Another note about Prime Souls is that there form is based off there ideals and how they died Minos from the looks was blind and was of course the honest Judge of Hell that saw all as equal, so his body was a bluish white and his face has a giant hole in it, and the snakes he once controlled now wrap his arms. Meanwhile Sysiphus is vastly diffrent as since he was the King of Greed, his body is golden. He was known for extreme violence so his limbs are colored red to resemble blood stains. And he died via decapitation so his head is a ball of light as a Prime Soul. Prime Souls in general are my favorite part of Ultrakill Lore because of this
This is such a good point that I decided to pin this. I'm really curious as to the design choice of the third Prime Soul. Interestingly if you look at every design choice for every enemy in the game none of them contain visible eyes. Don't know why but it may be because Hell itself is too horrifying to look at? A theory I have is King Minos was the only one allowed to have eyes in order to view the sinners of Hell and judge them. After Gabriel's attack however, he not only had his eyes removed but his entire face so that he could never look upon the Lust ring again.
Minos is my favorite character in this game. He was a great king. He turned his layer into a beautiful and prosperous city. He was prepared to defend his people. When Gabriel came to crush skulls, Minos tried to reason. But Gabriel put him in a box after killing him. Now Minos Prime exits the prison ready to not just kill gabe, but now he wants to avenge his species. He is the last king of mankind
I think the ARG confirmed that the husks spawning, doors locking and other teleportation shenanigans is Hell’s doing, as in the entirety of Hell is a sort of sentient being doing everything for entertainment, just like the terminals do with the Cybergrind.
I get the impression that the final war ended bc the machines turned on the humans killing them all hence "mankind is dead" and why V2 doesn't need blood. It also would explain why Minos feels the need to pass judgment on the machines for what they did to humanity
I believe V2 doesn't need blood as V2 was designed to be more efficient in regards to self repair, especially since there was no more need for violence.
I believe in V2’s description it says it was remade to not absorb blood as fuel after the war ended since durability was more important in times of peace
2:43 if i'm right, this place is actually a blood factory, maybe they used the husks to make a shitton of blood for the machines instead of using other humans.
I like to think that the something wicked thing is actually the Minotaur, since it is trapped within a labyrinth, and the labyrinth is close to Minos’ reformed layer of hell.
I think that it was a prime soul drained of all its will and soul that's why it was so strong able to demolish a machine who has beat down angels this could also explain its skeleton like structure.
One little correction if I may, V1 wasn't special because it refuels from blood, that was in fact a pretty common tech by that point. What made V1 special is that it can almost instantaneously repair itself when coming into contact with fresh blood.
@@matheusalvarenga7820 I think Hakita said something like fresh blood is oxygenated better or something, but let's be honest, it's because beating corpses for infinite health would make the game less balanced
I’m a bit surprised knowing before the vid that Gabriel is a fan fav in the community and then finally learning some lore in your video. My first impression of him isn’t exactly high after what he did to monos and ending the lust Renaissance. Maybe it’s more gameplay of his boss fight and love for the voice actor that lead him to be popular by fans then the actual lore of Gabriel. Then again I should be fair and see all the rest of the lore first and not judge with half the info. Maybe I’m incorrectly thinking monos being a swell guy. Interesting all around!
gabriel's arc is that of a person who has been defined by their faith for their entire existence. He's never questioned his orders, because why should he? He serves God's Will, who is he to question? It's only when V1 defeats him, something that by his beliefs should be impossible, that his faith starts to waver, and while he still holds it together for a while, his second defeat by V1 finally broke something in him, leading to him killing the Council after realizing that God has abandoned them and the Council are nothing but pretenders.
If you are wondering why Gabriel is so popular amongst the community, that has mostly to do with the voice behind him. The VA is just a funny and popular guy, and he has had a shitton of fun voicing gabriel.
Probably have to rewatch the vid since I had to leave mid vid a few times in the premiere. The game is going for religious themes mixed in this sci fi setting. The Divine Comedy definitely being an influence. It’s interesting as a fan of the divine comedy and I wait for part 2.☺️
Dude, I have been playing ULTRAKILL since Act 2 released and have been watching you since your first spooky month lore video (not long, but whatever.) and I have been WAITING for you to make an ULTRAKILL related video, I am SO glad you have made this and despite writing this comment in school I’ll be sure to watch it later and either clarify some stuff or not.
The intro to the dating sim level is an ankme reference to the trope of anime protagonists being lost on their way to school usually "biting down on the last of their rations" (their breakfast being toast or something) and how now matter how hard they try, they're lost looking for their school and are late (the gates of hell closing). And it leads into the level itself being you humping into Mirage
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to assume that doom was at least partly an inspiration for ultrakill and it’s really cool to see what may have stemmed from it
nah we will fight Jesus prob. Bros remebered by all the christians so he will definetly be so powerful that we prob wont kill it even tho we win the fight.
3:41 that, my friend, is called lava. Hakita said this area was used to smelt ores and whatnot into usable materials. Hakita also stated that the prelude was built by humans to gather resources, like a mine.
I'm pretty confident in saying that the text in the beginning of 2-S (the visual novel) is a joke. The character you play as is late to school and is running there. There are lines such as "the bell tolls for me" that imply that the text is just Hakita is making it seem like the level is serious, just to surprise us with the whole visual novel thing. The text is an overcomplication of the character running to school, the bell ringing and the gates of the school closing while they're eating their "last rations" (breakfast to-go). I found it funny that you actually thought it was supposed to be from the perspective of a husk lol. I understand that the joke was hard to figure out tho, Hakita was really playing 4-D chess with this one.
My theory for the meat grinder beneath the floor was because if a horde demons tried to pass and the machines or anykne failed to stop them they could just shoot the floor.
