Amnesia: Justine - Story Explained

[@cogitae]

I wish Justine was a bit longer because the plot of this short game was honestly perfect. I'd love a sequel to Amnesia featuring Justine, or at least being able to see her or interact with her as the mc.

[@zytotempol8154]

Hi

[@DrVagax]

Perhaps it was perfect because it is neat and compact, a sequel might ruin that

[@giannilyanicks1718]

i am sure she got arrested by the pôlice at the end after a last meal . to endure many years in prison and maybe get executed by guillotine for what she did to her suitors and the three other persons. so no hope for an ending. many things lead to her mansion. to show that Alois Racine's father was right about Justine

[@edgardiomontechichio4924]

I think she would make a great antagonist.

[@minihalkoja590]

I like how Amnesia: Justine manages to be set in an universe that contains supernatural horrors, yet it doesn't explore that kind of horror. Only the horrors that humanity itself can create. The basement/dungeons of the Florbelle estate aren't haunted by reanimated corpses of a long gone war nor a cosmic Lovecraftian entity, only the broken prisoners of an insane woman. To go on a very specific and nerdy rant, I wonder what happened to the Cabinet after Justine passed away. Was it ignored as a dark dungeon of a bygone time, or was it's true purpose seen? Are it and Justine now a dark and depressing footnote in French history. Is it now a museum? People living in the Amnesia universe's 21st century are likely morbidly curious and excited to hear about the madwoman who conducted secret, Saw-like experiments in her basement in the 1830's. I at least would be binging the shit out of that topic.

[@AlekzanderTamayo-ln8bf]

I asked Chatgpt to write the plot for an Amnesia game set in Modern times, basically, this was the case Justine is a popular person by the 21st century you play as A person descended from Justine and Daniel(the one from the dark descent I know but thankfully, I calculated their ages and it's not a situation where the make is way older than the female, heck, it's the other way around and yes, I used the wiki for researching their age) and they find out about their ancestry, and decide to dig deeper into their family history, leading to organizations getting involved trying to research the supernatural bullshit

[@AlekzanderTamayo-ln8bf]

Imagine living in the modern day of Amnesia's universe, and by the modern day, the actions of Oswald Mandus from machine for pigs are discovered, imagine the amount of conspiracy theories trying to explain Mandus knowing if the 20th century despite living in 1899, not to mention about the fact that he tried to end the world with a nuclear explosion, imagine going to history class and seeing the topic: The Time A Man Tried To End The World

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Amnesia Justine also had a lot of references to Portal, like Justine saying "I´m still alive" at the end and the whole thing essentially being one big testing sequence guided by a disembodied, in this case recorded voice there is even a GLADOS easter egg hidden in the library

[@DuelaDent52]

That’s because the game was created for Valve’s Potato Sack ARG, where a bunch of games on Steam updated themselves with potatoes to tie into the release of Portal 2. The letter that gets you the Still Alive ending is also basically just describing a Portal gun and is even signed by A.S. Industries, a.k.a. Aperture Science.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

@@DuelaDent52 nice

[@fajarhartadi7976]

​@@DuelaDent52l

[@landlockedcroat1554]

FOUND YA LENYYYYY

[@bardotte3639]

justine is such a gem, i really hope they remake the game and give us a more detailed story

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

There's no need for a remake you redditor. This works well as a short and compact story

[@emulatorisland7417]

@@ManiacMayhem7256 Rent free projection.

[@quoteclone]

​@@ManiacMayhem7256 ? Were you having a bad day lol

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

@@quoteclone That was me on a decent day lol

[@apple8464]

I think there's one thing you missed. Justine's father came on to her - meaning he tried to sexually assault her because she reminded him of her mother and their similar looks. That was why she had to kill him, and most likely one of the final straws that pushed her to her insanity.

[@yourinternetuser]

Thats so fucked up

[@drinkjuggernautitshealthy9261]

How do you know where the proof

[@yourinternetuser]

@@drinkjuggernautitshealthy9261 You would know if you actually finished watching the video or played the game

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Was it ever confirmed that he made a move on her though? the wording here implies that it was actually her who tried to get intimate and felt ashamed afterwards because of it "trying to fill the void left by my mother" it´s not stated that she was made to fill it or failed to fill it for that matter and since the note is written from her perspective I doubt she would put herself into this disadvantageous position willingly given how convinced she is of herself

[@mattmedrala1947]

I think that Justine, like her namesake in de Sade's novel, was an abuse victim and a lot of her sadism was inherited from her father. There are hints from loading screens and Justine's thoughts that the dungeon and its insane contraptions were left over by her father, and it's also implied that the alien artifact that she used to kill her father might have also been influencing her just like Mandus was turned by an orb into a homicidal monster. This game is an experiment by Justine to see if any trace of her original humanity is still left.

