0:13 Intro 3:41 Game Start 4:07 Gameplay Start 5:38 Regarding WWI 7:49 Gunplay? In An Amnesia Game?! 9:24 Artillery Jumpscare 9:41 Crafting?! (If you can't tell, this is my first viewing of anything related to Amnesia: The Bunker.) 11:01 Hot Potato 11:30 Regarding This Introduction 12:30 Phone-Kun Throws In a Gas Grenade (Plus Saved By BFF) 13:07 Auditory Memory I 13:30 The most horrifying part is that it never ended for most. That brought it home with them, never talking about what they saw out there and never being able to forget the hell they saw. 14:18 Auditory Memory II and Injured BFF 14:52 Auditory Memory III 15:08 The Worst Case Scenario 15:50 End of The Beginning 16:38 Welcome to The Bunker 17:13 10 July 1916, Amnesia Cause 18:06 Regarding Treatment of The Wounded in WWI 19:13 The Torch Mechanics 20:10 9 July 1916, Clements Journal - Agony 21:35 The Rats Are Eating Good 21:57 Lone Survivor 23:30 Mincemeat 24:26 That's a Complete Lie 25:11 Photo: Melting Body 25:33 14 July 1916, Autopsy of Reynard 26:04 Mass of Charred Bodies 26:48 Oh Thank Goodness (Brightness and Subtitles) 29:12 Who Needs a Key When You Have Bullet? 30:34 29 May 1916, Rats and Burned Corpses 31:32 Item Storage!? 32:19 Note from Head Clerk re Dog Tags 32:40 The Mark of a Successful Horror Game 34:17 "The Light, The Promise of Safety" 35:26 10 April 1916, Fuel and Fire 36:42 Saving Lanterns 37:18 Now We're Thinking With Portals 38:26 21 July 1916, How To Get The Hell Out of Here 41:15 M E A T 42:04 Me Neither 42:30 20 July 1916, Joubert's Final Journal 43:47 Joubert's Journal - Strange Sounds 46:33 30 June 1916, Prisoner in Custody 47:18 Photo: Claw Marks 48:14 Horror Babies Great Aunt and Hole Reaction 48:27 HE COMES 50:17 On Todays Episode of Mythbusters... 51:41 Regarding The Beast 52:27 18 July 1916, Shooting The Beast 53:54 Welp 54:13 Startling Discovery 55:06 Meat Grenade 56:39 16 June 1916, Where's Our Wine 58:01 15 May 1916, LeRue's Report 1:00:05 Inventory Upgrade 1:01:00 Testing the Trap 1:02:21 Scary Sounds 1:02:42 Photo: Excavation 1:02:52 2 May 1916, Roman Tunnel Update 1:03:43 Wardrobe of Curiosities 1:04:51 Storage Room 1:05:24 Locker Wall 1:06:17 Photo: Prybar In Action 1:06:42 Clements Journal - No Word 1:07:47 ValvE 1:08:47 Every Ice Berg Enjoyer Ever 1:09:41 Bad Things Happened Here... 1:10:00 Daisy-Chained Switches 1:11:07 Rodents of Unusual Size 1:11:40 Noyer's Journal - Part 1 1:15:44 Nicolay's Unsent Letter 1:18:47 Predatory Rodents 1:18:55 The Beast 1:21:51 Regarding Experimenting 1:22:11 Photo: Party Prior to Massacre 1:24:13 The Beast Just Beyond the Veil (Death) 1:24:26 OOF 1:24:34 3 June 1916, Increased Security on Arsenal 1:24:55 New Strategy 1:26:09 Big Hops and PTSD 1:27:00 Clement's Journal - Compelled 1:28:15 _It's Above Us_ 1:29:02 I Choose You, Meatamon! 1:29:24 There Is No Safety Here (Close Call) 1:30:18 15 July 1916, Fear and -Hunger- Paranoia 1:31:35 Groundhog Day 1:33:20 A Still Breathing Prisoner 1:34:30 Back at Locker Wall and Plan of Attack 1:35:02 Clement's Journal - Routine Patrol 1:38:13 Regarding The Setting 1:39:30 Overcoming Fear* (Not Good Advice For Surviving WWI) 1:40:36 12 July 1916, Farber's Last Note 1:44:06 Librarian vs MrBeast 1:45:33 20 July 1916, The Officers Have Fled 1:46:41 Explosion Bellow, Shuffling Above 1:47:16 Regarding This Game So Far 1:48:25 Next Session 1:49:12 Photo: Map 1:49:30 Joubert's Journal - Patrol 1:51:59 Didn't Wait Quite Long Enough 1:52:18 Here's The Deal 1:53:18 A Happy Accident 1:54:29 Crafting Experimentation 1:55:39 11 June 1916, I Have The -Power!- Communications Key 1:56:27 Classic Librarian Speaking Too Soon 1:57:09 25 May 1916, Note to Farber 1:58:00 The Most Hopeful Sign of a Proper Force Multiplier 1:58:40 Hiding and Recalling A Note 1:59:43 16 July 1916, Farber Dies 2:00:48 Another Lie (Gmod gets you like that, just not as often) and Regarding Horror 2:01:22 Regarding The Single Safe Space 2:02:33 Arsenal Code 2:03:19 This Is Just Like Infirst 2:04:25 Noyer's Journal - Part 2 2:07:36 Planning For The Arsenal 2:10:12 That's Not Good 2:11:24 Panic 2:13:06 Obliterated 2:13:47 Amnesia: The Comedy 2:14:47 Regarding The Generator 2:17:14 Not An Ideal Situation 2:18:15 "That was the worst throw ever. Of all time." 2:20:06 Explosives Acquired 2:20:40 Back To Safety and Lights Out 2:21:15 Field Trip to The Prison (Ain't No Normal in Ms. Frizzles Bunker!) 2:22:00 Came Back Too Soon 2:22:22 Regarding Fear Paralysis 2:23:00 Submap Acquired 2:23:13 OH HI HOW ARE YA?! 2:24:50 Regarding Not Looking At The Monster 2:25:28 Lights On and Shower Thoughts 2:25:44 Librarian Speaking Too Soon Again 2:25:58 Wrench Location Note 2:27:25 Straight Outta Yolo County 2:28:02 Horror Movie Moment 2:28:17 Preparations for Maintenance Excursion 2:29:43 Looking at You, Jimmy Altieri 2:29:58 Map of Maintenance Acquired 2:30:29 Photo: Further Excavation 2:33:23 Note to Dead Friend 2:34:12 Miraculous Encounter 2:35:22 Regarding That Encounter 2:37:27 Little Dudes 2:38:20 Rats apparently prefer meat, be it fresh or rotten. 2:38:38 Royally -Screwed- 2:39:33 Little Pricks 2:41:01 A Little Experiment 2:42:18 A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (Close Call) 2:42:52 Back to Locker Wall 2:43:28 Torch vs Rats ("Yeah, sink into the floor where you belong!") 2:45:55 Molotov 2:46:23 A Very Metal Scene 2:47:00 Few Things Go Well After "Screw It" 2:47:17 Yup lol (Librarian Scream) 2:48:03 13 July 1916, In Charge of Security 2:48:28 6 June 1916, Assumptions About Motive 2:48:54 Plan for The Tunnel Run 2:49:56 Rat Running Jumpscare 2:51:06 Storage Hub 2:51:29 Perfect NOPE 2:51:41 Regarding How This Is Very Much A Horror Movie Game (Plus Pillbox Key Acquired) 2:52:48 Lambert's Journal - Part 1 2:56:00 A Typical French Art Expo 2:57:41 An Oasis of Fule 2:58:27 Frantic Flight 2:58:50 Regarding The Accumulated Incidental Victories and Unlocking More Lockers 3:00:05 Fuel Run and Worst Case Escape Scenario 3:00:41 Inventory Upgrade and Photo: Tripwire Disposal 3:02:08 Pillbox Run 3:03:05 Inconsiquential Key Note 3:03:21 The Pillbox 3:03:59 SNIPER! 3:05:45 Ladderstalls and Praising The Games Engagement 3:06:53 18 July 1916, I Saw Its Face 3:08:09 Filling Up Fuel Bottles 3:09:05 Generator Dangerously Low 3:09:36 Back at Locker Wall (Wrench Acquired) 3:10:49 The Means to Mass Produce Molotovs 3:11:02 9 June 1916, List of The Guilty 3:11:52 19 July 1916, It Can Hear Me 3:12:15 A High Immediately Followed By A Low 3:12:50 Nope, Oysters, and New Session 3:14:48 4 July 1916, Prisoner Update 3:15:34 Photo: Breaking Bad (idk, one guy is reading or something. My brain is beginning to fry.) 3:16:08 Releasing The Prisoner 3:18:06 Bolt Cutters Acquired 3:19:20 Ambush Near Home 3:20:21 Planning For The Roman Tunnels 3:21:50 I just like this moment. 3:22:42 Sump Pump 3:23:32 The Roman Tunnels 3:24:04 Roman Excavation and New Save Point 3:24:33 Photo: Door Murder 3:24:46 4 June 1916, Toussaint's Madness 3:26:16 15 May 1916, Comment on Noyer's Report 3:27:21 We're Home 3:27:46 Vibro-Rocks, The New Hit Product from Dr. Wondertainment 3:28:16 Toussaint Still Yet Lives 3:29:03 Hobo With A Shotgun (Toussaint Boss Fight) 3:32:04 Zamor Sphere to The Chest (Death) 3:32:12 Take 2 3:33:14 Toussaint? More Like Touceased! 3:34:12 Shotgun Time 3:35:23 The Trigger Has Been Found 3:36:07 The Crater (Reminds me of The Color Out of Space) 3:36:47 Rabbit or Habbit? 3:38:04 Regarding The Apparitions 3:38:52 The Sixth Horror Sense of Being About to Be Screwed 3:39:47 Saving And Leaving The Roman Tunnels 3:41:17 Stressfully Preparing For The End 3:43:40 Opening The Way Forward 3:45:17 The Inner Sanctum 3:47:08 Confronting The Beast 3:48:51 Clever Girl! 3:49:09 POV Michael Jordan Slam Dunking You (Death) 3:49:21 Take 2 3:49:44 Big Box Bob Almost Saves The Day 3:50:10 Escape Back Into The Great War 3:51:13 Ending Thoughts 3:54:22 Game Stats 3:55:37 Congratulations and New Game+ 3:56:45 Ending Thoughts II 3:57:08 Menu Scare 3:57:25 Attempting to Kill The Beast 3:57:32 Falling Ending (The Shadow) 3:58:07 Killing The Beast 3:58:41 Ending Thoughts III 3:59:45 Outro 4:00:17 Epilogue Run 4:01:18 2 April 1916, About Digging Too Deep 4:02:42 11 June 1916, The Fate of Toussaint 4:03:43 Lambert's Locker 4:03:57 Lambert's Journal - Part 2 4:07:10 A Hare-y Idea 4:07:26 Regarding Replayability 4:08:35 Inventory Upgrade 4:08:43 28 May 1916, Gathering of The Willing 4:10:30 TOSSING BUNNY 4:10:58 Regarding The Bunny 4:12:09 Chapel Rabbit Revelations 4:12:44 Ending Thoughts IV 4:13:37 Finally Disarming A Trap 4:14:14 Absolutely Final Though 4:14:31 Patrons
