Stray - Longplay - Full Playthrough

[@tree2378]

I love how thor goes from admiring cyphers and dev effort and secrets immediately to “Cat face. CAT FAAAACE!”

[@user-gk8iz7gg5v]

Notice the slow blink to the camera in the end. That kind of body language, for cats is a show of trust and or affection. I think its the devs saying thank you to the players. And for me this detail just sums up all the love they put in this game.

[@HaydenFluff]

"It doesn't matter if your game has amazing stats, or incredible game mechanics or anything like that. Sometimes you just want to sit down and listen to a robot playing music." This is going into my lexicon, and if I ever do make anything, it's going in there.

[@carlosmspk]

Can't wait for you to make a game about historically accurate medieval times and include a robot playing music :D

[@jsproductions8569]

​@@carlosmspk a guy called 'Rob Hood', everyone thinks Rob is short for Robin but its actually short for Robot... who plays music.

[@winglessrayven4294]

Watching the cat limp, soul-crushing.

[@bzipoli]

i've played this at launch too and i seriously contemplated stop playing it forever bc the cat does an horrendous meow when he dies ): (i felt the same with the cat limp, almost turned it off right then. luckily it lasts for maybe a minute bc i didn't go back like he did)

[@AadilRashidAR]

@@bzipoli you do realize that it is a game right?

[@drunkenrobot7061]

Imagine if the devs of Stray made another game where you played as a ferret. Thor would be over the moon.

[@myroomisblue2679]

This needs to be a thing a ferret game for thor to play

[@Otakutaru]

I would love some rainworld 3D

[@pauljanetzke]

Just need the ferret mod. Most of Stray could be carried over to ferrets without much change.

[@conormaguire690]

Pity the company is a giant red flag for employment at the moment, Im surprised they didnt release any info unless if they did try to crowd control will the previous employees go public with whatever evidence they might have (pure speculation no backing info)

[@Nerdy1729]

What I like about the beginning section is that everyone doesn't really trust the glitchy signs saying to follow until the signs save them from the flesh creatures, it sort of builds trust with you

[@comedycorpse9768]

Stray was a welcome change to a time full of action games for me. It was cute, relaxing and breathtaking. It felt so fresh and captivating. I hope we see more games like this.

[@HazeEmry]

I usually just play MOBAs, fighting games, MMOs, and Gachas and Stray was the first game I played in a LONG time where I picked it up, played it, _put it down,_ *_and felt good about it._* Never really liked having something end but for Stray it was fulfilling

[@matthewgonzales7529]

Heck yes! Love these long plays. I really appreciate that you upload them in full since I'm in NA and have a typical work schedule so I can never catch streams live.

[@thefirstonyoutube]

It's a shame you can't hiss/growl etc lol 💯

[@villainservitor]

the slow blink at the end T___T my heart

[@itsd0nk]

God, I forgot how incredible the art direction and sheer environmental density was put into this game. It’s truly an interactive art exhibit. I wish it was able to have been a longer play through with more cryptic puzzles, but it still excels in what it was designed to do.

[@andrew-rn9ui]

Theyll get funding for a second and third gsme, there eill always be a market for this kind of stuff methinks, cat simulator is a whole new genre 😂😂

[@jammersdescotch]

the video chapters that line up perfectly and are accurately named with the in-game chapters make me more happy than i want to admit

[@FelanLP]

Stray, Ori, OneShot, ... These games are extremely rare. They can be played in one session or two, are highly emotional, and you want to play them again. These are the true games of the year.

[@ChaosWolf3]

Length of a game vs cost of a game. Time invested might be the phrase I'd use. Thing is, not all games are the same kind of entertainment. You can dump 1000 hours in some multiplayer shooter where you do the same things over and over against other players and that brings with it a competitive triumph and other feelings. However, a narrative game, a story driven game. That's more akin to watching a movie. The difference is, you get immersed because you're part of that story, you're the driving element. That is more comparable to the cost vs length of a movie if you're still trying to look at it that way. So hour per dollar is far higher, but the emotional aspect of that is a very different thing, something a shooter you dump 1000 hours into can never really replicate. Truth is, you can't really compare the cost to the duration in the same way simply because the cost to make a game like this you'd dump 1000 hours into would be impossibly high. You're paying for a very different kind of content and therefore paying a very different kind of cost. Another good game you could get this same thing from was Firewatch. That game lasted maybe 3 hours for me, but was a very satisfying experience despite the shorter length. You just can't look at it in terms of length vs cost like you can other games.

