i mean everyone's talking about each person's relationship to you but like bug friend couldve left through the mail slot at any point and didnt choose to leave so i think thats pretty nice
If you make a game that has no physical people, voice acting and is entirely comprised of letters and Minecraft graphics, and at the end you have people that are physically crying over it, you've done something right.
This game affected him so much that when a Markiplier fangame came out that had a "Charlotte's Cake" healing item, he said he didn't want to eat it because it was Charlotte's cake. Just one example of what a deeply moving game this is.
living_underneath_my_skin aaaaaah dream island??? Or something??? The one with very little saving. He like goes into a video game and ends up fighting his draw my life
Yknow the worst part is that if Charlotte had played the music for a little bit longer. If she had played that song again, Salvador would have found her. And they could be friends. And she would be alive. And he would be with her. And then when we left, we would see them. We would get to see both of them alive and well
The saddest part is that the developer made this game while depressed, and ended up taking his life when seeing all the games he made went unnoticed, it reminds me of Charlotte in a way.
What makes it more sad is that when you listen to the symptoms and statistics of this “virus” in the game, when you fully realize that the virus is actually depression
That Salvador letter ending with “I am on my way” hits different. All that matters to him is getting his friend out. He gives everything to free him. It hurts so much.
what hurts more was that he had no family in the first place. he wanted to believe someone was his friend, that someone actually cared about him so badly he didnt even know the strangers name, yet he was so engaged to help him
And happy-buddy was just the creator, in the end, when he said goodbye. The real man. The creator committed suicide in 2018. He was depressed, and ended.
I love how serious all the voices became near the end of the game as he slowly became more attached and worried for all the characters. At the beginning their voices were very exaggerated and fake because it was all a game, but at the end they became real and serious, and sad, because suddenly this wasnt a game, and these faceless people mattered.
I am back seven years later, and I just discovered that someone (not the original developer) is remaking Presentable Liberty in high-definition graphics, there is a Steam page, Discord server, everything! It is a pretty small community, but it deserves so much attention. I remember watching this when I was just a kid, and it was the first time I was ever so emotionally effected by a piece of fiction. I really hope this remake gets more attention, it would be a nice tribute to Wertpol, god bless him.
That's very sweet :0 I come back to this video on occasion, because it means a lot to me even though it is SO depressing I'll check that out, thank you for sharing :D 💜 Will say, I tried to play Wertpol's menagerie/archive game after finding out, but my computer sucks so I couldn't get more than one ending in, and I hope to replay it. Hope all is well
I don't care. Somebody said they made this but they didn't, even if they were a developer. Robert Brock was the actual creator, so they lied. They stole credit for it. This is no different. Remaking it or not,I don't support anyone doing anything to this game. It was fine on it's own with it's current 100% pristine condition when it was released.
What if these games where just what he was experiencing throughout his last few years of life. Loneliness, never in control of the world around him, isolated. Hits deep man
This comment is probably lost, but I love that when he got halfway through the game, when it got darker, he stopped playing the ingame games and started just waiting, and waiting, for a letter.
Lanthan -Aka Loli- Salvador also tried to come help us he tried to shut down the power to come save us and Charlotte bakes us an f-ing cake and we let her die! And by staying happy we tried to ensure our happy buddie’s safety but to no avail they may have left us but we never left them.
@@l0sts0ul89 thats simplifying depression far too much, you dont just get depression from one specific circumstance. With the tone of this game, its very obvious that he was already struggling pretty hard with depression and only over time was it too hard for him to struggle with, to say that he only killed himself because his games weren't being recognized is silly and disrespectful.
This video is not for the faint of heart. I have never played a game like this before and I don't think I ever will. There are many heavy subjects so get ready for an adventure unlike any other...
“I hope you enjoy the game. I doubt it because it isn’t fun. Like seriously not at all. I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don’t give up like me. You never know how much more time you have.” After knowing the creator of Presentable Library killed himself, this feels like a message from him to the people playing the game. Rest In Peace.
whats really tough is, is that i could really imagine myself doing something exactly like that. making a game or something with a good message, with an ending like that.. thats why it connects so well to me
I couldn't help but feel so happy when Mark heard the gramophone and said, "I hear it! God, Charlotte, I hear it!" as he laughs happily, "Charlotte I hear it! I hear it Charlotte! God, Charlotte, how can I tell her I hear it? How can I tell anybody I hear it?" he was so happy... but when the music stopped and his smile faded, it's like a stone dropped on your head and heart. Seriously, he looks so sad...
Same, I cried. I don't even know why I watched it. I knew it was gonna be sad...but I didn't think it was gonna be that sad. I just wanted to watch Markiplier
It is just so shocking how much this game affected Mark… Seeing him slowly get more and more lonely and depressed…hearing him calling for Charlotte, desperately pleading for her to stay alive for just a few more minutes… screaming meaninglessly at the walls trying so hard to let Charlotte know that he could hear her music…it’s so chilling, this game is so underrated for something that’s so powerful.
@@cat.toss.animated8094 I know that but I thought u meant on a metaphorical level, because clearly he was talking to us, who else would he have been talking to? Casper?
This game has the similar feel of depression. Everyone wanting you to be happy but never really helping. The people you need are to far away. Just isolation.
It's why I find it so frustrating that there are those who think depression is a choice. Who would ever choose this? Nobody would. That only adds to the isolation when people are so ignorant.
"Friends I never met are gone. Friends I shouldn't have cared about, I really care about. Imaginary people that don't exist that I never saw are gone, and I care." - Markiplier 2015
that's basically what I feel like the majority of people would feel like if Undertale was a TV show and the Genocide run was from an outsider's perspective
This was my first gameplay of Mark that I watched. At the time, whenever I tried to watch his gameplays, I thought he was too loud for me and I had never liked him before. But during that gameplay I saw that he was empathetic and cared about the characters. I've been a fan of his ever since. He is LOUD, but it doesn't bother me anymore.
From 2024 to 9 years ago, I feel like he’s changed lol. Like he’s always been loud, but nowadays he’s not (pull out ukelele mid sentence and start singing) lol, mark still a W tho
@@Nex15o6agree, Markiplier isn't as loud ,but he still the best goofy voice actor that we love. He have heart and actually big brain when it comes to poetry lores about life.
Charlotte's gramophone is one of the most upsetting parts of this game, not just because of the somber tone the music sets, but because of what it could've accomplished; had Charlotte kept playing it Salvador could've found her, giving Charlotte the will to go on living and she potentially could have saved Salvador from acting brashly when he sets out to free the main character, maybe saving his life in the process as well.
They both felt lonely, but if Charlotte had waited, if she kept playing the music, Salvadore or us could’ve met them. It’s amazing how much we can care for people we have no appearance to associate them with. I wish we could’ve eaten the cake with Charlotte or finally shaken Salvadore’s hand. Have that cup of tea or carve chess pieces next to the fireplace. If only, but like Charlotte and Salvadore said and wanted, we’re free.
@@cidercake4373 and if only we knew that the creator of this and other games, such as "Goodbye World", really had left a message behind, when he said "I hope you enjoy the game. I doubt it because it isn't fun. Like seriously not at all. I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have" He committed suicide... 😢
The best psychological horror games mess with your head, it makes the experience more engaging... It's hard putting such an compelling experience together however, best not to underestimate the genius behind it.
The worst part of this game is when the Happy Buddy says “I don’t care”. I understand why. He resents Dr Money because of the murder of his daughters. And he holds you related or even responsible in a way. But this was one of your only few friends, even if he was fake. It hurts so much.
Well for all that he didn't care he still cared enough to give him enough encouragement to stay alive and reason to live despite the other people in his life.
The scariest thing for me is the feeling of helplessness you feel in this game, the feeling that you can’t do anything, and when you finally can, it’s already too late.
It's frustrating and heartbreaking. It makes you want to punch a wall even after the skin on your knuckles comes off and scream "why?" into the air. You tell yourself "if only I were faster" "if only I were good enough", you could've made it. It sucks
The gramophone part made me cry. To think that she was trying to talk to you without knowing if you were actually alive. Such a desperate move but that was character building. And her death... She was really designed for you to love then die. *_we all live to die._*
This and iron lung perfectly incapsulate the feeling of loneliness and dread in totally different yet similar ways these games are *art* and the fact that robert took his life after making this really makes it poetic in such a sad yet beautiful way R.I.P Robert Brock
"To my only friend. When you're reading this, I will already be dead" God. This has new meaning now...RIP Wertpol. You and your games had more impact on more people than you will ever know.
@@ACHILLES8887 Er wurde depressiv und verlor den Sinn im Leben, also beendete er es. Ein dunkles Ende einer traurigen Geschichte. Dieses Spiel hat viele seiner Botschaften an uns. "I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have. Goodbye."
This is chilling. The way he did the voices in the beginning and them slowly turning sadder and more similar as they grow closer to their deaths... haunting
Lol when he said "how can all this happen in three days?" That hit. Two weeks ago, my brother was going to visit me at my college in Canada. (I'm from the US) That was Friday. Thursday, Trump implemented the travel ban to all of Europe. We decided he should stay home to avoid the risk of getting trapped in Canada. Friday, my school closed for a week. Saturday, they canceled classes for the rest of the year, and I came home- afraid that they might close the border. Monday, the border was closed to all but Canadian and American citizens. Then over the next week, all schools, and non-essential businesses were closed, and everyone was told to stay home. Crazy how the Thursday before, I was looking forward to my brother visiting, and to the rest of the school year. Just three days later, The country was closed, school is cancelled, and I was driving home with as much as I could fit in my car. THREE DAYS
Last August my biggest worry was my social anxiety and going back to middle school. I had no idea my parents would get a divorce, my dog would be diagnosed with Lukemia and shortly after be put down, my theater show we had been working for my last season with my second home, which was the theater, my only friends were there. The show was cancelled, turns out the only friend on my team is moving, she was my best friend, and I’m so alone. My life feels so empty. It’s just me alternating weeks between my mom and dads house, my dog is gone forever, I’ll never make any new memories with him. There’s no school I’m just stuck at home alone with no one to talk to other than my family. I guess my life isn’t all that bad, I still have them, and I’ve been going outside and I’ve been exercising and relaxing and getting better sleep Sorry this was so long I wanted to vent. Also I’m sorry to hear about your brother, I hope your family reunites soon, I’m still optimistic about 2020. I may just be looking for things to be upset about right now this game is putting me in a sad mood, I actually have had a great week And I hope things turn up for you too c,:
Olivia this hits hard especially right now me and my family were driving around and having a great day outside the next day we were shopping at 11:30 at night to get supplies next thing I know we’re stuck at home.
26:05 From what I can tell, by his body language and facial expressions, this is the EXACT moment where the game sunk its claws in for Mark. The frantic, haphazard movements, reasoning with himself, rationalizing that clearly the mic was to blame. But if you pause at this exact moment, the look on his face just says it all. From here, it's just a downward spiral. Crazy how a video game can just strike you to the core like thiz.
I had no idea this game was, in a way, the developer's suicide note and the cake was an allegory for the game. At the end, when he said goodbye, he didn't know if anyone would eat it, but he hoped someone would and that everyone who played the game wouldn't give up like he did, so that they could enjoy the cake he never would.
@@divisejohnson1951 I was confused at this response until I looked and realized I’d posted it twice. I’d delete it, but I’m too lazy, so I’ll leave it here so people know I’m just an idiot and posted the same comment twice. Not stolen.
The most disturbing part is probably actually watching mark’s distress, especially because he’s one of those creators that makes every viewer feel just a little valued even subconsciously.
@AethernalVoid Bruh I'm well aware of that silly billy and that's tragic but he lives on in the work etc that he's created and that people love and get emotional reactions out of. But what I'm saying is that if he was still alive and around in this day and age he probs would laugh at all that stuff too or may even find it funny. He may not care about it though or be bothered so I doubt he'd be "turning in his grave" right now over those people and over something as small as a joke but ok.
Big G why’s that? The spade is very creepy, and the diamond just looks like what I imagined Salvador to look like, all prom and proper, with a monocle and a mustache.
