Seraphite Whistles Decoded
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- I break down the meaning of nine core whistles used by the Seraphites (Scars) in The Last of Us Part II. The secret whistle language is a testament to Naughty Dog's outstanding sound design team who did an amazing job with this.
00:00 Opening
00:30 1) The Call, and 2) The Answer
01:09 3) Light Alert (I think I heard or saw something)
01:54 4) The Called Shot Whistle (Old Hunter's Tactic)
03:09 5) Enemy Ambush (Initial Contact with the Enemy)
03:41 6) High Alert (I don't have eyes on the enemy)
04:09 7) Enemy Found (Scars find you on High Alert)
04:46 8) Moving Up (Cover me!)
05:16 9) Man Down (One of ours has fallen)
06:05 Seraphite whistle language in action
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A friend of mine told me that if we ever end up in a post apocalyptic world that we should try to learn the whistles of the Seraphites.
Your friend gives good advice, my dude.
You guys would make a nice couple
I can't even whistle :(
@@rorocio93 that's what I said to myself some years ago... You'll learn! Don't give up yet
Make a "retreat" whistle then, since the Scars don't seem to have one
If you learn the whistles it can be used in combat against scars. That's literally so cool.
Wait what
@@Alex-wx1bk It's like if you memorize all the different types of whistles you might be able to learn where the scars are going, and what they're doing even if they aren't in your sight.
@@Alex-wx1bk yes. If scars are on high alert and someone whistles that is going to wander off to investigate, that might be your chance to take him down without alerting the other enemies
Or if you hear the calling a shot whistle you might be able to dodge out of the way to divert the enemy’s aim
That would've been so cool, like drawing them towards you or lure them out somewhere else🤯
Felt like I just learned a new language in 8 minutes. This is mindblowing.
Yes yeah
Some whistled languages still exist today, silbo for example, I had no idea they included such languages in TLOU it's AMAZING
@@ink3539 This isn't a language actually. It's a communication system.
Same
Whistleblowing
the fact that this game went so into detail on this is pretty incredible
Every story has faults even its perfect movie or game...
But neglecting the detailed game just because of story is ridiculous.
Agreed@@bharatchawla8514
@@hello-ee6xx Thanks. ^_^:-)
@@bharatchawla8514 i don't know what Neglecting means but I'm just gonna guess it's close to hate or something along those lines.
@@MariusBoss11458 I meant to say that every game has faults (sometimes in story; Sometimes in gameplay OR sometimes in both.)
But. Hating the game (or don't want to play the game) just because of its story is wrong.
TLOU 2 has story faults but it has detailed world and good gameplay (for me) and good soundtrack tooo.
The dislikes are the scars, I doubt they're happy about this info being leaked
Too true, too true, and probably by their hypocrite Elders using "forbidden" technology to do so, Gateswing S.
Have you noticed how the "Call and answer" whistles sound like "Where aaaare you?" (Call) and "Over here!" (Answer)?'
Indeed. It was an immediate natural recognition the first time I heard it.
I like how Anthony Caliber whistled "Fuuuck youuu" when he got detected or something. That was some funny shit.
@@MariusBoss11458 send the link the the clip
@@reddeadfan-jz7sx I don't remember which one but it's somewhere in his Playthrough. He made 5 Livestreams on Twitch and uploaded em no edits on YT. Anyways i forgot which one it was. I wanna say that it's the hospital but it ain't.
@@MariusBoss11458 we recommended the same content bro? I see you everywhere along with the mad titan
Currently on my third playthrough, and now on Grounded, these whistles are even more terrifying!
Not sure if I'm brave enough to try Grounded yet. You'll have to let me know how it goes!
@@WolfofThorns I'm playing grounded, about half way through now, and some areas suck of course but it's not so bad when you remember so much about most encounters. You start to find specific tactics and patterns that work in most situations.
@@Frodo_Shaggins Great to know!
