The Art of SUPERHOT: The Strangeness of Morality

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[@JakeSnake07]

"Why do you assume they are your enemies?" I dunno, something about the whole "keep trying to punch, stab, and shoot me" thing just gave me a bad feeling.

[@StellaEterna]

have you thought that you are the enemy the game even says there's only one weapon in the game and it’s you

[@boomertiro1422]

It's the most innovative shooter i have played in years.

[@GlitchG00D5]

Boomer Tiro one of us

[@ogoshdamplays8667]

We are watching.

[@evilchaoswizard9570]

Bodies are disposable

[@turnbullthegoat1418]

SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT SUPERHOT

[@personpacman7439]

Boomer Tiro You are one of us We need to make more of us

[@Allen-ie4sy]

I wonder how those who actually got a crack of the game felt when playing.

[@ej2208]

LGS. Skull I can answer that. It felt kinda cool

[@Appoxo]

i cracked it in the first place cuz i wasnt sure about it, and i instantly closed the game after seeing the "boot up" of the game thinking i got a virus making fun of me by being somewhat "funny"

[@AMan-xz7tx]

Jesus christ that would be horrifying...

[@chef-ln5fw]

It felt very odd

[@RyB305]

It’s felt fucking trippy as shit, I felt bad and eventually bought that game

[@wonderterror1541]

When I first heard the "why do you assume they are your enemies" bit, I thought it was just fake deep, but then I thought about from who's point of view that the question is given in. In SUPERHOT's perspective, it doesn't want you to be playing at all, and dying would prevent you from playing it. So, the red guys' objective of killing you isn't an action that would make them your enemies from the point of view of the game. (Sorry if this makes no sense I am very tired right now)

[@boomertiro1422]

Aye, and not even that deep but a bit more profound. The answers to most of the questions point out that a lot of the usual assumptions simply have no basis in what has been seen so far. The red guys could be your enemies, but you know nothing about them, not even why they instantly want to attack you. You're practically acting in self defense, but are they? Can they even be called enemies with no goal, just killing red dudes? Again it's not that deep, it's just "An assumption was made, did you notice how baseless it is?"

[@masterzoroark6664]

It's perspective, like everywhere else.

[@DoomRater]

Another question asks why are enemies red. The answer asks what color YOU are, and more importantly, what shape. While you appear as black from a first person perspective, you are red in the last level. The only mantras the game wants you to say at some point are "Mind is software" and "Bodies are disposable". Conclusion: Superhot is a collective of human and artifical intelligence running on a computer network, and it sees bodies as weak. Usable as weapons but also holding humanity back. That might be a lot of spoiler for people who haven't played the game and found all the secrets, but come on, what's holding these people back? It's the most innovative shooter in years.

[@reoffending]

I always just thought it was tied into the game's lore, that you're killing real people and the red guys are just saving you from the game.

[@iwatchwithnoads7480]

"why do you assume they are your enemies" if only our soldiers asked this to themselves before volunteering for overseas missions to secure their college education

[@BlueBoy0]

I think part of what makes the game take you by surprise is that the single sentence used as a premise is a lie. Time does NOT only move when you do, everything creeps slowly forward and standing still too long will kill you. It can take several levels and confusing deaths to realize.

[@wylew1331]

There's actually a secret in which we ask why bullets fly if we stand still, the response is "noboody is perfect. No body is perfect. They can't even stand still" or sth like that

[@zekedia2223]

An illusion of control, No?

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

@@wylew1331 well it's impossible to actually keep your whole body still since you got your heart pumping and your blood flowing you would need to die to truly be still maybe it's just human limitation on why time is still moving

[@michael171]

actually the devs themselves responded to that saying “your heart is beating and you breathe, right? you’re always moving very slowly no matter what”

[@BlueBoy0]

It is true in VR, though, and it makes that version of the game so much better.

[@benjamingarcia4964]

My blu-ray of Fight Club opened with a menu for Never Been Kissed. I was confused until the actual menu popped up for the Fight Club. I guess Fincher likes to troll his fans. Lol

[@IamaPERSON]

Benjamin Garcia don't talk about it!

