+SN3AK KING 101 Gg no re 8/8 IGN. im not kidding I agree with you, all because of VOID, because id and ego and also superego fall wih the sychological model of feruds (I think I spelt it rog gg) model of the brain. ego being personality, superego being the conscious, and id being impulses and greed and needs. lol I think I just BSed my way through this comment
You know what's sad? This game doesn't get enough praise. This is a story about a person through life to death. It so meaningful and it has so many lessons. But it is still rather unknown. Other than BTR2, the series is rather left in the dark. We need this story to be spread.
This video blew my mind a couple years ago. Still does, excellent game series. Playing it on the switch after so many years has been really nostalgic. I love it
So I have my own interpretation of bit.trip fate that may be a little darker and a little different from what most people think. I actually think the timbletot represents negative/suicidal thoughts, and also a negative distorted self reflection of CV himself, as represented with none of the other characters really reacting to the timbletot directly nor being able to help commander video in the fights against him nor any of the boss fights as it's something only he's able to do, I think bit.trip fate is a story about depression and eventual suicide due to the level names, being: determination, patience, desperation, frustration, anger, and finally "fall". With commander video fighting the "timbletot" and his minions being an inner fight with himself and his own psyche with the path he's taking (the line the player moves on) being this winding and curving downward spiral. I think that in the game the powerups being the friends you met along in bit.trip runner represent his friends being there to support him and help drown out all the negative thoughts happening all around him but not always having the time to be there at all times. I think by the second world boss fight he was trying to wade off the negative thoughts with the positive ones and good things happening in his life, eventually the negative feelings overwhelm him and take control over him making him resent the timbletot as he thinks he's the source of all his problems and subsequently hating himself in the process. Now this is just my interpretation, and I don't think there's really one true right or wrong way of interpreting this series story. So if anyone has their own interpretations of bit.trip games that is different from the norm I'd love to hear them. I always found this game series infinitely fascinating so altered perspectives are really nice to see.
@@MichaelVickers2007 i really hate RUNNER… i was little when my sister had a Wii and she installed BIT.TRIP CORE’s demo. sure i didn’t know what to do, but the music was awesome… i thought CORE was the only game.. until i found the collection on switch. i saw core, and i got loaded with nostalgia. i got it but i saw the collection for sale.. good deal by the way. i’m now on void and love BEAT & CORE. my favorite game series next to the Skate franchise for Xbox 360. can’t wait for Skate 4 to release. sorry, was getting off track..
Everything comes from something We were before we became From life comes rhythm and from rhythm comes life Everything is a conduit for learning We communicate in bits and bites And we will return to something once we become nothing
I haven't played bit trip in so long but I heard about runner 3 so I decided to look back on the rest of the series, I had no idea it had such a deep story, I didn't even know the games were connected other than the runner trilogy
I like to believe that after the end of FLUX, when CV finally lets go of his life, he's actually being "reset." He's letting go of everything, all of his memories, his physical life, to move to the next. After that, the events of BEAT, CORE, VOID, and RUNNER happen again, and instead of CV going down a dark path in FATE, the events of RUNNER2 and RUNNER3 happen, plus whatever's after that. Some say RUNNER2 is in between RUNNER and FATE, but I just wanted to share what I thought.
Then going to VOID itself...where CV's an utter monster stomping around hurting feelings. It takes a combined group of CV's to finally get him to back down. While he does learn to tone himself down...his ego is still very present. The void, while it gets cut down from time to time, never stops growing, and without any checking, it can easily get out of control. And what better to grow an ego than the events of Runner? Why else would he pursue Timbletot, who's portrayed as a failure?
@@existorman872 sadly however, his *determination* could only go so far. which left him only with *patience* . but timbletots cruel actions crushed CVs spirit with *frustration* and led to his *fall* which ultimately led CV to his *fate* 😔
Hi, I know this is an old video but I just found it and I loved it. Bit trip is one of my favourite games ever and i'm currently replaying. So addictive and beautiful.
for what it's worth i know i don't have the best speaking voice in the world but bear with me here, this is my first time ever making something like this
I know this was 7 years ago, but I gotta say, you did an incredible job, I try to come back to this video at least a couple times a year. Your speaking voice is good. c:
I discovered this video in 2015 and it subtly changed my life a bit. Thank you so much for your hard work and for giving me an eternal appreciation for Bit Trip
I always wanted Comander Video for Smash. I was looking videos of his past games, and i found this master piece. Thx dude, now i really want him in the new switch Smash.
