Internet is up and running, videos should be coming out in quicker intervals! This is a late post but I hope you guys enjoy anyhow! Subbing is a great way to stay up to date if you are new and liking helps the video get out there. Also if you suffer from arachnophobia...gods speed. This video made my skin crawl putting it together lol. Hope everyone has a great day!
Dw i have the bell on soooo good content ronoak can u look at my music i make and give your opinion about it it would mean alot my insta where its posted is @sorrows_skys
You honestly make the best Metro Lore videos. I mean who else would actually go to the effort to find out about that mutagenic compound and how it could have affected the spiders? Well done
Whoever animates the Spiderbugs deserves a raise. They move so freakishly naturally that even catching a glimpse of one makes me shiver when playing Last Light. Even with just four main legs, they captured the movement of a spider so well that I find it hard sometimes to keep my arachnophobia in check. Their sound and AI designers also deserve praise, of course; the increasing volumn of those horrible, scuttling legs as they move closer combined with their ability to retreat and wait for another chance to attack make them amazing survival-horror enemies.
The tail being a pincer would probably also be used to make it easier to drag bodies around and back to the nest, which would obviously be the males job anyways. Think catchpole.
I love your theories about these creatures and why they have certain traits. It really makes the game feel 10X more immersive and believable. Makes me want to go play metro over and over again just for the creatures.
Ayyy Thats great to hear! I love coming up with these to give them a possible realistic basis, but you should play it again! moreso with exodus on the horizon! glad you enjoyed the video bro and I will keep them going as long as there are creatures and theories to cover!
@@RoanokeGaming I also have a little bit of a theory that the type of arachnid these may have descended from might be from the order of Opiliones, i came to this conclusion as they have no venom glands and their overall shape of their body (especially their Anterior cephalothorax) suggests that at least in the males previous generations might have not had a segmented abdominal section, although, we are talking about mutations in a game so basically anything is possible hah.
The reason suggested for their weakness to light is somewhat jossed by Exodus. Spiderbugs are found as far away as the Caspian Sea and the Taiga. There are no Nosalises or any obvious source of mutagens found in those locations yet they still burn, suggesting that their weakness is inherited rather than due to their diet/environment.
Well, obviously they're afflicted with severe phototoxicity. It could happen for any number of whacky reasons, however that paired with nuclear radiation. I'm sure it can be reasonably said that it makes what is already whacky, many times more whacky.
@@TheHitman267 Yeah, tho I can't see it happening unless 4A gets the rights to it. However, if 4A gets the rights and backing of a big publisher after they're done with Exodus, then I could see it happening
The spiders in the metro series, above all else, demonstrate the brilliant atmosphere of this series. The Spider Lair dlc level from Last Light is my favorite level in any game i have ever played. Nothing compares to the first time going through that level. I would love to see someone do an in depth review and critique of that level. I can't give it enough praise. Wearing a headset is a must. Side note, their little growl when you're in light and they are frustrated they can't get to you is kinda cute
The theory about the spread of the contamination couldnt have happened by the ground water, since have been 20 years since the bombs-fall event and the ground water really takes a lot of years to move something in the scale of hundred meters. So i believe that the time for contaminant to spread + the time to the mutations occour may take more than 20 years. Another thing to be considered is the nature of the contaminant, since that is an organic complex, it tends to be really a really light-weight molecule, making its transport to occour really close to the top of the body water, not letting it go too far down, creating one morr difficulty to hit and modify the normal animals. Thats what i have learned in my bachaelor in geology.
I’m one of the few people that actually like spiders, but something about these guys really gets under my skin, I think it’s the tip tappy noise their feet make or the strange jaw structure they have but, idk they disturb me, the hatchlings don’t but, the rest are strangely terrifying
I think my favorite part about your channel is your approach. Most content creators who do this kind of thing point out all the reasons stuff like this would never happen or exist. Instead, you look at it and go "what IRL conditions could allow this to happen" and try to explain it.
Completely agree with the food chain trickle effect. But i would argue that they are crustations, not arachnids. . . With, somehow, mammalian features (primitive lungs, warm blooded, elastic skin). It would explain the lack of venom, the body shape (body shape looks more insectoid with 3 parts, numerous crustations have a 'head' section [not a true head obviously, but a segment that vaguely replicates the ability to 'turn its head'] whereas arachnids do not). The pedipalps, although more stereotypically associated with arachnids, belong to crustaceans aswell (altho called something different, cant remember off the top of my head). The jaw structure is considerably more 'crab-like' than an arachnid (outer mandibles become lower 'fangs', inner mandibles become ancillary 'teeth'). Im picturing a coconut crab evolving to fill a burrowing mammals niche, except the loss of those enormous pincers would be to much of an evolutionary loss, so something built more like a crayfish/prawn? Loss of limbs could easily be explained via food source changing and the need for 3d maneuverability in cramped spaces (no point having 6 extra limbs burning energy when the mammals its attempting to emmulate can do it with only 4). Excellent vid nonetheless my man. Excellent quality as always (your generalization of spider roles based on gender was quite off though)
very interesting Idea! we know of the shrimp with are the crustaceans but that doenst mean these spiders couldn't actually be. Good thinking! and I am glad you enjoyed it! The gender roles for spiders is a "typical Spider" thing. There are always going to be outliers but males are seen more mobile than females typically but that doesn't always mean its 100% all the time
@@Wolf_ManJack very true, cant argue with that. . . Hadnt actually considered it to be honest. The only other web spinning arthropods are insects, and the deviation of arachnid/insect happened well after the crustacean deviation, so it wouldnt make sense that its a latent gene or anything. . . I stick by the logic of my previous message, but you have me stumped on the silk aspect. . . Unless its not actually a form of silk, more like a protein based, liquid form of chitin, like a velvet worm or glue spider, in which case itd be like a really obscure form of convergent evolution. . . The chances are so miniscule and unlikely, but we are talking about a fictional game so. . .
