after the 60th hour of gameplay I still think Eva is evil and Neil should have been able to make a "better" ending.
Umm no. As it turns out there was no better ending. Johnny never wanted to go to the moon until River died, and he never gained the motivation to go to the moon after Eva removed her from his memory. His desire to go to the moon was based entirely on his desire to see River again, and the reason he didn't make it in the end is because he never connected with River, not until maybe the very end where they can both be seen as young kids sitting on a log. The tragedy in this is that River died before any of her efforts were ever realised.
Neil 2? 1:07
7:32?
Noooo... But yesss. But noo cause it's not reaaal. AHHH TOO MANY ONIONS
They should have played the song "Fly me to the moon" at the credits. But that's just my opinion
for river is perfect
No it's terrible and it says nothing with every other song in the game and the feeling this game gives you.
The only thing they have in common is the title, excuse me wtf
With respect, that would have been a terrible idea.