As a demo stuff like this is ok. But I think devs need to realize that PT stood for playable teaser, it was not it's own game and that was not going to be the final concept or even plot of the next SH before it was canceled. I get it was super popular so it's an easy idea to want to capitalize off of, but basing your game off a demo is not wise.
Yes! I was just saying something similar, pt wasnt meant to be a 5hr game it was meant to be a quick 15-30min experience to draw attention and get people excited. Having that idea go on for longer would immediately get boring and repetitive which is why they didnt make it longer. + its a super lazy copout of 'i wanna make a game but dont wanna spend time on resources and world building'
Naah. Loop games have been done to death, this one didn't manage to hold my attention for more than half of the video, and this was only the demo ! I can't see myself enjoying "this but longer", even after all the technical problems have been fixed.
Same. Less looping and more time shenanigans and I'd give this one a chance. I want it to feel more like playing a game and less like walking through a haunted house at a carnival. 🫤
@@CountryBuff08honestly every loop game has become a 'what if we recreated PT!' Making it boring and generic bc we all know the outcome. Sad it's been turned into such a mockery
@@melliethemorticianlol looping in horror content has been happening long before PT or even video games existed. Everyone acts like PT created some brand new genre… instead of recycling a classic horror theme lol PT itself wasn’t super original
I tried to stream this just the other night but it was too much for my trash PC! Glad to see you play it since I can’t! Thank you Chris! Also have you seen “Withering Rooms”? It’s a really charming and creepy horror roguelike with a fun mysterious story! You might like it! I fell in love with it and bought the full thing after playing the demo! Looking forward to more great gameplay! Thank you!
Thanks Chris!! I don't know how or why YT video & audio get out of sync but I spent over a minute getting it to work during your intro. Even if I only see you cam at start & end 😂 Thank you for all the content!!
21:53. The daughter in the mother-daughter portrait was holding a doll. It was dressed in the same color as her and your mouse hand was partially covering its face. Thankfully there was no person-sized doll.
Thanks, Chris! I'll stand with @chrisvonheimer - yeah, let's see the full game. I wanna see what the little boy is all about, and I want to know about his sister. What on earth happened in this family? Hopefully, we won't have to wait a couple of years for the glitches to be fixed, whatever funding is required, and way fewer loops. Worse than too many jump scares, imo.
This kinda reminded me of Visage, with the sanity meter. But Visage is amazing in that it has a full story and this game just seems like one task after another
I gotta be honest, here. I am so tired of PT-esque games. It's now been so overdone. I was bored of this demo about 1/3 of the way through. If you play it, I'll watch it... but mostly for the commentary.
I really like the graphics, the original enemy’s, heck even the environment doesn’t look like a reused asset, but I’m over the loop thing, it’s too much, 5 or so loops is fine but it being the whole game kinda stinks
For some reason, Baldi's Basics sprung to mind when you read, "No running in the hall..." Sadly, it seems this doesn't have a ton of originality (the PT-esque playthrough, the Rose Red room, the generic jumpscares), but it does have some nice elements. Sound design is... okay, the red light green light part could be fun, and if they made the library room puzzle more difficult to decipher or made it into a colour pattern you need to replicate instead of just follow- like a progressively more difficult 2 color to 7 color pattern that you have to complete faster and faster..... that could be fun, too. Nothing new, but fun. Not being able to sprint anymore in a slow-paced and repetitive game, and the flashlight system is annoying: And not being able to check the toilet is criminal 😅
You should check out this game called "insight". Demo available so far, but it looks interesting and something you (and all of us) may really enjoy. Also, please keep your eyes peeled for when Asylum comes out (dev of Scratches) and Dark Fracture (I think it's called). Look forward to your daily uploads!
The game's a little dry, but good commentary as always on your part. It's randomness without a cohesive story. The watch element is cool, but falls flat for me in the story telling department.
I was kinda getting over the whole looping hallways thing… but the last like 1/3 or so I thought really picked up and was quite a bit more interesting… however I’m not sure the point of the story at this point… but not a horrible game and I’d watch you play the full game. Interested in if they’ve got more up their sleeves like the end third
I wish the boy and the time travel aspect had more of a part to play in the demo. The PT section got very repetitive and a bit tedious after awhile. I do think there's potential though - I liked the ghost designs and the surreal lake-library was very cool. I'd like to see a full play through but I hope there's less PT and more of a solid narrative for the MC to go through.
