The Most Depressing Level in Ready or Not | Kawayu Beach

[@lihye]

This video, and stage, really hit home for me. I'm a second generation Asian-American whose parents immigrated out of Vietnam during the war. My mom passed away February 18th, 2022 from stage 4 lung and brain cancer. Losing her has been one of the most difficult experiences of my life, but it has also given me a deeper sense of purpose. Watching this video reminded me of the sacrifices my parents made, and their resilience.

[@Tanae121]

My condolences

[@leeonheart]

Stay strong and eat well.

[@thegamingshiba]

Stay strong, I can’t imagine what you’ve been through. My mom moved from the Philippines to the US in 2000, family back in the Philippines were greatly affected by the 2017 Marawi Siege, but we are well. I wish you well and will pray for your mother.

[@Callsign-Cobra]

RIP to your mom Bro

[@budge3035]

I’m sorry for your loss friend

[@atnguyenquy1331]

This is one of those levels that I always try to go non-lethal, so I can arrest the 3 sons instead of having to put them down. Yes, their mother will be gone and yes, they'll miss her funeral, but they'll live with a chance to redeem themselves.

[@SobaOfPulaski]

I remember how oddly satisfying it was getting an S-tier on this mission. It was like a breath of fresh air.

[@whitewolf5793]

Yes, they will redeem themselves with lifetime in prison. Or if they get out on parole, which is not likely, they will not find employment because: 1. They are ex-convicts charged with serious crimes and society won't accept them. 2. The prison system is not put in place to rehabilitate and help convicts, it is made to turn in profits. So long term their prospects are most likely this: -they will turn to a lifetime of crime, -they will try to go after their mom with their own hands or with the help of cops, -they will end up back in prison, All in all, I think this mission being their last mission is a better alternative for everyone. Indeed the mom knows she was responsible for this to a great extent, however it will end fast for them instead of going through a lifetime of misery.

[@Stand_watie]

Redeem themselves for making full auto triggers for guns that ought to be legal via are constitution damn criminal they are

[@artik7659]

@@whitewolf5793 At 4:50 there's the dialogue where the parents are assured that their sons will do the minimal time which is 5-10 years (If I recall) if they cooperate. (And chances are they most likely will given the fact that their own parents, even their sick mother turned them in for their own sake and they probably know she doesn't have long, Cancer is no joke.) Overall a very sad situation.

[@gamingfox9845]

They'll probably never get out though. I'm no expert on US penal law, however in the mission we see: - Money Laundering - Manufacture of illegal firearms - Resisting Arrest - Attempted Murder / Attempted Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer (5x) (Depending on whether they hit something either aggrevated assault with a firearm or completed murder of a LEO) - Conspiracy to commit a crime - Weapons Trafficking And probably a bunch of tax fraud/illegal gambling and maybe even drug related charges if the meds weren't bought legally. And given that in the US you are sentenced for each charge and the penalties add up, it's unlikely that they will ever get out.

[@1x5x0x7x3]

This is basically Ready or Not's version of the Trolley Problem. If you don't act to stop these kids, more than likely, more people are going to be hurt, but if you do act, you'll hurt people anyways. There really are no other choices, but as it is your job, you have to act for the betterment of others. It's up to you to choose the fate of these boys and no matter what you do, the outcome won't always be the brightest. Really puts your humanity to question. I, too, found the chair in the shower as heart-wrenching. When I first saw the plastic chair in the shower, I immediately remembered my own grandmother and no joke, stood and looked at it for a solid 10 seconds, not moving in the slightest. My grandmother is already long gone so I've gotten over it, but memories of her will always stay with me. I had the fortune and curse of getting to stay with her, but watch her grow weaker by the day. I even explicitly remember having to take care of her for the last year of her life along with my other siblings since my mother and father at the time had to go work. The countless hours and hours of sticking by her, helping her regain motor control by stretching her hands, feet, arms, and legs repeatedly, helping her eat as her weak arms could barely grasp a spoon, and even bathing her. At first, I was happy to be doing these things for her. After all, she was making amazing progress and was looking to be recovering. I was quite optimistic and was ready to see my grandma smile so brightly again after she recovered, but I couldn't believe her heart problems would kick in soon after. I had been in my room, doing what kids do until I heart a cry of horror from my mother that had been watching her at the time. My grandma has gone unresponsive, hardly breathing, and was going cold rapidly. I rushed out to check on her, but in shock, didn't know what to do. I looked at the pleading face of my mother, watching her mom die in front of her and I picked up her phone, dialing 911. Despite how calm I seemingly sounded, the operator knew I was in a state of shock and quickly sent some people to help. That hour was probably the longest hour I've ever spent in my entire life. Too shocked to cry, but too horrified to move. As a 15 year old kid at the time, I didn't know how to process anything that was happening and was too afraid to risk doing anything I clearly wasn't qualified to do. Simply put, I could only stand there in shock, staring at my grandma's face along with my other siblings that were there at the time, praying internally that she'd be fine. When emergency response finally arrived, I had recognized some of them because they've come to save my grandmother a handful of other times, but it was already too late by the time they got to her. Needless to say, that basically ruined my school life in an instant. At first, I thought it wouldn't effect me that much because I was known and even knew myself to be a carefree and cheerful person, but man did that scar me. I hadn't realized it at the time, but my motivation for school had quickly diminished and I had been rapidly becoming more and more of a quiet kid. I would enter the living room, where my grandmother always was and instinctively looking towards her bed that was no longer there. I'd even call out to her when my habit of making rice porridge for her kicked in and I hadn't realized she was long gone. I was in denial for so long that school, which I thought of as boring before, just became a hassle and a waste of time despite knowing the value it gave me. Even as I entered the master bathroom, where'd I'd carry her to bathe sat a baby blue plastic chair in the shower, almost the same as the one in the game, but instead, had 3 holes in it akin to *those* school chairs. I couldn't help but instinctively turn around to get her whenever I saw the chair, but immediately remembering what had happened and just standing there, my clothes in hand. Even after all this time, the effect she's had on me is quite apparent. One of the reasons why I take baths more often than showers is partly because of her. It's not that I can't bare taking a shower, remembering her, but that I've just grown more accustomed to baths and quickly favored them over showers after my grandmother's passing. In fact, a lot of my behaviors and indirectly influenced by her and her passing, even if I don't realize it for a while. What I'm trying to say is that this level almost seemed a bit too personal for me, but not in a bad way. It kicked me in the gut with how real it was and reminded me of a person I cherished. I won't criticize them for that, in fact, the opposite. Just the amount of detail that they put into the game simply goes to show how much effort they put into the world-building. Sure, it's depressing, but it's relatable, and for a game that really strives for giving us players that experience, it's doing one hell of a job at it. I may not have the strength to do something so drastic as to switch to a life of crime for something like this, but I wouldn't be surprised with people that do because in the end, it's the loved ones they care about that they're doing this for and although their actions are bad in the grand scheme of things, you can't help but understand. Anyways, props to the game for reminding me that I'll soon see my own parents in the same state as my grandmother one day. 😅 Edit: I'm doing perfectly fine. My grandparent passed ages ago. No need to worry about me. I just wanted to share a bit. 👍