@@Wolf_ManJack they are evil looking fuckers arent they? Always remind me of cone snails. . . Slow and deceptive, yet unfathomably dangerous. . . Cool evolutionary path. And i gotta say, this has been one of the most civilized debates ive ever read on youtube comments. . . I commend you. Always happy to share biological intrigues among fellows with a keen eye for evolutionary potential (i highly recommemd reading 'after man' by dougal dixon, future evolutionary biology his a fascinating topic. . . And the man and his colleagues have some excellent ideas that i reckon would captivate you. . . Same goes for you Roanoke, if you end up reading this at any point, fairly sure you can download it for free off google)
@@Wolf_ManJack your confusing 2 series, and i love that i can help with this. The one with mammoth squids is called 'the future is wild', and dougal dixon helped create that one. The one with the satellites. . . I cant remember the name, the satellites were named something like darwin 2, 90% sure the full series is on youtube. . .
Love the way you break down the biology. My college bio major I’m in helps me see the theories and what not that supports your theories and connecting those dots makes the games seem way more deep that the devs prob intended. Keep up the cool work, love how you interpret the Metro
Thanks bro! Glad to hear you are enjoying them! and that bio class comes in handy eh? haha its interesting to think if the devs did mean what they did or not, but either way, biologically alot of what they have done does make sense!
The sensitivity to light sounds a lot like something taken out of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, where The Blind Ones have an over-sensitivity to light to the point of death. There's even a weapon in the game called a sunfire pod, where if the player throws one at a Blind One, they will instantly die upon being exposed to the light.
Am i the only one whos favorite enemy is the spiders? I really like the fact that they do what i do to humans. Avoid light, attack from the dark while im not looking (and die if the attack was unsuccesfull)
I have a suggestion in a question if that makes sense lol. You think you'll ever consider doing an anatomy/biology video on the Predator or even the Xenomorph/Neomorph cycles from the Alien franchise? It's crazy how you break down the anatomy and characteristics of these things lol. Think it would be real interesting if you were to break down the anatomy and cycle of the Predator and Alien types lol. Keep up the great content brother, your channel is really unique.
Thanks bro! I think alien has been done ALOT but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to examine it regardless, as for the predators, if I can find a game where I get a good look at them It would be perfect!
@@RoanokeGaming My pleasure man and I do agree on that part, alien has been done quite a handful lol. But as for the predator, I do have a couple game suggestions where you can get a good look at them. One game is Aliens vs Predator (2010) and the other game is Predator: Concrete Jungle. It's just that Predator Concrete Jungle is an old game (2005) that was for the orginal xbox and playstation 2. But the graphics on the predator itself were actually kind of detailed and exceptional for it's time, suprisingly lol.
@@RoanokeGaming If you do decide to do the Predator, I'll mention that there are now three types of predators: normal predators, super predators (Predators 2010 movie), and upgraded predators (The Predator 2018 movie). Just thought I should let you know that part just in case you do consider lol. Really hope to see a Predator morphology/anatomy video. The predator lore has always been kind of mysterious in a few aspects. Like their homeworld and how they came to be lol. I'll also be more than glad to offer more info if you need it.
ITS A GOOD DAY TO POOP WHEN A NEW ROANOKE VIDEO COMES OUT RIGHT AS YOU SAT DOWN. Thanks for your work bro. I like your fun and insightful videos of all the things I have destroyed with various weapons.
Love the vid but wasnt there some book or note that claimed back in the day when the Russians were digging secret tunnels that there was already some made by something else? Im not too sure but great vid anyway. 😀
The spider and scorpion bugs were actually pretty fun to kill. You just run up to them and shine your light on them. They’ll try to run but keep running after them with your light pointed at them, and they just turn over and die lol. No bullets needed. It was fun.
Someone with arachnophobia can't even look at them. Even tho they are extreme easy to kill. My skin felt crawling after the caspian bunker and taiga tunnel mission in exodus. Librarians and the blind ones are just little puppies to me compared to spiderbugs
Got me to play metro again! And it was well worth it! I love your vids and love how you put your education to explain creatures in depth. Keep up the great work!
