Skyrim's Modding Masterpiece: Examining Enderal

Almost 3 hours of me explaining, analyzing, and retrospective-ing the biggest and best Skyrim mod ever made.
Intro 0:00
The Elder Scrolls Problem 2:16
Beginnings 6:05
Exploration and Economy 14:52
Riverville 22:54
Combat, Structure, and Levelling 27:33
Ark: 43:51
Main Story + Philosophical Influences 56:21
Side Quests 1:11:57
Technology in Fantasy 1:21:10
Golden Sickle 1:29:09
Rhalata 1:35:57
Silvergrove 1:45:58
Content Warning 1:50:39
End of Content Warning 1:51:38
Starlings 1:51:59
Companions Generalities: 1:56:40
Jespar: 2:00:39
Calia 2:08:16
Nehrimese Invasion/City of Floods 2:14:28
The Black Guardian 2:21:28
Endings 2:25:51
Secret Ending 2:31:03
Conclusion 2:37:53
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[@ramblelime]

This has been easily the most difficult (and rewarding) project i've ever done. Thank you for your patience.

[@PortoWulf]

Loved it though! Definitely worth the time, thank you. :)

[@swami1751]

Appreciate the hard work. I've been excited for this video since you announced it, keep giving light to mods i think it's needed

[@Haayes]

wanted to like but there's a nice number

[@dmitriy4708]

Did you know that there is a book in Aged man's house "The Crystal Jellyfish - Its Physique And Use In Alchemy" that lies opened to the left in the room where you can go down? This book describes the use of this Jellyfish to preserve living tissues in liquid, just like the woman in the glass below is preserved. It is like the hint for the fellow prophet how to make your mortal partner survive for a long time in case you choose to flee at the end. As well as the letter on the table from Gaius to the player about his hopes for the Nerhim's circumstanses being not so high. Foreshadowing is great. And about "illusions" of protagonist's and Sirius's bodies - they are probably not illusions, as the "real" protagonist we start with is dead and could be dragged by waves ashore.

[@antothephoenix509]

The Father of the Rhalata reminds me the design of Zobek at the and of Castelavenia 1.

[@yaro42]

This mod needs to get the treatment Forgotten City got. We need it as standalone game on all platforms

[@nicolassamuellietzau3873]

Stunning analysis! I'm truly humbled. You gained yourself a new subscriber!

[@ramblelime]

and i'm humbled to have you here! Big fan of your work, keep it up!!

[@NarsMcain]

YOU'RE THE GUY?!?!!

[@billb.4420]

@@NarsMcain He's the guy

[@skulldozer2259]

he's THE GUY bro love the enderal book

[@colddaze6680]

​@@billb.4420 Who's the guy?? Btw where the fuck is Enderal.?

[@emboman256]

Congrats on publishing this; this has been my favorite breakdown of Enderal I’ve seen. You absolutely have a knack for long form content and this video was a wonderful watch

[@ramblelime]

thank you so much!! That's so kind. Glad you enjoyed

[@KeyboardGecko]

2+ hour video essay? Deep analysis and jokes that land? Hell yeah! Great stuff mate.

[@ramblelime]

Thanks man, appreciate it a ton!

[@Anim0sityy]

Oh shit you're the guy that translated Olympus 2207

[@brachyion9070]

Its honestly such a crime so many people don't know about Enderal. I love this Mod so much and I wish I could experience it for the first time again stepping out into the sun coast and listening to the amazing score.

[@ThornySnailPictures]

yes, i try to advertise it amongst all the people i meet (who plays Skyrim). Everybody looks at the trailer and says wow that's awesome but never plays it. What makes it even more painful is that people who don't know how to use mods can easily play it given that it's just on steam as a standalone game.

[@CorvoFG]

The quest with the deformed child was an absolute knockout. Like the Barons quest in the Witcher 3, it really makes you think about the outcome and how hard hitting quality writing can be. I wish Bethesda had it in them to write quests and characters with this level of depth to them. However, they always seem to stop short, afraid that if they do, it’ll turn folks off. As such, they write fluffy nonsense that has no gravitas and carry no consequence. Whilst I didn’t agree with all you said, this is an excellent review. You gained a sub.

