Interesting thoughts about the game at the end. Yes! There was a ending in the original game where a car falls from the sky. The reason I got rid of that ending was that people didn't understand it and I replaced it with something that connects more to the theme of the game. Thanks for playing!
This is such a great game! You did a wonderful job of creating an eerie and terrifying experience with spooks that still has interesting story to keep engaged in.
love that you either had all this lore developed, or saw the reactions to the first iteration of the game and decided to add to it. really develops the story and world way more. would love to see more; perhaps in the other stations!
I love how at 1:10:27 manly just zooms in and says “wanna go” and after the figure slams the door he says “that’s what I thought” in the most serious voice
I read your comment and started laughing only because it's too true. You can handle almost anything except bad pay. Post abandoned before paranormal begins.
Wait, all those patrolling the building in the night and you guys got paid horribly? Deadass, I thought they got a respectable amount of payment thanks to every bullshit they have to go through
@@ryoumakoushiro7447 you’d think a lot more kinds of people would be paid well for the bullshit they go through but that’s not the world we live in lol
What do you mean, check your priorities? Are mini cars not more important? I think you should check _your_ priorities! Your _'life'_ isn't _nearly_ as important as the *mini cars!*
I got to say, horror games where your stuck in a cramped space like a security booth scare me, because of the cognitive dissonance of being stuck in a confined space, and the claustrophobia attached to that, but knowing that that is probably the safest place you can be.
Nothing is safer than even more confined space! say.. the Trashcan is a good one though! isn’t it? well.. Manly’s soul would agree with me if it was there!
Relating to the space capsule, there was an accident where 3 astronauts were killed while landing back on Earth, possibly due to a seal letting all the oxygen out. Certainly fits the theme of reaching across the veil between life and death. Also, I've never been so invested in finding little cars!
I think it's funny he played the original a year ago, but I ended up watching it last week. So when I saw this was new, I was thinking, "Wait a minute, is this déjà vu again? What's wrong with me?" 😂 Then I saw Director's Cut & was relieved!
@@Ever_Sworn its always amusing when this happens. i rewatched a video a different creator uploaded a few months ago last night (a bioshock challenge run) and when i woke up this morning he had uploaded a new video, a bioshock 2 challenge run. he normally does metroidvanias and souls games, so it was just amusing
So Cerberus is about communicating with the dead, Medusa about the specific case of the ice statues I guess, and Kraken seems to gather time-travel related objects. I think Siren is the supposed to be the internal security division by the way it is referred to, it also fits it's name. Kraken's name might come from the wheel, maybe it was their first object, or maybe it's a more loose association, but I think they're time-travel related because at least three of their artifacts are directly implied or suggested to come from a different era, so maybe the term "snapping event" means that something got snapped out of it's time and thrown into presence - or maybe it's something else. I don't about Phoenix, and I think Chimera isn't being mentioned at all by other divisions.
I believe most/all of kraken's objects were recovered from the sea alongside the potential timetravel aspect - most of them were discovered off of coasts & the like
Kraken - oceanic time travel "snapping" thing Cerberus - guarding a gate to the next world Siren - this ain't a "siren" like on a cop car, but the singing, seductive mermaid/mythologized manatee. 100% chance their people got mind controlled and thus broke contact. Medusa - these are people turned into ice, hence their outrageous detail. The monster turns people to ice like Medusa turns people to stone. Chimera - "translation error" leads to an inability to connect, and chimeras were hybrid creatures. My guess is this site was a cooperative site with another intelligent species, hence the need for "translation." Phoenix - a firebird associated with rebirth. This one is more speculative, but the "line is busy" when you try to call, despite none of the other lines being busy. To whom are they talking, then? It's possible Phoenix is calling Cerberus in order for us to watch the tape--we are the resurrected dead being debriefed. It's also worth noting that the three dead astronauts in the capsule was a reason to contact Phoenix--maybe to return them to their timeline intact and alive. On Siren, I might be wrong, because I just translated the wingdings over the phone that boots you out of Tape 3, and it's "SIREN."
I don't think Manly noticed the first change in plates or that the blue car that pulled up was the car that was hanging out at the end of the drive way for a long time!
I literally just got to that part of the video and noticed it right off the bat, I found it kinda ironic manly went back to check though.. I was waiting for him to notice and then when he didn't I immediately paused the video and scrolled down here to see if someone else did!!! I wonder what that was supposed to mean.. I had just watched his first kinda demo of it video right before this one, so the "Death" license plate he talked about in that one was fresh in my mind. The bells and whistles in my mind didn't really go off about it spelling "Death".. to me it just looks like DE4 T93, like okay the d and the e obviously are D and E, and we all know 4s can sometimes be used for As, and then theres a T, but 9 and 3? The 9 looks nothing like an H.. Anyway sorry for all the rambling haha
@@PanicLedisko I was gonna say something about order of letters in the alphabet but H is 8-- Then again 93 - if you squint REAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY hard the middle part of the three could be the middle line in the H connecting with the straight line of the 9 so like a suuuuper squigly h? Either that or death's license plate is supposed to say '93 like 1993 - aka that's when he got his license?
@@TheLurkerFox Cursive H's can look sort of like the 93. If you write calligraphy or cursive, you'd probably see it. I saw it immediately when panic listed the license plate, because I used to write cursive. (before I forgot how, lol)
Lmao the fact it sticks it right under your name is a total disincentive to donate. The only thing anyone can seem to talk about in your replies is the donation.
25:00 what’s being said in reverse here: Female voice: shut it down NOW Male voice: it won’t shut down! Female voice: then pull the damn plug, someone’s inside! (another female voice is screaming for help throughout the recording)
@@rxvenxsxul Natasha was mentioned as dying so the recording could be from the experiment where she died. Ie. She was inside the machine and vanished. It's likely her ghost was able to cross dimensions and mess with things so that Death would take the others.
It's an interesting game, but what Ireally enjoyed was the fact that there was a mini-segment half-way through the video wherein Manly found the DnD group of the company haha!
ya made me think of prey tbh. that game had a dnd group as well. which is fitting because elder scrolls exists because the devs got into dnd so they kept adding rpg elements to their arena fighter game.
When one of the employees mentioned playing a game in the conference room I hoped it was dnd, and seeing that the dev put in the effort to write character backstories was so nice too! A really cute detail
Something about a phone going "behind you" when im playing a game is terrifying. It gives me this paralyzing fear that there is actually something there and i usually can't turn around
I used to work a guard shack at a train yard/car lot and this is bringing me back. It was so slow at night I used to bring a crtv and a PS2 to pass the hours after I cleaned the shack till the morning when the workers started coming in and my job really began.
