SIGNALIS - Androids Have Become Meat Monsters [ 2 ] zwei 

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*Elevator shaft full of bodies* MC: the elevator is out of order

This game has "We're just clones sir, we're meant to be expendable" vibes

I love how all the Replika have a bird designation. Mynahs, Adler(Eagles), Kolibris(Hummingbirds) Eule(Owls), Falke(Falcons), Storch(Storks),Elster(Magpie) and Ara(Macaws). This all fits their personalities as well as design. With, for example, the storks having longer legs, Eagles being noble etc.

YEAH TIME FOR MORE SIGNALIS. (Again, small note: This comment will contain spoilers for this video, since I try to catch as much as possible.) __________ 1:17 Above the door: "Rotfront Sector 0 Mandelbrot Polytechnic Secondary School" To the left of the door: "No running in the hallways" To the right of the door: "Loitering is prohibited" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Benoit Mandelbrot, as many might recognize, is the name of a rather famous mathematician who did great strides to multiple fields in both mathematics and theoretical physics, with his most known achievement being the discovery of the Mandelbrot-set, the lil bubbly buddy that is also the most well-known fractal. As a small callback, we strumbled across fractals last episode with mathematician Sierpiński and his triangle. Perhaps installations are The term "Polytechnische Oberschule" is translated in game, but I wanted to comment on it: It is, again, a very direct reference to east germany, where it described an institution for general education up to tenth grade. After leaving it, options included the "Erweiterte Oberschule" (Extended Secondary School) or various "Spezialschulen" (special schools) __________ 1:43 At the end, it was my sister, not I, who came to help Ariane Our short friendship, was for me always overshadowed by this moment of paralysis Gestalt Memory. 4 I have always been useless. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A white haired girl called Ariane. Now doesn't that seem familiar? __________ 2:45 Not sure how common these are outside of Germany, so: A Paternoster is a cyclic type of lift that never stops. There are two shafts, one with chambers always moving upwards, one with chambers always moving down. (As you can see in game when they're repaired.) Fairly widespread in Germany in the past, especially in government offices and such. Nowadays mostly phased out due to obvious safety concerns with a few exceptions. __________ 9:15 and nobody is going to miss us (at the bottom) __________ 19:32 Klimaforming - neologism, literally "climate shaping". __________ 22:04 Eulenlieder - Owl Songs __________ 38:36 This is the big one, a bunch of very quickly flashing text. The long passages of text: On the right: Beyond the sun, in the darkness behind the stars I saw the face of a god a shape and color that words cannot describe. The six pages of the world I saw unfolding and the light devoured me, I had become one with the nothingness/void, where life and death are meaningless Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Must die unheard Song of my soul, my voice is dead; Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die later, on the left: and I saw the sixth seal breaking and the earth quaked and the sun blackened and the moon was as blood and the stars fell from the sky In the center: [Who are you?] [Surrender.] in big and red: DIE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The talk about the sixth seal in particular are reminiscent of the apocalyptic bible verses of Revelation, 6. Also god damn that was A LOT, if you've spotted anything missing please hit me up. The Hyades is a star cluster that plays a pivotal role in the canon of the king in yellow (and a lot of cosmic horror overall). And in fact that passage (between "Strange is the night" and "Shall dry and die") is an incomplete form of "Cassilda's Song" from Robert Chamber's book "The King in Yellow" (which revolves around the play of the same name that drives you mad if read past Act I). However, of note: The poem contains passages NOT present in this version, namely references to the cosmic, fictional city of Carcosa. __________ 46:50 Sierpinski-23 Protektor Library Secure Library System _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Bibliothek" and "Bücherei" both mean "Library", with the former being a bit more old-fashioned. __________ 50:45 Chapter 2: Liminality _ _ _ _ _ _ _ We've learned about C.G.Jung's synchronicity last episode, and now it's time for another high concept idea, this time from anthropology (mainly coined by van Gennep and Turner). Which is REALLY outside of my competencies, so I'm just summarizing my understanding off the wikipedia page. Please consult an anthropologist of your choosing for better details. It describes a state of "crossing over" between two states of social being in the form of "rites of passage": Separation from an old social order (metaphorical "death") and incorporation into a new one (or the same order as a changed person) (metaphorical "rebirth"). The most notable example would be the process of puberty. It DOES touch on C.G.Jung somewhat - which I doubt is coincidnce. Whereas Turner and van Gennep describe a social liminality, Jung images a liminality related to time and personality, as an individual passes through phases in its life and develops its own identity and being. If anyone is familiar with Tarot cards, the "Fool's journey" as an example of such individual liminality will ring a very familiar bell! And if anyone is familiar with pop culture horror, you will definitely have heard of liminal spaces - the uncomfortable, disorienting spaces between the folds of space and time. __________ 51:21 Zyklus - Cycle __________ 1:07:02 Not specifically German, but: Yes Manly, absolutely correct. That text is the most common example of long-time nuclear waste storage warning messaging. (Specifically the proposal by Trauth, Hora, and Guzowski of the Sandia National Laboratories) "This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here." et cetera Formulated weirdly and vaguely threatening in order to be understood - and, ideally: avoided - by millenia of future humans to come. You can find the full text on the respective wiki page. __________ 1:27:25 Some new text here as opposed to the earlier Kolibri sections include [Who are you?] [Why are you here?] And, most notably, the confirmation to what was hinted at before: "Sierpinski-23 Reeducation Facility" __________ 1:32:03 At the end. The way home. I am waiting. __________ 1:33:07 BE NOT AFRAID/FEAR NOT (literally: "have no fear") __________ 1:33:18 Why are you here? (repeatedly) __________ 1:46:45 ME ME ME ME HERHERHER US __________ 1:49:35 Chapter 3 - Gestalt/shape decomposition _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This one is surprisingly easy to explain. Know how words lose their meaning if you say them often enough? This is that. As well as the specific term for the visual counterpart of that effect. Complex shapes will be harder or take longer to recognize properly if stared at for a long while, the complexity slowly decomposing into the smaller parts that make up the whole. __________ GOD what an amazing game. Absolutely loving it.