[@dinguskhan4524]

One thing you missed was that even if the dream flower did knock the player into a coma the high ones plan is still ruined. Because without the prophet to push the plot forward the knights never figure out how to activate the beacon since the beacon is the catalyst for the cycle!

[@ensamvarg8504]

Is that so? I mean, the prophet only gets their hands on the dream flower at a point where all thats missing is the numinos. They would still know that it is missing and i think, *if* i recall it correctly, anything that the knights would need to know about operating the beacon, they would know. They would also know about that city in the sky since the preparations for that would have already started. There might be some massive road bumps since the prophet helped speed up the preparation process, but they should eventually get there

[@rainbowflash5937]

@@ensamvarg8504 this and if the high ones didn't get their way the first time they would just create another fleshless prophet again.

[@SephonDK]

I prefer Calia too! It's rare to meet kindred spirits. Have to say tho. Jespar's writing and voice acting seems to hit the mark of so many people that even from what I can tell, straight male players tend to romance him. At least it's much more common than with many other characters. I really appreciate the writing for managing to do that.

[@AnyHeroBlake]

Calia is goodest boi by the end of the story, I can't not choose her every time

[@eldermoose7938]

Honestly, the first time I found Calia to be the annoying one. If Jespar is your edge jaded rouge, I found her to be an overly preach bleeding heart kind of person. I personally just find the latter are harder to deal with then the former. Jespar just wants to bee seen as cool and uncaring and you not prying accomplishes that, Calia on the other hand continually ties to get you to buy her coolaid of life. Like I'm okay with her world view it's the fact she can't be content without you sharing it that annoyed me.

[@savlecz1187]

I came for Enderal, since it's not talked about enough, and stayed for the great analysis. Very in-depth and presented in an interesting way. Subscribed.

[@Tito_michi]

It will be interesting to watch this video. I completed Enderal six weeks ago and, to be honest, still can't get rid of deep sadness after the main quest. The ending was mind-blowing... I can't watch now, but they say it is helpful to write a comment to support a video.

[@dysfunctionaljoe2]

Enderal has to be THE most amazing game I've ever played in five decades of gaming (I started with a Coleco Ranger). As you noted, storytelling, the nuances here are beyond belief. I can't recommend this game enough.

[@seeinred]

Came her to say this, basically. I can never replay this game because it's burned into my memory, such an wonderful expirience it was. This game is also what killed Skyrim for me. You can't go back to that puddle of a game knowing, that if they put more focus onto the story than glorifying tech demo of a 'big world' - we could've had the expirience of the century.

[@colddaze6680]

​@@seeinred so this is a shit load better then Skyrim with all dlc's?

[@seeinred]

@@colddaze6680 Hands down. Skyrim DLCs are, admittedly, better then base game, but barely. Enderal, on the other hand, is fenomenal.

[@colddaze6680]

@@seeinred So kind of some where tween Morrowind and Oblivion story - quests immersion wise, with a smoother game play Skyrim engine?. Judging from how much he has to say, and has already said in this review video,( I'm still only quarter way through atm). there is a ton more to it than Skyrim. Definitely play this if I ever get chance too. Admittedly I got bored with Skyrim, with all dlc's years ago. Cause even with all dlc's there ain't that much too it yeah.

[@emilianoc.5048]

@@colddaze6680 do it, it's my favourite game ever and kinda got me into philosophy (it's not a dense game but some of the story elements can fuck with you and your perception in a really good way and i got to reading cause of it), also the best city in any elder scrolls hands down, cause it's actually city sized, maybe second to the imperial city in oblivion, but i like enderals ark better for thieve/assasin types due to the undercity, an underground favela type of area, really cool

[@mister_i9245]

I am only just now realizing that you could buy teleport scrolls. I thought the only teleport scrolls you could get were the ones that were given to you. I always felt like Enderal was a lot less of an open world that Skyrim and that might be part of why. I never went back to Riverville because I only had like one or two scrolls that were given to me and I didn't know if I would need those later. I did the main quest and a few side quests and I loved by now I'm realizing that I missed out a lot on my only playthrough. I kinda wanna play Enderal again. Edit: OH MY GOD THE SIGN POSTS COULD TELEPORT YOU

[@MrMoman7]

Oh dear, you did not click the sign posts? Thats rough man:D

[@GregLevitz]

Hahaha what a an amusing comment... you poor thing you must play Enderal again.:)