[@clownrat5759]

My favorite Amnesia game! I adore this one for it’s grim and hopeless nature. The bad guy ends up winning in the end and we get no closure for those we wanted to save.. how *wonderfully* tragic.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

i think TDD is still the best, but the story of Justine was still original and fresh. and nope, we never know if the people we rescued really got rescued or not , Justine said herself in one of her recording that the police would come at her home sooner or later, she must have left enough pieces of evidence while kidnapping six persons, we just make our guess at the end

[@ZebraOnYourNose]

A perfect ending to a perfectly grim dark game

[@fahholliday5374]

@@giannilyanicks1718 she is a french libertine in the post-revolutionary, post-napoleon era and thus well after major events which would see her dead. she most likely got away with it due to money and influence.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

​@@fahholliday5374 According to her there's still some residue of that left since in her words she's shocked the Catholic priest was still alive "in this political climate"

[@the_jones528]

WTF

[@DefyDTF]

Dude your growth has been RIDICULOUS. I found your vids when you were around a few hundred i believe a year or so ago and where as I thought your playthroughts were entertaining and could tell thats what you enjoyed doing, finding your niche in these videos really sky rocketed your channel. Just saying don't be afraid to maybe post a couple of your playthroughs or even stream on here now and then. I've watched everyone of your lore and orders since you started the series though and want to congratulate you on such a fantastic idea and a niche you fill in perfectly👍

[@MAXPAYNE485]

Personally loved Justine DLC back in the day. Thanks for doing this story dive!

[@zoeelizalde8415]

I literally just finished your other amnesia video and honestly cant wait for the rebirth video

[@nathanbrown7906]

Same

[@STANKORachev]

​@@nathanbrown7906 why?

[@luistamayo1247]

Fun fact: the star shaped soapstone is actually a reference to the amnesia short stories more specifically the first one called the grinch house also the last name of dr fournier is a reference to amnesia the bunker with a character known as sergeant fournier

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

The soapstone is a reference to "in the mountains of madness"

[@emperorelijah715]

@@MisanthropicOcellus More specifically, the Elder Things, who’d use the soapstone as a form of currency.

[@Dragon359]

A part of me understands why Justine ended up the way she was...but I still was hoping she would meet her end by some means. I suppose at the very least, age would catch up with her, but still she would be removed from the world eventually. I also remember that this was one big reference (and part of a big meta-game that Valve did) with Portal.

[@freshlymemed5680]

I think one of the recordings implied she expected the authorities to investigate eventually. No way you can kidnap 6 people, some probably rich and influential, and get away with it.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

don't understand

[@Synthesyn342]

@@giannilyanicks1718 they are saying that they understand why she is the way that she is, but still hoped that she would get punished for her own wrongdoings.

[@tomosmells]

Last night I fell asleep to your Bioshock and Amnesia lore videos and now I wake up to this. Beautiful.

[@laquintana4735]

Really enjoyed this video, can't wait for future Amnesia installments! May I recommend doing a story explained on 'Lucius'? The game is nearing its 10 year anniversary, would love to see it happen!

[@enru8528]

These kind of videos are amazing and I love watching every one of them! Keep it up, man.

[@Spookyboogie992]

I was so hoping you would do this one, thanks so much!

[@bluesnail9263]

You sincerely deserve way more subscribers. Don't change tho, growing channels shouldn't have to give up what makes them unique to be successful.

[@ziziflor9019]

These stories are wild. I've never played them but fully enjoy your explanation and deep dives into them! Thank you

[@IronVigilance]

This is so dark. Not just from a moral standpoint but I literally cannot fucking see

[@AlekzanderTamayo-ln8bf]

Facts, there's literally NO OIL

[@tazzidoe7083]

Another fantastic and comprehensive story explained!! :)

[@Soothsayrtw]

I feel it would have been cool to have this game tie into dark decent. With the way she likes to torture people it would have made sense that the two characters collecting Vital or whatever it was to keep the shadow at bay would have contacted her for help in torturing if not for ideas or equipment or something.

