10 4th Wall Breaking Moments That STAGGERED US
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
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16:08 Number 1 - Hry
I was playing Stellar Blade, then my wife started talking to me, so of course I have to pay attention to what she has to say. The camera was near Eve's face. When my wife was done talking, I looked at Eve and I freaked out because she was literally looking at me. I moved the camera around, and her head started following the camera and continued to make eye contact for what felt like a whole minute! Scared the shxt outta me for a while. It felt like she's looking at me to ask who I was talking to and telling me to pay attention to her. 🤣
So, Is your wife ok with the fact that you play stellar blade? Doesn't this bother she? 🤔
Alr guy, we get it, you have a wife and she lets you play waifu games, you could’ve just said that 🙄
The 4th wall doesn't come from tv. In theatrical plays going back 2000 years there was a wall built off from the stage where an actor or narrator would address the audience directly.
Dude hearing this was like a tad unnerving . Like are we forgetting history or what?
Yeah this was SO fucking bad. How uneducated do you wanna be? These guys: "Yes, please!"
And even if you don't know about this shit, AT LEAST do your damn research. It's not like they had to come up with that stuff quickly. They had time to look it up for the video. But I guess we live in the time where anyone can say anything, not matter how much bullshit they say. It's so sad. And don't get me wrong, please. I love gameranx, but they constantly get random shit so damn wrong when the correct answer was a 2 second google search away.
@@smnr1579according to the guy underneath you, some are actively letting it die
@@smnr1579 You only know what the government permits.
Thankyou! I didn't want to be the "uhm, actually" guy but also couldn't really let this one slide
Bonus: Reaching back into the snes days, there was a 4th wall break in Earthbound. Where the game inquired about the player, "you, the person holding the controller." Amazed me back then.
Secret of Evermore
I gotta dig out my old 3DS and replay EarthBound.
I'll reach back there too. With SNES you had Ken Griffey Jr baseball and if the batter struck out, they'd turn and look at the screen and yell, "Oh Come On!"
@@b1orogueor if you were idle for too long. They’d knock on the screen, “HEY! Play the game kid!”
@@ryang1448 There was another one like that too! Was it Sonic or or maybe Abe's Exodus where if you didn't move they'd look at the camera and shake their head or do something. But they would acknowledge the player.
The ‘Would You Kindly’ twist from Bioshock was an excellent 4th-wall break, when Andrew Ryan looks directly at you and simultaneously gives you and your character an existential crisis as he proves you’ll do anything you’re told.
I love the twist in assassins creed where the goddess refers to desmond controlling ezio
Blew my mind as a kid
I was truly Stunned when that happened
Only better one was at the end of Revelations when Ezio spoke to Desmond diirectly
she may even be referring to us, the player
One of my fave gaming moments ever.
My jaw hit the floor.
Falcon, in the world of FF7 Remake/Rebirth, the victory jingle actually comes from a tango in their world. It’s a record you can collect in the first game. They all know it because it’s wildly popular.
Still, incorporating the music *you hear as **_soundtrack_* at the end of battles _into_ the game world itself... if it's not a fourth wall break, it's the largest lampshade ever. Of all time.
@@ferd617 oh for sure he just said he didn’t know why Cloud would know the song himself
The boy band prince also hums the melody rather wholeheartedly in FF15 after combat 😂
It was Cloud's ringtone in FF7 Advent Children too.
@@Jakal3157 I thought it was one of the turks? I'll have to rewatch it now. lol
Detroit Become Human did this so perfectly with the main menu of the game. Then when she says they have to test your controller and it vibrates kinda caught me off guard. Also in the end I'm not gonna spoil but that was insane!
Chloe is the best.
The 4th wall break in Tomb Raider 2. She's about to hit the shower, bad guys show up, you get rid of em all, including your butler, using a shotgun, and then she returns to the shower, places down the shotgun, faces the camera, and asks: "Haven't you seen enough?" and grabs the shotgun once more and shoots you. The game finishes.
the Nier one should've at least been a bonus one, that one is hilarious.
