The Big Daddy Grotesque Restructuring Process of Bioshock Explored | Adam Gene Alterations Explained

Considering Rapture if literally located within the dark zones of the Ocean, the key is, there is no light, its cold, and the pressure is immense from all the water and atmosphere above. Because of this, people would have to don thick diving suits in order to sink down to the bottom of the sea floor and begin setting up foundational shafts to construct the city. Over time however, with the human form and all its flaws, an idea was hatched, incorporate the diving suit into the human form so no longer would they have to contend with the struggles of sea floor life. Thus the Big Daddies were created. The process to do so however, was less than ideal. So in todays episode, we will discuss what this process was and how it affected the person in the suit!
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[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! Hope yall have a good weekend!

[@kingshadow8782]

Hello

[@kingshadow8782]

🤘🏼😎👍🏼

[@skellyslav]

You better be thanful after the DPSing I did in Kara

[@estaticethan1752]

Can you do a biology on Shin Godzilla?

[@FatherAndrew-Scarlet-Priest]

Thanks for the video lad; also more Roanoke tales some time?

[@sotheofdaein]

I love how they never show whats under the mask, you're just left to imagine how grotesquely screwed up the big daddy's body is on the inside and it's just terrifying.

[@jonnythedemon]

There is official concept art of them. Its scary.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@jonnythedemon indeed.

[@paladinboyd1228]

Want to know something even scarier? Someone in rapture who apparently could read minds recorded in a diary what he heard from inside the mind of a big daddy. Nothing but screaming.

[@sotheofdaein]

@@paladinboyd1228 holy fuck i must have missed that audiologue thats horrifying

[@paladinboyd1228]

@@Bruh-kl1fr, Possibly or they could be aware of what has happened to them and they can only scream.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

Bioshock was my first “scary game” but I couldn’t help but feel fascinated by its lore and the world’s science. So happy you looked into this.

[@mistersippi2945]

Yea the lore was amazing, as was the motivations, setting, and style. The “retro-future” look is always great! You can see Ryan’s point and understand his behavior.

[@feraldelight]

I loved BioShock. Still one of my all time favourites.

[@mattdekker5693]

This is the reason fans are Excited for resident evil games instead of scared of them

[@FiftyStates5]

I'd love to see a third installment within Rapture or another underwater city. Infinite wasn't bad, but it didn't feel like Bioshock

[@mistersippi2945]

@@FiftyStates5 I think that was the consensus. If they kept the weapon wheel it’d be so much better.

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

One of the only situations where "big-boned" actually counts.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Swole boned too

[@saladmancer4802]

I'd say I'm big boned down there but it's not nice to lie

[@akumaking1]

@@RoanokeGaming have you considered the logistics of creating Rapture and Columbia?

[@theolympiyn8670]

@@saladmancer4802 damn. Feels bad

[@user-mh2bw4hu3o]

My femur is big

[@marcinbaltazarsarnikowski5891]

About bone density, bones are "designed" to break because if bone is broken energy is absorbed but joint is protected and joints are harder to repair by body than bones.

[@theexchipmunk]

This is a good point. Humans are a bit different in regard to other animals. For most a broken bone will turn deadly, but humans with their ridiculous rate of healing, shock resistance and capability of working together will generally survive a broken bone. And in most cases it can be set without the need of any form of modern medicine. All you need is your hands, some sticks and some form of thread, rope or band. Stuff humans figured out a very long time ago. But joints? Those never heal right even with modern medicine.

[@justinpatterson5291]

As someone with 1 and 7/8ths of their knees. I can confirm this. Was basically left on light duties for most of one year. Couldn't do half my job. Let alone help properly.

[@ivory867]

@@theexchipmunk humans heal the same rate as other animals we just have medicine and doctors and can lay down all day when we break something

[@gimlysadasda]

@@ivory867 Nah we have hyperactive scar tissue compared to some(most?) animals

[@littleredarmy3176]

@@justinpatterson5291 My knee got me medically discharged from training. But so far it doesn't seem to be a permanent issue

[@Aecxia]

"They don't use heavy equipment, they are the heavy equipment." Wish I could be that awesome.

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Just like the Hunters in Halo series.

[@AnimeFan9833]

Work out, eat a lot and surgically restructure your physiology to become a grotesque parody of the human form. I believe in you.

[@sixsix6390]

@@AnimeFan9833 I would acctualy love that,I always wanted to have that protector role in my life and it is cool,just the thing that I am maybe not aware of my surrounding is scary,and that I cant talk just moan is also too scary.

[@marethyu1323]

Leave, or I'll call the brute squad. I'm on the brute squad. You are the brute squad.

[@TheChaoticToaster]

Could the Big Daddy’s constant groaning probably be a hint of them going to through constant excruciating discomfort due to their bodies being meshed with their suits?

[@Brodie0298]

yes correct

[@fish_and-chips]

Tbh if my torso was sewed into my shirt I’d be uncomfortable too.

[@robbierootbeer8056]

@@fish_and-chips just a tad eh?

[@AlexHammered]

@@robbierootbeer8056 just a little bit

[@robbierootbeer8056]

@@AlexHammered a teensy weensy bit

[@dramspringfeald]

just a reminder, that leather armor is about 2 maybe 3 inches thick. the metal plating is also likely quite thick for the unit, as for the head location, the mining ones the top view port is likely where the head is, and the other holes were for mining, drilling, and not tripping over themselves. As for the Bones, a lot of it is likely metal, and spring trap systems were made for that.

