Kentucky Route Zero - Act III - Too Late to Love You (in-game version)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The ephemeral musical centre-piece of the third act of Kentucky Route Zero, a game that's doing things I always wished games would do. Junebug and Jonny perform to what could technically be called a crowd, putting a post-robotic spin on a song they heard in this very same tavern a long time ago.
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There are no choices, you are simply telling the game who you are.
❤
for me it's more like you're telling urself who you are, if that makes sense lol
I remember watching this scene for the very first time two summers ago, headphones on, halfway through the night, in a dark room lit only by my computer screen. It was like opening a portal to a magic world, not very unlike from the ceiling flying away in the video. One of the best gaming moments I have ever had, and which I'll definitely never forget.
In the second act I think. When you go through the forest. That song and that scene also burned into my memory... This one was just so shocking after reading all those subtitles :D
Same here. Whenever a new chapter pops up I wait till everyone is asleep, turn off the lights and play through it in my bed. Extremely surreal experience.
Same, only I just recently played it. It reminded me of the opera scene from final fantasy 6. This is swiftly turning into my favorite game..
Excactly the same situation here. Truly put me in a state of awe. In a so far mostly quiet game a musical piece that's beautiful and ominent comes out of nowhere, just amazing.
Cannot disagree. Have been playing games since the Commodore 16 in 1984. This scene is in my top 10.
The best part of KRZ, as portrayed by this and every other scene, is how the “choices” you make don’t change how the story would be told; instead they change the emotions behind the narrative, which in turn reflect your personality. Literature in pure form.
Well, theater. The game's a play.
@@scribejay you're both wrong its art
@@ince55ant you're all wrong. It's all three, at once.
@@ince55ant Theatre is art...
@@scribejay theatre is literature...
You know, I was like "Hrm... odd they are letting me choose this. Imagine it will just be text." Then the singing began and I was like "HOLY GOD THIS AMAZING!"
Same!
I wish this could be a 'picture" to hang on my wall. If someone looks at it for a while, it start moving and the song starts playing.
Good idea. Like memories awakening. I think currently it can be implemented like this: print a picture and hang it on the wall, if the camera in the room detects that someone is looking in the direction of this picture for a long time, smoothly turns on the scene with the song on the nearest screen, if there is a High End sound system will be generally excellent.
That’s so cool
This scene is the most beautiful scene I have ever witnessed in a game
I wouldn't disgree.
play this on 2019 and m not regret it
You only get to experience this moment in the game for the first time once, and that experience is something you will hopefully carry with you for the rest of your life
Getting some severe flashbacks to Julee Cruise in Twin Peaks.
This game is Twin Peaks but in a video game :D Cannot really understand what is happening...
@@mateo130 You don't need to understand it when you feel it
I was thinking it. Everything about this is bleeding Twin Peaks
When I reached this part of the game I left earth, I was “in the game”. Forever one of the best gaming experiences for me.
Dude me too. Can't stop thinking about it.
Same
A jaw dropping moment in this act.
In my top 5 game experiences of all time. I don't have the words to properly express the way this blew me away completely.
I played this episode about an hour before the first episode of twin peaks season 3 launched .. the vibe of that evening was of the charts... It was cosmic
One of the most beautiful moments in gaming, wasn't expecting an interactive lyric choice
I'm totally in love with this scene: there's so much art and magic. The best thing is to realize that the choices I made during the song, actually talk more about myself than Conway and the others.
I was thinking the same thing. I just got out of a long relationship, and that definitely colored my choices during the song.
Jota Santite I was thinking that too. A lot like how you talk to the dog...very much holding a mirror to myself. This song and this scen from the moment the roof lifted away left me with my jaw dropped to the ground.
The song does tell you a lot about Conway too, though, since it's about him and all.
Fucking nailed it. I immediately thought how painful this song is for me. Probably for everyone - we all have probably gone through this.
This scene totally blew me away.
Ted Bundy I never thought a game could make me cry, I was also surprised and moved by it. I was about to give up on this game and then this scene came up. Amazing moment.
This scene was magical for me. I was simply mesmerized. This game has an energy that is hard to describe
Never cried at a game before, this did it for me.
This scene is extraordinary. It had such an impact. I found myself anticipating the couple's song. The sequence far exceeded my expectations. This project is a work of art.
It truly is. Id give you a thumbs but... I can't.
Song's real nice but I mostly like Junebug's little dance.
It's astounding how much amazingly fluid animation they hid in this game.
this has to be my favourite ever moment in a game
Do you still feel that way?
@@SinisterGrapefruit yeah, curious as well. I just played through this scene an hour ago.
Funny how these things work out, sometimes, ain't it?
This song came up in my discover weekly on Spotify and I’ve been enjoying it for almost two years. Only now to realize it’s from a game and that the singer doesn’t have any other work for me to listen to (maybe someone can point out if I’m wrong) absolutely haunting song
Honestly, this game for me is one of the greatest video games ever made. It honestly believe it to be the greatest artistic expression I've ever seen in a game. The dreamlike mood is just incredible. To the creators of this game, I thank you for this waking dream you've given us on the Zero.
