Nerd³ Plays... Return of the Obra Dinn - 19th Century Sherlock Holmes

[@colinhodges2353]

... creator of Papers, Please. And this is his best game yet. That's a hell of a statement.

[@beamohawk]

From what I've seen, haven't played it, it seems brilliant so I can believe that statement wholeheartedly

[@doctorbodacious2598]

beamohawk It is, those "a-ha!" moments make you euphoric.

[@FlatlandsSurvivor]

Especially as Paper's Please won Dan's game of the year, over GTA 5.

[@sandwich1601]

@@FlatlandsSurvivor My top 3 games of 2013 were Paper's Please, Zelda, and Rayman Legends. GTA V didn't even crack my top 10 tbh...and I enjoyed it.

[@foxavo]

"I could write a whole book about this game!" ... you... ARE writing a whole book about this game, Dan, it's the aim of the game.

[@Hyena1711]

Crowdonian King I'm pretty sure it was a pun

[@Richter-89]

r/woosh

[@Hyena1711]

Wait... Shit

[@wibbywoo6176]

BeechWhopper actually, I think they're wooshing the op

[@wibbywoo6176]

BeeshWhopper not entirely sure though

[@downtown4375]

I like how the guy who is in the most memories of the entire game took Dan the longest to figure out.

[@the-kris5554]

True, but god damn I struggled so much with him too x)

[@darkjanggo]

he was one of my last guys too lol

[@Kickiusz]

I'm surprised how many people struggled with him (myself included), while his tell is so obvious. I honestly feel better about my lack of perception skills.

[@JF-um3wz]

While he wasn’t one of the last people for me, just because someone appears in a lot of memories doesn’t mean they’re easy to identify. Trust me.

[@Dirty_Orange_Cup]

4 years...God damn where did the time go...

[@LivePastTheEnd]

I swore his original video came out not but a year ago. Makes me scared to think how long I've been subscribed to Dan.

[@MrHuds]

It's weird...

[@xavierpony192]

I was so confused when I saw it

[@greyhawk5258]

ITS BACK NOW YAY

[@ArtyI]

I remember playing this on the bus in my freshman year of high school. I now drive myself to school

[@TAGSlays]

Behold the power of the Dan who can extrapolate the word Imminent from the word UNMET.

[@Sparrow420]

I thought i was high, haha

[@jordanjamison97]

I'm confused. Video is too long to sift through

[@Sparrow420]

2:15

[@jordanjamison97]

@@Sparrow420 HAHHA thank you very much

[@Josh-vu7bo]

Yer but can't pronounce "draught" 😂 it is said like "draft"

[@DrJohnZoidberg]

Ahh, The Return of The Return of the Obra Dinn!

[@Sparrow420]

Shut up Zoidberg.

[@maximusprime98]

Can't wait for the video on the dlc

[@EdTheUndeadHead]

I imagine Dan having a corkboard with a picture of each person with strings of wool connecting them all together

[@BOOMR-ld1si]

2 things... 1. I NEED THIS GAME 2. I NOW NEED A CORKBOARD

[@zachanikwano]

*" P E P E S I L V I A "*

[@MohammedMuaawia]

Holy shit I remember watching you play the demo for this game and the 3d monochrome graphics blew my mind. I actually went back and watched it again recently and even played the demo and I was wondering what was going to happen with this game since papers please is one of my favourite games of all time. Now I'm conflicted on whether I should watch this video or wait until I can play the game myself...

[@BobbySignor]

You should probably take Dan's advice and just play the game.

[@MohammedMuaawia]

@@BobbySignor yeah I watched about 5 minutes and clicked off. Probably going to play the game in the coming week

[@turtle4237]

play that game! that's what I would do if I wasn't conflicted about wanting to both laugh at the things Dan says, and experience the game for myself.

[@cupofjitters4501]

In all fairness he doesn't spoil that much. All he shows you would get in like 15 minutes. The only spoilery part is the character he struggled with because it ends up being the villan but even then he doesn't even tell that he was trying to summon the depth beast to become the undead captain of a undead crew

[@alansmithee419]

@@cupofjitters4501 I hope everything you just said is made up. Otherwise, sort of running the point of what you're saying?

