The Most CHAOTIC Body Horror Game Ever Created
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- In todays video I cover a game I played that stood out to me as far as indie horror games go. GOLDEN LIGHT follows the misadventure of a man traversing his personal hell with one goal in mind, saving his damsel.
If you liked this game, please support it along with the the team that helped bring this masterpiece into the real world. Most music used within this video is directly from the GOLDEN LIGHT soundtrack.
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Additional music provided by my friend Ellis here:
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Thanks again for your continued support on my videos even though it takes me forever to make them.
0:00 Intro
2:01 Opening
7:31 Gut Corridors
16:10 The Eternal Field
18:28 The Meat Factory
22:41 The Cages
26:43 The Backstreets
30:30 The Meatwoods
34:37 The Reds
38:11 The Insides
43:46 Story Analysis
55:54 Closing Thoughts
this game is scarier than that one time i watched freakybob on paramount plus
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Waaw
BABE WAKE UP, THE SMALL, UNDERRATED CZcamsR THAT UPLOADS ONCE EVERY DECADE JUST POSTED AN HOUR LONG VIDEO
My favourite genre of youtuber
Top 10 babe wake up explanations of 2024
THE JEEPER'S CREEPERS OF CZcams!! He comes for us every 10 years to have us watch a video, then he vanishes.
You have found a cryptid.
So close. Yet so far.
shout out to "small content creator that uploads an hour long video once every year" gotta be one of my favorite genders
It's like if David Lynch and Tom Waits got horribly drunk together and somehow manifested a videogame of sheer crust energy. This game's aesthetic captures the destitute feeling of an obsessed person who has driven away their reason for being.
Wow could not have said it better myself
One of the objects looks a lot like the baby from eraserhead
True..
As a long time fan of the yt channel of the dev, you can't imagine how close you hit the nail on the head with the reference points lol
As someone who recieved a TBI from a car accident, any injury to the brain can mess with memory. So even though a lobotomy is focused on a specific part, and the memories are stored somewhere else, that doesn't mean you won't have memory issues later. The brain is so very complex, so basically damaging one part impacts the rest.
Thanks for informing me 👍🏽
From what I gathered of the story of Golden Light I can only summarize it as such:
You did something horrible, and you don't even remember her name
There’s some things that I didn’t consider when making the video that have already made me chance my perspective on the story a bit, so yeah that sentence is probably the most accurate description.
@@nasxeen and one more thing- the only named woman in the whole game is Rose.
I don't know yet what is her importance, because interestingly- she got her own game. Golden Light of Rose was a temporarly availible free version of Golden Light where you play as Rose.
Interestingly- Rose tends to appear in the plase of rose flower you give to Her.
Yeah I knew about Rose and her spin off game. I wasn’t able to play it, nor was I able to put together a solid enough theory as to what she’s supposed to represent within the story so I didn’t share any perspective on that.
@@nasxeen I unfortunatelly also was late and couldn't play it. And also dunno where to place Rose
Honestly it seems like the protagonist got a lobotomy in the scene with the surgeon to forget about "she", but since this is a lobotomy it basically broke his perception of reality, and this is him going through his mementos piecing his past together, then i think he gave up at the end (?) And got consumed by the golden light. Assuming its something to do with "touching oneself" Story (which i think means that he tried satisfying in a way).
I think the golden light and "touching himself" Refers to the lobotomy. Cause he did end up squeezing every ounce of potential he had trying to forget "she" Which led to his "creativity" Coming up in this twisted maze of memories which he is trying to piece together until the moment it all clicks (aka the golden light/lobotomy he did at the end).
To conclude i think its the protagonist just going through his broken memories of a failed lobotomy in his twisted broken mind due to said lobotomy. But this is just a theory though from the analysis.
That actually makes a lot of sense, good theory!
This is more into head cannon territory, I think that areas like the meat factory and the weird forest with the man eater might be his book ideas being mixed in with his memories. Cause they don't have the same meat like aesthetic (I think this has smth to do with him finding out that "she" Is with another man because flesh and lust I guess are thematically connected but I may be reading too much into it). So that may explain why the game is the way it is. But this is more of a headcannon than a full theory.
Yeah I didn’t really have a solid enough theory as to what any of the bosses/areas were supposed to mean. My working idea was that they were tied to places he’s remembers having pleasant memories with she and he was looking there for an answer on what made the past better than how things were currently (following with my idea that the game is the characters drugged out experience). Ex. in the flashback scene in the rain seems like they went on a date in the town resembling the backstreet or the meatwoods some type of winter log cabin get away.
