The Tragic Horror of Fear and Hunger 2: Termina

[@marcosm6346]

I love the description, "a doctor, jacked up on pharmaceuticals he found on the street, wielding a greatsword he stole from a museum, beating the everliving shit out of the moon, in the 1940s"

[@axios4702]

I don't know what's funnier, the image, or the concept of a world on which that can happen at all. Epicly, badassly absurd moments like this in super serious grimdark settings is the shit I live for, even if I prefer ending A.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

That sounds like call of Cthulhu/delta green/a interesting weekend I had

[@hafirenggayuda]

​@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvusfear and hunger series do feel having aura of World of Darkness RPG games.

[@anon2034]

@@hafirenggayuda This. But more bleak.

[@xenom2.0]

i read this comment as he was saying it

[@darkeninjx5619]

Olivia watching a random doctor she's known for a day lose his legs then pray once and have them GROW BACK: 🗿

[@Pollymacho]

Prayer is a heck of a thing lol

[@mausebas]

The fact that sylvian can cure everything except for your lifelong drug addiction and the illness that caused you to lose control of your legs would make me try to win the festival

[@boobah5643]

@@mausebas But it's mot Sylvian's festival; it's ostensibly Rehr's, and his portfolio is rather different.

[@mausebas]

@@boobah5643 right, I meant that an ancient god healing everything but my lifelong diseases would make me try to kill everyone around and then myself

[@goose93]

​@@boobah5643bro rehr isn't even actually there

[@nickelakon5369]

Daan's story is basically about how no matter what happens, terrible tragedy, turning into a monster, even dying, the worst fate is becoming an immortal furry.

[@Code_Lune]

An immortal furry with deep pockets.

[@becsterino]

And a thing for kiddies

[@supura7]

Pocket cat interested in daan is 100% because of the blank soul. Every soul has a meaning for each characater.

[@Sleepy-qr9il]

I believe it's more then just "right soul" as that writing is lame and not in Miro writing style.

[@curiousauthor9827]

@@Sleepy-qr9il i think its a combination of factors, thats probably one of them

[@zcritten]

​@@curiousauthor9827as far as I understand, the type of soul you have affects much if a person's life. I actually think daan and pocket cats relationship can be understood with daans constant relationships to old god worshipers (parents were Sylvian cultists, the baron and his daughter) which could be do to with his soul or just that the tragedies that the gods have inflicted to his life has made him an easy target

[@supura7]

@@Sleepy-qr9il I dont really see why it should be lame writing tbh, using a universal rule that you already setted up in a previous game (here the souls impacting peoples life and death), I find this cool. We could also look at it from another perspective ; Daan, because of the blank soul, lived a meaningless life, he basically always "filled" his own identity with others people and their goals ; as a kid, he was pretty much ignored by his parents, the only thing that they gave him was the sylvian healing skills that they learned during crazy ass rituals, so not the most fulfilling heritage. Later in life, he found meaning only when he was in relationships, where he could merge with another person. So when this person dies, he's feeling, "blank". He becomes so desperate that the only way he can stop feeling this void at the core of his essence is to let a dark and vile entity like Pocket Cat controlling him. Pocket Cat possessing Daan's body and soul just show how blank he really becomes when alone again.

[@BBoy4040]

A blank soul could imply somebody whose personality and actions are dependent on their peers and impressions of others.

[@nado1908]

I feel Olivia's B ending stands out. She realizes she was the sole survivor of Termina while stuck in a wheelchair and may or may not be ascending to godhood.

[@Codex_0613]

I don't think anyone ascend to godhood in ending B Olivia's ending B to me is the happiest ending out of everyone she knows she's alive and content with being so, and is able to find a peaceful corner on earth for herself meanwhile everyone else suffer from PTSD one way or another

[@Helm-0]

The ending *stands* out, huh ?

[@A.Singularity]

​@@Helm-0she really **stood** up for herself in that ending

[@PhiltheMoko]

​@@A.Singularityeh oh, this jokes really got *legs*

[@realracoon]

She won even though she was a *leg down* from the rest

[@sagittariusrat4959]

I like to imagine that Daan gets to live a happy life in Ending A, when he makes it back on the train with other contestants. There's still the chance of him getting Pocketcat'd, but with other people sharing some part of his suffering, he also has the chance to find a new life outside of repeated tragedies

[@Gensolink]

unless you gigachad day 1 morning ending A and you dont let the bloodbath begin

[@Y00bi]

Doesn't everyone in the party die in Ending A?

[@Stryfe52]

⁠@@Y00biWell, if you count being absorbed into logic as death, but everyone outside the bunker gets to live.

[@concretemix]

What he needs is to get with Karin, 200%

[@TrueNoirChloeMoko]

​@@Y00biPeople has found out that you can save everyone on the first day as O'saa, or as Abella, and they've solo'd Ending A as either one.

[@taethill6918]

It's amusing how, somehow, the most fucked-up, dark, borderline depressing games, with cruel, seemingly unfair and extremely difficult gameplay, always have the most helpful, friendly and wholesome fandoms

[@littlebighead4482]

i love the funger fandom, they're so goofy too, it makes memes so much funnier given the contrast between them and the actual games

[@iEnjoyiVideos]

​​@@littlebighead4482 I've always just been of the opinion there are things that disturb the comfortable and things that comfort the disturbed. This is the latter.

[@songoku4742]

... less children

[@SingingSealRiana]

And then there is something like undertale, about the unforgivableness of voilence, of how ypu can never come back from some wrongs, about how kindness is always an option and the right one.... And the fandom it a toxic swamp

[@greyblenaut]

I cannot state how much I love the fact that this game takes place roughly around its own WW2 era, and a bunch of the monster and moonscorch designs are homages to two painters who lived through WW2, Francis Bacon and Beksinski. It's such an amazing touch and shout out to those two guys who could make beautifully nightmarish creations. There are other artists referenced as well (like Ito and Geiger) but Bacon and Beksinski are two you seldom see in games

[@Pollymacho]

I had no idea about those influences but I totally get what you mean seeing some of there work. Thanks for the info and for checking this video out!