@@AugustAutumn undertale is genuinely a cool game. I like bit.trip a lot more but it's cool to see indies get recognition regardless of where they are from. Would I like CV for smash? Absolutely, I would love that. But it's cool to see indies (such as undertale) get recognition. I
oh jeez that ending was incredible. I just sat emptily for a few moments. Incredible how much meaning they managed to cram into a series of games with such simple mechanics
This made me almost cry... I didn't know that CV died... This whole series is basically a story of life from beginning to end. I didn't know that such a simple game could have a very complicated backstory, sorta like fnaf. Nice video :')
+Ghostus And in a game of ping pong you find a story of life and death, if you think about it, pingong has a start and then an end. then end is then the ball is out of the table. or bounces twice. the ball out of the table is like an unintentional death like how CV died when he did not expect it. but bouncing twice is death by aging. and when you start you bounce once on your side and then once on the other, meaning that you... lose...... your......... innocence.............. GG NO RE GR8 JOB M8 8/8 IGN
Thanks for this playthrough! It was a lot of fun to watch! I can't say I know every nuance of the story, but I feel the events of void is the cornerstone to the rest of the series. To put it simply, Commander Video never really beat void. He was able to tone it down enough so he wasn't being a jerk to every and anyone at random...but in the end, it was his ego that got him killed. Timbletot could have easily been ignored, but CV apparently couldn't stand someone not loving him.
CommanderVideo's history is so heartwarming once you get to understand it... I've just had a huge moment of reflection... I first discovered BIT.TRIP from a friend, and now... it's become a huge part of my life.
I always kinda _knew_ when I was young the series was _on something_ like trying to _say something-_ This video put an answer to that younger me's questions, and now I have like an incredible respect for this hexalogy
I bought Flux shortly after it came out, having not really played any of the prior ones. (The Core demo got lots of play from me.) I especially loved the music in Perception. After becoming aware of the story, I realized the final boss of Catharsis is metaphorically and literally yourself. I began to think of "the wall" as more of a mirror, reflecting everything that touches it. The only inputs come from you. The mirror is completely passive in this instance.
"The wall" final boss has a much more poignant meaning if you're old enough to remember Atari games, and what happens after you beat Breakout. In the original Breakout, if you destroy all the bricks, they all respawn once. Destroy them again, and... nothing. You're left to bounce a ball around in an empty room forever, until you run out of patience. There's nothing left to do. The game is over. It's time to accept that and move on.
I really have to say, the game has a really amazing background. I may not have played it but my respect for it has doubled. Nice job with the commentary too. I felt your voice fit the video and how you commented quite well. Thanks for doing this.
This is a beautifully put together video, and something I would have done had I been as awesome and motivated as yourself, Ambi. I love these games dearly. Thanks for the time and effort and impressions!
@The LOL its best to assume the the reality unfusion beam from Runner2 some how made an alternate universe that only starts after Fate where CV somehow regains control of himself before he dies.
@@LasagaMan but commandervideo came back one frame after disappearing, so he's the only one who knows that Runner2 happend, outside of Whetfärt cheezbörger, Unkle Dill, and reverse merman who's shown in Runner3 to exist in CV's world, as for the Pitazo and CaptainVideo's cameos, i'm not sure about them
Another little reference in these games that's overlooked is the Arecibo message which can be seen in the background during the transition level of beat, an interesting and fitting choice of reference considering the story of the series
huh i wonder where runner 3 fall into the series also this video was good i never got to play the full versions of any of these games but i played there demos and i have a connection with these games CVs journey was so sad but cool at the same time i really like the CV character and i'm glad flux wasn't the last we saw of him :)
I believe the first bit of solar system imagery in Cartharsis' META mode was a simple image of CV's egotism that led to his downfall. The large solar-body was mostly black, and the smaller bodies revolving it were color coded in a similar fashion as CV's friends were. Linking things back to FATE, CV's friends as power-ups revolved around him in a similar fashion. FATE was an episode of CV trying to heal his wounded pride, and he dragged his friends along for the ride...but that's clear already.
I love this series, and I love CommanderVideo. I wish that he was so much more known that he is now. He might not ever be, but he'll always be in my heart. (Shame BIT.TRIP Flux was removed from the fucking Steam store because the port was completely broken.) Good night our little commander... May you rest easy.