[@Bouncy_penguin]

Super cosy! Love the way you look at games, like an artist appreciating another persons painting. Very absorbing!

[@iCortex1]

I remember reading something about the devs studying actual cats for a long time to perfect the animations :3 they behave exactly like cats so I guess it worked

[@ozrithclay6921]

5:30:00 (ish) Thor: I stole it from the hat shop. I'm a theif. Me: you mean cat burglar

[@johnpaton4246]

"You, too, are a cat." "I immediately want to explore the environment," bro def a cat

[@ezstiles9666]

‘That building has the meats. I love Arby’s..they have a reuben sandwich… it’s the king of foods’ sometimes the sentences just run-on im lovin it

[@cameronjadewallace]

I immediately said "they have Reubens... They're not well toasted, but they're great"

[@electricheartpony]

But... but... that's not Arby's catchphrase!

[@mjl2665]

I love that at the end of "Ballad of The Lonely Robot" they put "the lick"

[@LethargicSquirrel]

"a booger with sentience" may be my new favorite insult.

[@lordofgraphite]

Loved this so much. Already watched 2 other playthroughs but this was completely gripping because how invested and insightful Thor was x

[@NoLifeButMyOwn]

I found this vid so late but I just want to say my cat Micah and I fell asleep twice to the music playing in the slums (I had to rewind to make sure I didn’t miss anything). Very chill cat nap moments. Good playthrough. I mean, I played the game through once already a while back but sometimes you need to revisit games through someone else’s eyes.

[@kollberg82]

Thanks for making 7hours more interesting and fun while being home and under the weather. Now on to watch your video library

[@SirStarKnight]

Hey Thor, a watcher from Italy here. Wanted to say that I really enjoy your longplays here on yt. I've already seen your Inscryption and Outer Wilds videos and I liked them a lot. You have a nice energy and, of course, a great voice. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your work and life! Cheers!

[@StrikaAmaru]

3:30:00 Can we appreciate that this CAT is smart enough to fix an electric generator? One orange braincell, my ass...

[@gratux]

There were no other orange cats it had to share with :)

[@KiwiDragon-xl4cf]

@@gratux exactly

[@caerdwyn7467]

This is a game you play exactly twice... once at first, second to get all the memories, songs, secrets, etc. Then you're done... but both times it's so -satisfying-. Stray is a subtle masterpiece. It's what you show to anyone who claims video games can't be deep, meaningful art.

[@theindie-vidual2188]

What about the 2 hour speedrun, not always compatible with getting all the collectibles you might have missed, so that's at least a third run

[@aronianspigonian8589]

@@theindie-vidual2188yeaaah plus a 4th run to just load in your favorite sleeping spots while you read or whatever

[@witcherjohn3440]

I never speedrun but this looks like a good one to start off with imo

[@vitalik38815]

@@witcherjohn3440 it's not a difficult achievement by any means. I completed the game in about 40 minutes when I tried to get it

[@TurboV8boi]

@@theindie-vidual2188 That's what I just did for The Last of Us on PC. I hadn't played it before. Really enjoyed it and took my time looking at everything on the first playthrough. Then on the second I enabled the unlimited ammo on the New Game + mode and just ran through the whole game in a couple hours . Would recommend

[@kimutone2970]

29:45 horror stories in 2 sentences presents: "there is a human voice in it, but it's not a human"

[@03Luka03]

"going to have to mke an alphabet of these made up letters in this game" such a thor thing to do. and immediately wanting to do so

[@aksman4434]

Such a beautiful game, I've played through multiple times, know the story super well, it was great seeing it again through fresh eyes, the first reactions to the zurks and all the great moments you discover along the way but that ending still gets me every time.

