On another note, how the “ride” goes out of its way to mention how “lawful and rightful” gristol’s ascension to the throne was going to be. Is it just me or does that scream “I was planning on murdering the bastard so I could become gzar immediately”.
I mean it makes sense, though it should be noted that usually the transitions from monarch to prince tend to be peaceful and seldom result in such skullduggery...unless more than one claimant exists for the throne...or as you note, general impatience(I mean look at the Queen of England for Gods sakes) Course it maybe also that, outside of being the "true" ruler, he has nothing else really to himself outside of a obsession for caviar. Take that away, and he has nothing else to define who he is.
A fanfic sorry had an idea that he was working with a maligua based cult who saw her as their hero and probably saw them as they were when she initially arrived at the nation instead of what she became
I mean... at least Malik is partially willing to blame his father for the mess. Maybe not the right reasons for it, but he’s not holding him up as faultless.
Yeah, there are many people people who are frustratingly close to figuring out what's wrong with themselves and their views but failing at the last hurdle
This song becomes more helarious when you pay attention to Grulovia's history when you get snippits of it before the revolution. It's like someone tried to construct the russian empire out of meth labs, slave mines, and failing soviet farms.
I was thinking it was just kind of dull, but I suppose it can be pretty eerie with the dark voids and those animatronics (especially the Loboto one) bobbing around.
Loboto has the excuse of being a lobotomized psychic who had a job that more or less than expected of you to cause people pain, this dude has no such excuse
At least Boyd's and PSI's were complex and colorful. Gristol's is... empty. It's just a dark void with the ride. His entire mind is wrapped around his narrative.
Nick is just a dirty narcisist. And one of the worst kind. The kind of narcisists that fakes themselves as low class people, full of humilty just to swim with all the nice things others sais about him.
@@nonhotrovatounnomemigliore9221 @Just JaR Funny enough my opinion of Nick changed a bit when I saw both his memory reels. I saw the 2nd one 1st when I made my comment. Didn't see the 1st one where his life was saved and why he had hero worship because of it to the point where he was ok with her accidentally drowning tons of innocent people.
Oh yeah, this is far more nightmare inducing than the original meat circus theme. Because the meat circus theme is just the Aquato family theme now. This is the inner monologe of someone with a dark triad personality disorder. It's actually deeply frightening to see a represention of how a sociopath/narcissist absorbs experiences in a bubble and twists them on their favor. Although it's in a cartoony manner. I'm glad Double Fine went there as part of the final act. Dark triad personalities are the most dangerous. Serial killers are among them.
I love how the young gzar has a different perspective of Grulovia. This city was actually ruled by a tyrannic person who let his people die of starvation and other problems. Maligula was supposed to shut the protestors by putting rain on them, but she accidentally flooded the street and kill her sister, causing her to lost her mind and become a cruel person. This guy was too young to see what's going on and doesn't really care, mostly enjoying his spoiled life. But when he runs out of Caviar, his favorite dish, he got so mad that he decided to rebuild Grulovia (his little paradise) without realizing that Maligula had changed and become a sadistic monster. By the way, that is so funny to see how huge their crowns are. It look like a chandelier (of course, that is a representation of how egocentric this family was... Mostly the father).
One thing that PN2 did the better job than the 1st game is how they made the mastermind really hate-able. This stage just show how much he being delusional narcissistic self centered a-hole dictator make me really want to punching him. (Especially since my country also rules by this kind of people.) Coach as mastermind still feel too adorable he’s like Rocket Team in Pokémon we want to stop him but not really get mad at him. Ps. I never realized they has unique dialogue for breaking his merchandise lol.
He was so into his spoiled life that he wasn't aware of the problems in his country (and I think he doesn't care). This is when he got out of his luxury life that he blamed the psychonautes for ruining it, even if it was his cruel father's fault all along.