I played on permadeath, and it was terryfing
My first playthrough was a mix between survivor/grounded and it really makes the game amazing to play
I like the call and response whistle. Sounds like they're going "Where are you?"/"Over here!"
woah. it’s seriously does !
i could not unhear this
That's because you actually move your mouth/lips/tongue in the same manner as the call and response whistle and when you say "where are you" and "over here"
Also moving up whistle sounds like the word too. And maybe man down as well, since you'd probably shouting man down as long as possible because that is the biggest threat and every ally around needs to hear that. Also I think I heard something sounds like you are walking with a friend in a forest, chatting, and you think you heard sth so you interrupt them and make a quick and low sh sh! to see what's going on around you
Yo it does tho
Honestly, you mentioned the "Man down" whistle being the most chilling because of how loud and sharp it is. But personally, the thing that gets me the most about it is the synchronized utterance of "Fallen" whenever you let it play out. You'll seriously get 5-6 Seraphites saying it in perfect synchronicity in the exact same tone. It's crazy.
Absolutely. The whole ritual, from the first shrill blast to them all saying "Fallen", is quite powerful and effective in just another element of the game's active storytelling.
I legit got goosebumps when I first heard them chanting ‘fallen’ in my first playthrough! I was anxious the whole time with that encounter haha
I think for me the "I see something" whistle makes me the most nervous. It's quiet and could be mistaken for something else if you don't know scars are in the area
It would've been cool if Abby learned the whistles from Yara or Lev and she used it against the seraphites
Abby knows the whistles: turn on subtitles, and when Seraphites whistle you see the "translation".
Sometimes Lev might translate whistles to Abby
I bet that after Abby and Lev begin traveling to and around Santa Barbara, she asked Lev to tell her "about those weird whistles the scars- er, seraphites- used to do" and Lev would teach her
Fun fact: a village in Turkey actually still uses the "whistle" language till this day. Mind-blowing.
Indeed, and I believe Greek and South American communities as well.
yeh only difference is they dont string you up and guy you
@@WolfofThorns there's also a Spanish island that communicates with whistles
My husband and I use whistles to find each other in crowds or in big buildings.
Kuskoy is the name of the place.
It's cool how the "man down" whistle is a straight tone, and the "I'm relaying that a man is down" whistle has that slight upturn at the end.
The whistle language is such an innovative design by the dev's of the game.
could not agree more, noodle poodle
tbf it's not super impressive. it's replacing your standard combat barks (eg. "he's dead" or "I'm gonna go scope out the hall") with a simple replacement code in the form of the whistles.
I do really like them though. they do a lot to make the scars feel like the crazy martyring religious zealots they are.
@@WolfofThornsnoodle poodle?
I didn’t realize seraphites do a specific whistle before they attack. It’s kinda like DOSHO from Ghost of Tsushima
Hmm. Good eye.
"Dosho" it's used by the Mongols' archers to make aware their companions that they are about to shoot an arrow. In fact if you pay attention every body get down immediately after the scream
You mean from actual Mongolian history, lmao. This is fictional. That is a real language.
@@cheesebased so is this one. The Scar's whistles are based off of a real language in Italy
@@salomaogomes7311 no way?! That’s awesome!
When Yara whistled I had a flashback of all the fights I had with the Scars 😂
Lmao when I got there I thought it was gonna give Abby like PTSD 🤣
The first whistle I heard surprised me. But when no one spoke and they kept whistling, that's when it terrified me.
One of the creepiest enemies in a game, when you first encounter them in the park it's scary af
This is so detailed! Didn’t even realize there were that many whistle calls. Thanks for the video :))
Absolutely my pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks so much for fulfilling my request, Wolf! You really outdid yourself with this analysis-it's a must-watch for anybody who likes this game. Your thoroughness was also great since you showed multiple examples of each call in action. The whistles (and their AI) are also more complex than I thought, especially how the "man down" whistle is carried across the entire group to reach distant ears. Thanks for producing this valuable resource. It's high time I gave you a sub, friend.
It was absolutely my pleasure and a lot of fun to figure out. I'm very glad you found this helpful and welcome to the channel!
@Kashmire 53 I play with the subtitles and mine just says “whistle” so idk mine just doesn’t say that. Either way, doesn’t mean that the meaning isn’t sick
I subscribed after seeing this video also!
Was waiting for a video like this, their whistle language is so badass
the “man down” whistle gives you chills
I feel like learning the whistles would be beneficial while playing in grounded. If you hear a moving up, you know they are coming towards where you are at that moment. If you hear I think I heard something, they will be coming Towards where you were when they whistled so you can leave that spot to not be found.
