Knight of Brennenburg - A closer Look at the Servant Brute - Amnesia The Dark Descent

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  • @googisthegreat1397
    @googisthegreat1397 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    You can see his right arm bending backwards while in the running animation, farther than it should. It really sells them being half dead monsters held together by metal and wires. I never noticed that before.

  • @crashandcynder
    @crashandcynder 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Always found it funny how the sounds of him we're made by a guy blowing into a pvc pipe lol

  • @Stayed_G
    @Stayed_G ปีที่แล้ว +198

    The moment you hear the brute spawn, is also the moment your soul leaves your body.

  • @ThePoltergust5000
    @ThePoltergust5000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    2:25 Jesus Christ, I would shit myself fifteen times if I ever tried sneaking past a Brute like that. Fucking balls of steel.

  • @tetrafuse3096
    @tetrafuse3096 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Mark gave the Servant Brute a fitting nickname "The Mooseman" and not gonna lie it fits him. Because he does sound like a Moose every time he roars.

    • @atomic3968
      @atomic3968 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To me it always reminded me of a cow or bull going, “Moooooooooaaarrrr” 😂

  • @chinchilla415
    @chinchilla415 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I didn't notice that before but it makes perfect sense why it has a flesh wound at its hamstrings. Because that's where the sharp end of their weapon is facing. Since the poor fvcker is forced to carry the weapon as an arm, it can't sheath it into something safe and sane.

  • @aceyagami1398
    @aceyagami1398 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Might be nostalgia but i like the monsters from dark decent more then some of the later ones, i think its how messed up they look, they look like they were hacked up and put back together again

    • @lazyvoid7107
      @lazyvoid7107 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Someone didn't play Soma

    • @aceyagami1398
      @aceyagami1398 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@lazyvoid7107 i meant the other games with Amnesia in the name, but your right the monsters in Soma look quite fucked up as well

    • @justdowhatchyagottado5290
      @justdowhatchyagottado5290 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Justine’s monster was pretty fucked up too, I just started playing it yesterday and DAMN is it scary. Reminds me heavily of Terry Akers because it hunts you by sound since it’s blind.

    • @Lethal_Spoon
      @Lethal_Spoon ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i played all 4 amnesia games for the first time when the bunker came out, i’m happy to say that nostalgia was not a factor in my preference for the dark descent

    • @Bloodhurl67
      @Bloodhurl67 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah, Amnesia Bunker has a fantastic design

  • @som3body3
    @som3body3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ho daaaaaaaaamn! I never realised half of the head is missing! It's like someone ripped his face and then shoved some teeth and an eye for good measure!

  • @FlymanMS
    @FlymanMS ปีที่แล้ว +16

    6:23 I think they just found a job chopping wood and preparing meat and dishes in a village nearby. Country folk are not judgemental.

    • @som3body3
      @som3body3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "hoooooo m'y god they are terrifying!!!
      -yes but they are cheap. And they are still better conversation than mi wife"

    • @autisticbraindamagedmoron
      @autisticbraindamagedmoron ปีที่แล้ว

      "Country folk are not judgememtal"
      Also country folk when they see gay people/people from other countries/people of different skin color: 💀

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh do not forget, we are talking about Prussia in the 1830s

  • @Safiyahalishah
    @Safiyahalishah ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Though I doubt this is really true, I have a long-standing theory that brutes are servants of the Shadow rather than Alexander's Gatherers. They kill prisoners, they're never seen around grunts, they're in all the areas most overtaken by the Shadow (which we've seen tear grunts apart) and, most damningly, their appearance is eerily similar to how Daniel in his journal describes the victims of the Shadow - 'limbs scattered, heads split down the middle, their skin flayed as if boiled'. While grunts look alive, brutes look like corpses that have been cobbled back together, perhaps piloted by something other than a human consciousness.

    • @celeb-seventeen
      @celeb-seventeen ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Reason this falls short imho is all the attachments present on the Brute. I don't think an cosmic horror would need to duct tape a creature back, just resurrect it rlly.