[@googisthegreat1397]

There is a note in the flooded dungeon area near the separated lever on a shelf under a box. I remember that it was a letter to Justine's father Monsieur Florbelle by Daniel (or Herbert) regarding the Algeria expedition that led to the events of The Dark Descent. (As shown near the end of the video.)

[@wafu6058]

Keep these coming! You could cover anything and I’d watch!

[@arzee9993]

Been watching u from 11k hope u get the fame u deserve these videos are so good

[@pleonasm545]

I like that you cover horror games because I would never play them myself, it's just not for me.

[@nikbradley657]

What is Justine planning at the dinner party?? You say we all know but I have no idea!

[@zytotempol8154]

I'm planning the best delicious dinner

[@mattmedrala1947]

Probably something similar to what Mandus did to his party guests. One subtle theme about this story is the people Justine targets for her games: rich people, authority figures, and fellow sadists. Just like Mandus, I think she loathes her fellow aristocrats and enjoys tormenting them; but she also hates herself, since she's willing to risk dying just to see how humane her 'true self' is.

[@TheBayzent]

To drug them and put them in the Cabinet.

[@amber2285]

I really like the videos you make😊 keep up the good work👍

[@wea69420]

hell yeah dude I was waiting for these

[@angelmoreno1988]

So it's almost like medieval Saw but she's playing it on herself?

[@nilskeller5370]

im really hyped for the machine for pigs video, it has such an amazing story

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Lmao machine for pigs was trash

[@LineOfThy]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 opinions mister

[@quoteclone]

​@mihaimercenarul7467 bro u left 12 comments hating on machine for pigs

[@jaynicole4011]

The way I jumped on this video tho 😂 I’m so excited to see the video you do for rebirth

[@matthewsmith3008]

Please do the dishonored series! I think it'd be right up your alley

[@slabness]

Amazing games, I played TDS after playing the Penumbras. I like your content, good quality and easy to listen to/watch

[@AndyCandyZeroSugar]

Thank you for separating any links to Rebirth in it's own part of the video! I could enjoy this one without the fear of spoiling Rebirth, which I've yet to play and know nothing about whatsoever. Personally I love villains, villainous characters, and your re-telling of the story made me appreciate Justine all the more. I really like how the creators did not put in some sort of karmic justice cliche into her story, something present in so many stories about the protagonist being the evil one. It is left to us to judge her, and ultimately, she is left unharmed and unhindered. The endings and the short conversation with Clarice, to me indicate that Justine had the skill to cover up her atrocious actions and would continue this lifestyle for many, many years to come. She is a fascinating character, one moment delving deep into the deadly dungeons of her own creation, toying with six unfortunate souls, and in the next moment she slips into the shoes of an aristocrat, lighthearted and ready to entertain guests. It truly feels like, to her, it's just a fun little game.

[@TheBayzent]

I mean, those guests are going down to the Cabinet of Perturbation.

[@Rizu-kc3ze]

So there is nothing truly paranormal in Justine's story itself, except the indirect connection to other games. Only her crazy mind.

[@magicdog9523]

The short story collection that comes with TDD features the star-shaped soapstone more than once. It was pried out of the door of an orb chamber in Calais, France, and during Professor Herbert's time in Algiers a French officer tells him how the stone has been in his family since the siege of Calais and has driven people in his family to great inspiration but also madness. So Justine's craziness may be supernaturally caused.

[@DaBwiggz]

another banger thanks Harry

[@NGMonocrom]

In reality, individuals like Justine never answer for their crimes. Quite frankly, someone this evil and sadistic deserves her own feature-length game. Imagine the reveal at the end of The Dark Descent if you've been playing as Justine, instead of the somewhat sympathetic Daniel.

[@zenjikozen]

Oh come on, Daniel tortured people

[@DARK-dw2gm]

​@@zenjikozen he did so because the Fucking Hag told him that it was the only way to survive the Shadow

[@NOTDeezy.]

Daniel literally murdered a child in cold blood

[@B1g_B0sssss]

​@@NOTDeezy.i mean, he was manipulated. And he did redeem himself in two endings.

