Risk of Rain 2 - Lore of the Void
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2022
- The release of the Survivors of the Void DLC for Risk of Rain 2 added a bunch of new information about the mysterious plane that helps answer some of our questions. Let's go through this new information and see what the monsters that have been hiding in the depths of the Abyss were trying to do with Petrichor V!
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It’s weird to me that the voidling was afraid of the brothers but not afraid of the folks who killed them.
We don't know where the brothers came from. Might be something about them that intently opposes the void, while we just use brute strength or strategy
@Mani And Beano
Humans vs literal *gods* :
Haha ukulele go brrrrrrr
Im not afraid of a man who shoots a dying bear until he turns the gun on me
- voidling
@@ThCrkhd After reaching 2 trillion damage with Acrid, I no longer know why the void decided to attack him after killing Mithrix. I do however now understand why they stuck him in the void
probably wanted to play it safe, knowing how powerful Mithrix, Providence, and the humans were the voidling wanted to see how things played out, there was a possibility that Mithrix didn't attack the humans and instead teamed up with them, the voidling wanted to make sure that didnt happen
Its kind of scary seeing as the Voidling is a voidLING, implying that there is a stronger creature out there. If Mythrix and Providence didn't create the void, then maybe the void created them?
There is also something lurking deeper within the depths of the Void... >:)
I personally do think it's possible that Mithrix and Providence are tied to the Void in some way since I think they were brought or transported to Petrichor V, not born there, but they could easily have just come from another plane of existence - one that hasn't been referenced directly yet. Guess we'll just have to wait and see!
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I think it might be more like how humans can be called earthlings. I’m sure there’s something bigger out there though
Maybe it’s the home of the woman mythrix talks about
There is always a bigger fish
Personally of my opinion, all of the void creatures we've seen share traits of ocean life. With a lot of them being close to things like crabs and shrimp which typically are smaller creatures in the ocean. However when in the void there are still those mysterious gigantic void whales, and who knows what their disposition is...not to mention the possibility since are dealing with deep horrors...a certain diety of the ocean could be referenced as their leader.
The Void Family Event simply says "The Void has become curious" as it's warning message, which may imply that the Voidling is simply collecting things out of curiosity.
Agreed. Evil, torture and pain are human concepts. I don't belive the void or its entitys to be evil, they are simply curious. The void can also be seen as an endless abyss and as a famous quote says "If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you". The voidling literally has a huge eye, so i think its a reference to that
@@cherryrook8684curiosity is also a human concept, but yeah i generally agree that the void isnt doing stuff just because they enjoy inflicting pain
@@tauiindogs can be curious too, so can birds and rats and mice. Not a human concept, more of an animal concept
So, it's their nature, not because they're morally evil, i guess?
@@The_Glitterbornein that case pain and torture are certainly animal concepts as well, I don't know anyone who would say that animals don't have some understanding of pain, and there are some animals that practice at least something similar to torture (e.g. cats playing with their prey, or just orca's in general)
Fun fact: Kirby's very own planet popstar can be spotted in the sky box of the planetarium
No way! Had no idea that Hopoo were such Kirby fans. Lol. I wonder if there are any other planets like that out in the Planetarium.
Thanks for sharing! And thanks for watching! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel was doing a run as heretic and wanted to see if stacking strides could give me enough time to fly over to the previous sections of the fight that you can see way off in the distance. You can't, but I did see a distant yellow star with a blue ring. Which was unmistakably kirby's planet.
But yeah, great video. I'm huge in the lore on this game and this was really well put together, especially since nobody has done videos on the void yet that I've seen.
@@SquatchGamingChannel There's another similar easter egg in the Simulacrum; one of the contained environments off in the distance is the Dreamland 64 stage from Smash Bros. Probably was added because one of the newer devs plays competitive Melee.
You just stumbled upon it? That's even cooler... Lol. Wish I had cool stories like that, but I don't. Haha.
Thanks for the compliment! Means a lot coming from someone that's already familiar with the lore! :)
No way! That's freaking awesome! Wonder if they ever expected anyone to find these easter eggs!
Void: finally, we can collect our prize.
Humans: a new god to kill?
Void: shit shit shit shit shit
*loader enters the planetarium*
“I HAVE BEATEN UP EVERY CREATURE IN THE VOID BUT YOU”
Can I just say how much I love the ocean aesthetic of the void. I don't know what it is about it, but it really seems unique
Same, im honestly in love with the ocean already, i really love what they are doing with the void so much
it reminds me of legend of spyro's convexity
The deep ocean is literally the real life equivalent of the Void. You can barely see around you because all around is unclear water, like the thick fog, and the creatures down there get fiercer and fiercer the deeper you go.
@@breadaholic6445 actually the abyss is largely based upon ocean creatures too from the trenches
@@devonpearson3321 that’s… what i said
First time I beat Mithrix - I didn't think about what followed. It all just seemed to make sense as a bombastic climax for the game. For what I had originally considered to be a mindless fun game with little story, this conclusion was perfect in its simplicity. Explosions everywhere as you charge up the ship, you then escape the surface just in time before the moon implodes. The end. Although I played the first game and was aware of the 'true' story behind Providence and our actions, I still didn't think RoR2 was much more beyond that.