[@Qurisx]

I just played through this Last Month. What A Story. It hit me like a sack of bricks at the end. So well done. This game needs so much credit. I was in tears at the end. It was a game I needed.

[@EnabiSeira]

This game is truly beautiful. I've watched the nearly 7 hours in almost one go because how good it is and thanks for your commentary.

[@SmilingOwle]

I could never play a game like this on my own, but with thor ist was nostalgic. Reminded me when we i was younger and only one kid had the snes/later psx and we all meet there and each of us had his genre that he played for us all and took us on a journey.

[@RGCDTB]

I love watching this man play games

[@talimeremusic]

I remember crying, like properly crying at the end of that game. It's been a blast seeing it being played by someone with your level of insight.

[@jada90]

2:08:34 the lick! For those that don't know, this is a music meme. Started when someone made a compilation of all the times they heard jazz improvisers doing that exact riff. Since then it's entered musician's consciousness and people quote it purposefully for the in-joke.

[@canyonduck2022]

Length of game vs cost of game, so true. For Example, the game Gris, very very short but absolutely had me in tears.

[@grayveebean]

caught the first half of the stream live, and have fully watched the longplay at least 3 times in the past week since I also caught The Virus (tm). Your commentary is probably some of the most insightful and amazing I've had the pleasure of listening to. Definitely going to catch more of your streams live :D edit: also props to steets for the editing of the video, didn't even notice the first time until I was like, "wait, where'd that part go?" Super cool, very quality-of-life. also, B-12 perhaps a reference to BlueTwelve?

[@sceayr]

Took four days for me to watch this, but man was that a great game to watch you play. I almost teared up at the end there. I wish more games were good at story telling as well as environmental story telling like this game was and how well the interaction with it worked. Long live B-12 ! Which funny enough is a vitamin too.

[@skarr1138]

I think one of the coolest parts about this story is that it feels like B-12 is actually the main character and the cat is just the vessel through which he travels. You're playing a deuteragonist, and that makes for a very interesting storytelling experience.

[@jamesonmcmullan5722]

This is a very old video, only a real geek would get this.

[@jsproductions8569]

This is a very old comment, only a real geek would get this.

[@LoganX83]

Ha. Found you a couple of weeks ago and suddenly KZbin is suggesting this. Maybe because I like Stray so much. I love that it was such a contained, closed experienced. Not really too long, but also not dragging out. And just enjoyable at the end. And as you said at the end, the emotional weight at the end is just wonderful. Hope and sadness. Hope that studio will do more in that direction. - And I don't mean Cat. I mean building worlds and stories. Cat is fine too!

[@dragonridertechnologies]

This is like Untitled Goose Game, but with a plot... Really good graphics too. You're the best player for it, finding all the secrets and commenting on all the little additions. The devs _really_ know their cat behavior... Although did it need all the eyes?!

[@nataliestruve9736]

Never underestimate a cat’s willpower to get out the front door.

[@cameronjadewallace]

Me, waiting all video to come up with something clever to say Thor: You know... if they had just worked together from the start, instead of building a caste system, trying to impress each other, they'd already gotten out.... I hope one day we can get off this planet... Me: .... Me too. Me too.

[@Estell889]

I really enjoyed your commentary on this game.

[@juliejoie]

57:39 what you hear until this timestamp is the real french alarm that ring every 1st Wednesday of the month at 12pm and 12:05pm ! So if you forget that you're the 1st Wednesday of the month... You can easily freak out to hear it in the distance 🤣

[@kollberg82]

Have been watching half of this playtrough. Feels lika haveing a good friend with the same type of humor playing it. Nice to have "company" when being home with the flue. Keep up this damn good job your doing. Making people feel less alone (like me)

[@ArethaN.A]

Not to be rude but i think you should improve your english so nobody will be making fun of you bud:)

[@TheDeathSinger]

i love the little pitter patter as you run

[@Ozdical]

I love playing a chapter of the game, and then watch thor play it cuz he notices things i didn't! Love hearing the theories you make up as you go nd how they differed from mine :D

[@baguette2137]

i never had such a good time by watching a longplay do more stuff like this and i'll make sure i will come along on the streams :)

[@FaillinThruLife]

Why is Thor actually a cat irl. I'm also loving these long play through videos

[@mrsnevar]

2:07:56 so much happy chemical. Thank you, friend.

