Cooking Companions - MEAT Tasty Friends! / ALL 7 ENDINGS & Assorted Secrets 

Welcome to the Are You Tasty Club, how Are You Tasty are ya? NEW DLC HERE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TKevhUCdOxo.html Part 1 of the video series here : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a5HWUjHXzg4.html

In the beginning when the MC almost passes out and has numb fingers and toes its a common side effect of mad cows disease which cannibals often get

This entire game: "You wake up. You fuck around in the house for 15 minutes. You decide to go back to sleep."

You know it's a fucked up story when the happiest ending is a cannibal superhuman and a regular cannibal woman settle down and live a long and fulfilling life together.

Game: "It's empty... like your soul" Manly: I've never felt such joy in my entire life

The most surprising thing we found out in this episode is that we have arthritis.

"you finally found your soul mate!" ahh "you devour hundreds" a h

Here’s some references for those who aren’t obsessed with cultural fairy tales like I am: Karin - Spot on allusion to Vasilisa the Beautiful and Vasilisa the Wise. She survives her encounter with Baba Yaga by talking to the mice inhabiting her home. The famous wood engravings of her look EXACTLY like Karin. Mariah - Marya Morevna, the Warrior Princess who tells Ivan not to enter the basement of her home (Koschei the evil magician is chained there.) She could also be Maryushka who is turned into a Firebird by Koschei the evil sorcerer because she refused to leave her village. Anatoly - The Blind Knight from the story of The Blind Knight and The Legless Knight. Before he is blinded and becomes an adept forest hermit, he asks The Legless Knight to help him with a riddle in order to trick a princess into marrying him. Gregor - The Legless Knight from the tale The Blind Knight and The Legless Knight. Before he gets his legs chopped off by Ivan and thrown into the forest to die before being saved by his former mentee The Blind Knight, he becomes a mentor to a prince (said Blind Knight) saves his life multiple times from sorcery and is overall wise and educated. Title includes “of the Oak.” Protagonist - An amalgamation of Baba Yaga/Koschei/Ivan Tsarevitch (?). Implied to have been Ivan Tsarevitch, a heroic figure of light who often uses his wits and various birds (the Firebird in particular) to escape evil magic, but ends up being more like Baba Yaga, a known cannibal witch, and Koschei the Deathless who menaces young women with magic. Koschei is killed by being burnt alive. Ivan is married to both Vasilisa and Marya in different stories. There’s also a Russian story where a princess cuts off part of her thigh to feed a bird in order to escape a dragon in a dungeon so there’s actually a bunch more references tbh 🤣 EDIT: Revisited this game and can’t help but write down my theory of events. I think that the plot line is basically a giant tragedy where all characters end up failing to complete their main roles literally and figuratively. The protagonist (once Prince Ivan, now Koschei) along with his friends (the chompettes and Cornbread) were kidnapped by Potato (a serial killer) long ago. The protagonist cannibalized Cornbread/the Firebird (corn is often used to summon said bird in many myths) which gave them the strength to overthrow Potato and kill his friends, becoming his successor of sorts and gaining special abilities. HOWEVER the current cast stumbles upon his cabin and they remind him of his past. Karin becomes his possible successor as he had been to Potato (the heroine becomes the villain Baba Yaga so to speak, gets locked in the basement too, etc.) Ultimately the protagonist must face his demons and how he became who he is. Like how Baba Yaga’s skull lantern turns Vasilisa/Karin’s evil stepfamily to ash, I believe that the (immortal) protagonist is “put out of his misery” once they turn the basement light on (burnt to death like Koschei.) Just my thoughts btw!

You know, the biggest tell for me that the MC is an entity not entirely human is that there wasn't any food in the house. They live there, but they had to use the groups emergency supplies when cooking for them. If the MC knew that flooding was ought to happen, then there would be a pretty solid back stock of food, if this wasn't a magical type thing. If they were human, they would have actual food. Since they're not, they're just waiting for their next prey, waiting for the "flood". Edit - Also, to support the Baba Yaga thing. When fighting Karin and only talking to the Chompettes results in an instant kill on Karin, that goes along with the mythos of Baba Yaga. Apparently Baba Yaga has invisible servants that you're not allowed to ask about or else she'll kill you. Karin kept asking.