But the more I played the game, the more questions I began to ask. Like, why do the void reavers only show up when Mithrix dies? And now that I look at it... the moon implosion seems identical to the void reaver implosion. Then I begin noticing things I didn't before. Such as when I die to a void reaver implosion, the game tells me I didn't actually 'die', but instead "You have been detained. Await your sentence at the end of Time." Wait, I'm not dead? Where the hell did I go? Where the hell do these void reavers come from? Then I discover the void fields and more questions come up. Then I begin reading entry logs... And I realize there is so much more thought, cohesion, and mystery to this simple game about killing stuff than I thought. I also very much like the idea of looking at the 'brighter' side of the Void Locus as akin to being underwater and looking towards the surface. Given the aquatic motif for the void creatures it makes perfect sense.
Hopoogames did an incredible job of taking a simple concept and making it something special. With not just a damn good gameplay loop, but also incredible music and environment design and lore entries. There's so many times where I'm playing Risk of Rain 2 where I stop, look at the environment, listen to the music, and think "What the hell is actually happening here?" I applaud the devs and Chris Christodoulou for finding a way to make me feel an emotion or curiosity towards their game without the use of dialogue or cutscenes. I find myself wondering and excited for the future of this game not just because I love playing it, but I'm genuinely curious where they'll take the story next.
Also; was anyone else surprised at how *BIG* the Voidling was? I read the name 'voidling' and assumed it was a small creature. "-ling" as a suffix has 2 definitions;
1. Young. small, or inferior one" (such as duck*ling*)
2. One connecting with or having the quality of. (such as hire*ling*)
I guess it makes sense for it to be a Voidling given that it very much is connected to the void and may possibly have been created by the void itself.... But I do wonder if there is another, 'superior', much much bigger Void creature in the depths.
Sorry for rambling, I just really like RoR haha. And thanks for your work and I really enjoyed getting to see you cover this series!
In the gamefiles it is called something along the lines of "MINIvoidcrab" so I'd say that yeah, Voidling isn't the apex of what the Void has to offer judging by that name
Bravo! You've put it all excellently! I can't wait to see what we have in store for the future. Should be a ton of fun! :)
Hopoo did the same thing with their game Deadbolt: small unassuming game that turns out to be pretty deep lore-wise if you take the time to read it all! If you haven't played that, I definitely recommend it!
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that's what makes good games, sorties, even musics etc.. so great : The fact that's it's not just simple minded (most of the time xD), and that there is much more behind it. I think that when making a game, having good and deep lore can get you farther than you think. The same applies to stories, where having meanings and messages contained by your characters. Or musics, with design choices based on it's origins and the message it gives.
This is 8 months later but I am going to point out that both Acrid and Void Fiend were "imprisoned" in the Void
I think the reason that the developers removed the final cutscene, is that they are implicating the survivors themselves are stuck in the simulations that the Voidling makes them live through over and over, and it's why you can do many runs again and again, and kill the voidling over and over, and still do it again by just starting a new run.
I briefly mention that at the end, but wish I spent more time talking about it because that seems like the angle they were going for and that's definitely their style. I only wonder now how many strings the the Void Creatures are pulling.
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It actually has been confirmed by the devs themselves that the game doesn't take place in the simulacrum and its not a simulation, so they probs removed the cutscene to possibly expand on the void
12:22 Man I forgot the planet gets zoinked if you beat Mythrix. They must have had the void in mind when they got the game properly finished.
It’s da moon that gets stolen
@@irooke1419 lol oops
Yeah, isn't it awesome that Hopoo has, in a way, been setting up for this DLC for a while now? I really like it when Developers do that. Gives us something to look forward to that leaves such a feeling of pay off when we finally get to see it!
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To be fair, void fields and reavers were added to the game quite a long time ago.
Something interesting to note is that the achievement for unlocking purity is called The Calm. The achievement is unlocked by beating Mithrix on Monsoon. Considering that the calm comes before the storm, the storm can be seen as the void invading after Mithrix dies which fits the lore pretty well. Thought that was a pretty cool way of hinting towards the answer as well.
Another thing, the lore of the item talks about two brothers chasing glass frogs in the sun, the glass frog is the other way to enter the void which is another hint from the devs.
The Calm: It's also when the rain stops pouring down on the moon and something else starts to drop from the sky.
You're going to love the next DLC name
The next DLC is Seekers of the STORM
OMG
I'd honestly love to see more about the red plane in the next dlc
Someone pointed out that the events that have happened so far seem to correspond to the 4 Elements that make up things in the Universe:
Soul - Providence and his Death
Design - Mithrix and his Death
Mass - The Detainment of objects and creatures by the Void
And which enemy is associated with Blood and the color Red in the game...? ;)
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That sounds really cool
I’d love to see more on the imps maybe we go to their universe
@@Warlord_Queek lucky for you that is most likely going to be a dlc as when talking about dlcs before anything survivors of the void was revealed they mentioned a void dlc and a imp dlc so that will most likely be the next dlc
@@jpd7953 nice
@@SquatchGamingChannel I personally want to see soul fleshed out by a nkuhana dlc because they seem very much like they could tie the lore between providence and mithrix together nicely
Fun Fact: Petrichor actually means “The smell that occurs after it has rained,” and the planet’s name is Petrichor V
my theory is the Sand Crabs from the first game were either killed off like the Children, or were captured by the void and corrupted into Devastators. Oh also! Another theory is that Void Barnacles are Squid Polyps that went under a full transformation like the Void Fiend, instead of just being corrupted. Between the Polyp's fitting into the void's aquatic theming, their attack is also fairly similar
These are both very good ideas, and would fit perfectly with what the Void Creatures seem to be trying to do! Good eye!
