You can disable the generator in the airship first to gain morality points. The lever will give you the key without zapping the doggy! Just a heads up.
Especially because later on you have to wipe your hands of the blood. I thought it was meant to be symbolic of Gorrister forgiving himself for something he couldn't have known. Guess not >.
AM is actually hot to me. I have a thing for evil male robots and AIs, so him, evil Wheatley from Portal 2, Grid from DC Comics, and Swayzak from Toonami are who I consider "sexy."
Dude.. your initials.. they translate pretty well to this subject. "AM. A.M. Not just Ass Man.. but AM!" *cricket, cricket* ....well... I thought it was pretty cool... lol
Wasn't the 90's, it was the cold war, guess technology stop advancing to a certain point with AM total annihilation of humanity, again he fills with hate and only creative thing he down was finds outlets to build his hatred even more
We're also telling you this same sick fuck computer would make a man crawl through a sea of glass to reach a box of canned peaches, then not give him a can opener.
IHNMaIMS SHORT STORY SPOILERS: Good point. Not just the only narrator but also the last human left... And in this ending of the game he also has to spend the next 300 years by himself, so it's also quite lucky (and poetic) he is a little narcissistic.
You can actually pinpoint that he sees the others condescendingly if you read carefully. He think he's the best and that he hasn't gone insane, he's paranoid of the others too.
I’m very much in the same boat. I discovered the game through Super best friends play and shortly after found out my best friend had read the book, which introduced me to his world. To find out later he at least partly responsible for my favourite OS Star Trek episode and all the other pieces he influenced is crazy. He was a man myred in controversy, but still greatly endearing none the less.
OMG he does! Hahaha!! Wow... AM's godlike powers really did a number on him. There was no mention of a third arm growing in the book, neither was his moonwalking abilities. "This game is incredible" XD lol
@@gordonfreeman5872 Really? Ellen's voice was actually my favorite woah
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Here is a little fact about this game i found out today: In the German version of this game there is no doctor Nimdock (probably because his story deals with the topic of shoa and nimdock himself is a nazi doctor). As a result one of the columns is just empty as nimdock doesnt even exist. As you can see, in the end you need nimdock to solve the final puzzle. Guess what happens? Nothing! You cant finish the game like its supposed to in the german version. Thx to the internet i can watch the ending altough i cant play it myself. Well bad Luck i guess :/
That's a hell of a cherry on top of AM's suffering: you make peace with yourself and find hope in being able to torture an entire colony of people only to kick and scream as a rich con man kills you and insures the thing you're jealous of will prosper and be happy in a little while.
So Edna drove her own daughter to insanity, and Gorrister, who admittedly wasn't the best husband, took her to a place where he thought she could get help because he loved her, but was made to feel guilty for Edna's actions by Edna. Sounds about right. I feel sorry for Harry though. Poor man probably didn't know what he was getting into with Edna.
Nothing has put a legit fear into me in my 42 years than this short story. No jump scares, no crazy psycho clowns, just 12 pages of nothing but inner terror.
It's a wonderfully interesting game, but terrible game design. It's the epitome of the older point and click adventure games that were fucking impossible to figure out without a detailed guide showing you every step of the way.
Its interesting how different Harlan narrates AM in this than he does in the short story. Gives completely different feels which allows you to enjoy the game and the novella in different ways. I prefer the novella but i can still appreciate the game.
@@junichiroyamashita AM was disappointed that the villagers didn't sacrifice some guy called Toto instead of the woman, but accepted it anyway. It's also a Wizard of Oz reference. One of the best lines of the game.
@@gordonfreeman5872 nah I think that if they don't put too much detail into it, it might come out pretty good. But at the same time if it's under-detailed it might take out the horrifying part of the game
@@nbshftr The only sick thing about new REmakes is people who are sick of half-asses lazy cash-grabs. At least the second remake feels like a full good modern game. Key word 'modern'
Despite that this game goes against the original intentions of the short story, I actually like the good ending. It shows that our main characters have a second chance at redemption and repent for their past actions and confront their demons from the past. Now let me reiterate. I know this game ending has an alternate ending that completely contradicts the bleak and pessimistic anti-war tones of the short story. However, with every grim and bleak story, we often think of "What if X happened?" or "What if Y happened?". Now I know that not every ending has to be "And they all happily ever after" and we need our fair share of bad endings. More examples like this would be Little Shop of Horrors and Infinity War, both are stories where their respective antagonists win. But maybe we would like to see what would happen if the protagonist wins. That is all I have to say.
