This protagonist is very relatable because I *also* stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk to look at trash on the ground and have extended flashbacks about my parents.
Crazy definitely runs in the family if you're willingly taking a public shower in a random shop in the middle of the night and then putting your old cloths back on, presumably sopping wet.
Wait a minute... Guy at the gas station sees the murderer outside his window and upon you coming back he goes "you need to leave!" leaving himself alone and sending you back outside where the murderer was just seen. Hm... seems completely reasonable to me.
If I were a murderer, and if I knew some people in town, I would totally spin them in. The gas station guy sends me the victims and the butcher takes care of the evidence.
I like how there’s a killer on the loose and you’re in the gas station which presumably has lockable doors, with another person, with the police on the way, and the cashier guy is like “uhhhhh yea you gotta leave cuz like…yea” and your character is just completely fine with that.
@@MrMe917 I've seen it in small/rural towns, but this is a shopping district in what looks to be a pretty big city, which is why it surprised me in the first place.
I quite liked the tension throughout this, everyone in the town feeling a bit off, the building mystery as you get closer to the end. Alas, not too big a fan of the ending itself. It doesn't ruin the overall experience, but I think it being your alcoholic father who has been brought up once before is a weak reveal.
now that you mention it, last time i checked he had 300k subs, got very surprised when i saw your comment about 1mil, good to see he's been growing fast recently
Absolutely mortified... Completely terrified... the scariest part of this game was definitely hearing Everywhere At the End of Time play softly in the bg. I will never escape that album
as soon as the dads part came in, i guessed the ending right away. before that, i assumed that either we were the killer or the killer had followed us.
Love how when the butcher was on the hook, a slowed down version of its just a burning memory from The Caretaker was playing. This developer has good taste in creepy music.
Yeah, the ending was very weak partly because the story setup wasn't really there (and partly because after the night they'd had, I find it hard to credit Claire not triple-locking that front door and wedging a chair underneath). Particularly ineffective writing when it came to the office murders. You'd wanna go like "Rita? Rick? What happened here?! You were the only people I knew in this town - hell, you were the reason I got up the courage to move here. You were the only kindness in my life after... god, I need to get out before whoever did this comes back..." I liked the absolute goofiness of "want your $meat? Do this random fetch quest" they'd set up, and was kinda sad that went out the window.
I mean, we have to give credit though. I saw in another comment that the creator of the game is only 15. While it's not quite there yet it is impressive for someone of that age.
Is it possible Claire was the killer, and her mention of her dad's ptsd at the end was her way of saying it got triggered when he believed he was in danger? Maybe he feared her and went to confront her, so she killed him too. That and the fresh meat was crossed off *our* list at the end, implying we got the fresh meat?
I actually... ( usually but not always ) ... love shopping though I still can have so much anxiety at the same time. How ever , recently I find that on most days I often just want to get my stuff and get back home ASAP. 🤷♀️ 😂
@@kalezuki9231 I feel you! It depends what kind of shopping for sure. For me I don't like going out alone, the anxiety is super bad. But I've found grocery shopping to be the worst for whatever reason 😂 Now online shopping is totally fine lol!
I feel like these horror games should all have a story path that just leads to you saying "Fuck it" and going home. Having to barter with a guy at the grocery? Shit scented shampoo? A merchant who refuses to sell you anything unless you perform amateur electrical maintenance? Yeah, no thanks.
Claire is fr the embodiment of dumb horror movie characters. "I'm moving to this new town that I have never been in before, but instead of going to the security of my new apartment and waiting tomorrow to go shopping while it's daytime I'm going to go in the dead of night! Who hoo! Oh a lot of people are going missing??? Whoops. Better them and not me! Oh a music box that is exactly like the one I had as a child just on a random table in this random town, ah memories, definitely shouldn't question it. Oh a dark and creepy not very good lit alleyway! Sure let's go down it! Oh this guy wants me to take go back to certain death to take pictures of evidence for this guy to believe me even though the look on my face and my desperate tone should say it all? Seems fair. Yep. I'm back home. You know what I always wanna do after being hunted down by a killer? Eat some cereal and go to sleep, instead of staying up all night being paranoid like a normal person probably would do" Love it.
@@willguggn2 huh? No??? I was just making jokes about how dumb claire is 💀 I mean I would have probably done stuff differently from claire (and I'm pretty sure most people would do something differently from what she did too) but how does that make me paranoid?
I think the visual style and atmosphere were on point...for the most part. It started to lose focus towards the end. But I am glad to see that Timmy and his creepy toy store weren't the bad guy, because that would have been too obvious.