I think these spiders may have mutated from Pholcidae or more commonly know as daddy longlegs spiders or cellar spiders which can be found in Russia (all over the world in fact) because the Metro Last Light spiders appear to have stingers instead of tails. As we (or I) know daddy longlegs are not spiders but are distantly related groups of arthropods: harvestmen (which are arachnids but not spiders) and in fact this group is more closly related to scorpions than spiders. Which would expain both why they were living underground and why the males apear to have these tails. Also my theory to support is that due to the need to handle bigger prey the metro spiders had thier excess leg evolve into extra mandibles to help the chop their prey with more ease also daddy longlegs can live with just four or even three legs. Well I am not a expert on spiders or anything but I have studied the daddy longlegs because I have a lot of them around my storage area and wanted to know more about them.
I know you probably won’t see this, but I just watched the video and I think the sand lion might be a viable option for the core mutation host. The tails on the males look exactly the same, the method they hunt matches, their domains are the same, as is the habit of venturing out and dragging prey back in. I’ll admit I can’t explain the webbing but it might be worth some consideration. Awesome videos man
Just started playing dead space 2 and honestly, it's kinda terrifying, then again I'm jumpy. The ONLY reason I considered even playing the damn game was due to watching your dead space videos, (I found them through Xperia's Chanel on the flood vs necomorphs collaboration) and I have to say, your analysis is spot on for every necromorph that I have come across so far. I'm going to finish off with a recommendation/request, could you cover the fallout series of games, I think you're well aware of the many different creatures that populate the waste. Keep up the fantastic videos my friend -T
Thank you for the compliments bro! I do plan on covering fallout in the future, and Dead space is BAE, long before I made this channel I always tried to figure out what made them tick or where they may have come from, glad you are enjoying it!
fought these things in Metro 2033 in my first ever playthrough. Low ammo, no filters, lots of spiders and no lover for them. Looking back, i though it them catching fire was just a side effect of the railgun. i noticed they feared light but this video explains a LOT about how i managed to survive.
Now that we have exodus, considering how far away these photosensitive spiders seemed to have traveled and set up nests, I'd say it's probably more likely something genetic than just a chemical in the ground. Mutations are random after all, they're not guaranteed to be good, especially when that mutation usually doesn't make a difference to them so deep underground
I remember once when I was playing Metro Last Light, i was exploring spider caves looking for ammo.. when I found myself in a cavern of severed human remains hanging from the ceiling by cobwebs. I was like, 'hang on a minute... Yep. I need therapy, now'.
i know these are old posts but ive been binging your vids and i straight up bought the metro games just so i could understand the context of these videos haha
I actually really like spiders with the exception of garden spiders, but that's only because I had the stupid idea to feed one a grasshopper when I was a little kid. (It wasn't actually a very scary experience, It just freaked me out how fast it ate the grasshopper)
I think it's a combination of both pre-existing and created creatures, as in the Metro books there are a number of references to pre-war Metro workers going missing in the deeper parts of the tunnels under mysterious circumstances. So it's not hard to imagine that the devs created the spider-bugs to represent these beings that existed under Moscow and hunted the Metro workers. So perhaps these creatures existed in some form before the war and survived the devastation deep under the ground I their new state thanks to the additional resilience the Russian Gov't's experiments gave them.
I remember whenever I came across these guys I would say: “OHHH! THE SPOIDERS!” I always wondered what process was at play that caused the spiders to burn up when exposed to light
Awesome.... nightmare fuel..... Great vid! Loved it, spiders notwithstanding. Now, here is an idea for a future video! The "Infested" in Warframe. They have a ton of cool traits, from talking over biological and mechanical systems, it can also be used as weapons (guns, swords, etc.) I would love to see a vid on them!
I have heard alot of the infested, still playing the game trying to actually get to them haha but something I could definitely do in the future, in the mean time glad you enjoyed it!
@@RoanokeGaming no probs dude am really interested in this stuff I'm watching the dead space stuff and am amazed at the effort you put into them can't wait for your next video😁
First of all, damn you 😂😂😂nothing I hate more in the metro than a distant *scuttle* 😂 but secondly great video I love all your videos so in depth and through great job!
Yo my bro you got me into this game I watched your dead space videos then watched your other stuff like this and eventually bought this game and it prequel and I got to admit it was a real jewel similar to dead space, it was awesome in the first one last light was also good to, you helped me find more great games thx dude
Glad you are enjoying the channel bro! I am looking forward to exodus too, might have to alter some theories when it comes out but it should be fun either way!
Internet is up and running, videos should be coming out in quicker intervals! This is a late post but I hope you guys enjoy anyhow! Subbing is a great way to stay up to date if you are new and liking helps the video get out there. Also if you suffer from arachnophobia...gods speed. This video made my skin crawl putting it together lol. Hope everyone has a great day!
Ay' mate make a video about the evil within
Do a lore on nicole from dead space
Dw i have the bell on soooo good content ronoak can u look at my music i make and give your opinion about it it would mean alot my insta where its posted is @sorrows_skys
Glad the move is going great!
Great video man!
