Warframe - Old Friend | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@ApplejackDaniels]

I also vote for a reaction to "We All Lift Together" and "For Narmer" but they have to be listened in that order, I think, for full effect.

[@rubberytatsu]

I think you should also check out simles from juran, ghosts of the void, and the zariman combat and ambience tracks Also the tracks from the orb vallis and the new corpus ships are bops!

[@Jukantos]

@@rubberytatsu I will never forget the reaction i had listening to For Narmer for the first time. Fists clenched against my chair, helplessly seeing just *how utterly and completely* i had failed these people that i had considered my friends and allies for years. Rage and Sorrow.

[@mr.harrow3405]

@@Jukantos i felt the same, going from we all lift together to this, i felt like if i was there, seeing all those old friends singing something new and terrible, it was pretty and painfull, it was scary but pulling me towards it, like death by watching a great ancient god right in the eyes.

[@domacleod]

Completely agree, would love to see his reaction.

[@cjd2889]

This is playing during some scenes in a particular quest where a character is doing some pretty awful things to another character and you're seeing it in first person from the perspective of the victim. At one point the bad guy does, in fact, mockingly call his victim "old friend".

[@louisrobitaille5810]

It's been so long, is this the Umbra flashbacks OST 😮?

[@WraithReaper09]

A constant continuous nightmare of a memory that is lived over and over again with no way to stop it. That's the setting for this song.

[@jedor988]

You're not wrong, it's one of those songs that creates a perfect scene. Absolute dread-inducing ambience, but separated from context its kind of just a bit unsettling to listen to.

[@FrostedMike]

Some context with no actual context: "Old Friend" is not about nostalgia, but about betrayal.

[@Clouded_Mind]

Ballas the traitor

[@Behemoth9030]

@@Clouded_Mind wish we could’ve killed him more often ever since The Sacrifice

[@everythingyouwantita5710]

It's incredible how your description of the song is spot on, it rapresent the "Sacrifice" quest perfectly.

[@Chalibay415]

I'm actually VERY suprised no one has recommended Warframe OSTs before.

[@animelytical8354]

This is a very interesting watch tbh. Because the lack of context really shines a light on how perfectly evocative of the mood of the quest this is from. Actually makes me feel all the things I kind of forgot to feel when I played the quest for the second time. The antagonist. You have their personality down to a tee. Which is crazy. I didn't really respect this song enough. But watching this actually makes me think this song is phenomenal. Artistically perfect. The reaction it got is blowing me away, because it seemed to have MORE of an effect without the context. This isn't a song to be "enthusiastic" about, but this reaction? This reaction makes me enthusiastic.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

People often underestimate the power of music. It's a whole language made of feelings instead of sentences, sounds instead of words. With the right syntax, you can convey anything 😎.

[@elk3407]

Ah yes, Warframe. The game that starts off as being just a fun space ninja game, but is rapidly spinning out of control into a weird cosmic sci-fi horror with eldrich horrors and alternate dimensions for every possible way things could have turned out, but actually only two because of a deal you made with the cosmic horror who just deleted entire universes. Or at least that what it looked like?

[@marcosdheleno]

to be fair, from the start, warframe always had body horror and gore. we know from the start that the warframes arent just suits, we dont know what they are, but we understand in a fundamental level that they do not look "human", while also not crossing into "alien" territory either.

[@IBAGGaming]

This is much closer to what I expected from a Warframe OST, the ambient ones like this don't really stand out much normally to me because I always think they're an addition to the gameplay, enhancing what's there and to stand out on their own is hard without the sum of it's parts. Though, still, it was good - definately a great piece, maybe not something I'd go out of my way to listen to reguilarly but makes me interested to see where it's used.

[@bugsmith9751]

the context... is a total mind blow, especially after years of playing warframe and building expectations before getting hit with it, its genuinely wild

[@RunningShovel]

This song is used as ambience during The Sacrifice quest, themed largely around someone being forced by the bad guy to do irreparable harm to a person they love dearly, while being conscious the whole time. During the quest we see these memories from their eyes, reliving the traumatic experience once more. Smiles From Juran is a song that character had shared with their loved one previously, and during the quest represents coming to terms with the trauma, with our help as the players. One of the best quests in the game, looking forward to the next reaction.

[@635574]

This was a ambient track for a story quest the Sacrifice, Smiles from Juran is far more of an actual listenable track from that quest and the one everyone remembers and I'm actually shocked why someone didnt send you that song first.

[@eetuaalto7214]

It almost sounds like there is a periodical screaming in the ost and you can almost hear the creeping infestation as is accurate to the sacrifice quest.

[@aeternusvotum]

It was really interesting having you reacting to something that is so different from everything you had before, as this is very much a ambient song. And it's going straight to my DnD playlist, so as always, thanks to your channel for letting me discover such a variety of tracks :D

[@blueveil3277]

In my DnD altered-setting there's a place called "Cradle of the Never-Born", located right below one of the fallen Netherese Cities. It's basically an lair for everything cursed, machines, constructs or objects that shouldn't exist but were created by the netherese, or doesn't even exist - but would if the empire hadn't fell. This is the Track for that place. I don't describe every experiment, the horrors of the place, aberrations, monsters or constructs there if my player doesn't ask for them, after all, this song already does it.

[@kiltymackilterson7489]

I love that even without context, you nailed the feelings and emotions it's conveying. I think your absolutely right too, it's not something to listen to on it's own, but it does it's job and makes you feel the things needed for the story at the time.

