My Burden is Light - Oneshot OST (Loop Fixed, Extended)
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2021
- This repaired loop is the result of many years of the little pop sound in the middle grating at me and consequently spending hours obsessing over individual sound samples in a feverish fervor to set it right.
I'm pretty happy with the result!
Of course, I do NOT own the original piece of music. Please support Nightmargin and the other creators of this game and its soundtrack by buying the game and its OST. You can find the OST here: nightmargin.bandcamp.com/music
Original WAV file can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1BoFb...
If you want a shorter version, feel free to send me a message on Discord! lumosterris#2354
This video and the above Drive link will be removed upon the OST owner's request.
#oneshot - Hudba
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This game means everything to me, and this haunting melody makes my spine crawl no matter how long it's been since I've played the game or heard it.
Thank you for letting me enjoy something that's brought me solstice throughout the years.
Without the pop.
Awwwww thanks!! And amen; this is probably my favorite song from the soundtrack. The way it communicates the weight of the decision and of the game is SO artfully done. Love it.
same
69, i wont ruin it
@@commit2125 perfect as all things should be
Solace and Solstice woah clever pun
I think the moment that made me cry so much was when I actually got to say goodbye to Niko in the Solstice ending. Just.. being able to actually say goodbye for real broke me
I LEGIT CRIED. IT H U R T
same... i'm gonna miss niko
I lost the ability to cry after playing Omori, but I found myself smiling when I sent Niko home. He was going to be with his Mama and I wasn’t gonna keep him from that. I wasn’t even sure about starting a new game after my first ending up until I found out about Solstice
I started sobbing when I sent Niko home, I haven't played oneshot since then
@@idoodles2789 you can play the game again with the Solstice update. You need to delete your saved data though. Look it up and it’ll probably explain better than me
Playing Oneshot after the true ending will never be the same again.
So true. I'm probably going to get the console release (because more Oneshot?? Absolutely yes) but the initial experience is the one that really stays with you. Playing as the World Machine's version of Niko really does feel more... Empty somehow.
@@LumosTerris It somehow made me even more sad
I like that it's like recalling a memory
You could also just reset the whole game (there's guides on how to do it) but it still won't make you feel the same way your first playthrough made you feel.
Too bad you cant play it again without any extensive effort
this game is something I regret not playing sooner, possibly the greatest game I have played
Edit: I sleep to this
AMEN.
Also that's super good to hear! If you'd like, I made a 2 hour version of this where I slowed it down to 25% and its pretty dang relaxing! I'm probably gonna make a video with it but if you want a Drive link lemme know
I feel so weird about this,
This is the first time I've missed a character from something like this..
I miss talking to Niko..
I miss helping Niko figure out things..
Or hearing Niko talk about the pancakes Mama'd make..
Even after multiple months, that question still.. burns in the back of my head.
I probably just need to go touch grass or something but..
I miss Niko..
I really.. miss Niko..
Same, dude.
Dude I 100% relate. I mean, I played OneShot for the first time back in... 2016? 2017? And he's literally still my profile picture because I can't bring myself to change it. I cannot wait for the console port tho, because there's gonna be new content, which means Niko will be _reacting_ to that new content, which means... *_more niko_*
I hate the fact that I'm playing as a cheap replica of him post Solstice!
Face it... Everyone who have completed OneShot probably are feeling the same way.
@@LumosTerris We all need more Niko
Fun fact:
In the freeware version, if you were to 'kill' Niko by closing the game out, the menu soundtrack would be replaced with 'My Burden Is Dead,' instead of the usual 'My Burden Is Light.'
It makes sense, but is also so unsettling and creepy. Even just seeing Niko's scarf wrapped around a broken sun without Niko anywhere to be seen is already unsettling, and the soundtrack just adds onto it.
Edit: On the topic of this, the message that you get when you try to exit the game after selecting Start is basically the cherry on top for how creepy this is.
*You killed Niko.*
**sobbing** you LIED this is NOT a fun fact
@@LumosTerris ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+1 nightmare after discovered that ;-;
and then If you try to start the track "someplace I don't know" plays and it is the most disturbing track I have ever heard
*You killed Niko*
Bro (the Entity) just strucked me another nightmare and another fear oof
Only thing solstice is missing is an option to hug Niko and say “thank you”
I JUST CAN'T forget this game :,)
Neither can I, I swear this game-no, this experience-stays with you for life
Me too, even with my not the best memory... I hope i'll never forget
never forget, the impact it made on me i will never forget.
same
it shall not die then ;). and yea this game has the impact of a meteorite colliding with earth at unhuman speeds. i think that this game is so unforgettable because it creates a special connection with the player, this is not just some fourth wall breaking, like in undertale and many other games. This game includes the player character itself in the game, you controll Niko, but not like in other games, Niko isn't you, in other similar games like Omori, you cannot truly feel like you are the part of the game, bc ppl call you Omori / sunny, but in Oneshot- you are you, people call you by the name that you go by, and there is no player model for you, in that way Oneshot is special, and that specialness makes this game the absolute gold that it is
P.S: if you would like to correct me / say your own interpretation, feel free to do that, i will appreciate feedback
I feel like that universe actually exists and we've entered it through a game. The universe is big. multiverses exists. it could be possible.