[@treyflorek8592]

Cool

[@shcdemolisher]

I noticed that with the soldier character who moon tfs into a cannon barrel, the same kind you would see on artillery or a tank.

[@Evil_Noah]

I love Beksiński. So much so that I bought a 4 book collection of all his artwork.

[@CaravanCzar]

I know this is in reference to the other guy with the same name but: "Knowledge is Power. France is bacon."

[@tomjack1000000]

Nice to see someone else pulling out the Heroin before the final boss. Really gives the kick you need.

[@ZorotheGallade]

F&H2: a game where you start out getting oneshot by a giant man with a xenomorph dong and you end up punching a god while on drugs

[@toolatetothestory]

​@@ZorotheGalladeJRPG vibes.

[@toolatetothestory]

@charleshastings7260 You are playing the wrong JRPGs when the power of friendship means something xD

[@timtsai9285]

Here's what I think on why Daan is the one that pocketcat chose: (MASSIVE spoiler warning for both FH1 and FH2) Pocketcat is a servant and creation of the Rher. Rher is also known as the Trickster God and loves to meddle in the plans of others. According to the New Gods, Rher is also a Jealous God, hellbent on preventing humans from achieving their potential. This is why Pocketcat tries to buy the Girl from you in FH1; it's because Rher wishes to prevent the birth of the God of Fear and Hunger. To prevent a second All-mer. Daan's blank soul makes him uniquely suitable to the influences of the Older Gods. Out of all the Gods that we know of, there is one that is especially suited for Daan: The Sulfur God. To explain why I first need to explain a bit about the Sulfur God. The Sulfur God is a God created during All-mer's ascension. It is the formed from the parts of Himself that He wished to discard. Hatred. Anger. Sorrow. Suffering. Despair. As such, this is what the Sulfur God embodies. The Sulfur God also goes by a few other names, most notably the One-eyed God. In ending C it is shown that the Sulfur God only has his right Eye. So here's why Daan is Uniquely suited to the Sulfur God: -Daan has grown up with the influences from the Older Gods. -Daan is filled with most of the emotions associated with the Sulfur God. -Daan lost his wife and her father to the Sulfur God. (If playing as daan, it's revealed that Needles and Stitches are the baron and Daan's wife Elise respectively) -Daan only has his right eye remaining. Putting these things together, it would make sense that if Daan were to join the Sulfur Cult, something big would happen and a creature of great power would be created. Likely rivaling the power of the Gods, perhaps even that of the Older Gods. Maybe Daan would become the embodiment or a vessel of the Sulfur God with which it can influence the world. Regardless of which of these is true, Rher would wish to interfere as it does not tolerate humans becoming this powerful. And Rher would do so by turning Daan into Pocketcat.

[@Pollymacho]

Now that's a solid theory, nicely done!!

[@blotobob331]

Damn, I didn’t even know that the Sulfer God existed. Spot on detective work.

[@YellingAtBirds]

I knew Stitches was his wife but I had no idea Needles was the baron damn

[@rowansmith7214]

@@YellingAtBirds if needles manages to kill daan then you see his corpse with several knives in his back. referencing the fact that someone he was close to both metaphorically and physically stabbed him in the back.

[@cybersearcher1041]

now i wanna see the au of daan becoming a New God(?) like the god of Fear and Hunger. something akin to Sulphur's Herald

[@TheGirlInFandomWorld]

Things I love about F&H Termina + general tips (spoilers): - Use Books of Revelation when you find them, but make an alternate save just in case - Karin can start with a pistol and extra ammo, v useful for preemptive strikes - Marina can start with Necromancy and high Gro-Goroth affiliation, meaning she can get meat shields for combat right off the bat and gets some fun offensive magic - Abella's B ending has her INVENTING SPACE TRAVEL all so she can go to the moon herself and get some answers from Rher. She deadass looked a literal old god in the face and went "Don't make me come up there!" and followed through on the threat.

[@Pollymacho]

These are great, thanks for the tips! Also Abella's ending B is hilarious!

[@GoldenRosesss]

You dare mess with me? I'm coming for you!

[@WobblesandBean]

And that's why Abella is my favorite.

[@BironBironBiron]

All Oldegard folks were literally built different Who the fuck saw a cosmic horror and went "Yeah, i have some question for this thing and i need no simple residue, traces, corpse, whatever that fake thing is to answer me. I WANT THE REAL DEAL" Also, some cannibal Oldegard in the past: "Well that evil guy is already dead, may as well send ALL THIS WRETCHED THING on this dungeon to accompany him to hell"

[@uraniumsgloriousjunkyard6194]

15:34 It would have been interesting if some of your party members will betray you in certain situations. For example, some party members turning on you to try and kill you if you are below a certain amount of health and it is just the two of you. Or a party member poisoning all of your food while you sleep on the last day. Other contestants ambushing or hunting you in a group in the later days would have been interesting as well. With them making their own parties and alliances like the player.

[@milsteinreicadorniga891]

The poisoning happens iirc, by the chef if invited to the safe zone. Though, yes, not a party member.

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

I know damn well the second the NPCs start to party up people with start shipping.

[@juliododd860]

interestingly enough, in the first game, a party member could actually betray you. it was his standard way of interacting with you, and you couldn't really get around it.

[@ericknorskr8568]

the game is in active development tho, who knows!!

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

@@ericknorskr8568 Its not in development it is in currently being updated.

[@bigtacotime4382]

playable tanaka gonna be crazy. day 3 tanaka's character development is awesome and its gonna be fun seeing it in POV but also, all those tanaka deaths are gonna be fun to see POV too.

[@Pollymacho]

Oh for sure! Curious if Marcoh is going to have unique dialogue with him. Their friendship is such a cool addition, I wonder if it can carry over as the player.