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I'd prefer it if an infestor turned squid polyps in to barnacles instead of instakill turrets :)
"the void's aquatic theming" omg reaper leviathans in risk of rain 2
@@litterbox019 magma worms but void themed so no fire but they *fly*
Should it not have already been mentioned, the whale looking creatures that fly's around is a extremely strong reference to dishonored, and its void.
On the topic of what the next dlc may be, in dev thoughts 18, they said:
"The goal for Expansions is that they would be multiple Content Updates in size, and would occur only 1-2 times a year. These Expansions will most likely be themed - for example, we could have a “Void Expansion” or an “Imp Expansion” - with new content built around that theme."
So it sounds like the theory that the next dlc will give us more info on the red plane and imps in general is correct, seeing as they did go with the void theme that they suggested back then
That would be awesome! There are some other people that have pointed out that all the major players/antagonists of Risk of Rain thus far are associated with the Four Compounds that make up the Universe:
Soul - Providence
Design - Mithrix
Mass - Voidling (since it was stealing mass from the Universe)
That leaves Blood, and which creatures are associated with the Color Red and have a bleeding effect with their attacks? ;)
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Is that why the log writer in RoR1 said that they felt like they made a grave mistake after killing Providence, since now our universe lost the one thing the Void was afraid of (not that they’d know the specifics, but a vague premonition of the end)
And man, that detail about the endless simulations is great because now you can’t be certain about anything, and could be an in-universe explanation of the after-death reset. Are the events unfolding in real-time, or is the void using the survivors to study how to combat the brothers if another like them shows up
The "endless cycle" line can be read on face-value as sort of a 4th wall break for the game, but it's also reinforced by the log for Transcendence. It mentions feelings of deja vu, of repeating the same events over and over, and most importantly it mentions "the observers" - the Void creatures.
Providence wasn't only holding the void at bay, he was also (partially) fending off the inhabitants of the Red Plane, too! (this can be seen with the ror1 imp death animations being true deaths, whereas the ror2 imp death animations are simply being "recalled" into the Red Plane). But also killing anyone who calls themself a protector has probably gotta feel pretty bad XD
Probably because it set all these dominoes in motion, and destabilized the tenuous balance that providence, mythrix, the void, and the imps help
I have a theory relating to the four pillar types on comencement, they all align with a major antagonist.
as already stated, providence is accociated with soul, and mithrix design, that leaves mass an blood unassociated, but with theaddition of the void, we can cross off mass, as void detainmant is collecting mass, and remebering its accociated design, and last we have blood, accocited with the only other significant enemy, imp, with their bleed stacking.
Whoa... Good freaking point! I think you just found out what the next DLC is going to be!
If I make a lore video theorizing about potential future directions the game could take, would you mind if I mention this in it? Feel free to say no if you don't feel comfortable with it! There will be no hard feelings!
Either way, thanks for watching! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel I’m more than fine with it.
@@SquatchGamingChannel originally hopoo in one of their thingys said that one of the expansions was going to be related to the imps, I thought that this would be that expansions. But they went with void instead, So next expansions that will launch somewhere around december or next year will surely be imps
You're the best! Thanks so much! :)
I didn't know that! You happen to have a link or source? That would definitely help support the theory!
"Deeper into curiosity. Deeper into hubris. Deeper into the depths of creation."
At the end of RoR2 upon defeating Mithrix, we see the void monsters detaining the entire moon of Petrichor V - with a dying Mithrix still on it. If Mithrix somehow survives, perhaps due to the detention of the void, wouldn't he be the perfect vessel, consumed by curiosity, hubris, and the desire to create, to be its ruler?
Void Fiend's escape message is interesting because it implies that he's going to go on a tear through the universe.
"And so it comes, for us all"
Makes me think Void Fiend is probably not a real member of the Safe Travels and is in fact a villain himself regardless of his opposition to the Voidling...
Somewhere, i forget where exactly, but it says that the void fiend was a commando survivor from the contact light that was captured and experimented on by the denizens of the void
I think its more an implication on the void itself.
The void seeks to devour the whole universe, “and so it comes, for us all”
I thought that was from the perspective of the Voidling
Like, it coming after those that experimented on it
The Void and the Voidling within it remind me a lot of the Combine from Half-Life 2. Traveling between dimensions, capturing whole worlds. The apparent futility of resistance. This is cosmic horror done right; the content itself isn't frightening, but comprehending it is horrifying.
Whenever you defeat the voidling and the portal spawns. Instead of the portal saying "leave" it should say "enter deeper void portal". It's an incredibly tiny change that would make the void ending feel so much more ominous and cool.
I hadn't realised that the moon in the ending scene was being detained, not destroyed by Mithrix. That's blown my mind.
It hit me when I realized the moon disappearing looks like the void attacks. Pretty sure never would have known until the DLC came out.
Don't mess with space cops, especially crab space cops!
Honestly when they first announced an alternative boss for the DLC I was really hoping we'd get a twisted/void corrupt Provenance. Although the Voidling is an interesting enemy, beating a corrupted version of Provenance to unlock a corrupted verson of the sole survivor seemed super thematic and appropriate. That said, a normal run does end with Commencement being detained, so maybe we'll at least see a voidborn Mithrix in the future...