Hey Librarian, love your channel. Here's some Historical context in case you're interested: The game takes place in 1916, commonly referred to as the bloodiest year in the war, likely in the Battle of Verdun. German General Erich Falkenhayn knew that Germany, due to its position in Europe could not win a long drawn out war, and was planning a massive offensive against Artois, a sector held by British forces in order to secure victory in the Western front. However, he knew that such a victory would not be possible if the British forces there were reinforced by the French. So he planned a diversionary assault on a target the French could absolutely not afford to lose: the City of Verdun. For centuries Verdun had been a symbol of French strength, with a number of massive military bunkers and fortresses such as Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux, but by 1915, its defense had become severely neglected. If the Germans captured the area, it would be a devastating blow to French military and public morale. The French Republic was democratic, and elections still took place during the war. Losing Verdun would be a disaster for the current government's public image. Thus the French threw their armies into the defensive positions, and the Battle of Verdun began. A million shells were fired in the opening bombardment of Verdun alone, and could actually be heard away as far as in England. Initial attacks were successful and the Germans even managed to capture a few of the Forts, but as the advance lost momentum, the battle once again slowed to a stalemate. While Initial attacks had seen success, the Germans had yet to capture their primary objectives, and this was very frustrating. Eventually Falkenhayn came to the realization that too many resources, and lives had been spent trying to take this city, and he had to make the decision whether to dig in and defend what gains were made and save the supplies and men for the real attack on Artois, or go all in for the capture of Verdun. He would chose the latter, to strike was all the strength they could muster and press on. But the French would not give up, and a new motto was adopted by the defenders of Verdun: "Ils ne passeront pas," (they shall not pass). For 303 days the French and Germans fought fiercely. It was a slaughter. Estimates for casualties are from 700,000-1,000,000 men. On July 1st 1916, the British would begin their attack on the Somme to relieve the pressure on the French, and the Russians would continue their offensive in the east. The three largest battles of the war all raging at the same time, the Germans had their hands tied. Falkenhayn would be fired from his position for his failure to take either Verdun or Artois. During the battle of Verdun, the French had implemented a rotation system that would result in almost every soldier fighting for at least some time in Verdun, so the battle became significant in the French collective psyche. Conditions were absolutely horrid, with some men going insane from the constant day and night bombardment. Bodies that would be buried by shelling would be dug up by more shelling. Men crying for help out in no man's land, dying slowly, but beyond the reach of their medics. Screaming in horror as the massive rats came for them, and began eating them alive in some cases. The food, medical supplies, ammunition, everything was scarce as the French had only one road to Verdun for the trucks to supply them. But the spirit of Resistance and the bravery of the defenders allowed the French to hold onto Verdun, and true to their promise "They did not Pass." Edit: Separated into paragraphs for easier reading.
As a native German speaker, the prisoner's constant monologue is actually really disturbing. It's what you'd expect of someone who has been held prisoner in a bunker that was exterminated by a monster. Mostly just asking the player not to open the door so the monster can't come in, and some rambling about wanting to go home. And he keeps repeating that he doesn't know anything. Sad-disturbing, rather than threatening-disturbing.
Native speaker here too, and for me the disturbing undertones were ruined by how stilted the German was. I think that there was a lot of room to improve on.
Everything in The Librarian's career has culminated to the Mime joke at 55:30 and I was here to witness it. So glad to see The Bunker on this channel btw I adore this game.
I love how Toussaint (shotgun guy) always throws everyone off. Like you’ve been dealing with this monster for the past few hours and you’ve learned it fairly well, then you’re in a tense gunfight, which most are unprepared for. I love how this simple twist is so effective.
Yo, these 4 hours will take me at least 6 takes to watch! At least 40 minutes per session. I love to split watching your playtroughs. One episode of VotV takes me two days to watch, but this!? Thank for this amount of entertainment, I really love your voice and playthroughs. Nice watch for everyone! Love yall
I'd love to see you play Amnesia: Rebirth or SOMA. Rebirth would probably be more fitting as you're covering the Amnesia games... but SOMA is, imo, the best game frictional has put out so far.
since you are a jacque jean pierre gabrielle or louis, and you wore a helmet: its the later part of the war. funny history fact: early on the french army did not commission the wearing of helmets, but facing immense casualties done mostly by headshots, they let someone design a helmet, the top brass then becried that the amounts of head injuries on the field, while they neglected to correlate the lack of death with head injuries because the same amount of people who would've died to headshots are now just injured. the hardhat was a wide success but no one appreciated it in its time.
7:46 Just to answer the setting question, this game takes place during the beginning of the Battle of Somme between the French and Germans in 1916 near the Somme River in southeastern France Edit: not southeast France, I misread. North France
Currently 2 hours in, and seeing the Librarian fumble some gameplay mechanics, make too much noise, run out of fuel, and repeatedly trigger traps really lends credence to his claim of being a typical white guy horror movie character
Watched it and enjoyed it a lot, I really wanted to watch you playing amnesia the bunker and you finally did, I really wanted you to find the note in the chapel and get the rabbit plush down the crater, and you did both. I loved your video Librarian, thanks =)
Continued watching the video and now I saw Lambert's second note, I now feel bad for him, he turned into the beast because Henri gave him the suspicious water, well I'm at least happy that Librarian gave the rabbit plush back to Lambert, he's at least happy now.