I think the mechanics like the watch were good. Just wish it had its own environments instead of looping hallways like PT. Thats been copied so much its awful. Otherwise not a bad game.
the brightness on paper needs to be adjusted and im sick to death of the PT looping corridor, but very good-looking game. deffo give the full game a chance, but if it hops straight into corridor looping, quit again
Wondering if you’d play something like “withering rooms?” Looks interesting… it doesn’t seem like you are playing games that last more than a couple hours lately so maybe it would be too long for what you’re doing now… but just curious
This was okay. The second half was better than the first but there wasn't really anything new or interesting being done here. It looks nice though and I like the way the ghost lady looks.
Too much PT. When it wasn’t being a PT clone, it was pretty good, and I liked the watch aspect. It has promise, but I’d like less of the looping crap. Thanks for playing, Chris!
These PT ''inspired'' games need to stop fr, horror games used to be interacting, with an interesting story behind it, jumpscares, horror scenarios and scripts not a walking sim basically going through the same shit all the time ... Tho i do appreciate a Cju video abt it lol
At this day and age, indie developers should just stop looping stuff. Might as well go old school like amnesia and clock tower, or heck go even older with a fantasy dungeon crawler horror game.
After seeing so many PT clones and inspirations, some better or not, this one seems pretty average. Frankly, a PTesque game really need a captivating story to make me interested. And finding something under the stairs won't help them this time.
I feel like the only game that got close to giving that vibe was Visage, bc they included the looping hallways but also gave you a real game and stories with it. Unlike the rest of the walking sims with a jump scare every other loop.
It's not just a game with loops and sanity nonsense, it's a boring game with loops and sanity nonsense. I skipped forward so much I just got bored and went to the end. Even the part where the woman was on the balcony and when she popped up to kill you was taken from PT. Hope they start from scratch at this point.
Rather derivative & not really having a vast breadth of scope, but if you enjoyed it then hey! p.s. I think I heard "it's always bloody manikins" - Quote of the indie-horror... 3+ years? 😆
I think what annoys me the most about the overuse of the PT thing is that since the OG game itself, the layout of the "house" has annoyed me. What kind of house has one super long, winding hallway with just two tiny rooms (a bathroom and a storage closet) off of it, and/or a front door? The layout has never made sense and so while I might not mind the repetitiveness that comes with people copying PT, the fact that they keep the same, god-awful layout is really actually the worst part. Still watching, but yeah, only 12 minutes in and I'm aggravated, haha.
This PT crap It's going to be like the granny games Well that's all people seem to know how to make non original ideas The same game made over and over by different developers thinking This is going to be good And then you watch your sales And wonder why Well did you have to make yours like Pt or granny or could you actually be an artist
He has always played 'bad' horror games bc theyre funny. He has some labeled as 'terrible indie horror games' and he continues to do it bc we enjoy it + hes stated sometimes he picks games bc they interest him not knowing they'll be shitty.
"You might wanna wipe yourself down--you've got a little _somethin'_ there." CJU, ever the gentleman. 😊
Why, yes, I want my Bloodline haunted. Thanks CJU for playing.
As a demo stuff like this is ok. But I think devs need to realize that PT stood for playable teaser, it was not it's own game and that was not going to be the final concept or even plot of the next SH before it was canceled.
I get it was super popular so it's an easy idea to want to capitalize off of, but basing your game off a demo is not wise.
Yes! I was just saying something similar, pt wasnt meant to be a 5hr game it was meant to be a quick 15-30min experience to draw attention and get people excited. Having that idea go on for longer would immediately get boring and repetitive which is why they didnt make it longer. + its a super lazy copout of 'i wanna make a game but dont wanna spend time on resources and world building'
I was not expecting the library room from Rose Red
There's a throwback! Damn... forgot about that gem of a series.