[@shemaarcampbell1710]

Benjamin Garcia the vr version of this is way better compared to just a console

[@Silentbutsure9]

Your analysis made me think of The Stanley Parable. Similar existential crisis questioning, and pointing out that if you have free will, you are choosing to give it up by limiting yourself within a game structure. Interesting stuff.

[@elisabetrouge]

Like Bioshock in a way too. "A man chooses. A slave obeys." You have free will to choose but not in a linear game. You have to play it the way it is designed. So there's not really any choice at all.

[@defy828]

That was really interesting. I've only played the VR version and it seems to be a pretty different game as far as the meta story goes. I didn't even know about all the command prompt part of the game. But man, in VR it is incredibly intimidating to be surrounded by several 7 foot glass men with weapons.

[@kermitingcrime6489]

Jimmy Allen Same. In levels where people are coming from you at all angles it gets super intense.

[@DuelaDent52]

Jimmy Allen What was the story in the VR version, might I ask?

[@doctoradventure413]

The story of Superhot VR is pretty much a reduced version of the base game story where it removes the chat log and pretty much just has you keep playing the game occasionally it will kick you out but you get back in almost instantaneously so there isn’t much to ponder over as a game Superhot VR is superior but story wise the base game is much much better

[@doctoradventure413]

When I played the base game I had fun but I felt so restrained like I wasn’t able to go all out like the story told me I was but in vr I no longer had that restriction (except my arms wanting to not be with me anymore but that’s a problem with the PS VR)

[@Quandry1]

If I remember right. There are three different versions to the game depending on how you played it. But I don't remember what the third version was on. And two of the versions actually are stories that run directly counter to each other. One being you eventually falling under the control of the AI and eventually becoming an Agent of the AI by hacking you as the protagonist. The other being you destroying the AI if you get far enough along in it's storyline.

[@adambailey7857]

It’s the most innovative shooter I’ve played in years

[@evilchaoswizard9570]

Bodies are disposable

[@WalmartBlackGuy]

@@evilchaoswizard9570 *M I N D I S S O F T W A R E*

[@jackreid2664]

Mind is software

[@crazy922blade]

You will hot switch to the core

[@StellaEterna]

@@crazy922blade crap need to run away before am one of you

[@MechanicWolf85]

"why my enemies shatter when i kill them?" "why do you assume they are your enemy?" ...................thats deep

[@bboy32167]

Kael 93 i assume they are my enemy because the vast majority of them lethally attack you

[@mikemarks6136]

Kael 93 i said omg under my breath

[@leethalweapon139]

"why do you assume they are the enemy?" because they tried to kill me

[@computerpwn]

I mean, in a way, they’re trying to protect you from.. the ‘core’ ?

[@AMan-xz7tx]

Not ‘the’ enemies, MY enemies, ya know, the ones SHOOTING AT ME!!!

[@zere6520]

Ahhh finally after 20 minutes I finished it. *closes the game* SUPERHOT Last time played: Today You've played: 3 hours yes this actually happened

[@tristanraine]

"You still playing? I've been trying to reach you for hours" "Didnt feel that long"

[@jacobgenster7881]

You cannot finish it. It's endless

[@deedeekreep9139]

Judging off that moment in the group chat when someone joins and starts telling a story about how a guy killed 20 people barehanded without breaking a sweat. That a police unit couldn't even stop him. Judging off that story (before I completed the game) I thought super hot was a sort of government training simulation that builds the users reflexes to be that of a super human. But then I thought what if it's a way to control any person in the real world (judging off the hotswitch feature) so that your placed dead smack in the middle of a ongoing situation where you may kill or combat anyone you wanted to in that area with basically with no consequences or fear of death, and all the benefits of having the superhot ability to slow down time. I'm completely sure now that superhot was a virtual "game" the in game government built in order to basically be the mole in any given situation in the world so that they can deal with any group of people from the safety of a computer.

