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We Must Endure
Winterhouse Lyrics

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seraphic

2y↑154

we all have our stories... here's mine.

the first time through, i thought i was doing pretty good for the first few weeks. i didn't really rush -- it didn't occur to me this game had a timeline, with increasing challenges. thought it was city mgmt game as ush, you know? took my time, diddled around, and then when the survivors started pouring in i was suddenly on the back foot. not enough supplies, not enough housing, and never enough warmth. i never did catch up after that. i managed to stumble my way to the final storm, hoping maybe i'd be okay... i can't describe how terrifying and disheartening it was to see those repeated temperature drops crop up on the timeline. with every plunge my already thin reserves were stretched further. discontent was rising, hope was plummeting, people were literally freezing in the streets. as the final triple-temp-drop rolled in, i had nothing left. no coal, no food, no ability to make things even an iota better for my people. all i could do was hope... desperately... that somehow it would all be enough. amazingly, a sun had appeared on the timeline. was that it? the end of the storm? would i make it after all?

literally 6 hours before the storm broke, my rioting citizens dragged me from my post and dumped me in the snow. banished. i was so fucking immersed i could almost feel the killing cold. temperatures like that, -150C, would have me dead in minutes. i wouldn't live to see the end of the storm, but maybe my city would...

immediately after that game ended, i started another. it was 11pm on a weeknight, and i told myself i'd just play for an hour. i ended up playing for the next 5 hours, straight through. it was always "one more quest" or "one more target" and next thing i knew the final storm was on the horizon again. i'd done better this time. i didn't waste a day, an hour, a minute. i set my people working right away, made the hard choices, built the buildings, mined the coal, kept people alive. when the survivors started pouring in i had the reserves to bring them into the fold. i'd planned my city better to keep everyone warm and safe. i'd kept up with resource gathering and as i rolled into the final storm, i had decent reserves. even so, i was worried. who wouldn't be?

btw -- i was, at this point, living in the upper midwest. it was december, middle of the night, cold af outside. i couldn't think of a more appropriate way to experience this game. i literally remember turning out my lights and opening up my windows so i could get just a little more immersed. then i unpaused and... this song started.

my city plunged into the bitter cold. people stopped working. i closed down everything i could, conserved power and heat. my citizens huddled in their homes and waited for the worst. the happy reds and oranges turned to yellows... then greens... then blues. i kicked the generator into overdrive. the cold abated a bit. but then the generator was getting too stressed. i had to take it down a notch. immediately the edges of my city were purple. people were getting sick. the infirmaries were getting overwhelmed. i had to switch the overdrive back on. the storm bore down harder -- i was running low on supplies -- would i make it? back and forth i toggled between overdrive and normal, keeping a wary eye on the gauge. i used to draw the redline at 95% stress. now i was letting it creep to 96... 97... all the way to 99. even sat at 99 for a few seconds sometimes because i was that desperate.

then the final three drops. this was it. do or die. i knew there was an end to the storm. i just didn't know if i would make it. discontent was up again, hope was low... but i was better off than last time. colder and colder. even overdrive wasn't enough anymore, and at the worst possible moment, my generator hit 99% stress again. i knocked the overdrive off. the entire city was freezing to death, but there were only a few hours left of this hell. i let the stress die down to 98% and kicked the overdrive right back on again --

the music stopped. wtf? did i blow the generator up? what happened?

and then i realized: i had made it. the temperature soared back to livable numbers. the end text showed up. it was 4 in the fucking morning, i had to work in a few hours, but MY CITY. HAD. SURVIVED.

Red Klainn

5y↑377

I was convinced to play this game by a friend of mine, and i certainly dont regret it.
My first playthrough, like many others commented here will be quite an unforgetable one, i came back home late, around 1 am, and began playing some frostpunk, while voicing with my friend who has a similar schedule, i was preping up for the endgame, farming a lot of resources, especialy food, and researching better coal making facilities and the generator upgrades i knew i needed, however, i never upgraded insulation on my health facilities or the like, never thought i'd need them, i also never upgraded my citizen's housing so they were still living in tents.
Then my friend had to leave at 3 in the morning, and i was still playing since the game just felt so nice to play, but then the true winter came, and i was very smug and proud of the way i built my city and while i knew this game would throw a few punches on the ending of this first campaign, boy was i not ready for it, at all.
First bout of cold was fine, i withstood it with good heating and the faith kitchens (forgot their name), which increase workplace heat by 1, and then i saw the little weather forecast for the future and i just say day, after day, getting colder by one or two levels, and i knew i was screwed.
Coal supplies on the halfway point, i had to do 24 shifts everytime the cooldown was up on my coal mines, and they were far from enough, with me (having no idea how to use them), building coal thumpers and assigining people to them also doing 24 shifts just to not run out of coal.
and so it went on for while it felt like an hour or two, i dont know how long it lasted but it was hell, having to upgrade my tents to houses bit by bit, gathering the wood which ran out a while ago, being converted into charcoal to feed the endless greed of my generator, just so my people didnt all die by the end, micromanaging every single action and i can say that i never had more than 12 hours of coal left at any given time, even with so much overworking being done.
34 deaths later, hundreds of people having frostbite, and somehow surviving with my really good healthcare system with a lot of infirmaries.
I survived, at the end some more people died with me saving coal for what i saw being the endgame ,with that death warrant of a drop in temperature followed by the rise of the sun once again, but regardless we survived.
I doubt any of you guys will see this but thank you, this was an amazing experience and definetly worth its full price for this single campaign alone in my opinion.

endocean117

4y↑110

I don't know if you'll see this after how long it's been since this was posted, but... I figured I would send a message of appreciation and how this game touched me here.

My first playthrough evoked such intense emotions when I got to the final storm. Until then, every single time the bell tolled, it hurt. It crippled my city. I notcied every single time it tolled. I went the route of order. I knew how dark that route would get. I did what I could to respond morally each time I had to use my power. I avoided executions in public. I refused to let people burn books or perform vigilante justice. I punished every single guard that acted outside of justice. I didn't want to abuse my citizens, but needed order.

When the final storm started, things took such an instant, brutal turn that I didn't even have time to feel for any of it anymore. The tolling of the bells rapidly just became something to ignore. Individual human lives stopped mattering to me because I felt it was the future of humanity itself on the line. Our survival as a city was the only thing that mattered to me anymore. People would beg for a break from the mines that had literally killed the miners and I simply forced them to go back and clear the mines out. People begged to be with their children in "their last moments" and I refused. I made them and their children work. People died, but they, much as their bodies had long ago became just another resource to insure the survival of the city and humanity itself.

I knew that they would suffer. I knew that it was wrong. But what use is the suffering we had to get there if in the end... we let it be in vain. What was anything we'd done and suffered for worth if we failed in the final moments? I resigned myself in my own little canon for my story that I would do what needed to be done to keep the city and our people alive... and face the justice of the crowds when it was over. I had gone too far to be forgiven, but I did what I had to to keep us alive. I didn't regret what I had done. I only regret that I had failed to protect them better and prepare for the worst so it didn't have to happen.

It's horrific and that's what made it such a beautiful game to me. I'm a bit of a pacifist IRL and... it made me make dark choices in the end. Even if I wouldn't survive the crowds when it was done, I kept society and humankind alive. I don't regret that. Thank you for making such an emotionally impactful and beautiful game. I genuinely don't think I'll ever forget that first playthrough and just... how much I felt through it.

G. Man

2y↑27

My Interpretation of this beauty:
0:00-0:20 Announcement of the Storm
0:20-0:50 Everyone is shocked by the Message
0:51-1:01 Silence before the biggest Storm of your life
1:02-1:41 Begin of the Storm
1:41-2:02 Last Efforts of Humanity (Stockpiling; Scouts bringing back lost people)
2:03-2:21 First Wave is over but something is bigger is coming...
2:22-2:42 People are afraid...
2:33-3:02 THE REAL STORM ARRIVES. EVERY SECOND A NEW PROBLEM!
3:03-3:23 a glimmer of hope
3:24-3:42 the storm pounding like a force of nature; The coal mines are working overtime!
3:43-3:47 150°C
3:48-3:50 We survived the storm..

Yeah i love this song :D

Nova

1y↑16

Apparently I'm 4 years late to the party but this has instantly become one of my favourite games, ever - I have no idea how I'm just coming across it now but... my god... what perfect execution and immense artistic talent by everyone involved.

Voice acing, Music, Sound design, Visuals, Writing, Game design... everything, literally perfect. I've never had a game effect me so emotionally like this did in those final, horrifying minutes. Urgency, desperation, panic, dread, and above all else, a genuine sense of attachment to the city I had built, like I was down there in that frozen hell with all of those poor souls.