@@bluephoenix7565 You might think so, but there can be downsides to working with people who also don't care about the job enough to show up on time after a 12 hour shift..
Maybe one of the reasons everyone blamed the security guard at the end was because they were searching for a reason for their death, however misplaced it may be. Everyone who died blamed you because you were the one who let them past the gates. In reality, as we can see from the other endings, even if you let nobody in and told everybody to leave, tragedy would have happened anyway. Plus, at that point in the game, everyone is in their own sort of limbo. Perhaps this was the security guards perception of his own actions and he's feeling guilt for the small part he played. Idk, I really like all of the additions to the game and I feel like its a really cool story. Like, there was nothing you as an individual could have done to avoid your fate. Even if you had just walked away, you likely would have died anyway. Maybe, even if nova nexus had never touched the artifacts and tried to study them, their power and supernatural effects would have led to destruction anyway. I also love the idea that the implied director of nova nexus is a separate supernatural being that is omniscient through the phones, and I love how we have no idea why they collect all of these artifacts or even what they want to do with them. It's just one big mess of hubris and greed and I love it
I get the feeling it's what the five page note just repeating "I shouldn't have let them in" is referring too. I suppose Manly's idea that the whole game is a purgatory for someone higher up the ladder could hold weight. But when I saw that note I immediately wondered if you really were just a security guard who considers that they let one of the entities in to have fallen squarely on their shoulders, even though it was impossible to stop it. You either let one in and they mess things up, or you don't let anyone in and the project goes haywire. It's a no-win scenario (which honestly as a player I'm not fond of, I think an ending where you manage to do everything correctly leading to a "You win TODAY" sort of ending would have been a nice trophy at the very least) and it's highly unlikely it was any one persons fault from the highest researcher to the lowest...security guard, but it's human nature to look back at the mistakes we've made and assume things would have been different if we'd reacted differently. It's a form of hubris in itself to assume one person holds that much power in most cases but it's really more about trying to find atonement for our mistakes.
@@Zzulu2 says who? Who can say that such thing cannot exist? Our whole person could be going into some other plane of existence.in some culture the wisp are souls of the departed,and could be seen by people,people who are in grief most likely see the dead one say their goodbye and while it may be a dream,it could also be the soul of the dead going for a last check up before going to the land of the departed. For someone who watch a horror game about eldritch horrors and dying yet at the same time not being dead still,you have a bit of a close mind about the thing as a whole. (But for all I know,you'll be too lazy to even read all of that,the internet do be like that most of the time)
As someone who lives the life of a 100%er, I hate it when I accidentally go on the RIGHT path. It never lets you go back, and I have to do the whole thing over again
So, each of the Stations was researching a possibly paranormal phenomena that is in some way related to the mythological creature that the Station is named for? Medusa, the Greek Gorgon whose gaze turned people to stone = People being frozen/turned into ice statues by an unknown entity. Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of the Greek underworld = A rift? into the afterlife, or what seems to be the afterlife. Chimera, the hybrid of lion, goat and dragon that terrorised the Greek kingdom of Lycia = Unknown? Kraken, the Norse giant octopus/squid that devoured ships = Artefacts related to/found in the ocean? Siren, the Greek bird-women whose voices lured sailors to their doom = Unknown, but seems to have been the "Head" research facility, since some notes mention reporting things to them and Medusa had to request new equipment from them? Actually, given what Sirens do, deliberately luring people to their end, I wonder if the other stations falling wasn't down to bad luck so much as it was down to design... Phoenix, the firebird who dies and is reborn from it's own ashes = Unknown, but possibly related to space, since that one Artefact, the space pod, mentions reporting the astronauts to Phoenix? Honestly, I love that this creepy little game has been expanded upon so much, and I kinda hope the devs make more games set in the same universe, because I really want to know more about the other stations...
I LOVE how after explaining the branching mind of a 100%er and all the exploration, manly finally finds the collectable car and then he celabrates like: ...yay... ... actually that's pretty relatable.
Wow, I didn't expect this to get a commercial remake. I quite liked the original version, and I'm impressed by just how much has been added. The collectibles are amusing, but the story additions really make this into a whole new beast. We go from a company doing some sort of shady business and upsetting the natural order to full on SCP style global organization doing a lot of really dumb, bad experiments and everything going sideways as you'd expect. I liked the original's simplicity, but this remake is still impressive.
@@ManlyBadassHero oh my god you replied! Ahhhh thank you so much! You're awesome! Please do get your sleep though and take care of yourself. Thanks for the content!
Huh ending 5 has backwards voices. Cool can't wait to see what people will find. Note/edit I am playing a human in a pathfinder game, he is not bland and has a decent backstory.
1:23:30 Manly, I remember that ending as well. The one when a car comes out and a car from the sky smashes on top of it. So, if it is the mandala effect then we are from the same parallel reality 👍
Here's what I think the other stations may have been up to: Siren: Not too sure about this one, but may have dabbled in mind-control or hypnosis or have found an artifact that induces those effects. Chimera: Biological experimentation (specifically, fusing different living organisms together, hence the name) or studying the effect a certain artifact had on living creatures. Phoenix: While Cerberus was attempting to contact the dead (then overreached and contacted the void), Phoenix may have been running experiments relating to raising the dead. This may be a newer station.
Did Manly ever play the game, "Do you copy?"? There is a sequel to it coming out soon called "The Leeds Murder" and I thought it would be good for him to play it before the sequel comes out.
Yeah in the original game there was two other endings, one was the car being dropped onto another car that was leaving the building. And then there was the giant monster in the distance. Idk why they didn't include them in this game but ay! I like the change into a corporation that experiments with stuff
A lot of people were confused by the car falling onto another in the original so I thought it would be best to just make something fit more closer to the theme of the game.
The reversed text said "Audio Recording". I think the booth itself is some sort of alien object or SCP that causes several issues depending on what happens to its "pilot". That's why there's that light pillar triangulated exactly on top of it, perhaps for some sort of scientific experiment reason. It might be that the booth only works when there is a pilot inside it, which is you the security guard (a.k.a. the disposable test subject, as it was mentioned that you got the job despite remembering that you did not apply for it at all). The booth then maybe acts as a conduit or a pathway across different dimensions or for all sorts of beings. If you let the wrong "things" in, they get into our world and sugar honey ice tea hits the fan. The people who go in who are actual employees are researchers going in to perform experiments or check on things already in the experiment. The tiny cars might be the real cars with people in it who have gone through the "booth" and came out shrunk or some other quantum shenanigans.