Another part of FATE that really points to CV's ego being the real problem were the messages in that game: many of them were lies. Many of the things it said he didn't have...he did, and would have had more if he hadn't chased Timbletot. And what about the path itself? Why was CV's movement so restricted at this point in life? And it was Timbletot that set it, not CV. Video got played like a fiddle the entire game: his feelings got so hurt that he never thought to get off the path.
I always knew CV from The Bit Trip Demos on wiiware, and Super Meat Boy, I'm suprised there was a very heartfelt story behind it. If I ever get a chance, I'm gwtting the Bit Trip series on disc for the Wii
It has three difficulty modes, and if you skip the checkpoints normal mode is slightly tougher than most of runner but never quite gets to 1-11 or 3-10 difficulty. Checkpoints help a lot, though, so even on hard you don't have to do several minutes of perfect platforming. You can skip them for a big point bonus though!
I've never got around to finishing FLUX on the Wii, and Gaijin haven't pushed it out on Steam yet, so I'm glad I got to see the end of it, but disappointed that I didn't do it myself :p
At the end of Bit . trip beat, I AM ONLY A MAN At the end of Bit . trip core, I AM NOT ALONE At the end of Bit . trip void, I AM READY At the end of Bit . trip runner, YOU ARE NOT A MAN (the timbal-tot says that) And in the bit . trip flux trailer, I AM HOME. (Sorry it took so long to get an answer from somebody, but your welcome) ;)
trust me, i won't make anything that sucks if I can help it. the main normal difficulty run will definitely be subtitled, I promise that. i'll be trying a few things for the hard mode run until i find what I like
Coming to this video after looking at the storyline for BTR2, I will now provide a deeper analysis involving all 7 games using info from this video and of analysis of BTR2. Beat is where the protagonist is being born. Nothing much is happening, and they're just learning the basics of how life might be. There is a bit of foreshadowing however in one of the stages. I will explain why it is such later. Core is where they learn the controls of the body that they were given. They also learn more about the new world they're thrust in. They're supported by their friends and family until they finally can operate independently. Void is when they start interacting with other people similar to them in the world. Interactions at first were not great, when they bully others and gets themselves bullied in return. After a while though, they manage to learn how to communicate with others and make friends. Runner is where the character starts exploring the world with all the knowledge necessary to survive. They discover how industrial and mechanized life truly is and how their people truly act. This is where they meet their adversary, who will ultimately drag them down to the antagonist's level and doom them. Runner 2 is where the character is thrust into a NEW situation unexpectedly, alone, no plan in mind, and unaware of how the new world works. They are out of place. They aren't welcome, and most likely will never be. They must find a way out of what seems to be a trap their adversary put them in, so they can return to their friends. This is where they should learn that they should never take what they have for granted, as it can always be ripped away in a heartbeat. They were lucky what was lost was replaced(temporarily) instead of losing everything and being left with nothing. We now transition into Fate. Fate is where our character gives off one last attempt of solving the problem by trying to befriend the antagonist. It fails, as his adversary is apparently the embodiment of hatred, and will not stop until they are rid of the character in their life. Instead of leaving the antagonist alone(or could be the opposite, depending on your view on the storyline), he keeps trying to solve the problem in which, to the character, everyone wins. This ultimately begins to tear apart the character, physically and mentally. The entry ends in one final showdown where it's the classic Protagonist versus Antagonist. The protagonist lets his anger get the best of him instead of controlling it. This leads the damaged Protagonist to unleash one final attack on the Antagonist, which ultimately ended in Kamikaze. Both died in the exchange. This takes us to Flux. This is where the protagonist completes a full circle. They begin letting go of everything that tied them to the physical world, their anger being a key component of that. Remember Beat? If you have played it and paid close attention, you remember how one of the stages shows apparent spirits fading off into space? This is where the protagonist ends up going. They keep going on, seeing everything from an outsider's perspective until they break the final barrier, where they return "home." What "home" is, we never know unless we get something that continues the story on from there. All we can say is that the protagonist has made it to where they were supposed to go in the end. Their story is complete. They have returned to something after they became nothing, as said in the video. They ascended to a new story to be told somewhere else in a new timeline, and where or when that very timeline takes place in is up to the viewer/player, at least, it's what I'd like to think. If it's the events of Super Mario, then it's Super Mario, or even, in what I like, if it's the events of Bullet Hell Monday, then it's Bullet Hell Monday. This is A story of how the cycle of life develops, matures and completes a character, and how that very cycle of life will always repeat again and again until the end of time. EDIT: Will see BTR3's storyline and will analyze it so I can incorporate it into this pre-existing analysis. Thank you for your time if you are reading this, and have a good day, afternoon or night.