That primal instinct of fear and survival washing over you when the end is looming and ever-approaching, without any stopping it. All of your machinery beginning to break down... your people locking themselves in their homes to spend their final moments with their families... your resource reserves ceaselessly draining, lower and lower, as the temperature plummets to seemingly no end... the generator in the middle of your city, your shining beacon of hope, becoming more and more unstable with each second, threatening to explode or fizzle out at any moment as everything freezes over.... the horrifying realisation that your people are on the verge of dying, families being broken apart, everything you and your people worked to build is crumbling before your eyes and there is truly nothing you can do to stop it.

The time for action truly has passed, and all you can do at this point, is watch... and weather the storm... as your citizens must do. YOU have to share in their experience, their fear, their anticipation, their powerlessness, their dread. The true horror of the situation unfolds before you, and all you can think is "Did I do good enough?" as your heart pounds in your chest. Only those final moments will answer that question. What will be left, after death itself has washed over you and your people? Did you do good enough? Or... did you fail those who put their trust in you?

Seriously, mad respect to all of you at 11 bit studios, this is peak art right here and you damn well bet ill be buying the sequel! I think I'm in video game love.

Dragovich

1y↑10

(Inspired by a certain in-game event...)

The moment his knees buckled, making him fall, he felt relief. But that quickly passed, as the singing coldness of the snow made him shoot right back up. No, laying down now, even for a fraction of a second, would be suicide. A luxury nobody had. Certainly not him. But he was still a human. Just a human, against the nature that bore no thought for him in its anger. He needed rest. One quick break on his quest. Just out of sight, there seemed to be a rock, sticking out of the snow. The black surface of it stands defiantly against the snowfall, alluring him towards a place of respite. He couldn't resist...

He leaned against it first, before sliding down and just sitting there, the rock surface giving him just enough space, everything else was just pure whiteness. He was gritting his teeth together, even biting into his lip to hold back the tears that were welling up in his eyes...

-Daddy?
-Yes, dear? - The man asked as the nightfall was coming, his little girl sitting in the doorway of their bunkhouse. For some reason, she liked to sit there before bed.
-Do you remember how it was in London?
-Yes. I do... - He mustered a smile, though, the pang in his chest was especially painful, as he could see the snow billowing outside, see the hunters head out to gather more food.
-Tell me what it was like! - The girl happily chirped up, hugging her knees and looking up at her father. Not for long as he sank down to his knees, so they were at an eye level.
-Remember that one time you and your mother went to the hothouse?
-Uh-huh?
-Imagine an entire city like that. And even better. People walked in the parks, laying down on grass... Just grass. No vegetables on it, or fruits, or anything else. Just a place entirely dedicated to keeping a little bit of nature in the midst of the chaos of the streets.
-Did you sit a lot there? - The girl's head tilted to the side, as she was fully engrossed in the fantasy of the world that was before.
-Not really... I was working a lot. So, I guess, that didn't change. Only the weather did. It was nicer. All we have now is cold, hard ice, and the merciless snow...

"Snow... snow... snow..." Echoed in his mind as he looked around, the wind brushing against his cheek, as if he had no mask on whatsoever. His stomach rumbled. In a completely instinctual gesture, he finished off a ration, looking around, biting onto his lip again. The tears had to be held back, he wasn't going to go blind. Not until he could find her. And bring her home. Not until he saw to it that his daughter was safe. Letting out a groan of exhaustion, pain, desperation, his fingers clung onto the rocky surface as he pushed himself up on his feet. Fixing up his gear, he just set forward, his eyes open wide, barely even blinking, as he sought out any clue about his child's location. The times spent at the public house with some of the hunters suddenly came in handy. He could almost feel the presence of someone else. His heart was beating faster, the undying love for his daughter pushing him on, their connection strong. He knew she was out there. He could sense it. Right when the word "snow" crossed his mind again.

"Give me your hand! It's daddy! I'm here!" He called out in desperation against the howling winds. He could feel her close, as any father fret for his child. He held out hope that he wasn't there for naught. Just as he could see another speck of darkness against the whiteness of the surroundings. The exhaustion relented as he rushed towards it, faster than any other time in his life. It wasn't a rock, as he got closer he could see the fabric texture. "No... No, no, no!" He muttered under his breath as he made a final rush, beginning to dig.

It was definitely a human being, that was clear, what was sticking out was just a lonely arm. In the back of his mind, he was just hoping it was some wayward survivor too far gone already. But as he dug, he uncovered a small little spot. There has been just a little piece of rock where a child found a place to rest. Not too dissimilar to what he did before. Only the girl's smaller frame meant that she didn't take up as much space, and the snow had already almost covered her, leaving only a narrow sliver of a hideout. "D-D-Daddy?" The little girl's voice cracking up as her teeth were clacking against one another. "I'm coming, honey, I'm coming!" He howled out like a wild animal, grunting and panting as he dug, dug, and dug. Until he could just take her by the arm stretched out and pull her out of there, into his embrace.

"Up there!" A hunter called out, pointing towards the edge of the city, where a lonely figure stood. "Who's that?" The other wondered, pulling out a a small spyglass to look into the distance. "You will not believe it, lads..." For a few moments they stood there in shock, the spyglass passed around just so they could confirm that they didn't hallucinate it. The father, clutching his daughter to him, stood there, visibly shaking himself, but still standing strong. The small puffs of air pushing out of his mask as he observed the hunters scramble people together. The two were hastily brought back down, right to the infirmary as they were immediately treated, one of the doctors being awake from too much work. "Can you tell me how you managed to survive out there?" She asked as she inspected the two, who were refusing to get separated. "I don't know... But if I could... Imagine a whole city together..."

Jeffry Ab

42w↑9

>The temperature just dropped to -150c
>The food ran out 2 days ago
>The coal will run out soon
>The people cant work anymore
>The infirmaries are all overcrowded
>Riots break in the streets
>You no longer have control over the situation, the storm took that from you
>The silhouette of a man stands at the edge of the city, he's carrying something, someone, a child
>An old feeling you thought forgotten comes back to you
>Hope rises

TheReal21Roads

32w

Alternative version:
>Blow up the entrance of the Nusian's base
>Plant C4's
>Get out of the maze like way to reach the topside
>Start the helicopter and hold your ground
>Either Gaia, Hermes, Achilles or Prometheus appears to kill you and your team
>Kill the boss
>Get out of the base using the helicopter
>Till death do us apart

Dante Sparda

2y↑3

I extend my thanks to the engineers who worked away for 48 straight hours in the middle of the storm to research the tier three generator.

I extend my thanks to the 45 volunteers who died shoring up the mines supports

I extend my thanks to the people of Winterhome for making the automaton that sweeped snow from the bridge to Winterhome, for without it we would not have survived the storm

I extend my thanks to the men of the sawmill who worked tirelessly to support research in the midst of the storm

I am sorry to the family of 8, who froze in the cold when the heat wasn't enough

Against all odds and forces of nature, the city has survived

Dragonspirit223

36w↑5

I've said it before on other videos, but I love this song for just... the story in the music.

You have found cities deserted and destroyed, the mighty Winterhome has fallen, Tesla's magical city has died, you are all that's left (to your knowledge). You are the last city on earth. The last spark of humanity.
And yet Nature pushes ever harder to kill you and your people. If it had its way you'd all be wiped out, buried in the mockery that is your city to its power.

The song is a battleground, humanity vs nature. We fight on, we work for our survival and the survival of our loved ones, and if we are to die we don't die quietly, but kicking and screaming to the sky.

Pure determination and stubbornness.
If death is to have us, it shall have to earn us.

FATEd Pondera

5y↑50

Day 1 of the storm: oh please...bring it on. This might be my first playthrough of the game, but I've rescued all the refugees, I've got 2 weeks worth of rations saved up, and I've unlocked most of the tech tree.

Day 2: things are ticking along nicely. THIS is the end-game? Clearly the challenge of this game was overrated...wait, did that just say "temperature will drop significantly?"

Day 3: uh oh.... stuff's starting to freeze. OH SHIT, there's frost on my monitor?! what the hell?!

Day 4: -150 F. We're past the point where carbon dioxide freezes. This planet is less liveable right now than fucking MARS. We've just got a thicker atmosphere... This literally cannot get any worse.

Last day of the storm: It got worse. People are dying left and right. The mines have collapsed. All I can see is frost.

Aftermath: We might have survived the storm, but I don't see how this colony will survive the aftermath. The credits scene basically told me that I abused Faith and that I suck.

I'll just have to do better in the next game and NOT suck.

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Strenght Bracer

3y↑6K

Not gonna lie I was impressed by that one man who came back to the city at -150C with his lost daughter

Deathly Drained

3y↑610

They never came back for me. I didn't realize it was possible!

Aeveras

3y↑836

@Deathly Drained I believe you have to give him supplies before he heads out to get the good outcome.