[@myfaultog2324]

Fnaf

[@dramspringfeald]

@@myfaultog2324 close? It would be more like spring actuated cranes hooked off the belt/back system. As a reminder, these suits actually existed for deep sea mining and salvage. Even the bigger big daddy suits are based off 1940's and 60's navy deeps sea diving suit and the 1880's metal suits. Be next issue is, yes, on the inside the suits probably weigh 300-500lbs, but I'm the water, all that steel and metal is barely enough to keep the poor guy from rocketing to the surface and their blood and organs from exploding thanks to the pressure. Other things to note about the suits, chances are the arms/gloves are fully sealed with mechanical limb extensions through the wrist should allow them to pull finger levers to work the outside hand. The second game cheats with the bruits but, there not an unlikely chance the dude in the suit isn't that much larger than a standard human, just hunched over do to all the all the stuff on their waist and back. Check out: "The Carmagnolle deep sea diving suit (1878)."

[@randyortonsbulge]

@@dramspringfeald you’re kinda ignoring the lore but cool

[@Tridd666]

@@randyortonsbulge I missed the part where the lore says their bodies expand to fill the suit

[@askhasle3089]

I agree, the video seems to forget that we have no idea of what the interior of the suit looks like, yes he is fused to the inside of the suit, but who know how exactly that inside looks with thick steal plates made to withstand the pressure of the sea.

[@smokestack3327]

“We live in a society”- Andrew Ryan probably circa 1945

[@RoanokeGaming]

Truly a chad ahead of his time

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

His views on government are correct. He just betrayed his own ideals and also forgot it is necessary to have a limited administrative force to prevent a tyrant from showing up.

[@mistersippi2945]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo That’s the point though isn’t it? That he was undone by someone exactly like him who learned Ryan’s politics, and found those that feel through the cracks. I mean there were people who worked their balls off to build the bathyspheres, and bring the modules down to the sea floor, weld them in place, hyper force the water out of them etc. Ryan allowed his own vanity at the idea of “his utopia” to become so unwieldy that guys like Cohen, and Steinman were able to just fart around not take anything too seriously and use the people as “things” because they’re so much better. The guys who had to bust ass see guys like Cohen and can’t help but think “what’s the point? We built this city but he’s the one exploiting our work for his “art”. And they’re not wrong. Cohen never was part of the “great chain” which as an artist you can say is fine. But people saw him act like HE was some great mind that the commoners should be bowing to. These guys who were hurt, mangled, or even killed making Rapture real were replaced for not being “elite” enough. That’s where Atlas comes in. We know that he’s a monster, but they can’t help but see him as a guy for them. There’s only so much serving you can do before you realize “am I part of this society or just a thing to facilitate the hedonism of the elites?” I mean in Rapture would you rather the kinda fruity, crazy, dangerous artist leave, or the upset engineer, who can make repairs to the city if something bad happens? If Ryan had just a bit more humanity. Not even a whole lot just enough to see “the guys who helped me build my dream are falling through the cracks while the entitled insist on making Rapture a place of hedonistic excess” Atlas/Fontaine wouldn’t have been able to rally so many. That’s a tale as old as time. Take the Power To The People machines. Ryan asked “why do we need such things” while Atlas said “we need these things to protect ourselves from the dregs, and the elite when they come for us”. Being a gun owner who lives in an open carry state I get that message 110%. But as guns became more prominent and as they were used in raids against the elites, and by those who were starving and trying to fight of the automated security for scraps. Fontaine knew that would happen. Ryan figured it would happen, but he can’t break his own laws. Until he did. Which again Fontaine knew would happen. Now he’s got an army of armed, knowledgeable engineers, and workers, who see him as a hero. They don’t need Ryan, Ryan needs them. But he’s angry, and use the police as assassins and thugs. Again which Fontaine knew. I think this was to show the faults that can arise in things like Objectivism. Especially since it’s an obvious parallel to Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged where those who were laborers were seen as parasites and the ones purchasing or hiring the laborers where the only group that mattered. The rest are just things meant to be used. Then there’s Fontaine. He knows this stuff! He’s a con from way back! Thieves leave their victims angry. Cons leave their victims smiling and volunteering to come back again! Two men so unbelievably narcissistic and insecure they have to show the other one why they’re better. Instead of just appealing to the people he attacked.

[@mistersippi2945]

@@RoanokeGaming I feel like “And along came Frank Fontaine” should be a phrase that means “the beginning of the end”.

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

Absolute giga-chad

[@robertnelson9599]

I love the Bioshock series, glad Roanoke is giving it some attention too.

[@kylekomicbro1836]

At this point, there's nowhere else to go for bioshock other than the sea and sky, so here's to hoping a 4 will explore more of Columbia

[@anthonypreston8355]

@@kylekomicbro1836 or they might deside to jump the shark and go to space

[@notawebii6985]

@@anthonypreston8355 *cough cough* system shock universe joins the bioshock multiverse *cough*

[@gamerguy3]

@@notawebii6985 that’s what bioshock is based on right?

[@Gentleman_Orange]

Yeah it would suit our time for a Bioshock to be on the moon 🌛 or Mars 🍅. And let's add an evil nemesis as Bezos! 😂 would you please?

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

People actually stay underwater for extended periods of time in real life when drilling and operating equipment for oil rig repair and maintenance. It takes WEEKS to MONTHS to aclimate the body to surface pressures once you get down to the ocean floor. They live, sleep, and eat underwater at extreme depths for weeks. 4 dudes were killed instantly when they opened a hatch without closing one behind them. They were straight up exploded like a video game with one guy's complete liver and heart being found. The worst death was the guy near the door who was forced out of a 3 or 4 inch gap like a tube of toothpaste being stepped on.

[@lofivibes3640]

Damn thats a bad way to go🤔

[@CNNBlackmailSupport]

@@lofivibes3640 or a great way, considering how he was instantly pulped. My bad ways to die all include ways that take longer than 5 seconds.

