The Long Dark: Wintermute Episode 2 Cinematic Intro/Trailer (First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar)

Taken from the ingame intro of Wintermute Episode 2.
Music: First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar

[@slothdemon853]

First time seeing this opening gave me goosebumps. It's one of the best opening credits I've ever seen in a videogame

[@appalachiaraider9946]

Sloth Demon 💯% agree

[@mapicon7094]

Sloth Demon I was waiting for this since 2014

[@mapicon7094]

Sloth Demon I really did here in my country we have some Gamer magazine and there they wrote about this game and I had to try it

[@LunchBXcrue]

Yea same here, it's just done so well. This kinda shit makes me proud to be canadian.

[@enavuckovic6939]

Its giving me goosebumps every time haha

[@d-man9921]

I usually skip credits in games, but this... NEVER

[@ckoanime7053]

I hadn't ever played story mode before. Now i did...thanks to this song

[@matan6737]

@Ralsei games Rus yes you can

[@hostileenvironment6107]

Can’t agree more, that acoustic and her voice just compliment that harshness and beauty of the Canadian Wilderness. Fucking love hinterlands >:D!!

[@AlexsaurusRex]

@@hostileenvironment6107 and they're a couple of sisters. Thay really capitalize on how well they harmonize. Like listening to sirens

[@julianhawke2860]

Can't skip it kekw

[@Fuar11]

"I've learned to tell the difference between something quiet and something abandoned. This goes deeper than just a stillness. It's like the moments before the world goes to sleep... but we're the only ones left awake to notice it." -Grey Mother

[@crimsonthemudwing]

Gray mother was my favourite character from the game

[@tprime2702]

@@crimsonthemudwing And, you were my favourite murderer from FNAF. 😂

[@sirarza9779]

I feel so bad for grey mother

[@burntcocaine5794]

@@sirarza9779 ikr

[@saltyman6988]

Yea bro

[@dinkobratoev9637]

I'm not crying, it's... it's just the snow melting in .. in my eyes...

[@ondrejpolansky9076]

Some extra potable water for you

[@frozenhawk150]

@@ondrejpolansky9076 its non potable because he hasen't boiled it yet

[@beardastra721]

@@frozenhawk150 Aqua-Pur tablets to the rescue. Don't forget to use it when fire is not enough :)

[@burntcocaine5794]

@@beardastra721 make sure stock up on toilet water in houses

[@dynodan6041]

@@burntcocaine5794 Delicious Canadian lemonade

[@stalker4474]

After 8 years, the game itself gives you the word to continue waiting for the jewel to be polished: *PERSEVERANCE*

[@mentiquebakabila4254]

@@tunahelva3646 nope

[@jacksondavenport9296]

I’m playing it now

[@thelegalmexican9860]

Man I’m struggling a bit with the timberwolves rn but it surely makes me want to play all day and night to know what happened

[@thelegalmexican9860]

@@dorpy5847 you can do it my dude

[@gamersoup1532]

every fuckin day brother. I have a total of 600 hours, bought the game when 6 years ago, absolutely no regrets. easily the most harrowing Game Ive ever played

[@benjaminlegault1031]

I started The Long Dark with Wintermute, knowing near to nothing about the gameplay other than being a survival set in my country with an emphasis on a harsh winter. First time I saw the intro, I thought the music was nice and the scenes interesting. Only when I fully experimented the first episode and launched the second that I fully understood what the video meant. The hopelesness showing on Mackenzie's face as he walks towards the crows circling above. The dead deer, a majestic creature certainly brought down with regret to avoid starvation. Astrid's desperation as she is surrounded by timberwolves. All things I experienced in the first episode. And what hit me the most, seeing poor Gray Mother. Sitting alone in her house. Knowing I had left her alone in Milton with her grief to find Astrid, but still glad I filled her fridge and her bin with burning materials. A videogame rarely has a cutscene or video that truly shows what you can feel during actual gameplay. Big thumbs up to Hinterland. And First Aid Kit.

[@lilstrats944]

For sure man! Will walking down the road just looking plain sad hit me hard..

[@lazygarbageproductions1150]

Meanings hidden within the carefully chosen words; many sadly will not see exactly what you have said. You speak much wisdom.