    • @Safiyahalishah
      @Safiyahalishah ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@celeb-seventeen It would depend on what the Shadow could actually do with the bodies it resurrected. It's capable of destruction but we don't know if it's capable of 'healing'. I don't think the Shadow is all-powerful because it's so bad at doing its one job lol.

    • @celeb-seventeen
      @celeb-seventeen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Safiyahalishah It is more than capable of resurrection if not, outright healing off all injuries. Case in point? Daniel. The world continues whenever he dies instead of simply "loading into a previous save" And even gives him a generous head-start if he were to get caught by it in the cells chase. What one job if I may ask tho?

    • @Safiyahalishah
      @Safiyahalishah ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@celeb-seventeen If we count game design as part of the Shadow's influence, then sure, I can see where you're coming from. XD I personally don't, because a lot of games do this. _A Machine for Pigs,_ for example.
      Its one job is to protect the Orbs and, from the looks of it, 'avenge' them, or eliminate those who have used them. I also agree with the theory that the Shadow is using Daniel to achieve that goal, but again, that quite specifically fails to imply an all-powerful force. It took so long to reach Brennenburg, despite being drawn to the Orbs. When it finally arrived, you'd think it could just raze the castle to the ground, but it doesn't seem capable of that. If it would recruit one man it can't even communicate with, it's not so far-fetched to imagine that its will could raise the dead to achieve the same end. (I don't think it's a coincidence there were brutes wherever there were pieces of the Orb.)

    • @celeb-seventeen
      @celeb-seventeen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Safiyahalishah Fair enough (idk much about AMFP or later Amnesia games and their respawn mechanics) but if it's just an standard video game save/load then yeah, they canonically weren't meant to die there, but in the Dark Descent, events change, monsters disappear, etc so Death in the Dark Descent has to be SOMETHING take into account. (Especially how Alexander wants to bank on Daniel giving up for him to die truly) if his servants have proven useless and didn't kill him (interestingly also bringing him to the cells)

  • @justinedwards5300
    @justinedwards5300 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Can't wait for the Video on the Kaernk!
    . . . Oh... right...

    • @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg
      @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Technically the Kaernk does have a model.
      Granted, it's just an untextured sphere.

    • @justinedwards5300
      @justinedwards5300 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​@@MiguelHernandez-lo5lgSo it'd be a video of encounters with the Kaernk that cut to an untextured sphere in the middle of a grey void? Great idea for April Fools.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well, well... it would seem you might get your wish after all in couple of weeks...

  • @MrOgge50
    @MrOgge50 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not a comforting thought having your arm replaced by a massive cleaver fused into the bone, that’s why the brute in particular scares me so much

  • @BerryBuzzy2
    @BerryBuzzy2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Amnesia series are some of my favourite games and I'm so glad there's a TH-cam channel showing off the models more in depth!! Thank you for taking time to show these 💛

  • @lunarcatcoon4397
    @lunarcatcoon4397 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    another "A closer look at ___" upload is a good day

  • @zenith8417
    @zenith8417 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was waiting for this one, didnt disappoint

  • @red-man7017
    @red-man7017 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a thought:
    The brute thats seen throughout the game is the transformed Wilhelm. Given that we only see one alone, its possible that only one exists...wilhelm.
    That large cleaver sword replacing its left arm? Just a stretch, but i believe that this is wilhelms sword or held weapon, and based on its position, he was left handed.
    When wilhelm transformed into the brute, he lost his left arm and his sword got fused as its replacement.

  • @Baseds_Backup_Account
    @Baseds_Backup_Account ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They need a whole game with just them tbh.

  • @stanisawslany322
    @stanisawslany322 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:10 I'd love to see a clip of that, first time hearing about that! Also it's really interesting who the Brute really is... since he was killed by the shadow it means he came in contact with the orb directly or indirectly. Was he one of Wilhelm's men or someone more significant?

