The Forever Winter mini series episode 1: Toothy

[@airplanemaster1]

Opinion: Nothing is more grim-dark than a bio-reactor that's developed a taste for sentient life.

[@shiggermetimbers]

Sentient flesh that has a taste for bio reactors

[@vladcrow4225]

LEXX fan detected.

[@ARandomLetterA]

Nah Toothy is just working hard to achieve his dream to make a human battery farm like the machines did in The Matrix movie. Its gonna be a messed up version but a least he's trying to keep it original.

[@awetyoghurt6305]

@@Chuck9852 when i enter the public forum and find people using it as a public forum

[@derederekat9051]

@@ARandomLetterA more like the Chinese robots that can fueled by human corpses.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Holy shit. This is some nightmare fuel. Imagine being captured and stuffed into an air-equipped body bag, only for the body bag to break down along with you inside of it.

[@CriticalRocket]

And being aware it's happening. The art shows how the bags have artificial lungs and kidneys to attach to you as those organs fail to keep you alive longer.

[@NakedAvanger]

I dont think the bag breaks down, I think it simply absorbs the micro electricity produced by the Survival instinct of the victim?

[@wyatt5305]

@@NakedAvangernah, it literally show that the person is put into a coma, then woken up during the process of literally breaking down, being fully aware, the description and art state all that

[@Scribz1212]

​@@wyatt5305the person is broken down though, the bag isn't? Original comment said both were being broken down, but the bags remain intact and get dropped

[@MrSn4rk]

Now I finally understand the reveal trailer. At first I thought it's some sort of a grinder device, where he just puts enemies and it grinds them, hence the bones and body parts falling out of it. But he was actually removing the remains of an old and used victim, to make place for the new, fresh one.

[@ManicObsevations]

Poor guy

[@TheDragonfriday]

Basically humans battery now that is grim how often it need to change them?

[@spiv_gennedy]

I thought the exact same thing...

[@chloekaftan]

quite literally digesting its victims for fuel... cant get any more grimdark than that, even wh40k fails to compete with that kind of nightmare fuel.

[@HYpr1337time]

@@chloekaftan this is deiselpunk grimdark, wh40k is more fantastical grimdark, so arguably more horrors await there.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

That… _THAT_ is how you do sci-fi grimdark. Brilliant writing and character design. Can’t wait to be terrorized by this thing on the battlefield.

[@TheEnergizingbunny]

I've seen surgery demonstrations, and they couldn't make me feel more queasy than Toothy's usage of life-support and bio-reactors has done.

[@pannik_lucas]

Bloody hell. Do we want you to elaborate? Hah

[@superbodaciousflibbertigib8139]

I love the thought of a rouge mech that doesn’t care about anything but getting more bio-matter so he can become immortal; all scavs and soldiers from both sides have nightmares of this being appearing on the field near them, practicing quickly drawing their sidearms and aiming it at themselves in case they ever came across this monstrosity.

[@quadratic7578]

And both sides are not bothered enough to deal with it

[@deeznuts-kw6yv]

@@quadratic7578I mean, I can understand why. While that thing may be a mech, it’s still _one_ mech compared to the other side that has plenty more mechs and then some

[@killerhellhound]

@@quadratic7578 If its smart fast or stealthy enough to avoid fights that it cant win it wouldnt be worth hunting down after all its only picking off soliders not mechs or anything really valuable to the machine minds in charge. Of course the soliders themselves would care alot and might even put together hunting teams or hire scavs to try to stop it

[@alphaecho3094]

​@@killerhellhound I don't imagine toothy being all that stealthy unless it's making use of some matrix style giga sewer system to get around. It also went out of its way to snag anti armor weapons so I think it would absolutely be looking at tanks and mechs like cans of Veinna sausages.

[@doombringer3498]

So, it's a typical pve-raid target. And I expected more...teeth From a mech named toothie

[@henloqurinn4685]

No, Toothy! Please dont turn me into Capri sun!