Well according to the dev's comments, that dude IS her father. He just did so much drugs that his face changed and both didn't recognised each other, until AFTER Claire left the toy store.
@@changednamelit Thanks. People were saying her dad but that didn't make sense to me because there was a toy at that coworker crime scene and the toy guy was clearly hiding something with that attitude. But now it makes sense.
Fun fact! The Minmo Cat Food boxes at 3:02 is a nod to Silent Hill 3 where a poster for the cat food is advertised in the subway. I know this because for over a decade my handle for most games was Minmo and everyone always asked me it's origins. I can't believe it's in this game, I can't believe I'm not the only one that for some reason had a low res cat food ad stuck in their head for nearly 20+ years.
30:07 Manly uses protag's name in his classic intro Starts using name puns about it *Classic Manly* We all truly love the puns he makes and also how he sounds while making dumpsters/bins jokes about his soul Thx for keeping us entertained Manly
_"Something's wrong but we'll see where that goes"_ Yep and it started with the $15 for milk. Spoilers after watching the full video I like this game's style! I was quite disappointed in the ending tho. You hear the father's story at the end, then voila it's him. It was too anticlimactic for all the great build up and personalities encountered along the way. I was almost hoping it was Claire herself. Or you the identified player name. Something, anything but the PTSD story with an alcoholic father. I understand if it was based on a true story, but the game seemed to call for more either dark humor ending or total surprise.
@@sneej791 The character didn't really feel like a girl or boy specifically, but the name Claire is typically a girl's name. If it didn't have the "e" on the end, it would've been the boy form of the name. I guess it can be a boy?? But I just assumed _girl_ because of the name and its spelling. Ooh - also because the father said, You're just like your mother. And yes, sons can be like their mothers, but that accusatory statement also made me think Claire was a girl.
Aight ima say smthng, Claire was either going through memory issues and was the murderer, the father is magic, or the father had set an elaborate trap days ahead while murdering multiple people for it. Reasoning? the dead body's were all ahead of her, even though she was being chased, also how did they turn the meat man into a literal mean man in such little time, ik it's horror but my brain wants logic for some reason.
What would have happened if we choose no when the police invited to his car? What would have happened if we said claire instead of manly when the guy asks our name?
When you choose no, the game forces you to accept the ride. The name doesn't matter. The game is completely linear and the choices are not relevant in getting any different outcome.
Well this game started out with some impressive atmosphere, but the horrific grammar and unironic use of emojis in a text box promptly murdered that. The plot turned out nonsensical as well. Disappointing.
@@The_WhitePencil volume displacement does not happen if you pour milk before the cereal, and I would not kill my son over it. I will continue to pour milk before the cereal because it tastes better for me that way.
I really liked how the game baits so many times with no breaks (the fetch quest for the fuses in the dark, the entire segment outside right after the butcher is murdered, the office hallway "chase", the just long enough to be uncomfortable forest walk, the trip to get the evidence, the walk to your car, several very slow loading bars, the car tires breaking, the shower scene, the peephole scene). It almost seemed like the twist was gonna be the fact that there is no twist. Aaand then it had the cheapest ending imaginable. Still think it's a very well-made game overall.
Honestly, I think the best ending would have been if after the MC sleeps, everything is back to normal. As in, the entire creepy nonsense(Besides the disappearances, to keep some sense of mystery going) was just her seeing stuff due to being extremely stressed out and tired: -The guy in the slaughterhouse just had to take a sudden break outside for something -the guy who seemed to follow her just had to do something in the office building -there were no bodies(and those people are still alive) -the creep that some people talked about was just that, a weirdo, not a murderer. -The slashed tires were just some trolls picking a bad time to do their trolling.
I'm torn on this one. I love the aesthetic and overall style, the music from that dementia album is nice, the fetch quest stuff is a bit... too standard for my tastes, and I also didn't like the ending. If it was Claire that was the killer and the flashbacks were some kind of blackout moment, I'd accept that (even if it makes no sense). Her dad stalking her for this long seems just as ridiculous, though, since wouldn't it imply he was following her for a long time to know where she was gonna be?