[@DivineXPotato]

on one hand respect for playing that way on the other hand, homieeeeeeeee. Its one thing to not realize about teleport scrolls but you were running around ark without the sign posts? go replay enderal if you haven't, and take time to really explore and do side quests+ explore random dungeons and stuff. Like you're missing out a lot if you avoided that because you missed the fast travel options XD also later in the game you even can get a spell that works like mark/recall in elder scrolls games. I.e. you set an anchor and then can teleport to the anchor, so custom fast travel point

[@emilianoc.5048]

@@DivineXPotato wait, there's sign posts all over the map? i used the big flying bird for traveling or did it all by horse, don't regret it tho lmao

[@LikeAFoxStudios]

honey wake up, new 3 hour ramblelime upload about a Bethesda game mod you will never play but will watch 3 times

[@megamonstercookies]

This is amazing!!! Congratulations on releasing this masterpiece of an analysis. So excited to watch this

[@ramblelime]

That's really high praise, thanks a ton! It was a lot to get done over the last 3 months and I hope you enjoy it :D

[@michaelsanchez7848]

How are you not more popular?!?!? This content Is A++ and I need more as I’ve just binged almost all your stuff from the past year!

[@MellowDarkflower]

Enderal is the first game (mod) that struck my heart and made me feel empty after beating it. Truly deep story.

[@narve7337]

I don't feel like I beat Enderal. I surely completed it (even multiple times) but it always leaves me so hollow that I feel like actually it beat me .. And there I stand defeated, completely in awe and can do nothing but love the game, its world and story.

[@matthewmoran8791]

thank you for taking the time to make this great analysis. Cheers!

[@jitgaming9633]

Love the video! Can’t wait to see more from you!

[@Gloppenhiemer]

I just got finished with the someguy retrospective and I just want to say thank you for this content. This is the first channel I’ve ever seen that really delves deep into modding and the thought and quality of it. Keep it up man, you’re doing great.

[@fm.3549]

I have been binging my way through your videos. This was just great, so engaging. Thank you!

[@egg__boy]

Dude, your channel is phenomenal. You've got some of the best videos I've seen in a while, really in depth analyses. Love it

[@popmmog-7]

i love your channel bruh youre gonna get HUGE soon im calling it the amount of effort and time you put in your videos is astounding and very very impressive keep it up i stg so many people will be PISSED if you stop making this absolute gold

[@messiah01_]

Videos like this is what make me happy you’ve gained a supporter from this. Hope you do more like this for Fallout like New California

[@ronb7189]

2015-2016 1st time I played a modded out Skyrim that includes the fantastic Forgotten city story, played Witcher 3, NWN 2 Mask of the Betrayer, Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 including expansions, Dragon's Dogma, Nehrim, Fallout New Vegas and Enderal. As far as gaming goes, this 2 year period was probably the best experience in my life, I still look back to this time period very fondly.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

The Forgotten City is a standalone piece now, they rebuilt it in unreal

[@draemdaed]

Try mass effect 1 2 and 3

[@Robbay363]

Ever get around to Planescape Torment?

[@docmars]

Amazing work man, this brought me back to my first playthrough and all the great memories I had playing it. It's hard to play many of the shallower RPGs after this game, that's free no less!

[@Hallonbot]

I love how thorough you've been here. Really going deep with the analysis with great insights into what makes Enderal so special and how it counteracts the flaws of Skyrim. Enderal's a fantastic game. It blew my mind when I played it upon release (and it was far buggier then, also with a lot of material still untranslated from German). It was my top game of 2016, and I really need to get back to it again, especially with how much has been added since release.

[@Mourice1998]

freaking good video! Enderal turned into my favourite videogame years ago and this video seems to explain exactly why

[@Orphxn_Music]

Man, that was very good. Keep up the channel!

[@DBucksify]

Just discovered you thru my new vegas playthrough and im hooked! What a great channel! Very clear analysis and great research! Thanks Lime!

[@kielanENmiles]

Just found this video. A real gem. Keep it up. I actually really enjoy looking firm content but only a few can do it right. You got it right. Keep it up.