[@Dogue83]

If you pause the wall of text that zips through before the last level you'll find your guess is mostly correct

[@deedeekreep9139]

@@Dogue83 what level are you talked mg about exactly? Or moment? I'd like to read what you're referring to

[@Dogue83]

@@deedeekreep9139 before the pyramid core level they give you the option to get the explaination to what's going on, you do get it, only it flashes through really quickly

[@deedeekreep9139]

@@Dogue83 what the hell? When you're walking down that long white hallway? When they game says repeat after me. I will take the core. I don't remember them asking if I wanted to know the truth

[@deedeekreep9139]

@@Dogue83 you're not talking about one of the terminal secrets are you?

[@lentlemenproductions770]

That whole “we could keep you here forever” scene loses its power when your friend hits the XBox home button

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

Or you forget to pay your power bill and then they shut off the power

[@swans184]

I played a bit of SuperHot in VR, and the intro places you in a photorealistic hackers den where you put a floppy disk into an old tower and put a Matrix-esque headset on to start the game. I wear glasses, but my glasses couldn't fit in the headset so I couldn't wear them. I'm blind as a bat, but I figured I would be able to see fine since the screen was inches from my eyes. Interestingly, I couldn't though; they had some kind of simulated depth of field, so that I both could, but mostly couldn't, see far away details; it's hard to describe. By the way, this was my first VR experience. The photorealistic hacker's den was doubly mind blowing because I *couldn't tell it wasn't real.* I couldn't see the details, the graphical edges so to speak that normally shatter the illusion of immersion. I was just plopped into another space; it was only until I walked through a desk that the illusion was shattered. The rest of the VR game has a lesser emphasis on the meta experience, and more on the visceral awesomeness of actually ducking dodging and rolling from cover to cover, but the beginning still blew my mind all the same.

[@cheatexp]

i know this comment is super, super old, but even with my glasses on i couldn't tell it wasn't real. fucked me up

[@MotoNurse]

SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I've played in years!

[@evilchaoswizard9570]

MotoNurse Bodies are Disposable

[@not_idekwid]

Mind is software

[@computersoda]

One of us

[@leotv4289]

One of us

[@MilenaMcDonald]

SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT SUPER HOT

[@mr000brightside]

This game blew my mind with that "why do you assume they are your enemies?"

[@aaabatteries49]

mr000brightside, I assumed they were my enemy because they were shooting me.

[@XxZigiixX]

Greatguy Yes, but you are looking at it through a closed perspective, Mind is software remember, those bodies they attacked were never yours, you destroyed your owm body remember?

[@kriffapher]

when i read that it was so upsetting that I couldn't sleep. it got me good

[@tylersprouse6861]

@@aaabatteries49 In theory, that could just be other players operating under the same assumption

[@jayfel104]

I played this on console in one sitting, and I still looked to check if there was something behind me. I love the theme of gaming addiction, gaming interior narrative (your purpose of playing), and how gaming takes time from your life. That's why the system locked you in a cell, it was controlling you like every other game does. But Super Hot blatantly makes you aware of it. Which kind of makes you feel guilty, but it's intriguing to get the rest of the story.

[@ethanhudson2009]

I’ve played a random level once at my friends house and the flashing words on the screen and the half finished gameplay immediately made me think of the matrix

[@geronimovallejos7232]

great geim

[@fren2091]

dys·lex·i·a /dəsˈleksēə/Enviar noun a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.

[@kevokoma]

Re-tar-ded Noun: Describes you.

[@RyanHollinger]

If you're not used to the concept of an accent by now, I feel that's the real issue here. Its as if there are other countries and languages besides your own?!

[@geronimovallejos7232]

Ryan Hollinger Na dude, i just LOVE so much how it sounds, not trying to disrespect. Keep it up with the videos!

[@lawfulneptune14]

Ryan Hollinger lmao you must be self concious of your accent cause I think everyone saw the dudes comment as a joke not as a jab

[@turtferguson4831]

Finding the terminals is the real game

[@sludgepls]

What about the challenges?