[@Shyvorix]

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for sharing your own story and personal experiences. It's appreciated.

[@MrJello8bw]

Wow.

[@Lord_Cummus]

Jesus man i hope you're doing alright

[@elikyiael8740]

my condoleances dude, lost my grandparents due to dementia and something else for my grandma, i know how much of a shock it is to see them just get away gradually, it sounds like your grandma had a lovely grandson that loved her above all things and i think its what matters, may she rest in peace now.

[@nadesaway6489]

Thank you for sharing since it puts into perspective how a game can touch people differently

[@TheOfficialArgo]

This whole storyline in RoN is overshadowed by the trafficking storyline. You start here, where the weapons are made, and you follow them through the distribution chain where everything gets messy. But this level is so much less black and white than the dealership or the postal service. This seems like the root cause, but the real root cause is the hate in the hearts of everyone who buys these weapons.

[@AquaMidget]

That and the health"care" system that drives the family to even start this in the first place.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I would argue the real root cause is the mismanaged, corrupt hellhole of El Sueño which is a society approaching utter social and economic collapse - the men have evil in their hearts because they were sculpted by their environment and their environment is El Sueño. If the healthcare system wasn't inherently predatory, the brothers wouldn't have had to turn to crime. Difficult times create desperate men which can be useful to the truly vicious individuals who would be of antisocial temperament regardless of their social conditions. That the conditions are so bad allows those truly "bad" people to thrive and get up to the amount of bad stuff they get up to - it all comes back to the material conditions of one's community.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I would argue the real root cause is the mismanaged, corrupt hellhole of El Sueño which is a society approaching utter social and economic collapse - the men have evil in their hearts because they were sculpted by their environment and their environment is El Sueño. If the healthcare system wasn't inherently predatory, the brothers wouldn't have had to turn to crime. Difficult times create desperate men which can be useful to the truly vicious individuals who would be of antisocial temperament regardless of their social conditions. That the conditions are so bad allows those truly "bad" people to thrive and get up to the amount of bad stuff they get up to - it all comes back to the material conditions of one's community.

[@c0rvu5albu55]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 just that the overall helath care system has nothing to do with just the city and everything to do with the state they live in. So yes the City is definitely one of the root causes, but always keep in mind that a tree has roots and not a singular root. IN most cases there are multiple roots that lead to soemthing tragic happening.

[@im_nottelling_my_name_8832]

This mission is a good wake-up call for any player with the delusion of grandeur. You are no hero in Ready or Not. You’re a tool. You bring order to chaos, not happiness to the people. Maybe you stopped the shooting, but did you prevent all of those deaths? Did you help those who were scarred by it recover? No. You merely shot those who scarred them.

[@rinoz47]

I remember being an actor for a swat-lite training day. I wasn't expecting to be handled so roughly, and I was a hostage!

