Raft: The Story Explained (The Final Chapter- FULL GAME) 

It's finally here! This has probably been my most requested video to date, so I wanted to take my time and do it right. Hope you enjoy!

I love how Olof, the guy that took over utopia, caused the population of Caravan Town to fall sick, the guy who fled a hopeless crew on a lifeboat, is only in a cage with one lock that he can easily open

THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST RAFT VIDEOS OUT THERE. Seriously amazing. This video helped a ton on my understanding of the story. I thought that bruno actually had kids and I was so confused. This video cleared up so much for me. Amazing work Ali

detto is the true protagonist and savior of utopia. I love that enthusiastic child

Just an interesting tidbit I noticed in Utopia: If you stand outside the door the population is locked behind you can hear them speaking over the top of one another. The dialogue is just what they say after you free them, just very quietly and overlapping!

I love the way that this game introduces all of the characters in the first 4 locations, gives them a backstory and then has them all arrive at Utopia around the same time. I love when a story is done that way.

I remember playing through chapter 3. I wasn’t paying attention to the story, all I knew was that anytime Olof was mentioned in a note, I visibly scowered

I have discovered an interesting quirk in the software of raft. I created a game I named "Eden". All was going well with the game until I got to Vasagatan. In the yacht I started getting attacked by unknown assailants. All of the rats (or Lurkers) were invisible. I created a new game and started over. I named it "Eden II". When I got to Vasagatan I discovered that all of the Lurkers were invisible. I started a third game and named it "Waterworld". Everything is fine. I just find it interesting that the root name in both of the first two games caused the same glitch. Don't know if you are interested in this bit of info or not but here you are.

Incredible work, Ali. This almost sounds like a bedtime story

Raft is a game that means a lot to me, and possibly my favorite part of it was seeing Utopia for the first time, and all I could think about then was how far the game had come since the first chapter update with the radio station teasing Utopia’s existence

Thank you for this excellent overview! I was quite confused (and creeped out) by Bruno's children situation. I actually feel much better about the island knowing there weren't any weird murderous kids involved, just the delusions of a man who lost himself to loneliness.

You should be very proud of your videos. The love for the game and your creativity are very apparent. Keep up the great work!

i finished this game two times before it was complete, finished it twice after it was complete and still had to come watch a video explaining it 😂

Given this story, I think it would be a natural step to have you develop utopia and determine how it should develop. I really hope there will be some kind of sequel to this, as I think the story is quite good, and it leaves room for the story to continue as it is.

Ngl, the relatively simple and cartoony art style threw me off, but after playing it I immediately fell in love with its simplicity. Even the "basic" combat is surprisingly engaging though the screecher is still hella annoying 😂. The building and farming is also fun to maintain, and the complex and well thought-out story is just a cherry on top of this masterpiece of a game. Raft is a fun experience

The audio improvement is so good! I'm so jealous of your VO skills

I was waiting for this!!

The only part of the story that will truly stay a mystery is the main character's first page of their journal.

Great work! I found most of the notes, but it's great having it so neatly organized and retold!

Beautifully done! Thank you! 💖💖

not many people have done videos on this. thanks for being one of them! this video really helped.

The end of Raft's story is so annoyingly Utopian. You don't even get to kill the bad guy despite him very much needing to be killed.

i really like the grabber, his story from veruna point is just so cool. a criminal in a world torn by natural disaster, relishing in his own thrills of stealing from others becomes consumed by it, and ultimately meeting his end because the world took something back from him lol "ah but its just one shark, how hard could it be?"

I was also confused about Bruno and thought his kids were real and wondered why he would leave them to look for his sister. Thank you for this video, I appreciate the story more now.

the timing couldn't be more perfect, posted just as I set off toward utopia for the very first time - I'll be right back to see what I missed

Your voice is really soothing and they way you narrarate fits perfectly.

I love this and the way you told the story without giving away puzzle answers ❤️

"There will be no future updates... but here.. these are the blueprints for the best weapons and tools in the game... and your raft... it's finally upgraded with two or three titanium upgrades because we made it such a bitch to find". I would honestly like to see DC where you can rescue NPCs and bring them to Utopia, like they imply you do now as a forward scout. arguably the most famous as you rescued everyone from a psychopath. What I also didn't like was that Olaf had a few good points, even if he contributed to caravan town's demise, people are sucking with the whole survival thing. He claims that it will fall to ruin like the past places you went because they have no idea what they're doing. I would have liked some additional content with finding things for utopia to kill off the damn beetles that doomed Tangaroa. The ending felt both too soon, yet final at the same time.

