Amnesia: Justine - Story Explained

Hello everyone, and welcome to the next installment of Lore and Order, where I unpack game lore and stories from games. In this one, we look at the short story add to The Dark Descent, Justine. The lore in this one was surprisingly deep for what is an hour long game!

CHAPTERS

Intro - 0:00
Plot - 0:49
Justine - 2:33
Insanity Grows - 4:38
The 3 Victims - 7:18
Motives - 8:34
Links to TDD/Rebirth - 11:01

ALL MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND
ALL GAME FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY MYSELF ON PS5/PC

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[minihalkoja]

I like how Amnesia: Justine manages to be set in an universe that contains supernatural horrors, yet it doesn't explore that kind of horror. Only the horrors that humanity itself can create.

The basement/dungeons of the Florbelle estate aren't haunted by reanimated corpses of a long gone war nor a cosmic Lovecraftian entity, only the broken prisoners of an insane woman.

To go on a very specific and nerdy rant, I wonder what happened to the Cabinet after Justine passed away. Was it ignored as a dark dungeon of a bygone time, or was it's true purpose seen? Are it and Justine now a dark and depressing footnote in French history. Is it now a museum?

People living in the Amnesia universe's 21st century are likely morbidly curious and excited to hear about the madwoman who conducted secret, Saw-like experiments in her basement in the 1830's. I at least would be binging the shit out of that topic.

[cogitae]

I wish Justine was a bit longer because the plot of this short game was honestly perfect. I'd love a sequel to Amnesia featuring Justine, or at least being able to see her or interact with her as the mc.

[apple]

I think there's one thing you missed. Justine's father came on to her - meaning he tried to sexually assault her because she reminded him of her mother and their similar looks. That was why she had to kill him, and most likely one of the final straws that pushed her to her insanity.

[umukzusgelos]

Amnesia Justine also had a lot of references to Portal, like Justine saying "I´m still alive" at the end and the whole thing essentially being one big testing sequence guided by a disembodied, in this case recorded voice
there is even a GLADOS easter egg hidden in the library

[DefyDTF]

Dude your growth has been RIDICULOUS. I found your vids when you were around a few hundred i believe a year or so ago and where as I thought your playthroughts were entertaining and could tell thats what you enjoyed doing, finding your niche in these videos really sky rocketed your channel. Just saying don't be afraid to maybe post a couple of your playthroughs or even stream on here now and then. I've watched everyone of your lore and orders since you started the series though and want to congratulate you on such a fantastic idea and a niche you fill in perfectly👍

[bardotte]

justine is such a gem, i really hope they remake the game and give us a more detailed story

[IronVigilance]

This is so dark. Not just from a moral standpoint but I literally cannot fucking see

[Dragon]

A part of me understands why Justine ended up the way she was...but I still was hoping she would meet her end by some means. I suppose at the very least, age would catch up with her, but still she would be removed from the world eventually. I also remember that this was one big reference (and part of a big meta-game that Valve did) with Portal.

[clownrat]

My favorite Amnesia game! I adore this one for it’s grim and hopeless nature. The bad guy ends up winning in the end and we get no closure for those we wanted to save.. how *wonderfully* tragic.

[laquintana]

Really enjoyed this video, can't wait for future Amnesia installments! May I recommend doing a story explained on 'Lucius'? The game is nearing its 10 year anniversary, would love to see it happen!

[MAXPAYNE]

Personally loved Justine DLC back in the day. Thanks for doing this story dive!

[zoeelizalde]

I literally just finished your other amnesia video and honestly cant wait for the rebirth video

[nikbradley]

What is Justine planning at the dinner party??

You say we all know but I have no idea!

[angelmoreno]

So it's almost like medieval Saw but she's playing it on herself?

[luistamayo]

Fun fact: the star shaped soapstone is actually a reference to the amnesia short stories more specifically the first one called the grinch house also the last name of dr fournier is a reference to amnesia the bunker with a character known as sergeant fournier

[Soothsayrtw]

I feel it would have been cool to have this game tie into dark decent. With the way she likes to torture people it would have made sense that the two characters collecting Vital or whatever it was to keep the shadow at bay would have contacted her for help in torturing if not for ideas or equipment or something.

[enru]

These kind of videos are amazing and I love watching every one of them! Keep it up, man.

[pleonasm]

I like that you cover horror games because I would never play them myself, it's just not for me.

[bluesnail]

You sincerely deserve way more subscribers. Don't change tho, growing channels shouldn't have to give up what makes them unique to be successful.

[tomosmells]

Last night I fell asleep to your Bioshock and Amnesia lore videos and now I wake up to this. Beautiful.