Game Theory: This Cat KILLED The Human Race! (Stray)

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  • @chocoabyss1054
    @chocoabyss1054 Před rokem +14352

    I like how everyone is talking about how wholesome the game is and how dark matpat made it seem, but the game was the one with the fleshy eyeball walls and the extinction of humanity.

    • @toastedprocastinator
      @toastedprocastinator Před rokem +112

      TRUE

    • @unreachablesecretary
      @unreachablesecretary Před rokem +230

      I mean... yeah idk how to argue with that...

    • @colt1903
      @colt1903 Před rokem +190

      Excuse me, but there's about 10 million years of history that proves that humanity going extinct would be the most wholesome thing to ever happen.

    • @novisor9501
      @novisor9501 Před rokem +38

      Well it is his second job to make things dark for some reason.

    • @verola2662
      @verola2662 Před rokem +30

      Do you not pay attention to what’s being said in game? Legit said a hive mind. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @bricedoncan8629
    @bricedoncan8629 Před rokem +2385

    The idea that the robots are actually human has a lot of validity like the fact that the cleaning robots on the top level don't have personality though they are probably the same age as the rest of the robots if not older because they actually have jobs

    • @m1ghty_m1kk04
      @m1ghty_m1kk04 Před rokem +60

      When I was interacting with robots In Stray I often found myself to be confused by their words and behaviour.
      Either they were mimicing humans, or they were humans.
      As for ending, if there ever is franchise of Stray, I think Zurk hive mind took control of the machines In the end. Though it wouldn't be much of the sequel since outside is nothing there, except plants and animals. Because humans are long gone. Only thing to hive mind to get In control would be blank cleaning robots.

    • @m1ghty_m1kk04
      @m1ghty_m1kk04 Před rokem

      Blank cleaning robots that are Orange like Zurks.

    • @radosawczuj1054
      @radosawczuj1054 Před rokem +45

      except when the whole lore of the game contradicts this. Dialogue from memories clearly states that the robots learn to be human in lower parts of the city. Robots in the upper most part do not have any personality. This theory is just a theory, but its aganist source material for the sake of consipracy theorizing for fun.

    • @m1ghty_m1kk04
      @m1ghty_m1kk04 Před rokem +4

      @@radosawczuj1054 I never liked MatPat anyway. He knows Jack and didli. 🧐 Anything for views am I right?

    • @ronbasman6195
      @ronbasman6195 Před rokem +22

      @@m1ghty_m1kk04 no he just loves to make a therory even if it probably isn’t true because he makes you believe it could be true

  • @charlesmorey4298
    @charlesmorey4298 Před rokem +2670

    I just have a quick thing I would like to point out that might be a stumbling issue in Matpats theory: The Sun's UV light strength is WAY higher then our flashlight.

    • @primalfeline
      @primalfeline Před rokem +367

      Exactly this. My main issue with this theory was the assumption that this little flashlight is some ultra powerful radiation god like the sun.

    • @starsilverinfinity
      @starsilverinfinity Před rokem +232

      @@primalfeline To be fair, that doesn’t circumvent the fact that the Zurk might want to use robot bodies to get around the UV issue either

    • @archsuccubuseclipse
      @archsuccubuseclipse Před rokem +128

      Though that doesn't really help when most of the main hive is way out of the sun's reach.

    • @Arshu_Shenta
      @Arshu_Shenta Před rokem +35

      @@starsilverinfinity and if they DID use robo bodies how would that help when they go outside

    • @starsilverinfinity
      @starsilverinfinity Před rokem +61

      @@Arshu_Shenta It means they wouldnt have to deal with the sun anymore as an issue to their expansion? Even if they dont like go full mind transfer they could use the robots as mobile transport to other regions to colonize

  • @Duppling
    @Duppling Před rokem +800

    I think a pretty simple explanation to why the eyes aren't affected would be that the UV light just simply isn't strong enough coming from a little lamp. Pretty sure the sun would be much stronger and another possibility could be that they simply require longer exposure to UV light in order for them to start taking noticeable damage.

    • @Leagueminer-ve6iv
      @Leagueminer-ve6iv Před rokem +36

      The sun > some flashlight

    • @brianna2788
      @brianna2788 Před rokem +11

      @@Leagueminer-ve6iv exactly bro

    • @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574
      @frostbitetheannunakiiceind6574 Před rokem +5

      @@Leagueminer-ve6iv fr

    • @freez1e299
      @freez1e299 Před rokem +9

      That or its just not a mechanic they implemented into the game

    • @ehangovani1851
      @ehangovani1851 Před 10 měsíci

      Thing is the Zurk's are underground and using the robot to find a way to find a way to be immune against UV light. Sunlight can't reach underground

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED Před rokem +1361

    Fun Fact : The Game takes place in City 99. So we could presume there are at least, 98 other bastions of humanity left in Stray's World. Bastions that could've thrived better than City 99. Cities that didn't fall to any kind of plague or Zurk infestation. Perhaps with help from The Humans, The Companions can fully eradicate The Zurks before they become a fully realized threat.

    • @mattaboveallhews1502
      @mattaboveallhews1502 Před rokem +59

      This actually seems totally possible. 👍

    • @simongreve
      @simongreve Před rokem +98

      On the same note though: Its been 7 million years, it seems unlikely that anyone in those are still alive or if they are they might very well have evolved into something unrecognizable as humans after 7 million years in a sealed environment.

    • @darkelixer2239
      @darkelixer2239 Před rokem +60

      @@simongreve the city might even be locked because the outsiders didn't want to save them, because of the zurk maybe?

    • @farmerindacut
      @farmerindacut Před rokem +13

      i noticed this and thought the same thing

    • @spino-ace
      @spino-ace Před rokem +7

      Um ever heard of city 40…
      If not dont google if you dont wanna know a story about radiation

  • @NazeEternal
    @NazeEternal Před rokem +2836

    Fun little insight: Stray's cats have round pupils. Most small cats have vertical pupils because they're ambush predators. But a few have evolved round pupils instead, indicating that they've adapted to be better daytime chasers rather than nighttime ambushers. This could be in part a product of domestication, where cats are more likely to adapt to their owners' daytime schedules, and aren't pressured into the same ecological niche because humans protect and feed them.

    • @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659
      @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659 Před rokem +103

      Uh, actually, cats can change their pupils
      Just like us humans
      Or chickens, or cows, stuff like that
      And round pupils would make it better to hunt in the dark since they get more light
      You can see that every single cat stays with it's pupils in vertical during the day( and if they're not stressed or with fear, stuff like that, otherwise then open them up ) and during the night, their pupils are round

    • @fuery.
      @fuery. Před rokem +59

      Yeah, they don't need night vision when the only thing they do at night is scream for 3 hours straight

    • @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659
      @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659 Před rokem +14

      @@fuery. xD
      Yeah, like, they still existing during the night

    • @Nicholas-wf4xh
      @Nicholas-wf4xh Před rokem +32

      I think u we’re on to something at first. The cats HAVE evolved to be better daytime hunters but because the parasites cannot go into the sun not because of domestication

    • @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659
      @dyegoeduardosantossilva3659 Před rokem +2

      @@Nicholas-wf4xh legit

  • @Emiyuna
    @Emiyuna Před rokem +751

    Also, in the ant village, there's a robot named Isaac sleeping on a couch, when you talk to him he's dreaming about "electric zurks everywhere", could kinda be foreshadowing for when the zurks learn from the robots and become them

    • @PastelPinkChaos
      @PastelPinkChaos Před rokem +13

      Maybe or maybe not, but that really sounds horrifying

    • @Emiyuna
      @Emiyuna Před rokem +7

      @TheFloofBall the sun probably didnt get into the sewers though

  • @potatopouf
    @potatopouf Před rokem +557

    i generally love lore, but this game was so heartwarming that I don't even care it just made me FEEL something and I loved it. it is an amazing game!

    • @AdorianDelmore
      @AdorianDelmore Před rokem +2

      @lim sowq stray 2

    • @AspenMatabi
      @AspenMatabi Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yeah, By far the best game in recent years. We need a sequel now 😂

    • @whisperingwooper1763
      @whisperingwooper1763 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I absolutely loved this game just finished it a little late to the game. Hoping for a stray 2!

  • @unknownvariable9239
    @unknownvariable9239 Před rokem +2440

    I think Stray in the title could mean more than “stray cat”. Stray means lost. Humanity is lost, and the culture they left behind is floundering aimlessly without them. Giving them the whole world instead of just being locked inside their dangerous city is giving them new purpose.

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

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    • @korok7523
      @korok7523 Před rokem +28

      Oh god bots

    • @foxowar3953
      @foxowar3953 Před rokem +42

      Ignoring the bots, I think this is a really interesting thought!