@@pixeldispatch_ I'd figure, but then again, it does say that R2 would happen within just a frame in the transition between Runner and Fate. So it can be considered canon by that reason alone.
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And that's when I realized that the whole bit trip series was made by psychologists
This comment made my day.
+SN3AK KING 101 Gg no re 8/8 IGN. im not kidding I agree with you, all because of VOID, because id and ego and also superego fall wih the sychological model of feruds (I think I spelt it rog gg) model of the brain. ego being personality, superego being the conscious, and id being impulses and greed and needs. lol I think I just BSed my way through this comment
Well I need a psychIATRIST after I play Runner3
Play Bit Trip Fate in the dark you will feel like your in space meditating.
There's no exit in rerunner
You know what's sad? This game doesn't get enough praise. This is a story about a person through life to death. It so meaningful and it has so many lessons. But it is still rather unknown. Other than BTR2, the series is rather left in the dark. We need this story to be spread.
Royalty Nine [NLR] we need to
I plan on playing the 6 games on the PS4/Vita rerelease
@@SanchezS1998 me to
Been trying to get these games out there so whenever I have company I play it on Wii or pull out my 3ds copy
Petition to make a sequel to beat,core,void,fate,flux, and an update to runner2
It's nice coming back here once in awhile
Zorgot! I love your gameplays
Did you Zorgot about this video, get it
What
@@guildjonah4156 yeah haha, I get it, but yeah sometimes
This video blew my mind a couple years ago. Still does, excellent game series. Playing it on the switch after so many years has been really nostalgic. I love it
So I have my own interpretation of bit.trip fate that may be a little darker and a little different from what most people think.
I actually think the timbletot represents negative/suicidal thoughts, and also a negative distorted self reflection of CV himself, as represented with none of the other characters really reacting to the timbletot directly nor being able to help commander video in the fights against him nor any of the boss fights as it's something only he's able to do, I think bit.trip fate is a story about depression and eventual suicide due to the level names, being: determination, patience, desperation, frustration, anger, and finally "fall". With commander video fighting the "timbletot" and his minions being an inner fight with himself and his own psyche with the path he's taking (the line the player moves on) being this winding and curving downward spiral. I think that in the game the powerups being the friends you met along in bit.trip runner represent his friends being there to support him and help drown out all the negative thoughts happening all around him but not always having the time to be there at all times. I think by the second world boss fight he was trying to wade off the negative thoughts with the positive ones and good things happening in his life, eventually the negative feelings overwhelm him and take control over him making him resent the timbletot as he thinks he's the source of all his problems and subsequently hating himself in the process.
Now this is just my interpretation, and I don't think there's really one true right or wrong way of interpreting this series story. So if anyone has their own interpretations of bit.trip games that is different from the norm I'd love to hear them. I always found this game series infinitely fascinating so altered perspectives are really nice to see.
I thought runner was the only game in the series
@@MichaelVickers2007 .-.
@@MichaelVickers2007 yo same
@@MichaelVickers2007 i really hate RUNNER… i was little when my sister had a Wii and she installed BIT.TRIP CORE’s demo. sure i didn’t know what to do, but the music was awesome… i thought CORE was the only game.. until i found the collection on switch. i saw core, and i got loaded with nostalgia. i got it but i saw the collection for sale.. good deal by the way. i’m now on void and love BEAT & CORE. my favorite game series next to the Skate franchise for Xbox 360. can’t wait for Skate 4 to release. sorry, was getting off track..
My mind is shattered.
What’s more insane is that you managed to beat all of the bit trip games
Everything comes from something
We were before we became
From life comes rhythm and from rhythm comes life
Everything is a conduit for learning
We communicate in bits and bites
And we will return to something once we become nothing
After our BIT.TRIP is complete.
7:20 CV's dance moves were so fire, he made the others feel bad.
bro the even shit themselves cause of cool his moves were.