[@raptorjesus5870]

*anxiety increases*

[@benjamintherogue2421]

It was a loose safety valve that caused that mishap. Those guys died so fast they might as well have died in their sleep they had so little warning.

[@gamecarnival2024]

Ahh the joy of saturation and commercial diving. I'm goin down that route boys, wish me luck

[@AmberTurdsShittyBedsheet]

I love how when you rescue/harvest the Little Sisters in one level, the Big Daddy's walk around from vent to vent, knocking frustratedly as they wait for a Little Sister to come out. Sentient enough to a degree to notice something is off lmao.

[@DjurrenArt]

I kinda imagine a big daddy's body would be similar to what if the human body was designed to survive a car crash, but ramped up to insane levels.

[@AnOrdinaryLobster]

I know this wouldn't happen, but i can imagine that a car is speeding towards and hits the Big Daddy, but the car just stops dead in its track when it hits the Big Daddy.

[@SuperDestroyerFox]

@@AnOrdinaryLobsterand then the big daddy just scratches their face like “huh what was that”

[@Xehanort10]

The most tragic Big Daddy was Subject Delta. Poor guy randomly found his way into Rapture, was captured, experimented on and bonded to Sofia Lamb's daughter who'd become a Little Sister.

[@an-animal-lover]

The 'most' tragic? What about Mark Meltzer?

[@InitialPC]

@@an-animal-lover he intentionally went to rapture, johnny merely stumbled across it by accident and mark was not alpha series, so he wasnt experimented on to the same extent as delta

[@Crecross]

Nerds

[@OTBASH]

@@InitialPC What are you talking about Mark wasn't as alpha series? He absolutely was one. They made it VERY obvious in the dlc.

[@InitialPC]

@@OTBASH Mark was made into a Rumbler, not Alpha series He's not even mentioned in the DLC Are you thinking of Porter?

[@NotWorthTheAirIBreathe]

"but we all know what happens to rapture." Me, who never played bioshock: about thaaaat...

[@RoanokeGaming]

I said WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO RAPTURE 🤣

[@empirepolice8313]

Would you kindly play bioshock

[@caitfitz8029]

@@empirepolice8313 🤘😻

[@mr.j7444]

It’s collapsed by an ex cia spy who wants to turn it into his own personal kingdom/playground.

[@AlmostCosmic288]

I just finished 1 and 2 for the first time. Amazing series so far.

[@harryguidotti3815]

I really appreciate the little humorous bits thrown in here and there. Apart from the learning experience, it's a nice touch.

[@Ahrpigi]

Humor is integral to living well. Memento Mori. ⚪⚫

[@harryguidotti3815]

@@Ahrpigi Truer words were never spoken. Unus Annus.

[@Jack_Pepsi]

I thought the multiple lights in the head port for the bouncer type were all eyes. Since the body is grafted to the suit it's possible for some after severe Adam treatments they could alter the body and organs to that severe of a degree. I remember that one guy you see in bioshock 2 who turned into this abomination after being submerged in an adam tank. Scared the bejeezus outta me

[@Jack_Pepsi]

I remembered the name it was Alex Gils. He'd make for an interesting video if his model wasn't so blurry

[@JakenTheGreat]

@@Jack_Pepsi I always assumed that the multiple "eyes" are just viewing ports. making the helmet all glass would weaken the integrity of the helmet too much, but at the same time a Bouncer is massive and would need as much peripheral vision as possible to move around. Especially if they're doing maintenance outside off the city walls where they could easily trip or get stuck

[@edgarmatsuzawa4524]

Almost like the master from fallout

[@sixsix6390]

@@JakenTheGreat I thought the same but if it is litteraly streched to the point of metal,he could not move his head to see up ports and down so it is probably eyes.

[@Ronam0451]

@@Jack_Pepsi gill alexander

[@dqlemon6775]

I just love everything about the Bioshock series from gameplay to especially lore. I hope to make a video on it someday as I really been enjoying your series.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Its been a blast to play, reminds me of dead space in replayability factor

[@thecrtf4953]

@@RoanokeGaming I'd love it if you did a mini video exploring all the varients especially the Lancer type big daddy

[@sevirakalau2171]

the thing i loved about bioshock 2 was how attached it made me to the little sisters and Elanore i was fully ready to take care of them all since my first playthrough just through the first few interactions you have with them and Elanore. I even felt bad for the other big daddies when I had to put them down in order to free the little sisters... it was definitely a "You've done well soldier... but it's time to retire. You've done more than what anyone should have expected of you, rest now." It caught me up so much that once I beat the game I gave myself the hypno 3 plasmid so I after i saved the little sisters I could give the last big daddy something to do besides wandering around hoping to find a little sister that would never come.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

I was protective of the Little Sisters since the first game. I actually think anyone who enjoys hurting them is not to be trusted with children irl.

[@ceu160193]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo It's tricky question. Our only "excuse" to not kill her is that we have plasmid, that can revert whole process - which is kind of absurd, for one plasmid to undo all mental conditioning and ADAM exposure and revert Little Sister back to her normal form.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@ceu160193 I find no excuse to harm children. Children. Not minors. Annoying ternaged characters are to be treated with prejudice.

[@ceu160193]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo Well, they used to be children at some point, but now they are something different.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@ceu160193 nope. Even if they couldn't be restored, one who would just hurt them is clearly missing a part of humanity's natural protective instinct. I'd trust a p word who refuses to harm children despite having a deviation over a "normal" with no protective instinct to children. Yes. I did think what I said before saying it. Anyone who had no issue with harming preoubescent humans is not humane enough. Therefore anyone who has no issue with purposefully hurting Little Sister units loses all respect from me. I don't even like children. I just protect them by instinct.