[@incalycia]

the animal like mech that charges at you in the trailer looked interesting too. also those giant cyborgs with anime faces look like they’d be from blame

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

I wanna learn about the cyborg bombers.

[@CriticalRocket]

Yeah their head section opens up to reveal a human head inside that controls the machine. Really freaky stuff.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

I like the idea of finding Toothy's old bags and salvaging inorganic weapons/ammo/etc. Nothing says "scavenger" more than picking at a larger predator's leavings.

[@hubudubebububububeubub]

Yes the weapons and armor would still be inside

[@SecondhandChucklehead]

I knew Toothy was a rogue AI. Likely stuck in a feedback loop. It has no safe zone to evac casualties to.

[@keyabrade1861]

Now that the game has released, I feel Toothy is smarter than that. You can find Euruskan robots of its model in-game, but none wear a cape like it does, nor do they have the mites (albeit that's because the mites currently aren't added and the devs are obstinately working on them). In other words, it wears clothes, and if the mites aren't an integrated part of it it's also figured out how to turn those to its advantage as some kind of symbiotic organism. Also, if Toothy were simply running some kind of broken medevac programming, it'd probably just go after wounded Euruskan biological units. But Toothy targets anyone who can't fight back - not just Euruskans. The thing's absolutely a predator and I think it knows it. IMO this leads to two possibilities: either every robot of this model is that smart and held back by programming, and Toothy has simply slipped its leash, or Toothy is smarter than the other ones. Neither are good news for the player character.

[@Diarmuhnd]

Smart immersive dark future apocalypse science fiction, this feels so good. Thanks for continuing the showcases. Crossing my fingers Forever Winter succeeds.

[@vladcrow4225]

Spoiler: It won't.

[@CriticalRocket]

I hope so as well. The game is doing something quite different and I am really excited for a solo/cooperative game with this kind of gameplay.

[@selectionn]

unlikely Its relying entirely on having an interesting setting, which it does well. The Jank(TM) is very clearly present in all of their trailers, and its the frustrating kind, not the charming european variety.

[@802Garage]

@@selectionn Go play more CoD then. Sheesh.

[@fakepretender]

​@@selectionnthats because the game is in pre-alpha stage

[@acidgreen790]

"blood is fuel" ahh

[@Scribboy]

Ultrakill reference

[@darkiyolo]

"hell is full"

[@keyabrade1861]

This is what the concept behind Ultrakill looks like with a lower level of technology and far better graphics.

[@MortalArgon]

this world feels like if district 9, armored core and resident evil had a baby while the player is just a helpless, homeless, junkie looking for water and weapons to survive.... I dig it

[@llocos3765]

It is so good to hear more about the elements of the game, when I first saw tooty I thought it was a piloted mech, maybe a command variant or the like, but it being an A.I. and out and about looking for a snack is both a bit commical and very ingenious. 😂 The scavs are both human and machine, just not looking for the same thing in dirt.

[@SandroAerogen]

So basically it is a robot that eats people and then 💩s the whatever is left out the back.

[@CriticalRocket]

In a nutshell, yes.

[@user-dd3lw2pq9v]

The circle of life 🍃🦁

[@TimGun87]

I love the idea that there are one off constructs or enemies that you might bump into out in the field that are not a part of any faction but could be either super helpful or super dangerous

[@battlekid6177]

i can see toothy having big bounty on its head for the ones how finally scrap it

[@B4llsD33p69_OwO]

Doesn't make a lot of sense - Toothy is just as much of opportunistic scavenger as us so he doesn't engage anyone outright, and is only interested in infantry that is cheap and disposable so no faction would be bothered by few infantrymen being picked off and turned into dripfeed packets.

[@watchmebarelywrite]

I wonder if Scavs can only weaken it enough for other units to be able to kill it.

