10 RIDICULOUS Game Theories That Are Clearly TRUE

[@rakinh]

My favorite pet theory for The Elder Scrolls is that the protagonist (the player character) is brought into existence whenever a Moth Priest reads an Elder Scroll. They don't exist until they appear at the beginning of the games - Juib was alone in the ship, the cell the Emperor was supposed to escape through WAS empty until moments before his arrival. No one else was captured at the border of Cryodil and Skyrim.

[@0megacron]

Yeah, that's a good one. And because of the way time works in conjunction with the scrolls, once the protagonists are "blipped" into existence, that existence is then retroactive so that the people around them remember them being there even though they weren't. It gets pretty deep into cause & effect, as does the nature of the Elder Scrolls themselves.

[@CrowandTalbot]

I still like the idea that Mankar Cameron was correct, that Mundus is a kind of daedric realm and Lorkhan is the original god of it, as though the daedric prince of this realm. And so like all the other daedric princes, Lorkhan reforms occasionally in Mundus. However when the Aedra separated him from his heart or "divine center" it means he cannot reform like the daedric princes do. Instead, Lorkhan more like reincarnates as entirely new mortal beings. Thus Lorkhan may be the reason the player character is so OP compared to the rest of Tameriel; we're playing the avatar of a once-god. This means he is fundamentally changed so we can call his old self dead, he has lost his divinity so we never have access to divine powers, and he is being forced to wander all of creation. And this wouldn't negate the possibility of him reforming as a brand new person and blipping into existence wherever or reincarnating in a more traditional sense. I like the idea of Lorkhan having this invested interest in Tamriel and producing a mortal avatar whenever it's endangered, but I also like the idea that people in the history books we can find that also appeared to live a charmed life and achieve ridiculous power and influence are also past incarnations and we only play the ones that stop world ending calamities. I also like the idea of Lorkhan reincarnating in a much more traditional sense, in that most of his lives are spent as animals until there's an apocalypse looming.

[@nottsork]

Recent elder scrolls lore when you read the books about red mountain and the tools of kagrenace in sky rim and in elder scrolls online, states that vivec betrayed a truce and used the heart of lorkhan to make themselves and his friends in to the tribunal and in to demi gods betraying a pact with azurah, they used the power of lorkhan to end the Dwemer war with a wish them erased them all, killing them all everywhere all at once. So some were in machines which became trapped there with no bodys and went in to mindless consciousness. This is done in lore though morrowwind conversation with the last living Dwemer What makes the whisper mothers is questionable but skyrim indicated they are tortured snowelves,

[@TheHolywhippet]

That would work for all but the very first game I believe. You actually were a friend of the emperor in Arena and you have the ghost of another friend helping you out. Good theory though.

[@andyward8430]

@@0megacronthat all sounds so fascinating. I sincerely hope that Bethesda is able to deliver on an elder scrolls sequel that continues to have as much depth and intrigue to its world and story. If I’m being honest I’m not very hopeful. I’m very worried that they are done as a top tier rpg developer. Starfield has so many issues that seem easily fixable but they’re unwilling or unable to do so.

[@dillonsrt]

Mr X punching you in the save room for the disrespect was pretty funny

[@Itomon]

lol

[@Cyrus_Milani]

0:35 Number 10 Indoctrination Theory from Mass Effect 3 2:17 Number 9 Dwemer Disappearance and Chim Theory 4:43 Number 8 inal Fantasy 7 and 10 Share the Same Universe 6:25 Number 7 Mr X Name Origin in Resident Evil 2 8:03 Number 6 Renoa Theory - final fantasy 8 10:14 Number 5 Mortal Kombat 1 Originally Planned as Injustice 3 12:01 Number 4 Shadow's Origin from Sonic Adventure 2 13:32 Number 3 Ditto's Connection to Mew and Mewtwo 14:59 Number 2 America as a jar Saint from Elden Ring 17:10 Number 1 Vault Tech Started the War in Fallout

[@zmmmzmmmz]

VIP

[@Cyrus_Milani]

@@zmmmzmmmz just a gamer :))

[@booleaninfernusstudios5352]

America the Eternal

[@i.o_fit]

I love you for this.

[@zenketski]

Fucking thank you.

[@johnnydarling8021]

Fan Theory: *The war in Warhammer 40K only exists because the Orks manifest it into existence because they like war.*

[@Grubnar]

That is not a theory.

[@apboyd1]

Dumb

[@singletona082]

the kroark manifest the whole of history including their own deevolution because the fighting was too easy? I.... could actually believe that.

[@dieseljester]

WAAAAAGH!

[@cheshirevida5457]

The Skaven will find their way out of the pocket universe. Then the real fun begins.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Real life conspiracy theories? No thanks. ❌ Video game conspiracy theories? Now we're talking. ✅

[@Mrchair905]

Video game conspiracy theories at least don’t lead down weirdo conservative rabbit holes lol.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

​@@Mrchair905 exactly, and don't contain as much bigotry either.

[@JukaDominator]

I like the real life ones too

[@stageiiwappie950]

​@@Mrchair905 ok enjoy your science juice redditor

[@AmericanAppleProd]

And they dont harm anyone ​@@Mrchair905

[@Jimmyinvictus]

Falcon: totally agreed on TES lore being "going off the rails weird" because otherwise TES would be another bog-standard fantasy serie; even Oblivion was originally supposed to be more exotic; more Byzantine, less vanilla fantasy English countryside. As for the Dwemer, their disappearance isn't much of a mystery anymore, unless you havent played Morrowind. At one point, you literally get a quest from the Mage's Guild Archmage to solve the disappearance of the dwarves...and is shocked when you go out and do just that, with some Dwemeris texts, a helpful Telvanni wizard, and the last living dwemer on Nirn. They didn't achieve Chim, *something else* happened to them. Mucking about with pieces of dead gods isn't good for your health, kids.

[@radagast7200]

They time travel and become the aliens in Fallout.

[@stuartmorley6894]

To be clear the Dwemer you meet in Morrowind was travelling the planes of Oblivion when whatever happened and has absolutely no clue as to the truth of anything. It's the reason he still exists. Everything in TES relies on the unreliable narrator. I'm not weighing in on the argument but nothing in Morrowind contradicts the CHIM theory. Michael Kirkbride's writing on CHIM itself was referenced in ESO through Sermon 37. CodA was written to suggest that the lore itself is a constant personal thing that can be different for everyone.

[@safwanconqurer5848]

I like austin from the science of shoddy cast's theory that the universe of tes is a a much much later furure of fallout universe, that radiation evolved people into sentient cats and lizards, that magic is just lost science and that dewemer were the original pre war humans who built and perfected all that technology and vanished in war, simply the wise and technically adept ancestors who have now vabished from memory

[@flatstheflounder338]

@@radagast7200you mean the Super Mutants?

[@Jimmyinvictus]

@stuartmorley6894 I'm a huge fan of Kirkbride, but he's one of those writers who works best when bouncing off other writers-for Morrowind, that would have been Ken Rolston and Kurt Kuhlmann, with Kirkbride praising both of them. As to CHIM, there's plenty of in-game elements that support the theory that the Dwemer didn't CHIM out-but something very strange did happen to them. Baladas Demnevani, resident Telvanni introvert at Gnisis explained the Dwemer were trying to "un-create" themselves, in a process not dissimilar to the Numidium stomping about the Aurbis shouting "NO" at things. I will defer to you on material in ESO; I despise MMOs, so ESO is definitely not my cup of tea. I'll offer a concrete example from Morrowind's DLC on why I think the Dwemer didn't zero-sum: in Tribunal, you can find little piles of dwemer ash all over the place (including next to the infamous "dwemer tube" and oil in a bedroom). Dwemer specters are present in Morrowind as well. That doesn't point to zero-summing. CHIM is also characterized by a decidedly spiritual struggle, and I can't see the Dwemer-devout atheists in a world that has objectively real deities-devote energy to that endeavor. Ill-advised experiments on dead god body parts? Certainly. Lengthy periods of spiritual introspection? I can't see them bothering.

[@InaudibleHippo]

I absolutely loved the fallout reveal. "How can we guarantee the vaults will be needed?" "By dropping the bombs ourselves."

