Deadbolt - Story Summary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- The story of Deadbolt follows a Reaper as they are sent on missions by their mysterious boss, the Flames, to kill various Undead Creatures in the world they live in. At first glance, that story seems rather straightforward; however, there is some hidden lore in the game that hints at something deeper. When all the pieces are put together, the story of Deadbolt gains a depth that elevates it to another level, making for a compelling narrative. This video uncovers all those secrets, and puts them all together so that the hidden story of Deadbolt can be seen in full! Hope you enjoy
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You forgot to mention that Ibzan makes fun of your inferior skills. Out of every opponent, his reaction time and accuracy is by far the best. Only the ability to rewind time and teleport give you the advantage.
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The thing is- Flames learned to late about compassion towards their Reaper.
If Flames decided to interact or to do some compassionate move toward Izban then the whole undead plot wouldn't be a problem.
Flames changed too late, breaking a friendship and then dealing with a reaper who didn't care about the things it gave to them. Think about it- reaper you play as never cares about what Flames give them, their only dialogue is "Another night"- line at the begining of the game.
Your, our, reper, the player character doesn't care about compassion or friendship with Flames- they care about doing the job. The reaper job is all they want, not fancy furniture or a cat. These are things Izban would want and be happy that his friend cared about him.
I like to take it a step further and say that the Flames failing Ibzan is just an indication that even Gods (as the Flames are meant to be the God of Life) aren't infallible and capable of mistakes. In a way, they're human, just like we are. Whether that's a dialogue on some facet of society or just humanity itself is up to you, but I think it's fascinating.
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To be fair the Reaper {does} have other dialog but it still falls in line with your idea of professionalism. They only ever make short remarks about their work. This reaper may just be another step for the Flames to reach true compassion because they only treat the reaper with material possessions rather than letting the reaper be roommates with a candle or even another reaper (if multiple reapers are able to coexist). The Flames themselves could even make the boss-employee relationship more of a student-mentor relationship. After all, anything is better than a reaper who only ever interacts with Charon. (Fun fact: The reaper's voice uses the same sound as swinging your fists)
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@@TWNTWO-ZIP_realIbip I think It could be possibly for more than one reaper to exist as their boss probably has multiple fireplaces for that, but it is rarely needed for that to happen.
@@ThefifthBishopofGord Ah that would make sense. This kinda makes me curious if DEADBOLT 2 (if there'll even by one) could potentially play around with the idea of multiplayer of one player controlling multiple reapers.
@@TWNTWO-ZIP_realIbip risk of rain got a sequel.
So, maybe
Tho Deadbolt is quite far more closed story than RoR
Man, Ibzan had it rough. Forced to live a torturous life, died of suicide, then was forced to live a yet more torturous life, until he was killed in his last desperate attempt to get back the slightly less miserable life he once had.
Overall a very unique and interesting story tho, I especially found it fascinating from a worldbuilding perspective, and all of the unique origins and behaviours of the undead types.
And why is sucide punishable by an enternity in hell? They didnt do anything wrong. And what about zombies? They just over dosed they didnt do anything wrong either. Im not really sure how vampires are created, are they betraying their lover or is it the other way around but none of them seem to deserve the eternal torture each of them suffer. And why are there no actually bad people in hell? Like maybe the zombies might be bad because crimes and drugs correlate, but you can overdose while being a perfect human being otherwise and you would still become a zombie. They dont have hell for murderers, or gang members or really anyone who deserves it but theydo for a people who really dont deserve it.
Thing is though... Ibzan didnt die.
Skeletons dont die.
They just scatter.
The difference is that Ibzan scatters at a place no lich can reach. So he's forever scattered.