I have a question, is there any proof that psoralin would be transferred through ingestion, and that it wouldn't be destroyed?
The theory on the light weakness is an incredibly interesting answer to a question i never thought to ask.
Glad you enjoyed it bro!
@@RoanokeGamingYour channel fills a niche that pretty much no other channel does. Keep it up :)
Imagining these things without it’s light weakness in game and in lore is a terrifying thought
That's a very good summary of the channel as a whole
@@RoanokeGaming so has your theroy changed with the newest game in the series being out? Because these guys are very far from Moscow in Metro Exodus.
You honestly make the best Metro Lore videos. I mean who else would actually go to the effort to find out about that mutagenic compound and how it could have affected the spiders? Well done
Thank you for the compliment bro! I do try hard on these videos and its nice when the work required for the research is acknowledged :)
Roanoke Gaming it pays off, great quality videos with probably the most credible and best theories out there
Better than Oxhorns (fake classy boy) Fallout videos.
"Kept as pets in Venice..."
*ARMING NUCLEAR WARHEADS*
*ACQUIRING TARGET: VENICE*
*TARGET ACQUIRED, FIRING*
LMAO second
No dont you'll only make them stronger
There are some fine babes in Venice, don't do that.
Chief just use NAPALM
*nukes Venice Italy instead of Venice station by mistake*
The only creatures that made me scared 100% of the time. Librarians were scary enough, but these things are on another level.
definitely nightmare fuel!
Hey Mitch, you ever play that level purely dedicated to the fuckers? XD
@@ramblingrenegade6346 MMMMMMmmmmmmmm YES AND I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN. I was doing 360's more or less every time I was there!
OneTrueMitch I agree so much
That level in LL where that big sad creature rams you
You: The fear of spiders is called arachnophobia
Me, an intellectual: the fear of spiders is called common sense
its definitely primal
Most spiders can't hurt you and it's a situation of mind over matter.
I call it being a pussy
@Cody Sonnet depends where you live
"fear of spiders" and arachnophobia are not the same thing. people with archnophobia will panic if they see a picture of a spider
Whoever animates the Spiderbugs deserves a raise. They move so freakishly naturally that even catching a glimpse of one makes me shiver when playing Last Light. Even with just four main legs, they captured the movement of a spider so well that I find it hard sometimes to keep my arachnophobia in check. Their sound and AI designers also deserve praise, of course; the increasing volumn of those horrible, scuttling legs as they move closer combined with their ability to retreat and wait for another chance to attack make them amazing survival-horror enemies.
And then when you successfully eradicate a hive of those fuckers you can still hear them chittering from the holes in the walls...
*arachnophobia kicks in*
SAME
At least these ones don't have 8 legs.
@@TheRibbonRed They make up for it with their size and speed. *NOPE*
Purge the demon spawn in flames
Im a scorpion i shouldent be worried.
to quote form the lovecraftian mission form fallout 4
"I'm safe in the light".
Best way to kill them. FIRE.
Lots and LOTS of fire
No, the sun
not sunlight
the whole sun
Fire is pretty effective most of the time. Probably because it's fucking fire.
The male's tail looks like a earwigs tail but thinner.
after reading this, yes it actually does
At least my tail has a gun
The tail being a pincer would probably also be used to make it easier to drag bodies around and back to the nest, which would obviously be the males job anyways.
Think catchpole.
It looks like a *IMPREGNATEE*
Xactly!
I love your theories about these creatures and why they have certain traits. It really makes the game feel 10X more immersive and believable. Makes me want to go play metro over and over again just for the creatures.
Ayyy Thats great to hear! I love coming up with these to give them a possible realistic basis, but you should play it again! moreso with exodus on the horizon! glad you enjoyed the video bro and I will keep them going as long as there are creatures and theories to cover!
@@RoanokeGaming I also have a little bit of a theory that the type of arachnid these may have descended from might be from the order of Opiliones, i came to this conclusion as they have no venom glands and their overall shape of their body (especially their Anterior cephalothorax) suggests that at least in the males previous generations might have not had a segmented abdominal section, although, we are talking about mutations in a game so basically anything is possible hah.
Who will win?
One lighter Boi
Or
Mutated spider-boi
Lighter boi everytime
@@RoanokeGaming is always litz
Lighter boi
The reason suggested for their weakness to light is somewhat jossed by Exodus. Spiderbugs are found as far away as the Caspian Sea and the Taiga. There are no Nosalises or any obvious source of mutagens found in those locations yet they still burn, suggesting that their weakness is inherited rather than due to their diet/environment.
Well, obviously they're afflicted with severe phototoxicity. It could happen for any number of whacky reasons, however that paired with nuclear radiation. I'm sure it can be reasonably said that it makes what is already whacky, many times more whacky.
@@judgedread9724 as our boi in exodus said, 'nature got...strange'
Absolutely love how you use real life science behind all your vids. Makes them so much more fun to watch. Keep up the great content 👍🏻
Glad you are enjoying them bro! and I am happy the science isn't boring people!
I would really like to see you covering the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games
I might be able to do that in the future!