[@battlekid6177]

@@watchmebarelywrite maybe or you can get the other factions to help

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

​@@battlekid6177or trick them. Like create enough noise to lure a big group of em over to toothy. Now sit back. And crack open a cold one. If you're lucky enough to be far away from the gun fight.

[@battlekid6177]

@@zcgamerandreacts2762 more or less

[@EnsignGeneric]

Somebody call V2, we got a real bad customer needs handling

[@quadratic7578]

Could be Toothy just be so fed up with the war and just fuck of and try to live on

[@namaan_taw8259]

Nice job on getting the face time with their mech developer, the art style looks good and will be watching for this when it comes out.

[@ff-pj3de]

I can imagine some kind of drone/weather event being another thing that can happen. Some kind of rampant bioweapon would probably fit as well. And finally, I can imagine something that was part of the natural ecosystem which adapted to the hellscape of the battlefield. Ravenous roach-swarms or something.

[@SecondhandChucklehead]

Swarms of kamikaze drones...

[@watchmebarelywrite]

Dishonored style rats.

[@SpottedHares]

The M rated version of Horizons Pharaoh Swarm. Don’t some of the dev come from Guerrilla Games?

[@graphosencrenoir4006]

This is a good example of a game that have all the chances to be a huge success, without the "suits" that hinder the creative/ art process in big AAA companies, because they lead by reading statistics and money cash quantity by other companies/games. I hope you guys follow the example of STALKER/or Fallout series, and make the game easy to be molded...as mods will give the game a very long life, and a lot of players will still buy it even after many years after launch .

[@enoz2]

ive been pretty hyped for the forever winter but seeing more lore about the word from a content creator i like makes it even better!

[@NakedAvanger]

Holy shit this whole concept of toothy is actually crazy! I fking love the creativity here

[@simon_96]

The lore is so scary but it's just a lil guy in game vibing

[@vxsuperbadxvx5792]

This grim biomechanical world really intrigues me, really hope it makes it to ps5 so i can buy this piece of art

[@IMRAN7943]

1:58 Вчитался в текст на мешке. Ох уж эти суровые дети будущего, так и норовят в Пакет жизнеобеспечения залезть.

[@jessediego4096]

Damn, that thing gives some Faro Plague vibes, breaking down biomass into fuel. 😬😬😬

[@donk8961]

Toothy looks incredible in-game. The body bags like a cape, the various weapon systems scanning the battlefield. Can’t wait for them to flesh him out and add in his harvesting behavior.

[@lankey6969]

Toothy actually saved me from a group of infantry. Then he stepped on me. Best. Game. Ever.

[@alphaecho3094]

At the risk of sounding like that guy, I think you would expend more energy than you could get by "harvesting" bio matter in this fashion. Especially if you are wasting energy on keeping the victim alive. Certainly, you would not get enough to power what I presume is a multi-ton robot with a particle accelerator.

[@dedbolt6339]

Yeah, that's the same thing as matrix. Humans are terribly energy-inefficient. Why bother using "bioelectricity"? I've got a feeling that the lore of this game is not gonna hold up too well, because it seems to be trying to be grimdark for the sake of being grimdark

[@maxtheawesome4255]

​@@dedbolt6339That's true, but this is a post-resource war where all that's left is scrap and rotting flesh. We've exhausted all typical sources of fuel, large scale energy infrastructure is fractured etc. It's out of neccesity. But, yeah, unrealistic. With current technology anyways.