Actually,about the "I got the job even though I didn't apply for it" might be one of the employees that bled through ears and eyes Or even the director,way back when he started working there and before he most likely lost his mind to the void. At least that's my theory,because the first tape seems more like either that employee centered or director centered. Either way,that person got lost in the void and bad things happened
I didn’t realize how many indie games go for the Nintendo/PS1 vibe until I discovered this channel today. And I love it! Such nostalgic style that takes me back to simpler times
It's usually cause it's a lot easier when your mind fills in the gaps. The artstyle is much more conducive to one person making it consistent than something realistic or completely original
14:16 I noted the change. Can't believe Manly missed it. If you would at least remember the first three. 21:00 the car was that ghost lady that was in the original game. She would also disappear after you checked her number, talked to her, and picked up the phone.
I really like how this game doesn't have one dominant core theme. It has a mix of Supernatural, Science fiction, Psychological horror interwoven with each other. I actually appreciated that. The supernatural element is experienced, but there's no direct confrontation. Mostly passive scare tactics which I liked more than engaging with the entity. I like how in depth and varied the sci fi stuff is. The Dark Wormholes, The explosion, the Tribeam detonation, etc. Then comes the psychological horror. The Person who got off the car gave off major serial killer vibes. The Kraken Archives is the perfect showcase of the game's strength. I think Kyle should make use of the fact to craft another great game. Slowly chip away at the Mystery of Nova Nexus.
5:30 I remember using floopy disks. They were hard to get into the slot because of how flexible they were. 7:48 you just missed her (RE8 03I on lower right) 14:48 you didn't catch that... the license plate number was different before the phone call (14:14 DE4 T93). Also: that's the car that was watching you earlier. 51:00 I think Garfief was calling you. Do you has the food? 57:12 those of us nerds who grew up on NASA in the 70's and 80's know it's an Apollo capsule, hinting at a classified Saturn V moon mission. 57:52 nice *Lost* reference. 1:11:36 wow.. another one. I guess if you turn the wheel, it transports you to a random part of the world? 1:21:06 you missed the note on the left.
Manly I’ve been silently subscribed and watching but I gotta say you are by far the best play through commentary and just flat out entertaining in the genre. I go to you first without question. Keep up the good work.
Its interesting that the "Im a new guy working here" car actually had its number plate change completely everytime you look away, which i guess its a good way to guess instantly he indeed doesnt work there, thou it would have been interesting if the first plate number you see was actually correct and it changed due to the anomalies.
This game was definitely inspired by the first half-life game. Sci-Fi setting, extradimensional stuff, Scientists ignoring all the warnings, the radioactive goo and automated security in the 2nd tape all scream Black Mesa. Most of all, the "convergence point" at 24:20 reminds me of when Gordon pushes the cart that triggers the Resonance Cascade, from sound effects to visuals.
You're the best horror-related gameplay channel i watch. I love how you get straight to the point and how you don't scream and be loud on the microphone like some youtubers usually do.
The detailed sound design in this game really elevates it.... There were some REALLY scary screams at some points. But also the spooky sounds during the dungeon segment.
So that final car's plate changed because it was DE4 T93 which I believe stands for Death, then changed to ER6 84B likely to help mask its entry into the building because that blue car is suspected to be death itself.
Hey manly, since you’ve dated so many monster girls from eldritch horrors to SCPs I think you’d enjoy Parasite days, another mobile game that should get more attention.
Thats a great idea! I though it sounded fun and I have just downloaded it! Im not sure if its the type of game manly would play but that would be a fun video!
I love imagining someone watching their coworker looking around frantically and muttering about how they must find the mini cars, ignoring the life and death situation.
I think "Ending 2"'s phones are all the families being notified of the deaths of their relatives who worked at NN. "Your families will be notified" and then it's just a graveyard of phone calls
_The life of a 100 percent-er, encapsulated in one video_ Somehow, as a security guard, you contributed to the success or ultimate kaboom of the facility by letting the right one or wrong ones in. The basis of that original plot was continued here, with more lore which I enjoyed. I'm thinking of the DnD role playing, wondering if the players were corporate friends from the different facilities. And I wondered if you, the new security guard, were somehow the descendant of the original Royal Guardsman who didn't destroy the device? You were great in completing the Quest for the Cars!!
Wow! I remember this game being one of the first few videos i watched from manly's channel, I really like his calm demeanour when playing horror games!
24:57 is in reverse- * alarms blaring in background with a woman’s voice whimpering * *Woman* - “shut it down now!” *Man* - “it won’t shut down!” *Woman in the background* - “HELP!” *Woman* - “then pull the damn plug.” *Woman* - “someone is inside.” *Woman in the background* - “HELP!”
I love how in the 2nd bonus video, emergency lockdown and lights go off and Manly finds he has a flashlight and still wants to go find those mini cars lol
41:01 I thought it said "Our top people have TASTED the liquid. It isn't radioactive" and I was gonna say how do you TASTE the RADIOACTIVITY in a LIQUID.
23:37 as a night security guard I can confirm that I just sit on my phone and play games the whole time, nothing happens besides alarms that genuinely mean nothing going off that I then shut off
Was watching some older videos when the new one popped up. The amount of amazing never ending content makes my nights so relaxing. Loved they came out with an extended version of this game. Liked the demo and the directors cut has so much new features
24:53 Okay so, I took this and reversed it. I haven’t watched the full video yet and have no idea if he did reverse it later in the video or not but here is what it says: Audio Recording Date: 08/07/1996 Experiment: “Shut it down now.” “It won’t shut down!” “Then pull the damn plug! Someone is inside.” “HELP!!”
The metal hatch at 57:57 is a 'Lost' reference! It's the famous hatch from 'The Swan' station, as it also had QUARANTINE written on it and exploded later on.
pretty sure the turning wheel beside a well is a LOST reference as well. overall the story with the 'moving on' concept seems to be heavily influenced by the series :)
Imagine chilling up at the office putting in late hours and you look out the window to the parking lot and see the security guard fighting for their life
I find it interesting how all of the stations were based of a mythical being, or legend. (And I guess hell spawn being how this station was Cerberus) All the ending are pretty interesting, (then there's the secret being jut a dance lol) and this does give SCP vibes. Probably the best way I spent my time today. This game goes from being a worker to seeing the horror that was these facilities collecting what seemed like "anomalies" with ending in their demise no matter what happened. It really shows why we should never try to contact the afterlife or even why messing with/collecting strange objects and information can lead to disaster. Manly probably has to be one of the calmest people I ever watch play games lol. Great video
After the first playthrough I thought this would just be a really bland half-baked concept with no real payoof, but it's actually a really clever little rollercoaster. Each playthrough is symbolic of the player themselves being trapped in multiple dimensions. The line "You need to leave" Is very meta too. He's nuts if he thinks it would have been better for the game to revolve entirely around the security booth.
