House of Ashes - Story Explained 

Salim is my hero

Accurate. Salim is badass.

Man turned prime demon slayer

@@GamingHarryYT Love Salim *Slaps Salim* "That bad boy can stake so many vampires!"

Nerf Salim

Salim is best boy in the entire game

True

Salim was best boi

A beautiful relationship* indeed the best

I agree, but for some reason reading the quote again just now made me realize what a great pickup line that could be.

Oh okay! In another play where Salim and Jason survive, the radio transmition said 5 hrs instead of 5 min as was in this video.

You also can't have Merwin repair the radio or else they'll arrive in 5 minutes

Not only do you get to save salim but it's quite possibly the most badass ending in a video game with friends that I've ever played

I honestly didn't know that

@@Ghost.8456good thing I choked him tf out 😂

Yeah I love how Jason gradually warmed to him and no longer viewed him as an enemy

It’s such a shame real life can’t be like this

yeah and it's even cooler when you realize it mirrored the two character in the very beginning of the game.

@@Tuturial464 i believe it can

@@Tuturial464: Theres numerous occasions of Cooperation and Humility in European warfare. And even in the Iraq war. However real life isn’t like a game. People can and will do anything to Escape punishment or imprisonment. Trusting a POW or your own allies (as the Afghan National army proved) often leads to death. However There are more then one case of known Mujahideen Fighters that fought the Russians. Fought for the Russians, fought against ISAF and for ISAF on different days of the week. Because at the end of the day. Their family needed to eat or their tribe changed sides.

Good shout. Totally missed that one!

I thought I was the only one who noticed that!!!!

@@alijahfowler4730 yeah among 4billion people on planet it earth, I also thought I was special in finding that clue but I guess some others found it

@@johannesschmitz6370 Course u could just be talking abt people with tech, idfk

@STANKY_SEA oh shit, even more unlikely to be unique

It depends from you point of view. From the POV of people who started the war - it was great! Made them a lot of money ^^

Well usually the ones in the higher ups are huge crybabies and couldn't just let things slide

imo it shows more that humans are never more than reflexive barbaric animals who can only stop fighting each other when they find an external common enemy and shift aggression

Better friendship ending than Ali and Sang woo

"War is pointless" History disagrees

Yeah, but Rachel sucked

Eric seems like the most likely determinant character to die actually. I am pretty sure he is one of if not the hardest character to keep alive by the end.

Eric’s the only one who died in my playthrough and it was at the very end during the shed attack 😂 I just sat the controller down like “Ight I’m sick of this guy” WORTH IT😂 crazzzzy kill

Reminded me of the Falmor from Skyrim

Salim said in game that they were once a peaceful civilization of architects, and higher classes of being that communicated through sound. They changed one day, due to the parasite, and turned on each other. This the ending of the aliens’ invasion.

I don’t think they have built any structure underground. The whole cavity is just the crash site of their space ship. They were infected in space, thus the burning ship scene seen by Rachel.

@@ichigaikento They still would have been intelligent enough to build a space worthy ship

The greatest irony of the story is that the Sumerian Gods did curse the land. The Aliens were doomed to the underworld and feed off ash and dust once they all turned to vampires. Their cocoons and embalming fluid made sure that it would be their eternal coffins. The Akkadians were in the midst of a plague and the blood and death awoken these vampires to their end. And any tresspasser who disturbed the land would be ruthlessly slaughtered

Yeah 😂😂 I'm pretty sure that might have been the reason to make them fall

@@hellohowareyou8396 FUCKING MERWIN, I knew he was the cause of this lmao.

@@Smiley0.1 _😂😂_ He cursed them all!

So true, as someone from that region I had that same fear. I’m glad they portrayed him in a positive (and common) light

Salim is one of the most endearing characters I’ve ever seen. I was so worried about him since he first appeared with the birthday present under his arm, it seemed so much like the whole “last day before retirement” trope. It really feels like the writers started the story with the pairing of Salim and Jason, then built all the other characters around that.

Lol come on. There was zero percent chance the guy from Iraq would be demonized in modern day entertainment. It’s was very predictable.

@@jongriffin6004 It's so sweet that you think racist depictions of characters no longer exist, especially in horror. Love that for you.

@@ButterflyScarlet “sO swEeT oF yoU” lol. Try not being a complete tard and your sarcasm might work out better. But please, go ahead though, and name all these so called racist depictions, especially in the horror genre.

His general would also be the same if he knew about the vampires but he knew about it when it was a little too late,I really wished he would have a character development and help the allies and lived to tell the tale.