[@nyancat2221]

*Why do you assume they’re enemies?* Uuuh, because they’re shooting at me??? They are an enemy to my self preservation. And you still haven’t answered my question system.

[@jingbot1071]

Thank you for this detailed rundown. I know feel like I really understand this GEEM.

[@zack8416]

“Why do my enemy’s shatter when I kill them?” “Why do you assume they are your enemy’s?” “Because they’re red?! Ever heard of every shooter game ever?!”

[@davidcave3813]

The original NieR did a similar narrative trick on it's audience that wasn't really revealed until the second playthrough, when you can finally understand what the enemies are saying (on first playthrough it doesn't include subtitles). Only later on do you get a clue into what's actually going on, by the third playthrough you get the full understanding of what your enemies are and it flips the script completely on your expectations for who these characters you've now adventured for upwards of 40-50 hours are. It's interesting to me because I hate it when media yanks the proverbial sheet from the bad-man's head and says "HA YOU TOTALLY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS HIM DID YOU?!" without giving me the proper clues to guess it on my own, but I never felt that way with NieR (and it sounds like this is the case with Superhot also) probably because it's less about enjoyment coming from guessing whodunnit and more the enjoyment from slowly uncovering piece-by-piece the true nature of the world the media is portraying. I've really liked that about NieR (and media that's similarly structured) as it's based on the premise that there are so many different perspectives we have no line of sight into, our worldview- no matter how wide we think it is, is only as wide as our own personal perspective.

[@BobbinRobbin777]

Okay

[@Loganh24]

Can you make one of these about Hotline Miami? Also has a very meta narrative.

[@DarknessEmpireLeader626]

He said he will, it'll be called "Hotline Miami - Masking Responsibility".

[@RyanHollinger]

Yeah, it was originally scheduled instead of this, but some scheduling conflicts arose. Definitely within the next month.

[@Loganh24]

Awesome! Been digging your content for a while, more than happy to support.

[@impulzs8372]

8:20 i am definitely physically and emotionally attached to my xbox

[@joelman1989]

“Urge to put it down even if I did want to keep playing” is exactly how I felt.

[@JimmyChampane]

Great video dude! Haven't played this one but I think I will now.

[@b.sharp.]

9:51 *images of people struggling on the floor "Strangely satisfying and mesmerizing graphics!"

[@Guitarchitect85]

He keeps talking about this “Geem”. I’m not entirely sure what that is.

[@shadowninja958]

half way through this video I forgot I wasn't playing superhot and was suprised when the video kept playing without me moving my mouse since I was moving it at the time, then I was like "oh wait this is a youtube video"

[@nimahanna1709]

Waiting years I could never imagine such a simple beta on y8 evolving into such a mind blowing yet simple game!

[@baldurreykdal1784]

Really good video, also love your voice man.

[@durable1988]

"Why do you assume they are enemies?" Am I missing a dry delivery?

[@gamingshiba24]

Superhot is one of the most innovative shooter i've played in years!

[@The_Shimp]

One of?

[@turtferguson4831]

This was a real trip at 3 In the morning

[@Xx_placeholder_xX]

SUPERHOT terrifies me for no good reason

[@Game_Erica]

I just finished the game and oh my god. Even though I did play it on my ps4, I still got an uneasy feeling with all the messages the game was saying and I love stuff like that

[@pinecone9619]

I think beating this game was the first time I've ever totally rocked out to the credits. I don't speak (polish?) but I love that song.

[@ExaustedSugar]

I thought the only thing this game had going for it was the slow down gimmick, but holy shit I'm gonna have to get it now

[@glyph2011]

Played this on the Xbox one as it was free with "games with gold" . Freshest FPS I've played in ages. Loved it. Mind you, the last level was hard as nails until you learn the routine. It was like a gun ballet at the end. The same moves over and over and over and over and over and over.. until the end. And what an end. A superb game. And great on the Xbox one.