[@markcarpenter6020]

Which makes no sense. Vault techs wealth and power was based on the fear of the bombs dropping. Them actually dropping would mess them up almost as much as everyone else.

[@leonIdas002]

YEAH... BECAUSE "PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE" IS NOT VAUGE ENOUGH...

[@snowball1988]

I just watched that episode for the first time, my jaw was on the floor. Brilliant twist.

[@tobybll]

the beginning of Fallout 4 already gave me a HUGE hint even before the show, The show only confirmed what we all believed in Fallout 4

[@Unknown_Genius]

@@tobybll that theory is around for way longer than FO4 and has been played around with prior as well. FO4 doesn't really add that much, especially the beginning as it somewhat implies that the player character is a scynth as well by giving you VATS before you get the pip boy, which honestly is most likely more of an oversight than anything else. There's enough theories for it and there's enough against, if the show will actually end up saying they dropped it we may have a lore inconsistency as it doesn't necessarily make a lot of sense for them to blow everything up and put people in vaults when their job essentially is testing different conditions and the impact for space travel in said vaults - then again, there's probably a lot of lore inconsistencies at this point already given that those who originally made up the lore have not been allowed to work on it since New Vegas.

[@Imli]

Should start a bidding for Falcon's face reveal ;)

[@tahjechols5077]

clearly he’s a ghost man

[@elvfn123]

I'm sure he looks like any other falcon. My question is how does he record these videos in english. Since, you know, he's a bird.

[@jakebrown8256]

He’s revealed it many times. Even in this video he shows in the intro

[@The_Marine708]

He... has shown his face before...? Just because hes a bird doesn't mean you can discriminate

[@illuminatihuman6983]

He's really just an AI

[@elliesaint1984]

When Leon opened the save room door and Mr.X looked at him for a second before throwing that heymaker like "delivery for a mr. Leon S. Kennedy, please sign here" 🤣🤣🤣

[@imitenotbe]

The Fallout show gives us a glimpse at the discussions Vault Tec had about how they COULD kick the war off. It was never shown or confirmed they went through with those plans. The fact that Cooper and his daughter were in harms way show us that if it was Vault Tec who started the Great War, his wife didn't know it was happening at that time. I suspect that we won't ever get a canon confirmation of it, but it makes sense that they showed a scene of them discussing the possibility

[@SuperFlaminninja]

I feel like they're going to have to reveal who dropped the bombs as they dig into Cooper and Barbs back story. Maybe it's just me being hopeful but I don't think they're done with pre-war lore.

[@Akabans999]

It would be hilarius if they reveal it was House all along 😂

[@TriglavRC]

Somewhat a proof lies in Fallout New Vegas, settlement called Megaton. Dwelling built around undetonated nuclear device. Upon inspection you find 2 things - the device is ARMED (but didn't expolode) and it has Vault Tec logo on it. If it was a mere transport that was shot down and device dropped it would explain the logo, but why then it was armed? If it was armed then it should be dropped onto China/USSR teritory - so what it was doing in that state on the American ground? Adding those questions you get a solution - it was Vault Tec that dropped it (among others) to start the war, the TV series just discusses that event. Also - if New Vegas is canon - it is now since ending of season one features distant panorama and city sign.

[@ltspyder2177]

Didn't the Mothership Zeta DLC already show that the Zetans were the ones ultimately responsible for starting the war?

[@yeahyeah846]

@@TriglavRC Megaton was a settlement in Fallout 3, not New Vegas. Also, the mark isn't a Vault Tec logo. It looks very similar but if you compare them they are different. It's more of a warning label.

[@Jgauldie]

Did he call omni-man ultra man? 11:17

[@afrojimmy9318]

I knew I wasn’t trippin

[@booleaninfernusstudios5352]

Omni chan

[@justintucker331]

​@@CartoonHangout Ultraman is a Japanese giant superhero that battles kaiju, not an evil Superman like Omniman. I'm kind of curious whom you're thinking of though.

[@xan42O]

​@@justintucker331 Also a DC character, literally just evil superman lol

[@justintucker331]

@@xan42O Had to look that up. Never knew that. Thanks for the heads up. I always read a bit more marvel than dc growing up so he was one that I missed reading about.

[@justinschultheisz4673]

Falcon dipping his toes into the oceanic trench that is weird TES lore is not what I expected for this list

[@rmartinson19]

There's a fair bit more to Indoctrination Theory than just the ending. The weird nightmares, hallucinations and flashbacks that Shepard experiences throughout the game have long been taken as an indication that mental degradation is setting in, a common symptom of mid-to-high level Indoctrination. Just like Saren in the first game, despite knowing how Indoctrination works - that it is cumulative based on exposure to Reaper tech (which Shepard is exposed to pretty much constantly throughout the series) - Shepard doesn't recognize the symptoms when they start to occur. The ending (and the nonsensical tri-color space magic finale options) is just the culmination of that. This doesn't even touch on the fact that three of the four ending options seem to directly play into the Reapers' hands (Control, Synthesis, and Refusal), or the possibility that "the Crucible" was a Reaper trap from the start, intended to get the defenders to waste time and resources building a device that either does nothing, or that actually aids the Reapers. Ffs, they found the schematics for it in a Prothean data archive that the Reapers INTENTIONALLY left for someone in the next cycle to find, after looking through it and editing it to remove any mention of themselves. The Reapers 100% knew about the Crucible and knew it was in that archive, which means they left it there by choice. That just screams "red herring" at best, or "trap" at worst.

[@ComradePenguinski]

Not to mention that the conversation with the Illusive Man and Anderson has the Paragon and Renegade options switched, AND the only way Shepard survives is in the Destroy ending (switch shows Shepard's body on Earth taking in a breathe).

[@thesho21]

Yeah no sorry the IT is only believable if you think about it on a surface level. As soon as you go a little deeper it's clear how dumb it is. The ending of ME3 was just poorly written, that's it. Shepard shows no actual signs of indoctrination at any point in the series. And don't cite the "oily shadows" bit the Rachni queen said. It's asinine to believe Shepard would experience indoctrination the way the most alien species in the galaxy described the reapers' "sounds". Also, Vendetta is a literal indoctrination detection device and does not, on 2 separate occasions both quite near the ending, detect indoctrination on Shepard.

[@Neonsilver13]

I so hate the whole crucible plotline. Not only is it very likely a trap. It makes absolutely no sense that everyone would have agreed to build the f-ing thing. Why? Because until the very end they have absolutely not idea what it's going to do. You repeatedly ask others if they have figured what it's going to do and it's always denied. It's also stated that the previous races didn't know what they were building either. It's also ridiculous that despite no one knowing what the thing is going to be, they were able to improve the thing, how can you improve something if you don't know it's function, how can you know that your improvement isn't going to be detrimental to it's function. In reality, basically any leader presented with this plan would have said, "nah, I'll rather build a big f-ing gun, than folliwing a plan for a device we don't know it's purpose and that comes from an archive that was likely compromised by the reapers". Alternatively they would have gone for something to preserve at least part of their species, like hidden cryo pods or something.

[@rmartinson19]

@@thesho21 I honestly didn't even remember the "oily shadows" bit, and it has no bearing on my thinking about this topic. As for Vendetta, does it detect indoctrination, or just the presence of Reaper tech within an individual (which would inevitably mean that the individual was indoctrinated)? Because Kai Leng was stuffed full of Reaper tech by the time he was in Vendetta's presence, while Shepard was not. How would it even detect indoctrination otherwise? It would have to read brain activity or something, but it has no baseline for what constitutes normal versus indoctrinated brain activity in humans. Not to mention all the lore that talks about how badly the Protheans suffered even late in the war due to Indoctrinated sleeper agents infiltrating their defenses. If the Protheans had the ability to detect the psychological phenomenon known as indoctrination at range, then infiltrators never would have been a problem in the first place. No, it makes far more sense that they detect indoctrination by picking out the ones who actually had Reaper tech implanted in them, like Saren and Kai Leng did. In which case, Vendetta would have no way of knowing if Shepard was indoctrinated or not.

[@thesho21]

@@rmartinson19- EDI is reaper tech and Vendetta never says anything about her.