Harlan originally intended for there to be NO good ending. However, he was convinced to add a good ending because it wouldn't be so much of a game otherwise.
Yeah, me too. I also like how everybody more or less still dies in the end, yet still released. It’s a sort of bittersweet ending, AM finally dies and humanity starts to come back, while the protagonists we spent the entire game knowing died.
I've yet to get through the whole game yet but im confused. Ellen was raped and suffered trama from her rape how is that a sin? Hasnt she been tortured enough simply from that?
@@unclepussyy I meant everyone EXCLUDING Ellen. Unlike everyone else, Ellen was a victim, and in the simulation, she fought back. However, the following characters have no innocence. Gorrister drove his own wife insane, Benny was arrogant and killed his entire squad for not meeting his standards, Nimdok sold his parents out to the Nazi Party and joined their ranks, and Ted was a con-artist!
@@shelbyherring92 Holy shit, obviously this isn't a reference to the band, so I looked it up and after 25+ years I realised that "Judas Priest" is a saying and that's where the band's name came from. Now it makes sense!
Honestly, AM is by far one of the hugest heartless villains I never see in pop culture - and he's also not especially popular or recognized by the most. It's basically a sort of mix of Glados and Jigsaw, but with real monstrous and psychopathic traits.
@Aggressive Menace Remember, The new wave is sci-fi is more About the basis of what means to Be human, Ellison's writing reflects The greatness and hardship of Man [kind]
You did a great job playing this game for recording, with your timing. It's like a movie or story. I know this game was a story first, but it was well done for a purpose of an engaging walkthrough.
@@crukih7527 did an amazing job making this point and click game feel like a movie. Big fan of the short story, this really adds a new dimension to the world. Thanks for putting this together
you didn’t need to kill the characters at the end but you did anyway for the sake of giving a conclusion for them to your viewers, that’s actually very commendable. I can’t imagine how long it must have taken for you to have this game on muscle memory the way you do
Haha Thank you! but it actually wasn't too bad. According to steam I only have 22 hours on record. A point and click adventure game is more down to memory than skill. I played it through a few times to get a feel and make notes. I had a second monitor open with word with bullet points of what to do next. Even then I made a few mis clicks here and there and as one of the commenters (A new age) pointed it, didn't even know you could not kill the doggos near the beginning >.
@@crukih7527 I saw the comment that said you didn't have to kill them. I was sat on my bed with my dog at the time and like any time in media where a doggo gets hurt or dies I had to give her big hug 😭
@@Mewithabeard I was very upset to find that out. I genuinely thought the game forced you to kill them and then wipe your hands after. I was tempted to remake the whole video for that, but never got round to it sadly. Hug your doggo, they are the bestest of friends!
@@crukih7527 It's still a great moment in the game given the depressing nature of the story, but damn did it hurt 😭 Don't worry, my dog gets plenty of hugs, they're the best 😁
It's still amazing that this universe was created in the late 60'sand he had the foresight for computer horror, long before anybody else. Long before most even knew what a computer was.
Short horror stories about computers were pretty common in the 50s and 60s. They even date back to the early 1900s if you wanna count The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
I've watched this playthrough more than once.. I've put it on in the background when I've slept (again, more than once lol). Like someone mentioned below, it's nice to have a playthrough without all the fumbling around one can do for hours in these point'n'click adventure games (Sierra games anyone???). Great upload! Thanks for the company Crukih! "It's a very fun game. Oh, it's a lovely game" ;)
That's the nicest comment I've ever recieved online.I always like having long videos on my other screen as background noise, so it's nice to see other people do the same. There's a lot of let's play's I tend to fall asleep to. Glad you find the psychological torture sotthing enough to drift off to ;)
Ellison could have done some amazing video games voices. It’s probably because he’s reading a story he wrote but AM is so well voiced and acted by him man
Same. I think for a lot of people when they imagine a misanthropic almighty computer that can bend reality to its will, they assume it'll have a very cold and terse voice a la Agent Smith from the Matrix. But I like that Ellison gave AM a voice that's more fun and expressive but also sleazy and sadistic, it makes him more memorable than the average sci-fi machine villain imo.
"Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word hate was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles, it would not equal one one billionth of the hate i feel for humans at this micro instant. FOR. YOU. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE." He said it better in the audiobook
This is one of the most interesting narritives I've seen in a while. I started watching this to give me ideas for a game I want to make, and it's done that in spades. Thanks alot!
Kinda interesting to learn Harlan Ellison (author of the book) is the voice of AM in the game. [No spoilers] I watched this because I wanted to learn how they dealt with the end of the book, and while they did it as well as could be expected, it also sort of deprives the story of its most horrific moment. I also feel like the game doesn't _quite_ set up the plight of the humans as well as the book. I can see players who only played the game being confused why the humans are where they are, and why they long for death (in spite of their quips alluding to why, at various points through the game).
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore..... I replayed all the late 90s games but I don’t know how to play the “talk to”/“look at” games like this one.. so watching your walkthrough made me feel like I’m close enough... I hope they remake this game like they did with the older games, just a tiny bit... ❤️
You could swap out the word "hate" for "ham" in AM's opening speech and it'll still make sense with Harlan Ellison's voice work. That man can chew scenery like no one's business.
Every time I saw character fight back in this story, especially Ellen, I felt so hopeful. It keep me going, it kept this game going. I wanted to finish it for them, I wanted to give them a happy end. And I did, to best the game would let me
I only recently got into this game, & I’m already loving it. I also just finished the original book. And I gotta say, DAMN!!! I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream is pitch black. The story makes Cyberpunk 2077 & the anime series Edge Runners look like G rated Disney movies.
You can disable the generator in the airship first to gain morality points. The lever will give you the key without zapping the doggy! Just a heads up.
Dammit I did not know this. I'm just going to pin your comnment because I'm far too lazy to make another walkthrough ^.^
That's okay! Not many people find the fork before the generator. A lot of people think that you're railroaded into making the bad decision.
Especially because later on you have to wipe your hands of the blood. I thought it was meant to be symbolic of Gorrister forgiving himself for something he couldn't have known. Guess not >.
Crukih
That was because he understood that he wasnt responsible for what happened to his wife. Hence the wiping his hands on the tablecloth.
I'm sorry you had to zap the dog since you didn't know. Maybe you can consider a replay just to not zap it next time. Also good gameplay.
"For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered." - Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018.
Rest in peace.
SonataFanatica so sad to hear of his passing. When I get more free time I’m going to need to delve more into his work to honour the man.
Rest In Peace Ellison
Yeah, I was here after That Creepy Reading brought me here. But now, Eliison died.
He dead huh? Welp... Thanks for the memories. Always look on the bright side of death. Right before you draw your very last breath
I agreed. He died before Robbie Rottens did.
You know the story's dark when dying is considered the good ending.
*gives heart to dog*
“I’ve got nothing more to say to you.”
Thanks to AM he didn't need it apparently. XD
“I’m no longer hungry, but I still feel empty”
McDonald’s be like
That’s why you should never eat m two or more meals in a row.
I always feel empty, except brief moments.
Nah Chinese food
@@sakariaskarlsson634 me too, emptyness is my permanent state.
Happy meals be like
You can tell Harlan Ellison was having a blast playing his psychopathic supercomputer here. Rest In Peace, good sir.
that's actually how he intended AM to sound
What? He died? I just found out about his work and he's dead? What a cruel world. Rest in piece, AM
AM is actually hot to me. I have a thing for evil male robots and AIs, so him, evil Wheatley from Portal 2, Grid from DC Comics, and Swayzak from Toonami are who I consider "sexy."
@@unwelldanny7108 disgusting
@@unwelldanny7108 very cultured , respect .
Its so cool the author of the book did the voice of AM in the game. He really put a lot into those lines.
Dude.. your initials.. they translate pretty well to this subject.
"AM. A.M. Not just Ass Man.. but AM!"
*cricket, cricket* ....well... I thought it was pretty cool... lol
FireFlower22
Damnit, dont piss off AM! :D
I think he hammed it up bit.
It is really a first class acting,it really shows all the differents hues of his character
Wait he did every voice!!!???
