it’s like the infamous [deleted channel], having fun doing stupid things like drinking or sauna in pee until you reach the half way mark. When you realize the time is running out. If you do not complete all you can do it will end forever. “Time always seems to move faster, when it’s running out” Memento Mori Unus Annus
@General Kenobi not knowing about it until it’s gone feels like an even bigger kick in the balls so now I gotta go and do something better with my life instead of watching fun videos, like watching other fun videos instead :l
Happened to me too, moments ago. I avoided the child because I knew he would be afraid. I waited for him to pass by, and then I went into the well and waited. The bucket came down again, I expected it to be the old man. I didn't think the child would come twice in a row. But, better I died, than wake the King.
Just realized that if the "bottomless pit" really doesn't have a bottom for him to hit, the Shade actually didn't commit suicide at all. He just doomed himself to eternity of nothingness. So more like the King ending.
It's also unclear whether the Shade will die of natural causes in any given case. So even in the second ending, he might have to live through the deaths of everyone he grows to love, and wander the world in torment again. That makes me think that maybe the third was the best. Quick fall, neck break, then the longing has truly ended.
On the second ending if you go more on the left you can see a tomb with written words on it something like "deep below this ground lies a poor souls, which is now lost forever" or "forever bound to the underground". Since our shade and the old blind man both have almost identical noses i presume a shade is his son who died in a young age and his soul was bonded to underground kingdom. Tombstone lies exactly above shade's little cave. I love this game.
I love the good end, I think it's really cathartic. He is lonely and in longing while he waits for the king, but when he goes out and leaves, meets others, he's not lonely anymore. He may still long to see the king, but he can find other happiness. He can go on.
Yesterday I was just thinking of a game that could exist where it could last for a whole lifetime, now I discovered this but it lasts for over a year, still worth it.
Aaaaaaactually, the more you decorate your room, the faster time passes while you're in it. I got i up to about 15x, and it was finished when I came back in a couple weeks...
@@PKINGU 4 is def the most disturbing. In number 1 you end the longing by ending yourself, but pain still exists in the world. In 4 you end all longing and pain forever, but you had to sacrifice the entire world. It's either a mercy killing or the largest suicide possible, depending on how you look at it, and the king is willing to carry that out. He is literally going to kill everything if he wakes up. I think he might deserve to die tbh.
Wow, ending 4. Most likely the true ending, and it's quite a dark one. Although I suppose the king is right. If there's nothing there, there's nothing to wait for.
Sure there is nothing to wait for, but there is still everything to long for, its just that the chance of achieving what the shade is longing for vanished. I would consider that cruel and unusual in the extreme, because it just basically gives the shade the decision between suicide and longing for something that he knows 100% he can never achieve for all eternity.
I think the thing people are overlooking about the King is they aren't just 'the King.' The entire world is built upon their head and the mere act of standing up ends all life. They're aren't a King, they're the King of Kings, God. They're God, and they are tired of sitting on God's throne holding the entire world atop their shoulders. They've probably been doing it for tens or hundreds of thousands of years at this point and they're ready to be done with it. At some point, God must have decided they'd had enough and put the decision unknowingly on the Shade's shoulders. Either 1) The Shade wakes God up and God takes it as a sign to free himself of his duties or 2). The Shade leaves God, and God chooses to die in their sleep. God's corpse will thus be sealed away and continue to hold up the world forever.
I don't get it. It's all the same, whether you live a full life-time, or everything ends in the next moment, the result is the same. So why rush to the end? Sure, life is chock full of pain and disappointment and "longing", but it's full of other things, too. Ultimately the decision is yours, it shouldn't be made by others for you.
MalingSendal you can, but the game says no, so you have to click the start game button like 100 times, then the game gives up after saying “this is made to be played only once” IF I WANTED SOMETHING I COULD ONLY EXPRENCE ONCE I’D ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE! EACH DAY IS ONLY EXPRENCABLE ONCE IRL! LOOK I GET YOUR MESSAGE NEAT, BUT YOU REALLY DONT NEED TO SHOVE IT DOWN MY THROAT!
I have a different take on things. I chose the secret ending, and while I was very underwhelmed, after seeing all of the other endings I believe it to be the best. I believe this for one simple reason. It is the only ending in which the Shade is smiling.
The dream ending is the second best imo I think the family one is the best because then the shade gets exactly what he wanted someone to be a friend to end the longing of loneliness and sorrow
I got the secret ending on accident, while trying to rearrange the crystals on my bookshelf. I was dead set on going with the king, but the surprise of triggering the last ending pulled me in. I'm happy I didn't ignore it.
i made my little cave all pretty and decorated with all the books and a bed and everything, kept my hands off the treasure, drew pictures for my king daddy to see when he woke up, patiently waited 400 days, and he destroys everything. I was hoping for a female shade to be friends with, or maybe I'm the female shade, I'm not sure. Then we could be a happy underground family carrying on with our mushroom gardens and growing glowing crystals and having picnics in the halls of eternity. But instead all I get is an eternity of awkward conversation with the ultimate doomer boomer. He spent the next 100 years making deep jokes, because, you know, we were deep underground. "I'm 14 kilometers underground and this is deep" - oh gawd kill me. Should've just left his stone arse down there and went to live with the family. At least they had tea.
