Personally I think it is. Sort of. The books portray Joey as a narcissist with a god complex who thought of reality as a story being told before his eyes with everyone else being characters in said story. He also wanted to be able to control or write that story himself. He wanted to be God. Either it's just a story he wrote and nothing more or he found a way to get what he wanted.
@@thefatherrabbit To be fair who doesn't want to be a powerful immortal being?! I can relate to joey on that part but the rest is questionable for me though.
It’s sad that Joey was basically like if you didn’t make me succeed then you disappointed me and will know be stuck in your own disappointment. That’s what I took from it. This opened my eyes to a lot of things and makes me even more excited for the new game.
One major correction: the ink demon is ink bendy, the monster that chases Henry throughout the game, he's the "he" referenced by Sammy in "he will set us free". Ink bendy was the first attempt of using the ink machine to create a living cartoon by joey drew and Thomas Connor. The animatronic thing is just a little detail without much story significance, likely a FNAF referecne. It was ink bendy who joey had locked away "because he would scare off investors" and who was set loose by buddy, who was later drowned by him in "dreams come to life." Because the ink is alive, the ink demon is essentially immortal/indestructible, so he comes back shortly after. Ink Bendy/the ink demon is largely the central antagonist of the entire franchise, who is a literal embodiment of all of joey's past wrongdoing, and without a soul to guide his character, he is a hollow vessel who only does one thing, and that is to kill anything that moves.
0:22 I'm watching this video because I DON'T want to play the game or watch people play the game (and get jump scared), but I want to learn about Bendy and the Ink Machine. There you go, now you know why else someone would be watching this video ^^
You gotta be amazed at joey drews guts, his suggestion for his employees to spend their 5 unpaid holidays at his amusement park after 5 years of nonstop working just to get his money back. Because that's what a vacation is all about. Going to an amusementpark with the same characters you've been cooped up with nonstop. How any one of them didn't torch the studio down from going insane in that time is just baffling. Joey drew Takes susie out to lunch at JOE'S fine dining... Yeah probably not a coincidence. Not surprising at all either.😅
Also, some old theories still ring in my head- since all of the employees that are still sane and sapient are characters from the studio cartoons it means that Henry himself is also turned into one. I always presumed he turned onto more or less perfect version of Bendy- quite fitting and tragic since Bendy was his creation
Could you try doing a story explained video on WE Happy Few it's a pretty interesting game even though it does have a few plot holes but it's interesting how the story goes.
This game's story is so confusing. But your explanation was so good that I honestly understand everything about the game now. Guess I'll have no problems playing the game now. And waiting for bendy and the dark revival (this game's gonna be amazing). Keep it up boii.....
I think it’s not a cycle but that he did get out and it’s kinda what happened in the fnaf movie where he goes back in his memories and try’s to find out what joey really wanted him to see…
You know at the bit where Henry starts running from the ink demon and tries to get to the exit but fails and falls into the ground? I feel as if that the ink demon was actually Joey, and in reality when Henry pulled up the ink machine Joey popped out of no where and started talking to Henry, but Henry felt as if Joey had malicious intent so he began running, and the ink demon that roared and chased Henry was actually Joey shouting at him to come back, and right when Henry nearly got to the exit, Joey caught up to him and knocked him out- dragging his unconscious body back to the ink machine and throwing him in for more power. Leaving Henry in a everlasting loop that'll never end until he properly opens his eyes and sees the truth, the truth that Joey was the ink demon and that he was the one that caused him to be in a circle of pain for years and years on out.
Tysm for this video on the lore! I kinda forgot about Bendy after a while of getting into it when it first came out because fnaf lore took over my life. I’m ready to jump back into bendy now after hearing about the dark revival series.
It was a really interesting concept for the main villain to essentially be some arsehole boss. Anyone in the working world can empathize with his victims. And it makes it very easy to absolutely hate his character and even though he appears to already be dead I want him deader.
With the same sort of pseudo-live action aesthetic, I think it would be great. Problem would be getting the people to see it so they could recover their investment of making it. People are too much into superhero stuff now a days and horror is very hard to do.