You know I thought it was weird the car just floats, but honestly considering this mans logic, I wouldn't be surprised if it's meant to show that hes following some serious "magic thinking." The animatronics and all fit the propaganda narriative, but it should be noted that outside of some choice bits, it seems like he regards his family as little more than props to his own ego. Also, destroying the music for this level makes this place rather off putting.
Good question. In the memory reels she look quite young (late 20s early 30s I'm guessing) How she managed to age into a very elderly lady in 20 years I will never know.
@@RedaFox1 stress accelerates physical aging. Major sources of this stress could be war trauma psychotic breakdown the amount of psychic strain required to flood a nation and to battle 6 of the most powerful psychics of the time psychic powers in general Getting your brain scrambled Raising a circus kid and helping to raise 5 more circus kids later on The constant battle of 3 different personalities Lucy, Maligula, and Nona And the constant fear that a water hand will drown you if you get too close to any body of water large enough
Well considering Augustus looked probably between 15-17 when Cruller united him with Lucy, given that Dion is around 16-17 and we can assume Dion was born when Augustus was at least 18, and Lucy and Marona look similar in age with Lucy looking a bit older and assuming Marona was at least 33 when she died, again assuming Augustus was born when Marona was at least 18, that puts Lucy's age somewhere between 55-60 I'd say. And again, this is at minimum assumptions for when Augustus was born, if Marona had Augustus when she was 25 then that puts Lucy closer to 64-68.
Since I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere, here you go and thanks for the upload! =) Warning: contains spoilers! Lands of plenty, lands of love our fatherland shall rise above! So blessed we are to have a gzar and all his family! The people's complaints drowning in prosperity! Grulovia! Grulovia! Forever shining bright! Grulovia! Grulovia! You're always right! Land of sorrow and dismay our fatherland has washed away! A man bizarre deposed the gzar and all his family! The people's remains drowning in his treachery! Grulovia! Grulovia! Ford Cruller murdered you! Grulovia! Grulovia! An act he'll rue! Robbed of all their rights of birth the royal family roamed the earth! 'Til as he died the Gzar, he cried Maligula's alive! The people rejoiced! Gristol Malik was their voice! Grulovia! Grulovia! His father was a dope! Grulovia! Grulovia! He is our hope! Gristol Malik's aim was true! Our Fatherland did rise anew! He made a plan, and fooled the man Who took Maligula! Together they rule Everything is super cool! Grulovia! Grulovia! We're better than before! Grulovia! Grulovia! Is great once more!
On one hand, he works amazingly as someone you live to hate, on the the other hand, he feels so distinctly.. "un-Psychonauts" so to speak for that reason
@@doctordice2doctordice210Yeah, one of the key parts of Psychonauts is rehabilitation, but some people are virtually impossible to rehabilitate into better people
@@Thecoolmeister2005 not that exactly, the game always looked at people with neutral sympathy "Here's a d***head, here's why he is the way he is, confront it and don't pretend you're above them" But yeah 2 is probably the conflicted I ever felt about a game
The typical view of somebody that grew up surrounded by riches and. Privileges and Only Knows their view of the world and doesn't understand people that there are that are supposed to be taken care of by their family is suffering.
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@@TheFridgeInc Problem is that he IS a sane person. A narcissistic sociopath. Everyone is a servant, a tool, a toy, and HE is the only one who deserves everything. He is the gzar, the ruler, the god of the world, and everyone exists to bow to him. He is sane. This is the problem.
@@LetruneInedil well ok, I don't know about the medical term but someone who always had everyone bow to him making him think he's superior to all the others and wishing a crazy murdering psychic to restore this doesn't sound like an "average sane" person to me. He might not be unstable like Compton Boole or Bob Zanotto but he's not sane in my eyes. (Again, no idea about the medical definition)
@@TheFridgeInc Oh, well, meant in health terms in-universe. None of the adults are really... Ummm... Sane in our meanings. But the dude is somewhat sane. Conpared to Olleander and Loboto, he is utterly sane.
The crazy thing is, this isn’t like someone else’s mind in the game where it’s messed up from emotional trauma or something else, he is literally just INSANE which is just….Hooof