I really like this game all-in-all, but I *have* to say.. The main character's course of action is veeeery strange and unreasonable most of the time. Doing favours for random people when you're not obligated to, was a bit "aight weird, but fine whatever, you do you" But the whole bit about the gas station was just incoherent. Ah yes, calmly go take a picture out in the open when a killer is *actively chasing you.* Ah yes, instead of simply *locking the doors* to the gas station and waiting in *safety* for help to arrive, why yes- you *should* leave the gas station because reasons. And needless to say: the ending was a bit underwhelming. I dunno if it was meant to be a twist or not, but I feel that the outcome was incredibly predictable, so much so that I actually expected something else. It wasn't *bad,* so to speak, but I feel that there were more intriguing ways they could have done it. But enough of my whining.. I *do* like this game. It was weird, fun, eerie and intriguing for the most part, and I'm glad I watched Manly play it. I like how unusual and eccentric all of the characters are, and the flashbacks, though short and few, made everything a lot more interesting. Oh, and the odd "spelling" was quite charming and different as well; whether it be the "
I thought the big twist would be that Claire is actually the murderer, except since we're playing her and we see through her vision, that wouldn't be obvious until the very end. When someone knocked at the door I legit thought it would be police coming after MC, and that would be the hint that in fact, Claire was the one killing, and perhaps the person chasing her was a shadow of her past in the form of her dad. For instance: she previously killed her dad for the things she did to her mom, and instead of him (?) going "you're just like your mother" in the end it'd be ''you're just like me'' re: the PTSD of killing people. Then in the present when she kills, it's like she thinks it's him. I started growing suspicious when the Jake said "take whatever you want and leave" like she was the threath (it still makes sense in the context of the game anyway but that me raise an eyebrow). Anyway, I really liked the game and I like the style and the artistic choice of using real, slightly off faces for the characters, and the music is also top notch and disturbing. Much love to you and your work Manly!
The bigger issue with this idea is the meatshop. You go in, dude is fine. You go out, the guy is dead without you having done anything. Unless we want to go with the logic that "I can smell how rotten this is" means that the guy has actually been dead for days and thus nobody was there to replace the meat.
I really like how you narrate the text on screen. So many people skip it or just read it in a monotonous way like they are reading a shampoo bottle. But you take the extra effort to perform the lines and it shows.
Horror games like these are fun to watch~! Like, it's so mundane, having to go through a shopping list, but then the story gets darker and darker halfway through.
I love how there's just that huge hole in the wall where the balcony is... The heating bill is going to be astronomical, and the first time you get a monsoon, your apartment is going to be flooded :D
Programming wise, not a bad job for a single indie developer with no budget. Writing... started off well enough but really goes downhill the moment you find the bottle of booze in the butcher's shop and toggled that memory. Wrestling away player agency by forcefully changing the character's name was a dick move and the payoff wasn't really worth it, especially since there wasn't really any hints leading up to it until you reached the Toy Store and even then, that wasn't much of a hint*. There was a brief possibility that the story would have recovered with the butcher's murder and the subsequent chase scene but that fizzled and the story just became a mess of pointless red herrings leading up to a disappointing ending. The worst part is I see what the developer was trying to do and the core idea could make a very nice horror game (getting stalked and chased through an unknown city by a monster that's all too familiar.) The execution just didn't follow through. Forget paying for this, I'd be annoyed just sitting here just watching someone else play it for about an hour if it wasn't for your commentary. *I actually watched the first third again... everyone refers to you in the first person or in the third person "they/their/them", there's no comments about your character's appearance (which would have actually added to the horror atmosphere if they were done right,) most of your dialog is actually fairly androgynous until you ask for something "cute" in the toy store which... well that isn't the same thing it would have been twenty years ago.
The empty streets and the back rooms of the slaughter house were torturous. I was waiting for a jumpscare, for the stalker to attack or at least a sighting of him. The fact none ever came just rose my anxiety
When I found your channel I knew I had to subscribe, you’re so charming and level headed! Thank you for all your hard work, excellent job Mr. Manly Badass Hero!
If Claire's father suffer from war trauma, isn't he supposed to not be allowed to be outside in public? If it was this severe to the point of him becoming a killer machine, he was supposed to be separated from outside world.