Manly is out here navigating a self destructing facility, amidst the chaos he is looking around for the collectible cars. Who cares if the world could be ending? Gotta go find those dang cars first! Edit: Holy shit he found a car Edit Again: Okay, this game being extended is fantastic! We do not get all the answers we want which I find super fun. But what drives me crazy is what were the other projects? Especially Siren! When making the calls it was searching for a Siren and couldn't find it or one. Like yes, I know the mythos which were inspired/named after, but I want to know what the actual Siren in the game is.
Welcome to the Let Me In Club, how Let Me In are ya?
VERY
*C'mon Manly Kun, open the door. I won't bite..At least not that hard.*
Me let in?
😳
VERY
In life, there are only three things that are certain
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Something bad happening after Manly says 'Hopefully nothing bad happens'
And also manly saying " my soul" whenever he's near a trashcan.
@@ArtsyKnox25 and also Manly saying "where nothing bad happens" his titles when something bad happens.
@@ArtsyKnox25 My cat got in the trash the other day so I proceeded to hold her up and ask her "did you find Manly's soul in there?!" :0
@@atmywhitson YESSS that's so cute!
Taxes arent certain xd
Interesting thoughts about the game at the end. Yes! There was a ending in the original game where a car falls from the sky. The reason I got rid of that ending was that people didn't understand it and I replaced it with something that connects more to the theme of the game.
Thanks for playing!
There was a meaning to the car bit? I thought it was just a car got launched somehow
This is such a great game! You did a wonderful job of creating an eerie and terrifying experience with spooks that still has interesting story to keep engaged in.
Pretty creative and fun game
love that you either had all this lore developed, or saw the reactions to the first iteration of the game and decided to add to it. really develops the story and world way more. would love to see more; perhaps in the other stations!
Great game u.u
"Help... me...."
"I help those who help themselves" Fucking best line and delivery ever
I love how at 1:10:27 manly just zooms in and says “wanna go” and after the figure slams the door he says “that’s what I thought” in the most serious voice
And every time too, you just can’t go against the man(ly).
Manly is a florida man, I don't blame them.
that’s literally why his name is manlybadasshero
@@nintendo_pirate hes gonna take bathsalts and then eat its face
@@appeli1old school reference. At least I’m not the only old guy! Haha
As a security guard myself, this would actually be very terrifying. Probably pays horribly too 😂
Yeah I was gonna say the most terrifying part is the pay lol
I read your comment and started laughing only because it's too true. You can handle almost anything except bad pay. Post abandoned before paranormal begins.
Hmm I wonder why this sound familiar *cough* five nights as Freddy *cough* 🤣 sick job tho
Wait, all those patrolling the building in the night and you guys got paid horribly? Deadass, I thought they got a respectable amount of payment thanks to every bullshit they have to go through
@@ryoumakoushiro7447 you’d think a lot more kinds of people would be paid well for the bullshit they go through but that’s not the world we live in lol
"OH I've been coffined!"
"Luckily I've invested my stats into anti-coffin."
-Manly 2022
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@@jyoshi1491 1:10:08
You welcome
@@aribantala 1:10:03 gives a bit of "brain loading time" and lead-up to what happens.
"Why am I in a coffin?"
"I don't own a couch."
-- Sniper Killer game
46:20 "quick look for mini cars while everyone is running for their lives!"
ah yes Manly with his priorities
I giggled at that when it came up in the video.
What do you mean, check your priorities? Are mini cars not more important? I think you should check _your_ priorities! Your _'life'_ isn't _nearly_ as important as the *mini cars!*
I got to say, horror games where your stuck in a cramped space like a security booth scare me, because of the cognitive dissonance of being stuck in a confined space, and the claustrophobia attached to that, but knowing that that is probably the safest place you can be.
The idea that if something gets in, you have nowhere to go also adds to the horror
DO IT
Oh for sure!!!! Being stuck somewhere or being buried alive is 100% my biggest fear. Ugh I can't...i DON'T wanna imagine it.. :/
Basically FNAF
Nothing is safer than even more confined space!
say.. the Trashcan is a good one though! isn’t it? well.. Manly’s soul would agree with me if it was there!
What's really incredible is that this massive corporation can't afford gates that move at decent speeds
Please, they're a massive corporation, they are _bound_ to cut corners. If anything, this is realistic.
you'd be shocked how slow those gates can be, and how often the break down
Or a computer interface that lists plates alphabetically in a table, or makes them searchable.
What do you think will happen to your car if those gates moved at decent speeds, and started closing in on your car due to a malfunction?
@@BeetleBunsdude you're so right. I work for a multibillion corpo and our gate breaks all the time ! 😂
20:33 Manly's fake-being-scared sound is the best thing XD
that's just courage the cowardly dog
@@ManlyBadassHero lmao. Idk why but it is _weirdly_ funny that you hearted your own comment.
@@alchemysaga3745 who doesn't love courage the cowardly dog? 😎
@@alchemysaga3745 if you don’t love yourself, then you can’t love the world
@@ManlyBadassHero OR, now hear me out here.... them's the sounds of a very strange and possibly dying walrus.
Relating to the space capsule, there was an accident where 3 astronauts were killed while landing back on Earth, possibly due to a seal letting all the oxygen out. Certainly fits the theme of reaching across the veil between life and death.
Also, I've never been so invested in finding little cars!
That`s strange.
What was a seal doing in there?
*canned laughter*
I'm so happy this became a full game. It had so much potential and I'm glad the dev thought so too!
I think it's funny he played the original a year ago, but I ended up watching it last week. So when I saw this was new, I was thinking, "Wait a minute, is this déjà vu again? What's wrong with me?" 😂 Then I saw Director's Cut & was relieved!
@@Ever_Sworn its always amusing when this happens. i rewatched a video a different creator uploaded a few months ago last night (a bioshock challenge run) and when i woke up this morning he had uploaded a new video, a bioshock 2 challenge run. he normally does metroidvanias and souls games, so it was just amusing
As a former night shift security guard, this is absolutely what it was like. Weird aliens beings included.
