I wish I could be scared by games like I used to be as a kid. I couldn’t get past the intro to Bioshock and Silent Hill 4 because they were too scary. Even encountering the berserker in Gears of War for the first time scared me so bad hearing it running up behind you
I played that game this year on kratom and weed with a friend I lived with lmao. We didn’t finish it and stopped after mission 12-14 or something over a couple of weeks. Alien Isolation is 9/10 but SPOILER Once the Alien is gone for a couple of missions after mission 10 or something, then it drags and gets boring for a tad bid.
The sound design in P.T. was so good. I’m not sure, maybe it’s been bettered since, but at the time it tapped into my reptilian brain, my mammal brain, in ways that are difficult to replicate 👻
Been playing Alien Isolation recently and I dunno why but I just don't find it that scary. The two scariest games I've personally played are Cry of Fear and Darkwood. Cry of Fear has a soundtrack with some truly terror-inducing tracks, great monster designs and fantastically scary atmosphere in most locations. Darkwood on the other hand has top tier sound design, beautiful and horrifying art, an intruiging and disturbing plot and a great survival horror gameplay loop where you're managing resources and trying to hide and defend yourself from the creatures that invade your hideouts at night.
Heck yeah! I just recently beat Amnesia. It was a great play for the Halloween season. That game has such an oppressive atmosphere, especially in the sound design.
Survival Horror is my favorite genre of gaming, and always has been. From the tank control days of Silent Hill and Resident Evil, to the more atmospheric natures of Deadspace and psychological themes of Outlast, I personally think Survival Horror is not only for the faint of heart, the old school horror games just felt adrenaline rushing through and through. Love the videos man! Keep it up!
The first time I played Until Dawn there was a blizzard out and I got about halfway through it before I got too uncomfortable and didn’t pick it back up. So definitely did what it set out to do
Creeps! I really enjoy your content, have been watching your videos for game recommendations. I appreciate how you don't give spoilers when reviewing games! Keep up the great work!
RE7 is scary and it was my first RE game, but I still cannot progress through Silent Hill 1. The pixelation and atmosphere is so unnerving and the gameplay so clunky that I genuinely get anxious playing it. I think it helped that I live streamed RE7 with my friends for the first couple hours when I played it as well with facecam and those are arguably the scariest moments but idk man, those PS1 era games are horrifying to me
Dear Johnathan, i just want to say, i absolutely love all of your videos and love binging them due to your great personality, fun lines, great critiques and great humor to add to it. Despite this being an amazing horror list and video, it gave me the CREEPS but you had great moments when you made me laugh and smile. Keep up the beautiful work, my Man, Stay blessed and stay awesome! I wish you had a great Halloween. ✨🔥
My father seems to always laugh when he watches horror films or anything like that. But when a storm rolls in he always gets really scared. Films can be pretty predictable in the horror genre but I'm genuinely curious how he would react playing a horror game.
Creeps. One of the last times I felt genuinely unnerved by something I played was PT, and that was 10 years ago. The atmosphere, the imagery, the sound,... All of it. Not sure why, but it's hard for me to think of a truly "scary game". I love RE, but I only found the old fixed camera games to be scary. In RE2, the door loading screen for the shed at the police station is the only loading screen in RE history where zombies appear. It's so unexpected and the music fits so well. I'm sure I can think of something more recent, but I can't come up with anything. There are horror games that made me anxious, but I consider that different from an experience that gives me a lasting impression where I want to leave the lights on.
FINALLY amnesia the bunker mention its so underrated and scary. Played it last year and was surprised how scary the game was. Truly felt like an og amnesia game!
Personally Bloodborne is the scariest game I’ve played, I feel a game where you are supposed to fight your fears is infinitely scarier than a game where you hide from them, but RE7 is a close second
@@jc-iz8lp The classic Silent Hill games are pretty scary despite being from a fairly zoomed out and often static 3rd person view, not sure why the perspective makes it not scary. It still limits your vision to a cone so you can't see everywhere at once. The sound design and incredibly disturbing art and story also contribute. Been playing Alien Isolation recently and I personally am not finding it as scary as Darkwood or even other indie horror games like Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion and Dead Seater.