I really love how Frictional switched up the amnesia formula a bit and added weapons as utilities more so than for combat, also this video is great :) keep it up!
Not sure if anyone's done something like this yet; but I wanted to add a little historical context to some of the stuff we see here. I'd include timestamps, but the video is 4 hours long. Don't think I'll be doing that. I was curious about the flashlight he's using, it's such a unique design I wanted to know if it was actually real, and contemporary- and as it turns out, it is! It appears to be a German dynamo-powered lamp, or "Magnetlampe", which was captured from a German soldier, probably. I don't know if the french started producing their own after it was initially captured from the Germans by the Americans in 1918. The ring and the cord, when pulled, spins an armature through a magnetic field, creating a charge and lighting the bulb for a number of seconds. Although interestingly- Our friend Henri here seems to be using it wrong. According to some of the images I found, it was usually affixed to a strap and worn on the breast, affixed to the uniform I believe. Maybe he just lost the strap or something, who knows. The Roman Tunnels are very interesting to me. I wish we had more information regarding them. According to the wiki, the tunnels may have been built as early as the 2nd century BCE, as they contain a bust of one G - GRACCHVS, likely Gaius Gracchus, who lived between 154 BCE and 121 BCE. He was a citizen, a soldier, a reformist politician and he was tribune between 123 and 122. He had a brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and they were known together as the Gracchi Brothers. If you know anything about Roman history, this is not a good sign for our buddy Gracchus as this means his opponents used political unrest after his tribunate to march on his supporters, purging them. This was the first instance of political violence in the Roman Republic, and this kicked off the Late Republic Period. Whoops. As some of the notes state, the language is latin but its contents do not align with Roman culture, the "cult" and unfamiliar culture described is Mithraism. The Amnesia series takes Mithraism and runs with it, but it *is* a real world religion which was present in the Roman Empire, particularly among the army, from the 1st to 4rth centuries CE. To my understanding (which is not complete) it's a descendant of pre-zoroastrian iranian religion, more specifically the Mithras of Mithraism is likely to be Mithra, god of the sun, war, justice and contract. Mithraism absolutely extended further than france, as London holds a large, quite spectacular Mithraeum- these are the places of worship of the cult, which are usually found underground, in caves and such. so the tunnels here are a series of structures likely connected to a Mithraeum. Indeed the statue seen at 3:34:30 is in line with depictions of Mithras. Some of them, at least. Clean shaven, clothed, curly hair, wielding in his hand the Mithraic Orb which Amnesia invented. The one missing feature is his hat- which I believe is a phrygian cap- though it may simply not be very prominent, obscured, or lost with time. He is also not seen sacrificing a bull here, which is a thing he does weirdly often in statuary. In other statuary he's flanked by two additional figures whose identities I don't know off the top of my head, and accompanied by a dog, a snake, and scorpion. Speaking of 3:34:~~ I too wish I could read latin. If anyone by chance can, or has found the inscriptions already translated on wikipedia- please share them in the replies! Now, the unfamiliar culture the author of the note encountered is fascinating to me- because the overt implications are that he's seeing internal records of the rituals and practices of the Mithraic Mysteries, the proper name for the cult- as it was a mystery cult. Mystery Cults are quite common on the ancient world, Greece had the Dionysian and Eleusinian Mysteries, which worshipped Dionysus and Demeter & Persephone respectively. The basic gist is that there are usually levels of initiation to these religions, and with each increase in level comes greater understanding- their exact beliefs and practices are kept secret and usually known only to the highest echelons, and in the case of all the above mystery cults- this knowledge is forever lost to us. They made probably one of the most important discoveries regarding classical pre-christian religion ever, basically. There's other things to note regarding classical religion- a "Bacchanal" is an intense drunken celebration, with religious connotations. It refers to Bacchus, the Roman name of Dionysus- of the dionysian mysteries. Whether this word was encountered in the latin texts or used as a descriptor coincidentally I do not know and cannot assume, but that's very interesting. Of the few things we know of the Dionysian mysteries, we can say they were more focused on wine and its intoxicating effects overall than dionysus himself- they often got absolutely plastered, drunk and high, and the intent or belief was that you were altering your state of consciousness and being, tapping into the divine, uninhibited, primordial madness of Dionysus, and thus bringing yourself close to him, tapping into his power, even. That's all for now- I'm not quite through the video yet, but I'll update this as it goes if I find more things to comment on. Edit: Thanks Librarian for the like and the thoughtful, well-made content! Hope this was a good read! EDIT edit: Apparently editing the comment removes the little heart thingy. Oops. All subsequent readers are just gonna have to take my word for it- He was here! It was real!
Yes yes yes! I wrote in game suggesions about this game. I thought my voice would never be heard but know he is playing the game. Thank you the librarian!
IM SO HYPE TO WATCH THIS, ILL EDIT AS I WATCH. Thank you for heeding our word, I think I suggested this to you three whole times, I absolutely cannot wait to dive into your experience with this terrifying game. Final editing thoughts: I enjoyed watching this long play, solely because I've been waiting for so long for you to play it. Now, you are right, you did miss quite a few things, something that is very important to the plot. You blew the exit before checking Lambert's locker. You did say earlier in the Chapel when you found the first note, that you felt worse knowing that there is likely a part 2. Well, there is. I won't go into detail too much here if you want to go back to your save and check. Other than the mysterious Lambert, you did a fantastic job with narrating this playthrough, it almost emulates how I was feeling when I first played, that feeling of not wanting to push forward through the dark, even if it isn't dark, pushing through the unknown while on a time limit was utterly terrifying, especially if there was a blackout and you had to make a mad dash back to the safe room with the beast on your tail. This game is NUTS on the New Game + and Shell Shock mode, it would honestly be worth another video playthrough for just those modes, because it really is a different experience. And similar to Garry's Mod, this game like most other Amnesia titles, has a workshop for all sorts of custom maps and games, new experiences in the Amnesia: The Bunker style. I really recommend checking them out, especially the ones that won this year's Frictional Games Mod Jam for the bunker. I doubt you'll make any more videos on Amnesia: The Bunker, but if you do I'm here for it all the way. Now if you don't decide to go back and play or check anything; I'll leave a spoiler warning ahead and a sum of the story in regards to Lambert. SPOILERS FOR THE MAIN STORY, DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW As we know from the beginning, Lambert was injured, and that should have been his tomb as he states in his first note. How this happened? Henri's note was stored in his locker, explaining a thing we hear at the beginning of the game, a game between Lambert and Clément, involving dice as told by audial context and by the fact that there are also a set of dice in Clément's locker. Clément states in his note that either one of them were assigned to go on patrol that night, and they decided to play a game of chance to see who would have to go. Well, also stated in Clément's note, that little scoundrel used a sleight of hand trick to win the game, ensuing a little revenge for previous pranks and mischief done to him, sending Lambert out on patrol that night, because "Ah, fate's a bastard.", and he was out. When Clément noticed that Lambert had not returned the next morning, he became severely worried that he may have gotten his best friend killed. So he sets out in the night like we see in the beginning to find his best friend, and he does. Lambert is wounded and has fallen into the pit around the excavation site for the "Roman Tunnels", and Clément comes to his rescue, retrieving him a trickle of "spring water", that Lambert described as "-cool and crisp, with a strange sweet taste." Now this water does look.. strange when we get to examine it later. But I won't go into detail about why until after I finish the story point. "Never has water felt more nourishing than that, administered by a dear friend's hand." Little did he know, the fate of the bunker laid upon him now, all because of one sip. After Lambert, Clément carried him across no man's land, only to be fired upon by a German patrol. Henri was hit, dropping Lambert where he would be presumed dead, but we all know thats not the case. Lambert woke, finding Clément injured, his life fading. He found the strength to carry Clément through no man's land and back to their bunker, where he would be administered to the sickroom with his Amnesia (title drop!) And a few days later, that's where Henri's mysterious journey begins. However, Lambert's journey continues too. Lambert would go on to mention that he was feeling stronger and stronger in his notes, but everything began to turn for the worse. "And yet I don't feel tired. Instead I feel this... ITCH. This sense that there are things that I must do. Purpose. A bloody purpose higher than any of man's petty wars...", "I feel strange myself, can hardly find the words to write. My hands feel so odd. Gnarled, bulbous. Like they don't belong to me." (Lambert's Journal Part 2) Is it starting to come together now. Lambert felt stronger, but now he feels wrong. Like something is happening to him. "A bloody thought so seductive. It calls... It calls... It calls...", he writes. Reynard was murdered the next day, but Lambert has no recollection of doing such a thing nor will they show the soldiers the body. But on July 18, 1916. It was over. "Blood on my hands blood on my hands blood on my hands. Their pain. I want more of it. I can hear Trembley now. Coming closer... closer... closer... I can get what I want from him." - and there ends Lambert's journal. Lambert was responsible for the killings and the bodies strung up, but how do we explain the monster. Well, lets go back on ourselves, to the moment Lambert was given that "spring water". Well, it looks to be an odd blue color, bluer than water should even be. Lets go further back in the Amnesia series, Rebirth and A Machine for Pigs both have this strange liquid known as "Vitae" in them. And this vitae is secreted from the blood of humans who are suffering. Let's take a gander here at what World War I was. Well, to put it simply, a shit ton of suffering and death. Blood soaked the land, the water, just about everything during the time of war. Prime breeding grounds for vitae, and prime breeding grounds for a Ghoul to take form from drinking the stuff. So Lambert drinks this, and undergoes a gnarly transformation, and then proceeds to stalk you throughout the rest of the game. Kind of screwed up right? People do argue against this idea because we haven't seen a Ghoul as large as Lambert in the series, but some theorize that the stress and emotional state could quicken the transformation, and depending on the situation, may even make the transformation more severe, leaving us with a "Super Ghoul". And the note by the pillbox confirms the situation even further by saying "I think it knew who I was?". Conclusion: So there's that to munch on, sorry for the long explanation but there really isn't a way of shortening it. But thats the story, and if you even see this, Librarian, and do read it, I hope I was clear and coherent enough with the story. If not, for those who did want the complete story, there you have it. It's all just the pulls and twists of fate. C'est la vie.