“Oh no a jumpscare.” “OH NO A REFERENCE!” That somehow got me

36:52 Its interesting how the game is based from the Baba Yaga tale. From what I read, when the Baba yaga asks "Did you come here on your own free will or were you sent?" You're suppose to answer: "Largely on my own free will and twice as much by compulsion." This would satisfy the Baba yaga and she'll lead you to the right way, saving your life. If you pick either answer to the question, she'll eat you. So yea you're suppose to give a neutral answer apparently

I love how in one ending you become unstoppable with Karin, but in the other you become unstoppable with Potato. As if you just needed a companion xD

Oh, in the nightmare mode theres a secret if you spam "run" enough it says "im not scared" and you get a scene with a girl calling you "Ma'am" and arresting you, which means the protag is a woman and not a man as i initially assumed for some reason, which backs up the Baba Yaga thing.

Is it just me or is that squirrel that is on Anatoly's shoulder gone when everyone starts experiencing the hunger. The squirrel does not show up anymore probably because Anatoly ate him.

The real crime made here is at 1:29:04 when the recipe says to DISCARD THE BONES. You could make an incredibly nutritious bone broth with them.

"I'm assuming we're an old person" Manly never noticed that the note under the tub was from 1792

15:09 - "This is your hell" 15:22 - "Do you hear the banging?" 16:00 - "I saw him" 17:00 - "Good morning" 17:43 - "Wake up" 21:37 - "Turn around/Turn back" 42:59 - "Butcher" 43:23 - "A pile of ashes" 44:25 - "Still not found"/"Still missing" 46:34 - "Villain"/"Monster"/"Piece of-" you get the picture 48:53 - "Turn around/Turn back" 50:21 - "I am so lost here" (not a whisper but roll with it) 50:28 - "Are you cold?" 50:34 - "Let's talk downstairs alright? I have others to show you" 50:38 - "One of them won't stop whispering about a bird cage." 50:44 - "See you at the end" 52:15 - "You better sleep with both eyes open" (BACK TO THE WHISPERS) 1:05:47 - "You better sleep with both eyes open" 1:16:28 - "Turn back/Turn around" 1:21:45 - "You better sleep with both eyes open" And that's it :D

I think one of the theories I've liked is that you're not literally a Baba Yaga entity, but a person possessed by one or something similar to one. One of the things the Chompettes bring up is that they wonder if Karin would treat them better and one of the implications is that if she killed you, then she would gain control over the cabin.

OK SO- 1. protag seems to be a supernatural entity, based on the Baba Yaga > "bony" appearance + riddle confirms this > can curse victims with the "hunger", can probably control the weather as well to trap victims > "generations" and the old notes we find implies protag has lived for a long, looooong time, far longer than a normal human > protag seems to be addicted to what they're doing, it's basically become a habit 2. The Chompettes > they're the previous victims who protag had a deeper connection with, their existence relies on the protag's > they cannot move on until protag lets go ("will you... let us go?" "when you let go of me all those years ago") > this is evidenced by how only Karin turns into one of the Chompettes (Turnip) > it's possible only the protag can see and hear the Chompettes as they are, as they're present during the Karin fight and Karin says "are you talking to yourself again?!" > perhaps protag had a familial relationship with the OG 5 Chompettes (Raspberry, Bread, Cornbread, Cabbage, Onion), presumably living with them for years until the "hunger" and addiction took over > OG Chompettes may have already been close prior to meeting the protag, Bread and Cornbread (Razael is Onion's sibling) weren't related but it seems they had a sibling-like relationship > as to how they were butchered, I'm guessing Potato was starved to death (then stewed?) in the basement, Raspberry was baked in the oven, Cornbread, Bread and Onion was stewed (based on the recipe + "most of us were stewed in that cauldron"), Cabbage was sliced (eaten raw?) 3. Potato is a cannibal like protag, and was killed by protag (EDIT: may or may not have been a cannibal but most definitely a murderer) > though they're a cannibal like protag, even they are disgusted by protag's actions > they may have attacked the other Chompettes so this pushed protag over the edge > it's implied they were killed and butchered by their own knife > they might've been a meticulous (and smart?) killer since they were a butcher and knew the human body quite well 4. The cabin is special > it has its own rules, like it's its own space > the haunting only stays in the cabin because it's the victims' graveyard > it's implied that if protag were defeated by Karin, she would take over instead, presumably continuing the cycle