It was kind of stretch with no evidence that also didn’t explain areas like the corridors or meat factory, so I didn’t share it in the video. Though I do think the idea of those areas being from his novel is interesting because it would imply that his fictional novels are blending into his reality.
@@nasxeen I feel like it's both his memories and his work mixing together, because his head is a jumbled mess. I mean assuming it was a lobotomy, a failed one, the brain damage could be leading him into this mixed reality in which his thoughts about she, his memories, his books are getting mixed into a cocktail of a reality.
His career, or at least the failings of it do seem to have a major impact on his fake reality, cause they show up as typewriters and mix tapes, so is it really a stretch to say they will manifest in some other ways.
I personally lean towards the fact it's just everything all at once being thrown into his delusions and that's why everything is the way it is. So both the books and memories are creating these landscapes.
Finally someone with my theory! I was kinda afraid of saying it myself because I wasn't too sure.
The scene with “they” also scarred me, so i get it
Interesting looking game! I look forward to watching this throughout the day.
I was thinking that maybe the "gut" is the creators actual gut. When you're really down after a bad breakup, you feel it in your gut. That feeling can last a long time. Maybe the whole thing is a reflection of the internal journey to getting to that final relization where they can start to heal, reaching the "golden light".
that's a good theory and it makes sence
Yup, it tears you up inside, especially when infidelity is involved. You question everything, and even the positive memories are forever tainted. They cease to become places of comfort, and instead bring only sorrow and uncertainty.
Wish like hell I could forget I ever knew her.
@@solarprophet5439
. . . I know your pain, I treat my most recent break up like a drug detox or processing combat ptsd. Two things I know and mentally are not too different to the brain on a chemical level.
Word of advice: compartmentalization is your friend, substance abuse is not your friend, you deserve better, become the best person that you can be and be the change you want see.
Realize that toxic people are like plague carriers and it’s easy to let their behavior infect you and the way you interact with future partners.
Also don’t fall into the trap of thinking Your self worth and identity is defined by your partner.
Good luck and Iam rooting for you.
"eye with fingers" and "gross fetus" were both references to horror movies!!! Bride of Reanimator and Eraserhead respectively. you can tell that the creators of this game really love the body horror genre and these little nods are so fun
thank you lil nas x, i always appreciate when small horror things get their stories told outside of just their scares
No problem Crabgar
Maneaters theme was so good for no reason
Yeah a lot of the boss themes weren’t even actual songs, just a looping sample. For whatever reason he got special treatment.
Its like Baroque and Squirrel Stapler had a weird baby.
and post void. squirrel stapler, baroque, and post void had a child
Pretty sure the throwing mechanic is lifted from Baroque too, love it. We need more games inspired by it.
@@interestingusername306the throwing and eating mystery items
Is squirrel stapler like dog welder?
@@chrisspiker5422 you play a hunter stapling squirrels to the crucified corpse of your dead wife to bring her back from the dead. It is ... Weird.
_"Is NTR avoidable?"_
Aw Hell naw, I'm in for a ride 😭
Not gonna lie, the ability to eat mystery items to find out what they do the hard way reminds me heavily of Baroque, a PS1 Roguelike I love
unexpected cameo by the Eraserhead baby
I think the fingers + eyeball creature thing is a reference to Re-animator too.
Never realized either of those
Song of Saya vibes. Along with the eldritch horrors, and the ntr.
so this game give hard vibes of some dude playing through baroque all the way to the end, getting up, going to the weird shop where they sell energy drinks with cyrillic letters, buying the two with the weirdest labels, going back home, sitting down at the computer and deciding he is gonna make alan wake but _more_ .
S P O I L E R S
my man went through fucking meaty hell only to be NTR'd in the end.
Bruh
10:18 I had to rewind several times to make sure you said "Meat bros"
Bro please..
I don't know who you are, but I like your video. Your fans seem to be really excited to see you.
Thank you, hope ya stick around too.
trivia of the day:
That wooden paneling that goes halfway up the wall is called wainscoting (WAYN-skuh-ting) and is meant to be more durable against chairs and other often-moved furniture than whatever's decorating the wall above
Since when Flowers where considered a body horror trope.
it’s a cool concept,
but it just makes me think that love is not really healthy and it has to sides to it.