    • @sandychen1381
      @sandychen1381 Před rokem

      ds

    • @yuto4508
      @yuto4508 Před rokem +6

      Thanks for the wholesome explanation. I needed that. 😊

  • @creepergalastic7183
    @creepergalastic7183 Před rokem +2841

    I feel like MatPat is giving the zurks more brain than they actually have. These thing literally lunge into pools of acid

    • @lance8515
      @lance8515 Před rokem +204

      Ye but they do literally have a robot strapped to a wall with computer monitors plugged into it seems like they might be a little smarter than originally thought to be

    • @arandomresearcher4354
      @arandomresearcher4354 Před rokem +70

      @@lance8515 then why do they jump into pools of acid

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 Před rokem +74

      @@lance8515 Aren't they just mutated bacteria.....

    • @gaaraxnaru
      @gaaraxnaru Před rokem +131

      @@arandomresearcher4354 Maybe the ones on the walls with eyes are smarter than the ones jumping into acid. Like Matt said, they may have evolved.

    • @darkm007
      @darkm007 Před rokem +48

      @@EspeonMistress00 You do know life began as exactly that right? At least this is the most popular theory on how life on Earth began.

  • @sugarpop8991
    @sugarpop8991 Před rokem +47

    I did think about the fact that the sunlight won't be able to reach into the sewers and the zurks down there would still be able to exist and I also thought it was strange to see a companion melted into the wall but not eaten and hooked up to computers. So there may be definitely something to that. Maybe eventually the zurks will figure out how the companions work but it will take many years perhaps centuries. The eyes in the sewer walls genuinely scared me and that part was the creepiest part of the game.

  • @Congele_
    @Congele_ Před rokem +57

    I've also wondered how is Doc the "father" of Seamus; I see it as two possible ways, one more plausible than the other. The first being that Doc would have built Seamus, but that just doesn't really feel right at all. But it aligns pretty neatly if they were actually father and son, humans who uploaded themselves into companions. That'd make a lot of sense!

    • @suizamalik4059
      @suizamalik4059 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Or maybe he “adopted” him

    • @marktheguy742
      @marktheguy742 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Yeah, that part of the game didn't really make much sense at all to be honest.

  • @SuperWiiBros08
    @SuperWiiBros08 Před rokem +2694

    I hope this game gets a sequel or DLC, there's so much room

    • @DaWizardBoi
      @DaWizardBoi Před rokem +7

      haha first
      not even a single like

    • @TRose-ot2ye
      @TRose-ot2ye Před rokem +50

      I believe they’ve Already announced working a second game if I’m not mistaken!!

    • @niceuser2face611
      @niceuser2face611 Před rokem +14

      “Stray: the house cat of vault 12” idk since there might be more city vaults other than just this one.

    • @aqlanonn2513
      @aqlanonn2513 Před rokem +2

      @@DaWizardBoi Your Not First, Someone Already Saw This Comment Before You, They Just Didnt Like It Neither Did They Reply To It

    • @EarthSpirit.easyzdota
      @EarthSpirit.easyzdota Před rokem +2

      @@aqlanonn2513 first to like

  • @LonelySandwich
    @LonelySandwich Před rokem +6584

    Matpat trying not to make innocent and adorable characters into mass murderers/universe destroyers for 5 seconds:

    • @xcept1281
      @xcept1281 Před rokem +41

      🙃

    • @floria.
      @floria. Před rokem +28

      Is this the same man in daily dose of internet comments??

    • @DB21U
      @DB21U Před rokem +6

      Hi

    • @LitoMike
      @LitoMike Před rokem +2

      @@user-lk2ex7ng8r wth?

    • @LitoMike
      @LitoMike Před rokem +1

      @flower has eaten e

  • @TRPilot06YT
    @TRPilot06YT Před rokem +166

    Yeah, cats be like that sometimes.
    Another thing we looked over is that how robots and the zurcs technically had access to the open world.
    The cat we played as just *fell down* into the underground world, he didnt bypass a lock that kept them.
    Regardless of Cat's action Zurcs would be the dominant species after all.

    • @barrriwa
      @barrriwa Před rokem +33

      he did actually, b12 opened a locked door for him, the city was fully closed

    • @TRPilot06YT
      @TRPilot06YT Před rokem +10

      @@barrriwa Ah my bad then, but still. It was just a matter of Zurcs tapping into B12s computer/city system. Just like they've done with that captured robo

    • @antonmakarenko3271
      @antonmakarenko3271 Před rokem +7

      @@barrriwa but still, some zurks were outside

    • @PastelPinkChaos
      @PastelPinkChaos Před rokem +5

      @@antonmakarenko3271 Yeah but, in the shadows, and really deep,I don't think they coexisted in the same world with the cats

  • @technocat9821
    @technocat9821 Před rokem +71

    1) Yes the Zurk eat metal. But there has to be something else to all of it. If their only requirement is to be able to resist UV light would they have not chewed up the ceiling? The steel walls and others? Sure its stronger metal but it has also been 7M years so yk- something might be missing here.
    2) Plenty of comments also mentioned the potency of the UV lights and the sort of hive mind that the Zurk comprise, and personally? They behave like sculk from Minecraft. The catalysts might be able to expand sculk, but they dont kill anything. The Warden can be deadly but he doesnt generate sculk. You need both for a sculk infestation. Similarly, the Zurk might kill and in proximity with the rest of the biomass this can expand, but, the absence of Zurk could mean an end to the species of the bacteria by the loss of their hunter component. (+The fact that sunlight would be much stronger than the UV lamp so yk, that might also impede growth or even kill the fleshy eyes at the bottom of the sewers).
    Edit after watching more of the video: How would the Zurk evolve past their weakness if they have grown in the absence of UV light? Bacteria build up their immune systems from encounters with other bacteria or by surviving whatever they are weak to. Sure, they could've encountered Micrococcus Luteus and traded genes but even then- why? how would you prepare yourself for something you don't even know exists?

    • @fishwhistle4661
      @fishwhistle4661 Před rokem

      There's no way it's actually been 7 million years... "2544875556" is a Unix timestamp for August 23, 2050, meaning that's the day when the robots turned sentient.

    • @inky_mesa
      @inky_mesa Před rokem

      Oer the constant exposure to sun light and therefore uv radiation would couse cancer in the zurk as they have not seen the sun in idk how long and there fore devolved theyr cancer resistance

    • @MannoMax
      @MannoMax Před 8 měsíci +2

      Something of a foot note, but the ceiling is propably lower grade steel than the robots. As the robots are machines with bearings, bushings, gears and other parts made from higher strength alloys, while the ceiling is propably just basic structural steel

    • @U_KNOW_DROP_NOW
      @U_KNOW_DROP_NOW Před 2 měsíci

      Something
      (\_/)
      ( •.• )
      / \

    • @mm42197
      @mm42197 Před 2 měsíci

      And A Bactria can't resist everything it has to trade something off for example Infectious Bactria cant be immune to bacteriophages and macrobiotics it can only trade one or the other off for the other

  • @venomenace
    @venomenace Před rokem +2781

    It's not just that the eye walls are incredibly disturbing, they're also sentient.. they actively control and release zurks in an attempt to stop whatever you're doing.. so if they needed the door to open, why would they be trying to stop you? 🤔 there's gotta be something deeper here that we're missing.

    • @unduloid
      @unduloid Před rokem +361

      That they're sentient does not necessarily mean that they're smart. There could even be factions that don't agree with each other.

    • @iamhungry1412
      @iamhungry1412 Před rokem +313

      @@unduloid true, I think they're just smart enough to detect the cat as a threat, but not smart enough to make a connection between the cat and their hivemind plans of spreading.

    • @generalsociety9607
      @generalsociety9607 Před rokem +217

      Matpat forgot to mention that the eye walls are incapable of movement and are incredibly reliant on the common zurks. With the common zurk population threatened by extinction, the walls stand to lose any and all power they had.

    • @pultofcat8615
      @pultofcat8615 Před rokem +89

      @@iamhungry1412 l think this is it. How would the know the cat is on a long quest to open the city. They just want their next meal

    • @Munchkin.Of.Pern09
      @Munchkin.Of.Pern09 Před rokem +67

      I actually suspect they’re just a highly specialized polymorphic form designed for sentry behaviour. They do seem to alert the mobile Zurk, but the swarming behaviour is consistent whether or not any of the eyes are around. I don’t think they are any more intelligent than the mobile forms are.

  • @HoodieHorizon
    @HoodieHorizon Před rokem +2699

    Everyone: “why does matpat make a gruesome theory about a wholesome game”
    The wholesome game: the elite will destroy those beneath them, fleshy eye ball rooms, the death of the last human, giant bacteria that consumes everything, a cat getting injured badly multiple times

    • @caitlynstarrparrish
      @caitlynstarrparrish Před rokem +7

      Thank you.