[@sh10099]

This NEEDS a Completes would be amazing Sherlock Hardcastle: Pirate Detective

[@jordanjamison97]

he can't do that, because he already completed it, and knows everything

[@sh10099]

Jordan Jamison that’s a shame would’ve been a great series

[@Blewlongmun]

He did say he was going to replay it so I assume just playing it once doesn't just give you the answers.

[@sh10099]

Tate Amstutz that’s true! Would be a good idea for a series would love to see him try solve them again, maybe if he gave it a few months to forget some parts

[@jordanjamison97]

@@Blewlongmun but the difficulty is way down when you refresh your memory on previously solved puzzles so recently. I could see him replaying it a couple years from now, when it would be fresher and unbiased in his mind.

[@stanborst9992]

Omg this is still a thing

[@StopThisSocialNetworkBS]

It's interesting that *seaman in hat* was one of the last people Dan identified, considering he is one of the few people in the game whose name is said in a conversation. Then again, I can definitely see why it happened.

[@gunterg7309]

I remember thinking that this game was a really cool concept but wondering what happened to it. It’s just disappeared but now here it is. 4 years of nothing and then pop it’s out.

[@olivercuenca4109]

I think you mean to say that it "Returned".

[@J1ntu]

Gunter G Lucas occasionally posted updates and WIPs on his youtube channel

[@zavodila9279]

7:39 "Memento Mortem" Me, quietly: " *Unus Annus* "

[@StansStuff]

19th Century Sherlock Holmes. So......Sherlock Holmes.

[@gabeh1839]

There's been different time depictions of Sherlock Holmes, there's nothing wrong with his statement anyway

[@StansStuff]

@@gabeh1839 don't worry I'm only teasing him

[@spencerfrancis7730]

It took me so long to figure out that guy with the tattoos! There was a really clever mislead.

[@mr.nerd3.142]

YES THERE WAS! I know exactly what you’re talking about and that threw me off for SO LONG!

[@thomasholt3697]

The guy he said he struggled with is super easy, someone literally calls him out by name! No deduction! He's even got his hand cupped over his ear to make it more obvious!

[@StarrChild.]

tbf i struggled with him as well. It's such a throw away thing and you're focused on 50 other things you can miss it

[@Racheln557]

I struggled with him until the very end tbh, I think having it start with him getting killed by the captain and having a gun in the sketch made me think he was more important than just a seaman. Plus I thought Brennan would be someone who was closer and helping, not calling people fools and killing them in the next part

[@mr.nerd3.142]

@@Racheln557 I correctly figured he was a seaman purely from his hat. I figured out so many of these people’s identities purely based on their hats.

[@ronilwaslin]

I made it to 8:50 before stopping the video, for fear of spoilers. That's one helluvan intro. Jesus.

[@exile5678]

Got it, played it, no idea how DAN of all people managed to get through the soldiers of the sea.

[@pupinator98]

had the same issue with the guy getting decap'd by a cannon. the game says second person also dies but his body doesnt exist and i dont see how it couldve disappeared

[@exile5678]

@@pupinator98 I wasnt talking about that I wast talking about the well known arachnophobic dan making it through the chaper with horrifying crab/spider monsters

[@pupinator98]

ah ok

[@kmrst10000]

@@pupinator98 I think he got blasted out of the side of the ship. In the memory just before when you see the cannon about to go off he is standing right behind Mr. Tophat and inline with the wall.

[@downtown4375]

@@pupinator98 I struggled with this for so long! Actually my very last guy to solve.

[@Lameonade]

KZbin compression absolutely shat on this video. My condolences.

[@cleo3228]

I've been watching this channel for almost 5 years, maybe more... goddamn

[@charliethemagpie523]

I love this game so much. I'm honestly just waiting for the point where I've forgotten enough of the detail, so that I can play it again :D

[@mr.nerd3.142]

Same

[@Ifakojesfd]

But Sherlock Holmes was 19th century

[@MrDavincikoden]

Wasn't it the 20th century?

[@LEMUR_JJ]

I think its both :P

[@NamelessBody]

It is both. Turn-of-the-century.

[@benedictrogers1478]

Was coming here to post this.

[@geekz360]

Original Sherlock was around 1800’s then the tv shows came on in the 20th century

[@sorio99]

Going between this video and the development build, it’s honestly shocking just how beautiful this game has always looked, while still looking so much better in the final version.

