Friendship IS Magic | Sally Face Psychological Analysis

[@morningcupofcyanide]

Man, I remember Larry dying hit me like a brick. This game has such a particular vibe. It's such a good game.

[@phatmidnight]

It definitely is. RIP Larry

[@Gizmoneedscattoys]

Sals death tho I almost cried💀(pretty sure I did) This game is actually beautiful but the deaths were way to sad

[@Milkshake-Bakes]

Dude i know. The thought of it still gives me a pit in my stomache 😭

[@_xen._.]

i always wondered how everytime Sal hung out with Larry in his room, Larry always had Sal's dreams incorporated in his paintings. Sometimes, it made sense that he probably painted those things after Sal told him about it but there were times were he already had those paintings. Especially when the first time Sally ever goes to Larry's room.

[@phatmidnight]

That’s a nice catch, I didn’t even notice that!

[@river0x0x0]

i remember noticing that right away while watching a play through and i was WAITING for someone to bring it up

[@charlie4974]

because he is in therapy then that is him recalling the memories so those paintings weren't actually there its just his brain putting them there when he's recalling the memories

[@river0x0x0]

@@charlie4974 OH MY GOD THATS AWESOME

[@Yorokobi224]

Last month, my kid showed me a playthrough of this game. After watching Franbo and Little Misfortune, I'm so glad to find indie games that are willing to work through trauma. Great video. Subscribed 🫶🏾

[@phatmidnight]

Thank you so much! Let me know if there are other games about trauma that you'd recommend!

[@elizabethk007]

If you want more psychological horror games about trauma I'd highly recommend checking out the Harvester Games catalog, especially The Cat Lady

[@phatmidnight]

You’re not the first person to recommend The Cat Lady and the other games in that series! I’m captivated by the artwork of those games so they’re definitely in my queue. Thank you for the recommendation!

[@KaiiWinter-nw4vi]

Most of them will never know , and so be it .

[@phatmidnight]

😳

[@makiroll218]

Rip Lary. You’re awesome and you’re still my fav character dead or alive

[@burntbeansoup]

I was almost 9 when this game came out. I'm 16 now. I watched my first playthrough of it when I was 10 but didn't pay attention much and forgot about it for years, only revisiting it age at 12 briefly and never understood the game completely. Yesterday, I re-disvovered it. God, I love it. I've always resonated with Sal (despite not being disfigured) but man... I need to buy the actual game. Sally Face truly is timeless and resonates with every generation it comes across. Also, I realized this: Sal survived a D.O.G. attack.

[@D0ll_corpZe08]

OMG same

[@Akanisen049]

I LOVE this game so insanely much!!! I even bought (preordered) the pop figure back when it was released years ago (the only pop figure I own)!! This game is stunningly underrated

[@phatmidnight]

Yeah this game is great! I hope I did justice with this video 🥹

[@Gold-kb1ws]

Loved it. The way you used the elevator was amazing, I like the research on this game’s creation, and the character analysis. Recommend next game: What Remains of Edith Finch There is already a ton of analysis videos explaining the lore, but it is a great game that reminds me of Sally Face. You can probably find a new way to look at that game’s character’s mindsets separate from lore.

[@phatmidnight]

Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful comments as always! You’re not the first person to recommend Edith Finch either, so I appreciate you mentioning it. Was there anything specific about the game or characters that you would like to see explored?

[@Gold-kb1ws]

@@phatmidnight Please explore the difficulties in facing a horrible realities and the wasted life lost in clinging to a lie. Explore the curse of playing out a narrative once it gets inside our heads. The self fulfilling prophecy that comes true once we believe it. And the one so consumed with creating a grand legacy as some kind of larger than life hero who doom everyone around them with their lies. 2 + 2 = 4 unless someone you should be able trust tells you that 2 + 2 = 5. The feeling of being unable to trust your very memories. The dullness of the real world and its horrors that make liars and their lies so addictive even if they are both nightmares. It’s not foolishness or stupidity that keeps their victims coming back. Sometimes it is the addiction to a lie -

[@Gold-kb1ws]

@@phatmidnight The curse

[@goof0000]

Sally face for me is a game that will never be beaten. I just cant seem to find a game that does what sally face done for me. Its such a damn good game.

[@phatmidnight]

A damn good game it is indeed. Hopefully the developer can create another great game like it

[@xPoisonedStardustx]

17:06 me who accidentally skipped that part: 😃 (I still got the same ending, I was just more confused/surprised)

[@WillGrahm_kinnie]

18:29 SINCE I WATCHED GOOD OMENS THIS MAN IS EVERYWHERE.