@@microbialdoormat I imaganed Salvador to be a sort of mexican with a little moustache while a monocle looks very rich, also its a diamond, something very expancive (Sorry, my english sucks more than my friends ex)
heart: Charlotte- idk how to explain that one spade: Mr smiley- there’s a smile. teeth. on it. diamond: dr money- the monocle. all fancy. plus a diamond is expensive. and he liked money a lot- club: Salvador- idk how to explain that one either just sorry that’s just my opinion and it feels right as them as those to me but everyone has different opinions im sorry ; ;
25:20 . The moment it starts to set in. The moment the realization hits that this isn’t just a weird psychological horror-esk game to make you feel weird. The moment that makes you go: “oh- oh.” The moment that flipped a switch in Mark as well. You can see it. It’s no longer silly voices and jokes. There is a little bit of buildup but this is the moment where it really happens. The turning point if you will. This game means so much to me I cannot describe it. I hope the creator is resting in peace.
Mark didn’t even meet these people, but he still was pained to see their hardships. He felt sad for Mr. Smiley, sad for Charlotte, enjoyed Salvador’s table he handcrafted. He knew he was playing a game but the loneliness of the cell made him so excited for every letter that came in. Everything was falling apart in a span of days. This lets play is so interesting but honestly I got emotional too while watching. This game was so powerful and had an impact on anyone playing or watching. I’d just like to say this was really a work of art and it’s sad to see a wondrous creator pass away. He will be missed but his legacy will continue on forever...
Charlotte has got to be the saddest character in the game The whole time she doesn’t even know your alive and the crushing sense of loneliness overwhelmed her just before you can meet her.
This game is so haunting. Hearing the gramaphone was both incredibly uplifting and incredibly sad. Such a bittersweet moment that Charlotte has been reaching out and you two could share that music experience together but she'll never know.
My tears just stopped, and then I read your comment, and now I can’t even tell if I’m typing this right because my eyes are filled with saltwater body fluids ❤
@@lvbboi9 im pretty sure its "tell dont show" in this scenario since everything is well... told to you, there isnt really much storytelling done with the surroundings
@@Hoovy_MainI think the point is that the story and state of the world is shown to yoy via playing, not just infodumped or monologued to you at the start. Show don't tell doesn't always mean literally!
25:25 "I'm just sitting in room, alone, doing a let's play of a game, talking to a camera. You guys can't respond. Are you responding? Are you getting this message? Are you able to hear me? Cause I'm here in my pastry shop, all alone. I got my ukelele> I can't hear you guys. Are you there? Is anyone listening to me?" Damn, that's heavy... Game made Mark question his own let's play.
The meaning behind this game is so dark, its supposed to make you understand what depression could feel like, being trapped alone and being in your own little dark cell with people trying to help you and only hurting themselves trying to, and at the end what what cost. When you finally break out of your cell and try to come out to people sometimes it takes a dark turn and everything goes horribly wrong, the "virus" was supposed to symbol all of the bad things in your life happening, like losing friends or family, having situations come up that you cant get out of...this game does the greatest job at representing these things.....I cant imagine what the developer had to go through to be able to describe/represent all of this
I only just came across this video. The end made me cry. My brother died by suicide after living the isolation of 2020, then his own imposed isolation. Hope anyone's who feels alone is able to reach out to someone around you, or even 988. Much love to all of you. ❤
Tiny bug tim gave me the most feels, I mean, he was clearly fine on his own, and he obviously could've fit through the mail slot at anytime and left you, but he stayed. Tiny bug tim is the real MVP.
jesus christ. more respects for salvadore. when mr money told us he died i couldnt feel more angry sad and everything. hate for mr money. sad for salvadore. he was the first one who talked to us. and the last that cared for us.
3 messengers 1 scares you (mr. smiley) 1 actually makes you somewhat happy (sal) And 1 makes you sad (charlotte) They are all contradicting each other perfectly I love it
Mr. Smiley is sadder I think. From the start you know everything but he doesn't know you know and you have no way of talking to him and stopping him from slowly killing himself.
I think Charlottes notes were scary. I saw Smileys ending coming, considering how he wrote and how his happiness was only caused by blackmail and obviously Dr. Money was lying(I kinda assumed smth happened to the kids already), so seeing Charlottes notes about how she was giving up already-how she was doubting anyone else was even getting her notes-it scared me that she wouldn’t make it. I was right to fear that. In the end, I kinda blamed myself for not getting to her in time, but it was all of our faults. Or, rather, it wasn’t any of our faults. Sometimes things don’t work out.. sometimes you can’t save someone who needs you. It’s just the way the river flows.
joeshot71 that's what the game does to people. i don't know how but it just does. i've played the game once i really felt like i was a prisoner in this world.
joeshot71 He talked about it in Rhett and Links Ear Biscuit podcast. He explained how he gets into the game to the point of being the character. The podcast: soundcloud.com/earbiscuits/ep-61-markiplier-ear-biscuits
God damn, coming back to this video after 6 years only to find that the creator killed themselves 2 and a half years ago... That really sucks. This was always one of my favorites, both in terms of the game itself and Mark's playthrough of it. Rest in peace, Wertpol
this game really touched my heart and it makes me really sad the creator of it passed away. i always come back to it every now and then to be sad and now i’ll be even more sad
This game actually effect me in many ways especially when i’m just a curious child wondering off in Social Media and accidentally came across here. The feels is real and I’m here to rewatch and re-experience this. Always has been my favorite game. rest in peace.
I come back every once in a while to watch this video because the game is so good. and now I've heard the creator has..died. it makes me so sad the way he died, this game was so great. it deserved more attention.
The other ending of this game explains why your in the cell, and it’s becuase you were given the real antidote in the beginning and now killed for you fully immune and functioning organs 12 days later never hearing from anyone and dying , this is the good end, that’s what is heartbreaking
@@abdullahashraf8549 spoiler alert, but the alternate ending happens when you dont leave the cell after the door opens at the end of the game, after a while the cell door closes and you get letters from dr. Money, telling you about how he gave you the antidote and is going to sell your organs
"I hear it! God, Charlotte I hear it! Charlotte I hear it! I hear it Charlotte! God how can I tell her I hear it?" You can hear the distress and loneliness in his voice. This line gets me and I don't know why
It really does, and as someone who is usually isolates from others, pre quarantine included, I can say that it feels a lot like this sometimes. Like you're really all alone. That's probably why this game hits so close to home
@@MANTUEFLIE2 NOT FUNNY. WERTPOL COMMITTING SUICIDE IS NOTHING CLOSE TO BEING A JOKE. I REPEAT SUICIDE IS NOT A JOKE NOR IS DEPRESSION NOR IS ANY MENTAL ILLNESS. I REPORTED THIS COMMENT AND YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DELETE IT. NOW. ITS NOT FUNNY.
WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT!
I remember watching this video as a kid, I've come back to it a few times now not remembering anything about it except that it exists. It seems to have left a lasting impact on me. This game really has changed my life
When the music finally stopped, my heart just broke. I just, the look of utter disappointment that makes Mark's face drop and he realizes how lonely he's really becoming in the game.
That's the frustration of not being able to do anything. I would also grow impatient and scream like a madman. Not being able to communicate to people who are communicating to you even in the hardest of times is the real frustration. They tell you to live on and be happy but you can't tell them the same. Kudos to the game dev. RIP
"How are you even sending these letters to me?" God. Imagine Dr. Money sending each of the letters the entire time. Maybe he was trying to stir up fear and mess up the protagonist's mind in order to get him to stay in that cell. I don't know, just a hunch.
I would love to see now mark come back to this. But idt it'll have the same impact knowing what happens. But who knows? I keep coming back every couple years and feeling all the same things
@@lorenzooliveira1157 yes! which is why i'm watching this video actually. when he mentioned it, most of the comments were going crazy, i wanted to know what this was about. am i wrong feeling disappointed somewhat? i thoought it would blow my mind or something. i had too many expectations lmfao
@@CamelliaFlingert It was during his video on The Heilwald Loophole. Around the 5 minute mark, he's in a prison cell and remarks something like "Anybody getting vibes of Presentable Liberty?"
For those of you that do not know, the creator of this game, Robert Brock, also known as "Wertpol" committed suicide last year during June 2018. It is now a year since his tragic death. It was announced on his discord page. Rest in Peace Robert. I hope that you know how much of an impact you made on the world with your thought provoking games. You were a genius game creator, and your spirit shall live on in your work.
I know this was uploaded over four years ago, but I wanted to add: The worst ending is if you decide to stay in the cell. You die. In 12 days. You're immune to the virus and the only thing you're kept for is your organs. And you don't get out to see Charlotte's bakery. Mark chose the kinder of the endings.
It's weird that I watched this video when it first came out at almost 12 years old, now here I am, 8 years later 20 years old. It feels like it wasn't too far in the past yet it feels like it was a lifetime ago. We've changed, we've grown, we've made mistakes, found pain and misery and discovered happiness and contentment in life. What a strange life this is. I'm grateful that Mark still makes videos, in some ways I feel I've walked through life looming at him through a window watching him grow and change just as I see it in myself as well.
Same here. I remember watching this when it came out and feeling such an inexplicable sense of dread. Nothing was happening, you couldn't see any people, yet you knew they were dying en mass to an invisible threat, the virus. You were left only to your imagination, and for most people, your imagination is the last place you want to be trapped. I was 13 at the time, only remembering this video from skimming my liked videos and its haunting. Its like all of those comments people make about what they would say to people about the future if you could travel back in time. If you're 21 by now and live in the US, happy legal age of drinking! Sending an imaginary mojito your way
For real man. I was just 10 years old when this came out and i watched it. Even then i found it profoundly crushing, but now it takes on a whole new meaning. The 'prison' cell perfectly mirrors what it's like to be all alone and suffering from mental illness. I have a few posters and a window and a desk, but that doesn't change the fact that it's just me. I have a door but i can't open it, i can't face the outside world because there's nothing for me there, it terrifies me. My room isn't a literal prison just as the elevator isn't a literal cell, but it's become one through forces outside of my control. Presentable Liberty is a masterpiece in several aspects, and I'll probably keep revisting this video once a year or so for a long time to come
"Dear Charlotte, You are the one I came to know as my friend. You helped me through the hell of living in the silence that entombed me. I apologize in a thousand worlds that I couldn't reply to those words you so thoughtfully wrote to me. I apologize that I wasn't there to answer your call, to finally meet you. Each letter you wrote I saved and read over a thousand times, those letters gave me the hope that I could not give to you. The countless lives lost, which none compare to the pain of your last letters. "I'm Sorry" written in your beautiful dancing script, stained in your blood and wet with my tears. And the letter which holds the last words you ever wrote, the last blood you'll ever bleed, the last hope you'll ever have, and the last person I'll ever miss this much. Though you can't reply. The last cake you ever made was the best I'll ever have. I've brought you outside, and cleaned your shop so you have no need to worry. I'll bury you with this letter so you may read it one day. I'll hope to one day get to meet you, so until then, your friend, I'm Sorry."
This game really just shows how much you can get attached to someone just by reading letters. Halfway through, I noticed that Mark had stopped playing games and more of waiting for a letter. When Charlotte played the music, Mark really wanted Charlotte to hear him. Now about the Happy Buddy, you can really tell how much they try to get their daughters back. The Happy Buddy does really try. You can tell that they are slowly turning insane by sending letters to stop the prisoner from committing suicide. Dr. Money is just pure evil. He took the Happy Buddy’s daughters. Other then all of that, we need everyone to know about Wertpol’s death. He committed suicide somewhere in June 2018. He made this game, which stopped him from being depressed and wanting to commit suicide for a bit, until the game had died down. Wertpol had contacted Mark to make the game “viral” again, but failed. Someone had commented on the game saying that it stopped them from committing suicide which had completed one of his achievements. Overall, this game just really touches your heart and puts this in a perspective of what it feels like to be alone. R.I.P Wertpol ????-2018.
