Dead Space Lore: The Religious Cult Of Unitology (old version)

Unitology is a religious cult that has been shown in the games to be antagonistic to the world of dead space, in this video we will be going through the description, their beliefs that waned over time and their practices and explaining the origins and direction for Unitology to take.
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[@BrianRocksNow]

You're doing Altman's work, making us whole.

[@NAWWMANNN]

Keep your filthy tentacles from my orifices.

[@besg5725]

@@NAWWMANNN hmm, tentacle hentai!

[@kaiserwave5977]

Praise Altman

[@phantomnxc6081]

Marker heads

[@K.M93-K.W]

😂💀

[@ghola82]

ngl, when people ask if i am religious, i say i am a practicing Unitologist. and if they ask what that is, i tell them sentient moons left behind markers for me to find and if i find one i'll attain convergence to make us whole. Altman be with you.

[@johnynoway9127]

whats their reaction?

[@OtherDalfite]

@@johnynoway9127 they do a 360 and walk away

[@ahhhhhhhj2414]

@@OtherDalfite 180* if you do a 360 you’re just going in a circle

[@OtherDalfite]

@@ahhhhhhhj2414 ...and?

[@luckypendraw342]

@@OtherDalfite then u face the same direction

[@zoneanomaly4780]

I feel really bad for Altman. Man was doing his job, just happened upon the Marker and suddenly was propelled into a martyrdom for the cult basically responsible for the downfall of humanity.

[@joshSmacknMouths]

Altman is rolling in his submarine

[@imsusanov2287]

Saddest thing about him is he wanted to get rid of markers, but when he tried to warn humanity of marker influence cultist killed him and redacted his work, by changing it into praise of a marker

[@VindensSaga]

Imagine if Jesus never wanted to be become a martyr? Altman story makes me think about all the supposed people in religion who might not want to have been a part of such.

[@WaveForceful]

@@imsusanov2287 that’s not true. Earth gov killed him because he was going to expose the markers and the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. His death was bastardized or more assumed to be martyrdom by Unitology. The real enemy is really earth gov, the whole thing is a cover up and only Isaac and Ellie know about it.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

If the unitologists are so wrong, how did they actually archieved immortality ? They still have Elton John alive in the events of DS 3

[@joshuar3632]

They became the brethren moons i thought.. one huge mass

[@brianstanton2721]

@@joshuar3632 more like one huge mess haha

[@joshuar3632]

@@brianstanton2721 bwaa hahahahaha.👍yep

[@ghola82]

like how I am not the only one that kept calling that guy evil elton john.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

The unitologists are right, but they don't instist about the part where you die brutally and have to become Necro first

[@NAWWMANNN]

Untiologists at church: You are an absolute unit, my brother. -And also with you.

[@MrChava54]

I feel like Samuel Irons is an underappreciated legend. Like you said, he proves that there are genuinely good Unitologists. He knew his religion gets a bad wrap, but he tried his hardest to prove there are decent, reasonable people in it and willingly gave his life to save people he barely knew. Even though the basis of his religion was not what it thought it was, he still tried to do the right thing. Even Ramirez, who first thought Sam a lunatic, later realized this. Dead Space and even the other EA game Dante's Inferno taught me that one should not always blindly follow those above you and even those revered can become corrupted, but it also taught me that genuinely good people can be found in these kind of groups and shouldn't be forgotten even if all you see on the surface may seem bad.

[@vellinghem2187]

Great video mate!…Altman would be proud knowing he’s got you to Reciting the long corrupted history of the Unitologists…hoping one day the truth will come to light.

[@antcow1239]

Unitologists were in game representatives of scientologists

[@qt2046]

Dead Space 3 is an example of how EA likes to ruin games. Your lore is amazing. Great vidoes!

[@shikniwho7215]

depend, since there are those into the lore and also agree how stuff in DS2 and DS3 still work, like the way Roanoke Gaming's channel try to explore about the Necromorph biology itself. But if you mean the gameplay itself then yes... EA completely ruined it.

[@DaveWasley]

The brethren moon reminds me of Hegel’s claim that “spirit is a bone”. Unitology’s claims of unity is quite literal. Love it.

