Recently, I played Risk of Rain 2 for the first time. I loved the game right away, but once I dove into the story that lies beneath the surface... I was hooked. Hopefully you enjoy my interpretation of the game's lore!
Special thanks to plutobody for the thumbnail art!
https://x.com/plutobody
Even more thanks to @thegrovetender & @degenerateastronaut for inspiring the creation of this video, @piximouse_ for editing help, and willowing_woods on my discord for the Risk of Rain Returns footage and helping me solidify my theories throughout the scriptwriting process!
// discord server:
https://discord.gg/HS68TMpwnD
// socials:
https://linktr.ee/minaxa
// watch videos early:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipxm_U0D6OlI3LUD_LHsnw/join
// timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Two Brothers
25:42 Bulwark of the Weak
44:59 Risk of Rain
1:10:54 The Void
1:24:43 closing thoughts
// music used (in order):
♫ Chris Christodoulou - con lentitud poderosa
♫ Chris Christodoulou - The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Petrichor V
♫ Chris Christodoulou & Maria Papageorgiou - Coalescence Returns
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Out of Whose Womb Came the Ice
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Parjanya
♫ Chris Christodoulou - They Might As Well Be Dead
♫ Chris Christodoulou - It Can't Rain All the Time
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Risk of Rain (2023 Remaster)
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Double F!$ing Rainbow Returns
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Into the Doldrums
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Coalescence
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Nocturnal Emission
♫ Stavros Markonis - I Should Build the Man a Statue
♫ Chris Christodoulou - 屋根の漏り (Yane No Mori)
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Through a Cloud, Darkly
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Risk of Rain 2
♫ Chris Christodoulou - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Lacrimosum
♫ Chris Christodoulou - A Glacier Eventually Farts
♫ Chopin arr. Chris Christodoulou - Prelude in D flat major
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Once in a Lullaby
♫ Chris Christodoulou - Who Can Fathom the Soundless Depths
♫ minaxa - rex nihilo (original by Chris Christodoulou)
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