Yep, gotta keep an eye out for em!
damn, i hope they payed you good
yea, they keep making stupid crop circles in the truck lots, like there's not even crops there 🙄 freakin' aliens
@@peterhoffmann2231 about that...
Ah no wonder I seen the universe end bad job mate I was tortured
"Let's try Phoenix, right?" Manly, you got me good with that one. Almost woke up my kid with my snort.
Didn't put that together thanks for giving me more laughs!
It just got out as I thought it would, made me chuckle.
At 1:12:54 too "This hole was made for me" I always love it when Manly drops references to other things
@@nay_thaniel oh what's it referencing?
Whats that referencing? Dont think ive seen it
Manly: Do a perfect run and hope we don’t die
Light: *flickers*
Me: oh you’re immediately screwed
Claisfisrd
So Cerberus is about communicating with the dead, Medusa about the specific case of the ice statues I guess, and Kraken seems to gather time-travel related objects. I think Siren is the supposed to be the internal security division by the way it is referred to, it also fits it's name. Kraken's name might come from the wheel, maybe it was their first object, or maybe it's a more loose association, but I think they're time-travel related because at least three of their artifacts are directly implied or suggested to come from a different era, so maybe the term "snapping event" means that something got snapped out of it's time and thrown into presence - or maybe it's something else. I don't about Phoenix, and I think Chimera isn't being mentioned at all by other divisions.
I believe most/all of kraken's objects were recovered from the sea alongside the potential timetravel aspect - most of them were discovered off of coasts & the like
Kraken - oceanic time travel "snapping" thing
Cerberus - guarding a gate to the next world
Siren - this ain't a "siren" like on a cop car, but the singing, seductive mermaid/mythologized manatee. 100% chance their people got mind controlled and thus broke contact.
Medusa - these are people turned into ice, hence their outrageous detail. The monster turns people to ice like Medusa turns people to stone.
Chimera - "translation error" leads to an inability to connect, and chimeras were hybrid creatures. My guess is this site was a cooperative site with another intelligent species, hence the need for "translation."
Phoenix - a firebird associated with rebirth. This one is more speculative, but the "line is busy" when you try to call, despite none of the other lines being busy. To whom are they talking, then? It's possible Phoenix is calling Cerberus in order for us to watch the tape--we are the resurrected dead being debriefed. It's also worth noting that the three dead astronauts in the capsule was a reason to contact Phoenix--maybe to return them to their timeline intact and alive.
On Siren, I might be wrong, because I just translated the wingdings over the phone that boots you out of Tape 3, and it's "SIREN."
@@pondrthis1 The OP got Siren right then. It's internal security.
Phoenix is their space station
The only other mention of chimera is one of the cars saying they came from that facility and hoped cereberus was a better place
I don't think Manly noticed the first change in plates or that the blue car that pulled up was the car that was hanging out at the end of the drive way for a long time!
I literally just got to that part of the video and noticed it right off the bat, I found it kinda ironic manly went back to check though.. I was waiting for him to notice and then when he didn't I immediately paused the video and scrolled down here to see if someone else did!!! I wonder what that was supposed to mean.. I had just watched his first kinda demo of it video right before this one, so the "Death" license plate he talked about in that one was fresh in my mind. The bells and whistles in my mind didn't really go off about it spelling "Death".. to me it just looks like DE4 T93, like okay the d and the e obviously are D and E, and we all know 4s can sometimes be used for As, and then theres a T, but 9 and 3? The 9 looks nothing like an H.. Anyway sorry for all the rambling haha
@@PanicLedisko I was gonna say something about order of letters in the alphabet but H is 8-- Then again 93 - if you squint REAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY hard the middle part of the three could be the middle line in the H connecting with the straight line of the 9 so like a suuuuper squigly h?
Either that or death's license plate is supposed to say '93 like 1993 - aka that's when he got his license?
Did you notice the plates changed tooo? Creepy
@@TheLurkerFox Cursive H's can look sort of like the 93. If you write calligraphy or cursive, you'd probably see it. I saw it immediately when panic listed the license plate, because I used to write cursive. (before I forgot how, lol)
@@silvershadow2447 Perhaps, yea! I haven't written in like fancy cursive, so yea...
Nice video man, I really like this kind of games and I like them more when they are played by you.
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@@Tsuntsuchnc the ‘thank ManlyBadassHero’ icon in the bar where you like,dislike,save to playlist, etc
Man really donated 10 SUS
Lmao the fact it sticks it right under your name is a total disincentive to donate. The only thing anyone can seem to talk about in your replies is the donation.
25:00 what’s being said in reverse here:
Female voice: shut it down NOW
Male voice: it won’t shut down!
Female voice: then pull the damn plug, someone’s inside!
(another female voice is screaming for help throughout the recording)
Thank you!
Thank you for this! I’m almost certain the people we heard was Kara, Tasha (screaming) and Andreas (the male)
What a weird dialogue
@@rxvenxsxul Natasha was mentioned as dying so the recording could be from the experiment where she died. Ie. She was inside the machine and vanished. It's likely her ghost was able to cross dimensions and mess with things so that Death would take the others.
It's an interesting game, but what Ireally enjoyed was the fact that there was a mini-segment half-way through the video wherein Manly found the DnD group of the company haha!
ya made me think of prey tbh. that game had a dnd group as well. which is fitting because elder scrolls exists because the devs got into dnd so they kept adding rpg elements to their arena fighter game.
When one of the employees mentioned playing a game in the conference room I hoped it was dnd, and seeing that the dev put in the effort to write character backstories was so nice too! A really cute detail
Something about a phone going "behind you" when im playing a game is terrifying. It gives me this paralyzing fear that there is actually something there and i usually can't turn around
that moment instantly took me back to silent hill pt lol
@@alt7837 in "another multiverse", PT is a full game. :( 😁
I used to work a guard shack at a train yard/car lot and this is bringing me back. It was so slow at night I used to bring a crtv and a PS2 to pass the hours after I cleaned the shack till the morning when the workers started coming in and my job really began.
That sounds sweet! No way I could sneak a playstation to my post...
@@bluephoenix7565 You might think so, but there can be downsides to working with people who also don't care about the job enough to show up on time after a 12 hour shift..
@@camendiv oh trust me... I know... I meant having a ps2 at your post.