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

It was about this mission that I started connecting the “oh shit this is anticopoganda” dots the game isn’t glorifying cops and capitalism it’s a commentary on the risks of prioritising police and dealing with the aftermath of crime and not the route causes of crime. When you start to see it the game is full of those baseline “maybe let’s take some money away from cops and put it into harm reduction and unemployment benefits”

[@SobaOfPulaski]

The game just shows frankly the absolute horror that is the life of a first responder, and how little can truly be done. Law enforcement, fire/rescue, EMS, we are all pretty much just responding to an incident and reacting to the situation at hand. The game is sobering because unlike movies and TV, it doesn’t show the job in an enjoyable light, it just shows reality… The game trailer was an example, showing that this shit isn’t something officers want, hence why your officer’s morale always decreases unless you get through it without using lethal force, or if you manage to save all the civilians/hostages. The environmental storytelling, game functions, outcomes and more just build up to such a tragic and more real feeling of helplessness that a lot of first responders feel in many cases.

[@budge3035]

That’s the aim, you’re not a slick invincible operator, you’re just a swat member trying to stop the killing and stop the dying

[@MultiKbarry]

@@kestrels-in-the-sky I don’t think defunding the police is the thing here. A lot of the missions are a result of a foreign presence or from corrupt government operatives. The police in Ready or Not is dealing with shoestring budget anyways. Not having some equipment that modern police have.

[@Ezmeon]

I'm yet to play Ready or Not, but the level of storytelling in these videos are definitely keeping me satisfied till then

[@Ashiokk]

you should play it, there are a lot of shocking details you should experience yourself instead of getting spoilered

[@dagobahstudios3662]

Don’t watch the valley of the dolls video. Experience that yourself. Or, if you don’t wanna be traumatized, watch the video to prepare.

[@IdkEgg.]

Wait till Christmas so it costs less. Pretty expensive

[@ez-master]

@@IdkEgg. will do!

[@JAB6322]

Reminds me of the phrase: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" and this level somehow embodies that.

[@CmdrBrannick]

What you're looking at in the attic is a ton of 3D printers, in particular FDM printers. So the attic was essentially their workshop.

[@star20alpha]

And you can see that they've started swapping over to resin, which makes twisted sense. For FDM printers, the more parts you have on the plate, the longer your overall time will be, but resin does the whole layer regardless of how many pieces, so you can load up the amount to print with it with negligible impact on overall time.

[@CmdrBrannick]

@@star20alpha Yes, but FDM printers are bigger and cheaper, so they could print more pieces at once or bigger pieces. They could be doing cheaper and more expensive parts for different clientele since resin is stronger than FDM, or maybe it's just what they could get their hands on. They could have also started with FDM and are moving up to resin since they're now getting cash.

[@star20alpha]

@@CmdrBrannick oh absolutely, the later part of your comment was what I was aiming at, since resin printing tends to be more expensive and labor intensive. It also absolutely could be that, depending on what they're fabricating, one works better then the other.

[@ABSolution2468]

@@CmdrBrannick They also had 2 laser cutters on the table

[@jaydenweng_]

@@ABSolution2468 I like how this thread has summoned all my fellow 3dp nerds.

[@etholotl]

This has to be one of my favorite covers of this level. A lot of the controversial levels in Ready or Not outshine the smaller stories. I don't think people appreciate the smaller levels, so I thank you. Keep doing what you do, you are incredible.

[@jamesmaxwell1940]

This is why people who call the game "copaganda" really just have no nuance for what copaganda really is. If this game were copaganda, there wouldn't be such sympathetic portrayals of the "bad guys" as simply an impoverished family doing what they can to get by.

[@RankedSweat-x1g]

If anyone wants to be a cop after this game, they need to get mental help.

[@mcbombacz6450]

@@RankedSweat-x1g More like deserve even more respect for taking this job.

[@RankedSweat-x1g]

@@mcbombacz6450I’m not saying that becoming a cop is insane, this game is meant to show how hard it is to do this job, no normal person would think “Hey, I wanna do this because it looks fun!”

[@jingbot1071]

I'd argue RoN is one of the few military/tactical shooters that DOESN'T explicitly push copaganda. Like the boys in this mission, the monsters doing terror attacks or the working to breaking point officers, everyone is human, and that's what makes the horror and tragedy elements really resonate.

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

​@@jingbot1071 not only that but theres signs all over the police station basically telling you what you should aspire to be. "We arent here to make widows, but to bring order to chaos" "i should have taken the shot" "stop mass shootings" posters and the ranking system all attest to this. You try to achieve perfection but at the cost of your own safety and officer's mental wellbeing.

[@Struzzzmann]

My eighty eight year old great-grandma (1929-2018) sat in a plastic chair in her tub for showers so that was always a very human touch in this level… it made me happy.

[@InstantDecon]

Notice also something: based on the pictures and the dates, you can guess they probably moved to america around the vietnamese war (they have Vietnamese names). They experienced the american dream, buying a big house that they can't afford anymore due to times changing. They fled for a better life, a better future for their childrens, right into a new nightmare. In Vietnam, we have very strong family values, different generation usually sticking together. Back in 2019, I was sending money back home to pay for my grandma's healthcare despite being in Europe. If my situation would have been worse, I could have been one of those fictional boys. This level hits way too close.