[@Zarithos]

I went into a cave found a note that said (paraphrasing) "Don't care what you do to her, but keep the woman quiet", found her dead and "naked as an npc can be" in the cell next to the note (suggesting rape and murder). Further down, you find a (her daughter?) child, naked and dead as well in an underground river. Also I found two Burned Corpses, one with broken arms in the fetal position, another "On Top"... if you catch my drift. The writers/creators really went crazy with the world building. If you search and pay attention you can find some really weird things.

[@notyours5780]

Child r*pe and burn victims!? Im sold! /s

[@anut8733]

This is the one where you found a family castle that has been overrun by a group of bandits if I'm not mistaken. And also the bandit boss worried and angry about his minions starting to read books while occupying the castle is so funny, the devs clearly had put every brilliant writings they can into this game.

[@PsySaucererOfnHen]

Watched this video a few days ago and decided to start another run of Enderal. My thoughts on this haven't changed much from when I played a few years ago. It really is one of those games where you just need time to appreciate and absorb all you've experienced and thought about. Your analysis here has given me more to appreciate from this masterpiece and it definitely does Enderal justice. Excellent video, dude.

[@Julez-]

It baffles me how little content there is of Enderal on youtube compared to Skyrim Also I'm glad you didn't cut out the empath bit, it was fucking great

[@shii407beatsfanaccount9]

This video has entered my list of game breakdown/analysis vids I would return to randomly every few months and just binge in one sitting (up there with Jacob Geller's vids and hbomberguy's video on Pathologic). Absolutely phenomenal production

[@chrisvanulzen4930]

Subscribed after watching this! I just finished Enderal and was looking for some catharsis and reflection on the game (beyond the in game catharsis ending). You told such a wonderful summation of the ambitious story and character threads! Thank you for putting so much effort into this, it made my day. The only thing I would add more to is the wonderful design of biomes beyond ark and rivervillle; the game has so many amazing and immersive environment with added music and enemies that suit the individual tone.

[@zuchyuk3567]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!! Someone else talked about enderal🎉🎉🎉 Wonderfully crafted video. Thank you

[@Tiapolonia]

That Deadfire soundtrack piece when you started talking about the merchants guild at 1:29:39... - I see what you did there and I applaud you for it. This is a great chunk of work. I'm happy someone did Enderal justice and hope your video will make more people interested in playing it.

[@TheButterAnvil]

1:38:50 you can empathize with a bad guy without making excuses for them or justifying their actions. I think an evil character that's tortured into that position is more believable than a randomly evil sociopath.

[@rainbowflash5937]

And that's why they nail the bad guys perfectly. People are never born evil and everything influences them to ultimately become who they are.

[@jackmeedy3184]

Amazing analysis, I’m sold, I’ll download it later.

[@krika1119]

Enderal is a completely fresh experience if you're an Elder Scrolls fan. Especially in regards to how it handles playstyle and your general exploration and combat in the world. And the Forgotten Stories crafter classes definitely add quite a lot to the game. Lycanthrope can combo with other classes that'll enhance your werewolf form, changing colors (light brown is a default appearance) or even becoming a werebear instead with added abilities. Case in point the Throat Ripper class, which is a stealth-focused werewolf class that has your werewolf form being capable of becoming invisible

[@brebsoft]

great review!! i really enjoy ur videos and im glad u reviewed this mod. one thing i wanted to add regarding the dreamflower ending is that even if ur character really just falls asleep and everything that happens after is a dream it doesn't seem like a bad ending since the way this universe views different realities and eventualities means that ur dream may as well be a newly created reality in which the high ones lose. i think it's hard to be attached to just one reality in this game's world anyway since there are so many, so might as well hop out and make this new one fare better than others, not like you're a normal human being anymore

[@Spherrum]

Thanks for bringing me back into this amazing game.

[@SephonDK]

Earned a sub. Looking forward to this.

[@f.j.librario1769]

This is one of the best analysis of Enderal (if not the best one) that I've ever watch.

[@overdev1993]

holyshit almost 3 hours long, thanks for the video! :)

[@brothers_of_nod]

You put in a lot of work into this and it shows. I can get my own opinions about games, but I always like to have an analysts perspective to bring to light things that I would have otherwise missed.

[@Smumbo]

Oh my god, this video is so good. It puts so many of my thoughts on Enderal into words. The game's fantastic introduction, the way the quests subvert your expectations of both game design and game tropes, the improvements SureAI made to the base game of Skyrim. One of the greatest mods of all time, and one of my favorite games I've played.

