The smartest and funniest game ever made

The Stanley Parable is one of the funniest and smartest games ever created
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[@nickbensema3045]

2013: "this office in the Stanley Parable is such a depressing suburban hellscape" 2022: "wow, each employee has so much room, the desks have backdrops, and Stanley has his own office, I'm so jealous"

[@flare5282]

GIVE. ME. A. BUCKET.

[@dogf421]

2013: "the stanley parable is depressing" 2022: "wow i wish i could get paid for pushing buttons rather than choosing between being harrased by karens or starving to death"

[@kaileealtman9630]

Lol I just started a new job where for the first time I have my own entire cubicle and it's wonderful. I've already decorated and stuff. It's so nice! 😆

[@acreativename7999]

@Kavetion nah

[@MemeMemeMemeMemeMemeMemeMeme]

Fallout 4 vr please

[@Nitrinoxus]

In all seriousness, _The Stanley Parable_ may have the most believable portrayal of Hell in all of gaming: An endless labyrinth of cubicles, beige walls and brown floors where _everyone_ got to go home _except you._

[@katg5746]

So, the backrooms...

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@katg5746 If the Backrooms were a cubicle farm, aye. Though I think _that_ kind of torment is banned under the Geneva Conventions.

[@rembrandtr6446]

@@katg5746 not quite the same

[@diezelleprozo6047]

come on, you really don't want jack to see my comment? dude, he should play more of this

[@dard2240]

More of a book writer hell. Books are follow more linear path due to character being someone who would follow that path by describing it in the book. But in the game character(aka player) is free to do whatewer he wants. That makes no sense since described character wouldn't do that. That what makes narrator get's angry: his description of character fades away once character choices are out of character.

[@demagischewereldvanalexand1128]

20:21 "what did my granddad say before he kicked the bucket?" "How far do you think I can kick this bucket?" Comedy gold right there

[@Cassxowary]

Yes and also hehe just gave you the 69th like

[@_NoahTheKid_]

​@@Cassxowarynice 👌

[@olavolima2330]

The fact that jack predicted this focus towards buckets by unknowingly getting into the “bucket owning person” character is just wonderful

[@anomolouscow3761]

"The Serious Room" is a reference to an Easter egg in the original game where it would take you there if you tried to turn cheats on through the console. You would be stuck there and the Narrator would berate you for literal hours until you reset

[@aiim_aimm]

Thats actually so cool that they put that in the game

[@mateussoares515]

Maybe he talks to you again if you cheat yourself in there..?

[@dawnbeckett9179]

Imagine the voice actor recording literal hours of voice lines. So much respect for the voice actor

[@anomolouscow3761]

@@mateussoares515 idk but if you cheat again, while in it, he takes you to the Super Serious Room, with even more unique dialogue to that part

[@lukasraynor]

I forgot about that completely.

[@slendermonkey7]

I would just like to point out this game’s incredible attention to detail: The smoke detector went off cuz it reached the end if it’s lifetime of 8-10 years. Wow

[@tylern6420]

It's kinda scary and amazing how some electronics can last so long with 1 round of batteries

[@trevorhaddox6884]

@@tylern6420 Most digital watches last that long or longer.

[@oofalbert]

@@tylern6420 Meanwhile my phone dies within an hour of unplugging it

[@tylern6420]

@@oofalbert I've never heard of a phone dying that early by design It's probably time to pull up a teardown tutorial, to order some parts and tools, to crack it open (but carefully!) and to replace the battery

[@oofalbert]

@@tylern6420 Bah, tis but a joke my good sir!

[@blueraspberrycat1283]

Lmao Sean being obsessed with the bucket before it was even introduced is everything

[@Wwhoah]

I thought at the start jack just turned younger and got a worse camera just for this

[@timat2233]

I actually thought I accidentally opened a super old video of his

[@arthurdabest8569]

And me

[@SplitWigz]

Lol I’m high me too

[@Cassxowary]

The effort he put into that though!

[@Quandale_Dinglee]

I thought so too

[@gonnime]

"I want the bucket ending!" Well Jack, you'll get plenty of them soon enough

[@kyan7708]

can’t wait

[@bekul8251]

The wait will kill me

[@kyan7708]

@@bekul8251 Honestly whole time he was talking about buckets i was like God i hope he got the ending 😂

[@narinial3448]

I think, he don't even know, how right he is...

[@landontrahan5770]

So, a paint bucket didn't suffice?

[@kylebick5424]

"I want the bucket ending!" *Having played the Ultra Deluxe, Jack does not know what he is asking for.*

[@NINJA-FOX.Productions]

REASSURANCE BUCKET

[@insertnamehere2062]

@@Instabruh.User.. Nobody asked bot

[@bobbybologna3029]

I'm better than content, My better is bucket!

[@referral69]

hehehe

[@Sage-TheMage]

@@bobbybologna3029 the bucket parable

[@Stoic-Cat]

19:55 “are you that convinced that I want something bad to happen to you” Wall: DANGER EVERYWHERE

[@lord_egg]

Imagine if Stanley just couldn't hear the Narrator and was just so confused when he kept teleporting and thigs started moving.