[@dedbolt6339]

@@maxtheawesome4255 still, out of all the options available they've switched to the least efficient one. It's like choosing to purposefully waste extra resources. I know why this decision was made by the creators - for artist effect. On the other hand, instead of making me think "how horrible this is!", they make me go "how stupid this is!" And not just that, but the whole premise of "resources" running out is absurd. Innovation never stops, and so doesn't recycling. Claiming that resource will run out is like being in 1800s and saying that because whales are running out, we'll no longer have lubrication for machinery or lighting. Yet, we still have those and we no longer need it. Far more, the *effective* stock of resources is ever increasing: we can do more with the same amount of resources than we could've 100 years ago. Why build your game's world on such an absurd premise? It just makes things ridiculous

[@silver1340]

@@dedbolt6339 I think that it harvests bio-electricity to merely power prisoner's own life support, but breaking down their body is where the energy for the mech actually comes from. Bio-electricity is inefficient, yes, but bio reactors - according to Einstein I think? - were said to be incredibly power efficient. (Because mass-energy is a thing, therefore biomass = tons of energy, as you need tons of energy to make mass in the first place.)

[@alphaecho3094]

@dedbolt6339 seems like they heard about EATR from the joe Rogan podcast and did not bother to look into how it actually works, or are just making it grim dark to be grim dark.

[@TheTruePacmanMG]

Can't wait for this game. They have my full support already and I wish them the best.

[@thaddeussharp1]

Great vid and Toothy breakdown. Very much excited for this game.

[@mattmaddogwheaton4724]

Holy shit, that thing looks like a Scopedog on Ultimate Warrior's steroids and with even twice the nightmare fuel knowing that it's powered by human flesh. I love it already.

[@MilesHeywood]

I like to imagine a concept for a rogue AI that might just be a AI that somewhat gains sentience because what happened is a fungal infection grew to control of part of the AI and it would work as a Trader

[@colins9932]

Wonder if they will also have an enemy that’s the exact opposite of Toothy where it will avoid/ignore organics and Will instead prioritize technology and high end equipment, making well equipped players(and other factions) likely targets while letting lower end Scavs and Humans walk by.

[@therakshasan8547]

I am not one to like advertisement videos. But you have brought so much data & entertainment that I gave you a like anyway .

[@CriticalRocket]

Hand on heart this isn't an ad for the game. I actually emailed them to ask if I could have access to the upcoming closed beta and was invited to have a chat once they looked at my channel. I thought why not and I made this from the chat. It has been quite the interesting experience.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

In the grim darkness of the not so far future, there is only carnage and the screaming of Toothies victims.

[@802Garage]

There were some Front Mission vibes for me in the mecha. Glad to know I wasn't crazy. Good thing, BTW. FM does a great job with their mechs. Toothy is def a terrifying prospect. Nice insight.

[@mauauauauaua14]

Kai worked on front mission evolved

[@lelouche25]

Front mision! Hell yeah! Also yeah Toothy is absolute Grimdark. It freaking processes humans for fuel! That's god damn metal.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

A vampire mech. So cool!

[@joshuataylor5080]

Not gonna lie, I was not impressed by the gameplay I've seen so far. But WOW do these guys NAIL the setting, atmosphere, and story. I honestly just want to learn more.

[@MyrMerek]

Hi friend could you plesse tell dev team that the best translation for "WARNING" on the plastic bags instead of "ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ" they should use "ВНИМАНИЕ" - it is the linguistically correct way to write these kind of warnings in Russian and uses less letters - more aesthetically pleasant, similar to english text.

[@CriticalRocket]

I'll pass it on.

[@masterzoroark6664]

What Toothy reminds me off is the Tabernacle by Keith Thompson- a somewhat rogue "mech" that works as a mercenary in exchange for food and water for it's pilot, a pilot who's litterally entoombed inside of it, lacking limbs and being integrated with the machine. In the short story of the thing Thompson mentioned that the machine is revered like a saint and feared by many, one person getting "broken on the wheel" by the devotees for trying to break it open to save the pilot (or at leat give them final rest). In the story it's never stated who's in controll of the Tabernacle- it being up in the air if it's the autonomous systems keeping the pilot and the mech running or the pilot still having controll and "enjoyng the power" of being reveared god, or something in between a meld of near dead man and a machine that supposed to keep them alive and safe on the killing fields.