I don't mind it too much but it is a little bit odd, especially because we all know he would go on and on about his own theories as to how Lambert came to be the monster. Lol@@0350145
3:13:09 ya never noticed that a new hole had appeared in the safe house ;D Probably for the best your illusion of safety was never shattered in there lmao.
The rats drank the water. You gave your friend the water too. Your friend haunted the tunnels and walls now. It was your fault. Maybe the rabbit would've done something to it.
Oh my God, I was literally about to check if you've ever played this just yesterday. What perfect timing. Edit: But wait, that means you won't be doing voices of the void today.😢
This game is so good, all the elements are perfect Also the chase at 2:34:30 is crazy lol. You getting stuck twice and it being right behind you was intense
I know they won’t make one but I’d like to see a game about Henri and Lambert in WW1. I am a big WW1 nerd and I think this game takes place during the battle of Verdun (February 21, 1916 - December 18, 1916). It seems they found out about the monster in middle July giving them a few months to work with, or they could have them transferred to Verdun only halfway through the game with it ending with the start of The Bunker. I would even play a game where you play as Sdt. Boisrond (the guy who gives you the revolver and gets dragged into a hole at the start) and all of your comrades die one by one and you have to survive, eventually getting injured and the ending is you talking to Henri.
I dont know if you take suggestions for games to play. But if you want a horror game that hinges on your skill of memory and takes place in a fast food, i would suggest Happy Humbles Burger Barn.
Pretty cool is that this monster appearance interfere with electricity causing light to flicker, just like Pigmen does in Amnesia A Machine For Pigs, does that mean that liquid that Clément gave to Lambert was essence combined with something that cause electric inteference, just like Compund X (Stuff that make Pigmens) that was combined essence with radioactive material?
The rats in this game are interesting to me, it would be funny but also a bit sad if the game never explained why they are like they are. However it wouldn’t be too inaccurate for the game to just go ‘well they are just like that’. Rats were vicious and monstrous in ww1, reports of them being as big as cats and everything. I remember reading a diary from an American engineer of them sleeping in a barn, dirty, no beds, with rats scurrying overhead. At one point one rat landed on a comrades face at which point the poor soldier lost it and started crying for his mother
i haven't played this myself as much as i'd like to but this is the third playthrough i've watched and it seems like this game just never gets boring, maybe partially because it's never quite the same experience for anyone. it's really impressive to me that amnesia started as a pioneer in the modern style of walking simulator-esque horror games where your only options are to run and hide, now returning as one of the most refined survival horror experiences i've yet seen. makes me wonder if this will cause more waves in the indie horror scene like it did so many years ago
If you would have used the barrels to cover up the holes on the walls that the monster comes out of. The barrels and crates would keep the monster from getting out and it won’t be able to chase you.
I love this gameplay, the only thing that keeps bothering me is how aggressive you play the game. I really think you should take your time and be careful not to make noise and not just shoot the monster in every chance you get - especially that scene where you fight that dude with the shotgun - you should really play amnesia: rebirth tho
i got a question: will we ever get complete series from amnesia dark desent to all amnesia games like machines for pigs and etc. (PS: i know some of the games are bad but would be cool to play still)
2:53:54 Might have been just a metaphor, but some salts of lead have a sweet taste, which might likely be the case here as well, considering the circumstances.
SPOILERS Something very interesting that I don't know if you picked up on, is that Lambert became the beast because of the water Henri gave to him at the crater. Lambert had become homicidal prior to fully turning and had murdered a few people prior to his turn as he slowly was overtaken by the mutation.
For more of the plot you should play the third game: Rebirth. It’s probably the weakest in terms of gameplay uniqueness, but the plot is solid and gives a lot more insight into the other worlds.
I stopped playing this game when I noticed Librarian had released this..as I was interested in the game itself, but he definitely plays it better in all aspects compared to myself..in other words, I'd rather watch him play then play myself, apparently lol
0:13 Intro
3:41 Game Start
4:07 Gameplay Start
5:38 Regarding WWI
7:49 Gunplay? In An Amnesia Game?!
9:24 Artillery Jumpscare
9:41 Crafting?! (If you can't tell, this is my first viewing of anything related to Amnesia: The Bunker.)
11:01 Hot Potato
11:30 Regarding This Introduction
12:30 Phone-Kun Throws In a Gas Grenade (Plus Saved By BFF)
13:07 Auditory Memory I
13:30 The most horrifying part is that it never ended for most. That brought it home with them, never talking about what they saw out there and never being able to forget the hell they saw.
14:18 Auditory Memory II and Injured BFF
14:52 Auditory Memory III
15:08 The Worst Case Scenario
15:50 End of The Beginning
16:38 Welcome to The Bunker
17:13 10 July 1916, Amnesia Cause
18:06 Regarding Treatment of The Wounded in WWI
19:13 The Torch Mechanics
20:10 9 July 1916, Clements Journal - Agony
21:35 The Rats Are Eating Good
21:57 Lone Survivor
23:30 Mincemeat
24:26 That's a Complete Lie
25:11 Photo: Melting Body
25:33 14 July 1916, Autopsy of Reynard
26:04 Mass of Charred Bodies
26:48 Oh Thank Goodness (Brightness and Subtitles)
29:12 Who Needs a Key When You Have Bullet?
30:34 29 May 1916, Rats and Burned Corpses
31:32 Item Storage!?
32:19 Note from Head Clerk re Dog Tags
32:40 The Mark of a Successful Horror Game
34:17 "The Light, The Promise of Safety"
35:26 10 April 1916, Fuel and Fire
36:42 Saving Lanterns
37:18 Now We're Thinking With Portals
38:26 21 July 1916, How To Get The Hell Out of Here
41:15 M E A T
42:04 Me Neither
42:30 20 July 1916, Joubert's Final Journal
43:47 Joubert's Journal - Strange Sounds
46:33 30 June 1916, Prisoner in Custody
47:18 Photo: Claw Marks
48:14 Horror Babies Great Aunt and Hole Reaction
48:27 HE COMES
50:17 On Todays Episode of Mythbusters...