Spoiler: From watching Manly's playthrough, I think this is a gem in indie horror game with superb analog horror graphic, excellent tension building, interesting mechanics, and good story telling. A bit cheesy, yes. It is your typical mundane-task-turned-horror at the start, but it also turned very differently from most game of the genre real fast. I think those memories flashback is a very nice touch. It adds context and complexity to the story, and tragedy to the theme. It begins almost comedically, but with each memory played, the atmosphere burdened. By the end, we have an ending that is rather bitter, just like real life. The game can be sectioned into "chapter", with the objectives in the shopping list as the chapter title. Each section got it's own charm to them. Instead of endless dialogues, occasionally you've got the money paying modal, the rewiring minigame, the robot UI, back mirror dash cam, etc... These helps spice up the game so that it doesn't feel boring throughout. Also nice writing, every section presents different characters that stands out in their dialogues (especially the store lady). Every once in a while you have some cool plot twist happening to throw you off guard a bit, but note that there is also some weird inconsistency in the plot to throw you off guard too. Read below to finds more about these inconsistency.... Nevertheless, there is a lot to be experienced in this 1-hour-ish game. Overall, the game present an enjoyable horror experience that keep you anticipating. That's for my view on the gameplay. There are few details of interest to note throughout the game, something extra I'd want to share. 1) Claire is unable to show their ID to Ruben. Perhaps they throw away the ID that used the fake name out of spite? 2) Claire took shower once at public bathhouse, and once at their apartment. Like a mad man, both time there's no shower curtain, door wide ajar. I know in either scenario it is unlikely to have other people, but still. Is this entire game something in Claire's head because how mad they are? 3) Upon picking poop shampoo, no one actually comment on it. Perhaps everyone else in the game is ghost and unable to smell. 4) Timmy oddly discarded Claire's worries despite there are obviously missing posters all around. Furthermore, Toy Knife is found at the pile of body later in the company part. I suspect Timmy is the real murderer, and in the end our father is just coincidentally there. 5) If above is not the case, then the reason a toy knife appeared there is because as we leave Timmy shop, the father would killed Timmy and took a knife while he left. 6) Ruben shouldn't able to drive with that eye sight in night and in rain. 7) There is a child note at company, but no child can be found. Assuming the best, perhaps the florist is the dad? They got wrapped into the mess while delivering flower to the company, and witnessed murders there that's why the Florist is so anxious at the shop. Unlikely story, this is just a fun interpretation. 8) Wait remember the toy knife. Maybe the child is the killer of the body pile??? 9) Claire recognizes the bodies. Perhaps they are Claire's acquaintance back in the hometown, or perhaps Claire at some point tried to look for employment in the company and come to know this company. Seems like this wasn't Claire's first time in the town. 10) At gas station, Claire mentioned of stalking and murdering, Jake ask for evidence. Claire agrees, and picked an convenient, but f--king unconvincing evidence. How does taking a missing poster justify anything?? It's even right beside the gas station where the guy worked, you think he would have seen that? What's the logic??? 11) Claire's car is really rusty and old. Maybe Claire is desperate to move away, and willingly buy a cheap, second hand car. 12) Claire's car tires has being slashed. Seemingly caused by the stalker/murderer. Ruben is lying dead, next to the car. Perhaps Ruben found the stalker/murderer slashing, and thought it was vandalizing art and tried to stop them, and unfortunately killed in line of duty. Again, unlikely story considering his eye sight. Finally, the credit mentioned that the game is based on the author's mother greatest fear. I hope wherever she is, she have made peace.
This is a bit weird, the game dev must have done some kind of an update, because I've seen someone else play this game and the ending dialogue explains a lot more than it does here. At first I thought maybe the choices somehow made a difference, but it doesn't seem like it.
Welcome to the Did Your Dad Bring Back The Milk Club, how Did Your Dad Bring Back The Milk are ya?
congrats on 1million subs. you're a personal favorite
After decades of a perilous journey, Father finally brought back the Milk that never expires.
Yes, and he brought back strawberry milk.
Yes, he brought back milk. It was the Mario milk.
Pretty Did Your Dad Bring Back The Milk if you ask me
The real horror here is that the milk costs $15.
They need money😭😭
And he left it
Only cuz he had to pay extra. I mean it was that guys milk after all.
@@RottenHeretic "guy milk"
@@cum5681 man milk
This protagonist is very relatable because I *also* stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk to look at trash on the ground and have extended flashbacks about my parents.
That's called Extreme poverty
@@Nobody_1. dry humor
@@JoeMartinez18 The rich have their trash flashbacks in a mansion
@@DeathnoteBB way up in Wisconsin
@@JoeMartinez18 its a joke...dont take it seriously
I'm still really impressed how this absolute chad pumps out these videos daily. I hope you're taking care of yourself and your mentality Hero
Plot twist he's held at gunpoint
@@cypher_mortis Nah its the one who record him being at gunpoint
I know, I’ve just started recording and editing, it’s allot of work! For real, good freaking job!
@@doindaworst5824 good to know youre enjoying it!
Most likely he makes several in one day, takes a day off, and rinse and repeat. That works well for me too
Crazy definitely runs in the family if you're willingly taking a public shower in a random shop in the middle of the night and then putting your old cloths back on, presumably sopping wet.