[@darkestcarving8735]

I love BioShock Something about there being skinless husks under diver suit skin replacements Is just so appealing I'd personally love to see a gory version of Bioshock where you could disembowel a big daddy and see a giant skeleton underneath that's just mangled beyond belief because of the mutations I don't want the story to carry over I just want to know what it would look like

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Like the Resident Evil 2 remake gore system ? Yes please This in a Terminator game would also he great

[@cheatcode436]

........ You okay dude?

[@thegoldenplague-mask5438]

@@cheatcode436 just another player who enjoys the Anatomy of things thru gore I guess

[@RandomPerson-hd6wr]

Bro?

[@dovahkiin7253]

You need help

[@jakethesnake4040]

The double bone density is super interesting. Idk if you’ve done a video on the movie Unbreakable but that was always my theory for what he’s capable of doing in the film. Not necessarily double but probably a much higher number as he walks away from a lot of severe damage without much issue. Plus his weakness to water. He’s basically incapable of swimming and water is used to incapacitate him all the time. I figure because his bones are dense. He can’t float. And that becomes a more psychological issue where he just believes his weakness is water in general. That’s why I like your videos. I love seeing the science connecting the fiction. The individual series or movies might explain them somewhat. But you always get more in-depth and it’s super cool and fun to listen to

[@RoanokeGaming]

I'll have to check out unbreakable, it sounds familiar but im not sure why

[@jakethesnake4040]

@@RoanokeGaming you’ve probably seen it or you might know it based on the 2 additional films in it’s I guess universe? Unbreakable is the first movie. I believe Bruce Willis is the main character. Samuel L Jackson’s in it as well. After that is Split, where the guy has over 23 severally different personalities. That one also brings out neat points as well. Like one of his personalities is diabetic and actually requires insulin while the rest do not. Then the 3rd and most recent movie is Glass and that shows all the important characters in one single film. Unbreakable came out much much earlier then Split or Glass. But that might be why it rings a bell lol

[@witherlordmaster198]

@@RoanokeGaming I saw that movie, I personally found it fascinating and entertaining. I think you might enjoy it.

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

@@jakethesnake4040 Split as a movie is fine but it also spits out a lot of bullshit and stigmatization towards DID as a concept

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

It reminds me of Wolverine. In some comics he can barely swim and drowning is one of the few ways to kill him. They actually ripped off of the way he kills Daken for that one film.

[@silent_stalker3687]

You can see the Slugs in Bioshock’s Infinite DLC a bit closer. I hope you do a video on them, as well as the Eels in Prey. Also I would die if you covered The Sinking City’s cats, which happened to get to a baby in that Lovecraftian game.

[@FireHill20]

You can also find slugs underwater in bioshock 2 for extra adam

[@mistersippi2945]

I liked Prey, whats with the Eels in that? I thought the were just manageable sources of nutrition?

[@Noobie2k7]

Is the Infinite DLC worth buying? I've still never bothered with it as I felt Bioshock 1 didn't really need anything more adding to it and what I'd read on the plot of it made me feel a bit meh. If it's super good though I might still pick it up sometime.

[@Noobie2k7]

@@PostalDude97 I mean i already own everything Bioshock on Steam except the 2 Burial at Sea DLC's. Can't remember why i didn't buy them back then but just never bothered i guess.

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@Noobie2k7 The first DLC for Infinite is just an arcade horde mode. Unless you really like that sort of thing, stick to the second DLC. That one has actual content.

[@ThatDemonOverThere]

I've always had a strange sense of identification with the big daddies. Fascinating to see how horribly mutated and "enhanced" they are, though I can understand the idea around them being made stupid what with the pure bullshit you can get up to in 2.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Enhancement at the cost of their humanity

[@JakenTheGreat]

What bullshit are you referring too? I may be in the minority, but I actually like how the lore surrounding Big Daddys was expanded on in the sequel. It's not as stupid as Infinite at least

[@ThatDemonOverThere]

@@JakenTheGreat The alpha series models could use plasmids. Seeing as the player could retain their sense of self and actively choose to use or avoid certain tactics, it could be implied all the alpha series had that potential. My personal favorite method was invisible drill ambushes.

[@IcepersonYT]

@@ThatDemonOverThere I don't know how plausible it is in canon but I love the idea of a group of like 5 alpha series Big Daddys finding a storage unit filled with Gatherer's Gardens, getting totally bent out on plasmids and just like taking over Rapture. Also in both Bioshock 1 and 2 if you aren't doing a stealth build where you just remain invisible and bonk people with a wrench/drill are you really playing the game?

[@Cavemanner]

@@IcepersonYT I would argue that you aren't playing the game at all. Most encounters are built around a diverse set of plasmids, and adding guns gives the game a sense of urgency that is totally lost in a stealth run.

[@marcusdaloia2974]

What one should keep in mind during all of this lore is that there were Gene Tonics for getting more energy out of the food one eats, among other things, that could be applied to Big Daddies to fuel all of that muscle mass in a way that could free up torso space for a lot more lungs. Sort of just extend the rib-cage, like you see in horses, for more stamina.

[@clinicalcrimson1432]

Hey Roanoke, what kind of changes would need to be made to prevent “bends”? A condition where a change in pressure(usually from diving) can kill you or otherwise maim you. Solving this issue would surely require modifications of its own for the Big Daddies.

[@BLOODKINGbro]

The suits are pressurized in a closed loop. It's also unlikely that they would ever rise too fast and a water column to make a huge pressure differential to affect gaseous chemicals within the suit.

[@NavyVet4955]

Long duration deep diving is normally conducted from a dive chamber. Living in the city and working outside it would be about the same. You wouldn’t have to deal with the bends as you are not going from high pressure to low pressure unless you go to the surface.