Deathly Drained

3y↑480

@Aeveras I did, he never came back. Apparently people say that he leaved at the start of the storm, but he left like a few days before the storm for me

Aeveras

3y↑416

@Deathly Drained Odd... I've gotten it a few times and I think he always does make it back. Maybe there are some other hidden variables like the hope level of the city that impacts this?

Papuloeritomatoso

3y↑584

I was surprised that the daughter came back alone.

She didn't find her father.

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StringStorm

3y↑1.9K

The song is the epitome of "You can't do anything about it. You just have to hope you're strong enough."

Radio Man

2y↑30

Holy shit I didn't know you played Frostpunk! Awesome!

Oleg Oleg

2y↑83

Honestly, I'm not 100% sure if I agree

Because while the storm feels, well, frightening, it also feels defiant, as if the generator is standing there, groaning from the stress, but roaring against the storm like hell made manifest

Hello Universe

1y↑21

@Oleg Oleg I wouldn't say hell made manifest just the final windswept candle of a dying species groaning under the complete indifference of mother nature

Oleg Oleg

1y↑17

@Hello Universe speak for yourself mate, because our city survived

Hello Universe

1y↑9

@Oleg Oleg the literal lore of the game is that the SUN is dying -150 degrees is warm compared to what is coming even if u win you are mearly prolonging the inevitable

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Theo TV

2y↑1.3K

First time hearing this music:

"Oh what an epic music. It's here to congratulate me on making this far right?"

30 seconds later

"This is boss music isn't it?"

Vanished

1y↑15

Xdddd this game be like

The DBD Entity

1y↑54

It is but not a traditional loss. Otherwise you can only enter. Taking the hits. Particularly managing your resources. You have to prepare for this kind of boss. And starts you aren’t able to back out.

Guardsman Pius

1y↑5

like 100, and yes your absolutely right!

Jake Paton

50w↑16

The very storm stearing down at you in rage at stubborn survival. A last bastion of humanity carrying the final flame on a cold dead world.

Manol Georgiev

46w↑2

Why do I hear boss music? xD

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Dumb Comment

1y↑982

A gigachad coming into the city with his daughter in -150c and people are dying in my houses

The DBD Entity

1y↑184

“ daughter has been found. Hope has increased.”

Kornel Kalksztajn

1y↑146

@The DBD Entity its such a shame that the event doesn't give some big Hope boost

Seing a lonely father, Who set out to find his lost daugther equipped with best equipment capitan could give him return at the climax, where temperature Reach -150°C while everybody is freezing, dying or praying would be one hell of a adrenaline rush for people

Althrough If it was the case I imagine everybody would Pick that option since it would be overpowered

DuckieMcduck

43w↑74

@Kornel Kalksztajn it gives you hope boost IRL

Феликс Натаров

41w↑6

Я живу в городе где зимой бывает -60, А то и -70, но это уже редкость. В принципе, все что ниже 10 градусов тепла ощущается примерно одинаково.

KOT EBANA ROT

37w↑3

@Феликс Натаров жесть вы в оймяконе чтоль живёте? Никогда не приходилось иметь дела с температурой ниже 30. Помню одну зиму жила в дачном домике, никого больше не было, ни соседей ни семьи. Вокруг кроме других домишек, большое поле покрытое высоким пластом снега. Казалось будто я на плутоне. Еду в холодильник даже не клала, т.к. на кухне точно так же было))
А у вас есть какие-нибудь истории на тему жизни в -70?

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LtDan2K

6y↑4.3K

The first time beating this game is an experience I'll never forget.
The threat of cold steadily getting stronger, watching your citizens struggle to make it day by day, the weight of responsibility on your shoulders, having to make the hard decisions, watching the final storm approach, praying your preparations would be enough, sending those brave souls into the mine, having to shut down buildings like a surgeon cutting off frostbitten limbs, finally having everyone gather around the generator as it groans under the immense strain, praying it can last just a few more days, just a few more hours, just a few more minutes.
A masterpiece of a game. Well done 11 bit studios, well done.

11 bit studios

5y↑1.1K

We love reading comments like that - 'cause we were hoping to evoke this kind of emotions when we created the game. It's great to know we have succeeded - at least to some extent. Thank you so much.

Charles Christie

5y↑161

I wish I could relive it. This is a gaming experience I will never forget. Thank you so much, 11bit.

Andrew Str

5y↑67

Trully great atmosphere, and the soundtrack has a great impact to create it. I remmember i the storm, when i put genearator on max power, and then turned on afterburner, felling like 'all in' in poker. However, the game said i crossed the border - i think not. I can stand by my each soultion.

modisp

5y↑32

One more to salute the game experience. First scenario was too good. The actual unknown really creeps on you :D And that storm coming. Mm perfect. Shame I cant relive this.

Ian Buse

5y↑17

11 bit studios I’m looking forward to what you guys have in store next, DLC or otherwise. This game was just as much of an emotional experience as it was a work of art. It has been a long time since I have felt this kind of fear and suspense in a game, let alone a game as unconventional as this. I got goosebumps several times in the main scenario with this music and the horror of the storm unfolding in front of me. Excellent job!

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Fabio Gomes

5y↑1.3K

Easily one of the most intense sequences I ever experienced in gaming. I was on the edge of my seat and getting all emotional. "Don't die on me now! Come on guys, one last push! We can make it!"

11 bit studios

5y↑313

The City must survive!

Daniel Araújo

3y↑31

YESSSSSSS!!!!!

Wisam Safi

2y↑37

For me the bells 🔔 kept ringing… but when the man appeared with him daughter it given me a sliver of hope! Then I recall when the people said “we are going home to be with our loved ones” that’s when I truly felt hopeless. But then I saw the End of the storm in sight and then I felt “just a little more!”

By the way, visually those shooting ice or snow lines coming from the top, where amazing in conveying the sense of cold

Leon

2y↑9

Same, in the end when everyone was sent home and the only ones working were my automatons I was literally stood up over my computer shouting "Come on lads, can make it! Come on, come on, come on" as I was watching my overcharged generator inching towards failure, coal and food reserves dwindling rapidly, all medical tents filled to the brim. The relief when the storm abated was second to none, I collapsed back into my chair with one MASSIVE sigh of relief.

Classified Mc

2y↑9

For me, my city’s hope has bottomed out during the final hours. It was probably the most nail biting experience I had playing a game.

Somehow, despite no hope remaining and even running out of coal mid blizzard, we pushed through.

The city survived, and we hadn’t crossed the line.

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Jonathan Faber

4y↑1.9K

I regret playing this game because I have literally never felt so powerless in my life. Well done for constructing a Cosmic Indifference narrative without Cthulhu, and well done for nailing the feeling of "Even my best is not good enough anymore"

Logical WREN

3y↑145

If you're still looking for games that make you feel powerless I'd recommend This War of Mine which was also made by 11bit.

That Juan Guy

3y↑46

Everybody forgets the world was created before the Idea of Cthulhu not the other way around.

kaptenlemper

3y↑153

@That Juan Guy I think OP is referring to the style of narrative, recently made popular by Lovecraft, in which humanity is powerless in the face of a universe that does not care for the fate of mankind. If you want to go further than that, the story of humanity before we deluded ourselves into thinking that we can control nature through industry and technology.

Magic Medic

3y↑129

When the thermometer hit -150°C, i found myself shouting "THE FUCKING AIR IS LIQUIFYING"

Logical WREN

3y↑49

@Magic Medic I'm pretty sure that's what everyone thought at some point lmfao. If it went down by another 50 we would all be doomed

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FreedomFighterEx

5y↑2.2K

A city building game where there is a boss. I can't call it a boss battle. There is no battle. There is no way for you to fight against it. This boss can't be bargain or reason with. The only thing you can do is to brace, lay low, and pray that your city is well-prepared enough to endure its abuse and punishment. Either your city collapse under its own stress, chaos, riot, and infighting or you make it through to see the bitter ending. Hell has frozen.

Nero Dino

5y↑95

Cold, the cold that sent the planet to the eternal slumber, the death that awaits us all. We will do whatever it takes to see the sunrise once more. there's no sacrifice too expensive, the city must survive!

91stCataclysm

3y↑56

I agree with your comment about the boss "battle" - more akin to being struck by a tsunami than fighting a battle.

Plan. Stockpile. Brace for impact.

FUNISAWA

3y↑7

Yeah, my first play when embracing this great storm, i was lost.. too much dying, so discontent become too high and i was executed on Steam Platform by people.. ( i though people just hiding in their home while great storm, i was wrong.. lol)

Jo Stenn

yaaas

seraphic

2y↑7

@FUNISAWA my first go, i was within 6 hrs of making it through the Great Storm when my time ran out and i was banished. i immediately started another game and then i was up until 4am the night before i had to work at 7... 14/10 i regret nothing.

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Malo 2901

6y↑2K

I almost started crying when i listened to this.
This music and this game is the purest definition of art.

