Bioshock Creator's Next Game Looks CRAZY | JUDAS Trailer Breakdown + Analysis

[@SayMy_User_Name]

This is without a doubt my most anticipated game right now.. I was really hoping for a release date but hopefully we’ll get that at some point soon

[@ggary04]

2025... not official but I couldn't see it delayed until 2026

[@Mayorofsexytown1303]

Same I am very very excited fir this one. Bioshock is in my top 3 trilogies of all time.

[@daddykarlmarx6183]

​@@Mayorofsexytown1303 I'm not holding my breath, infinite was a let down and a bit of a mess and I worry about similar issues in this game. With infinite they didn't have a concrete release date or budget, and Ken LaVine just kept making iteration after iteration, with one dev saying they had enough cut for 5 or 6 games, and many leaving the project over constant changes, leading to the game not really having a solid vision of what it wanted to be or to do, and I worry that after a decade, that this game could have been left in the oven to long as well, but that's just speculation

[@Zimowy_Zabujca]

​@@ggary04 2025? Well, even if it takes the developers a whole year to finish the game... I can wait and hopefully buy a fully finished great product rather than something raw.

[@ggary04]

@Zimowy_Zabujca I agree I can wait. I just believe it's closer to release than farther away. The game will be amazing when it drops mark my words

[@StalxD]

We all waited so long for something new from Judas

[@KingdomChilds]

I'm getting a "They Live" or "Virtual Nightmare (2000)" vibe from this with the perception manipulation

[@gurpreetbajwa4490]

Super Hyped for this. IMO he's the greatest western game dev. I'm actually replaying Bioshock and Bioshock infinite before whenever this gets released. Far as I'm concerned he can take all the time he wants

[@MrThankman360]

That “I Shamed Judas” hat has the font, color way, and design language of Blockbuster signage and swag

[@rmarx1496]

Judas, the player character, seems to be an incarnation of Atlas minus the Frank Fontaine twist. It will be interesting to see all the references to BioShock that will more than likely surface in this game.

[@shui_og]

27:17 INCREDIBLE catch! You basically predicted the rogue-lite elements just from a single animated shot... We now know for a fact that the death mechanics will feature rogue-lite elements based on interviews with Ken Levine.

[@chainslaughter231]

Based on the symbology and premise for the story I'm guessing this game is basically Levine skewering fence sitters as well as socialism in the old sense of the word socialism, not the Marxist definition. In other words the idea that government can or should moderate society itself. Some of the other things like the giant thumbs seem to point to this as well. You have the obvious Ying-Yang symbology on the ships design as well. Probably idea is that it's a colony ship and the people in charge want to see about creating a "new man" during the trip in order to avoid pitfalls that humanity always fall into as almost all utopian philosophies (Marxism, Fascism, Objectivism, Anarchism, etc) do. Kinda similar to the real reason for the vaults in Fallout originally. Things like the Long Hugger poster and others also point to a society which punishes any kind of social faux-pau which causes awkwardness

[@colefakers9895]

Holy cow Finally I’ve been waiting for more Judas had trailer #1 on repeat until this one I cannot wait for the game I love Ken Levine - Eat The Cookie❤

[@BigBadWolfOfficial]

Damn if this game comes out next year, 2025 will be a banger, This game plus Gta 6 Hell yeah!

[@nuneke0]

I wonder where Levine got inspiration from for this game? Bioshock was basically based on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". This has maybe some "Westworld" vibes to it? IDK However, I'm very excited for it!

[@p00pie]

Yes good question, I've been trying to think about it myself. There are already some biblical references shown (adam/eve, forbidden fruit, various sins etc). Clearly some allusions to individuality and groupthink as well. Hopefully its a little more complex than that and not shallow but I have faith in Ken Levine.

[@DyDog]

Don’t know if anyone’s thought of this, but Levine is really into Logan’s Run. I know the device in her hand gives Judas her abilities, but it also kind of reminds me of Logan’s Run. Everyone on the mayflower has one, and so does everyone in the city of that movie as well. Just a thought.

[@joeseyeuh3786]

This time to me im getting the vibe that we are the false Shepard and Elizabeth all in one. And that Judas is somehow immortal

[@dazedandenthused8559]

I know he's mentioned Feed by MT Anderson and Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Corey Doctorow as literary influences on this game. There's also a ton of Vonnegut's generally pessimistic view of humanity sprinkled in.

[@ggary04]

I wonder if the three characters or the "Big Three" represent Love, Hate and Fear. Also I'm pretty positive that the little fire truck baddies are called Flying Fix it's. It almist looks like they're on a carousel in the one frame, but when I studied it further your right looks like you can hire them. The game is really hard to pin down but is it just me or is anyone else getting like a running man vibe... in a sense that this game may be a rogue like. They capture you and they pit all law breakers against each other and the rest of the ships society is brainwashed. Also the grub on the chefs chest was indeed shown in the first trailer and for anyone who doest know, was thr prototype for currency in the first Bioshock game. You would eat slugs to harvest adam, later it would be cut in favor of little sisters, or at least I believe that was tge gist of it.