Creeps 💜 The first game that came to mind was RE7 but when you mentioned condemned I instantly had PTSD I remember my dad renting that game for me at Blockbuster and I couldn’t even finish it I was that terrified as a kid
I think I found Manhunt to be the most unsettling game I've played. The thing about Manhunt is that it's something that actually can and probably does happen in real life. Monsters and ghosts are just fiction.
I get where you're coming from. But are you not scared of the horror of let's say Silent Hill? also has very haunting atmosphere and messes with the player
Always happy to see Silent Hill 3 get praise. I think it’s both better overall and even scarier than SH2. And I say that as someone who loves SH2 Also I agree, FNAF4 scares the hell out of me. I haven’t got past night 3 I think.
I’ve been playing through Alien Isolation cause I stopped a while ago from getting to scared. I remember getting attacked out of nowhere and screaming in the living room
I would get the creeps from Surface 2 in Goldeneye. Creeps as well from dark flooded basement in Last of Us. Also, whenever I encounter Darkwraiths in Dark Souls.
Alien Isolation is probably the scariest full game I've played, but PT is by far the scariest experience I've had gaming, nothing compares to the sense of dread I got playing that. Also, Creeps.
Only one super massive game got me scared and it was the devil in me. The scene where Erin is walking on her own with the sound device through the changing corridors. Don't know what was so special about that scene, but it felt like Du Met could show up any minute. I like the super massive games, but I don't think they're scary. Except for that one scene in devil in me.
Love it all. I think my scariest was RE7, then the evil within, RE2 remake, Amnesia 1, Outlast and maybe revalations 2 or RE4 something like that. Listen man, I know it's irrelevant but since you are the most unbiased reviewer I know. Do you have any thoughts on Dragon Age 4 and if not are you even gonna play it ? Thanks!
@@TotallyTubularJonathan It certainly looks kinda cool, but people of course are gonna start with all the Woke-whatever bullshit so I don't know what to think really.
@@TotallyTubularJonathan It's not bad at all, I put a few hours into it and even though I am not blown away I think it's more fun than inquisition. Maybe avoid the reviews who are talking about wokeness because it's mostly bullshit imo. Actually, inquisition was quite boring for me for several reasons that are quite improved with this game.
First tiime i played re7 was in VR and it was one of the best video game experiences of my life. Also madison in vr for the first time made me shit my pants. Creeps💀
I have tried many horror games, but I still can't find any that are scarier than the Silent Hill games. I have only played a little of the 4th game a few years ago, so I can't judge it yet, but I actually think the first 3 games are my top 3 scariest games of all time. Honorable mentions: Resident Evil 1 Remake and a game called 'Ghost Head' which I found out many years later it's the Japanese title for Clock Tower 2 the Struggle Within. It's the only game I didn't finish from the ones I mentioned, but I had no idea it's considered the worst game in the series.
Outlast, Silent Hill 2 & 3, Until Dawn, and RE 7 all gave me the CREEPS. Even though I think SH2 is the better game, 3 is definitely scarier than 2 in every aspect. I love Until Dawn and really all of Supermassive’s games but yep, UD is their scariest. Resident Evil 7 has to be the scariest one of them all and not only do I agree with that statement for all the reasons you listed, but just take a look at Village, RE8. Sure it had it’s moments but it was nowhere near as scary as 7 was because people played 7 and were genuinely terrified myself included 😂
Most horror games have an easy mode if you're just in it for the creeps. But i find that what really makes the games scary is the limited inventory items and inventory management. Really adds to the dread. Maybe try Resident Evil 1 remake. It's a good classic that's not overly hard on an easier setting but still has a very creepy atmosphere.
I was lucky to get to play RE7 on madhouse for my first playthrough cause my brother played it on easy. It was unbeliveable. I wasn't that scared though. I never get scared.