You briefly stagger into Brazil trying to reach the basement. Terrifying

I was kinda sad that Mariah was just a throw-away character, I like her design a lot. Very cute, but I guess it made sense for her to get cut off for the setup that it was going for. But all in all, this was a pretty enjoyable VN horror game.

The artists are SO GOOD at making horrifying faces! It blends well w the character and artsyle instead of looking crudely slapped on the sprites, they all look so properly grotesque too.... Seeing gregors dead face made me wince rly hard.... Even tho it looks goofy a bit.

Imagine going so mad off human flesh hunger you start imagining Portuguese men inside your basement. Yikes.

I think I speak for all of us when I say: WHY CAN'T you get a happy marriage ending with Mariah/Anatoly/Greggory??? I mean c'mon. If KARIN of all of them gets one, then those sweet cinnamon rolls deserve to live longer as well!

you know, i think one of the few mercies of this game is that they don't make the vegetarian character eat meat, much less the flesh of her friend

manly has given me the curse of not being able to see the word “secret” without his inflection on it

So, a short summary of the plot: The Chompettes are the spirits of the main character's last victims. It is implied that their appearance is either a curse by MC or that they take it because they have given up on the scare tactics and are trying to be annoying now. The new victims are refugees running from Ukraine during the famine. Each has its own story related to hunger. Karin is implied to already have eaten human flesh. They got to the cabin by accident and they were pretending it was just a fun trip to ease tensions. The cabin seems to trap the spirits of its victims within and be an entity all by itself. Especially the really, really deep basement where it outright confuses it's victims and there is a hole to hell(?) The main character seems to not be the owner of the cabin, just its current occupier. The MC himself is very, very knowledgeable about spirits and isn't phased a lot by their antics, knowing almost all of them. Either by his time with the Chompettes or possibly prior knowledge. It is implied potato was the previous owner of the cabin. And the MC and the other Chompettes were going to be it's victims. From here on it is speculation: the MC killed off potato but he injured the others. They get trapped in the cabin and eventually they have to eat Potato. Then MC is the one most affected by the hunger and the first one he kills to feed on is Razael/Cornbread, who was a child and Onion's little brother. Then he kills and eats the rest in the same room potato tries to kill them.

45:52 After Manly said it so many times, at least one developer had to put in the "Like your soul" line xD

Another thing: When on the Karin route, the end is that she got ill and perished while the protagonist seems to prevail, maybe adding to the theme that the protagonist is no normal person and lives longer. Anyway, thank you for the work of showing every possible ending, giving the opportunity to watch or rewatch them.

I find it interesting they keep saying she's "Getting Stronger" and you so easily overpower her in some cases, hell even in the ""Happy"" Ending, she expires before you do. The main character must be an absolute tank of a human being.

this game has the scariest art i think ive ever seen.. the ghost forms of the characters are terrifying and the concept art is even fucking creepier. its a really well done game and actually got me scrolling down to the comments to not look at the characters

Something to notice is that the word "butcher" is used as a proper noun, as if it's not just about people who carve human meat. It's like it's specifically coded for whatever Potato, Karin, and the MC are on a more specific level. I'm fairly certain that "butchers" aren't entirely human, especially if the MC was able to start and maintain the flood supernaturally.

Again with the translations of whispers 15:09 "Это твой ад" - "This is your hell" 15:23 "Ты слышишь стук" - "You hear knocking" 16:00 "Я видел его" - "I saw him" 17:00 "Доброе утро" - Good morning 17:44 "Проснись" - Wake Up 21:38 "Обернись" - Turn Around

7:15 Ah yes what a wholesome ending, Karin and you fell in love forever "Devouring hundreds of men, women and children" Excuse me what the fuc-

Gregor's design looks like there's tourniquets wrapped around his arms and legs, and considering what happened to him in the end....