You can tell the developer suffered with depression. The representation of it, the way people tell you to "just be happy". And the friend that you wish you could be like, being able to go places. It's even sadder when you find out the developer is no longer with us.
what weird is that throughout this entire game, the characters are trying to keep you happy, but the more you play this game, the more isolated you start to feel, and the more you question if anything in this game is real, and you start to feel more depressed because the characters stop bringing letters, you know that they are dead and the depression kicks in, and its almost like real life. we are all prisioners to society, and we cant escape unless we die, people want you to act happy so they feel good, they dont care how you really feel. and when people stop reachng out you start to actually feel depressed and want to escape society more cause you feel like nothing is real anymore. EDIT: damn i was really depressed when I wrote that comment
Honestly i always stick with living outside the box. There will always be more people who generally dont care over those who do care and those people i stick with and my emotional state has never been something that bothered me. Even if im mostly depressed and always near the edge of taking the final dive its not a thing i will ever do no matter what i lose in my life and ive lost alot at this point and it drove me to be a alcoholic and drink my life away. The part where living outside box comes in, the one person who i know that actually cares and doesnt do it to feel good about themselves asked me to stop and i stopped. You only need you and one other to keep yourself from diving off the cliff. Society has no meaning to me cause i dont have to live in this society only its economy if you catch what i mean i hope. I never accept pity, thats why im happy even when im depressed. Because i dont have to listen to broken records while im suffering. Also living in near isolation does open your eyes alot wider to the world, even if its dull and grey it makes it easier to see the colorful things and people who are sincere. Its cause when spend that much time alone you start to think about many things and sorta speak to yourself but in your head alot more and can eventually you see the lies you tell yourself that you were blind to for years so seeing others lies is like spotting a cow in a herd a rabbits in dark small grass. The language, the tone, the reactions. Its easy to tell whos genuine and whos not at that point. Now am i genuine? Society may decide if i am or not but with 7billion people on this planet one is bound to see past what society tells them so i dont care what society tells me who i am. They simply are not me. Now where was i going with this? I dunno. Just me rambling on i guess. It could all mean nothing or something, well if its helpful then im happy. Someones bound to find this helpful
Cali Cat god dang.. if I were you I would be depressed too ;-; I honestly feel bad for you, always feel the way you feel. Show your emotions. Tell everybody about your problems, and they might just go away! This game is how the world is right now.. come to think of it, what if the creator knew about the future and wanted to warn everybody? We should have been smarter if any of us really played this game. If anybody reads this, please, stay inside to help stop the virus from spreading! I’m not a member of anything, I’m just a little child, just stay inside it dosnt really matter if your isolated! I’m always isolated in my room anyways so I don’t take part in this virus since I’m always inside! No matter what I care about people, even my own friends! But my friends don’t really talk to me.. I hope your doing good today and if it’s anybody’s birthday I wish them a happy birthday!
Looking back on this was like a slap to the face. I never truly realized the emotion packed into Mark's voice until I watched that again on 7/14/22. Watching this brought back so many memories of good and bad times. I Think back to when I first watched this video i was just a little kid browsing the Internet thinking of what to watch. Then I stumbled upon Mark's video on presentable liberty. This video changed my life for the better. It gave me an outlook on that all life is precious. Spend all the time with your loved ones be for the time runs out.
That game is a masterpiece. HamSenry has said it almost all. "Salvador" means "Savior" in Spanish. And gods damn in, the character stands up to his name. Mr. Smiley is a whole another story. He got a deal with Dr. Money, to do his bidding as long his daughters were safe. But it wasn't enough. His daughters couldn't handle the pain of their father being held away from them, and so depression struck them...hard. No one in this father-daughters relationship was meant to be happy, only to do "what's best for business", meaning what's best for Dr. Money. But that cost them all. Eventually, Smiley committed suicide in his own way, but Dr Money didn't actually care 'cause Smiley was expendable. Drug dealers don't care when a "client" dies 'cause they know that in this world, they will never run out of clients. Money, debt, loans etc give birth to depression and despair. And desperate people do desperate things(e.g. Charlotte in game). Charlotte did never mention she had problems with money or even Dr Money. Just that "she didn't trust him". She had another form of depression, loneliness. Loneliness can affect a person's personality and mind more than money can. But even if you are THAT lonely, that desperate, you must have patience. Even if you think you are at your limit, you must urge yourself to be more patient. A big, beautiful change may be just around the corner, some minutes or hours away. And if you are on Mark's side(or the player's, to be more rightful) and see someone like Charlotte, who needs someone to talk to, someone to hear them, you can actually do something, you can be that one person to save them. Sincere words from someone that used to suffer from depression.
@@melvinredberg714 Thank you about your words but the true hero of me beating depression isn't me, the true heroes are my friends. I owe it to them. I guess my comment is underrated cause its like 3 years late :P
@The LtArmy Soldier Ι am really happy that I could help. That is what I love about youtube. From one place on earth, possibly far away from most of Mark's audience, I wrote this comment and it helps people all around the world.
I suffer from depression, but I've been dealing with it the best I can...I've been trying to ignore it but when it hits hard, it hits....HARD. like pent up rage. I watched this video the day it came out, and I just rewatched it, and until I read your comment...I didn't realize it was a depression metaphor
This game uses the element of pyschological tricks . Emphathy Guilt Sacrifices Loneliness Delusions Promises Hatred Confusion These feelings cause us to destroy all sanity we ever had within us
I am on the verge of tears…my eyes are stinging. I feel extreme sadness, anger, and love for the creator of this game. This game brought me close to these feelings, but reading the comments below about how the developer of these games took his own life brought me to the edge and over. I’m so sorry you never got the deserved love you should have, Wertpol. You tried so hard and gave your soul into delivering these games. Thank you. You’ll be in our hearts.
Oh god... The creator of the game is no longer with us. And knowing how closely this relates to quarantine, this game holds a whole new meaning and weight...
I know that the fact that Charlotte didn’t stand the loneliness and had to commit suicide. But, why is nobody talking about Mr. Smiley? His story is really sad, he was just a father that was worried about his daughters… He had to fake about that he was happy, trying to ignore the fact that her daughters were in danger, he had to spend lots of money to keep the player “happy”, or “entertained”, he had to even sell one of his lungs, just to after know that Doctor Money already killed his daughters. And even after knowing that his daughters were dead, he still sacrificed his whole body just to buy the last game he could give us with his last money…
I think Mr. Smiley is supposed to represent the creator. Actually I think all of them are (exclusing Dr. Money), including the guy in the cell. For those outside the cell, you aren't responding so they have no clue if they're being heard. They're so lonely. They're so depressed. For you, the guy in the cell, you can't respond to anyone. You're so frustrated because they just can't hear you. You silently grieve, wishing that they'll keep sending you letters but at the same time dread every letter since you can't respond to it. The creator killed himself in June of 2018. He was diagnosed with clinical depression and I think this game is a means to represent what he was going through.
Mark's empathy and compassion and ability to put himself in other people's shoes even when it's a game, and he doesn't necessarily mean to or want to, and it literally drives him to a minor breakdown, is what makes this tremendously heart breaking.
Lanoira13 agreed. No mater how many times you would watch this video, you'll still feel the sadness and loneliness. Granted, it's partly from the game's story, but also because of mark.
(SPOILERS) I think this game is super interesting once you realize the analogy and symbolism of it. The virus is depression. The game plays out the emotions of humans, as they try to cope with “the virus”, or depression, in different ways Doctor money tries to sell the “cure” for it with things that are actually damaging - the game mentions lung damage - so likely cigarettes, or drugs. Mr Smiley’s fault is that he ignored facing his sadness and focused on keeping you happy - to such an extent that when he finally snapped, he went to the other extreme and committed suicide Charlotte’s fault was that she had little faith - all of her intentions were quite positive but she wasn’t willing to wait for the player. Notice that the player arrives shortly after her death - demonstrating that there can always be a light at the end of the tunnel, and not to give up. Because right when Charlotte did, was just hours before the player arrives. Salvador is the greatest of all of these because he acknowledges the virus, and tracks down you, his friend. When he breaks the generator (which frees the player) it consequentially kills him. Salvador’s undying care for his friend shows how such care is often not in vain. Even though all odds were against him, Salvador successfully saved you. If more people were like Salvador, the player would’ve actually had a living society to come back to. - The game illuminates the coping mechanisms that are unhealthy to lean 100% on, or flawed. And I think it sends a message of hope, because if you are Charlotte and you hang in there, one day, your friend will show up. If you are Salvador and you are sacrificing a lot for a friend, then perhaps it’s not all in vain. - One more cool thing: So, notice that one of the virus’s favorite ways to attack is to show how many people are have the virus, and have died from it. It’s a snowball effect. In the same sense that suicide can have a “snowball” effect to depressed people - get this - the more “Salvador”s we have breaking people free, then the better of a society they get to have access to. So, the more people freed, the greater the reason to FREE people, because life is even greater. There’s a snowball effect to depression and a snowball effect to helping people free of depression - it goes both ways. I think that’s cool to recognize. The game is an amazing demonstration.
I watched you go from being excited and happy, to slowly going insane as time progressed. The developer knows how to really tell a story with the minimal assets. And totally blew it out of the water.
Honestly I think this game deserves a lot of credit for being an incredible art piece on the horrors of capitalism, for-profit healthcare, and the prison industrial complex. Some of this went over my head when I first watched this playthrough as a teenager, I just thought of it as a standard dystopian game, but now I can see how real this game actually is.
Also makes a great allusion to isolation a depression, which is especially poignant considering the game creator committed suicide after making this game
i wholeheartedly agree. no one understands it seems the horrors of capitalism and the prison industrial complex. knowing that the creator killed themselves. well, it hits home. when people open their eyes to our dystopian nightmare, they end up alone, on opposition to everyone they try to warn. like a reality that only you live in, only you can see. I understand so deeply why they ended their life. all alone in a world only you hate, because your'e the only one who can see the horror.
You supposedly receive letters from four people - Doctor Money, Mister Smiley, Salvadore, and Charlotte. Smiley decides to effectively kill himself when his daughters die, Charlotte kills herself because she can't live with waiting for the hypothetical prisoner to arrive, and Salvadore dies freeing you from your prison. But Doctor Money? Money endures all hardships.
IAmAKebab they might mean unappreciated in a different context. The creator of the game, Wertpol, committed suicide feeling alone. He made a kickstarter to try and promote remasters of the game, but it failed. He tried to contact Mark, but because of all the mail that Mark already gets, it was accidentally unnoticed. This lets play wasn’t unappreciated, but the developer was.
The parallels of this game to depression is, overwhelming. The connections to many peoples experiences including mine in the real world are hard to make but once you see one you see more and more. For many struggling with depression, you feel trapped, unable to do anything, you start to question your reality, and the few people who manage to contact you put themselves into pain, just to help you, and the others, rely on you, but you dont feel as you can do anything for them. Charlotte is a painful character, she is going through a struggle much similar to yours, and you wish so desperately to help her but theres nothing you could do. And in the last moments as you desperately try and find her despite knowing its already too late. And then you take on this immense guilt, wishing you could have done something, but there was nothing to do. Salvador trys his hardest to make you feel happy, in a deep connected way, he sends you handcrafted gifts that show his care for you, and he talks to you about old times, things you would do together, reminiscing about the great adventures you had, but now youre trapped far away, and he cannot reach you beyond response-less letters but despite all of this, he tries his hardest for you once he realises the full extent of what is happening, only for that to leave him dead. Mr Smiley is a hollow shell, a face that attempts to be friendly, but it doesn't feel real, giving you gifts you cant appreciate with no connection to you, he spends all his money on you and sacrifices himself for meaningless, hollow, gifts to make you happy. Doctor Money serves as the overwhelming depression, attempting to pull you away from those that make you truly happy, keeping you from taking care of those you care about, he keeps you locked away, unreachable to everyone who truly cares for you, even directly telling you to cease contact with the person trying to pull away. I'm probably not the best for this, many others could do better, and everyone else has their own take on it, but this is just how i connect personally to this game. Everyone's experience with depression is different, and to some this may seem like meaningless junk, but i hope to those who understand this, and feel trapped, or lonely, in this world, I hope you can see the light, and that some day you will reach it. It wont be easy, but nothing is, and I believe you can make it through this. Rest in peace Robert Brock.