That's the real takeaway. Lol.
Oooo... That would be cool. Maybe a fight against both of the brothers, but Void touched, could be in our future!
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So the Crystal blade repels the void reavers, and the Newt shopkeeper is seemingly made of crystal, which explains all the dead void readers around the portal in his bazaar
Hey I’m sorry for taking ages to get to this video. I’ve been very busy. There’s some points I want to make here that may be important. Spoilers ahead for Survivors Of The Void:
1) The Void is something that started invading after Providence’s demise, not just after Mithrix’s death. In the current build with the DLC, we can see how the void tries to take on the planet: infestation, instigating, weakening the planet. They do this between Risk of Rain 1 and 2; you can see this through the void creatures who invade and the void seeds.
2) The Voidling ending is an alternate ending. This… gets a little confusing I’ll be honest; the DLC left us with more questions than answers. The Voidling ending can be both after Mithrix’s death but also before his death (you can summon the void portal on Commencement after beating Mithrix by petting the glass frog 10 times OR by looping until a portal spawns).
3) Void Fiend broke out between 1 and 2. It s also what broke out Acrid (refer to my post in the Acrid video for more details). It is unlikely it would work with the Operatives.
4) So here’s a really cool detail: the simulacrum is canon. According to the logs, it is hinted that the Simulacrum is canon. It’s a simulation… it’s a simulation… it’s… a… simulation.
5) in the Void Locus log I believe, it mentions how they found a CHEF bot in the void. This could be the same CHEF bot from Risk of Rain 1, gone insane and killing, but could not stop the void.
6) So in the planetarium (the final boss stage), you can see all the planets that they’ve taken. Yeah it’s funny that they’ve got references to Kirby and Smash… but there’s a funny detail. This is a cell. This is one of the millions of cells. There’s also earth. The void is at the end of time. This means that everything, at the end of time, will be void. Everything will be captured by the void. At the end of time, everything will be voided. There is no escape from them.
7) There is always a bigger fish… Voidling means there could be a bigger void creature. Deeper, Deeper, Yet Deeper.
8) Tharson is OK from this encounter.
Ah yes.
Space jail.
Spooky Space Jail. Lol. Thanks for watching!
I'm very curious as to the Newts relation to the void. Perhaps an unseen force protecting the planet during the absence of Providence?
The wall behind does seem to block the entrance to some form of road
@@tobyshelton9725 And there are dead void reavers impaled by crystal spikes by the Void Fields portal
The environment log, for the bazaar beyond time i think? Mentions that the Newts are a species that live outside of time. The one in the Bazaar is one with a stunted hand that prevents it from swimming well, and they separated from their school to live in the calmer "waters" of the bazaar. However, they didn't know the void had begun to encroach on their sanctuary.
Something I found very interesting about mithrix's death is how in previous updates, as he disappeared, a little void ball would appear in his head, which makes me believe he was being taken by the void as well which would make sense considering Mithrix is in the simnilacrum. Although, it seems in this update this void ball has been removed so while interesting it may have been retconned.
naw they took his brain fr 💀
even before the dlc, i always speculated the void to be this sort of
force to detain anything that is causing too much chaos, something to get rid of crazy variables in the world. not necessarily seeking power, just making sure power doesnt go in the wrong hands.
im sure the void can go anywhere across the universe, but petrichor in particular is an absolute chaotic mess of a planet with so many creatures, obviously it would be a target to be detained.
Something that kind of seems a little strange to me, when you defeat mithrix we assume we have killed him. but it's kind of difficult for me to believe hes actually dead. Mithrix was always the more industrious and calculating of the two brothers, when you finally make him fall, he merely fades away into the very bubble he was resting in when you first start the battle......could mithrix have somehow made some sort of pact with the creatures of the void? I'm generally curious about mithrixs plight because if you look around the breadth of the moon stage, its littered with swords and hammers (heck theres even a final fantasy 7 reference). why have so many tools of war when your machines don't have hands? was he making these weapons for someone? also when you are running to escape to the shuttle, why is the entire map being spammed with the beam waves that mithrix used against you in the boss fight while the void creatures invade, was it to stop you? was it meant to stop them? did mithrix even know about the void in the first place? I'm genuinely curious just how deep this rabbit hole goes.
I think the shot of his shattered helmet makes a pretty good case that he's dead, and Providence "fades away" in a similar manner (although, more like a flash of light) when he's killed in Risk of Rain, so I would think that suggests they're dead, but maybe they're not!
I've always felt that the two were involved with the Void in some way, but it's been more of a feeling than anything based on lore. Hopefully we get something that will clear up the past of the Brothers sometime! We still have the whole "Her" part of their story that still needs to be fleshed out!
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@@SquatchGamingChannel Yeah i do have a feeling She is going to definitely be the next point of interest. at first tbh i thought She was the heretic mithrix tore into parts, because you find her still living skeleton in that cave under one of the maps, but who knows. and also Squatch i seriously enjoy your content, if it wasn't for you i would have never of gotten into blasphemous or Lisa. So keep up the awesome content!