[@marcusdaloia2974]

Well the bends is caused by nitrogen bubbles developing in your blood soda style so it might actually be as simple as developing some biological mechanism of keeping nitrogen out of the blood stream. *Googles what the body uses nitrogen for* Perhaps by routing it though something similar to the channels used by immune cells? As long as it wasn't in the blood that should be fine.

[@PurpleAce227]

“Starting with the feet-“ *And at that moment crowds applauded to the almost forgotten fan service*

[@LevitatingCups]

*Quentin Tarantino* intensifies

[@vamp567]

You should totally cover the evolution of a Little Sister into a Big Sister. They were always some of the most interesting bits of Bioshock 2's lore.

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

**names monster "big daddy"** Rule34 artists: **Palpatine's laughter**

[@RoanokeGaming]

A bold strategy

[@kaelang12]

Burial at Sea already has you covered

[@Drew-hl3mc]

U do realize that whole notion came from me making jokes on a forklift half baked at Gilster Mary Lee......, complaining about not wanting to work on the cereal isle (34) 🤣........, people taking this concept 😒 realize this right haha.

[@noahjester8471]

Yes, the return of the mighty OSTEOBLAST. It's thicc bone hours, boys!

[@RoanokeGaming]

We are rapidly approaching spooky boy month so it was necessary 🤣

[@Twinsidedsoldier]

The bone density thing is actually quite fascinating. I always had a real difficult time floating, let alone swimming. That explains quite a lot. 🤔

[@cousinzeke4888]

I'll never forget the audio log talking about a big daddy who'd lost his sister. Said he was kneeling at a vent crying. Talk about a hard kick to the feels.

[@steel749]

I wonder if Roanoke will ever do a video on the Zombie Bee virus from the dead rising series. Seems right up his alley

[@imonke5303]

Not a whole lot to cover ig

[@encross8058]

Zom bees

[@steel749]

@@imonke5303 oh maybe? I mean theres 6 mainline games to cover (unless you dont count Case zero & case west as separate games and rather DLC than 4) I guess his list is just pretty long so it'll be awhile for him to get to that series. That's okay

[@imonke5303]

@@steel749 I just mean the concept, doesn't seem like a lot there to work with beyond what we already know

[@imonke5303]

Come to think if it tho, he's pretty creative he could probably do it

[@jakevelasco4072]

Personally, I would like to get an explanation concerning the mechanics behind their armored suits plus their biology, rather than just their biology. I think there are too little resources which offer a detailed look into big daddy anatomy (other than the fact that their grafted). This is especially true since these big daddies come in all sorts of varieties, meaning that the formation of a bouncer might be completely different to a Rosie (one might b=have been given sports boost while the other was given headshot capabilities from tonics).

[@__chevytrucks__]

5:50 There’s a reason for this. In Bioshock 1, you literally become a ‘big daddy’. In order to get through the barrier to get to Fontaine, you must become a Rosie model, and protect a little sister to open the doors.

[@fleskhjertafan93]

Jack undergoes a few modifications to trick the little sisters to follow him. It's nowhere near what real ones even alphas go through. In the good ending the suit came off after he goes to the surface.

[@hotrod5818]

It seems a lot of people dont understand what "becoming" a big daddy actually means. Jack doesnt become one, he modifies himself to "appear" as one. Listen to the audio diaries of Suchong and youll understand. Actually becoming a big daddy is irreversible. There's no going back.

[@fleskhjertafan93]

@Moldy_Orange 889 technically you are right but they would likely be mad or dead due to being separated from their little sister. Plus it is unlikely that porter or tenenbaum would help save any of them as it would likely be dangerous. Remember she is only here to save the girls, and is only likely to help jack and porter as they are not hostile to her.

[@thisbubblygoodness7611]

yeah im pretty sure Jack just puts on a helmet and some boots and strapped something to his throat to sound like a big daddy to get by, i mean, you dont even see Jack wearing an actual suit, you can still see his bare hands and white sweater when he puts on the helmet, worst disguise ever hahaha, but still manages to trick a little sister i guess.

[@Vchk1917]

@@fleskhjertafan93 Actually, Tenenbaum helped Porter because he was the only way she could get to the Thinker. But why she wanted the Thinker? To develop a plasmid that could replicate the "turn the Sister human again" effect on Splicers and Big Daddies.

[@teztiklesinyomouth9534]

I love how anybody who is new to Roanoke will think it's stupid to start with the feet on a GIANT UNDERWATER CYBORG MONSTER PERSON

[@gentletal5101]

Starting at the feet is this man's trademark

[@atrain3441]

Roanoke is just Quentin Terantino but as a KZbinr

[@warrengaiennie1011]

“Starting with the feet” funny how I can’t watch a video without smiling every time I hear this

[@RoanokeGaming]

Who knew this is where we would all be lol

[@unknownwarrior231]

If you are analyzing the internal structure of the Big Daddy it makes me wonder how drastic of a change the Songbird from the third game had to go through on order to adapt to its environment? Would love to see you cover it!

[@InitialPC]

in burial at sea you see the "skeleton" of songbird, that thing was barely human even by big daddy standards

[@krahvata]

I think Songbird was just a machine.

[@dr.claudiafinch1088]

I love this game so much. Bought it on Steam and on my birthday bought the disc version as well. I have so much time invested in this game and it is so much fun. The Big Daddy's always fascinated me and I'm so glad you made a video about them.

[@willyates2787]

I'm literally playing the bioshock series rn im on infinate and really looking forward to burial at sea, glad ur covering the series especially right now

[@RoanokeGaming]

Love this game series

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Weirdly enough changes to Alpha-series Protectors were much less drastic as that process was fully reversible and could be done much faster. Subject Sigma was changed back into his original human self. Even changes to become regular Protector were partially reversible. Of course Protectors faced during game have long since gone past the point where restoration of humanity is even partially possible.