100%, those who love KRZ love it to death for this. It's pure art
Very David Lynch-esque, I loved this scene.
Theclassnerd Lynch is my all-time favorite creator of media, and one of the reasons I adore KR0 is that it has a somewhat lynchian atmosphere, but it’s still an atmosphere unlike anything Lynch made. One of my favorite games.
Julee Cruise at the Roadhouse was my first thought as well. So beautiful
This was one of them moments in my video game history that wont be forgotten.
This series puts me in a trance... This scene left me in awe, like I can't describe it but everything in this game is so dreamlike and odd but it kinda reminds me of dreams I would have when I was younger...
I want a DLC with Junebug and Johnny and the Vicious Cycle.
and Ezra! maybe...
Just finished this act. Loving this game. Get such Twin Peaks vibes from it,
"So here you are, aren't you afraid your delivery will be late?"
"Cmon we need to make that delivery before it's too late"
"Neurypnol TM may give you a strange sense of lateness"
That subtle foreshadowing though.
The lateness is a recurring theme through all of the game. It's like most of the characters arrive too late to places. Kinda sad that the only one who leaves early is old Conway.
Another big recurring theme is debt, and even that is a form of lateness on its own, it's paying for things that are already past
This moment was magical. I remember turning off the lights and putting my headphones on. If you weren't playing this game like that already, you certainly will after this experience.
All of the music in that game were superb. I loved hearing the Appalachian banjo blues playing in the background (as shadows, no less) throughout several scenes. A masterpiece of a video game!
When i first played this scene, it was the middle of the night, i was half asleep, had headphones in, and had no other lights on. I have never experienced what I felt the entire time during this scene. Im still chasing that feeling
KRZ is a masterpiece and one of the most important games of all time
Play Disco Elysium, scratches that itch. Nothing will be as affecting as this though. Just pure artistry.
It filled me with melancholy, having just left my girlfriend of 4 years, weeks earlier. I have had no contact with her. The pain in Junebug's voice was like hearing hers...
Are you ok now?
The Entertainmet:) One of the best musical scenes in history of computer games!!
So true!
Kentucky Route Zero really is the epitome of a game that you can’t internalize by reading reading a review or watching a playthrough - You just gotta play it; Otherwise, you’re missing out by out on a unique experience, a surreal tragedy that presents the illusion of player choice, only to descend into something bigger than we are in control of.
I'm playing through KRZ for the first time right now, and I just played through this scene last night. I've been thinking about it all day, to the point where I had to see it again, thus why I'm here now. I can't wait to see what else this game has in store for me up to the end.
Oh my god this is actual magic.
i had never played this game before... Damn, I don't even know how I get here, but this is magical! And some people still arguing about how videogames aren't a form of art...
Some videogames have more creativity, heart and message than a lot regular gallery art pieces...
Same here! Just getting here now 4 years later after discovering this song in my discover weekly on Spotify. Had to find the back story. Not into video games but this made me want to explore it because of the artistry.
This specific video game, to be fair, is possibly the highest achievement of art in the realm of video games at all.
@@accidentalself this is how i got here too! Spotify.
Word
Takes you completely by surprise while at the same time being par for the course in this weird dream-scape.
Came looking for this right away after listening to it in-game. Caught me off-guard. Man, the way I was mesmerized. Honestly one of my favorite gaming moments now.
Bought this game in a rush in the Steam Summersale, and never really sat down to play it (as with most games I buy in that damned sale), but man, when I finally took the time to play it, it just left me amazed. When this part came, I was just staring at the screen, totally in awe. What an amazing game, truly.
It is implied that Junebug learned this song from Lysette, singing about Conway
let’s be honest everyone chose the vicious cycle for the name
I chose the sloth option.
if you listeened to this on repeat, raise your hand
I loved this i wanted to tell them i loved their music so bad they made 4 fans that night 😂
This song is capable of making my cry in the train
I wish I could forget this so I can experience it again for the first time all over again...
I'll be chasing this moment in vain for the rest of my life and I think that's absolutely awesome.
This game is like a dream that you can share with others.
I can't share how this scene made me feel with anybody except for with people in TH-cam comments and other pockets of the internet... If you know you know.... You know....
One of the most enchanting experiences I have ever head, mystical and deep beyond words.
Um. Anyone else in love with Junebug?
The moment she quoted Godot.
Johnny
It wasn't until I replayed this game that I realized that Junebug heard this song originally from Lysette singing it in a bar, mourning the loss of her love for Conway. That context made this absolutely devastating, especially with the heart-wrenching emotion that Junebug puts into it. I've hardly ever cried at a scene in a game as much as I did here thinking of that
The first time I saw this I had an out of body experience
I absolutly agree
Seeing this scene in my bed on my Switch was just magical.
This has some twin peaks feel !!!!
I only discovered this song through Spotify and yesterday finally started playing the game, only knowing that song comes on in 3rd act. I ended up choosing the 'correct' lyrics, of the official version. I guess I was robbed of the intended experience, but then again if I hadn't, I'd not be writing this.. Kind of a KRZ moment itself.
OK, try-hard.
