OFF OST: -34- Avatar Beat

[@Jamesthe1]

"Everything is lost." *"I know. But I would prefer this over your victory."*

[@brostrider8541]

judge plz

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

What is the definition of futile badassery? Judge’s Special Ending

[@tarniabook3076]

Yeah, I would offer a high five to Pablo if I could. Or maybe he'd rather some petting...

[@Niiue]

Judge has better roasts

[@marmalade8915]

Jamesthe1 Στ yes

[@graveyardlurker.4888]

I know this is from 7 years ago, but I adore how even the SONG is showing a descent from an already shaky theme to the madness of a skewed world view, blinded by justice and righteousness

[@valmanway1844]

Yea

[@jasonshawn69]

Yet it still manages to give the player a false sense of hope with the epic-ish soundtrack mid-way. But there isn’t nothing left to have hope in. Either way, everything is lost, and this track perfectly represents that, especially at the end with it fading away, just like the world you and the batter destroyed.

[@septiembre9616]

Yesss my man, yes

[@am-180]

its actually from 2008

[@spigg-i1p]

The Batter did nothing wrong

[@PTSillyZone]

Batter: My world is broken can you help me fix it? Tech Support: Have you tried turning it off and back on again? Batter: No actually, I'll do that right now.

[@robertkim679]

opaattack Duct tape!

[@epicnail853]

opaattack I lol'd

[@cyra6821]

opaattack Oh my, I'm crying. X_D

[@iamasnail8654]

That's the real plot to OFF

[@PenUmbra87_]

+opaattack lol. and we turn it back on and the batter keeps noticing his world is broken and keeps along on his journey for eternity :)

[@kildhndrx]

- He has your eyes... - They are full of fear.

[@cristiancam5251]

In my version it said "yours are full of fear"

[@lou626]

@@cristiancam5251 you mean the original one?

[@porakone9859]

In my version it was "his are full of fear"

[@Tikialia]

However his show fear.

[@pikansanok]

Meanwhile in a select few mods of OFF I made myself, there is no words to "He has your eyes..." (It was replaced with "Doesn't he look wonderful...?" in one particular mod) whoever has the role of the Batter just watches in pure remorse.

[@Lineder]

Its interesting to note that the Batter's own Add Ons don't accompany him while the player is working with The Judge.

[@Draco-pn7ru]

I'll explain this one myself because I really like this interpretation. If you look at the batter and the player's "partnership", it's you taking up the improtant role of puppeteering the batter who has been assigned to a sacred mission. The batter may be a holy man (I'd say he is our savior), but he is incapable of the most common tasks such as simply walking. You (the player) litterally do everything for this empty vessel who barely knows how to fight on his own (because thats *litterally* your purpose as the player). The Add-Ons you gather represent the halos of an angel you acquire on your sacred mission making the batter ascend into a more powerful being. Once you get to the last fight, if you decide to abandon your sacred mission believing that the batter is evil for killing and side with the judge, you are also taking the Add-Ons you acquired with you, effectively god stripping an angel he deems to be evil of its halos and all its power (otherwise the fight would be impossible to win if the batter still retained the Add-Ons to fight by his side somehow). If you still maintain your allegiance with the batter, you complete your assigned mission and all is good ;) ADVERSARIES PURIFIED

[@ils4844]

@@Draco-pn7ru None of what you said is actually true lol.

[@Draco-pn7ru]

@@ils4844 Hey you might be right, there is no 1 concrete interpretation for this game that explains literally everything and answers every question. Which is why you don't see people trying to explain the entire game and all its little details on platforms such as YT. But that's what I personally enjoy, the lack of information that OFF, unlike a lot of other games, doesn't provide the player. I like how the OFF community still feels obligated to add in something new(maybe or not) they noticed while playing the game. That is what a game like OFF that tells a very vague story needs, people that may not have everything they say be right, but more importantly what they do say is something different from everyone else. Sometimes even the stupid theories are a little bit intriguing.

[@ils4844]

@@Draco-pn7ru Only problem is that OFF isn't vague, it's a direct and simple to follow if you just decide to dig into a bit of what Mortis has said about the game. The nothing cigar mentally , (making something more than it's actually out to be) that this game's fanbase has is what it makes it such a laughable shithole to this day.

[@Draco-pn7ru]

@@ils4844 Never said OFF wasn't possible to understand, as you can see, there are many people that at least have a surface level understanding of what narrative Mortis Ghost intended. I'm talking about the finer details that support specific theories that are avoided sometimes because people don't want to sound wrong or get too technical with the little stuff. Stuff other people probably wouldn't notice on their first playthrough of the game, or unless someone pointed it out. Like it's interesting how the final area of the room you walk up just before hitting the switch looks like a brain and spinal cord. If you want to interpret this as another hint for the Hugo Brain Comma Theory, then that's how your perspective will be from then on. Imagine Mortis Ghost saying OFF has no story, and all the hints he left even on his live stream of OFF 20YR anniversary are just jokes. No, he definitely had a concrete story with hints he sprinkled throughout, and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@JakobTheQuizGuy]

"It's too late. Everything is lost." The way The Batter said that really stuck with me. It sends shivers down my spine, how utterly cold and steadfast he is even in the face of death...

[@XenoZane]

Jakob thank you for helping me rediscover this game

[@JakobTheQuizGuy]

XenoZane (Mr Dragonfruit) No problem!

[@TheMazZT]

OFF Quiz??

[@Addicted2Electronics]

*Gasp* You like OFF too????

[@JakobTheQuizGuy]

TheMazZT Someday, yeah!

[@thefangirlingpuellamagi3345]

1:50 is actually so cool because it kind of sounds like a baseball crowd chant but it’s a mass of souls begging you to fight

[@TheRealMamaTattletail]

Another Baseball Reference I Could Find Is 0:24

[@enki012]

I always saw it as a monstrous sound representing the Batter.

[@willnyanyan]

@@TheRealMamaTattletail how so?

[@spinnorsomething]

Is it just me or does it sound like the chanting sound like it’s saying “He’s a monster”

[@TheRealMamaTattletail]

@@willnyanyan It Mirrors The Kinds Of Music That'd Play At A Baseball Game

[@PacoCotero1221]

I always loved how the music portraits the futility and the void that exists beyond the fight. The most serious and straight-to-the-point theme I ever heard in a videogame.