[@faloughasch9239]

I love how the freedom ending ends with your game crashing, implying that stanley truly is free from ANY control, even the player's

[@trifectum3504]

oh shit I didn't even think about that last bit

[@TheEpicGalaxy21]

It wasn't on purpose, the crashing was actually it crashing, not for the purpose of the ending.

[@auroraishere2907]

Funnily enough in the actual game it dosent actually crash, when the ending ends, it just goes back to the "the end is never the end" loading screen just like with any other ending. But yes, it was very good timing

[@TemporalZack]

Finally Stanley can truly be free for once, even if it was unintended.

[@TheEpicGalaxy21]

@@TemporalZack Me an intellectual: *Opens up the game again*

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

I like how jack ended up convincing himself a “bucket ending” exists because he repeated it until he believed it was a thing

[@koconnell968]

Well......

[@cecil2742]

It's not a thing? ;)

[@koconnell968]

@@cecil2742 Nope! Definitely not in any way 🙂😉

[@mavvi3303]

I wanna see it!

[@Rimorine]

After exhausting almost every ending - there seems to be a bucket version of every ending! And also additional half-endings? I am so confused even after doing everything (I think??) the game has to offer

[@NoaManic]

This game is all about being meta and reality being weird. Now it’s double meta because I remember watching Jack’s first playthrough of this when I was like 12: prolly my first encounter with existensial dread and philosophy lol

[@NoaManic]

@Karlie Kretchmer hell yeah💪

[@kaylaisdone]

The first ending has always struck a nerve with me. You try and free yourself from a machine that tells you what to do and how to feel, but you are still blindly following a narrator that does the same thing. Very clever Stanley parable, very clever.

[@ZhongliArchonofSwag]

By fighting the narrative in narrative driven games, and not enjoying the genre for what it is, and instead trying to seek freedom, the only thing you’ll do is make the experience harder on yourself and the game designer. Only by accepting and enjoying the narrative for what it is can you enjoy the genre.

[@MaksKCS]

Determinism is the main theme of the game after all. And, because it's a parable, there must be someone to tell it. Consequently, everything in the story is predetermined. The only difference is that the narrator's made-up character 'Stanley' is somehow replaced by a real person which gives them free choice. But because every 'ending' is still predetermined it's debatable whether you have free choice at all. At the end of the day, you're still being puppeteered by the narrator even when you disobey him.

[@garysmith3037]

I noticed it shut down the game/computer as you chose to go through the door....giving you the chance to get up from your computer and go do something in the real world.

[@avoyzy965]

Yeah

[@citruscirrus5607]

@@garysmith3037 it crashing wasn’t the game, it was just coincidence

[@mayu277]

I was watching this next to my mom and she asked me "is that Jacksepticeye?" and when I said yes, she said "He looks different with a beard!" She remembers you from when I first started watching you in 2014, time has really flown by :')

[@SwizzleDrizzl]

That's so cute what the fuck?

[@koalasarecool7823]

thats so awesome

[@whyops9862]

Why doesn't this comment have thousands of likes already?

[@y0ur_l0cal_egirl45]

thats so wholesome omg

[@reignu3940]

your mum has amazing memory

[@Lee-hp1wg]

This first came on and I was like “I don’t know why the universe has blessed me with such an old JSE video but I’m down for the nostalgia!” 😭

[@ironmanzilla1]

same, I was looking for this comment

[@TheAdvertisement]

20:36 The editing combined with Jack's impression was so smooth. 22:15 Narrator: _Ranting about how he put so much effort into the game what more could you want_ Jack: BUCKET 33:38 Lmfao Narrator sounds like an evil villain with this speech.

[@cj3537]

YOU'RE HERE TOO!?

[@Nero_Coniglio]

The narrator calling the player their friend and sounding genuinely concerned that they'd been gone for so long after using the skip button is almost heartbreaking. I really enjoy how the narrator becomes less of an omnipotent voice and just someone with us who seems to be dedicated to recording the events as they happen, a friend even. It really speaks to the amazing creativity of the developers and writers. I honestly wasn't ready for this video to end!

[@tarekaa]

@Instagram User nah you aren’t lol

[@Nydarovi]

I listened to as much dialogue as I could when I got to the skip button and it gave me chills. I wish Jack would have taken a little more time with it, but he was probably concerned with the video length at this point.

[@koconnell968]

@@tarekaa It's a bot. Responding to it is only playing into its purpose of getting engagement basically. Best to just report it as spam and move on.

[@edarddragon]

honestly i do wanna listen to all the long narrations is fun tbh, but yeah being stuck for centuries in a place oof

[@Riseo]

The fact that his game crashed before Stanley could be free, is so sad. It's like the game didn't want him to be free, wheeze.

[@JD-ku9xl]

feel like stanley did become free, he became free from jacks control.

[@Stusheep]

@@Instabruh.User.. bro you don’t even have a single video

[@FireTurkey]

@@Stusheep it's a bot

[@randomguy5561]

İn the original, you could walk out but I dont know about the ultra deluxe maybe they changed it

[@Riseo]

@@randomguy5561 No you still can, Jack just had a bug happen to him lol

[@lottji]

I seriously find it hard to believe that he had such a strong fixation on buckets before going to The Stanley Parable 2 Expo

[@600_bro]

Damn, I was 11 years old when you played this last… now I’m 19 and have a beautiful fiancée and beginning my life and you were always there when I was going through tough times. Crazy. Thanks, Jack. I’m glad we have you in this world.