[@PrettyOkGinger]

You absolutely need to give us a reaction to "We all lift together" and then "For Narmer" (also from warframe) each amazingly unique and perfect for the settings they're made for.

[@Nattfare]

That's a fitting analysis. As a song it is a hard listen, but in the context of the story moment it is played it is perfect. From the perspective of the character this is about it enhances his emotions of distress and agony really well.

[@CertifiedSunset]

As a standalone track there isn't a ton to really say, but in-game it really does set the mood, especially when you have context.

[@solardwagon1526]

I know it's been said here but the song that follows it narratively is Smiles from Juran and just... *boi*

[@Mrinsecure]

This is how I feel about a lot of Akira Yamaoka's music from the Silent Hill games. It's all wonderfully moody and atmospheric, but with the exception of the opening and ending themes, they are meant entirely for the contexts in which they originally appear. They're not good listening on their own, and they're not meant to be, so it makes it hard to evaluate them independently as pieces of music outside of that context.

[@Shinom4ever]

Yeah, this was a piece that goes with a dialogue. I recommend you to see the cinematic to experience the whole thing, I think you would like it, even without understanding the rest.

[@gruneflamme2013]

Yeah this song really tickles your ears with boosted bass.

[@MisterHavoc]

"Like... Mockery" Dude... You've landed within a hair's breadth of the bullseye lol. If you did know the context, you'd see just how close you came there. That mockery is one of the CORE elements to why this track is creeping and dread-inducing.

[@TheShadowBoi]

You have any plans to listen to we all lift together and for Narmer?

[@JessesAuditorium]

No more Warframe requests after these. Who knows the next time I'll check out the series :/

[@TheShadowBoi]

@@JessesAuditorium fair enough, love the reactions by the way!

[@yvaincallipso84]

Oh god the absolute nightmarish horror this sequence in the game produced for me. This quest is really something.

[@ervinc9335]

now you need to do We All Lift Together, To Take Away Its Pain, and For Narmer

[@TheSinaqui]

Warframe as a game, the vast majority of its music is background atmosphere, and several of the tracks that are songs as music are songs of storytelling which are aided by the quests and events in the game. Not knowing anything about the various factions and circumstances in the game will make them way less impactful as a result. That being said it's a game with a very fun set of mechanics but which requires use of wiki, friends, or other outside resources, and as such it is not a game I would recommend to someone who wants to just experience it through. The time investment is far too great. It's much more of a "game you hop on to burn time with fun space wizard ninjas over and over" situation.

[@jacobmckameron4931]

Cannot find this OST specifically anymore:(( if anyone can help, it will be much appreciated!

[@maxspeedwagon4165]

Literal alien music

[@TheZorch]

In Warframe, you are a Tenno, a race of superhuman ninja who wake up from centuries of cryo-sleep into a very far, far, far distant future of Earth and our solar system at war. Saying anything more than that is a spoiler.

[@Ram2rol]

This gave me Zelda Ocarina of time - shadow temple vibes

[@willliam15]

context a solder a war hero is in bed can't move a muscle not even a finger tip only his eyes allow him to see what's around him. on his right his pride and joy, a son who follows in father's foot steps. on his left an old friend the one who put the solder in the state he's in. there the solder and the "old friend" play a board game while conversing telepathically of something horrible to happen the solder feels stress anxiety pain fear for his son regret for what occur anger towards the one who caused it and desperation for not being able to do anything about it. painting a picture with the least spoilers is tough I gotta say

[@Fulmenn]

Please react to We all lift together aswell :D

[@Zelisius]

Warframe?? If you're gonna listen to warframe, I'd suggest "Smiles from Juran" "This is what you are" "We all life together" "Sleeping in the Cold below" (didn't know you'd already done a few of these)

[@SioxGreyWolf]

Sleeping the cold below was before this, This is what you are is what he did right after this.

[@aldeonuwu2634]

I have 700 hours on warframe and I don't remember this song, I think I never finde it

[@DaronMGL]

It is used in the Sacrifice quest, while Ballas is chatting with our POV character

[@aldeonuwu2634]

@@DaronMGL I still don't remember that XD

[@RazgrizD7]

@@aldeonuwu2634 the flashback scenes with the board game and umbra’s son.

[@aldeonuwu2634]

@@RazgrizD7 I remember the scene but not the music steel

[@proudlarry8225]

*Warframe spoilers* This song sets the tone for just how absolutely fucked up Ballas is behind his veneer of sympathy. Like, outwardly he acts like a kind benefactor, reassuring your family and sparing no expense on your behalf, and then he turns around and you hear his jeering scorn gurgling up inside your head musing about how he's going to make you kill your son and turn you into an instrument of war.

[@animelytical8354]

You should be more specific about what you are spoiling here.

[@proudlarry8225]

@@animelytical8354 I refuse. Don't click on "Read more" unless you're prepared to have any and every part of Warframe spoiled, okay?

[@friendist9323]

@@proudlarry8225 that’s the funny part. This is how you establish a “read more”. You did not do that.

[@RogueBulb]

I do not remember hearing this song on Lua like at all

[@lewisward2604]

You should listen to the Dark souls or bloodborne ost

[@themisspultone]

Im not sure I like this. (soundtrack) Gooood gooooood. Edit: the context. The 'hero' at this point is trapped in his own body, unable to control himself as the big bad sarcastically calls him 'old friend', and gloats about how the hero is about to watch himself murder his own son. So yeh context is very much key and makes this tune just so much more creepy. Its like slime sliding slowly down the spine.

[@UnfortunateWatcher]

First?