How could you ever think that? The king's home is a dark desolate cave with absolutely nothing in it except shiny crystals, gold, and empty halls. When you ask the face in the wall about the king, he pretty much tells you that the king will destroy everything. The further away you get from him, the more you find life - a spider, a place where mushrooms grow, etc. Every single bit of the game is hinting at what the king will do.
@@speedos the face just said he'd bring an end to longing. And why would desolation and emptiness imply something bad? My apartment is desolate and dark and empty and I'm not bad.
@@Endymion766 No, the face specifically says: *"As long as there is time, there will always be longing. And once all longing has ended, the world will no longer need time... And those without longing will no longer need the world."* The first sentence is a clearly pointing to the fact that the king will end time a.k.a. destroy everything. The last sentence solidifies this, alluding to the fact that the king, unlike Shade, has no longing and therefore doesn't need the world. And I dunno, I probably wouldn't trust a person whose aparment is completely devoid of life and color but they surround themselves with shiny jewelry for compensation. You'd have to show an inkling of caring for life, which the king absolutely clearly doesn't.
All endings Paraphrased Ending 1: Commit cliff fall (Bad) Ending 2: Happy after-life (good) Ending 3: Death by scared little girl (bad) Ending 4: Wakey Wakey king! (Bad) Ending 5: I have dream (Good)
I would argue the 4th ending is still bad and the first may be neutral to some people as you are killing yourself,not anyone else like in the 4th ending
Damn, I went for the 400 days ending and was expecting the King's strength to be fully restored, so he would make the kingdom full again. Like, I hoped that my shade would get a nice life, make some new friends, but no, everything went to nothing.
it’s like the infamous [deleted channel], having fun doing stupid things like drinking or sauna in pee until you reach the half way mark. When you realize the time is running out. If you do not complete all you can do it will end forever. “Time always seems to move faster, when it’s running out” Memento Mori Unus Annus
Seeing the design of the king’s crown built into the ceiling made me think “hey, i shouldn’t wake him up….” Then i did. Thank you for posting these endings. At least I know there is a reality where the shade can be happy.
The painting of the King gives clues what will happen when you wake him up finally. In the painting his crown is not connected to the ceiling standing in the dark void holding his Shade.
I think the thing people are overlooking about the King is they aren't just 'the King.' The entire world is built upon their head, and the mere act of standing up ends all life. They aren't a King; they're the King of Kings, God. They're God, and they are tired of sitting on God's throne, holding the entire world atop their shoulders. They've probably been doing it for tens or hundreds of thousands of years at this point, and they're ready to be done with it. Even the Halls of Eternity are there, a very Godly and Heaven-like place. At some point, God must have decided they'd grown tired of being confined there but was conflicted about the implications of standing up (resetting/end of the world). Hence they put the decision unknowingly on the Shade's shoulders. Either 1) The Shade wakes God up, and God takes it as a sign to free himself of the world that had become a prison to him, or 2). The Shade leaves God, and God chooses to die in their sleep. God's corpse will thus be sealed away and continue to hold up the world forever. If this is the case you realize the decision the Shade made was either 'Save the World' or 'Save the World's Creator.' Far bigger and more difficult decision than you might have first realized.
Do you have ANY idea how pissed I would have been if I had waited the 400 days and THAT was my reward?!! I'm so happy I went to live with blind grandpa!
The game knows that so if you do that and come back to the game your in a dungeon and the king is yelling at you for your bad behavior then the game ends you just look at the shade being sad trapped in a cell
@@Tacoman2204 how will the game know that, what's the difference between closing it and then reopening it after three minutes with a different clock and coming back actually a lot later It might be reading bios time if it can but that can be changed too
@@danielmallory4687 I don't think that because they would need something to make sure the servers will still run two years later, if they ever die the game is useless and I don't think the devs have enough money to just save it for the server
God this game is so good. I always love games that flip your expectations on its head and absolutely crush you. In a lot of way this game could be considered art for that reason.
Having so much time, so many things to do. When it’s over you will move on but cherish those moments. When it ends it will all be black, the end. But it’s what you chose to do before that happens that matters. “Time always seems to move faster, when it’s running out” Memento Mori Unus Annus
Every game is art. Art doesn't have to be a deep psychological affair to be considered art. If it expresses imagination or skill, it is, by definition, an artwork. People who don't get this is the reason why people think we artists are snobs lmao
after agonizing over it (knowing what endings existed but not exactly what they were) I finally decided to awaken the King. Ohhhh... bad, bad move on my part. Should have gone to the surface... (Though I'm glad I didn't get the ending with the troll kid. EEEEAGH! That would've been horrific after waiting all that long.)