[@thanos8182]

Repeat after me: The System will set me free. Bodies are Disposable. Minds are data.

[@jedigrandmaster6471]

software, SOFTWARE

[@DarknessEmpireLeader626]

SUPER...

[@sutter_kane_2689]

DarkEmpire626 HOT

[@drvidhukhare]

SUPER

[@patrickcorreal-winters701]

Vidhu Khare HOT

[@micahmuch]

Super

[@kyosefgofa]

HOT

[@VitaminWMusic]

Just got the demo for vr and I really do feel the sense of power of time control, giving me the neo experience we have always wanted, I’ve played the same mission over and over and still can’t get enough

[@DoomRater]

Time for a hot assimilation debate: Mycon, or Borg?

[@tyhardman2410]

I play on Xbox, and it worked for me..

[@QuestionableObject]

Thanks for the videos Ryan

[@GentooGuy]

They basically made him addicted to the game they used him as a tool against the antivirus. In the end he kills all antivirus red guys except for him then he kills himself and he has nowhere to go expect for the system but when some one joins they spawn again and the antivirus try’s to stop them again his army grows as more people join they think there fighting for freedom but there using them this theory was confirmed when he called him a tool in the game.

[@The_Shimp]

Wait, how do you know the red guys are an antivirus?

[@fatguybob2778]

Holy fuck I got this off the Pirate Bay and I deadass thought the chat was real for a good 2 hours or so. Shit scared the fuck out of me, but imo it’s the only way to truly TRULY play the game for your first time. I had a blanket around me at 2 am sitting in my desktop chair with only the glow of my computer and I was so scared but also so enthralled. It was so good I ended up paying for the game just to support the developers

[@lucidiosyn3365]

Why do you like Elijah Wood? You look almost identical.

[@RyanHollinger]

Someone said this like 2 years ago, I'll happily take it!

[@chocopuffs9161]

Ryan Hollinger Know any bird law?

[@bboy32167]

Lucid Psycho oh shit he really does

[@addimbantuwe9406]

There's a difference, Ryan has a glorifying beard, Elijah just looks like a posh twat.

[@lukeschafer441]

Oh my god, we NEED more video game reviews from your perspective

[@Sackboy9811]

So this is what Ramsey Bolton does now

[@TheTroutyness]

It feels very Silent Hill

[@theengineer9910]

Very pt

[@tutterbear98]

TheTroutyness its been a while since you wrote this, but there are parts of this that very much feel like Silent Hill, I agree. Especially when there's that moment when the game asks if you're really fighting "enemies," per se. It reminds me of "they look like monsters to you" from Silent Hill 3.

[@AlphoTheDoggo]

"you are no longer in control."

[@furiousmilk6559]

I love playing SUPERHOT, playing SUPERHOT is my favourite activity.

[@B3astMass]

After playing SuperHot on its PS4 release,I was hoping you'd make an analysis video on it; I can always count on you

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

I remember when Superhot was a flash game with a few levels, no story and a confusing ending.

[@PabloEscobar-cf6cy]

The story was without question or debate...the worst part of super hot. Prove me wrong

[@Alexander59059]

I can't nor do I want to

[@FireFox64000000]

Okay so for someone who's playing this in VR how the fuck do I get to that terminal?

[@ng65gaming]

Whelp, that’s my existential crisis achieved for tonight.

[@Moldeyawsome12]

Superhot is one of my favorite games. First play through was so much fun

[@S3mj0n]

Good analysis. I really enjoy your channel mate! Did you watch True Detective season 1? I would love a analysis video from you for the first season.

[@reallyotis5798]

"It's the most innovative shooter ive played in years!"

[@Gladysthehomunculus]

After watching this video it just made me think how cool a video about 'IM SCARED' from you would be. Meta game mechanics more than meta narrative.

[@t3hr00tb33r]

It's the most played years I've shooter in innovative.