Can we all agree a current gen STALKER game would be amazing, especially with the success of games like the Metro series?
Stalker creatures please
@@TheHitman267 Yeah, tho I can't see it happening unless 4A gets the rights to it. However, if 4A gets the rights and backing of a big publisher after they're done with Exodus, then I could see it happening
@@esthera3923 man do i have news for you concerning Stalker =}
I broke my controller when against these things
Worse than death.
Dude i wasn't able to play it for a week when i saw these
everything about them creeps me out to the EXTREME
They actually scared me and I was cursing them all the time. I did fucked them though. Killed each and every one of them. Couldn't be more happier
The spiders in the metro series, above all else, demonstrate the brilliant atmosphere of this series. The Spider Lair dlc level from Last Light is my favorite level in any game i have ever played. Nothing compares to the first time going through that level. I would love to see someone do an in depth review and critique of that level. I can't give it enough praise. Wearing a headset is a must.
Side note, their little growl when you're in light and they are frustrated they can't get to you is kinda cute
You do such a great job explaining all these monsters, never stop making these videos, I can't stop watching them!
I will keep them coming bro! and thank you for the compliment!
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
Phobia: Irrational fear
There is nothing irrational about fearing these things...
The effort you put in your your videos... wow, I love it!
Thank you bro! I do try my best with the videos, glad you can tell!
Glad you’re back man. Keep up the great content!
Glad to be back my dude! and thank you for the compliment!
The theory about the spread of the contamination couldnt have happened by the ground water, since have been 20 years since the bombs-fall event and the ground water really takes a lot of years to move something in the scale of hundred meters. So i believe that the time for contaminant to spread + the time to the mutations occour may take more than 20 years. Another thing to be considered is the nature of the contaminant, since that is an organic complex, it tends to be really a really light-weight molecule, making its transport to occour really close to the top of the body water, not letting it go too far down, creating one morr difficulty to hit and modify the normal animals. Thats what i have learned in my bachaelor in geology.
I’m one of the few people that actually like spiders, but something about these guys really gets under my skin, I think it’s the tip tappy noise their feet make or the strange jaw structure they have but, idk they disturb me, the hatchlings don’t but, the rest are strangely terrifying
its like...everything about it is off putting
And I thought that a house spider was creepy
it gets so much worse in russia haha
@@RoanokeGaming
Ahhh cheeki breeki i v damke
Im pretty sure some australians had decided to export 'some' of their spiders to russia
I think my favorite part about your channel is your approach. Most content creators who do this kind of thing point out all the reasons stuff like this would never happen or exist.
Instead, you look at it and go "what IRL conditions could allow this to happen" and try to explain it.
These things are creepy af, and when you loot a body uhhhhhh nope
agreed!
@@RoanokeGaming hey Roanoke I haven't been getting your notifications for videos even tho I clicked the bell
Completely agree with the food chain trickle effect. But i would argue that they are crustations, not arachnids. . . With, somehow, mammalian features (primitive lungs, warm blooded, elastic skin). It would explain the lack of venom, the body shape (body shape looks more insectoid with 3 parts, numerous crustations have a 'head' section [not a true head obviously, but a segment that vaguely replicates the ability to 'turn its head'] whereas arachnids do not). The pedipalps, although more stereotypically associated with arachnids, belong to crustaceans aswell (altho called something different, cant remember off the top of my head). The jaw structure is considerably more 'crab-like' than an arachnid (outer mandibles become lower 'fangs', inner mandibles become ancillary 'teeth'). Im picturing a coconut crab evolving to fill a burrowing mammals niche, except the loss of those enormous pincers would be to much of an evolutionary loss, so something built more like a crayfish/prawn? Loss of limbs could easily be explained via food source changing and the need for 3d maneuverability in cramped spaces (no point having 6 extra limbs burning energy when the mammals its attempting to emmulate can do it with only 4).
Excellent vid nonetheless my man. Excellent quality as always (your generalization of spider roles based on gender was quite off though)
very interesting Idea! we know of the shrimp with are the crustaceans but that doenst mean these spiders couldn't actually be. Good thinking! and I am glad you enjoyed it! The gender roles for spiders is a "typical Spider" thing. There are always going to be outliers but males are seen more mobile than females typically but that doesn't always mean its 100% all the time
@@Wolf_ManJack very true, cant argue with that. . . Hadnt actually considered it to be honest. The only other web spinning arthropods are insects, and the deviation of arachnid/insect happened well after the crustacean deviation, so it wouldnt make sense that its a latent gene or anything. . . I stick by the logic of my previous message, but you have me stumped on the silk aspect. . . Unless its not actually a form of silk, more like a protein based, liquid form of chitin, like a velvet worm or glue spider, in which case itd be like a really obscure form of convergent evolution. . . The chances are so miniscule and unlikely, but we are talking about a fictional game so. . .