[@ABSolution2468]

The 2 printers in Vinny's room are a filament printer and a resin printer, while the workshop is a filament printing farm with 2 laser cutters. Resin and filament in Vinny's room is for prototyping parts, while the resin and filament printers in their workshop are for AR-15 lowers and external parts, while the laser cutter is for the internals, like lining the filament upper and lower with steel to strengthen it while costing a fraction of the metal. Anything that needs to withstand tremendous forces such as recoil and spring tension would need to be all steel or steel cored, like hammer, firing pin, sear,etc.

[@ppbrain2328]

My family is viet. So many of the little details of this level had me in tears. The shrines, artwork, the past due envelopes, the implication of an urn on the shelves, the education the what tha parents have ave. Ironically the strongest thing was their names, English names. So many immigrants dont keep their names, they use American ones instead. Most Vietnamese people I know, they don't use viet names, they use American ones. Even if given the option of Viet to english. Even my own mother gave up her own name to assimilate. I'd say the same for their family, their sacrifice, considering every name of a child was from the USA. Giving up your, name, heritage is a sacrifice, assimilating into American life, the burdens of capitalism through things like healthcare and non guaranteed care, that is giving up your heritage as well. The parents really wanted the best for their kids, they assimilated all they could, their children followed the rules but bent them. My eldest brother was assimilated, broke down, and tried to fix things after it. We both see the walls of Viet artists and we see the American dream for our grandparents through a shine and images and reminders, and we see the impact it has had on our family, the people that could be closest to us. Experiencing this has left me with a sense of belonging, knowing that my experiences were understandable, while I cant say that for many others, I can say it for my family. I would do anything for my family given the chance. I think that many others would agree in making the sacrifice that is necessary, one which is for family and survival. That which I think many others including the development team of The Ending of the Earth would also agree with. For a form of art, the level is truly impactful for those who have experienced any sort of familial sacrifice. No matter how little or big. I really thank the creators of ready or not for being able to portray such a subject with so much care and consideration. I also appreciate your analysis of the subject, a lot of care goes into your videos, the past videos would say enough but your understanding of this level has furthered that, and for, as well as many others, I am truly grateful you have brought a digital level into the physical world. You portray serious incidents very well and you should be acknowledged for that. So with that, I am very thankful your videos exist, and that you yourself decide to create in the first place!!!!

[@SCREAMshot6781]

You could say the criminals in this mission are also victims. Victims of a cruel, unwanted fate

[@AsianLaraCroft]

Arguably, victims of American capitalism.

[@kamingleung3792]

​@@AsianLaraCroftwow, i wonder if they get treatment in communist country. oh wait, they starved to death so they don't need to worry about mother getting cancer.

[@sparky_2826]

Maybe the bullsheviks were on to something…

[@nono-yw3tv]

@@AsianLaraCroft Has nothing to do with capitalism.

[@nono-yw3tv]

Oh something bad having to do with Medicare oh CURSE YOU CAPITALISM..... (Even though the way Medicare works in the US quite literally has nothing to do with capitalism, And arguably the exact opposite of capitalism.)

[@naosdanc]

I love how much you get into the game, and dissect every little detail. I have played ready or not since its very first announcement and seeing the game go through all the changes it has, has made me appreciate its craft even more. Each mission has its own little dark horrible twisted world within and you are able to make a video that I cannot look away from until it ends. Ends of the earth is the pinnacle of a lose - lose scenario and you capture that perfectly in this video. It is clear how much effort you put into all your content and I look forward to seeing the channel grow and covering the other missions. I know I will support you for all the way. Thanks Issac.

[@TheIssacMorgan]

That means the world to hear you say, thank you so much!

[@Trunkx_x]

I like how he taught us how to make stolen money legal. Thanks man won’t need this later.

[@TheIssacMorgan]

🤫

[@dagobahstudios3662]

Welcome to ready or not! In this game, you fight terrorists, human traffickers, crooks, crackheads, and… Children doing wrong things just to save their sick mother?

[@evan12697]

and even then "wrong" is just "illegal" which, major mistake for anyone to conflate morality with the law.

[@dagobahstudios3662]

@@evan12697 Well, they are manufacturing parts that allow a weapon to become full auto, which is wrong because if that gets into the wrong hands it can cause serious harm. And I doubt any person buying mysterious weapon parts off a shady website is very trustworthy.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

@@evan12697 too bad those illegally modified and sold guns will go in to aid in wrong things, but that doesn’t mean the Tran brothers have to die.

[@gamingfox9845]

@@evan12697 Well I would dispute you there. While yes, some things that are "illegal" may not be "morally wrong", what the kids do here is. They know that these weapons will kill people. They are old enough to know. While you can sympathize with their reason of having chosen this life, you cannot ignore that what they are doing is enabling scenes like Neon mission, the University mission, etc. These same guns may have been turned against you and your squadmates, not to say all the people, who will never go home because of this. That's why you must stop them. Sick grandma here nor there.

[@dagobahstudios3662]

@@evan12697 Yes, but the illegal acts they are committing promote violence, which is wrong.

[@shiny1475]

Please do a quick one on the paranoid veteran and why there's 2 guys with him in the cabin next

[@seanulep8465]

Amazing analysis of the level. It really breaks my heart each time I do this particular level and you captured that feeling perfectly with this video.