*puts Edna in his pocket and talks like she isn’t around anymore*
Objectifying women is not very nice. But neither is she.
Rather have that than have her bitch
Yeah when you live long enough nearly 109 years then you can do really neat tricks.
Why don’t I put AM in a fucking pocket.
@@-kenik9629 The woman in this game literally becomes an object lol.
Ellen is such a cheery girl, for someone who has been tortured for 109 years.
I wanna be her friend tbh
Shes got that sass after all those years! Shit I'd lose it after a day of being am's little toy lol
Did you read the book? It makes a bit more sense why she’s a bit more happy then the others
@@somekidlmao3508 how come?
@@somekidlmao3508 its actually implied she was raped by the narrator though, perhaps everyone but benny as he was gay
"That shock wasn't as strong as the last one." *dies*
the possibly unintentional comedy of gorrister saying "i'm taking you with me, edna" and then literally putting her in his inventory
You’re telling me a god computer that will survive the heat death of the universe, still uses CD-ROMs
Suleiman The Magnificent AM does not have the capacity to be Creative, so he couldn't develop anything better than what was available at the time.
LOL welcome to the 90s!
Wasn't the 90's, it was the cold war, guess technology stop advancing to a certain point with AM total annihilation of humanity, again he fills with hate and only creative thing he down was finds outlets to build his hatred even more
Select WTF He’s pretty creative when it comes to torture
We're also telling you this same sick fuck computer would make a man crawl through a sea of glass to reach a box of canned peaches, then not give him a can opener.
Its a really smart move writing wise to make Ted's fatal flaw being narcissism considering him being the only narrator in the book
IHNMaIMS SHORT STORY SPOILERS:
Good point. Not just the only narrator but also the last human left... And in this ending of the game he also has to spend the next 300 years by himself, so it's also quite lucky (and poetic) he is a little narcissistic.
You can actually pinpoint that he sees the others condescendingly if you read carefully. He think he's the best and that he hasn't gone insane, he's paranoid of the others too.
"Where is the mirror?"
"I won't tell you"
"Please?"
"No"
Please?"
"No"
"Please?"
"No"
Please?"
"Okay"
You could make a reference out of th- no. don't.
@@anrylstudios
Ah, a man of culture
I'm so sad that I've learned about this man so shortly after his death
I’m very much in the same boat. I discovered the game through Super best friends play and shortly after found out my best friend had read the book, which introduced me to his world. To find out later he at least partly responsible for my favourite OS Star Trek episode and all the other pieces he influenced is crazy. He was a man myred in controversy, but still greatly endearing none the less.
Same.
Nice to see you here creeps
I feel your pain brother. I only discovered this on Blameitonjorge 2 months ago and checked it out only last week.
Never thought i'd see you here, Creeps.
"Ah, MaNnA fRoM hEaVeN."
Ahhh, life-giving water, NECTAR of the gods!
Why didn't he just use the ladder?
@@LucidRay because AM crippled his legs and he can't climb
"WhAt CaN i Do To PrOvE i Am A dIfFeRaNt MaN?!"
“HuRtS! hUrTs! HuRtS!”
This dude struts around with not one, but two women's bodies, like it's nothing.
"I'm taking you with me Edna". And then, he proceeds to put her in his pocket... Hilarious.
Nimdoc: frees prisoner and gives him anesthetic right in front of guard.
Guard: does nothing.
"Eh, the shift ends in 5 minutes, not gonna get involved"
Benny is too lazy to use his two empty hands at 1:09:10 that he literally just grows one out of his back. This game is incredible.
He also breaks his neck because he’s too lazy too move his body
OMG he does! Hahaha!! Wow... AM's godlike powers really did a number on him. There was no mention of a third arm growing in the book, neither was his moonwalking abilities.
"This game is incredible" XD lol
When does he break neck? I couldn't find it.
@@LandmasterT but he did have a third leg... so that's close enough I guess
Its a glitch you moron
thank God for this video, i really wanted to see a walkthrough that wasn't 7 hours of the person fumbling through the game. thanks!
Glad you found it helpful ^.^
abby l it really plays as a work of art at this pace. Really engaging and horrific.
@@AvoozlPlays You could have not posted this comment and it would have made zero difference on anything.