Ibzan lived a torturous life, driving him to kill himself, prompting him to be a skeleton in the Place after death. Soon enough, he was chosen to become a reaper, forced to live another torturously boring life, driving him to give up again and kill himself again. To his dismay, he would just be reborn as a skeleton again, ached by a torturous cold, driving him to, yet again, kill himself (he definitely tried it.) He realized that maybe the only way he could feel warmth again was to try and become a reaper again, so he tried talking to the flames, who promptly just ignored who was in their eyes, a traitor. Ibzan saw that his only way to try to apologize to the flames was to somehow find a way to the headquarters himself. He then wasted an eternity learning magic, climbing the Dredged ladder, becoming their leader, making connections with the other gangs and somehow convincing them to sacrifice their grunts so that a portal to the flames could be built, just to, in the end, be promptly ignored again and left dismantled by a better version of himself. yeah, pretty rough
@@APKAK-1465😢What a perfect description, this game changed my life
Man I can't believe they made a game for that Deadbolt album!
In all seriousness though, what a game and what a music.
Haha. The soundtrack is seriously so good! Chris Christodoulou did an amazing job. One of my favorite parts of the game!
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed! :)
@@SquatchGamingChannel I always watch and always enjoy.
Oh,right,I did get "deadbold wantango" in the searchtab while looking for a walkthrough...
Ah, the tragedy of Ibzan. Always stuck with me because of how much of a shitty situation it is. You're stuck for an unknown amount of time doing disposal grunt work for an employer that only interacts with you when needed, your biggest splurge is a mattress you can't even use since you have no eyes or indeed lids to close, and it's unclear if you'll stay that way for eternity. And when you attempt to create your own way out, you're punished with the loss of the only one thing separating you from those you were sent to remove, something as basic as warmth.
All without answers, no reasons for why.
And despite that you orchestrate a master plan to pierce the veil and seige the next realm, all for just a chance to say sorry to a 'friend' who couldn't give you the time of day. And you didn't even succeed in getting your word. Being killed was arguably the nicest thing that's ever been done for you in lord only knows how long, simply because you're free now.
(Operating off the assumption the hard mode tape IS Ibzan's, with a few educated inferences)
The Flames have a certain hesitation when ordering the Reaper to kill Ibzan @ 30:58. It felt remorse for putting him in that spot, but recognized that he cause too much chaos and betrayal to ever go back to the way things were, or even forgive him. He had to die, and being released was the best thing it could do for him.
@@Apparat8 the hell of it is if you compare the new one the irony is he the flames gave everything ibzan could have wanted to the new guy who straight up didn't care he only cared about his job it's literaly wasted on him
if only izban invested in some "sleeping" eye masks
Sergeants are constantly freezing have you seen how those guys dress
@@marley7868 not sure about wasted since there is no telling how long the two were reapers. Ibzan might have been a reaper far longer than Deadbolt's reaper. Meaning our's might at some point feel just as unsatisfied as Ibzan given enough time without other means of comfort. (Heck our reaper might be TOO professional to say otherwise.)
Glad to see Deadbolt actually getting spotlight, nice video bud.
Would have never done a video on it if it wasn't for people requesting it! I'm glad they did! The game really is great and deserves some spotlight!
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@@SquatchGamingChannel Nice video!Haven't ben disapointed once since seeing your Hotline Miami dissections. One thing I wished you did was cover the one DEMON tape aswell as the weapons you could get (sythe,blunderbuss,"old world" rifle,cause the Place probably existed for a while,& why the "death + taxes" combo pistols are called that despite noone being taxed in Purgatory.)
@@SquatchGamingChannel ^^^^ will you cover it?
Same
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At least in the end Ibzan was forgiven and felt warmth once again.
On other note this game needs a sequel its just too good
Maybe not a sequal, but something that exists in the same universe but separated from the story we've seen. The story is great, but I think the ending we have is a good spot for it to end, the Flames learned to be more compassionate, Izban finally got some peace and the Reaper we played as got released from his duity as thanks for his hard work. I think it'd be cool if the next game focused more on the society of The Place than the reaper and flames.
It's importand to make sure a story doesn't overstay it's welcome to the point where things no longer make sence or is overly complecated.