[@bloededhoine]

"constant dread mixed with tinges of perhaps futile hope" just wanted to note that down, you summed it in a very good way haha :D Enderal deserves more content and this is a great analysis. Thanks and cheers^^

[@Spencerdoken]

When the Piece of Meat dream faded out I half expected "hey, you're finally awake"

[@TyranasauruzFlex6669]

"A dark evil God kind of way" 😂 I've literally used this exact term so many times that it caught me a little bit off-guard to hear it lol Nice 👌

[@jeremyszpicki491]

Thanks for making this, I'm going to play this now

[@TheBard1999]

1:25:35 those are not illusions. They are actual bodies of Sirius and the Player character. It's explored in Ralata questline. As I understand, it's an idea that if a person dies with a strong enough wish this wish manifests in an "undead" copy of this person driven by this wish. I think Tealor and Thereal are also similar "undead" creatures: one dedicated to his desire to be the savior of the world and other set to get his revenge.

[@ensamvarg8504]

I dont think that is quite the case. They may very well be the real bodies, but the black guardian explains that the high ones have kind of "created" the prophet after their death, also explaining why the player doesnt really feel the effects of the cleansing while everyone else is dying or at the very least struggling and clinging to life The idea of a person manifesting as basically another copy of themselves is probably still true, but i dont think its the case for the player character. What wish should they have even had before arriving on enderal, they simply wanted to live free. Tealor is also explained by the black guardian to be "created" by the high ones, though i am unsure at what point in his life that happened or if he has even "died" at any point, or is simply being controlled and manipulated. He does clearly show signs of being affected by the cleansing. Tharael (i assume that is who you mean) is adressed by the father within the rhalata questline, given a new life by the father as he was going to die to his illness. Unlike the other children, tharael has retained his own consciousness and was able to remember the things that were before, and did not become a simple puppet. That might actually be him remanifesting, and the father actually having failed to "rescue" him. Theres probably no way to really confirm any of this but i feel like this is more accurate

[@akrinornoname2769]

SPOILERS DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE MAIN GAME SERIOUSLY, IT'S ONE OF THE BIG TWISTS You are right, they are probably the prophet's real body. The black guardian reveals that you drowned in the intro, but were revived by the high ones to play the role of the prophet. Aranteal died in the mountains after his escape attempt and was brought back to be the Emperor. Yuslan died as well, probably killed by Arantheal's men during the massacre. The high ones used the player's feelings of powerlessness, Arantheal's pride and fear of failure, and Yuslan's desire for revenge. All three of you are "fleshless"; you are dead, and according to the black guardian the three of you don't actually have bodies, though I'm not how that would work.

[@csabaschmitthoffer6421]

Would really love a similar analysis for Enderal's predecessor Nehrim. It was pretty good too and I'm really interested in your (possible) opinion about it. Great analysis, looking forward to your future works.

[@kindperson7047]

Thoroughly enjoying this great video. Enderal is special to me. I started it a month after finishing my Master's degree and I completed everything in that game over the few months it took for me to get and start a job. I do have my criticisms of it (namely jank, balancing, difficulty and an explanatory part near the end of the main quest), but overall it's an outstanding experience that was extremely memorable. I suspect that in a few years I will be very nostalgic for it. The developers were not afraid to take quests down dark yet impactful paths. This brilliant atmosphere along with the genuinely engaging characters and excellent immersion are why I'll remember this game for years to come. It certainly is close to being one of my favourite games of all time. The quests were fantastic too. There was always something more to them - they always have twists and turns and are not afraid to trick the player. The characters were also superb (Cakia Sakaresh was my personal favourite - she was exceptionally well written and voice acted), with each of them having many great lines of dialogue. Constantine Firespark was also just great. Couldn't help but laugh every time he was on screen.

[@MisjonenKomi]

As I said yesterday on another tuber's Enderal vid. Enderal and Outer Wilds are my top two games of all, so far. Nice video, you actually showed me some stuff I didn't know about.

[@CompleteProducer84]

This is amazing man, thanks so much for your hard work. Enderal is one of my favorite games ever - it paved the major potholes of Skyrim. I can only hope that Bethesda can learn from SureAI for ES6 and Starfield, though I don't have high hopes.