Right, knowing the enemy's communication is the key to success
I love the attention to detail here. It makes me wonder about what the core group of the first Saraphites was like.
Well (technically) the first seraphite was that lady dotted around Seattle as she performed 'miracles' during the outbreak and people began worshipping her
@@arliecoyne1218 i wonder if she was a doctor or a scientist.
@@hectorsumaoang2320 Based on one of the newspaper that Ellie found in the sewer, she is neither of those. But she had a bunker with supplies, which she used to help the town during the first days of the outbreak until military arrived. When she got asked why she built the bunker and gathered the supplies even before Cordyceps outbreak begin, she said she had a vision of the world being destroyed because of mankind being over relied to our technology. The rest of the newspaper got lost so Ellie can not fully read about it.
@@hectorsumaoang2320 So I can say she is more like a doomsday anticipant or some sort.
@@beren1898 And abby says that lady was blowing up fedra convoys or smth like that
i love the whistle technique
not knowing what they meant added such tension to every fight
normally fight the WLF was easy because they spoke all their moves and intentions out loud and since i understood them i could react and retaliate against them
but with the seraphites i had no clue what they were doing and would get flanked regularly
The fact that he demonstrated the “hunters whistle” by using read dead 2 just shows how much hard work went into that masterpiece
Man. The level of thought and detail in this game just gets deeper. I figured the whistles had a meaning but didn’t realize how thorough and consistent it was. I’m also still tickled by the way the whistles reverberate differently depending on the environment.
I could not agree more, Andrew!
Number 7 is like their version of a siren. First, a low whistle, which then leads to a louder, higher whistle. Ingenious!
I thought the same thing.
You can actually hear individuality between each Scar as they do the same whistle. That is incredible!
My favorite part is that the whistles don't all sound the same. Each individual has a sort of distinction to their whistles to make em sound unique.
Whats crazy is ive died to them so much on grounded that i naturally learned what the whistles meant.
😅
This is probably gonna take me a while to remember but it’s gonna be pretty cool to be able to tell what they’re saying in my next playthrough!
I'm surprised this video hasn't blown up yet. To be fair I didn't think of answering this question till I saw the thumbnail, but it was well made and i'm surprised at the consistency of their sounds and when they use them. I'll have to pay more attention to them when I play this now, will be very helpful to know what they mean on grounded.
i like how its not the same whistle recording used over and over again for each type of whistle, that's some real detail
The insane level of detail cements this game's GOTY status
@@prettyboyg1278 lmao it won like 15+ GOTY awards. Did you seriously come here to cry?
The details of this game, man. This is why TLOU is one of the best games ever even though opinions about part II is polarizing. Thank you for this!
So the call and the answer would have two meaning,
Call: "All Clear?" And "You Alright?"
Answer: "All Clear." And "I'm Alright."
I'm learning this even though I can't whistle
Pfft yeah I cant whistle
😂🤣😂🤣🤪
the man down whistle sounds like someone screaming because it is so high-pitched
Omg. I was telling a friend that each whistle means things. Like how they’re checking in on people or find a dead body. Crazy. Glad to see I was right.
I suspected there was an actual code to the whistles. The attention to detail is excellent.
In Spain's canary islands some people use a whistle language called "silbo" to comunicate though large distances between mountains, it's starting to loose speakers with time but a few years ago I watched a documentary where they said that they teach it in some schools so that it doesn't disappear. It's really cool
I love how the seraphites whistle i think it's so cool how they whistle to communicate. Now when i hear someone whistle i get paranoid😂
Now that I know the whistles, if there’s ever an apocalypse I’m ready, how can I memorize this but not anything in school I-
GAME OF THE YEAR
Video worth watching. One of most innovative and cool mechanics in the modern gaming! Cos the moment when you realize that you start to understand their language is priceless
Great work! This will help with Grounded mode since it has no audio cues for broken stealth.
This is just the video I was looking for! Great content and hats off to the devs for making such an intuitive design even though they could have gone with a normal dialogue!🎉❤
The call and response mentioned first is like “Where are... yoooouu?” and “ Im right here!”
