My Favorite Event in Highfleet: The Ant

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This event is relatively rare, so far appearing once every 3 campaigns or so for me, and has a relatively strong thematic presence rivalled only by some of the late game events despite being a random one. It doesn't have a standalone upload to YT, so I decided to upload it, enjoy ))

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@syrupee09 Жыл бұрын

Very rare and subtle moment of humanity. In a dying, darkened world, people can still ponder on the meaning of life, understanding, and purpose.

@lidianane536 Жыл бұрын

For me personally I love the Intel station one where you get the choice of walking up and having a few moments alone. Imagining it makes you feel fresh, despite it being a desert. Who doesnt want a bit of solitude every now and then? Especially when the world is ending?

@clankplusm Жыл бұрын

That one is pretty good too

@leeryarch3523 Жыл бұрын

Dangit! I missed that one, I just sent in the looters. Is there a upload for that somewhere?

@lostfan10000 5 ай бұрын

"Did you want to show me anything?" "Uh, alright, yeah, what about that?" "What, the ant?" "Yeah." "I mean, it's kind of cool, but it doesn't make me feel any better." "Yeah, no, I didn't think so!"

@Sky_Explorer Ай бұрын

It took me three months to realize that this is a Smiling Friends reference. Holy moly.

@corvus9490 Жыл бұрын

I love the world and story part of HighFleet, it's a terrible shame that gaining worldview points is so random and often not supported by gameplay.

@homelanduniversitypress1150 11 ай бұрын

Now i feel bad. Upon reading '... It'll lay eggs in here and I'll have an ant infestation...' I squashed it. I did NOT anticipate the speculative monologue to progress this far. Nice touch how as the dialog forwards, the order of choices flip, earlier its 1-squash and 2-reason, after its the other way around.

@clankplusm 11 ай бұрын

yeah, it tries to catch you and make you squash it by accident if you're at all not contemplating / reading carefully. Fits the atmosphere perfectly.

@TerribleP 11 ай бұрын

What 2 weeks with no sunlight does to an mf (totally not the noxious fumes produced from burning thousands of cubic tons of methane combined with ionising radiation from the fallout of your homeland, along with the constant stress of imminent death and the responsibility of the lives of thousands of men and the consequences of potential failure to save what is left of your culture and your people weighing on your shoulders every waking moment.)

@ka-50withsaams36 Жыл бұрын

A small dose of cosmic horror is nice once in a while.

@countrypieman 8 ай бұрын

Konstantin Koshutin is Christian, this isn't cosmic horror

@ka-50withsaams36 8 ай бұрын

@@countrypieman So am I, but the presentation of the game is pretty ambiguous.

@katrinsorokatkat1597 4 ай бұрын

@@countrypiemanI mean, it is not necessary to be Christian to understand this scene. We all are ants in fact

@drkissinger1 3 ай бұрын

This is the opposite of cosmic horror.

@drsunshineaod2023 11 ай бұрын

POV: when you realize Mark Sayadi is actually Harrier du Bois.

@RedShocktrooperRST 7 ай бұрын

That'd be a hell of a twist. The discovery that the airships of Disco Elysium are the fire-belching rocket-propelled monsters of Highfleet.

@inybisinsulate Жыл бұрын

What inspired this? I wanted to have an event such as this decide to use this in several variants based on the value of choice beyond his control and I have yet to find what this was inspired by. This event is just perfect, self reflection based on the most basic of events transpiring it's perfect.

@Atrahasis7 Жыл бұрын

Very few moments in videogames left me so speech. This reminded me of a Buddhist story, but its also so solemn and Christian. We are all in this together, and alone in this broken existence . its a bit amor fati, but it also transcends it.

@pigmentpeddler5811 Жыл бұрын

all the Junior Officers gangsta until you squish the bug and bring it back to life in front of them

@EricToTheScionti Жыл бұрын

When it showed the paper with the smear on it...i felt that.

@clankplusm Жыл бұрын

It do be like that

@zathary564 Жыл бұрын

"For a brief moment, you have the urge to try and bring the ant back from the dead."

@sehyeonpark3295 Жыл бұрын

I've been playing this game for over 100 hours, and this event has never appeared. Interesting.

@pigmentpeddler5811 Жыл бұрын

happened on my first run, maybe the ant finds you when you need it most haha

@homelanduniversitypress1150 11 ай бұрын

Were you 'Kind' throughout all your plays? as in prioritized rescuing peeps from battle debris than weapons or fuel, never fired nukes at a city, Force[-] and Kindness[+] stuff? Idk but this happened maybe twice or so and i have less than 40h in. I never went Faith, never Gerat, never Fear (always Romani and Order) but kept Force, Wealth and Kindness on near '0' all the time. Try doing a less kind run if that was the case. Or idk its prolly an rng event.

@Gigglingrodent Жыл бұрын

I felt like such a piece of shit when the little guy got squashed

@jadewedge6082 Жыл бұрын

There's... something oddly refreshing about an interaction like this in such a grim setting.

@rune.theocracy 2 ай бұрын

On my first (and only) play through I ended up sparing it and getting mocked by the officers. I love these little moments the game gives you, same with the radio tower scene. Something about these moments really resonate with me as a person. Maybe because I'm an introvert? Anyway, glad to see I'm not the only one who liked these!