This is so well done, thank you for putting all of this information together! I needed it to catch up before I play Bendy and the Dark Revival tomorrow :D
I always thought everyone missed something huge that Alice Angel tells Henry towards the end at the river of ink 4:11. She tells Henry “A drop of ink in there is like a drop of water into the ocean.” Something like that and her and Thomas can’t cross and join Henry. They have no soul. They can’t touch the ink or they become ink again. Henry is different. Henry is a soul trapped in that body. Henry was actually killed and sacrificed by Joey Drew. The letters in Joey’s house from Wally, Thomas and his wife Allison all tell Joey thanks for the offer to return to the studio but no thanks. They never return. They never are tricked and killed by Joey unlike Henry and like say Susie Campbell. When you play the game again this time with the Viewing glass you can see several coffins with the names of the ones killed on them throughout the game. You never see a coffin with the names Wally, Thomas, or Allison. They never died in real life. That’s why there were so many Thomas Boris clones. He’s produced all the time. He has no soul. This game was so dark and original. But The Meatly ruins this story and several things from the original game are thrown out and changed in the sequel that you can clearly see The Meatly just wanted more video game sales. Gone is the dark satanic storyline. Joey Drew is no longer the monster we know he was in the original game. He doesn’t even kill Henry or anyone anymore it was just his creations and clones. Womp womp. The little girl at the end of the original we all knew was Henry’s daughter and Joey was playing “Uncle Daddy” to her after killing her Father Henry. But NOPE not in the new game now it’s his inky daughter he keeps trying to create because he’s a sad pathetic old man with no one to love him. I don’t care. It was better when it was a dark scary cold hearted Joey. But The Meatly dropped the ball and Dark Revival ruins the original game and its once original creative DARK story 🤨👎🏼
I didnt know this game was based off walt disney so blatantly. Sure the characters look like old disney, those references are clear as day; but the back story about how joey was the name and face but didnt draw any of it is the same about how walt disney screwed over his business partner Ub Iwerks.. interesting stuff. Ive never played this game but it looks cool.
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at the beggining you got the lore wrong so here is the real lore of bendy and the ink machine a man called henry stein opens the doors of a studio he worked at taht died out almost 30 years ago as his old bussniess partner joey drew invited him back and decided to power the ink machine up and as a result the ink demon tried to attack due to all the commotion and the unsuspecting prey item above the studio but henry escapes while the ink demon seemingly head back to his lair in the giant ink machine to think while that happens he appears behind henry to crush the roof of where he came from and then knocked him out in his attempt to kill him but that failed so he pressed on and after chapter 2 played out he was knocked out by sammy lawrence andwas goning to be used as a sacrofice to the ink demon but sammy ends up being "killed" by the demon and he chased henry until locked out of a roomand henry encounters boris and they head to his hideout where they leave the safety to find an exit but are attacked by a piper (butcher gang) but they won and stumbled apon alice Angels lair and did her quests so they could escape but she crashes the elevator to steal boris and chapter 4 plays out and boris has been turned into brute boris a horribly deformed version of boris and we defeat him and he dies alongside alice angel but alisson and tom appear and take henry prisoner while alisson is ok with henry tom isnt very fond of him and leave him to the ink demon but henry escapes and goes through the ink tunnel until he finds the lost one village and fights sammy and tom gets the final blow a huge battle insues henry falls down a hole again and find the butcher gang and assembles the pipes for the end reel and the ink demon took it and then theynhead off to his lair and fight and henry alone challenges the ink demon and then he removes the cartoon facade reveals the demon within and they duel it out and the ink demon is defeated and it is then revealed that everything is stuck on an endless loop like vhs tape a world that never ends...
when i watched dantdm play bendy and the ink machine, i thought the ending was just what happened before you start chapter 1. I didn't realise that it was the aftermath of the final chapter
It's not 5 unpaid holidays PER year. It's 5 unpaid holidays after 5 contineues years. Meaning 1 day per year accumilated after 5 years. That's even worse. And it doesn't say what they will get after that. If they need to work another 5 years for the same "reward". Knowing joey drew it's probably exactly that. You also only state that Joey drew studio's was in danger because of the IRS for not paying taxes. While that news article explicitly was stating it was because of major complaints of former and current anonymous employees and investors claiming it's going bankrupt. The IRS stuff comes later. And i noticed that the taking to lunch susie recording is most likely the first time they met eachother. She was excited to meet him there and talks what a charmer he is (in the way like she didn't know that) and that he called her alice wich she liked. Joey Calling her alice that moment was probably the selling point and moment she started to call herself alice in the third person. The other recording you showed before that one with her saying joey is talking behind closed doors and he's inviting her for another opportunity and she's gonna meet him again and that she's not gonna fall for that smoothtalkers trick and alice didn't like liars is probably her final recording before he killed her. That one had a lot of malice in it contrary to the dining recording.
