00:12welcome to mojo plays where today we'll be going over 10 games with the best hidden lore
00:22before we get started we post new videos all week long so be sure to subscribe to mojo plays and
00:28ring that bell to be notified about our latest videos fallout series rumor is is that the legion
00:34is far larger than the ncr lets on and that it's been due to luck that the legion hasn't overrun
00:39the territory there's more to the fallout series than just battling super mutants and hoarding
00:44bottle caps it's a treasure trove of hidden narratives buried under the rubble of a nuclear
00:49wasteland from vaultex morally questionable experiments to eerie tales of ghoulish
00:54transformations these games reward players who pay attention kind of like the unsettling revelation
01:00that long-necked lukowskis meet might not be as brahmin based as advertised
01:10while it's 11 let's just say democracy met its match and lost every street corner every dusty holotape
01:17hides a story begging to be uncovered in fallout curiosity didn't just kill the cat but mutated
01:23into a two-headed abomination and then charged it rent
01:31portal
01:36at first glance portal seems like a series of mind-bending puzzles mixed with snarky ai jokes
01:42but behind those clean white walls aperture science hides a dark messy history of failed experiments in
01:48human suffering hidden dens scrawled with frantic messages hint that previous test subjects weren't
01:54quite as voluntary as advertised please note that any appearance of danger is merely a device to
01:59enhance your testing experience glados isn't just a sarcastic voice she's actually the tragic byproduct
02:06of corporate hubris gone wildly wrong and of course we can't forget the infamous mantra the cake is a lie
02:12honestly if you trusted a corporation promising free dessert that's on you
02:22the stanley parable stanley calmly walked forward into the opened passageway
02:30the stanley parable is what happens when someone puts existential dread into a blender with british humor
02:36as stanley you wander a surreal office building making or avoiding choices while the narrator
02:42hilariously berates or praises you but beneath the jokes lies a brilliant commentary on free will
02:47conformity and the illusion of choice but of course in the final game this button will say your name
02:53whatever name that is multiple endings pull back the curtain on a darker world is stanley even real is
02:59anything real if you find a broom closet and feel oddly compelled to stay there forever congratulations
03:05you've achieved one of gaming's deepest metaphors or maybe you just got really attached to cleaning supplies
03:10and although others might have considered it soul-wrenching stanley relished every moment that the orders came in
03:17inscription
03:22at first inscription tricks you into thinking it's just a spooky card game then it yanks the rug out from
03:28under you
03:29tosses you into a basement and forces you to decode secret tapes beneath its deck building mechanics
03:34inscription spins a layered story about obsession loss and corruption both personal and digital
03:45hidden arg puzzles strange characters like poe and leshy and cryptic videos turn the experience
03:51into a full-on mystery hunt it's like yugioh if kaiba ran a haunted let's play channel fair warning
03:58if your cards start talking to you it's either this game or you need some sleep
04:08near automata
04:15near automata lures you in with stylish robot slashing action only to side swipe you with soul-crushing
04:21existential dread as androids 2b 9s and a2 battle endless hordes of alien machines they slowly unravel
04:29the meaningless cycle of war and existence itself digging into side quests reveals even darker truths
04:35abandoned children broken ai gods and memories no one asked to remember
04:44and if you think finishing the game once tells the whole story think again there's 26 endings
04:50each shedding new light on the tragedy also one of those endings involves a fish yep
04:55near is basically shakespeare if shakespeare owned a giant sword and really hated happiness
05:01what's with the weird looking outfits i've seen that solar thing when i was going through some old
05:06data outer wilds
05:13in outer wilds you're stuck in a 22 minute time loop trying to prevent the death of an entire solar
05:18system casual stuff as you explore you uncover the ancient nomi civilization's desperate attempt to
05:25solve the mysteries of existence itself each planet reveals a slice of a much larger cosmic puzzle
05:35from black holes to quantum rocks that teleport you when you're not looking there's no quest log or
05:41checklist just pure curiosity guiding you and every time you die you learn something new it's kind of
05:47like groundhog day except the golfers are swapped with interstellar time paradoxes
05:51so
06:00shadow of the colossus
06:09shadow of the colossus is one of the greatest less is more storytelling achievements in gaming
06:14you play as wander a quiet hero willing to slay majestic ancient beasts for the slimmest chance at reviving
06:20a loved one but with each colossus you defeat the world feels heavier sadder and more cursed
06:32environmental clues hint at a forgotten kingdom and the tragic consequences of meddling with forbidden
06:37magic by the time you realize the true cost of your actions it's too late in the forbidden lands it
06:43turns
06:43out you're not the chosen one you're the villain no one remembers until it's too late
06:53the witness
07:00at face value the witness comes off as a peaceful puzzle game about drawing lines on grids but like the
07:06world's hardest onion it has layers as you explore its beautiful island hidden environmental puzzles
07:12start merging with philosophical lectures about perception consciousness and reality there are the
07:17ferments the enzymes the substrates and the products one hidden video even dives deep into zen
07:25buddhism and quantum physics this is a game about how we perceive puzzles in the first place
07:37hollow knight
07:40at first hollow knight looks like a cute buggy little metroidvania then you fall into hollow nest crumbling
07:47ruins and realize oh this place is depressing hidden npcs secret endings and cryptic item descriptions weave a
07:54story of kingdoms shattered by pride plague and impossible burdens
08:02from the tragic fate of the pale king to the soul-wrenching sacrifices of the knight themselves
08:07every corner of the map reveals a new piece of heartbreak and if you're not weeping yet wait until
08:13you realize you've been fighting echoes of the past that are forever trapped in an endless cycle of failure
08:18welcome to bug therapy
08:27elden ring
08:32when elden ring dropped from software and george rr martin basically said here's a giant world full of
08:38lore good luck finding it every item description every statue every ghostly npc is a clue to the tragic
08:45tangled history of the lands between elden lords rose and fell demigods shattered themselves for power
08:51entire city sunk beneath the earth meanwhile you're out there getting clobbered by a giant lobster with
08:56no idea why
09:03whether it's rani's dark ambitions the tragedy of redan or the mysteries behind the greater will
09:09elden ring dares you to piece it all together or die gloriously trying again
09:18were there any lore obscure games that you felt should have made this list be sure to let us know
09:23in the comments be assured the elden ring resteth close at hand
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