@@bluephoenix7565 Oh yeah that part was awesome XD
Maybe one of the reasons everyone blamed the security guard at the end was because they were searching for a reason for their death, however misplaced it may be. Everyone who died blamed you because you were the one who let them past the gates. In reality, as we can see from the other endings, even if you let nobody in and told everybody to leave, tragedy would have happened anyway.
Plus, at that point in the game, everyone is in their own sort of limbo. Perhaps this was the security guards perception of his own actions and he's feeling guilt for the small part he played.
Idk, I really like all of the additions to the game and I feel like its a really cool story. Like, there was nothing you as an individual could have done to avoid your fate. Even if you had just walked away, you likely would have died anyway. Maybe, even if nova nexus had never touched the artifacts and tried to study them, their power and supernatural effects would have led to destruction anyway. I also love the idea that the implied director of nova nexus is a separate supernatural being that is omniscient through the phones, and I love how we have no idea why they collect all of these artifacts or even what they want to do with them. It's just one big mess of hubris and greed and I love it
I get the feeling it's what the five page note just repeating "I shouldn't have let them in" is referring too. I suppose Manly's idea that the whole game is a purgatory for someone higher up the ladder could hold weight. But when I saw that note I immediately wondered if you really were just a security guard who considers that they let one of the entities in to have fallen squarely on their shoulders, even though it was impossible to stop it.
You either let one in and they mess things up, or you don't let anyone in and the project goes haywire. It's a no-win scenario (which honestly as a player I'm not fond of, I think an ending where you manage to do everything correctly leading to a "You win TODAY" sort of ending would have been a nice trophy at the very least) and it's highly unlikely it was any one persons fault from the highest researcher to the lowest...security guard, but it's human nature to look back at the mistakes we've made and assume things would have been different if we'd reacted differently. It's a form of hubris in itself to assume one person holds that much power in most cases but it's really more about trying to find atonement for our mistakes.
24:49 text says:
Audio Recording
Date: 08/07/1996
Experiment:
{ Just in case someone can't tell }
I can't believe a game where you just guard a security booth become a full-fledge game full of mystery and interesting story. Its crazy.
Manly just sitting there and playing mobile games on his phone is the most realistic part of the whole game
Yep, Can confirm.
Game confirms dogs have souls. Dogs go to heaven. Game of the year. Best game 11 out of 10.
I'm pretty sure any living being that have at least a few arrays of emotions have souls lol
dogs go to heaven, amen
@@ryomahoshi4529 souls are not real my friend, neither is heaven
@@Zzulu2 says who?
Who can say that such thing cannot exist? Our whole person could be going into some other plane of existence.in some culture the wisp are souls of the departed,and could be seen by people,people who are in grief most likely see the dead one say their goodbye and while it may be a dream,it could also be the soul of the dead going for a last check up before going to the land of the departed.
For someone who watch a horror game about eldritch horrors and dying yet at the same time not being dead still,you have a bit of a close mind about the thing as a whole.
(But for all I know,you'll be too lazy to even read all of that,the internet do be like that most of the time)
@@Zzulu2 have fun in hell lul
As someone who lives the life of a 100%er, I hate it when I accidentally go on the RIGHT path. It never lets you go back, and I have to do the whole thing over again
So, each of the Stations was researching a possibly paranormal phenomena that is in some way related to the mythological creature that the Station is named for?
Medusa, the Greek Gorgon whose gaze turned people to stone = People being frozen/turned into ice statues by an unknown entity.
Cerberus, the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of the Greek underworld = A rift? into the afterlife, or what seems to be the afterlife.
Chimera, the hybrid of lion, goat and dragon that terrorised the Greek kingdom of Lycia = Unknown?
Kraken, the Norse giant octopus/squid that devoured ships = Artefacts related to/found in the ocean?
Siren, the Greek bird-women whose voices lured sailors to their doom = Unknown, but seems to have been the "Head" research facility, since some notes mention reporting things to them and Medusa had to request new equipment from them? Actually, given what Sirens do, deliberately luring people to their end, I wonder if the other stations falling wasn't down to bad luck so much as it was down to design...
Phoenix, the firebird who dies and is reborn from it's own ashes = Unknown, but possibly related to space, since that one Artefact, the space pod, mentions reporting the astronauts to Phoenix?
Honestly, I love that this creepy little game has been expanded upon so much, and I kinda hope the devs make more games set in the same universe, because I really want to know more about the other stations...
I LOVE how after explaining the branching mind of a 100%er and all the exploration, manly finally finds the collectable car and then he celabrates like: ...yay...
... actually that's pretty relatable.
Wow, I didn't expect this to get a commercial remake. I quite liked the original version, and I'm impressed by just how much has been added. The collectibles are amusing, but the story additions really make this into a whole new beast. We go from a company doing some sort of shady business and upsetting the natural order to full on SCP style global organization doing a lot of really dumb, bad experiments and everything going sideways as you'd expect. I liked the original's simplicity, but this remake is still impressive.
A manly video? That isn't at 2 am for me? What a joyous day this is lol
You're lucky I fell asleep while editing because its original upload time was going to be 5 AM EST.
@@ManlyBadassHero oh my god you replied! Ahhhh thank you so much! You're awesome! Please do get your sleep though and take care of yourself. Thanks for the content!
Huh ending 5 has backwards voices. Cool can't wait to see what people will find.
Note/edit I am playing a human in a pathfinder game, he is not bland and has a decent backstory.
"Shut it down now!"
"It won't shut down."
"Then pull the plug."
"Someone is inside."
"Help!"
@@Claypidgeon162 Thank you!
@@Claypidgeon162 thank you. Really I do mean thank you. It was going to bother me.
@@Claypidgeon162 Thank you! That's really awesome of you.
What is the edit note even about? Is it promotion? Is it a playthrough???
1:23:30 Manly, I remember that ending as well. The one when a car comes out and a car from the sky smashes on top of it. So, if it is the mandala effect then we are from the same parallel reality 👍
Me too!
It was in the first game
The dev said he removed it because it was confusing too many players
Why did I imagine one of those cars hitting the booth and running him over before it even started?
your employer should install a security cam that allows you to check the plates without you leaving the booth
But that would cost so much moneeeey...
they dont even have a search function or a robot that can do that automatically, like cmon
It's cool seeing this game get a heavy release like this. This...this is the most important security guard in the world. Nay, the universe!
Barney Calhoun: Am I a joke to you?
@@BunnychanFarabee No... Barney wasn't a mere security guard... He was a soldier
Paul Blart: Am I a joke to you?
I didn't think that this would get a big release. Cool!