Yknow maybe now that Hoopo gave the Risk Of Rain IP to Gearbox and finish development of Risk Of Rain returns they may return too Deadbolt and make something new whit it
I dunno about a sequel. Too many times I've seen game devs release sequels to a game that should've been finished. Everytime with shitty plot and shoed in plot points from the past game while the gameplay had not change. There are exceptions, but this game has been finished neat and tidy, so let's leave it alone and remember the good times.
Deadbolt is a great game. One good thing is the enemies, their motive isn't totally evil and I can sympathize with them. So many videogames give you a big bad guy but these antagonists aren't leaving the place to wreck havock, it's just to feel something positive in their horrible existence. The more I play the game the more I feel for the undead.
I would not mind if you chose to delve into Risk of Rain's lore, seeing DEADBOLT from your channel was quite the surprise I must say, but a welcome one.
I'm not sure if I'll go into Risk of Rain, but I'll put it on the list and we'll see what happens!
I wouldn't have given this game a chance if it wasn't for people recommending and requesting it! It took me a while to get around to it, but I'm glad I did! It's a great game!
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hey guess what
One of my favourite games of all time and yet, one of the most overlooked as well. The story is really great too once you realize it and it's pretty sad.
It truly is a sleeper hit. Lol. The digger you deep, the more the game gets its hooks into you, and you finally realize how great it is!
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!
I've always wondered why there's a light switch sound for when "the" Reaper's boss extinguishes unlike the other candles. It's a rather odd detail that I don't understand. Any clues anybody?
The way I interpreted it... it means that the Flames isn't just snuffing a light candle or ending a transmission, the Reaper is literally being turned off, as in their service along as well as their stay in the 'Place' is powering off, either leaving existance or (in a more hopeful note) going to heaven... (yes even after all the killing, since he was doing a will of nature).
Yeah, I have no idea either. My initial thought is that the light switch sound was just the simplest way to indicate the light going off. There's not really a sound of a candle or fire being snuffed out in the game (that I can remember), but even if there was, there's not the sound of flames burning when the Reaper is sitting in the chair, so it could feel out of place.
However, Hopoo could have just as easily used the sound they use for the incrementing stars in Mission Clear screen as that's kind of close to a snuffing sound, so that kind of disproves my thought.
I couldn't say, honestly! What do you think?
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@@SquatchGamingChannel It doesn't seem too much of a stretch for the Flames to use "wFireball" to extinguish because the chandeliers inside the home (not to be confused with the reaper's home) do use that sound when extinguished. I feel as if a light switch sound being used in the one level without light switches is a deliberate choice especially because the Flames does use the "wFireball" sound when saying text coloured blue and the fact that the sound of a lighter would make more sense because the candles use "wLighter" as their talking sound {additionally this would make sense for @Renato Mantovani 's interpretation because a lighter is used to symbolise Ibzan leaving the role of reaper}, but yet wasn't chosen. However I have no idea what this would imply. Maybe it's something to do with the skeleton corpses found just before the house or even those floating black cubes in the background.
Fun Fact: You can extinguish all of the chandeliers and/or pick up weapons before speaking to the Flames in order to start the Ibzan fight.
@@Arkano1600 On the topic of "going to heaven" it seems that Ibzan may be going to a place similar to the reaper hence one of his possible last words being "It's so warm..." (paraphrasing).
Great video, this really helps me understand and appreciate the story of this game a lot better. However, I don’t think that the Dredged actually told Roland to “keep throwing his men away to the reaper”, rather Roland was parodying/paraphrasing what they said, since having them guard the ash resulted in their deaths, which frustrated Roland and made him feel like he was sending his men on suicide missions
Super stoked to see you covering this game, it's one of my absolute favourites out there.
It's honestly become one of my favorites too! Considering trying to go for all the achievements. I've only got the speedrun one and the No Deaths ones left to get!