@@Wolf_ManJack they are evil looking fuckers arent they? Always remind me of cone snails. . . Slow and deceptive, yet unfathomably dangerous. . . Cool evolutionary path. And i gotta say, this has been one of the most civilized debates ive ever read on youtube comments. . . I commend you. Always happy to share biological intrigues among fellows with a keen eye for evolutionary potential (i highly recommemd reading 'after man' by dougal dixon, future evolutionary biology his a fascinating topic. . . And the man and his colleagues have some excellent ideas that i reckon would captivate you. . . Same goes for you Roanoke, if you end up reading this at any point, fairly sure you can download it for free off google)
@@Wolf_ManJack your confusing 2 series, and i love that i can help with this. The one with mammoth squids is called 'the future is wild', and dougal dixon helped create that one. The one with the satellites. . . I cant remember the name, the satellites were named something like darwin 2, 90% sure the full series is on youtube. . .
@@Wolf_ManJack just found it: 'alien planet - darwin IV'
Ya know Roanoke your probably my favorite content creator currently, hope you enjoy what ur doing man, keep it up.
I do man! whenever I can throw in some theories it makes it that much more fun to create, and I am glad to hold that title bro!
Hey Roanoke what's up bro I loved the video and I wonder how you've been stettleing into your new house and when there will be the newest stream
Glad you enjoyed it! the next stream, not sure yet, but it should be soon!
Man you go in deep for that lore, it’s great!
Glad you enjoy the videos bro!
Hope we see them in Exodus
I dont want to see them...but I also kind of do haha
@@RoanokeGaming XD I'm so hyped for this game!
Me too
Indigo Lad What? Noooooo they were the only reason I never beat the first game I couldn’t bring myself to even play past that
Steven Patrick there werent in metro 2033 but in last light
Love the way you break down the biology. My college bio major I’m in helps me see the theories and what not that supports your theories and connecting those dots makes the games seem way more deep that the devs prob intended. Keep up the cool work, love how you interpret the Metro
Thanks bro! Glad to hear you are enjoying them! and that bio class comes in handy eh? haha its interesting to think if the devs did mean what they did or not, but either way, biologically alot of what they have done does make sense!
Got any lämps brööther
LOOPS
Your theory on their extreme photophobia makes so much sense! Perfect, makes so much sense to me!
Glad you thought so as well!
I find your videos so interesting I clicked on this despite my arachnophobia. I just couldn't actually watch it. Just had to listen.
glad you could power through! haha and I am happy to hear you find them interesting!
The sensitivity to light sounds a lot like something taken out of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, where The Blind Ones have an over-sensitivity to light to the point of death. There's even a weapon in the game called a sunfire pod, where if the player throws one at a Blind One, they will instantly die upon being exposed to the light.
Am i the only one whos favorite enemy is the spiders? I really like the fact that they do what i do to humans. Avoid light, attack from the dark while im not looking (and die if the attack was unsuccesfull)
Thorough, and very believable. Real nice job on this one, dude!
Thanks man! Glad you agree!
I have a suggestion in a question if that makes sense lol. You think you'll ever consider doing an anatomy/biology video on the Predator or even the Xenomorph/Neomorph cycles from the Alien franchise? It's crazy how you break down the anatomy and characteristics of these things lol. Think it would be real interesting if you were to break down the anatomy and cycle of the Predator and Alien types lol. Keep up the great content brother, your channel is really unique.
Thanks bro! I think alien has been done ALOT but that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to examine it regardless, as for the predators, if I can find a game where I get a good look at them It would be perfect!
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My pleasure man and I do agree on that part, alien has been done quite a handful lol. But as for the predator, I do have a couple game suggestions where you can get a good look at them. One game is Aliens vs Predator (2010) and the other game is Predator: Concrete Jungle. It's just that Predator Concrete Jungle is an old game (2005) that was for the orginal xbox and playstation 2. But the graphics on the predator itself were actually kind of detailed and exceptional for it's time, suprisingly lol.
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If you do decide to do the Predator, I'll mention that there are now three types of predators: normal predators, super predators (Predators 2010 movie), and upgraded predators (The Predator 2018 movie). Just thought I should let you know that part just in case you do consider lol. Really hope to see a Predator morphology/anatomy video. The predator lore has always been kind of mysterious in a few aspects. Like their homeworld and how they came to be lol. I'll also be more than glad to offer more info if you need it.
ITS A GOOD DAY TO POOP WHEN A NEW ROANOKE VIDEO COMES OUT RIGHT AS YOU SAT DOWN. Thanks for your work bro. I like your fun and insightful videos of all the things I have destroyed with various weapons.
and excellent time to poop! and absolutely bro, glad you are enjoying the videos
Oh no more spiders! We better need bigger newspapers! 😱😱😱😱😱😱
BIGGER BOOT
Nah just punch them in the wall
Naw screw that! use a hammer instead or any melee weapon
Always happy to see a new metro creature vid thanks🤙🏾🤙🏾
hope you enjoyed it bro!
Should do a lore on the metro ghosts
I will be doing those in the future my dude!
I gotta admit these videos really answer my question with high quality
Excellent! thats what I have set out for!