This game's style is so unique from what I've seen, it uses low poly models but it uses a pixel art style for menus and such. I am glad Manly's back to playing this game, I really should look deeper into this game myself.

It's crazy how this masterpiece was created by a two-people indie studios I'm so stunned and amazed

Even after bingeplaying this and trying to write everything down into a cohesive plot - I'm NOWHERE close to understanding any of whats going on.

It only gets _stranger_ from here, folks, and that is all you really need to know how wild this game gets.

"THERES A BUNCH OF ME IN THERE" -Manly out of context

I was wondering at first why there was such a gap between Signalis episodes. I just got my first ending. I understand now.

Everyone in this place seems to all regain (presumably false) memories of the girl with white hair. I wonder if that dying Star unit thought that was her name, Ariane, and if the Eule had regained similar memories. It just sounds so depressing to have your friend dying in your arms, and for you to realize that the memory they feel so happy to have remember you suddenly discover must be false, and are also eerily the memories you have regained yourself.

The Resident Evil and Silent Hill influence on this game is obvious, but it's been executed in a phenomenal way. They managed to distil exactly what makes those games memorable and managed to apply it to a completely new setting, and that setting is in my opinion an excellent piece of cosmic horror - which is a genre that's hard to nail. Great world building, great sound design, great visuals. Love it.

I also.... really like the idea behind Kolibri- it's really sad take on a hive mind (one of I think a few) that shows how damaging it is for someone like this to become alone

I was...not expecting this to turn into a horrifically tragic love story of a human and her robot/android/cyborg lover.

Watching Manly’s internal conflict between surviving the horror and being a loot goblin is absolutely hillarious

I’m so glad you’re playing this Just know it can get long Not everything will make sense There’s 3 endings depending on your play style And one secret ending

Hopefully Signalis gets more attention.

I will never forget the brave woman who saved you from the Silent Hill monster. Pretty neat game, keeps you wondering what'll happen next!

_Hab keine angst_ Elster has had no fear the whole time. Sshe doggedly keeps to her purpose, to fulfill her promise. This has fascinating story components like the virus that has affected them all and those memories of past selves/lives. I can't wait to see how all the mentions of bioresonance fit in to the final story and the rest of the stories of Elster and Ariane. *spoiler* When the light of her eyes went out, I couldn't help cry. That was beautifully done. So everything that could have kept Elster'x Gestalt memories from surfacing was not done... Ariane had never opened that envelope. Poor Elster suffering more mental anguish than her unit type was designed for.