[@bigtacotime4382]

@@Pollymacho with all the dialogue choices this game offers, there's for sure gonna be multiple moments of either wholesome bromance or straight up murder.

[@zephshoir]

42:36 It is just fantastic that the very last line of his epilogue has that distinct Pocketcat quality to it when it wasn't there before. Phenomenal storytelling!

[@vergilsgamingchair8772]

Isn't it, old sport?

[@mail9897]

@@vergilsgamingchair8772 absolute CHILLS

[@mr_alphabet0]

@@mail9897SAME HERE,, at first it sounds like any epilogue from a unimportant narrator,, until that line, when you KNOW it's the Pocketcat himself talking to Daan

[@wildfire9280]

@@vergilsgamingchair8772 ah hell nah, they turned Dave into Pocketcat

[@treyflorek8592]

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[@axios4702]

I feel like pointing out how awesome the name Fear and Hunger is. Not only is it describing two of the game's main mechanics, they are also two ominous and powerfull words. It feels like the words you would use to describe an age or a tragedy.

[@hermesl9884]

it is also the literal name of one of the gods and despite what idea the name invokes the god is actually one of the kinder ones

[@johnfrock7206]

It's also the name of the era after the first game to the "modern" era in the second game with the god of fear and hunger forcing humanity to evolve and become better

[@boobah5643]

@@johnfrock7206 As I recall, the first game calls it 'the age of cruelty.' Part of the reason it's able to motivate humanity is because it understands humanity more than the Old Gods can, and it has far more power than the New Gods, crippled by their method of 'ascension.'

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@boobah5643 This. The God of Fear and Hunger is ironically very kind and merciful, but she knows humanity will stagnate unless they can unify and innovate to overcome the harsh cruelty of existence.

[@MYTHONICS]

Great video! The scenes this game has, like a doctor high on every drug known to man hitting the moon with a sword are fantastic

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks man! Termina really is a canvas for some masterful and absurd mental images.

[@xiiiz5703]

Trickster god? Festival? A creepy moon? Three days? Termina?! That sounds VERY familiar. Fear and Hunger 2: Majora’s Mask.

[@hiroparadise8152]

You might be onto somethinf sherlock, but I can't quite put my finger on it

[@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard]

D A W N O F T H E F I N A L D A Y

[@Le_Vernes]

Good authors borrow, great authors steal

[@PharaohofAtlantis]

That is actually brought up in the game!

[@treyflorek8592]

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[@benhajvan]

That's why I love ending a for Daan. It's the only one that lets you end things without him becoming that demon plus you save a bunch of people.

[@ZorotheGallade]

I also like that when he examines enemy corpses he acts detached and professional if he's the player character, but if he does it as a party member he peppers his observation with colorful remarks and personal comments. It's as if he feels the strict need to not let his emotions loose when he's along, but is more comfortable speaking his mind when in company. (...well, it could also be the fact the first version of the dialogue is also used if the player character claims Daan's soul and learns the skill for themselves, but hush)

[@Grilldude]

Yea but then you could play O'saa and save everyone (but yourself)

[@benhajvan]

@@ZorotheGallade Yeah, that's really an awesome touch. Miro really did an amazing job bringing those characters to life.

[@benhajvan]

@@Grilldude Honestly that's my fav ending of the game. I just also don't want Daans story to end as the pocketcat.

[@jeffpulohanan9226]

He actually still becomes pocketcat whatever happens

[@NightmareExplorer]

I couldn't find the courage to face this game by myself but I watched countless hours of playthroughs and analyses. It's truly a gem of indie gaming scene!

[@OldIronJohnson]

The worst thing about Daan turning into Pocketcat is getting called a "dirty degenerate furry" verbatim.

[@Pudding404]

Daan got that epic victory Royale. Honestly from a character standpoint, Daan has the most fleshed out character if you choose to play as him. I love all the contestants in different ways. I really would love to play as August and Caligura the most. This game series really is a gem.

[@Gead_Hiver]

Me and my friend have fallen down a rabbit hole with this game it's just so damn cool

[@thebubbleruler7748]

Facts the more I play the better it gets

[@beanboy12.1]

Father hugos fight was originally more disturbing, as he had a marriage with a cherub

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

He IS a priest...

[@0ctobuss]

This was a REALLY good video- the point about soul types at the end is honestly what fascinated me the most, but defo agree with your critiques overall, thanks for making this! Would love more Termina content from you if you felt up for it in future! Also shouts to Wormgirl; she was the reason I picked this game up in the first place! Highly rec her lore videos if anyone is curious but unsure to pick this game up!

[@simopen]

hell yeah wormgirl

[@Amin-al-Husseini_1941picture]

she even starts out with a gun, pretty OP character

[@lazycedi22]

The Fear And Hunger series is like what happens when you both combine difficulty and rng to the mix and termina isn't no different to that aspect.Love the video btw

[@Validan28]

Polly, if theres one thing I love about this, is that we had the almost exact same playthrough except two main differences. I chose to pickpocket as Daan, and once I reached that point of needing to make a decision. I made the opposite decision, I refused to kill the other contestants if I could help it and give a middle finger to pocket cat after seeing his time over if you rest past the night of day 3. Olivia and Marcoh were my god damn rocks as I barrelled through all I could trying to find a way ANY way. And then in the museum I met that damn cat again and he let the info slip. That there 'was' something else. Went into the bunker realized what I had to do, picked up Marina as I did not realize she was in trouble and saved her, and we proceeded to head down and deep until I used everything in my power to defeat the final gauntlet of ending A before me. And even I nodded and smiled as it felt like Daan, Olivia, Marcoh, and Marina made their decision to end the festival their own way and they did even at the cost. And man after seeing the other endings possible was I SO glad I did that cause DAMN everything else sucks lol. I only wish I was able to save more of the people but I spent my time searching for so long most became moonscorched. Four made it out and I'm glad Tanaka was one of them, felt like him and marcoh had that moment and Tanaka grew from it. I love this difference and crossroad we both approached entirely differently.