    • @SieMiezekatze
      @SieMiezekatze Před rokem +45

      But the cat is cute

    • @MasterOphSky
      @MasterOphSky Před rokem +89

      Yeah idk how anyone can watch this theory and still think it's some wholesome cat simulator, and this theory doesn't even touch on some of the other darker parts of the game

    • @munira8444
      @munira8444 Před rokem +58

      I love how you ranked cat getting hurt next to the death of humanity

    • @alexanderelderhorst2107
      @alexanderelderhorst2107 Před rokem +34

      They're so distracted by the cat that they easily forget this, ahh human nature and it's glorious lower average attention span than a goldfish.

  • @NieroshaiTheSable
    @NieroshaiTheSable Před rokem +34

    I'm gonna say a hybrid of the theories is true; the monitors we saw flicker on _are_ B12 in his new city administrator role. However, the Zurks _are_ intelligent and using that robot towards sinister ends. From a writing perspective, that makes the most sense for sequel buildup. Both need to be true.

  • @hunterhiebert1331
    @hunterhiebert1331 Před rokem +26

    “Everybody wants to be a cat.”
    “Why?”
    “Because a cat’s the only cat who knows where it’s at.”

  • @asriel3564
    @asriel3564 Před rokem +761

    The only opposition I have to the UV problem is that maybe the big eyes aren’t resistant to UV but remember that doc said that the little robot vessel isn’t made for a large power usage like the UV ray or sun so maybe there just isn’t enough power to make the UV strong enough to destroy those eyes

    • @thekirstenempire
      @thekirstenempire Před rokem +96

      Yeah that makes way more sense

    • @saturnamused2434
      @saturnamused2434 Před rokem +54

      @@thekirstenempire plus those eyes possibly run on fuel for food so now that the zurks aren’t really eating anything the eyes might die due to lack of food

    • @karanaher5030
      @karanaher5030 Před rokem +16

      Yes, but unless the robots or our cat decides to make a concentrated UV ray pointer, they're pretty much untouchable.

    • @saturnamused2434
      @saturnamused2434 Před rokem +41

      @@karanaher5030 true but without any resources they won’t be able to evolve meaning they’ll die eventually

    • @saturnamused2434
      @saturnamused2434 Před rokem +40

      @@karanaher5030 plus they probably can now that the docs back at his lab he can make a way more concentrated and way more powerful light

  • @colekiesler6218
    @colekiesler6218 Před rokem +2017

    MatPat: “This cat killed the human race.”
    Also MatPat: “Cuteness is easily the biggest thing to never trust.”

  • @myacaseman
    @myacaseman Před 3 měsíci +5

    Just finished stray, actually sobbing 😭

  • @CapitainCutlet
    @CapitainCutlet Před rokem +72

    You know, one thing does not make sense in your theory. The cat has fallen into the city through somewhere, and if I get it right (haven't played the game yet), travelled to the actual populated area through zurk territory, right? That means the zurk already had acces to the surface, so if they were actually intelligent enough to come up with that plan, they'd have done it already, or done it in the future regardless of whether B/12 openned the city to the surface or not. So... no, I do not believe the cute kitty doomed the world, because IF your theory is right then the world was doomed to begin with.

    • @m.douglas8492
      @m.douglas8492 Před rokem +7

      Yes. Becoming robots has more uses than not dying in the sun. They wouldn't have waited for the city to open.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před rokem +4661

    Game Developer: _let’s create a wholesome game while you play as a cat_
    MatPat: *Allow me to introduce my theory*

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem +5

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    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem +5

      впвпарв

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem +2

      врвррв

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem +2

      жжжж

    • @alonewanderer4697
      @alonewanderer4697 Před rokem +19

      never seen this dude’s comment with only 6 likes on it

  • @gentlemancharmander4411
    @gentlemancharmander4411 Před rokem +1069

    While I like the theory, I think B-12 being the light at the end makes more sense, because the game started with B in a network, turning on lights to guide us in, so it would be poetic to end with B in a network, turning on lights to guide us(and others) out

    • @jazzjunkvr
      @jazzjunkvr Před rokem +25

      agreed

    • @rumad19
      @rumad19 Před rokem +6

      @flower has eaten tf?

    • @fuzenakuhei8223
      @fuzenakuhei8223 Před rokem +36

      @@rumad19 never click on the links in random comments, a lot of them could be potential viruses

    • @user-rx9oo1qe1u
      @user-rx9oo1qe1u Před rokem +2

      @@fuzenakuhei8223im pretty sure youtube blocks out all links that arent youtube related

    • @user-rx9oo1qe1u
      @user-rx9oo1qe1u Před rokem +4

      youtu.be is just the mobile extension for youtube

  • @galactic_yukii3161
    @galactic_yukii3161 Před rokem +34

    MatPat: “Cats are jerks.”
    My cat sitting next to me: 👁👄👁

  • @RuthCven
    @RuthCven Před rokem +3

    Your peep picture is SO CUTE!!!!! And seeing as how there are cats surrounding it, this seems PURRfect for this video. Speaking of corny puns, I enjoy them so much! Also with all the puns throughout the videos, I can’t help but chuckle every video!

  • @themysteryhedgehog5184
    @themysteryhedgehog5184 Před rokem +1062

    I knew Matpat was gonna make a theory on this but I didn’t expect it to be this dark 😭

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.......czcams.com/video/lxHLMyZBmQg/video.html

    • @tristancampbell4941
      @tristancampbell4941 Před rokem +23

      Killing humanity just sounds like the average Cat thing to do

    • @lpsgia5880
      @lpsgia5880 Před rokem +4

      same

    • @BlitzerXYZ
      @BlitzerXYZ Před rokem +13

      Jesus so many bots

    • @crabtank9039
      @crabtank9039 Před rokem +1

      @@BlitzerXYZ I know right

  • @zkyuuxi1478
    @zkyuuxi1478 Před rokem +1208

    There’s actually a reason why the UV light doesn’t work on the eyes. In one of the missions where we help Doc, he states how much watts is actually required is like 1.1 gigawatts or something to kill zurks? (I don’t remember the actual amount needed) So I’m assuming that the UV light that is emitted has to be higher than the one that is attached to B-12.

    • @catlol6571
      @catlol6571 Před rokem

      this is correct it is said that a weaker uv light was put on b12 because thats all he could support on his small robot body thats why our weapon doesnt effect the eyes but the sun should

    • @Bloodjen
      @Bloodjen Před rokem +123

      Which means they'd maybe get used to the light the cat has, but that doesn't compare the literal sun. I think they're gonna be fine

    • @donjezza10
      @donjezza10 Před rokem +51

      Although in the final scene where the zurk are getting wiped out, you can see the flesh in the background and it doesn't seem to be affected by the sunlight.

    • @zkyuuxi1478
      @zkyuuxi1478 Před rokem +38

      @@donjezza10 it could be where the flesh can’t, but the eyes act as weak spots to the sunlight, and only if they are hit by the sunlight then the flesh will disappear too.

    • @melissaq8854
      @melissaq8854 Před rokem +37

      @@donjezza10 thats because its just remnants of the eggs and stuff , the zurks explode

  • @unluckytourist
    @unluckytourist Před rokem +9

    I was a little perplexed by the Burger Joint memory. I thought this would lead to revealing B-12 was the scientist in charge of the whole operation, and had recreated elements based on his memories, OR that the Helpers, like B-12 were filled with human uploads who had long forgotten their past.

    • @djjfive
      @djjfive Před 10 měsíci +1

      I just presumed the burgers were from McDonald’s🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @carmensfootstool7377
    @carmensfootstool7377 Před 10 měsíci +7

    2:37
    “CATBOY MATPAT DOES NOT EXIST!! HE CANT HURT YOU!!”
    Catboy matpat:

  • @isidorskarin9840
    @isidorskarin9840 Před rokem +729

    Game: includes a cute cat
    Matpat: THE END IS OF THE HUMAN RACE IS NEAR!!!

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):......czcams.com/video/lxHLMyZBmQg/video.html

    • @mallowanimationsyt4646
      @mallowanimationsyt4646 Před rokem +17

      It’s really got to that point huh?
      Oh my god the bots are spreading way too fast.

    • @ultiminium
      @ultiminium Před rokem +4

      I mean in the game the humans are dead

    • @jerricaleonard2123
      @jerricaleonard2123 Před rokem +3

      When Susan is thrown out, these bots are going with her.