I saw in the first video someone mentioned how raspberry's dialogue suggested that you have some control over the rain. The way the ending where you leave mentions the rain following you adds to the theory...

Based on the info Potato etc. gave it sounds like you inherited the title of Baba Yaga after killing the former holder, Potato, cursing you to be the new one. Chompettes are like your old friends you "ate" along the way. If anything is an SCP, it's the house itself. You are just its subtype or offspring and related phenomenon. I am sure the foundation would be thrilled to come over for dinner.

After I heard the protagonist say "You ask the question you've asked for a thousand times: Did you come here on your own or were you sent?", I'm 100% sure that the protagonist is Baba Yaga, considering it's always a question she asks travelers when they come to her

50:20 Damn, Manly, that was some lovely portuguese there For whoever is curious: "Estou tão perdido aqui..." = I'm so lost here... "Estás com frio?" = Are you cold? "Vamos conversar lá em baixo, OK? Eu tenho outros que quero mostrar a você." = Let's talk downstairs, OK? I have others who I want to show to you. "Um deles não pára de sussurrar sobre uma gaiola de passarinho..." = One of them can't stop whispering about a birdcage... "Vejo você no final." = See you at the end.

The Karin romance achievement should be called "the taming of the stew"

I was surprised the developers went so dark with this visual novel. I was half expecting that it would be one of those desperate survivor type of horror story with a golden "everyone lives" ending, but it turns out MUCH darker & makes more sense on subsequent playthroughs. Also, I'm pretty sure the developers are vegans given that the non-gruesome recipes are vegan dishes. I can't help thinking that this visual novel is partly symbolic of their feelings on eating meat as well.

Game: You don't have a shred of empathy do you? Me: Not true i seasoned and served them with a delightful mix of vegetables and sauces. I care very deeply about how they turned out.

Seeing Manly's name in the Special Thanks section made me smile.

"You were a true cooking companion" 8:45 My breath left my body after this. My new absolute favorite line in any video game. I hope the creators are proud of that one

Man, of all people I feel the worst for Gregor, holy shit. Cant there exist a way to save him??? This game is amazing but it certainly is one of the most cruel games I've seen in a long time.

This is such a surreal game. All the way to the end (and throughout all the ends) it's clear that the game is meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek and never takes itself TOO seriously, but when it goes into the horror and the grim elements it goes pretty hard.

Manly: "MEAT Tasty friends!" All his friends: _dead_

The generic anime art style for the characters wasn't my thing, but the more horror-esque stuff was really good - Gregor's dead face in NG+ totally unnerved me. Would love to see more like this from the developers.

ENDINGS 6:51- 10:31Karin Romance Ending 30:16- 33:48 Lose fight with Karin 37:43- 41:38 Secret Chompette Dialogue 41:50- 54:30 Nightmare Mode Ending 56:12-1:0:09 Chompettes Cabin Courses (A type of Ending I guess??) 1:01:26 1:21:34 New Game Plus (Potato Ending) 1:22:00- 1:23:00 New Game Plus (Turnip Ending) 1:23:00- 1:26:19 Cornbread Cutscene 1:26:23 Extras

You know, I think the main character is sort of a living personification of starvation. He's existed for many, many years, just like the concept of starvation has. Starvation ravages the world, killing familes, friends, cities, countries, which. Kills more than any war crime, which is mentioned that the MC did. How it pulls desperation out of people, and turns them into ravenous monsters. Hence the others said that the MC "gave them" this hunger that drove them mad. This makes even more sense when you consider all the connections the story has to Ukraine, which had a horrendous famine take place in 1932 (called the "Holodomor"). Shockingly horrendous amounts of cannibalism took place at the time with people even eating members of their own families (very literally *Cooking Companions* of theirs), while others resorted to outright murder. It's actually an extremely terrifying subject.