Honourable mentions: Psycho Mantis reading your memory card in Metal Gear Solid, and the final boss fight in Bravely Second: End Layer.
Speaking of MGS, Meryl tells Snake to stop staring if you hold the camera on her.
I really love Borderlands 3's wall breaking moment with the "To Be Continued in 4..." line I was so pissed at first but then when the joke was done I was so impressed with how much more content was left to complete.
I think everyone can agree that Doki Doki name drop was terrifying the first time around
This ^
Yup
Was looking for this
Or hilarious if the name on your computer isn't your name.
The thing about Alan Wake 2 is that Alex Casey isn't just a Max Payne look-a-like. He IS Max Payne. Remedy doean't own the IP so they had to rename him. The same goes for Warlin Door, who was Martin Hatch in the Remedy game Quantim Break. He was played by Lance Reddick, who was also intended to play Door an Alan Wake 2 prior to his passing.
One of my favorite 4th wall breaks is in Jak 3 whenever a character what's Jak's light stone or whatever and they make a quip and she just goes "this is not a game!" and Jak and Daxter look at the camera with confused expressions. It's not the greatest 4th wall break of all time, but it being subtle is what makes me remember it lol
The last act of MGS2 - you're playing a game, Raiden
Alan Wake 2 was incredible, all-around. Also, it's been covered before, but the Evil Within 2 fourth wall gag will always be hilarious
Who is that Amogus FBI woman anyway?
I really wana play it but I'm not buying it digital. So I have to keep waiting for tbe promises physical release. They lost a lot of profit I'm sure not releasing a physical copy. They even said it was a financial failure. Well no shit can't imagine why. Lol. Its locked off to some pc players to
Deadpool Game: There’s a fourth wall break every five seconds.
And I LOVE it!
The games I've played that break the forth wall Saints row 4, tales from the borderlands, code vein, mk 11, far cry 3 blood dragon and sunset overdrive break the four wall especially mk 11 and sunset overdrive
@@artTAGGER77yeah I was surprised they went with MK One instead of 11
If you haven't checked it out, the Deadpool game was great about this. It was so involved in breaking the 4th wall with the player you never learn the big bad's actual plan. It was incredibly well done.
That was probably why he did not include it in this video
Awesome video as always!
In Final Fantasy XV, Prompto also sings the FF Victory theme at random when a battle sequence ends.
As well as the Chocobo theme randomly
A few different versions of it, too.
In the previous DG, Dark Arisen if you stop playing and put your controller down but the game is still running the pawns start waving in front of your characters face and clicking their fingers. Maybe not breaking the wall but it's still quite funny.
What is clicking your fingers?
@@CanadianBoyy88 it's the pawns gesturing "hello, are you there/awake" because your character is just standing there motionless.
"'How meta can you get?' He said, looking knowingly at the camera" - alan wake 2 was something else
Bonus games? In Jak 2, the old man mentions that "this isn't a game" or something like that then Jak and dax look right at the camera
In street 3 football. One of the players lines after a play is "it's not me, it's the guy controlling me!"
The moment is from Jak 3 and I'm pretty sure it was a young adult female monk. Though there was a scene in Jak 2 where Daxter was reading through a contract and got upset over the inclusion of "GAME RIGHTS!" complete with a close up of his indignation.
Did you not watch the video? He said “recent games.”
@@benjaminnorris5540 you right! Been a while since I played the series, thanks!
Black Ops One "Drop the chips player and get me some ammo"
Prompto from FF15 also sang the victory theme song after winning a battle
Nothing tops Doki Doki when this is the topic.
If you haven't played it, giv it a try.
You will undestand it once you know Monika.