[@phatmidnight]

Such a legend.

[@eej7717]

I LOVED and was so obsessed with this game back when it was popular in 2019. i really missed seeing fan content of it so its so great to see that its somewhat surging in popularity again. does anyone know why this is?

[@phatmidnight]

I just know quite a few folks commented on other videos that I should play this game, not sure why there is a surge in popularity again but I’m all for it!

[@TheClumsyXeno]

Something I would love for you to analyze: Clea and Clea 2, a pair of indie horror games that I think you would like

[@phatmidnight]

Thank you for the recommendations! Ive have never heard of these games so it’ll be interesting to look into!

[@gretagoogames]

omg I’ve been waiting a month for this video

[@greenhydra10]

I practically eat Soulsborne and Funger lore videos, and try to pick apart Deltarune and Little Nightmares lore for fun, but holy CRAP is this game confusing.

[@phatmidnight]

I definitely had my work cut out for me with this one 😂

[@king_of_nothing1808]

Ah man, I loved this game so much!

[@phatmidnight]

Me too!!

[@king_of_nothing1808]

@@phatmidnightI wonder if the fandom is still active

[@phatmidnight]

I’m sure there is on an artistic level, though I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a resurgence

[@Gold-kb1ws]

Nothing to see here. 6:47 Larry knew who Dr. Enon was without being told. How did he know? He did have a criminal record so they could have met in therapy. But I have a new guess Jim was homeless until he met Lisa. He killed everyone on floor five and flooded it to cover his tracks. Jim tried to be good for Lisa and Larry, but he couldn’t stop. He had the urge to murder kids. He went after Sal who lived thanks to his mom. Jim took the name Enon because he was the eye of security cameras. He went to school and became a police shrink. The hair on his head is a wig, the glasses hid his face- but Dr. Enon and Jim Johnson have the same nose and they would have the same chin and body if Jim lost weight. The nose is the same. I compared them. Jim/Enon could have been Terraces’ shrink. He could have had access to Larry when his son was in the criminal justice system. Guess: I think Todd might have been busted for having his parents drugs and that is why he hated the garden and would have needed a place to stay - he never would have been accepted into university and felt his life was over. He would have met Enon in the system. I think Larry pushed Jim out of the tree house. I think Jim did not die but he had a broken neck and that is why when he showed up in court he had lost weight. In the last chapter, Sal finds him attached to purple tubes. They are medical tubes that he needs to live after the fall. The tubes are attached to the head, neck, and spine - the injury matches Dr. Enon’s neck injury. Jim is in the same position as Sal’s mother was once in. He is hospitalized in a house and confined to a room - only alive due to the tubes. Karma.

[@phatmidnight]

What an epic conclusion 🔥

[@Gold-kb1ws]

One more guess at a secret If Jim was out becoming a shiny then who is the crazy homeless guy on the fifth floor? Why did he warn Sally? That is Luke. Luke did not kill himself. He was a prisoner. Sal spoke to Luke in the bathroom not Megan. Luke might have even mimicked his daughter’s voice in his despair. Luke was what Ash nearly became- Jim killed everyone, flooded the floor and blamed his victim and prisoner. Luke warned Sal because Sal gave him comfort in his last years. That is why Megan is important and who Sal was talking to in that bathroom.

[@Gold-kb1ws]

@@phatmidnightThanks. I’ll add a little more about the ending even if it is shaky. I’ll go for it since your interested. Chapter 5 is Sal vs Jim. Jim has to use his mind games because his body cannot move and there is no one left to take care of him. He tries to take control of Sal, but Sal refuses to join him. I don’t think Sal is dead. Traumatized from the mind games? Yes, but he is alive and he has a chance to heal but it will take work. And that is how I made sense of the game. It is at an end for now.

[@Msanimefanatic25]

i love this game so much. amazing video

[@phatmidnight]

THANK YOU! 😃

[@January_Della]

Damn i thought the fandom was dead lol

[@phatmidnight]

Never

[@Fiery_ash_es]

Never

[@raindamain6437]

Never

[@chattycatty3336]

14:00 who is in the photograph shown here? I thought it was Larry's parents at first, but Larry's dad is bald so it kinda looks like Larry himself... Who is Larry kissing?!? It kinda looks like sal but I thought they rejected the ship when they made them step brothers? I'm confused 😂

[@phatmidnight]

Larry and Sal are watching a romance movie in this scene, so the kissing characters are from the movie. Sal comments on how emotional Larry is getting because he is so into the movie

[@chattycatty3336]

@@phatmidnight thank you so much! I was looking everywhere trying to figure it out 😂 I couldnt bring myself to watch a playthrough of the 5th episode when it came out, so I hadn't seen it before now

[@phatmidnight]

It is confusing at first because of the art style but glad it makes sense for you now 😂

[@gretagoogames]

OMg I’ve been waiting a month for this video

[@phatmidnight]

I hope you like it!