What I love about Ultrakill, is the lore maybe dark and depressing, but the gameplay is like a rollercoaster joyride. Where you felt the adrenaline rushing through your veins as you also having fun.
dude this video is awesome, i love how you added more to the lore your interpretations are awesome there are things i never realised, it's great good work, earned a sub
I like the theory that the Earthmover's cry at the beginning is a cry of fear because every machine was made to counter the next; explaining why the Earthmover tried to kill V1
It’s important to note that in the Dante’s inferno series limbo is place you’re only stuck in if you’re unwilling to repent for your misdeeds, and if you do repent you’ll be let into the lower levels of heaven.
Incorrect, Virgil informs Dante that the only time a soul has been removed from Limbo are Abraham, David and Jacob in-between the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. It doesn't include souls who have sinned but rather those who are unbaptised.
@@WildCard203 Ya know what, you're right. I mixed up Limbo and purgatory, even though they're literally different books in "the divine comedy." That is my fault, sorry for the confusion.
Limbo is for the souls that have not accepted God but lived a virtuous life that's why in the story Dante and Virgil meet all of the logos philosophers of ancient Greece in Limbo. While they haven't committed any sin they still suffer the fate of the nonbeliever.
While I can't help and give Minos a well-deserved pat on the back for the Lust Renaissance and helping those who didn't do anything wrong, I can't help but think about all the...less than virtuous souls in that layer. Truly depraved and disgusting people who absolutely deserve eternal damnation...when you put it like that it's no wonder why Gabriel killed first and asked questions later.
"It is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer" -Benjamin Franklin Besides, Minos clearly shows a strong sense of justice, like how despite being thankful that V1 saved him, he still knows it's a murderer and tries to punish it because his moral sense couldn't let something like that stand. So there's little doubt that if the rapists and pedos tried anything under his reign, he'd be quick to punish them in his own way.
I could imagine that the husks could potentially be the police force of that layer, keeping those who have undoubtedly committed horrible crimes at bay. Maybe that's a point that Minos would try to make, but Gabriel didn't see the worth in reforming the whole layer
Minor Order of Operations correction: I think it's assumed that Gabriel is designated as the Judge of Hell *prior* to the Judgment of King Minos for creating the Lust Renaissance, because well, he's making a judgment unto Minos
Perhaps, but we could also see the killing as a symbolic final step for his status. You wouldn't become the next heir to a king until the current king passes away.
The lore in P-2 end terminal tells that the terminals are also blood-powered robots. So it seems humans actually used hell as an energy source and this also explains 0-2 The Meatgrinder and the flows of blood, it's used to turn deamons and husks into blood to power the teleporters and terminals.
There is a lot of information I find a little inaccurate. Let's start from the beginning. V1 is created during the Final War and goes obsolete because of New Peace. V2 is created for patrol during the New Peace. Since the machines ran off blood, no war means no blood, so the machines took matters into their own hands and started slaughtering everyone. Hell may have been involved in some way, but it is never mentioned. Once the slaughter was done, the machines went to hell using the terminals, teleportation machines conveniently built by the humans during the New Peace. V1 goes on a rampage, speedrunning the first 6 layers in as little as 25 hours, seeing as Gabriel hadn't died by the time we got there. Likely sometime during the Great Peace, God disappeared, causing a scramble for power, and thus came about the council. During the power struggle, Minos and Sisypus led revolutions, with both ending up dead. God likley left to somewhere beyond even Heaven. My theory is that God inpired man to build V1 in order to eventually destroy Hell. God said in a secret mission that he didn't have the ability to destroy Hell. V1 alone managed to destroy 6 layers of Hell in less than a day. What better way to destroy something you can't yourself than by building the perfect killing machine? It is likely this will ultimately end up with Hell destroyed completely and God remaking the universe, with God likely giving V1 some sort of reward, maybe an infinite amount of blood or something. Edit: Just thought of this, what if Gabriel is the last prime soul? You see his will strengthen after a second defeat, maybe his soul becomes strong enough to form a prime soul after he dies by being cut off from God's light.
8:40 on the gameplay, i don't know if you know this or not, in limbo, there are other secret buttons across every map. when you press all of those buttons (including the IV you pressed) you can unlock an alternate of the pistol, which does a lot more damage but has a slower cooldown. You can also get an alternate for the nailgun in greed, but in a different way.
notable to mention in the lust layer there is a level that has 2 skeletons laid ontop of eachother as a sort of a reference to intercourse which means minos didn't punish or didn't really care about humans having lust even being sentenced to hell for that
Hey, a little correction on the opening monologue of 2-S, it’s literally just a dramatic explanation of a anime running to school with bread on mouth scenario
Since i got it on halloween all enemies have a pumpkin head and I didn't think it was just an event. Even in the dating sim mirage had a pumpkin head. XD
It does seem that humanity both used blood and Hell energy before machines turned on them (as it's not just V1 who uses blood to power itself, practically all the robots bleed) Humans basically has made more or less a "species" that can and needs to feed
Before you enter hell, V1 journey through an ore excavation site with the grinder used for grinding ore and the golden stream is the ore that is running through the level
Note about street cleaners: the one sentence, They don't fire flame through an "Unkown source" they use flamethrowers, which can kill you in near seconds.
Really fascinating stuff! It's interesting to see a fanfiction (Dante's inferno) turned into a low poly high intensity action game and some of the dev's ideas on directions things could have gone in that circumstance. It's funny how as humanity, we can't fathom God having the patience, mercy and grace to put up with humanity.
I realize this video is a year old, but the bit in the dating sim about running through a maze with the last of your rations is an old manga/anime cliche of girl being late to class running down the road with a piece of toast in her mouth.