It's Just Monika.🙂
If you like that game, go watch Stupendium's "Why Did I Say Okie Doki"
Oh man you should check out how Savathun from Destiny 2 broke the 4th wall by taking over the official destiny 2 twitter account and addresses the players directly, that was an amazing moment that Bungie brewed together
The Telesto one was also funny as hell
RIP Tango Gameworks
When my boy Geralt looked at me at the end of the blood and wine dlc…….
EVE through me fucking off guard 🤣🤣🤣. Got a bunny nano suit for her, so I had to check her proportions out and she gave me that look 💀💀. I questioned my behavior immediately
Playing it right now and my favorite suit so far is actually the Black Uniform. Sure the skirt is a bit short (I'm not peeping, I swear) but fuck is it stylish!
@@PikaLink91 My fav ones are daily force and black wave
The Eve look catches you offguard😂
Eve: "What are you looking at?" Player/Me: "Me? Nothing in particular, nothing at all, I was actually AFK."🤞
For FFVII Rebirth, the first time Barret sang the victory song I laughted, but what TRULY caught me by surprise was when Cait Sith did the same but with meows. D: Absolutely amazing
I had no idea about the one from Stellar Blade until it was pointed out to me, so when at one point I focused the camera on something close to Eve which registered as "looking at her" and thus activated this easteregg... if I didn't already know about it I'd probably shit my pants, cuz that is some terrifying Project Zero crap right there.
There was entertainment before television, it was called theater, and breaking the fourth wall is a time-honored theater device.
I checked the comments just to make sure someone had said this so, or I would have been the one.
OMG NO WAY?! COULD THIS BE MORE CONDESCENDING?!!!
Pretty sure Falcon didn't say TV did it first... he was just relating it to something we could all understand. Jeez.
@@chrislevack405 Oh I could be A LOT more condescending. 😉
@@Tondor50 good for you, sweet pea
🤓☝🏻
Infamous: Second Son has a somewhat subtle example. Once you 100% the game, getting both the good and evil endings and all the trophies, Delsin will say "You know what buddy. You and I have been through a lot, but I gotta tell you. Officially, we're done." after the credits have rolled and you're in the post-game for that playthrough. I believe a few other games have done that, making the player character "talk" to the player and congratulate them for fully beating the game. It's a cute little way to wrap up a game you spent so much time to complete.
Not putting geralt as in the Witcher 3's blood & wine ending is a crime...
Didn’t know you could do that in Stellar Blade! Playing that game rn it is great! I suck tho lol. I love it when things break the fourth wall it’s great. Thank you Jake and Falcon for these videos you guys get me through the week and I appreciate that. 👍
In FINAL FANTASY 15 Prompto regularly hums the victory fanfare song.
Cloud isnt the only one who does it in Rebirth. Yuffie does it all the time and Barret is the one ive heard do it the most. Especially after you beat one of the VR missions
Barret did the victory jingle in the ff7 remake as well, several times
Not recent but the ending cutscene of Witcher 3 Blood and Wine DLC was a subtle and amazing 4th wall break.
In "half-life 2", you can talk to the Vortigaunts, they say a single sentence picked at random from a selection of several, 3 of them are 4th wall breaking:
"Far distant eyes look out through yours."
"How many are there in you? Whose hopes and dreams do you encompass?"
"Could you but see the eyes inside your own, the minds in your mind, you would see how much we share."
About the FF7 one. I have hwd Barret shout out the victory tone after battles many times. It was also a ringtone on a phone within the geme.
Yuffie and Cait Sith hum the victory song also, Cait Meows it even
This video was just an excuse for falcon to discuss Alan Wake 2 and I’m all for it
Getting to listen falcon is the best part of my week now
Barret, Yuffie, and Cait Sith will randomly sing the victory theme after battles in Remake/Rebirth.
an obscure one to add.. Ar nosurge. Its a jrpg game where you follow 2 POVs, 1 with the classic jrpg protagonist and another is a silent robot.
the 4th wall breaking moment here is (spoilers) - when it is revealed that they are supposed to be talking directly to you through the silent robot (from the game world per se, to you in the real world)
I CAME HERE TO SAY THIS
so there is other jrpg game that i still dont know,aight ima give it a try but why does the title have "Ar" in it?it is a sequel to Ar Tonelico?