There could be a universe where everything. is. pancakes. 🥞🤤
(Also you should look up Boltzmann Brains, it's a pretty interesting theory)
hey, commie niko! that you, on god?
First of all, there isn't much actual evidence for a multiverse existing, it's just a theory. There are also many variations of the theory, ranging from every random thing happening creating a new timeline to the universe splitting off into multiple "bubbles" of reality when the Big Bang happened. Secondly, in none of them is something like OneShot possible, it's just not how it works. Just because there are infinite universes (in some variations) doesn't mean that there is every possible universe.
@@LumosTerris if there are infinite universes and it is mathmatically possible to exist, it exists. is a universe made from pancakes mathmatically possible?
@@tristanmisja nerd
To me, Oneshot is one of the few games that fully embraces the nature of how the cycle of rebirth and continuation can effect media (As the media we consume can always be re-consumed). This is firstly acknowledged by quote of "Ad (In)Finitum (Forevermore)" as stated by the first books we and Niko bear witness to. This continues on every playthrough before ending it through Solstice. Niko is (in a way) reborn after every non-Solstice run, forever left to finish a book with no true ending.
Wake up,
Get Sun,
Barrens,
Glen,
Refuge,
Entity,
Tower,
End,
Repeat,
Post-Solstice continues on with this, just with Niko out of the equation. And thus perpetuates this cycle, only with the World Machine. Thus demonstrating that this game is fully willing towards admitting its own cycle of rebirth and continuation.
Ad Finitum,
Forevermore,
Perpetuation,
Rebirth,
Continuation,
Untill we stop playing the game.
Future Cat: Yo its a silly game about a cat like child that carries a comically large lightbulb don't make the song go too hard
nightmargin: Say no more fam
This game's ending is a dramatization of the trolley problem. Nevertheless, OneShot has unlocked emotions within me that no game has ever even come close to scraping, in both the base-game and Solstice endings.
I hadn't even realized that it's an adaption of the trolley problem but it totally is!! OneShot uses that thought experiment so well what the
YO i never thought of it that way
Wow I never thought of it that way but... yeah. In fact its even better than the trolley problem, because in the trolley problem its kinda obvious that you should sacrifice one to save the many but in OneShot... its nowhere near that simple
This song, it's ambience, it's complex simplicity, it's soft rough melody. It makes you get the feels, especially after playing the game, it feels like your heart gets heavy, like it almost puts you back into the game, under the burden of the sun, the fate of a dying world, the duty of a child who never asked for anything more than a home. Absolutely brilliant, I love this song, there isn't another like it.
A-FREAKIN-MEN.
I love this game so much. I was late to the party, played it after the Solstice ending was added, but it has a special place in my heart.
If there is one moment that I remember the most, it's when you meet the robot in the alley that's surrounded by all the cats.
When they tell you you can sit with them and feel the warmth they have to offer for a while, that feeling of comfort is what I remember the whole of the game made me fell. It's the same feeling of coming home after a long, tiring journey. Joyful, but also heavy and melancholic.
I suppose that's how Niko feels returning home instead of returning the sun.
God I miss Niko a lot
Hey same! I played it for the first time a few years back (yeesh, probably like 5 years ago?) and it was after Solstice came out. This is absolutely one of my favorite games and I can't wait to get the console version if only to get a little more Niko lol
@@LumosTerris same
I hope we get more niko
playing omori is like wearing a mask, and makes you feel lighter, like a distraction to all your worries.
playing undertale is like reading a book, telling the moral of the story and spinning words into a fairytale.
playing oneshot, makes you feel heavy, not with a burden, but with a realisation and responsibility that you have.
ps: i know im sad for writing this lol
I've never actually played omori! What's it like?
Also 100% agree about Oneshot and Undertale. I love how Oneshot is such a surprisingly heavy game without being depressing or dark.
@@LumosTerris dude you should play Omori, can’t say much cause it’s best to go in blind.
Hell, I played Oneshot to cope after playing Omori.
@@LumosTerris omori is great and totally worth the money, its on par with undertale and oneshot in terms of storywriting and gameplay and i highly reccomend it
@@cordyceps7531 and you now have to double cope
@@LumosTerrisDreams. dreams about something else to know, something to go forward to, something to.....
...
You didn't remember, did you?
I think the reason why we all end up missing Niko so much is not just the amazing story has to tell, but also how it makes sure to cement Niko as their own character. Other games are all about getting you immersed as a character, but OneShot went out of its way to ensure that Niko had a voice of their own, and focused on building a bond.
I will always cherish the time I spent with Niko, and I miss them dearly. But I’m glad that they’re back home and I hope they’re doing well
The synths making up the melody of this song still confound me. They feel so rough and yet ethereal.
The synth combined with the dissonance between the melody and the harmony is just incredible 🤯
Even though i finished the game just yesterday, it somehow feels nostalgic, like if i'd know it for years. Quite frankly, this piece is one of the most engaging and soul-tearing soundtracks i've ever heard. Knowing that the world is beyond repair, knowing that its residents gave up all hopes: "It wont help. Its too late".