Hope you enjoy! Thanks for watching!
@@SquatchGamingChannel Glad to hear! Just got finished with the video now - it's a great summary of all the plot points. One of the greatest themes in this game is irony - zombies chasing ash after overdosing caused them to be that way in the first place, Madam Stela wanting to feel the sun on her skin (as a vampire), skeletons being the only units that can be revived when they crave death the most.
The difference in how the two reapers are treated is particular tragic - Ibzan needed companionship, calling the Flames his friend and growing tired of the endless grind of missions (assuming the reaper featured in the secret tape is him - I think so, since he hopes that his "friend" is there today and it mentions buying the bed we see in his apartment). The protagonist Reaper, on the other hand, is much more of a stoic professional, only ever referring to the Flames as their Employer. It makes me wonder if Ibzan started that way too, before the endless monotony drove him to form an attachment to the only other figure in his life.
Fun fact about the game's development - before the concept of the Dredged came about, originally reapers were the ones who formed via suicide, and each of the gangs were to be lead by a former reaper. Timur's icon originally belonged to a reaper who committed suicide via shotgun, hence the blown-open skull. It was changed because having reapers control everything made the undead feel less important, but Ibzan's the remnant of that idea - half skeleton, half reaper. If you look carefully at the sprite of the Reaper as he goes through the apartment door to the docks, you can see a hole in the back of his head, which is also a remnant of that concept. Since we don't currently know how reapers form (I'm assuming they're chosen in some way), this could be seen as either just a detail that Hopoo forgot about, or a hint towards what happened in the Reaper's original life, before he was chosen.
A couple fun little tidbits not addressed in-game: Hellhounds are formed when animals die of abuse, and the Dredged are named as such because unlike other undead, who wash up at the shore of the river, skeletons form at the bottom of it and have to make their own way back to the shore.
Also, just a heads up since you're planning on going for achievements - for Conquest, you need to get all achievements in the same save file, rather than just unlocking them all once. This means you need to get Death (no deaths) and Famine (under an hour) in the same run. After that, you can reload it and go for the rest of the achievements just fine, so I advise focusing entirely on those two until you get them.
Yeah, I like how the game plays with contrast and novel ideas. It goes a long way towards making it unique. I remember the first time I heard about Skeletons being cold, I thought it was such a genius way to represent them, and now I think about that everytime I think about skeletons. Lol.
I haven't heard those tidbits! Those are really cool! I think I agree with the decision to not have the gangs led by former Reapers. Really made the factions come alive to have them be led by one of their own. Would have loved to see some other Reapers though, or at least other references to them!
Wow, beat the game in under an hour without dying? Maybe I won't be able to get em... Lol. I've only got so much time in the day.
Thanks for sharing all of that, btw! Makes me appreciate the game even more! I can tell a lot of thought and consideration went into the game, and those fun facts prove it!
@@SquatchGamingChannel btw i think that if you quit the mission while youre about to respawn, the game does not count it as a death. im not entirely sure but if it is true then that makes the achievement a little less painful
This is awesome! I tried looking up some videos on the story like a year ago when I beat it, but absolutely nothing was in this much detail, I'm so glad this game can have proper telling of just how great the story really is. Fantastic work on the video!
Thank you very much! Hopefully this video can fill out that void so that people don't have to search very far anymore!
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Hotline Miami, LISA, Bioshock and now this?
Releasing bangers after bangers my dude
I'm a man of the people. Lol. Just kidding! In all seriousness, I'm happy people requested this game so much because it's really a great one!
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This is one of the few games i have 100% completion in with all achievements. Great vid.
Wow! That's pretty impressive! The speedrun and no deaths achievements are what's holding me back from trying to do that myself! Lol.
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always a breath of fresh air to see Deadbolt get some attention, normally gets overshadowed by the dev teams other games.