[@CoochieEater666]

This is the type of music i'll play on halloween

[@the2ndcomingoflaynekrusz654]

Oh hey it's you, I like you.

[@PacoCotero1221]

@@the2ndcomingoflaynekrusz654 Thanks.

[@Dexuz]

OFF latino momento yeah

[@MintyArisato]

when Vader Eloha said “there is nothing but the void after me” that always gave me chills. No matter who’s side you pick, that’s all that remains

[@Gofer925]

usually in games, the final boss battle music is epic, sad, or something like that but this this just screams "This is serious. Do *not* mess this up." and i love it

[@televisaoassassina9822]

Actually, this song does sound epic.

[@anostrichfromanotheruniver640]

@@televisaoassassina9822 and sad

[@TheBreakingBenny]

@@anostrichfromanotheruniver640 I imagine the player feels that sadness, and horror.

[@marmalade8915]

Gofer this is something compleetely different

[@yoshkabosh7979]

Good comment

[@oqo3310]

What I like in this fight is that both have their reasons and can legitimatly be right : -The batter isn't just a blind killing machine, he wants to end the pain of a child that is in a stasis, suffering all the time. He wants to stop the pain of an static world, that is kept in a state of evil, suffering, and boredom. -The judge isn't here to keep existence painfull. He is here to stop someone who has done the sins of wrath of killing a mother and her child. The world is blank, empty, there is nothing left. But an empty world is better than non-existence, and more importantly, emptiness is better than the victory of the batter.

[@yikerbones9824]

I think its batters purpose rather than his will. Batter here afterall saying "you cant escape from your purpose" or something

[@krisztineni6272]

@@yikerbones9824 how ever that could be said to the player too

[@DeltaBlazin]

@@krisztineni6272 Exactly, because if you're playing as The Judge for the special ending and you die, the ending goes as the official ending, with The Batter killing The Judge while saying that exact line. But I think it applies to both things, The Batter doesn't have will behind this, this is merely his purpose.

[@krisztineni6272]

@@DeltaBlazin Everything is perspective in his mind what he is doing he thinks its the right choice and not only the right choice but the only choice of this world can get he is so sure about this that nothing could divert his holy plan and this makes us the question one thing if the batter has a will not i do beleive he has to becasue if he did not think that his purpose is true without a question his will could change it is his will to beleive that his only purpose and choice is to purify the world... or maybe i just overthink it perhaps things should just remain never answered

[@vistagreat9994]

Either: There is nothing better than the victory of the batter or A state of nothing is far more preferable compared to the victory of the batter

[@andeggbreaks]

I feel so bad for everyone in this game. The Judge lost his brother, put his trust in a stranger and had that stranger turn on him and his entire world. The Batter was just doing what he had to, without a shred of remorse, like a pawn and nothing more, but even he seemed melancholy at the end. The Queen and Hugo died. The only exception might be Zacharie who doesn't seem to care either way, but even he loses 1-3 of his best/only friends depending how you play the game. It's just... Tragic. It's scary. I can't even blame The Batter for it.

[@andeggbreaks]

Kennie Damasta ratatam!

[@televisaoassassina9822]

Technically he has four if you include The Puppeteer.

[@somesadnormie5881]

Plus even when he killed Valerie, when he purifies a zone, when killed his own son, he still remains calm.

[@mathewwilson3476]

I feel nothing for Enoch.

[@thatdude1414-q9f]

"I guess it's better that way"

[@Future_Doggo]

This song perfectly fits fighting a villian who has already won.

[@silasschmidt5898]

Seeing the batters monster form really shocked me. Not because it was disturbing but because this is what the batter was in the eyes of every opponent in the game, a horrific monster with only one goal in mind. To ̶k̶i̶l̶l̶ purify

[@jaxy5184]

*The Batter kills The Queen* Okay. *The Batter kills Hugo* Okay *The Batter kills The Judge* yOU WHAT?!

[@probablyjustannpc9332]

how can you say okay to killing hugo :'(

[@surrealsweets8741]

Same for me, except replace The Judge with Japhet.

[@TheBreakingBenny]

It should've been *"The Batter kills the Critic Burnt* Oh... shit." That's one of the first adversaries who doesn't even bother fighting you, and the only way to progress is to purify them... Those Elsen are tragic as hell, one may as well justify it by saying their purification was merciful.

[@probablyjustannpc9332]

lol yeh i suppose

[@jasenkamada9181]

Jaxy i never liked him so it was a pleasure

[@ultimaT]

"The frightening ducky shows his true form.

[@vaultdroid6637]

OOOOOOH...

[@N1GHTM4RE_YT]

I have a picture of the Batter saved on my laptop... and i named it that XD

[@zegmakker5869]

+ultimaT He's a swan

[@solaris619]

Yeah, It's really obvious.

[@jasenkamada9181]

ultimaT which is the frightening ducky

[@yoshkabosh7979]

Holy hell I just realized that this song has two meanings. Either beat is representing a musical beat and is the Batter's theme, or beat is like beating the game, as in you're beating the avatar. Incredibly clever.

[@lou626]

Holy fuck

[@madam-mint]

I was gonna say that!!!

[@mylesmichel9108]

Plus "Batter" in French Can have 2 meanings Either litteral Baseball batter But also "Beater" One who is beating you off

[@Sploopler]

@@mylesmichel9108 where can I get that version of the game?

[@aldxbaran]

When after playing the game, after endless slaughters of specters, I finally reach the end. And the final battle at the end had me on the edge of my seat, the story drew me in so magically. I cared for the characters so much, as if I was really watching an actual event happen. Those elements tied me so tight to the story, each twist of the plot haunted me- and when I finally reached the end, I felt engulfed in the game. I will never forget this tune.

[@carlangas0100]

Me, never, I have played so many games, but Off is now my favourite. I was so sad in the end, because the batter was my rolemodel and the judge my favourite character, I cried.when I had to choose between killing my rolemodel or my precious judge. I like this.theme, but it makes me so sad.