[@kand-oss4615]

My observation is that there's a major difference between the npcs appearences: the white shirts are sorta perfect attractive human specimens whilst the average or ugly are all donning dark tanktops - you can see it from the previous trailer and glimpse a few here as well (the guy in the glass thingy, the shotgun scene and yea...the poster about the long hugger 😉 Another thing that caught my eye: the small robot with blue liquid seems to have a human nose if you freeze the previous trailer at the right moment...go on, take a lookie.

[@lalotime]

Only complaint is that there seems to be a lot of openness. And infinite had that as well. Makes the world feel more like a level than a lived in area

[@joeseyeuh3786]

Dude I can't believe we're going to space and some kind of simulation. Im replaying the BioShock series right now to refresh the whole story. Thanks for this breakdown video! Im watching it like 3 or 4 times

[@spiderquinnn]

i just saw the trailer and immediately checked your channel to see if you analyzed it lol

[@PhallicPhantom2]

I'm really obsessed with the horse man minions and I kind of want to know what it would be like to go down the path of siding with the security guard Cowboy guy. All in all this looks like a nice badass Basically Kens love letter to Bioshock game lol can't wait!!

[@lanceelopezz223]

Your voice and manner of speech/ cadence Is soothing.

[@zacharynathanson2003]

At 23:33 the screen sort of reminded me of Pink Floyd's 1973 album cover of Dark Side of the Moon. But is it just me or does the main character, Judas bear a striking resemblance to Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite?

[@Movel0]

Feeling conflicted as I love everything I've seen so far but I'm worried Judas might struggle to stand on its own and not just be "Bioshock in space". Every time I see a new idea an obvious call-back to Bioshock follows and that worries me. I believe in Ken Levine and I think he will bring fresh ideas, I just want to see more of them.

[@lalotime]

Im wondering if the starship Mayflower is heading to the city called Judas. And Judas the character you play as is from the past. As a callender in the background says 1979. And her actions actually creates this society in the future

[@heartofdawn2341]

My thought is that any one who is shamed becomes a _model_ citizen- that is, literally replaced by a robot. The lady is red is probably the robot replacement of you

[@babayaga4320]

This is definitely one of my most anticipated games, who know when it will see the light of day though, Ken Levine games tend to get stuck in developmental hell.

[@zacharynathanson2003]

The city does remind me of the Sprawl from Dead Space 2 at times.

[@MrThankman360]

This game and Stalker 2 the games I’m most excited about right now.

[@silviaguy28]

The scene where the guys face gets burnt is happening from a right hand without the implant .. interesting

[@samghost13]

It's about time the boys and girls from one of the best fps single player games show us the new big thing! I am so stoked! I mean more than that it is like a reborn or remaster of what yeah it is the best thing and we need that so hard! Look at that broken gaming market! It is like the King is dead long live the new King! Thank you!

[@JoryStultz1234]

Looks like he took some inspiration from Logans Run! I cant wait!

[@LU6TIE]

so the game is basically bioshock, but set in the We Happy Few setting?

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

25:09 Hey June 6 is my birthday!

[@carbonrobot]

FINALLY!!

[@verexeo]

00:44 The Pan 01:10 The Panini 01:27 Grilled 01:50 Smoked 02:10 Magnifying Glass 02:24 Microwaved 02:48 Air Fryer

[@orlandolandry1012]

I am get it

[@vooooooooooooo]

Hope they dont ruin it with woke ideology.

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

You'll want to watch this for your self... then you freakin' start yapping, pause/start/pause/start.... would have been much better to have played it through FIRST then go back and express yourself.

[@SayMy_User_Name]

U just acknowledged that he said u should watch it for yourself lol meaning u should go and look up the trailer and watch it, not that he was gonna play it for u

[@ShotgunRaider88]

Pretty sure he said he has watched it already. But he was just analysing it frame by frame.

[@Kanaju]

If I just played the trailer in its entirety KZbin can flag my video as duplicate content or it'll tag the music in the trailer as copyrighted and demonetize my video. I've had both occur before. Either way, it's an hour-long interpretation of a two-minute trailer. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the audience for such a specific video would have seen the trailer in question first. I appreciate your perspective though. Thanks for the feedback.

[@ShotgunRaider88]

@@Kanaju Thank you for the reaction. You picked up on a couple things I saw myself and also more that I missed so I appreciated the look. Not many people are doing analysis of these trailers but they are perfect for it.

[@Kanaju]

@@ShotgunRaider88 I'm glad you found it as interesting as I did! Thanks for watching.