I’m not actually sure if they do here or not. Roses are definitely a motif throughout the game, with there even being a character named rose that even resembles one. Though I wasnt able to connect any significant meaning to the flower or the character to the story so I don’t know with they represent something negative or positive here.
@@nasxeen I think that “rose” represents when a loving one gifts a loved one, and also the flower bed when the passion dies, “Rose” is present in both scenarios, a character named as such is a kind coincidence
because flowers can be terrifying
Old school anime trope was masses of flowers represented decay and gore when "attached" to the character
There was a name for it but I genuinely don't remember it and googling isn't giving me the results I'm looking for.
An example of this is volcaloid horror songs 10+ years ago use this trope a lot. The one I remember off the top of my head is Dark Woods circus
@@bosskdin8635 we have Western version of that trope! Pushing up daisies.
Not as poetic or horrific, more humorous or threatening, depending on the context
Oh hey, nice. I kinda forgot about your videos for a few months, then just remembered you like two days ago and wondered if you'd stopped doing youtube. Glad to see you were just putting together something like this.
This was so in depth, I really enjoy it. Especially cause I know that I'm never gonna get through this game.
That’s why I’m here (sometimes)
Great video, super interesting take and hilarious commentary. Thank you!
Me: is it Golden Light
Opens video
Me:……it’s Gooden Light
"One must schmeat before he meats" yea imma need to get this game
New viewer, love the vid and as someone who plans to do long form video essays i enjoyed everything about it including the small snipit of multiplayer. My overall theory of the story is that it tells the story of someone trying to rememeber who "she" is after letting his work consume him and ultimately ruining his relationship, with "they" being a representation of the new relationship "she" has found.
Along with walking in on them doing doing the deed, and of course due to the pain of losing her he forces himself to forget only for his mind to try and force him to remember. Which in this case is most likely nightmares or him being in a comma with the red text being his inner thoughts and the "Golden light" hinting at him waking up.
Although it is a small theory nonetheless, and if you do enjoy games like this i recommend a few I'm found of which are
-Spooky's house of jumpscares(adventure horror)
-Fear & hunger(dungeon horror)
-Darkwood(mystery horror)
and a very niche game called "Fear"(psychological horror)
Really glad someone did a video on golden light. I remember searching soon after it released and there wasnt too much out about it.
I’m surprised it wasn’t more talked about, I think it’s a pretty unique game backed up by fun gameplay if you give yourself enough time to get into it.
at 1:34, that.. "whatever THAT is" is from the 1980s movie RE-Animator! It's like something Herbert West makes out of human body parts. its a little guy.
i got this game from humble ages ago and have been meaning to play it, looks fun. thanks for the vid.
Happy to see this game getting more attention, I've been singing it's praises for like two years.
New Vid lets goooo; thank you for your hard work! ❤❤❤
I have to preface this by saying I couldn't play this game when I fearst heard about it- the visuals literally give me a headache. (There was some debate on epilepsy in the past, so I don't fafo)
This video reminded me that it existed though, (and I'm on meds now) and it turns out that low brightness on half of acphone screen and looking away some helps tremendously, so I can passively consume it at least.
I really prefer to play games like this for myself, but I'm not going to in this case. (I'll still try to pick it up when I get the chance to support the dev)
I feel like the big themes of this game are Love, and Objectification/ Consumption.
I find the blatant objectification of everyone as so fascinating...
Specifically in how it changes the meaning of "objectification" itself with the "Gut" framing, and that everything, even the weapons, are weirdly living and edible, or at least positioned almost exclusively inside a digestive system.
I feel like it represents this strange sense of how innate and passive objectification and possession is, especially when you're stressed and tired.
You never intend on being a possessive, passive consumer, it just kinda happens.
To me, that final, implied lobotomy flashback is actually... weirdly... hopeful? In this context?
Its the one time we actually see someone resembling an actual person, but rendered in the ugly, grueling aesthetic. I kinda feel like we're finally seeing the protagonist for the first time, or at least an honest avatar of their worst, inner self that represents the kind of person who couldn't make the relationship with his partner work out.
Because, the fact is, fixing things, self-improvement IRL, is ugly, messy, and feels horrible.
And with most media, I wouldn't dream of those visuals being a good thing, but with this strange, subversive title, I just feel so struck by the imagery of anything resembling a real *person* that I can't help but feel like it may suggest that something's... finally coming together. That we're looking at the epiphany moment after someone's been writhing on the floor, in a mewling, snotting mess for seven hours in a dark room, and they finally figured out what they need to do to be less of a trash human. (Is the protagonist actually that bad, or is it all narrative embellishments made by a creative mind with poor self-esteem? Who knows, but facts are secondary to pathos)
The game this feels like the protagonist is going through the hard work of processing their shit. Even the tense in which they narrate in game actions feels like they're actualizing the process somehow, like an addict finally admitting that they have a problem.