[@VinVonVoom]

@@carlangas0100 You should probably find a better rolemodel

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

@@VinVonVoom bro stfu, the Batter is serious, stoic, and determined to complete his mission. He is the perfect role model, if a little cold both on the inside and outside. Not to mention it takes a lot of effort to END THE WORLD, and to kill (who he believes are) his wife and son, while still maintaining his composure. And both fights are also really drawn out, just try to imagine the pain you would feel from constantly beating a child with a baseball bat

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan that's the thing, he _doesn't_ feel that pain. He's literally a remorseless psychopath who does what he _thinks_ is "best" but _isn't._ "He has your eyes", "His are full of fear". He's a terrible role model unless you plan to commit a few tens of thousands of murders in the future

[@Luxai]

Pretty awesome how the ending is so open to interpretetion. Mortis Ghost said himself, I think, that he wanted it to remain that way.

[@crylune]

He said the entire game's story is up to interpretation and that basically whatever headcanon you may have is valid.

[@grace.stewartt4224]

Oh that’s super cool of him to give the player that decision. It makes more discussion and community

[@gothwafflez]

I'm just thinking about the form the Batter takes on if you choose the Judge. He looks like this deformed, horrifying monster. But if you play as the Batter, he looks like a regular guy, just like he always has. The Judge only saw him like that because he viewed him as a monster. What if the same thing is happening with the Burnt? What if they're just tired or stressed out elsen, but the Batter sees them as monsters, so they appear distorted and creepy?

[@joshzuker8308]

I think the Batter saw everything the way it was. I feel like if his emotions changed the way he viewed his opponents, the Judge would have looked different in this fight.

[@jollykirby2138]

@@joshzuker8308 but guys, when sugar talked about the batter as she was dying, she mentioned the horrible looking ducky in the room.

[@korobeinikiechelon3264]

@@jollykirby2138 That’s because of her and the Judge’s perspective of the batter changing.

[@heitorsouzadossantos1460]

(delayed reply) i think batter has always been like that but as we were in his perspective he was a normal guy or a hero we can say sugar calls him a creepy duck or something

[@Lim-mv7rq]

@@heitorsouzadossantos1460 yep, it all depends on how we, or the enemies, view him

[@XiaoAndyPugMan]

As far as final boss battles go, OFF's last encounter is somewhat of an anomaly. In most games, the final boss is meant to serve as both the emotional and mechanical climax of your journey, testing not only the skills and techniques you've acquired throughout the game but also your determination and resolve to see your quest through to the end. Upon defeating said final boss, it's standard video game fare to feel a sense of catharsis and accomplishment; the heroes have prevailed, justice has been restored, your mission is over and now you can rest easy knowing that evil has been vanquished once and for all. But OFF isn't like most games. Instead, the final boss battle, regardless of whose side you choose, is nothing more than an exercise in futility. Ally with the Batter, and you perform the final killing blow to a world already brought to its knees by your blind, holy wrath. Ally with the Judge, and you succeed in staving off the world's destruction, but the consequences of your actions cannot be erased so easily; there is nothing you can do but let the world wallow in its own desecration, leaving only the one you desperately aided long after it was too late to wander the ruins of the land he once shared with his dear, deceased brother. On top of that, the fight itself is deeply unsatisfying; whether you're fighting the Batter or the Judge, the fight is over frustratingly quickly, almost to the point of anticlimax. It's even possible to kill the Batter before he has a chance to launch a single attack; just stun him and spam your most powerful competence. The fight usually leaves the player with a sense of disappointment, lacking that feeling of a grand, theatrical showdown that most final boss battles possess. But should you really feel satisfied about what you're doing in this fight? I'd go as far as to say that at this point, after everything the player has done, they don't deserve a fulfilling battle. You could view it as the game's final, futile attempt to spit in the player's face before coming to a close. It's a bleak, hopeless ending to a dark, twisted game, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@firestar4407]

Where's your review of Sugar?

[@nobleradical2158]

You could say that the game's ending is really OFF from most others. Plz don't kill me

[@jake-xy8mp]

Holy shit this is dark coming from a kirby pfp

[@abraham3673]

Spooky Skeletone Kirby does have some dark moments, though. Just look at Dark Matter and Zero. In Dreamland 3, he literally becomes a bloody eyeball floating around after tearing itself from it's body. In Crystal Shards, he looks like some etheral winged demon with a halo that cries blood and attacks you with a pulsating... Cactus underneath it? Kirby is fucking weird

[@WiccanUniverse]

God damn you're smart...

[@maglev0789]

Why does this entire OST have the best percussion ever

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

Escaping your purpose is impossible

[@chambredesjeuxvideo]

With your photo profil, this is perfect :0

[@jasenkamada9181]

Cyberdemon Cyndi thx for reminding me

[@hairlineremover]

"Hence nothing remains, except for our regrets."

[@omori3341]

I prefer this over *your* victory.

[@axcicos7133]

The switch is now on OFF.

[@generico366]

Holy shit, how did I not realise that connection before?

[@jimbooskiman8249]

Bruh when that happened I felt like I had a brain blast

[@memorableman3709]

@@jimbooskiman8249 the switch is now on OFF... OO-

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

my brain just about melted when I read that at the end of the game

[@seanspindleshanks2529]

I read that as 'the switch now has OFF', and I was so excited for a second, thinking that Off was on Nintendo.

[@zachariethememeposter5741]

"You have been assigned to a being called The Batter." "a being.called The Batter." "A BEING" Notice how they intentionally avoid any labels such as human. Or maybe I'm overthinking it a little.

[@reminiscentiaoff4669]

+Ender Raven Well, the Batter isn't human. He is 'Purifier'.

[@heathermallghoul498]

+Ender Raven very few of the characters are human, apparently only Zackarie and sugar are human. its probably one of the reasons why they are so popular among the fans.

[@LaysergSyrus]

+ᗩᗷᗷY ᒍITTEᖇᗷᑌG wait ... so , batter is not a human ?

[@heathermallghoul498]

Ayberk Searrs yeah. (spoilers) Hugo made him as a foster father, since he presumably has no parents.