51:41 Regarding The Beast
52:27 18 July 1916, Shooting The Beast
53:54 Welp
54:13 Startling Discovery
55:06 Meat Grenade
56:39 16 June 1916, Where's Our Wine
58:01 15 May 1916, LeRue's Report
1:00:05 Inventory Upgrade
1:01:00 Testing the Trap
1:02:21 Scary Sounds
1:02:42 Photo: Excavation
1:02:52 2 May 1916, Roman Tunnel Update
1:03:43 Wardrobe of Curiosities
1:04:51 Storage Room
1:05:24 Locker Wall
1:06:17 Photo: Prybar In Action
1:06:42 Clements Journal - No Word
1:07:47 ValvE
1:08:47 Every Ice Berg Enjoyer Ever
1:09:41 Bad Things Happened Here...
1:10:00 Daisy-Chained Switches
1:11:07 Rodents of Unusual Size
1:11:40 Noyer's Journal - Part 1
1:15:44 Nicolay's Unsent Letter
1:18:47 Predatory Rodents
1:18:55 The Beast
1:21:51 Regarding Experimenting
1:22:11 Photo: Party Prior to Massacre
1:24:13 The Beast Just Beyond the Veil (Death)
1:24:26 OOF
1:24:34 3 June 1916, Increased Security on Arsenal
1:24:55 New Strategy
1:26:09 Big Hops and PTSD
1:27:00 Clement's Journal - Compelled
1:28:15 _It's Above Us_
1:29:02 I Choose You, Meatamon!
1:29:24 There Is No Safety Here (Close Call)
1:30:18 15 July 1916, Fear and -Hunger- Paranoia
1:31:35 Groundhog Day
1:33:20 A Still Breathing Prisoner
1:34:30 Back at Locker Wall and Plan of Attack
1:35:02 Clement's Journal - Routine Patrol
1:38:13 Regarding The Setting
1:39:30 Overcoming Fear* (Not Good Advice For Surviving WWI)
1:40:36 12 July 1916, Farber's Last Note
1:44:06 Librarian vs MrBeast
1:45:33 20 July 1916, The Officers Have Fled
1:46:41 Explosion Bellow, Shuffling Above
1:47:16 Regarding This Game So Far
1:48:25 Next Session
1:49:12 Photo: Map
1:49:30 Joubert's Journal - Patrol
1:51:59 Didn't Wait Quite Long Enough
1:52:18 Here's The Deal
1:53:18 A Happy Accident
1:54:29 Crafting Experimentation
1:55:39 11 June 1916, I Have The -Power!- Communications Key
1:56:27 Classic Librarian Speaking Too Soon
1:57:09 25 May 1916, Note to Farber
1:58:00 The Most Hopeful Sign of a Proper Force Multiplier
1:58:40 Hiding and Recalling A Note
1:59:43 16 July 1916, Farber Dies
2:00:48 Another Lie (Gmod gets you like that, just not as often) and Regarding Horror
2:01:22 Regarding The Single Safe Space
2:02:33 Arsenal Code
2:03:19 This Is Just Like Infirst
2:04:25 Noyer's Journal - Part 2
2:07:36 Planning For The Arsenal
2:10:12 That's Not Good
2:11:24 Panic
2:13:06 Obliterated
2:13:47 Amnesia: The Comedy
2:14:47 Regarding The Generator
2:17:14 Not An Ideal Situation
2:18:15 "That was the worst throw ever. Of all time."
2:20:06 Explosives Acquired
2:20:40 Back To Safety and Lights Out
2:21:15 Field Trip to The Prison (Ain't No Normal in Ms. Frizzles Bunker!)
2:22:00 Came Back Too Soon
2:22:22 Regarding Fear Paralysis
2:23:00 Submap Acquired
2:23:13 OH HI HOW ARE YA?!
2:24:50 Regarding Not Looking At The Monster
2:25:28 Lights On and Shower Thoughts
2:25:44 Librarian Speaking Too Soon Again
2:25:58 Wrench Location Note
2:27:25 Straight Outta Yolo County
2:28:02 Horror Movie Moment
2:28:17 Preparations for Maintenance Excursion
2:29:43 Looking at You, Jimmy Altieri
2:29:58 Map of Maintenance Acquired
2:30:29 Photo: Further Excavation
2:33:23 Note to Dead Friend
2:34:12 Miraculous Encounter
2:35:22 Regarding That Encounter
2:37:27 Little Dudes
2:38:20 Rats apparently prefer meat, be it fresh or rotten.
2:38:38 Royally -Screwed-
2:39:33 Little Pricks
2:41:01 A Little Experiment
2:42:18 A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (Close Call)
2:42:52 Back to Locker Wall
2:43:28 Torch vs Rats ("Yeah, sink into the floor where you belong!")
2:45:55 Molotov
2:46:23 A Very Metal Scene
2:47:00 Few Things Go Well After "Screw It"
2:47:17 Yup lol (Librarian Scream)
2:48:03 13 July 1916, In Charge of Security
2:48:28 6 June 1916, Assumptions About Motive
2:48:54 Plan for The Tunnel Run
2:49:56 Rat Running Jumpscare
2:51:06 Storage Hub
2:51:29 Perfect NOPE
2:51:41 Regarding How This Is Very Much A Horror Movie Game (Plus Pillbox Key Acquired)
2:52:48 Lambert's Journal - Part 1
2:56:00 A Typical French Art Expo
2:57:41 An Oasis of Fule
2:58:27 Frantic Flight
2:58:50 Regarding The Accumulated Incidental Victories and Unlocking More Lockers
3:00:05 Fuel Run and Worst Case Escape Scenario
3:00:41 Inventory Upgrade and Photo: Tripwire Disposal
3:02:08 Pillbox Run
3:03:05 Inconsiquential Key Note
3:03:21 The Pillbox
3:03:59 SNIPER!
3:05:45 Ladderstalls and Praising The Games Engagement
3:06:53 18 July 1916, I Saw Its Face
3:08:09 Filling Up Fuel Bottles
3:09:05 Generator Dangerously Low
3:09:36 Back at Locker Wall (Wrench Acquired)
3:10:49 The Means to Mass Produce Molotovs
3:11:02 9 June 1916, List of The Guilty
3:11:52 19 July 1916, It Can Hear Me
3:12:15 A High Immediately Followed By A Low
3:12:50 Nope, Oysters, and New Session
3:14:48 4 July 1916, Prisoner Update
3:15:34 Photo: Breaking Bad (idk, one guy is reading or something. My brain is beginning to fry.)
3:16:08 Releasing The Prisoner
3:18:06 Bolt Cutters Acquired
3:19:20 Ambush Near Home
3:20:21 Planning For The Roman Tunnels
3:21:50 I just like this moment.
3:22:42 Sump Pump
3:23:32 The Roman Tunnels
3:24:04 Roman Excavation and New Save Point
3:24:33 Photo: Door Murder
3:24:46 4 June 1916, Toussaint's Madness
3:26:16 15 May 1916, Comment on Noyer's Report
3:27:21 We're Home
3:27:46 Vibro-Rocks, The New Hit Product from Dr. Wondertainment
3:28:16 Toussaint Still Yet Lives
3:29:03 Hobo With A Shotgun (Toussaint Boss Fight)
3:32:04 Zamor Sphere to The Chest (Death)
3:32:12 Take 2
3:33:14 Toussaint? More Like Touceased!
3:34:12 Shotgun Time
3:35:23 The Trigger Has Been Found
3:36:07 The Crater (Reminds me of The Color Out of Space)
3:36:47 Rabbit or Habbit?
3:38:04 Regarding The Apparitions
3:38:52 The Sixth Horror Sense of Being About to Be Screwed
3:39:47 Saving And Leaving The Roman Tunnels
3:41:17 Stressfully Preparing For The End
3:43:40 Opening The Way Forward
3:45:17 The Inner Sanctum
3:47:08 Confronting The Beast
3:48:51 Clever Girl!
3:49:09 POV Michael Jordan Slam Dunking You (Death)
3:49:21 Take 2
3:49:44 Big Box Bob Almost Saves The Day
3:50:10 Escape Back Into The Great War
3:51:13 Ending Thoughts
3:54:22 Game Stats
3:55:37 Congratulations and New Game+
3:56:45 Ending Thoughts II
3:57:08 Menu Scare
3:57:25 Attempting to Kill The Beast
3:57:32 Falling Ending (The Shadow)
3:58:07 Killing The Beast
3:58:41 Ending Thoughts III
3:59:45 Outro
4:00:17 Epilogue Run
4:01:18 2 April 1916, About Digging Too Deep
4:02:42 11 June 1916, The Fate of Toussaint
4:03:43 Lambert's Locker
4:03:57 Lambert's Journal - Part 2
4:07:10 A Hare-y Idea
4:07:26 Regarding Replayability
4:08:35 Inventory Upgrade
4:08:43 28 May 1916, Gathering of The Willing
4:10:30 TOSSING BUNNY
4:10:58 Regarding The Bunny
4:12:09 Chapel Rabbit Revelations
4:12:44 Ending Thoughts IV
4:13:37 Finally Disarming A Trap
4:14:14 Absolutely Final Though
4:14:31 Patrons
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Marvelous work :D
Thx u so nice to did that ! Its cool for everybody who want watch what they want, u great !