You know, I wonder how much more difficult the game would be if enemies could chase you through rooms; probably way too difficult

I love the lore for the different Replika types.

Honestly this is a pure work of art. Like when we got Silent Hill 1&2, Resident evil 1&2, Siren, and games long forgotten. If this comes back, we are so back

I love how after you jumped down the pulsating meat hole the game literally turned into Silent Hill, the enemies, atmosphere, and even music, there is no way the devs can deny they weren't heavily inspired by Silent Hill for that section, also those large enemies with the giant helmets looked exactly like the Big Daddy's from Bioshock, even those big guns they used looked virtually identical to the rivet guns used by the Big Daddy's in Bioshock, still this is a really cool game tho, nothing wrong with taking a few liberties from other games.

Man, I didn't know that Kolibri units can be killed by chaining frequencies. All I did was tune to the first frequency that appears when you enter the room (which pinpoints the real Kolibri amongst the clones and also reduces the constant damage you take from the transmission) and shoot it. The details this game has are amazing.

dont you hate when you fall down a elavator shaft and wake up back in school? i hate when that happens.

Signalis, most underrated game i have ever seen

Farming is always important in this monster-fighting horror shooting game..!! The fun of listening to your narration along with the fun of the game is always the best..!! I think the graphics of this game is pretty good..! I enjoyed the video clip..!! Thanks..!

I freakin love this series! Like this game is seriously so cool, makes me wanna play it too

Classic survival gameplay, awesome visuals and style. I gotta give this game a try.

Gotta appreciate the inclusion of Swan Lake, love how emotional that music is and how well it fits a tragedy.

The first episode had me fascinated, and this is even better! It's just insane, that entire "ending" sequence was so surreal. I love it.

56:14 Manly: "Whenever I see this I think of Akira." Me: "I think of Half Life." :D

i was expecting the meat to show up ever since the Lovecraft reference double-whammy of The King In Yellow and Leng, but i didn't expect it to lean so heavy into the immense psychological angle also present in cosmic horror

This game is really freaky and actually pretty scary. Saw it on steam and said f-it give it a shot. Glad to see you play it.

God thank you for the "Stick with the prod." The nostalgia it gave me was without compare. Kudos.

Awesome playthrough so far. It got real Ghost in the Shell there for a moment with the panel and lost arm. Can't wait to see more!

1:09:32 looks like you've got yourself the mini-version of the Permian Basin Superorganism there.

What I love most about this is that those unit names are all the German names for birds. Eule is Owl, Kolibri is Hummingbird, Adler is Eagle, Storch is Stork, Ara is Macaw and so on. It's really neat to see a German game like this! Also Manly your pronounciation is not far off tbh

This game deserves more love

The scariest thing I realized even though I killed enemies if I use the radio somehow it brings them back from the dead and they try to kill me again that’s how I wasted by ammo I never realized the radio frequencies would tell you the combinations to the safe.

As a certified 'item hoarder' in video games, this kind of inventory management is a living hell for me. I'd rather have 'encumbered' status than throwing/storing away my items lol

hello ManlyBadassHero! Thank you for bringing us this incredible video i'm definitely not drunk 👍

Oh yes can’t wait for part three this is probably my new favorite game we love you ManlyBadassHero such a chad for this

Why this feels like a silent hill in a Neon Genesis Evangelion theme world?

So far I love the playthrough of this game even tho I have no idea what's going on 😂

This series is insanely entertaining! I can't wait for the next part!

Awesome stuff as always, thank you so much for investing so much time on editing on these videos for us❤️❤️

AAARGH, I’m super invested but gotta get up early for work. This game is so good, and Manly is always a good host!

Manly: Yes let's jump down this *Flesh Hole* without solving the area and with my inventory almost empty, sounds like a great idea Pro-tip, never jump into a flesh hole without ammo

The part about Replika biocomponents being consumed and causing health problems sounds similar to the Realians "flesh" situation from Xenosaga. Too be honest, a lot about the Replikas is reminding of the Realians from Xenosaga. (Xenosaga also used to love using German in the series for different things.) Hm... I'm starting to wonder if the developers might've been fans of the series.