Well, we all know how the Americans repaid his gesture.

Yeah, heavy Descent vibes through this game. And Riddick

Well i would like to know where all these anti war vets are? Im one and I woulda gladly did a few more tours and all the vets I know and have talked to even said the same thing. Hell alot of of volunteered for at least 1 or more tours

@@boostloadingTV cool, you’re a creepy murderer. If you wanna go so back bad, please do and never return.

@@boostloadingTV cool story bro

@@boostloadingTV Right on. The game devs should have consulted with people that have military experience for a more realistic point of view on how military soldiers would handle things.

yes. They weren't bloodthirsty vampires and they didn't evolve into drinking blood. When the parasite takes over it (I think) eats their brain and pokes out it's own theeth and takes over the host and it feeds on blood.

@@plumpero thats a good deduction from seeing a skull in the game where its front top teeth were broken from within. So I agree.

Yes. Usually parasites that kill and even really harm their victims are not... mm... endemic. Like getting a cow parasite will kill you, because, well, you are not a cow. Smaller and stuff. So, aliens probably got that parasite from some planet they visited and it infected some of the crew. Caused some fight against the infected so they crashlanded. Everyone who wasn't dead or infected before died and/or got infected after the catastrophe. That's what you get if you explore StarTrek-style ^^

Its similar to a real life parasite that removes a fish’s tounge in order to replace it

If you watch the bonus scene talking about monster designs they talk about exactly that!

SPOILER ALERT! You can temporarily save him by sacrificing Eric. You just have to not leave Merwin behind when he says to leave him to hold off those vampire gargoyles. If you choose that then the other two characters with Merwin will not help save Eric causing him to die(if you dont cut the rope). Merwin will die later after fixing the radio so its still better to just leave him since he isnt a savable character

I didnt even know he could survive the first encounter with him

@@iPeanutJelly or you can save mervin and cut the rope as Eric.

@@takodamotoMerwin dies no matter what. He prevents other outcomes of saving Eric so when I accidentally choked him, I didn’t give a f and just moved on LMAO.

@@yunosdoll I know lol. Im saying you don't have to sacrifice Eric to save merwin the first time. You cut the rope and both can live for the time being. Merwin will die after fixing the radio. Playable characters are the only ones who can make it fully through.

Omg wow yes that’s a teeny tiny detail, really good spot!

my exact thought. They might just be considered easter eggs though? Idk if they confirmed everything happening in the world

@@SMK-- Little Hope and House of Ashe was confirmed, in game, to be connected (I.e: the car accident that set off Little Hope’s story) I

@@Serenityrockstar wait please explain to me

@@supersaiyansenturion275 The reason why the group in Little Hope was rerouted to a different route through the woods was bc Rachel and Erik was on their way to ice climb for their anniversary and was T-boned after leaving the diner.

@@Serenityrockstar woaaaah ok i see. Thanks bro

Nah, Pazuzu was likely just a legend made up through sightings or rumours of the creatures/demons

Pazuzu was a Sumerian god of Childbirth. It's hilarious how something that looks like a demonic creature to us was a benevolent deity that eased the pain of childbirth in another culture.

@@asamvav He was also the bearer of storms and drought, Pazuzu being the King of the demons of the wind. In this case he has quite a wild character. So, technically he was an evil spirit, but such was his power that he could be invoked to ward off other evil spirits in the home. It's very rare that gods are all bad or all good; they're often reflective of society as a whole. They are revered not for their good natures, but for their powers.

I honestly forgot Pazuzu was founded in real mythology. The scene with the statue made me think about The Exorcist until I remembered that Pazuzu is a creature in mythology.

There's no way those aliens got infected by parasites in space during their travel. The infection thing happened underground after crashing on Earth. I'm pretty sure.

It’s a connected universe. All of the dark pictures anthology game are in the same universe. For example in curators cut or co-op you can see that Eric in this game had his accident at the same dinner at little hope. Both little hope and house of ashes have described the same serial killer in the newspaper.

@@kchandayco2372 which mean the next part of dark pictures anthology would be about said serial killer (as the shot promo show after the end-credit of house of ashes

@@quannguyenle9775 Would the serial killer be supernatural then?

@@MaxHinaNaru we do not know that yet, it seem we have some kind of saw-like serial killer as the promo show

@@quannguyenle9775 But I guessing in all these games there be a twist right.

