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@@RoanokeGaminghumanity has allowed cats to exist as a invasive species for thousands of years. This is because cats are deemed to be highly valuable and desirable.
Dude, youve just filled a huge niche on youtube that i think alot of people have wanted for a long time. Came across your channel last week and its safe to say ive binge watched all of your videos. Discord seems like a cool ass idea keep up the vids please.
I believe I may have inadvertendly done this as well! I just hope the videos are done well enough to warrant everyone watching! But I am glad you like them bro! the Discord is pretty find IMO but then again I'm bias haha
No real need for a hybrid with the librarians its probably either some sort of ape thats rapidly evolved and mutated like everything else or humans that have deevolved
@@RoanokeGaming the most difficult question is what the bioweapon they dropped on russia was because with the level of rapid evolution in moscow and how it let the biomass amobea devlop im getting intense FEV vibes
I feel that most of them are just a single animal that encountered rapid mutation post-war, and the mutations that were favorable were selected for. Radiation is the darndest thing when it comes to evolution, just take a look at the wildlife near Chernobyl. I believe the Demons, however, are a genetic experiment. They heavily resemble prehistoric reptilian creatures. It is possible the militaries of the time saw this as a very viable option for "war-beasts". This exploration of genetic mutation was cut short due to the war though.
Doesnt have the correct ankle bone structure for those epic slav squats. . . Nor could its mouth make an airtight seal around the vodka bottles. . . Saying that, i would love to see a domesticated demon, with a massive set of the 3 adidas stripes spray painted on its wings. . . "Iz dehmon? Iz not tryingk to kill uz?" "No comrade, iz my boris, iz mean az babushka on ration day, but sweet as stewed beets. . . Go ahead, give him belly rub" *loud tearing noises followed by windswept screams* "Blyat!, boris!? Why are you being such giant bat dick?"
Based on their redesign in *_Metro Exodus_* along with other mutants' redesigns making their origin species more easily identifiable, the Demon does indeed appear to be mutated from bats albeit quite heavily. Seriously, you have GOT to cover all the redesigns in a video at some point.
The redesign of the Watchmen I kinda take issue with. They always acted like dogs, looked like dogs, etc. But in Exodus they look less dog-like and more rat-like. I dunno. I don't really like the Demon redesign either all that much, but that's just me. I tend to prefer things as they looked in whatever came first.
If they evolved naturally in the wasteland, I'd say they come from bats. Powered flight in vertebrates has only evolved three times and the three wing designs are all different, demon wings seem to he identical to those of bats. And the spare set of limbs could come from a mutation. It's much more likely that they come from bats than house cats, assuming they evolved naturally.
I don’t think it’s possible for a Tetrapoda to mutate additional limbs unless it’s some kind of fused twin that develops differently somehow. We call those ancient fish with lungs and eventually feet ‘Tetrapods’ specifically because it’s basic body type is so invariable, adapted into everything from birds to mammals to reptiles and on. It always has the same basic structures, and as far as I know, we’ve only ever known it to lose limbs (as in whales), not gain them.
@@RoanokeGaming Yeah, messing with ferals of any kind could be arguably more dangerous than messing with normal wild animals. Wolves tend to have a fear of humans, but feral dogs don’t...
Something I noticed about the demons is that one of their favorite attacks is picking an individual up and then dropping them from a large height. Certain birds are known to do this especially when they have food that has a hard shell they would pick it up carry it to a very high altitude and drop it from there to crack the shell open. Another thing I noticed is that demons seem to be incredibly territorial creatures... They seem to pick a fight with almost anything that encroaches upon them... That being said their not Beyond cooperation either... For example in Metro 2033 the first game when you first go to the surface with bourbon you are beset by several demons and instead of trying to fight each other over which one gets the meal they focus on trying to kill you first. To me it seems as if the demons are far more intelligent than their beastly appearance would suggest. Although I'm not suggesting their on par with the intelligence of a dark one or even a librarian they are still fiercely vicious creatures that have shown what I see to be an alarming amount of intelligence for a creature that's supposed to be just a giant bat demon. As for how the demon came about to me it seems the demon most likely had undergone some form of genetic mutation of an alarming amount that or genetic tampering.... In a universe where ghosts are a real thing Anything is Possible.
@@DragonS14y3r There is more than one kind of intelligence you know... A dolphin is significantly more intelligent than even a human but in the end it is still an animal... The demon isn't smart like you or i are smart or even like the little one... Perhaps a better way of putting it would be that it's incredibly clever and has incredible survival instincts... Perhaps their thoughts are very basic and they focus only on how to acquire food where to sleep and how to breed... maybe that is what the little one meant.... after all the little one is still a dark one even if he is a child their mental power is so strong that they can literally project their own thoughts into things... Compared to the little one everything is probably stupid to it... I just wanted to bring to light that in a world that is dying these creatures seem to be thriving... and that means you either got to be really smart or the scariest m*********** on the Block or both
ReaperStrike 17 i believe the line "he is big, but stupid" perfectly encapsulates how they're surviving. The only thing we've seen that are capable of consistently taking on a Demon are Librarians. They're just big and strong. Most likely as intelligent as a big cat. Sure they're smarter than a turkey, but that isn't why they survive.
@@tactic34wot52 I don't know, I think in light of recent events of this year we may have to rethink that statement and pass the title to another animal....
Awwww I love these guys, I feel as though they help to give Metro it's unique, stand-out imagery. The name for them is also perfect, I mean just look at them. I sincerely hope these *also* come back in 2035/ Exodus.