During the april fools event in the discord server, there was a Mithrix account that people could interact with live, and he said he was disgusted by the void and preferred to not talk about it
when you look at your kill count for mithrix it says 0
The weapons we’re probably prototypes or what he would have gifted to his followers when he invaded petrichor
I can imagine Void Fiend and Voidling having a Gohan vs Cell moment as the other 3 teammates help for the Corrupted M1 of the Void Fiend to finish off the Voidling.
Interesting you didn't mention the last part of Acrid's log, implying that the Voidling (or other void force) already bit off more than it can chew and the containment protocols are failing. Was it void fiend that caused the leak? It implies that the problem was coming from inside the system, so probably not humans randomly opening cells.
Is this hole in the void security the reason Voidling wants to expand it's reach? Is the presence of void portals a symptom of this breach? Whatever did it and for whatever reason, we can thank them for releasing our doggo.
Oh, I totally meant to, but when editing the video, I didn’t feel like there was enough time for both clips (as in Acrid’s and Void Fiend’s log book entries) to get the time they needed - I felt both would have been too short to really get their message across. As a result, it’s more of an implied connection in my video, but I totally meant to make it explicit. Lol.
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Can we take a second to realize how humans beat/made fun of the Voidling and Void Reavers 5 different times? First killing Providence, then Mithrix, then freeing Acrid, then Void Fiend [which was a Commando before being corrupted] escaped and finally killing the Voidling.
I also like how most of the time it’s not even the main goal. Like we’re just trying to get off the planet and inadvertently kill like 3 god like beings.
Wait is commando from the first game v fiend
@@Plasmawavemicrowave No. Devs said that Viend is a commando, but not the one from ROR1.
I like to think that the Void Fiend is the Classic Commando, not the current one, its clear Commando isn't a title just a troop, with the many bodies seen at the end of the Moon, its obvious their like the cannon fodder for the UES, the newer design is simply just improvements to the commando, Void Fiend is the one who escaped but was trapped. Forever to sit alone in the void, until it is freed. It once had humanity. But that is long gone.
What if Providence and Mythrix were building those lunar chimeras to combat against the voidling as the descriptions of the Lunar Chimeras speak about needing speed for war. Its possible that Mythrix was preparing to go to war with the voidling and was pissed that Providence was making these other lifeforms that would not help them against the voidling
The Lunar Chimeras and the Void Reavers that spawn during the escape sequence also attack each other if they can't attack the players, which lends some credence to this.
This was a great video! It's always nice to find explanations of lore. Great job!
A well detailed dive into the lore of the void! I enjoyed it and I cant wait for more!
Happy to hear you enjoyed! Thanks so much for watching!
Not sure if I'll make more RoR videos as of right now. Thinking about doing one on the Survivors, and maybe one theorizing where DLCs could go in the future... We'll see!
Seeing as they went deeper. Do you think it’s possible that is the plot of the next game? The rescue team seems to have completed their mission but before they come back. They go missing. When people are sent to investigate they find the broken void reavers, jaliors, and devastators and portals to the void. They dive deep looking for their comrades and end up finding them. But the void has driven them mad. Like the voidling, the ones who killed it have been corrupted by the void turning them into gods. The players could be trying to find a way out of the void, bring their friends back, or put an end to their suffering. Either way since they went deeper they will become stronger than imagined. I also wonder about providence and mythrix. Are they actually dead? Mythrix says that they will get it right next time. My hope is that they get reincarnated or something when both of them die. Of course this is unlikely but I like the thought of the brother coming back and retrying. This time working together.
Its interesting that you dont know what happens after you defeat the voidling. You could end up in a simulation as soon as you enter the deep void and wouldn’t even know it
I love your narration. This whole video was a pleasure to hear!
Thank you very much! I always worry about it. Don't want it to be annoying or grating to the viewer, so happy to hear you found it enjoyable!
Thanks so much for watching! :)
Really enjoyed the video. Keep up the great work!
I dunno if you still have more to work on with RoR's story, but I love this. Its helped pulled the pieces I've missed together to make the story, which I've ALWAYS been enamored with.
That's exactly what I hoped to do with these videos so that's awesome to hear! Thanks so much for watching! :)
I had plans to do a few more videos focused on some of the survivors (like I did with Acrid), but I just couldn't pull them together in a satisfactory way and got real down on myself, so decided to move on from the series. If there's any future DLC (which I believe GearBox is interested in making), I'll probably revisit the series and make a video or two on that content, but I don't have anything else planned for RoR as of right now (unless Risk of Rain Returns has some new lore, but I don't expect it to).
Thanks again for taking the time to watch what you have! Really appreciate it!
Nice video dude a lot of time went into this and it shows.
RoR1: Kill the protector
RoR2: Destroy the brother of the protector and delete the moon
SOTV: Eliminate the opposing force
Next DLC / RoR3: *Destroy Petrichor V*
That sounds like fun, doesn't it?
*Let's do it*
Thanks for watching! :)
Become king of trash and randomly found weaponry
Honestly it’s hilarious that you destroy godlike creatures just trying to gtfo from a random planet (or trying to collect trash from the first crash)
@@idontknowhowtonamemyself5167 Demigods of creation and omnipotent beings of separate planes of reality don’t stand a _chance_ against the gang of hobos hopped up on drugs and covered in trash
We'll need to get Samus in on that one. She's an old pro at it.