@@shadowrider6578 its not a sequel, but it was made by the same people who did ar tonelico
Deadpool game was king at breaking the 4th wall.
I don't know how you do it (making so many gaming vids) but keep up the great work!
One of my favorite things about Gameranx is the absurde ways they pronounce some things that typically have their pronunciation said in the games they're discussing.
Would have thought the metal gear series would be on this list. Kojima loves fourth wall stuff.
I love you Gameranx!
"4th wall comes from TV"
Me, a drama student: SIR
Love that quick shot from the first episode of doctor who🔥
My favorite 4th wall break is in Silent Hill 3, and the first time you try to get Heather to search a nasty toilet. "Who would ever think of doing something so disgusting! "
The best =D
The concept of the fourth wall went even further back than TV. I believe Greek Theater called it something different, but the concept was the same!
This has been Dumb Historical Fun Facts! XD
I remember modding WoW classic to Barret's humming the victory tune after a boss fight, felt so satisfying.
You guys are the best gaming channel today... I said it and I stand by that the end.
The most 4th wall breaking of all, the Nier games where one of the endings deletes your save files. 😂
The guy from Dragons Dogma 2 is like the skit from Viva La Dirt League where Ben, the handsome, "outrageous" fellow, is the town bum with the tinfoil hat in Honeywood, and he runs around claiming they are all inside of a video game and that their existence is painful every time they are forced to die and come back lol. I bet they got the idea from them. They had to.
Lunacid is genuinely such a great game. I was genuinely shocked to see it on this list
It doesn't respect the wall 😆 quote of the year 😂
are we seriously censoring gore in video games? youtube is such bullshit these days
They're selective on enforcing it too.
The OG FF7 victory theme is also hummed in the FF7 remake, I think by Aerith.
Barret. Several times
@@losbloontas Huh? He didn't hum it, he was doing the automatopoeia thing. Aerith hummed it, during the chapter where you meet her, I think. Though, I think we should count Barrett towards this, as well.
Oh boy. 2B better be on here
Ok, I'm going to be VERY pedantic right now (already realizing there will probably be minions who'll be stirred about it) because I'm actually a researcher in the topic: "breaking the 4th wall" and "metafiction" are very distinct things. "Metafiction" refers to fiction that adresses its own nature: games that talk about gaming, series that talk about the structure of serial TV, and so on. "Breaking the 4th wall" refers to a fictional character acknowledging the expectator/player.
I don't know about the other games, but even though Alan Wake 2 is a heavily metaficional story because it adresses the structure of stories, in absolutely no point it breaks the 4th wall. That is a confusion that arises because it is not a game with metafictional elements, but rather a metafictional game altogether. But it doesn't break the 4th wall, it doesn't acknowledge the player or the gaming experience of the player: it just talks about the narrative from beginning to end.
"4th WALL" A BUNCH OF SWEATY GAMERS KEKW
Yeah, don't really see the point of it. Specially if it doesn't contribute to the overall theme.
Eve: *stares looking at the player*
Black Desert Online characters: That's really cute.
Please do another Before You Buy for MK1 (2023)! It’s improved so much and really really fun! It actually got me back into gaming after a year and a half of severe depression and completely halting all my hobbies.
Very interesting stuff, funny, creepy, etc. Thanks.
Earliest I've ever been. As always, this Gameranx video'll be a banger.
😎👍🏻
TV Tropes has a few variations such as Leaning On The Fourth Wall and Painting The Fourth Wall. Cloud's humming in FF7 would probably be Leaning On The Fourth Wall - kind of acknowledging it but actually breaking it.