I wouldn't say it's overshadowed, seeing how even Risk of Rain 2's Bandit Mastery skin is Ibzan
Looking forward to rewatching this in the future for the endorphin points, so happy to see deadbolt get some love :)
It's a great game, so it deserves the love!
Hope you enjoy it now, and continue to enjoy it in the future as well! Thanks for watching! :)
Great recap. Deadbolt is one of my favorite games, a quiet masterpiece, both in its gameplay and story, seemingly simple but capable of great complexity.
Sick video mate.
Thanks so much, man! Happy to hear you enjoyed!
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God I love this game. I’m really hoping for a sequel that expands on the lore and story. Make it happen Hopoo!
Dunno about that, man. From what I've seen, sequels usually makes things worse. There are exceptions, of course, but I think it's better to let this be. It's finished, so better leave it at that.
Deadbolt was one of my favourite games so I was sad when nobody had really talked about it, nice video dude!
Also Deadbolt's music is insanely good I have listened to nothing but the ost for a long time.
I also like how the Fireplace or "The Flames" learns to empathize and tries to do better, a pretty interesting depiction for an eldritch entity.
Once played the demo, never knew it was already developed into a full game. Might as well find and play full version of Deadbolt...
I remember trying to understand the story after completing the game. Thank you so much for clarifying this story! This game is sick
The undead refer to the reaper as "a repear" meaning there are more reapers the place is probably big enough that it would need something that threatened all dimensions for the reapers to gather
I imagine if something did do that the grim reaper (who I am imagine as the most powerful of them) would be the one to deal with it otherwise I imagine him just doing paperwork
I just finished the game and now im trying ro 100%.
Great game all around . Lots of action with different tactics and a great soundtrack from Chris Christodoulou.
This is a brilliant summary of a masterpiece and I've ended up appreciating it more! I love the gameplay and caught bits of the story but now I understand the whole thing. Thank yoh and please make more like this...
I've subbed and started watching the other story summaries
Thanks for watching! Happy it to hear you enjoyed! Hopefully you enjoyed the others I've made too! :)
If you have any recommendations or requests, please let me know! I may not get to it immediately, but I'll get around to it eventually!
Nice video! I love deadbolt so much, one of my favorite games. I had no idea the reaper was actually unconsciously helping the dredged by making the zombies and vampires... corpses. I also did not quite understand what Ibzan wanted to do, exactly. Maybe im just not great at coming up with my own conclusions, hell, i even thought that the friend in the secret log was the reaper we play as, at one point. The story is way more complex than i thought, and i dont know why i am surprised. Both ror games also have a fair bit of lore whose complexity becomes apparent only after you have connected all the pieces (the logs). I have been thinking about how cool a deadbolt prequel would be, covering Ibzans life (?), but yknow, the story seems pretty much complete to me so im content with whatever weve got.
Just finished the video, I love how in depth it was, hit all the notes I was hoping you'd hit friggin awesome video dood
To be honest i didnt get the story when i finished the game so yea this video was a great one
Awesome to hear that it helped! That's the whole reason it was made! :)
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Glad to see deadbolt doing good after supporting the development of my game exposed wires 👌👌
Kickstarter coming January or February ✨✨
LISA: The Pointless. Do a story summary on that one
You never see any new videos on this forgotten gem anymore. Cool to see it isn't completely forgotten.
One of those games you can't get enough. Nice vid
Seriously! Incredible story, but also really really fun to play! Good thing there's a level editor, right? Lol.
Thanks so much! And thanks for watching!
thank you for doing this, I fucking love deadbolt but always felt that it never got the attention it deserved.
Thanks for watching! If it wasn't for people requesting it, I would have never tried it. I'm glad I did! It's a great game that's incredibly underrated!
As simple as deadbolt seems compared to risk of rain, i seriously loved it far more i think, i love christodolou’s work on the soundtracks, i love the pizel art style…
I think there’s something real pure about the hoppoos games.
I knew the story was deep but damn i never knew like 50% of the lore!!!