1. It hits different during corona time 2. That message at the end really tied the whole thing together. “This may seem like a bad ending, but you’re here. Against all odds you’re here.” That’s sad and uplifting at the same time. Props 👏 3. Is no one gonna talk about the fact that Charlotte literally played Funeral March by Chopin on the gramophone...
Is it just me, or when Mark keeps "telling" his happy buddy that he is ok and that he is fine... When Mark laughs saying he is ok he fades into a sad laugh like he actually isn't alright... It's kind of funny and sad... Loneliness can kill you from the inside out.
40:35 that has to be one of the most hard hitting sentences of this whole thing, he doesn't want games he doesn't care about the little time wasters they give him he just wants someone to talk to him so doesn't feel completely alone even though he clearly is
At the beginning he would finish a level before checking a letter that came in; how quickly it changed from that to him putting away the device no matter where he was at in order to grab the latest letter.
Honestly the music playing and Mark yelling "How can I let her know I hear it??" felt straight out of a movie. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say it almost brought me to tears.
Don’t be embarrassed, dude, I’m usually not very emotional but HOLY CRAP this game was absolutely phenomenal. Even when I was just using it as background sound I had to stop playing games, rewind, and listen to it again because of how beautiful it was. I hope the creator knows that we appreciate him, even in the afterlife.
Let me tell you a story about the creator of these games, Presentable Liberty and Exoptable Money. His name was Robert Brock, an Austrian man born in 1996 with a future in game designing, and went by the name of Wertpol. It all started when he made these two games and they got around to Markiplier and Jacksepticeye, he felt he had finally accomplished something so in order to do more he tried to remaster these games with better graphics and more storyline by starting kickstarters. Both game production and the kickstarters fell through because without enough publicity from his social media and internet footprint he couldn’t continue with production of the games. This then led him to struggle further, trying to create more games for people to enjoy and hopefully to spread to other big RUclipsrs and maybe even to Mark and Jack. unfortunately this didn’t end up happening. He then fell into a state of depression No one wants to play his games, did he really have anything else going for him. He felt as if he couldn’t succeed anymore and on June 6th 2018, Robert Brock took his life. In the words of Mr Smiley, your very awesome happy buddy: I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have. Goodbye.
i mean everyone's talking about each person's relationship to you but like bug friend couldve left through the mail slot at any point and didnt choose to leave so i think thats pretty nice
ella c acciacca lmao fr fr
friendlyness
He’s a real one
Bug boi is best boi
His collision model wouldn’t let him
If you make a game that has no physical people, voice acting and is entirely comprised of letters and Minecraft graphics, and at the end you have people that are physically crying over it, you've done something right.
Not something
......Everything
very true
Yes, yes, I so agree.
Yes yes if you cried over this go see a doctor. Seriously.
This is nothing to do with the comment but I love your profile pic
This game affected him so much that when a Markiplier fangame came out that had a "Charlotte's Cake" healing item, he said he didn't want to eat it because it was Charlotte's cake.
Just one example of what a deeply moving game this is.
what fangame?
living_underneath_my_skin aaaaaah dream island??? Or something??? The one with very little saving. He like goes into a video game and ends up fighting his draw my life
@@dystopyxrose I think Hearts and Heroes is the game with the cake because it has Presentable liberty as one of the levels.
It was dream.exe I believe
@@onyourleft4194 my mistake, it is Dream.exe with the cake
Yknow the worst part is that if Charlotte had played the music for a little bit longer. If she had played that song again, Salvador would have found her. And they could be friends. And she would be alive. And he would be with her. And then when we left, we would see them. We would get to see both of them alive and well
Yeah. This game breaks my heart every time I watch it.
You never know, Dr. Money's men could've screwed them both.
@@Sifter2K
Didn't Dr. Money said that only the main character and him remained?
@@ConfusionUwU Nope
yeah but considering how high the elevator the mc was in, it'd probably be very painful for Charlotte's ears
The saddest part is that the developer made this game while depressed, and ended up taking his life when seeing all the games he made went unnoticed, it reminds me of Charlotte in a way.
This is why seeing people's dreams and expectations not being met really saddens me.
I hope he truly rests in peace. 💐
@@KadenzJade6447 Truly may he Rest In Peace
What makes it more sad is that when you listen to the symptoms and statistics of this “virus” in the game, when you fully realize that the virus is actually depression
Rest In Peace, Wertpol. God it’s so sad.
Not to mention the happy buddy’s final message is essentially a suicide note
That Salvador letter ending with “I am on my way” hits different. All that matters to him is getting his friend out. He gives everything to free him. It hurts so much.
There's no funny connotation with this comment
its just sad
Grabnok The Destroyer nah the “Goodbye.” Hits different. Tear jerker.
Ikr
what hurts more was that he had no family in the first place.
he wanted to believe someone was his friend, that someone actually cared about him so badly
he didnt even know the strangers name, yet he was so engaged to help him
And happy-buddy was just the creator, in the end, when he said goodbye. The real man. The creator committed suicide in 2018. He was depressed, and ended.
I love how serious all the voices became near the end of the game as he slowly became more attached and worried for all the characters. At the beginning their voices were very exaggerated and fake because it was all a game, but at the end they became real and serious, and sad, because suddenly this wasnt a game, and these faceless people mattered.
At the beginning is super annoying, I'm starting the video and it's hard to keep watching it
@@antoniorivas9820 definitely, especially after watching Jacks let's play and knowing the story.
Amazing how you can get attached to someone you can't see or even hear for that matter as the only way of communicating is through letters
I am back seven years later, and I just discovered that someone (not the original developer) is remaking Presentable Liberty in high-definition graphics, there is a Steam page, Discord server, everything! It is a pretty small community, but it deserves so much attention. I remember watching this when I was just a kid, and it was the first time I was ever so emotionally effected by a piece of fiction. I really hope this remake gets more attention, it would be a nice tribute to Wertpol, god bless him.
That's very sweet :0
I come back to this video on occasion, because it means a lot to me even though it is SO depressing
I'll check that out, thank you for sharing :D 💜
Will say, I tried to play Wertpol's menagerie/archive game after finding out, but my computer sucks so I couldn't get more than one ending in, and I hope to replay it.
Hope all is well
Could you send me the link to their server ?
I hope the remake goes smoothly!! I wish the dev luck
I don't care. Somebody said they made this but they didn't, even if they were a developer. Robert Brock was the actual creator, so they lied. They stole credit for it. This is no different. Remaking it or not,I don't support anyone doing anything to this game. It was fine on it's own with it's current 100% pristine condition when it was released.
@@Trane141Kingz ok
The creator of this game "Werpol" died last year.
So sad, he was very talented, may he rest in peace.
Wait what!? Oh dear..May he rest in peace.
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@@GeneralCitizen It's true. Robert ended his life in June last year.
I...
I didn't think anything else could make me feel so bad. I was wrong.
What if these games where just what he was experiencing throughout his last few years of life. Loneliness, never in control of the world around him, isolated. Hits deep man
This comment is probably lost, but I love that when he got halfway through the game, when it got darker, he stopped playing the ingame games and started just waiting, and waiting, for a letter.
Connor CSMM hey there buddy, in ARK we just got tek armor so it’s cool
We won't let it be lost. You are the 3rd comment. Be glad lad!
Probably because this game is story based, especially in the halfway point
It shows how much isolation can affect ones mind...
yo, I have the same name as you dood. . . this is random. . .
Everyone left the player for dead
But only one never left him
The bug.
He could have escaped any time
But he chose not to
Lanthan -Aka Loli- He’s a good friend
Lanthan -Aka Loli- because tiny bug Tim is the MVB most valuable bug
Lanthan -Aka Loli- Salvador also tried to come help us he tried to shut down the power to come save us and Charlotte bakes us an f-ing cake and we let her die! And by staying happy we tried to ensure our happy buddie’s safety but to no avail they may have left us but we never left them.
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@@TrollWalterWhite Don't be fake-deep.
Feels different now when you realized this game was a call for help.
It wasn't, the creator died later because his other games never got popular.
Stop replying to me it's been a year
No seriously
@@l0sts0ul89he committed suicide. This was an artist manifestation of his anguish.
@@hithere5553 yeah but that was AFTER this game, like months or maybe even a year. He did it because none of his other works ever became successful.
@@l0sts0ul89suicide is never so cut and dry. people may be struggling for years before it happens.
@@l0sts0ul89 thats simplifying depression far too much, you dont just get depression from one specific circumstance. With the tone of this game, its very obvious that he was already struggling pretty hard with depression and only over time was it too hard for him to struggle with, to say that he only killed himself because his games weren't being recognized is silly and disrespectful.
This video is not for the faint of heart. I have never played a game like this before and I don't think I ever will. There are many heavy subjects so get ready for an adventure unlike any other...
MARK! U R AWESOME FIRST COMMENT ON THIS POST AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
nice poetry mark so good XD
First!!!
Mark can you come to Sacramento?
Oh okay...I LOVE YOU MARKIPLIER!!!
“I hope you enjoy the game. I doubt it because it isn’t fun. Like seriously not at all. I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don’t give up like me. You never know how much more time you have.” After knowing the creator of Presentable Library killed himself, this feels like a message from him to the people playing the game. Rest In Peace.
Oh God...
Shoot dude that’s an actual suicide note…
whats really tough is, is that i could really imagine myself doing something exactly like that. making a game or something with a good message, with an ending like that.. thats why it connects so well to me
This is. Well shit
Wtf seriously?
I couldn't help but feel so happy when Mark heard the gramophone and said, "I hear it! God, Charlotte, I hear it!" as he laughs happily, "Charlotte I hear it! I hear it Charlotte! God, Charlotte, how can I tell her I hear it? How can I tell anybody I hear it?" he was so happy...
but when the music stopped and his smile faded, it's like a stone dropped on your head and heart. Seriously, he looks so sad...
btw, the way he was so freaked out on the last day as charlotte began saying I'm sorry, and saying she's dying and such...
it's sad... so sad...
MY HEART. (Just finished re-watching this...)
lemon kirby
I felt the same way. Almost cried.
I started crying right about when he said "I hear it!" It was all so beautiful and tragic.
Same, I cried. I don't even know why I watched it. I knew it was gonna be sad...but I didn't think it was gonna be that sad. I just wanted to watch Markiplier
It is just so shocking how much this game affected Mark… Seeing him slowly get more and more lonely and depressed…hearing him calling for Charlotte, desperately pleading for her to stay alive for just a few more minutes… screaming meaninglessly at the walls trying so hard to let Charlotte know that he could hear her music…it’s so chilling, this game is so underrated for something that’s so powerful.
Did anyone feel like he was talking to us at then end "these are fake people that I never knew and their gone...and I CARE ." that hit me a little
But he was talking to us???
Do u mean about us?
@@robertyocum7200 i mean he was talk about the charicters not his sub subcribers
@@cat.toss.animated8094 I know that but I thought u meant on a metaphorical level, because clearly he was talking to us, who else would he have been talking to? Casper?
@@robertyocum7200 lol maybe
watch his hearts and heros video. its so emotional in the end. its worth the whole 4 hrs and 20 mins.
This game has the similar feel of depression. Everyone wanting you to be happy but never really helping. The people you need are to far away. Just isolation.
A description of me
You had me at *depression*
It's why I find it so frustrating that there are those who think depression is a choice. Who would ever choose this? Nobody would. That only adds to the isolation when people are so ignorant.
Well…the maker of this game apparently took his own life…
@@natsudragneel2258 Seriously!? Well no wonder this game relates to depression.
"Friends I never met are gone. Friends I shouldn't have cared about, I really care about. Imaginary people that don't exist that I never saw are gone, and I care." - Markiplier 2015
Time stamp?
@@ethanthebisexualboi5736 59:02 is the time stamp
This was exactly the quote I had to replay.
that's basically what I feel like the majority of people would feel like if Undertale was a TV show and the Genocide run was from an outsider's perspective
me who played doki doki literature club:*lays on the floor
*cry
This was my first gameplay of Mark that I watched. At the time, whenever I tried to watch his gameplays, I thought he was too loud for me and I had never liked him before. But during that gameplay I saw that he was empathetic and cared about the characters. I've been a fan of his ever since. He is LOUD, but it doesn't bother me anymore.