Of course for the game built on No Fourth Wall (pretty much) there is The Stanley Parable. :)
"...from someone who's been here since the first Final Fantasy 7." How many ironies can you fit into one phrase?
Think sony added eve looking at you in patch. I tried it for awhile but she wont look at me in the 1.00 version
❤ from the title I was begining to think "oh I'm gonna see some MGS!!!", but then u say "recent"... oh well 😅❤ awsome content nontheless
The 4th wall is a concept from theatre from the 1700's though. Otherwise, great vid!
Secret of Evermore in 1995 had a good one, where an NPC started yelling that they're all in a video game lol
Danganronpa v3 and Baten Kaitos has great 4th wall destructions of all time...
yea idk why ppl hating on v3 despite the ending is great one
Nier Replicant deserves at least an honorable mention. Kaine actually gives you a game over screen if you try to look in a specific angle too many times while playing as her
Psst, hey Falcon... The fourth wall predates TV by a good bit; started on the stage actually. Here, I'll save ya the Google bandwidth: 'The concept is usually attributed to the philosopher, critic and dramatist Denis Diderot, who wrote in 1758 that actors and writers should "imagine a huge wall across the front of the stage, separating you from the audience, and behave exactly as if the curtain had never risen".' [Apologies, but in addition to being a game dev, I'm a lifelong theater geek & still act in VR productions to this day lol]
EtA: Ah, someone beat me to the punch on all that. 🤣
Yuffie also sings the victory music sometimes, too, after a battle. I wonder if all of them have a recorded version that'll play rarely.
Yo pyscho mantis, reading your memory card in Metal Gear Solid, tripping me out as a kid
ayyy Lunacid getting love
I loved kingsfield 4. I found lunacid to be a pretty boring facsimile of what it's inspired by
Ah, that's the name. Too bad this channel obviously can't afford chapter titles...
Yo, that last entry really almost did a whole Chapter Black + Chapter White thing, haha. Nobody tell Sensui
My all-time favourite is max payne 1. Elevator. Music plays. I shoot the loudspeaker. Max: thank you!😂
Closely followed by the part where he us high on v. Lovely game.
10 times Gameranx had to reach real hard to find something to fill content for a day.
Ohhhhh I thought you were going to mention turtles in time, that was a good one
In Medieval Dynasty is a character that "thinks" he is an NPC too 😂
In FF7 riberth, even Yuffi does the victory song sometimes! 😅
Quick check how many years have you been watching gamerank?
4th wall comes from stage plays, not from TV.
The post credit scene in Travis Strikes Again where you're in a test area for No More Heroes 3 before the was announced.
Hades 2 came out with a 4th wall break on the final boss. If you pause during the boss fight, the boss will mock you and UNPAUSE the game until you get a meta progression upgrade to stop it. He'll still mock you if you pause after that, but he wont be able to unpause the game either.
Is this Steve here from Steve and Larsson? 😂 Voice is so similar
"It's funny because we're all living in a simulation and free will is a lie." - Marina, Splatoon 2
Gameranx-if you've played Sims 2, you would see that sometimes a hungry Sim would look directly at you and wave his/her arms around and point to his/her mouth.
Hellblade 1. When Senua has one of her mental breakdowns, and turns right to the camera and asks you the player to help her. I had to put down the game at that point for a little bit. One of the most intense 4th wall breaks i've ever been a part of.
in Lost Ark there is a whole quest chain where you find out you are on a video game, the enemies are trying to get out of it. It goes as far as your character moving through scenario and other stuff. Very weird
Amazing!
Dude. I've been playing stellar blade for hours and hours and still haven't noticed this. Creepy.
Wait is falcon in the comments!?? Or jake 😭
Probably neither. A producer or social media manager
I remember the ps1 having lots of games where if your character is waiting for a long time they would look at you and start getting impatient by you not moving the character for a while 😄