[@thefourthwall9022]

sooner or later Netflix or Amazon will make a live action movie out of Dead Space.

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

Out of EVERYTHING the ONLY ONE THING kinda good I can say about unitology is instead of missing someone, but remember them. And find peace knowing we'll be with them again someday. Just hopefully not all necrotized and psychotic.

[@dimetime35c]

I liked how it reflects on religion as a whole. Religion in of itself isn't a bad thing. I think its within human nature to wonder where we came from and what happens when we pass on. It gives us a blueprint on how to treat each other and suggestions on how we should live our lives. It's when religion is weaponized and used to claim your group is above others because your a part of that religion when it gets perverted. If you truly believe in a higher power you should respect all life regardless of its beliefs.

[@TimoNaaro]

Unitology is strange religion. It is ofcourse parody or reference to certain real world shady religion. For creators of dead space stories it offers easy twists since you can always reveal that someone seemingly helping main character turns out to be evil cultist and backstabs them. There are huge parts of this religion that makes it just evil death cult. But to contrast that. Their wholesome message of unity. Their opposition to planet cracking and their meaning giving rituals make them more than just plain evil cult. Also dead space story creators can use the religiob to give ominous but true expositons. Frankly I don't understand why they oppose planet cracking. Doesn't the marker need for humanity or whoever to exolore space and bring more resources to earth. Planet cracking is both a way to find markers and advance markers plans so unitologist should love it!

[@Xeno-The-Wanderer]

who knows maybe the subconsciously knew about the moons (they got almost everything else right) and planet cracking could literally destroy one of the sleeping moons

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Honestly every religion have a nice message but there is always a radical and violent part, in literally every religion And yeah there is the fact that the marker is directly influencing them

[@dhereaktienner3552]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 The Problem are the sectarians, ex: muslims chiies are radical not sectarians, Protestants are christian, but, mormons and another churches are sectarian or ill

[@xenotheone1689]

Well long ago believe it or not, Christians where against electricity thinking it was the work of the devil. But look where we are now.

[@dhereaktienner3552]

@@xenotheone1689 We must improve technology with few limits, we must seek to protect the essence then I cant see a necessary contradiction with conservatives or reactionaries and technology ( there are some contradictions, but, conservative moral and technology are compatible ), ex : We Can improve our dna, but, still we will have traditional roles or religion We can make us better and still have a nationalist or racist group ( not bad in itself )

[@Micnificent1997]

So glad I FINALLY found a channel that talks about ALL of dead space lore. Never had the chance to read the books. Only the movies, 3 games, and the wii. Prepping myself for the new Dead Space

[@rutvikpachkawade3517]

The marker controlled the minds of higher ranked members. Higher ranked members controlled other people. Everything was to led to the ultimate reunion - a convergence event. Making them whole to become a Brethren moon. Damn...

[@TheBritishRunner]

That is incorrect the marker doesn't mind control.

[@rutvikpachkawade3517]

@@TheBritishRunner but it gave hallucinations to humans. It showed them things which aren't there,right?

[@TheBritishRunner]

@@rutvikpachkawade3517 yes it may influence but doesn't mind control. They aren't yuri lol

[@Zackrex]

You should make a video about what dead space 4 could be about. The dlc was a lowkey cliffhanger 😳

[@ryanotte6737]

The remnants of the human species are swept up in the convergence. The necromorph / brethren moon species enters dormancy again waiting for the next life bearing planet systems to harvest. 😛

[@lxperron610]

@@ryanotte6737 pretty much

[@mattmedrala1947]

There's been a couple of interviews with Visceral devs, who seemed to have conflicting visions. One dev, Ben Wanat, claimed that they wanted to do a sort of soft reboot which accepted that Earth was gone and went for a more post apocalyptic scenario where the protagonist would explore the galaxy looking for ships to scavenge in order to improve their own ship. They mentioned being interested in Ellie being the protagonist, and had an infamous quote claiming that they had spent some time working out the origin story of the Necromorphs and humanity's role in the dark universe, and that players could find a way out of the Necromorph apocalypse but regret that they did. EDIT: Another more recent interview provided a different premise, one that I suspect was more likely. This idea would have stuck with Isaac and Carver, with them recycling the idea of Shadow Isaac and Isaac wondering if he should bother saving Earth or embrace the unitologist vision of him as a herald. As much as I preferred Earth being doomed and Ellie being the hero rather than another 'save Earth' plot, I suppose they might have wanted to provide some resolution to certain plot threads (like the fate of the Black Marker). Personally I'd love it if the finale involved diving deep into the bottom of the ocean, fighting aquatic Necromorphs, and fighting a 'Shadow Isaac' which in reality would be the Black Marker's last attempt to defend itself.

