This is a project I have been working on for almost 3 years. Not this video in particular, but the idea as a whole. since early 2024, I have been trying to turn Into the Radius into a cinema to the best of my abilities. I began working on the project around February-March of 2024, and was originally just going to create a one part movie about Into the Radius. After some troubles with corrupted footage, I decided to scrap the idea and instead make a multi-part series that connects everything together, including movies and several mini-series.
(A significant portion of the lore explained below is different from that of Into the Radius and was created to establish consistent pieces of information. I did this because a lot of the lore in Into the Radius is inconsistent or ambiguous, such as the date of The Event, whether or not other survivors exist, who exactly the UNPSC is, why they are helping us, etc.)
Escaping the Radius (May 2024) is about a man who finds himself in a strange place with no recollection of his identity. He eventually discovers a facility where he accepts missions to learn more about the zone he is trapped in. He is assigned the name "Explorer #61" Along the way, he meets a young woman named Katya, who explains that is trapped inside the zone and needs help. During his time in the zone, he comes to learn about the history of the zone and the UNPSC organization, which is guiding him as he is the last surviving explorer after the final known explorer died 5 years ago in 1987. The UNPSC eventually gives him a mission to retrieve the grail from the old castle at the center of the zone. He successfully finds the grail, but is shot in the head and dies before he can return (that is what the first clip refers to).
Escaping the Radius 2: Redemption (September 2024) is a direct sequal to the first movie in which Explorer #61 wakes up in a strange village house, once again having no idea who or where he is. After leaving the house, he sees Katya, who does not remember him either. But suddenly, he remembers everything. Katya, the Radius, the UNPSC, the grail... and his own death. It made him angry that he came so far just to lose it all. He wanted redemption. He exhausted all efforts to retrieve the grail again. And eventually, he reached the castle, and eliminated everything in his path. But when he grabbed the grail, he was greeted by The Radius itself. It gave him a gun and an ultimatum; he could shoot Katya and be returned to the real world, or shoot the radius and vanish. He chose to save Katya. After his choice, he disappeared.
Escaping the Radius 3 (~2027) will focus on the journey of another explorer, Explorer #73. He will wake up in a strange place, with no memory of their past. He will find his way to a facility, albeit much more modern than the one Explorer #61 resided in. He will push through the zone and will attempt to figure out the history of the zone, what caused it, and how to escape. He will also meet a man named Lauri, who is suspicious of the UNPSC. I'm not exactly sure how Escaping the Radius 3 will end yet. (I previously named Escaping the Radius 3 as "Escaping the Radius 3: The Finale", but that will likely change as ETR3 will probably not be the last movie of this series).
Escaping the Radius: The finale / Escaping the Radius: Endgame (???) - This movie is unplanned and unconfirmed, but I would like this to be the movie that ends the series. I will not spoil the contents of the movie, but I do know how it will end.
Another series I have made in the past, "Escaping the Radius: Origins", Embarks on the beginning of Explorer #61 and #73. That series is unfinished and still a work in progress because that it where the most fundamental lore will be.
My youtube channel is Popo Productions if you want to check out my ETR series. I really hope you do. I have quite a lot of passion for this game ever since I discovered it back in mid 2023. A lot of things have changed since then, so I hope you stick around to see this series become the masterpiece I invision it to be!