Here's what I think the other stations may have been up to:
Siren: Not too sure about this one, but may have dabbled in mind-control or hypnosis or have found an artifact that induces those effects.
Chimera: Biological experimentation (specifically, fusing different living organisms together, hence the name) or studying the effect a certain artifact had on living creatures.
Phoenix: While Cerberus was attempting to contact the dead (then overreached and contacted the void), Phoenix may have been running experiments relating to raising the dead. This may be a newer station.
Did Manly ever play the game, "Do you copy?"? There is a sequel to it coming out soon called "The Leeds Murder" and I thought it would be good for him to play it before the sequel comes out.
Never thought this would have a director's cut
This version of the game has +100% more director's cut!
One hell of a great surprise.
Is it just me or is Manly's voice the best I've ever heard
Not just you,manly have those smooooooooooooooth voices man!
it's like a warm, manly hug
I liken it to audible silk...or one of the coziest Minky fleece blankets. :)
He's simply built different
It really is , its like a soft warm voice , pretty good to listen and he is not forcing it to be more higher or lower.
Yeah in the original game there was two other endings, one was the car being dropped onto another car that was leaving the building. And then there was the giant monster in the distance. Idk why they didn't include them in this game but ay! I like the change into a corporation that experiments with stuff
A lot of people were confused by the car falling onto another in the original so I thought it would be best to just make something fit more closer to the theme of the game.
I really appreciate Manly for being the completion-ist that he is. Feels like we can count on him to get to whatever secrets a game is hiding.
20:35 Manly, you make my day 😂 I'm not in very good health at the moment but that 20:35 bring me a smile and laughter. Your the best Manly
Dang, they really expanded on this game! I’m super impressed! Great for them.
The reversed text said "Audio Recording". I think the booth itself is some sort of alien object or SCP that causes several issues depending on what happens to its "pilot". That's why there's that light pillar triangulated exactly on top of it, perhaps for some sort of scientific experiment reason. It might be that the booth only works when there is a pilot inside it, which is you the security guard (a.k.a. the disposable test subject, as it was mentioned that you got the job despite remembering that you did not apply for it at all). The booth then maybe acts as a conduit or a pathway across different dimensions or for all sorts of beings. If you let the wrong "things" in, they get into our world and sugar honey ice tea hits the fan. The people who go in who are actual employees are researchers going in to perform experiments or check on things already in the experiment. The tiny cars might be the real cars with people in it who have gone through the "booth" and came out shrunk or some other quantum shenanigans.
Actually,about the "I got the job even though I didn't apply for it" might be one of the employees that bled through ears and eyes
Or even the director,way back when he started working there and before he most likely lost his mind to the void.
At least that's my theory,because the first tape seems more like either that employee centered or director centered. Either way,that person got lost in the void and bad things happened
quantum shenanigans
S-ugar
H-oney
I-ce
T-ea
I love your way of censoring that, lol.
Spends 10 minutes desperately looking for a toy car, finds one:
"Car...yay"
I didn’t realize how many indie games go for the Nintendo/PS1 vibe until I discovered this channel today. And I love it! Such nostalgic style that takes me back to simpler times
It's usually cause it's a lot easier when your mind fills in the gaps. The artstyle is much more conducive to one person making it consistent than something realistic or completely original
14:16 I noted the change.
Can't believe Manly missed it.
If you would at least remember the first three.
21:00 the car was that ghost lady that was in the original game.
She would also disappear after you checked her number, talked to her, and picked up the phone.
Same, I was like, I'm sure that's different!
I really like how this game doesn't have one dominant core theme. It has a mix of Supernatural, Science fiction, Psychological horror interwoven with each other.
I actually appreciated that. The supernatural element is experienced, but there's no direct confrontation. Mostly passive scare tactics which I liked more than engaging with the entity.
I like how in depth and varied the sci fi stuff is. The Dark Wormholes, The explosion, the Tribeam detonation, etc.
Then comes the psychological horror. The Person who got off the car gave off major serial killer vibes.
The Kraken Archives is the perfect showcase of the game's strength. I think Kyle should make use of the fact to craft another great game. Slowly chip away at the Mystery of Nova Nexus.
5:30 I remember using floopy disks. They were hard to get into the slot because of how flexible they were.
7:48 you just missed her (RE8 03I on lower right)
14:48 you didn't catch that... the license plate number was different before the phone call (14:14 DE4 T93). Also: that's the car that was watching you earlier.
51:00 I think Garfief was calling you. Do you has the food?
57:12 those of us nerds who grew up on NASA in the 70's and 80's know it's an Apollo capsule, hinting at a classified Saturn V moon mission.
57:52 nice *Lost* reference. 1:11:36 wow.. another one. I guess if you turn the wheel, it transports you to a random part of the world?
1:21:06 you missed the note on the left.
At 14:14 I’m like hey that’s my birthdate and when he checked again the license plate changed
RE8 03l is actually the dad employee pretty sure
new manly upload just as i was struggling to sleep?! ay ya your playthroughs are so comfy which is funny considering its all horror
Manly I’ve been silently subscribed and watching but I gotta say you are by far the best play through commentary and just flat out entertaining in the genre. I go to you first without question. Keep up the good work.
Its interesting that the "Im a new guy working here" car actually had its number plate change completely everytime you look away, which i guess its a good way to guess instantly he indeed doesnt work there, thou it would have been interesting if the first plate number you see was actually correct and it changed due to the anomalies.
I wonder how many people thought "Oh, if he's new, maybe he's not in the system yet" and let him in.
This game was definitely inspired by the first half-life game. Sci-Fi setting, extradimensional stuff, Scientists ignoring all the warnings, the radioactive goo and automated security in the 2nd tape all scream Black Mesa. Most of all, the "convergence point" at 24:20 reminds me of when Gordon pushes the cart that triggers the Resonance Cascade, from sound effects to visuals.
You're the best horror-related gameplay channel i watch. I love how you get straight to the point and how you don't scream and be loud on the microphone like some youtubers usually do.
The detailed sound design in this game really elevates it.... There were some REALLY scary screams at some points. But also the spooky sounds during the dungeon segment.
So that final car's plate changed because it was DE4 T93 which I believe stands for Death, then changed to ER6 84B likely to help mask its entry into the building because that blue car is suspected to be death itself.
Ghost : Help.....Me...
Manly: I help those who help themselves.
Man this line hit me really hard. You better than my therapist.
Manly-kun: At least they can't get me in here.
Bloody handprint INSIDE the booth: Am I a joke to you?