(If you're actually trying to work on yourself, the half of you fighting change is going to represent the other half as, indeed, some kind of fucked up antagonist out to ruin everything you know and love, and you will wreck your own comfort in the short term to make long term improvements- making the janky-ass doctor an appropriate metaphor for an inner self trying to fix one's own head)
I do feel like the use of "She" is a combination of subverting video game tropes of "Save the girl," but is also a subversion of how relationships are stereotypically derived from the kinds of relationships you have growing up- that there are patterns based on your parents and childhood friends, etc.
So the endings to me imply that the protagonist figure out how to come to terms with relationships in a less toxic way...
Except, I worry they flip-flopped into idolization and appeasement. Seeing others from the perspective of a child, dependant or dog puts them on a pedestal, and ironically still retains the notion of consumption- that you relentlessly depend on them.
The protagonist just can't stop positioning themselves in relationships in a way where they take, and consume. They thought they got the previous relationship out of their system, they thought they changed, and they learned to treat others gently, and with loyalty. They learned to see others as radiant and wonderful, even, but they still are dependent.
Now, the implications here are further up to interpretation, because whose to say that being dependent on your loved ones like a dog or a child is bad, per se? Assuming this is all metaphorical, then those are good are consentual relationships we see.
Maybe the nature of Love is to consume. But thosesame habits, cravings and interactions turn so wrong if you don't handle your shit.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the game with me. It’s comments like this that make me rethink my understanding of the game lol.
I have a "they" memory aswell, that i would love to be able to get rid of it. What a game and a fun to watch review. 10/10
19k subs but these videos are so well done. Good shit man
Dam, WHY COULDNT THERE HAVE BEEN A GOOD ENDING, i guess there arent always a good ending
The ending is him either finally being able to move on and let 'she' go, therefore being able to heal and move onto other relationships and truly be happy OR he killed 'she' in his anger and went through purgatory to suffer for what he did, and now that he has suffered, he can move on. I think those are both good endings for him, finally accepting what happened and moving on
comment your favorite weapon name seen in the video, mine is horny slash
I looooove big carl
Interesting! Never heard of this game before so thank you for covering it so well. What a trip lol
Ah yes, the perfect video to watch while eating.
Always been my dream to be someone’s CZcamsr for eating
watched your other videos previously and i loved this one, it's the reason for me subscribing. Keep going these are great and I love listening to your voice. The gameplay with your friend in multiplayer was a great touch ^^
Thanks for sticking around and enjoying the content! I’ll try not to disappoint.
Lovely video. Really enjoyed your interpretation at the end. Thanks for this video, it's the first one i've seen but im excited to see more!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Hope you like what’s coming up soon!
ok, now THIS is an another epic freaking upload by Nasxeen.
NEW NAS VIDEO JUST DROPPED????? 🎉🎉🎉🎉 2024 is looking amazing
This was BOMB. Really glad the algorithm is pushing this! What a trippy game with a vibe and aesthetic that really holds on its own. Can't wait to watch more from you!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
absolutely excellent content, loved every single second.
Thanks glad you enjoyed
I'd love to see you cover another somewhat abstract horror game. Little Nightmares is always good for some theorizing, but there are tons of little, spooky gems out there. You've got a fun style, I'd enjoy seeing more from you!
Glad you enjoyed the video! I do have a couple games back logged but I would love to cover little nightmares. I played the first one when I was a kid but not the second. Are there any other games you’d like to see in particular?
Great review, thank you for the vid! ^^
Glad you enjoyed!
I dunno who u are or where u've been but im glad ur here
ngl ive seen videos of this game before and never knew it beyond the insanity that is the gameplay
05:32 Gib looks like the finger thing in Bride of Reanimator!!!!!!
Really cool video! Never heard of this game, and it was a very interesting story analysis. Didnt feel bored a second. :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed through and through
Thank you king top notch
I finished this game and i still don't know what the goal of it was
I made a video on the game and I still don’t know what the goal of it was
5:57 I love just pointing out song references (Through The Fire and Flames. by DragonForce)
Alright this was pretty good!
New vid is great, hyped to hear you wanna branch out to more stuff too.