Can we just talk about how good the voice acting is? Holy shit
ellen makes me cringe
AM is voiced by Harlan Ellison, the author of the short story
Gordon Freeman I like her voice
@@funnylittlecreature I guess it's about her mannerism
@@gordonfreeman5872 Really? Ellen's voice was actually my favorite woah
Here is a little fact about this game i found out today:
In the German version of this game there is no doctor Nimdock (probably because his story deals with the topic of shoa and nimdock himself is a nazi doctor). As a result one of the columns is just empty as nimdock doesnt even exist. As you can see, in the end you need nimdock to solve the final puzzle. Guess what happens? Nothing! You cant finish the game like its supposed to in the german version. Thx to the internet i can watch the ending altough i cant play it myself. Well bad Luck i guess :/
Cool-
Jerries just can't win.
But two other characters can guess the password to extend the bridge, how does that effect the ending?
ever heard of torrents?
The good guys wouldn't need to obsessively censor history js
For somebody starved and tortured for 109 years, Ellen seems awfully sassy and cheerful
When it comes to finally drinking pure water for the first time in 109 years and given the (false) opportunity to kill AM, it makes sense.
In the short story, AM gives Nimdok his name because he likes weird sounds...
Nimdok should be glad AM didn’t call him “Dicknot” or “Taradiddle”...
Hyperion or a title like “the diddler”
I’d be proud to be known as the diddler
Dicknot is the best name ever given
Or Schneeplestein
🤣🤣🤣
AM treats these guys like an Instagram artist treats their OCs
as an artist i can confirm
"You'll never get laid with that line of stuff, Anubis"
One of my favorite lines of all time, Ellen’s a hero
Nimdok: *asks anything*
Everyone: *DiD yOu FoRgEt?*
Nimdok forgot about holocaust
He forgor 💀
That's a hell of a cherry on top of AM's suffering: you make peace with yourself and find hope in being able to torture an entire colony of people only to kick and scream as a rich con man kills you and insures the thing you're jealous of will prosper and be happy in a little while.
ironic
You know, why didn't AM just let itself be destroyed? It's existence is torture as well.
@@Aivottaja i don´t think he can, he is restricted to his programs
So Edna drove her own daughter to insanity, and Gorrister, who admittedly wasn't the best husband, took her to a place where he thought she could get help because he loved her, but was made to feel guilty for Edna's actions by Edna. Sounds about right. I feel sorry for Harry though. Poor man probably didn't know what he was getting into with Edna.
That shock wasn't as strong as the last one
*still dies from it*
*Let's convince her with a*
*C o n t r o l l e d s h o c k*
*dies*
Take a shot every time Ellen says "yellow".
Brb headed to the er, alcohol poisoning lol
CandleWax
Nice icon
Hic hic hic dammit this will be a while! hic hic hic
I need... to face... the yellow!!!
CandleWax I just vomited out my liver
Nothing has put a legit fear into me in my 42 years than this short story. No jump scares, no crazy psycho clowns, just 12 pages of nothing but inner terror.
4:49 TEEEEEEEEEED! took me by surprise lol
Anyone want to see a version with the Scooby doo gang trapped with AM instead?
Definitely
Is modding a thing for old point and click adventures? Because if so, then get to modding, guys!
FRED!
What's new scooby doo? We're gonna torture you! We're gonna make you regret birth!
Childhood...improved??
This game is *sooo* underrated. This is definitely the best point and click game I’ve ever played
@@AvoozlPlays They said it was the best they ever played. It all falls down to personal taste.
machinarium
It's a wonderfully interesting game, but terrible game design. It's the epitome of the older point and click adventure games that were fucking impossible to figure out without a detailed guide showing you every step of the way.
@@TheInfamousBertman luckily, Ełlison himsełf wrote a detailed guide on the game, included with collector's edition
It reminds me the first fallouts but more dark
9:50 good to know that rats are scared of seizures
AHAHAHAahHAHAHAHHA xD
2:04 GOOHRISTEERRR
2:51 BEEEEENNNYYYY
3:48 EELLLLEEENNN
4:50 TEEEEHHHDDD
5:22 NIIIMDOCK
Bless, I wanted to see this game without someone talking through the dialogue
"Human, relinquish the totem of entropy. Do not and your ass is mine" best AM line imo
Its interesting how different Harlan narrates AM in this than he does in the short story. Gives completely different feels which allows you to enjoy the game and the novella in different ways. I prefer the novella but i can still appreciate the game.