@@Booboo88e he must be the life of the party then
I haven't played bit trip in so long but I heard about runner 3 so I decided to look back on the rest of the series, I had no idea it had such a deep story, I didn't even know the games were connected other than the runner trilogy
Roosterrock Same
actually, the series splits in 2 at the end of BIT.TRIP RUNNER. either continued in runner2 or BIT.TRIP FATE
@@existorman872 the runner 2 is more of a non cannon approach and after runner it goes to fate
I like to believe that after the end of FLUX, when CV finally lets go of his life, he's actually being "reset." He's letting go of everything, all of his memories, his physical life, to move to the next. After that, the events of BEAT, CORE, VOID, and RUNNER happen again, and instead of CV going down a dark path in FATE, the events of RUNNER2 and RUNNER3 happen, plus whatever's after that. Some say RUNNER2 is in between RUNNER and FATE, but I just wanted to share what I thought.
"and we will return to something, once we become nothing..." is a GREAT representation fo this.
Wow, I always thought that Btr3 took place in its own timeline and it was not connected to the series at all.
Then going to VOID itself...where CV's an utter monster stomping around hurting feelings. It takes a combined group of CV's to finally get him to back down. While he does learn to tone himself down...his ego is still very present. The void, while it gets cut down from time to time, never stops growing, and without any checking, it can easily get out of control.
And what better to grow an ego than the events of Runner? Why else would he pursue Timbletot, who's portrayed as a failure?
maybe CV’s been kind till level 5 of BIT.TRIP FATE ever since level 3 of VOID. maybe he was trying to catch up to timbletot… for a friend.
@@existorman872 sadly however, his *determination* could only go so far. which left him only with *patience* . but timbletots cruel actions crushed CVs spirit with *frustration* and led to his *fall* which ultimately led CV to his *fate* 😔
Hi, I know this is an old video but I just found it and I loved it. Bit trip is one of my favourite games ever and i'm currently replaying. So addictive and beautiful.
Now I´m definetly buying the collection on the PS4
for what it's worth i know i don't have the best speaking voice in the world but bear with me here, this is my first time ever making something like this
Your voice is so calming, thank you for the video.
I know this was 7 years ago, but I gotta say, you did an incredible job, I try to come back to this video at least a couple times a year. Your speaking voice is good. c:
@@aurum7695 eliza's (a wooden palisade) on twitter (@atinyempress), I think she can thank Ambisagrus for you, since his Twitter is gone
I actually found your voice rather nice calming and fitting
I discovered this video in 2015 and it subtly changed my life a bit. Thank you so much for your hard work and for giving me an eternal appreciation for Bit Trip
I always wanted Comander Video for Smash. I was looking videos of his past games, and i found this master piece. Thx dude, now i really want him in the new switch Smash.
Me too :'(
Instead, we got fucking Sans...
@DizzyMet Yeah
@@AugustAutumn undertale is genuinely a cool game. I like bit.trip a lot more but it's cool to see indies get recognition regardless of where they are from. Would I like CV for smash? Absolutely, I would love that. But it's cool to see indies (such as undertale) get recognition. I
@@AugustAutumn and the 30th fire emblem fighter
I never knew the story of CV was that deep. Thanks!
Truly the most satisfying Game Over
oh jeez that ending was incredible. I just sat emptily for a few moments. Incredible how much meaning they managed to cram into a series of games with such simple mechanics
Game over... Life over... But a new existance begins.
existance
Bit. trip LEGACY
Wow, that actually made me tear up. Poor Commander Video! I had no idea his background was so deep.
Great video, man!
this video made me have an existential crisis
to memenade!
Still one of my favorite videos on youtube honestly
This made me almost cry... I didn't know that CV died... This whole series is basically a story of life from beginning to end. I didn't know that such a simple game could have a very complicated backstory, sorta like fnaf. Nice video :')
Ya the symbolic features in each game are really unique, and it's hard to find those in games nowadays.
+Ghostus And in a game of ping pong you find a story of life and death, if you think about it, pingong has a start and then an end. then end is then the ball is out of the table. or bounces twice. the ball out of the table is like an unintentional death like how CV died when he did not expect it. but bouncing twice is death by aging. and when you start you bounce once on your side and then once on the other, meaning that you... lose...... your......... innocence.............. GG NO RE GR8 JOB M8 8/8 IGN
jacobxdloser but runner 3 is a thing now
AHEM RUNNER 2
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That last part tho.
wow i came into this game thinking "WWWHHHOOOOAAAAA this game is awesome and super fun!" I didn't realize it had so much rich story behind it
I always thought timbletot sounded like tater tots XD
Thanks for this playthrough! It was a lot of fun to watch!