[@TheVidviewer]

Convergence is at hand!

[@linkieloos]

Their church in DS2 is the most breathtaking part of the game. The church's architechture reminds me of the Imperium's in Warhammer 40K. Altman be praised

[@pepijn23]

They remind me alot off the Heavens gate cult.

[@thorshammer7883]

These guys are as bad as the Doom Hell cult in control of the UAC. Infact I would rather be fighting the demons of Doom then the Necromorphs.

[@mattmedrala1947]

The 2016 iteration of the UAC was most likely inspired by Dead Space. In previous games, the UAC was much more of a generic profit-oriented company who stumbled upon Hell by chance rather than because of satanic intent.

[@Liminal0302]

Praise the almighty marker..

[@phantomeye5199]

👏👏👏👏 Good very good the truth about Unitology and the lore was awesome. You know there has information the truth about Micheal Altman The Marker and Unitology in Dead Space 2. Great Jacob Danik speech on screen on Live TV Make Us Whole. 👍 Good very good totally awesome story.

[@lowlandnobleman6746]

Thanks for doing all these lore videos.

[@TheBritishRunner]

No problem I do enjoy making them by moving into the sovereign colonies next

[@pepijn23]

Can you soon do a video on Earthgov?

[@aevvah_flxwer8550]

R. I. P., Altman

[@Pipes7472]

I think the scariest thing about the marker and unitology is it’s based on something that actually exists in their universe. Like you can’t argue that the marker doesn’t technically create life, while yes evil in nature it’s terrifying because it’s existence in their universe only goes to further evidence of higher beings, which only gives unitologist more base to believe on despite the glaring issues of the marker. It makes you think, if we humanity found a device of similar nature to the marker that is completely unexplainable while also being inherently evil, would we blindly line up to our deaths out of misplaced faith? Would we choose to understand it first before we accepted it? Think the movie arrival just with a marker.

[@petermj1098]

Unitology is just a mix of Scientology, Heaven’s Gate and People’s Temple, and a mix of Weyland-Yutani. The “religion” is just a front and facade for Unitology and only want the Marker and Necromorphs as tools against EarthGov.

[@lazchurchyard1229]

Ding dang scientolo- I mean, Unitology ruins everything.

[@rybaneightsix5085]

Dark souls space: Make us try finger, but hole

[@robertfliss2584]

Well done sir!

[@rederickfroders1978]

Damn theres alot of other real life religions in this. At first it sounds absolutely crazy, but the more you learn about it, the more youll start to question real world religions aswell

[@johntrains1317]

"Rational religion" has to be the most contradictory statement I've heard in a while.

[@mattstorm360]

They aren't a cult. They are a group dedicated to the marker and the word's of Michal Altman. Yeah, this is it.

[@TheMostSourKraut]

Unitology is a bruh moment

[@jeromesears285]

What hurt Dead Space 3 the most was they tried to cash in on add-on purchases like other games. Stick to your own formula and never change the flavor.

[@TheBritishRunner]

Cough cough ration seals cough cough dlc has always been a thing. If they do the same thing over and over people would lose interest and the formula becomes stale and boring. To keep things fresh you need to add things or new concepts into the mix.

[@palligudmundsson8245]

Un holy coverge , acting as a holy covergence

[@Robert-cl2ft]

So convergence is at hand

[@syminite1]

One of the best horror series ever made.

[@baktanfuli]

Name of outro song?

[@gjtrue]

Eldritch Undead killing everything in the galaxy with a bunch of idiotic religious zealots too stupid to know their being used/doomed and making things far worse. Awesome. Also gotta love the not-so-subtle undertones and similarities with Scientology. . . 😌

[@Hyperion-5744]

PENG be praised.

[@justinhesson326]

There’s always PENG!