"Oh god, it's Earthbound!" - The true horror

After you lock Karin in the basement, that whole section was incredibly fascinating from a horror perspective. The talks of hauntings, constant sleepwalking, and nightmares. I really liked that section.

50:40 manlys attempt to soeak portugueses mixed with spanish is adorable

In the beginning of the game, you give the others the Baba Yaga riddle. In Slavic folklore the Baba Yaga is a ogress who kidnaps, cooks and eats her victims. On the plus side shes also the guardian of the fountains of the water of life.

translations of some of those russian wispers while i'm watching :) 15:10 "Это твой ад" - "This is your Hell" 15:23 "Ты слышишь стук?" - "Do you hear the knocking?" 16:01 "Я видел его" - "I saw him" 17:02 "Доброе... утро..." - "Good... morning..." 17:46 "Проснись" - "Wake up" 20:39 "Обернись" - "Turn around" 42:59 "Мясник" (??) - "Butcher" 43:26 "Куча пепла" - "A pile of ashes" 44:30 "Еще не найден" - "Still not found"/"Still missing" 46:35 "Негодяй" - "Rascal"/"Naughty boy" 48:54 (Again) "Обернись" - "Turn around" 52:18 "Лучше спи с двумя глазами открытыми" - "Better sleep with both eyes open" 1:05:47 (Again) "Лучше спи с двумя глазами открытыми" - "Better sleep with both eyes open" 1:16:18 (Again) "Обернись" - "Turn around" 1:21:42 (Again x2) "Лучше спи с двумя глазами открытыми" - "Better sleep with both eyes open"

I think the group knew the protag was the Baba Yaga, considering how terrified they were at the beginning when she asked the question. They never really let their guard down until the Baba Yaga didn't immediately threaten them, I assume this is because the Baba Yaga can be either benevolent and help those who wander into her domain, or do the complete opposite and eat them. They got lulled into a false sense of security, that the Baba Yaga wasn't going to eat them. Until they realised too late that when they sent Mariah out and they suddenly had meat, the Baba Yaga was indeed eating them, and feeding them to each other. That's why Anatoly and Gregor didn't want to leave, they knew they'd get eaten. That's why Karin was so insistent on everyone else leaving before her, that's why Anatoly kept on vomiting, and how Gregor immediately knew that Anatoly would never come back. Karin probably thought "ooh Baba Yaga is a kindred spirit", and thought that if they shared that common interest she'd be safe, we know how manipulative she is. We know she'd do anything to save herself (except in the romance ending, then they really were just a couple of cannibals).

"Mariah....Anatoly...Gregor....Karin...I'll never forget you..." For I ate you and by cannibal rules that means you're a part of me forever!

Theory The protagonist is some mythical creature that lives for a long time. This is supporter by several facts: 1) at the sight of the radio he says “the newest out of everything what I've seen.” Given his lifestyle, it's unlikely he contacts civilization often, so he's out of touch with progress. 2) Karin's “disease”, judging by all indications - old age. The protagonist does not realize what it is, and assumes that she has become ill. 3) dates on notes 4) cornbread's words about the protagonist eating her years ago 5) the appearance of the protagonist's hands. Wrinkled and weird colour that usually in mangas/anime old people have

This game had a really interesting story. I like how it revisits the opening conversation and explains why that whole interaction felt so weird and awkward. They did a really good job of conveying that uneasy feeling at the start without being too obvious.

34:44 god this part is terrifying, on mobile if you double tap on the edges of the screen it'll light it up and skip forward, and you can see the groups corpses in the dark, scared the shit out of me

I can't believe becoming a cannibal power couple with Karin is the best ending

1:29:57 Only now did i notice that the strings on Gregor’s pants and shirt sleeves are similar to how butchers tie cuts of meat, and are only on the arms and leg that Karin cuts off. Very cool :)

Me: Manly I do not think you should be building up your relationship meter with Karen, she's toxic and disrespectful despite your efforts to keep everyone from starvation, made 2 of your cabin mates leave and has succumb to cannibalism. Manly: ~Nice~ *Karen looking like* *waifu material*