@@ReikuYin yo if we could get an escape sequence in a risk of rain game (alike the modded character house's ability to self destruct a stage, but on a bigger scale) and we had to go through a bunch of stages to find a drop pod before the timer hits 0 I would die of happiness.
watched the ror2 lore video from you yesterday. nice one
Nice! This came out at the perfect time then!
Thanks for taking the time to watch each of the videos! Hope you enjoyed them both! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel sure did. i love all your lore videos
Awesome to hear, man! I know it sounds silly saying thank you so much, but I'm seriously super grateful that people watch them as much as they do, so thanks again for watching all the ones you have watched! :)
Been subbed for a while boss. Love your stuff 🙏🏻
Awesome to hear, man! Thanks for watching all the stuff you have and for the continued support. I'm really grateful for all of it! :)
Unsettlingly enough, with what we know about the void's simulacrum, and the game's nature as a roguelike, it's hard not to see the whole game as the survivors trapped in the simulacrum even if that's not the case
I find it interesting that every single run you've ever done can be seen as the Voidling just recording your life in the void
So far what we have left to learn/make a video about is:
Imps and there red plain
Who is the newt
The Heritic
Gup
Where mythrix and providence came from and if it’s still around
Wisps and there creators
The Tar
N’kuhuna
The Elite Aspects
And finally What Happened To The Survivor
If I missed anything tell me and I’ll add it
Missed: none so far
Oh man I can’t wait for more DLC
They have so much potential and storylines they could follow AND with mod support allowing for stuff like starstorm I think Risk of rain might become a powerhouse on the levels of triple AAA games in there PRIME(bc so far they’ve been kinda bad)
The wisps were created by the grovetenders
I was just watching one of your risk of rain video when the notification came, what a coincidence :O
Perfect timing then! Thanks for taking the time to watch both of the videos! Hope you enjoyed them! :)
When I first beat the new boss with 2 of my other friends I was genuinely surprised how there were three phases, good thing I had 3 corrupted four leaf clovers (by the end of the run all my items that weren’t corrupted or already legendary turn into legendary)
Great explaination 👌😁. Loved the video🙂
Thank you very much! Happy to hear you enjoyed! :)
Nice, I was waiting for this video
Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for wtaching! :)
I think the scariest part is the fact that the Void Fiend seemed to be a human before becoming what it is now.
Apparently, there’s another unused ending cutscene that shows two Voidlings in a field of multiple Voidlings studying Mithrix’s corpse(or at least what remains of it-a plant)
After viewing it for a brief time, their eyes turned blue, suggesting he still has influence even after death.
But, this is still cut content-who knows.
Woah woah whered ya find the cutscene?
@@pearl3717 I think Wolfo discovered it??
@@Jacobdalolman do you have the link by any chance?
Where have you seen this?
It would be one hell of a big brain move if Hopoo games actually go back to update RoR1 with Void contents as if the past got influenced by the void through time and space, or if it's just another simulacrum that we've gone through again and again.
Surprise DLC for RoR1? That would be crazy. Hahaha.
Thanks for watching!
More Risk of Rain videos, you love to see it.
There may be more! I haven't decided yet whether I want to make some smaller videos (like this) on other topics of the game or move to the next one I have planned. We'll see!
Thanks so much for watching! :)
this is really good! there are a couple of important points which I think were wrong. we know the reavers came to Petrichor V after providence died and before mithrix did, because Acrid was detained between ror1 and ror2, and escaped the void before (or during) ror2! He was only able to escape because of something *else* causing a commotion (IIRC, it was referred to as a "leak") and then returning to Petrichor V.
It may be only because of the (presumed) short time Acrid spent in the cells, but this my contradict the void corruption, too. Acrid exhibits no traits of lingering void influence. absolutely awesome video though, you did a marvelous job consolidating all the void info and I look forward to any future lore vids you produce! :D
Happy to hear you enjoyed! :)
If they came to Petrichor V after Providence died, how could he have prevented them from taking the planet as is stated in the Bottled Chaos Logbook?
The connection I tried to make in the video is that the ruckus mentioned in Acrid's logbook entry was the Void Fiend breaking out of its cell, and I wanted to include both of their logbook entries at that moment in the video (where I mention the Void Fiend escaping), but the timing didn't work out (neither clip would have enough time to be shown and digested) so I decided to just keep the Void Fiend's in there!
The Corruption with Acrid is a good point! The only reason I can think that he wasn't corrupted (yet) was because, like you said, he probably wasn't in there very long, or maybe because he wasn't run through simulations. His logbook entry implies that he wasn't conscious in his Cell, which could mean his simulation run hadn't been started yet.
I think I may do a couple more videos on Risk of Rain, but we'll see! Thanks for watching!
@@SquatchGamingChannel oooh, brilliant take on the simulations not being started and therefore not taking effect on him!! and I love the idea of it being void fiends escape which triggered the breach.
and in regards to the bottled chaos log, that's a good point. it might be retconned lore, or it might just be an inconsistency. We know acrid was detained after providences death, since he's on Petrichor V during the events of ror1. definitely something i'd love to see explored or explained by the devs in some form!
happy to watch, ill eagerly await future content, risk of rain or otherwise 😊
Wow! I’ve never heard of that and it makes total sense! Wish I’d known before I made this. Lol. Thanks for sharing that! And thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!