The moment at 1:34:55 feels like a direct reference to Ghost In The Shell's animated movie (the 1995 one) involving the Puppet master where the Major (a full-borg) underwent a similar experience attempting to open a hatch door and subsequently lost her right arm past the elbow because she was pulling too hard.

what a great game. i love games and stories and lore that keeps you questioning. you're always looking for answers and it always has you searching.

Finally, the second part is here

It's like someone looked at GFL and thinks "what if we do a horror twist and make it so that everyone feels sad?"

As a German speaker, I'm really enjoying the random German splattered throughout this game :D

I just saw the first video it's called "this well "or "well this" ManleyBadassHero you cam far and I'm proud to be one of your subscribers and you and others RU-vidrs stoped me from killing myself love you man keep up the awesome work

the game flooded manly with items to trick him into a sense of security and ability to handle each room. the feeling of control and readiness was taken away just as soon as ranged enemies were introduced. well played dev’s at first it seemed like willy nilly placements but i think it make sense later as you go. yes the extra items exist and they’re probably too many healing items but i think they’re placement is more if you use what you have to restock than anything.

Two of the texts I could make out from the interference at around 38:30. 1. A bible verse: Revelation 6:12 I saw the sixth seal break, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black , and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth 2. The "Cassilda's Song" from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers: Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed Sadly couldn't find out where third text came from. It says: 3. Beyond the sun, in the darkness behind the stars I saw the face of a god, a shape and color that words can't describe. I saw the six sides of the world unfold and the light consumed me. I became one with the nothing, where life and death are meaningless.

42:29 is Adler... talking about the same fountain pen that was confiscated in Heinrich Fukuyama in Part 1?

Nice Ghost in the shell reference around 1:34:56 throwback to original movie.

i love how everytime manly sees a hole he instantly makes a junji ito reference

I love the lore and worldbuilding in this game- especially how Replikas work. MILD SPOILER: in the world of Signalis, despite the advanced technology, true Artificial Inteligence is still unachievable (and I think our world isn't disimilar) so selected people's brains are cloned and augmented for use in building Replikas. These androids are partially organic- that's why they are suseptible to some deaseases (like one in game).

me: *comments on the video on how good it was* The video: I've been like posted about 7 minutes ago there's no way you watched all of this less that 2 hours

0:55 is that an Amigura Falls reference? 32:45 I think you might have been able to get the 12mm snub nose revolver earlier with the X-ray machine (in Part 1), as it had one inside. 33:40 never mind. 1:32:05 I see the game chose the "Gainax Penguin" ending. 1:33:45 that is a painting called "The Isle of the Dead" Various artists, including H.R. Giger, have done their interpretations of it. 1:36:00 I guess the creator gives you the choice to continue or end right there? 1:46:41 ah, it's the MEMORY ending. The "meat" represents cancer tumors, and Ariane is trying to get you to put her out of her misery. 1:48:00 the beach scenes could be the Artifact speaking with Elster/Ariane. In a strange way, I wonder if the *Druuna* comics had an inspiration on the game creator. There are obviously some *Neon Genesis Evangelion* influence here... we shall see how this ultimately ends. EDIT: after watching the 3rd part, I think the Devs found a clever way of making any interpretation a valid one. While it is heavily leaning to *Jacob's Ladder* (ie you are trapped in Araine's memories), in Part 1 Elster walks through the gate that Adler is seen protecting. I wonder if they crash landed on a planet with an Artifact that amplifies Ariane's bio resonance, which is why it is both a dream and reality. The LILY ending is activating the Artifact, which absorbs Ariane's mind to become the Red Eye (Lillies are given at a funeral, as they are symbolic of life growing out of the dead) and granting her eternal life.

You ever just walk into a room and then screaming meat puppets? Every time I open a door something bad happens like screaming meat puppets. There's probably some deeper meaning to this involving doors.... and screaming meat puppets. I don't know though it's hard to concentrate with all the screaming meat puppets.

You know, I am starting to wonder how much of what we are seeing is real. I think the mc is slowly going crazy. For example I don't think what she sees as "flesh" is actually flesh. Things might be looking just busted up or rusted but she is starting to see things as flesh maybe? Something is weird with the memory of all Replikas there too, there is also some time stuff going on? Well I'm going to keep watching. Hopefully we'll find the answers are on the next chapter

yessss I've been waiting for this

Damn this game really is chock-full of influences and references, isn't it? Did not expect Blame to turn into Silent Hill / Dead Space, but there we go. And then there's tearing your arm off opening the hatch taken from GitS, the little RE references... game really wears them on it's sleeve, but in a nice way.