[@KleptomaniacJames]

I see 500k subs on the near horizon. You have the voice, you have the writing and you have the editing. You're going places my friend, I'm glad I got to you sub 10k.

[@ej191]

Wow.. just wow.. i knew Enderal was good, but i would never have thought that it was THIS good, thank you so so much for this long Video about it, missing out on all the Story that's in there, that would have been really sad.

[@jonahperry2698]

Amazing work!

[@TheXiconhoca]

Absolutely amazing analysis! Enderal is one of the most inspired and inspiring pieces of media, i've ever consumed. It's one of my favorite, if not The one favorite game, ever. As a gamer, as an artist and as a writer, the game addresses themes and choices in a fashion that made me fall even more in love with the medium. Not to mention Nicolas amazing novel, addressing even more themes that speak to me, directly. I love it. Up until i played Enderal, i had nearly 900h dissecting The Witcher franchise, from books to games (not that horrible show). I have now played and replayed Enderal a few times, always found something new and will be doing so, again.

[@hmmokay.4807]

Excellent video, thank you

[@s.kh.819]

Let's all donate SureAI so that they make another masterpiece, based on Starfield

[@overdev1993]

that will not happen, they dont do mods anymore, their next games will run on the Unreal Engine.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

@@overdev1993 *Thats even better, shut up and let me send them my money*

[@ArgentumSilvam]

@@tzimiscelord8483 Sadly it is an early access rogue like and not a narrative rpg. But at least there is going to be a sequel to Dreams of the Dying Enderal book.😐

[@tzimiscelord8483]

@@ArgentumSilvam I hate to reciprocally be the hammer that crushes your dreams, but the current Big boss man in charge of the company made the author remove every reference to enderal from that book. That series is no longer within the universe. The series is now called the 12th World series, Jespar has a different last name etc

[@BoogChannel]

criminally underrated channel, the rest if the comments are 100% correct you have a knack for long form content.

[@mortauxporcs1312]

This is now my favorite KZbin-Video. The amount of research is incredible. Together with your grest humour makes this video so great. While I never had such a deep understanding of the world in Enderal as you do. I agree with you on almost every point you make. The only thing I wanna add is the german voiceacting. I never played Enderal in English, but by hearing the english voiceacting in this video I am pretty sure the german voiceacting is better. I really hope SureAI starts to make more games, because their understanding of game design and storytelling is one of the best in the industry. Same goes for you and your videos, I will watch them all now ❤

[@Ayeverre]

I love Enderal! Haven't beaten it yet, but can't wait for enderal 2

[@defthsa8483]

Did the court wizard tell you to read theory?

[@ramblelime]

tfw you do not have a grasp on the materialist dialectic and as such you are denied enrollment in Fireballs 104

[@ghostarcher355]

This mod brought me to tears multiple times, especially silvergrove

[@ej191]

Thank you very much for your amazing Content!

[@cyberninjazero5659]

1:14:50 A better criticism "She accuses the rich of vanity which is hypocritical because she uses their life force to maintain her youth and beauty"

[@Str0b3l]

FML i enjoyed watching this almost as much as i enjoyed playing Enderal, thank you for that

[@scubaj991]

That was excellent man.

[@VikingLord2000]

You forgot to mention that tons of quest lines will give you the “wait till i contact you”, so that gives you the wiggle room to side quest. Also the Bard songs are banger! Taverns actually feel utilized by the working class.

[@sauronliebtdich]

thanks for the great critique! & i didnt know the third ending

[@Proctor_Conley]

This is great, Thank You!

[@marcusbergman6116]

The "but.. whatever is reality anyway?" Is something that resonated with me. After quite a few trips I know how different you can experience it. To the point where we can hardly agree.

[@AurraKo]

ive watched a lot of your videos. funny/enetertaining as hell.

[@joshuamiller28]

Great analysis!

[@Wereyoi]

Hell yea, just sitting down to watch this after seeing the post on Reddit let’s goooooo

[@sebs-shenanigans]

"Almost 3 hours of me explaining, analyzing, and retrospective-ing the biggest and best Skyrim mod ever made. " Bloody fitting if you ask me mate!