[@Bawesome1111]

It’s the most innovative shooter game I’ve played in years. SUPERHOTSUPERHOT SUPERHOTSUPERHOT SUPERHOTSUPERHOT SUPERHOTSUPERHOT SUPERHOTSUPERHOT SUPERHOTSUPERHOT

[@jare114]

Why did I play it? It was included on the PlayStation Plus Premium for free.

[@Cal6009]

They're enemies because they're trying to kill me.

[@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist]

I play this at a VR arcade; it's a much better venue for playing the game.

[@gabrielarchambault8034]

This game is the only reason i want a vr lol

[@standardblanket2031]

I downloaded it thinking it was just killing red bois but now I’m scared

[@calunchained]

Every video of yours I click on I expect you to make good on the promise of your girlfriend narrating and every video I am disappointed. The cycle begins anew today.

[@personpacman7439]

4:42 *xfiles theme starts playing

[@shingshongshamalama]

Superhot is real good VR innovation because it legitimately doesn't work nearly as well without VR. It actually _takes advantage of the quirks of VR_ in an interesting way.

[@Mr_Bones2024]

I just got to the part where you have to promise not to play it again and decided to search super hot explained

[@The_Shimp]

Why wouldn’t you just continue the game?

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

you are meant to launch the game again, you idiot

[@knickleuchtenmensch]

It's the most innovative shooter I have played in years

[@teiyaga4811]

Repeat after me: MIND IS SOFTWARE MIND IS SOFTWARE

[@thehonorshow]

Im sending the files right now

[@thomasweisgram4373]

The credit theme is my new favorite song now

[@fastmax6292]

Superhot's the most innovative shooter I've played in years.

[@guilhermekolinger]

I got a feeling you might like The Talos Principle

[@BrandOffMusic2]

I just beat the game and I am so confused

[@The_Shimp]

Same, I think it’ll help if you search up the EULA and watch the Game Theory on the game.

[@TherealZombieproman]

The VR version,Mind control delete, and super hot original are all different games

[@The_Shimp]

Yeah, and I heard that the console version completely reverses some aspects of the plot too

[@mysticalpotato155]

I had closed captions on and yt thought the intro was saying "she she she she she she she's messy messy messy"

[@A-TALKING-TOASTER]

Good thing I wasn't playing this game and I was introduced to Edibles or this game would have me so f****** paranoid

[@GameDesignDan]

I know that this is besides the point but that's a really nice shirt.

[@elijahlawson716]

Anyone else get that diamond achievement in the online chat 0.75 people!!

[@Dickinabox]

This needs to be a movie

[@conatus7309]

This was a really cool game filled to the brim with secrets. It fooled even myself

[@emerldsplsh6178]

I played it nonstop for 2 days and beat it

[@emmanueltapia899]

when i first played it was uh.......interesting

[@ieuansmith518]

Best song in this entire game has to be psy pawlowa like LISTEN TO IT GOD DAME IT.

[@toddgoul5857]

Sounds like the gaming equivalent of Videodrome.

[@multistuff9831]

If they make a superhot 2 they could innovate and mix flatscreen and vr into one experience, the game being physically irl putting your headset on and having to go to your monitor when navigating pios. It’s frustrating that superhot vr is even more barebones narratively than superhot 2016

[@The_Shimp]

1. That sounds cool, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game do that, and I don’t think indie devs have the budget to develop the technology to make it possible. 2. Technically it would be Superhot 4, since Superhot VR and MCD have almost completely new content.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

@@The_Shimp You could simply have the game launch two programs, one for the game, and one for piOS

[@andreworders7305]

Wish you made more gaming videos honestly

[@lich.possum]

I was gonna make a jab at Geim but someone already did.

[@gipsyking5683]

Not even brainwashed I will say this is one of the best games i have played

[@stt.9433]

thats funny i saw a different answer to the question. Also they are enemies since they actively try to kill you. If you want an existential crisis player The talos principle.

[@drakonis233]

That's an interesting choice of song.As a Polish guy i appreciate it a lot ;)

[@mtb3742]

That song is in the credits. :)