[@ironmanzilla1]

I am glad I am not the only one, only difference is that I was 8 and I am now 16 :D. (and congtrats on your beautiful fiancée).

[@ktftp]

i hope your beautiful fiancee cheats on you

[@zaytaz9331]

Fiancée at 19? Dang!

[@600_bro]

@@zaytaz9331 yup, didn’t go very well, but it is what it is.

[@zaytaz9331]

@@600_bro oh. Condolences... I didn't see your comment was a year old🥲 sorry

[@Leonhart]

my gosh, that intro was fantastic; was about that time I started watching you on the regular... reminds me, "war has changed"

[@SiobhanR28]

Hey Leon. Awesome to see you here ^_^

[@user-en1mj8uc5f]

"BEGONE BOTS!" ~some fat guy

[@minorcomet282]

KZbin has changed. It's no longer about fun or originality. It's an endless series of advertisements, shoved in your face by celebrities and robots. KZbin--and it's consumption of watchtime--has become a well-oiled machine. KZbin has changed. Content control, monetization control, emotion control, advertisement control…everything is monitored and kept under control. KZbin...has changed. The age of good content has become the age of monetization, all in the name of making ludicrous amounts of money, and he who controls the ad revenue, controls history. KZbin…has changed.

[@IansonKing]

"earthnicity"

[@qsparagus]

@@volshebnik9683 I make awesome ratios👑😏

[@guilhermerafaelzimermann4196]

"I AM SURROUNDED BY BUCKETS" he said jokingly on his first episode, not knowing that that statement was in fact correct, every one of the objects and locations in the game, were in fact buckets

[@4AEM]

Soon he will find out that he himself is a bucket.

[@JohnFartblast]

Who gives a sh1t? NOBODY!! NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION!!. Please just turn off your computer for the sake of all of us, I am disappointed and frankly EMBARESSED by this horrific comment. Grow up, THEN talk to me because for now I just can't stand this bafoonery......

[@slothguy_]

But we are not buckets, we know that for sure, but don't tell anyone

[@JohnFartblast]

@@slothguy_ Quiet.

[@slothguy_]

@@JohnFartblast I'm so sorry Mr. Fartblast it won't happen again.

[@someguyfromtheinternet5158]

what a nostalgia trip. Sean's old Stanley Parable and The Beginners Guide videos are still sometimes my falling asleep comfort videos. Simpler times

[@Sundown-Collective]

Jack: “You try to remember things from 8 years ago!” Me: Jack we are a OSDD system you cannot do this to us

[@ethribin4188]

The funniest part is that to get the "happy" ending, you have to do exactly what the narrator tells you. Aka, to be free of the mind controll, you have to let the narrator controll your actions.

[@spookyw_]

Stanely is happy following instructions though, his job is literally just following commands on a screen and pressing buttons and that's what makes him happy. In a more meta sense the player is also following instructions on a screen and pressing buttons but arguably finds the more interesting and fun endings by disobeying the narrator, a direct contradiction to what Stanley himself enjoys. Maybe the ultimate message of the game is that one may feel in control and 'happy' when following the commands of others (like Mariella and Stanley do) but true happiness and freedom can be found when taking ones own path and making independent decisions.

[@ethribin4188]

@@spookyw_ thats my point

[@amokriinprolgiid3409]

I dunno, my favorite happy ending is the one where Stanley becomes a famous narrative expert speaking in front of a massive press conference for riding the elevator in the boss's office up and down over and over. It seems pretty happy to me. Even if the narrator seems pretty sarcastic about it.

[@jjb0894]

And ironically, when you try to take con tool, the narrator punishes you.

[@MeteorJunk]

@@amokriinprolgiid3409 Stanley legit dies from a hard attack on that one though

[@paulinaderegowska4757]

I've watched Markiplier's version first and it's fascinating just how differently this game can go. The devs did an incredible job making so many different paths and narrations. Also, it's hilarious that Sean literally just saw a sign saying "no buckets" and immediately became hellbent on finding a bucket, 'cause same.

[@paulinaderegowska4757]

@@humanperson9443 Oohhh, thanks. I will

[@megorex630]

AsmongoldTv has a great playthru too, and it’s especially fun bc it’s not the normal type of game he plays and he did it live… and I won’t ruin any surprises but playing it live invited some extra special moments

[@mcutheorist967]

Whats better is he even asks for a bucket ending

[@ashplant2385]

Been part of the community since middle school, I'm 22 now. Watching a playlist of all the Stanley Parable videos from over the years. The playlist is comforting but you can SEE the difference between 2013 Jack and 2022 Jack. Proud of the growth he's made.

[@senaytekeste8917]

when i watched jack play stanley parable before, it terrified my child brain.

[@remlewis1111]

The game crashing once Stanley escaped definitely felt like it should be part of the game. Like once the game shuts off, you become Stanley. You're the one with free will to do with as you please, to go live how you want.