I just ran some numbers, if he lived through 204863 days, the man would have to be 560.88+ years old, this man is truly an immortal

That's wild, the game distracts the player from looking at the mirror in 1:03:16 with the toilet roll shinning lol.

out of everything, I certainly didn't expect an Imscared reference out of this game. pretty cool stuff. in regards to the main character, I was expecting that they would end up being antagonistic and malevolent, but not to the extent that they ended up being. this game's story was pretty interesting, overall, and I'm glad I could discover it through ya, Manly

I did some research when you said that it was the Baba Yaga question at the end and the protagonist from that same story the question appears in, The Maiden Tsar, is called Ivan. Earlier when Gregory was dying, he tried to "say your name" but only got out I.. A.. N". I also saw that Karin's outfit is the same outfit the character Vasilisa wears in 'Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga'. It's cool to see the developers referencing Slavic folk and fairytales like this! ^^ Small Edit: 'Razael' could be a different way of spelling 'Raziel', which means 'The secret of God'. Considering he only appears in the super secret ending, I'd say that's a pretty fitting name!

As for the age, the court case your character skipped was from the 1700’s. The woman wanting her daughter back was from the 1800’s … so somebody’s been cooking for awhile. Do you think potato taught your character to cook before you betrayed him, and that’s why the other four veggies lock him up and stuff?

Some things about the story that you might have not noticed, -Even of this story is set to happen after a while from WWI during the event of great famine in Ukraine IRL in Stalin era. -You're Baba Yaga or a person holding her spirit and her powers and potato was the previous Baba Yaga. -Cabin is infused with magic powers, it's what grant Baba Yaga his/her powers and imprison the spirits.

Manly didn’t even mention how his name is on the “Special Thanks” card in the credits. So humble. A true gentleman.

The ghost CGs were really next level, like damn. Probably some of the best I've ever seen. Usually, the more time you get to look at an image used in a jumpscare or in horror, the less scary it gets. But with these pictures, the more I look at them, the more disturbing they are. Very well done.

I think it’s interesting how in the Abyss ending when Karin attacks you her hair is down and when she lays on the floor bleeding her hair is in a braid.

That detail of Karin's pupil widening as she dies is a freaky but cool detail. Definitely gave me the goosebumps!

Isn't it weird how non-existent that squirrel thing is in this story? Like at one point, it just disappears entirely and nobody even mentions it!

11:25 YOOOOOO, THAT'S ME! (I had already played the game and seen that, it just makes me happy whenever I see it, and I can corroborate it with my username here!) Glad you completed it, I completed the fight by the green background (don't know how) but because of that, never saw the Anatoly background and most of the Chompettes dialogue. Also, with the "Better than 5 people in one night" comment, as well as Cabbage confirming that Potato attacked them, makes me sure that they aren't connected to any other characters, but are ghosts from a different series of murders. Many people have pointed out that half of the nightmares are based on tales of the Baba Yaga, who's known to eat people, mostly children. You might be a similar supernatural entity, which explains how you are keeping the Chompettes there, and how, despite your poor shape (arthritis, boney arms and grey-ish skin) Karin still died before you could. Or, the cabin could be the thing keeping the last one standing alive after the killings, until another group comes by. Then this process repeats, and there could be a possible succession based on who ends up still alive at the end. For instance, if Karin killed you, she'd be the next "Baba Yaga" being kept alive. Remember how "people who die in the cabin are bound to different rules" and the Chompettes don't want Karin "taking over the cabin" since she's apparently even worse than you? As for the Chompettes, maybe in the past you goated whoever Potato was into killing the others, then killed Potato? Or you legitimately killed Potato in self-defense, but either way, because of the influence of the cabin and the fact you probably did start running out of food, you eventually cooked all of them and ate them. They might be ok with you now because they've been there for so long, but it seems like everyone besides Cabbage (and maybe Onion?) still really hate Potato for killing them in the first place.

Spoilers: Interesting that the spirits taken forms of non meat food.

turns out the real rations were the friends we met along the way.

