Games with Cruel Worlds

Let us temper this world's cruelty, just a little.
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What does it take for a world to feel truly hopeless?
Beyond a brutal difficulty setting or relentless hordes of enemies, what creates that feeling of dread as you witness a world suffocating under its own despair?
It's a twisted kind of attraction, but the grim spectacle of survival in a cruel world is both horrifying and beautiful.

00:00 You Are Nothing
00:44 What Went Wrong?
02:25 Blasphemous
05:31 Soulsborne
09:36 Hope is Lost
11:36 Hollow Knight
15:07 Enemies, Areas and the Emotional Toll
17:49 Inside
20:21 The Environments of Elden Ring
22:09 Fallout
24:50 You Are Stronger

Potential Spoilers
Blasphemous: Mid game and minor late game spoilers. Surprising and hidden hooks are discussed.
Elden Ring: Mid-game spoilers. The overarching story and late game bosses are not discussed.
Hollow Knight: Some late game events are shown and discussed, including the final boss.
Inside: The entire story is discussed.
Fallout: Extremely minor story details, the overwarching story is not discussed.

Footage shown: Hollow Knight, Celeste, Doom Eternal, Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Blasphemous, Darkest Dungeon 2, Inside, Pompeii (2014), Spec Ops: The Line, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Undertale, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Fallout 76, The Last Of Us, Fallout Show, Fallout New Vegas, Bioshock Infinite, League of Legends, Firewatch, Journey, Arcane, Planes of Lana, The Amazing Digital Circus, Signalis, Dredge.

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