[@mikedawolf95]

Another KZbinr said even if this mission didn’t take place, the family is still kind of screwed. A lot of the house is falling apart and that because of the ocean, the ocean is eroding the land under the house slowly, judging by the yard and pool are halfway gone, and soon it will collapse or the family will be run out of the house and/or the house will be condemned.

[@StruggleGaming]

As a 3D2A member, this temptation is very real. I gotta have a expensive license to sell 3D parts but even legal parts are worth A LOT of money. After playing this is has to put my controller down and personally have that mental health break... Most ppl are one bad day away from crashing out, but I'm literally one bad day away from this situation. It it really hard.

[@wyattc918]

The worst part is this has happened to real people too, Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Bryan Malinowski. And all these laws are illegal and against the constitution! The ATF is killing people over laws that are forbidden in the constitution!

[@lihye]

I've never played Ready or Not, neither do I really play any games, but your videos are so high quality that I really might start playing.

[@rtlfootfreak]

this mission hurts me to my core so fucking much considering i am also in a struggling vietnamese family with a slowly dying elderly parent

[@booyahgenius]

Dude, this game's format would work PERFECTLY with a setting in the SCP universe.

[@Nahaintnoway]

I rarely cry at stuff but I teared up when you got to the shower chair immediately after seeing those corny "Get well soon" cards. So unbelievably heartbreaking.

[@DeathDiamond720]

Such a beautiful coverage here! I almost wish that for this level the suspect AI was tweaked a little so that the family just cowers at your presence the moment you enter the house. I know that probably would not be as fun, but I think the idea of that make the level so much more powerful. 10/10 video as always!

[@icantthinkofaname7293]

Fantastic video as always! I personally thought the title ends of the earth was not just about the houses location, which definitely has its own symbolism, but is also representative of the goal: people say they love eachother more then the world. And thus, these kids will gladly go to the ends of the earth to help their mom, for their mom is more valuable to them.

[@TheIssacMorgan]

Good point!

[@zathebookworm]

BABE WAKE UP ISSAC MORGAN POSTED

[@plumbo4156]

Keep up the vids man i love theses i cant resist to click the notif but also in one of your "recent" video "The most controvesial level...." i really like the opening soundtrack and would love to hear it again

[@loganpope1254]

I like your voice, it's so soothing and I just wanna keep listening

[@PhantomofPhreedom]

10:00 3D printers to make the gun pieces. There is also filament in the room, so this is definitely the place where the pieces are manufactured.

[@DeadEyeDucky79]

I have total sympathy for the boys in the family. The health system in the US is a state run nightmare with inflated and often hidden prices and modifying weapons shouldn’t be illegal anyway. Basic property rights. Government has no legitimacy in regulating what someone can do with their own property. I also don’t accept the idea that the weapons are “responsible” for killings. They aren’t. Only humans using them are responsible for that and you can’t fault a gun manufacturer for a mass shooting anymore than you can fault a car manufacturer when someone goes crazy and drives a truck into a group of people. That said, I like to think that if I were the parent in this situation who was dying and I knew my children were engaging in activities that could very well end with them landing up in federal prison just because they were trying to keep me alive, I’d tell them to stop. I’d rather die than risk that. I’d certainly rather die than call the cops and risk them being shot by a trigger happy SWAT team. Not only am I dead, so is my family. That would be the ultimate tragedy.

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

Agree my family and many of the people we go to church with all own fire arms. We train to use them. UT never had to takes human life. And hopefully won't have too. A firearm is meant to be used for self defense its what the USA constitution under the second amendment stated. Unfortunately there are those who abuse and outright take advantage of the right to bare arms to murder, kill and steal and threaten for their own self gin. While corrupt politicians are scared of people that wilderness themselves from them.

[@manuel.camelo]

DAMN, I seriously always thought I was "the only one" to feel bad and sorry for this family. I'm glad to see other people have the same level of empathy.

[@Dr05vc]

This was the only level in game that I decided to use a tazer instead of my shotgun, I think that shows how well made this level was.

[@irnbru5496]

Absolutely loving this series thanks so much for doing. It I don’t even play ready or not but I love seeing the level of devotion put into it. I might buy a copy just to thank them for the incredible story telling.

[@happyrefsgaard5247]

Amasing vids man. Only person who points out so many amasing details

[@DENOhritko]

What makes this mission even more depressing for me is its place in the chronology. The previous mission was Brisa Cove, if I remember correctly. In it, we faced a heavily armed and well-trained platoon of militants with rich combat experience. And now we, in the same composition, are being sent to detain three boys who can barely hold a weapon in their hands. For some reason, this contrast hits the emotions even harder. And that damn soundtrack, of course. When, instead of the usual ambient or intense electronic music, a melancholic piano starts playing at the end of this mission, i can barely hold back the tears.

[@frostburn3736]

*_There is no way for everyone to walk away as winners._* Like in real life; no matter what you do or how hard you try, in order to ensure someone is safe and happy, you must make suffer and hurt somebody else. It's painful and tragic... and that is why this level is so impactful on the player, 'cause it's something relatable and real.

[@alexanderbisson7788]

This video almost made me cry Edit: This video did make me cry

[@TACHANKAMAlN]

"We're not here to create widows and orphans, we're here to bring law and order, save lives, and protect the people."