Great video man 👍
ill admit that when i played the game i totally missed the amazing story of this game
i read the tapes but it all went over my head, cool vid mate
i always feel bad for ibzan at the end of the game i remember hesitating my first time threw at the end when he is kneeling and he shot and killed me and i was mad there was no alternative ending where you dont kill him :c
also if skeletons are doomed to be in the place forever unlike the other undead which have their souls carryed across the river styx then shouldn't ibzan be reconstructed?
I was hoping no one would point it out. Lol. Yeah, I can't really fully fit the Skeletons eternal punishment with the rest of the narrative. The best thing I can say is that, generally, when Skeletons are destroyed/killed/die in the Place, their existence continues even though they're a pile of bones. It's kind of the same thing with the other Undead: zombies continually overdose and reanimate; vampires continually betray each other and reanimate. However, when zombies and vampires are killed by a Reaper, their souls are collected by the entity and they can finally move on. Skeletons, on the other hand, don't get that luxury. When they're killed by a Reaper, it's the same effect as if they killed themselves or died by another means; their existence continues even though they're a pile of bones on the ground, and their soul stays with them, never being guided to the Afterlife by a Reaper. Generals have the ability to put those bones back together again, but it doesn't change anything - the skeletons still suffer the cold whether they're a pile of bones or walking around on their own two legs.
Applying that to Ibzan, when the Reaper destroys him in the Mortal Plane, he's basically destroying the physical vessel that Ibzan has been using to enact his plans. Unlike other skeletons though, due to the place that he "died" (the Mortal Plane), a General will never reach him, so he'll never be reconstructed. Without his body, Ibzan will just be a piles of bones and will be forced to suffer the cold that is the punishment for Skeletons for eternity.
I hope that all makes sense and that it helps. Feel free to ask more if it doesn't!
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yeeaahh this awesome, great job as always dude 👍👍
I like that the flames aren't portrayed as malevolent or uncaring of what happened to izban. It felt remorse at what happened, and took steps to ensure the same tragedy could not happen again. It's a nice twist considering how easy it would be to have the flames be secretly evil and there be a "final boss" against it. Would have been too predictable.
Sounds like your audio has improved quality. That’s fantastic squatch, I always return to the chronology for hotline Miami on a daily basis. I appreciate you!
Thanks, man! I've been tinkering with things a lot of the last year or two. I still have the same equipment and set up, but I'm trying to work more on my vocal delivery and clean it up. Happy to hear it's made a difference!
Appreciate the support, man! Thanks so much for watching!
This games got an amazing soundtrack, absolutely obsessed with it.
Just wanted to say that I still come back to this video every now and again, and recommend it whenever an opportunity presents itself. So good.
Also, I swear there used to be a comment by me here, wonder where it went 🤔
babe wake up new squatch dropped
No need to wake up for it! It would've been here when you woke up! Lol.
Hope you enjoyed though! Thanks for watching!
Always enjoyed your content, as an animator listening to your content and animating makes the process so much more bearable.
Its a shame that people who die in the most painful and sad ways have to deal with a sort of half-living hell.
But I guess no world is truly fair.
"Clinical depression? Lol you're going to hell now"
Man, this brings back many memories of trying to clear the death achievement on hard mode
I love the group that made this game, I originally didint know that the same people that made the Risk Of Rain franchise made this game, but I feel that they did well and I thank you for bringing light to games like these.
You are a TH-camr that I enjoy watching, and I just want you to know that.
Oh my God!! been waiting for this video for sooo long!!
Ty Squatch!! :DD
Sorry for the long wait! Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching! :)
dude ı love your videos
Awesome to hear, man! Appreciate the love! :)
I'm about to start one for Mother Russia Bleeds. Hope you enjoy that one too!
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Seeing you talk about Deadbolt and JAG comment on it is like seeing a big crossover tbh, i'm been following both of yours channel back in 2018 till now, time sure fly huh ?