[@Pollymacho]

That is really cool! I can't believe how our playthroughs diverged, great job getting ending A, I have yet to get that one (That Platoon is nuts lol). Also incredibly sick you got Tanaka out of Prehevil. Thanks for sharing your playthrough, this is great!

[@Gorvak]

All of Daan's endings end with him either Dead, Turned (into a pedophilic furry) or Tortured. A true tragic character. I feel for him2

[@littlehorn0063]

Pocketcat eats children, he doesn't fiddle with them... probably...

[@twat1695]

The cat thingy is a pedo???

[@wildfire9280]

@@twat1695 Whatever you do, don’t read the original pocketcat book from the first game.

[@twat1695]

@@wildfire9280 damn well now I’m interested 😭where can I find it??

[@dragonbowrghr5937]

​@@twat1695It should be on KZbin or the wiki. Also in the first game, he will comment on how much he likes The Girl's ankles and hips if you sell her to him. Then he starts fidgeting the hand in his pocket

[@SillyGirlKisser74]

my favorite character in the game is Samarie, not because of gameplay or anything I just like her story, and seeing her become Dysmorphia is really sad

[@foncess]

That Marina bar interaction is really cool. I’ve never had them both in the bar before outside of my playthrough as Marina, but he’ll just make you the drink without question if you’re playing as her. I would’ve never seen that otherwise

[@zapshark9031]

Please consider playing Daan's story again as there is more thing you can find about his past in town to give him closure in spite of the ending.

[@thomaswood8405]

I really enjoyed this. Your playthrough was like an additional story on top of the base game. If you're a big fan of Daan, you should check out some of his dialogue with Karen. They're a riot together.

[@Pollymacho]

I've gotta give that dynamic a shot, thanks for the recommendation! I caught few interactions with Daan and O'ssa and those two have been an interesting dynamic.

[@innocentorphan1213]

Let's just remember though that all the alternate dimension travel and searching effigys is because there's a crate blocking a path through a couple boxes and barrels littered around the street leading to the temple district.

[@Pollymacho]

Hey viewers, So this video popped off in a way that no other video has done before. So I just wanted to say thanks for checking it out, hope you enjoyed it (Or enjoying it if your a rascal who reads youtube comments while watching the video. I would know, I'm one of them) . It's reaching a point where they are so many comments that I'm struggling to replay to everyone but I am reading them. So I just wanted to say whether its some nice words, critiques, etc. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. Have a great day, and for those brave souls willing to explore Prehevil, have a blast!

[@κεηγση]

great video, Pollymacho! really enjoying your commentary and critiques :) be well!

[@AllMyInkHybrid]

I'm a big fan of the Fear and Hunger games!!

[@gilbo5957]

it deserved it, good job!

[@arcane9727]

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[@jaejaeagogo]

Nature of the beast when a video is goddamn immaculate.

[@wiaf8937]

i like how you describe the boss that has that weakpoint, that you solved with brain >9000 in the footage, but blurred it to the point of us having no chance seeing which it was. That felt really good. I find it jarring in videos, such as this, to voice something like that in the script but show some filler b-roll in the visual. Well done, you've surely earned the holy trinity of comment, sub and like up

[@lanader8871]

15:10 there's actually one more situation that can happen. If you save Daan and Olivia as NPCs and they are in the same place (train or PRHVl Bop) in the morning of the 3rd day Daan would actually "kill" Olivia, as well as having himself "removed from companion pool" shall we say. So, that makes me think that there's either more, but we don't know, or will be added. Either way, that's a tip for all of you if you do perfect A ending

[@salmon6204]

This happened to me on my first playthrough. Words cannot describe the sheer shock and horror I felt seeing Daan-Pocketcat leaving the museum with Olivia's wheelchair, just knowing something horrible had happened. I spent minutes frantically running around the museum searching for her, and when I did find her I wished I hadn't looked. I felt sadness for Olivia, guilt for not acting sooner, anger towards Daan, and a looming sense of dread when I realized Tanaka and karin were also unaccounted for. No other game has been able to make me feel all those emotions in such a short amount of time before.

[@Lord_Drogothag]

​@@salmon6204I can not believe you had tanaka alive for day 3

[@salmon6204]

@@Lord_Drogothag as long as you don't go too far into the bunker on D1M it's pretty easy to keep him alive people meme on him for having the most unique death scenes but imo samarie is way harder to save

[@Stryfe52]

⁠@@salmon6204Funny you say that. I basically always got Tanaka killed by either myself or Needles because I just did not want to go through the stress of dealing with that clown later in the city. Yet I saved Samarie before literally any of the other contestants because I spent all of D1M wandering around with Abella.

[@dustgraystone9448]

​@@salmon6204I have the solace that likely Daan isn't even control of himself at that point.

[@iftyive6094]

How Stein faced the fear in 2 easy steps: Step 1: Realizing The Power of Friendship Stein learned that sentiments alone will not grant him the stregnth to challenge a god Step 2: Realizing the power of abusing government regulated narcotics

[@ShiftingFixations]

Everyone’s playthroughs are a unique and beautiful yet seemingly equally plausible experience. Who you start with as the player, who you have in your party, how you opt to handle the task laid before you at the start… fascinating storytelling, this game is so cool. I am not sure I have it in me to play it (and the first) myself but I will not tire of hearing the stories people craft as they traverse this dark, twisted, interesting, excellent world. Excellent run and great video!

[@ZorotheGallade]

And all that is thanks to saves being so restricted. In a game where you can save at any moment, you can just brute force through anything. Save, face an obstacle, reload if it doesn't go the way you wanted. But when your last save is one hour ago, every loss is something you have to play around by digging into your resources and skills and figuring how to best use them to give yourself a shot at reaching the next save point.