[@unapproved-apples809]

Getting off this rock will not help the ones chained to it..

[@LokolRatKing]

It made me so sad that you never see the other cats again, you never get to go home

[@LaCorvette]

@@LokolRatKing That’s just how it is sometimes.

[@bradleypeate3266]

You know there's nothing wrong with playing a game for longer than a day haha I watch a blind dude play disco elysium for well over a year and then some to complete it 😄

[@ECStarProductions]

heeeey thanks for uploading this!

[@LoucheWoman]

Two years late, but the purity of cat joy does not fade.

[@jada90]

6:54:00 hard disagree on being stuck if you're not curious. The game is easy af. Every single NPC you talk to does nothing but point you in the right direction. "Oh, that guy is by the bar" - multiple NPCs will say the exact same thing lol so there's no way you're missing that you're supposed to see that guy at the bar.

[@joshuaboehm1]

I haven't cried from a game in years...... This one broke me. I did not let go of my cat for a week.

[@whaleborne1308]

Your long plays are my guaranteed dose of melatonin

[@kartorrent7496]

5:47:31 “Intruder Alert! The Red Spy Is In The Base!” (Looks in the window) “The Red Cat Is In The Base!”

[@Allofmynerd]

Love your reactions to the game and you made some fantastic points at the end ❤ the Dev's did a amazing job with Stray!

[@bzipoli]

i love this game so much, watching it 2 years after playing it is such a nice experience still

[@y7o4ka]

Thor: Spends 30 minutes telling how the game tells about the world with the small details Also Thor: speedruns the shit out of Outer Wilds

[@joebard4220]

I like how that Spark of that Small Screen was Enough to Bring Hope (for me atleast) that the Scientist Could still be Alive, after all he Said: "This Body" at the End along with mentioning that it could destroy the Software in it, So he no Doubt took Precautions to stay Alive just back in the System (Unfortunately)

[@Ricardo-8369]

Wow this was quite the watch. Your commentary and interaction with chat is really good. I usually prefer no commentary Ler's Plays but this is great. Thanks!

[@ArethaN.A]

You're the opposite of me lol i like peoples reaction

[@delanogravesiii8428]

About at 5:01:41 you can see the robot at the bar that you can’t talk too is inhaling what I believe is canned air. Like the one you use to clean electronics. Small funny detail. Beautiful game. I’ve already started playing it myself cause of this video

[@defaultentertainment697]

6:40:20 only if those at power would not forget this so often...

[@sober667]

Best part about this is that you are normal cat maby with tinest big more inteligence but with no other superpowers AND ITS AWESOME!

[@iliketurtles667]

I love the audio in this game so much

[@kathisaurus]

This Game is a masterpiece in world building only through scenery and characters. It's so deep and detailed, I love it! I want a second part! I want this with open world parts and city parts and more cat friends and 100.000 playing hours please! And a Thor stream of it alongside ofc.

[@kyramerchen4485]

grateful for these vods

[@merilynnshark6144]

I'm surprised Thor didn't notice: when looking at the memories collected, you can see what memories you can find in the area you're currently in by seeing which of the missing memory boxes are a lighter gray than the other ones.

[@RonnieRancid]

My fiancee recommended your streams, and I've been going through the long plays- they're great!- I've also been getting him to play this game, he says the Zurks are cute (x ... I'm dead dude

[@The2Cat7Guy]

So glad you played this amazing game

[@pechaberryjuice]

37:08 POV: It's 3 AM and you were too busy sleeping to feed your cat

[@HazeEmry]

54:16 Aristocat ref? I love you even more now.

[@AlkyoneAoide]

In case nobody said it during stream, the book at 2:25:55 is a Gravity Falls reference! :D

[@theblepblep57]

Im glad gravity falls is still remembered even 10 years later, its such a great show :)

[@paultodd2838]

Loved stray - one of my favourites last year with Planet Lana for execution.