  • @ZoofyZoof
    @ZoofyZoof ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you know?
    I made a "Fixed" version of the Remastered Mod, available in the comments on the mod page. It aims to fix performance as well as graphical issues with the mod. There were a lot of things that needed fixed.
    However, it does look different in some aspects compared to the original, so it may not be for everyone.
    I'm releasing a small update to fix the radius of light sources :) They're way too large (all the lights in the mod are different compared to the original remastered mod)

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting

    • @ZoofyZoof
      @ZoofyZoof ปีที่แล้ว

      @@umukzusgelos4834 I have just released the new update minutes ago

  • @Figunaye
    @Figunaye 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One is at the sewer area and there are at least two more of them in the Choir, the big open foggy area below

  • @m-h1217
    @m-h1217 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always assumed the grunts carry their momentum more or are less agile during their run compared to the brutes, continuing to run forward while the player side steps etc.

    • @m-h1217
      @m-h1217 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oh man, I wished for an answer if you knew if that's true or not

  • @celeb-seventeen
    @celeb-seventeen ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Think you'll cover the shadow?

  • @littlemoth4956
    @littlemoth4956 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can't say I agree with the theory on who the brutes are. Heads split open, skin flayed as if boiled - this is the description of the victims of the Shadow.
    I also think the only evidence of the brutes being Alexander's servants is the fact they are stitched together with iron plating and a weapon. Their actions and common haunts really give the impression that, if anything, they are working against Alexander.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have addressed this topic again is my latest video if you are interested:
      th-cam.com/video/DRS6ZMpsviI/w-d-xo.html

  • @JB-fi3fg
    @JB-fi3fg ปีที่แล้ว

    the first time i played i just sprinted everywhere and it worked perfect lol

  • @VolokolamskiyProspect
    @VolokolamskiyProspect ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So The Gatherers are also Ghouls but reanimated and controlled by Alexander?

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think they can be seen as their own thing and might be closer related to the Manpigs
      however the method to create them shows similarities

  • @koczownik4567
    @koczownik4567 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish there were more things for you to look at in SOMA.. I really like your videos; but I really, *really* like SOMA. Makes me wish there were more characters/enemies.

  • @AdamMerlin
    @AdamMerlin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you think you could make a video observing all the alternate models from the mod? Ive been trying to find such a video with no success. I dont have a pc but I am VERY curious

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      when I´m finished with all of them maybe

  • @RedDundancy
    @RedDundancy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you make videos of monsters from Custom Stories like The Great Work, and A Cowards Debt?

    • @pependosnik7507
      @pependosnik7507 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were copyrighted so probably not

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cowards Debt and The Great Work´s creators have specifically asked not to have their monsters used in other mods, I currently have no knowledge on whether this extends to exposition content and since it´s been quite a while I´m not sure if I can get that information
      I don´t want to test them tough and risk a copyright attack...
      I might be able to show of the In Lucy´s Eyes monster pack as that got released for public use quite a while ago,
      if that would be of interest I might include these when I´m done with all the mainline stuff or somewhere in between

    • @RedDundancy
      @RedDundancy ปีที่แล้ว

      @umukzusgelos4834 well, not saying you have to but, if playing the games themselves and basically doing the same thing by recording them, I'm sure showing the monsters and explaining lore isn't all too bad, I've seen video analysis on them too so, I'm sure it wouldn't really extend to that, but alright

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RedDundancy I see, well perhaps we will have a development at some point

    • @RedDundancy
      @RedDundancy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@umukzusgelos4834also.. are you the guy from Radidshs streams on Twitch, or his TH-cam channel? I feel like I recognize you from somewhere

  • @AaronMorrisTheSteamFox
    @AaronMorrisTheSteamFox ปีที่แล้ว

    Would you be willing to cover the monsters in Total Chaos? It's very similar in tone and gameplay to Frictional Games' esteemed library, sans physics-based interactions. The monsters have interesting designs and place in the lore.

  • @tetrafuse3096
    @tetrafuse3096 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you going to do a video about the Suitor/Suitors that appear in Amnesia: Justine DLC?