Bit of an unpopular take but the 2 most terrifying games to me arent horror games at all... That title would go to Arma 3 and DayZ for me -DayZ because theres no other game that has me on edge for extended periods of time like when i explore a town, hear a wolf cry in the distance, light a fire or if i cross an open field (this game increases my heartrate above 100 on the regular) -Arma 3 because no game i ever played managed to jumpscare me nearly as hard as that one. My mouse literally went flying off my desk several times when an anti air tank or sniper fired at me and that stupid supersonic crack from the bullet passing by goes off in my headphones even if i saw them aiming at me and i knew it was coming. Its weird because i typically have little to no reaction to jumpscares with games like (RE7/Village, Until Dawn/Hackets Quarry, Outlast, The Evil within, FNAF....) getting a little jolt at best out of me. Oh and honorable mention to Far Cry with its shark/crocodile attack jumpscares those absolutely terrified me back in the days
@@TotallyTubularJonathan Highly recommend! Setting is like P.T. Plays like P.T.+Amnesia Unscripted jump scares/creepy AI placement. It's a fun time :) Would love to hear your thoughts on it one day
Games played in chronological order: Outlast, Outlast 2, RE7, Visage, RE2, Amnesia Dark Descent, Alien Isolation. Alien is my top pick. Visage can compete with the top dogs but isn't as widely known. Amnesia felt a little dated playing nowadays.
I’m steeled to scary stuff, sadly. I wasn’t always. However, falling still literally makes my palms sweat. Not in a simple platformer. More like a Soulsbourne. Or, how the outer space section in Borderlands The Pre Sequel wracked my nerves. To this day I’ll get so stressed I have to put down the controller. I will say the last time I got scared in a game was in Fallout New Vegas. I was entering a Vault I had just discovered, west of the strip, in a zone controlled by those Punk Druggies. The loading screen ends, and I’m in a badly lit, decrepit vault entrance. As my eyes are adjusting, I’m spooked by the camera zooming in on a red eyed, smudged faced Mohawk addict who screams profanity, almost as shocked as I am to see her. Whoever that voice actor was deserves a pay raise, cuz she had menacing chaotic evil voice down pat. Also, many of the horror games include gross and revolting stuff, which gets overbearing. I can’t seem to finish Callisto Project because for long stretches I feel like I’m crawling through someone’s cancerous polyp infested sphincter.
If I hadn't watched Quackity live stream playing Slender all those years ago...no doubt I would have fallen asleep watching anyone else play such a boring ass game. But Quackity's stunning personality wits of comedy kept me and most of us from going insane that night 🤪
Creeps, RE7 was 100% my favourite. I genuinely found it really hard to get through the attic with how scary the atmosphere was.
I wish I could be scared by games like I used to be as a kid. I couldn’t get past the intro to Bioshock and Silent Hill 4 because they were too scary. Even encountering the berserker in Gears of War for the first time scared me so bad hearing it running up behind you
Dude, please don’t stop making videos, i love your content, keep it up!
Visage made me feel a bit uneasy and had some great jumpscares too.
I'm currently struggling my way thru Alien Isolation on hard myself. I'm basically playing save point to save point 😭
Lol he's going to get you soon!
I played that game this year on kratom and weed with a friend I lived with lmao. We didn’t finish it and stopped after mission 12-14 or something over a couple of weeks. Alien Isolation is 9/10 but SPOILER
Once the Alien is gone for a couple of missions after mission 10 or something, then it drags and gets boring for a tad bid.
Creeps! I think the one that scared me most is genuinely P.T. I swear every time Lisa showed up I thought my heart was going to stop.
The sound design in P.T. was so good. I’m not sure, maybe it’s been bettered since, but at the time it tapped into my reptilian brain, my mammal brain, in ways that are difficult to replicate 👻
Been playing Alien Isolation recently and I dunno why but I just don't find it that scary. The two scariest games I've personally played are Cry of Fear and Darkwood.
Cry of Fear has a soundtrack with some truly terror-inducing tracks, great monster designs and fantastically scary atmosphere in most locations.
Darkwood on the other hand has top tier sound design, beautiful and horrifying art, an intruiging and disturbing plot and a great survival horror gameplay loop where you're managing resources and trying to hide and defend yourself from the creatures that invade your hideouts at night.
Darkwood sound design had me NOPE my headphones right off 👌
@mrtimothychambers First time I played it had me nope out of the game.
To be fair, Beyond Night, Living Circle & Human Together sound like amazing horror titles, creeps.
Heck yeah! I just recently beat Amnesia. It was a great play for the Halloween season. That game has such an oppressive atmosphere, especially in the sound design.
Love your lists man, youve gotten alot funnier too. Creeps.
Survival Horror is my favorite genre of gaming, and always has been.