[@thelegalmexican9860]

And the art style is just BONKERS

[@Sev3617]

Absolutely, couldn’t have said it better myself, this intro oozes with so much style and personality and it perfectly captures what The Long Dark is.

[@matiasleder6804]

@@lilstrats944 in his head every time the crows are circling it could be Astrid laying there.

[@ethankloster7021]

The best game I’ve ever played

[@chasesmith6302]

I will second that

[@gigachad342]

ME TOO

[@yharnamhoonter6685]

One of them for me. I’d say bloodborne is the best.

[@SergantGames]

Yes

[@SergantGames]

Me too

[@demandeman5727]

The grey mother...... kills me to this day how we abandoned her....

[@asovietplaytpus5828]

i hope we can at least come back for her... But knowing the long dark probably not

[@joemalo5335]

At least we left her well stocked. Anything I couldn't carry I left for her

[@jakechinn6561]

Broke me up too, spent forever stocking her up with basically everything I could get my grubby little mitts on.

[@tesco139]

I cried when i left her i felt so bad

[@bobplanderlinde329]

In survival mode i went to her house and I found her chair fallen to the side with a rifle next to it, so yeah...

[@georgivasilev8428]

This makes me want to see a "The Long Dark" TV series after the game's story is finished

[@vasilisa1866]

There’s actually a survival show sort of similar to the long dark (it’s just not an apocalyptic situation cuz it’s from real life) it’s called Life Below 0 if you wanna give it a shot

[@Astra_Drawz]

They are actually planning a movie and a possible TV series. Maybe if the idea of a TV series gets more traction, it will happen!

[@militaryty3168]

@@Astra_Drawz your lying there’s no way

[@Astra_Drawz]

militaryty Actually, according to polygon, “In 2017, it was announced that a film adaptation of The Long Dark was in the works.” And according to gamesindustry in 2019, “Hinterland’s future plans include movies and publishings, and the Long Dark 2.” Whether this is accurate information is correct, only time will tell. More than likely after the 5th Episode is released.

[@militaryty3168]

@@Astra_Drawz well shit that’s good to know

[@pohjantuulet247]

_"It was certainly after the first several hours of playing this game, that i knew i had come in contact with something more than just a simple game. This here is a work of pure art. I havent regretted the purchase even a bit."_

[@Astra_Drawz]

Agreed. The long dark is a masterpiece.

[@reitairue2073]

@@Astra_Drawz Too bad they ruined it by focusing on their cash grab(dlc) before finishing the main story. Total fucking bullshit.

[@zacharysmith6062]

In my opinion the DLC made the game better.

[@ZuKuPLayer]

This looks like a good opening for a TV series. ;D

[@ollierose2969]

It actually does

[@bighenchman3266]

It was meant to be the first ever oil painted movie but the cost was way to much so they turned it into a game

[@elz1074]

@@bighenchman3266 damn, rly? That would be insane, with the right investment I'm sure the outcome would be extremely succesful

[@bighenchman3266]

@@elz1074 ikr its a great game but if they had the money imagine how sick that would be

[@pastor3271]

It is great opening for everything

[@jackhansen2307]

After introducing me to my favorite band, I’m proud to say that The Long Dark is one of the best and most underrated games ever.

[@BlueMaxxW]

No word of a lie. I was not expecting something so polished and perfect from them. This blew my socks off when I saw it in game. I'm glad I had faith in Hinterland way back then.... I look forward to future episodes, gut wrenching as they may be. 'til then I'll keep trudging along in the cold snow.

[@mapicon7094]

I always think of Grey Mother when listening to this,really great character

[@Misuke]

Well, here i was also thinking of Grey Mother, but i had a pain when, you know, the ending of ep. 1 where Jeremiah was attacked by that bear, and when credits, not those here, but you know, where the map is showing up. That music i was just thinking of Grey Mother... Really, Hinterland, if you'll do another game in future, i'm going get it.

[@crimsonthemudwing]

Me too

[@603mtbrider3]

The one scene where Mckenzie is looking at the birds just makes me think that he knows just how trapped and helpless he is. Unlike how the crows are free to see everything

[@billiejeanslover8929]

I also think that in that scene he's worried about his wife since crows hover on top of dead bodies

[@westcoast9158]

The saddest thing about this game is that since it's "hard" and the gaming community theses days is all about fast and instant pleasures, with simplistic concepts, that this game, with all the work put into it, hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. :(

[@ClockworkMage]

I agree with you completely, I really want more people to give this game a shot!