[@fishpop]

8:05 As soon as that guy said "Open the door!" i instantly thought: "Ah, so there was a mutiny..."

[@unoriginalname4426]

You know what this reminds me of? It reminds me of What Remains of Edith Finch. It’s got the same spooky vibe, and the exploration/puzzle aspect.

[@TheAffar369]

YES! More people are talking about it! I love this game to bits. The soundtrack, the art style, the gameplay just a masterpiece all around

[@alexeverett308]

Moving around the freeze frame of the guy getting shot gave me serious Sherlock vibes, I love it!

[@Catnippy]

17:44 i wonder if it was mentioned in his book

[@armandobond7736]

23:45 All I'm going to say is when I found out how the second mate's steward really died I was incredibly proud of myself

[@wolfram4234]

what do you mean really died? Like what other options are there?

[@hobanagerik]

Draught or draft is how low the ship sits in the water, in other words the distance between the waterline and the keel. In effect it defines the minimum depth of water the ship can navigate safely.

[@isabellamorris7902]

I legit thought this had died... so glad it got a release!!

[@Iceman72196]

Let's Play Series! Please!!!

[@ChasterProductions]

He already knows all the secrets though

[@FantasticHaz_2]

As much as I'd love that, Dan has ready played and beaten the game.

[@rasmusNorby]

Go buy the game for yourself and play it!! It will be worth it as Dan said :D

[@tylermitchell185]

Hey man i brought it and trust me, £15 was a bargain

[@Xenthera]

I pride myself on the fact that I can remember exactly where I was when I watched you play the demo of this.

[@v.6984]

Wow, I saw this video in the sidebar and started wondering what state the game was in now, since I watched the FW years ago, and then I realized the upload date was yesterday. Glad to see this is still a thing and was finished!

[@jordonbarry6569]

I've just came back to your channel, I remember seeing you play the demo of this 4 years ago. You make me nostalgic of the many nights I spent playing Just cause 2

[@sanddry738]

The way this game appears to present its story is amazing! Although I can imagine a lot of facepalms going on if you get stuck

[@DakarTwelve]

I would super love a full playthrough of this. Even if you know all the plot points and spoilers and such, it'd still be nice for all of us who live in poverty to have you talking us through it. It would be super entertaining to get your insight on a lot of the puzzles and deductions.

[@thundersoul6795]

I hope this beauty gets a Completes.

[@alvinlundgren1719]

please do a complete series, ive legit been waiting for 4 years

[@RedMenace0]

I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY THIS IS OUT!! Every since I saw the demo, I've been keeping up with the news of this, game and it seemed so cool! Please, PLEASE do a "completes" on this!

[@SarSaraneth]

"Hoist by your own petard" is actually the opposite of nautical. A petard was an explosive, a kind of bomb most often used in sieges.

[@ethanjohnson2548]

The "gh" in "draught" is the same "gh" as in "laughter", so it's a vessel with an 18ft draft, and that's the depth of the keel from the waterline.

[@omegapr12]

The last time Dan played this was 4 years ago? Fucking hell I'm old...

[@thomaslunn8241]

I'm so glad it's fully released- I watched it all that time ago and I'm so glad you're playing it now ❤️

[@aota_yt]

This game reminds me of Inception, like the going in a death scene within a death scene, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!

[@DeltaKruger]

Whats funny is this could be a family game. Where everyone is huddled around the TV figuring out whos who

[@MrThankman360]

I actually downloaded this game on a whim, not knowing who made it or anything about it except the cool art style. After playing it for like thirty minutes I was blown away weird how cool and deep and well made it is, so.... I searched for a review on KZbin of it. And found yours.

[@Ursarctos2]

I bought and played the game before even watching this video because i've had my eyes on it since your 2014 video, and wow. I loved it. Took me about 8 hours to solve all 60 fates and thus get the 'best' ending, and it felt so fucking cool to deduct things from impartial knowledge and inferences. Definitely recommend it. That said, i never really felt the need to take notes though? I had a pretty easy time remembering who was who and what they did, especially because of mechanics like the bookmarks and the transcript. I guess this is different from person to person.

[@bbgun061]

What would TotalBiscuit say about the options menu? I think he would approve.