[@Lulu39.]

I love the Style of your Videos Keep on with the ready or Not content👍

[@BlackKnigth323]

The moment I went to this level, I literally geared everyone in my team with non-lethal weapons, pepper balls, bean bag shotguns, etc Luckily no one in my team died, but some got wounded

[@d_reeves1133]

same bro!!

[@rayyanali4471]

Did that and got an S rank

[@GhettoPizza]

I wish ends of the earth was a full-on movie to be honest.

[@FlameDarkfire]

I also have to say, the devs really nailed the mission titles

[@LockOnInc]

I think the plot is that the sons manufactured guns for the villains in the school shooting and nightclub massacre

[@evan12697]

doesnt hold up though, The Hand used AK/AK derivative rifles and subguns and the college shooters had semiauto ars

[@LockOnInc]

@@evan12697 Maybe not the nightclub massacre but they originate from Asia, where most AKs are used in wars.

[@pH_Dav]

i don't think they were distributing to terrorists and mass shooters, but rather the various street gangs such as at the post office and the car dealership.

[@evan12697]

@@LockOnInc even then, no. They're clearly making AR pattern lowers and parts. AK pattern sears look completely different and they didn't have any AK lowers in the house

[@wasteofskinofficial9253]

I believe their guns were going to the Los Locos, not the Hand

[@LucasLedford-l4h]

I played this game thinking it'd just be some swat shooter, by the time I got to Elephant.. My view changed. What a game.

[@IkarusDE420]

dude theses videos are amazing please keep up the good work!

[@fracksonjack1731]

I just finished this level yesterday but to secure the boys and collecting all the evidence was all that was in my mind, I didn't even think to look at the details in the house...thank you for depicting the story so well... I will play it one more time and try to feel it on a different level....

[@spookypuff9304]

NEW ISAAC MORGAN READY OR NOT VIDEO DROPPED WHO UP

[@oriraburaboot4642]

What was once a happy family where 3 brothers who knew the wrongs but had no choice only to collapse under guilt for life is cruel to all

[@forgottenwolf3684]

Lets go caught this vid before work, great vid man underrated KZbinr

[@TheIssacMorgan]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Jet-Da_Plane]

The main problem is lots kids and people, sometimes people in general, are going through hard times or had major trauma that resulted in that. Some of them are also just trying to get by and survive, day by day. And when you have no other choice, you will have to start doing stuff you don't wanna do. And even something like this mission, it's the same of they got a friend or family member they wanna help. Some of them don't even got anyone else, or anyone, for that matter. You can't blame them all, they don't all know right from wrong. They're just trying to get by. Some of them are victims of corrupt circumstances. Some of them just don't care and enjoy this. Some just wanna see others feel their pain.

[@SpaceMissile]

this is my favorite mission. not only because of the great storytelling, but also because I love simple, relatable house maps.

[@blax140]

i never really looked into this level but looking at this makes me feel bad for the suspects they were only doing what they had too do

[@JoshDerenburger]

"Federal weapons charges aren't necessarily huge" a full auto gun can be upwards of 20 years a piece... Same with parts with intent to make illegal machine guns

[@TheIssacMorgan]

Key word there though being “can-be”. I’d doubt that any of the boys would’ve been convicted for that long had that been their only charge. Them being young, and this presumably being their first charge - I’d assume they’d probably walk away with

[@CornVII]

I don’t even play this game I just watch it cause this guy makes it fun to listen to

[@IowanLawman]

An old cop I knew once told me that there are a lot of tragedies in the world, we try to make it less horrible for those we come across but when someone's sob story starts affecting you from doing your job, then being a cop isn't for you. And if someone tries to make you not come home from the job, you put them down.

[@Mobcharacter-xw9ju]

Me and some others played this level and forgot to switch our out load out to non lethal so after the boys were dead we were quiet we usually laughed about some mistake we made that almost killed us but this made us silent after I turned off my game I just sat there with head down and felt so ashamed and disappointed at myself feeling the guilt few games make feel the consequences of your actions this is one of them

[@nikifalcon]

Weapons aren't "responsible" for anything Those using them are

[@Indoor_Carrot]

I'm so glad my country has an accessible healthcare system

[@45Gunner556]

Real

[@bokicar080]

My first playtrough of the game had me stuck thinking on that mission. Since it was my first time I didn't know what to expect and what things I should take or do. Yes they turned to crime but just so they could pay their bills, they are just kids who just wanna help their parents. I found myself thinking that no parent should bury their child and that was my first ever mission done on S without any death.

[@kKreekL]

the last 2 minutes of monologue you gave, it really just shows that there's no winning in Ready or Not.

[@kinglui285]

They made a fps swat game into a deep game with lots of storytelling and messages

[@nighttorcher]

I am READY to watch this masterpiece

[@R3TR0J4N]

I thought this was a video essay about Sleeping Dogs based on the thumbnail my brisn farted

[@TheAbysswalker]

My favorite level for sure, especially due to the intimate setting of a family household. It's usually quite easy too, if I desperately need a win 😅

[@rememberdiary]

I’m glad that you’ve been making content on ready or not, you’re already becoming one of my favorite creators on the platform ❤

[@TheIssacMorgan]

I appreciate that! More to come!