Theres a museum in last light that gives you access to the monsters standing still and I think provides info if you click on them, you just get it through the extra missions on the last light menu
Roanoke Gaming yeah it comes as part of the last light dlc however I found out very recently that the redux comes with all free dlc so as long as you own it you'll be able to check it out
I went ahead and checked there, on the main menu click chapters, new missions then developer kit and that should take you to the museum if you cant find it let me know and i can provide footage
For the Sake of Metro were gonna Ignore that the radiation Mutates us so much, that we are genetigly another species an therefore unable to reproduce with our own species, further more even at all
@@seretith3513 Radiation damages the cells, and can cause certain species to experience a wide range of mutations should they not die of radiation poisoning. In terms of genetic mutations, it doesn’t cause anything to really crop up due to the speed at which humans reproduce. In something like rabbits, you’d see genetic mutations much more quickly due to how fast they reproduce. And under normal circumstances, radiation doesn’t cause accelerated evolution, though it can cause adaptive evolution to occur faster than would normally take place due to environmental pressure placed on the creature. Humans being an exception as radiation damages our bodies too much for us to rapidly undergo a form of adaptive evolution. But IRL, radiation isn’t picky about what body part it damages, it damages the cells themselves. And only people with radiation poisoning would likely be incapable of conceiving children due to the cells dealing with radiation throughout the entire body. Humans are still capable of having children with other humans, as our species is Homo Sapiens. If you’re human, you’re a Homo Sapien.
Honestly bats seem the most likely. It would be a much less drastic mutation from bat to demon than from house cat to demon, though theory 3 is also possible, I just don’t see the reason for it
Could be that too. Still, I think that bats could pretty easily mutate certain cat-like features, more easily than cats could mutate bat-like features, so its likely either bats or a combination of the two
hunter Fun fact red meat tastes much like the reacent last meal the animal had, this is why grass fed cows are more bland than sweet corn fed ones. So guess it would taste like an corpse eating bear.
svord00 yes, this is also the same reasons why humans taste so bad, sharks for example only attack humans because they don't know what they are, but they don't like human flash
Almost two years ago, it was your channel that introduced me to the metro franchise; I fell in love with the creatures in the game and the game itself, thanks Roanoke.
I get a lot of Requests for S.T.A.L.K.E.R luckily we have time! I will be moving on to new games down the road when I run through the biological aspects of these, So the next "Season" Would be probably like Fallout, Stalker, Mass effect, Still halo, Still Dead space, and Warhammer
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Found your channel yesterday, since then, I've watched almost all your videos and love everyone. Nice to see that smaller channels can put in effort, keep up the good work.
Ahhh I wouldn't worry about it, I only picked on one word you messed up and you corrected yourself, besides, its kinda nice to hear you mess up sometimes, I get a reminder that the person I enjoy watching is in fact another human being and not an uploading robot, you know?
Something you may have missed is a structure in the bird's chest called the Keel this is a very important component as to how birds are able to fly when generally the amount of mass that their chest is doubles the size of their winds certain animals such as the albatross and hummingbird have very unproportionate limbs to their weight when you take a look at the creatures chest you can see a very similar structure wrapping around the rib cage this is that muscle and cartilage structure known as the Kiel
If your playing on ranger mode and a demon hasnt seen you yet, you can one shot it with most guns. i found out be accident after i killed one with the revolver
Love Roanoke’s perspectives that scientifically analyze creatures. He really teaches you something as well as brings a great tone of voice explaining things. Never get bored with his content
My question about the origin of demons is about them having six limbs, wings, legs and arms. I don't know of any creature they could originate from that isn't a four limbed animal. I don't know if that was taken into consideration when designing the demon, but if it was I think it would point to government creation or it would require some extreme mutations which is possible in the metro universe.
I think the most likely answers are either they mutated from bats, or where a biological weapon made by the Russians like the Dark Ones. Then again I still operate by the head cannon that the Metro Series is set in the Fallout Universe during the resource wars.
Besides Russia might not even have any of these technologies, I would not put it past the enclave to work it's ass off to ensure the tech it's developed was in their hand alone.
I'm so glad there is a you tuber who enjoys learning about the biological and morphological processes of video game creatures as much as I do please do any creature from the fallout series next. As well as this please continue to produce great content well into the future.
Roanoke Gaming the thing is I want to test my might and wits on the hardest difficulty and from what I have read in the difficulty setting its has its benefits and drawbacks
This is a great video, and absolutely wild to see. I was the one who put forward the tiger theory on the wiki many years back, and you've definitely got some good counterarguments against it. I do have to point out that we see some pretty drastic changes in librarians, and if they are indeed humans the way you speculate then they come from a species with even longer generation times than tigers. I think housecats are a very solid possibility here. The roar and dentition was what really sold me on it being a tiger, but I could see a roar showing up in heavily mutated small cats.
Thank you man! I believe I actually ran across your wiki article then! Glad you had put forth that idea because it did make me stop and think before ultimately settling on the birth rate, as for the librarians, to this day I don't know why they stand out so differently, I am sure there is a reason but they really do appear to be just mutated humans
Psionic weapon We know two organic projects with high psionic power. One of them was Biomass, discharged during the war to the Kremlin and residing in the underground Metro-2, luring and absorbing the local residents. Another Start One who mastered the minds of living entities, creating a potential army for them to use. It also influenced the functioning of nearby independent mutants that created a common mind (the so-called "unanimity") and lived in complete unity: local birds, rats and caterpillars.
Super-Soldiers Some scientists have a theory that the mutants at the top are specially bred by the army of Super-Soldiers, which were freed during the war and became independent. One example of this may be dark ones: telepaths with natural radiation resistance who turned out to be a failure, because they are pacifists, were eventually hibernated in D-6. Another: Ichthioids, humanoid creatures created on the basis of dolphins, also having resistance to radiation, ideally adapted to the aquatic environment.
I won't deny that the Demon is a fearsome and awesome creature to fight in the games, however the design has some big issues, realism-wise. For once it's way too large to fly, even with hollow bones, the large muscular mass seems ill-fitting. The second problem is the 6 limbs. No vertebrate on earth ever evolved such an extra pair of limbs, it is more than extremely unlikely that mutations produce such a feature. It would have been immensely more realistic to have upper arms being extended as wing to serve both for flying and walking, for anyone interested in the possibility of such a 6 legged creature evolving naturally, check out the Trey the Explainer video about dragons.
All of these are good theories. I'd be inclined to lean toward the cat one for the reasons you pointed out (they have cat like features, the baby hisses, cats breed at a high rate, the roar) but I also really like cats lol.
Charles Kehl i still go with tiger. Its less of a dramatic change in size with tiger to demon than cat to demon. Plus dont forget how big the bears have gotten!
@@RoanokeGaming I kind of see that in the original designs. It's the black and much hairier ones I can't compare anything to. The most frightening nosalis would have to be the armored ones with yellow eyes.