Even after that, despite all the despair and bleak, utter darkness, we reach the summit.
To a choice.
To save yourself or To save the world.
But is it worth it?
Is there a hope it will live long and prosperous afterwards?
My words are few to describe how deeply touching this masterpiece is.
This game is one of a kind.
Its beautiful.
All the great to the creators of this mind-boggling,
unsettling game.
Its a game about tragedy, that makes us, the player, feel most indefinite about the destiny of a dying world.
I hope that it will get all attention it deserved with the release on modern consoles.
This time, it sure will, make a difference.
I really hope so!! This game deserves SO much more attention
Did you play the Solstice update?
ALSO PEOPLE ARE STILL POSTING ABOUT THIS GAME I AM SO HAPPY
DUDE IT SHOULD BE WAY BIGGER THAN IT IS
I kinda like Oneshot having a small fanbase so it doesnt end like undertale, but i get to agree this game deserved way way more
@@spyglass9188 I hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened with undertale?
I know its massive, but do you mean like... it reached the perverted part of the internet or...?
@@nightniro131 I havent done a lot of research myself but thats most likely the case
Should i note this also happened with Oneshot (my god why) but in a really minor scale
I literally want to cry, man. I miss Niko way too much.
Same fam, the sheer platonic attachment I feel towards our best fictional cat person is perhaps a bit much
@@LumosTerris It's Heartbreaking that you cant return to the World. Even without Niko there, i just want to SEE the people live their lives. I know i cant interact, but WHY CANT I WATCH?
None of games has ever caused me such deep and nostalgic feelings. This is the best ambient song for my opinion. This game is never be forgotten by me. Niko was remained in my heart forever
Awwwww thanks! Also I 100% agree with the sentiment
same here
I only completed Oneshot recently, but I believe I'd say it's one of my favorite games. The idea of talking to Niko and getting to know them makes them feel more like a friend, rather than a character in a game. I never thought it'd be so difficult to say goodbye to a fictional character.
I like to imagine that somewhere, anywhere, Niko is back with their mama, happy once more.
*I miss Niko*
Every time I listen to this I start crying because I was not ready to say goodbye to Niko yet, and I like the fact it makes me cry, I’ve been emotionless when it comes to things like this and for it to actually make me cry gives me a sense of humanity, and I love it. Thank you Niko you’ve given me a sense of humanity
I’m finally ready to say goodbye to Niko
*SPOILERS FOR ONESHOT'S ENDING BELOW. IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED ONESHOT, TURN AROUND NOW AND DON'T READ THIS COMMENT.*
_Nico, what's the right thing to do...?_
I remember I just... stared at the screen, watching as Niko asked me that burning question. A question that I never can forget, years later.
Years after I finish OneShot, that one question just... breaks me.
That question makes me tear up and I just... remember what I did.
I had *One shot* to get them home. I had one opportunity, one chance.
And I didn't want to waste it. I couldn't abandon them. Not when we came so far. Not when *I* guided them to that point. I couldn't.
And so I chose the only option that made sense to me. The only option that would allow me to sleep easier.
*Return Home.*
Was I being selfish? Maybe. But I didn't care. I couldn't care. When I remember what the World Machine told me, and how it wanted me to save Niko, I complied.
I refused to let Niko be trapped. I refuse to let Niko be doomed when the sun would eventually die again. And Niko wouldn't be there to stop it.
I couldn't. I wouldn't.
AGH THE FEELS
Personally, I chose to return the sun because I felt like the world was giving up on itself too easily. Why was it so convinced that there was no hope at all? And what about sweet Alula and her older brother Calamus? I couldn't just let them die after they had placed so much trust and hope in me. As much as I wanted Niko to go home, I couldn't let the World Machine's self-destructive attitude drag the innocent people it housed down in doing so.
... But then I had Niko on my conscience and that sucked so
(Also, have you done the Solstice route?? 👀)
@@LumosTerris Oh yeah, I did Solstice. I remember finishing it and crying even more.
@@NicoTheCinderace YEP.
@@NicoTheCinderace Me playing the original run: That was really great and really sad.
Me after Solstice: How did the happy ending make me feel even MORE sad than the "bad" ending? HOW?!
@@LumosTerris I played the game for the first time a couple of months ago, and dang. It's an experience I'll never forget. I chose to return Niko home, mostly because as the world machine said, the world was fake (boy how funny that is to say now.) I didn't really think enough about it at the time, mostly because of how hard of a decision it was, so I just tunnel visioned on the world being "fake" and Niko being "real". I quickly made the decision and told Niko to leave. However I then learned about the solstice route (well it had kinda been spoiled for me but not that much, I just knew it existed). And I did not realize how powerful it would be.
I've played some games that tried to make me feel bad about what I was doing, mainly undertale's genocide route, and while I felt bad for the characters in undertale a bit, I was having too much fun with the sans fight lol (also I spoiled undertale for myself f. I still enjoyed it, and it's one of my favorite games to this day.) However I've never felt like such a terrible person for doing something in a video game as I did during the solstice route. If I had chosen to return the sun I would have no hesitation, but the fact that I was dragging Niko back to the world made it SO MUCH WORSE. And when Niko got upset at me I genuinly felt I had made a bad decision bringing them back to the world, trying to save it now felt even more selfish than the decision to save Niko. And while the game tells you that Niko didn't actually return, and that it was a dream (at least that's what I remember) I still think Niko actually did return, only to be dragged back... And it genuinly felt relieving having Niko forgive me at the library. What an incredible game.