[@Jasongilliar]

Love the ready or not contant. Not a shooter fan, i mean i dont mind it, i would probably enjoy that. Anyways, pls more of it. More missions or levels "explained" or analyzed or meaning explained or whatever you do. I love it. I Love the vibe, i did sub. I think you could make a life is Strange game with thouse boys, they are kinda antiheros or have the potantial for it. And i mean the classic life is Strange from dontnod. Anyways, idk it kinda reminded me of thouse kind of storys because they always walk in a grey line. Kill a half of the Police force join a gang and be a criminal to stick with your brother after a police officer shot there father (age 9&16) or get cought and go to jail, and be away from your brother who you try to protect. (Aka the Police thinks they killed the officer after there dad got shot but it was actually the younger Brother getting his "powers" for the first time. Ofc he didnt have any controlls over it so there was just an explosion) Or the first one, max and chloe. Sacrafice chloe, the girl she "loves" to save the town, because time rewind = Hurricane so rewind back to the first rewind = no Hurricane but chloe would be dead because that was the first rewind. Or do nothing and let the Hurricane destroy the town and kill nearly everyone in it (p.s. i save chloe and keep the brothers together because i think thats kinda the thing thouse games are about, nothing can seperate them, plus with chloe, i Love her to much dude.) so yeah With this game or level, i could imagine it having the choice you described, turning to crime to save to have your mom or letting it be and watch her die. And than If you choose the crime rout. They could make it that if you teach your brother the right way than they let themself get arrested and if not they die. Or the mother dies as an ending, idk. Sorry for my yapping dude. Never wrote a comment this long, well done haha. Anyways, really enjoy your ready or not videos dude, keep it up💯🖤

[@echotheotter9541]

I love this: The devs made your actions morally grey, yes they did what they did to save their mother, but they broke the law. it reminds me of the trolly problem...

[@sprayrider7579]

Man...now I feel bad pushing that mission with the Supernova :(

[@AvalancheVR5757]

Great vid keep up the work

[@TheIssacMorgan]

Thanks, will do!

[@pikadragon6826]

Fun fact: everything in the manufacturing room is a 3D printer. We can probably assume from this that most of the money they got from their sales, at least in the early days, went back into production as a single 3D printer can be any where from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars depending on the model. Not to mention that each one needs to be plugged into a power source causing electric bills to skyrocket, will need to be run for at least an hour even for smaller items, and they’ll have to restock on the filament pretty frequently assuming they keep the production going for as long as they can stay awake. I don’t know the exact timeline of events or any knowledge on their exact earnings and costs, but I’d imagine that early on they only had maybe a few thousand dollars at the end of each month to use outside of the business, which would then all be put into helping their mother. For all we know, the day of the arrest could have been when they would finally be able to break even, finally making enough to possibly get their mother treatment for her cancer. TLDR: 3D printing is hella expensive at the scale they’re working with.

[@xxnuk3miner769]

i just remember playing this level with lethal weapons because i was tired of the non-lethal shotgun and uh.... i did not know about this. ;-;

[@butcherofblaviken7388]

The "Hope you peel better soon 🍌" card on the moms bed broke me

[@szymondembinski7311]

Amazing video man. Keep it up

[@ohsovilly]

babe wake up issac justuploaded a ready or not video

[@prescribedarmday]

Cool level for pistol only runs

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I feel like this mission exists partly to explain why there's fully-automatic weapons in abundance in Los Sueno, which is a nice little consideration to versimilitude. Additionally, missions like this are why I find that Ready or Not isn't quite copaganda. Copaganda usually entails that "the status quo system is good and the police are brave defenders of it" - but in this game it's made very clear that the status quo is awful, dehumanizing, and ultimately unsustainable. The developers really seem to grasp the idea of late-stage capitalist decay in a way that Swat 4 - for insrance - doesn't engage with. In Swat 4, when you stand on the threshold of a stage it's like you're being transported from normal reality to some nightmare world that is alien and wrong. In Ready or Not, it's ALL rotten. In this level, it seems abundantly clear that the real villains are all systemic - yes the men were criminals, yes their deeds will inevitably facilitate misdeeds of MUCH worse individuals, but it's evident they didn't start out as anti-social members of their community. The system in which they lived is predatory and disgusting so the only way they could improve their situation or even survive was by making money OUTSIDE of that system. Copaganda doesn't usually sanction the criminals via their environment. RoboCop's hellhole Detroit never humanizes the criminals who have to exist within it, had to be raised in it. It doesn't say "look at the world these powerful corporations created, of course these people turned out this way" - Ready or Not is a lot closer to doing that. Perhaps it's as close to being Copaganda as The Wire is in this respect.

[@亻刂]

Him saying it’s a lose lose situation is sad.

[@sparky_2826]

As a kid that also has a dad dying of stage3B pancreatic I too have also gone out of my way to take up jobs and try to afford chemo for my dad, I always talked jokingly to my friends and family obout starting to deal drugs or guns or something like that but always secretly thinking to myself that I could end up at just as a bad fate as my dad if I went through with it. I’m no communist or anything but sometimes I really do hate America for not providing free health care like the rest of the west. Watching this video wanted to make me cry. Not with sadness, but of it’s true understanding of realism and humanity.