[@JoeRose8]

4:05:09 I just realized that this explains the ending

[@ConnroTheElephantLord]

I know it’s never gonna happen, but I really wish this same team is gonna make a sequel. There are 98 other cities, so surely there would be another cat to fall down.. My main thing is I hope it’s a two player exploration kinda game, where one player is the cat and another is a stray dog. It would be adorable.

[@thrasherthetic]

This is what happens when creators just make something good. The only agenda is a good time.

[@ferroussprigacademy8581]

The little detail that they have the date that the robots have the spark of life is the hour of the day of the year of release in epoch time 1:58:54

[@Sandman17]

Thor seems like a really wise person and a great person to be around

[@amberhughes1253]

Watching this over a year later and after I've played the game, 2 hours in and cant help but be excited about when Thor gets to the eyeballs!! Plus seeing some things I miss in my 2 play runs.

[@surly_mel]

What a beautiful game and story... Was curious about it but never spared the time to check it out. Imma go play it now.

[@whatdothlife4660]

This was very inciteful. Nice work.

[@Midnight-7411]

back when I first played this game I cried over B-12 at the ending, I knew going in to watch this that i would be upset over B-12 again yet I watched it all the way through anyway (even if it took multiple sessions, and yep… cried again over our little robot buddy

[@Kramnelladoow]

Oh god. It's like someone sat down and said, how can we make The Flood even more unsettling

[@theaverageeverydayperson9204]

100% this game captures the silent protagonist well. Everything you do matters, but not to your character. At the end we can only hope that B-12 didnt truly die because he was the true protagonist.

[@skyhijinx]

For a second there I thought you were going to take the subway with going back to Clementine and it was about to blow my mind. Then I realized that you needed the key. XD

[@colin5227]

man i love that cat

[@trlolist3332]

Bro i was working while this was on my side screen. First music made me fall a sleep.

[@decay-sz1ev]

that spark gave me titanfall 2 flash backs

[@tinabolotna3618]

ах здорово когда исследуют мир а не просто пробегают его по сюжету

[@Rembran]

Thor, KZbin has suddenly been recommending me your content; and I have to say I'm loving it. I'm currently in my second year of obtaining my degree in game design. I started with zero knowledge / skills, other than having played games my whole life. I'm now quite proficient in 3D modeling / texturing (Maya, Photoshop, Susbstance Painter) and have become familiar with the Unity game engine and quite a few of it's features. The only thing I feel lacking in is coding, even visual scripting just doesn't really click for me. I want to be in a design position so I'm not too concerned about the programming for me personally. My main focus now and after finishing my degree is to really develop my portfolio with some nice pieces. I'm local to WA myself. Any advice for my future endeavors? If you read this thanks, if you don't read this thanks. Oh, also I just hit 30 this year if that plays into your response at all.

[@aronianspigonian8589]

Hey dude I’m a cs major right now and have been following this thor guy for the past couple weeks. I suggest you watch his shorts because they can be quite motivational and informative for game maker type people. My guess for his advice would be that he’d say to just go make stuff. Make what you enjoy making. Or find a team or get on one and begin creating something bigger. Do your thing. I wanted to become an app developer so I just… started makin apps haha. You really can just make whatever you set your mind to within reason. So go make stuff! Have fun

[@aronianspigonian8589]

Btw the best way to feel more competent from a coding standpoint is literally just to go practice coding. Go make a game with some interesting features in Unity which relies on (i think, based on the limited unity knowledge i have) scripting primarily. Those scripts can be anything from super basic to kinda dense stuff but all of it can benefit you. Or maybe go learn java and make some crap idk. What languages do you needa learn to make games? Dew it. Learn it. Game it!

[@drewwood9410]

Love when things make u feel

[@megaera6924]

Oh man, I wanted to play this game so bad but seeing the kitty get hurt when I fumble was too much 😅 it was making me genuinely sad.

[@rileysmith6501]

Seems like a good video to go to bed too

[@brycehins206]

My cat watches me in disgust as I sit through this video. She's like, I'm right here...