[@malachiadams5758]

daddy!!!!!😩😩😩😩😩

[@FR3SHMoure]

There's a probably a % chance of this happening coded in the game files, cause some other people got the same result and others didn't, yet there's no way that comically happened and the exact place with many different players

[@malachiadams5758]

@RipeCosmo lol

[@cohensmith6100]

@@FR3SHMoure unless it's just a rly laggy area or poorly coded portion

[@Ihatetechnology]

That's so poetic, the makers should just claim it as purposeful.

[@jerrys.9895]

Jack, imitating a doubtful person: "Oh, I watch jacksepticeye and people judge me cuz they think it's for kids." Me, at 43, a five year fan: "Jacksepticeye is for kids?!"

[@Stripedspot]

a kids channel for learning how to swear

[@AussieCassPlays]

My 12-year-old heard that comment while I was watching and declared that Jack is definitely not for kids. I don't know what he thinks he is, exactly!

[@kelknox]

40yr old here and loving the content haha

[@SokarenT4S]

@@AussieCassPlays they're not a kid or an adult they're outside normal age identification ranges! They're too powerful, they must be stopped Cx

[@ashleyraisner9027]

36 here!

[@idek9702]

How Sean perfectly did the National Geographic voice is beyond me 9:08

[@tinygothbabe]

reaching the end and hearing the old outro I just got huge nostalgia I feel like I haven't heard that in a lifetime, in like 2015 I gave jack a 'like a boss' painting too, I feel old, giving me shivers from old jack vibes woah

[@SkylarTheFurry]

“I want the bucket ending!” Little did Jack know, there was indeed a bucket ending and he could indeed take a bucket past the door that says no buckets past this point.

[@jeffthepuppetYT]

"A" bucket ending

[@brandonedwards7114]

At least 17 bucket endings

[@staryoshi06]

wait can you?

[@osh150]

Uhh I Don't think you can actually

[@tsukr28]

huh? you can take it past the no bucket door? i thought that it took you to the gameshow thing?

[@Samuel-ku1qb]

BEST NOTES FOUND IN CONFERENCE ROOM: 4:48 "tips for not to getting fired: [...] don't get fired." 5:07 "Using slides to assure employees that everything is okay" 5:09 "R.I.P. Franz" 5:22 " -synergise papers- . Hire someone to synergise papers. Papers are TOO synergised, fire paper guy. Hire somebody to fire the paper synergise guy. *WHO. MOVED. MY. DESK???* " 5:36 "Help! I'm a Post It!" 5:38 "What do people want??? Things. -happy feelings-

[@OrangeNOrange]

Narrator: This mind control facility, it was too horrible to be true. Jack: I'm on tv

[@MrLoverman7134]

@seeni gzty bro come on this isn't even your original comment

[@Darb2005]

2:45 : you were probably in diapers back then! Me, who was 9 👁️👄👁️

[@JamesLikesCoffee]

War. War never changes. Or does it? The war has changed. Did it? The answer is "no". Unless it is "yes".... No, of course it is! Is war. Yes! No...... Yes?

[@Squishy-Balls]

You watched the video too?

[@hoovyonlifesupport1129]

When i saw the intro i almost died from nostalgia but i got snapped back to reality. Op there goes gravity.

[@Yislik_]

20:45 Jacksepticye out of context is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@Jadesmorot]

It’s so fun to see people play the game differently, when I played the ‘skip button’ part I listened to the narrator speak for as long as he could until you almost had to skip, it’s almost like a completely different ending from how Jack played it because it becomes so horrifying and existential when you hear what he has to say

[@Jadesmorot]

@@homiee590 saaaame dude I feel you 😭💞

[@Ari_C]

for real, i haven't played the game myself but i watched markipliers playthrough and he listened to way more of the dialogue than jack. i wish jack had been a little more patient cause that ending is much more existential and horrifying when you give the narrator the chance to talk longer. that ending and the staircase one in the original haunt me and make me feel so bad for the narrator

[@AwkwardSegway95]

Same, I stayed through several loops of the dialogue just in case something happened.

[@autisticizzy6795]

IT TORE ME APART! I love the Narrator so much so badly I would die for him

[@Goversher]

@Karlie Kretchmer something existential and scary

[@Olimar92]

"The Stanley Parable is the smartest game to ever be created." Wrote Stanley in a KZbin Comment. "The game almost seems to think and act on its own. Not to mention the Narrator has such a lovely voice I could listen to him read the dictionary." Such a lovely comment he had written, and it was sure to be well liked. EDIT: Stanley checked the few replies to his comment and was surprised to see how liked it was. "People must really like me and my friend, who isn't preachy whatsoever." He thought. Thank You Stanley, I know we have our differences, but it's nice to know you see me as a friend.

[@Greyshi]

The only thing that would make this comment better is if you changed your name to Stanley, haha.

[@KaneyoriHK]

Honestly, this game is so complicated and well made it's amazing

[@Olimar92]

@@Greyshi Stanley pondered why he would use his real name for his account. He pondered for several minutes before getting bored and leaving to do his job.