[@theninjacookie5]

4 years.... how time flies when we are having fun, and if anything, that's all Dan has.

[@mattblack2267]

The spider crab bastards in this game are amazing and great video Dan I bought this as soon as I seen this video

[@DarthSears]

I'd enjoy a completes on this. Because I do not have the time nor the patience to play this game myself.

[@greentoaster]

It takes like 10 hours if you go slow

[@DarthSears]

@@greentoaster Doesn't change my statement. I still do not have the patience for a puzzle game like that.

[@S34U5]

I'm about an hour and a half into this game and it's superb. Absolutely superb. I'm stuck so I've taken a break, but this is 100% my favorite game I've played in forever. The amount of clues that lean just enough that if you think about them you get answers is AMAZING. The fact that you have to make inferences is AMAZING. I've had to TAKE NOTES! NOTES! IN A GAME! WITH A PENCIL! This game is perfection. **I've just checked and I've actually played two and a half hours. I didn't notice. This game.

[@S34U5]

I take it back, this game is hell, hell. (i'm kidding it's awesome). But stuck in a rut for hours is never fun, until you get out of it. One day.

[@TheIronGiant13]

Played the entirety of this game over the last day, 9 and a half hours of pure mystery. There are certain things that I missed, only to find later and end up connecting so many pieces. The only complaint I have is that once it's over, there's not much left to do except get the secret achievements... that and figure out the details of the exceptionally well hidden story.

[@S34U5]

Congrats! I'm so close I can taste it, but I need to take a break before I cry of frustration. I love a game that has me in tears.

[@TheIronGiant13]

WeepingAngel Lex There are very specific things in totally unrelated memories that end up being very important to discovering identities, but truth be told there is a lot of guesswork before you reach the point of elimination. Once everything is done and all that's left is deduction, it gets pretty difficult... just remember bookmarks and try not to get tunnel vision on a single character. You may search for someone's identity but suddenly find some nugget of information for a totally different person. Good luck, and no crying until it's over!

[@S34U5]

Thanks for the support! I just get stuck in a rut and get frustrated, so I take a break. I'm down to like maybe a dozen names, most of them minute characters (or bodiless, those fuck me up). Just a question, do you get the answer for every single person before you go back into the dingy? Cause there's a few I'm like, they cannot expect me to know what happened post now, like come on. Or there's even one guy that doesn't even get a dissapearance page... are those all in the chapter we don't get?

[@TheIronGiant13]

WeepingAngel Lex I won't spoil anything, but the game will outright tell you when you've discovered everything you can on the ship. I don't just mean when it starts to storm, I mean it will outright tell you. There are a few you cannot possibly solve, which are in the chapter that you don't see, but these two characters are pretty obvious in their identities, if you've listened in on each memory. One tiny hint I have is that the numbers on the crew manifest are not just random, each character was assigned that specific number.

[@mileh-c2093]

Im literally still here waiting for a playthrough

[@donovan7505]

The nerdcubed nostalgia is making me so happy

[@LexSchilperoord]

As soon as I saw that time-stopped scene I recalled that video from four years ago... yeah it took me a bit lol

[@tiaand3005]

Dan, please please complete this. Even if you upload it in a 10hour mega video I will still marathon it

[@doomdoging]

this dev is one of the best arguements that games are art

[@mathiaswieselblad2925]

4 bloody years I have waited for this video finally it happend

[@OnlyDeltaMan]

Woah, but it's not even 9 PM yet... Matt?

[@calfm4103]

I know right.... Pleasant surprise though

[@erwinthomas3667]

I remember the fun and thrill of deducing the full name and cause of death of three people in the demo a couple years back. I want this game so badly

[@joshuahawkes7218]

The fact that there are zero negative reviews just goes to show how good this game is!

[@StrydarXtheXGrim]

My god, have I been watching for over 4 years. Where has the time gone?

[@gudnisnaer8171]

Please make this a series

[@matcat4]

the part about writing 40 pages is what got me to buy it thanks dan

[@Keying_Film]

Please do a complete series on this game!

[@ristopoho824]

The youtube autotext thing writes the Obra Dinn quite funny. No surprise it doesn't recognize it as a word though. The best ones i saw were Oprah dinner and Old Bread Inn

[@zachanikwano]

I remember watching you play the demo over and over again, hoping the game would release soon. I was almost terrified that it never would, but turns out I'm just impatient! lol Thank you Lucas Pope for another fantastic game.