That was really good. Thanks!

Thank you for this! I got so drawn in that a just played from Tangarora to Oasis for my first time in one sitting and omg what a good game. I didn't expect it to go from Stranded Deep to Bioshock.

All your hard work paid off Ali. Great story recap!

Why is every character named Bruno abandoned by family and driven crazy by self-isolation?

Great video! On the story itself though, I've wanted to bring this up cause it's been bothering me since I played through the update and went back through all the notes. Olof's motivations don't make sense to me. Like, what's his endgame? What next after locking up literally everyone in utopia? Execute a bunch? Let some out to farm and whatnot under the watchful eye of your hyenas? How on earth are you gonna train your hyenas to do that, to ensure that people do their assigned work and nothing else? Also, they make a big deal multiple times about food shortages. Olof comments about others not being able to make the decisions necessary to survive. What is he feeding his giant animal army then exactly? How is that a decision that helps survival? I laughed when I heard that his reaction to discovering the lurkers was "hey, I can make a loyal mutant army out of these." Like, what? All I can gather is that he's mad that people are using the things he funded as an Investor, that he thinks they're ruining it, and he's just gone crazy about it? It doesn't really feel satisfying.

As a Swedish person I felt somewhat guilty playing this game... ;) My danish best friend, whom I played it with, was delighted, though... ;) A note: Vasagatan, which is pronounced vAA-sa-gaa-tan with the Swedish long "A" sound, like the how the British pronounce "vase". It literally means Vasa street, and is a street name that occurs in around 13 Swedish and Finish cities, the most famous in Stockholm, Sweden's capital, and is one of the streets in Swedish Monopoly. Vasa (Gustav Vasa, 1496-1560) was a king who is often refereed to as "the father of the country" as he did a lot to unify Sweden against the danes. He also had a big impact on the Swedish language as he introduced protestantism and the bible in Swedish. What's relevant to this game, however, is that there was a famous ship named after him in 1627, a massive, amazing ship that was going to be the pride of the Swedish navy... buuuut... it sank after just sailing about a kilometer... oops. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship), there's a pronunciation too)... So, though it's VERY weird that the ship had the name of a STREET (I wonder if the devs got things a bit mixed up?) I knew instantly when I saw "Vasagatan" that it HAD to be a shipwreck... Vasa is a bit like Sweden's Titanic... Anyway, not sure how interesting this is, but I'd thought I'd share as I've already bored my gaming partner with it... ;)

Great video

Solid summary 👍

I love how the end cutscene shoes dmsll rafts comming out while i have a base that can suport 2 dozen personal and is half the size of the vasanagsn

hello algorithm, I'm interacting, see? :) great video, Ali ❤

its so sad that theres isnt more about the story after the final chapter if i created raft then i will continue until i am dead

Very nice video. Well done and thanks! ❤ I do pay attention to story in games, too, and I would like to add that Detto mentions Hyenas living in Caravan Town (mostly peacefully) before Olof arrives. They don't bother the people if they don't bother them. What really boggled me were the playable characters you can unlock. I thought Tala was Owl and the Balboa guy one of the characters mentioned in Bruno's notes etc.... So it really confused me, when Sparrow wrote in the Temperance notes that Owl was a traitor. 😅I was playing Tala and shouting... HEY I am NOT a traitor!! Now I really wonder about how the playable characters fit into the story instead. 😵‍💫 Also, I think the Grabber stole some of my stuff out of my inventory on Varuna Point, while I was fighting the boss. Did that happen to anyone else? Really creeped me out!!!!

At first I thought Temperance would be a huge ice maker to turn enough of the ocean back to ice and restore the world to what it used to be.

This is very soothing--I'd love to see similar videos for games like FIrewatch and Gone Home

thanks

Day 44 of telling Ali we appreciate them and their content! :)

Hopefully they add more story. The holes they left behind like; what happened to Olof, will Bruno find Astrid and how Utopia will progress they is much more they can do. For example when you leave Utopia and come back it like updates. I’m not really sure but there is a lot of options.