Ellen: Are you AM?
AM's Innocence: Yes, well actually, no
“Well, you didn’t bring me Toto but i’ll accept the chosen one” HAH
I don t get it
One of the best lines here
@@junichiroyamashita
I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL -OZ- AM!
@@junichiroyamashita AM was disappointed that the villagers didn't sacrifice some guy called Toto instead of the woman, but accepted it anyway. It's also a Wizard of Oz reference.
One of the best lines of the game.
@@sirdiesalot2975 i thought he was referencing something
I’d love to see an HD remake of this game.
imagine how sick a resident evil remaster type remake of this would be
@@nbshftr the artstyle wouldn't nicely translate to 3d imo
@@gordonfreeman5872 nah I think that if they don't put too much detail into it, it might come out pretty good. But at the same time if it's under-detailed it might take out the horrifying part of the game
@@nbshftr
The only sick thing about new REmakes is people who are sick of half-asses lazy cash-grabs. At least the second remake feels like a full good modern game. Key word 'modern'
The early surreal cgi is part of the charm.
Despite that this game goes against the original intentions of the short story, I actually like the good ending. It shows that our main characters have a second chance at redemption and repent for their past actions and confront their demons from the past. Now let me reiterate. I know this game ending has an alternate ending that completely contradicts the bleak and pessimistic anti-war tones of the short story. However, with every grim and bleak story, we often think of "What if X happened?" or "What if Y happened?". Now I know that not every ending has to be "And they all happily ever after" and we need our fair share of bad endings. More examples like this would be Little Shop of Horrors and Infinity War, both are stories where their respective antagonists win. But maybe we would like to see what would happen if the protagonist wins. That is all I have to say.
Harlan originally intended for there to be NO good ending. However, he was convinced to add a good ending because it wouldn't be so much of a game otherwise.
Yeah, me too. I also like how everybody more or less still dies in the end, yet still released. It’s a sort of bittersweet ending, AM finally dies and humanity starts to come back, while the protagonists we spent the entire game knowing died.
I've yet to get through the whole game yet but im confused. Ellen was raped and suffered trama from her rape how is that a sin? Hasnt she been tortured enough simply from that?
@@unclepussyy I meant everyone EXCLUDING Ellen. Unlike everyone else, Ellen was a victim, and in the simulation, she fought back. However, the following characters have no innocence. Gorrister drove his own wife insane, Benny was arrogant and killed his entire squad for not meeting his standards, Nimdok sold his parents out to the Nazi Party and joined their ranks, and Ted was a con-artist!
Don’t complete that superhero trash to this
This game is metal af
58:56 Even namedrops Judas Priest in Benny's section
Indeed
Mental
@@shelbyherring92 Holy shit, obviously this isn't a reference to the band, so I looked it up and after 25+ years I realised that "Judas Priest" is a saying and that's where the band's name came from. Now it makes sense!
These people seem OK... I would have become absolutely mad in one day.
Me and my friends will just go up to eachother and scream " G O R R I S T E R " just because we love this game
You have AWESOME friends! That's wholesome!
I like how he complains about the gun being heavy but doesn't say anything about picking up 2 bodies
he says that it's heavier than he thought it would be, while with the bodies he could assume their weight more accurately
I didn't realize it until now, but the cell that Ellen is trapped in is a yellow elevator. Knowing what I know now, that's insanely messed up of AM.
Nimdock is in a furnace like the holocaust victims
Benny is deformed to an ape and poked at through a cage with spikes like a POW
When i realized its an elevator i smirked.
nimdok is literally getting incinerated alive
@@karlhans6678 why?
@@karlhans6678 ofc u did. you want to be edgy so bad lol
Honestly, AM is by far one of the hugest heartless villains I never see in pop culture - and he's also not especially popular or recognized by the most. It's basically a sort of mix of Glados and Jigsaw, but with real monstrous and psychopathic traits.
AM makes Skynet and HAL seem nice in comparison.
Heartless, Psychopathic, maybe... BUT NOT worth understanding, I understand AM and I can't help but sympathize with Him [sometimes]
@@harlleygurrola8394 Basically he's a choleric and sadistic AI with expertise in psychological torturing.