I can't say I know every nuance of the story, but I feel the events of void is the cornerstone to the rest of the series. To put it simply, Commander Video never really beat void.
He was able to tone it down enough so he wasn't being a jerk to every and anyone at random...but in the end, it was his ego that got him killed. Timbletot could have easily been ignored, but CV apparently couldn't stand someone not loving him.
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im sorry *w h a t*
I remember watching this when it was pretty new and this video is really underrated
CommanderVideo's history is so heartwarming once you get to understand it...
I've just had a huge moment of reflection... I first discovered BIT.TRIP from a friend, and now... it's become a huge part of my life.
I always kinda _knew_ when I was young the series was _on something_ like trying to _say something-_
This video put an answer to that younger me's questions, and now I have like an incredible respect for this hexalogy
I've been a fan of the series for about a decade now.
My favorite one is Flux.
The existence of all Runner games makes it seem like to me that CV had an excellent long adulthood
This is a man's life, this game gave himself life.
thank you, i like your voice :)
I bought Flux shortly after it came out, having not really played any of the prior ones. (The Core demo got lots of play from me.)
I especially loved the music in Perception. After becoming aware of the story, I realized the final boss of Catharsis is metaphorically and literally yourself.
I began to think of "the wall" as more of a mirror, reflecting everything that touches it. The only inputs come from you. The mirror is completely passive in this instance.
"The wall" final boss has a much more poignant meaning if you're old enough to remember Atari games, and what happens after you beat Breakout.
In the original Breakout, if you destroy all the bricks, they all respawn once. Destroy them again, and... nothing. You're left to bounce a ball around in an empty room forever, until you run out of patience. There's nothing left to do. The game is over. It's time to accept that and move on.
It's a shame that these games are so brutal. I would've liked to know about the abstractness of it, but I couldn't get past song 1 on Beat :(
I really have to say, the game has a really amazing background. I may not have played it but my respect for it has doubled. Nice job with the commentary too. I felt your voice fit the video and how you commented quite well. Thanks for doing this.
I didn’t know these games were a whole story,I thought they were just fun little games to play....
Same
Who'd a though such an abstract series of games holds some great introspective on life? Awesome video!
Aww that's kind of sad...
A fantastic summary of the series. Good job putting this together.
This is a beautifully put together video, and something I would have done had I been as awesome and motivated as yourself, Ambi. I love these games dearly. Thanks for the time and effort and impressions!
I LOVE BIT.TRIP RUNNER!! (I have it on my wii)
Fantastic video. For those that say video games can't be art.
(warning: dumb comment from 6 years ago)
First of all, Runner2 falls in between Runner and Fate. Second, meem.
MeeM
@The LOL its best to assume the the reality unfusion beam from Runner2 some how made an alternate universe that only starts after Fate where CV somehow regains control of himself before he dies.
@@LasagaMan but commandervideo came back one frame after disappearing, so he's the only one who knows that Runner2 happend, outside of Whetfärt cheezbörger, Unkle Dill, and reverse merman who's shown in Runner3 to exist in CV's world, as for the Pitazo and CaptainVideo's cameos, i'm not sure about them
• ObeliskWithLimbs • I think there was a CaptainVideo cape and a costume that looked like him a bit.
• ObeliskWithLimbs • also wasn’t CommandGirlVideo a character in Runner2?
There were some of the Wii shop channel's finest. Years later I still love these games
I picked up Runner 2 on the Wii U recently, having only played Beat and Runner previously, so this contextualizing piece was really helpful!
You did grand :D You have a soothing voice, great for narration or story telling :D
I just bought the complete series on Steam recently. If anything, to support the creators for making such an awesome game series.
Another little reference in these games that's overlooked is the Arecibo message which can be seen in the background during the transition level of beat, an interesting and fitting choice of reference considering the story of the series
Very interesting video. Didn't know there was so much more to these games.
Now that I watched this video, I understand the series now, thanks
I love the Void explanation, well done Ambisagrus.
I really, really like this video. Its calming and the explanation is great for the previous games. It helps that you've got a fantastic voice.
Commander Video is really Brave!!! I like when he fought his anger!