Not true but whatever

I fail to see how, the reality of it kinda makes it creepier cause it makes it somthing that could have happened. But to each their own ig

Yeah it was pretty punishing haha. One wrong move and you’d have to do the whole chapter again haha

Well yeah thats the point of the entire game is choices and actions habe irreversible concequences just like irl, also thays fucking tough i woulda rage quit too if i fucked that up holy shit😂😂😂😂

Man od medan gives u no choices to kill them tho xd

@@redfox-ss8pq Not true. U can save everyone in both Man of Medan & House of Ashes regardless of their character traits. In Little Hope u absolutely must go down a specific path & unlock certain character traits in order to save everyone (hence why at the end it shows u If something is locked or has been unlocked) which is why I'm glad they didn't do that in House of Ashes

@@claratalbot7613 i never said anything different, i said man of medan ia trash and whatever choice u make they will never die until the very end

@@redfox-ss8pq It's okay to not like a game as everyone is entitled to their opinion but u choices can result in someone's death at any point in game. That's the whole point of these game. U choices determine who lived & who dies. For example if u fail the QTEs Conrad will die while trying to escape on the speedboat but if u get them right he will live & be able to get help. If u get a weapon on the boat u can end up actually killing someone else. It's only in Little Hope that u must unlock specific character traits in order to save them otherwise if those traits stay locked those characters will die regardless of ur choices. This doesn't make Little Hope a bad game just a gaming choice that didn't sit well w/ a lot of people because it took the choice away from the player. In the end it doesn't matter if u passed all the QTEs or made the right choices to keep everyone alive if u didn't unlock their character traits they will die in the end. In my first playthrough I had everyone alive in the last chapter & then ended up losing 2-3 characters solely because I didn't unlock their character traits. I didn't want to look up a guild because A) I wanted to do a blind playthrough for my first playthrough & B) I didn't know their character traits would determine if they lived or died as that wasn't something that happened in Man of Medan nor in the game that followed House of Ashes. Again it's fine if u didn't like Man of Medan. Little Hope is still a good game it's just my least favorite of the series so far just as Man of Medan can be ur least favorite

@@claratalbot7613 man of medan is bad tho, the main characters only die at the very end if u want them too, even if u try to kill them before that they dont even die whatever u do, which is kinda dumb

That and Merwin bleeding everywhere along with everyone else that was shot in the gunfight

I think if you follow the story and secrets in the game, it's pretty clear that what woke the creatures up was the gunfire and bloodshed happening above them.

My gameplay didn't have Jadon cutting himself.

Jason and Salim showed a more mature attitude compared the the love triangle

Truth be told, I have no sympathy for cuckoldry. So Salim and Jason are the only characters I care about.

Nick and Eric are simps puppeteered by the queen witch herself.

​@avalondegray9228 it may not be romantic love, but jason and salim were the real love story in the game

God isn't real

Im a God

@@richardshiflett5181 but your ancient ancestors called aliens gods. And before that they worshipped survivors of advanced civilizations as gods while they helped restart society. The real GOD of the cosmos is the shadow of light.

@@richardshiflett5181 In this game it’s a possibility

@@richardshiflett5181 Thats not the point. he was referring to the story of the game.

Honestly i liked him i enjoy characters like him in war settings but altho i get why it still annoyed me how he wouldnt trust salim and it really made me scared it may get salim killed if it comes to a me or him scenario but by the end of that sequence especially when he opened up to salim and became friends i legit made it my mission to get both of them throigh lol like i was SO stressed about both of their lives the latter half and was especislly freaking out when salim got seperated and u get the choice to leave him behond before it revealed i had a choice i was literally screaming at my screen to help him lmao.

Glad you enjoy!

And was conscious with only half a head no less. There's one point where you have the option to leave Rachel in a cocoon of slime to stop her from turning, but it can also be used to get an ending where she's never found again, basically dooming her to the exact same fate.

Sharpay Evans, Candace Flynn and Maddie Fitzpatrick herself!