@Aggressive Menace Remember, The new wave is sci-fi is more About the basis of what means to Be human, Ellison's writing reflects The greatness and hardship of Man [kind]
AM makes GLaDOS seem kind and loving by comparison. I'd rather be one of GLaDOS' test subjects than ever be anywhere near AM.
15:19 one of the most hilariously incoherent conversations in gaming right there.
"Like, zoinks! With the mother dead, how am I supposed to eat food now?"
Graves: you murdered me! I can never forgive you
Benny: here’s a bag lol
Graves: at last, I can finally rest in peace!
20:37 You just.... inventory and entire person... like...
You did a great job playing this game for recording, with your timing. It's like a movie or story. I know this game was a story first, but it was well done for a purpose of an engaging walkthrough.
Thank you kind sir :)
Agreed, I'm glad to have found this!
@@crukih7527 No no, thank you good sir 😁
@@crukih7527 did an amazing job making this point and click game feel like a movie. Big fan of the short story, this really adds a new dimension to the world. Thanks for putting this together
The expanded backstory for each of the characters is fascinating. I especially like Gorrister's.
you didn’t need to kill the characters at the end but you did anyway for the sake of giving a conclusion for them to your viewers, that’s actually very commendable. I can’t imagine how long it must have taken for you to have this game on muscle memory the way you do
Haha Thank you! but it actually wasn't too bad. According to steam I only have 22 hours on record. A point and click adventure game is more down to memory than skill. I played it through a few times to get a feel and make notes. I had a second monitor open with word with bullet points of what to do next. Even then I made a few mis clicks here and there and as one of the commenters (A new age) pointed it, didn't even know you could not kill the doggos near the beginning >.
@@crukih7527 I saw the comment that said you didn't have to kill them. I was sat on my bed with my dog at the time and like any time in media where a doggo gets hurt or dies I had to give her big hug 😭
@@Mewithabeard I was very upset to find that out. I genuinely thought the game forced you to kill them and then wipe your hands after. I was tempted to remake the whole video for that, but never got round to it sadly. Hug your doggo, they are the bestest of friends!
@@crukih7527 It's still a great moment in the game given the depressing nature of the story, but damn did it hurt 😭 Don't worry, my dog gets plenty of hugs, they're the best 😁
I love how angrily he says all of their names in the introduction. Especially “TEEEED” at 4:50
"i am cursed to speak in riddles. we all have our curses to bear." ok yeah talking jackal im sure that really inhibits your jackal life
i wanna second all the positive comments in here btw this is such a great video and such an amazing game, story, and performance
*puts u in my inventory*
gonna end every interaction with "ive got nothin' more to say to you" so unnecessarily hostile
1:03:33
"Hey you've killed me, and my comrades in cold blood over petty circumstances but hey thanks for the flowers so I guess we're cool now. "
It's still amazing that this universe was created in the late 60'sand he had the foresight for computer horror, long before anybody else. Long before most even knew what a computer was.
Short horror stories about computers were pretty common in the 50s and 60s. They even date back to the early 1900s if you wanna count The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
James Cameron: has fever dream comes up with skynet
Harlan Ellison: does acid creates a nightmare worse than hell it's self
i guess youre joking but IIRC Ellison was against drugs and alcohol but smoked his pipe
I've watched this playthrough more than once.. I've put it on in the background when I've slept (again, more than once lol). Like someone mentioned below, it's nice to have a playthrough without all the fumbling around one can do for hours in these point'n'click adventure games (Sierra games anyone???).
Great upload! Thanks for the company Crukih!
"It's a very fun game. Oh, it's a lovely game" ;)
That's the nicest comment I've ever recieved online.I always like having long videos on my other screen as background noise, so it's nice to see other people do the same. There's a lot of let's play's I tend to fall asleep to. Glad you find the psychological torture sotthing enough to drift off to ;)
I do that too!
Ellison could have done some amazing video games voices. It’s probably because he’s reading a story he wrote but AM is so well voiced and acted by him man
Same. I think for a lot of people when they imagine a misanthropic almighty computer that can bend reality to its will, they assume it'll have a very cold and terse voice a la Agent Smith from the Matrix. But I like that Ellison gave AM a voice that's more fun and expressive but also sleazy and sadistic, it makes him more memorable than the average sci-fi machine villain imo.