Man, this game series is so abstract yet fascinating
Very nicely narrated! Liked
7:05 Actually, it banks points.
geez man, you don't need to give us an existential crisis at the end.
Very interesting and nicely made. Thanks !
This guy is the BIT.TRIP master :)
Ambi, your voice is awesome and your content is awesome, i love how you interpret this story and its sho touching >.>
coming back every once in a while…
it calms one.
Me too
You're amazing. Thanks for making the video.
Very nicely done, good job!
*slow claps..* and this is why it's my favorite series of the generation
huh i wonder where runner 3 fall into the series also this video was good i never got to play the full versions of any of these games but i played there demos and i have a connection with these games CVs journey was so sad but cool at the same time i really like the CV character and i'm glad flux wasn't the last we saw of him :)
The Mounting Sadds in BIT.TRIP RUNNER 2 looks like the final level from Fate.
I believe the first bit of solar system imagery in Cartharsis' META mode was a simple image of CV's egotism that led to his downfall. The large solar-body was mostly black, and the smaller bodies revolving it were color coded in a similar fashion as CV's friends were. Linking things back to FATE, CV's friends as power-ups revolved around him in a similar fashion. FATE was an episode of CV trying to heal his wounded pride, and he dragged his friends along for the ride...but that's clear already.
i had NO idea. now i have to go back and take my own BIT.TRIP. i own the games but had no idea of the story and meaning behind it. just wow.
love this game cookbook much
I love this series, and I love CommanderVideo. I wish that he was so much more known that he is now. He might not ever be, but he'll always be in my heart.
(Shame BIT.TRIP Flux was removed from the fucking Steam store because the port was completely broken.)
Good night our little commander...
May you rest easy.
What! It was removed.
@@Biggie_Cheese_Official Yes
I checked
The soundtrack is still there but the game itself isn't
@@flaco3462 I mean you could play flux on switch
@@MichaelVickers2007 welp that's just what i'm gonna do then cuz i bought the whole series on switch
@@flaco3462 nice I have runner, fate, and flux (I also own the 6 games on 3DS and runner 2 on PS3)
What does commander video say at the end of bit trip beat? Can't decipher it
Another part of FATE that really points to CV's ego being the real problem were the messages in that game: many of them were lies. Many of the things it said he didn't have...he did, and would have had more if he hadn't chased Timbletot. And what about the path itself? Why was CV's movement so restricted at this point in life? And it was Timbletot that set it, not CV. Video got played like a fiddle the entire game: his feelings got so hurt that he never thought to get off the path.
I always knew CV from The Bit Trip Demos on wiiware, and Super Meat Boy, I'm suprised there was a very heartfelt story behind it. If I ever get a chance, I'm gwtting the Bit Trip series on disc for the Wii
#Bringbackthebittrip2016
:( They Can't.
I think Gaijin Games is dead. :(
It's like Choice Provisions.
+Sphingsher Gamer Tuopha yeah, they changed their name to Choice Provisions
+carnyzzle they bring back the bit trip by launching a teaser of a new game called RUNNER3 and its coming out in 2017.
yeah, it takes place literally in the moments after Runner and before Fate. he just started a Runner 2 LP if you wanna check out the first video
That was wonderful.
After every bit trip game, CV says some words at the end of the last cutscene. I can't tell what he says. Can anyone help me out?
- BEAT: "I am only a man."
- CORE: "I am not alone."
- VOID: "I am ready!"
- RUNNER: "You are not a man."
I thought "I am only a man" was "I am now created" to be honest
Fantastic!
Ey man
This video is a pretty good video
Good work
It has three difficulty modes, and if you skip the checkpoints normal mode is slightly tougher than most of runner but never quite gets to 1-11 or 3-10 difficulty. Checkpoints help a lot, though, so even on hard you don't have to do several minutes of perfect platforming. You can skip them for a big point bonus though!
From life comes rhythm and from rhythm comes life
The games were so confusing at first! Thank you!
text for the most part, maybe voice for the harder difficulty
wow u are a true BIT. TRIP Fan just like me
13:25 With his “Wrath” is more like it
What do those 0's and 1's at the end of flux, do they translate to something?
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I've never got around to finishing FLUX on the Wii, and Gaijin haven't pushed it out on Steam yet, so I'm glad I got to see the end of it, but disappointed that I didn't do it myself :p
Beat:beggining
Core:realization
Void:confidence
Runner:(idk)
Fate:truth
Flux:end
Never beat any of the games cuz they're so hard but this is kinda interesting
What is the background of PERCEPTION before Meta?