We should start calling you "Chapter master"...now i want to make a librarian themed 40k army...WHOS WITH ME?!
its adorable how librarian can always sound so scaredy yet when stuff hits the fan he acts quite fast as if he isn't afraid
Hey Librarian, love your channel. Here's some Historical context in case you're interested:
The game takes place in 1916, commonly referred to as the bloodiest year in the war, likely in the Battle of Verdun. German General Erich Falkenhayn knew that Germany, due to its position in Europe could not win a long drawn out war, and was planning a massive offensive against Artois, a sector held by British forces in order to secure victory in the Western front. However, he knew that such a victory would not be possible if the British forces there were reinforced by the French. So he planned a diversionary assault on a target the French could absolutely not afford to lose: the City of Verdun.
For centuries Verdun had been a symbol of French strength, with a number of massive military bunkers and fortresses such as Fort Douaumont and Fort Vaux, but by 1915, its defense had become severely neglected. If the Germans captured the area, it would be a devastating blow to French military and public morale. The French Republic was democratic, and elections still took place during the war. Losing Verdun would be a disaster for the current government's public image. Thus the French threw their armies into the defensive positions, and the Battle of Verdun began. A million shells were fired in the opening bombardment of Verdun alone, and could actually be heard away as far as in England.
Initial attacks were successful and the Germans even managed to capture a few of the Forts, but as the advance lost momentum, the battle once again slowed to a stalemate. While Initial attacks had seen success, the Germans had yet to capture their primary objectives, and this was very frustrating. Eventually Falkenhayn came to the realization that too many resources, and lives had been spent trying to take this city, and he had to make the decision whether to dig in and defend what gains were made and save the supplies and men for the real attack on Artois, or go all in for the capture of Verdun. He would chose the latter, to strike was all the strength they could muster and press on. But the French would not give up, and a new motto was adopted by the defenders of Verdun: "Ils ne passeront pas," (they shall not pass). For 303 days the French and Germans fought fiercely.
It was a slaughter. Estimates for casualties are from 700,000-1,000,000 men. On July 1st 1916, the British would begin their attack on the Somme to relieve the pressure on the French, and the Russians would continue their offensive in the east. The three largest battles of the war all raging at the same time, the Germans had their hands tied. Falkenhayn would be fired from his position for his failure to take either Verdun or Artois. During the battle of Verdun, the French had implemented a rotation system that would result in almost every soldier fighting for at least some time in Verdun, so the battle became significant in the French collective psyche.
Conditions were absolutely horrid, with some men going insane from the constant day and night bombardment. Bodies that would be buried by shelling would be dug up by more shelling. Men crying for help out in no man's land, dying slowly, but beyond the reach of their medics. Screaming in horror as the massive rats came for them, and began eating them alive in some cases. The food, medical supplies, ammunition, everything was scarce as the French had only one road to Verdun for the trucks to supply them. But the spirit of Resistance and the bravery of the defenders allowed the French to hold onto Verdun, and true to their promise "They did not Pass."
Edit: Separated into paragraphs for easier reading.
I would suggest separating this block of text into paragraphs, so it is easier to read
Holy hell. Thank you for the context and history lesson, yeah. Gotta respect the spirit of those soldiers, but wow. Absolutely horrific stuff.
Nice to see another WW1 fanatic, especially about Verdun
As a native German speaker, the prisoner's constant monologue is actually really disturbing.
It's what you'd expect of someone who has been held prisoner in a bunker that was exterminated by a monster. Mostly just asking the player not to open the door so the monster can't come in, and some rambling about wanting to go home. And he keeps repeating that he doesn't know anything.
Sad-disturbing, rather than threatening-disturbing.
Native speaker here too, and for me the disturbing undertones were ruined by how stilted the German was. I think that there was a lot of room to improve on.
Everything in The Librarian's career has culminated to the Mime joke at 55:30 and I was here to witness it. So glad to see The Bunker on this channel btw I adore this game.
I love how Toussaint (shotgun guy) always throws everyone off.
Like you’ve been dealing with this monster for the past few hours and you’ve learned it fairly well, then you’re in a tense gunfight, which most are unprepared for.
I love how this simple twist is so effective.
Such a great playthrough! Happy to see you liked our game to the point where you went back for more multiple times ❤
Awesome job guys and also awesome game , it's terrifying .
Amazing job. Do you guys think you might ever do a DLC, like perspective of other soldiers?
WE GETTIN OUTTA THE BUNKER WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love this joke it never gets old 😂
Yo, these 4 hours will take me at least 6 takes to watch! At least 40 minutes per session. I love to split watching your playtroughs. One episode of VotV takes me two days to watch, but this!? Thank for this amount of entertainment, I really love your voice and playthroughs. Nice watch for everyone! Love yall
AAAAAAAAAH HE HEARD US!
Bro u came or what xD
@@kameleon_rap YEA
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I'd love to see you play Amnesia: Rebirth or SOMA. Rebirth would probably be more fitting as you're covering the Amnesia games... but SOMA is, imo, the best game frictional has put out so far.
THE GOAT!!! So hyped to watch you play this, would love to see you tackle the challenge runs too
since you are a jacque jean pierre gabrielle or louis, and you wore a helmet: its the later part of the war.
funny history fact: early on the french army did not commission the wearing of helmets, but facing immense casualties done mostly by headshots, they let someone design a helmet, the top brass then becried that the amounts of head injuries on the field, while they neglected to correlate the lack of death with head injuries because the same amount of people who would've died to headshots are now just injured.
the hardhat was a wide success but no one appreciated it in its time.
really glad to see the librarian play the bunker, was immediately one of my favourite horror games after first playing it
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Just to answer the setting question, this game takes place during the beginning of the Battle of Somme between the French and Germans in 1916 near the Somme River in southeastern France
Edit: not southeast France, I misread. North France
*in northern France
@@zinckeeper you right, it was southeastern Pas-de-Calais and north-central Somme. Misread
Currently 2 hours in, and seeing the Librarian fumble some gameplay mechanics, make too much noise, run out of fuel, and repeatedly trigger traps really lends credence to his claim of being a typical white guy horror movie character
Absolutely love the long plays! They are soooo fun to watch!
I LOVE THIS GAME!! Can't wait to watch this while I draw! Thank ou for the upload
4 hours??! It’s like an early Christmas gift lol I love the king videos.
I have been waiting for this video ever since I finished the game good stuff man ❤❤
Watched it and enjoyed it a lot, I really wanted to watch you playing amnesia the bunker and you finally did, I really wanted you to find the note in the chapel and get the rabbit plush down the crater, and you did both. I loved your video Librarian, thanks =)
Continued watching the video and now I saw Lambert's second note, I now feel bad for him, he turned into the beast because Henri gave him the suspicious water, well I'm at least happy that Librarian gave the rabbit plush back to Lambert, he's at least happy now.
I really love how Frictional switched up the amnesia formula a bit and added weapons as utilities more so than for combat, also this video is great :) keep it up!
Whenever I see a long video from the librarian I get a little feeling of euphoria
Great video! Soma is another game made by Frictional, and imo it's the best game they've made. Would be great seeing you try it out
I love seeing the notification of the librarian on my screen
Was hoping you would play this, thanks for the 4 hours of entertainment!
This is probably one of the scariest games I've seen you play
Not sure if anyone's done something like this yet; but I wanted to add a little historical context to some of the stuff we see here. I'd include timestamps, but the video is 4 hours long. Don't think I'll be doing that.