Fax
From 2024 to 9 years ago, I feel like he’s changed lol. Like he’s always been loud, but nowadays he’s not (pull out ukelele mid sentence and start singing) lol, mark still a W tho
@@Nex15o6agree, Markiplier isn't as loud ,but he still the best goofy voice actor that we love. He have heart and actually big brain when it comes to poetry lores about life.
That's Jack. Not Mark.@@TammyMarshall-hl5jy
Charlotte's gramophone is one of the most upsetting parts of this game, not just because of the somber tone the music sets, but because of what it could've accomplished; had Charlotte kept playing it Salvador could've found her, giving Charlotte the will to go on living and she potentially could have saved Salvador from acting brashly when he sets out to free the main character, maybe saving his life in the process as well.
They both felt lonely, but if Charlotte had waited, if she kept playing the music, Salvadore or us could’ve met them. It’s amazing how much we can care for people we have no appearance to associate them with. I wish we could’ve eaten the cake with Charlotte or finally shaken Salvadore’s hand. Have that cup of tea or carve chess pieces next to the fireplace. If only, but like Charlotte and Salvadore said and wanted, we’re free.
@@cidercake4373 and if only we knew that the creator of this and other games, such as "Goodbye World", really had left a message behind, when he said
"I hope you enjoy the game. I doubt it because it isn't fun. Like seriously not at all. I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have"
He committed suicide... 😢
@@Meyus_ That’s so sad😢
@@BlueRoseShilloh I know 🥀
@@cidercake4373 you seriously said them. Cmon man
Best part of this. Markiplier slowly losing his mind as the game went on. True psychological gaming experience
HA
And completely losing the idea of "game logic"
Best part is the fact he didnt press the button in the 'cell' on day 4.....Different ending
The best psychological horror games mess with your head, it makes the experience more engaging... It's hard putting such an compelling experience together however, best not to underestimate the genius behind it.
@@levischuurmans9400 Once i played a vr game wth the headset glued to my face and it was horrifying and i was doubting reality
When Mark was listening to the gramophone and yelling: " Charlotte I hear it!! How can I tell her I hear it?!!" My heart broke
Mine too
I'm watching that part right now and my heart is shattered...
when he said "keep playing Charlotte..."
I broke, I cried
***** life is strange is the name of another deep game *check jacksepticeye channel
The worst part of this game is when the Happy Buddy says “I don’t care”.
I understand why. He resents Dr Money because of the murder of his daughters. And he holds you related or even responsible in a way.
But this was one of your only few friends, even if he was fake. It hurts so much.
Well for all that he didn't care he still cared enough to give him enough encouragement to stay alive and reason to live despite the other people in his life.
The scariest thing for me is the feeling of helplessness you feel in this game, the feeling that you can’t do anything, and when you finally can, it’s already too late.
At first it was annoying you couldn’t reply to them but as the game progressed you kinda learn why. It’s terrifying
It's frustrating and heartbreaking. It makes you want to punch a wall even after the skin on your knuckles comes off and scream "why?" into the air. You tell yourself "if only I were faster" "if only I were good enough", you could've made it. It sucks
Ikr
Salvador, pursuer of freedom and Justice.
word?
The gramophone part made me cry.
To think that she was trying to talk to you without knowing if you were actually alive.
Such a desperate move but that was character building.
And her death...
She was really designed for you to love then die.
*_we all live to die._*
"Charlotte I hear it!! How can I tell her I hear it?!!" That was the part of the video where my heart broke.
k
That's metal as hell
TheScottishPsychopath yes.
Kill me please yeah same
This and iron lung perfectly incapsulate the feeling of loneliness and dread in totally different yet similar ways these games are *art* and the fact that robert took his life after making this really makes it poetic in such a sad yet beautiful way R.I.P Robert Brock
"To my only friend. When you're reading this, I will already be dead" God. This has new meaning now...RIP Wertpol. You and your games had more impact on more people than you will ever know.
wait wait wait, what happened?
@@ACHILLES8887 he unfortunately committed suicide somewhere in 2018 I believe
@@kizzanimations3024 damn thats awful :(
@@ACHILLES8887 yeah it’s pretty awful
@@ACHILLES8887 Er wurde depressiv und verlor den Sinn im Leben, also beendete er es. Ein dunkles Ende einer traurigen Geschichte. Dieses Spiel hat viele seiner Botschaften an uns. "I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have. Goodbye."
This is chilling. The way he did the voices in the beginning and them slowly turning sadder and more similar as they grow closer to their deaths... haunting
384 likes and this is the first comment
This is pretty chilling.... It made me question that I’m I just in a simulation.....?
@@tulinhcaongoc1929 shit you found out
911 likes...
Nice pfp
Lol when he said "how can all this happen in three days?" That hit.
Two weeks ago, my brother was going to visit me at my college in Canada. (I'm from the US) That was Friday.
Thursday, Trump implemented the travel ban to all of Europe. We decided he should stay home to avoid the risk of getting trapped in Canada.
Friday, my school closed for a week.
Saturday, they canceled classes for the rest of the year, and I came home- afraid that they might close the border.
Monday, the border was closed to all but Canadian and American citizens.
Then over the next week, all schools, and non-essential businesses were closed, and everyone was told to stay home.
Crazy how the Thursday before, I was looking forward to my brother visiting, and to the rest of the school year. Just three days later, The country was closed, school is cancelled, and I was driving home with as much as I could fit in my car.
THREE DAYS
wow thanks for buying up everything and not leaving others with stuff
@High Definition Stockpiling*, thank me later for the translation.
That will cause food shortages and more problems.
@@mcs914 I don't quite understand if this is a joke. But how are you certain that this guy is stockpiling?!
Last August my biggest worry was my social anxiety and going back to middle school. I had no idea my parents would get a divorce, my dog would be diagnosed with Lukemia and shortly after be put down, my theater show we had been working for my last season with my second home, which was the theater, my only friends were there. The show was cancelled, turns out the only friend on my team is moving, she was my best friend, and I’m so alone. My life feels so empty. It’s just me alternating weeks between my mom and dads house, my dog is gone forever, I’ll never make any new memories with him. There’s no school I’m just stuck at home alone with no one to talk to other than my family. I guess my life isn’t all that bad, I still have them, and I’ve been going outside and I’ve been exercising and relaxing and getting better sleep
Sorry this was so long I wanted to vent. Also I’m sorry to hear about your brother, I hope your family reunites soon, I’m still optimistic about 2020. I may just be looking for things to be upset about right now this game is putting me in a sad mood, I actually have had a great week
And I hope things turn up for you too c,:
Olivia this hits hard especially right now me and my family were driving around and having a great day outside the next day we were shopping at 11:30 at night to get supplies next thing I know we’re stuck at home.
26:05 From what I can tell, by his body language and facial expressions, this is the EXACT moment where the game sunk its claws in for Mark. The frantic, haphazard movements, reasoning with himself, rationalizing that clearly the mic was to blame. But if you pause at this exact moment, the look on his face just says it all. From here, it's just a downward spiral. Crazy how a video game can just strike you to the core like thiz.
I had no idea this game was, in a way, the developer's suicide note and the cake was an allegory for the game. At the end, when he said goodbye, he didn't know if anyone would eat it, but he hoped someone would and that everyone who played the game wouldn't give up like he did, so that they could enjoy the cake he never would.
Stolen comment
@@divisejohnson1951 I was confused at this response until I looked and realized I’d posted it twice. I’d delete it, but I’m too lazy, so I’ll leave it here so people know I’m just an idiot and posted the same comment twice. Not stolen.
@@divisejohnson1951 even if it was stolen, it wouldn’t matter because...just look at the comment???
Well fuck
i don’t know if i’m reading it right but, did the developer end up taking their life?
The most disturbing part is probably actually watching mark’s distress, especially because he’s one of those creators that makes every viewer feel just a little valued even subconsciously.
i think the most disturbing part is that the thumbnail looks like amogus
@@pogey7432 the door does look like a crewmate yes
It does look like an Amogus crewmate, yes
@AethernalVoid Nah he'd probs laugh at that too. 😩
@AethernalVoid Bruh I'm well aware of that silly billy and that's tragic but he lives on in the work etc that he's created and that people love and get emotional reactions out of. But what I'm saying is that if he was still alive and around in this day and age he probs would laugh at all that stuff too or may even find it funny. He may not care about it though or be bothered so I doubt he'd be "turning in his grave" right now over those people and over something as small as a joke but ok.
The four photos:
The heart is Charlotte.
The club is your buddy.
The ace is Dr. Money.
The diamond is Salvador.
Spade not ace
I think that diamond is Dr. Money, club is Salvador and and spade is Mr. Smiley
Big G why’s that? The spade is very creepy, and the diamond just looks like what I imagined Salvador to look like, all prom and proper, with a monocle and a mustache.
@@microbialdoormat I imaganed Salvador to be a sort of mexican with a little moustache while a monocle looks very rich, also its a diamond, something very expancive
(Sorry, my english sucks more than my friends ex)
heart: Charlotte- idk how to explain that one
spade: Mr smiley- there’s a smile. teeth. on it.
diamond: dr money- the monocle. all fancy. plus a diamond is expensive. and he liked money a lot-
club: Salvador- idk how to explain that one either just
sorry that’s just my opinion and it feels right as them as those to me but everyone has different opinions im sorry ; ;
Came to back this video after watching the (currently new) "my eyes deceive" somehow the ending to that is worse than this.
Yeah, it's insane how much this game has left an impression on Mark even after 8 years, and tbh even it lurks in my mind.
I think about this game so often, when he mentioned it in the new vid I immediately came back here to re watch
Samesies! I was aldready thinking about Presentable liberty while he was playing the new game but then he went ahead and mentioned it
Same here man, both of these games hit like a truck.
yeah, god damn. I’m so glad Mark played this cause wow it was such an experience. I came from the “My eyes deceive me” game too!
Oh look, Mark got a copyright strike because the game used a piece of music from 1827. Good job, youtube. Real cool of you.
Wait-Wha?¿
how the heck
why youtube....
I'm guessing it was Charlottes gramophone? (Starts: 34:11)
He got a clam not a strike.
A strike can get his channel deleted, a clam means he gets no money from the video.
“You shouldn’t have come back, Sal.” gave me chills. Genuinely a terrifying moment.
samee! friend
honestly it sounds like something straight out of a movie
Ahhh! Spoiler
@@Dr3ampunk its a seven year old video
@@enriquesuarez7113؟خخخخخ٩ خخخ ٩خخ٩خخنجخخ٩خ٩خخخ طه ٩ طه خنط خنخخ خخز
When Charlotte played the megaphone and Mark started shouting “CHARLOTTE! I CAN HEAR IT!!! HOW CAN I TELL YOU I HEAR IT-“
*that deeply broke me*
I did the same thing shouting at the computer
gramophone*
*-: PaintedPhoenix :-* edge
i screamed every time markiplier was talking about people hearing something
*-: PaintedPhoenix :-* it hurt
25:20 . The moment it starts to set in. The moment the realization hits that this isn’t just a weird psychological horror-esk game to make you feel weird. The moment that makes you go: “oh- oh.” The moment that flipped a switch in Mark as well. You can see it. It’s no longer silly voices and jokes. There is a little bit of buildup but this is the moment where it really happens. The turning point if you will. This game means so much to me I cannot describe it. I hope the creator is resting in peace.
I can't believe I fell in love with characters who can only be distinguished by a different letter format and font. Rest in peace Wertpol.
REPLY ME REPLY ME REPLY MEEEE
@@MrM0gus ok
@@MrM0gus You’re acting sus
waid did wertpol die?