I just came back to this video after beating the solstice run, and now whenever i hear anything oneshot related i break down into tears
Goodbye niko, We will all miss you.
my friend: i had pancakes for breakfast
me: *breaking down into tears* niko always loved pancakes 😭😭😭
@@LumosTerris my mom offered me some pancakes today and I could only think about Niko. I really miss him but I knew the right thing to do was send him home on both routes
I haven't played OneShot myself, but I want to cry from this music. I listened to music from this game and what touches me the most is the melody... There are notes of harmony in it, but there is sadness in this music. I don't know what to do.
You have to play it man it's so good
@@christmapi841 exactly! And this isn’t even the best oneshot ost (in my opinion anyway)
bro play it right now go find 10 dollars and buy it
@@The_Top_Gun. I can't buy games on Steam due to sanctions
@@LadnoSVX dang
This video popped into my CZcams recommendations about a year ago, and I've been listening to it periodically at work while doing AutoCAD. I had absolutely no idea what OneShot was, but this ambient vibe drew me in. Every few months afterward I spent checking to see if a console version of this game was ever coming out, but was seeing no news. Finally there was an announcement awhile back one day, and I patiently waited and made a purchase. This past Saturday I sat down and played through the entire game in a single 12-hour sitting. I haven't played a game that impacted me as hard as this has in many, many years. Thank you for this video
Wow!! I have no idea how this hit your recommended feed back then as it probably had less than a thousand views at that point, but I'm so glad that I introduced you to this A+ tier game! I haven't played the console version yet actually; do you think they did a good job porting it over?
I still love this game, precious Nyanbinary child Niko.
I would die for them ;_;
I was just living my life when all of a sudden I remember this game and just break down in tears. This game is a masterpiece and everything about it is so beautiful. I really miss Niko
S A M E
I made a friend play it right after I rediscovered it and oh boy, tears were SHED
I have same story, just for some reason i remembered a video about the game, and it was totally right decision to play it
I swear, listening to this in the tower just made me cry, i had no knowledge of solstice and knew this would be goodbye. Either choice a bad ending for one side, i ended up returning the sun. But still cried alot-
DUDE SAME. ITS LIKE A DAGGER
My heart awakens, I feel it here, heavy.
It is rare for it to send me the slightest sign of its presence, but with certain pieces of music, certain specific stories like this one, it awakens.
Thank you, Niko.
I played this for the first time yesterday and the second I heard this on the menu I was convinced this shit boutta be good. I’ll be back once I complete the game.
k I need to know if you finished it
@@LumosTerris I really liked it! Got the solstice ending too!
OH GOOD!!! I was about to punt you back into the game if you hadn't lol
the time of this loop is baby compared to how long i spent on this one screen
OOOOOOOF THAT'S A MOOD
1 week ago I was stuck on this screen, now I know that there was much more...
This video just hit 10k views??? I didn't see that coming! Thank you guys 💡
While I'm here, there's a couple of things I want to ask:
First off, I kinda want to make content! I'm not sure what kind-I like video games (mostly indies and platformers), but I also like music, origami, books... Idk, the sheer number of possibilities is a bit overwhelming. What would y'all want to see?
Secondly, meus relatos do CZcams digam que 1% de vocês são de Brasil!! Sou americano, mas morei em Portugal por 5 meses. Obrigado por assistir ❤️
Finally, I don't have anything to say here... 😅 Thanks for watching/reading!! Hope y'all have a good one, and go eat some pancakes :))
Dude, CONGRATS on the growth! I remember when this video had less than 5k views and half the subs. You deserve the success. As for content, just do what you want to do and go from there. In time, you'll find what works and adjust.
I'd like to see you make some content! :) , just don't pressure yourself and make whatever you see fit at your own pace, you're not obliged to pump out videos on the regular :p
you'll know what type of content you want to make after some time. So, go ahead, have a 'shot' at it!
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DESERVE IT!
Feel free to record gameplays/osts of games that you feel like playing,originally as a len'en fan i'd recommend len'en,but it's a shooter and you have to quite get used to the difficulty.
And,Eu sou Brasileiro sim! eu falo nessa lingua mais porque eu aprendi ela sobre os anos,e de nada! vc merece isso!
@Free Bachelor Thank you!!! I don't know how I missed your comment, but seriously I appreciate it :DDD
@@project_1715 Y'know, I just might!! I'm about to get married so it might take me a bit to get started, but once things calm down a bit more I think I'll give it a go! Seriously, thank you so so so much, your comment made my whole day ☺️
Probably one of the only games that made me cry.
This work was truly ahead of its time.