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Hey! Did you know God is three in one!? The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit! Bless them! Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who believes in him and follows his commandants! Have a blessed day, everyone!! ❤

[@Olimar92]

@@Call_Upon_YAH Stanley felt sad for this person. "Must either be crazy or desperate to try and convert people through a KZbin comment." He thought. He would hope the person had a fulfilling life outside randomly commenting for people to follow Jesus. Stanley then went to go watch lesbian porn while eating pizza with his wife.

[@ChristaDoodles]

I'm so glad I took the time to watch this. I love the Good Omens/Hitchhiker's guide humor and writing in this game! Aside, as someone that turned 40 this year, I could give two shits if someone was gonna make fun of me for enjoying your videos. You're so right, just let folks enjoy things. :D

[@elytrahero5556]

I love how we got to see the narrator’s decent into madness during the skip button part

[@CartoDarko]

Man when the narrator starting going "the end is never the end is never the end is never" it was genuinely unsettling knowing he must've been there for years just going crazy with no one to talk to

[@remlewis1111]

Fr it made me realize why immortality is actually the most terrifying thing- to have to watch the world collapse around you

[@spiritnova42]

Had Jack not been skipping through so quickly, the narrator would have actually said as much himself at one point. Listening to all of the narration in that section shows a progression of the narrator's mind breaking more and more with each skip, culminating in him repeating "the end is never the end". It's a far more powerful and unsettling moment having listened to everything he had to say, rather than the "skip button go brrr" approach many are likely to take.

[@LazyDogJumper]

I'm a little disapointed Jack skipped all the narrators dialogue considering how much he enjoys the game and such. It gets pretty dark, i'll be honest

[@pissinspector8771]

now that line will be in my brain forever

[@GhostStealth590]

This game is truly witty and gives me incredible laughs. But when the game dives into deep and depressing subjects like this, I can't help but feel bad for the narrator. Having to sit there for years on end, watching existence as you know it crumble before you, having no one to talk to. That shit triggers that existential crisis mode in my head when presented with topics of immortality and loneliness.

[@OddCafting]

i love this a lot but that was like so depressing to just hear the narrator lose his mind after his only friend ignored him. honestly i think i unlocked a new fear lol

[@JesterEnthusiast]

It’s so disturbing cool and creepy to hear the narrator repeating the end is never the end over and over again

[@gettergee1817]

Black Mirror: White Christmas explores this if you want to see more!

[@mikaeleugh546]

@@gettergee1817 s tier comment, thank you

[@justinedzard]

I'm getting SOMA flashbacks at that part, my worst fear rekindled

[@goblin.2618]

@@rnindless me too. I want to see what he says if you won’t hit the skip button

[@ev3lynxx._]

27:16 the minecraft door sound effect loool

[@cassandranelson1903]

I've been watching since I was in 5th grade, middle me was going through it to say the least and Sean was escape for the day, his 2 videos everyday made the chronic anxiety and crippling depression a little easier to deal with, it was a familiar and kind voice that was loud and enthusiastic more often than not and It was like a friend tryna cheer me up and it worked, I went to his first tour the first show it was in Chicago and when I say I was sobbing I mean like this man is my hero, lives in another country and I never thought id be able to see him and here I am in the same room, i will never be able to thank him but this man has saved lives and touched people's hearts and he needs to be protected at all costs

[@heatwave3460]

Jack: I want the bucket ending The Stanley parable: hah that's ridiculous why would we have a bucket ending. The Stanley parable 2: that can be arranged

[@PerseusMax]

@Miles Doyle TL;DR pls

[@alex.g7317]

@Miles Doyle if your a Christian and you do this, you are going to hell

[@FantasyTheSloth]

Yes

[@FantasyTheSloth]

@Miles Doyle Why'd you have to do that because now it takes 10x longer to scroll down than before 😭

[@Alzulruephes]

@Miles Doyle Sinner.

[@365ral]

Fun fact: Somebody actually played that baby game for 4 hours. The narrator's reaction is priceless.

[@JustCallMeEmily]

Is there a video of the reaction?

[@UpDownAndUnder]

@@JustCallMeEmily recently, streamer Wayneradiotv did it and understandably went insane

[@yoda8582]

@@UpDownAndUnder why am i not surprised to hear it was them

[@hukihuki4135]

What did the narrator say at the end of the 4 hours?

[@spacecakery]

@@UpDownAndUnder I'm honestly not surprised, Wayne and his friends are fucking crazy

[@Ninevess]

I legit am that viewer you are talking to at the end! Watched your OG playthrough and here for this one as well! That 20 year old has nothing to be ashamed of.

[@NicoleMay316]

It's kinda insane how well Jack is predicting things. The bucket, "skipping until the end of time"

[@mostlyimportant4212]

I love how many things in this can be a parable. The "good" ending is all about being freed from everyone's control and taking matters into your own hands, but it's the ending you get for never doing anything outside of what you're told. You're forfeiting freedom and having your eyes smeared with lies. It's not just goofy, there's a lot of really well thought-out storytelling

[@jeremyroland5602]

I can't believe I never even realized this before! omfg

[@nanashi2146]

@@garrettyoung8154 I think he's making a good point that people don't often realise. We always desire both freedom and happiness, not realising that they can be mutually exclusive

[@CarolineLurks]

So true. For me personally, I have never felt more free then when I canceled my tv subscription a few years ago. My opinions were no longer those of my favorite talk show hosts. I'm laughing right now thinking of how silly I was. I thought a fish in a bowl was the saddest thing in the world. Not realizing I had bigger problems myself.