[@chloetiu5813]

😂😂 What the hell!?!

[@blackhornsecurityservices]

Altman be praised

[@theelitegrinder4338]

EA where is dead space 4? I hate it when good games end with a cliffhanger (ending of dead space 3 awaken dlc)

[@mr-spliffy9485]

Dead space is the best game in the world

[@HShango]

Unitology👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿👉🏿 Qaanon

[@deenman23]

''not a rational religion'',lol thats an oxymoron,there is no such thing

[@rustyshackleford1508]

we'll pray for you.

[@deenman23]

@@rustyshackleford1508 And i will think for you

[@sirfrancis8732]

ok anime pfp

[@deenman23]

@@sirfrancis8732 yes,me having an anime profile pick invalidates what i said,all of a sudden religion becomes loving and a good thing in society and is no longer a deathcult,you sir have saved religion o.O

[@daffanabielisnain7072]

oh keep it to yourself lol

[@blumiu2426]

Funny how we're kinda seeing the same psychosis in society today. Not to this extreme...sort of...yet.

[@whitephillip6997]

In what sense?

[@blumiu2426]

@@whitephillip6997 A fanatical society driven by an ideology that meets the criteria of a cult. Whenever this develops in society and gets the brimming point, genocide follows.

[@whitephillip6997]

@@blumiu2426 I agree. My parents losing their gov jobs after they've both been given promotions within the last 3 months & my dad is a 16 year team lead in provincial gov. Now they are losing their jobs because they don't want to let an evil giant sus Corp inject them with trash including fetal cells, which is against our religion. But the psychosis & paranoia of the uninformed is reaching record high levels, so of course it seems rational in their mind that a virus with 99%+ survival rate needs to have global vaccination. My aunt works with level 4 viral infections & diseases & she says it is classified as a level 2 in Canada which is equivalent with common annual flu. She claims that the vaccine is going to more harm than good, which I believe. I wish to have children with my wonderful fiancee so in case of long term damages such as sterilization, we will definitely get it. Anyway, I agree.

[@mattmedrala1947]

We got 500 years left lol

[@MyNameJeff00]

@@whitephillip6997 Your family is insane. Run as far as possible

[@jocelynlewis4195]

KZbin doing work by knowing what I want to see. I just binged your Playlist on dead space, now this? Altman be praised. 😉

[@strikeforce1500]

One thing I like of how the Unintology is made, it's that is really similar on how humans tend to deal with religion. It tend to start peacefully, but if the religion grows as the "standard" religion, don't be surprise if it have a period of extremist to other groups Edit: funny enough, with the whole rank system, sounds a lot like Scientology xd

[@Animedumptruck]

Unitology is 100% based on Scientology. There is no doubt in my mind. Both are absolutely batshit

[@blumiu2426]

That's because like anything, it will be exploited by someone at some point. Not just religion, but anything organized and has people, science and politics, will be corrupted if left stagnate and not reaffirmed.

[@Hiihtopipa]

@@Animedumptruck exept one holds some water in its own universe guess which one 🤪

[@RedTheVariant]

It's based on a mix of scientology and heavens gate. With scientology It got the ranking system. With heavens gate it got the same belief system

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

It's supposed to be making fun of scientology. Rightfully so

[@VindensSaga]

Altman be praised!

[@chloetiu5813]

Lol its fake

[@VindensSaga]

@@chloetiu5813 *facepalm* I think you will remove your comment once you realise how stupid it is.

[@DeathScepter]

Either you are a psychopath or your are not a psychopath. So I do suspect that Dr. Mercer was always a psychopath and was on a power trip during the DS1 game. In Short, Psychopaths are born and Sociopath are made.

[@johnynoway9127]

Prototype would be proud

[@VindensSaga]

When I was in psychology there was a discussion about socialpathy and that we dicussed whatever or not it was perhaps a result of a defense mechanism - a sort of a coping thing like a response to a seemingly uncaring world.

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

The two most intriguing things to me within Dead Space are the Necromorphs themselves and Unitology

[@bluecoin3771]

One is a mindless horde of husks trying to infect others into their collective, the other are the Necromorphs.