When I finished the game after the true ending, I cried. I literally cried for the first time in 8 years. Now I understand why. The character of Niko is made in the way that he not only interacts with the game world but with the player as well. Through the game it builds a friendship with the player. Niko and the player have something in common, they're both from different worlds and particularly in the same situation. This connects them even stronger. Eventually the player starts to see a friend in Niko. They talk to each other, tell about their life, ect. That little scene at the cafe in the city where Niko tells about how much he misses home and his mother really hits deep in heart. After saving the world and before going home through the portal, Niko says goodbye as well as the player. They both understand that they'll never see each other again and the only thing left is to remember and never forget.
The friendship between the two is ended at the top before it started to degrade. That is why the game is so beautiful.
Farewell, Niko. I shall never forget you.
:')
;_; I'm not crying you are
I played through this game recently, and no game has hit me in the heart as hard as this game. I have yet to play the other major story-puzzle games like Undertale or Omori, but after playing through this game and through the Solstice ending, I don't think anything can top it. This game is a masterpiece that does an amazing job at connecting you with the characters. Not by putting you in the world, but by solidifying your importance as an outside figure, and as a guide for Niko. At the point of the game where you say goodbye to Niko for the final time, I just cried. It was so emotional, and if I played through the game again, it all just wouldn't be the same. Knowing that I'll never be able to really be there with Niko again, it's such a sad and bittersweet feeling. Even though he's back in his own world, I can't help but wish I could talk to him again. I've never felt this connected to a game before. It is such a good game. I think I'm obsessed with it now.
Goodbye, Niko.
It might just be me, but it really hits different when you're listening to this to sleep on your first night in your college dorm, having fallen asleep to it so many times before, only to be taken right back to your old bedroom.
It's a terribly nostalgic song
how to feel depression, happiness, grief for 30mintues and 51 seconds
Truth lol
this is so relaxing but ominous i just can't stop listening to it
oh wow this is perfect! i didnt even noticed it had looped until i realized i was 2 minutes into the video. thank you!
No problem!! :D
it's just nice i cant explain it
I feel that lol
you are a god send thank you for this
kajsdfhkjasdh glad I could help :DDD
i played this game, completed every ending, i cried for 3+ hours on each one, i can never forget such game like this, and i could never forgive myself for closing the game without completing it instantly, This game made me extremely emotional
damn this is smooth af, didn't even notice the loop point
Awww ty!! Getting this to work right took WAY longer than I'd care to admit lol
OneShot has forever cemented itself as my favorite game of all time for many reasons, the characters are built amazingly making you love every single one you find and the game introduces them so well you become attached to them and don't want to see them go, the story telling is also just phenomenal with every moment being detrimental to you making you feel devastated when Niko is sad or upset, it makes you feel like you're just out of Niko's Reach, having to watch Niko go through it but you can't help them, and finally the true ending is just the top of the top it's such a wonderful conclusion to such a good game and tied up every loose end and ends the game in a nice way which makes you cry your eyes out, I won't go into spoiler territory since this game must be experienced for a first time without spoilers or any knowledge of the game. This game has honestly changed my life in a way that I'm even more empathetic than I already was and I'm gonna savor every moment of my life because just like helping Niko, You only have OneShot. This theme especially helps compliment it, any theme from the game is wonderful and amazing in every way, this video is wonderful, thank you for making it.
No problem fam!! I 100% agree. It does such a good job of attaching you to the world *and* to Niko to make the decision that much more pain
ahh i love the smooth transition
thank you!!! (I'm not crying, you are)
@@LumosTerris haha, maybe im too attached to lil niko :P
Niko's burden is carrying the Sun. Our burden is caring about Niko.
"Distant" Killing me from inside more than "My Burden is Light" ಥ_ಥ
I kind of regret playing the game the way I did. I watched a youtube about 4 years ago play this game and they decided to save the world. Afterwards I thought Niko died and was extremely mad at their decision. Recently I played the game again and felt the same way. I went in on a heavy bias towards saving Niko, and I didn’t get to experience as much a hard decision as most people faced. Rewatched that youtubers playthrough and fell in love with the characters all over again. Still think I would save Niko, but it would’ve been much harder for me to do it
Personally, I chose to save the world, but I didn't do it just because of the characters themselves. I felt like destroying the lightbulb meant giving up hope for the World Machine and everyone in it. Even though there was no promise of the world ultimately being saved, I couldn't just abandon it.
A lot of ppl saved Niko even when they went in blind.
@@LumosTerris I saved the world too! I felt like me and Niko could find a way out. Had no idea it was gonna end right there lol
When I was playing through, I really listened to people and how they said that the sun wouldn’t save them and there’s one guy who talks about how he thinks a quick death would be better. Not to mention, the world machine WILL destroy everything if Niko isn’t in the world, so it was always doomed. I decided that Niko was the priority. He didn’t deserve the burden of that choice
Question of saving many at the expense of the few or other way around is great for that exact reason of being a tough one. I will say that it is a great feat for you to recognise the bias you had, and you should not regret having it, as long as it allowed you to learn something about yourself. Although I would admit, that such bias can lead up to clouded judgement of the individual. I actually saved Niko first time going in, but my bias was rooted on predication that I am not the one to doom a child as a sacrificial lamb for tge greater good of 'the many'.