Sooooo the Chompettes and Cornbread were previous victims before the game starts.... that's depressing and makes a lot of sense. EDIT: OH FUCK RADISH

Honestly, I kinda want to know more about the story about this game that takes place OUTSIDE of the cabin. ESPECIALLY the year and location. As going from Mariah's secret dialogue, Cooking Companions seems to take place somewhere in Russia during the Cold War/USSR era. My guess is that this was set around the 1950s to 1970s. Other than that, I'd say that this game was great and creepy as hell too! I give it an 8.5 out of 10.

Reference: 1. "That creepy face, it reminds me of that specimen!" 2. "Don't get up before Saturday." It's just me or I found a reference? Spooky, are you there?

When you pointed out the Baba Yaga thing, I only realized it then that Karin's whole dress design is based on that one famous Vasilisa depiction which you can also see on the Wikipedia page. That's cool.

I lost it when the cheery tune played after MC locked the basement door not even 15 minutes in

fun fact: 616 it is supposed to be the real number that should be instead of 666 that is justified by an error in the translation of the Hebrew, if it is true or not, this detail is still very interesting.

Manly's attempts at speaking portuguese make me happy cause most people will pronounce alot of it differently but his was actually different, just needed a bit of the accent and slowing down the reading of the words

This game is the perfect embodiment of that "You're not you when you're hungry." meme. The art is spine-chilling, especially Karin's skeleton-like appearance. Euughhww. I love it!!

Manly, my baby is being born today. Thank you for keeping me entertained while I get sent in and out of the delivery room. Keep being a badass hero, manly.

Before I finish this video, here’s a theory: while everyone in the comments was talking about the connections to Baba Yaga in the last video, what if it’s not Baba Yaga but her son, Koschei the Deathless. I believe in one story he was captured in a basement as well, and the protagonist seems to have been here a very long time, perhaps more generations than a normal human.

some thoughts on some things worth mentioning that have been on my mind after all the things that happen in this interesting game: - The Singed Book is a very interesting item, it may be the only thing that genuinely connects to the MC and may even suggest they're older than most would assume, I can't pinpoint what era but because of the mentions of faith and grave suspicions I have to assume it was from the witch hunt times. - The MC's hands during the Karin stabbing CG look feminine to me, and the game never really explicitly states your gender either. - There is definitely something supernatural going on. The storm and the call out that you may be manipulating the weather. There's also the fact that the other cabin occupants starve after a day and that the hunger is brought up reminds me of a hex. There's also clearly some sort of strange influence the character or cabin has on the others, as they never really comment on the player's appearance and Karin falls heads over heels, or how Potato berates you all the way to new game plus where they strangely offer you tips, plus Mariah says that Karin is putting up a front with her mean girl attitude, so I don't believe she's a killer cannibal by default but rather being persuaded to be by you or the cabin. - There are lots of hints that maybe your character isn't just old, but a genuine walking corpse or reanimation and that you're some sort of spiritual zombie Baba Yaga type/successor (I originally thought you were Baba Yaga herself but I don't think she would ever move out of her cabin like some endings imply); -- When you were to leave the bedroom after talking to Bread, the MC mentions not being able to move, like their legs were not working and they did "breathing exercises"; Instead of an exercise, perhaps this was an incantation, if they are a corpse that was moving again this would make sense. -- The refusal to look in the mirror and the Chompettes consistently calling you stinky/smelly and telling the MC they look terrible, and Potato mentioning the dirt in their ears and being genuine about it may give credence to your character being a dead person walking. I also feel that after Karin bleeds out, her face never becomes decomposed like it had shown before, so the faces are likely hallucinations, possibly projection of how the character thinks they look on to others in the cabin. - There are old beliefs in paganism and some other cultures/religions that consuming the flesh of others allows for rejuvenation, particularly flesh of the dead, and that one can feasibly live forever, along with receiving strength. This would also help explain as to why that even though Karin ate the bodies of the others she never really is able to overpower the MC, as the MC may have already eaten much more. - One thing that has been confusing me is if the player character isn't the Baba Yaga, then does the spirit of it inhabit the cabin, or only become known during the night when the player character is asleep? Karin not becoming forever living in her ending even though your character is still around and the Chompettes mentioning Karin would be worse than you gives me the impression that this is based on a Highlander principle where there can be only one active at any given time. - Razael sounds like a very strange name to have in whatever time period this takes place in, unless the Raz is from way back, so the Chompettes, Onion and Bread in particular, are much older. There's also the implication that those that die in the cabin never really leave, even if they "move on" as the Chompettes stated. - Last interesting thing is the Portuguese spoken on the stairs. It may be a reference but I'm wondering if it's actually a hint, as it's spoken to nor by anyone else in this game. The two ideas I have are either this was a ghost from the Inquisition as there def would have been refugees from Portugal/Spain during that time and they would have made it all the way over to Zapole; the other idea may still be too outlandish to say but I noticed something particular: ashes are pointed out by Raspberry and the cauldron by Cabbage, and after the stair scene I went to go look up ash eating and Brazil, and I found something about the Yanomami tribe about how they would eat the ashes of the dead to protect the spirit, typically in soups, so it certainly made me think.