Same! What a great mini series to pay homage to also, fantastic opening given the lore behind it.
thanks Chris, at this point i think my bloodline is already haunted enough 😅😂
Batteries are the scariest part of indie horror games. In this universe tv remotes and game controllers would be a lesson in frustration.
Ikr, like why can't you ever charge the batteries in these games like in real life? 😂
Naah. Loop games have been done to death, this one didn't manage to hold my attention for more than half of the video, and this was only the demo ! I can't see myself enjoying "this but longer", even after all the technical problems have been fixed.
Same. Less looping and more time shenanigans and I'd give this one a chance. I want it to feel more like playing a game and less like walking through a haunted house at a carnival. 🫤
Yea, I hope the final release isn't like this but idk why your demo would be. It's not a good advertisement imo
It does get old. Almost feels like a cheat in a way. Why create a larger environment when you can just reuse the same one over and over.
@@CountryBuff08honestly every loop game has become a 'what if we recreated PT!' Making it boring and generic bc we all know the outcome. Sad it's been turned into such a mockery
@@melliethemorticianlol looping in horror content has been happening long before PT or even video games existed. Everyone acts like PT created some brand new genre… instead of recycling a classic horror theme lol PT itself wasn’t super original
I tried to stream this just the other night but it was too much for my trash PC! Glad to see you play it since I can’t! Thank you Chris! Also have you seen “Withering Rooms”? It’s a really charming and creepy horror roguelike with a fun mysterious story! You might like it! I fell in love with it and bought the full thing after playing the demo! Looking forward to more great gameplay! Thank you!
I don't mind watching a full playthrough of this and hopefully the bugs get fixed 💜
Thanks Chris!!
I don't know how or why YT video & audio get out of sync but I spent over a minute getting it to work during your intro. Even if I only see you cam at start & end 😂
Thank you for all the content!!
21:53. The daughter in the mother-daughter portrait was holding a doll. It was dressed in the same color as her and your mouse hand was partially covering its face. Thankfully there was no person-sized doll.
Very entertaining. Thank you for playing, CJU!
Hi cju thank you for playing 😊
Love this channel! Always entertaining and a good time hearing Chris narrate. Always cool to get introduced to games I've never heard of. Keep it up!!
Thanks, Chris! I'll stand with @chrisvonheimer - yeah, let's see the full game. I wanna see what the little boy is all about, and I want to know about his sister. What on earth happened in this family? Hopefully, we won't have to wait a couple of years for the glitches to be fixed, whatever funding is required, and way fewer loops. Worse than too many jump scares, imo.
The mirror room, reflection room, whatever you want to call it reminds me of Rose Red. It's a cool feature.
I honestly don't know how you have the patience to play these games; it's so frustrating just watching it!!
Thanks for your support, we appreciate it!
Keep up that incredible content.
Thanks for playing Chris 💗👍🏼
Yay!! Another video to watch!
I feel the same loll even if a game is cheesy I enjoy CJUs sense of humor.
Looked pretty good, I think it has a lot of potential. It's funny that for an Indy game, it had really nice character animation.
This 'cycled corridors' thing is getting really old. Every time I realize 'oh it's one of these' I just lose interest and feel blahh 😩
Same
You must be fun at parties
I enjoyed this game. Had a very good look and special effects. 👍
The sanity thing reminds me of visage
"And if YOU want your bloodlines to be haunted..." 😂😂😂 Every single video I look forward to hearing the pun after introducing the game title 🤣🤣🤣
Love your vids dude ! Keep up the good content.
Hi Chris, I'd live for my bloodline to be haunted thank you
The game does feel a bit generic, but CJU's commentary makes it quite enjoyable.
Ha! The mirror library from Rose Red! Right off the bat, too.
This kinda reminded me of Visage, with the sanity meter. But Visage is amazing in that it has a full story and this game just seems like one task after another
I gotta be honest, here. I am so tired of PT-esque games. It's now been so overdone. I was bored of this demo about 1/3 of the way through. If you play it, I'll watch it... but mostly for the commentary.
I really like the graphics, the original enemy’s, heck even the environment doesn’t look like a reused asset, but I’m over the loop thing, it’s too much, 5 or so loops is fine but it being the whole game kinda stinks
Hiya! Im loving the game so far, your commentary is ABSOLUTELY hilarious! 😂😂 Thank you as always! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Recommendation: Witch's Doll?!