[@synchronizedelbow5702]

Lucas Pope is the type of developer to make a video game based on the OSHA representative filing damage reports for the Avengers.

[@Thriron]

I saw this video when it came out, and immediately stopped when you said to stop and play it now. It took me a bit, but I finished a few months back and I'm finally back to watch the rest of the video.

[@JimtheEvo]

Hoist with his own petard isn’t nautical it is from siege warfare.

[@KiesandNoob]

Completes series, please, oh god please.

[@Happy-TeeF]

I remember never having the patience to finish the original video

[@awesomepro3273]

I NEED a play through of this, it would be amazing

[@fuzzymurdermittens]

Re-watching this almost 2 years later, I am so happy you introduced me to this game - I bought it based on this video and it was an absolutely enthralling 13 hours that I remember fondly. Happily, I think that at some point in the future I'll be able to replay it. I already know the plot, of course, but the deduction part has faded in my memory a bit. I have always been bad with names and faces. Brennan though... I remember Brennan's name and face. Little bastard popped up everywhere, but was so hard to stick a name on for so long :D Anyway, thanks for showing me this amazing game!

[@Seraph44644]

I didn’t want this video to end

[@hockeyhacker97]

I think this is one of the few games where I have watched a video to a point, went "ok that is how far the demo got up to, I am going to pause, go buy the game because it was already a good demo but the amount added to it since then makes me definitely want to play it" play 15ish minutes past where I paused the video and then come back and finish the video to avoid spoilers. From the hour I have played so far, yeah definitely seems worth the asking price... definitely not a game for everyone, but if it looks even somewhat interesting to you, yeah it keeps getting better and more puzzley as you get further in, I am not displeased at all with my purchase even if it doesn't have great replay value.

[@wulf2623]

Oh my god I remember watching him play the demo on the day the video RELEASED! Man I feel old now...

[@Simmo-gaming]

EVERYONE WHO WATCHED THIS 4 YEARS AGO, I KNOW HOW EXCITED YOU ARE TO SEE THIS AGAIN

[@mattcurtis982]

The guy dan was having trouble with I think I already know his name

[@tiernanmcgoldrick9808]

COMPLETES....COMPLETES SERIES OF THIS NOWWWW!!!

[@colinwilliams8811]

I’ve been waiting for this video for 4 years

[@Omphalite]

well. I just spent 9 hours playing that game and managed to finally beat it. It was. Freaking great.

[@jacksonbutler4928]

Ever since he did the demo I’ve been waiting for this

[@yeetymcyeet4760]

I really want a Completes of this but Dan’s already done it which kind of ruins the mystery for him. But maybe knowing what to do would make for a better completed because he wouldn’t be walking around lost because something tiny like a can disappeared between 2 memories. I don’t have the means to play for myself and I’d love to watch Dan play it.

[@Tre-lm6go]

Please make this a series! PLEASE!!! After Spider-Man, make this the next series!!!

[@elay127]

Just finished the game, came back for your video

[@joe090309]

Dan please please please do a complete series of this game

[@gothicanimegirl44]

I am so glad they adjusted the art something about the demo made me motion sick but I don't seem to have that issue with the full version

[@Phiro101]

i cant believe it has been 4 years since this

[@AdudenamedVince]

I stopped watching, eventually bought the game months later, beat it, and now I'm back baby!

[@mads_in_zero]

I'd love to watch this and give you good good Analytics Dan, but god, you've sold me. Wishlisted.

[@IAmNeglectable]

4 years ago? God damn, I remember Dan playing the demo for this game, but I had no idea it'd been so long already

[@GB_and_TB]

Am I the only one that went "Pa Bam" with Dan, but actually kept going through the entire video?

[@supersamkennedy2765]

I can’t believe this actually came back

[@keegsb6645]

This could possibly make a really good movie

[@MrGwarpy]

I'm so depressed there isn't another game like this...

[@marcodasilva2791]

I’ve been waiting for 4 years for this to happen!!!!

[@pearkore6821]

So it's the Mary Celeste but not the short story Marie Celeste that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote. Rad.