Funnily enough, few years before this, when I played undertale for the first time, compassion towards the few, who were turned into amalgamations, coupled with the fact that monsters, as implied, killed children not only out of desperation for having no other way out, but out of resentment and lust for revenge, led me to disgust towards them so hard, that I reset the save file right before finishing up with the true lab, and for the next two days I went on a genocide route.
What it taught me, is that lots of compassion left unchecked is not necesserily good, because that might lead to disgust, resentment and revenge, bringing forth the worst qualities of the individual. When I played oneshot, I recognised it happening in me again, but this time around I had humility in myself to recognise, that not everyone could be stoic in the face of demise unavoidable, and so I should not be hasty in judging those who are desperate. That said, decision to save Niko seemed right, since in my eyes humility in the face of mortality is the way, and perpetuation of a world's agony through suffering of an individual is wrong. While the decision I made was similar, the reasoning is what mattered. In Undertale I lashed out associating myself with 'the few', but in OneShot I saved the one who I was not associating myself with, because if I would live in that world, I would much preffer acceptance of the inevitable rather than agony of the innocent.
This music gets me every time... 😢 so wonderful game
S A M E
i love just listening to this song while focusing on hw or something similar, and this fixed loop has just made that 1000x easier so my adhd brain doesnt realize the original loops blip
That's literally the reason why I made it! I have ADHD too so every time I wanted to listen to it to do anything I instead got really annoyed lol. Glad this helped someone else :DDD
Yes, 30 minutes of a good ost and memories... thanks cool dude!
Glad you enjoyed it!! I really appreciate it :)))
I recomand this game in amy case I can. And I watched a friend playing it few weeks ago. We both cried at the end
phenomenal, great work
Thanks man!!
-also what just happened to your feet???-
@@LumosTerris that is a great question
i think the reason we all miss this game and niko is because of how it was written. we don't play as niko. we play alongside niko. in every other game, we watch a story; the character we play as bonds with others, and when the story ends, we're either satisfied or dissatisfied with it, and it ends there. but in oneshot, you're part of the story. YOU bond with niko and the characters. YOU are the one that decides to return and save both. we miss niko because niko misses us.
hearing this song on top of the tower on my first playthrough gave me shivers, whenever I listen to this song, I keep remembering the hard decision of either saving niko or saving the world
the 30 minutes is accurate, because that's how long you spend staring at the screen and weighing that choice
What's the right thing to do?
(this is literally why I made it 30 minutes long, lol)
@@LumosTerris lol, that's awesome.
"Player... what should i do?"
*What is the right thing to do?*
> Return the sun Return Home
Im very glad to find a seamless version of this soundtrack. Thanks a lot!
No problem!! Have a good one man :DDD
played this yesterday, can never get myself to play NG+ but this game was an exception, beat solstice today. i don't think i've cried at a game since mystery dungeon. what a banger
Y E S
I consider Solstice an essential part of the OneShot experience, I'm so glad you did it :DD
The phrase "my burden is light" has a cruel sort of irony in it. At first, of course, it means that Niko must carry the sun... But that in itself becomes such a heavy burden to bear, that one couldn't possibly call it "light"
The name choice was sheer brilliancy ngl
OH GOD, HOW DID I MISS THAT ?! THANK YOU
Can someone get me a psychologist that can explain how the fuck the game made me miss this non-cat so much?
I'm afraid that's the wrong realm of science my friend... Maybe try a physicist?? Y'know, since bonding to Niko for life immediately upon meeting him is almost assuredly a natural law of the universe
this game is so underrated man.
F A X. It's great tho because it has such a well-hidden cult following
@@LumosTerris It's not that hidden anymore.
Yeah, the World Machine Edition really did push it back to the public eye! You also see Niko profile pics everywhere which doesn't hurt lol
@@LumosTerris Yeah I see Niko pfps everywhere.
It's been four and a half years since I have heard this music for the first time.
Since everything that has transpired begun.
I still remember. As I promised to Niko, and to everyone else.
It hurts and burns to look back, just as it would hurt and burn to wield the sun of the world itself.
Nonetheless, I cherish that feeling, as though with searing heat comes scorching pain that never quels completely, so does warmth and light, that are progenitors of life and hope.
So take heart, as when things are grim and miserable in our own world for many reasons that come in no shortage, you must not falter and never give in to despair. As you did not let someone else to.
Light is also our burden, and after all it's up to us to make sure that it won't be extinguished.
This is so beautifully put, thank you ❤️🥞
literally anything you think of happens in an alternate universe. Niko and Neil Armstrong are throwing aquatic creatures at each other in an alternate universe.
This is certainly one of the comments of all time lol
I will always remember Niko for the rest of my life. Best friend forever.
Once you finish the game, you can play how many times you want as The World Machine's registers, or even reset the whole game by playing with some files. But, at the end, it doesn't matter how many times you replay it, it will never feel the same as the first time.