When I saw JAG's comment, I was a little star struck too. Lol. Thanks for the long time support, man! Really appreciate it!
And thanks for watching! :)
Great ass video, so glad you gave this game a chance to shine to your audience!
Thank you very much! The only reason I did was because people kept requesting it! Took me a while, but I eventually got around to it! Lol. Glad I did because it's a great game!
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Amazing, gonna tell my friends about that vid
Thanks so much! Happy to hear you enjoyed and hope they do too!
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Oh this makes me so happy. Deadbolt is such an underrated gem. This is really nice that there is a video covering the story on deadbolt
I didn’t knew or even thought deadbolt had a story, Injust played it and had a blast. It’s probably the game I have replayed the most times and everything in this video was new to me
Great video, deadbolt is an underappreciated classic
Happy to hear you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
Good to see you back, Squatch!
Even better you happened to make DEADBOLT video. I love both this game and your videos, so combining them is like the best thing ever. I'm a big fan of your HM videos too!
Anyways, keep up the great work and have an awesome day!
Thanks so much, MyX! I know the wait was long, but hopefully it was worth it and you enjoyed the video!
I'll do my best! I hope you have a great day too! Thanks for watching! :)
Never heard of this game before. I might actually have to try it
One word... OST...
Thanks for reminding me about this great game. Good story explanation by the way.
Thanks for this video, it was really useful for me to understand the story of Deadbolt, especially when i have so many troubles with understanding some of details due to how poor my English is. Special thanks for subtitles, they really helped me a lot!
Happy it helped! I put the subtitles in there for that very purpose, so I’m glad they could help you! :)
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This game is so great, thanks for making an excellent vid on the story, you really got every detail.
Given when I know about the story of Risk of Rain, oh yeah, I can tell this was made by the Hopoo guys.
This kind of videos is why i sub to your channel
Good News: these are the types of videos I like making the most! I'm going to do Mother Russia Bleeds next (if I can finish it before the new DLC for Blasphemous comes out in December), but if you've got a game you'd like me to do, feel free to recommend it!
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love this game. Chris got me to start trying to make my own beats, much love
I LOVE that the Flames learn from their mistakes.
Ibsan does not. He's only asking for forgiveness, but not offering anything for it. He's not making up for past mistakes.
The Flames though, the ones who technically have no responsability, as they are the authority of the world. They learn and improve.
Its a rare thing in the story that,the one who was wronged didnt improve, but the overlord did.
I’m really grateful for this video I finished the game and really loved the story but you gave me a greater understanding of it. You just gained a subscriber
God I love this video. I love deadbolt and I've always felt frustrated that no one really talked about the game despite it's fucking banger soundtrack and charming graphics. I never looked too deep into the story and I'm so glad to see that it actually is as good as the rest.
I loved this, great job explaining the once mysterious story of deadbolt to me, dude
My question is, if the Flames realized their mistake with Ibzan and tried to not repeat with with the new reaper, why not just…forgive Ibzan? When Ibzan died, it seemed like he was put to rest compared to the rest of the skeletons, which is great..but what if the current reaper made a mistake? Would he be cast aside as well; even if the Flames realized they were the reason for the mistake?
I’m not sure id be comfortable putting my trust into someone that
1. Put in precautions to make sure a mistake like that would happen again
2. Not forgive a previous person for a mistake they made, despite the person I trust was the cause of the mistake
Something that's vaguely alluded to (but confirmed in the files in the game) is that the Flames are the God of Life. Presumably, to that God the action of a Mortal consciously choosing to end their life, instead of letting a natural (or something out of their control, like an accidental) end come to them, kind of disrespects them, their power, and/or the Gift they so generously gave Mortals. It's unforgivable crime in their eyes, and, to them, the crime justifies the punishment. That's how I see it!
While it may be a cruel punishment, I've heard of some Gods that are pretty strict and punishing in their own right, and lots of people still devote themselves to and have faith in them. Lol.