I would absolutely sit through four hours of this.

Nice, so many Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell 's references. I just love this game!

There is a lot of Ghost In The Shell in this - particularly the movies. The Gestalt personalities is more Innocence, but that part where she tries to pull open the hatch and rips off her own arms is entirely the original. Stand Alone Complex comes in in the form of them being a broken hive mind that keeps exceeding (?) it's borders. Ah... I like this game a lot - also the funny little quiet memes like "I feel sick" - that's from Eva as said by Asuka after being retrieved from the Gestalt sludge - the orange stuff everyone became at the end with broken Rei. Such fun!

What a game, thanks to you it's already downloaded on my pc

What makes you think I have a life!! I sit through 2 hours of video! ❤️

I wonder if this planet is the one mentioned in The King in Yellow (I forget the name of it now). They mentioned that earlier in the game. If so, that would somewhat explain a _living_ planet that is essentially just a giant mound of living flesh.

"Did we just harvest parts from ourself" Another Elster, but not Elster 512, I think! That one had a gray chestpiece, not orange. Additionally, the ship cannot be confirmed to be Penrose 512 because all places where the number should be are either obstructed or suspiciously missing- the tail's number is covered by snow, the number under the insignia in the cryosleep room is too degraded and covered in some fluid to positively confirm by the few pixels of white paint still visible, and the number high on the wall is simply not there. The missing number alone is the strongest indication, as there is no hint of anything having destroyed the marking either, suggesting it had never been put there.

"Haha you don't have a gas mask" rolling on the floor

Something I haven't seen mentioned yet is that in the prologue the photo was very old and after that it is near new. 4 endings, i hope we see them all.

I never thought i'd hear somebody mention that old doplhin game i had played as a kid, but here we are. Makes me glad i subscribed.

Takes a bit to digest all this but the idea of this game seems to be about the self. A lot of the basis of this game is philosophy and gestalt psychology. For some reason, this game reminds me of Akira but also Evangelion maybe due to it dipping into philosophy or just the sea red. Definitely a game people would want to speed run.

Kolibri is a Spanish word for hummingbird! It's also the name of a genus of hummingbirds.

All that pacifism can come back and bite you in the ass if you're not careful. I like your ammo-conserving playstyle. When I first played SIGNALIS, I just murdered everything hostile I saw. Still had enough ammo for boss fights in the end.

If by any chance you are waiting for Manly's third video of this game but haven't played the game yet, from the bottom of my heart I recommend you play this game if it interests you. This applies to a lot of games of course but to me this game was such an amazing experience that I would feel sad for anyone who didnt take the chance to experience this game the way it's "supposed" to be experienced. Can't wait for the next episodes to have manly's feedback about the game entirely, this was a wild adventure.

LETS GOOOO SIGNALIS

Manly can you play three forbidden books?It’s in the same universe as the Purgatory games.

What a nice, easily digestible plot this game has. Pfft, JK. It seems this is gonna take awhile to properly understand yet. I'm starting to get a Lovecraftian vibe here.

I'm getting major Love Crafting vibes from this game.....

wonder what that painting is, of an island with trees and damaged walls/ruins, with one man approaching in a boat, that they keep reshowing - it had the keyhole in it in the first episode, and this episode they showed multiple different artists renditions of the same exact painting so it must be very famous or a painting of a widely known concept, I just don't know what it is or how to Google it

love this series man

I love your videos

Cool video manly.

And even in the far-flung future there's still inane fuse fetch quests too.

I have no idea what's really happening. All the different names, people that look the same, the two different ships that might be the same one? I hope you have a "Signalis Explained" video.

The saddest part of the "New Game" was that Sao hadn't read the info about living with an LSTR unit and was unknowingly doing the worst possible things... The info packet was unopened.

I was pronouncing Eules like Yules in me head

I played this a bit before you posted this and i said "hmm, seems like a game manly would play." N I guess I jinxed it

If the Neir games ever taught me anything, its to always check the New Game post credits. LOL

This reminds me of a very old game called Meat Puppet (1997)

1:49:42 "Despite everything, it's still you."

7:36 💳 Among Us.