@@yikebot_5525 I don't think cats have any compassion towards humans, considering how readily they eat their corpses. If humans were small enough, housecats would probably eat them. Considering the merciless majesty inherent in their kind, I'm predisposed to believe that they would show you no mercy. That being said, they are still adorable.
I'd be interested in seeing Dark Souls or Bloodborne, Even maybe S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Great content regardless, been binging on your channel this past week.
Soon as one drops I write another script as people seem to be enjoying them and it gives me an excuse to play some video games to get footage! Just finished up the divider script a few minutes ago!
Mr kitty is one of the most unphotogenic cats I have ever seen but Mrs kitty isn't so bad haha shes a Mini panther! and it is growing fast! I am very lucky!
Roanoke Gaming average deathclaw vs average demon yea. But the other forms of deathclaws are just far too beefy for a demon to handle. But im sure some super demons are out there that could equal them. Maybe.
I mean sure the demon can pack a big hit since it has air superiority. However I feel the death claw can come up top due it's speed, and it can use its surroundings to combat the demon. As seen in fallout 4 it brushes rock and dust in the players face... Someone should actually animate that fight though for sure
How can you guys forget that deathclaws are as intelligent as humans and can speak, as shown in fallout 2? They can just make some armor or plasma bombs and dominate the surface.
Literally just found your channel and binged all your metro videos. Didnt even know this came out so recent haha. Keep up the great work and don't forget about the Dark Ones part 2 ;)
Another good video man. Nice theories about their origin as well. Originally i was inclined to think they evolved from bats for a couple reasons. They already have flight as a mammal and to my knowledge not an easy achievement. Second with that much radiation i would imagine that bugs get bigger witch is what a lot of bats eat. There for as the bugs got bigger they would have to get bigger as well in order to survive. Thus from their bigger size hunting other creatures would much easier. Through hunting larger creatures the forward growth of arms makes sense to help hold down and kill their new found prey. Only part of it i don't get is why they would develop cat eyes. (I would rather have them evolve from bats so i can keep my little fuzzy buddies) :P Also you think you could cover the great pledge within the pre-fallout world you mentioned briefly in your fallout history video, i haven't heard of it before.
Probs bats. Look at the wings. Nearly identical in structure. In nature it takes incredibly long for such complex features to develop and seeing as bats are the only ones that has wings like that it only makes sense.
If it's a bat, then it raises the question of how they developed an extra set of limbs when all mammals only have two sets of limbs. When I first played Metro, I got the impression that they were artificially developed and got loose.
short tail, you say? well... it's not short. when i made a closer inspection of both the original design of 2033 and the re-model of Last Light in various videos, the tail length surpasses the demon's leg length by a fair amount, if the leg isn't stretched to maximum range (the artwork of original model has the tail be longer than the in-game length). the short tail is only accurate in Exodus (much to my disappointment). my favourite version of the demon is the original model from 2033.
Ooh have you heard of the SCP Foundation website? There's tons of monsters, objects, demons, plagues, and other unnatural phenomenons that are threats to humanity. And also check out the System Shock series it has one of the best AI villains and scariest types of monsters there's even a parasitic hivemind in the second game. Doom is also pretty cool as well.
System shock I have heard of, Ive also heard of SCP but without good footage of the creature it may be difficult to describe what I am seeing haha doom is something I will be covering, I think I have finally figured out how I want to bring them in
#RoanokeGaming Those would likely not be "callouses" on its body, more likely they are carotid scars. Like on Godzilla or a survivor of a nuclear blast.
This seemed to be evolved bats the new fallout game fallout 76 also has a large bat like creature so the demon is definitely related to bat probably a being evolved from bats as bats have the wings as that can be seen in demons
Great video! These guys and the librarians are the best enemies in the Metro games so far. Congrats on reaching 20k subs, your channel is growing really fast!
"The thickness leads to your bullets not doing much damage" you say that while you can one-tap the thing with the revolver, if you play stealthy, but then you wouldn't need to kill it at that point
I think they're evolved from kitties instead of bats. For starters while bats do, in fact, have pretty good eyesight, only fruit bats really use their eyesight to find food; most insectivorous and carnivorous bats hunt using echolocation. Since the demons use a roar instead of a screech, they would need larger-than-average ears to pinpoint more specific locations, and seeing as how they don't appear to have any pinna surrounding their ear canals, this would be virtually impossible. Second, the physiology of a cat would make it a much more suitable candidate for genetic mutations of this degree. Since cats have floating clavicles, it would be much easier for a third set of viable limbs to mutate, and since the mechanism of power for their flight appears to come primarily from the biceps/triceps of the wings and its obliques instead of the pectoral muscles, cats would be better suited for this kind of mutation over bats. In addition, the morphology of the spine appears more Feline than Chiroptera; a bat's vertebrae are thinner and more elongated than the plates that appear along the demon's back, and a bat's tail ends at the coccyx with an elongated tail bone, whereas a cat has an actual tail. Third, its hunting techniques. Unlike cats or bats, demons have forgone any notion of ambushing their prey, and instead go right for the kill. When a demon strikes, it grabs its prey with it's claws instead of its talons, and then proceeds to either drop it from a high point or slam it into something. Cats will similarly "play" with their prey before killing it, where as a bat will immediately gobble it up. If a bat couldn't immediately eat its perspective prey, it usually won't even attempt to grab it to begin with. What, you think I'm overthinking this too much? You think I have better things to do with my time? No you shut up!
I somewhat agree, but the amount of time in which it would take for a cat to form full-fledged wings would be quiet a while. Bats already have such a trait, making the change from bat to demon much less severe than the change from cat to demon.
+Critter Swarm: It would be less severe for a bat to turn into a demon than a cat to turn into a demon, if these were natural evolutionary mutations. The fact that the physiology of the demons are so drastically different from either bats or cats indicates that these mutations are unnatural. It would take thousands to millions of years for either cats or bats to evolve into demons naturally, even with the randomizing effects of radiation, primarily because both bats and cats would have to evolve a third set of functioning limbs that weren't simply vestigial. And because the demons were on the scene in less than 20 years, this becomes statistically impossible; they would have to have been mutated in a lab beforehand. If this is the case, I revert to my previous statement that cats would be more suitable candidates for these mutations; all they would really need is the mutation of wings, whereas bats, in this instance, would need a more severe overhaul of their physiology.