[@MemeMemeMemeMemeMemeMemeMeme]

Fallout 4 vr please

[@thumbsup8985]

I'm not sure how it's taken my so many years to realize. The "correct" ending of the game celebrates Stanley finally exercising his free will and independence. In the game itself, the whole time you're playing the narrator is actively stifling *your* free will & independence. That's why it's a parable!

[@yato3335]

I think this game has no "good" endings. All of them were pre-written by the developers, therefore, Stanley has only so much to choose from. At the end, he never breaks free in this game and always returns to the beginning. "The end is never the end is never the end..."

[@RAAAUGHGUAGHAHA]

Then would the good ending be... the game crashing?

[@sakkuyniron9756]

@@RAAAUGHGUAGHAHA Or just be happy with his lot in life, and like Sysiphus, be happy with his endless task

[@2chill2bbored72]

@@RAAAUGHGUAGHAHA he got free from the player’s control, that’s why the game crashes, the player can’t do anything to Stanley anymore (in that ending atleast).

[@shen-qf9mc]

@@RAAAUGHGUAGHAHA im pretty sure the curator (lady narrator) says it best; the only way to free both stanley and the narrator is to stop playing

[@nightlyeclipse]

Oh, my heart nearly exploded hearing the old outro! I've been watching since those days and I about cried from the nostalgia! ❤️ 🥺

[@CheckTMOW]

I love how Sean was raving about buckets and then they added a bucket into the game. Absolutely gold.

[@SgtBl4de]

Cookie9 gave a new review with the following: "I can finally leave a good review, as the developers have finally added a skip button" This is comedic gold.

[@derincattelane43]

Do you have a link to the review?

[@RyukenAtrineas]

As Jack said, in the "Memory" room, in the Steam reviews part, there are a lot of positive, "Recommended" comment,s but they're blurry and unreadable. Then the negative reviews are crystal clear. That really stands out to me because it can be like that. I know it has been for me in my life.

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

It's so weird, how the human mind & emotions work. Part of survival instinct, sadly. Negatives are focused on more so we can more clearly remember & avoid danger. But this sucks for self-esteem. We can get 300 positive reviews, but are hit hardest by 1 negative one. & even when we leave said reviews, it's much easier to go into detail about the flaws, even if they're minor, but much harder to give major focus & detail to the good parts. "This one part was a bit awkward because blah blah blah, many many sentences... But everything else was great!" & we can create something amazing, enjoyable for many... Yet notice one small flaw & feel like a total failure. This game KNOWS the human experience.

[@yoyyland]

54:26 this part made me laugh so hard-

[@1999bizzaresummer]

Jack: pushes off button The Ad: T I N D E R

[@ezraboger4903]

"You heartless bastard." That seriously got me on the ground crying in laughter. I've never played this game the first time since I never had the interest. But now I wish I had taken that back because this looks amazing. I really enjoy these games that mess with my head

[@nankhanz6807]

@seeni gzty god i love that lines

[@sonnajmuddin]

@seeni gzty another funny thing is,the review is actually A LEGIT comment on the original stanly parable,just the name and the time spent in the game was actually changed.

[@im.not.spamton]

I have to agree with Sean though, babies aren't the best.

[@Fan-imator]

@@sonnajmuddin yeah and they called it “pressurized gas reviews” which I only now got. Like 10 months later I finally got it’s an alternative way of saying “Steam”

[@JoshSJoshingWithYa]

I love Kevan Brighting, the voice actor for the narrator in the Stanley Parable. He voice acted for one of the videos I made that was a parody of the Stanley Parable (it was an announcement video for an anime fandub that my teenage brain didn't consider the questionable copyright infringement of, so it's unlisted now). The fact, though, that he was willing to help a small teen KZbinr make a small parody video based on the game he voice acted for is super wholesome. Super kind and professional, too!

[@stinkylemony103]

woah! that's so cool

[@base7156]

could you link the unlisted video so some people can still watch it?. I'd love to see it

[@hellwolf09]

Wish it was visible this sounds interesting

[@beatricemarierushton3786]

8 years six accounts several dope ass jacksepticeye hairstyles later, we're back to Stanley! I love you Jack, you're rad

[@feelingsoupy]

This game with the beginners guide was my entire childhood, i would sit and play this game for so long and be completely happy to walk around and do the completely wrong thing.

[@derpyderp8559]

I felt so freaking bad when the narrator was like “Oh, Stanley! You’re back!” And said it had been a *week* i was like “NOOOO IM SORRY NARRATOR!!!”

[@sub4cookie-]

read my name!

[@emilyyoung8512]

yeah i know. it was really sad as they said that. i was actually tempting to yell at jack not to touch the button because of poor narrator.