@@nobodycares6761 is it still considered carcinization if its not done via "actual"/darwinian evolution, over the course of many many years and branches beyond a single member of the species? (not saying it isn't, this is a genuine question ^-^)
that's awesome though, great point!! committing this to memory now
I think you can't escape the planetarium, you get deeper into the void, maybe you can't escape from the void.
Amazing video dude
What’s interesting is how all void creatures, at least the stronger ones, all take the form of crustaceans. Lobsters, or crablike forms. Dunno if this is a meme on the whole ‘convergent evolution’ thing, where all return to crab, or it’s just purely for the sake of looking neat, and simply all based off of the void reaver
Remember how that in an item description in risk of rain 1 or maybe it was 2, I can't remember it stated that an unknown person or just someone told them to go to the system that contains Petrichor V. In the the barnacles description it shows the instruction given to an unfortunate victim how to get the Void. Perhaps knowing that the Void Reavers couldn't kill Providence and in turn take Petrichor V they told the Contact Light to go to the star system, so that in turn the survivor would kill Providence, which later would also result in the death of Mithrix, thus granting access to "Catalogue" Petrichor V and its wonderful inhabitants.
Voilding: Man those brothers are powerful, and what is this a tiny huma- WHAT THE FUCK?!?
Me as engineer: Bungus
I still wish that void fiend's second ability could fire a small void hole that detonates and detains everything in it's radius after a second
That would be cool! I wonder if Hopoo experimented with an ability like that... You've got to think they did, right?
Thanks for watching!
That would make a great alternate Special. It's too strong to be a Secondary
When he was talking about what they do to interrogate prisoners and said "forcible penetration" at 7:35
this is a great video with lots of information told in an entertaining manner!
but i'd be lying if i said i didn't actively look up from what i was doing at the 7:33 timestamp, and then sigh with relief when you finished the sentence with "of the mind".
Man. I've only been to the deep void, like once or twice, and this video is already giving me ptsd
Hope you make a new one for the next DLC!
Great lore.
I never liked killing providence just because of his name. Fitting, really.
Two things 1 this was amazing thank you2 what is your take on the disembodied voice that occasionally speaks during the void fields
I don't think there's any specific meaning behind it - It's just there to add to the ambience and creepiness of the Void. I could be wrong though, I never actually tried to understand the words the voice is saying.
I think the composer, Chris Christodoulou, has a composer's commentary over the whole soundtrack, so maybe he says something about that in his video! Might be worth checking out!
Thanks for watching! :)
I was prepared for the Voidling fight, but i didnt keep track of what items i got. So i was surprised that it took one shot + item effects to deplete the health bar. It was satisfying tho.
Its cool we are seeing more lore of the planetary prison
Very nice yes yes
Thanks for the hard work
Thank you for watching! :)
good work man
Thank you very much! And thank you for watching! :)
One of the recurring characters in the lore is a guy named Jenkins. I bet he's a badass after what he's been through and a possible future character.
good stuff this is quite interesting
Thanks for (still) watching, man! I've always wondered if people from back in the day like the new stuff, so happy to hear you liked it!
It could also be that every run is already a simulation as it start anew every time over and over again
I mean you DO unlock Void Fiend after either 50 rounds of simulacrum or defeating the Voidling so I'd say it's pretty much lore that getting deep into the void in either of those two manners will turn the character into a Void Fiend...
I also want to mention that I've always assumed beating the Voidling leads to the simulacrum since it states you're going "Deep, Deeper, Yet Deeper" when you win through that boss fight!
Even though it's been a year since this video released I want to make a connection.
Note that whenever you "perish" to a void implosion the death sentence specifically capitalizes Time, which is connected to four other words, Design, Soul, Mass, and Blood, all of which have a connection to some sort of entity.
Design and Soul being Mithrix and Providence respectively.
Mass is most likely relating to the void itself, and how it consumes matter via the void implosions to keep and study.
Blood's connection is most likely related to the Red Plane, due to the nature of both the Bleeding debuff inflicted by Imps and the Imp Overlord, another note with this is that the developers said that they wanted to, or were working on a "Imp DLC" most likely relating to the Red Plane and this concept of Blood.
Another note is with the scrapped ending cutscene, as it being scrapped feeds into the idea of the Voidling, specifically the -ling part of it, being a smaller, or otherwise weaker version of something infinitely deep within the void, possibly relating to the end of Time.
Nice vid as always, would you ever consider making a video on the story and lore of The Final Station?
Thank you very much!
Yup. I haven't played it yet, but it's on the list. I think the schedule for this year is going to be:
0. Other Risk of Rain videos (if I choose to do them)
1. Furi (want to have something light after RoR and before getting into the next big game)
2. The Darkest Dungeon Story Video
3. The Final Station
4. One of the other games on the poll I held a while back or Darkest Dungeon 2 (if it's released by the time I'm here)
It's been recommended/requested a lot over the years, so I'm going to carve out some time to finally play it!
Thanks for the request/recommendation! I really appreciate it! And thanks for watching! :)
Omg I just saw this yes it finally happened this is going to be awesome
The thing I’ve noted about the Void is that it definitely had a deep sea theme. Like, the Void Fields have alien seaweed growing, the Void Locus has eldritch whales floating in the distance. Even Void creatures we see are distinctly crustacean, molluscoid or cephalopodean. If space is like an ocean, what if the Void is the bottom of that ocean?
Crazy how much lore is in this game! Do you think you might do a video on The Bank lore from Dead Cells?