    • @thesupernaturalhouse
      @thesupernaturalhouse Před rokem +2

      To be fair, if cats had thumbs they would indeed destroy humanity, they are little psychopaths.....but their our psychopaths so-

  • @HisaKumini
    @HisaKumini Před rokem +2758

    I have a different theory actually regarding the zurk collective in the underground levels of the megastructure. While I do agree that they are not affected by UV light, I don't think they're as much of a threat per se. Another important fact that needs to be looked at is that, if they can consume plastics and metal, then why isn't there more structural damage down there? I think the answer is because the mega colony is composed of a form of zurk that cannot eat normally. Full eusociality: the smaller zurk you see are drones, the hunters, the ones that come back and bring food to the larger hive, which then uses the food to spawn more drones in order to feed itself. Without the UV sensitive drones/workers, the hive as a whole will starve.

    • @arjix8738
      @arjix8738 Před rokem +17

      @lim sowq I assume this is a bot

    • @ghoulyidk
      @ghoulyidk Před rokem +2

      @@arjix8738 same

    • @letsreadtextbook1687
      @letsreadtextbook1687 Před rokem +61

      i agree to this theory

    • @rosa97509
      @rosa97509 Před rokem +64

      in the game its explained in the beginning tho? they say "they eat only moving things"

    • @cringeworthy4755
      @cringeworthy4755 Před rokem +3

      @lim sowq that is so much more comforting 🙏

  • @Zador_Rose
    @Zador_Rose Před rokem +9

    2:26 what if the electronic stuff and the system that comes back to life is b12 back in the network and is now everywhere?

  • @LilNilbogBTW
    @LilNilbogBTW Před rokem +5

    they should release a dlc for stray, where you explore an open world map and there could be hidden lore for matpat to talk about

  • @tymongajewski2816
    @tymongajewski2816 Před rokem +1168

    I personally prefer to believe that, without zurks everywhere and Doc back in the slums, the companions start to develop wired, handheld, very powerful UV ray emitters which they bring into the sewers and use to eradicate the infestation
    [Edit] And another thing: I am honestly very suprised that MatPat didn't see the fact that the zurks may not be only in the 99th underground city. This isn't fallout, these aren't experiment vaults meant to bring psychology to it's furthest, these are safehouses, sanctuaries, seeing as a screen in the last area of the game points to a world map, implying that the game takes place in City 99, Neco corp, the corporation that is the culprit for the existence of the zurks may not be present in all of these cities, there may be more humans in the previous 98 around the world which may just as well be safe from the zurks.
    [Edit2] An important part of this theory is that the zurks may be able to upload themselves to the network, but I think otherwise. You see, in the beginning of the game the cat has to being the B-12 robot to a station to upload the scientists consciousness from the network to its new body, this also happens when we put B-12 back into the network at the end of the game. Now, I have come to realise the way that the concept of consciousness within the network might work, you see, wherever there are companion robots in the game, you can find a white pod along with wires in a certain proximity, this leads me to the conclusion that the network works like the following:
    If you want to upload yourself to the network, you have to climb into a white pod, from there you can either use cables to connect a body to the pod or make it that a body is placed in a nearby station.
    Therefore, there is no way that a zurk, let along multiple upload themselves into the network, turn the robots into a hivemind or become a companion.

    • @selalewow
      @selalewow Před rokem +46

      I am wondering why Matpat is not questioning where all this garbage came from. This city was hermetically sealed, do nothing coming in, so how could tons of garbage be produced?

    • @anandodgerel5434
      @anandodgerel5434 Před rokem +6

      @Selale Z
      Pee and poo

    • @ReeseHosgood
      @ReeseHosgood Před rokem +6

      Yeah, Tymon Gajewski I like to think that as well.

    • @jan_harald
      @jan_harald Před rokem +40

      @@selalewow I mean, it's reasonable that they had massive food piles, perhaps even farms, that eventually rotted away, but yeah, if it's really millions of years, then it would be very weird why there's STILL so much stuff...

    • @jan_harald
      @jan_harald Před rokem +13

      well, it's most likely the bacteria were everywhere, as just a normal thing, it's possible that in SOME of them, they didn't become evil hivemind of killer headcrabs and flesh-walls, but I'd assume that in most of them, something reasonably similar did happen...perhaps some of them didn't become metal-eaters, but they could still eat all the isolation off the wires, and still be dangerous that way

  • @cherryangel273
    @cherryangel273 Před rokem +417

    Honestly the fact that you're playing as a cat isn't even the coolest part of the game. The setting and the story and all the characters are all so interesting and make it such a cool experience. But also: cat.

    • @pelgervampireduck
      @pelgervampireduck Před rokem +1

      I liked the cat but I hated it when the game introduced the stupid robots, the missions, inventory and all that stuff.
      it's disappointing it became like every other generic third person game. the beginning when it's just "cat exploring simulator" is amazing. I want a whole 8 or 10 hours game of only that.

    • @fredcustodio5078
      @fredcustodio5078 Před rokem +1

      @@pelgervampireduck for me it's the opposite, but I also like the intro where it's like a cat simulator but the game will worn out for me eventually, the story addition of robots make it more inrteresting and I was surprised that it was deep and dark lore. but I get you maybe if we remove the robots and zurgs lore, replaced with only cat story and revolves only around the cats and learning how the humans were gone and finding out the timeline is in the far future is also interesting

    • @chainsawboy2388
      @chainsawboy2388 Před rokem +1

      @@pelgervampireduck so you hated 90% of the game? Sounds to me like you didn’t actually like the game all that much just the general concept.

    • @Cat_Garfield
      @Cat_Garfield Před rokem +1

      average @@pelgervampireduck moment

    • @pelgervampireduck
      @pelgervampireduck Před rokem

      @@chainsawboy2388 I liked the concept of exploring as a cat. I hope somebody makes a whole game about that. a "cat walking simulator".

  • @xxleoproxx7495
    @xxleoproxx7495 Před rokem +13

    If this would be the story of a second game, I would be so happy!

  • @RipTaeho
    @RipTaeho Před rokem +11

    i think you just need more power to kill the eyes since the zurks only take 1.1GW to kill them so I imagine they would take more power to kill them

  • @marktheguy742
    @marktheguy742 Před rokem +685

    Litreally everyone: Comes to the conclusion that B-12 has uploaded himself into the network once again.
    Matpat: Nah, the cat killed the human race

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.....czcams.com/video/lxHLMyZBmQg/video.html

    • @BlitzerXYZ
      @BlitzerXYZ Před rokem +2

      I mean I think the better theory videos are the more obscure and crazy theories.

    • @sandychen1381
      @sandychen1381 Před rokem

      ...

    • @MoriBoita
      @MoriBoita Před rokem +2

      I mean, its not hard to think b12 is once again in the cloud
      Since the very beginning he was guiding and kinda taking care of the Cat
      Maybe the b12 is just a copy, or the cloud is a backup
      Kinda weird to see "your friend that is not actually your friend" kinda vibes, but i mean, is possible

    • @soldier-tfindustries9991
      @soldier-tfindustries9991 Před rokem +12

      Personally, i don't believe this Theory.

  • @satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185

    One interesting theory that could be a mini theory if you ever make another Stray theory is that Doc is the only robot called a dad or even a mom or parent in the game. Literally no one else mentions their parents or their children other than Doc (Seamus' father), Seamus (Doc's son) and B-12 (a human). My guess is Doc is the only companion smart enough to be able to built a new companion,hence why he is called a parent and no one else is, he's the only genius inventor we see in the game who could make a new one.

    • @niki7411
      @niki7411 Před rokem +55

      woahh nice theory, i think it could also be the whole thing about them not really having a lot of memories, but still having their human core and emotions. Doc might have been the only one lucky enough to transport both himself and his son as humans into the network.

    • @Pokebreeder
      @Pokebreeder Před rokem +41

      Did you sleep notice how they're a parody of doc and Marty from back to the future? Like look at their outfit

    • @niki7411
      @niki7411 Před rokem

      @@Pokebreeder not everyone has seen that movie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @niki7411
      @niki7411 Před rokem +10

      @@Pokebreeder but wow i didnt notive that until you pointed it out thats so cool

    • @satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185
      @satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185 Před rokem +16

      @@Pokebreeder I knew it but Doc wasn't Marty's dad or even a family member which I think makes the fact they chose to make Doc Seamus' dad even more interesting

  • @Kittscloud
    @Kittscloud Před rokem +6

    The eyes might not have been affected by your UV light because it is not strong enough, this was stated by Doc when he installed the module as he said "It's not meant to run off such a small power source. If you use it to much it will malfuction". But maybe a a stong enough UV light such as the sun does have affect on them, it may slowly kill the eyes or it may do it quickly.