Thanks for watching!
holy, an actually well produced deadbolt video in 2021, i must be dreaming
I always love watching your videos your voice has a familiarity to it that makes the video all the more enjoyable and your explanations are clear through and through
Reminds me a lot of Rain World in certain ways. On the surface, RW looks like all the other Metroidvania/platformers, but it does twist it's gameplay style by being a "survival platformer", but it also has a deceptively deep story.
8:27 this shot is hilarious cause its either the vampires are naturally tall or the Reaper is just very short
The Flames talk about not forgiving Izban. But they hesitate when they "A man - undead... ...cannot live with me." I wonder if the Flames not being able to forgive Izban is the fact that the Flames cannot forgive themselves for what they did to Izban.
I feel like the Flames are unable to turn Izban back into a reaper and with no choice, they can release Izban from the cold via death before accepting Izban back.
AYYY I hope this video gives the game more attention, excellent soundtrack and excellent game.
Loved your Hotline Miami videos, super cool to see one on Deadbolt. Thanks for another great video Squatch.
HELLLLL YEAHHHH YOU FINALLY COVER IT, I LOVE THE WORLD BUILDING
Sorry for the wait! Hopefully it was worth it! Thanks so much for watching!
The storyline was pretty dope
I hope this was remotely inspired by my old comment recommending this ;)
It absolutely was! I think yours was what made me take a serious look at the game for the first time. It took a while to get around to it, but I hope you enjoy! :)
And thanks for recommending the game! I appreciate it!
@@SquatchGamingChannel No problem! Thank you so much for making this video, Deadbolt has such an intriguing story and it's quite a shame it doesn't have that much attention
this game was way too fucking hard for me to finish but I was really interested in the premise, thanks for the vid, its not like I was gonna experience the full story any other way
As bad as I want to watch the rest of this I’m gonna play the game before I do
I would definitely recommend it! And this video will still be here waiting for you when you finish!
Thanks for watching!
Good video, but I feel like this was a missed opportunity to showcase Chris Christodoulou's incredible, and arguably his best, soundtrack. This game is criminally underrated on so many levels.
oh wow i didnt even see this. You're doing an amazing job covering these stories
This is also one of my favorite games alongside with Mother Russia Bleeds and Katana Zero
A beautiful tragedy through and through, I was glad when I finished the game last year.
Thanks for introducing me to this game. Brilliant as always
Neat game, thanks for leting menknow about it
Thanks for watching! Hope you take a chance on it and play it for yourself! It's on sale right now, so now's a good time to try it!
I have never heard of this game in my life
This was a very informative video for a game that I'm currently too depressed to complete. Thank you
Sorry you're going through a horrible time. I'd say it'll get easier or that you'll get through it, but I don't know what your circumstances are, so I can't honestly say that. All I can say is that it sucks that you're going through depression, and that despite the darkness, I hope you can find some brightness in the world - whether that be an entertaining video on a game you're playing, the light of the Sun shining in through the window, or the smell and taste of whatever you're having to eat.
I feel for you, man. I hope you eventually feel better.
I may never have hears of this game but, if you made a video on it it's gotta be good
Don't let your first impressions fool you! It is a really good game!
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!
Always love to see a new upload! You ever think about doing a video about “The Final Station”? Feels similar to deadbolt in art style and gameplay and is a rollercoaster of a story that I fell in love with when I first played it. Love ur vids!
great video
I always assumed reapers e just ascended skeletons/dreged, the flame offered theme reprieve from the cold in exchange for service.
ah man i played this game back then, this and Not A Hero were the shit, i love em so much.
Good that there was no fight with Flames in the end coz It would be sucha cliche :)
Deadbolt was really refreshing to play
Tbh the story actually surprised me
Surprisingly one of the best games i ever played. And im not even used to playing games like this
hopefully now with Hoopoo games no longer working on Risk of Rain we'll finally get that Deadbolt sequel