[@LaysergSyrus]

+Shock Therapy but , he is not a monster either , just judge (and sugar) see him like a monster because of what batter did /sorry for terrible english/

[@DeltaBlazin]

Two broken, lonely men battling for a dead world.

[@MGharriy]

The Judge is a cat

[@JaxontheOkay]

@@MGharriy a cat smart enough to talk in shakesperean english to be fair

[@mammothplant]

@puppetwraith17 "Buddy...did I do the right thing?"

[@Squiddy0912]

Dark Souls III: The Ringed City

[@noobyish]

"it's too late. everything is lost." has a very antagonistic ring to it.

[@DrifterGalleria]

Batter fucking murders Judge by Slam Dunking him into Glowing Hula Hoops

[@stopnow2870]

there are literally no better words to describe the final battle than that.

[@DrifterGalleria]

Pff

[@DrifterGalleria]

***** Wait really?

[@DrifterGalleria]

***** Oh

[@DrifterGalleria]

Yes, but this is from Batter's view

[@broccolycowboy3016]

More like Avatar Beat Me To Death

[@brostrider8541]

*purify

[@broccolycowboy3016]

It would be of your utmost interest to remove your phalanges from my body, Mr.Batter

[@turntheswitchoff8259]

Joy The Meme lol

[@caramel9154]

Indeed

[@BeanieGoth]

your profile pic makes this 10x better

[@endikamonje]

I can´t keep buth thinking that those sounds at 0:42 and 1:50 are baseball bats hitting a ball. Pretty fitting...

[@stopnow2870]

thanks a lot. *now i can't unhear that.*

[@goozey9459]

honestly to me it sounds more like some kind of liquid(possibly blood) dripping

[@merylvrdm]

To me, the entire song is like street music with trash cans, hittin' those floors and baseball balls with a bat and more shit like that

[@w.illiam36541]

The Batter has a *bat* So maybe that's why you hear it.

[@merylvrdm]

? No way! Really?!

[@fatcerberus]

One thing I really loved about OFF is that unlike Undertale, the game never robs you, as a player, of your agency. In fact, it never really blames the player at all. In a Genocide run, Undertale pulls a fast one on you at the end, going through with complete destruction even if you say "no" to finishing it off. That always left a bad taste in my mouth as it felt pretty manipulative just so the game could make a point. OFF by contrast, gives you the benefit of the doubt the whole time (even in a worst-case scenario, The Judge blames the puppet more than the puppeteer, calling The Batter an "evil marionette") and, only once it's no longer possible to question The Batter's true motives does it give you the choice to make it right--even if, as stated by The Judge himself, it'd be kind of a pyrrhic victory. It's a beautiful execution of a "what you are in the dark" moment. The thing is, the narrative seems specifically designed so that you'll tend to side with The Batter regardless the first time around: it's only once you've seen the last switch flipped to OFF leaving nothing behind that you realize beyond a shadow of a doubt that you've made a terrible, *terrible* mistake. There was no "greater goal"--purification was both the means and the end. The puppet was the puppetmaster all along. But you, as the player, have the power to make it right. So you reload your save, go back and see the Judge ending and... it's so much more powerful. Maybe even a little hopeful! After all, the world was rebuilt from almost nothing once before. As long as someone is left, maybe it can be again... and better than before.

[@goldensp3038]

But is Batter's doing really a bad thing?

[@AmalgamJiena]

"I dont care. I'm not reading that"

[@meem3051]

This fits with my fanfiction if Zacharie becoming a Guardian.

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

I understand your point, but Undertale’s Genocide route has its own purpose, it’s *because* of it making you question your reasons for continuing throughout the entire route that it teaches its lesson. It shows how monsters are realistically afraid of you, it shows graphic deaths and shows you in every part of the game the damage you are doing to the underground. It’s not afraid to show that you are clearly in the wrong, and is testing whether or not you can learn to control your own actions and stop. You as the player will most likely do a Genocide route after you finish the True Pacifist route, which brings up why you couldn’t be content with a happy ending, and decided to throw all of that happiness away just because you were curious about the outcome of killing everyone. Undertale is partially trying to teach players that you should know when to quit playing, and that trying to do everything in life more often than not will end up with you losing sight of your original goals. The last line that Chara says in the end “SINCE WHEN WERE YOU THE ONE IN CONTROL” is not referring to Chara taking over, but you yourself having no self control over your own impulsive behavior to kill everyone in the game, without figuring out how what you are doing is wrong on multiple levels, and stopping yourself from going further. Even once you try to make amends, multiple people in the game will remember what you did and chastise you for your impulsiveness, and if you go all the way, you will permanently corrupt your game, making you now unable to ever have the same happy ending again. Undertale is about pacifism and violence, and the permanence of the consequences that each one brings, no matter how much you try to undo them. It’s about learning how to control yourself to do the actions that are right, because you *don’t* a magical power that resets everything to give you a second chance. OFF, on the other hand, teaches you about perspective, and how it can be easily manipulated by others for their own purposes; just like the bosses of every zone manipulated the people living there into enjoying doing awful things and living awful lifestyles for the “good of the zone”, so too did the Batter manipulate you to help him destroy everything for his own self righteous purpose of “purification”. They both teach different valuable lessons, and both do it in different ways. That does not make either one inferior. They are just different lessons.

[@fatcerberus]

Andy Rios I don’t think that lesson is quite right, honestly, though I do see where you’re coming from. It’s important to remember that our accusers are not our enemies - every man begins as a hero in his own mind. If we were less quick to give people what they _deserve_ and spent more time understanding what they _need_ the world would be a better place. Love, sacrifice, volition; fueled by opposition. That’s the theme of the story I’ve been working on. Any one of these by itself can easily become a vice (love becomes lust, sacrifice becomes rebellion, volition becomes chaos), and in trying to fight a monster that doesn’t exist, we _create_ it. The torch may not go out, but the lightbearer can certainly stumble. We should always strive to lift him back up instead of cursing the darkness.