Yeah, I get what you're saying, just initially if I had to bet on whether a demon evolved from a bat or a cat, I would bet on it being a bat. I can still see both as being plueable.
For your last theory about copper about being IMC Remember this isn't his first time training actually if you carefully read Lastimosa says things like "I got a new Gaunlent for you TODAY" or when failing jumps he would say things like"Come on like last time" but all the clears up is he had been training as a pilot for weeks or more already but this theory still is possible.
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Hey great video I loved it. To me the demons we one of my biggest questions. And are you gonna do the shrimps from metro
I will be covering the shrimps in the future for a video!
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Great video man! I think they might be bats because of their wings but the arching argument is strong too
Roanoke Gaming could you do doom
*look at cat while pointing at demon picture
"Is this you ?"
*Cat stare silently
I think Roanoke is on to something here guys.
I looked at my Cat while making this video. She watched me the whole time, she knows we know
Roanoke Gaming if cats ever did develop the ability to fly, it would be the end of us all
I had a dream about bat-winged cats so... Lol
@@waynecalhoun2802 nah our time
Will die
@@RoanokeGaminghumanity has allowed cats to exist as a invasive species for thousands of years. This is because cats are deemed to be highly valuable and desirable.
Look at this friggin turbo nerd with his biology degree and love of video games.
I LOVE IT.
A winning combination! haha glad you like the videos bro!
You should do the demons from Doom 2016 too. It'd be amazing to hear about their morphology from an actual scientist.
The Nerd Supreme of Earth.
Dude, youve just filled a huge niche on youtube that i think alot of people have wanted for a long time. Came across your channel last week and its safe to say ive binge watched all of your videos. Discord seems like a cool ass idea keep up the vids please.
I believe I may have inadvertendly done this as well! I just hope the videos are done well enough to warrant everyone watching! But I am glad you like them bro! the Discord is pretty find IMO but then again I'm bias haha
@@RoanokeGaming i love this it puts real science into games and movies and it feels real keep making these they're great
I think that most of the animals are two animals mixed:
Demons: Cats and bats
Librarians: Human and gorilla
a very real possibility with demons, the librarians I am not actually sure if they are a hybrid
No real need for a hybrid with the librarians its probably either some sort of ape thats rapidly evolved and mutated like everything else or humans that have deevolved
@@RoanokeGaming the most difficult question is what the bioweapon they dropped on russia was because with the level of rapid evolution in moscow and how it let the biomass amobea devlop im getting intense FEV vibes
Same here
Also:
The Watchers - Dogs and Rats
The Nosalis - Bats and moles
I feel that most of them are just a single animal that encountered rapid mutation post-war, and the mutations that were favorable were selected for. Radiation is the darndest thing when it comes to evolution, just take a look at the wildlife near Chernobyl. I believe the Demons, however, are a genetic experiment. They heavily resemble prehistoric reptilian creatures. It is possible the militaries of the time saw this as a very viable option for "war-beasts". This exploration of genetic mutation was cut short due to the war though.
I have a theory that the deamon is a hybrid of gopnik and a bat
Gopnik?
Sly Carl and don't forget Babushka kitty
Doesnt have the correct ankle bone structure for those epic slav squats. . . Nor could its mouth make an airtight seal around the vodka bottles. . . Saying that, i would love to see a domesticated demon, with a massive set of the 3 adidas stripes spray painted on its wings. . .
"Iz dehmon? Iz not tryingk to kill uz?"
"No comrade, iz my boris, iz mean az babushka on ration day, but sweet as stewed beets. . . Go ahead, give him belly rub"
*loud tearing noises followed by windswept screams*
"Blyat!, boris!? Why are you being such giant bat dick?"
@@leviroch Jesus most funny yt comment I've ever seen.
@@RoanokeGaming did you ever search it on TH-cam?
Based on their redesign in *_Metro Exodus_* along with other mutants' redesigns making their origin species more easily identifiable, the Demon does indeed appear to be mutated from bats albeit quite heavily.
Seriously, you have GOT to cover all the redesigns in a video at some point.
The redesign of the Watchmen I kinda take issue with. They always acted like dogs, looked like dogs, etc. But in Exodus they look less dog-like and more rat-like. I dunno. I don't really like the Demon redesign either all that much, but that's just me. I tend to prefer things as they looked in whatever came first.
They hang upside down and sleep. I found one while exploring. It was really cool.
@@serathaevistille995to be fair in the original 2033 before the redux the design for demons was much closer to exodus and clearly mutated bats
It’s probably a bat
it for sure as the face of one!
Derp Lord it’s a Russian bat
Derp Lord well think again 🤣
Derp Lord Russian genetic splicing, with cat and bat DNA, resulting in a Quote “Proto-Demon”
Derp Lord definitely before, no one would care after
If they evolved naturally in the wasteland, I'd say they come from bats. Powered flight in vertebrates has only evolved three times and the three wing designs are all different, demon wings seem to he identical to those of bats. And the spare set of limbs could come from a mutation.
It's much more likely that they come from bats than house cats, assuming they evolved naturally.
I can get behind that logic
@@RoanokeGaming Also there resemblence to bats is Extreme in Metro Exodus.
Sorry for bad English.
or maybe cats and bats mutated similarly,the reproduced together,and you got this
From the three Wing builds only two have evolved in Vertebreds
Pterosaurs and Bats evolved Convergeantly the same Wing-build
I don’t think it’s possible for a Tetrapoda to mutate additional limbs unless it’s some kind of fused twin that develops differently somehow. We call those ancient fish with lungs and eventually feet ‘Tetrapods’ specifically because it’s basic body type is so invariable, adapted into everything from birds to mammals to reptiles and on. It always has the same basic structures, and as far as I know, we’ve only ever known it to lose limbs (as in whales), not gain them.
Cover some of the creatures from S.T.A.L.K.E.R
And Bioshock!
@Urban Student Prepper why ? Salty much ?
@Voltaic Fire Hey Microsoft is making a stalker game
@Voltaic Fire Negative boss look up Stalker 2. Scheduled release date is 2021
@@JadedEagle thx for the info ..