@@cgiacona yeah, he unfortunately committed suicide in 2018
Mark didn’t even meet these people, but he still was pained to see their hardships. He felt sad for Mr. Smiley, sad for Charlotte, enjoyed Salvador’s table he handcrafted. He knew he was playing a game but the loneliness of the cell made him so excited for every letter that came in. Everything was falling apart in a span of days. This lets play is so interesting but honestly I got emotional too while watching. This game was so powerful and had an impact on anyone playing or watching. I’d just like to say this was really a work of art and it’s sad to see a wondrous creator pass away. He will be missed but his legacy will continue on forever...
can you pass the link of his death or report anything ?
I can see in my head what all the characters look like.
@@trianglelullaby384 Yeah, but the game is emotional. I think I just froze my heart too much to stay apathetic until I get to play it myself...
He committed suicide on an unknown date in 2018 😔
Charlotte has got to be the saddest character in the game
The whole time she doesn’t even know your alive and the crushing sense of loneliness overwhelmed her just before you can meet her.
@@bobREALOG Mr Smiley is the saddest one's letters to read.
the way she develops a para-social relationship through the letters breaks me :(
This game is so haunting. Hearing the gramaphone was both incredibly uplifting and incredibly sad. Such a bittersweet moment that Charlotte has been reaching out and you two could share that music experience together but she'll never know.
My tears just stopped, and then I read your comment, and now I can’t even tell if I’m typing this right because my eyes are filled with saltwater body fluids ❤
“I’m sorry friend.” “Im sorry..”
*that broke me and it felt like a punch to the face*
for me it felt like being able to see a loved one die right in front of them
covey the covet For me, it felt like talking to myself because I apologize for literally everything
This game is still one of THE BEST games that does the “tell and don’t show” properly, and it handled the characters very well.
exactly!! i always come back for the experience and it hits me everytime.
Show, don't tell*
It still does it really well, you understand the horror without seeing it
@@lvbboi9 im pretty sure its "tell dont show" in this scenario since everything is well... told to you, there isnt really much storytelling done with the surroundings
@@Hoovy_Main yeah but the popular piece of advice is “show, don’t tell”, which probably caused some confusion
@@Hoovy_MainI think the point is that the story and state of the world is shown to yoy via playing, not just infodumped or monologued to you at the start. Show don't tell doesn't always mean literally!
Rest in peace, Robert Brock. You created something beautifully simplistic and disturbing.
25:25
"I'm just sitting in room, alone, doing a let's play of a game, talking to a camera. You guys can't respond. Are you responding? Are you getting this message? Are you able to hear me? Cause I'm here in my pastry shop, all alone. I got my ukelele> I can't hear you guys. Are you there? Is anyone listening to me?"
Damn, that's heavy... Game made Mark question his own let's play.
That's right about when the depression of the story hit me hard.
He reached the point of checking if his mic was working, to see if we could actually listen to him.
Deep.
G11B HEY! FNAF is scary!!! >:(
G11B that's a different story entirely. I just think his acting at that part got me depressed. Fnaf is not that scary
That, my dear friends, is called acting.
The meaning behind this game is so dark, its supposed to make you understand what depression could feel like, being trapped alone and being in your own little dark cell with people trying to help you and only hurting themselves trying to, and at the end what what cost. When you finally break out of your cell and try to come out to people sometimes it takes a dark turn and everything goes horribly wrong, the "virus" was supposed to symbol all of the bad things in your life happening, like losing friends or family, having situations come up that you cant get out of...this game does the greatest job at representing these things.....I cant imagine what the developer had to go through to be able to describe/represent all of this
Amber Rose Blaire the game writer committed suicide?
@Amber Rose Blaire no...
*hugs anyone who feels this way* who wants to join?
tbh id simp for 02
I feel sorry for you.
After watching the gameplay and then... Hearing the story of Wertpol..
I feel so sick..
Rest In Peace
To Wertpol: Requiesce In Pace
RIP Wertpol you were amazing
Rest in piece. I usually have a quip or joke but this is serious
😔
Rest In Peace you glorious creator
I only just came across this video. The end made me cry. My brother died by suicide after living the isolation of 2020, then his own imposed isolation.
Hope anyone's who feels alone is able to reach out to someone around you, or even 988.
Much love to all of you. ❤
Much love to you too ❤️
Aww, shucks. My condolences.
And of course, much love to you.❤
Tiny bug tim gave me the most feels, I mean, he was clearly fine on his own, and he obviously could've fit through the mail slot at anytime and left you, but he stayed.
Tiny bug tim is the real MVP.
Oh my gosh. That... that's so cute. Bless Tiny Bug Tim.
NORMAH BTE RAUF (KB) fute????
im glad to announce that after many years ive finally found my Tiny Bug Tim friend(s) :D
2015: Wow! What an amazing hypothetical scenario. Really makes you think about how isolation affects the human mind.
2020: *nervous laughter*
Mysterious Kitten
*laughs in COVID-19*
*hehe. I’m in danger!*
Mysterious Kitten talk about foreshadowing.
**Me realizing why Gen Z had the last letter in the alphabet**
**Chuckles** I'm in danger :D
Uhh haha
bruh ain’t no one gotta talk how much of a real one salvador is? dying just to save the player?
And he built you a table so you wouldn't feel so lonely, what a lad 😔👊
jesus christ. more respects for salvadore. when mr money told us he died i couldnt feel more angry sad and everything. hate for mr money. sad for salvadore. he was the first one who talked to us. and the last that cared for us.
Salvadore is a myth
I don’t think I have anything to say about the game at all
Really tho
3 messengers
1 scares you (mr. smiley)
1 actually makes you somewhat happy (sal)
And 1 makes you sad (charlotte)
They are all contradicting each other perfectly
I love it
10 months late ik but you forgot about the evil orchestrator mr money
@@thesneakyturtelthat’s DR. Money to you, sir! He didn’t get a degree in Money School just to be known as a “Mr.”
@@beckmania1066 oh yes you're right dear friend, my apologies for misaddressing dr money like that
Mr. Smiley is sadder I think. From the start you know everything but he doesn't know you know and you have no way of talking to him and stopping him from slowly killing himself.
I think Charlottes notes were scary. I saw Smileys ending coming, considering how he wrote and how his happiness was only caused by blackmail and obviously Dr. Money was lying(I kinda assumed smth happened to the kids already), so seeing Charlottes notes about how she was giving up already-how she was doubting anyone else was even getting her notes-it scared me that she wouldn’t make it. I was right to fear that. In the end, I kinda blamed myself for not getting to her in time, but it was all of our faults. Or, rather, it wasn’t any of our faults. Sometimes things don’t work out.. sometimes you can’t save someone who needs you. It’s just the way the river flows.
Did anyone else notice how Mark slowly stated to role play the prisoner? Interesting
joeshot71 Started*
joeshot71 that what makes this game so good, its immersive
joeshot71 Yep.
joeshot71 that's what the game does to people. i don't know how but it just does. i've played the game once i really felt like i was a prisoner in this world.
joeshot71 He talked about it in Rhett and Links Ear Biscuit podcast. He explained how he gets into the game to the point of being the character.
The podcast: soundcloud.com/earbiscuits/ep-61-markiplier-ear-biscuits
God damn, coming back to this video after 6 years only to find that the creator killed themselves 2 and a half years ago... That really sucks. This was always one of my favorites, both in terms of the game itself and Mark's playthrough of it. Rest in peace, Wertpol
this game really touched my heart and it makes me really sad the creator of it passed away. i always come back to it every now and then to be sad and now i’ll be even more sad
This game actually effect me in many ways especially when i’m just a curious child wondering off in Social Media and accidentally came across here. The feels is real and I’m here to rewatch and re-experience this. Always has been my favorite game.
rest in peace.
Killed themselves? Why tho?
@UC-1B1ckUZEq9FuSM8AH6teQ I mean, why did they kill themselves?
@@carllrac8370
Severe Depression...
I come back every once in a while to watch this video because the game is so good. and now I've heard the creator has..died. it makes me so sad the way he died, this game was so great. it deserved more attention.
I feel the same way 😔
Wait- how did he die?
I believe he committed suicide
Yes since he thought he was worthless
But we must move on
the real horror in this game isn’t fear or creepiness, it’s the dreaded feeling of loneliness and helplessness that sinks into your soul
The other ending of this game explains why your in the cell, and it’s becuase you were given the real antidote in the beginning and now killed for you fully immune and functioning organs 12 days later never hearing from anyone and dying , this is the good end, that’s what is heartbreaking
How could there be differnt endings when you do nothing but read letters?
@@abdullahashraf8549 spoiler alert, but the alternate ending happens when you dont leave the cell after the door opens at the end of the game, after a while the cell door closes and you get letters from dr. Money, telling you about how he gave you the antidote and is going to sell your organs
For the greater good...
Who would ever decide to stay after Salvador literally killed himself to save them...?? Just wondering
@@MoonchildDontCry it's just curiosity haha. Nothing personal, Salvador
"I hear it! God, Charlotte I hear it! Charlotte I hear it! I hear it Charlotte! God how can I tell her I hear it?" You can hear the distress and loneliness in his voice. This line gets me and I don't know why
This is actually where I really started taking this game seriously. Crazy how such a simple game hits so hard like that.
It really does, and as someone who is usually isolates from others, pre quarantine included, I can say that it feels a lot like this sometimes. Like you're really all alone. That's probably why this game hits so close to home
That's the part that broke me... I just..........
I started crying.. fuck dude.. I love this game so much.. the title isn’t clickbait at all
Lol wtf…
He’s acting for the camera…it’s not a genuine reaction…
I literally got goosebumps all over my body when the happy buddy said "I don't care" like holy shit
Errybody gangsta until Happy Buddy snaps
Same
Lol that's what *wertpol did when he killed himself
*Game maker
@@MANTUEFLIE2 NOT FUNNY. WERTPOL COMMITTING SUICIDE IS NOTHING CLOSE TO BEING A JOKE. I REPEAT SUICIDE IS NOT A JOKE NOR IS DEPRESSION NOR IS ANY MENTAL ILLNESS. I REPORTED THIS COMMENT AND YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DELETE IT. NOW. ITS NOT FUNNY.
WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT! WARNING! SUICIDE IS NOT FUNNY! LOCATE THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY EXIT!
I remember watching this video as a kid, I've come back to it a few times now not remembering anything about it except that it exists. It seems to have left a lasting impact on me. This game really has changed my life
I second that. This game is one of the few that has really made an impact on me and it really makes you think…
When the music finally stopped, my heart just broke.
I just, the look of utter disappointment that makes Mark's face drop and he realizes how lonely he's really becoming in the game.
Fren..?
i would like this comment but it's at 666
The fact that he just stops playing the games and is just waiting
Desperately
For letters
400 likes 0 replies woah
That's the frustration of not being able to do anything. I would also grow impatient and scream like a madman. Not being able to communicate to people who are communicating to you even in the hardest of times is the real frustration. They tell you to live on and be happy but you can't tell them the same. Kudos to the game dev. RIP
that was one of the best parts
of the lets play
"How are you even sending these letters to me?"
God. Imagine Dr. Money sending each of the letters the entire time. Maybe he was trying to stir up fear and mess up the protagonist's mind in order to get him to stay in that cell. I don't know, just a hunch.
The other ending seems to suggest that Salvador was Dr. Money the whole time.
Watching old Mark is interesting. You can tell he's matured over the years. No less funny, but different
I would love to see now mark come back to this. But idt it'll have the same impact knowing what happens. But who knows? I keep coming back every couple years and feeling all the same things
@@Tc-oq3pj he still remembers this game, as he mentioned it in a video recently
@@lorenzooliveira1157 yes! which is why i'm watching this video actually. when he mentioned it, most of the comments were going crazy, i wanted to know what this was about. am i wrong feeling disappointed somewhat? i thoought it would blow my mind or something. i had too many expectations lmfao
@@lorenzooliveira1157 can you say where he mentioned it?
@@CamelliaFlingert It was during his video on The Heilwald Loophole. Around the 5 minute mark, he's in a prison cell and remarks something like "Anybody getting vibes of Presentable Liberty?"