Glad to hear you’re here for it!
This is perfection
This was a fun and eye-opening video. Thank you for unraveling Golden Light. Since you asked, Perhaps you could cover old RPGM games like Cat in the Box?
Thanks glad you enjoyed! I would love to do rpgm games in the near future, thanks for the recommendation
Yo, is that Holly Joestar in the thumbnail???
IF ONLY...
Wonderful!
Damn, I"m new to your channel, and sorry to double post on ya, but you've got a new subscriber. That story is haunting, especially since I work in a creative field, as well, and have a tendency to get buried in my work/forget about social time with the people I love. It's a "but for the grace of... well someone, but not really god... go I."
for man eaters walking, when you said it looked like danceing, i thought you were gonna put the "la di di di di di di di, la di di di di di di di"
Amazing video!
Thank you!
youre my fav youtuber noodleman
Incomprehensible
May God have mercy upon your wretched soul
I was like "wow this game looks good, let me wishlist it."
.. apparently I already had the game?!
lol you’re in for a good time
Did you make the character art for the video? Not only the thumbnail but the cartoon(?) versions of the character on screen are SO good, and this is coming from another artist.
Thank you! I did the thumbnail and I have a channel assistant who helps with additional art assets for videos.
I remember when this game was called Into The Guts.
Really??
@@Ramsey276one yeah, I think Charlatan Wonder covered it.
I love how thorough you are! New subscriber here!
Thank you! I appreciate the support.
You're gonna get big. I'm just here early! :)
I’m just glad there are people who enjoy what I make! But thanks again, comments like that really help me wanna keep going.
Berserk footage used, instant subscribe
Hearing the story of this game actually made me cry. I see so much of myself in it.
Sorry to hear man, but you’re not alone.
I have this game and had no clue this is what it was like 😅 gonna start playing LoL
so what i got from the game is this: mc found out that his gf (rose, or her) is having an affair with other man, and in his moment of rage, strike them down to the point their bodies mix with each other, and he got capture and sentence to lobotomy (due to his fractured psyche), the game is where his mind start to make peace with itself before the lobotomy is completed
I'm pretty sure the cabin area has distorted clips of the laughing deer head scene from Evil Dead 2 in it. As a lifelong deadite, I'd catch that laugh anywhere.
I think the corrupt fetus is like a reference to eraserhead
CZcams recommend putting me where I need to be. Peak listen.
I've fallen asleep to this video like 3 times already
I can't finish it
Sorry is it too boring lmao
2:47 Don't roses grow on rose bushes? That rose was just sticking out of the ground by it's stem.
Well I you are interested in disturbing horror games I would recommend Darkwood my personal favourite horror game. I don't want to spoil anything but it's disturbing eerie and full of secred stories you have to piece tougher, great video btw
I think the golden light refers to the climax of man. A selfish climax. I've seen a metaphore that when you climax you see God.
My take on this is that the man was selfish and didn't take the care She wanted/needed which led her to cheat on him. Both because of his writing obsession and his masturbatory tendencies.
I don't know if he went full Onanistic first and then she left him, or he prefered to rub it out and then she left him. My take prolly has a lot of holes, but this god thing, climax, golden light, got me thinking about that.
"Corrupted fetus" THATS THE ERASERHEAD BABY
I am happy to see a video on Golden Light.
If you can get your hands on "Golden Light of Rose", I would enjoy to see your current thoughts on the game.
I wish I could
UK simulator had me laughing so hard
My boy you are so talented, I hope you upload more videos, i can definitely seeing you blowing up in the future
this shit fire
superb
Seems to have similar mechanics as Baroque, add to that the theme and it seems like a spiritual succesor
i'm your biggest fan
I did a double take when I heard jimbly out of nowhere
"red, evil TV"
the TV; a Computer
2:52 Just sayin, roses grow on bushes, not individually in a field...
i thin we are inside of the "god" the gut is referring to. we play as a fragment of the person we are inside of, being made to face our mistakes and the consequences that cant be fixed no matter what we do. sometimes a changed heart doesn't fix everything. people move on.
The Reds looks a lot like the Red Rooms from Twin Peaks, Gotta be inspired by it
yeah, i knew it was Golden light
there's one memento that can make paper only do good things
Holy I never seen that one in any of my runs rip
Somebody really liked the Crisis Jung and made a game (judging by the beginning of the series and the game)
Ahh yes, new nasxeen
It's one of the best psychological games ever, but its f-ing confusing!!