11 bit studios

5y↑251

Thank you for your kind words. :)

Lord Warlock Thangwrath

4y↑7

Me to!

CHRISTIAN ZAID NOGUEZ PARTIDA

2y↑1

92edoy

2y↑9

I didn't cry, but when I got the "miracle" in the middle of the Storm, my throat definitely closed a little; bonus points since it happened the first time I went through the Storm, and even more bonus points since I got that outcome at 1:46 of this song. Remarkable knowledge of human emotions, 11 bit studios, bravo.

Jose Krimzon

2y↑3

Same. It felt like an death defying adventure listening to this the first time. You feel every note in your bones. Every feeling was perfectly translated. It was glorious and terrifying

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Itsonlyafleshwound

3y↑522

It is genuinely hard to overstate just how DEADLY this last storm would be in real life. When temperatures go that low, were talking about a whole different dimension of cold. It would no longer snow water ice, the air would be so cold that it simply could not hold water any longer. Instead, the snow that would be coming down would be frozen carbon dioxide, dry ice. Thats right, it would literally be cold enough for the air to start to seperate into its components and those components to freeze. At -150C were not that far away from it starting to rain oxygen. Surviving the outside at that point is basically impossible, especially with the equipment available at that time. Any cover in front of your face would very quickly ice up from your breath, and if you took it off, the next breath you took would freeze and destroy your lungs, killing you either through the schock of cold blood stopping your heart (the nice option) or through asphyxiation from your now useless lungs (the less nice option). You would be in agony either way. Even with a modern spacesuit you could only be outside for a short time. This is because -150C air pulls out heat from your body a lot better then a -270C vacuum.

inasfe

2y↑123

I know this is a year old, but I believe the game takes windchill and other factors into account when showing the temperature, so the real temperature would be higher
Still, the Storm would easily break -100C, much lower than the coldest temperature ever recorded

Simon249

2y↑44

At this point living in space structure would seem as heavenly

The True Gamer

2y↑83

@inasfe I think at that point they can't tell what the temperature is because the ethanol in the thermostat will freeze,

Jotaro

2y↑10

So there wounldnt be any clouds in the sky right and the world would start melting again?

TipTopTalks

2y↑41

@Jotaro Not if the sun is cooling like some of the scientists said as stated in the loading screen, you might be able to see the dimming star however

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Artek [General]

5y↑890

I love the final stand theme at 3:22.
The only scene i can imagine being appropriate for it is the Captain standing near overdrive lever as he watches in horror how the temperature on thermometer keeps going down while whatever displays generator's stress level keeps going up. 2 bars, both going in directions he doesn't want them to go. And both getting dangerously close to the point where they absolutely must not be, ever.

Argumenter_Respecter

4y↑111

The wind picking up even more, making even the generator creak and sway slightly... Until at 3:32, the thermometer stops... at -150 degree Celsius. He's shocked, and all the families in the houses looked outside the windows where it's pure white. Even living next to the generator and had the best insulted house the city can give, frostbites start to set in.

There is no hope... Or is there?

Renodhal

4y↑250

@Argumenter_Respecter Here's something to consider to make it even worse: Most thermometers use mercury, kerosene, or ethanol. Of them, we'll assume they're using ethanol because it has the lowest freezing point....at -112 degrees celsius.

The captain isn't staring in horror because the thermometer stopped at -150 degree Celsius. He's in horror because the liquid in the thermometer froze...and it's still getting colder.

violentcheese

4y↑112

@Renodhal thats fucking terrifying

許進曾

3y↑50

3:50 "The wind dies down and the temperature starts to rise. An eerie silence descends on the city..."

nam vo

3y↑12

@Renodhal at this point they use the metal thermometer for absolute zero I think

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ThePidgeyHunter

4y↑850

Congratulations to 11bit to make ''The City Must Survive'' motto gain a whole new level of meaning. As an anthropologist, I can see it from various perspective. The City are not necesarily houses and streets. It's our culture, our morality, what makes us a society. What makes us human, and everything that threatens that balance, that humanity, making it easier to fall into barbarism. Justifying every reasoning, muting every argument against, censoring every call back to reason.

The City Must Survive, by keeping the cold outside.

Beto Hernandez

3y↑41

It's such a strong experience, especially when the choice of extreme measures is right there, the option to give in to full-blown totalitarianism for the sake of better odds of survival, but I held fast and true to my sliver of hope, however small. It feels so good to beat the game without giving in to the temptation of sealing the final law in the book.

SephirothRyu

1y↑12

The OPTION... is that the city must survive... without crossing the line.
Mercenary Maxim 70. Failure is not an option. It is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do.
-The 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries. (most of them are not as deep)

The DBD Entity

1y↑1

And no matter what. Sometimes you can become blind to its flaws. Become blind to the abuse of order or religion.

123 Domo

49w↑2

@Beto Hernandez For me it was a damn good feeling just barely making it without becoming a monster

Slim_Java

5y↑1.3K

Criminally underrated. More people need to know about this game, or at the very least this song.

frost punkX

4y↑24

no one see this game because of online battleroyale games

Zi-Yen Chew

4y↑27

@frost punkX 30USD iS tOo ExPenSIVe crowd is too much. That's why we are stuck with paywall games or multiplayer games that thrives of putting players against each other, no more works of art like this one.

Nagybé Csarnai

@Zi-Yen Chew while we absolutely pay double that amount to play other single player games like god of war, tlou2 or Spider-Man

Theo S B

4y↑7

Best game i ever played. Love everything about it, a masterpiece

Starhal v2

@Zi-Yen Chew In Poland, games have Western costs, while average Polish worker is getting less money.
This game is about 120-130ZŁ back where it came from. And I'm still going to buy it- sooner or later.

It honestly surprises me, that from the country where higher prices stops video games from becoming popular, a masterpieces such as Frostpunk, Dying Light or Witcher 3 came.

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coyote47713

3y↑1.9K

"Dad, why is my sister named Rose?"
Well son because roses are your mother's favorite thing
"Oh thanks dad"
No problem Violin Section Of The City Must Survive

Losingluke

3y↑122

i was looking for this comment lmao

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

3y↑133

aight bricky calm down

coyote47713

3y↑41

@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's where I stole the joke from!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

3y↑5

@coyote47713 :0

Eleazar M LT

3y↑5

Just name him Visotcimus fricking large name

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Terence Ponce

6y↑964

Literal chills on the second half of the song. I remember getting to this part in the game for the first time and I really felt the gravity of the situation because of this song.

11 bit studios

5y↑162

That's great to hear! Thanks for the feedback!

BenBensen

5y↑27

11 bit studios This Game is my favourite this Game. You done so well with the graphic, the soundeffects, the music and the general atmospere cuz of this! You and CD Project Red are in my opinion the best game studios. I love you so much. You polish people know how to make games!

magnificat_orig

4y↑6

Its been a while I played this game (trying to plan my time to deal with the last autumn which I already bought, day one), but this song is still giving me the immense tension. NEED... TO... SURVIVE...
Masterpiece

Dyer

3y↑638

Even the name of the song is grim
It's not "The City WILL Survive" implying a bit of hope
It's "The City MUST Survive" it's a reminder that haunts ever choice you make

jooot_

1y↑50

It must survive. Otherwise, everything you've ever done will be for naught.

KittenChopper

1y↑26

The title has the slightest sliver of hope. There's one bit of optimism, wishing that they're strong enough, thinking that the city must survive, not the city can't survive

The DBD Entity

1y↑17

The city must survive. Else all that has been sacrificed, will be for not.

Stretch35

6y↑1K

I feel like this song is a ode to humanity. Even with temperatures closer to Absolute Zero than the freezing point of water, we adapt and overcome the odds. Rather than giving up on everything we choose to endure and endeavor everything Mother Nature can throw at us to save humanity's last bastion of hope in a dying world.

11 bit studios

5y↑272

That's true. We can't give up. The City Must Survive.

Slavic Boi

5y↑36

That's not the vibes I get from my Civilians, they say something along the lines of "why do we even bother when we are going to die anyways" or "we aren't going to survive this monstrosity". But yeah that is the vibe I do get from this song

Miloš Macura

4y↑96

@Slavic Boi That's exactly the point, when you think about it. They may have given up hope, but you can't. It's on your shoulders to see them through. That's what being a leader is about, and 11 bit studios have done an incredible job of making you feel that burden.

Slavic Boi

4y↑17

@Miloš Macura Yes, I've been playing more frostpunk lately awaiting the new DLC and that's what it feels like, everyone is seemingly against me but I still go on, bringing my city to prosper.

Tech Noir

4y↑9

Slavic Boi, they do say those things but don't feed them for a week. Don't have the generator on for a night. Their survival instincts kick in and all of a sudden purpose is to survive.