[@teamalice115]

My personal head cannon for fallout isn’t that vault tech dropped the nukes themselves, but that they were at the point if things did not escalate, they were willing to escalate it. It feels to me it was kind of more to show. That’s how far gone everyone at the top of the company was that they were willing to start the nuclear war if they “had to” to get their way.

[@Npi13O7]

Yeah, pointing all fingers to Vault Tech ignores all the things that were happening at the time, and before and after. At the top of my head: The forceful annexation of Canada to the US, the invasion of China in Alaska, the conclave motto of "if you are not with the government, you might as well die" Like that world was screwd whether they wanted it or not.

[@imitenotbe]

I mean, we have a scene in the show about them discussing exactly that. We don't know if they went through with it, but they put it on the table that in order to have their end of world plans happen, they may need to make it happen

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@imitenotbeWhich now brings up the question of why Mr. House had to calculate the apocalypse when he was privy to Vaukt-Tec. And the fact he knew about Vault-Tec’s plans and did nothing to stop them.

[@f.b.l.9813]

​@@imitenotbebecause the show is stupid

[@ihavenonameforyou1]

There is no cannon anymore in fallout so you can think what you want and it's probably true. No way that Todd Howard wanted and what the person who actually created fallout wanted are the same thing.

[@chaisebellchambers369]

I found this online but i sums up the dwemer ,,. Kagrenac ( In TESIII: Morrowind, the Last Dwemer, Yagrum Bagarn says: "Lord Kagrenac, the foremost arcane philosopher and magecrafter of my era, devised tools to shape mythopoeic forces, intending to transcend the limits of Dwemer mortality.) literally used the Souls of his fellow Dwemer to construct the body of Anumidium. Why? As Beladas Demnevanni says, to create systematic regression techniques to reverse the process of the Earthbones divesting of divinity until it became gradient mortality. Anumidium is the Prime Gestalt, and the definition of a gestalt is an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. Therefore, we can surmise it was designed to be the totality of the Dwemer. Rather than many small bits of divested divinity, they would come together into the divine construct and apotheosize together in an oversoul. A new narrative of reality, one of uniform divinity for the Dwemer unbound from the whims of another divine. This vein of thought is further backed up in TESV:Skyrim. In TES:V Skyrim, Arniel Gaine attempts to recreate Kagrenac's experiments on the Heart of Lorkhan and he essentially succeeds, because he then vanishes, never to be seen. However, it is revealed that the Last Dragonborn can summon the shade of Arniel Gaine. Arniel essentially bound his very being to the closest thing to divinity, which in this case would be the Last Dragonborn's dragon blood and dragon soul. Yagrum Bagarn says: “I think Kagrenac might have succeeded in granting our race eternal life, with unforeseen consequences -- such as wholesale displacement to an Outer Realm. Or he may have erred, and utterly destroyed our race." The Last Dwemer was right. Kagrenac gave his whole race eternal life, but because Anumidium failed to ascend past the mortal theater and remained in Nirn, the Dwemer remained stuck in Anumidium, trapped forever in their failed attempt to make of themselves a god. Anumidium. A New Medium. A medium, that became the doom for the whole of the Dwemer.

[@elijahheuerman392]

Yeah that’s what I remember about it I guess if the explanation is more then one sentence long it remains a mystery. Well thanks of making the comment because now I don’t have to.

[@blemishednicely8402]

I dunno why, but all I can think of is "Legion" from Red Dwarf (even though he exists alongside them/doesn't disappear the crew)~

[@Benjamin-t6y]

Gotta be an Elden Ring lore nerd and point out that Marika is not an Elden Lord, she's the God of her Age, whoever she chooses as her consort has the title of Elden Lord, like Lord Godfrey and Radagon.

[@shinryuvarias4507]

Well Radagon is Marika. So Marika is the Elden Lord by that concept.

[@bronzergoth7598]

@@shinryuvarias4507 whoa what? i thought this game was about a dog that is the Pope/a tortoise

[@NiaTheMilkTank]

​@@shinryuvarias4507technically true but also not really since they are separate people (motivations and how they're ideals/plans often clashed) Basically think of DiD and multiple personalities. It's the same person (body) but not the same person (personality) I won't go into the DLC cause spoilers but it gives more answers on this

[@booleaninfernusstudios5352]

Marika IS Radagon just as St. Trina IS Miquella

[@TroyButtsoupBarnes42]

@@booleaninfernusstudios5352 it has been like a month but spoooooiiiiiiilerrrrrrrs. They’re parts of the being. Nia said it perfectly.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

I think a more widely accepted theory regarding the Dwemer is that they succeeded in becoming a god, but perhaps not in the way they expected. Essentially, the souls of the Dwemer became the life force of Numidium, the "Brass God" they were creating at the time. If I understand correctly, they were attempting to create Numidium as a god under their control, but it might have turned into their robotic prison instead. Zero Sum doesn't make sense to me, because records of them would be erased completely. And I don't think that any Daedra, including Azura, has the power to just wipe out an entire race.

[@sleepymonsteraddict]

As I've said in my comment, I rather believe that a god sent them to a different universe or timeline because they were too great of an anomaly within the ES universe at that time. No race could ever catch up to them or stand a chance. Though the god theory is very possible too, and I hope we learn more about them in ES6. What would also be cool, but less likely is that the Dwemer are Dremora or Daedra now and have some role within oblivion, perhaps under the rule of Azura. In Sheogorath's quest you actually can see what are probably dwemer. Also Dremora look Elvish, they look closest to Dunmer, but it could very well be what Dwemer used to look like.

[@nerozone_]

That Marika one has been the most sound theory I have ever heard from a fromsoftware game

[@azalea_k]

I was surprised how much Marika background the DLC gave, but it was welcome. Could have lived without knowing what was inside those jars though 😬

[@smokesdegrass]

The Marika one is undoubtedly true. The Hornsent seemingly knew or belived that Shamans could or at least had the potential to meld bodies and grow more powerful. It seems like they were doing this in the pots to force the evolution mentioned to deliberately create a "saint" (which is probably the same as an Empyrean). Marika is the result. This also explains why her and Radagon are the same being. She is literally multiple lives crammed into a single body. I'm not sure about this next part myself, but you can go even deeper with this theory if you examine the DLC trailer with Marika at the gates where you fight the final DLC boss, and from the Count Ymir storyline where he talks about Metyr, Mother of Fingers being a defective agent of the Greater Will. Did the Hornsent know of Metyr? Was it according to her guidance?

[@itsjustpince]

Do you guys just keep reading about lore and dlc even after beating the game?! Just taking notes and remembering everything lmao 😭

[@itsjustpince]

@@smokesdegrassbruh who cares about all that

[@tobybll]

@@itsjustpince I do

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

My question is does the Hero of Kvatch really become Sheogorath

[@hamzaferoz6162]

Yes

[@Solidsnake8608]

Yes, it happens in game in the Oblivion DLC.

[@ThePurificator69420]

Yes. Also, in theory, the Sheogorath of Skyrim IS the Hero of Kvatch.

[@DPowered2]

This is off memory but i believe Sheogorath the being can be anyone and he eventually consumes the new "Sheogorath" and becomes the one being who is Sheogorath the true Sheogorath

[@jazzyjswift]

Yes, that's not even theory, that's an explicit part of the Shivering Isles DLC of Oblivion.

[@Dilligff]

While the Fallout show made it clear Vault Tec was willing and capable, I still believe it ultimately wasn't them having been caught off guard as well. It was merely a demonstration of how evil they truly were in their overall thinking and something of a misdirect for the audience who didn't pay as much attention to the smaller details.

[@conqc20]

I always liked the thought the the Dwemer souls were put into their robots constructions that you see in the game. They created a mechanical god so makes sense that they could have been put into robots. God creates those in his image, and he is mechanical himself.

[@dfgyuhdd]

You can't soul trap a robot and when you do find souls in the ruins it's small white souls meaning that whenever the Dwemer left Tamriel they left with their souls intact

[@stuartmorley6894]

Making the robot god (the Numidium) is suggested to be part of the same thing, ie they noped out and became the skin of the Numidium.