[@waydebain9672]

Although the series was canceled I feel that dead space 4 would reveal a very lovecraftian origin to the makers that they aren't from our universe 🤔

[@asneakylawngnome5792]

It's really hard to watch considering there'll never be anymore dead space games :(

[@mr.smitherine1913]

Really, the unitoligists are right... just not in the way they think they are

[@metalwellington]

great video. thank you. love dead space story so much.

[@faultyclone0013]

Dead space is back babyyy We will experience the ishimura in all her glory

[@TheBritishRunner]

Maybe sooner than you realise

[@ryanaddicott457]

@@TheBritishRunner Your knowledge is suspicious 🤔

[@cainmathewson1857]

Altman be praised! I wanna be an infector!

[@TimoNaaro]

How does the marker produce bacteria? Do you need to touch the marker or does it send viral bacteria telephatically? Also what is the reason necromorphs can't aproach the marker?

[@TheBritishRunner]

You should watch the aegis vii timeline for the explanation of why the necromorphs cant get close to the marker its explained in the first segment. For bacteria I would have to say because the marker doesnt waste any part of organic life so anything with your DNA inside it would be affected so bodily waste and blood and other parts of bodies that the marker wouldn't make a use for would be turned into corruption hence why it smells really bad or like shit. I'd recommend checking out roanokegaming for that topic as he covers enemy design and explains them he did one on the bacteria or corruption from dead space it made a lot of sense to me so hope it helps.

[@TimoNaaro]

@@TheBritishRunner i just watched your aegis video must have missed that part. I will watch it again. I also just watched that virus video. To my recollection it kinda skips that part. I understand everything about the process after bactetia is introduced. How it works how marker lowers your immune system. How delusions, suicides and acts of agression help it spread. Still drawing black how the bacteria is introduced unless you need to touch the marker which could be the case and need to learn more about the endgame of the infestation. Anyways great work! You got me really excited to play dead space 2 and 3 again.

[@TheBritishRunner]

@@TimoNaaro I will say though the reason for the dead space field does seem to be a mystery forcing necromorphes into dormancy as the team who made or wrote dead spaces narrative left ea before the studio would make dead space 2 so differences in narratives.

[@TimoNaaro]

@@nihilityjoey where is the bacteria physically before the necromorps?

[@Novashadow115]

@@nihilityjoey did he inject it? I thought there was handling error and he let some skin cells fall into a fresh sample which allowed the recombinant to have access to human DNA

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Get in the religion altman ! Or Rey will have to do it ! Honestly the convergence sounds a lot like the Third impact from evangelion

[@sirfrancis8732]

At least the Third Imapct was swift and painless for everyone, Convergence takes for fucking ever and everybody has to die messily first.

[@santiagogarcia1606]

@@sirfrancis8732 that’s true, and that third impact only had one being that was basically an divine being , not a whole collection of terrifying, sentient, planet level worlds that would be the end of an entire civilization and then some

[@crackedhammer4612]

keep up the good work man!

[@archetypealch3my290]

Altman was a good man he didn't deserve to die the way he did, those unitologist bastards I hate them

[@FBI-ju5no]

Kain sure turned to religion, considering he was rather anti god before.

[@Rizzawriter]

We will, all of us, be made whole!

[@vilemk69z98]

Altman be praised

[@adrianatkins10]

Thanks for these videos man! Love the dead space lore

[@TheBritishRunner]

No problem

[@JeanLucCaptain]

imagine if The Borg just popped into this situation? Untiologists would have TWO CHOICES!

[@joshuar3632]

Resistance is futile... brethern moon with a green eye lense and red lazer... think they would have a moon sister? Jeri ryan moon with 2 huge tit moons?

[@mahatmacharya]

So basically 'unitology' is the effect of Brethren moons' mind control to make the target population itself want to 'make themselves whole' with them. This, the target population is made to rationalize as them getting elevated or evolved. They also think that the 'necromorph' intermediary stage is actually a higher form of being, as is apparent in the Awakening 'epilogue' of this series in which the cult literally chops off the healthy hands of their victims, to replace them with sharp objects, even though the effect of the markers to make them necromorphs is not there.

[@TheBritishRunner]

There is no mind control unitologists are very irrational and delusional

[@billykotsos4642]

Yeeees finnaly