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II_DarkStar

3y↑745

"You are not part of Mother Nature's plan, and you will bear the full force of her wrath. The true test of Human vs. Nature." -The Long Dark

poivre poivré

3y↑53

Finally someone who also thought of the long dark when listening to this

the blue

3y↑42

As it shall always be man and his construction vs nature a fight of the ages but only one can win and we are sure as hell not giving up

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Jonathon Dwan

5y↑796

The Storm was a threat that induced so much more bleak dread and genuine terror than any horror game monster could.

The sole objective? Survive. The game basically tells you to wait and watch, to see if your preparations were even slightly adequate. And your hope, your real hope, it falls every time the temperature drops, until you're riding on an all-but-exploding generator and the last of your coal reserves.

And gods above and below, the music.

This game is phenomenal.

Tony Chapman

5y↑26

I finished weeks ago and this song still haunts me.

Something in my instincts hears that sound of frozen wind, and knows what that sound meant for many of our ancestors.

Pineapple Dealer

4y↑12

Me: being catched by storm half way through preparations have only one coal mine, so already during storm research for and builds 2 steam coal thrumpets and assign 4 automatons to those while constantly turning generator override on and off balancing between 97 and 99% using at the same time patients selection and using all abilities in temple and somehow manages to save situation.

ForsakenSavior

3y↑8

Well i would like to point of Alien Isolation that gave me similar vibes to Frost Punk's sheer desperation

The Ancient One

2y↑6

„On the last of your coal reserves”
meanwhile me having 30k coal in the last day of the storm 👀

KARMAZYNA

2y↑7

Exactly. There's no pleading with it, no outsmarting, or incapacitating, or killing it before it kills you. It just comes when it comes, and all you can do is prepare as best as you can.

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seraphic

2y↑154

Veredhiel

1y↑11

Beautiful commentary.

The DBD Entity

1y↑3

You survived. But should’ve you survived. Did you abuse order or religion?

Joel

41w

The King of the Internet

28w

I love reading stories like this. Thank you for writing -- it was a treat.

RolandVonRose

2y↑247

Everyone talks about the violins but honestly the horns at 1:43 are what really hits me the hardest!
It just has such a kick to it, and a weird feeling of industrialization! it’s the part I always find myself jumping back to listen to a few times and humming to myself.

Super-BallSharp

1y↑19

It almost sounds like a representation of the giant, creeky generator swaying and battered in the wind.

Alejandro Ramos

1y↑10

I dont know if you know something of musical theory, but, it is implied in the musical sense that metalic wind as it is called the type of sound made with metalic horns like tubes and all of that kind of elements, be made in order to feel like they are cold, steel genetared and overall more harsh towards the listener, while wooden driven air instruments like Oboes, clarinets and all that kind are made to feel warmer, closer and overall more pleasant to the listener.

Now think that the game has all revolving around a giant metallic tube with air flowing all around it :D

Nathan Nunes

51w↑1

Can't agree more!

It's like seeing all of your hard work taking a stand against the storm.

Animarthur !

48w↑3

I love these horns too, but that's not how i interpreted them. I usually picture steam pipes bursting as the generator's stress increases, engineers rushing to fix it and keep it together, the whole machine slowly failing as the captain anxiously watches the stress meter go up

Amarjeet Paul

5y↑213

Hats off to the Mechanised Scouts, the brave men and women who venture the frozen wasteland to serve the city... You the real MVP.

Webvix Darklove

26w↑3

Very late to the party but yeah scouts are the fucking best. Venture out into the frozen wastes on their own, regularly find and bring back survivors to the city, constantly bring in resources (mmnmgmhmgm give me all the steam cores I want to eat them they’re so yummy), and I think there’s only like 3 ways they can actually die

ChaoSpaceMarine

5y↑1.5K

"Man, sure is nice living in New London, eh Captain?"
Captain screams as he tries to balance the Generator from going critical
Miners die en masse in the mines
People literally dying of frostbite in their -30 degrees homes.
Sips cold water "Yep, just another day at the office."

Cryptek Hobbylab

4y↑108

Automatons, lad. Try this.

Wildmaning

4y↑125

@Cryptek Hobbylab Yup, I always go mass automatons in playthroughs. Round the clock workers with no complaints and no chance of dying on duty. Also I find them adorable.

Cryptek Hobbylab

4y↑27

@Wildmaning In late game i often has zero workers on the duty, only engies in hospitals

Mjojoe

4y↑17

@Cryptek Hobbylab that feels terribly inefficiant to me tbh. with enough coal and individual heaters you can keep the workplaces warm enough so its not a big problem

Cryptek Hobbylab

4y↑62

@Mjojoe Graded Automata has 95% efficiency againts maximum 160% of human worker. But human worker works maximum of 10 hours per day and you will spend lots of coal to heat their workplace.Automata works 24 hours at any temperature and cannod sick or die from exaustion. Economically automatons much better on a long distance.

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Sephyrrhos

5y↑763

"Brace yourselves, Frost is coming!"

11 bit studios

5y↑234

...and the City must survive!

DbonRP

4y↑27

worst 3 words you can hear

Melvin Hotdog Man

3y↑25

@DbonRP "1 Adult Died"

Warhammered

3y↑11

Wrap up well people, the cold is here

андрей Д

3y↑7

@Melvin Hotdog Man hope has gone

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срокси

1y↑19

2:40-3:22 когда проходил и услышал этот отрывок у меня мурашки пробежали по всему телу, да и сейчас тоже бегут, очень атмосферная игра, не передать словами. жду не дождусь 2 части этой прекрасной игры

Kaguya Ryuugu

5y↑807

EA: A game without multiplayer can't be good and won't sell good...
11bit: Hold my beer.

Henrique Martins

4y↑72

You mean moonshine.

Grimm Al MAlki

4y↑15

@Henrique Martins lol yah. Moonshine

CHR3S

4y↑47

@Grimm Al MAlki "Listen! New Law in Place" Our Beer is now legal!

Animarthur !

4y↑20

11 bit:hold my storm.

Red Mayhem

4y↑10

Hold my frozen moonshine

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Red Klainn

5y↑377

F Pedrosa

5y↑16

Well I read the whole thing and enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing. I had a similar first experience (my houses were actually pretty well off, but I had barely any food) and it was one hell of a ride. Love hearing other people's run on it. Every one is different, yet similarly tense. It's a great game!

totallynotmrsinister

3y↑3

My first experience they all died because I forgot to turn the generator on, don’t know what you guys are doing

Necfreon

3y↑2

My first experience well I was more prepared then all of you I had all houses 5 coal thumpers a few infirmarys and the 2 mines and still I was running on fumes I had to convert all the useless buildings for coal thumpers and switched most of the resource depots to coal and on the last few days I had to juggle having overdrive on during the night while everyone was sleeping and turning them off when it’s day the geny near sploded on me when the last part of the storm came in

Thel RADame

2y↑103

Its -34 celsius at the north pole, what the people in frost-punk survive is incredible.

SephirothRyu

1y↑32

The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was about -90, in Antarctica.

Valiatus

29w↑3

Extinction is not an option.

Aldo Navarrete

29w↑2

@Valiatusextinction is a choise and the answer is no

D0D0BIRDIE XD

4y↑216

The only game to make me ever feel PHYSICALLY COLD while playing it. I had to put on a sweater while playing!

Exnihilo Adnihilum

3y↑22

Try playing it in your basement when it's -15° out. Seeing your own breath and having numbed fingers while watching that thermometer drop is a while experience in of itself.

Fedcomp

3y↑16

haha u know what's funny? while i played the main scenario, in the very end with the great storm, my PC has been as overheating as a generator in game. It felt ironic to sit in my house at 30 degree celsius while people in the game getting frostbite en masse.

Fedcomp

3y↑3

@Exnihilo Adnihilum having your pc overheating while you play the game is also funny. People getting frostbite in the game and you can't stop sweating.

Logical WREN

3y↑9

@Fedcomp Reverse immersion

endocean117

4y↑110

The DBD Entity

1y↑2

“We survived. Did we cross some lines? I don’t think so.

Nid Salim

34w

Come morning, the huddled masses gathered, their faces pale and shivering. Gaunt children, wizened beyond their years, came to the generator, too tired to complain, too distraught to even seem alive, moved as though they were wights. They came into the place where the capitan resided, the one who had made them do the terrible things they had to do. The one who had seen them through the winds of the frozen hells themselves. But no one wanted to approach. A mixture of gratitude and hatred held them in their place. Slowly, one picked up his courage and tried knocking on the door.

No response. Nothing. The man heaved against the heavy blast doors of the operator's room. They vould feel the warmth of the generator. "Blessed warmth, and he hogged ALL of it!" The man seethed.

Blood. Ruby red crystals sprouted where the capitan's body lay, slumped over the desk. The lone cotseemed as though it had not seen the touch of humans for days. On the desk, a lone letter. The ink was probably heated when the sun rose, he thought.

The letter simply read, "I had to. The city had to survive."

