Unknown Voicelines

[Null Winter]

Supposedly, all of the Unknown's voicelines are parroting of things it's heard before, and it clearly understands the meaning behind what it's saying since it will use understandable lures ("Help...", "Want some candy?", "Come see this.", etc.) instead of totally random nonsense phrases ("Meep moop hoof pompadour"). It will sometimes go as far as to create new phrases by piecing together existing phrases; you can hear it pause and swap to a slightly different voice mid-sentence to still make a coherent phrase.

This gets weirder when you select it before loading into a lobby, though. It'll occasionally use very strange phrases that come across as vaguely fourth wall aware, but some of them are extremely specific and raise some questions about what kind of situation was going on for it to overhear that phrase. "Tonight. The world at my feet." can be heard in a single, cohesive voice that is deadly calm compared to all the other slightly panicked phrases; who would have been saying that and why? It will also sometimes say something akin to "Prepare for the expedition.", again in a totally calm and singular voice.

Being mysterious and ambiguous is meant to be its whole deal, but BHVR aren't usually subtle with writing or lore.

[ReZisT Lust]

I wouldn't put it past Jerry to be a fan of anime cause "Tonight, the world at my feet" has a weebish feel to it and I dont doubt hed kill a weeb

[.°• Sheep ༄𖦹]

there's potentially something there, maybe he's more aware than he seems? but with how confused and scattered his lore is i doubt we'll ever get a conclusive answer.

edit: we know for a fact that he once abducted a group from a movie theater, so maybe some of the more ominous lines are things he heard from a movie? still a little strange that he'd use a singular voice specifically for them though.

[KreamKorn]

I think its intentional cause in the lore The Unknown has been around for years and years, maybe he heard some thing on the radio, maybe movies/tv. But ultimately The Unknown was meant to be weird, hard to understand, and unknown!

[KreamKorn]

Originally posted by KreamKorn:

I think its intentional cause in the lore The Unknown has been around for years and years, maybe he heard some thing on the radio, maybe movies/tv. But ultimately The Unknown was meant to be weird, hard to understand, and unknown!

They say its not flat out a skinwalker but thats the vibes i get, cause it tries to mimic voices. Its up to personal interpretation though and that is really cool. Cause The Unknown can be scary to different people in a variety of ways.

[.°• Sheep ༄𖦹]

Originally posted by KreamKorn:

Originally posted by KreamKorn:

I think its intentional cause in the lore The Unknown has been around for years and years, maybe he heard some thing on the radio, maybe movies/tv. But ultimately The Unknown was meant to be weird, hard to understand, and unknown!

They say its not flat out a skinwalker but thats the vibes i get, cause it tries to mimic voices. Its up to personal interpretation though and that is really cool. Cause The Unknown can be scary to different people in a variety of ways.

personally, i like the idea of the unknown being shaped by how it's perceived, rumors and urban legends and paranoid theories meshing together over time to create the weirdo we have now.

i feel like it pairs well with his ability to remember and "keep" parts of his victim's identities, he feeds on their ideas, not their bodies.

[Null Winter]

Another one that it says with absolutely no voice changes during its intro animation on the selection screen:

"I lived in dungeons long forgotten.", said in an almost bragging tone.

We should probably start compiling all its voicelines and the circumstances they pop up in (breaking a pallet/gen, picking up a Survivor, idle, character select, etc.) for the wiki.

[Mors_Indecepta]

I actually made a lengthy post about this in the lore section of this forum.
There is definitely a lot of interesting stuff for those who like to learn/theorize about the lore.

[Null Winter]

Originally posted by Moderately_Merciless:

I actually made a lengthy post about this in the lore section of this forum.
There is definitely a lot of interesting stuff for those who like to learn/theorize about the lore.

Then include an embedded link instead of just mentioning it, mate; saves time for interested folks, especially because almost nobody bothers to scroll that far down.

[Mors_Indecepta]

Originally posted by Null Winter:

Originally posted by Moderately_Merciless:

I actually made a lengthy post about this in the lore section of this forum.
There is definitely a lot of interesting stuff for those who like to learn/theorize about the lore.

Then include an embedded link instead of just mentioning it, mate; saves time for interested folks, especially because almost nobody bothers to scroll that far down.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/381210/discussions/13/6352962504914416396/