[@greedygravy3739]

Alnos Thornar totally I mean I liked the idea of the cold being a killer in survival games so it intrigued me right away just to find it is one of the most beautiful games I have ever played in my life, the wolf’s terrified me when they charged and the bears are a whole other level, but even a creeping blizzard scared me,like I could run out of food or firewood, the long dark is truly an amazing game

[@eelismartin9841]

But still it has got attention:)

[@soltero.8192]

For real? I like it. I like this style. Its a silent game, about silent apoccalypse... And its not so famous, so not really much players playing it... But i like it :) i feel special of this.

[@CriticalSurvival0]

Lets just be thankful that with have an amazing game made by an amazing studio and that a rich cat doesnt have its hands on it.

[@rusrailways3559]

The Long Dark... Forever! Strong song. Strong game

[@flufflewarrior]

First Aid Kit was the perfect choice for this game. The trailer looks so amazing!

[@Astra_Drawz]

Ah! 2 years and I’ve found ya Fluffle! I love this game so much now. I can’t wait for Episode 5! I’m actually making this a MAP soon.

[@kwlv715]

Gray mother brought some tears when they showed her in this intro

[@baileyharris9172]

I walked for 2 hours straight and the time went by so fast, I love the snow, I could stare at something for ages.

[@audiogeddon6021]

This makes me feel like theres little too no hope left at all.

[@reillyclinker79]

agreed, this song invokes that feeling of loneliness and hopelessness so well, great choice for the game

[@Kaerym]

1:22 nightime in a nutshell

[@igormostovoy2594]

I'm watching it every day.

[@danielsaarva3626]

Same

[@demonleon1070]

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[@rogue6231]

You still watching it?

[@igormostovoy2594]

@@rogue6231 It's time to do it again.

[@emirb.7216]

İt is not a normal situation you know right?

[@thierrydubuc9490]

I wasn't really sure about this game until I saw this intro. It's a good game, it's good at what it does, but I usually don't have the patience to learn games from scratch, especially with a gameplay as unforgiving as this one. But I did my best to understand the game and although it wasn't easy, I came to appreciate it. Then I saw this intro, and I fell in love with the game :)

[@BamMatt19]

Sound track and music in this game is melancholic and beautiful.

[@GarrettTBeelowComposer]

This is one of my favorite things on KZbin. Even detached from the game itself, the music, animation, and feel of this video brings me a lot of joy. Props to the creators and I hope they get the popularity they deserve.

[@emmielshof3442]

I just finished tales from the borderlands and when I heard first aid kit I freaked out, two great games.

[@crimsonthemudwing]

Every time i see this it brings a tear to my eyes just to see a game as beautiful as this grey mother has to be one of the best characters in the game I wish more people played such a master peice such as this

[@frozenhawk150]

People like stuff like Fortnite Apex Smash bros and Ark because they have more exiciting moments than the long dark and requires less time to get into action

[@asovietplaytpus5828]

@@frozenhawk150 the long dark gives me the most exciting moments. chased by wolves in the dark while bleeding out, desperately trying to get into a house. a bear hunting trip gone wrong and you get mauled, but you use the last bit of strength to empty one last bullet into the bear killing it while it walks away from you. there are many more experiences like this.

[@fluffinator279]

I'm not an emotional individual, but that intro makes a grown man cry.

[@doh3582]

I bought this game like 4 years ago played for a few hours and completely forgot about it but a few weeks ago I heard they added a story mode so I came back and I'm just amazed how this game evolved

[@ImperialDiecast]

dude the story mode has been around since at least 2017. they did a redux for episodes 1 and 2 in i think 2018 and episode 3 came out in 2019. kinda disappointed that ep 4 got delayed into 2021.

[@Astra_Drawz]

Imperial Diecast Can’t wait for the release of Episode 5. Episode 4 was epic.

[@The-Okami-Project]

This was so amazing to watch the first time around, much praise to hinterland for their amazing work.