DeltagodAndFriends

5y↑260

Sorry for the late comment but I have to say this.
When the largest storm in the game hits the city, freezing everything its path and all you can do is watch and hope as the temperature continues to drop it is heart pounding. The mighty drum in the beginning and wild strings behind the wind fill you with a sense of dread and raise the hair on your arms as you beg "oh god, one more day, just one more was all I needed". The rapid strings and cello backed by the drums creates an atmosphere of uneasiness as the temperature drops and people ask you to do something, anything, as their leader to help them through this nightmare. The ending third of the song with the bouncing strings tests your metal as the temperature drops yet again, the point at which you watch people die and hope at least a few survive or the point at which you start to see the sun begin to rise and storm dissipate as the music climaxes in a cacophony of drums before fading to the wind.
Also the idea that some of the music takes the form of an orchestra mixed digitally with the sounds of ripping winds. The sense of despair is most prevalent but this sense of hope, musically delivered, every few minutes through some of the tracks leaves the player with a "We can do this, one more day, one more frigid day" feeling as they struggle to guide their people through to the bitter end, tooth and nail.
A true damn masterpiece of music and when I saw that this was on Spotify I knew what I was downloading, I am also glad that I have a record player because the vinyl is superb especially in its eye-catching white casting. You all outdid yourselves with this game, and Mr. Musial blew the music out of the water.

11 bit studios

5y↑44

Thank you so much for such detailed feedback! We are happy that you like the game and the soundtrack!

Have a good one!

Bmobmo64

3y↑92

This storm is so terrifying, even when you're as well prepared as it's possible to be, Generator maxed out on overdrive, full houses with upgraded insulation, max level heaters, steam hubs everywhere, your engineers at their wits end unable to find any ways to draw more heat from the Generator, and there's nothing you can do but watch as it just keeps getting colder

The DBD Entity

1y↑2

“ remove the shielding!”

Galli 40

5y↑169

This game is without a doubt one of the most intense gaming experience i ever had. The music is one of the best and perfectly fit the game, the ambiance is heavy and opressive from the begining of the game to its end, and the feeling of being hopeless just before the storm... i geniunly forgot it was just a game. Clearly one of the best game i've played.

Each and every aspect of the game feels like an absolute success : The music, the story, the choices...

I really hope you are proud of this game as it's for me one of the best available.
Thank you, and bravo !

11 bit studios

5y↑27

That's a wonderful comment! Thank you so much, it means a lot!

djmysz

5y↑2

Hands down this. The intense experience is real. That is because they hired one person who was responsible for the gaming experience only. And it was one of the the best decisions they've made.

Strenght Bracer

3y↑65

Imagine them telling their kids how hard they had it

Spookshanka Man

2y↑24

This time, this one time, they'd be right.

The DBD Entity

1y↑13

“ trust me child. You do not know the true definition of cold. It was so cold the air was freezing. It was so cold the house you were in fully insulated went below freezing. It was so cold, even when the generator was on overdrive, which I guarantee you have not seen, the temperature was still freezing even on the center row. Child do not complain to me that you were cold. For you do not know the true definition of cold.

De Demon

1y↑8

"Your breath would turn to snow before your eyes, your spit would shatter when it hit the ground."

Anthony Lopez

42w↑5

What do you mean? The kids were there … working.

ʄɨʀɛʄʟʏ

40w↑2

"Back in my day, we experienced a storm you'd think was impossible. From what I remember, it was -150 degrees Celsius! Not even the Generator could keep our homes from being absolutely freezing, and we were always in and out of the infirmaries... I was lucky to have survived, all of our generation were.
The Generator almost exploded due to the stress of keeping it on to heat what little we could. I remember the poor mother of that child, bowing her head in acceptance that she would never see her child again.
So, if you think you ever have it hard, think about that. Ponder it. You have no idea what hell really is like until you are in that storm."

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Ahooga

6y↑197

There's no words to describe how is it so good.
Masterpiece track for masterpiece game.

11 bit studios

5y↑30

Thank you so much!

Wells Marvel

5y↑111

Like everyone else apparently, I had an unforgettable first experience. I was in the storm when I put my generator into overdrive. At about the same time the violin in this song gets really frantic, I realized that the temperatures were going to get even lower, and I had most definitely started overdrive too early. Perfectly timed with the arrival of the brass, I flew into a panic. My city would survive that storm, but not before I became ice Hitler.

Tactical Neural Implant

5y↑9

@Charles Christie Probably took the final law in the "order" path and declared himself absolute ruler to permanently drop discontent to 0.

seraphic

4y↑4

This cracked me up, but I totally feel ya. I remember just saying "oh my GODDDDD" every time the temp plummeted. I also started overdrive WAY too early, because I was still in the mentality of trying to keep everyone at least pale orange. HAH, sweet summer child I was.

The DBD Entity

“ we survived the storm, but was it worth it. Should have we survived? We had abused the concept of order. Did we cross the lines? I don’t think we did.”

Argumenter_Respecter

4y↑137

3:32
The final drop happened, it's showing -150 degree Celsius on the top of the screen. Symbols of freezing places pop up even in houses next to the generator.
In my experience, Hope even plummeted to zero, and with the generator at 90% stress, I have no choice but to stop the overdrive. I was screaming inside, just a few more hours...

As for the music, I love the fact that the main melody of this track is still the same that we heard throughout the game, the main theme. Everything that you did from day one matters to this moment, everything you worked for may be destroyed by the storm...

but the city that you build... must survive.

Deathly Drained

3y↑6

Dude, I was switching that overdrive off an on at 98-99% lolol

asy fer

yeaahh its driving me crazy as my people is dying one by one! from around 400 people only less than 200 survive the storm.

G. Man

2y↑27

Sodakent

2y↑1

cool

G. Man

@Sodakent thank you!

The DBD Entity

I honestly think the part where the coal mines are working overtime. I wear the minors in Plymouth. Everyone is wanting to go home and spend time with their love ones.

Liquidium

6y↑151

one of the best game / soundtrack combos, this part of the game wouldnt be the same withtout it

Jamestown

5y↑29

This music perfectly encapsulates the feeling of desperation and fear in the face of the final storm.

The feeling of everyone huddling in their homes spending what they expect to be their last hours huddled with their family or their friends, or drinking themselves into a stupor, or crying out to God above to not extinguish mankind. In the Medical Posts and Infirmaries the medics work around the clock, treating frostbite and replacing amputated limbs with prosthetic ones. A man crawls into one with the daughter he rescued in the blizzard, both of them barely alive, and one of the medics begin to provide them both with attention. In the Coal Mines the Automations work obliviously. In the Generator the stokers shove coal in as fast as they can and the Captain watches the gauge carefully as the Overdrive ticks up and up; he told others to look to God for hope, gave sermons and lead processions praising the Almighty, and now the Captain himself is praying that the generator last just a little longer. What if this is the end? What if God won't save them? Then the temperature drops to -150 degrees, and the Captain is forced to shut the generator off. Everyone is freezing to death, and he can only hope they hold on for just an hour more. Then thirty minutes. Then twenty. Ten. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.

Then the storm clears, and the temperature rises back to -30 degrees. He looks at the report; none of his people died during the storm. I imagine him sobbing tears of joy and crying out in praise to God for delivering them. I imagine afterwards the people would have a sermon, and ceremonial mass, a midnight vigil, and a giant procession around the generator, and with the rest of their rations they would have a giant feast. Then generations later, old men and women would tell their grandchildren and great-grandchildren of how, when they were just children themselves, they survived the worst blizzard in human history.

SephirothRyu

1y↑3

...And then the Captain realizes he forgot to shut off overdrive, and rushes to shut it off just as it reaches 99%. But it is too late. The people inside the houses have already taken off all their clothes.

Bears_Brian

41w↑8

2:43 love how the composer was able to convey the drastically dropping temperature with this part T-T such a good OST

Magic Medic

3y↑81

When the thermometer hit -150°C, i found myself shouting "THE FUCKING AIR IS LIQUIFYING"

I Play Games

3y↑31

Not yet but CO2 is snowing

ClockworkCrow

3y↑30

But you have to admit, the vertical Aurora effect for the falling snow that may or may not be the CO2 the generator just belched out is beautiful

Michael Linderman

5y↑301

You could make a badass movie out of this game

Stalker 44

4y↑47

Even a 8 or more seasons of series or lots of movies, this lore is extremely dense

Richard Danby

4y↑21

Closest is probs Snowpiercer which a tv series is being produced for with a recent trailer being released with Jennifer Connelly

Krzysiek Stankiewicz

4y↑5

@Richard Danby what about Scorcher VI global meltdown ?

Richard Danby

4y↑3

@Krzysiek Stankiewicz Who left the fridge open?