[@NOTDeezy.]

with the revenge ending, daniel never felt sorry for all the horrible shit he did. he simply blamed everything on alexander and walked out of the castle saying "yeah i suffered so i learned my lesson :)" basically he isn't any less of an asshole. the agrippa ending is the only true good ending where daniel can " redeem" himself because both daniel and alexander die and neither of them deserved to live because they're both horrible people. redeem in quotations because it's just daniel putting his anger and selfishness aside for a moment to save a soul and give up his own life. it still doesn't undo all the bad shit he's done (also alexander never told daniel to hunt down and kill a little girl. daniel autonomously did that. hell, daniel enjoyed torturing people to the point it disturbed alexander.) @@B1g_B0sssss

[@Bzuhl]

Great video! Pronunciation guide from a French guy (named Basile) : Aloïs sounds more like Alohiss and Basile like Bahzil.

[@Dsaberz]

Can't wait for machine for pigs. Because I have no idea what the heck was happening in that game.

[@AbsinthedeLaRochefoucauld]

The Suitors are clearly meant to be three different people, so I wish they had different designs as well. Still, amazing how fucked up this short story is, great video man

[@sevinskill6272]

also Daniel says the people he was trying to reach out too where being killed off maybe those deaths where just random?

[@kumaraditya5513]

You are criminally underated

[@akihikosanadasbandage]

ur voice is very soothing 🙌

[@Notrealj69]

this dude making it big!

[@damagee8141]

Was waiting for this one.

[@indifferentone8991]

You missed the main link. In TDD when you go to archives in the first part of the game there's a room with a grammaphone near a window which plays a tape with Justine's voice. That was Frictional's easter egg to the DLC and the main link between Brennenburg and Justine simultaneously.

[@itshananahbanana]

I can't wait for rebirth!!

[@ligokleftis]

i hope you do all the amnesia games!

[@mantha6912]

That's not the Saw music I'm hearing in the "3 Victims" and "Motives" section is it? Because if it is...well done.

[@Subject_Keter]

The monster on the Thumbnail is your soul after stubbing your Toe.

[@ernestbatiy1070]

Great video man

[@eliotspencer18]

Would love to see you do a video on firewatch.

[@noelialynn8714]

I’m so early yesss ❤️❤️ I love your videos ! I’ve been addicted

[@thescouts4734]

Anyone feel like this game was way more saw feeling than the saw game?

[@annastarlight]

the rare momment when the sequel is better than the original

[@allie7726]

I have a question about the end.. Why did Justine target the French aristocracy at the end? I'm assuming that's why she invited them all to dinner? Also, thank you for another amazing video!! 👏🏼👏🏼😀 I've been watching you for a while now and it's been great seeing your channel grow!

[@aavishkarpayale3712]

Maybe it's to take revenge on them as the rules made by them.,her child hood friend was lost.

[@allie7726]

@@aavishkarpayale3712 oh that's a good idea! I didn't know her childhood friend was lost.

[@mattmedrala1947]

In the Marquis de Sade's stories, such as the one that inspired Justine, aristocrats and authority figures were sadistic hypocrites. I think this Justine may have been subject to abuse by her father and his friends, making her into a sadomasochist herself. In a twisted way she's targeting other sadists (Basile's working class, but apparently beat her during sex) and powerful figures in a society she believes is full of BS. This would link her to Mandus' similar resentment of the wealthy and poor alike, and that hallway full of insane ramblings also imply that the orb has been speaking to her. Her childhood friend still works as her maid, and Justine hides her sadistic crimes from her. It's unclear if it's because she actually cares or if she's just being pragmatic, but I'd like to think Justine wants to protect the one person she cared about since she was a kid.

[@RickJaeger]

I think it's ridiculous to say "We all know what for." No we don't. She could literally just be hosting a dinner party. And her childhood friend was _not_ "lost." Clarice, Justine's maid, is the same Clarice who was her childhood friend.

[@giannilyanicks1718]

interesting point

[@Chefkejr]

10:55 we all know what for. Did I miss something here or do you just mean to continue the experiments

[@Fernkarry]

Whats the explaination for why the suitors are supernaturally strong? Like strong enough to break down very thick doors with ease.

[@GG22n]

Justine experimented on them.

[@dondigao1057]

Please do the Heilwald loophole. It's great and cool

[@AB-dd4jz]

Monsieur means mister in french, I'm pointing it out because the way the game is showing it lead to think that Monsieur was his name.

[@VxG_Ghost]

Hey, have you considered making a lore video on the dead space series?

[@luiz_sickboy]

control lore and order???? that would be awesome

[@keybladenoctis373]

@Gaming Harry these videos are really good. Could you do a Hello Neighbor or We Happy Few video?