[@idahagglund524]

I bought this game when it was just added to Steam, really early on. Barely any content or anything. Got an impulse to install it and play it again, now that I've seen quite a few updates from them, and man... was I mindblown by how much have been done to it! ...And I totally jumped up and down in my chair squeeling with fangirl delight when First Aid Kit started playing. X'D Been a long time fan of those two incredibly talented women! Great choice of music, and a truly welcome surprise that they used their song for the game! Fits like a glove.

[@gaminggranny8905]

Beautiful haunting song, for a beautiful haunting game.

[@addictedonrust4928]

This gets me to tears, oh damn its strong. I so freaking love this. Oh my god, very nice job, Wintermute.

[@Nightmare77_Games]

Yoooo nice PFP

[@TheInterstellarStorm]

I'm glad this game finally made it out of early access after many years, really proud for how it has came :')

[@Teceract]

Не думал, что The Long Dark будет таким "другим", потрясающий сюжет и видео. Thanks for Intro

[@milka0273]

Demian согласен

[@user-eo1rl9sh3v]

Развитие

[@user-eo1rl9sh3v]

The Long Dark не стоит на месте как другие игры в этом жанре

[@Teceract]

вынужден сказать, что эта игра стоит своих денег. И если бы можно было бы сказать разработчикам игры "СПАСИБО", то я бы сказал это лично. Это лучший сюжет, что я видел в подобных проектах!

[@user-hd4qi8jg3n]

The Long Dark ето лучшая игра в которую я играл

[@boytoyowo238]

Born in northern Canada this game hits close to home favorite thing is the snow and the wind howling in the night it's about the only thing that's actually been there for me.

[@ADHDragonfly]

This game deserves way more love and attention than it's gotten. It truly is a labor of love with the constant updates and addition of new episodes. The dev team does phenomenal work, as do the artists who created such beautiful music. Bravo, Hinterland!

[@New.Bie321]

Episode 4 and 5 gonna be really good.

[@BeeCurious007]

LYRICS: Now the pale morning sings of forgotten things She plays a tune for those who wish to overlook The fact that they've been blindly deceived By those who preach and pray and teach But she falls short and the night explodes in laughter But don't you come here and say I didn't warn you About the way your world can alter And oh how you try to command it all still Every single time it all shifts one way or the other And I'm a goddamn coward, but then again so are you And the lions roar, the lion's roar Has me evading and hollering for you And I never really knew what to do And every once and awhile I'd sing a song for you That would rise above the mountains and the stars and the sea And if I wanted it to it would lead you back to me

[@patrickraftery1815]

What is this song's title? Please?

[@Astra_Drawz]

@@patrickraftery1815 Lions Roar by First Aid Kit

[@greatorder]

The rest of it suits too. "And I'm a goddamn fool, but then again so are you" is perfect for that moment you decide that rather than seek shelter and heal up, that bear that just mauled you is dying, even if it takes your life.

[@ryanganley6840]

Thank you for uploading this, I think they did a damn good job on the game and this title sequence was an unexpected but awesome surprise.

[@rkstevenson5448]

There's something about this song that makes me sad, and coupled with the imagery, especially of the broken photo... it nearly brings me to tears.

[@Astra_Drawz]

Same here. It’s beautiful and at the same time, sad.

[@Tobo226]

Amazing, just checked my current session on steam and it's at 450 mins lol, such an immersive game.

[@menenene4348]

340h here, what a beauty :)

[@morfe9073]

340h on one session? Dude, that means you played this game for (quick mafs) 14 days. Are you ok?

[@Thetruthmaker]

maybe left it on the title menu when he left his computer

[@smigoltime]

I just played for 8 hours straight... couldnt stop this amazing story mode :D

[@yetidoesstuff228]

Rookie numbers boy!

[@otsopontys3527]

The best game intro I have ever seen!

[@Astra_Drawz]

Yes it is! Better than half of TV series Intros if you ask me!

[@tataludwiczka8061]

Some games you play for days, months or years. Others leave a story in you for years

[@metabonk6680]

This trailer makes me cry because it reminds me of the strength these people have in the face of hopelessness, and reminds me that I'm still fighting too.

[@franz6859]

This is up there on my list of the best games I’ve ever played

[@TheElMuffin]

I love this game and the talent behind it. At 1:28 is a resolute note, if not a triumphant, and you would think there would be a moment of hope or victory attached to it. But no, this is Long Dark, you're surrounded by wolves, and this is one of the roughest moments you can experience in game and you never know if you will get out of it alive.