Love the vid but wasnt there some book or note that claimed back in the day when the Russians were digging secret tunnels that there was already some made by something else? Im not too sure but great vid anyway. 😀
they did mention that the tunnels were there but they had no idea what actually made them! glad you enjoyed it bro!
The spider and scorpion bugs were actually pretty fun to kill. You just run up to them and shine your light on them. They’ll try to run but keep running after them with your light pointed at them, and they just turn over and die lol. No bullets needed. It was fun.
Someone with arachnophobia can't even look at them. Even tho they are extreme easy to kill. My skin felt crawling after the caspian bunker and taiga tunnel mission in exodus. Librarians and the blind ones are just little puppies to me compared to spiderbugs
Makes sense to me.
Good job
glad it holds water my dude! and thank you for the compliment!
good to see another upload from yourself!
Thank you Raonoke Gaming, very cool.
thanks my guy! glad you enjoyed it!
I had to make my brother play this level 2 years ago when I had this game on the Xbox 360 because I had and still have severe Arachnophobia.
what were your results?
Got me to play metro again! And it was well worth it! I love your vids and love how you put your education to explain creatures in depth. Keep up the great work!
hell ya bro! Metro is excellent! and I am glad to hear that you are enjoying them!
*Rest in Peace; the legend; Stan Lee !*
Truly a loss, I will miss him
oh no, i cant read his comic on webtoons now ;_; rip
Good riddance.
@@Yadid1 wtf is wrong with you
This game series are a total masterpiece. Thank you @Roanokegaming
Agreed! I love the games, and am looking forward to exodus, I am just glad you all are enjoying it!
@@RoanokeGaming Same here. So stoked for Exodus. Just waiting patiently. But yeah, also enjoying your content man. Keep it up. Big fan.
Watching this in bed about to go sleep and ik theres shit load(4or5) of spiders in my room....... great
Well just remember, youre more likely to eat them than them bite you!
Those spiders always creeped me out in Last Light!
same!
I think these spiders may have mutated from Pholcidae or more commonly know as daddy longlegs spiders or cellar spiders which can be found in Russia (all over the world in fact) because the Metro Last Light spiders appear to have stingers instead of tails. As we (or I) know daddy longlegs are not spiders but are distantly related groups of arthropods: harvestmen (which are arachnids but not spiders) and in fact this group is more closly related to scorpions than spiders. Which would expain both why they were living underground and why the males apear to have these tails. Also my theory to support is that due to the need to handle bigger prey the metro spiders had thier excess leg evolve into extra mandibles to help the chop their prey with more ease also daddy longlegs can live with just four or even three legs. Well I am not a expert on spiders or anything but I have studied the daddy longlegs because I have a lot of them around my storage area and wanted to know more about them.
an interesting point! that could honestly be the case as well considering what is living in the area
I know you probably won’t see this, but I just watched the video and I think the sand lion might be a viable option for the core mutation host. The tails on the males look exactly the same, the method they hunt matches, their domains are the same, as is the habit of venturing out and dragging prey back in. I’ll admit I can’t explain the webbing but it might be worth some consideration. Awesome videos man
Just started playing dead space 2 and honestly, it's kinda terrifying, then again I'm jumpy. The ONLY reason I considered even playing the damn game was due to watching your dead space videos, (I found them through Xperia's Chanel on the flood vs necomorphs collaboration) and I have to say, your analysis is spot on for every necromorph that I have come across so far. I'm going to finish off with a recommendation/request, could you cover the fallout series of games, I think you're well aware of the many different creatures that populate the waste.
Keep up the fantastic videos my friend
-T
Thank you for the compliments bro! I do plan on covering fallout in the future, and Dead space is BAE, long before I made this channel I always tried to figure out what made them tick or where they may have come from, glad you are enjoying it!
Play outlast 1
fought these things in Metro 2033 in my first ever playthrough. Low ammo, no filters, lots of spiders and no lover for them. Looking back, i though it them catching fire was just a side effect of the railgun. i noticed they feared light but this video explains a LOT about how i managed to survive.
This video were amazing! I really enjoyed it :) Great work!
Glad you enjoyed it bro!
@@RoanokeGaming The enjoyment is on my side xD :)
I don't remember the spider part in either metro
in the DLC named Spider Lair!
@@RoanokeGaming wait there is a dlc for metro
Serge yes there are like 3, that each have like 3 to 4 missions in them. Some of the missions are really good and some are ok.
@@fallstaff1517 I have xbox so that's why
Maybe it was too traumatic your mind vaulted the memory lmao
I love spiders so this monster intrigues me☺
Evolve creatures next? Pls.
redownloaded evolve, might need to see if I can get some friends together to actually play it
Now that we have exodus, considering how far away these photosensitive spiders seemed to have traveled and set up nests, I'd say it's probably more likely something genetic than just a chemical in the ground.
Mutations are random after all, they're not guaranteed to be good, especially when that mutation usually doesn't make a difference to them so deep underground
I'd assume that they're sensitive to light because they usually stay in darkness.
very true! but burning? seems like something more is going on there as they arnt albino
@@RoanokeGaming I kinda figure the burning was just a bit of a side effect of the mutation they went through
FRESH
Very interesting take, as always love the scientific approach
Glad you enjoyed it broseph!