“I’m not eating that piece of cake until I know Charlotte is okay”
sad
aw lol
vibe check
Eats cake after charlotte writes a letter covered in blood
Guess hes never gonna eat the cake huh
For those of you that do not know, the creator of this game, Robert Brock, also known as "Wertpol" committed suicide last year during June 2018. It is now a year since his tragic death. It was announced on his discord page. Rest in Peace Robert. I hope that you know how much of an impact you made on the world with your thought provoking games. You were a genius game creator, and your spirit shall live on in your work.
F to pay respects
Julia Rose18 where did people find out about the death? Tell me
@@dr.ferret5802 They said in the discord
I know this was uploaded over four years ago, but I wanted to add:
The worst ending is if you decide to stay in the cell. You die. In 12 days. You're immune to the virus and the only thing you're kept for is your organs. And you don't get out to see Charlotte's bakery. Mark chose the kinder of the endings.
But he still goes back to his cell doesn't he?
@@average_enjoyer no
@@average_enjoyer the scene with the spider? no i guess that was just the cam that shows that the "little friend" is escaping too
@@drissddourden606 yeah, you're probably right
Autumn Busch am I the only one that can think corona-time when they mention a virus lol
It's weird that I watched this video when it first came out at almost 12 years old, now here I am, 8 years later 20 years old. It feels like it wasn't too far in the past yet it feels like it was a lifetime ago. We've changed, we've grown, we've made mistakes, found pain and misery and discovered happiness and contentment in life. What a strange life this is. I'm grateful that Mark still makes videos, in some ways I feel I've walked through life looming at him through a window watching him grow and change just as I see it in myself as well.
My respects to you ben
Same here. I remember watching this when it came out and feeling such an inexplicable sense of dread. Nothing was happening, you couldn't see any people, yet you knew they were dying en mass to an invisible threat, the virus. You were left only to your imagination, and for most people, your imagination is the last place you want to be trapped.
I was 13 at the time, only remembering this video from skimming my liked videos and its haunting. Its like all of those comments people make about what they would say to people about the future if you could travel back in time.
If you're 21 by now and live in the US, happy legal age of drinking! Sending an imaginary mojito your way
For real man. I was just 10 years old when this came out and i watched it. Even then i found it profoundly crushing, but now it takes on a whole new meaning. The 'prison' cell perfectly mirrors what it's like to be all alone and suffering from mental illness. I have a few posters and a window and a desk, but that doesn't change the fact that it's just me. I have a door but i can't open it, i can't face the outside world because there's nothing for me there, it terrifies me. My room isn't a literal prison just as the elevator isn't a literal cell, but it's become one through forces outside of my control. Presentable Liberty is a masterpiece in several aspects, and I'll probably keep revisting this video once a year or so for a long time to come
"Dear Charlotte,
You are the one I came to know as my friend.
You helped me through the hell of living in the silence that entombed me.
I apologize in a thousand worlds that I couldn't reply to those words you so thoughtfully wrote to me.
I apologize that I wasn't there to answer your call, to finally meet you.
Each letter you wrote I saved and read over a thousand times, those letters gave me the hope that I could not give to you.
The countless lives lost, which none compare to the pain of your last letters.
"I'm Sorry" written in your beautiful dancing script, stained in your blood and wet with my tears.
And the letter which holds the last words you ever wrote, the last blood you'll ever bleed, the last hope you'll ever have, and the last person I'll ever miss this much.
Though you can't reply.
The last cake you ever made was the best I'll ever have.
I've brought you outside, and cleaned your shop so you have no need to worry.
I'll bury you with this letter so you may read it one day.
I'll hope to one day get to meet you, so until then, your friend, I'm Sorry."
THIS. NEEDS. MORE. LIKES. NOW. *sobs*
Funny
I want to make this into a book, a book for the future.
That was absolutely beautiful :, )
I-
This game really just shows how much you can get attached to someone just by reading letters. Halfway through, I noticed that Mark had stopped playing games and more of waiting for a letter. When Charlotte played the music, Mark really wanted Charlotte to hear him. Now about the Happy Buddy, you can really tell how much they try to get their daughters back. The Happy Buddy does really try. You can tell that they are slowly turning insane by sending letters to stop the prisoner from committing suicide. Dr. Money is just pure evil. He took the Happy Buddy’s daughters. Other then all of that, we need everyone to know about Wertpol’s death. He committed suicide somewhere in June 2018. He made this game, which stopped him from being depressed and wanting to commit suicide for a bit, until the game had died down. Wertpol had contacted Mark to make the game “viral” again, but failed. Someone had commented on the game saying that it stopped them from committing suicide which had completed one of his achievements. Overall, this game just really touches your heart and puts this in a perspective of what it feels like to be alone.
R.I.P Wertpol ????-2018.
Wait he WHAT?!
oml thats deep, but I can completely relate...
He was born in 1997, RIP Wertpol, its unfortunate that nobody knows much about him. He deserved so much and got so little
You can tell the developer suffered with depression. The representation of it, the way people tell you to "just be happy". And the friend that you wish you could be like, being able to go places. It's even sadder when you find out the developer is no longer with us.
Even 6 years later "Charlotte I HEAR IT!!! How can I tell her I hear it?" breaks my heart, this game is so good fuck
Ur pfp brings back some unpleasant memories ngl
@@monty6726 I suppose you could say those memories don’t exactly give you...
*_Euphoria_*
@@theonly6blake911 NOOOOOOOO
@@monty6726
Mwah hahaha! I’ve waited 9 days for your reaction. The wait was well worth it.
@@theonly6blake911 hahahahaha I'm glad you were satisfied
what weird is that throughout this entire game, the characters are trying to keep you happy, but the more you play this game, the more isolated you start to feel, and the more you question if anything in this game is real, and you start to feel more depressed because the characters stop bringing letters, you know that they are dead and the depression kicks in, and its almost like real life. we are all prisioners to society, and we cant escape unless we die, people want you to act happy so they feel good, they dont care how you really feel. and when people stop reachng out you start to actually feel depressed and want to escape society more cause you feel like nothing is real anymore.
EDIT: damn i was really depressed when I wrote that comment
Damn this was edgier than a knife with barbed wire on it.
Honestly i always stick with living outside the box. There will always be more people who generally dont care over those who do care and those people i stick with and my emotional state has never been something that bothered me. Even if im mostly depressed and always near the edge of taking the final dive its not a thing i will ever do no matter what i lose in my life and ive lost alot at this point and it drove me to be a alcoholic and drink my life away. The part where living outside box comes in, the one person who i know that actually cares and doesnt do it to feel good about themselves asked me to stop and i stopped. You only need you and one other to keep yourself from diving off the cliff. Society has no meaning to me cause i dont have to live in this society only its economy if you catch what i mean i hope. I never accept pity, thats why im happy even when im depressed. Because i dont have to listen to broken records while im suffering. Also living in near isolation does open your eyes alot wider to the world, even if its dull and grey it makes it easier to see the colorful things and people who are sincere. Its cause when spend that much time alone you start to think about many things and sorta speak to yourself but in your head alot more and can eventually you see the lies you tell yourself that you were blind to for years so seeing others lies is like spotting a cow in a herd a rabbits in dark small grass. The language, the tone, the reactions. Its easy to tell whos genuine and whos not at that point. Now am i genuine? Society may decide if i am or not but with 7billion people on this planet one is bound to see past what society tells them so i dont care what society tells me who i am. They simply are not me. Now where was i going with this? I dunno. Just me rambling on i guess. It could all mean nothing or something, well if its helpful then im happy. Someones bound to find this helpful
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Cali Cat god dang.. if I were you I would be depressed too ;-; I honestly feel bad for you, always feel the way you feel. Show your emotions. Tell everybody about your problems, and they might just go away! This game is how the world is right now.. come to think of it, what if the creator knew about the future and wanted to warn everybody? We should have been smarter if any of us really played this game. If anybody reads this, please, stay inside to help stop the virus from spreading! I’m not a member of anything, I’m just a little child, just stay inside it dosnt really matter if your isolated! I’m always isolated in my room anyways so I don’t take part in this virus since I’m always inside! No matter what I care about people, even my own friends! But my friends don’t really talk to me.. I hope your doing good today and if it’s anybody’s birthday I wish them a happy birthday!
I only just found out that the developer had commited suicide a year ago now...this really feels strange now...
@Katherine Dawkins ...what?
@Katherine Dawkins What the actual fuck?
Katherine Dawkins what is wrong with you
@@eyes2470 jeez chill out man its obviously just a kid
He died in 2018.
Looking back on this was like a slap to the face. I never truly realized the emotion packed into Mark's voice until I watched that again on 7/14/22. Watching this brought back so many memories of good and bad times. I Think back to when I first watched this video i was just a little kid browsing the Internet thinking of what to watch. Then I stumbled upon Mark's video on presentable liberty. This video changed my life for the better. It gave me an outlook on that all life is precious. Spend all the time with your loved ones be for the time runs out.
Same, man. This video makes me feel a lot of nostalgia of the good and bad of life in general.
This is my favorite video of Markiplier for a reason. The game is perfect and truly deserves an award. Everything was absolutely perfect.
I rewatched this video so much for comfort, back round noise, etc as a teen.
Going back to it years later is so nostalgic
it can't exactly get an award because the creator (apparently) committed suicide
I still think bad end teather is better
@@leewardly He actually did it. You should erase the “(apparently)” part now that you know this information.
@@leewardly Posthumous awards exist, so it’s still perfectly allegeable for an award
2020's demo looked pretty neat ngl
😂😂😂
BAHFHA
Nobody else like the comment it's at 69
Was about to make this joke saw that you already took the light on this one
We gotta get it to 420
That game is a masterpiece. HamSenry has said it almost all. "Salvador" means "Savior" in Spanish. And gods damn in, the character stands up to his name. Mr. Smiley is a whole another story. He got a deal with Dr. Money, to do his bidding as long his daughters were safe. But it wasn't enough. His daughters couldn't handle the pain of their father being held away from them, and so depression struck them...hard. No one in this father-daughters relationship was meant to be happy, only to do "what's best for business", meaning what's best for Dr. Money. But that cost them all. Eventually, Smiley committed suicide in his own way, but Dr Money didn't actually care 'cause Smiley was expendable. Drug dealers don't care when a "client" dies 'cause they know that in this world, they will never run out of clients. Money, debt, loans etc give birth to depression and despair. And desperate people do desperate things(e.g. Charlotte in game). Charlotte did never mention she had problems with money or even Dr Money. Just that "she didn't trust him". She had another form of depression, loneliness. Loneliness can affect a person's personality and mind more than money can. But even if you are THAT lonely, that desperate, you must have patience. Even if you think you are at your limit, you must urge yourself to be more patient. A big, beautiful change may be just around the corner, some minutes or hours away. And if you are on Mark's side(or the player's, to be more rightful) and see someone like Charlotte, who needs someone to talk to, someone to hear them, you can actually do something, you can be that one person to save them. Sincere words from someone that used to suffer from depression.
George Z. real underrated comment, good job on beatibg the depression man! :)
@@melvinredberg714 Thank you about your words but the true hero of me beating depression isn't me, the true heroes are my friends. I owe it to them. I guess my comment is underrated cause its like 3 years late :P
I say that was to long that I didn't read all of it because my eyes started to hurt.
@The LtArmy Soldier Ι am really happy that I could help. That is what I love about youtube. From one place on earth, possibly far away from most of Mark's audience, I wrote this comment and it helps people all around the world.
I suffer from depression, but I've been dealing with it the best I can...I've been trying to ignore it but when it hits hard, it hits....HARD. like pent up rage.
I watched this video the day it came out, and I just rewatched it, and until I read your comment...I didn't realize it was a depression metaphor
This game uses the element of pyschological tricks .
Emphathy
Guilt
Sacrifices
Loneliness
Delusions
Promises
Hatred
Confusion
These feelings cause us to destroy all sanity we ever had within us
....i think....you did.........got it right....i lost it...
@@nyxeo Asshole*
Buuuuuuuuut if your sad and gloomy markimoo have a happy song! And trust me.......I laughed so many times
5:57
@@nyxeo stop correcting the person when the person didn't even needed to be corrected
Noobmaster69 THIS WAS THE EXACT COMMENT I WAS LOOKING FOR! YES!!!!!!!