  • @Neutral_Tired
    @Neutral_Tired Před rokem +344

    Alternatively, maybe the UV weapon simply wasn't powerful enough to harm the big one, but the full might of the sun probably is

    • @youraverageintrovert1990
      @youraverageintrovert1990 Před rokem +84

      yeah. honestly i feel like this theory kinda grasped at straws. I mean, has matpat even looked at B-12's body? No way that thing can concentrate enough power to wipe out a massive eyeball. It cant even keep the Defluxor on for more than 5 seconds. Not judging matpat here, considering he probably pressures himself a lot to come up with theories, but I honestly just dont think this makes all too much sense.

    • @toastedprocastinator
      @toastedprocastinator Před rokem +6

      @@youraverageintrovert1990
      true

    • @cocoabar4044
      @cocoabar4044 Před rokem +6

      @@youraverageintrovert1990 yeah i bet they will have to sqint in the sun

    • @aquamarinerose5405
      @aquamarinerose5405 Před rokem +13

      Even beyond the "Full might of the sun VS a single UV lamp" the Hivemind seems to be quite Sedentary. Could even be why they're so much more resistant to UV than most as they can simply recover from a UV exposure much more quickly. Like a strong Cell Wall or membrane. The fact that they are so sedentary might not necessarily mean the sun destroys them instantly, but keeps them from naturally spreading any further as they can effectively only have mobility or defense. Though the "Uploading" issue could still circumvent this somewhat.

    • @SkyDude1256
      @SkyDude1256 Před rokem

      Makes sense since I'm pretty sure the Sun's natural UV light isn't the same as a dinky little flashlight made from scraps by Doc and that a prolonged exposure to the sun would prove fatal enough to the Zurks

  • @OnionPickle
    @OnionPickle Před rokem +665

    Mat, the theory with zurk apocalypse is indeed appealing one, but there are few major problems with that:
    1. We do not have any evidence to support zurk having complex intelegence capable of even basic deduction. So it would be weird for pretty premitive organism to suddenly understand complex electronics
    2 The thing on the walls seeing how it is a living organism, by it having eyes, need to eat somehow, but as we also see it doesn't have any limbs nor mouth or any complex digestive system, as there are no fecies, also taking into account how it sticks to walls, we can assume that it's closer to slime mold. Slime mold are simple organism which are evolutionary between fungi and animals, they feed by extending its body until they reach any food and the absorbing back all parts not connected to any food, they also consume stuff by slowly absorbing stuff. The thing on the walls is probably doing exactly that to a robot in sewers, it's slowly absorbing him, which is supported by the fact that the robot seems grown into the wall.
    3. The UV flashlight is a very weak source UV light and radiation and therefore the immunity to it can't be equated with complete immunity to UV light. As example we humans aren't affected by the UV flashlight either but the sun affects are pretty strongly, all through it is not deadly for us, ateast not immediately, there is no reason to assume that a organism which is generally weak to UV light won't die from exposure to the strongest source of UV light.
    Therefore all through the theory is very interesting it is also highly improbable.

    • @pewpew327
      @pewpew327 Před rokem +70

      correct I was thinking the same thing, nice deduction skills

    • @pewpew327
      @pewpew327 Před rokem +34

      but I think they do have simple deduction skills hence the scene with the giant eyes sending zurks to flank the cat but they don't have a capacity to understand complex technology

    • @RommekePommeke
      @RommekePommeke Před rokem +53

      @@pewpew327 I think that's just based on instinct rather than deduction.

    • @glitchmice6067
      @glitchmice6067 Před rokem +29

      I agree completely. But there's also a small chance that the zurks will evolve, rendering Matpat's theory valid. And I mean over the course of the next million years or so. The zurks have come this far and there's no garaunteed plateau regarding their evolution.

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Před rokem +6

      The zurk don't need to think in the same way as a human being; that's where your logic fails.

  • @akkemaster
    @akkemaster Před rokem +3

    I really appreciate the addition of subtitles. I hope to see them in future videos as well!

  • @haileywheeler1397
    @haileywheeler1397 Před rokem +3

    I am so glad that Mat made a theory about the darker side of the game! From my first playthrough, I always thought the ending of the game seemed a bit sinister and horrific! Well done as always

  • @enniog6197
    @enniog6197 Před rokem +606

    “This Cat Killed the Human Race” you know this is about to get interesting

  • @Xenous8
    @Xenous8 Před rokem +660

    So I think the reason the UV light didn't have an effect on the walls in the zurk hive were because they weren't strong enough to be effective. The sun might be different.

    • @akadoiphin267
      @akadoiphin267 Před rokem +91

      judging how this is 7 million years worth of growth in the dark, the uv light from the sun would shatter it.

    • @reydragonclaw1128
      @reydragonclaw1128 Před rokem +150

      Bro imagine if you're an eyeball in the darkness for 7 million years and then you see the sun. A bright, blinding sun right into your overexposed giant eyeball. A UV flashlight isn't gonna do much, flimsy little thing. The sun would totally obliterate them, though. It's like if you've been in the theatre for 3 hours and then walk out into afternoon sun, you're blinded. Now multiply this by like, 7million. I think your eyeballs are going to _explode_

    • @arsonexc
      @arsonexc Před rokem +25

      @@reydragonclaw1128 I don't think the eyeballs were made to travel. They can't get out because they act like the HQ. That's why they hijacked the bots, possibly to carry the little guys and create new "HQ's".

    • @krwrie
      @krwrie Před rokem +7

      or because of game developing limitations-

    • @username-cq6kl
      @username-cq6kl Před rokem +18

      @@krwrie A similar situation is with the fish/creatures living at the bottom of the ocean. They won't survive at the surface level because they just don't have the ability to live there. They've evolved to withstand the harsh environment of the deep ocean, so much so, that they will immediately die if we bring them up.

  • @BlooJellyZ
    @BlooJellyZ Před 2 měsíci +4

    Goodbye Matt ;(

  • @marshajelly6264
    @marshajelly6264 Před rokem +7

    Damn, I like this theory so much.
    at first I thought Matpat gonna touch the question of "where are the human remnants? a.k.a. the bones" because, what if the zurks are not just zurks, but a new human sub-species that adapt by conjoining themselves with the zurks? That's why 1.21 GW UV light does not affect them at all, because we are able to withstand the sun better than the zurks.
    while B-12 and the companions are the remaining humans who went digital, what if the current zurks were the remnants of human species who evolved to adapt as the zurk's sub-species?
    this kinda explains how the zurks have the capability of intelligence to study the robot in the sewer, to get their ways into the network.
    You're welcome :)

    • @Leagueminer-ve6iv
      @Leagueminer-ve6iv Před rokem

      For me I think it's a connection of that meditating dude, seeing as he is also connected to a bunch of wires as well, it's possible that the bodies are just acting like cameras, especially since we are already expected and stuff

  • @killua_uchiha_animedits
    @killua_uchiha_animedits Před rokem +15817

    Let's be honest, the fact that Mat can make a theory about a cat that just walks around a city just shows how quickly he's losing his sanity

    • @Redstalf666
      @Redstalf666 Před rokem +51

      LMAO

    • @niklasschonhofer3801
      @niklasschonhofer3801 Před rokem +221

      Lore is still deep even if the game is simple

    • @tyukogames
      @tyukogames Před rokem +89

      Bro, b12, plague, robots, zurcks...

    • @b1xssom838
      @b1xssom838 Před rokem +75

      After the FNaF vods I think he needed something cute…
      To then absolutely destroy and reveal they killed the world..
      Or are just dead…
      😮‍💨

    • @unknown-ff8uc
      @unknown-ff8uc Před rokem +10

      lol

  • @TardisKind_X
    @TardisKind_X Před rokem +1468

    love how matpat just gave BACTERIA this much intelligence
    i think they would just continue to vibe down there

  • @blablablaaaaa9140
    @blablablaaaaa9140 Před rokem +2

    I recommend cube escape, it’s on both ios and android, it’s packed with lore. REALLLLY recommend!!!!!!

  • @ProfesserRowan
    @ProfesserRowan Před rokem +3

    The zurk controlling the Network and the doors can also be shown and confirmed all the way at the beginning of the game, when you fall down, the control panel for one of the doors flickers on and opens just enough for the first zurk we see to go underneath the door, also allowing us to begin the game, into the "Dead City"

  • @mrshiny1008
    @mrshiny1008 Před rokem +373

    Question: wouldn't the Zurks need to operate the same white pod in order to upload themselves into a robot? Having one just chained up and connected to some wires in the sewers wouldn't really help them if they can't get in a pod and use it correctly to get in the robot's consciousness/the network. And that's also assuming that the Zurks have enough consciousness in the first place to be uploaded, as all I remember they can do is eat, see, run at you, repeat.

    • @Fahren_o
      @Fahren_o Před rokem

      It's all about the giant eyeballs, are those things connected to a neuronal system ? Clearly the little roming zurks don't have any form of advanced intelligence but the eyeballs are clearly trying to stop you by releasing numbers of those zurks when you're spotted.