[@AnugetNamedLeo]

I don’t even know what to say this was so tragic it kinda reminds me of how my grandpa died he died early 2020 from pneumonia,a mix of covid(we think anyway),and lung cancer it was not a good start to the year and it hurt because of all the good memories we had and a bunch of illnesses took him so for anyone who’s going through this or anything traumatic I’m here to talk

[@billlhooo6485]

people struggle and people suffer a lot in the real world, some go to crime because of factors that we cant control. Many families struggles everyday and left without help or any assistant, just feel bad man. There never a good ending in real life.

[@wengel21]

one comments on the IRS, they dont care where you got the money from, they just want you to report it and pay the taxes.

[@TACHANKAMAlN]

I never knew this... I mostly just run and gun this mission and I love to do shenanigans like 360 sniping the old lady with a pistol.

[@SR-Renegade]

Aww yes, another masterpiece from the legend himself. 🙏🏼

[@mr.stealthrt6366]

I think this mission is a real eye opener for what it's like to actually live in the US. Yea I could have 2 jobs and a side gig and be okay, but im working myself to death. So instead of playing my the system and their fucked up rules. I could go against it, keep 1 job for tax purposes and just sell not so legal things on the side and I could make a hell of a lot more money and be a hell of a lot better off in life. That's how a lot of people usually go towards a life of crime to begin with, a fucked up system thats not here to help the working class and only help the people who can afford it. The world is a business and the poor aren't good for business.

[@commander31able60]

in the attic there are a lot of identical 3D printers, some like the one in Vinny's room and some slightly larger ones, as well as 2 laser engravers (the flatter devices with cardboard-coloured plates).

[@janek_van_eyck]

another s tier video, love your content

[@MINHTIEN-wh5kj]

The fact that the painting in their house looks disturbingly familar to vietnamese traditional "Dong Ho" paintings just shock me

[@swisscheese-047-c]

best swat simulator ever fr

[@cpt.honklerof3rdkekistania400]

2 things screwed both the swat team and the family, American health care and gun control laws.

[@ColeTheOldKing]

What a coincidence! I just finished this for the first time with a A+ just last night! Gave all of the AI and myself pepperball guns. Only one suspect had to be taken down with a pistol. It is my canon that he would recover, as he was still breathing. One of the few times my teams morale was raised from a mission

[@lunartears6761]

What’s even more depressing is that the boys getting the money for cancer treatment won’t guarantee that their mother lives. At most, it may only provide for more time and maybe less pain, and funeral costs being covered. If California has a an inheritance tax or something similar, maybe the illegal money could used to cover the cost of that and remodeling the deteriorated home that they won’t have to move out of with their elderly father. Hopefully their father won’t have cancer or some mental decline from age, because they’ll have to keep doing what they’re doing, and even if the parents didn’t call the police, the sons could still have been found out but without any knowledge of of their motives, which means the swat team would naturally treat them like any other ‘violent’ criminal with firearms.

[@ToastedOrRoasted1]

the slap at 10:08 was crazy

[@rev0l3d53]

9:58 These seem to be different types of 3D printers of different sizes, possibly used to print out different sized mods for different guns

[@Taelo]

I've been falling down the rabbit hole of this game, and I wasn't ready for the trauma it would dredge up. My uncle is a cop that's dealt with several situations exactly like this where people 3d print and sell gun modifications. Like you said these are just people trying to make a living, and found more success doing crime because existing in the rat race is unaffordable and unsustainable. I haven't been able to survive working for other people, so I've been trying to start my own business making custom merch for small businesses. Some of which includes 3d printed keychains. But I won't lie, the temptation to do some shady shit just so I can afford a few more groceries is very real. This and the school shooting level are perfect examples of the suffocating capitalist society we live driving people crazy or forcing them to do bad shit to survive. I myself have attempted suicide multiple times because of money and the lack of treatment I was able to get for my gender dysphoria. The moment we advocate for social services it's called communism and gets shut down. The monopolies that control the prices of everything and run our lives lobby the governments to push propoganda to divide the working class and keep us easy to oppress. That way we have no bargaining power. They drip feed us food, housing, and healthcare, when there should be an abundance of everything. I'm glad this game exists and is helping highlight how morally gray everything is. If we can't survive living according to the ways of those who make the law, then what else do we do but turn to crime? Both the cops and crims in this scenario were put there by the powers at be.

[@butterss1178]

RoN feels like its setting up Cyberpunk ngl

[@TheIssacMorgan]

“Shayne, Please Shut Up” has a really killer video talking about exactly that.

[@BRONZEZENN0X]

I got an ad for 3D printers during this video :I

[@evan12697]

based

[@Derah_OG]

Yep, out of all the levels in the game, this is the one I absolutely REFUSE to do with Lethal weapons. Whenever I feel like replaying this level, I always equip the entire squad with non-lethal stuff like the beanbag shotgun, or the pepper spray rifles. It's bad enough we're bringing this entire family to ruin, I don't also want to put them in a coffin as well.