This is cool
Can anyone tell me what commander video is saying in each part?
At the end of Bit . trip beat, I AM ONLY A MAN At the end of Bit . trip core, I AM NOT ALONE At the end of Bit . trip void, I AM READY At the end of Bit . trip runner, YOU ARE NOT A MAN (the timbal-tot says that) And in the bit . trip flux trailer, I AM HOME. (Sorry it took so long to get an answer from somebody, but your welcome) ;)
But what about CV disappearing after the credits? Does this mean everything that he did was in vain?
trust me, i won't make anything that sucks if I can help it. the main normal difficulty run will definitely be subtitled, I promise that. i'll be trying a few things for the hard mode run until i find what I like
I downloaded the demos of bit.trip void and I think flux on my Wii.
Coming to this video after looking at the storyline for BTR2, I will now provide a deeper analysis involving all 7 games using info from this video and of analysis of BTR2.
Beat is where the protagonist is being born. Nothing much is happening, and they're just learning the basics of how life might be. There is a bit of foreshadowing however in one of the stages. I will explain why it is such later.
Core is where they learn the controls of the body that they were given. They also learn more about the new world they're thrust in. They're supported by their friends and family until they finally can operate independently.
Void is when they start interacting with other people similar to them in the world. Interactions at first were not great, when they bully others and gets themselves bullied in return. After a while though, they manage to learn how to communicate with others and make friends.
Runner is where the character starts exploring the world with all the knowledge necessary to survive. They discover how industrial and mechanized life truly is and how their people truly act. This is where they meet their adversary, who will ultimately drag them down to the antagonist's level and doom them.
Runner 2 is where the character is thrust into a NEW situation unexpectedly, alone, no plan in mind, and unaware of how the new world works. They are out of place. They aren't welcome, and most likely will never be. They must find a way out of what seems to be a trap their adversary put them in, so they can return to their friends. This is where they should learn that they should never take what they have for granted, as it can always be ripped away in a heartbeat. They were lucky what was lost was replaced(temporarily) instead of losing everything and being left with nothing.
We now transition into Fate. Fate is where our character gives off one last attempt of solving the problem by trying to befriend the antagonist. It fails, as his adversary is apparently the embodiment of hatred, and will not stop until they are rid of the character in their life. Instead of leaving the antagonist alone(or could be the opposite, depending on your view on the storyline), he keeps trying to solve the problem in which, to the character, everyone wins. This ultimately begins to tear apart the character, physically and mentally. The entry ends in one final showdown where it's the classic Protagonist versus Antagonist. The protagonist lets his anger get the best of him instead of controlling it. This leads the damaged Protagonist to unleash one final attack on the Antagonist, which ultimately ended in Kamikaze. Both died in the exchange.
This takes us to Flux. This is where the protagonist completes a full circle. They begin letting go of everything that tied them to the physical world, their anger being a key component of that. Remember Beat? If you have played it and paid close attention, you remember how one of the stages shows apparent spirits fading off into space? This is where the protagonist ends up going. They keep going on, seeing everything from an outsider's perspective until they break the final barrier, where they return "home."
What "home" is, we never know unless we get something that continues the story on from there. All we can say is that the protagonist has made it to where they were supposed to go in the end. Their story is complete. They have returned to something after they became nothing, as said in the video.
They ascended to a new story to be told somewhere else in a new timeline, and where or when that very timeline takes place in is up to the viewer/player, at least, it's what I'd like to think. If it's the events of Super Mario, then it's Super Mario, or even, in what I like, if it's the events of Bullet Hell Monday, then it's Bullet Hell Monday.
This is A story of how the cycle of life develops, matures and completes a character, and how that very cycle of life will always repeat again and again until the end of time.
EDIT: Will see BTR3's storyline and will analyze it so I can incorporate it into this pre-existing analysis. Thank you for your time if you are reading this, and have a good day, afternoon or night.
R2 and 3 aren't canon to the storyline, they're spinoffs.
@@pixeldispatch_ I'd figure, but then again, it does say that R2 would happen within just a frame in the transition between Runner and Fate. So it can be considered canon by that reason alone.
R.i.p commander video
Everything is a conduit for learning
Where does Runner 2 fall into this?