[@r0utine]

thank you so much for including subtitles! also, it's always a joy to see more video essays covering the Fear of Hunger series :)

[@burymeinjhenny918]

I very much agree

[@Pollymacho]

Glad the subtitles are working well and thanks for watching!

[@norka5185]

I sure hope PocketCat identifying Daan as such a fitting host isn't a weird nod to some dark past stuff involving children. Sylvian transgressions against a child would definitely blank/void a soul in this universe, I think.

[@michaelburgos8127]

The Fear and Hunger series is my favorite and you sir have done it justice. I love the thematic style of your video as you took us on the journey with you. You are a fantastic content creator and i hope you have more videos like this. Very well done sir.

[@Pollymacho]

Thank you Michael! I'm honored to have done the game justice!

[@CrazyWizza]

My god what a great video and introspection of Termina

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

4:16 That's the most hilarious way to put the dismemberment system. Bravo brother

[@Mglay556]

This game is amazing and knows how’s to hurt everyone’s feelings while you fight for your life to not become a pervert cat

[@spaceace9103]

Excited to see you cover the full game, loved your vid on the demo

[@agliolive]

I was actually on the brink of giving up the game after running in circles for a week now which is why I decided to just watch a video on Termina. But after watching this and how your story with Daan unfolded, I'm inspired to continue and explore what fate awaits the other characters. Thank you for this

[@Trauson]

In the end I think this is kind of one of the "fairest" battle royals. Because aside Oosa, everyone is kind of like... not knowing what is happening and plus they will all get moonscorched eventually. Idk which one is going to be the canon ending but the whole thing with Logic sounds like the True Route. In the end the fight with the moon god doesnt lead anywhere and maybe the Sulfur god thingie is going to be ok.

[@phyllotaxis]

I do love that Daan is allowed to attack Pocketcat at the museum, as far as I'm concerned stomping on his body was Daan's good ending.

[@patrickfiedler5187]

Finally these days F&H gets some attention! Such a great detailed series of unforgiving, unapologetic indie goodness!

[@BraveAbandon]

15:00 yeah fully agreed! I completely expected that more people would act emotionally on the dream instructions they were all given, and especially regard each other with much more fear and suspicion and violence after exploring the first half-day/day.

[@DungEnjoyerr]

4:44 something you forgot to add is that you can succeed the coin flip in these attacks if you guard (Enemies with a coin flip attack will show you that beforehand, for example, the guards from fear n hunger 1 will say "the stinger is pulsating" before doing the grab attack.)

[@uvarojiza3888]

The text "the stinger is pulsating" is just one of 2 thing the stinger can do, the coin flip attack is at the 2 around and after that every third round

[@Eduss97]

@@uvarojiza3888 my smartass was about to comment this, seems i have delve too deep in f&h again

[@ZorotheGallade]

[Crow Mauler has entered the chat]: "WHERE IS YOUR COIN NOW?"

[@xshootingxstarsx]

I'm only minutes in the video but I have to say I appreciate you for saying to others who aren't comfortable with subjects to take care and whatnot. That's so sweet and considerate of you- an instant subscribe!

[@caitilines]

Fear and Hunger and a series, and Termina especially are some of my favorite games ever. I follow about 90% of the creators you mentioned, and i especially love Frapollo94! The developer really leaned into picking your own style and how that affects the story, really draws you into playing the game in multiple ways and multiple attempts. Daan, Olivia, and Marco are some of my favorite characters. Each character is really in depth and allows you to learn about them and their motives/story. These endings were so much better than Fear and Hunger, they absolutely went SICKO MODE in leaning the lore and how gods are created and never truly die. Really really loved this video!!! Thank you for highlighting the series in such a positive but critical light!!!

[@Pollymacho]

Thank you for the really cool comment! Glad you got some enjoyment out of this!

[@Geegs]

3:45 The note played by the piano is the exact same in tone and near-identical in timbre to the first note in the Windows XP shutdown sound and I cannot unhear it every time it plays.

[@bug_under]

im really happy to be alive and aware of this game, i feel like it will become really popular one day

[@darkin2311]

the last fight is even more dramatic when you realize that Needle is the Baron von Dutch

[@SerenityVanguard]

2.5k subs?!?! Are you kidding me!! I’m probably a broken record to you at this point, but I’ll mirror the sentiment of the other commenters. Your channel deserves more subs. Great narration and storytelling on an already uncomfortable and profound game. Hope your other videos pop off!!

[@Pollymacho]

Thank you! Glad you found the video entertaining. It's nuts how this video is doing views wise. Thanks for the nice words and checking this out!

[@Gensolink]

amazing video, having beaten it just a few hours ago as of the date of posting it's great how you managed to create a story out of the struggles you've had and your approach to the game

[@Pollymacho]

Yo congrats on beating the game, pat yourself on the back!

[@callmequaz9052]

I very much like how, in a game as brutal and unpredictable as Fear and Hunger, arguably the most brutal and difficult part, the combat, is the most consistent and reliable. Once you know how an enemy behaves and how to fight it, that never changes. You've now got some level of comfor and assurance, which is massive in a game as brutal as these.

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

Outstanding work

[@Pollymacho]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mrrogers7393]

I haven’t seen anyone comment on the similarities to Zelda Majoras Mask, a three day cycle, a creepy moon and taking place in Termina.

[@balasubramanianb2308]

Funger is peak gaming and storytelling experience. Your meta commentary was top notch hope to see more f&h content

[@trycijcks]

That's is actually so refreshing to hear someone talking about fear and hunger characters with a real sympathy instead of jokes or talking about them like mechanisms in much wider story, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just refreshing to hear some compassion

[@berongkun]

You're a great story teller. Hope more eyes see your work. Cheers!