[@oompalumpus699]

I remember Kai Lim as Ukitakumuki from DeviantArt way back when. That man has gone so far and I'm happy that he has.

[@gasmask7064]

You’ve hit a gold mine.

[@tatonghudas]

I somehow felt that this is Kai Lim's/Ukitakumuki's handy work, the art/design etc. was stoked when he posted the trailer and said he was part of the main team. Been a fan of his work since deviantary heydays

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

Holy shit this fits so well with age of strife era in the 40k verse. Ik this sounds completely unrelated but I always wonder how could ai be so scary in 40k and then BOOM you hit me with a clear picture

[@pRsLayER]

“Worked on Front Mission” ok I’m sold

[@twi57ed]

I cant stop thinking about this game.

[@CryptidBuddy]

Given the infamy a thing like this must have being part of no team, it is probably extremely strong to keep staving off the bounties it has on its head. Bossfight?

[@CriticalRocket]

I think the idea is it will spawn and roam the field randomly regardless of your mission. Just another threat you have to keep in mind.

[@marltonmanks9891]

​@@CriticalRocketso basically a free range optional boss

[@magic804]

Forever winter has a fascinating universe to me, yea “terminator/matrix” inspired, but It has horrifying twist and dark elements to it. I respect the creators for creativity

[@GundamReviver]

Realization moment: toothy's "mindset" makes him akin to b52/betelgeuse from monster hunter.. If they give him a suitable ominous soundtrack that ques in when he gets close Inb4 toothy ptsd

[@BasementMinions]

Loved this exploration into the details of this game!

[@CriticalRocket]

Thanks :)

[@GamesforCykits]

Cant wait to play this, just months ago I heard more about this game and were already so close to early access, love that there's just a random a.i that just appears to destroy everyone

[@Chimjjl]

I wonder if Toothy will have parallels drawn between it and the PC Scavs. They're both basically doing the same thing: scavenging and looting through the detritus of war for the supplies necessary for their own survival. It's just that Toothy has a lot more firepower with which to do so and what exactly Toothy needs is more...visceral.

[@jefflake5897]

Hopes this comes to fruition. Got a Screamers vibe, I'm digging.

[@CriticalRocket]

The closed beta recently had a lot going on. Once they work out some of the jank it should be good fun.

[@KillerOrca]

Oh THATS not horrifying in the least...

[@Psyrus88]

I'm so looking forward to this game.

[@krieg4017]

Based. Keep up the good work!

[@Leonard-ST0010]

The game looks very promising, but what I would really like is a story mode. When the video game is released, I would like to know how humans got to that point in that post-apocalyptic and very scary world.

[@jamesj5469]

A name like toothy I would never think would be so scary lol

[@gmikecstein]

I'm unusually stoked for this game

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

5:31 I'm pretty sure one of them is Armored core!

[@Ragsta]

Lovely to see this topic from you, RocketMan :D

[@domonator5000]

I really can’t wait for this game to drop

[@ismaeljimenez6562]

At this point I'm making my own headcanon for the Lore of the game

[@PHAS71]

Now imagine if Toothy going rogue was actually a common occurrence for this model... Reusing him multiple times may look cheap but if you think about it this way it only becomes scarier that there's more out there.

[@gromblereal]

forbidden sleeping bag

[@alexeyshishkin3753]

@CriticalRocket We need more of this! Great job!

[@CriticalRocket]

Thanks :)

[@Wolfkin18]

Love it, cant wait to play this to be honest.

[@nrares21]

Seems like helldivers + Tarkov? Looks very interesting and unique, hope it gets big!

[@CriticalRocket]

Yeah it sort of fits that idea, just with more gore and horror elements.

[@hangdog355]

holy shit it's a gutterman.

[@Scribboy]

No, this is the ORIGINAL Gutterman

[@WornyTheHun]

Love to hear about FW lore

[@wither5673]

I knew it was only a matter of time before this game caught your attention.