[@tranz2deep]

The Animiculi are animated by the resonance of soul gems, a far more potent version of quartz resonance making the timing for quartz watches. (This is why empty soul gems are found in them as often as filled ones). The racial collective spirit does reside in one Dwemer creation--Numidium. The mod _Clockwork_ centers around the remnants of a freehold colony of Dwemer in Skyrim inhabited by terminal patients left to die (Dwemer never being the most empathetic of races) who developed a means of gilding their own bones in Dwemer metal as parts of machines their soul gems would then reside in to animate and retain consciousness in turn. This is described as "Numidium in miniature".

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206]

Ehhhhh L Take

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206]

​@@dfgyuhddYou can soul trap robots actually in Skyrim, with a certain dagger

[@keith6706]

Some of the logs you can find on various terminals in Fallout 4 make it quite clear Vault-Tec had at least advance notice of the attack; there's comments about personnel being called in early that day, and you have the overseer in Vault 81 arranging for the majority of the research team not being in time on that day so she could seal them out, and so on.

[@Dragonoid9810]

I read somewhere in Skyrim that the Dwemer were openly opposed to the idea of worshipping the Divines in favor of thinking more scientifically, so what if one of the Divines had taken offense to their blatant dismissiveness, and cursed all of their souls to inhabit the creations they were so proud of?

[@wikidclownchris]

I like it

[@ianian348]

I think I saw somewhere that the dwemmer disappeared, because they tried to play God with the heart of lorkhan thing under red mountain in marrowind in order to artificially create their own dwemmer God called The Numidium, also called The Anumidium. I might be wrong

[@Dragonoid9810]

@@ianian348 No no, I think you are right! I'm almost certain that I've heard the same thing/read something in-game that eluded to the same thing at least lol

[@pomelomarino7710]

The dissapearance of the dwarves is caused by Kagrenac and his tools. At least that is the most probable conclusion. In Morrwind is well explained in a quest that is called "Dissapearance of the dwemmer".

[@jaredburton1300]

Ok thanks, I thought I was crazy for misremembering that.

[@nickcampbell5626]

Yeah, but that just proves what happened was caused by the tools of Kagrenac. It doesn't explain what happened. Did they disappear? Did they shift to some plain of oblivion? Were they skipped through time like Alduin? Did they achieve Chim? 🫨

[@stuartmorley6894]

​@@nickcampbell5626 This. Nothing about the tools being the cause tells you what happened after.

[@williamscott2580]

it gets deeper though. they were messing with Lorkhan's heart to achieve divinity/CHIM HOWEVER the issue is Dwemer are a hive mind race in lore with no individual sense of self - ergo zero sum

[@KrustyBunion]

In addition to MK1 being an Injustice game, it also released early because Suicide Squad was delayed and WB wanted a big game out for 2023. From the underbaked features or missing features, rushed story ending and leak during an investment call

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I dont think its THAT convenient Vault Tec was building vaults just before the war. They took years to get them started and many were never finished and almost none of them had testing which is why so many failed to start or complete their experiments. I think they saw war coming, knew it was inevitable, and planned according to that belief.

[@Senumunu]

if only the writers at Netflix were able to form such a simple and cohesive thought.

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

@@Senumunu if only it didn't sound so close to reality that a greedy, corrupt corporation would embezzle and waste funds on a project of that scale...

[@Senumunu]

@@MrJerichoPumpkin things like that are never the responsibility of the corporation alone. the government officials that give the loans do so with an implicit agreement that the corp will only do about half of the project stretched overtime and the other half will be split between them through obfuscation and asset swaps. this is not a matter of "muh greed" but a matter of the governments not having a proper ledger that tracks the money they spend. and harshly punishes missing numbers. to reduce these mechanisms to psychological explanation is to censor away reality and print a white west for your non-engagement with the system. Its George Carlin tier boomer brain rot.

[@darrenblair7230]

Final fantasy 8 is actually my favorite one but I do like the lightning games as much but I love the junction system it was drastically new and could do some amazing things if you put in the work

[@PhantomTissue]

Yall need to do a video on the top 10 basic games with the most batshit insane lore

[@TheZeroNeonix]

I like the idea that the humans from FFX's Spira travelled to FFVII's Gaia, and they eventually outnumbered and outlived the native Cetra people. But there are a few problems with this idea. There's that photo of what appears to be an adult Shinra, which would imply the immigration from Spira was very recent. But additionally, if humans aren't originally from Gaia, they'd be rejected by the Lifestream, if I understand the lore correctly. The Gi Tribe are apparently a group of extraterrestrials, and because of that, the Lifestream rejects them and does not allow their souls to pass on. So if people from Spira also travelled to Gaia, the same should be true of them.

[@meman320]

Could be that the life stream analogue in X was similar enough that the people could assimilate to gaia

[@yuriwolfvt]

You are going woth remakes rule and not og rules though.

[@InWitheNew]

​@@yuriwolfvtthey're literally the same storyline. Remake is a sequel.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodl6206]

Perhaps 🐮

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Square enix commonly uses characters in different games, without them actually being the exact character. Biggs and Wedge for example. They are not the exact biggs and wedge in other games, just recycled. Like probably at least 50% of final fantasy x. Most of the game is built off previously created things. But they take on a new life.

[@scythelord]

One of the writers for Mass Effect who was there from the start through ME3 actually prefers the indoctrination theory to the existing ME3 ending. He has stated that the lead writers were dead set on the space magic ending from the outset and he didnt bother bringing up an alternative ending idea that he had that would have made the crucibles action more scientifically based. A "happy ending" mod for ME3 is actually based on that writers ideas.

[@Crow_Rising]

The headcanon I most strongly want to believe regarding the Dwemmer's disappearance is that they didn't achieve Chim or teleport to some plane of Oblivion or get Zero Summed, but rather that they were transported forward in time and at some point in the future will reappear in the exact same geographical location they disappeared from. I want to believe this theory because it would make for a super interesting game plot in which you have the newly returned Dwemmer going to war both physically and politically with the people who still live there to determine who has the better claim to call this land their homeland. On one hand you'd have the Dwemmer who claim that they were here first and that all who came after are trespassing on their land, while on the other hand you'd have those who have lived there for countless generations since the Dwemmer's disappearance claiming that their ancestors did nothing wrong in occupying a land that no longer had any inhabitants and that it's been their land rightfully ever since.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

Number 6: I think it's actually Selphie who will actually be Ultimecia in the future. Why? Her Limit Break ability is MAGIC related, powerful multicasts but with poor control that can and will be mastered with age and experience. Plus, she also has a thing for Squall, to which she kept it all to herself. Kinda explains Ultimecia's reason and motivation centered on manipulating the past from the future.

[@blairsnyder1067]

17:39 show made it canon

[@bahamutbbob]

I did not know Mr. X was semi canon. Thanks for messing it up, Capcom USA!

[@filipkraljik9693]

About the mortal kombat-injustice 3 theory. Injustice never had air combos and fatal blows. The core gameplay is extremely different that they couldn't just change it on a whim. The reason why we have the kameos is because players really enjoy tag team gameplay from mk9 and have been begging for it for quite a while. The style of intro dialogue was first introduced in mortal kombat x Then carried over into injustice 2. The themes for the dlc characters are always random and don't really reflect the game itself. Like would you say mortal kombat x was originally a horror game simply because it has horror character? Also Li mei and Shao play simillarly in the previous games that they appeared in, the only similar thing about her that could tie her to star saphire are her lanterns. Besides that her martial arts gameplay seems nothing like star saphire. I don't believe in this theory.

[@Unknownusername1004]

Unbalanced stupid Kameos system killed mk1 for me also the obvious live service conquest mode got boring really quick. I should've done more research and seen variations were gone and I'd have never bought it. Injustice having a completely different fighting system helps it stand out more though.

[@hydra_drizz2164]

@@Unknownusername1004 I mean if it comes out that mk1 was supposed to be injustice 3 but they had to switch to mk1 it would actually explain a lot abt this game

[@TheDarioushurt]

@@Unknownusername1004 nothing killed mk1 the game its doing fine

[@skateorpie]

People also forget that the MK games since MKX have had Injustice mechanics and gameplay in them (the interactives on the stages and Armor Customization). It seems that Injustice tested a lot of what would be in MK games following them. I do think there was a DC game probably in the early plannings (there was rumors years ago also rumors about a Marvel game by NRS) but I think it’s unrelated to the MK1 we got

[@hydra_drizz2164]

@@TheDarioushurt I mean I wouldn't say killed but I also wouldn't say it's doing fine either although that's just my opinion

[@PixelOverload]

"Jar saints" aren't even a thing, just a misunderstanding from a translation quirk, the "nigh sainthood awaits you" line would be better translated something like "get in the jar and become a better person, criminal scum", which somehow seems to actually work if Jarburg is any indication, but makes Marika being one pretty much impossible as she's clearly not in a jar 🤷

[@stalkingtiger777]

Wait, I thought Ditto was a failed Mew clone was lore. Like my mind is blown that this isn't official canon.