For some reason, Baldi's Basics sprung to mind when you read, "No running in the hall..."
Sadly, it seems this doesn't have a ton of originality (the PT-esque playthrough, the Rose Red room, the generic jumpscares), but it does have some nice elements.
Sound design is... okay, the red light green light part could be fun, and if they made the library room puzzle more difficult to decipher or made it into a colour pattern you need to replicate instead of just follow- like a progressively more difficult 2 color to 7 color pattern that you have to complete faster and faster..... that could be fun, too. Nothing new, but fun.
Not being able to sprint anymore in a slow-paced and repetitive game, and the flashlight system is annoying: And not being able to check the toilet is criminal 😅
I liked it. I hope you play it when it's released
It is a decent proof of concept. I hope the devs keep working on it.
You should check out this game called "insight". Demo available so far, but it looks interesting and something you (and all of us) may really enjoy. Also, please keep your eyes peeled for when Asylum comes out (dev of Scratches) and Dark Fracture (I think it's called). Look forward to your daily uploads!
CJ "5th of May?"
Me: That's my birthday!
CJ: "That's very important apparently"
Me: That's my birthday!
🤣
The game's a little dry, but good commentary as always on your part. It's randomness without a cohesive story. The watch element is cool, but falls flat for me in the story telling department.
I was kinda getting over the whole looping hallways thing… but the last like 1/3 or so I thought really picked up and was quite a bit more interesting… however I’m not sure the point of the story at this point… but not a horrible game and I’d watch you play the full game. Interested in if they’ve got more up their sleeves like the end third
These loop and recognition gamesare played out
16:33 they had to use the royalty free creepy music
21:51 lmfao… the little girl is holding a doll 😂 they’re both human
I think the date on the diary entry was supposed to say May 5th, 1940.
I was thinking, huh, Medea got herself a washing machine and electric iron in 1840? 1940 makes a lot more sense
I wish the boy and the time travel aspect had more of a part to play in the demo. The PT section got very repetitive and a bit tedious after awhile. I do think there's potential though - I liked the ghost designs and the surreal lake-library was very cool. I'd like to see a full play through but I hope there's less PT and more of a solid narrative for the MC to go through.
I think the mechanics like the watch were good. Just wish it had its own environments instead of looping hallways like PT. Thats been copied so much its awful. Otherwise not a bad game.
Anyone want their bloodlines to be haunted ???😂😂😂@CJUGames so comical
oh heyyyy 😄 great to see you here! I knew I couldn't be the only one from the Good Guys and "nut club" watching Chris 😅😊
Joke's on him, my bloodline's already haunted
@@miriampraus2740 Hi Miriam 💐👋 yes. Chris is so funny with his comments 😂
the brightness on paper needs to be adjusted and im sick to death of the PT looping corridor, but very good-looking game. deffo give the full game a chance, but if it hops straight into corridor looping, quit again
Wondering if you’d play something like “withering rooms?” Looks interesting… it doesn’t seem like you are playing games that last more than a couple hours lately so maybe it would be too long for what you’re doing now… but just curious
"and if you'd like your bloodlines to be haunted..." no thank you. nah. I'll pass lol.
Thank you Chris! In this game too much PT... :(
With all the shit in my ancestry on JUST my mother's side, pretty sure my bloodline is haunted AF at this point.
Same lmaoo the amount of mental illness we have i always know we're gonna be haunted forever
Not bad creepy environment👍a game called little hope or man of Madan is brilliant 🔥🔥
It was just a different version of Silent Hills PT. Not very original.
Hey Chris would you mind giving Harvest Hunt a try?
This was okay. The second half was better than the first but there wasn't really anything new or interesting being done here. It looks nice though and I like the way the ghost lady looks.
Why do you keep using the flashlight when the lights are on lol. You have to conserve that battery!
34:34 i dont understand why the other 4 people i have watched play this blurred her out and u did not
I have watched this video!
The very title sounds spooky and the mansion in the forest ain’t helping.