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yes, it´s gonna be there next week

    • @tetrafuse3096
      @tetrafuse3096 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@umukzusgelos4834 Im eagerly waiting for it

  • @celeb-seventeen
    @celeb-seventeen ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep it up!

  • @travismeta3727
    @travismeta3727 ปีที่แล้ว

    If the gatherers survived after the collapse they would die of old age because they are still human

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว

      debatable I´d say

    • @ScoutTrooperMan
      @ScoutTrooperMan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@umukzusgelos4834 either rot and wither away given that. gatherers seem to be walking corpses strung together or likely. if alexander/ayandra leaves the castle/dies they die due to the loss of his psychic control. as if i recall right. alexander seems to be the main force keeping the gatherers well. functional as physically. their bodies should be dead. this may explain why they died when the castle collapsed besides just well. the collapse of the castle

  • @foxskie
    @foxskie ปีที่แล้ว

    👍🏼

  • @michaelmiller7928
    @michaelmiller7928 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    The Brute singlehandedly changed what it meant to be a scary monster to me.
    The fact it's slightly faster than you AND the heavy hitter. The history behind how it came to be. Its psychologically demeaning sound. And it's horrifying mutilation.

    • @spinozilla2421
      @spinozilla2421 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      also what helps add to the scare factor, you encounter the brutes in area with little to no items to help barricade and hide yourself with

    • @wyslanniknewworldorder9525
      @wyslanniknewworldorder9525 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@spinozilla2421 The only thing Gregory want was a hug

    • @prematuredgravy8033
      @prematuredgravy8033 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's the sound for me, it's always the sound

  • @delivererofdarknessshoguno1133
    @delivererofdarknessshoguno1133 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I think that while they have the same running speed, brutes go into sprint faster than grunts. Grunts take a second or so to start running when they see you, just waddling at you at first, while brutes break into sprint right away. Though it might have to do with brute ai taking less time to pathfind due to them being in bigger areas in general.
    Nevermind, it was adressed lol.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      the difference isn´t much and it depends on proximity
      if you are within somewhere around 2-3 Meters of them they will most often then not just walk towards you and start running after 2-3 seconds for the Grunt and a little bit less for the brute if they start running at all, the brute´s approach walk is also a wee bit faster
      if they spot you from further away and you actively increase the distance both will get in gear relatively quickly, as long as eye contact is maintained, if eye contact is lost within under a second or two they will likely just stagger in your general direction for a bit before giving up
      the only thing were the Brute outclasses the Grunt is the speed at which he breaks down doors and the damage he deals per swing, with his running attack doing the highest damage in the game, often resulting in instant death
      he also looks for you a couple seconds longer but that´s about it

    • @colea2969
      @colea2969 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@umukzusgelos4834 you should do the monsters from the recently new horror game on steam called surrounded, created by nightmare studios.

  • @Cybershroom
    @Cybershroom ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I Had a moment in Amnesia where I got spotted by a brute in the open misty area, but the chase music didn't play, then he killed me in one blow and i screamed like a baboon.. This freaking thing was horrifying..

  • @michaelmiller7928
    @michaelmiller7928 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    BTW the apron shape of metal on the Brute suggests he's also a butcher of some sort. He fits the part.

    • @Neo2266.
      @Neo2266. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I always thought the metal bits resembled roman armour. Also wondered whether those pieces function as armour, or as means of holding bim together. He could just be a ravaged corpse barely held together by these. Also, the description of Professor Taylor, William Smith, and Doctor Tate, sounds very similar to what the Brute looks like. Maybe he’s a Shadow victim?