From the tank control days of Silent Hill and Resident Evil, to the more atmospheric natures of Deadspace and psychological themes of Outlast, I personally think Survival Horror is not only for the faint of heart, the old school horror games just felt adrenaline rushing through and through.
Love the videos man! Keep it up!
Creeps! Absolutely love your list! Great job dude!
The first time I played Until Dawn there was a blizzard out and I got about halfway through it before I got too uncomfortable and didn’t pick it back up. So definitely did what it set out to do
Creeps! I really enjoy your content, have been watching your videos for game recommendations. I appreciate how you don't give spoilers when reviewing games! Keep up the great work!
RE7 is scary and it was my first RE game, but I still cannot progress through Silent Hill 1. The pixelation and atmosphere is so unnerving and the gameplay so clunky that I genuinely get anxious playing it.
I think it helped that I live streamed RE7 with my friends for the first couple hours when I played it as well with facecam and those are arguably the scariest moments but idk man, those PS1 era games are horrifying to me
Dear Johnathan, i just want to say, i absolutely love all of your videos and love binging them due to your great personality, fun lines, great critiques and great humor to add to it. Despite this being an amazing horror list and video, it gave me the CREEPS but you had great moments when you made me laugh and smile. Keep up the beautiful work, my Man, Stay blessed and stay awesome! I wish you had a great Halloween. ✨🔥
My father seems to always laugh when he watches horror films or anything like that. But when a storm rolls in he always gets really scared. Films can be pretty predictable in the horror genre but I'm genuinely curious how he would react playing a horror game.
Creeps, game that scared me the most is probably Forbidden Siren its janky AF but also very atmospheric and scary.
Very good pick
The amount of people that have said to play the siren series…. Had no idea
Creeps!
Also not the Mario Sunshine music during Silent Hill 3 😂
Creeps.
One of the last times I felt genuinely unnerved by something I played was PT, and that was 10 years ago.
The atmosphere, the imagery, the sound,... All of it.
Not sure why, but it's hard for me to think of a truly "scary game". I love RE, but I only found the old fixed camera games to be scary. In RE2, the door loading screen for the shed at the police station is the only loading screen in RE history where zombies appear. It's so unexpected and the music fits so well.
I'm sure I can think of something more recent, but I can't come up with anything. There are horror games that made me anxious, but I consider that different from an experience that gives me a lasting impression where I want to leave the lights on.
Creeps. Fatal Frame is the scariest game I've ever played. RE7 is my #2.
FINALLY amnesia the bunker mention its so underrated and scary. Played it last year and was surprised how scary the game was. Truly felt like an og amnesia game!
Personally Bloodborne is the scariest game I’ve played, I feel a game where you are supposed to fight your fears is infinitely scarier than a game where you hide from them, but RE7 is a close second
Great list but i'm shocked Darkwood isn't on it, that was on a whole new level of dread for me
Game looks interesting, but I just don't see how it could be scarier since it's a top-down view game
@@jc-iz8lp The classic Silent Hill games are pretty scary despite being from a fairly zoomed out and often static 3rd person view, not sure why the perspective makes it not scary. It still limits your vision to a cone so you can't see everywhere at once. The sound design and incredibly disturbing art and story also contribute. Been playing Alien Isolation recently and I personally am not finding it as scary as Darkwood or even other indie horror games like Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion and Dead Seater.
Re7 in vr is nuts, I got scared quite a lot whilst playing it
Creeps 💜
The first game that came to mind was RE7 but when you mentioned condemned I instantly had PTSD I remember my dad renting that game for me at Blockbuster and I couldn’t even finish it I was that terrified as a kid
I think I found Manhunt to be the most unsettling game I've played. The thing about Manhunt is that it's something that actually can and probably does happen in real life. Monsters and ghosts are just fiction.
I get where you're coming from. But are you not scared of the horror of let's say Silent Hill? also has very haunting atmosphere and messes with the player
@jc-iz8lp well I did find those pretty unsettling too, but because of its subject matter, Manhunt is just more disturbing to me.
Always happy to see Silent Hill 3 get praise. I think it’s both better overall and even scarier than SH2. And I say that as someone who loves SH2
Also I agree, FNAF4 scares the hell out of me. I haven’t got past night 3 I think.