[@ghoulishgaming13]

After finishing your newest videos on here and "Roanoke Tales" I like to revisit your older videos just for enjoyment, and man, Papa Swolanoke's humor is right up my alley 🤣☠ The funny big boi tuba music and the "audience facepalming" memes still get me every time 😄 I'm also recovering from a dentist visit today, so thank you for making these awesome videos that help take my mind off of the pain, Roanoke! I hope you're having a wonderful day! 🙏

[@luxniv3675]

Roanoke: Starting with the feet! Me, a 3D artist making models like these: Starting with the feet! I just love that parallel lol

[@screamingcactus1753]

I'd be interested in hearing what exactly happened to the Blight from Dead by Daylight. A physically normal human warped into a grotesque monster by his own alchemical concoctions. Also, I know it's a little more on the supernatural side, but I'd also like to hear what you have to say about the Plague and the Hag.

[@Honarius1]

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, I didn't realise the lore of Bioshock was as deep as you have explained.

[@haninditohaidarsatrio7393]

Mr. Roanoke's combo of pop culture and his way to explain makes it fun to learn Biology and Physiology 👍👍

[@le96g]

I don't think the suit works as a second skull or exoskeleton, etc. To me it's their "skin and skull", their organs and everything else was eventually reorganized to fit each Big Daddy model. Whenever I replay the series, I get a sad feeling with each Big Daddy encounter, it's just really sad what they and the Little Sisters became :(

[@logansymmes2193]

I don’t know how he doesn’t die laughing trying to read the sponsor segments

[@draxsis]

I would like to see a video on the Adam slugs, Little Sisters and Big Sisters. Probably a good idea to make it a single video about all three as they end up being so closely linked in the games. (For those who don’t know, Little Sisters are young girls (usually age 6-10 if I’m not mistaken) who had Adam slugs surgically implanted into their stomach to ramp up Adam production. Big sisters are Little Sisters who survived long enough to grow up.)

[@jordantheallmighty]

I'm not the type to comment on videos, I usually like and lurk. This is video is a great example of the type of content I enjoy and they're the reason why I use KZbin. The fact that creators struggle with censorship, exposure, and being fairly compensated for ad revenue makes me frustrated with the platform. I hate that I have to leave a comment just for the sake of manipulating an algorithm that doesn't even benefit the audience I'm a part of. That being said, here we are. Keep up the good work and fight the good fight.

[@RageDuck0]

"there's more" "NO" 6:32 that made me laugh

[@xshullaw]

"I've been looking forward to this." - Count Dooku. Also me.

[@SneakyKitten3614]

It would seem that there are, in fact, many benefits to being a marine biologist.

[@Artik_Masterson]

Loving the use of memes in your videos. Good stuff as always my dude

[@ShadeMeadows]

I was waitin' for this one for a long time! Savin' for a good day!!🖤 edit: Wish ya went through all Big Daddy types, but this was Great! Hopin' for the Handyman and Songbird too! since they are Worst-off Big Daddies

[@ethostheallmighty8325]

This video confirms my suspicion about what the purpose of Bioshock is: "Oh hey, you like being happy? Fuck you, you're sad now."

[@hobsonwadsworth5670]

I always wondered what went on with these guys. Can’t help but feel sorry for them, specially the alpha series. So psychologically dependent on eternal little girls brainwashed to go to corpses. And they feel pain. That just makes it all so much worse. Also prefer your jokes over the memes. *Some of the memes anyway.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

So here's my question. What happens to an alpha series big daddy if he survives long enough to his little sister to become a big sister. God can you imagine if they stayed functional a big daddy big sister combo defending the new little sisters. Splicers would piss there pants

[@JakenTheGreat]

@@sethgilcrist8088 I mean, you see exactly that in Bioshock 2. Subject Delta does have a Big Sister and is basically overpowered in the epilogue.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

@@JakenTheGreat subject Delta did all that without a sister fighting along side him. He did all of that too get to her.

[@JakenTheGreat]

@@sethgilcrist8088 And after he got to her, he has her for the whole epilogue

[@sethgilcrist8088]

@@JakenTheGreat how did that one work are we going with the theory that his thoughts were imprint I'm the atom she harvested from him

[@eddiemaiden4192]

“Would you kindly” wow, what a polite man, I’ll gladly be a nerd with you

[@trojanhorse6756]

Dang, augmented humans really are something in mind. Great video though, and can you do a video on the Redlight and Blacklight virus in the game Prototype?

[@GunlessSnake]

He responded to me last video about that. While it'll be awhile, he said he'd definitely get to it eventually.

[@EasyModeFishing]

Imagine how cold rapture was. At the bottom of the ocean. That would be like living at the top of Mount Everest

[@canadiancanucklehead8310]

“You, could have double bone density.” Me, a recently diagnosed man with Osteopenia: “I’m not that guy.”

[@RoanokeGaming]

:(

[@apexfenix9623]

:(

[@canadiancanucklehead8310]

Big oof indeed

[@Bill.Papadakis]

Bioshock 2 true good ending has to be one of the most satisfying and moving endings in all games

[@vksasdgaming9472]

It is more satisfying to see Frank Fontaine suffer painful and humiliating death by his victims who have every reason to kill him.

[@hasturking9635]

The little sisters show more of the inhumanity of the underwater city. They take young children, who all had their own personality, their own family, and mutated and brainwashed them. They all look and act the same, ya I am certain its cause of game reasons not to make a lot of different versions, but I think the reason they all look the same is they were mass produced. Same personality, same face, same clothes. Look at the DLC for bioshock infinite, where you see a line of these little sisters and they are all the same. Since I could not get the bad ending in the first bioshock, I saw the good ending, where the little sisters pretty much became a family with the guy who saved them, and all had full lives. I legit cried, cause it was a redemption, and a second chance for all of them and the hero.