    • @bakhurr
      @bakhurr Před rokem +25

      The Zurks have taken over big parts of the city. There are multiple pods in other apartments or facilities that are in Zurk territory (I doubt that humanity used only two pods).

    • @xxstephxx1005
      @xxstephxx1005 Před rokem +10

      Also if they are in the robots and network how will they eat

    • @vader567
      @vader567 Před rokem +13

      @@xxstephxx1005 thats the thing... they wouldn’t have to eat.. wait...
      if the zurks are trying to upload themselves to robots? are they still a threat after they are done with that task?

    • @tymongajewski2816
      @tymongajewski2816 Před rokem +2

      Spoiler alert: they don't have enough consciousness

  • @nineCryptids
    @nineCryptids Před rokem +390

    The fact that the flesh on the walls didn’t eat the cat or the walls means it’s probably a different substance, and because it can’t eat the robot, the robot’s still alive.
    That’s my game theory anyway. Mainly because I want at least *one* game to have a happy ending and it might as well be the cat game

    • @GIRGHGH
      @GIRGHGH Před rokem +18

      We never actually see Zurk eating metal besides living Companions, so maybe the one in the sewer was dead, and that's why nothing ate it? The Zurk seem to specifically not eat structures and electronic systems, even in the most Zurked up places, we see tech online working fine. I can only explain that with them seeing Companions as a threat.

    • @UmbraLyrel
      @UmbraLyrel Před rokem

      The Zurk *respond* to the beck and call of the entity we see in the sewers. That is -why- they try to flood and kill us there. It controls, the Zurk.

    • @amirfroggie8370
      @amirfroggie8370 Před rokem +1

      @@GIRGHGH It's not dead though, it repeatedly looks around at the cat when you walk near it. So clearly it's still functioning, along with the moniters its hooked up to.

    • @GIRGHGH
      @GIRGHGH Před rokem +1

      @@amirfroggie8370 By dead I just meant the ai. It looking around could be interpreted as just doing what all the eyes were doing.

    • @amirfroggie8370
      @amirfroggie8370 Před rokem

      @@GIRGHGH We don't know if that's what happens if "The A.I inside it dies", but you think that would just result in them...
      Dying.
      Cause the blank robots in the end have also been around for years, but their ai is obviously still working just fine, but with nothing else to do but clean.

  • @clashwithjonesy7109
    @clashwithjonesy7109 Před rokem +5

    ok but interesting detail, at the higher level (the room you go into before entering the control room), there was a big sign that said it was 'wall 99'. That either means it's the 99nth part of the wall or there are other walled cities just like the one in Stray. Or maybe there's walled cities where humans are still alive and could've possibly ventured outside.

    • @IzuAurora
      @IzuAurora Před rokem +1

      I can't remember where it was said in the game but i'm pretty sure it was revealed that there indeed are other walled cities.

  • @FlamespeedyAMV
    @FlamespeedyAMV Před rokem +6

    What if B12 is actually evil and caused all this in the first place, but doesn't fully remember it until the end as you have to find all the memories. Multiple pods definitely proves others can upload their consciousness too. The all seeing eyes must have infiltrated robots and used the cat to get the door open at the end of the game. The Zurks don't want to consume metal because they literally live and are surrounded by it, so I think when they attack the robots, it's the humans inside the robots they are trying to get at, for many purposes.

  • @unknownvariable9239
    @unknownvariable9239 Před rokem +162

    I find it comforting to know that even after we humans are all dead and gone, cats will still be around to knock things off of shelves for no particular reason lol.

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):......czcams.com/video/lxHLMyZBmQg/video.html

    • @b1xssom838
      @b1xssom838 Před rokem +5

      Better than roaches, aren’t they the ones that usually survive everything?
      ..oh no now I’m imagining Stray but it’s just roaches instead of cats help

  • @thijsvanpuffelen9273
    @thijsvanpuffelen9273 Před rokem +550

    I feel like the whole “eyes are immune to the lamp” thing is just a missing game detail the devs never thought about. Clever theory though, and even if what I say here is true, they are still safe in the sewers.

    • @Fahren_o
      @Fahren_o Před rokem +56

      Hard to believe they could have missed such a huge detail, especially when you see how polished the game is. They made giant eyeballs looking at you and your only weapon is a UV light : of course each player will try to kill those things with UV

    • @Fahren_o
      @Fahren_o Před rokem +38

      They could at least make them closing, or just blink, when shining your light on them but they didn't....

    • @beywheelzhater8930
      @beywheelzhater8930 Před rokem +77

      Could also just be the quantity of UV lighting, a single drop of water isn't going to break apart an ocean of salt kind of deal

    • @sjl4212
      @sjl4212 Před rokem +54

      Could also very easily be explained as that they need a greater concentration of UV than a little light can produce.

    • @TheElaska17
      @TheElaska17 Před rokem +14

      But isnt the sun a bit stronger than a small uv light i might be forgetting something but...

  • @stephystephs
    @stephystephs Před rokem +3

    My idea was that even though the UV weapon didn’t work on the Zurk wall eyeballs….it was a weak weapon on a little drone. Extended exposure to the actual sun might cause more damage. They also said that stuff grows were Zurks are. If the zurks die off, that stuff might start to deteriorate as well.

  • @delaneymikesell
    @delaneymikesell Před 7 měsíci +1

    i honestly think this game has massive potential to have a sequel

  • @dragonrobber
    @dragonrobber Před rokem +604

    So, as much as I love your theories and how dark they can get, I have to say I found a flaw to this one proving it is indeed B-12 in the network and not the zurks. Other than the fact that B-12 literally says his little drone body couldn't handle it but he'll be fine back in the network, the cutscene showing the sentinels crashing is proof it's B-12. Why would the Zurks shut down the sentinels? It wouldn't serve them any purpose and we know it isn't because of UV as that wouldn't make sense to build a police force that shuts down in sunlight. The sentinels shut down because B-12 shut them down after he got control.

    • @dragonrobber
      @dragonrobber Před rokem

      I actually thought of something else that proves it's B12. In the beginning, when you first fall in, the screens flicker on and the giant door opens up. You then see signs and cameras guiding you and find out that this is B12 guiding you to him. They flicker on exactly like they do at the end.

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 Před rokem +17

      Wait, the sentinels crashed?

    • @dragonrobber
      @dragonrobber Před rokem +32

      @@jwalster9412 Yeah, have you not beaten the game? You can beat it in under 2 hours. I've already platinumed it on 2 accounts.

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 Před rokem +12

      @@dragonrobber I've only watched a full playthrough once.

    • @bluesonicstreak7317
      @bluesonicstreak7317 Před rokem +66

      I thought it was more that the sentinels were just part of the lockdown; when the lockdown ended, they were automatically disabled.

  • @Xavierpng
    @Xavierpng Před rokem +1698

    I thought the theory would at least touch on another great mystery of the game: why after 7 million years cats are still so cat-like

    • @nightmare.5595
      @nightmare.5595 Před rokem +47

      Nobody Answered Your Comment? Oof
      And Yea They Are Still Cat-Like

    • @1234567890CAB
      @1234567890CAB Před rokem +221

      I thought that 7 million years was quite farfetched as well. Just normal entropy and decay of infrastructure like metal rusting, paint peeling, plastics getting brittle with age, concrete crumbling, etc. not to mention the batteries and capacitors in all of the electronics there'd be nothing left.

    • @cru3her608
      @cru3her608 Před rokem +322

      Cats have reached perfection, theres no more evolving to do anymore

    • @siranubismax
      @siranubismax Před rokem +94

      Peak evolution

    • @futotesan
      @futotesan Před rokem +63

      @@1234567890CAB To be fair, with the pop of bots combating the decay it's a bit more believable.

  • @Hoorad_V
    @Hoorad_V Před rokem +1

    I just wanted to say that you videos are so interrrrreesting i love them

  • @thelivingliver6715
    @thelivingliver6715 Před rokem +1

    matpat made a hidden pun.
    getting *stray*t to the point

  • @animatedspringtrap5331
    @animatedspringtrap5331 Před rokem +976

    This game should have a DLC where you explore the outside it’s literally so genius edit: thank you guys for making this comment popular I really appreciate you guys This is genuinely the most likes I have gotten.

    • @m.douglas8492
      @m.douglas8492 Před rokem +7

      Yes

    • @UngoogleableMan
      @UngoogleableMan Před rokem +129

      I was really disappointed that we never meet back up with our cat family from the beginning of the game.