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Hyperion_Driver]

Worm Girl's content just *cheff's kiss* - nice recomendation

[@theabyssalguardian4521]

27:00 this music has such a way of causing panic even if you’re not necessarily in immediate danger I love it

[@baldmadmac]

30:18 adorable that "yay"

[@vladimirserpov6773]

My first walkthrough was for Marcoh. I've started with finishing Tanaka off just couple screens away from the train. It downspiraled from that point. Magic Marcoh on drugs is a murder-machine. The game really encourages player to hunt those contestants down and becomes nigh unbearably hard if you don't, unless one is playing Abella who can wrench-toss and later on lawnmower-blade through most problems😂

[@ZorotheGallade]

Engineer gaming

[@Stryfe52]

Bro Abella literally carried me through Prehevil, and that was as a *party member*

[@Blorpus]

it's like if you took the terrifier movies, sprinkled in a bit of ww1, and topped it off with some depression

[@amandap7733]

Fear & Hunger is one of those game series I'm endless fascinated by but know I wouldn't have a good time playing so I live vicariously through other players describing their journeys.

[@ZorotheGallade]

I agree the game would be much more interesting if the characters you don't pick were more proactive in the battle royale. Especially if, given F&H's history of very obscure actions with far-flung consequences, you could manipulate hostilities between others. Maybe you could inscribe Gro-Goroth's sigil on someone as Marina, and if they encounter O'saa Nas'hrah pushes him to murder them as he's still got a chip on his nonexistant shoulder from that time he was annihilated. Or give another contestant the armor of a Bremen soldier together with a face-covering headgear so that Marcoh will mistake them for a soldier and kill them before he can realize his mistake. Or kill Marina and plant one of her items on another contestant, causing them to be ambushed by Samarie/Dysmorphia. Just pitching ideas here. If the game ever gets modded maybe we'll see such things.

[@eagefrien4142]

So this video got me so interested I went and bought both games, idk when I’ll be able to play them, but I’m excited for pain

[@Pollymacho]

Glad to have been a part of the journey, good luck!

[@Halusinasion]

Daan is the character with the most unique dialogues and interactions with others. In the intro, August literally lectures Karin about his experience and knowledge, it was funny as hell.

[@Pokogirl]

I've been binging Fear and Hunger videos. This is by far one of the best. I'd love to see more.

[@PapilioMemnon_]

Great video!!! Highly underrated channel and I can’t wait to see what you put out next :-)))

[@DanielGonzalez-wo1ce]

If i remember correctly Daan is some related to Sulfur so maybe for that pocket is so interested in Daan since his main work is to stop potential humans to become gods

[@rogerith7905]

This comment is for the Termina thematical critique section: As much as I like the idea of the other characters being more interactive in the festival to me personally it doesn't make sense when a lot of them are just very logical people, I can see a few getting involved asap like Ossa, or maybe even Levi but other then that a lot of the player characters at this time don't have a real reason to go murdering each other right away...that's why they go about their schedule, none the of the other characters oppose a threat. now for the none playable characters, well they are a different story because I can for sure see Pav, Samarie, and Caligura just going our of their way from the getcho to kill people and I mean by all rights they already do sorta but other then that I feel it would hurt the games more believable character writing to have them just go for it from the start or even by the second day start, I feel as though most of our playable characters have the mental fortitude to withstand this sort of shock or even be skeptical about their even being a festival or truly something....'magical' or eldritch like going on, I mean for fuck sake Karin will keep thinking this is a experiment crafted by the rival army forces even through day two..which is nuts to me sure but to her it must make logical sense, so even though its a rad idea I think it may be a step in the wrong direction for the contestance to act more...blood thirsty.

[@Pollymacho]

That's a solid take, well put!

[@toolatetothestory]

I feel like Marina would also know that shit is going down, better get to it.

[@franciasii2435]

For me, Levi was always my favorite. To me, he was the most uniquely tragic character. He was an orphaned child-soldier. His choices on the train are "a suicide mission", and "to abandon it", the choices of which, leave you with some loot, and a heroin addiction, or..? Nothing. Nada. You abbandoned your mission, to save your sanity, but what did you lose? The same goes for taking the mission. You got some loot, but what did you lose? These kinds of war experiences are very hard for even some grown adults to deal with, so being a child and dealing with that, must be hard. Levi almost can never win. To me, in the game, Levi doesn't buddy up if you pick another character. He travels alone, much like his millitary training would have taught him. That's why he drops the solitary soul. He makes stashes, and is capable enough by himself to take on some tough enemies, further cementing to himself, that 'he doesn't need anyone', which is likely a defense mechanism he developed, since the world would take his friends, and seemingly everything else in his life. He had to learn to rely on himself, and not to rely on others, whether he wanted it or not. And finally, the cherry on top, his moonscorched form, "weeping scope." What is weeping scope, really? Descriptivly, it's a man, with a gaudy, barrel-like growth, spouting from his face. However, it doesn't appear to grow organically, it looks more like some kind of tumor. To me, the moonscorching is a kind of a monkey-paw for your desires/insecurities. Marina wants to 'be someone else', to emerge from a COCOON into someone/something else. Marcoh wants to be strong, so the game makes him hideously large and malformed, but, hey, he's strong. Karin wants to venerate soldiers like a valkerie, and O'saa wants to obtain knowledge. Olivia is tricky. She might want to feel more comfortable with her wheelchair, to feel more human, but the moonscorching takes it the other way, and instead makes her more robotic to fit in with her wheelchair. Anyway, back to Levi. Levi wants to be the best soldier, a fate and goal no child should really want or have, but it was 'inorganically' thrust apon him. Just like in the intro sequence, Levi is given a choice where he loses either way. His moonscorching turns him into a better solider, at the cost of changing him physically. The gun barrel from his face, and by extension, fighting and war are now an insperable part of him, and he's hideous. That is the true nature of war. War is not beautiful, it is a hideous growth that changes you into something else whether you like it or not. You will be a better soldier, but at what cost? What did you lose? The weeping scope is a child. A child watching as the horrors of war shape him into a killing machine, a hideous, monstrous, killing machine. The child inside that "perfect soldier" is crying. These are the burdens no child should have to take, and yet here he is, shouldering them. I can imagine a levi in an early stage of his transformation, watching himself in the mirror, and sobbing, being afraid and scared of what will happen, like a child, because that's what he still is. A child. The child with the trauma of being a solider. It really took me weeks to piece all of this together, and that's honestly why I think he is the most tragic character. My hat goes off to the dev. This is a masterclass in charcter design.