Really is pretty cool! I love it when games have depth like this! :)
I took a look at some info back when it was first announced, but it didn't *seem* like there was a lot there to talk about. If enough people are interested, I could probably take some time to make something short and sweet.
Thanks for watching! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel Admittedly details on The Bank are pretty sparse, and seem to be more foreshadowing than anything. But I must say, kudos for your Staphy theory, because looking at the background of the new biome, it bears a strong resemblance to R’lyeh…
What about the shopkeeper? The Newt is shurely somehow connected with the void in some way. Why does he have a void portal under the bazaar? Why does he sell lunar items? Is he Voidling's receptionist or just like the 6th god in the game? Do we know anything about the Newt??
Also i wonder what will be the theme of the next DLC 🤔
We know that he deals with Lunar Items and Coins, which seems to imply an association with Mithrix, but exactly why he would be working with him isn't clear; we know he has an Artificer trapped in his Shop, but we don't know why they were trapped; we know that Void Reavers can be found in the Bazaar, surrounded by Crystals, which, since the Artificer was also surrounded by similar Crystals, could imply the Reavers came to the Bazaar, possibly to detain Newt, and Newt fought them off; we know that there are other creatures like him, other time traveling newts, thanks to his logbook entry, and we know something with "long, pale arms from the depths" grasped him, but what those were are a mystery; we know he would swim out of the "timestream/slipstream" to get some alone time in a "tidepool", but we don't know if that's the Bazaar or if it was somewhere else.
We know nearly nothing about him, but I'm sure that as more content for the game is developed, more information about him and his species will be revealed, and they could maybe be a focal point of a future DLC. We'll just have to wait and see...
With regards to the next DLC, some people have made a strong case that it may center on the Imps. All the Antagonists of the Risk of Rain series thus far seem to be associated with one of the Four Compounds discovered by Mithrix:
Soul - Providence from RoR1
Design - Mithrix from RoR2
Mass - Voidling from SotV (since it is detaining mass from the Universe)
That leaves Blood, and which creatures have a Bleeding Effect, and are associated with the color Red? ;)
Thanks for watching! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel thanks for the info! I didn't even know there were many Newts.
4:56
Deep, deeper, yet deeper.
I wonder if that’s an international reference to
Dark, darker, yet darker
9:30 "It is currently not know why [...]"
My guess as to why this happens, is that the Voidling is driven by curiosity.
i know i'm a bit late on this, but there's one thing that i feel is worth noting about the void, or at least something that relates to it...
The Glass Frog.
the story you tell is one where the survivors entered the void through the void fields, but that's not the only way there.
During the escape sequence, if the survivors are fast enough, they will find a glass frog waiting where they entered from, the frog can be petted for the price of a lunar coin, after the tenth coin, a portal will open, and not just any portal, a deep void portal, skipping the void locus and going straight to the voidling.
Amongst all the lore descriptions, there is one that mentions glass frogs, the purity, "...it sounds like two brothers, chasing glass frogs in the sun..."
...doesn't really answer questions, but sparks new one, like how much does The Newt really tie in to the lore of the void, considering The Newt has crystalize storage, the void portal in the bazaar, and the dead reavers around said portal, then where do the glass frogs come from and what powers do they truly have...
of course, this could already be answered and i just don't know about it since i basically live under a rock, but hey, least i tried
I personally see the Void as a metaphysical enforcer of power limitations. Sure, as you defeat Mithrix, the Void Reavers are there to contain the moon, but if you just keep looping, the Void Reavers come after you, specifically. Perhaps they study the captured creatures to find out how their power came to be.
I also like the idea of humans being able to amass power through the gathering of items, to the point of toppling a god. One of the many reasons Risk of Rain is so much fun to me.
i cant wait for the next dlc
Now I want a Void form for each survivor.
both the ways you unlock void fiend implys it is the character you unlocked it with, corrupted from the void
I was confused why i havent subscribed to you yet
Maybe because I don't *always* make videos on things you're interested in! I get around a bit. Lol. Hope you've enjoyed what you've watched though! Thanks so much for taking the time to do so! :)
“Let’s talk about what they want to do with the universe and their ultimate fate =D”
I personally don't believe that the voiding is the top of the food chain I'm the void, as the suffix -ling usually means something like "one connected with or having the quality of" or "young, small, or inferior one"
Revisiting this after the news Hopoo will step out from RoR after Gearbox bought the IP and it's sad that we'll never have some answers (and the series will surely become a soulless husk from now on) but it's also good to remember the good things along the way.
I think it'd be sick if the survivors that defeat the Voidling and leave through the portal get like. Voided. Voiderized. Adding another character to the roster? Or at least an option to change the existing skills and model to fit the style of the void. Since, y'know, Void Fiend is a voided out Commando. Doing that for others would be neat.
But I think best boi Acrid wouldn't change, he's too resistant and strong and good.
Although the devs won't be making any more content for this game, we may see some more mention of the void in the remake to the first
"Why were the creatures of the void archiving stuff?"
Operatives: "NO CARE. KILL."
The fact that mankind is basically becoming the Chief Elder Species in this setting is awesome to me.
THREE TIMES these eldritch beings decide to mess around and find out with the race of crazy apes that throw suns at each other for pieces of rag that only have value to the apes.
I need more Void fiend lore.