I was curious about the flashlight he's using, it's such a unique design I wanted to know if it was actually real, and contemporary- and as it turns out, it is! It appears to be a German dynamo-powered lamp, or "Magnetlampe", which was captured from a German soldier, probably. I don't know if the french started producing their own after it was initially captured from the Germans by the Americans in 1918. The ring and the cord, when pulled, spins an armature through a magnetic field, creating a charge and lighting the bulb for a number of seconds. Although interestingly- Our friend Henri here seems to be using it wrong. According to some of the images I found, it was usually affixed to a strap and worn on the breast, affixed to the uniform I believe. Maybe he just lost the strap or something, who knows.
The Roman Tunnels are very interesting to me. I wish we had more information regarding them.
According to the wiki, the tunnels may have been built as early as the 2nd century BCE, as they contain a bust of one G - GRACCHVS, likely Gaius Gracchus, who lived between 154 BCE and 121 BCE. He was a citizen, a soldier, a reformist politician and he was tribune between 123 and 122. He had a brother, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, and they were known together as the Gracchi Brothers. If you know anything about Roman history, this is not a good sign for our buddy Gracchus as this means his opponents used political unrest after his tribunate to march on his supporters, purging them. This was the first instance of political violence in the Roman Republic, and this kicked off the Late Republic Period. Whoops.
As some of the notes state, the language is latin but its contents do not align with Roman culture, the "cult" and unfamiliar culture described is Mithraism.
The Amnesia series takes Mithraism and runs with it, but it *is* a real world religion which was present in the Roman Empire, particularly among the army, from the 1st to 4rth centuries CE. To my understanding (which is not complete) it's a descendant of pre-zoroastrian iranian religion, more specifically the Mithras of Mithraism is likely to be Mithra, god of the sun, war, justice and contract. Mithraism absolutely extended further than france, as London holds a large, quite spectacular Mithraeum- these are the places of worship of the cult, which are usually found underground, in caves and such. so the tunnels here are a series of structures likely connected to a Mithraeum.
Indeed the statue seen at 3:34:30 is in line with depictions of Mithras. Some of them, at least. Clean shaven, clothed, curly hair, wielding in his hand the Mithraic Orb which Amnesia invented. The one missing feature is his hat- which I believe is a phrygian cap- though it may simply not be very prominent, obscured, or lost with time. He is also not seen sacrificing a bull here, which is a thing he does weirdly often in statuary. In other statuary he's flanked by two additional figures whose identities I don't know off the top of my head, and accompanied by a dog, a snake, and scorpion.
Speaking of 3:34:~~ I too wish I could read latin. If anyone by chance can, or has found the inscriptions already translated on wikipedia- please share them in the replies!
Now, the unfamiliar culture the author of the note encountered is fascinating to me- because the overt implications are that he's seeing internal records of the rituals and practices of the Mithraic Mysteries, the proper name for the cult- as it was a mystery cult.
Mystery Cults are quite common on the ancient world, Greece had the Dionysian and Eleusinian Mysteries, which worshipped Dionysus and Demeter & Persephone respectively. The basic gist is that there are usually levels of initiation to these religions, and with each increase in level comes greater understanding- their exact beliefs and practices are kept secret and usually known only to the highest echelons, and in the case of all the above mystery cults- this knowledge is forever lost to us.
They made probably one of the most important discoveries regarding classical pre-christian religion ever, basically.
There's other things to note regarding classical religion- a "Bacchanal" is an intense drunken celebration, with religious connotations. It refers to Bacchus, the Roman name of Dionysus- of the dionysian mysteries. Whether this word was encountered in the latin texts or used as a descriptor coincidentally I do not know and cannot assume, but that's very interesting.
Of the few things we know of the Dionysian mysteries, we can say they were more focused on wine and its intoxicating effects overall than dionysus himself- they often got absolutely plastered, drunk and high, and the intent or belief was that you were altering your state of consciousness and being, tapping into the divine, uninhibited, primordial madness of Dionysus, and thus bringing yourself close to him, tapping into his power, even.
That's all for now- I'm not quite through the video yet, but I'll update this as it goes if I find more things to comment on.
Edit: Thanks Librarian for the like and the thoughtful, well-made content! Hope this was a good read!
EDIT edit: Apparently editing the comment removes the little heart thingy. Oops.
All subsequent readers are just gonna have to take my word for it- He was here! It was real!
I’m so happy he did this just days after I finally decided to not only play it, but start playing horror games again in general.
More relaxing gameplay with a mix of scares love it!
Yes yes yes! I wrote in game suggesions about this game. I thought my voice would never be heard but know he is playing the game. Thank you the librarian!
IM SO HYPE TO WATCH THIS, ILL EDIT AS I WATCH. Thank you for heeding our word, I think I suggested this to you three whole times, I absolutely cannot wait to dive into your experience with this terrifying game.
Final editing thoughts:
I enjoyed watching this long play, solely because I've been waiting for so long for you to play it. Now, you are right, you did miss quite a few things, something that is very important to the plot. You blew the exit before checking Lambert's locker. You did say earlier in the Chapel when you found the first note, that you felt worse knowing that there is likely a part 2. Well, there is. I won't go into detail too much here if you want to go back to your save and check. Other than the mysterious Lambert, you did a fantastic job with narrating this playthrough, it almost emulates how I was feeling when I first played, that feeling of not wanting to push forward through the dark, even if it isn't dark, pushing through the unknown while on a time limit was utterly terrifying, especially if there was a blackout and you had to make a mad dash back to the safe room with the beast on your tail. This game is NUTS on the New Game + and Shell Shock mode, it would honestly be worth another video playthrough for just those modes, because it really is a different experience. And similar to Garry's Mod, this game like most other Amnesia titles, has a workshop for all sorts of custom maps and games, new experiences in the Amnesia: The Bunker style. I really recommend checking them out, especially the ones that won this year's Frictional Games Mod Jam for the bunker. I doubt you'll make any more videos on Amnesia: The Bunker, but if you do I'm here for it all the way. Now if you don't decide to go back and play or check anything; I'll leave a spoiler warning ahead and a sum of the story in regards to Lambert.
SPOILERS FOR THE MAIN STORY, DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW
As we know from the beginning, Lambert was injured, and that should have been his tomb as he states in his first note. How this happened? Henri's note was stored in his locker, explaining a thing we hear at the beginning of the game, a game between Lambert and Clément, involving dice as told by audial context and by the fact that there are also a set of dice in Clément's locker. Clément states in his note that either one of them were assigned to go on patrol that night, and they decided to play a game of chance to see who would have to go. Well, also stated in Clément's note, that little scoundrel used a sleight of hand trick to win the game, ensuing a little revenge for previous pranks and mischief done to him, sending Lambert out on patrol that night, because "Ah, fate's a bastard.", and he was out. When Clément noticed that Lambert had not returned the next morning, he became severely worried that he may have gotten his best friend killed. So he sets out in the night like we see in the beginning to find his best friend, and he does. Lambert is wounded and has fallen into the pit around the excavation site for the "Roman Tunnels", and Clément comes to his rescue, retrieving him a trickle of "spring water", that Lambert described as "-cool and crisp, with a strange sweet taste." Now this water does look.. strange when we get to examine it later. But I won't go into detail about why until after I finish the story point. "Never has water felt more nourishing than that, administered by a dear friend's hand." Little did he know, the fate of the bunker laid upon him now, all because of one sip. After Lambert, Clément carried him across no man's land, only to be fired upon by a German patrol. Henri was hit, dropping Lambert where he would be presumed dead, but we all know thats not the case. Lambert woke, finding Clément injured, his life fading. He found the strength to carry Clément through no man's land and back to their bunker, where he would be administered to the sickroom with his Amnesia (title drop!) And a few days later, that's where Henri's mysterious journey begins. However, Lambert's journey continues too. Lambert would go on to mention that he was feeling stronger and stronger in his notes, but everything began to turn for the worse. "And yet I don't feel tired. Instead I feel this... ITCH. This sense that there are things that I must do. Purpose. A bloody purpose higher than any of man's petty wars...", "I feel strange myself, can hardly find the words to write. My hands feel so odd. Gnarled, bulbous. Like they don't belong to me." (Lambert's Journal Part 2) Is it starting to come together now. Lambert felt stronger, but now he feels wrong. Like something is happening to him. "A bloody thought so seductive. It calls... It calls... It calls...", he writes. Reynard was murdered the next day, but Lambert has no recollection of doing such a thing nor will they show the soldiers the body. But on July 18, 1916. It was over. "Blood on my hands blood on my hands blood on my hands. Their pain. I want more of it. I can hear Trembley now. Coming closer... closer... closer... I can get what I want from him." - and there ends Lambert's journal. Lambert was responsible for the killings and the bodies strung up, but how do we explain the monster. Well, lets go back on ourselves, to the moment Lambert was given that "spring water". Well, it looks to be an odd blue color, bluer than water should even be. Lets go further back in the Amnesia series, Rebirth and A Machine for Pigs both have this strange liquid known as "Vitae" in them. And this vitae is secreted from the blood of humans who are suffering. Let's take a gander here at what World War I was. Well, to put it simply, a shit ton of suffering and death. Blood soaked the land, the water, just about everything during the time of war. Prime breeding grounds for vitae, and prime breeding grounds for a Ghoul to take form from drinking the stuff. So Lambert drinks this, and undergoes a gnarly transformation, and then proceeds to stalk you throughout the rest of the game. Kind of screwed up right? People do argue against this idea because we haven't seen a Ghoul as large as Lambert in the series, but some theorize that the stress and emotional state could quicken the transformation, and depending on the situation, may even make the transformation more severe, leaving us with a "Super Ghoul". And the note by the pillbox confirms the situation even further by saying "I think it knew who I was?".