    • @kofi2554
      @kofi2554 Před rokem +1

      @@UngoogleableMan actually they most likely reunited, but it sucks that there wasn't a cutscene or gameplay that shows it. czcams.com/video/tEOEczZQHbo/video.html

    • @vortex124
      @vortex124 Před rokem +16

      call it freeroam mode

    • @tompoessy
      @tompoessy Před rokem +22

      also one where you can go back into the slums and midtown

  • @iainma265
    @iainma265 Před rokem +524

    MATPAT being slapped by a cat is the most wholesome thing I seen

    • @benito23453
      @benito23453 Před rokem

      MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.......czcams.com/video/lxHLMyZBmQg/video.html

    • @deanos32
      @deanos32 Před rokem +6

      What the-

    • @iainma265
      @iainma265 Před rokem +5

      @@deanos32 Ik right? So much spam and commercial

    • @pro_master2486
      @pro_master2486 Před rokem +4

      @@iainma265 Omg the 4 horsemen of bots + spamming

    • @iainma265
      @iainma265 Před rokem +5

      Breh looking around it’s the same bots that is commenting on everything

  • @angelamay781
    @angelamay781 Před rokem

    I love the purring in the end of the video, it’s a nice touch 🥲

  • @Lari_crescent_moon
    @Lari_crescent_moon Před rokem +2

    We can all trust matpat to send us nightmares about the zurgs being engineered in a lab and coming to life and killing us all 😀

  • @warmachineuk
    @warmachineuk Před rokem +218

    Even accepting the premise of the video, it's highly unlikely those on the surface are doomed. The zurk rats have huge numbers and can chew through metal but seem to lack any kind of coordination by the zurk masterminds as well as being destroyed by ultraviolet light. The zurk masterminds don't seem to be fast at hacking the imprisoned robot, so it's highly unlikely they can infiltrate and overrun the other robots before they notice and fight back. The other robots are organised, inventive, and have manufacturing capabilities, so can fight back with brutality.

    • @KatorCat
      @KatorCat Před rokem +1

      lets not forget that all (if not all a lot of zurks) died due to the ultraviolet light emanating from the sun. (nvm just a lot of zurks died in city 99 but there can be in other cities thats true, I didn't think that through.)

  • @chaihill1837
    @chaihill1837 Před rokem +139

    That entire sewer chapter was a giant “nope” moment. One look at those eyes, and I IMMEDIATELY wanted nothing more to go back to the Slums.

  • @firesausegaming3453
    @firesausegaming3453 Před 10 měsíci

    11:22 omg love how he cattifyed the outro

  • @coldmcdonaldsfry
    @coldmcdonaldsfry Před rokem +3

    i know this is late but back to when u said that the computer turning on in the end meant either B12 was alive or that the system wasn’t destroyed, but if i remember correctly one of the last things B12 said was that destroying the system would be what destroys his software and kills him, so technically wouldn’t that mean if the system isn’t destroyed then B12 isn’t either? like as if he’s trapped in the system? hopefully this makes sense

  • @theofficialbigsean747
    @theofficialbigsean747 Před rokem +146

    Matpat failed to realize that a single UV light does not match up to the unmatched power of the sun

  • @sharktenko267
    @sharktenko267 Před rokem +223

    1: it could be that while our UV light is strong enough to take out the smaller zurks it just isnt enough to do the same for the larger ones, this doesnt mean they are immune
    2: would the zurks even have the mental faculties to think about uploading there minds, all they want is food they want to feed and nothing more

    • @toothpasteman3400
      @toothpasteman3400 Před rokem +9

      if you tell an A.I to make paperclips it will _only_ make paperclips it might dismantle human bodies for more paperclips maybe it will start dismantling the earth just because it has one objective doesn't mean it won't develop better faster ways of doing that objective

    • @marshajelly6264
      @marshajelly6264 Před rokem +15

      if we want to talk about mental faculties, we should start with the question "Where is the human remnants?"
      my best assumption so far is that the reason why the zurks developed eyes is because they get that DNA from human remnants. what if those eyes are the new developing sub-species of human-zurks? by that assumption, it makes sense how 1.21GW UV light won't affect them at all, because human has the capability to withstand sunlight. With that, it makes sense that they will develop the mental facilities to observe and study the robot in the sewer. Objective wise, they could be just trying to find better ways to survive.
      but that's just my assumption :p

    • @Croftice1
      @Croftice1 Před rokem +10

      @@toothpasteman3400 And how exactly is uploading into robotic bodies without any proper digestive system gonna help them? If their whole purpose (or objective) is to eat anything that moves, they can't accomplish that in the peaceful bodies of those Companion bots. So uploading into them makes no sense for the Zurk.

  • @ayllahnikole556
    @ayllahnikole556 Před rokem +1

    The human conscious theory really gets me hyped because it connects to the movie “Chappie” where a robot builder finds a way to make a robot have a human conscious, then the robot finds out how to move a humans conscious to a robots body.

  • @poppitron3609
    @poppitron3609 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I feel like the ending was a bit rushed, but it left room for a sequel.

  • @fsb5319
    @fsb5319 Před rokem +348

    “My mighty attacks can not reach thee? And who decided that? My blazing sun was swallowed up by a speck of darkness? And who decided that? The only one who gets to decide such things IS ME!”
    -The Stray Cat probably when getting the UV flash light from Doc.

  • @kamui_fire1467
    @kamui_fire1467 Před rokem +539

    Matpat is the only one who can ruin a food, show, movie or game and not be absolutely hated for it

    • @ChronoMoth
      @ChronoMoth Před rokem +26

      I beg to differ

    • @LeSpooderX
      @LeSpooderX Před rokem +23

      Well, some of his theories just don't make sense

    • @yusheitslv100
      @yusheitslv100 Před rokem +6

      He's been doing it since 2011.

    • @burp2019
      @burp2019 Před rokem +11

      just laughed at until most forget, like the Sans is Ness video

    • @kamui_fire1467
      @kamui_fire1467 Před rokem +1

      @@yusheitslv100 I know

  • @rickbiessman6084
    @rickbiessman6084 Před měsícem

    I never noticed that prisoner companion down in the sewers! :O Your hypothesis is much more solid than I thought it could be. :D

  • @Cottage_Gore
    @Cottage_Gore Před rokem +1

    I would love a theory on Concrete Genie. It has a very similar vibe to this. I’d love to know more about the sketch book and the genies lore.

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 Před rokem +742

    A cat simulator with a wide degree of endings and open-ended relationships should be developed; love or admonish your human, become a stray or gain multiple home-situations with families or singles, hunt progressively more difficult prey, walk on computers to buy special items not otherwise available, stay-clean, destroy a room, escape confinement, battle for territory, raise kittens wild or domestic, foster orphan animals, bring trophies home, and hunt sleeping peoples toes.

    • @Matthew-pt4rw
      @Matthew-pt4rw Před rokem +28

      I would play this game 100%

    • @InsomniacSwallow
      @InsomniacSwallow Před rokem +29

      Yeah, we need more animal simulation games, the videogames are too anthropocentric when we could learn about and get closer in understanding the world that surround us with games.

    • @thesaltyeevee1459
      @thesaltyeevee1459 Před rokem +7

      I mean if you want some of these features cattails let’s you do a lot of these. The cats don’t interact with human objects but you can raise kittens and interact with other cats and battle for territory that your colony uses to hunt.

    • @lahlybird895
      @lahlybird895 Před rokem +6

      There's a game called cat's choice in the choice of games library that's basically this except I've never played it all the way through because I can only go in for three chapters before I have to pay for it and the app won't let me purchase things

    • @AzuraFallen
      @AzuraFallen Před rokem +1

      Sims pet pack

  • @somnialillies4742
    @somnialillies4742 Před rokem

    Matpat should also make a theory on Endling: Extinction is forever. Its a beautiful game and has an amazing story which could spawn a ton of theories

  • @ansarsowell7188
    @ansarsowell7188 Před rokem

    The texture of the logo when he made the first cat pun Unnerved me

  • @losnfjslefn8857
    @losnfjslefn8857 Před rokem +143

    Honestly, I did think that the story was leading up to "humans uploaded their minds to robots" reveal, especially after seeing that robot talking about smells. Was a little confused and disappointed when it was never brought up in game, but it's still my head cannon.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear Před rokem

      *czcams.com/video/zj4Gzp2lI2I/video.html*
      Here is the full vid:

    • @willowisatree4323
      @willowisatree4323 Před rokem +7

      i didnt know that it wasnt cannon... i thought it was just facts cus of the cat comment too

  • @abelterrible1892
    @abelterrible1892 Před rokem +210

    One of the few theories of Matt that I actually see as kind of grasping at loose ends cause the Zurk eyeballs not exploding could be just cuz the dev’s didn’t really want to have to remodel maps, but like he said can’t really be disproven.