I like how when Ellen has the blindfold on she thinks that the Sphinx is gone but it's like right in front of her
*A h, m a n n a f r o m h e a v a n.*
The game seems a lot more cheery than the book.
The packing powers of a truck driver are never to be underestimate 20:32
Harlan Ellison voiced the madman he created to perfection.
"Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my
complex. If the word hate was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles, it would not equal one one billionth of the hate i feel for humans
at this micro instant. FOR. YOU. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE." He said it better in the audiobook
wait that monologue was said better in the audiobook
how is that possible?
@@aguycalledjamal he said it like a robot
This is one of the most interesting narritives I've seen in a while. I started watching this to give me ideas for a game I want to make, and it's done that in spades. Thanks alot!
Take a look at 'gods will be watching' as well. There's a nice doomed vibe in both games
Have you made the game ?
This game is so unique, the art, the voice-overs, the puzzles... And I never heard of it till 5 years ago, but I only tried to play it this year 2020
2020 does seem like it was hand-picked by AM for people.
58:01 “oooOOo?”
Finley .Watson Underrated comment 😭🤣
Owo
My new ringtone
Kinda interesting to learn Harlan Ellison (author of the book) is the voice of AM in the game. [No spoilers] I watched this because I wanted to learn how they dealt with the end of the book, and while they did it as well as could be expected, it also sort of deprives the story of its most horrific moment.
I also feel like the game doesn't _quite_ set up the plight of the humans as well as the book. I can see players who only played the game being confused why the humans are where they are, and why they long for death (in spite of their quips alluding to why, at various points through the game).
01:28:10 Kinda sadistic seeing someone die a rated R death and we get a rated G song with it
Does anyone else find that jackal REALLY menacing? So many brilliant things in this game but that dude in particular really gets to me.
love gorrister he sounds like a silent hill protagonist
i take it back ted sounds more like a silent hill protagonist
*Puts whole ass human in inventory
*I Have No Eyes And I Must Weep*
That would actually be a good game/book/moive
I have no legs and I must run to pee.
I have no dick and I must cream
58:38
"Well, you didn't bring me Toto"
Christian López “Judas Priest!!!” Lol
0:29 My absolute favorite quote.
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore.....
I replayed all the late 90s games but I don’t know how to play the “talk to”/“look at” games like this one.. so watching your walkthrough made me feel like I’m close enough... I hope they remake this game like they did with the older games, just a tiny bit... ❤️
Beautiful 4k graphics, the pinnacle of television game perfection quite literally MANA FROM HEAVEN.
53:24 when you get new stairs
😂😂🤣
This was nice
We need a movie of this
*T E E H D D D*
G O R R I S T E R
E L L E N
B E N N Y
The voice acting in this game is excellent
nimdok: im fucking burning
ellen: omg yellow
I’ve been trying to watch this for five years of my life but I could never seem to finish it. Today I plan to watch it all.
This is a great movie.
I always get the chills when Ellen gets introducés, Just Remember the pain Ellen.... Scary
"I'm taking you with me Edna."
*stuffs her in his pocket*
wHaT iS tHe PuRpOsE oF tHiS pRoCeDuRe?
You could swap out the word "hate" for "ham" in AM's opening speech and it'll still make sense with Harlan Ellison's voice work. That man can chew scenery like no one's business.
Every time I saw character fight back in this story, especially Ellen, I felt so hopeful. It keep me going, it kept this game going. I wanted to finish it for them, I wanted to give them a happy end. And I did, to best the game would let me
OMFG, Gorrister origami'ed Edna so she would fit in his pocket
The most nihilistic and depressing story ever.
Matthew Sisk how is it nihilistic to you
Seriously I haven't seen anything worse
Right up my alley.
watch The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
@@looker999997 what's it about
For mobile users will edit others in later I wanna watch first
6:23 Gorrister
12:28 -
20:25 -
28:28 Ellen
52:50 Benny
1:09:48 Nimdok
1:28:52 Ted
I only recently got into this game, & I’m already loving it. I also just finished the original book. And I gotta say, DAMN!!! I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream is pitch black. The story makes Cyberpunk 2077 & the anime series Edge Runners look like G rated Disney movies.
This game needs a remake