It was

No it was not, the House of Ashes storyline after the Prologue was set in May 30, 2003, Little Hope storyline after the Prologue is set on May 27,2019, 16 years after that, that is why you can see the rest of the characters having smartphones halfway through to represent the present time. You can even check the wiki fandom. "After Prologue, Act 1 - On May 27, 2019[1], a small group from college (students Andrew, Angela, Taylor, and Daniel, and their professor John) are on a bus trip. As they drive through the woods of Massachusetts, the driver is forced to take a detour through the abandoned town of Little Hope. Before reaching the town, he spots a girl on the road too late and, trying to avoid her, causes a bus crash. Once the group comes to their senses, they notice that the driver has disappeared. The five begin discussing what to do, only to discover that they cannot turn back because of the fog, which brings the group back to where they left. Forced to enter the town, the group finds a bar and goes inside, hoping to find help. In the bar, they spot only a drinking man named Vince, who gives the group no information, causing them to continue their journey. On the way, Andrew and Angela fall behind and, upon discovering a strange straw doll, find themselves in 1692, where they encounter a girl named Mary and a hooded woman named Amy. Back in the present, the two tell the others what happened. At first, the trio doesn't believe them, but their doubts soon dissipate once they encounter Amy again and are shocked to see that she looks just like Angela. After what they saw, the five decide to split up to find a way out, with Andrew and John continuing down the road and Taylor and Daniel following the trail while Angela goes with one of the group. Unfortunately, both groups find nothing (though Andrew can find a gun) and soon regroup. Along the way, however, they are taken several times back in time. It turns out that Mary was confronted by Reverend Carver, who thought that she was a witch, causing the girl to accuse Amy of witchcraft. As a result, she was arrested, tried, and sentenced to execution, despite attempts of her husband Joseph, John's double, to protect Amy. Wanting to find out what will happen to Angela's double next, the five follow an unexplored road and reach a ruined bridge. The group decides to cross it one by one, with John, Andrew and Angela going first, but part of the bridge collapses, separating Daniel and Taylor from them. Moreover, the trio witnesses Amy's execution, followed by the Drowned Demon's attack in the present. The boys manage to escape while Angela escapes as well or is caught and killed by the demon." That scene from the diner was a way to tie in the stories together in the same world, as if they are all in a grand narrative. One accident doesn't connect to another, it was an isolated incident. Still, I could not believe how you could not see the smartphones, they were using them to call for help and to use as flashlights, they were as clear as day, and they were constantly using them after the crash till the end despite the whole true nature of the story in the end. You thought Andrew saw the future and knew what kind of cellphones people were going to use in the future? Perhaps you might get the next story connections right at some other game next time, if you research thoroughly first that is.

It literally im pretty sure shpws the little hope sign in that scene

@@theblazingpegasus9151it does but completely different time 19 year differnce

Area 51 cover ups existed before people created SCPs on the internet lol. THATS CAP BOY!

That’s such a nice comment to read! I’m glad the videos helped! 😀

That should be one of there games something either Medieval or Renaissance era since i love the Gothic architecture. As clitches as it is a universal monsters game would be cool where you would have to survive the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein monster but with some sort of twist

Until Dawn was the best. But Little Hope's ending is great, at least there is a plot twist and we are not confronting aliens from another galaxy... Personally, House of Ashes is the worst.

Until dawn and house of ashes actually has monsters in it

@@iwoapwjcoejs yes but in Until Dawn there is also a killer, and we think he kills everyone before seeing the creatures, way better written story

@@blazz3178 understandable, but what carries House Of Ashes too is the "enemy of my enemy is my ally" theme. For me and a lot of people according to the other comment sections, Salim and his relation with the marines later on really makes the game better. In the first one, they're just a stupid bunch of friends, in the second, they're just... nothing (which is why the ending is really underwhelming, at least in Man Of Medan your friends were real, here I felt like I did literally the whole game for nothing). Here, you really feel that the persons that shouldn't collaborate can do in the end, and that the danger is real and forcing them to

@@blazz3178 When your plot twist is the writers going “Psych! The plot never happened haha!” You just wasted everybody’s time. Your entire adventure was meaningless, all the life or death decisions have no consequences. They had an interesting horror mystery tale going on but shoved it aside for a cheap plot twist that told us “Hey your protagonist just hallucinated the entire game and in reality, wandered around town looking like a retard”. At least when Man of Medan did it, their plot twist was ironic since you got kidnapped by Pirates looking for Manchurian Gold upon a haunted ship only to find out that the Gold wasn’t actually Gold but the name of a special gas that caused really bad hallucinations. Despite that, there’s still a real threat, people can die and you’re still trapped in the middle of the ocean instead of stumbling around town like a dipshit.

Much appreciated!

I hope its a shared universe but it could be possible they just throw in Easter Eggs to the next game there planning on doing

I did read somewhere that all titles inclusive Until Down are in the same Universe. Can't say for sure but maybe in the future they will explain it more, can't wait for The Devil in Me and other 4 titles :-D

until dawn is it’s own thing that’s why none of these are comparable. the anthology are compact versions of until dawn so none of them will ever have as strong of a buildup because they are meant to be shorter

@@draculaissus6120 it’s like people don’t realize that UD is an AAA game compared to these

DID instead of MPD* but yeah

Play the Quarry, it's basically the "Spiritual Sequel" to Until Dawn