[@ceu160193]

In second game you can shortly get to see world through Little Sister's eyes. And for her, everything looks pleasant, splicers look like ordinary people, and dead people look like "angels".

[@ipot399]

There's no official art of just what a big daddy looks like under the suit, but I always imagined each porthole on their helmet was one eye.

[@Isometrix116]

I think we can all empathize with becoming disgusted with how the state wields power. Or maybe that’s just me, I dunno. Maybe I should make my own underground hellscape!

[@Cole_tr4in]

I love your videos, first and foremost! I just wanted to jump on here to add: a couple of years back, my dad needed surgery on his arm. He'd been lifting weights since a young age, and because of that, the doctors said his bones were incredibly dense. During his surgery, it ended up taking 3 doctors to rebreak his arm (it healed wrong and needed to be reset)! Apparently, if you lift weights for a number of years (he started lifting in middle school and stayed with it for 40+ years), your bones become extremely dense. At least, that's what his doctors said. All of that to say bone density isn't just inherited; you can actually increase it by lifting weights consistently over time!

[@Burned-Legate]

Brute splicers are the result of a "homemade" mix of the tonics Sports Boost, and Armored Shell. Sports Boost is advertised as making you ripped, specifically to turn you into a Chad swatting away the women. Armored Shell isn't advertised, but I assume it's a tonic to prevent annoying injuries, scrapes and visible bruises and such.

[@BlackReshiram]

"[...] or harvested if youre a turbodouche" i love the word turbodouche lmao

[@calibwhite2022]

I don't know why, but every time you mention increasing height, it gives me hope for my vertical future.

[@chincemagnet]

The tuba sound to the big daddy walking was absolutely priceless 😂

[@an-animal-lover]

STAHP IT!

[@jamestomlin5525]

Man I can't wait to see these new splicer mutations

[@ceu160193]

Not all of those mutations are explainable from science point of view. For example, there is teleport plasmid.

[@paladinboyd1228]

@@ceu160193, If I remember rightly it just works.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

"You are no longer the bioshock, call me daddy now" -John "Big daddy" Massive Father, protagonist of Bioshock 2

[@samthompson6475]

Constructive comments on Editing: I enjoy the interjection of memes/jokes/whatever they’re called in this format, though I’d suggest aiming for a less jarring approach. The TF2 scene worked great IMO, while the “Damn Boi He Thicc” felt out of place to me. I love your work man, keep evolving and starting with the feet. :)

[@loupblanc7944]

Yeah this.

[@TheRealGears]

every time you combine the trombone with the bouncer's walk cycle, I grin.

[@marcusdaloia2974]

I imagine that the collar bone of the Big Daddies was destroyed, or possibly anchored to the suit rather then the sternum, to facilitate their drift from the chest to the hump of their back as they became, well, hump-backed from the bodily overdevelopment. That seems like it would neatly explain why their heads were so far forward compared to their shoulders. In a reverse of those neck elongating rings that some cultures use that I believe push the shoulders downwards instead of the head upwards it seems like the shoulders of a Big Daddy are drawn upwards above the head.

[@josephwirtz7120]

I have to be impressed with the level of actual science that went into this video.

[@Tiberon098]

I remember playing this and having a blast, Bioshock 1&2 were so much fun and I really want to play them again. I now wonder if I have double bone density as well, I was a bit reckless growing up and should have broken my bones many times (especially getting hit by a truck).

[@RoanokeGaming]

Did you ever play the third?

[@nannesoar]

I'VE BEEN WAITING SOOO LONG FOR THIS!

[@TheTiredTortoise]

The inside of the suit must be wretched, I refuse to believe there's not a build up of detritus 🤢 They must smell so bad

[@mr.j7444]

Their in a air tight suit that is most likely welded shut for the changed ones since they’d never take it off anyway. There would be no smell other than the smell of ocean water

[@Vchk1917]

@@mr.j7444 The only smell besides the ocean water would be the pheromones they have to attract the little sisters.

[@Vchk1917]

Thanks for covering my favorite characters of my favorite game franchise. Awesome essay

[@BlackThorn010]

Yeah the higher level of bone density thing has some advantages, I was diagnosed with it when I was in my early teens and have shrugged off a ton of damage over the years. Only ever had a minor fracture to my wrist once and minor fractures across my knuckles, oh and a hairline fracture in my hip when a backhoe bucket (front scoop) fell on me.

[@ScampiTheSighted]

I couldn't imagine even surviving a backhoe scoop falling on me

[@BlackThorn010]

@@ScampiTheSighted Yeah it wasn't pleasant believe me. I happened to be standing on the driving plate beside the driver since I can't stand riding reverse. We were only going about a hundred yards anyway but the road was really rough and bouncing us. She went to raise the bucket so it wouldn't scrape and the hydraulics went screwy. It slammed it up to its full height and snapped the locking pins, throwing it back at us. I 'caught' it after it crushed the steering wheel, sheered off about a four inch long sheet of flesh from my arm, and cracked my hip. Pushed it off to the side and managed to jump clear of the wheels before I passed out since we were still moving forward. All of this happened in maybe 15 seconds oddly enough but for me it went a lot slower, I even had time in my head to question why I pushed it off to the right and not the left since that would have been easier. The impact force from catching it separated and tore apart the muscle in my left side without ever breaking the skin which took yeeeeeears to heal. But it probably would have cut her in half if I hadn't been standing there. Tl;Dr: Never fully trust equipment you haven't maintained yourself, and remember that adrenaline is a hell of a drug but you pay the price for it later.

[@sillylittleowlguy2392]

@@BlackThorn010 you sure you weren’t experimented on in a super soldier black project at a young age?