Could you do a video on that shrimp thing?
I have them planned!
Lmao; 'that shrimp thing'
It´s probably just a giant leech.
These things were the bane of my existence since I only used the bastard gun and the double barrel shotgun
so basically a "death by a thousand cuts" Scenario for the Demon haha
Brick: HEY, SLABBBB!!!
Double barrel shotgun.... Did you stole it from doom slayer?
You do realise that based on the same logic I should be asking if the Doom Slayer stole it from a FARMER, right?
DGneoseeker1 doom slayer is the farmer
my local crazy cat lady got attacked by a feral cat today
:( maybe don't pet feral cats haha
DLDouble G I feel bad for liking this but oh well
DLDouble G
Betrayed my the animal she loved XD
So it begins.
@@RoanokeGaming Yeah, messing with ferals of any kind could be arguably more dangerous than messing with normal wild animals. Wolves tend to have a fear of humans, but feral dogs don’t...
Something I noticed about the demons is that one of their favorite attacks is picking an individual up and then dropping them from a large height.
Certain birds are known to do this especially when they have food that has a hard shell they would pick it up carry it to a very high altitude and drop it from there to crack the shell open.
Another thing I noticed is that demons seem to be incredibly territorial creatures...
They seem to pick a fight with almost anything that encroaches upon them...
That being said their not Beyond cooperation either...
For example in Metro 2033 the first game when you first go to the surface with bourbon you are beset by several demons and instead of trying to fight each other over which one gets the meal they focus on trying to kill you first.
To me it seems as if the demons are far more intelligent than their beastly appearance would suggest.
Although I'm not suggesting their on par with the intelligence of a dark one or even a librarian they are still fiercely vicious creatures that have shown what I see to be an alarming amount of intelligence for a creature that's supposed to be just a giant bat demon.
As for how the demon came about to me it seems the demon most likely had undergone some form of genetic mutation of an alarming amount that or genetic tampering....
In a universe where ghosts are a real thing Anything is Possible.
ReaperStrike 17 I'd agree with you. But the line "he is big, but stupid" is spoken by the Little One.
@@DragonS14y3r
There is more than one kind of intelligence you know...
A dolphin is significantly more intelligent than even a human but in the end it is still an animal...
The demon isn't smart like you or i are smart or even like the little one...
Perhaps a better way of putting it would be that it's incredibly clever and has incredible survival instincts...
Perhaps their thoughts are very basic and they focus only on how to acquire food where to sleep and how to breed...
maybe that is what the little one meant....
after all the little one is still a dark one even if he is a child their mental power is so strong that they can literally project their own thoughts into things...
Compared to the little one everything is probably stupid to it...
I just wanted to bring to light that in a world that is dying these creatures seem to be thriving...
and that means you either got to be really smart or the scariest m*********** on the Block or both
ReaperStrike 17 i believe the line "he is big, but stupid" perfectly encapsulates how they're surviving. The only thing we've seen that are capable of consistently taking on a Demon are Librarians. They're just big and strong. Most likely as intelligent as a big cat. Sure they're smarter than a turkey, but that isn't why they survive.
@@madmac223 we are also animals, jsut a significantly intelligent aninal
@@tactic34wot52 I don't know, I think in light of recent events of this year we may have to rethink that statement and pass the title to another animal....
"If it's hostile, you kill it"
some people call these demons,i call them bitches
-Bourbon
Oh great a ball of muscle and hate
Awwww I love these guys, I feel as though they help to give Metro it's unique, stand-out imagery. The name for them is also perfect, I mean just look at them.
I sincerely hope these *also* come back in 2035/ Exodus.
James Atkins They do if you watched new e3 2018 trailer
2036*
It's 2036 since 2035 has already taken place in the book
some people call them deamons,i call them bitches! - bourbon 2033
You should do S.T.A.L.K.E.R mutants!
I was going to mention how it looked like a gargoyle but then you said it. Rip
RIIIIIIIIP
They're the Chads of the sky :(
The Sky chad vs the Human Russian Virgin
someone make this meme
"Some people call them demons. I just call them bitches." - Vodka in Disguise
Theres a museum in last light that gives you access to the monsters standing still and I think provides info if you click on them, you just get it through the extra missions on the last light menu
I will look into that! I thought it was a DLC type deal
Roanoke Gaming yeah it comes as part of the last light dlc however I found out very recently that the redux comes with all free dlc so as long as you own it you'll be able to check it out
I went ahead and checked there, on the main menu click chapters, new missions then developer kit and that should take you to the museum if you cant find it let me know and i can provide footage
Actually, if it was a genetic modification, then it may have been the primer not the actual creature
Looking at mutations in metro makes you realise radiation is one hell of a thing!
For the Sake of Metro were gonna Ignore that the radiation Mutates us so much, that we are genetigly another species an therefore unable to reproduce with our own species, further more even at all
@@seretith3513 What?
@@decimation9780 Sorry, now i Know better
Radiation still doesn't cause exalerated Evolution as Shown by Tschernobyl
@@seretith3513 Radiation damages the cells, and can cause certain species to experience a wide range of mutations should they not die of radiation poisoning. In terms of genetic mutations, it doesn’t cause anything to really crop up due to the speed at which humans reproduce. In something like rabbits, you’d see genetic mutations much more quickly due to how fast they reproduce. And under normal circumstances, radiation doesn’t cause accelerated evolution, though it can cause adaptive evolution to occur faster than would normally take place due to environmental pressure placed on the creature. Humans being an exception as radiation damages our bodies too much for us to rapidly undergo a form of adaptive evolution. But IRL, radiation isn’t picky about what body part it damages, it damages the cells themselves. And only people with radiation poisoning would likely be incapable of conceiving children due to the cells dealing with radiation throughout the entire body. Humans are still capable of having children with other humans, as our species is Homo Sapiens. If you’re human, you’re a Homo Sapien.
Only guy I know who makes pretty good metro videos
I appreciate that man! that was really nice to read!
Honestly bats seem the most likely. It would be a much less drastic mutation from bat to demon than from house cat to demon, though theory 3 is also possible, I just don’t see the reason for it
Eli A it could be a combination of a cat and a bat
Possibly, I suppose. Maybe a bat and a larger cat, like a Lynx?