[@corvega_joe]

Yeah pretty much everyone in the fandom already accepts this as canon.

[@BlenderMage]

Not to mention that mew and ditto have the same color shiny

[@Xazyv]

It was actually rejected, kind of nonchalantly from the sources I could find (I believe the quote was "Oh? I've never heard of that") But I don't think anything could make it untrue in my heart. Ditto are squishy Mew blobs.

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

Probably originally was lore but they changed their mind because they dont want ditto lovers to think of ditto as a non pokemon. And to question the ethics of experimental creation. Mewtwo story did enough about confronting the ethics but this would take it to another level and would have to address that.

[@Xazyv]

@@Kyle-nm1kh the artist who designed Ditto denied this actually, Mew had nothing to do with Ditto

[@nicholasstauffer5830]

My thoughts on Vault-Tec and the bombs: Vault-Tec was considering dropping it themselves (as Barb Howard suggests in the clandestine meeting portrayed in the show) but China kicked off the War MUCH sooner than they anticipated (that's why there are so many unfinished vaults). Also, as portrayed in the show with Vault 4, a number of vaults were already operational before the bombs dropped. So, my head canon is that Vault-Tec was attempting to manipulate world events but not all players were fully "compliant" so thay began planning to possibly have to start it themselves just for China to jump the gun, as it they say.

[@robertclemens8927]

So adding to the Fallout theory...in Fallout 3 the bomb in the center of Megaton has a Valt-Tech symbol on it

[@InvaderMedia420]

there is an easy solution for that what if they didn’t drop the bombs but they were providing them to both sides so they weren’t the one to drop them, but they were the ones who made certain in the US and China did drop them. That honestly makes more sense to me.

[@Shafkhatwest1]

The conspiracy theory is Falcon is actually an English speaking bird

[@prototypegamer8303]

Hey Falcon 🦅🦅

[@gameranxTV]

Hey

[@Gir-Riff-raffe]

@@gameranxTVhey buddy. Couple things about FF7, Tifa, is a member of an anti fascist movement called avalanche but just break down her name…..TIFA…..arguably has an adoptive niece so she could be AUNT TIFA. ….ANTIFA. The other theory is that cloud is a failed sephiroth clone, and is referred to as such by multiple people in the story. The jenova cells rely on symbiosis and has this chameleon like effect that will cause its host to take on an identity based on the inherent knowledge of the environment around it to blend in. And for whatever reason it was Tifa. She tells a lie of omission in the lifestream that he was the same cloud as he ever was by sharing one of her memories. One that ✌️cloud✌️ didn’t have. As they were piecing together his shattered psyche just before the finale of the original game. But according to my theory, cloud died heroically, killing the original sephiroth. And the clone who saw it was so moved by his valor that the clone took on cloud features instead of sephs and spends most of the original FF7 racked with confusion and uncertainty as to who he even is. And the voice talking to you in your head the whole game is the real cloud. Guiding you. Via the powers of the lifestream. But right at the end of the second disc, clouds mind falls apart because he realizes the truth. We just don’t want to believe it as the audience. Even as sephiroth pops up and says SO YOU FINALLY REALIZED THE TRUTH! The truth is, sephiroth is not lying.

[@Michael.Sandoval33]

"sometimes... Occam needs to shove it!" *Cue the dope beat drop*

[@mitiamed]

Um actually Yagrum Bagarn from Morrowind is at least one surviving Dwemer, so they haven’t been divinely genocided out of existence (or he made some kind of deal, but that’s never been confirmed anywhere afaik)

[@FEelDaPAinO]

I have personally always preferred the theory that the Dwemer were sent forward to a time when their technological advancement meant nothing. Mainly because I think it would be fascinating to see how their culture changes when they go from the most technologically advanced race in the world to essentially cavemen when compared to everyone else.

[@gabrieltavares4867]

4:50 Yoshinori Kitase confirmed in an interview that FF7 and 10 take place in the same universe

[@magedgaming]

Pretty sure he was joking at that interview, otherwise they turned around and added a major plot hole in Rebirth as the Spirans would have met the same undying fate as the Gi/Jenova... unless the Spirans ARE the Gi, but that creates problems with the Shinra part and at that point you're manipulating the lore to fit the theory rather than vice versa.

[@JXSnWp]

FFVII Remake photo can be explained with time dilation. If Shinra from FF X-2 did successfully get off world, traveling through space to a distant planet at FTL speeds or near high gravitational bodies would change his relative time to the rest of the universe. He would effectively be time traveling into the future.

[@ghost1b235]

Petition to remake FF7 with Mewtwo as Sephiroth and Ditto as Reunion SOLDIERs

[@tazimusmaximus]

This is funny. I would like to point out that FF7's 'clones' weren't actually 'clones'. It was a mistranslation from 'copies', which is still off. Basically they infused soldiers with MAKO, in a different way from how they make 'soldiers' and those were called 'clones' when they should have called them something else. Cloud wasn't made in a lab, he was a real boy that actually grew up with Tifa, and later was subjected to that mako process, thus turning him into a failed 'clone', when in fact he was not a clone.

[@TopNotchStoner]

I'm deeply offended by your mispronunciation of "Saren."

[@cyborgchimpy]

seriously yes. I went "WHO?" out loud.

[@KarneXII]

This video is full of those. Azura is "Azuro". Omni-Man was "Ultra-Man". Love the videos but please learn the names.

[@jekw23]

I find it difficult to believe Falcon doesn’t know Saren when it’s pronounced in game numerous times.

[@TopNotchStoner]

@@jekw23 Maybe he's never actually played the game. I get the feeling that that's often the case.

[@Craye2727]

@@TopNotchStoner Yeah, I mean it's not humanly possible to play all of the games he talks about. He's definitely reading a script prepared by the gameranx team, so this is likely to happen. Happens a bit too often though :D

[@M_Alexander]

Since Yuna could be said to have similarities to the Cetra, it's not unreasonable to assume that the Cetra originally came from the world of FFX. The existence and nature of Jenova even implies that there are other inhabited worlds out there

[@uzumakinaruto07]

I see Gameranx video, I click. ❤

[@LunarRegicide]

This is a fun one. Hopefully, we can get another ten of these things in the future.

[@gameranxTV]

Maybe we’ll bring out a part 2 :)

[@spencerthompson]

This is possibly my favorite list you guys have ever made. I love these theories.

[@privacyvalued4134]

Number 1 should have been "The cake is a lie" from Portal. Philosophical debates rage to this day over such a simple premise.

[@Punkertoon]

The problem with the Indoctrination theory is now BioWare has to come up with a better explanation to lead into 4.

[@Majin_Koolaid]

That's not hard at all. Indoctrination theory is full of plotholes Falcon neglected to bring up. There is a reason why the writers said it's not canon.

[@Unknownusername1004]

IT has been proven completely false multiple times over it was just a theory for fan boys that couldn't accept the real ending. Any option other than destroy was stupid anyway.

[@tittentei7331]

Indoctrination is not a theory. Happen in the west on a daily basis! :)

[@azalea_k]

Just take this in the spirit it's intended: a fun exploration, but not absolute endorsement, of the theory. A game theory.

[@сахасахович-п2и]

​@@Majin_KoolaidThe reason is that IT is always will be the better explanation of ME3 nonsensical ending

[@RyanKarolak]

I really liked that line in the Fallout show that shows Vault Tec considering dropping the bombs. Although I suspect that even though they were considering it, the bombs dropping caught them by surprise too as there were suggestions in the show and game that Vault Tec wasn't completely ready and was taken by surprise too. But in any case i am eager to see this explored more

[@ashmoore9945]

Fallout season 1 proved Valt-tech didn't start the war. Just re-watch Ep 1. There is 1 character at the birthday party that would not be there if Valt-tech started it all. They may have been planning it, but were beat to the punch.