@@K16711 will you be able to tell who is pulling you up the well? I’m still pretty early in the game but I’m already so attached to the shade I don’t want ending 3!
I didn't want to see any spoilers, especially the endings, because I wanted to fully experience the game, but then the game kept hinting that something bad might happen to shade if I didn't do things right and I hated the thought of anything bad happening to shade after all the time I spent adoring it. So I finally went to youtube. I originally wanted to awaken the king because I'm a stickler for following orders and because I was weirdly unquestioningly loyal to the king even though we literally had one interaction. But after seeing the 4th ending, I was weirdly depressed. Was I really gonna do all this stuff, walking around the kingdom, collecting things to decorate my home and speed up time, just so the king could destroy everything in the world? He slept for 400 days and that was the brilliant plan he came up with? I kinda regretting watching this video now because I kinda don't wanna play anymore because none of the endings gave me any real satisfaction. The 2nd one comes the closest but I didn't like how the king just dies. I'm pretty sure that I'm gonna choose the 2nd ending because I believe that's what shade deserves, not eternal nothingness. It still a tad bit disappointing. I wish there was a better ending than the 5 options here but I guess that's not what they intended for the game. I just want shade to be happy. I'm way to attached to it.
I obtained Ending 2 before Ending 3. Kind of wish I obtained 3 and then 2, for a happier impression. This game was really unique, I hope to see more games like this where real time is used that way.
I’m your 300th like but the game is like the infamous [deleted channel], having fun doing stupid things like drinking or sauna in pee until you reach the half way mark. When you realize the time is running out. If you do not complete all you can do it will end forever. “Time always seems to move faster, when it’s running out” Memento Mori Unus Annus
@@Alyeh i mean that is technically right but like, what are they gonna do? Drift in the void for all eternity? The shadow has proven to have its own feelings and can feel sad and happy etc
Everywhere we go there’s lines we’re always waiting, waiting for the next paycheck the next movie, game ,girl , job, car ,raise ect a whole life of longing for more waiting to die
I feel like it actually is metaphorical for religion. In that, for living beings, to be without our longing is to be without time. Humans passing through time will always want something they don't have yet. The father promises to end your longing if you wait for him. Like God's promise of the kingdom of heaven if you wait for Christ's second coming. We wait and wait. But what is a world without longing? An endless world without time. And what is a world without time? Destroyed. Fundamentally I think the end of all longing is something that is promised in many religions. Buddhists reach Nirvana by defeating their desires. What this game does well I think is wrapping these ideas in such a strong fantastic, lonely, scary atmosphere.
@@ThePastaBolognese You can speed up time by collecting items in the Shade's room. Also, some of the endings don't need to wait for 400 days to get one.
In the story the king actually did want to create a kingdom but the shade wished for a world without longing and so the king promised. That is why after the shade wakes him up he destroys the world as without the world there is no longing.
I couldn’t imagine doing this, all the way through. A little bit because of the time I would end up spending, but the guaranteed depression I would get when finishing this game. Spending over a year of my life just too see a one minute ending
The game actually has a mechanic where the cozier you make your little home, the faster time goes by. Even at the start of the game if you leave the Shade in his little armchair before exiting, you can come back to find a lot of time has passed. I basically made the hole as cozy as I possibly could, then waited a couple days to complete the 5th ending.
HOW????? I really don't understand how you find that ending happy, it's incredibly depressing in that instead of trying to use critical thinking and solve your problems, they just tell u "nah just kill everyone so no suffering ha lol".
when u talk to a face in one of the caves, he will offer to trade his wisdom for some coals and stuff. and one of the wisdom is along the lines of 'don't trust the eyes of the young as they fear you, trust the old and the blind', referring to the bad and good ending. the face tells you more wisdoms, now thinking about it, he lowkey tells are all different endings
I haven't played the game, but I would assume that it's completely based on RNG. The Shade says that he would have to hope the helper isn't scared of him, which would imply that the shade has no control over who does help him.
Fun fact: The basis of the game is the story about old Kaiser (Emperor) Frederick Barbarossa. He was probably one of the greatest kings Germany ever had. So great in fact that we simply didnt believe he died. He hid himself in the Kyffhäuser mountain, waiting for the day Germany needs him once more. The Kyffhäuser Monument is a good one to visit if you are ever in Germany, specifically, Thuringia
doesnt actually take 400 days to play. The mechanic is that as you put more stuff in the shades room time speeds up (time flies when your having fun as they say). so the average person can complete the game in ~12 hours of play time
@@KnightSlasher simply being in his room speeds up time, but yeah, if you were to wait in the throne room then it would take 400 days. however, as you have seen, you would get the bad ending.