  • @skndr3067
    @skndr3067 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I think the Brute is a victim of the Shadow that was somehow put back together by Alexander

  • @RatSmackerPLS
    @RatSmackerPLS ปีที่แล้ว +17

    your videos are s tier man

  • @TheOnePistol
    @TheOnePistol ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm looking forward to your Machine for Pigs monster videos.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So do I, there is so much stuff to address with that Game
      it´s a shame so few people talk about it these days

  • @unusualbarracuda
    @unusualbarracuda ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They have this dark medieval feel that I love about them but I can’t point my finger why I get the feeling

  • @TNTxEXPLOSIONSx
    @TNTxEXPLOSIONSx ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:25 didnt some of them die when the castle collapsed? cuz if i recall correctly the manpigs from a:mfp were based of from the servant grunts, there was a file in that game you could find were i believe they said they excavated the ruins of the castle and they found a body (believed to be from an servant grunt) and thats how they created the manpigs.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed, I believe I addressed this further along in the video if I remember correctly

  • @frog6384
    @frog6384 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wait does the brute have 1 eye in its mouth?
    Also great vid!

  • @discoalice
    @discoalice ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the one I was most hyped about thank you homie

  • @generalrubbish9513
    @generalrubbish9513 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can't believe I never realized this before, but the Brute's cleaver looks a lot like the hooked weapons used in the Middle Ages to pull riders from their horses. I think this is further evidence that the Brute is specifically designed to chase down intruders and escaped prisoners, with the hooked end of its blade meant to snag a target that's actively trying to run away.

  • @Baseds_Backup_Account
    @Baseds_Backup_Account ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most underrated monster ever, like I swear.

  • @SneedFeedAndSeed
    @SneedFeedAndSeed 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I never noticed that they run at the same speed as grunts, I guess the animation just made them look faster. Also there was a torn apart grunt (probably by the shadow) in the sewers, so maybe they were also immune to the fungi?

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      chances are, they received Alexander Vaccine which he made to combat the poisonous Fungi

  • @prematuredgravy8033
    @prematuredgravy8033 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Couple things I wanted to add just because,
    -Brutes could be victims of The Shadow. Daniel in his journal entries explains the victims as dismembered, boiled skin, and heads split.
    -Idk if it is a glitch or not, but sometimes in the Choir two Brutes will spawn, suggesting there's at least two.
    -I like to think The Shadow did it cause I think it's cooler that way, but it's possible a Brute killed the dismembered Grunt in the Sewers. If this is the case, then there could be some sort of relationship, good or bad, between Grunts and Brutes.

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yeah, I was pondering over these things for a long time as well, some of them I believe I can debunk with the information given in the games code, so for instance two Brutes in the Choir is not the intended result of the developers, they even left behind a message stating that the callbacks must be arranged in such a manner that there is only ever one Brute present
      Considering the Shadows involvement, I´m not quite sure, while some of their traits do align with Daniels descryptions, I think their appearance might be a manifestation of Daniels Trauma of witnessing the Victims, the Shadow is stated to bend reality and cause hallucinations so the adversarys hunting Daniel through the Castle assuming the appearance of the Victims of his past transgressions would align with the theme of Guilt the developers wanted to achieve originally
      further yet, Brutes often appear and disappear under peculiar circumstances and in oddly specific locations, much more so then their lesser counterparts, so chances are that they are in essence just regular Gatherers but as Daniels sanity dwindles as he descents and he begins to recall his past, his Guilt makes them appear more monstrous, more deformed and ultimately more dangerous
      At one point I want to pick up these topics again in a video, there is a lot to unpack in the Lore of Amnesia and a lot of subtle storytelling that does not immediately catch peoples eye, but I am quite glad that people still take a shine to these old stories

  • @haydenTenno-
    @haydenTenno- ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey don’t mean to be an ass but I think there’s a typo at 3:19.
    You likely mean where instead of were

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      another day, another typo it seems
      It´s been a while since my last english class, heh

    • @haydenTenno-
      @haydenTenno- ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@umukzusgelos4834 again I don’t mean to be the personification of 🤓 spare me pls

    • @umukzusgelos4834
      @umukzusgelos4834  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@haydenTenno- Oh, I didn´t take it that way

  • @d00mnoodle
    @d00mnoodle ปีที่แล้ว

    He looks like his face got caught in a mixer

  • @manuelprivate3014
    @manuelprivate3014 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @wyslanniknewworldorder9525
    @wyslanniknewworldorder9525 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey! It's Gregory!
    It was a *heavy* day for him.