Didn´t understand the story at all, am I stupid?

[Don Cool]

I never played the first iteration of this game, most games tend to explain how events turned out in their previous titles, this one gives a few hints but doesn´t really put things into context. A good example is Timmy.,

How do I know about Timmy? I of course watched a Youtube video explaining the roots of the story, the obelisks, the corporation involvements, the first antagonist and the consequences. All this explained what I have been doing in the second iteration of the game, one of the videos was actually meant to be watched prior to playing "Sons of the Forest", someone who felt it was necessary for those who didn´t play the first game.

I finished the game a bit baffled as I failed to understand a lot things in spite of reading everything I found ... which isn´t much, most of the lore seems to be depicted in the scenery of the island and I did explore vastly giving me an idea/guesses/theories but not actual facts.

My question to you folks, should a second instalment always assume you played the first game? I think not, maybe you disagree, some initial reading from f.ex. diaries found would have been nice.

[CARLEAN101]

no, i didn't play the first game but i know the whole story and the story and ending for sotf is a load of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. i can only hope they change it because despite all the exploration i did, i don't think there's anything in the game that explains the ending

[Dr.Rabies]

Good video for the story of the forest and it's sequel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L22U8dUpC44

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Dr.Rabies:

Good video for the story of the forest and it's sequel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L22U8dUpC44

That´s one of the two I saw to get things explained.

[ClAyMoRe*]

There is no story people are reaching hard.
Neither cutscenes make sense, neither leaflets make any sense,
Anyone who calls it story is out of their mind,
Even if we ignore that there is no direct story, there is no world building to explain anything either.

[Doppleman]

This is not a story by itself. This is not the kind of game where you'll get a 10 minutes monologue from the characters explaining everything. I agree that it is lacking right now, but even at the full release I wouldn't expect much more than a couple of journals laying around going into more details. You should immerse yourself in the world and work out your own story as if you are playing a role play game.
I believe the idea is to keep things mysterious and to get some Youtubers to make Theories videos and "Explained" videos. Which is kind of working right now and this creates a lot of free advertizing for the game.

[Maviba]

Story of SoTF isn't completed (or at least not fully implemented) yet,
more parts of it are going to be added in upcoming updates.

But having played the original The forset and reeading all hints help a bit.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Spoilers:

Big weird cube makes dimensions shifty.

Rich people buy island to build ultra deluxe apocalypse bunker.

Mess with cube dimension goes shifty, rich people become extra dimensional freak monsters and escape into cave systems.

blonde waifu girl slightly affected, grows more arm and leg, becomes ultra cute freaky deaky waifu.

player comes looking for ceo. Fails. Escapes... or not.

Its not exactly the most complex story dude.

[Maviba]

[quote=Dr. Strangelove;3782499113698341506

player comes looking for ceo. Fails. [/quote]
Actually he didn't fail. you can find him

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally posted by Maviba:

[quote=Dr. Strangelove;3782499113698341506

player comes looking for ceo. Fails.

Actually he didn't fail. you can find him [/quote]

Uh yeah but the interdimensional mutant creep version

[Dr. Strangelove]

Originally posted by ClAyMoRe*:

There is no story people are reaching hard.
Neither cutscenes make sense, neither leaflets make any sense,
Anyone who calls it story is out of their mind,
Even if we ignore that there is no direct story, there is no world building to explain anything either.

Are you kidding? This game is full of world building. Did you read any of the notes? Check out aaaaany of the bunkers? They all tell a pretty simple story. You don't need 10 hours worth of cutscenes and context dumping monologues to tell a story. Just look around and you can figure it out.