[@endlessemptyvoid]

Exactly. Between that and the fact that the community didn't understand that the arrow on the board in Vault 4 meant time had passed, I'm sure most people who watched the show just didn't understand anything.

[@Fuggcuhikes]

@@endlessemptyvoidyou’re so obviously being paid to push the show and to lie. How small is your hat and how big is your nose?

[@imitenotbe]

One of the dads at that party mentions that Coop might be doing the party to pay alimony. If they were separated/divorced, Coop may not have told her what they were doing that day. I'd hardly say that is "proof" Vault Tec didn't start the war. But, we just don't know.

[@corey2232]

@@imitenotbe You think she would've wanted her daughter nuked just because they were divorced?

[@ashmoore9945]

@@imitenotbe I do agree we don't have definitive proof. Although how many mothers, who have worked hard to get their family in a good vault, would leave their daughter behind and just go in to a vault and leave their daughter to their fate? Also with Coop asking what happened to his family, and with Bud being how "he" is in vault 31. Show Vault-Tech had plans in place if they weren't the ones to drop the first bomb. Again not definitive proof, but there is enough to suggest that this is what happened. Also, knowing Coop was divorced after the alimony comment would lend more evidence to this. Barb was not in a habit of sharing the Valt-Tech goings on when they were married. You think she would have shared with Coop, after the divorce, when the bombs would drop. No she and Janey, with out Coops knowledge, would have entered a vault together. Barb was doing this for her family after all.

[@CrystalTikal]

More evidence for the Shadow Mural theory is all the Artificial Chaos on Space Colony ARK are stated to have been based on an ancient civilization's god, and in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the opening cutscene reveals Gerald Robotnik wrote an entire book on the echidna civilization.

[@timmystwin]

RE Fallout, they discuss that they can start the war... but we have no idea if they did. I think the important part of that scene is to introduce new people to just how batshit Vault tec is. How mad the world is. But also Coop, and to introduce the enclave guy in the shadows. But it'd be weird if the person literally suggesting it didn't have her daughter safe and near a vault when it happened - so I don't think VT did it.

[@sinisterkitten.-6567]

True it was most likely china

[@landonewts]

Came into the Fallout franchise with 4, a game I absolutely love and play to this day. Wandering the wasteland and discovering different vaults, and how they were basically demented experiments with vault dwellers as lab rats - is quite a journey. Ten excellent TV show unveiling even more how messed up Vault Tex is was perfection.

[@mrturret01]

The Final Fantasy X/VII connection was confirmed in an interview in the FFX-2 Ultimainia.

[@obviousbear1289]

Regarding Rinoa is Ultimacia theory: one point that also might need to be mentioned that in a private scene between her and Squall, she asks him about the weird animal figure on his amulet. He tells her it's a fantasy creature called a 'lion' (yes, it's kinda funny). Cue end battle: Ultimecia summons her personal Guardian Griever (yes, as in grief (also we have learned at that point that prolonged exposure to guardian forces erases your memory of your past)). Title of the battle theme: maybe I'm a lion! Also also: the transfer of power from Ultimecia to Edea to Rinoa would make a perfect time loop.

[@jakewestberry9989]

THE DWEMER ARE IN OBLIVION PUNISHED THEIR WHOLE RACE FOR THEIR SIN! Even the Dwemer in Hammerfell disappeared despite not using tonal manipulation on the heart of Lorkan

[@ShadowofManda]

My favourite theory for the disappearance of the Dwemer I heard from a KZbinr. The theory goes that during Kagrenac's experiments on the Heart of Lorkhan, some sort of backlash occurred, which shifted all the Dwemer to a far-flung Plane of Oblivion, and possibly shifted them through time as well. A piece of supporting evidence for this is the ability to use Conjuration magic to summon Dwemer constructs, which should only be possible if the summoned entity exists somewhere in the myriad Planes of Oblivion. The theory of the Dwemer zero-summing out of existence seems odd, because how would they all reach the final stage before CHIM (hard CH, like in Bach) at the same time? The process leading up to CHIM is not some simple set of tasks, but require the individual to spend a great deal of time contemplating philosophy and religion to even get close to "seeing" the Tower. Considering the seeming spontaneity of the Dwemer's disappearance when Kagrenac was approached by the Chimer leaders (Nerevar, Sotha Sil, Almalexia, Vivec and Dagoth Ur) leads me to believe that it was not an intentional act, but either one of desperation or the result of an accident/error. Elder Scrolls lore is wild, and a lot of it probably has no answer. I imagine that the "truth" of what happened to the Dwemer is intentionally left unresolved, and will likely (hopefully) remain so.

[@Kazuma11290]

The Dwemer didn't achieve chim. Chim is a state of being reserved for individuals who have become lucid to the dream of reality. Not something a whole race could accomplish by having just one hit a thing with a thing. They didn't achieve anything, they were punished by Lorkhan for trying to invent a new god in his story. They were either deleted from existence or transported through space-time.

[@TheAgent0060]

Your Neravarine Character achieved Chim early on. When you play and get rekt then reload, that's your character using Chim to see if that choice was the right one for that point in time.

[@Kazuma11290]

@@TheAgent0060 I consider chim the point when you start installing mods.

[@edwardbarton1680]

My personal theory for Fallout is that nobody in-universe knows who dropped the first bomb because there was no "first" bomb. Everything escalated (encouraged by rumors crafted by some factions/entities) until multiple factions launched near-simultaneously.

[@sfsin3380]

If Vault Tec did start the war I don't think it was on purpose they clearly weren't ready yet given the unfinished vaults but it wouldn't surprise me if they maybe impatiently created a false localized alarm to try and trick some people into going into a finished Vaults early but tensions being so high accidentally spooked the wrong people.

[@AndrewEhrenreich]

7:49 clearly his name is Jesus Christ. Leon calls his name out right there

[@tittentei7331]

Yashua

[@danieln6700]

Ff8 was great. Loved that game as a kid. At the time its cut scenes and gfx for background and things were impressive, Cool music, characters and just so much nostalgia, seeing 4 disc's on ps1 was crazy. Took me so long to beat it and was crazy to see with speedruns that enemies etc scale so u don't need to get max lvl lol

[@jormungand72]

my favorite fallout 4 theory is that the player is a synth. you died in cryo just like everyone else, shawn was the only human who survived, but he took your body and implanted memories of him surviving. this is why there are no cybernetics in this game. if there were then the doctor would find out that you are a synth. this is why the railroad was watching you since before you left.

[@caspiansfriend]

Interesting. I had not come across that theory. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

F4 lore is L

[@uvanvijay7468]

This theory was debunked

[@mlmii1933]

​@@uvanvijay7468... It hasnt been debunked.

[@uvanvijay7468]

@@mlmii1933 The who idea in itself is stupid and doesn't make sense. You think father would leave the institute in the hands of a Synth? Which he himself says is not a living being and only a machine. He sends you out to recall escaped synths and gives you their recall code. So, do you really think that he'd just let you walk away if you defy him and side with the other factions and plot against them? Have you even read the terminal logs spread across the commonwealth about what they actually do to them behind their backs to destabilize them and keep them from becoming a threat to them? It's funny you believe that. Shawn also tells you synths can't think because they're artificial and programmed to do that. Think buddy, think.

[@EclecticSundries]

If you really dig into fallout lore, you will find that there is strong evidence that EVERYONE is the blame, Aliens, China, ValtTech, other orgs. Pretty much all of them.

[@ivanrosati2055]

I don't think Marika was actually turned into a pot, I think she rebelled before that, made some kind of pact with the abyssal snakes (that white thing where she pulls out the gold strings you can see in the history trailer kinda looks like a snake eye). From this affair Messmer was born. Also, you can see a dead snake near bonny village where the "mother" gesture is. And she became a god the same way Miquella did, in Enir-Ilim

[@DuskOolacile-e3e]

no she is a saint/miko in japanese translation also the only way one could achieve a godhood is through the ability of maiden/saint after marika sucsessfully became a saint she goes to enir ilim and ascend into a god where later she probably goes helping hornsent at first despite hating them we know both hornsent and shamans was facing the threat of fire giant race and the fell god hornsent despite dominant crucible race of land of shadow doesnt have god of their own as per miquella he already a saint in the first place being born as one

[@booleaninfernusstudios5352]

Would you say the same for Malenia if she didn't have the scarlet rot (her apotheosis into the goddess of rot in her 2nd phase)? She and Miqa are still twins after all.

