CUBE ESCAPE (Rusty Lake) - Seasons / The Lake / Arles / Harvey's Box 

i laughed so hard at this thank you lmao

Me @ my cat who just stole my fucking sandwich while I was focused on this

me, looking at my guinea pig eating his own sh*t be like:

@@maradjal why are guinea pigs Like That

@@calcifer6142 hamsters are also like that

It’s my favorite ever 😂

Rusty Lake U ARE AWESOME BROOOO

Wow

I love your series just wish I made the other games free to experience them

Rusty lakeeeee

Who is the inventor of rusty lake

Petrichor hello 707 😂

heyhey lolol

Seven!

Reminds me of the time when I wanted to get out of school by getting myself in the hospital from taking an extra mood stabilizer pill and all it did was make me take the biggest shit of my life

Gauguin also fiddled underage girls in Polynesia where he made all his "masterpieces" (I honestly don't care about his art regardless of the fact that he was a creep)

@@Ihavepinkeye good times

@@Ihavepinkeye I- I dont like you calling me out on youtube thank you very much-

I heard of a theory where Paul and Vincent got in an argument over a girl they both coveted. This argument led to Gauguin cutting Vincent's ear off. With Gauguin being the one with more status and Van Gogh having depended on Gauguin up until that point, Vincent decided to cover up for his friend, making up the ridiculous story of cutting off his own ear. This However became one of the most famous stories about Van Gogh, adding to his mysterious and curious legacy.

JustTheWarning You find out who the murderer is in a later game. Not going to spoil it.

@@anondecepticon I don't think that's canon. I hated that because it kind of disregarded everything that had happened previously. Like, everything points to Laura's suicide, and everything is consistent, until that point, and then it all goes out the window.

@@Nat_the_Chicken is it Paradox? Orrrr

@@rfacproductions6552 Yep. Paradox is a great game but it did a lot of things I didn't like compared to previous entries...

@@anondecepticon Maybe you won't, but even without spoilers, I never found it out.

Also, if you really want to get a little bit more involved with the “plot” of this game, I recommend looking up the timelines/time periods of each game! I think that will really help you understand as much as you can about how all of these games may be connected with each other. Thanks so much for your hard work. I’ll be looking forward to your next uploads :D

pretty sure John's gonna play in that order (same order as a reddit post I sent him)

tailor31415 That’s good to know. Thanks, Tailor!

Yeah, that's the order I planned on playing them - I assume Paradise is last?

John Wolfe Yep, I’ll edit my original post to include Paradise. Thanks for reminding me, and I hope you enjoy playing the rest of the series!

I realize this comment is 4 years old, but why wouldn't they just add sugar to the absinthe instead of going the convoluted way 😂

Also I feel the need to correct the game, you actually pour absinthe first, then place the spoon and sugar, and then you pour cold water over the spoon slowly to make it become a milky color due to the poor water solubility of some of the components of Absinthe, the result is supposed to make the taste better as well. Absinthe is traditionally actually only 1 part absinthe and 3-5 parts cold water.

I guess blocking it is "Changing your fate". I bet the concept is basically like how the series seems to be about changing the past, so using a different gem to stop the thing from grabbing you is to save yourself in the past. I'm only just getting past this part in the video though, and was hoping a comment would explain what the alternate ending would be based on the gem. So I'm glad I found this one!

So by chance he got the good ending? Wow

@@spicybeantofu yeah he had a code from another game and used it to get a bonus item, but didn't realise that it was the bonus route lol

wtf??? I've played the game like a long time ago and I just found that out now? Was rlly confused when the game just ended with me being killed by shadow dude.

Yes, I understand that. I was questioning the in-game logic. There's nothing "sigh"-worthy here.

John Wolfe oh, hey what a surprise! I thought you hadn't caught on honestly, I was just having a laugh. I hadnt even made the connection when I played that one the first time, it was just you saying them all together that made the lightbulb go off. admittedly all the games are nonsensical though

John Wolfe Well, that is Rusty Lake for ya. No traditional logic here, but that is kind of what makes this series so fun to play...

Lol john you such a liberal

@@bonegrime well there is a cohesive story, the games were just released out of order

schmidt640 hope your better now

not cheesy at all :D

Wait... WWWHHHHHAAAASUUUUT!?

Especially since it's a male bird

@@cah137-y4show do you know the bird is male?

I love your avatar! The universe is a drooling idiot with no fashion sense!

aenigma regis rises

DarthFennec I thought it was the binary puzzle, its the same but with ones and zeros

Do you know what sudoku is

@@ethanlivemere1162 do /you/ know what sudoku is? Because this literally is the mechanics of the game, it just doesn't look the same because it's simpler and doesn't use numbers.

@@_gremlinboy Yes, I do know. And this is not it. This is Takuzu, also known as Binairo.