Cool!

Bruh, I just got this game, I was not expecting this depth of depressing lore😭 I think I loke the game even more now tho!

If there's actually an update, I just hope they add more stuff like items, recipes, or even seeds to trade in Trading post... and I mean literally everything should've been traded... its hard to find/complete recipes than resources... I'm like playing hundres of days (in raft) and still haven't complete my recipes list (I'm Hoarding disorder)

epic for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I have a question, after arriving at Raft's Utopia island, can I return to the ship and explore the next islands? Or do I have to start over from the beginning?

The story and world concept has so many flaws it makes you wonder if there was even one competent person proof reading it.

If you want to know how to pronounce "Vasagatan", me knowing that you actually dug up the history of the name and all... If you divide the name into Vasa and gatan, and try to pronounce them separately, I think you´re really close. "Vasa" is an old swedish name, actually a King´s name, and "gatan" just means street. I don´t mind either way, I just thought you´d like to know, since you really pay attention to a lot of detail in this game :)

Queshon how long did it tack to do this

Hey, I just wanted to tell you that you are a huge reason I was inspired to start my own youtube channel. I started off recording some of my raft builds because I have been making them but never showed them to anyone before. If you want you can take a look at my channel for some other building inspiration. I'm still learning how to edit, and also my computer just busted so I'm working with a potato pc but I am still forging ahead.

Really? The rafters actually sabotaged the Butler bots by strapping tasers to them? I was wondering how they managed to get tasers. That explains why they are so eager to go up to a person for help but unintentionally shock them while doing so

That's a really cool video, but i thinks it was better is yo talked about ideas, all of this is in the game, i don't think you u derstand me, like, why is there a brutal shark in varuna point? Or why is selene so important? Or what exactly are the reactors. Like a deeper hypotesis.

well just hope there dlc to add with more item or a side story.

I already have a dozen comments on this video, but if you look at the Raft wiki, it says that Johnny from balboa island may be Bruno from the notes. 🤔There’s something that disproves that assuption. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I feel like maybe if you actually play through the whole game before writing something into the wiki, you might underastand why.

yey

So how about a video or two on Subnautica or Subnautica: Below Zero now? :D

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If you are a forward scout, why are you so late to everything? :)

So was Astrid just eaten by a mama bear?

I live in Stockholm😃

hmm i could have sworn the note saying ditto's ma was sick came BEFORE olof got there... *shrugs*

I tried searching on the wiki for raft but I still can't find who is Ruben. Am I missing something

I tried to shoot oolf and nothing happened..... sadness.....

Is there an explanation for why the world is flooding

here it is finally i have been waiting for this(also first comment haha funny yeah doesnt matter)

Detto is the best

The Vegetarian* 3:11

i dont understand couse i dont have much complex english can someone tell me the story more basic

Can We Play Raft Chapter 3 Without Chapter 1 And 2 ?

Sad that Olof is still alive ...

wait there is no carol baskin?

this video was good but you couldve spoke a little louder

I love how the history is literally a pro anarchism history and a anti fash statement about how a failing capitalist system will lead to a authoritarian regim

So basically it's a glimpse to the future of our own world.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR SISTER

O.o

terrifying that this might be reality some day. Let's hope this game encourages us to turn it around!

Anyone else here after watching Ssundee 😂

(Includes cursing and my friend salty this was the first time I played raft still making our raft and stuff better) me in raft with my friend Salty : Radio Tower : Its chill and good place to fish on Vasagatan : WHAT THE F-CK WHAT THE F-CK MUTATED RATS WHAT THE F-CK Balboa : HOLY SH-T THERES BEARS Caravan Town : Okay.. HOLY SH-T GIANT BIRD Oh a new hat Tangaroa : HOLY SH-T OH GOD FLOOD. Okay Olof who ever that is taped f-cking tazers to the robots its fine we got bows! Varuna Point : Okay.. More rats OH GOD A BIGGER SHARK IS IT A HAMMER HEAD? LORD SAVE US- Oh never mind new prize! Temperance : Okay more bears! Ooh a free ride come on lets go ZOoOOm More prizes more stuff yay! Utopia : (Not reached yet But we did all the ones above)

raft will be real in 2013

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faz video de dbd ai vai, para de jogar raft

Great video, as always. Your time and effort really shows 🤍