[@sautortheratkiller9172]

The boss fight against radagon he doesn't bleed, he is shattering piece by piece. Pretty much a human looking jar

[@XorsosedutoX]

I would say that her different personalities, and the curses of her children, could be traits gained from having been stuffed in a pot with other beings. For example, the snake whose skin we find at Bonnie Village could have "revived" by possessing her son Messmer.

[@Yoxiv]

While not a widely talked about theory, I've always been of the mind that the strange sarcophagus seen in The Last Guardian, the one where you acquire the mirror that is used throughout much of the game to direct Trio's power, belonged to the Master of the Valley, the strange shadowy entity seen in the tower at the end of the game. For one, upon the Master's destruction, the sarcophagus is shown cracking, which means they had some kind of connection. Of course, other theories have suggested that the Master is actually a fantasy AI of sort, hence why it operates in a very mechanical fashion: The Tricos bring it children for sacrifice, the Master absorbs their essence while the bodies are implied to have been turned into the substance within the barrels the player sees during the game and even uses to entice Trico into doing certain actions. It's rather interesting, given that unlike Shadow of the Colossus, which was confirmed to be a prequel to Ico, The Last Guardian has a lot of mysteries surrounding its story, and very little that connects it to the other two games beyond certain aesthetic similarities and other design elements.

[@Hansbricks14]

Great list, I really enjoyed this video. 14:41 “The smoking bullet” 😂 Falcon, the phrase is “The smoking GUN”

[@billyalarie929]

Give ya boi a break, he’s a bird, not a human! He’s trying his best :-(

[@vermiform]

He always misuses cliches

[@sagecentral1809]

Shadow isn’t evil? Also in the pre order for Shadow Generations it looks like SEGA are actually going to confirm this theory about Shadow being based of the mural from Sonic 3

[@gameranxTV]

We’re looking forward to checking that one out when it drops! :)

[@Xboxcampking334]

Another day another gameranx video

[@theStonerKid69]

Woof...I like that, starting with Indoctrination Theory which is clearly the only way to explain ME:3 having a logical story at all. I like this list. Thumbs up from me man.

[@Randybobandy12345]

“They look like a failed experiment” Ok rude

[@IamTucan]

Dude you made me feel so old when you brought up the Gen 1 Ditto theory….

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

I think we all know Vault-Tec were involved

[@artechstorm]

If you watched the show, you have the answer

[@Aubrey-mj6sr]

The nuke in Megaton has a valt tech logo on it. That could be an oversight, but it works pretty well

[@endlessemptyvoid]

@@artechstorm Barb SUGGESTED they drop the bombs. As far as we know, it's still up to debate. Why would she leave her daughter with her ex-husband if she knew they were gonna drop the bomb?

[@artechstorm]

@@Aubrey-mj6sr and the nuke in NV too

[@artechstorm]

@empty-voiid Maybe they got a divorce after he confronted her and the daughter sided with her dad. She gave up on life and drop the bombs

[@ChesuMori]

Wow, rare to see a video like this where the guy actually both knows and cares what he's talking about

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

Fallout 4 Theory: first of all, Tim saying Vault Tec didn't start the war and Bethesda saying they did, doesn't make either of them wrong. After all, Bethesda bought the franchise and while they have more or less adhered to the original lore, they've constantly changed things to suit their version of the story. The second thing about "who started the war", there's also a theory that the Fallout 4 assaultron in the Railroad, named P.A.M., decided to end the USA/China war by launching the nukes on both sides and destroy both aggressors. I've seen that one written up someplace, although I don't remember where. Here's what bugs me about Vault-Tec. The experiments in the vaults didn't start until after the bombs dropped and drove the population into the vaults. With the world destroyed (including Vault-Tec themselves as far as we know), what purpose do those experiments serve? Apparently they planned to colonise other worlds, as evidenced by their display in the Nuka-World amusement park where the demo vault was said to be designed for another planet (but was secretly subjecting visitors to an experimental gas -- oh Vault-Tec, you sneaky buggers). But was that park display just smoke and mirrors to sell the idea that the vaults were there for a good reason? My personal opinion, the annihilation probably was just the result of two super powers, locked in a long struggle and being drained dry, got desperate and tried to finish each other off. But I think it makes the whole thing more fun to believe that Vault-Tec somehow started it.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

There are two hints in the games that the Zetans may well have directly intervened to trigger the Great War. Additionally, you mention that the experiments don't start until the vaults go active so what's the point? Well, who else does weird experiments on humans in the Fallout universe? The Zetans. My personal theory is that Vault-Tec and both governments were at least partially infiltrated by the Zetans and the Enclave, in addition to being an attempt at personal power by high-ranking officials was also in a shadow war with the Zetans during the end times after various political and espionage agents realized what they were doing. As for the why, the short answer is the Zetans kicked it off right after humanity launched it's first major satellites, so clearly they didn't want humanity leaving earth. The long answer is an entirely speculative other theory of mine involving the Zetans trapping the Interloper on earth and it being weak to radiation but not possible to destroy it as an inter-dimensional being.

[@MrJerichoPumpkin]

well, we already know that not all the Vaults are in place for experiments, there are also control ones and literally "time capsule" ones (cryogenics), so is only logical to assume hat Vault-Tec higher ups will be safe and warm (or better, cold) while their mad experiments go on...

[@Crazyguy_123MC]

I don’t think Bethesda ever said they did drop them. In the games it sounds like they didn’t. You read that Vault Tec was caught off guard. Their personnel barely made it to most of the Vaults and Mr House a close associate was also unprepared. I think they would have told their personnel ahead of time if they actually dropped them. People misinterpret what is said in the show. They never actually say Vault Tec dropped them they only say Vault Tec would if they had to.

[@DarkProphetGaming]

#9 the conjuring mast quest you learn that the dwemmer became one with the heart of Lorkhan and bound all of their souls into it. The guy you help ends up doing the same thing but he didnt have kogaracs tools Keening, and Sunder.

[@ElNerdoLoco]

Surprising detail: at 11:49, you can clearly see they gave the bull statue a butt hole. Someone had to model that. So some poor guy's job was looking at bull butts for reference and designing that.

[@TK199999]

FYI, most fans actually think Shepard was indoctrinated at the end of Mass Effect 2 final DLC. With the opening of Mass Effect 3 being so obvious of Sherpard manifesting Indoctrination signs. That fans are convinced that it was gonna be plot of the game but was abandoned for some unknown reason after the intro of Mass Effect 3 was created. But it was such good intro or too late in development that it was never changed. But slow clap for remembering the whole Vault-Tec space ship thing, which many Fallout lore KZbinrs miss or forget. Fallout 4 gives a possible explanation for why Vault-Tec wanted the world to end. They worshipped a Lovecraftian Old God which is mention in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4. That the goal was to sacrifice the human race to Great Dark Old One to awaken it and be rewarded for their ritual in waking it. With Vault-Tec Cult members surviving the War in the special Vault-Tec bunkers. Though some fans think that the Enclave and Vault-Tec board were Dark Enlightmentists (real life thing) who wanted to start over and the only way to do that is wipe the slate clean by destroying the world. Leaving these Enlighted men (in the game as in real life Dark Enlightmentists are some of riches people on Earth so yeah scary) to remake the world as they see fit.

[@Spootington]

If the, game writers say it's not true, it's not flipping true. It doesn't matter what you personally believe. FF8's nonsense is because of the amounts of content they had to remove. Edea's icicle spear missed everything vital. Rinoa is not Ultemecia, according to the writers. "The FEV Virus", really? "The Forced Evolutionary Virus Virus" is what you just said

[@Jeffdangit]

0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Mass Effect 3 2:18 - Elder Scrolls 4:44 - Final Fantasy X/2 6:25 - Resident Evil 2 8:04 - Final Fantasy 8 10:15 - MK 1 12:03 - Sonic Adventure 2 13:34 - Pokemon 15:00 - Elden Ring 17:11 - Fallout

[@HorusDeathtouch]

R=U is a ridiculous theory imo, but the Squall is dead one is absolutely absurd. What Falcon says about it isn't even correct. He never gets a chest wound. He is hit in the shoulder.