Eli A there are also another larger but similar wildcats in Europe that are large but similar to house cats
Could be that too. Still, I think that bats could pretty easily mutate certain cat-like features, more easily than cats could mutate bat-like features, so its likely either bats or a combination of the two
Eli A it's just that if the air is highly radioactive then their primary food source would be dead
In the original Metro the demon doesnt look like a reptile
The Sam's story dlc makes the demons way more terrifying
So.....how does it taste?
I imagine like chicken but better because youre eating a top predator
Like victory
hunter Fun fact red meat tastes much like the reacent last meal the animal had, this is why grass fed cows are more bland than sweet corn fed ones. So guess it would taste like an corpse eating bear.
svord00 yes, this is also the same reasons why humans taste so bad, sharks for example only attack humans because they don't know what they are, but they don't like human flash
dracopo Humans taste like pork
Almost two years ago, it was your channel that introduced me to the metro franchise; I fell in love with the creatures in the game and the game itself, thanks Roanoke.
"Injected steroids directly into the eyeballs" That visual is going to haunt me for a long long time
Visualize it!
"Demons may have been created before the war..." So... they're basically the Metro equivalent of Deathclaws?
You should do a similar video series for the creatures from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or maybe on the monsters from the Witcher Series. Really enjoying them
TFG Trailers yes
I get a lot of Requests for S.T.A.L.K.E.R luckily we have time! I will be moving on to new games down the road when I run through the biological aspects of these, So the next "Season" Would be probably like Fallout, Stalker, Mass effect, Still halo, Still Dead space, and Warhammer
Great! I also do thumbnails and channel art (like banners and profile icons) so if you need such stuff hit me up on the comment section on one of my vids and we can make you something cool. Would gladly do em for you since i really enjoy your content
Found your channel yesterday, since then, I've watched almost all your videos and love everyone. Nice to see that smaller channels can put in effort, keep up the good work.
Glad you liked the videos man! I am glad to hear it! I will always try to keep the quality up, maybe next time I wont screw up so many words haha
Ahhh I wouldn't worry about it, I only picked on one word you messed up and you corrected yourself, besides, its kinda nice to hear you mess up sometimes, I get a reminder that the person I enjoy watching is in fact another human being and not an uploading robot, you know?
I don't think we've had a good look of the Demon in the upcoming Exodus but judging by the figure we see it seems they look more gargoyle like.
Something you may have missed is a structure in the bird's chest called the Keel this is a very important component as to how birds are able to fly when generally the amount of mass that their chest is doubles the size of their winds certain animals such as the albatross and hummingbird have very unproportionate limbs to their weight when you take a look at the creatures chest you can see a very similar structure wrapping around the rib cage this is that muscle and cartilage structure known as the Kiel
Its Batman
Not the one you want near you though!
Pretty sure you wouldn't want actual Batman near you, either :P
fallout: "and be prepared for the future!" (they weren't)
Metro: " hold my vodka"
Huh, I didn't know a sticky 'nade would do em in. Thanks Roanoke, now I won't get the shit kicked outta me. As badly.
haha good luck out on the surface!
Found out the intro music, it’s far the days come.
If your playing on ranger mode and a demon hasnt seen you yet, you can one shot it with most guns. i found out be accident after i killed one with the revolver
interesting!
Our taste in games is very similar, I like that.
Demons have always been one of my favorite creatures in the metro franchise. They're just so unsettling
is it the leather skin?
Agreed 🥰
Love Roanoke’s perspectives that scientifically analyze creatures. He really teaches you something as well as brings a great tone of voice explaining things. Never get bored with his content
My question about the origin of demons is about them having six limbs, wings, legs and arms. I don't know of any creature they could originate from that isn't a four limbed animal. I don't know if that was taken into consideration when designing the demon, but if it was I think it would point to government creation or it would require some extreme mutations which is possible in the metro universe.
The difference between a bat and this is that bats are absolutely adorable
I think the most likely answers are either they mutated from bats, or where a biological weapon made by the Russians like the Dark Ones. Then again I still operate by the head cannon that the Metro Series is set in the Fallout Universe during the resource wars.
definitely a possibility of that!
Emmett Leone-Woods But wouldn't everyone had better tech, and wasn't Russia communist at the time?
It's not so much a theory based on information from both games as much as it is the Fan Theory equivalent to a crack pairing.
Emmett Leone-Woods Eh I guess.
Besides Russia might not even have any of these technologies, I would not put it past the enclave to work it's ass off to ensure the tech it's developed was in their hand alone.
I'm so glad there is a you tuber who enjoys learning about the biological and morphological processes of video game creatures as much as I do please do any creature from the fallout series next. As well as this please continue to produce great content well into the future.
I do have fallout planned for the future! and I am glad you like the content bro!
thanks and your welcome and may I ask what creature you plan cover from fallout.
Unless you chuck that grenade and nail them hmm... I should play metro again I will download all the games and play them before the new one comes out
You should!
Roanoke Gaming the thing is I want to test my might and wits on the hardest difficulty and from what I have read in the difficulty setting its has its benefits and drawbacks
So, after playing Metro Exodus I am very sure the demons are mutated bats.
The unholy offspring between cats and bats
This is a great video, and absolutely wild to see. I was the one who put forward the tiger theory on the wiki many years back, and you've definitely got some good counterarguments against it. I do have to point out that we see some pretty drastic changes in librarians, and if they are indeed humans the way you speculate then they come from a species with even longer generation times than tigers.
I think housecats are a very solid possibility here. The roar and dentition was what really sold me on it being a tiger, but I could see a roar showing up in heavily mutated small cats.
Thank you man! I believe I actually ran across your wiki article then! Glad you had put forth that idea because it did make me stop and think before ultimately settling on the birth rate, as for the librarians, to this day I don't know why they stand out so differently, I am sure there is a reason but they really do appear to be just mutated humans
20 minutes of good work
Psionic weapon
We know two organic projects with high psionic power. One of them was Biomass, discharged during the war to the Kremlin and residing in the underground Metro-2, luring and absorbing the local residents. Another Start One who mastered the minds of living entities, creating a potential army for them to use. It also influenced the functioning of nearby independent mutants that created a common mind (the so-called "unanimity") and lived in complete unity: local birds, rats and caterpillars.