50:20 as a native portuguese speaker: WHAT THE HECK THAT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD LMFAO i thoght that was my old notebook messing around again, but when i heard Manly absolutely butchering the words, i had to replay it, Manly speaking portuguese is even more disturbing than the horror aspects of this game lmao

I liked it so much that I just wanted more. Karin's so great and seeing Mariah, Anatoly, and Gregor? The taste we get of the latter three makes me wish they had fleshed out routes where they become equally murderous as Karin and threaten our way of life as well. But that'd be a very long game and it might overstay the welcome. Karin needed to be the ultimate "bad" of the plus endings but a few routes watching the pure cinnamon rolls giving into the hunger would have been great because the devs did a great job and I appreciate the research and easter eggs. Much love, very great.

If you become a crazy cannibal, your face will turn monstrous and freaky according to this game lol

_And so they all lived happily ever after_ The MC was apparently a Baba Yaga-esque character. I don't think they felt particular remorse over all the time the murdered and cannibalized their victims, nor did they enjoy giving "the Hunger" to others. The Chompettes were their supernatural companions and their familiars. I really enjoyed how other Slavic folktales were woven in the nightmares and lore to create a different fable. I loved the scary art of the ghosts and ghouls and enjoyed the humor mixed with tragedy and horror. Thank you for showing us all endings and I look forward to playing this for myself - and checking out the recipes...except for that one lol.

I think an interesting thing for new game plus could’ve been if we got to see more of what goes on at night. The chompettes point out that our main character walks around at night, and I would’ve liked to see that. Maybe a scene of our main character going out to retrieve Mariah’s body?

One of the things I found myself enjoying was the way the mystery unfolded around the protagonist. It's not a big twist saved for the end and it's not completely spelled out, but it's very clear from their apathy and well-practiced methods what they've done. I wish the relationships besides Karin had more impact, but I assume that would have extended the game's scope too unnecessarily.

I agree with Manly I wanted to see more of the basement, a little bit more of gore or even more random scary faces, did the moldy bread made anyone get hallucinations? I wanted to also see MC's face, maybe a little bit more of background on everyone But I loved the game anyway, I love the different endings (I have to admit, the Karin ending was my favorite in a sick way, I liked the twisted romance) I wish everyone could be saved anyway

This game has a really cool concept and story, but the execution is all over the place lol. I can see why some folks who played the demo were disappointed by the full release, but it's still a neat little game I think.

*eats entire group of friends before the five deliciously rendered food items*

semi literal translation for 50:20 language: brazillian? -portuguese. "I'm so lost (in) here." "Are you cold?" "Let's talk down there, ok? I have (the) others I want to show you" "One of them wont stop whispering about a birdcage." "See you in the end." -- -- -- note: character used masculine pronouns to refer to themself/himself.

I am gonna go with that first Karin ending being the true canon one, if only because your arthritis gets better. Baba Yaga deserves a break from that, I feel.

So, if someone is curious, the lines the ghosts say are "turn around" and "look behind you" repeatedly And the ghost of Maria at the end says "better sleep with both of your eyes open"