Honestly, given how detail-oriented the whole team was, I would be more surprised if their whistles were purely random and didn't mean anything. That's how good of a game TLOU2 is. Thanks for deciphering it for us!
My pleasure, Victorian Me (awesome name, btw)
Awesome video. It must be a great experience to play and be able to understand their tactics from their whistles.
I don't know what fills me with joy more: that Naughty Dog built this up in such detail or that there are people who love the game enough to decode it all.
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I can’t stand the SCARS. They can rake leaves in hell for all I care. But their whistles were very smart as communication.
I found Abby's old account!
This will help when I’m fighting against them, thanks!
Also the Seraphites are really well done, favourite enemy in the game.❤️
this is so cool!! i like how everyone whistling sounds slightly different like a handwriting or voice is different depending on the person
Great video!
I would probably never want to join the seraphites if they were real, and even if I wanted to, I would suck and get rejected, because I can't whistle that loud even if my life depended on it, haha. I tried a billion times in different styles and I can only do whistle melodies, lmao.
It's the same with me. While I've been able to whistle since I was a kid, I never could figure out how to do the pressurized whistling by using one's fingers like they do.
Yall can whistle...?😳😂
I can't whistle at all lol
You think they’d be cool if I used an actual whistle since I can’t do it au natural? Also, slide whistles...yay or nay?
@@41tinman41 they probably wouldn't be too cool with using a whistle, they don't like old world stuff lol
This is precisely the thing I always wondered about the game, thank you for shining a light on that mystery!
Thank you so much for such a detailed analysis on the seraphite's whistles! It's such an interesting concept and your breakdown helped me understand their 'language'
Lmao
*light whistles*
*gets hit by bomb*
AGGHHHA
During my playthrough, I didn't completely understand their whistles but I managed to intepret some of them that might be a threat to me, such as the "moving forward" or the "man down" whistles. And now that I watch this video, I really feel proud of myself lol
I spent a lot of time during my second and third playthrough listening to the whistles and trying to determine their meanings. Glad to see I got quite a few right 😁
Its pretty neat when you realize theres a mountain village in real life where their entire language is whistling
Just came across this. Super informative and observant. Your hard work paid off; it wouldn't surprise me if Naughty Dog worked with actual hunters on this (maybe even some of their own staff hunt recreationally, you never know!). Also, extra kudos to you: I come across a lot of informational clips on YT all of the time. While they are trying to provide information, many presenters pad their videos too much (sometimes to the point the video is much longer than necessary) or even fail to give concise explanations for their info. Some people just RAMBLE. You have avoided those pitfalls! I am a new subscriber now, too...can't wait to watch your other vids and see what you come up with next! Take care.
Man, Moses, I really appreciate the feedback. It's good to know the effort and details is appreciated and let's me know that I'm accomplishing what I'm setting out to do, so thank you for that, and welcome to the channel.
@@duncanjohnson697 - Interesting. Going to have to look into that. Thanks!
@@duncanjohnson697 @wolfofthorns - I was able to watch a video or two on this finally! The whistling language is called Sylbo, and it's used in La Gomera, an island in the Spanish Canary Islands on the west coast of Africa. What's crazy is that their language has MANY more meanings that just the brief whistles that the fictitious Seraphites use! Apparently, it's based on the rise in pitch of how they would speak in Spanish...mind blowing! Thanks again for doing this video, Dan...and thanks Duncan on the 411! Cheers.
@@WolfofThorns - WHOA! So I came across another video, and there is ANOTHER whistling language that is going extinct, this time it is on the Greek island village of Antio. Similar methods, it seems. They say that it traces its' origins back to Ancient Greek times, to the Persians. Very interesting!
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@@eat_pray_porg8450 An awesome find, Moses. Thank you for sharing this. They sound like birds chirping at each other, which makes one wonder what birds do say with their chirps, especially given their responses to human music, to say little of avian intelligence that certain species express. Some of the whistles are evocative of the call the Seraphites do. Awesome stuff, Moses.
This is a very interesting video. I always wondered what the Seraphites where saying. Their code speech would be a useful thing for ambushing enemies because they won’t know where your attacking them from.
Interesting to hear another take on this, I always interpreted them a little differently!
The "called shot", "high alert" and "enemy found" whistles all sound the same likely because they mean the same thing: "Attack!".