[@CriticalRocket]

I remember seeing the initial CG trailer months back and kept my eye on it but only recently watched the gameplay trailer and thought I would ask the devs some questions about the game. They have been really open to discussing the project with me which has been cool.

[@thomascraiker6449]

Hey pretty awesome content.

[@sergenamias]

its funny for me to see an AK47 in the bleak cyberpunk future

[@cideltacommand7169]

Ak 74* Actual ak 47s are rare.

[@KannanBF]

Love all the vibes - except the Backpack/shelfpack

[@saintsinningsword]

Can't wait for game to drop and see what end game weapons and equipment available. Still can only guess if a sort of boss monster like Toothy can ever be beaten it's with a squad of friends with RPGs or cannons. Like to see things as big as an HCAR used or .338 Machineguns.

[@cedricnash725]

"WARHAMMER FORTY THOUSAND' THATS WARHAMMER 40K TO YOU SIR!

[@Obergfreighter]

Aaahh, happy to see you interested in this~

[@OPR_Breach]

*why did you say it like that?*

[@Obergfreighter]

Like what.

[@TheCrash1983]

hell yeah this game is going to be so good

[@ragonfand4752]

i run into toothy ingame i turned around an ran the other way screw getting near that bastard

[@newfie7559]

The flashing lights are killing me

[@CriticalRocket]

It's not my footage, the strobing and flashing is from the official trailers.

[@newfie7559]

@@CriticalRocket hoping they tone it down, makes it really hard to watch.

[@jb-wc1hx]

It would be neat if suffering a worse than death fate on a mission causes consequences after, so players are appropriately fearful of these guys.

[@scottsummers31]

the vore community has been real silent since toothy dropped.

[@auvmat179]

Anyone know where i can find more art for this game.

[@PNWOverland]

I hope this game has a F11, or self delete option in game cuz if i see ne of these I'm using it

[@marksmithcollins]

Okay, Toothy eat humans. And what human eats?

[@Diabetto-hv3dn]

Game give some serious GTFO vibes and i love it

[@lelouche25]

So they definetly changed that. As currently Toothy has no mites, and its friendly to Eruskan and Erusian forces. Hopefully this all changes later.

[@desperado4367]

Pitbull: Death Machine 9000 A walking talking death machine with a taste of human flesh: Toothy I tried to make a joke. I'm sorry

[@MuffinDaMoose]

You should be sorry

[@timbobo8459]

You had me at Kai Lim.

[@rimanahbvee]

forever winter mentioned, hype

[@rimanahbvee]

also just thought it now, aint it kind of like armored core VI, but... youre not not c4-621 raven

[@wyatt5305]

I think it would be cool if fun dog put a fourth faction that allowed you to run missions for the rogue AI as well, just a thought though

[@DapperBrick]

MANKIND IS DYING. BLOOD IS FUEL. LOST ANGELS IS FULL.

[@815TypeSirius]

I have no faith this game will be good, stable, slick, or fun.... but it would be nice if it is.

[@romazzz93]

Dude, can you connect with them? Im native in russian language, i can fix their translations, they are ok, but have some imperfections here and there. They clearly using google translate and some context is missing in words and phrases. "Warning" for example is better to translate as "внимание" not "предупреждение". And yes, my variant can be understood as "attention" but in this case it will fit better.

[@CriticalRocket]

I can pass it on and see if they alter them for future videos.

[@romazzz93]

@@CriticalRocket sounds good 👍. If they need to check other translations, im here, happy to help

[@Lol-rl1hb]

So basically grim dark Armored Core

[@CriticalRocket]

Well for the enemy AI yes. You however play as the poor scavs who are caught in the middle of this war.

[@Lol-rl1hb]

@@CriticalRocket yeah toothy has a specific design of AC from Armored Core V/Verdict Day, little question are there other automatons that are similar to toothy but has a complete different build?