The TWISTED Lore of Reanimal
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What is the true story of Re-Animal?
What is the true story of Re-Animal? Since its release, fans have been speculating about what the true lore of this cryptic game actually is. But by putting all the clues together, from the animals to the endings, and by diving into all of the symbolism, the dark truth is revealed. Hello Internet! Welcome to Game Theory, the show that's flocked to this new game as soon as it found out it existed. Re-Animal. Why? Because this game is made by the same studio behind the first two Little Nightmares games, Tarsier. And when this game released a few weeks ago, people were not disappointed by this thriller co-op game. It's essentially the spiritual successor everyone wanted, rather than what Little Nightmares 3 ended up being.
But just like the Little Nightmares games, there is danger, suspense, and of course, lore. With barely any lines of dialogue and a lot of clues hidden from plain sight, the game's story is a mystery from beginning to end. Who are these kids? What happened to them? And why, oh why am I being chased by a giant demon pelican? The DLC is said to reveal more of the story, but the first chapter isn't releasing until July. But fear not, friends, because the game we currently have actually gives us everything we need to figure out the true story behind Re-Animal, and the dark secret these children are hiding. Put on your creepy collectible masks, theorists, as we travel through the hellish nightmare of Re-Animal.
The game starts out looking up from a well, with four silhouettes looking in. As the fifth appears, the screen turns red and it cuts to one of our playable characters in a boat. He's wearing a bag on his head with a rope tied around his neck. As he moves through the vast space of the water, the boy stops and finds a body in the water. He pulls the body in, and as she comes to, she attacks the boy, trying to strangle him. They break up the fight and talk. Sounds like we have our objective for the game, and so we do just that, slowly finding our friends Hood, Bandage, and Bucket.
Why is Re-Animal considered a spiritual successor to Little Nightmares?
Bet you could guess where they got those names from. I mean, our main characters are literally called The Boy and The Girl, so maybe those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. As we go about finding them we explore more and more of this weird and mysterious world we witness suits of human flesh come to life a man who wears said skin suits and can apparently teleport through dead bodies okay but as we escape from this horrifying man we fall off a cliff and suddenly we're looking inside the well once again with a dead lamb at the bottom that begins to contort and the screen once again goes red turns out this appears to be a vision from the girl she regains consciousness and so our journey continues now across a flooded city full of sea mines a demon pelican and a giant pig after finding our friend amongst all of this we sit at a bus stop and have another conversation do you know why we're here no idea suddenly the girl begins convulsing the screen turns red and we once again see the lamb at the bottom of the well which grows into a fully grown sheep but no time to worry about that because the school bus is here maybe the next part will be more friendly what
We arrive at a large building. According to the website, these guys are orphans. So what we're looking at is the orphanage where they met. Here we find a bunch of candles and statues lying around, some strange dust children, and a giant human spider. Because spiders weren't creepy enough already. Of course, we defeat it, the gang climb into a military truck, and we have another conversation. You know where this is going, right? Girl gags, screen goes red, oh look, here's the sheep. Except it's got humanoid limbs now. And it's quite big. And it's trying to climb out of the well. More strange creatures await us on the other side. Like this giant horse skeleton and a giant whale missing an eye. We solve the puzzles, reap the rewards of our actions…
The girl has yet another vision. But this time, as the screen turns red, the girl becomes unable to stand.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the true story of Re-Animal?
0:00–1:50
2
Why is Re-Animal considered a spiritual successor to Little Nightmares?
1:50–3:57
3
What symbolism is revealed through the game's characters?
3:57–10:09
4
How do the visions affect the characters in Re-Animal?
10:09–12:31
5
What role do the orphans play in the game's narrative?
12:31–16:04