You can only have a first time once. At the end... You only had One Shot.
ty for a fixed loop
I don't think any game has made me more emotional than this one has. That first time on the computer sent chills down my spine and gave me this awful feeling of existential dread the rest of the playthrough, as if I was gonna miss something important, screw it all up, and reach the end without having fulfilled some key objective...and then the decision came and this music freaked me the hell out. It makes me want to cry listening to it. Soon I'm gonna have a thousand doodles of Niko in my notebooks, lmao. (Spoiler below)
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I ended up deciding to throw it all and save Niko, since if I were in his shoes I'd argue saving a world you didn't even know about a day ago wasn't worth the cost of your life. But man, did I feel awful about that. This reminds of when I played Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the first time-every choice felt like a mistake and it all stacked up to crush you. OneShot is downright terrifying how it plays it with your feelings.
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On another note, did you hear about the mod Eternabyte is making? It's a fan-made sequel called OneShot: Aftermath, and it looks like they're shooting to have it out by the end of this year. I'm pumped for its release.
Ooh!! I have heard of it before and probably looked it up a couple times, but I don't know a whole ton about it. However, if you're interested in mods, Oneshot: Fading Memory is pretty sick!! It's not quite finished yet, but it should be good :DD (also they're using this looped version of the song :O )
@@LumosTerris I’ll check it out! Thanks for telling me.
i have such a weird feeling listening to this song. im not sure if im the only one but i get a huge pit in my stomach listening to this. that's not saying its bad, i absolutely love it, but i just i dont know why XD. its like ive lost something that meant so much to me. id like to hear others thoughts on this too, im always open for discussion
I feel! It captures the feeling of indecisive dread perfectly, but it's somehow calm at the same time. I don't know how the composer did it
For me it's a feeling of hope yet sadness because it comes at a cost it's nostalgia as well and it makes me feel sad I relate this song to how I feel wanting to help the people that I love and how horrible this world is and the weird effect I have to restore hope to peoples lives by listening and bringing them up "my burden is light" I feel that title so hard because there's so many people that I'd like to help and I just can't and I feel useless this world isint just greed darkness and money there's beauty and light and sometimes you need someone to be there to help you see it. I am that person and as someone who's sad and depressed consistently my light was hard to find and it's there but it's a battle to keep shining like your the last light in a hopeless world
After recently completely beating this game this music hits different brings back memories and makes me tear up, I really miss niko already and I wonder how shes doing in her world. I wish to meet her again and give her a hug but I know that won't happen. Still, its better to hope than not I guess.
Thank you :)
no thank *you*
also your niko profile picture is
where can i get that pfp
@@tjerborfritzasnt5942 i dont remember where i found this pfp to be honest. And i cant find it anywhere on the internet, not even with google images. It has to be something like “derp niko” but i cant find it.
The only other match that it found was on a Don't Starve Together forum... which also appears to be your profile picture lol
@@LumosTerris lmao
This game has had such a profound impact on my life. I don't think I'll forget about this for as long as I live :D
Neither will I. I don't know how this game managed to worm its way into my heart but it did and it's staying there forever 🥺❤️
Another underrate game as an rpg enthusiast that is lovely
i hate it so much, that i can't listen to Oneshot's OST that much because it just makes me tear up
it sounds great!!! thanks
You're welcome!! Glad you like it :D
I never got to play Oneshot; was spoiled long before I had the chance. But with how much y'all enjoy the game, it still feels like there's a special place for Oneshot on my list of best games of all time :)
Although, I may have been listening to this for more than the given 30 minutes, and the sudden cutaway was certainly surprising-
Idk why, this game is heart touching for me. the soundtracks, ambient, character, storyline, and many more. Listening to all oneshoot soundtrack its feels like in a dream, there is no one there, just you and a grassfield....
This is true masterpiece, i never seen a game heart touching like this...
I generally feel like I'm a pretty resiliant guy. I don't cry too much, the rare exceptions are almost entirely related to family. But this game, particularly this moment, its something special. When I reached this point of the game I had to pull away from the keyboard for a moment and really reflect on the decision, which of course consequenlty led to tears.
Such a beautiful game. An excellent and creative concept constructed into a wonderful piece of art I'll never forget.
I'm showed how even with 190 subscribers Lumo put so much effort in his videos. I imagine how much time he spent even to write the description and not to forget to put the credit and all the links. Respect, I also used to be CZcamsr so I understand you:)
This game was really something, maybe i'll consider replaying it, obviously wont be the same as the 1st run, but hey thats the fun of things; to re-experience stuff differently. Thanks for the upload :)
No problem!! I hope you enjoy the replay :DDD
Also you should definitely look into the HELLO PENGUIN room if you don't already know about it 👀
@@LumosTerris Heard of it a couple of times. Will check it out 🐧🐧🐧
music to listen for 15 minutes and 44 seconds on a car park at the grocery store right after getting your first shot while waiting for your mom to get back
The vibe is oddly specific but it works???
We all are waiting hopeless for Niko's comeback. We all know that won't happen. Wouldn't happen. But still......
Somewhere in our hearts......
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Feel a missing part. And we know well... It's a friend. That has cat ears and eyes. Doesn't admit it's a cat. That has good and cheerful behaviours and personality...
We're the one.
Who sended Niko to eternity.
With our hands.
Niko said Niko won't forget us.
As like we do.
And that moment. Niko broke the wall which Niko has been stuck in a while, and went into home......