[@mileswebb9618]

I don’t really understand why you put the little bits of game play with no commentary on it, but I like it

[@Krotas_DeityofConflicts]

Well.. The Fallout show implied that Vault Tec did cause it, they dropped the bomb themselves; in the meeting they were discussing it.

[@endlessemptyvoid]

Discussing, yes. Remember, Barb and Cooper's daughter was with Cooper. Why would Barb leave her daughter to die?

[@shinrugal]

My theory is that they dropped the bomb on China first knowing that they would retaliate like they did. Doing it that way people could spin it like China were the aggressors .

[@Wingtrl]

​@@endlessemptyvoidseeing how he asked where his family is I don't think she is dead

[@Fuggcuhikes]

@@endlessemptyvoidyou’re so obviously paid. “How does it break the lore🤓”. Conveniently ignores the entire retconning of ghouls,shady sands being gone before the events of new vegas. Mr house making ZERO sense. Explanation of the vault boy. The DUMBEST answer to who started the war and why(a question that ISNT supposed to be answered for the THEME of the series),the brotherhood being around and stronger than ever after fallout 4(which is awful),and much,much MUCH more.

[@Nevouti.x]

The show implies it doesn't make it any less silly, Mr house wasn't looking to end the world himself he just knew it was inevitable and wanted to spare Vegas

[@illyahrthebard3303]

6:20 This theory has two additional bits of supporting information that you didn't touch on. During Shinra's analysis of the Farplane in X-2, he actually theorizes about tapping into the vast energy he finds there, which is what the Shin-Ra corporation is doing in 7. Secondly, Dirge of Cerberus reveals that Weapons are last-ditch protectors in case the world is about to die. If the first group of Weapons can't stop what is killing the planet, Omega Weapon kills everything and gathers up all the life on the world, human, plant, animal, all of it, and then flies to a new world and seeds it. They also say it has done it before. That means the possibility exists that Spira died and Omega Weapon transported all life to a new world, with all its people eventually reincarnating there 9:45 I think it was explained somewhere that Ultimecia was treated very poorly growing up because she was a Sorceress and Sorceresses had become hated due to how many had tried to rule/destroy the world previously. She didn't want to stop time, she wanted to compress all of it into a single point: her. Ironically enough, by sending her conscious mind back in time to set up what she needed, she also sets up the hatred people have for Sorceresses. Her own actions create a stable loop that ensures she is treated poorly, thus causing her actions.

[@technewb8241]

The claim that Ditto are failed Mew clones really makes sense. Mew contains the DNA of every pokemon, and Ditto can breed with any pokemon

[@GrimfangsTV]

The real theory behind the disappearance of the Dwemer is that they used the Numidium to disappear. The Numidium in itself is a device capable of bringing multiple realities to fruition simultaneously, sort of like Quantum Physics wherein you can't observe both the speed and position of an object simultaneously. It pretty much caused the Warp in the West that led to the creation of High Rock at the end of Daggerfall. So to cut to the chase, the Dwemer are suspended in reality and have disappeared altogether because they simultaneously both exist and don't exist. The lore behind their absence is far better explain in Morrowind than it is in Skyrim. Also, God Head is one of Kirkbride's weirdball theories that he likes to experiment with. It isn't exactly a theory as much as an idea and the community itself is very divisive on whether or not to accept it. CHIM is real, but the involvement of God Head is just Kirkbride's idea and some people like to entertain while others don't. He has many other raw, unrefined ideas that aren't exactly meant to be taken as lore but are rather just his own brainstorming on his blog.

[@ArchAngelThomas]

WTF... You have to give me more than 2 seconds notice of a spoiler alert so I can click off the video...

[@jikannomajo]

The more "conclusive" explanation for Rinoa = Ultimecia is Griever - Squall's symbol/insignia. It was that one conversation between just Rinoa and Squall that is soooo out of place (they literally flirted in the middle of a battlefield) where Rinoa asked Squall about his prized insignia that it seems like it's a Chekhov's gun. Then in the final battle with Ultimecia, one of the phases was her combining with Griever. Ultimecia has a motivation, she wants to rule everything even those that exists in the past and story's present. She knows that sorceresses, like herself, is a generational pass-on thing. So she passed on her consciousness backwards to control past sorceresses. Sorceresses arent turning crazy, there are just evil ones. Edea and Rinoa are good sorceresses; Edea was just controlled by Ultimecia. So time is also the counter argument for Rinoa = Ultimecia because sorceresses aren't immortal. They might live longer but they will still pass away. Also, I dont know if this is explained, confirmed or whatnot, but one of the phases of Ultimecia involves other sorceresses which wasn't introduced/talked about in the game which could potentially be sorceresses in the future after Rinoa's time.

[@kingshadow8782]

Good morning.

[@gameranxTV]

Good morning

[@Dullnut1243]

Good afternoon

[@benfubbs2432]

1:18 you can always tell when someone is just blindly reading a script and never played a game because they can't pronounce one of the main character's names correctly.

[@C64Mat]

Soren? What's wrong with that?

[@benfubbs2432]

@@C64Mat The character's name is said dozens of times out loud by people in the game so if the person pretending to have played the game actually played it they would know how to pronounce it correctly.

[@Objective-Bugg]

It's Sare-in

[@MrMickeynico]

Man I just never understood why the hell Bethesda didn't make a whole storyline about what happened to the dwemmer

[@Gackt4awesome]

Indoctrination Theory is not at all true. It was a cope by fanboys who didn't like the Mass Effect 3 ending. It shouldn't even be on the list

[@GrimfangsTV]

The Tyrant actually gained the name Mr. X because of a Board Game called "Cluedo" that was still popular back when the original game first launched. The objective was to track down a mysterious killer called "Mr. X" in the advertisements for the game who looked exactly like the Tyrant, complete with an overcoat and that hat of his. The original Mr. X is shown stepping onto a double-decker bus in the ad.

[@Blue-cq2hl]

"theories that are clearly true" "starts off with indoctrination theory for me3" lol ok pretty not good title on this one

[@quigglyz]

Indoctrination theory is obviously true. Your comment is balls, friend.

[@Unknownusername1004]

​@@quigglyzit's many plot holes say otherwise dude

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

​@@quigglyz Indoctrination Theory was debunked over a decade ago.

[@mlmii1933]

​@Unknownusername1004 .... You keep saying that but have yet to elaborate on the "plotholes".

[@Unknownusername1004]

@@mlmii1933 it requires to many hoops to jump through and some ridiculous stretches dude. It's copium for people that just can't accept the ending

[@Harbyz]

An end for once and all hits hard man, havent listened to it for years and 3s released so many emotions

[@ayushrana3515]

One of the best OSTs of all time. Man I still remember I almost cried when it played in the ending.

[@AdamBA380]

If you’re going to say “Huge spoilers for the TV show here” maybe give more than a single second for the viewer/listener to pause. I couldn’t even get my headphones off in time and I acted IMMEDIATELY *edited for spelling

[@TempledChris]

The shows been out a long time dude...

[@AdamBA380]

@@TempledChris I knew some numpty would comment this. That’s not the point. The point is if you’re going to disclaim “spoiler alert” then give the viewer a chance to pause. But to address your lazy reply, if it’s been SOOOO long then why did Falcon feel the need to say “spoiler alert?” Because it hasn’t really been that long. Also some people have busy lives and can’t watch stuff right away.

[@TempledChris]

@@AdamBA380 I'm aware that people have busy lives... Got one myself and still found time to watch the show because I didn't want to see spoilers. Falcons videos always contain spoilers and it's not unusual for someone to say "spoiler alert" then mention the spoiler. I'd probably have paused the video the moment he mentioned Fallout, but what would I know... I'm just some numpty 🙄😂

[@AdamBA380]

@@TempledChris correct

[@AdamBA380]

@@TempledChris congrats you managed to watch a show. I guess everyone should have watched it by now since you’ve managed to