[@complexiconn8033]

I played Enderal when I was pretty young and at a particularly vulnerable part of my life, and while I haven't gone back to it in some time I still regard it as my favorite game of all time. Watching your analysis of it has really opened my eyes to just how much this game steered me philosophically. One thing that I would note is that I believe another one of the games main themes and questions that it asks throughout the game is the reality/illusion of freedom and what it means to be truly free, which I personally took away as the most important and integral message of the story. Maybe I should try my hand at making my own video essay on it lol! Thanks for the great vid, I'm gonna replay Enderal post haste!

[@narve7337]

Ok, after watching this so often that I feel like I alone am responsible for at least 1% of the views on this video, I have to finally leave a comment: Thank you for your work! Your passion for this game is evident and it (if this is even possible) further intensified my passion for this game and it's world. I remember that after watching your video for the first time I ordered the book for the first time (I've done so 3 times by now, in english, in my native language and the english audiobook) - which is probably my favorite fantasy book at the moment. So thank you for effort on making the depth of this game and its story more accessible. Btw: I had to chuckle at your jokes. :)

[@pantonearqm2791]

You mentioned Gothic in your video, now the next your video must be about Archolos or Beliar will take your soul.

[@ironmaskofhell1877]

Archolos really is such an amazing mod.

[@elel9640]

A 3 hour retrospective of a mod I'll never own of a game I haven't played in years?? Why yes, please.

[@calibursatsujin3112]

so a tldr would be, enderal is to skyrim what new vegas was to fallout 3 great analysis btw you're actually fun to listen to unlike most other reviewers

[@Qwerty-xi2zs]

I found it really interesting, hearing you talk about this, how familiar and yet different it sounds to one of my favourite mods for Skyrim, Beyond Reach. I'd love to see a comparison done between the two. Hell, I'd like more discussion of Beyond Reach to be had in general - I feel like it all to often gets overlooked because of its similarity in name to the Beyond Skyrim project, and the impenetrable flowery prose it sometimes likes to throw at the player.

[@TheSquidNinja]

You're a boss, I never managed to get myself to play through Skyrim despite owning it for so many years. I think I spent more time hunting for improvement mods than I did playing it. THIS looks like something I genuinely want to experience, and now I think I will.

[@DreadSmile]

Absolutely a phenomenal retrospective! Loved it. Did you read the Butcher of Ark? You don't mention it at all in the video, while that book and the story behind it is very important to the Enderal lore and serves as a big piece of exposition. Also closely connected to the Rhalata questline!

[@thewillustrater2847]

AYEEEE BROO KZbin RECOMMENDED ME THIS VIDEO! YOU MADE IT TO THE ALGORITHM DAWG!

[@ramblelime]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@henrylikemessi]

Great video essay

[@Frostizeify]

This video is criminally underrated.

[@millesabords1654]

Walk blessed ! I do not know any game moving me that deep, giving me that fun, haunting me that long. Not to mention you can just wander around, sit in a tavern and listen to bar songs forever Since I finished it, I tried to think about a way to cheat the High Ones just by living in Enderal while NOT playing their game... Still desperate but somehow satisfying. Great work ramblelime, thank you for bringing such a thoughtful analysis.

[@mikeystir3333]

well you have convinced me. I'm installing it rn

[@cdpm1703]

dude holy shit, I watched all of your fallout videos and just for the want of more content from you I said id watch this, goddam youve sold me on this game more than anything. JFC my guy the fact youve slid under my radar for so long is a crime. Great job on literally all of your videos, banger after banger

[@bilateriannewt4222]

This game is just... Pure art. Now, when developer team gone and Enderal lead gamedesigner and writer working on Gothic Remake, i fear that we will never see "Enderal 2"

[@element1111]

Writer posted a vid addressing that point

[@lucasgruber8509]

You just made me redownload the mod to give it a fair try. I haven’t finished the video but now it’s on my list of things to do as I rush to finish the game before starfield comes out.

[@TheRealKiRBEY]

Nice work

[@sologemeni]

2:31:03 LMAOOOO BRO that was flawlessly executed 11/10

[@hafhdrn]

I would argue that Andrasta is guilty of hypocritical vanity not because of her accumulation of wealth but the fact she specifically uses their lifeforce to remain young and not accept even the illusion of aging while being functionally immortal.

[@BrenTenkage]

just finished the game, time to now watch this video