"remember when this game was about being a security guard?" I GENUINELY forgot, thanks for the reminder
Hey manly, since you’ve dated so many monster girls from eldritch horrors to SCPs I think you’d enjoy Parasite days, another mobile game that should get more attention.
Thank you for the free horror game,
Well-cultured individual.
@@siggymilfordjigutzpilgrid I wouldn’t exactly call it a “Horror” game but it’s still pretty fun.
Thats a great idea! I though it sounded fun and I have just downloaded it! Im not sure if its the type of game manly would play but that would be a fun video!
I love imagining someone watching their coworker looking around frantically and muttering about how they must find the mini cars, ignoring the life and death situation.
Never expected this to have a "full version"
SCP Vibes Abound!
I think "Ending 2"'s phones are all the families being notified of the deaths of their relatives who worked at NN.
"Your families will be notified" and then it's just a graveyard of phone calls
_The life of a 100 percent-er, encapsulated in one video_
Somehow, as a security guard, you contributed to the success or ultimate kaboom of the facility by letting the right one or wrong ones in. The basis of that original plot was continued here, with more lore which I enjoyed. I'm thinking of the DnD role playing, wondering if the players were corporate friends from the different facilities. And I wondered if you, the new security guard, were somehow the descendant of the original Royal Guardsman who didn't destroy the device?
You were great in completing the Quest for the Cars!!
None of this would have needed to happen if Nova Nexus had hired Mike Ehrmantraut to man that booth
Put ya dead grandma away waltuh, I'm not lettin her into the world of the living waltuh.
Wow! I remember this game being one of the first few videos i watched from manly's channel, I really like his calm demeanour when playing horror games!
24:57 is in reverse-
* alarms blaring in background with a woman’s voice whimpering *
*Woman* - “shut it down now!”
*Man* - “it won’t shut down!”
*Woman in the background* - “HELP!”
*Woman* - “then pull the damn plug.”
*Woman* - “someone is inside.”
*Woman in the background* - “HELP!”
20:20
Now that's a certified "OoOoOo i'M a gHoSt" moment
I love how in the 2nd bonus video, emergency lockdown and lights go off and Manly finds he has a flashlight and still wants to go find those mini cars lol
Manly: I help those who help themselves
Ghost: and I took that personally
41:01 I thought it said "Our top people have TASTED the liquid. It isn't radioactive" and I was gonna say how do you TASTE the RADIOACTIVITY in a LIQUID.
23:37 as a night security guard I can confirm that I just sit on my phone and play games the whole time, nothing happens besides alarms that genuinely mean nothing going off that I then shut off
Was watching some older videos when the new one popped up. The amount of amazing never ending content makes my nights so relaxing. Loved they came out with an extended version of this game. Liked the demo and the directors cut has so much new features
14:11 This WHOLE part, right here, was absolutely hilarious. (Took you a couple of times, lol)
Always good to see a vid from you!
"Let's try Phoenix, right?"
I see what you did there. Even if it was unintentional.
Knowing the company's shady business and bad safety protocols, they need a good lawyer.
24:53 Okay so, I took this and reversed it. I haven’t watched the full video yet and have no idea if he did reverse it later in the video or not but here is what it says:
Audio Recording
Date: 08/07/1996
Experiment:
“Shut it down now.”
“It won’t shut down!”
“Then pull the damn plug! Someone is inside.”
“HELP!!”
19:09
manly: "soo, whats your life story"
driver: "aah, small talk, gotta love it, are we done with it?"
he just brushed manly off lol
Manly managed to tie the lore together so quickly while I had no idea what was going on
Being a security guard myself, having worked booths before, I can confirm: everything in this game is factually 100% accurate to this job.
The metal hatch at 57:57 is a 'Lost' reference!
It's the famous hatch from 'The Swan' station, as it also had QUARANTINE written on it and exploded later on.
pretty sure the turning wheel beside a well is a LOST reference as well. overall the story with the 'moving on' concept seems to be heavily influenced by the series :)
Just needed to let you know that, "yes, this hole was made for me" brought back a core memory that I would have preferred to leave burried.
25:00 - reversed :
"Shut it down now!"
"Don't shut down!"
"Heeelp!"
"Pull the damn plug, someone is inside!"
"Help!"
Thank you.
This game is AWESOME! I'm so happy with how far the Dev took this. I really didn't expect so much after watching the demo! It is impressive.
20:37 In gas station video Manly sounded like Yoda's long lost child, now he sounds like Professor, from Futurama.
This turned so meta in many layers, Impressive. Definitely among my favorites like no one lives under the light house
Imagine chilling up at the office putting in late hours and you look out the window to the parking lot and see the security guard fighting for their life
"evil portals to hell" as opposed to neutral portals to hell
"Hold up I'm curious, can I be-" sobbing that has to be the best ending
Yooo I'm so glad there's a remake of this! I loved security booth, can't wait to play it.
I find it interesting how all of the stations were based of a mythical being, or legend. (And I guess hell spawn being how this station was Cerberus) All the ending are pretty interesting, (then there's the secret being jut a dance lol) and this does give SCP vibes. Probably the best way I spent my time today.
This game goes from being a worker to seeing the horror that was these facilities collecting what seemed like "anomalies" with ending in their demise no matter what happened. It really shows why we should never try to contact the afterlife or even why messing with/collecting strange objects and information can lead to disaster.
Manly probably has to be one of the calmest people I ever watch play games lol. Great video
Imagine being haunted by a ghost under a job that does not pay you enough to deal with those
I can’t believe I got jumpscared by the last ending
Which was just the shadow man dancing to carameldensen lights 🤦♀️
Manly's "oh no" when he started reading the DnD character sheets killed me XD
After the first playthrough I thought this would just be a really bland half-baked concept with no real payoof, but it's actually a really clever little rollercoaster. Each playthrough is symbolic of the player themselves being trapped in multiple dimensions. The line "You need to leave" Is very meta too. He's nuts if he thinks it would have been better for the game to revolve entirely around the security booth.
Manly is out here navigating a self destructing facility, amidst the chaos he is looking around for the collectible cars. Who cares if the world could be ending? Gotta go find those dang cars first! Edit: Holy shit he found a car
Edit Again: Okay, this game being extended is fantastic! We do not get all the answers we want which I find super fun. But what drives me crazy is what were the other projects? Especially Siren! When making the calls it was searching for a Siren and couldn't find it or one. Like yes, I know the mythos which were inspired/named after, but I want to know what the actual Siren in the game is.