Valiyus

4y↑45

Much, much rather have a TV show to depict this very sad and depressing world. Each episode becomes more and more depressing as they try to set up for great storm that is approaching. It can concentrate on two or three different generators throughout the series showing different sides and how each city decided to handle this situation. If they got it just right, it would probably be one of the best shows on TV.

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G Kagara

2y↑30

The track where all your work culminate and put to the test.
The 30 minutes you will always remember.

Danilo Diaz

5y↑89

I was fully prepared for the storm from the first time. I had already seen some streams, and had my fully automated facilities, with an adequate amount of resources, my city was totally sustainable, but that father who goes in search of his daughter at the beginning of the storm, broke my heart with his departure and made me incredibly happy when he got back, with his daughter it was like a ray of hope in one of the most critical moments of the game. Gentlemen, you are geniuses in the correct execution of the user experience.

Jamestown

5y↑21

The response to that event was perfect: "Miracles do happen."

The DBD Entity

“ the father had returned with his daughter. Hope it has increased.”

Hamza Tanvir

3y↑32

Nothing beats the violins at 2:43 . Such a sense of urgency and emotion. It's scary and awesome at the same time.

Justin Malovrh

3y↑4

It gets even better at 3:02. The lone violin playing against the rest of the orchestra audibly parallels with the city and the storm, which gives me chills every time I listen. A perfect musical embodiment of desperation in the face of overwhelming odds.

Nova

1y↑16

UltraRobbie

3y↑35

Cannot describe the feeling of playing this as the storm roars and it gets even colder. People refuse to work and go home to pray (understandable); homes that you've reinforced to withstand anything are suddenly just as bad as they were at the beginning; it's impossible to gather resources or food so your people are left to starve with nothing but hope that it will all be over soon. I'm just blown away with how unique and unforgettable that experience was - hats off to this company for this masterful design.

Rowcan

3y↑4

"Captain, the coal miners have stopped working. They want to be home with their families in their final moments."

Sorry boys, but you're the final wall standing between us and the freeze. We need you now more than ever.
> FORCE THEM TO WORK

The DBD Entity

“ a new order has arisen. Dissent is no longer a problem.

Panzi

5y↑73

Zero Dislikes, of course. The Soundtrack of Frostpunk is superb. A masterpiece, just like the game. I have already bought the Original Soundtrack DLC to support the devs. <3

11 bit studios

5y↑12

Thank you so much for supporting us! It really means a lot! <3

Armchaiirwarrior

3y↑24

This piece hits strongest during first playthrough of the "New Home" scenario, during the last hours of the storm. -150 degrees, with generator sounds on overload and wind ambience makes you feel like a world itself is hellbent on getting rid of settlement.

MirekTV

6y↑74

True masterpiece. CITY MUST SURVIVE. I stopped the game just to enjoy this music. And! We survived... Thanks for these unforgettable experiences!

Kavaeric

5y↑22

I've never heard of Piotr Musiał before, but I can absolutely admire an artist who can create a song of such intense emotion - dread, fear, perhaps even invoking that of a legend - while keeping the percussion so simple and no-frills, and certainly without any reliance on "epic" choirs. Fantastic composer!

Firefly567

2y↑12

The final stretch of this game is a boss fight against nature itself. One of the most intense endings to a game I've ever experienced. Even being fully prepared, the choice to send 30 people to die or lose coal mine productivity, the temperature falling further and further to the point that even having all upgrades and the generator running on overdrive is still not enough for that last night, only for the dawn to break, for your people to have made it, and to have not crossed the line. What an amazing experience

Super Sleepy

2y↑18

After SEVERAL failed attempts, I have completed the main scenario... on normal difficulty lol. The final run of the main scenario was incredible and one of the few times I have been 100% immersed in a game. Food was running low. All my buildings were freezing even with the generator on stage 4 and in overdrive, people were starting to die fast, but the end was in sight. When the storm ended I thought I had lost for a horrible moment because my discontent was a hair away from being full. I'm left speechless.

Autobot

4y↑9

Последние дни Великого шторма я доживал со слезами за мой народ! А этот прекрасный саундтрек, играл, словно смычок на струнах моей души. Это великая игра, в ней я пережил такое, что словами не описать. Вот так звучит музыка в душах людей, что из последних сил борются за свою жизнь. Браво... просто Браво!

rapidmagic

47w↑1

This moment in the game is one of the most heart-pounding, intense experiences I've ever had in a video game. That feeling that everything you've worked so hard to achieve is about to be wiped away by a storm you had no idea would last this long accompanied with this amazing composition gives me chills just remembering it

Dragovich

1y↑10

The DBD Entity

“ hope has risen.”

SWAT5691

30w

Magnificent.... HOPE RAISE

The King of the Internet

28w

Criminally underrated comment. Great stuff.

TheReal21Roads

27w

"Till death do us apart"
- Some white guy who managed to survive the violent storm and an underground base that is filled with Nusian Empire Units along with a Superunit and escapes using the helicopter.

Agent Gentlemen

3y↑15

This is one of the most powerful soundtracks I've ever listened to in video games. It's so heart-wrenching I can't breathe. But when the storm ends, my god.

Unexpected

5y↑35

I recently got Frostpunk and am already in love with it! When I reached the storm part, watching the entire city struggling to survive while this song played, I felt a level of immersion I hadn't felt for a very long time while playing a video game. The intensity of the situation is so wonderfully transmitted through the music, it gave me chills. It really felt like the world was ending, with the temperature dropping to insane negatives, and we could do nothing but hope our feeble human tech was enough to deal with such a devastating natural disaster. Thank you for the great game and for such an experience!

Kaerakh

5y↑49

When the storm hit, I was not prepared. We had a modest stockpile of coal. I did not send scouts to forecast the coming storm, deeming it too dangerous. Our food reserves were even worse. The first infirmary had only been in operation for several days. The city must survive.
I increased patrols and produced propaganda to keep the peace and control discontent.The temperature gets colder. It is clear that our coal reserves may only be barely enough, if they even are enough. The food has run out, there is nothing left to eat. Discontent still rises and hope falls. The city must survive.
The only people working now are in the medical posts, the infirmaries, and the only coal mine not operated by the arcane automata. The temperature gets even colder. I'm informed that the mines may collapse unless if 30 brave souls are conscripted to ensure our survival. The generator sputters as we fall short of feeding its ravenous appetite for coal. I force the coal miners to work overtime. Discontent rises and hope falls. The city must survive.
The sick are too numerous for the infirmaries and it is too cold to man the medical posts. I order the construction of more infirmaries, leading to more falling ill and requiring the mercy of amputation. The temperature drops even further, no one is spared from the cold. A family is found frozen. The people are starving. Then we fail to feed the generator the coal necessary for our survival. The hour it is silent seems like an eternity, but it starts again with with a renewed fervor and saves us from destruction. Discontent rises and hope falls. There is talk of relieving me as Captain. I am informed however that 15 more men must be conscripted to save the mines, the previous 30 did not return. There is no choice, the city must survive.
It is colder than what seems possible. People are dying. The coal shortage inspires fear and theft. Discontent rises, and all seems hopeless. Have I failed? An engineer, stubborn in his duty, informs me of the storm's potential end. I have not failed. The city must survive.
The storm is at its worst. The people continue to die. I hold out in my office, waiting for the mob that will depose me. We are mere hours from the end, and our survival is all but guaranteed. I issue my last order as they apprehend me. THE CITY MUST SURVIVE.

seraphic

4y↑7

This is epic, bro. I love how this game practically writes its own stories.

Orphan Martian

2y↑29

Playing this in the dead of winter, huddled around my PC for warmth as the gorgeous graphics overcooked my GPU, was one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time.

SephirothRyu

1y↑7

That wasn't the GPU. It was the generator. Hope you didn't keep it in overdrive TOO long...

The DBD Entity

1y↑2

“It’s guna blow!Hide!”

Yongyang Fu

3y↑15

I've beat every difficulty and every scenario of this game at least twice.
Comparing to all the desperate choices of the law book, I find that I just can't accept more than 5 deaths every game.
So in the first few games I was very quick to embrace barbarism and totalitarianism of the order path, executions were basically a cheat function for clearing the discontent bar.
But as I got better, with careful planning and micromanagement, every captain can achieve the perfect ending without killing anyone---even on the toughest difficulties.
Forsaking human values in the book of laws are just a excuse for insufficient game play skills.

Paraskevas Backogeorgos

2y↑9

You can twist this to its opposite
Sufficient gameplay is an excuse not to confront the difficult questions that the game presents

Solid Snake

40w

Haha, public steam execution go Whooooooooooooooosh.

JacobTC

24w↑1

I don't know why this piece makes me so emotional. There's a complete feeling of dread from this monster - cause and effect - that you have no power over. But then there's these refrains that show this inner strength coming through that makes you weather the storm. I think I get teared up because it feels like what it's like to be a small human in a very large and very uncaring universe.