This is a neat litle game. I do wish the backgrounds were a little more varied. It gets boring with the PT aspects.
I think I've reached a point where 95% of all indie horror games feel the same - especially the slightly abstract ones.
i'm losing sanity waiting for these wow servers to come back up
extended maintenance man wtf
Too much PT. When it wasn’t being a PT clone, it was pretty good, and I liked the watch aspect. It has promise, but I’d like less of the looping crap.
Thanks for playing, Chris!
These PT ''inspired'' games need to stop fr, horror games used to be interacting, with an interesting story behind it, jumpscares, horror scenarios and scripts not a walking sim basically going through the same shit all the time ... Tho i do appreciate a Cju video abt it lol
Love you brotha! i just started trying to make videos myself wish me luck😂
@CJUGames what your home page look like? Do you see both men and women on it or is it one sided ?
At this day and age, indie developers should just stop looping stuff. Might as well go old school like amnesia and clock tower, or heck go even older with a fantasy dungeon crawler horror game.
oh yeah this game definitely need more work but as a demo is fine. ✌🏼
My bloodline is already haunted, I got like 5 genetic psychiatric disorders, maybe more. 😅
It was okay. Definitely needs work. 🙂👍
After seeing so many PT clones and inspirations, some better or not, this one seems pretty average. Frankly, a PTesque game really need a captivating story to make me interested. And finding something under the stairs won't help them this time.
I feel like the only game that got close to giving that vibe was Visage, bc they included the looping hallways but also gave you a real game and stories with it. Unlike the rest of the walking sims with a jump scare every other loop.
It's not just a game with loops and sanity nonsense, it's a boring game with loops and sanity nonsense. I skipped forward so much I just got bored and went to the end.
Even the part where the woman was on the balcony and when she popped up to kill you was taken from PT. Hope they start from scratch at this point.
The watch was interesting but the rest is just fairly generic P.T clone stuff. TBH I think this demo would suffice, 2-3 hours of this? No thanks.
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Play "Kamla"
Early ❤😊😊😊 hey chris. Thank you
it was ok not lot of jump scares too glitchy
I think it's time to stop making P.T.-ish games, please 🙄
Very meh this one. Seen everything before but done better. Not enough to engage me and I was really struggling after about 20 minutes.
Rather derivative & not really having a vast breadth of scope, but if you enjoyed it then hey!
p.s. I think I heard "it's always bloody manikins" - Quote of the indie-horror... 3+ years? 😆
I think what annoys me the most about the overuse of the PT thing is that since the OG game itself, the layout of the "house" has annoyed me. What kind of house has one super long, winding hallway with just two tiny rooms (a bathroom and a storage closet) off of it, and/or a front door? The layout has never made sense and so while I might not mind the repetitiveness that comes with people copying PT, the fact that they keep the same, god-awful layout is really actually the worst part. Still watching, but yeah, only 12 minutes in and I'm aggravated, haha.
Loop games should have gone out of fashion looooong time ago😖
Nope. A lot of work is an understatement. But even then, it's a PT clone, so... meh.
The sequence of events felt..nonsensical. From one spooky thing to another and.. that's it?
Also that buzzing sound is giving me a headache..
the looping in horror has been way over used
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I'm very sick of PT clones. Just so much dead air.
Complains about flashlight battery, completely ignores light switches on the walls. LOL typical cju.
To me it felt to much of a PT rip off! Sorry Chris, for the game I mean.
sorry,,I'm not a fan of those looping games that just goes round and round. it gets a bit boring
This PT crap
It's going to be like the granny games
Well that's all people seem to know how to make non original ideas
The same game made over and over by different developers thinking
This is going to be good
And then you watch your sales
And wonder why
Well did you have to make yours like Pt or granny or could you actually be an artist
early gang 😄😄😄
any other point than getting revenue from youtube for anyone playing so many demos and crappy games? not saying this one is that...
He has always played 'bad' horror games bc theyre funny. He has some labeled as 'terrible indie horror games' and he continues to do it bc we enjoy it + hes stated sometimes he picks games bc they interest him not knowing they'll be shitty.
A bit too repetitive .... too PTish
you need a better hook to your videos bro