Joey actually made the loop so bendy couldn’t evolve past his beast form and go out to the real world so basically Henry was keeping his evolution at bay. (From superhorrorbro)
Beckyastic01 he can’t because he is in a loop so when he said oh my old desk I wasted so much time here means he just depressed and misses the real life
i used to sell the toys but i didnt know anything about this game, never actually kept any of the toys, .. probably should have, they will be worth a few quid in the future.
So the thing confirmed by BATDR is, the Cycle is real and the Ink Machine created the cycle, he trapped henry in the cycle out of anger and spite, and allison made Joeys life better, so he threw her in as a saving grace for henry, eventually after BATDR story ends, Audrey BECOMES the person who controls it
I really like your story explained video's, you do such a great job at clearly explaining what you think is behind everything in a way I think most people can understand. I've also watched some of your gameplay video's and I don't find them as interesting. I wanted to share what I think will make your gameplay video's a bit more interesting to me. You don't have to do anything with it if you don't want to of course, it is just some friendly advice. I've watched some of your 'resident evil: village' series for example and I think it would be more fun for me to watch if you'd talk more at times where there isn't much happening in the game itself. Maybe something funny or weird that happened to you, or some fun facts you came across recently. You can really fill it up however you see fit. I think it would be more engaging that way and make the video a bit more personal. Maybe some people like it exactly how you do it now, but I've noticed your gameplay video's don't perform nearly as well as your story explained video's. So I thought I'd share my thoughts on it. Jeez, I hardly comment on any video ever, I really hope i'm not sounding rude or anything because I don't mean to be.
I don’t know but think that the entire game I just a dream that joey is having because he is in a coma due to him experimenting the ink machine on himself and it’s never ending and when he defeats bendy he right back at the start and it’s just a never ending cycle until he dies or wakes up this could be further explained but this is just a comment section
i wish more games like this are on the phones. yes, i have the xbox and ps5 but i play those for AAA titles like Uncharted and Halo. The switch is just a mobile phone without cell service and built in controllers, that's why after watching this video i looked to see if this was on the play store and it was! this type of gfx and gameplay is perfect for mobile (no precise shooting mechanics, relaxed gameplay, cartoony gfx, ect). oh reason why games on the phone is > than the switch? it's 30 on the switch and 7 bucks on a device which you already have, don't need to carry an one trick switch. You're an idiot if you paid for the nintendo tax.
@@littledevilspongejadedring1012 Hi I have got a question for you. If Bendy was female instead of male then what do you think her name would have been?
Sammy drinking the ink reminds me of SOMA and how couple of characters (like Terry Akers) were drinking a substance called structure gel- quite ink looking substance carrying the AI in it These people also start to regard the AI as some sort of saviour
@@shioriryukaze Maybe, but I do like Soma to be a game- as much as scares weren't it's thing most of it's story is told as you expiriance it's beats and can find more context in world as you explore, movies don't have such freedoms. Tho there are definitely movies that have similar existential hook to them
I'm watching/listening to your videos while drawing and I just want to thank you for the hard work you've put into your videos! I don't play games but I love the Bendy aesthetic and your videos are very easy to follow and just so interesting! Thank you!!
Someone sending you a letter to come back to anywhere because they have "something they want to show you" or "a surprise" or whatever is always a trap 😅
I hate the fact to get what the hell is going on you need to read supplement material. I just beat the game and the world seemed interesting and what was going on in the studio as well. Though I still was thinking "what the hell is going on" by the end of it all. In this video I just learned the projection monster, good alice, one of the boris were actual people. The game is never clear about this and I just figured they were sentient ink creations. At least the loop thing is kind of hinted at if you go through the game again with the new item though whats confusing about that is going by the number markings he should know hes in a loop at the very start of the game. If hes not then how does he keep count.
Aw brilliant! Wasn't expecting another lore video this soon, what a treat :) I'll never get around to playing most of these games so I really enjoy watching your vids. Thanks for all your hard work, hope to see more in future!
God, Bendy and FNAF were the bane of my existence when I worked at GameStop. You know how many 6 year olds I had to listen to just jabbing nooon-ffuuuuuckkinggg-stooooooppp about them?! Or parents hunting down every piece of merch for their kid who watched a streamer play these games? Fuck me man, I’m getting flashsbacks…..!!!!
10:40 apparently from a different channel they say that Joey or jerry I forgot his name made the employees sacrifice their stuff for the “gods” prob ritual thing for the ink machine
You know what the end of this game reminds me of? If anybody remembers The Stanley parable, with the number of different endings that it had, you remember every time you found an ending, the load screen would say the end is never the end. So could this be bendy and the ink machine stuck in the Stanley parable paradox? Will he ever get out of the situation? Or will he be running for the rest of his life like an endless cartoon?
