Brutal Orchestra - Recruiting Gospel and Nowak's monologue

Recruiting Gospel (The Magnum Opus) and also seeing Nowak's monologue.
In my opinion one of the deepest and most emotional moments of the game, where we truly get to see how Nowak feels about things and how fearful he is of it.
From the wiki (brutalorchestr...) : "Nowak's monologue while unlocking Gospel is a partial transcription of a monologue Talia Mair went on to her girlfriend Jaden while deep within a existential depression during the Summer of 2021."
The engraving on the base of Gospel, "One must imagine Sisyphus as happy" (originally, if I'm not mistaken, by Albert Camus in his philosophical essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus") perfectly summarizes Nowak's monologue. Trying and Finding meaning and happiness in the endless repetition. I wonder if he knew and fully embraced the irony of his "Heh. What a stupid quote." comment upon reading that engraving.

[@ImFangzBro]

I'm convinced that reading the statue's quote caused it to follow him. It's like an activation phrase for whatever is moving the universe around it.

[@gdaytoyamates8391]

Whenever I first played this scene, it was probably the most I’ve ever been moved by a video game. Thanks for posting this, I really wanted to see it again.

[@C4xR34]

I'm glad you appreciate it! Love this monologue too, golden moment in this game.

[@holidayoreoreal]

“How absurd… to be anything at all” I love that quote. This whole scene was huge for me. I couldn’t figure out how to unlock gospel so I looked it up but I got to experience this scene on my own. It was unreal how much I related to Nowak here. Thank you for uploading this.

[@C4xR34]

This scene is a favorite from me too, filled in this game with such great moments. The requirement to unlock Gospel is somewhat brutal but it's worth it for such an existential punch in the gut.

[@holidayoreoreal]

@@C4xR34 those existential moments I LOVE in media

[@C4xR34]

@@holidayoreoreal I love them too, that's why Brutal Orchestra quickly became a favorite for me. All the symbolism and thoughts and existential moments like these, then the gameplay and art and music make it such a fantastical game.

[@holidayoreoreal]

@@C4xR34 ah YES

[@Trebolt]

thank you for posting this! i saw the monologue's origins mentioned on tvtropes and was really hoping i could see it in its in-game context

[@C4xR34]

No problem! Really found this interaction fascinating, even more so how and where it happened in the game so I had to record it. One of the most unique events I ever saw in games... Brutal Orchestra is just filled with these.

[@creditsunknown7974]

Tried to figure out how to unlock Gospel without help, accidentally saw a spoiler on how to do it. (To be fair I was never gonna figure it out), but god is this monologue beautiful. "It's so scary to exist, but I'm terrified of oblivion."

[@C4xR34]

Hope I didn't spoil you on it. I had no idea how to recruit him too, the requirement is quite "hard" as it's the final zone and you kinda have to remove your members (and essentially end your run) to get Gospel. Also, yes, the monologue is very very beautiful, one of the most touching moments in this game.

[@LoreGunjurer]

The Item called 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 is mentioned in this Monologue.

[@loozed81]

Thanks for uploading this