[@Pollymacho]

This is a really intelligent reading of Levi, well said and thank you for sharing!

[@franciasii2435]

@Pollymacho thanks! I think I missed some details, but I still think this is a good summary to his transformation and role in the game.

[@SirFailsalot91]

Honestly, Fear & Hunger is a perfect fit for the idea of grimdark: a world that doesn't care who you are - a respected doctor, a compassionate priest, a noble war hero, a slimy businessman, a silver-tongued pickpocket or a pitiful beggar - bad things can and will happen to anyone at any time, nothing feels fair, people will commit some of the most horrific acts against each other for any reason or no reason at all, and the only way you can survive, even just barely, is to be willing to be a part of it all. I know "grimdark" may have been diluted by years of seeing it plastered over Warhammer 40K stuff, but actually seeing it play out, the oppressive miserable universe behind all those fantastic space battles and how utterly depressing everything actually is, you definitely get the feeling of just how bad things can actually get - those mighty heroes are the vast minority, not everyone gets to become a powerful figure capable of influencing the world, the trillions of others are just mere scratch marks on the great tablet of history, if even that, and the universe will not care one bit. It's pretty much a step or two below cosmic horror, but I definitely find it fascinating just how people can play with the idea of grimdark without being edgy for edginess' sake, and the setting for Fear & Hunger really is a great fit for the genre - I'm curious just whether there'll be a third installment or if more external media will be made.

[@Mephisto-3]

This is very well made. I loved it! Thank you very much:)

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks for watching, glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@buddakream978]

Everybody seems to remember Father Hugo as this notable fight but he died like a punk when I was playing as Marcoh. He didn't even get the chance to strip down to his skibbies.

[@avalon-vx]

This is a sick video dude prob my fav one about fear and hunger 2, you can tell how much you love the whole concept which is sick cause i feel the same way, definitely a one of a kind game and stands alone in how good it is even against the first fear and hunger

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks for the nice comment! There are a lot of great videos covering Termina, but you do me quite the compliment, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Iris_the_managarmr]

Greetings from Russia Why is it so fun for me, having completed the game with all the endings, and having completed the mazo-mod, to watch videos of people talking about the Termina?

[@dominussharith9016]

Thank you, I love more people covering these games. And this video is fantastic. I would love for you to either do more about this game. Or do one about the first game.

[@Pollymacho]

Glad you liked it! I may be covering some other stuff for a bit, but at some point I want to check out the First game.

[@daniellin6140]

I remembered my playthrough of fear and hunger 2 with me also playing daan, discovering the sad story of Samaria, even with the minor amount of context felt melancholy due to the situations that happened to her and shown what the game truly was, a dark mirror to life.. Also as you seemly enjoyed this game and seen you to be preserving, I think you should play a indie game called Lobotomy Corporation. It’s like fear and hunger termina but minus the nudity but having an amazing story and many twist, and knowing that all of the game mechanics are thier for a REASON, through it’s own dystopian world with its own dark stories to tell. If you are able to preserve and take on the games challenges (with maybe taking a few for the experience mods) you discover a game that I would compare to fear and hunger termina .(Actually thier is 1 exception to nudity but it’s not that bad)

[@Pollymacho]

Oh sweet, i'll look into it. Thanks for the Recommendation Daniel!

[@daniellin6140]

Oh I forgot to note that it is a time sink and the dark story does take some time to reveal itself

[@Stryfe52]

On top of Lobotomy Corp, he’s gotta play Ruina.

[@Soulsworth69]

Every time I think of this game, it really reminds me a good bit of Majora's Mask. Termina is the name of the land in Majora's Mask, There's the tower you go to the top of to face the falling moon, and the 3 day time limit. I'm sure the game took some inspiration from it.

[@kitfox7182]

I watched this on my TV yesterday while cooking dinner. Popped onto your channel on my PC afterwards to check out more vids and I'm shocked you don't have 10x the amount of subscribers. You're well spoken. You've got solid scripts. You let your personality shine through the content. You're passionate about the subject of your videos. Great video and keep it up! Thanks for bringing my attention to this game - it's on my list for sure.

[@Pollymacho]

Man this comment is so nice, thank you! Gotta say I'm extremally honored my goofy video was able to be on the big screen, that's wicked! Thank for taking the time to share your kind words, stuff like this reminds me why I love doing this, hope you enjoy the videos!

[@AdsOfSteelGaming]

Sharing information around a smaller indie game in a niche community is the post internet equivalent of talking Zelda NES on the pre internet playground in grade school. Absolutely magical. Love it

[@Pollymacho]

That is such a cool comparison and I'm honored this video could do that for you, thanks for watching!

[@an_oracle]

As someone whose not done with the game yet but has put in dozens of hours, my one critique is that while Prehevil is an interesting setting, i was hoping for a secret reveal location similar to Fear and Hunger 1. By far the most incredible moment for me in the first F&H was making it to the Le'gard, thinking i was done, and then finding out there was a full city to explore, completelt changing the feel from q dungeon crawler to a strange abstract horror. It feels like Rher's realm is supposed to give off a similar feeling but... its just kinda wood? Idk it just doesnt hit as hard. Everything else about the game is qmazing, and im looking forward to seeing it improve further and further.