[@hsn3272]

There was a gif of pablo breakdancing next to mauled corpse of the batter with broken add ons I really like it

[@landofnoone7048]

Avatar Beat is my fav soundtrack in a whole game, because it doesn't sound like a final boss battle of the game. It's more like the beginig of something bad or accepting the horrifying fate of obsucre end that will come soon. And the voices in this track are like all of your victims that from nothingness just cheering for you so you could've quicky end it all no matter who you play as. Because if Battler wins- the whole everything is gone, and if Judge wins- this madness will stop eventually, but the world is already empty, so is this really a victory for us? So, probably it's a main theme for us- Puppeters, because it's us who brought everything to this point, it was our choice and deeds that brought purifiction here and it's only Us who can end this whole madness. Also, it's a perfect summing up of this game and it's soundtrack: it's creepy, it's weird, it's kind of catchy and vibing, it's unique and it representes something.

[@jasonshawn69]

I know this is like my 3rd comment, but I’m obsessed with the perfection of this song. The entire track just portrays “It’s the end, finish your final choice” perfectly. The absolute emptiness that it evokes inside the player, the lack of any hope and the presence of “it’s over” as the track ends is just amazing. I can’t stop listening, and I can’t stop binge watching and playing the game over and over. It’s just so amazing… you hate to see it go.

[@SugarbirdyOvO]

I KNOWWW gwaukwfqvkc I love this music and game, their themes and emotions are just so great

[@unlimitedbug]

My undying love for this game just keeps dragging me back here. This boss theme, as well as pretty much every other track in OFF's ost, will forever be stuck in my head. And I'm totally okay with that.

[@teedoes]

The Batter was introduced as your puppet But in the end,you were his puppet all along

[@moogobIin]

i really liked how the Batter changed design wise based on the Judge's perspective, but part of me is disappointed that we didn't see a similar version of the Judge now that he is being seen as an enemy.

[@djroscurro9859]

What if the batter just doesn’t see them differently?

[@BelKummie]

@@djroscurro9859 it's possible, knowing that the batter doesn't have any kind of human emotion.

[@rammysaturn]

Well when you think about it, The Judge has always had an unsettling design, one that'd be perfectly fit for a villain. It's versatile in that sense, so I suppose it really didn't need any changing.

[@abelsuperstar100]

@@rammysaturn I mean from the beginning, we always saw everything from the Batter’s perspective, from the enemies battle sprites and their text bubble sprites. But when we are just walking around the world looking through our own eyes, most things look fairly normal

[@thenewguyinred]

I this song always gives off a very hopeless feeling, you stopped a heartless monster from erasing all of existence but what's the point of even fighting when everyone you know and love is already dead?

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

Sheer spite. The Judge prefers it over the Batter's victory

[@Evets_03]

Yeah that’s right. The Batter mostly won and the only loser is the judge

[@I4dtx]

@@Evets_03 still The batter lost So the judge won in a sense

[@I4dtx]

@@Evets_03 he failed his mission , wich mean he's the loser in this fight

[@Minecart696]

"lemme get uhhhh a world" "world machine broke" "BIHHH FIX THAT JOINT RN"

[@the_puzzlest]

world machine ran out of ink (aka wholesomeness or whatever)

[@VenomChi]

This theme makes me feel like this is the most important battle in my life, but my life is on the line as well. Off has such an amazing ost.

[@cloverpilled]

the batter is such an amazing character. beautifully-written. i love him

[@gooey4347]

And so he proceeded to eliminate this last obstacle to complete his holy quest, not realizing what a monster he had become.

[@whouploadsripsat3inthemorning]

SAVE HIM FROM THE MONSTER HE'S BECOME

[@nickybuttons6443]

He knew what he was. He just didn't care. His objective was to purify the world, well no one and nothing can truly be totally pure. But that's just it. Nothing can be truly pure, thus by reducing everything to nothing...

[@drek.475]

Don't forget, he was just doing what he was supposed to do. It was the puppeter that put those needs in action ;^)

[@rowengaines6869]

Your profile picture is beyond amazing

[@gooey4347]

why, thank you! ^^ made it myself. :)

[@NESS_MOCCHI]

中毒性が凄い。何回もリピートしてしまう。

[@Maukiki]

Correct!

[@candle7814]

The batter is the perfect example of an unstoppable force

[@dollycheesecakes3658]

And judge, an immovable object.

[@jasonshawn69]

1:44 - 2:18 really amazed me, I never heard this music in the game itself, so I thought the soundtrack was just gonna loop itself from the beginning half, but boy did this give me a bop to listen to (even thought the beginning half was already great on it’s own)

[@TheWanderer1000000]

When someone asked Mortis Ghost about his inspiration when making Off he said Paranoia Agent. Lil Slugger and The Batter do have an uncanny resemblance of being an unstoppable force.

[@imp437]

hey uh thanks. this comment made me watch the entire anime and it is really good!

[@crylune]

Oh wow, I can see the resemblance.

[@antimatter3084]

Also Killer7 as well

[@megaaids2653]

alot of people are talking about how dark OFF is but this song is actually a bop Batter and Judge were probably jamming while fighting eachother

[@Itsthatreshiramu]

Blinded by his holy quest he killed his wife and child.

[@roiroije243]

That could be used in a prophet.

[@clayvid1315]

~batter never was in a relationship considering he is 0 years old but lets go with your logic here~

[@itsjustjaketv6666]

The translation is actually wrong, the original French means; you killed wife (not saying that it's the batters wife, but the wife of someone) and child.

[@TheExperienceYT]

Hugo was not their child it was bad translation from French to English Hugo CREATED them

[@melodycwastaken]

People always look at me funny when I search "avatar beat off"

[@moronribbons5774]

I realized now why before I felt like the theme was so empty, so representing of the world around when it played. Not just because the zone was purified, because the world was empty; because the story of OFF was already over. The Judge's fight ultimately meant nothing to OFF - the Batter already succeeded at ending the world's suffering in the presence of impurity by plunging it into infinite sinless nothing. The Judge simply had no option other than to stand with his own perspective of the world, as much as the Batter may have already torn what the Judge had used to see in it apart. It was an empty fight both in its place in the game's story to us observing it from our outside perspective and those inside of it with their own. There were no more perspectives to really have of a world so empty and bare.