[@lunasulpixvod]

I actually sat through all his looping dialog after each skip purely cuz I didn't wanna subject him to more xD

[@edarddragon]

honestly i do wanan see what the narrator when through in a whole year alone

[@Dark_Red_Echo]

“You get charged for dying! The narrator might be British, but this is *certainly* taking place in America!” Lol, he’s not wrong

[@foodafen7406]

As an Englishman, it hurt when Jack said he didn't like the British accent

[@foodafen7406]

Wow two of the same bots in the same place.

[@unofficialgamer209]

There’s a sign in a place in America that says “Anyone found exiting through this door will be asked to leave.“

[@GrahamChapman]

@@unofficialgamer209 That's nothing: There are places in America where, if the workplace has a toxic environment -- perhaps with some forms of verbal, psychological or sexual harassment and abuse -- and you complain about it, you're told something along the lines of "no-one is forcing you to work here"... There are even bullying victims in schools that have been told stuff like that... America is hell...

[@AkIsUkIro]

Reminds me of when I went to Chicago. There are lifebuoys along the boardwalk in case someone fell over and into the water. The problem? The person who uses the buoy, emergency or not, would be fined $500. At that point I'd rather let the other person drown 😅

[@senseishu937]

Man, I can't believe I've been watching Sean for more than nine years, that's actually crazy. I was only a middle-schooler, now I'm going to college!

[@StarVine60]

46:32 just The Narrator calling us friend made me happy for some reason, actually no I think I know I just don’t have motivation to type it

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I can’t believe it’s been 8 years ago already. Time really flies.

[@wednesday4620]

Ok this time you were fast, I must admit

[@Battlefox64_RL]

I thought he just re-uploaded it and I wasn't upset at all. Good ol' jackseptichild. We were both knee high to a grasshopper then. _Good times, lads. Good times._

[@Vixyzsisgoated]

hi

[@stevofoster]

No wonder as you were wearing a diaper

[@bappoprottecandbappoattacc107]

shut up dont act like you remember it

[@vantablackspectralon8819]

When I was little, I was terrified of this because I was convinced it was a horror game.

[@charliev426]

Same

[@Okk681]

I’ve always been a little creeped out but that’s because the lack of life in the environment

[@Adam0002]

@@Okk681 two weeks ago, when my (still) 31 year old self played it, i was horrified. i was certain jump scares would appear out of the dark.

[@ongseungwu4311]

This game talks and teaches you about life and different choices you'd make in life. So in a sense it is a horror.

[@TheGRanolaBar1001]

IKR I just got lots of back rooms vibes-

[@alexconners7378]

i have never watched a jacksepticeye video in my life but the one where he had the narrator narrate the intro popped up on my recommended and. i guess i have four hours of content to watch now.

[@gibstar]

God I can't believe that I'vew been watching jack for over 8 years and it just boggles my mind, thank you so much jack for the years of content

[@brucewayne404]

Jack giggling at "who farted" again 8 years later tickles me.

[@mavvi3303]

I went back and rewatched his first TSP video and it's amazing to see how similar his reactions are :D I love it

[@huntergarland3234]

I love how the narrator says “I’m really trying to help and show you something beautiful” And he’s not lying a single damn time

[@edwinbuana2456]

JACKSEPTICEYE IS CRAP LMAOOO MY CONTENT IS WAY BETTER!!!!!!!

[@naepold]

Narrator: "Coming to a staircase, Stanley walked upstairs to his boss's office. JackSepticEye: "no he didn't, he went downstairs into hell"

[@FriskKimura]

Little did he know, Stanley had just walked into a room that would repeat for what would feel like an eternity

[@leolucas6232]

“You get charged 5 grand for dying” Sounds like GTA V

[@brendanthestrange]

I’m so happy that Kevan Brighting reprised his role as the narrator. He has such a wonderful voice and expert skill - wouldn’t be the same without him :]

[@Remour]

@@Instabruh.User.. your mom

[@Bagel_Cake]

The nostalgia hit during that first clip

[@sxftquinn6633]

factsss xD

[@wolfgang4697]

God bless you and whoever reads this, Jesus loves you

[@YamiYugi.]

I agree, it really did

[@Datboi_23]

@@wolfgang4697 ye

[@samuelnelson8538]

Facts

[@origrammar]

One of the nicest touches, in my mind, is how the game refers to James Stephanie Sterling by their current name, even though that review is from way before the transition. Great work ❤️

[@VeryKevinn]

Mug: “I hate Mondays” Me: “That makes 8,000,000,000 of us”

[@maki1177]

The narrator is so good at depicting emotion even when we can’t see his face. 10/10 best game!

[@_the_bomb]

Kevan Brighting did phenomenal, yeah.

[@DoomSlayersNephew7270]

The fact the devs molded a great ending around the premise of a single negative review is AWESOME

[@mariah2179]

Stanley parable is my favorute play through by sean. Everytime when i feel sad, happy, or down I'll start watching it from the beginning again. I like its so much that this is my 15th time watching.I don't know if it was because I watched it so much, it felt like he published this 5 years ago. 😅

[@weegeebeast]

Oh my god I was NINE when I first saw that Stanley Parable video… and that game as a whole. The Stanley Parable is what sparked my interest in game design and ten years later I’m in college earning that Game Development degree… Wow. Tbh I probably wouldn’t even have heard of it right at release if I hadn’t seen Seán’s video about it. Time’s weird, man.