[@axii9876]

This is what I have been waiting for 🦐

[@phatmidnight]

I hope you like it!

[@axii9876]

@@phatmidnight like? Loved.

[@PurpleHairFlower]

No wayyy how did I miss this?

[@phatmidnight]

I hope you like it!

[@Mahinaishere]

Do you take game recommendations? I think OMORI is a great psychological horror game that you might like

[@phatmidnight]

I do take recs, and Omori has been recommended before! Thank you for offering it up, let me know if theres anything specific youd like covered if I were to play the game!

[@Mahinaishere]

@@phatmidnight I liked how the game dealt with how different people experience grief especially how the main character goes through Denial vs. Acceptance due to his trauma.

[@lottethevampire]

I remmember that i Old most cry ad Larry dies and old so with sally dies and when i was finish with the game i was so in love with the game but was to deprest to play it again for like Old most a week

[@msmelissxo33]

Fuck yeah!!! SallyFace!!! Haven't even started I'm just excited 😆

[@phatmidnight]

WOOP WOOP

[@drqstie3057]

We are being fed

[@phatmidnight]

Yum

[@Gold-kb1ws]

Another mystery maybe solved In Biblical Baby Names the meaning of the name Enon is: Cloud, mass of darkness, fountain, eye. Enon is the darkness, the all seeing eye watching, and he is the foundation. If going by the supernatural stuff - that explains why he couldn’t die. If going by my everything has a rational explanation theory then that explains so much more.

[@phatmidnight]

The lore gets even deeper

[@Potatoman57900]

Can we all agree that Sally face was like a sad AF

[@watercup2065]

I played sally face on xbox and i think a lot of interesting stuff was cut off. Anyone else had similar experience or is it just me?

[@phatmidnight]

Which parts?

[@watercup2065]

i don’t think there’s anything done with puzzle box but that could be just me. another thing is that i don’t think ash ever comes to town and entire thing between larrys death and showing up on the roof was skipped

[@phatmidnight]

I wonder if it has to do with XBOX placing restrictions on certain scenes though I don’t think that’s the case. Or maybe some scenes couldn’t port correctly over to console but can’t confirm

[@Jozzephine]

Am I the only one who thinks he is hallucinating and delusional? They are just normal people and because he suffers from mental illnesses he invents stories for them until he reaches the point of murder.

[@phatmidnight]

That is definitely a possibility, and since we only see this game from his perspective it’s hard to even distinguish reality from fiction

[@Jozzephine]

​@@phatmidnightumm...would you mind making a video about this(just as a theory ) bcuz i was searching for a vid like this and i think you are the only one who could do it

[@phatmidnight]

Specifically about questioning his sense of reality and how that changes our perception as the player?

[@Jozzephine]

@@phatmidnight Yeah and his mental health, and perhaps there is some evidence to prove this theory bcuz There was a lot of doubt about Sally because he was going through strange, unexplained things.Much of the killing is due to hallucinations and delusional stories experienced by patients like Sally.

[@0-0Ashhole0-0]

14:15 !

[@phatmidnight]

🥹

[@keip4568]

I kind of find it unfair there is only a website for women whose husband's abandoned them sorry. Sexist also yes it is nice to impower women but some men don't have anyone after or it hit them harder than their spouse.

[@phatmidnight]

I’m not sure if there is a resource like that for men, but the woman who started the website was abandoned by her husband in the same way so maybe that’s why she made the site, she can speak to abandoned women as an abandoned woman herself.

[@anonymoususer9197]

I would agree if it was anything official or government sanctioned but it's not. It was started by a woman whose husband abandoned her. And while it would be nice to make it for everyone it's the reality that different gender specific struggles arise because of different gender roles and societal norms. I do not wanna trample on men's issues however male right activists often like to trample on resources for women instead of creating their own it's very weird to see men not using the tools they have to advocate for themselves then complain when women do.

[@nevaehonrefni]

How about instead of hating on women, you do something to change it? That website was made by women who had been left by their husbands. It's not a government or charity. It's very unnecessary to be like that. If it seems unfair, just remember men made the system we live in. Women should not start sources or funds for men. That should be started by the men. Just like how things for women and awareness are made by other women.

[@1sakura0girl1]

First

[@phatmidnight]

😃😄