[@twisted_fo0l]

Damn the art direction is absolutely on point, the poles sparking as the aurora flares up...

[@thedip8383]

Spolier ahead if you havnt completed the first chapter I felt so bad for the Grey Mother when she said how her daughter died in a rockclimbing accident. For such a short character it hit me like a train.

[@deathshead3622]

Zroex'ihr lmao it's funny

[@notsynth6008]

I personely cried!

[@louietl4942]

yeah it was horrible when you know what will happen to her , almost cried

[@appalachiaraider9946]

Zroex'ihr thats actually a good thing. How a game can still create emotional interactions with the player, even though grey mother wasnt a very long introduced character. Good job hinterland

[@Ghosteriz]

Zroex'ihr I sudden realized how her daughter end up dead after using the climbing rope that taken from grey mother...you know, the rope was broken.

[@SerMattzio]

Absolutely love the intro and story behind this game. The atmosphere is just so bleak and isolationist, the game is enjoyable but you still feel not just the survival pressure but this sort of persistent sadness that the world around you is so dead and hostile. Every time you find another frozen corpse and hear the wolves in the distance you get that feeling again.

[@roguescape]

This has the be one of the best intros to a game I've ever seen, its soo beautiful!

[@miningpieeater9342]

0:50 gameplay in a nutshell

[@jacobraposo730]

Mining Pieeater that and running from wolves

[@SerMattzio]

More like 1:27 lol

[@CitrusTart0]

@@SerMattzio true

[@frozenhawk150]

How i used to survive -find stuff for fire then kill some rabbits then boil snow and rinse and repeat

[@yetidoesstuff228]

@@frozenhawk150 I spawn at mystery lake, rabbits suck so i only kill them for the guts and fur. I go to the hunters cabin, if there ain’t a gun then I head to the towers. I get the gun and for the rest of my time at mystery lake I hunt dear and wolves. I then get there fur and cure it until I can make a good set of clothes. Step 2: then I go to coastal highway, this is one of the best locations because there is plenty of bares, and enough deer. Also I try to go for the moose to get the backpack. After you kill a bear and you have very good clothes you can do whatever you want.

[@Klassenking1]

I love the long dark Intro so much its so awesome i could listen to it everyday and it still never gets old

[@red.water.dreams4894]

Shortly after hearing this, this game became my most favorited survival game ever

[@lt.jimmypatterson7125]

Remember how Subnautica blew up? Well guess what? On consoles it's dead. No updates since last year. But guess what? The Long Dark came out in 2011 as a project and now is known on Xbox One as "Xbox's First Survival Game" and still receives updates. The devs at Hinterland did so well on just the survival mode before the story mode was available that it gave the few people who wanted the game to succeed more to look forward too and it was recognized and more accessible and fun on Xbox. Kinda sucks that Jacksepticeye only played it when It FIRST came out as a beta...

[@tprime2702]

Yeah, but honestly, this game isn't even in the same league as Subnautica. It comes across as a never ending grocery list of chores just to stay alive, and honestly never gives you the time to acquire the feeling of isolation, fear, and loneliness that Subnautica gives you while exploring the dark depths of reaper infested waters. I have hundreds of hours in both games and have been playing since greenlight early access on both titles.

[@TheCopyNinja733]

Subnautica just got an update, what are you talking about man?

[@mojjewell6007]

Ситилистика и саундтрек просто бесподобны! Видео вышибает слезу!

[@diegovalera5545]

I love this intro. It's perfect for the game

[@coco-bg7io]

I really very love this game , I love the snow , I love the wind , the cold also the soundtrack

[@loganwatene5627]

This game, the credits, the music. i just love it so much

[@meh984]

I am almost crying in this 😪 Edit: Holy cow, before these many months I am still not bored.

[@operationgamingyt8686]

I left the game for about a year and I absolutely love this song hearing it again oh my gosh it's just so emotional the song's help me out to so much so all I can say Is thank you

[@under504]

Seeing just mackenzie sitting in the middle of nowhere made me sad when I first saw him

[@notsynth6008]

The song name is: First Aid Kit-The lion's roar if any of you were wondering

[@notttvcep1re739]

u know that it was in the title

[@thenewpav543]

Actually you are wrong. The song name is just The Lion's Roar. First Aid Kit is the name of the band, not of the song.