[@austinhooper6372]

First playthrough my roommate says that Levi looks exactly like me. We laugh. Get his backstory, child soldier. There is a running joke with my friends that I was a child soldier. Laugh again. He's got PTSD. I've got most of the symptoms, so close enough. Decide that I am Levi for as long as I play the game. Get into the actual game, blow away tutorial boss with a shotgun. Give every enemy the thousand yard stare and the "..." option, there will be no mercy. Refuse to do heroine, I like my pain and suffering raw thank you very much, now I am at 70% base stats for the entire game. Always liked a challenge. Proceeds to play the game like I am speedrunning DOOM, run and gun the entirety of Prehevil. Make it to the tower Day 1 out of sheer stubborness (bolt cutters and lucky ammo loot). Watch Pav get sliced. Decide to stop his bleeding since I dont need the cloth fragment, I will die the moment I get into battle. Decide on the spot to save anyone I can, except that albino who scowled at me on the train. Ugly prick. Get into the museum, put together the fluted armor, steal a sword (swords and guns are the weapons of the doomslayer) and accidentally make it past the clock just trying to learn the controls of the clock. Nice. Dungeon is still locked. Not nice. I tear apart the entirety of prehevil and the woods beyond it. Die to a clown with a thing for needles. Lose heroine addiction somehow. I think it was the BDSM ghost orgasm, but I don't ask questions. Track him down and get revenge with my fixed stats. Fight a centaur that still haunts my dreams, find a bunker, find a yellow priest, convince him to be my bro with the power of friendship, turn on some giant comouter. Find another bunker in the sewers, fight some rat people and a big dog, turn on another computer. Feeling pretty strong at this point. Go back to the starting area, find another bunker, shit my pants at the elephant man chasing me, escape using a sigil. Made it back to the white bunker before I realized I never turned on the third computer. Curses loud enough to wake my roommate in another room. Fight a tank demon baby. Fight some old dude in a bath robe. Became a computer or something. Basically everyone gets out alive, except for me and my boi. 10/10, great game. Would shoot people with leprosy again.

[@Pollymacho]

Thank you for this tale, I really enjoyed reading it. Outstanding work!

[@alexandragabitto2573]

Daan is that one dude who fought Cthulhu and survived even though he was physically and emotionally changed by the experience forever…only to get thrown into another crazy experience lol.

[@_404notfound_3]

for anyone who doesn't know, pocket cat knows you, the player, from fear and hunger 1, he had a similar thing where his currency was children, he'd give you some absolutely amazing items for the little girl you rescue at the beginning of the game

[@user-pz3mn6pb5w]

After literally 7 hours of actual playing and 4 hours of save scumming for salmon snake rune, I got the 3 accessories combo being salmon snake rune, leachmonger ring and the hardened heart plus engraving of fear of and hunger, making me quite literally unkillable (save from coin flips). I love this game lol

[@LC-iw3ll]

Really great video! I appreciate how much effort you put into it and your dedication to a pretty hard character to play as compared to some of the more traditional tanks like Abella or Marcoh.

[@thatterrariaguidenpc8054]

played the game for the first time, instantly gravitated to O'saa because I recognize him as the same yellow mage from the previous game Safe to say I did NOT expect him becoming god like when i decided to get the spice forge.

[@Pollymacho]

O'saa is such a cool character, great choice! And way to go with the Spice Forge, that skill is so good!

[@tacoeater8417]

Its crazy how you have so much views but almost nobody is subscribing! Your videos are amazing and I will keep watching them from now on!

[@Pollymacho]

Thanks, hope you get some enjoyment out of them!

[@RichterTheRat]

On your criticism of the narrative, I feel that the characters being mostly decent people pretty much explains why none of them besides the absolute scumbags(Caligura) and cowards(Henryk) participate in the death game. They feel like real people because people don't just attack eachother to survive like in a bad anime. Most people in general would try to find an alternative way out of the nightmare. Horror is not horror unless it is about good or relatable people trapped in a nightmarish situation. If everyone in the death game is a bad person or trying to kill you then there is no weight to making the decision to kill another character. Even so, the battle royale aspect of it is not the bottom line of the game and more of a plot device to explain why the characters are there and to give the player a time limit. Way I see it, it's actually way more messed up that the gods have to use divine intervention just to make these people kill eachother when they otherwise wouldn't.

[@Pollymacho]

I can see where your coming from with this and I do agree that having people looking for alternate ways aside from the royale is great, these characters are fantastic! I actually really like Henryk transition in the game. He starts like a likeable enough, guy trying to help out the group and offering to cook for you. But as the days pass, he starts to get paranoid and then THAT happens. And that betrayal can be really impactful because for most of the game, he's been apart of this group of survivals. It's only when his back is push against the wall that he cracks. I find that idea of taking good people and forced into circumstances to do horrible things as a additional aspect of the horror Termina has set up.

[@Flygonian]

i hope in Fear and Hunger 3, there's a voice acting story mode, so we could hear what's their voice looks like. I feel bad to Daan, he was a special character having a blank soul and thanks for people who make theories and opinion about him. I understood now why he has blank soul.

[@Blewlongmun]

18:45 A year later and I have to ask, who is Daan talking to if he's pocket cat? I know the theory that pocket cat is a sort of an extra dimensional immortal being but I find it interesting you can just meet him normally playing as Daan. The contestants seem to be special in that they moonscorch into powerful monsters compared to normal abominations, for how detail oriented this game is it feels weird that there's a second potential PC completely unmentioned throughout the game. I wouldn't put it past this series to have the rare side event be cannon over the common one, IE Daan could become PC but never actually does. I feel a similar enjoyment from Funger and I do One Piece, it's such a well realized world I can't help but wonder where it's going.

[@MegaDchamp]

Knowing Rher, my theory is that Daan's blank soul makes him a candidate for an ascended god, which both pisses off and terrifies Rher. So he has his servant Pocketcat follow Daan, cash in on his misfortunes, and attempt to sway him into assuming the title, also enslaving Daan and ensuring he never attains the means to reach godhood.

[@dustgraystone9448]

I'm kinda happy that the other contestants don't try to murder each other on the drop of a hat. I don't know but that gives it a more grounded feel... despite everything aboit this world. And besides, I think it would be a VERY different game if it leans much more on the battle royale aspect.