[@BlackThorn010]

@@sillylittleowlguy2392 Lol if I was they did a real shitty job

[@mw9688]

I have somewhat faster healing than the average person….but somehow I bruise and sunburn very easily. It’s the crappiest super power. Sure… a broken bone will heal in 3/4 the time but if I am sunburnt I am down for a few days.

[@megansimplystitch]

I do not care how long ago Bioshock came out. I'm here for it. Everyday. All day. It's my favorite game of all time. Love science & physiology. Please make more, if possible.

[@STFUppercut69]

Any future Roanoke Tales content maybe? Still waiting on "The Quiet Boy" story :-( The movie ("Antlers") based on it will be released next month, which I'm 100% sure you'll cover, if we go by the trailer.

[@yigaclan8121]

there is a dark beauty behind the entire experience of bioshock one. The visceral experience of bludgeoning and ripping through hordes of creatures once human, the realisation of the people that their new discovery that was supposed to change the world for the better, only turned them inside out and mocked them, the mournful cries of the once human big daddies, now imprisoned in a steel cage echoing through the empty halls with no one around to hear. The city takes on a life of it's own. everything seems to be walking the razor like line between life and death. utterly beautiful.

[@doomslayer1210]

Bioshock 2 is my favorite. I loved playing as Delta. He was also the only Character I felt anything when they died. Best protagonist.

[@Vchk1917]

Same dude, I love that game

[@redacted8846]

This takes Dad bod to a whole new level.

[@eliphas_vlka]

Little corrections : the Alphas like delta in b2 are the firsts big daddies and Suchong had deas and help from people from another universe ( infinite)

[@cat_in_a_sock1948]

Literally the best visual aid/graphic you've ever made 8:28

[@minecraftslover]

Wahey you actually did it after I asked on the last vid! Another great one! I’ve got a follow up question from the last video. We came to the conclusion that the physical effects of Adam are 100% unavoidable, but do YOU think that with exposure over a long term period rather than a over a short term period the psychological effects of Adam could be avoided while keeping the benefits (eg super powers)

[@unicornactual3432]

Double bone density! I always learn the neatest things here. I've almost drowned so many times in life and in general have to put in a lot of effort to stay afloat. But I've never broken a bone and I absolutely should have on many occasions. I'd always assumed I'm just lucky and a bad swimmer, but maybe I'm a dollarstore wolverine?

[@joekaz5198]

"We live in a society." -Andrew Ryan

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

*Proud parent crying voice* You make me so proud, Roanoke. You did my favorite video game characters a justice. You make me so proud!

[@TobiKadachi93]

Perhaps Subject Delta couldt take his helmet of because he’s from the Alpha-Series. Maybe the later Big Daddys have been twistet in some cruel surgically experiments, and the Alpha-Series would be more human-like creatures underneath. Well, no matter what they look like under the suit, Big Daddys are so cool

[@hunterbear2421]

Subject delta was still a human was just basically a super juiced splicer well you that what one of the recording says. Then there another one about him where he takes on 10 guards and kills a couple of them. Before he was restrain and before he was in the sult

[@MonsterPumpkin]

I love the timestamps on the video lol, glad you take the time to write those, also great video as always !

[@thegreenman136]

interesting thing, after hearing about double bone density i asked my doctor to do a test, turns out my family doesnt have double bone density but instead its more like slightly denser bones , but due to this my family and myself suffer from bone spurs and other such bone growths, aka shitty bone spikes

[@eyesus8165]

I have the double bone density also. I used to work in the Caribbean as a snorkel tour guide. I learned to swim at the job, a testament to my interviewing skills by getting a job a actually couldn't do, anyway I made a number of diver friends at the job. I learned that I have negative buoyancy, which make me a great diver. Never did learn to dive.

[@skellyslav]

What are you doing big step-daddy?

[@micah1254]

“Mega-Douche” is probably the best description for people who harvest I’ve heard.

[@MrMLaidlaw]

So nothing on the "becoming a big daddy" process you can experience in-game?

[@ceu160193]

In first game, you kind of can - as it involves changing your vocal cords, putting on suit and covering yourself with pheromones, so Little Sisters trust you. But you never get to experience full process, which includes genetic modification with ADAM, and mental alteration, as new Big Daddy has to go through imprinting to be caring protector of Little Sister. Btw, last part was most tricky, as ADAM couldn't help with that - only psychological imprinting could actually bond Big Daddy and Little Sister.

[@dracotias]

Technically you just sort of hop inside a suit without going through all the "enhancements"

[@ceu160193]

@@dracotias You put on suit, but then Tenenbaum explains, that it's not enough - you also need change of vocal cords to make Big Daddy sounds and pheromones, so Little Sister would follow you. Poor Jack will never speak normally again after this.

[@alexalexander1772]

Shoulders are massive. Have you never seen more plates more dates. That dude is rocking Death Stars.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Swoldier status

[@UncleMikeDrop]

If Adam had been researched more carefully, it might have been a good thing.

[@imonke5303]

Tenunbaum was working on a non addictive variant but fontainte said "nah" because after all addiction = money

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@imonke5303 Fontane sucked that way. I never like one-dimensional villains like him.

[@imonke5303]

@@UncleMikeDrop Yeah, I don't like in that it's short sighted, addiction free adam would've made less at first, but would've lasted in the long term, and not reduced the city to shambles, really ez to do that with a drugged up populace

[@ceu160193]

@@imonke5303 I doubt it's possible to make ADAM addiction-free in the first place, as you need it to keep your plasmids - body tends to revert back to normal state, causing severe pain in the process. It's possible, however, to make "anti-plasmid", that makes returning to normal less painful.

[@imonke5303]

@@ceu160193 no, it was very possible and on the verge of being complete, the decision was deliberate