Since last January, when I doodled Florence in front of the North Wind's (supposed) symbol, I've been kind of teasing the concept of there being three other Winds--because if there's a North, there has to be a South, East, and West, right? Maybe at some point in the future, I'll actually draw them.
Because LN 3 just got announced I thought now would be a good time to shit this animation out on tumblr dot com
The song is Demo 4 of the mind electric, warning for eye strain, possible flash, eye contact, and sad kids. I may finish it, I may not, I’m very happy with it though
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT this was really wild, we basically got a collage of everything to expect from the Necropolis and what do you mean "pre-alpha gameplay footage"? This already looks amazing! Now let's start the actual breakdown
The area on the other side of the mirror seems to be the place where we see Low and Alone get pulled into the mirror in the reveal trailer, so that'll probably the beginning of the beginning for the game.
It's interesting to note that the Necropolis seems to be completely walled off from the surrounding desert.
I might be reaching here but that fact that a crow, an animal that's only previously been associated with the North Wind, is the first living obstacle the kids encounter is very interesting.
I can't, for the life of me, tell what era or region clothes the Dwellers are supposed to be waring so if anyone can tell me, that'd be a big help.
We've had numerous variations of the eye symbol with various meanings ascribed to each, so, again, if anyone can point out any previous instances of this particular version of the eye, please do so.
Quicksand will be a hazard in the Necropolis and more than anything I'm just astonished there wasn't a sand burrower.
The Hercules Beetles are way nastier than I thought, likely because of their disgustingly realistic buzzing, makes feel less bad that Baby already killed most of them.
The bundled bodies around the area are definitely concerning, maybe the Dwellers use to preserve corpses as "offerings" to Monster Baby.
BABY CAN TURN HER EYE BEAMS OFF! This took me completely by surprise, the implications of this are very fascinating to think about.
The kids, or specifically, Low, wake up in a room with padded walls, implying their either in the sewing room of the Seamstress from the Lonely Way (not good), or the Counties Psychiatric Institute (really not good) and on top of that, darkness closes in around them. While we're on it, Lowe wakes up in the same way the protags of previous games do when you respawn and in the same situation that they (and Noone) do too, as their caught by a resident.
One last thing, the blue to grey pulse on the logo screen feels eerily like a heartbeat, and given the top of the "main" mirror almost looks like a heart...
This is completely random, but I kinda lowkey ship Florence with the Refugee Boy. I just think it'd make for an interesting dynamic as they both have connections to the North Wind, with Florence being his--oop, spoiler!--and the Refugee Boy being a secondhand victim of him. There'd probably a lot of overcoming trauma and Florence asserting her moral superiority over the old windbag, I would bet.
Redesigning my nw since I wasn’t really happy with it. Went for a more shaggy look with some human facial features added. And no I did not remove the boobs you can’t make me. His red flags were big but his tits were bigger