[@felix56p]

@@thenewpav543 har har.

[@elit957]

i've been playing this game for a while and it never fails to astound me with its beauty. this game has gotten me through some tough times. just spent an hour poking around the zone of contamination.

[@woodcutter2612]

It is a masterpiece! How much soulful cinematic you could think of I don't even know.

[@user-lp4bi5ik2t]

This was my brothers favourite game and he didn’t play much but I’m happy I was able to see him enjoy a game as much as I did before he passed best 45$ spent after I looked at his save files he was pretty good at the game too while I struggled im 21 lol and I was the one with a decade+ plus of gaming experience but that’s one experience I’ll never get to see again

[@packle-tackle1906]

I got chills the first time I saw this, especially after beating chapter 1 and then going into chapter 2, it was the best thing ever

[@barronbooher4063]

this is so haunting and beautiful at the same time

[@sigsauer_firearms]

words cant express the goosebumps im getting after watching this

[@jonathanhughes9281]

This is gorgeous ❤️

[@gregorix1445]

Those visuals make the song go along so well I get emotional hearing the song by itself, let alone with the visuals ;D

[@UNTHESUNTHESUNTHES]

I fucking *cried*

[@Kali-Yuga626]

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[@emoteddylion]

I spent the last two weeks completely enraptured by this game. I had heard of it once before, but didn’t know much about it other than survival in an abandoned winter setting. It’s incredible, the story the emotion, the sadness, the struggle. I want to go freeze in a forest somewhere, I mean not really but yeah

[@evanwilliams8185]

I think I understand, it offers peacefulness and simplicity but at the price of safety. If anything the game makes me definitely want to go camping and sit by a fire!

[@maxducks2001]

Gives me chills every damn time

[@cupofsoupthereal9436]

Best song choice for this game i always look forward to finishing a chapter to hear it

[@user-bj2ff3rv7f]

The last couple lines strike me in a place deeper than my heart. More abstract than my soul. The yearning I have for the people I've lost has never been more accurately keyed in to 'me'. Sometimes I hear it, and I think I'm going to die. That those words are going to unmake me. I miss them. Friends. Pets. I miss my own life. They will never come back. I will never fix my problems. But that's not what hope is, is it? Hope isn't whats real. It's what we want. Regardless that it's all crashing and burning around us. That in the end there's nothing. And nobody will remember me.

[@ayrtonorio]

very nicely done! You had commented on my TLD trailer 2 years ago and I had missed yours! great job

[@Tauriel-PSN]

Damn... this is beautiful. One of the best intos i've ever seen

[@michaelstarmer7760]

Absolutely love this intro❤️

[@ot2964]

Underrated game. Work of art

[@chiefrobertz42069]

Can't get enough of this game

[@gamersoup1532]

this is far better than the trailers.

[@bann9538]

i got a very strong life is strange feeling from this intro

[@labriag34dx79]

When the final chapter of Wintermute is released, I hope it's called Perseverance

[@643borre]

This is one of my favorite games! This trailer is one of the best I've ever seen, and the music fits so nicely =D

[@notlikely1656]

such a great game… and the opening was so good

[@62Tob]

Wonderful work, great intro, very cinematographic.

[@caffeinatedsloth4136]

This gives me goosebumps every time.

[@dfn03]

This gets me every time.

[@lagrxce]

I absolutely love this game and song, when I first heard this and saw it, I was super impressed and full of surprise, I sing this song every time I hear it and I love it

[@rocket-rakun8133]

Something about this, its just, perfect

[@MrOlive1928]

Can’t live without it

[@demondog9482]

The only True survival game/experience on ps4

[@SerMattzio]

Came away from the game for like a year and a half, played it before story mode even existed. Now that I've played Wintermute campaign (the redux version) I was really blown away. They knocked it out of the park with this game and I love it, definitely my favourite survival title.

[@elviscaragea4433]

I never ben more scared of a virtual wolf, like this, in my life 😂

[@fernandoullaguari9073]

It’s 2023 and long dark still one of the best game ever

[@dirtbiker7126]

This is amazing 👏

[@jamesduhachek7546]

Beautiful song for a beautiful game.

[@BananaShotgun69]

The song goes with the game so good!