[@aggressiveasf]

my names justine and the fact this appeared terrifies me

[@RubenVisawesome]

0:55 There was no way to play records in 1858. First record player was invented in America in 1877. Developers didn’t do their research.

[@shingo9318]

Actually never played or really watched lets plays of the amnesia games besides like pewdipies first couple videos. Bought the collection a few months ago so probably going to try them out finally

[@peterh4049]

I don't understand who the body is hanging at the end. I thought that was justine herself speaking from her own mouth rather than a recording, but now I learn that we play as justine the whole time. Who's the person in the room with the sliding walls?

[@peterh4049]

@Lorelei123 So why does he have the gramophone in his mouth?

[@REELRAREproduction]

What’s the connection between this and rebirth though?

[@coenleonard9613]

We need a we happy few video

[@lilc9886]

I liked his videos🖤

[@wiredfires]

justine is for the streets 😔🙏

[@alanchoichang8336]

blame me not, for i was but a child. with careful ambition, i dared a smile...

[@mariuscatalin5982]

the worst monsters wear the most beautiful face

[@xcomebaxk3372]

All of Dead space lore books , movies , games and dlc please

[@brunovenancio8783]

Waiting for Rebirth!

[@davidtelfer9144]

I wasn't sure about watching this, I didn't know if it was a lore and order video, would recommend adding it to the video title

[@Bloodlustian]

I want to understand how a machine for pigs fits into any of this.

[@snakehunter2132]

There is a video by leadhead that explains the story of machine for pigs

[@GamingHarryYT]

I haven’t started researching it yet but I think the protagonist is related to Daniel? In terms of links to Justine, I don’t think it has any

[@vladdomnescu]

I don't think they are related that much because machine for pigs was not directed by the same company that TDD and Rebirth are made, it's his own twisted world

[@hannukahcelt2027]

@@GamingHarryYT I believe one of the journal entries in a Machine for Pigs has the main character refer to Alexander as his Uncle or some other relative.

[@riufq]

darkwood story please

[@bishqwit]

man i am simping for her alrdy

[@cartooncritique6625]

Somehow Justine is an even more fu*k'd up Jigsaw! :/

[@niprut3819]

Good Stuff

[@GaryHamad]

6:58 Bro Same

[@beevariety]

this DLC was mid at best don't listen to the comments glazing this game, the game is average at best. For a horror game it was definitely scary as sh*t but the story is supported by weak writing and important dialogue that is extremely forgettable and hard to follow. Once i finished the game I had to look up "Amensia Justine explained" because I had no idea what I had played by the end of it. If you have to do that after you complete a game, then the game's story is not written well. And I just beat Dark Descent and after the game was over I fully understood what I played and didn't need to look up a story explained for it. If this game was longer and the devs had more time to flesh out the story and the characters it would've been a great game for sure. don't listen to the dick riders. This game was okay. Great review btw it helped me understand A LOT of what I just played.

[@AG-en5y]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mudshrooze]

I'm 27. Just played Dark Descent yesterday and Justine today. I played machine of pigs back 2017. I still prefer machine of pigs but damn these games are good. And creepy.

[@AlexSaints-t2k]

Wow Alois pronounciation is Alowa not Alois HAHA! Thanks!

[@momomonies]

Thanks

[@payetoncharme]

Little aparté, Aloïs is pronounced ah low hiss

[@chaks2432]

Can you do Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West?

[@aranerem3767]

I like this

[@Xirpzy]

Could you take a look at Cry of fear?

[@zytotempol8154]

Omg, My name lol!! I never played it but I did watched it. Edit: Wow, what a story lol. Mmmmmmmmm lol. Oooh, a story for me; nah lol, just kidding. No man for me tho lol. Oh geez, this is something I would watch. And, oh, almost so close as me and that character is so close lol😉.

[@Adog00]

I didn’t like this one cause I had to restart everytime I died 😭

[@hardlyboiled]

simping, not even once

[@rekamud6635]

god I wish I was alois

[@ShikiKairagi]

Ok

[@diamondhamster4320]

This game is just Yandere GF IRL meme.

[@BiasedGrunt]

Is this game like 20 minutes long or something 😂

[@AcediaPitcures]

Pretty sure it’s a DLC

[@cesly87]

I can fix her.

[@landlockedcroat1554]

lol

[@rosenrot234]

I remember this game more for the My Little Pony mod of it.

[@orangutank626]

I can fix Justine

[@robicafr]

hey