I really love the metro series also good vid Roanoke
thanks bro! I am glad you liked the video!
Roanoke Gaming you welcome bro
"Why is it so dangerous?"
They can _F*CKING_ *FLY*
You should do the Nosalis after this :)
Super-Soldiers
Some scientists have a theory that the mutants at the top are specially bred by the army of Super-Soldiers, which were freed during the war and became independent. One example of this may be dark ones: telepaths with natural radiation resistance who turned out to be a failure, because they are pacifists, were eventually hibernated in D-6. Another: Ichthioids, humanoid creatures created on the basis of dolphins, also having resistance to radiation, ideally adapted to the aquatic environment.
It's a bird it's a plane it's DEMON!
I won't deny that the Demon is a fearsome and awesome creature to fight in the games, however the design has some big issues, realism-wise. For once it's way too large to fly, even with hollow bones, the large muscular mass seems ill-fitting. The second problem is the 6 limbs. No vertebrate on earth ever evolved such an extra pair of limbs, it is more than extremely unlikely that mutations produce such a feature. It would have been immensely more realistic to have upper arms being extended as wing to serve both for flying and walking, for anyone interested in the possibility of such a 6 legged creature evolving naturally, check out the Trey the Explainer video about dragons.
All of these are good theories. I'd be inclined to lean toward the cat one for the reasons you pointed out (they have cat like features, the baby hisses, cats breed at a high rate, the roar) but I also really like cats lol.
I like cats too, I hope there are some after the nuclear war that arnt Giant flying demons!
Seriously! It'd suck if there weren't any little fluff balls left.
Charles Kehl i still go with tiger. Its less of a dramatic change in size with tiger to demon than cat to demon. Plus dont forget how big the bears have gotten!
Man i found your channel a few weeks ago and i love it keep up the good work!
I am glad you like the content bro! I definitely will!
this is why i'm a dog person
the Nosalis could be dogs as well
@@RoanokeGaming I kind of see that in the original designs. It's the black and much hairier ones I can't compare anything to. The most frightening nosalis would have to be the armored ones with yellow eyes.
Idk, what if kitty remember you and spare you, heck even bring you to nest
Dog: "i evolved into Werewolfe, now become my meal"
@@yikebot_5525 I don't think cats have any compassion towards humans, considering how readily they eat their corpses. If humans were small enough, housecats would probably eat them. Considering the merciless majesty inherent in their kind, I'm predisposed to believe that they would show you no mercy. That being said, they are still adorable.
When you made the librarian video, I saw the demon and thought, that would make a great lore vid. But I didn’t find it. So glad you made it
Glad you liked them both bro! next up the Nosalis!
I'd be interested in seeing Dark Souls or Bloodborne, Even maybe S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Great content regardless, been binging on your channel this past week.
glad you have enjoyed it! I am looking into blood borne for later on as well as STALKER
You are pumping out videos! No wonder you are gaining so many subs! keep it coming!
Soon as one drops I write another script as people seem to be enjoying them and it gives me an excuse to play some video games to get footage! Just finished up the divider script a few minutes ago!
damn this channel is growing fast
for a 25k sub special you should show your cats
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I really like cats
Mr kitty is one of the most unphotogenic cats I have ever seen but Mrs kitty isn't so bad haha shes a Mini panther! and it is growing fast! I am very lucky!
I woke up to this! So I started my day off pretty good
I am happy you enjoy the videos that much man!
Who would win a death claw or a demon??
Demon, Same size, extra arms, And can fly!
Roanoke Gaming average deathclaw vs average demon yea. But the other forms of deathclaws are just far too beefy for a demon to handle. But im sure some super demons are out there that could equal them. Maybe.
I mean sure the demon can pack a big hit since it has air superiority. However I feel the death claw can come up top due it's speed, and it can use its surroundings to combat the demon. As seen in fallout 4 it brushes rock and dust in the players face... Someone should actually animate that fight though for sure
How can you guys forget that deathclaws are as intelligent as humans and can speak, as shown in fallout 2? They can just make some armor or plasma bombs and dominate the surface.
Major_lazer 1 deathclaws with wings from a mod i used.
Literally just found your channel and binged all your metro videos. Didnt even know this came out so recent haha. Keep up the great work and don't forget about the Dark Ones part 2 ;)
OH YAH! I need to go back and see what my premise was! haha I am glad you liked the videos bro!
Damn!! Now your at 23 k subs! You've quadrupled in size since I subbed, which was like, a month ago!
I am exceedingly lucky that's for sure!
I always thought that every monster in this game was just a mutated animal
Another good video man. Nice theories about their origin as well. Originally i was inclined to think they evolved from bats for a couple reasons.
They already have flight as a mammal and to my knowledge not an easy achievement.
Second with that much radiation i would imagine that bugs get bigger witch is what a lot of bats eat. There for as the bugs got bigger they would have to get bigger as well in order to survive. Thus from their bigger size hunting other creatures would much easier.
Through hunting larger creatures the forward growth of arms makes sense to help hold down and kill their new found prey.
Only part of it i don't get is why they would develop cat eyes. (I would rather have them evolve from bats so i can keep my little fuzzy buddies) :P
Also you think you could cover the great pledge within the pre-fallout world you mentioned briefly in your fallout history video, i haven't heard of it before.
It is strange how they developed cat eyes, maybe a bat bred with a cat?
what if that's the reason they have 6 legs, holy god
If that were the case wouldn't the third theory be closest, if so that would remove all the fun of figuring out their evolution.
Probs bats. Look at the wings. Nearly identical in structure. In nature it takes incredibly long for such complex features to develop and seeing as bats are the only ones that has wings like that it only makes sense.
Roanoke Gaming: Demons aren't stupid
Child Dark One: They are big but stupid.
I would say Cat, but then it's a question of how it got it's wings.
I too wonder that
If it's a bat, then it raises the question of how they developed an extra set of limbs when all mammals only have two sets of limbs. When I first played Metro, I got the impression that they were artificially developed and got loose.