    • @zaneron8391
      @zaneron8391 Před rokem +47

      That part, admittedly yes. But the devs very consciously added an imprisoned companion bot in the Zurk territory for a reason. Which goes against the whole, mindless monsters that attempt to eat anything in sight, style that Zurks seem to be. Also having the Zurks evolve into a more dangerous entity is such a sequel bait. And that means more money!

    • @abelterrible1892
      @abelterrible1892 Před rokem +3

      @@zaneron8391 yeah u right, it’s just like he said it can’t be proven nor be disproven but if it means hope at a sequel im all for it.

    • @wakkaseta8351
      @wakkaseta8351 Před rokem +4

      That or the lamp is just too weak for the eyeballs.

    • @Fahren_o
      @Fahren_o Před rokem +4

      They could have, at the very least, make the eyeballs closing when you're shining your light on them. The lack of any reaction, even the sligtest, is really weird.

    • @paxtheskeleton6636
      @paxtheskeleton6636 Před rokem +5

      Or maybe it’s just that our light is too weak, I bet that if actual sunlight popped in the sewers those eyeballs would pop too.

  • @NieroshaiTheSable
    @NieroshaiTheSable Před rokem +1

    OK this is a far cry from the "Mario kicks puppies and Samus is a neutron star" days. I'm not resubbing just yet, but I'm definitely gonna do a backlog dive.

  • @AdrianC125
    @AdrianC125 Před rokem +3

    Another small, seemingly insignificant thing you might've missed that seems to support your theory;
    in Antvillage, there's a robot sleeping on a couch named Isaac, and when you try to talk to him, he says "zzz electric zurk... everywhere... zzz".
    Like I said, _seemingly_ insignificant.

  • @pablorosada9788
    @pablorosada9788 Před rokem +314

    Mat really assumes the "consciousness" of the Zerg hivemind is comparable enough to that of a human, and therefore the same process that digitizes human consciousness can be used on the zerg as well.
    But we know they are not comparable. Zerg lack basic sentient instincts that humans had, that every living mammal has.
    For example, they see other zerg get killed by the UV lamp, but they don't hide from it or avoid it.
    And also, assuming that the zerg can comprehend the concept of digitizing consciousness, or even the concept of consciousness to begin with is a MASSIVE stretch.
    It's easy to forget that "consciousness" is an abstract concept made by the human mind to simplify the astronomically complex processes that take place in our brain. Why would a species that hasn't even developed intelligence yet would see the robots and understand the process by which they were made?

    • @MP-yq4mt
      @MP-yq4mt Před rokem +24

      the issue is that we never learn why the robot is imprisoned there (or if we do, it's never mentioned.) If this was an actual interrogation zone, I think the zurk would have fortified the location to make sure the robot couldn't escape. But no, because the large flesh wall would obstruct the view of the creepy set piece. Matpat has never heard of a red herring and wants to try to put every square peg into the triangular holes. When the pegs are small and he can fill in the space around it with anecdotal drivel, it works. but when the pegs and the implications they carry are too big, it simply doesn't fit the script he writes for it

    • @renab.7390
      @renab.7390 Před rokem +18

      Yeah, unfortunately the actual theory here (disregarding the part with the robots being uploaded humans for which there's so much evidence it's not just a theory) is very far-fetched.

    • @tonyolo4591
      @tonyolo4591 Před rokem +18

      I don't think he's really comparing the hive mind to human consciousness,....i mean he went through a whole explanation to how certain bacteria, come together to form what is similar to a neural network. and the very concept of a hive mind is so far from the way any single mined self centered creature thinks. your example of zerg seeing other zerg die, and the individual zerg not reacting to the threat that killed others in front of them is flawed, because hive minds display that kind of behavior....... compare that to bee's who die when they sting , yet thousands will willingly die to ensure the hive survives. the hive uses zergs as disposable pawns, foot soldiers, and cannon fodder, just to achieve it's goal.
      even the concept of digitizing a consciousness,..... a neural network would be more similar to a digitized network than a human mind IMO, so I think it'd be easier for the hive mind to control the network than a human mind.
      It seems like you are not really grasping the fact that bacteria(microscopic life forms) are running around(mimicking animals). that on it's own is a display of how far their ability to mimic brain functions has grown. it takes a lot more coordinated brain functions to simply walk than you may think. they aren't just walking,.....they have become apex predators.
      I personally wouldn't put anything past them at this point.

    • @cielbie8251
      @cielbie8251 Před rokem +2

      ​@@tonyolo4591 Ok, and how would a hive mind connect to a computer? As in, have the same consciousness? Each bacteria in the organism is its own creature, and could only "think" (though its not even shown to do that, its just a blob) because of each bacteria following instructions.
      So how can it continue to "think" in a computer? Thats like saying you can put an ant colony's consciousness into a computer.

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 Před rokem +2

      @@tonyolo4591 I agree.

  • @whatever9097
    @whatever9097 Před rokem +255

    “I also have a perfectly valid explanation that can’t be disproven, but mine is a lot darker.” Is basically the entirety of GT summarized.

  • @banuafamily9026
    @banuafamily9026 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I would've not thought of this myself.
    I just finished the game yesterday and you're right 👍

  • @yeonmirae7816
    @yeonmirae7816 Před rokem

    I'm glad i'm not the only one pointing some of these out... not everything because I didn't even think to link all of these up, but human consciences, the eye thingy and UV ... yeah

  • @VaibhavShewale
    @VaibhavShewale Před rokem +1

    i never saw that robot on the wall!
    now the title make's some sense

  • @kidsbelikethat249
    @kidsbelikethat249 Před rokem +270

    No matter how much sense this makes, how many loose ends it ties, how thought out it is with actual support and evidence in the game and very much being likely true,
    I refuse to believe the little kitty cat did anything bad

    • @paulahitchcock9005
      @paulahitchcock9005 Před rokem +7

      @@RedMint_Tea cats are way more than cute.

    • @aeshaahme3774
      @aeshaahme3774 Před rokem +3

      @@RedMint_Tea Not only cute, it’s VERY intelligent that I ever doubt that the cat would make such a mistake like this.

    • @aeshaahme3774
      @aeshaahme3774 Před rokem

      @@RedMint_Tea Yeah, I said that because his intelligence compared to a cat or even any animal is pretty high.
      I dunno if there are other animals today that are much more smarter than this cat. But for a cat it’s impressive.

    • @maggieyouel
      @maggieyouel Před rokem +1

      You monsters have no idea what cats do. They will eat their owners no matter how much they care about them.

    • @Ashlxy_777
      @Ashlxy_777 Před rokem

      Me too

  • @froggermeister6399
    @froggermeister6399 Před rokem +863

    Only issue with the theory; the Zurk eye-mind can’t actually harm anything, they can only control smaller Zurks. If we assume Zurks have to evolve to achieve their “eye” form, eyes won’t appear on the surface because they need to be able to grow in prolonged dark to grow into eyes.

    • @d3tach3d
      @d3tach3d Před rokem +41

      Did you not watch the video? The few theories he throws out there answers your question.
      The Captured Robot Hooked up to the network (using him for some sort of advancement of their own species and the cat essentially unlocking their prison. Like he said, most likely thevye been trying to learn/evolve so they can eventually transfer their own consciousness into ultra durable robots so it/they can evolve and spread like a virus over the whole planet. Kind of like us humans, lol

    • @TakarieZan
      @TakarieZan Před rokem +9

      There are many ways to avoid that if they get a robot army. They can literally carry zurk in tubes to caves, facilities etc.

    • @zuriela.3578
      @zuriela.3578 Před rokem +3

      True but some of the smaller zurks could’ve survived if they were still in the sewer when the city opened up, there could have also been eggs down there.

    • @froggermeister6399
      @froggermeister6399 Před rokem

      @@d3tach3d the Zurks have not shown intelligence passed eyes pointing in the general direction of prey. It’s more than likely the “captured” robots are strung up like spiders in a trap, food on hold. Even if the Zurk are smarter than we give them credit for, the robots are not aware of their consciousness transference, so then how are the Zurk going to prod information out that the robots aren’t even aware of.

    • @froggermeister6399
      @froggermeister6399 Před rokem +9

      @@TakarieZan how can the Zurk probe the information of consciousness transfer when even the robots don’t remember it happening?

  • @arashcivil9516
    @arashcivil9516 Před rokem

    matpat: right? weeeeell not quite
    me: that rhymes

  • @kitshiro2590
    @kitshiro2590 Před 6 měsíci

    Finally, we got a Stray theory

  • @thatdudenamedkevin5627
    @thatdudenamedkevin5627 Před rokem +94

    I like to think Stray, is an introductory game, into a possibly, and much bigger, franchise with answers to all our questions about the world Stray takes place