[@Noelciaaa]

If you put an ear to my chest, where my heart is, you will hear this.

[@biddyfox]

i think you should see a doctor about that

[@dukinukireal]

same

[@zegmakker5869]

+Noelciaaa I'm at 2:27

[@BenjuKatchowee]

Avatar heart beat.

[@zachg8652]

"touch my heart, see how it beats in and out?"

[@joshzuker8308]

I like those little water drops they added lol. Kind of ties it back to zone 0 where u meet the judge, since that area had the water sounds in the background

[@yosowosagasu]

Did someone tried to write a sheet of this music (or a Synthesia cover)? Because I did. And well... it's hallucinating : You can't with a piano. All the notes are "detuned" differently. For instance the first higher note is between a D and a D#. Maybe that's why this music is so creepy.

[@literallyeverything7264]

Well fuck there go my plans

[@blarg2429]

@@literallyeverything7264 Plans for... _literally everything?_

[@narutojaja111]

It's called "microtonal music"

[@violetneiv]

I think that you have to improvise a lot too, since the pecussions are pretty dominant in this track, if we just transcibe note-by-note then it won't be as epic :(

[@Wolf-f9]

This is probably one of the best twists I’ve seen in a game period.

[@crowwerehart]

The air was filled with an overbearing sense of urgency, almost as if it could crush the poor feline if he even dared to blink wrong. But he couldn’t back down now. Face to face with the monster he let roam, the one that destroyed his home, his world, *their* world. Now it was all or nothing. The beast’s maw lazily hung ajar, as if it were stuck silently screaming for eternity. The Judge could feel the burning orbs in the black eye sockets digging through his flesh like nails, burrowing mercilessly into his own broken soul. The twisted, deformed hands, once normal, hung down as large lumps of gnarly flesh fused with cloth. Its chest rose and fell steadily, each breath of the impure abomination filling the blank space with heavy smoke, filling the cat’s lungs. He could feel the smoke choke his airway, but he couldn’t give in. He was so close. He didn’t want to die. He could fix this. He *could* fix this… … Right?

[@Franino]

*Your demented crusade ends here.* *Die, Batter, with the eternal souvenir of not having conducted your sad scheme to its end.*

[@omori3341]

I prefer this over your victory.

[@retarded2457]

I love how the game have some words like "retarded demented"

[@gabesato4195]

In my opinion, theres nothing left for the judge and zacharie, the world is dead and the batter killed it. The judges special ending is the bad ending. The batter has brought the world to it's knees and killed every single thing (Aside from zacharie and that one elsen). The official ending is kinda the better ending because you're putting a dead world out of it's misery and the judges ending prolongs a dying, hopeless world

[@Evets_03]

I’m pretty sure if you choose to save the humans in zone 3, it doesn’t matter since I think they disappear along with everything else once Enoch is killed. I side with the batter. What is better, to be alone in an empty broken and void reality or end the cycle of time and space?

[@moronribbons5774]

This song's melody does such a weirdly good job of portraying what an empty, pointless fight that's taking place is. It's a simple a easy fight no matter who you side with... the game is already over. And what much of a difference is there either way anyways? If you side with the Batter, all you get is the remorse of having utterly ended such an odd yet intriguing world. If you side with the Judge, you get the satisfaction of knowing you at least put a stop to the true success of the cataclysm taking place (the one that you had been tasked to set in motion...) but as the Batter says, it does no true good. The world is already dead. The Judge is quite literally the only being left to observe you making that just reaction. It's not tense. It's not angry. It's not charged with adrenaline. The song makes you feel the utter void you've turned the world of OFF into, it breathes a vast nothingness that feels like it would go on forever this last fight, this final event left in the game, before you in either path are left completely alone, completely done.

[@DoodleWill]

I think it was because of the fact The Room had no fourth wall breaks compared to the rest of the game but I found myself getting intwined with The Batters mission to the point where I didn't even ask why I was fighting The Queen or even Hugo. It was only when the Judge calls you out for your bullshit where I snapped back to it. I always liked this angle. You puppet The Batter for long enough to accept his actions as your own.

[@KittyKatty999]

*"Do you feel like a hero yet?"*

[@silverflight01]

You were never a hero. You were a monster. You might've looked a hero to you, but take one look at yourself through the eyes of Judge, and that, the monster you truly are, is what others see

[@imp437]

fun fact the tapping makes out the letter h over and over again in morse code, this could stand for hugo or hell, but probably hugo

[@thisguy5451]

i ran "hugo" through morse code before playing it and it definitely sounds like the tapping is trying to spell that out rather than repeating the letter h repeatedly.

[@sirkiwi1337]

Long ago, the four zones lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Batter attacked. Only the Judge, master of puzzles, could defeat the Batter. But when the world needed him most... He didn't stand a chance... HAHAHAHA AVATAR JOKE HAHAHAHA

[@harrisonfackrell]

I didn't get it at first. OH. HAHAHAHA AVATAR JOKE HAHAHAHA

[@trimmien]

Escaping from Your purpose Is Impossible.

[@whocares3317]

It's over. Escaping from your purpose is impossible. I felt like a monster at that moment

[@Maxximus4]

Starting to think OFF has nothing to do with Baseball...

[@nintendorkds]

I have no idea what off is but I love this song. It’s got like an upbeat drum, but despondent noises and foreboding tones.

[@omori3341]

You should definitely take some time to give OFF a try. It’s a wonderful game.

[@Green-FUKUFUKUFUKUFUKUFUKU]

@@omori3341 i very much agree. it's very little known and i would love for it to come to the lime light more often when people speak of their favorite games.

[@lucasfraczek4320]

Watching Markiplier play through this game from start to finish was an experience, then he choose to side with The Judge in the final battle. Nothing, and I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, could've prepared me for one of the many greatest twists in video game history...

[@dollycheesecakes3658]

monster batter monster batter

[@thesupershinymegagengar2034]

That feeling when you made The Batter overpowered and fight him at the end, as a monster. Think about it. Throughout the adventure, you *LITERALLY* created a monster!

[@pittabread]

batter, no killing is bad pls stop

[@stopnow2870]

its PURIFYING, GOSH. IT'S NOT A PHASE.