For "Moving up" the whistle seems to come from the scar covering, which leads me to think it may mean "Covering you, move up".
For "Man down" this might actually be "Check in now". From the number of responses scars can work out how many teammates they have left and roughly where they are.
The algorithm brought me here. I must say: Well done. Very interesting. I liked the last part the most. I hope this video gets 100k views. It would be much deserved.
Thank you so much, Obenohnebohne!
Wow I had no idea they went to such great lengths on just the whistle “language” that they made!
I haven't even touched the game since I beat it in June and even still the first whistle had my anxiety going 📈📈📈
Okay. I’m gonna learn how to whistle and then learn to remember all those. Sounds pretty great if I say so myself.
This is incredible!! I never knew whistling could get me so tensed up, lol! Loved the Seraphite sections--I kinda wish there were more!
gotta watch this everyday to study
Not only did you provide an excellent explanation of the whistles, the captions on the video were incredible!
Great video, many compliments to you for figuring all this out. And kudos again to the developers for the extra layer of complexity and their craftsmanship in creating such an immersive world.
Thank you, Igor. This was a lot of fun to sit down and figure out. And I agree that this is just another way Naughty Dog hit this out of the park. Can't wait to see what else lies in store for The Last of Us.
Damn. I was so focused on hating the game that I never really had an opportunity to notice small things like this. Incredible.
Game has so many more small details that I really like
There's an island somewhere in Italy I think that has a whole whistle language that can hold actual conversations though not alot of actual people speak it
Another amazing detail in this game! One of the hundreds I didn’t find! Amazing work, these factions are much cooler and more detailed than the last game
Just gotta put some love on the captions- the audio descriptions were on point and helped with the understanding of the video
Patient Elijah does an amazing job with our captions! Thanks for throwing some love his way, Sophie!
These little cultures we only get glimpses of are so interesting and well-done, thanks for this cool look into a central part of this particular group.
this is AWESOME. can't imagine how much you spent decoding these whistles. the video is amazing, keep going✊
I used the whistles to keep track of how many were left and where they were. Yara's whistle brought me back to the battlefield for a moment.
Really appreciate the effort on this video ! Probably not easy !!
Bro this is so cool. You really did a great job explaining it all.
I've played three times, and seen countless other people play it on YT, and I never noticed any of this lol
it’s crazy that they do this. they have their own way of communicating without letting enemies know what they’re doing. so cool
I like to imagine that the call and answer whistle is them going "report in" "all clear" similar to how militaries use an "echo" response system to confirm that a squad/soldier is still in combat shape
Honestly the first time I heard their whistles, it sounded so unsettling that I thought they only used whistles as their form of communication and not talk. (Especially the “Man Down” whistle. 😰) But then later on I heard a few of them converse and alert each other from time to time. So my unsettledness started to die down into confidence thinking they’re just simple human beings and not demonic beings… 😅
the man down whistle is my favorite one. so gritty 😈 i get nervous every time i hear that loud whistle cause that means get ready to go hard
Well researched, informative, and fantastic video! Thank you!
My pleasure--and thank you!
feels amazing to be able to tell what they're saying
and i actually passed that small test in the end hahaha, great video
Wait! Now I have reason to believe this is gonna be implemented in the Factions II MP! 🤯
Bout to be scary
This was amazingly helpful, thank you! Also I love that you let us try to figure out what those last few calls were and then translated them too. Thanks again :)
Am I the only one who whistled back at Yara when she was calling out for Lev because it was weird not hearing the response whistle? XD
Me too 🤫
i love the video great job!
Great video! Very interesting!
I feel like I'm gonna memorize this whistle language and use it to my advantage when I try the permadeath mode with the grounded difficulty!
Good job. I'm subbing to your channel and watching all your other TLOU2 vids as well!
Wow, playing the game again knowing what each whistle means is so cool and more immersive
Happy this helped to make things more immersive for you!
this guys amazing, who knows how much analysis effort and time went into this, its really cool
This game had some of the best AI and cobat mechanism
This is too impressive for a video game!
Thank you for creating this content! I just finished playing through the game a 3rd time and I continue to be fascinated by the world created by Naughty Dog. Your video of the whistle language was really well done!
1:40 is a comedy gold