what did i just play?

[Chrome]

got the game on quest 2 played it finished it, and was left confused by the story. u see this is the first game in the franchise to launch on the quest, i never played boneworks, and i also cant play boneworks (at least for now, maybe when the quest 7 launches i'll be able to lol). so i expected they whould make the story friendly to newcomers or at least give a quick recap. oh boy was i wrong. when i reached the end of the game i had no idea what was even going on, what i was doing, or where even was i. it's like they expect u to play boneworks beforehand. can anyone help me out?

[DuckLord]

You dont need to play boneworks to understand the story.

[worm_master]

I completed both BW an BL, and i still didint get the story of BW, that said, i did understand more of the game, that understanding was difficult in BL. The cloip boards were "Too erratic", and in a marked change form BW, very little graffiti, offering other little insights.

MY POINT.. I didnt understand either story, still large gap's, just relax and know YA NOT ALONE!!!!

[DuckLord]

As far as I know the Jimmy guy is helping people and recruiting them to lava gang.

[worm_master]

Originally posted by DuckLord:

As far as I know the Jimmy guy is helping people and recruiting them to lava gang.

Lol well yes, but who r Lava gang? how did they "form" what do they do? etc? what IS the point of the lava gang? and whats wth the melon obsession?.

Don't Answer, if i really wanna know, i'll go google it, hopefully you can see my point though

[happyPig]

Like in From Software Souls titles the story of Stress Level Zero games is cryptic, fragmented and convoluted. Both treat you how the player would actually experience the lore ingame.
Deciphering it is a community effort.

And for Bonelab we got new infos with an update. Probably more to come.
So expect months until the community can figure out what is really happening.

But for now you can look up Boneworks explained videos.

[BRRRT]

Originally posted by DuckLord:

You dont need to play boneworks to understand the story.

I disagree, bonelab doesnt explain what MythOS is, what the void is, what monogon is, nor much of well needed context. Boneworks explains all of that in its first level alone

[DuckLord]

Originally posted by BRRRT:

Originally posted by DuckLord:

You dont need to play boneworks to understand the story.

I disagree, bonelab doesnt explain what MythOS is, what the void is, what monogon is, nor much of well needed context. Boneworks explains all of that in its first level alone

Good point actually.
But then isnt your ingame character unaware of what MythOS actually is? It would still be nice if it did have things hidden around saying what it was though.

[BRRRT]

Originally posted by DuckLord:

Originally posted by BRRRT:

I disagree, bonelab doesnt explain what MythOS is, what the void is, what monogon is, nor much of well needed context. Boneworks explains all of that in its first level alone

Good point actually.
But then isnt your ingame character unaware of what MythOS actually is? It would still be nice if it did have things hidden around saying what it was though.

Though that is fair, it would also compliment the story and the game if there was a level dedicated to showing and explaining what MythOS is. Boneworks had such level, even when the main character knew exactly what monogon was, and still had no effect on gameplay or lore.

[PsychoKick]

Here's a short, extremely simplified explanation of the background story for Boneworks and Bonelab.

Boneworks: Monogon creates MythOS, a VR system that is powered by "void energy" from the "voidway" dimension, which is also the home of lots of creepy entities, some of them hostile, some of them benevolent. The player character Arthur Ford is a Monogon employee who has discovered that if he can bypass the system protections he can directly access the voidway and gain immortality in the void. The game starts with Ford hacking MythOS using tools from a competing company (Gammon) and halting the system clock, and the gameplay covers his attempt to get to the voidway in the ensuing chaos and become an immortal void entity.

Bonelab: Jimmy Wong is an NPC entity from a simulation of an American town who gained sapience and broke free of the simulation limits. The player character is a peasant NPC entity from the Fantasy Land simulation who gained sapience and as a result ended up being sentenced to death as a heretic by the other peasants. At your execution, Jimmy helps you escape and throughout the game builds you up so you can eventually break free of the simulation limits and join Lava Gang, a rogue band of voidway hackers.