Tubplunger T.P it attached the wings of the birds it ate to terrorise the sky
short tail, you say? well... it's not short.
when i made a closer inspection of both the original design of 2033 and the re-model of Last Light in various videos, the tail length surpasses the demon's leg length by a fair amount, if the leg isn't stretched to maximum range (the artwork of original model has the tail be longer than the in-game length).
the short tail is only accurate in Exodus (much to my disappointment).
my favourite version of the demon is the original model from 2033.
Ooh have you heard of the SCP Foundation website?
There's tons of monsters, objects, demons, plagues, and other unnatural phenomenons that are threats to humanity.
And also check out the System Shock series it has one of the best AI villains and scariest types of monsters there's even a parasitic hivemind in the second game. Doom is also pretty cool as well.
System shock I have heard of, Ive also heard of SCP but without good footage of the creature it may be difficult to describe what I am seeing haha doom is something I will be covering, I think I have finally figured out how I want to bring them in
Roanoke Gaming
There's "Tats Topvideos" and "SCP Illustrated" who made SCP animation and drawings.
The main villian in System Shock is Shodan.
THANK YOU FOR A NEW VIDEO ON METRO. Bourbon would be proud if he still could talk. Or move, or breathe, or even have a heart beat
Or think haha
Roanoke Gaming for the next metro video you should do the nosalasis (IDK how too spell it) it's a pretty strange and cool mutant
#RoanokeGaming Those would likely not be "callouses" on its body, more likely they are carotid scars. Like on Godzilla or a survivor of a nuclear blast.
@RoanokeGaming. Came back to say you change a lot. Nice improvements
Couldn't the mutations also increase reproduction speed? Seeing as how other mutations aid survival "good enough"
I love how they are still proctective of their Young, that Part in MLL can be sad, IF you are a Baby Killer~
They are Adorable when lil'
Domesticating it would be amazing
When metro exodus comes out do a review and creature file
Oh believe me, there will be some exodus lore on this channel haha
6:23 my face when the librarian got killed by the elevator
If you played that mission you’d get it
This seemed to be evolved bats the new fallout game fallout 76 also has a large bat like creature so the demon is definitely related to bat probably a being evolved from bats as bats have the wings as that can be seen in demons
Great video! These guys and the librarians are the best enemies in the Metro games so far. Congrats on reaching 20k subs, your channel is growing really fast!
Could you do the Divider next?
I wish I could do the sunglasses emoji here
"The thickness leads to your bullets not doing much damage" you say that while you can one-tap the thing with the revolver, if you play stealthy, but then you wouldn't need to kill it at that point
I think they're evolved from kitties instead of bats. For starters while bats do, in fact, have pretty good eyesight, only fruit bats really use their eyesight to find food; most insectivorous and carnivorous bats hunt using echolocation. Since the demons use a roar instead of a screech, they would need larger-than-average ears to pinpoint more specific locations, and seeing as how they don't appear to have any pinna surrounding their ear canals, this would be virtually impossible.
Second, the physiology of a cat would make it a much more suitable candidate for genetic mutations of this degree. Since cats have floating clavicles, it would be much easier for a third set of viable limbs to mutate, and since the mechanism of power for their flight appears to come primarily from the biceps/triceps of the wings and its obliques instead of the pectoral muscles, cats would be better suited for this kind of mutation over bats. In addition, the morphology of the spine appears more Feline than Chiroptera; a bat's vertebrae are thinner and more elongated than the plates that appear along the demon's back, and a bat's tail ends at the coccyx with an elongated tail bone, whereas a cat has an actual tail.
Third, its hunting techniques. Unlike cats or bats, demons have forgone any notion of ambushing their prey, and instead go right for the kill. When a demon strikes, it grabs its prey with it's claws instead of its talons, and then proceeds to either drop it from a high point or slam it into something. Cats will similarly "play" with their prey before killing it, where as a bat will immediately gobble it up. If a bat couldn't immediately eat its perspective prey, it usually won't even attempt to grab it to begin with.
What, you think I'm overthinking this too much? You think I have better things to do with my time? No you shut up!
I somewhat agree, but the amount of time in which it would take for a cat to form full-fledged wings would be quiet a while. Bats already have such a trait, making the change from bat to demon much less severe than the change from cat to demon.
+Critter Swarm: It would be less severe for a bat to turn into a demon than a cat to turn into a demon, if these were natural evolutionary mutations. The fact that the physiology of the demons are so drastically different from either bats or cats indicates that these mutations are unnatural. It would take thousands to millions of years for either cats or bats to evolve into demons naturally, even with the randomizing effects of radiation, primarily because both bats and cats would have to evolve a third set of functioning limbs that weren't simply vestigial. And because the demons were on the scene in less than 20 years, this becomes statistically impossible; they would have to have been mutated in a lab beforehand.
If this is the case, I revert to my previous statement that cats would be more suitable candidates for these mutations; all they would really need is the mutation of wings, whereas bats, in this instance, would need a more severe overhaul of their physiology.
Yeah, I get what you're saying, just initially if I had to bet on whether a demon evolved from a bat or a cat, I would bet on it being a bat. I can still see both as being plueable.
+Critter Swarm: True dat, mang, true dat. You excited for the new Metro game coming out?
Of course, I'm sure you are as well.
three questions:
1- how much can a demon bench?
2- what is the demon's workout routine?
3- are both your cats well?
i think its both cat and bat spliced together by the prewar russians
you never know!
i think that too
Whatever they are, don't make a soup out of them! The Metro doesn't need that kind of outbreak XD
You said "Behavior" twice in the title
I never even noticed that for some reason! good catch
Demons are basically Deathclaws that can fly
Yes! they are very similar!
Hmmmm maybe catbats?
For your last theory about copper about being IMC Remember this isn't his first time training actually if you carefully read Lastimosa says things like "I got a new Gaunlent for you TODAY" or when failing jumps he would say things like"Come on like last time" but all the clears up is he had been training as a pilot for weeks or more already but this theory still is possible.
What about watchers I don't know if there rodents or canines
I do plan to cover them!
Arath Jasso I'm pretty sure they're mutated rats. Even if they're not I will always call it refer to them as Satan's lab rats
Demons are basically weird looking dragons. But rather small and cute sized.
Is it weird that I always got hyped when I saw them? *They're so cool!* 💖
It’s really interesting how different they look in exodus, they look even more bat like