[@pabloc8808]

It's not bad if you're good at it... wait actually no

[@wuddle918]

+B Jet (Waddleknight34) And also a frighten

[@stopnow2870]

ye i know bro thats teh joke

[@ZastieMoon]

player, no killing is bad pls stop

[@Military_base01]

we're so back

[@iss2681]

Let's enjoy it because I think this song won't be in switch

[@yurihellworld]

This is a song that makes me feel 90% more evil

[@danielramirez8778]

Imma place my theory and thoughts about the game here since it seems like the best place to place it. I'll start by saying that this theory is still a theory, but it's what the game made me feel while playing it. I felt that it made you feel as if you were trapped in the middle of a marraige battle for their son, naturally meaning Hugo. But even if they're not married, there's still that feeling to it. And here's what I feel this game is: A child with an uncurable disease which is about to die most likely. The world that we see is but just Hugo's imagination that helps him cope with his situation. And here's what makes sense in this theory. When the batter and the queen talk about calling him their son and at the same time their creator is because they're the creation or at least the representation of his parents in his imagination. Hugo's mother, most likely gone for some reason then finally comes for him. Hugo as the imaginative kid he is naturally likes more his mother than his father becuase she also accepts his imaginative way of thinking. That is: this world. And here's where everything starts getting a bit grim. The queen most likely desperate and not accepting the imminent death of her son, lives in a world of fantasy where she even goes as far as to celebrate his birthday, which is most likely not happening but being another excuse to make him feel happy. The batter on the other hand (that being you as well) has the part of the realistic father which noticing how much of a madness this entire world has gone, tries to get them back to the reality. And here's where the whole argument of the game makes sense. Becuase you have that debate of whether is better to live a cruel and grey reality but not in madness or living a happy non-existent reality and therefore the two extremes of opinions: The Batter, being too far realistic such that he is willing to obliterate everything that is not realistic; against the Queen who is willing to ignore everything just to see Hugo smiling. Being explained that Hugo meets Enoch, Japhet and Dedan when still being with his father they're most likely either objects or people that he met while being sick. The Queen just accepts them becuase they've been giving Hugo a way of living. On the other hand, the batter is no "king" to match The Queen, therefore it's my theory that maybe the king is you, the player. That has gone as far as to use a puppet to take care of the situation, that being probably referred in the comic found in the room. You are not a hero in Hugo's mind because you are trying to destroy everything. Naturally this last is even more theroetical than the first part, but maybe you can also make this some sort of conection between Zacharie and Hugo. Zacharie is just the image Hugo has of himself but older, maybe the merchant who slayed the king just to help the queen.... Well.. that's about it. Thanks for reading all of this.

[@mahlawn2808]

I think that the Judge is actually the side of the father who doesn't want to go through with his quest. Throughout Zone 1, the Judge is a source of positivity, always seemingly happy despite how awful the world is. It isn't until Valerie is killed that he is shocked into depression. Perhaps the fight with Japhet represents the father finally realizing the greater implications of his quest, and the fact that it isn't just about destroying the disease but also killing his son. It explains why the Judge never appears in Hugo's memories, as well as why the Batter never actively seeks to purify him unlike the other guardians. The Judge isn't another extension of Hugo's imagination, it's the father's. It would also explain why the final battle is so easy regardless of which side you choose, because it isn't about the conflict between the Judge and the Batter, but merely the father making up his mind. Either choosing to finish what he started, or having remorse at the last second. If you side with the Batter, Hugo dies, end of story. If you side with the Judge, Hugo is left in a vegetative state, not suffering, but not happy either.

[@ffffffffffffffff5840]

The purification must be completed so that reality can continue. This world is a farce and mustn't exist

[@drillhead2753]

Oh man, there is something so ridiculously fucking enchanting and dark about this song. ESPECIALLY in the context of OFF. That whole game is some strange religious experience. Kinda slow, but that's the nature of the whole RPG maker thing. Like Yumme Nikki or Mouth Sweet or LISA. Truly a bombastically fucking good song, though.

[@harrisonfackrell]

I love the percussion in this song. It's beautifully woven with a serious, sad, hollow, and determined melody.

[@PokemonaMoni]

Either battle you choose is epic (though I prefer to fight The Batter), but I think the fact that you can choose makes this battle more epic.

[@eggsdeeprince8521]

what this song is used in meepcity, the friendly roblox toontown type game about adopting a meep and roleplaying with the fellow players! wouldn't expect a song from off to be in meepcity!

[@brawley1701]

"It's too late. Everything is lost." "I'll be the judge of that"

[@gorzux2829]

This song is neither satisfactory or depressing, it is just perspective

[@ZeroBahamut]

Stop right there,impostor. Listen to this awesome theme.

[@the_puzzlest]

There is no right or wrong here. You can choose to complete your holy mission, and put an end to the suffering and pain of the world, or you can question the morality of the “purification” of the lands, and instead attempt to defeat a foe deemed evil. The choice is yours.

[@TomasioTV]

This fight is worthless in a sense that regardless of your decision, the deeds cannot be avoided nor redeemed, for they already been made and nothing can change this fact. For me it is not the theme of the final boss (regardless of chosen side), but rather an aggressive, violent epilogue song, symbolizing a bittersweet victory. Even if we, let's say, lose this fight, it doesn't change the fact that the purification has largely been accomplished successfully. Lives cannot be restored, only taken.

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

"Hey, batta batta..."

[@brostrider8541]

DONT YOU DARE

[@obsidironpumicia4074]

the batter Heeey, batta batta batta batta!

[@brostrider8541]

*gets bat* P U R I F Y . . .

[@ThatOneArtist33]

swing I got to just do my thing!

[@LatiloveOmg]

"It's too late.. Everything is lost." "I know, but I prefer this over your victory.." .... "Hence nothing remains except for our regrets."

[@fol4636]

The switch is now on off 🙅 The off is now on switch 👌

[@ratticusmaximus3710]

Everybody gangsta until this plays at the baseball game 💀

[@Metado42069]

why

[@PixelatedChatter]

It's all shits and giggles until a weird ass lookin' cat teleports in and one of the players tries to fucking *_dunk it in a bunch of glowing hula hoops_*

[@Metado42069]

@RandomCrapIUpload yea i get it now idk why i asked why im a new person i was 8 months ago

[@theshaboodle8713]

Victory. A hollow and ridiculous notion.