Played Fatal Frame Mask of the Lunar Eclipse on Wii, Switch, and PS5 and it's very unsettling and is my favorite in the series. Creeps!
My scariest games are Dead Space, Cry of Fear and Silent Hill 4.
Alan Wake 2 is definitely on there for me!!
Absolutely
I’ve been playing through Alien Isolation cause I stopped a while ago from getting to scared. I remember getting attacked out of nowhere and screaming in the living room
I would get the creeps from Surface 2 in Goldeneye. Creeps as well from dark flooded basement in Last of Us. Also, whenever I encounter Darkwraiths in Dark Souls.
Alien Isolation is probably the scariest full game I've played, but PT is by far the scariest experience I've had gaming, nothing compares to the sense of dread I got playing that. Also, Creeps.
Clock Tower (PS1) had me on edge the entire playthrough.
the scariest game ive ever played was Super man 64
Only one super massive game got me scared and it was the devil in me. The scene where Erin is walking on her own with the sound device through the changing corridors. Don't know what was so special about that scene, but it felt like Du Met could show up any minute.
I like the super massive games, but I don't think they're scary. Except for that one scene in devil in me.
The Suffering on Xbox used to scare me and I couldn't play it alone. Had to play it with my cousin.
Tip: listening to the ost from super mario sunshine while playing these games does a lot to remove the tension 👍
For me it is Amnesia 1, RE7, Silent hill 4 (yeah I was too young and it left a lasting impression)
I haven’t watched it yet but I hope P.T’s on the list
Creeps and resident evil 7 biohazard is also the scariest game I’ve ever played as well
There's no game like Slender: The Arrival that's terrified me the most my entire life.
Halloween hangover content coming in clutch
haunting ground 2005 for the ps2 was a good horror game
Love it all. I think my scariest was RE7, then the evil within, RE2 remake, Amnesia 1, Outlast and maybe revalations 2 or RE4 something like that. Listen man, I know it's irrelevant but since you are the most unbiased reviewer I know. Do you have any thoughts on Dragon Age 4 and if not are you even gonna play it ? Thanks!
@@Fluffychoupikkos I might play it! I didn’t play much of the others tbh. I know thoughts about the new one are all over though
@@TotallyTubularJonathan It certainly looks kinda cool, but people of course are gonna start with all the Woke-whatever bullshit so I don't know what to think really.
@@TotallyTubularJonathan It's not bad at all, I put a few hours into it and even though I am not blown away I think it's more fun than inquisition. Maybe avoid the reviews who are talking about wokeness because it's mostly bullshit imo. Actually, inquisition was quite boring for me for several reasons that are quite improved with this game.
@@FluffychoupikkosI hated it, good thing the refund policy exists. Not touching that dumb game again.
Creeps. Soma. That game fucked me up for life.
Dude if u have condemned 2 u gotta try it, one of the craziest games I’ve ever played. Also CREEPS
First tiime i played re7 was in VR and it was one of the best video game experiences of my life. Also madison in vr for the first time made me shit my pants. Creeps💀
I have tried many horror games, but I still can't find any that are scarier than the Silent Hill games. I have only played a little of the 4th game a few years ago, so I can't judge it yet, but I actually think the first 3 games are my top 3 scariest games of all time. Honorable mentions: Resident Evil 1 Remake and a game called 'Ghost Head' which I found out many years later it's the Japanese title for Clock Tower 2 the Struggle Within. It's the only game I didn't finish from the ones I mentioned, but I had no idea it's considered the worst game in the series.
Outlast, Silent Hill 2 & 3, Until Dawn, and RE 7 all gave me the CREEPS. Even though I think SH2 is the better game, 3 is definitely scarier than 2 in every aspect. I love Until Dawn and really all of Supermassive’s games but yep, UD is their scariest. Resident Evil 7 has to be the scariest one of them all and not only do I agree with that statement for all the reasons you listed, but just take a look at Village, RE8. Sure it had it’s moments but it was nowhere near as scary as 7 was because people played 7 and were genuinely terrified myself included 😂
“Palpable I tell you…”
i kinda want to play a game that gives me the creeps, but i’ve never played a horror game before. what’re some easy and pretty scary ones
Most horror games have an easy mode if you're just in it for the creeps. But i find that what really makes the games scary is the limited inventory items and inventory management. Really adds to the dread. Maybe try Resident Evil 1 remake. It's a good classic that's not overly hard on an easier setting but still has a very creepy atmosphere.