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"My Whole Computer Just Froze."* The odds of that happening while you were playing Stanley Parable is absolutely outstanding lol!! 😂😂😂

[@JAWNDOEmusic]

FUN FACT: for everyone who's getting serious 'Severance' vibes from this - apparently the OG Stanley Parable WAS mentioned in interviews as being a source of inspiration!

[@KitAE0]

That's cool! The whole time I was watching Severance I felt huge waves of nostalgia watching these Stanley Parable playthroughs way back when. Seeing there be a resurgence of Stanley Parable tripped me out 😅

[@SuperBootsthedog]

Interesting

[@kosanchez5294]

22:41 I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD, I STARTED CRYING

[@K0RPZ3]

Legend says jack's still looking for the perfect bucket

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

“This is what happens when greedy video game developers with no respect for their fan base rush a cheap expansion for no reason other than to make an easy dollar.” He’s not wrong. Also the narrator in this game is awesome. I want him narrating my life.

[@mont9150]

"Your wished has been granted!" 😐😐😐

[@TheDJLogy]

@@franciscorivas9337 45:37

[@fireice3040]

-I want him narrating my life To get this narrating your life, you can 1. Get a sense of humour 2. Always be brutally honest 3. Narrate your own life Congrats, you now have a narrator narrating your life

[@thatoneguy9582]

“I want him narrating my life” i don’t know if this is in the video but isn’t there an ending where stanley realises that there is someone narrating his life and fucking dies as a result of that

[@i.d.9754]

Would certainly make your entire life a lot more interesting

[@glitchxmars7415]

I absolutely love the horror of existing LONG after everything has decayed and been broken and the future looks unrecognizable, in the sense that nothing has survived. The chills i got at the part where the narrator "the end is never the end is never the end etc."? FANTASTIC. The horrible bat screeches? HELL YEA. The decayed and eventually completely demolished room that leads to a world that looks like it's been through the Scorch?? FUCK YEAAAA LETS GOOOOO

[@cityinsect]

it was genius, you ACTUALLY believe how long the Narrator had to wait it's my biggest fear

[@a1joryj]

Nice Maze Runner reference!

[@Kjf365]

It seems like an alternate version of the unplug the phone ending actually implies what happened in the time that passed which I find very interesting.

[@rogervalentino1868]

Oof 666 likes signs of the devil's world that is

[@Kjf365]

@@rogervalentino1868 In the 3 minutes since you posted this, it went up by 10 likes lol

[@katelyntedder1224]

The ending hit deep… I am now the age that Sean was when he posted the first Stanley Parable! It’s been incredible to watch not only your growth but mine as well! Never too old to watch and you’ve played such a huge part in my personality and mental health! You rock! :)

[@TheMortuarySystem_]

As someone who has played the game, I was lip syncing the narrator the whole time

[@daffodilsunrise]

Jack disobeying the narrator just because he wants a bucket. Suborn, funny, Irish man.

[@mr.luciddream6634]

just you wait.

[@SpeedierGuide98]

There shall be a bucket ending. If I had the game, I also would want a bucket ending

[@darkbolt9568]

@@mr.luciddream6634 *laughs in bucket knowingly*

[@justatanuki.6495]

Oh boy you just want *A* bucket ending

[@NixNack]

I'm 80% sure that there is no bucket in the game because e of that sign

[@abooie]

Jack: wants the bucket ending Also Jack: stops playing as he's about to get the bucket

[@BigFugginNugget]

He- he was...?

[@AlanaBananaCanada]

Wh-

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

I JUST realized that according to the intro, Stanley never took weekends off.

[@your_announcer1172]

Jack I need to say just how wholesome you are and how much you've impacted my life

[@shadic313]

I'm a little disappointed he skipped through so quickly, the heft of him just disappearing and begging to not go have it so much heart wrenching stuff. I genuinely almost teared up when you found him repeating the end is never the end

[@Bioniclema90]

I felt the same way, like, that ending was not making me feel good at all

[@kallias]

God I'm with you. I felt so bad. I wanted to hear what he was saying when he came back after the first silence. I wonder if another ending would have happened there 🤣

[@mcgfn]

I've sat through it, after each skip the new dialogue just starts looping after a minute or two its no different if you stay or skip it all

[@antonio-dn1ey]

To me the skip eventually got to a point where either the narrator died from natural causes or by taking their own life from heartbreak. Truely a tragic ending

[@Falls628]

cope harder

[@batbat6219]

Narrator: "What do you think could have made the game better?" Jack: "BUCKET"

[@kbreslin7289]

Spoiler Alert: THERE IS A BUCKET!!!

[@batbat6219]

@@kbreslin7289 Haha yesss

[@oliwermattsson1478]

where stanleys co workers have gone is a good question

[@Cobloboblow]

I was 10 8 years ago and honestly I haven’t the faintest idea of where I was or what I was doing… fair point jack