[@psychopianist630]

I wonder if this game is an allegory for Buddhism. (Incoming spoilers, don't click "Read more" if you haven't completed OFF) I like to theorize that the Batter is meditating to "purify" himself of negative emotions, such as anger (Dedan), desire for attention (Japhet), hubris (Enoch), and attachment (Vader Eloha and Hugo) that are holding him back from nirvana, which is essentially cessation of existence by ending the cycle of reincarnation. The end, where he flips the switch to OFF, could be symbolic of him finally reaching nirvana.

[@thenotyoer5321]

i like this theory alot

[@androognoix1685]

I really like this theme. It's really sounds like someone who's gonna end you or judge you really hard because you have sinned a lot, and be needed to be stopped

[@FluffyJay1]

When you say "Alexa, intruder alert" - Light On: 100% White - Set volume to 100 - Say "It is time for you to wave goodbye to what little you have left of your existence." - Play "Avatar Beat"

[@kalerug]

Since this song plays during the final bottle regardless of whether you side with The Batter or The Judge, this song could easily be considered YOUR theme song.

[@AH-pc2on]

"Well, it looks like we won't be working together. No regrets, Mr. Freeman."

[@TeCHnORiOT]

If the Gman were more aggressive I could totally see him trying to fight Gordon.

[@warlord4thewitness]

The Freeman Pure 100/100 Lambda Pure 100/100

[@finkriel1814]

“But there are a few survivors of your personal holocaust who would like the chance to meet the man responsible for the total annihilation of their race.”

[@ultimateinternetman4335]

gordon freeman

[@randybutternubs4647]

A song that has the sound of a bat hitting a baseball as a beat! Awesome idea!

[@mahlawn2808]

I have a theory. (Oh yeah, spoilers if you haven't played the game). I think that the 'Father' is actually the player, and that the Batter and Judge merely represent two different mindsets that the Father has. The Batter represents the Father wanting to put his son out of his misery, and stop his suffering. The Judge represents the Father's mercy, his desire to preserve whatever remains of his son. These two things would likely explain: 1: Why the Batter cannot carry out his mission on his own, and needs the Player's input. The Batter is just a perspective, the Father is the one who has to act on that perspective. 2: Why the Batter never tries to kill the Judge until the end, despite Judge being one of the Zone Guardians. 3: Why the Judge never appears in any of Hugo's memories. 4: Why the Judge considers the Batter's quest to be impossible but laudable. (Just replace 'Purify the world' with 'Cure Hugo's ailments') And finally, it explains why the actual fight (regardless of which side you pick) is so easy. The fight wasn't about the battle of the two mindsets, it was the choice the Father makes in order to either go through with what he started, or change his mind to save his son at the last moment. If the Batter wins, the son is put to sleep, no longer suffering. If the Judge wins, then the son lives, albeit in a vegetative state, not suffering, but not happy either.

[@ils4844]

These kinds of theories have been done to death and thank god they're all wrong.

[@mahlawn2808]

@@ils4844 Wait, really? Did the creator of OFF confirm that they're wrong?

[@ils4844]

@@mahlawn2808 No, but if you read heavily into statements Mortis has made about the game's lore all the theories about Hugo and Batter being an aligation to a father putting his son down just doesn't hold up. It doesn't help that the 2.0 translation of OFF had the translator's headcanon of what he had thought happened put into the game too. Especially since the whole thing of Hugo creating the Batter and Queen are mistranslated as the other way around (yes I do mean Hugo created them, lorewise he's a child turned god creator via science or something). 3.0 tried to fix the major translation lore errors with it along with removing any references that the Batter and Queen are related by marriage, (them being married doesn't work at all, especially since it's implied the Batter was created completely as soon as you press start on the title screen), however it brought up many other grammatical errors and untasteful dialogue changes to the game overall too. TLDR; OFF's translations to english have been problematic and in turn the entire community related to the game has a completely inaccurate view of the game's story, as it's not allegorical to any kind of thing in real life. When making the game Mortis didn't want to make something deep, he wanted to make something that had a cool story in general inspired by things he liked at the time. The fact that the nothing cigar has been perceived as something more than that is just a side effect of poor translation and once you see that the game is more rooted in a story sense outside of allegories the cooler it gets imo (for instance, the game is heavily rooted in story and characters if you ignore the said allegorical bull). The game goes from being about some shit infanticide allegory crap to being about the fulfillment of the never-ending Eternal Return of Nietzsche's Philosophy (If you realize/believe that the Batter was right all along that is).

[@mahlawn2808]

@@ils4844 Huh, I never knew that. I personally never actually liked the bedridden Hugo theory as it made the entire world feel a lot less real. I only posted my comment because I thought I discovered something new that could be added to the theory (Judge and Batter being two sides of the same person). Thanks for telling me.

[@ils4844]

@@mahlawn2808 Ah, no I think it's safe to say that they're two different entities, the Batter is the Purifier of the world and the Judge is technically in league with the guardians as he is the Guardian of Zone 0 somehow (As in we don't really know how he came to be with the other guardians, since his possible created bond with Hugo isn't shown off, whereas the other Guardian bonds with Hugo are shown off in the room). The OFF world is definitely real in a sense that it's created after an apocalypse, in which Hugo creates it. Which explains why everything is out of order in the way things work in the world (go figure, the apocalypse situation also explains what's going on outside of the room though with the dead world flashbacks and stuff).

[@elugaporp_2]

0:42 sounds like the most intense game of pong in the world

[@GrimmXilixion]

I love this song. So dark, yet it makes me feel like a badass.

[@skewb64]

"Hence nothing remains except for our regrets." that quote hit me hard...

[@pibbleandthepibbians]

I remember this as MeepCity’s Halloween OST.

[@ricelovesyou]

Yes, same!

[@ephraimallen234]

Even til this day, hense nothing remains but our regrets

[@qwer1753]

WE'RE DESTROYING THE WORLD WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