Manhunt, Silent Hill 3, Dead Space, Siren
Dead space is amazing. Manhunt isn't really a scary game though, you are literally doing the killing.
Fnaf 4 gave me nightmares in 2015 when I was 13 and I still can't finish it
Brother I think your timestamps are mislabeled?? Idk great vid tho 👍🏻
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I was lucky to get to play RE7 on madhouse for my first playthrough cause my brother played it on easy. It was unbeliveable. I wasn't that scared though. I never get scared.
Creeps! Emily Wants to Play and PT have been scariest for me
Bit of an unpopular take but the 2 most terrifying games to me arent horror games at all... That title would go to Arma 3 and DayZ for me
-DayZ because theres no other game that has me on edge for extended periods of time like when i explore a town, hear a wolf cry in the distance, light a fire or if i cross an open field (this game increases my heartrate above 100 on the regular)
-Arma 3 because no game i ever played managed to jumpscare me nearly as hard as that one. My mouse literally went flying off my desk several times when an anti air tank or sniper fired at me and that stupid supersonic crack from the bullet passing by goes off in my headphones even if i saw them aiming at me and i knew it was coming.
Its weird because i typically have little to no reaction to jumpscares with games like (RE7/Village, Until Dawn/Hackets Quarry, Outlast, The Evil within, FNAF....) getting a little jolt at best out of me.
Oh and honorable mention to Far Cry with its shark/crocodile attack jumpscares those absolutely terrified me back in the days
Think you'll rank the Life Is Strange games soon?
@@wickdaline8668 mayhaps I have the new one so I should lol
Ram Ranch!
P.T. chilling in the corner
If it would’ve actually came out it probably would’ve been the scariest game ever made. Sadly we’ll never know
Subnautica for me, boss.
Have you played Visage? Or is just outside the list of 10?
@@Heisenberg-persona I have not is it really scary?
@@TotallyTubularJonathan Highly recommend!
Setting is like P.T.
Plays like P.T.+Amnesia
Unscripted jump scares/creepy AI placement.
It's a fun time :) Would love to hear your thoughts on it one day
Games played in chronological order:
Outlast, Outlast 2, RE7, Visage, RE2, Amnesia Dark Descent, Alien Isolation.
Alien is my top pick. Visage can compete with the top dogs but isn't as widely known. Amnesia felt a little dated playing nowadays.
I’m steeled to scary stuff, sadly. I wasn’t always. However, falling still literally makes my palms sweat. Not in a simple platformer. More like a Soulsbourne. Or, how the outer space section in Borderlands The Pre Sequel wracked my nerves. To this day I’ll get so stressed I have to put down the controller.
I will say the last time I got scared in a game was in Fallout New Vegas. I was entering a Vault I had just discovered, west of the strip, in a zone controlled by those Punk Druggies. The loading screen ends, and I’m in a badly lit, decrepit vault entrance. As my eyes are adjusting, I’m spooked by the camera zooming in on a red eyed, smudged faced Mohawk addict who screams profanity, almost as shocked as I am to see her. Whoever that voice actor was deserves a pay raise, cuz she had menacing chaotic evil voice down pat.
Also, many of the horror games include gross and revolting stuff, which gets overbearing. I can’t seem to finish Callisto Project because for long stretches I feel like I’m crawling through someone’s cancerous polyp infested sphincter.
10:55 Cinema :O
#1 Tomb Raider 2 Butler.
Why isn’t silent hill 2 remake here?
Happy Halloween! 🎃
I think the scariest game I've played is probably outlast 2.
creeps bro
Happy Halloween everyone
If I hadn't watched Quackity live stream playing Slender all those years ago...no doubt I would have fallen asleep watching anyone else play such a boring ass game. But Quackity's stunning personality wits of comedy kept me and most of us from going insane that night 🤪
No dead space? What kind of list is this 😂
Is the og scarier or the remake? looking to play it
@@jc-iz8lpog imo. Remake is great too don't get me wrong.
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starfield is the scariest game ever
Scary boring. Creeps!
Terrifyingly mediocre.
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