We know well Niko can't come back with it's own. We have to wait for devs to bring Niko back. But we know.. this is impossible.
All we can do is wait Niko with or without hope.
*We should be one to thank you, Niko. Thank you for bringing us to your journey. Thank you for this valuable memory. Thank you for remembering us. Thank you for million times.* _Thank you for everything._
Thank you......
Proud to say that I have now had an existential crisis to the OneShot OST at least twice
The pinnacle of ambient music. I love this song to death
"I think my burden has lightened"
Cloud Strife
I recently finished playing this game.
But it feels more like i had actually said goodbye to a dear friend, that friend being Niko. And not in the pathetic parasocial sense like "in the real world i may have no friends, but at least here i have Niko", not at all. But because, fot how this game is made, i legit cared for Niko as much as i care normally for my, you could say, real friends, like Niko was actually a real person and not just a character of a videgame... Or maybe it would be more correct to say that It made me feel like I was part of the game, like Niko does, instead of just being the one playing It.
There were moments were i was genually screaming and in general talking to the characters in game, like they were able to hear me or something. This game legit feels more real than modern AAA with current gen graphics i swear.
That is how this game is designed, and it does a damn good job at it. I too recently finished it and have the same feeling
whats more human then a passion project from a indie studio
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
After all the games that I've played this is the most heartwretching by far. Though I've had a lot of fun and through most part of the game the end easily overwhelmed me with emotions which reached thier peak when i had to deside weather to break the sun or return it. I've never had a moral dilemma in any game before i always knew what i thought was the best thing to do but not this time. It took me around five minutes to finally deside to break the sun and one more minute to confirm it. That heavy feeling that i still carry whenever i think about the game is something that made even more special to me. And though solstice was good it never achieved the same sensation that the base game had. Damn good game miss it already
I’ve never played OneShot but i came across this song while playing Minecraft when it was late at night and I had came across an ancient city and the energy this song gave off perfectly matched the ancient city aesthetic. Every time I hop on Minecraft or when I just want to think about stuff I put this song on loop just to get in the moment.
dude. PLAY ONESHOT its one of the best games of all time
Just chiming in here: I would 100% recommend giving it a shot! It's not a terribly long game so even if you somehow don't like it you aren't wasting that much time. You won't regret it ❤
@@LumosTerriswelp I caved in and spent 11$ lol. I don’t know what caused me into buying it and I’m hoping to have some fun with this game!
Edit: im really liking it so far
Edit #2: I gonna assume I’m close to the ending because I’m at the city and man. I think I’m gonna be obsessed with the game for a while 😭
@@LumosTerrisI did both endings and 💔. Man
EDIT: WE'RE GETTING ONESHOT ON THE SWITCH, PS4 AND XBOX ONE LESGOOOOOOOO
Check out oneshot.dangenentertainment.com/ for more info. (Also I totally called it)
Original comment below:
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Y'ALL WE'RE GETTING OFFICIAL ONESHOT NEWS SOON
I have no clue what it's gonna be... A new game somehow? An update?? Heck, could it be a Switch port somehow??
Check out this post on the OneShot dev's Twitter: twitter.com/GIRakaCHEEZER/status/1465771098629296132?t=_jhxVfn4gBflV7OyseSVNg&s=19
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING RIGHT NOW
Are you kidding me this is the oldest game and I discovered it just four weeks ago and NOW the devs are posting something new??
This has to be the World Machine toying with my CZcams feed somehow-
@@Flymerick I KNOW. I'M IN SHOCK.
Y O O O O O O O O O
I can’t wait to cry agaim
I wish I could forget this so that I could experience it for the first time all over again.
SAME.
I had the best playthrough ever because some of my best friends helped to voice the characters, so we had some great running jokes. And past that, OneShot is kinda the most amazing game ever and I miss it :(((
(PROFIT LIKE IT'S HOT)
I'm not crying! You are!
YOU'RE RIGHT IM SOBBING
@@LumosTerris OKAY I WAS CRYING WHILE WRITING THAT
ITS OKAY SO WAS I
I love how the "most replayed" highlight is just continuously rising until the end of the video
oh my gosh is it really
YOU WEREN'T KIDDING I'M DEAD 💀
Even though i played this game more times than i could count, played the "recording" way too many times, bypassed the "OneShot" a SECOND time to play solstice, got more than a 1000 hours on it. Played the 2014 version (traumatized) yet this music somehow always makes me feel like i'm listening to it for the first time.
2014 OneShot sounds terrifying honestly.
*"You killed Niko."*
A bittersweet track with an excellent name. My burden is light. It's both deep and not deep at all. I love it.
From every game I've played, which there's a lot... This one feels much different. I love it
It's truly a one-of-a-kind game. It connects in a very different way
oneshot for life
100% agree 😤👌
@@LumosTerris YEAH.
OneShot and Doom are my favorite games. They both are emotional in completely opposite ways (and have amazing soundtracks). I hope that there is some sort of epilogue for OneShot, where you can see Niko with his mama, all the being in the world machine, just living their lives.
..which doom because this makes no fucking sense..
I'm basically the same way with OneShot and God of War Ragnarok
bro has two sides