Conclusion:
So there's that to munch on, sorry for the long explanation but there really isn't a way of shortening it. But thats the story, and if you even see this, Librarian, and do read it, I hope I was clear and coherent enough with the story. If not, for those who did want the complete story, there you have it. It's all just the pulls and twists of fate.
C'est la vie.
It's kind of frustrating how much he misses. All that talking but not enough looking. I love librarian but he really misses stuff sometimes.
I don't mind it too much but it is a little bit odd, especially because we all know he would go on and on about his own theories as to how Lambert came to be the monster. Lol@@0350145
I like these long playthroughs with your soothing voice
3:13:09 ya never noticed that a new hole had appeared in the safe house ;D
Probably for the best your illusion of safety was never shattered in there lmao.
I appreciate his comments on the war, truly a horrifying time to live
The rats drank the water. You gave your friend the water too.
Your friend haunted the tunnels and walls now. It was your fault.
Maybe the rabbit would've done something to it.
My questions were answered.
I can't believe you referenced. Both the princess bride and the magic school bus in the same video
Was excited for this ever since you announced during the Alan Wake 2 series... pretty hyped
Oh my God, I was literally about to check if you've ever played this just yesterday. What perfect timing.
Edit: But wait, that means you won't be doing voices of the void today.😢
This game is so good, all the elements are perfect
Also the chase at 2:34:30 is crazy lol. You getting stuck twice and it being right behind you was intense
WHOOOO IT'S BUNKING TIME
I speedran the game using the wall glitch after finishing it a few months ago lol
i cant tell you, ive literally been waiting for this.
I know they won’t make one but I’d like to see a game about Henri and Lambert in WW1. I am a big WW1 nerd and I think this game takes place during the battle of Verdun (February 21, 1916 - December 18, 1916). It seems they found out about the monster in middle July giving them a few months to work with, or they could have them transferred to Verdun only halfway through the game with it ending with the start of The Bunker.
I would even play a game where you play as Sdt. Boisrond (the guy who gives you the revolver and gets dragged into a hole at the start) and all of your comrades die one by one and you have to survive, eventually getting injured and the ending is you talking to Henri.
Mr. Librarian, in a sea of recommendations might I recommend "Northern Journey" a game which fits your creepy comfy aestethic perfectly!
Couldn't get theough this one so glad you did.
An Endless Masterpiece. Thank You.
(4:00) Not Even Passed The First Cutscene And I'm Already Thinking "Boy Get Your Head Down!"
HE FINALLY DID IT
I dont know if you take suggestions for games to play.
But if you want a horror game that hinges on your skill of memory and takes place in a fast food, i would suggest Happy Humbles Burger Barn.
Pretty cool is that this monster appearance interfere with electricity causing light to flicker, just like Pigmen does in Amnesia A Machine For Pigs, does that mean that liquid that Clément gave to Lambert was essence combined with something that cause electric inteference, just like Compund X (Stuff that make Pigmens) that was combined essence with radioactive material?
The rats in this game are interesting to me, it would be funny but also a bit sad if the game never explained why they are like they are. However it wouldn’t be too inaccurate for the game to just go ‘well they are just like that’. Rats were vicious and monstrous in ww1, reports of them being as big as cats and everything. I remember reading a diary from an American engineer of them sleeping in a barn, dirty, no beds, with rats scurrying overhead. At one point one rat landed on a comrades face at which point the poor soldier lost it and started crying for his mother
i haven't played this myself as much as i'd like to but this is the third playthrough i've watched and it seems like this game just never gets boring, maybe partially because it's never quite the same experience for anyone. it's really impressive to me that amnesia started as a pioneer in the modern style of walking simulator-esque horror games where your only options are to run and hide, now returning as one of the most refined survival horror experiences i've yet seen. makes me wonder if this will cause more waves in the indie horror scene like it did so many years ago
I’ll never forget that chapel, that’s when I saw the decorations and realized…this thing isn’t just some animal, it’s possibly as human as me
I've been looking forward to this...
The Bunker! LET'S GOOO!!!
I have been ewaiting far too long for him to play this game.
The Stuffed Bunny and the Final Boss Fight with the Monster is the best way to end it.
The best way to not get shot is to trick him with the bottles that are on top of the barrels.
If you would have used the barrels to cover up the holes on the walls that the monster comes out of. The barrels and crates would keep the monster from getting out and it won’t be able to chase you.
I love this gameplay, the only thing that keeps bothering me is how aggressive you play the game. I really think you should take your time and be careful not to make noise and not just shoot the monster in every chance you get - especially that scene where you fight that dude with the shotgun
- you should really play amnesia: rebirth tho
i got a question: will we ever get complete series from amnesia dark desent to all amnesia games like machines for pigs and etc.
(PS: i know some of the games are bad but would be cool to play still)
Almost 3 am.. and im still here..
I may have to buy this game just for the pillbox incident.
Very excited to hear your takes on this.
would like to see you play Soma some day
You could also throw the toy down to get its attention for a good few seconds and just shoot the bridge/nade it.
I watched this for four hours and I fell asleep 15 minutes in!?? 😭😭
2:53:54 Might have been just a metaphor, but some salts of lead have a sweet taste, which might likely be the case here as well, considering the circumstances.
The WW1 horror game trenches would also be enjoyable watching with his experience.
Rats of unusual size? I don't believe they exist!
Omg I would love it if they did an amnistía machine for pigs play through!
Next time you play. Pull out the bunny when you see the monster
SPOILERS
Something very interesting that I don't know if you picked up on, is that Lambert became the beast because of the water Henri gave to him at the crater.
Lambert had become homicidal prior to fully turning and had murdered a few people prior to his turn as he slowly was overtaken by the mutation.
For more of the plot you should play the third game: Rebirth. It’s probably the weakest in terms of gameplay uniqueness, but the plot is solid and gives a lot more insight into the other worlds.
1:51:46 bear in mind we are burning juice every second we spend here
Had me laughing my ass off
Hard to believe that your channel is 10+ years old.
All i can say is
Fuck yeah brother
Love this game but doesent make scence that each ammo box only has a single round.
3:09:11 I never thought about that, that’s awful, get shot, starve, or ripped apart
Please do more from the fog
You should play Penumbra next.
I stopped playing this game when I noticed Librarian had released this..as I was interested in the game itself, but he definitely plays it better in all aspects compared to myself..in other words, I'd rather watch him play then play myself, apparently lol
This game is pretty much Tom and Jerry, except that Jerry took too many steroids.
cant wait to watch this lol
Soma next?
Letsgooo
This game gives me nightmares
fun fact: dropping a lit cigarette in petrol won't ignite it.
2:03:40 brought me to tears... of laughter
Does anyone know what the German prisoner is saying?
I'm so late but ive read he says he doesn't know nothing and wants to go back home
French monster eh? Its either the beast of gevaudon(wolf) or the terrasque
Day 9 of pestering Librarian to check out Signalis
THE BOINKER
YES
Y E S !
I though you already played amnesia bunker?????
Burger
14:49 timestamp
1:41:43
2:01:04 sounds like my school life