@@ethanlivemere1162 whether it more closely resembles another game or not, the original commenter was not wrong to say it's basically sudoku, and there honestly was just no need for you to leave a condescending reply acting like it

That puzzle is the end of case 23

Yeah, I'm afraid you mixed that up. The only thing that happens with the blue gem in The Lake is that it makes a different shape, and then you turn around and the corrupted soul comes out of the lake and gets you. Cue ending screen with "Play Seasons to find the code and change your fate!" So he didn't miss much. You can see the part you're thinking of in his Case 23 playthrough; it's the part when Mr. Crow takes Dale to the cabin and he finds the old elevator behind the wall.

What about The Mill for understanding where the cubes come from, where the corrupted souls come from and...well I would say why it has to go through the lake but I really can't say why they must feed the memories to the lake.

That's a good point. I think that he'll just have to play them all, then go back and play them again for it to really start to make sense.

I've played them and I wouldn't say that things began to make sense given the nonlinear timeline. Even if it was linear it doesn't really make complete sense. The funny thing is I think playing Samsara Room and learning what Samsara meant helped me to understand the Rusty Lake plot better though it's not really a part of the series. I mean I get...I think I get it that it's about obtaining immortality and enlightenment with the family of Paradise experiencing their form of immortality through reincarnation. I'm about to ramble so feel free to skip all of this Hmm if I have this right then Paradise happened first where a family sought to gain immortality through a crude means of sacrifice (perhaps of memories) to the lake(?), the mother found a different way but didn't share it with her family just with her son whom she knew would return. Although the original ritual happens as planned he somehow gains enlightenment and immortality as Jacob and his mom merge into Mr. Owl. The family of Roots learns of this method via the elixir which can give life or death, one lives to become Mr. Crow the other dies (Thinking about it there's an interesting lack of corrupted souls in roots for a good deal of the game or at least they don't seem as aggressive as they act in later games). That whole game is about a sort of ritual for reincarnation along with how messed up the Vanderboom clan is. During this (before the elixir is remade) events of Hotel happens when anthromorphic creatures lived or people who are symbolized by those who are reincarnations of the family members in Paradise. One year after Hotel the corrupted souls break free, everyone made it out except Harvey who became like a normal parrot.. I'm not including the van gogh part because really that didn't really feel like it tied to the rest. But at the end of roots the woman/Laura is born. Laura is the resurrected corrupt soul of William (corrupted souls were more helpful or deceitful before shit went down in Hotel). Okay RAMBLING somewhat done. here's where I start to question the timeline. Are you playing as Laura in the cabin? If so would it make sense that she was lured to the lake retreat to with the paper contest but is that before or after seasons? Is she possessed or corrupted by the soul during that? From there I won't try to keep up with the time line since it goes all over the place from there with Laura being dead but then alive and everything going on with Dale. But I have to say the events of birthday does add to the idea that the people like Mr. Rabbit are reincarnations of some form. But really where does Dale fit into all of this exactly?

he clearly hates his fans!

What?

It's a reference to a somewhat recurring joke from earlier on in his you tube career (I say earlier on, but I really mean like 0.4-3~ ish years ago, but a short part of his rather long time on this site) The joke is how there was apparently a small, but very vocal minority who thought John was constantly 'holding out' on the later parts of videos with multiple parts, so as to string them on. They concluded that 'he clearly hates his fans'. So being the Good-natured sport he is, he turned it into a joke, where sometimes in his videos, after doing his usual 'Hey guys, it's John' another 'version' of him dressed oddly and wearing glasses would come on and say 'Hey John, it's guys', at which point hilarity would ensue, as guys constantly accuses John of things. (Run-ons for life! -A failure at English) I sadly can't remember any of the videos in which he does this off-hand, but if you look, you'll find them (there was one relatively recently about playing this games where you're in a lineup in a massive red room)

skurczybyk12 finally!! been looking through the comments for the title

vrrly X You're welcome :D

Yeah I remember playing Seasons for the first time and thinking, "Oh hey, it's Satie!" While beautiful, it's a mildly overused piece (not like Pachelbel or anything), and I didn't think it really added much to the mood. I was very happy when they finally stopped using royalty-free piano music and hired a composer, Victor Butzelaar. You can hear his music starting from Hotel and Birthday on to the more recent games (and also on his Bandcamp).

Thanks, I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of the series

No problem, dude. Love your videos, keep it up!

Tymerc need more of these ☺

He looked it up

He did, but he never finished it.

That's good to know 🤔 thanks

YES! I saw when he played the first one years ago, but they've progressed so much, I'd love to see his reactions to them.

Yes, Paul Gauguin and van Gogh were friends. They worked together and liked to talk about painting and art, different concepts, the future of art and such. They got into some arguments, tho. Quite intense arguments, since Vincent had mental issues. I'm sorry if my comment was unnecessary, I study art and art history so I like to talk about these things, haha.

The boxes stack!

They’re* Sorry, I had to 🤣 plz don’t take offense

Oh lol, I wrote this before John looked in the mirror.

Neato :v

I saw it too and headed straight for the comments to see if anyone else noticed it.

Number One Handsome Man a family member of his passed away apparently and he's grieving, he will be back soon though (check his twitter)

milica Ahh, I see. I hate that for him. I guess this is one of those instances where having a Twitter would come in handy.