I am on the verge of tears…my eyes are stinging. I feel extreme sadness, anger, and love for the creator of this game. This game brought me close to these feelings, but reading the comments below about how the developer of these games took his own life brought me to the edge and over.
I’m so sorry you never got the deserved love you should have, Wertpol. You tried so hard and gave your soul into delivering these games.
Thank you. You’ll be in our hearts.
Oh god... The creator of the game is no longer with us. And knowing how closely this relates to quarantine, this game holds a whole new meaning and weight...
I feel completely torn. I wish the developer had lived, but it feels a little bittersweet that they didn’t have to witness the choking death of 2020.
Yeah, he ended his own life in 2018 according to his gamejolt page. It sucks, I wanted to see more from him.
Omg.... that's horrible
I swear this game is gonna give me depression at 12 years old
Emotions can only be conveyed well by those who experience them
I know that the fact that Charlotte didn’t stand the loneliness and had to commit suicide.
But, why is nobody talking about Mr. Smiley?
His story is really sad, he was just a father that was worried about his daughters…
He had to fake about that he was happy, trying to ignore the fact that her daughters were in danger, he had to spend lots of money to keep the player “happy”, or “entertained”, he had to even sell one of his lungs, just to after know that Doctor Money already killed his daughters.
And even after knowing that his daughters were dead, he still sacrificed his whole body just to buy the last game he could give us with his last money…
Get u a man like that 👀
I think Mr. Smiley is supposed to represent the creator. Actually I think all of them are (exclusing Dr. Money), including the guy in the cell. For those outside the cell, you aren't responding so they have no clue if they're being heard. They're so lonely. They're so depressed. For you, the guy in the cell, you can't respond to anyone. You're so frustrated because they just can't hear you. You silently grieve, wishing that they'll keep sending you letters but at the same time dread every letter since you can't respond to it.
The creator killed himself in June of 2018. He was diagnosed with clinical depression and I think this game is a means to represent what he was going through.
That hits hard
Oh he was so talented
Soojin’s ponytail In Senorita I cried
Mark's empathy and compassion and ability to put himself in other people's shoes even when it's a game, and he doesn't necessarily mean to or want to, and it literally drives him to a minor breakdown, is what makes this tremendously heart breaking.
Lanoira13 agreed. No mater how many times you would watch this video, you'll still feel the sadness and loneliness. Granted, it's partly from the game's story, but also because of mark.
Anybody else come back here after watching Mark play my eyes deceive?
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I think this game is super interesting once you realize the analogy and symbolism of it.
The virus is depression. The game plays out the emotions of humans, as they try to cope with “the virus”, or depression, in different ways
Doctor money tries to sell the “cure” for it with things that are actually damaging - the game mentions lung damage - so likely cigarettes, or drugs.
Mr Smiley’s fault is that he ignored facing his sadness and focused on keeping you happy - to such an extent that when he finally snapped, he went to the other extreme and committed suicide
Charlotte’s fault was that she had little faith - all of her intentions were quite positive but she wasn’t willing to wait for the player.
Notice that the player arrives shortly after her death - demonstrating that there can always be a light at the end of the tunnel, and not to give up. Because right when Charlotte did, was just hours before the player arrives.
Salvador is the greatest of all of these because he acknowledges the virus, and tracks down you, his friend. When he breaks the generator (which frees the player) it consequentially kills him.
Salvador’s undying care for his friend shows how such care is often not in vain. Even though all odds were against him, Salvador successfully saved you. If more people were like Salvador, the player would’ve actually had a living society to come back to.
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The game illuminates the coping mechanisms that are unhealthy to lean 100% on, or flawed.
And I think it sends a message of hope, because if you are Charlotte and you hang in there, one day, your friend will show up.
If you are Salvador and you are sacrificing a lot for a friend, then perhaps it’s not all in vain.
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One more cool thing:
So, notice that one of the virus’s favorite ways to attack is to show how many people are have the virus, and have died from it. It’s a snowball effect.
In the same sense that suicide can have a “snowball” effect to depressed people - get this - the more “Salvador”s we have breaking people free, then the better of a society they get to have access to. So, the more people freed, the greater the reason to FREE people, because life is even greater.
There’s a snowball effect to depression and a snowball effect to helping people free of depression - it goes both ways.
I think that’s cool to recognize.
The game is an amazing demonstration.
HamSenry how did you go trough the whole analogy and find it out?
well I read some of other peoples thoughts, watched the video, thought about it... and yeah 😂
KitsuneKitty22 thank you! And yah, I that’s another symbol behind Doctor Money!
Holy hell mind blown. Well not blown but like damn....
Infinity Mocha lol ikr
I feel so heavy after watching this but at least 1 friend survived.
Tim.
I feel the same way my chest felt heavy I felt sad this video got depressimg so quickly
@@WaxySewerRat3 same
I think that Tim died when the elevator went " all Shakey Shakey." Or he got squished during marks rampage
Maybe I shouldn’t have read the comments at 33mins in
I love your profile pic 😊
I watched you go from being excited and happy, to slowly going insane as time progressed. The developer knows how to really tell a story with the minimal assets. And totally blew it out of the water.
:(
Honestly I think this game deserves a lot of credit for being an incredible art piece on the horrors of capitalism, for-profit healthcare, and the prison industrial complex. Some of this went over my head when I first watched this playthrough as a teenager, I just thought of it as a standard dystopian game, but now I can see how real this game actually is.
this is kind ofbwhat i was thinking and you put it so well
very true
Also makes a great allusion to isolation a depression, which is especially poignant considering the game creator committed suicide after making this game
i wholeheartedly agree. no one understands it seems the horrors of capitalism and the prison industrial complex. knowing that the creator killed themselves. well, it hits home. when people open their eyes to our dystopian nightmare, they end up alone, on opposition to everyone they try to warn. like a reality that only you live in, only you can see. I understand so deeply why they ended their life. all alone in a world only you hate, because your'e the only one who can see the horror.
For real, this and exoptable money are actually masterpieces in anticapitalist media
You supposedly receive letters from four people - Doctor Money, Mister Smiley, Salvadore, and Charlotte.
Smiley decides to effectively kill himself when his daughters die, Charlotte kills herself because she can't live with waiting for the hypothetical prisoner to arrive, and Salvadore dies freeing you from your prison. But Doctor Money? Money endures all hardships.
nah he fuckin dies from his own virus lmao
Wow how comedic 👏👏👏👏👏
Oop
Oof
Very good comment, Money does endure all hardships
This game is the most unappreciated masterpiece I've ever seen.
IAmAKebab they might mean unappreciated in a different context. The creator of the game, Wertpol, committed suicide feeling alone. He made a kickstarter to try and promote remasters of the game, but it failed. He tried to contact Mark, but because of all the mail that Mark already gets, it was accidentally unnoticed. This lets play wasn’t unappreciated, but the developer was.
the video has an amogus thumbnail
The dev did their best, and the game is basically the only thing remembered, except for those who want to know more about the dev.
@@Blama_ dont do that man, not in this comment
@@erirok1 exactly. Not the time
This hits different during a corona quarantine
Yeah
lmao true
exactly
The sad thing is.. the organ part isn’t true...hopefully, but this feels like it could really happen now, total isolation from the world...
@@deidara122 It hurts the lungs tho
The parallels of this game to depression is, overwhelming.
The connections to many peoples experiences including mine in the real world are hard to make but once you see one you see more and more.
For many struggling with depression, you feel trapped, unable to do anything, you start to question your reality, and the few people who manage to contact you put themselves into pain, just to help you, and the others, rely on you, but you dont feel as you can do anything for them.
Charlotte is a painful character, she is going through a struggle much similar to yours, and you wish so desperately to help her but theres nothing you could do. And in the last moments as you desperately try and find her despite knowing its already too late. And then you take on this immense guilt, wishing you could have done something, but there was nothing to do.
Salvador trys his hardest to make you feel happy, in a deep connected way, he sends you handcrafted gifts that show his care for you, and he talks to you about old times, things you would do together, reminiscing about the great adventures you had, but now youre trapped far away, and he cannot reach you beyond response-less letters but despite all of this, he tries his hardest for you once he realises the full extent of what is happening, only for that to leave him dead.
Mr Smiley is a hollow shell, a face that attempts to be friendly, but it doesn't feel real, giving you gifts you cant appreciate with no connection to you, he spends all his money on you and sacrifices himself for meaningless, hollow, gifts to make you happy.
Doctor Money serves as the overwhelming depression, attempting to pull you away from those that make you truly happy, keeping you from taking care of those you care about, he keeps you locked away, unreachable to everyone who truly cares for you, even directly telling you to cease contact with the person trying to pull away.
I'm probably not the best for this, many others could do better, and everyone else has their own take on it, but this is just how i connect personally to this game. Everyone's experience with depression is different, and to some this may seem like meaningless junk, but i hope to those who understand this, and feel trapped, or lonely, in this world, I hope you can see the light, and that some day you will reach it. It wont be easy, but nothing is, and I believe you can make it through this.
Rest in peace Robert Brock.
1. It hits different during corona time
2. That message at the end really tied the whole thing together. “This may seem like a bad ending, but you’re here. Against all odds you’re here.” That’s sad and uplifting at the same time. Props 👏
3. Is no one gonna talk about the fact that Charlotte literally played Funeral March by Chopin on the gramophone...
Is it just me, or when Mark keeps "telling" his happy buddy that he is ok and that he is fine... When Mark laughs saying he is ok he fades into a sad laugh like he actually isn't alright... It's kind of funny and sad... Loneliness can kill you from the inside out.
You can kind of hear Mark going insane by the end of the video.
Jess Jess That's odd, but it might be him staying in character, but you could be right
Ben Failing Ya I know. It bet he is just trying to make it sound like that in his character, but I just noticed it :)
:1 okay.
Jess Jess damn, so deep
40:35 that has to be one of the most hard hitting sentences of this whole thing, he doesn't want games he doesn't care about the little time wasters they give him he just wants someone to talk to him so doesn't feel completely alone even though he clearly is
At the beginning he would finish a level before checking a letter that came in; how quickly it changed from that to him putting away the device no matter where he was at in order to grab the latest letter.
@@kotomi4921 _nod_ ...
Hit this time stamp and then yours 0:43
watching mark slowly get more and more distressed and dependent on the letters was probably the hardest part of this video. i adore this game.
Honestly the music playing and Mark yelling "How can I let her know I hear it??" felt straight out of a movie. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say it almost brought me to tears.
Don’t be embarrassed, dude, I’m usually not very emotional but HOLY CRAP this game was absolutely phenomenal. Even when I was just using it as background sound I had to stop playing games, rewind, and listen to it again because of how beautiful it was. I hope the creator knows that we appreciate him, even in the afterlife.
the fact that it comes out as hes helpless, and cant help them makes him really sad :((
Let me tell you a story about the creator of these games, Presentable Liberty and Exoptable Money. His name was Robert Brock, an Austrian man born in 1996 with a future in game designing, and went by the name of Wertpol.
It all started when he made these two games and they got around to Markiplier and Jacksepticeye, he felt he had finally accomplished something so in order to do more he tried to remaster these games with better graphics and more storyline by starting kickstarters.
Both game production and the kickstarters fell through because without enough publicity from his social media and internet footprint he couldn’t continue with production of the games.
This then led him to struggle further, trying to create more games for people to enjoy and hopefully to spread to other big RUclipsrs and maybe even to Mark and Jack. unfortunately this didn’t end up happening. He then fell into a state of depression
No one wants to play his games, did he really have anything else going for him. He felt as if he couldn’t succeed anymore and on June 6th 2018, Robert Brock took his life.
In the words of Mr Smiley, your very awesome happy buddy: I hope you keep going anyway. Always keep going. Don't give up like me. You never know how much more time you have. Goodbye.
holy
this is
unbelievable
may he rest in peace
Thats so horrible. Rest in piece
What a loser
What...
I feel like this is a lie...
i hope this is a lie...
Edit: shit....it wasn't....
@@weeb_dweeb he really did commit suicide, what an epic fail xD, truly a loser move by a loser