Герман Насыбуллин

1y↑4

Очень крутая композиция
Когда проходил оригинальный сценарий очень сильно проникался атмосферой под этот саундтрек
Оставляет сильные эмоции

mous trout

25w↑1

The subtle defiant undertones this song has. Even when the storm is here even when the smog from the generator falls as black snow. The city...must survive.

Lopadopalis

2y↑1

0:00 - Storm Arrives
0:21 - Phase 1
0:51 - Phase 2
2:02 - Phase 3
2:42 - Phase 4
3:23 - Phase 5
3:48 - Storm Passes

Patiflops2

6y↑38

Everytime I hear this bit I get goosebumps, as you prepare for the end.

Dylan King

48w↑2

this goes absolutely unreasonably hard piotr truly surpassed some human limits in creating this whole score but this moment specifically is beyond

Jeffry Ab

42w↑9

cubanwargaming

39w↑1

Godspeed.

TheReal21Roads

32w

Bob

3y↑6

I survived the storm with 183 sick people and the generator overdriven to 96% stress. What an experience.

Manlet King

1y↑4

Imagine a Frostpunk series made by the same guys that made Chernobyl and having this soundtrack. Show of the decade, guaranteed!

WünderBruh

24w↑1

It's been a while since I've gotten actual goose bumps , love it

Jocose Sonata

2y↑5

I consider this as an absolute masterpiece of musical-personification about the storm and the cold, and humanity's stubborn grip against the dying light.

Hash Brown

1y↑6

I just beat the Storm, it was so tense, I was on the edge of my seat constantly worried if i had enough food and coal and if my infirmaries were going to be enough. I think i'll upload it. Thank you to the 45 volunteers who went into the mine and gave their lives for the survival of New London. I wasn't sure how I felt about this game at the start, but i can't help but smile when I think about the fact that I kept New London alive. Hell may have frozen over, but humanity's will to survive surpasses all.

Stardust

2y↑10

By far one of the greatest games I've played to date. I've always had a thing for games where you're thrust into a situation that seems nigh impossible to survive, only to overcome it with feelings that I can't put into words. Think Darkwood, Dead Space, and obviously, Frostpunk. My first experience with this game was entirely blind, I figured out what to do for the most part, but by all the gods did it kick my arse. I loved it so much. When I finally went into the later parts of the game, slowly turning from desperate leader to malevolent tyrant, I think I experienced something that can't be topped. First hearing this track gave me goosebumps, as if the track itself were emanating a chilling frost. Getting through the final storm was one of my biggest achievements. Truly, this game is a masterpiece. Keep up the fantastic work, 11 Bit Studios

a flying man

3y↑9

I get goosebumps when I listen to this.
The storm is by far my favorite part of the game (and i mean the entire game because i have all expansions). Especially on Challenge runs when you fuck up and don't have enough resources, it's just a nerve wracking experience. and if you survive, its just so satisfying.

I love this game. You guys did a great job!!! :)

프루딩

6y↑134

It's the best game music of 2018.

Kristián Kuzica

Darkest dungeon color of madness soundtrack is better

Artyom1957

Subnautica OST is better.

Џон Мастерман

6y↑1

Its the best game!

JewTube

6y↑1

CoM has a couple of nice tracks but I'd say this OST is better overall. This song is probably equal with the best CoM track as well.

Kristián Kuzica

"The Blasted Heath" is similar to this Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJYa9Z15-I&t=39s

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Itinerator

5y↑50

I'll never forget the moment I first heard this music

Vadra Adreham

5y↑10

No one ever will; the burden that you had on your shoulders during the storm, the sacrifice that you had to make in order to keep those mines going, the miracle that happened during it, and those final hours when the temperature reached -150C with one thought in mind: The city must survive!

Poundcake Bear

2y↑13

I genuinely felt defeated my first few play-throughs. I had lost hope, realizing that there wasn't anything I could do to save it at that point. I had to push harder, sacrifice more than I was willing to early on. Finally succeeding was great, though.

RolandVonRose

2y↑4

God something about this comment just feels sinister.

SephirothRyu

1y↑4

Turns out, that the game has TWO hope meters. One of them just isn't calculated by the game.

Wild Denbigh

24w↑1

If there's one soundtrack, ONE SONG, that always gives me goosebumps. This is it, playing Frostpunk I have to wrap up because my body automatically thinks it's cold, just listening to the music makes me shiver to try and heat up. I don't know how Piotr did it but he made music "feel" cold. Not just like cold and unforgiving. I mean literally -50°C cold, pretty sure my CPU and GPU run colder playing the game as well.

Uraz Oktay

45w↑1

The city must survive!

This game is a masterpiece. And this song is also a masterpiece.

Morgan

26w↑3

Take heart and prepare! We are not Winterhome, wd have not fallen to our base instincts, we have not and WILL not rip one another apart in the face of our ice-lashed fate! We are the people of New London! We have survived the fall of London, the loss of our old world, and we will survive all that's yet to come!!

We move against the closing doors of fate. We have to.

Animosu The Anonymous

3y↑5

The reason this is so powerful is because 1. This is the test- no exam to show if all of your hard work payed off. 2. The faith of everyone is in your hands. 3. It feels like a non existent boss fight because of the music and just how hard it is

urazs oktay

45w

This song and this game are masterpieces. Pure art.

ShinyPotato77

5y↑8

This Soundtrack, and the others are so fitting to the game.

This one perfectly catches the tension, the struggle, the desperation but at the same time it gives of a vibe of hope and determination.

Masterpiece

Dante Sparda

2y↑3

Dragonspirit223

36w↑5

Dytox Prime

36w

The man going out in -150 degree weather to get his daughter back didn't lack in determination, that's for sure.

Carnage

35w

😭

Wyvern_Wolf

2y↑3

What I love most about this song isn't the violin or the orchestra to it, it's the ticking in the middle and towards the end. Time is running out, the temperature is getting colder and people are getting desperate. The clock is ticking ever closer as the final storm nears its conclusion.

Gikame

3y↑2

There just is something about an orchestra blaring dramatic music into your ears
Still coming back to this amazing piece even the few years after its release
Thank you for giving us such an amazing game with such a great soundtrack
Cant wait for the sequel ^^

Superspine113

43w↑2

Frostpunk gave me one of the most intense experiences in my whole gaming career.

It was my first time ever playing the game and I was completely enthralled by it, I ended up playing the game all day and night just trying to beat the New Home scenario. I had school the new morning at the time but I was so set on beating New Home that I played all night and into the morning. With my final attempt before I had to get ready for the day (with no sleep, yay!) I was able to beat the scenario by the absolute skin of my teeth. Everyone was freezing, the mines were barely operational enough to get coal to keep the medical bays open, I was almost out of soup, and everyone was ready to munity and kick me out within the next couple of hours due to discontent, but I still managed to beat it!

I've since gotten much better at the game but man, making it through that storm with this music playing and watching the temperature drop to -150 C right before the end was a harrowing experience I'll never forget.

Erika itsumi

2y↑1

One of the best games I've played these days

I hope frostpunk 2 will be another masterpiece

lukas lukaševičius.

2y↑4

This soundtrack is heartbreakingly beaufitul but it hits even harder in-game when your coal reserves are down and you are forced to send suicide-squads of citizens to the mines in the blizzard in order to keep the furnace running for the rest. The few sacrificing themselves for the many while this song is playing. Playing through this for the first time literally gave me goosebumps.

Butter_Warrior99

33w↑1

I just wanna say. Thank you so much for making this game. I recently just won my first run and I was on a knifes edge and by shear coincidence when I was at my lowest started to burn the generators on full blast to let the New Londoners feel warmth before their timely death. The storm broke and I was absolutely shocked. Kudos!

magmablock

2y↑5

I haven't felt so much dread for the ending of a game since Mass Effect 2.

Dr.Nosuke

1y↑2

As an Arknights player, I can sense Yelena somewhere in this fearful orchestra.

Terrodot

45w↑3

Ни один босс в какой либо игре не оставлял столько эмоций после победы, как окончание шторма в этой игре

Maria

27w

А о чем игра вообще?

Terrodot

27w

@Maria строить город в условиях постоянно понижающейся температуры

Maria

27w

@Terrodot спасибо)

Magnolia

42w↑1

this theme literally made me buy this game
props to the composer

FATEd Pondera

5y↑50

쇠쟁이

5y↑8

My favorite Frostpunk soundtrack. I think it's the best Frostunk soundtrack. It describes Frostpunk itself. I feel the stormy chill that penetrate my whole body to the bone, but I feel the human's firm will fight against merciless cold storm too. So, I strongly recommend to listen it firstly.

Eternal Miasma

3y↑3

This song kicking in in the last moments of the blizzard, while you are on edge just trying to make sure your boiler doesn’t explode and your people don’t freeze is up there with the halo 3 warthog run as one of the most tense endings in gaming

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