Love u babe
Whoever asks for my hand in marriage must consider this song to be the best piece of music to ever exist, period, not a joke.
i never forget this part. it was so magical.
same
up until that point i was annoyed w/ how much dialogue there was in the game about every little thing
every click lead to a wall of text and i was annoyed
so when she started singing and i was like
👁👄👁
lmao
song is good by itself but after trudging up a mountain of text
i was like
WTF
great game
Wow this is way older than I thought but still the best gaming experience I had. I find myself coming back to this scene all the time since I played this game. This, paired with the mines scene is one of the best experiences I’ve had in a game ever.
I'm excited to play this scene again in the PC/TV version when I get it soon, nearly 10 years after I first started playing 🥹 this left such an impact
Fuckin spine chilling man
This summer I feel I love with a person and I really thought it was the love of my life. It brought the happiest, strongest, purest version of me. Then, from a moment to another, just stopped caring and speaking to me.
My heart has been broke for a few months now, "but it's to late to love you now" I guess... this scene really made me cry remembering the first time we saw each other and just fell in love, briefly, but intensely...
This one part made Junebug my favorite character. Even more than Conway.
I really love this scene and the TV-set scene in Weaver's house.
This is not a song you listen to in a car during daylight hours. This is a song you listen to in the wee hours of the morning, completely alone, thinking about it all. I would love to drive out into the boonies sometime, find an empty field, and look at the stars while this plays.
What’s interesting about this to me is that this is the first time you hear a voice in a long time, there’s so much reading and depth to this game, but when it gives us these short moments of human sound through this or the folk hymns, they just hit so much harder because of the silence that bookends them.
Yeah, played it tonight. Blew my mind.
I've never played this game and I'm not sure how I came across this song, but I hit random on my TH-cam Favorites playlist and this came up about 550 videos back. I have no memory of ever listening to it before but now I CAN'T stop listening to it. I think you have a haunted video, here.
I saw Junebug before I saw this.
Finished chapter 3 last night. This part was amazing.
This is one of the most fantastic moments in gaming history, right here.
I don't think anything can top this masterpiece. It's what got me back into gaming.
Damn... I think I literally made the same exact dialogue choices.. broken hearts unite 🤘😔
If I was a betting man, I’d say that this OST is going to get some double LP vinyl love.
This is a game that will be studied extensively in the future as it transcends video games, literature, and art - and architecture!
i got genuine, "hair on my arm standing up" chills from this scene. i don't know if i've ever felt that reaction from any game before
So beautiful. Just art. Amazing art.
This was the best part so far (I just finished act IV), had my headphones on full blast in a dark room, it was perfect.
It's sad because it's too late.
When i got here the first time i couldn't help but sang along with Junebug, it was such a beautiful experience. I love this game.
Finally they finished the game. It's only been 7 years.
and it was well worth the wait
Wow... This is something else. I've been curious about this, but I need to get it now. After seeing this, I really need to.
...and then the roof just floated right off!
Still one of the most perfect moments I've seen in a game.
back here after act V. this scene is still the one that stuck with me the most
This, The Entertainment and watching all the tapes on the boat. I'll never forget those moments.
Damn. I'm a 32 year old man, i cried. Perfect! masterpiece!
One of the best moments in video games, ever. Thinking about it always makes me well up. I have goosebumps from just looking at the thumbnail.
I was just playing this game, this scene was so lovely I had to listen again and again.
The roof falls out. And you are... gone.
I keep come back here .. to listen to this song again ! i wonder why .. i feel so calm after listened to this.
love this moment 4:55
This song has heavy Twin Peaks vibes
I chose the same verses you chose . I love this game so much... :')
Great atmosphere, great song, loved this scene!
Vocals by Ben Babbitt.
I love how the ceiling slowly returns as the song is winding down.
jesus fucking christ this fucking game...
Favorite moment in the game. Chills.
This song made me cry it was so beautiful :::)))
I love that Junebug's voice drags and warbles artfully, because of course, she's a robot.
Junebug & Johnny seems like an allusion to Eurythmics/Annie Lennox & David A. Stewart here; Junebug's voice is very reminiscent to Annie Lennox in this song. (Which is a good thing! Annie Lennox is a phenomenal singer.) One of the most beautiful from all KRZ's episodes tbh.
I had the same impression, the song is really sounding like Eurythmics, not to mention the duo and the way Junebug aings. I'd love to see a movie based on this game.
Now this is a different moment of course there are some amazing musical setpieces like wolven storm in the witcher. But holy hell this was something else where in witcher it spoke to your character here it speaks to you. This is ladies and gentlemen is the peak of musical setpieces.
Junebug's beautiful.
You made exactly the same choices as me, how strange.
I wasn't even sure they'd let us hear their song when I was playing, never mind it being something this good.
Not to mention that you finally get a chance to hear The Entertainment...
canadave87 I thought the skeleton from the Distillery was gonna do a tap dance, but no such luck ;_;
Same ones I made too haha
there arent actualy choices. the game is so well made that it makes you think that
I haven't played video games in years, but I read something about this one and was intrigued. This looks like pure magic. I can hardly believe what I just watched