Roanoke Gaming You the man, man
Entomophobia.EXE and Arachnophobia.EXE started working
haha exactly!
That baird quote will never get old, damn spiders
Cant live with them, could easily thrive without them haha
This is disproven since the spiders appear in Metro Exodus and it takes place far from D6 but still nice theory with the given info at the time.
Note to self: HOLY CRAP!
Also: Spider + Scorpion? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!
I remember playing on ranger mode in that level. I immediately uninstalled the game upon completion
How many times did you die??
Roanoke Gaming can't remember exactly, but i did spend an hour and half on it and most of the deaths are by my own firebomb
Your theory is riddled with so many holes I am at a loss for words.
Whats your hypothesis?
I remember once when I was playing Metro Last Light, i was exploring spider caves looking for ammo.. when I found myself in a cavern of severed human remains hanging from the ceiling by cobwebs. I was like, 'hang on a minute... Yep. I need therapy, now'.
Thoughtful and well explored. Thanks for the KNOWLEDGE :^)
i know these are old posts but ive been binging your vids and i straight up bought the metro games just so i could understand the context of these videos haha
I have become addicted to these videos. A Virgo's curse i guess but its also a gift.
Sounds good to me! Glad you are enjoying them bro!
0:59 the madman fucking *charged and tackled the bugger*, holy shit!
Man how good is your graphic that is unreal.
I respect the effort you put in. 👌
never clicked a vid so fast, always look forward to these kek vids
Glad you are liking them bro!
Now I want this game just for this. GOD DANGIT!
I actually really like spiders with the exception of garden spiders, but that's only because I had the stupid idea to feed one a grasshopper when I was a little kid. (It wasn't actually a very scary experience, It just freaked me out how fast it ate the grasshopper)
I think it's a combination of both pre-existing and created creatures, as in the Metro books there are a number of references to pre-war Metro workers going missing in the deeper parts of the tunnels under mysterious circumstances. So it's not hard to imagine that the devs created the spider-bugs to represent these beings that existed under Moscow and hunted the Metro workers. So perhaps these creatures existed in some form before the war and survived the devastation deep under the ground I their new state thanks to the additional resilience the Russian Gov't's experiments gave them.
I've been yelling "May the Power of Christ Compel you" whenever I'd encounter these spiders lol.
Nice video my dude can't wait for more
glad you enjoyed it bro!
@@RoanokeGaming can't wait for more
From a design perspective making you STARE at the fuckers know they are one of the scariest things imagined is pure genius.
So the spiders are me at 3am looking at my phone?
I remember whenever I came across these guys I would say: “OHHH! THE SPOIDERS!”
I always wondered what process was at play that caused the spiders to burn up when exposed to light
OH GOD SPOODERS
I love your videos, you are very talented in making games feel even better.
I appreciate the compliment bro! thank you!
@@RoanokeGaming No worries, I really enjoy your content
I love theory on video games people never fail to amaze me
Your theory is pretty cool I hope the developers of metro take a look at this video.
they have seen my shrimp video so its possible!
Awesome.... nightmare fuel.....
Great vid! Loved it, spiders notwithstanding.
Now, here is an idea for a future video! The "Infested" in Warframe. They have a ton of cool traits, from talking over biological and mechanical systems, it can also be used as weapons (guns, swords, etc.) I would love to see a vid on them!
I have heard alot of the infested, still playing the game trying to actually get to them haha but something I could definitely do in the future, in the mean time glad you enjoyed it!
My skins crawled when you mentioned the hypothetical weight. If 50-70lb spiders existed I'd probably just off myself
that whole thing about the sunscreen and the genetic testing very interesting.
indeed, glad you liked that!
Well researched and extremely well done video.
Thank you man!
@@RoanokeGaming you're very welcome. Stumbled onto your channel, I am a huge fan of Metro so this was a pleasant surprise.
Great work as always dude
Thanks bro! and thank you for the compliment!
@@RoanokeGaming no probs dude am really interested in this stuff I'm watching the dead space stuff and am amazed at the effort you put into them can't wait for your next video😁
First of all, damn you 😂😂😂nothing I hate more in the metro than a distant *scuttle* 😂 but secondly great video I love all your videos so in depth and through great job!
Thanks bro! Glad you enjoyed it! I cant stand scuttling.....GROSS
oh god, i got the shivers watching this
Yo my bro you got me into this game I watched your dead space videos then watched your other stuff like this and eventually bought this game and it prequel and I got to admit it was a real jewel similar to dead space, it was awesome in the first one last light was also good to, you helped me find more great games thx dude
As my great great great grandpa used to say, "anything that walks on more than four legs needs to die."
Always love your vids bro im new here and i binged all your dead space and halo vids. The metro series is a gem too cant wait for exodus
Glad you are enjoying the channel bro! I am looking forward to exodus too, might have to alter some theories when it comes out but it should be fun either way!