We never saw him take his clothes off. Manly takes showers with his clothes on confirmed.
@@kemistree. I presume he cries too while doing that.
Also the fact the character poured the milk first _then_ the cereal.
@@kemistree. Well...the main characters real name is Claire...so probably actually a girl.
Lmao
Wait a minute... Guy at the gas station sees the murderer outside his window and upon you coming back he goes "you need to leave!" leaving himself alone and sending you back outside where the murderer was just seen. Hm... seems completely reasonable to me.
Probably he thinking if we leave then the murderer will follow us
Maybe he noticed the resemblance to Claire and thought she was in on it?
he wants you to leave bcuz the killer is following you. He thinks if you leave, then the killer will leave him alone.
The whole “story” was painfully reasonable.
If I were a murderer, and if I knew some people in town, I would totally spin them in. The gas station guy sends me the victims and the butcher takes care of the evidence.
For some reason “Hey everyone, this is Claire” sounds much funnier than it should be to me 😭
"Hey everyone, this is Claire from Bon Appetit's test kitchen"
@@laramunoz1609 i would actually like to see Claire play cooking mama or something
I like how there’s a killer on the loose and you’re in the gas station which presumably has lockable doors, with another person, with the police on the way, and the cashier guy is like “uhhhhh yea you gotta leave cuz like…yea” and your character is just completely fine with that.
Time to read your coffee to see whats up, because that is some deadly premonition type weirdness
Claire is so brave for telling the viewers his real name!! Not many youtubers do that, you're such a cool dude!
Claire was the name of the character he was playing as. I don't think its his actual name.
@@hemmehhem3205 it was a joke
@@hemmehhem3205 r/whoosh
@@hemmehhem3205 nope, I'm pretty sure its his name
@@hemmehhem3205 broooooooo
Ah yes, a slaughterhouse in the middle of a shopping district is totally normal. It's not like butcher shops exist or anything.
Normal from what I’ve seen from experience
where my father lives it's a thing (rural town)
the owner owns both the farm and the nearby slaughterhouse with the butcher shop on the front
@@MrMe917 Then it's again not like in the game...
@@MrMe917 I've seen it in small/rural towns, but this is a shopping district in what looks to be a pretty big city, which is why it surprised me in the first place.
@@SquaulDuNeant Maybe they're just telling us what it's like for them and NOT comparing it to the game, genius.
I quite liked the tension throughout this, everyone in the town feeling a bit off, the building mystery as you get closer to the end. Alas, not too big a fan of the ending itself. It doesn't ruin the overall experience, but I think it being your alcoholic father who has been brought up once before is a weak reveal.
Yeah I agree. Then again it didn't really feel like it could've been anywhere else.
I knew it was him the moment the flashback happened.. But I agree it's weak.
Ah. Dammit. Wish I hadn't checked the comments. Could've at least put the spoiler under the 'read more' button but I guess it's still my fault.
What? Nooo. It's not the [REDACTED] It's the
Toy shop clerk.
Yea maybe it’s because I’ve seen enough to know but it was like really expected
Hey, developer of the game here, thanks for playing it!
Why do you hate your father?
@@Cainus44 why do you keep breathing
@@MonolithicCyanTsunami That's an incredibly mature reply. "I want you to die because you asked a question not directed at me."
So... daddy issues?
@@MonolithicCyanTsunami it as question why are you sped
Tbh if this is true your game isn't bad but feel idk how to say but "incomplete" and "messy" .
Anyway good luck and stay strong !
Manly's "Hey everyone, this is Claire" had me look at the screen to see if I accidentally started another video.
I cannot believe how this guy has now 1mil subs!! It was like yesterday when I stumbled upon an indie gamer that isn't annoying or loud
Technically 1.1 million now
@@ManlyBadassHero nice flex
@@ManlyBadassHero
Soon anyway
@@ManlyBadassHero flex 😎😎
now that you mention it, last time i checked he had 300k subs, got very surprised when i saw your comment about 1mil, good to see he's been growing fast recently
Every indie horror ever: "You don't know about the __insert local tragedies here__ ??"
You don't know about the tragedy of Darth Plagueis?
To be fair, if it’s a serial abductor it’s probably on the news
@@ataridc I heard he was a real wiseguy
Absolutely mortified... Completely terrified... the scariest part of this game was definitely hearing Everywhere At the End of Time play softly in the bg. I will never escape that album
EXACTLY
I hate sounding pretentious but that fucking Album scarred me to No end. Usually Just need to hear a few notes for dread to set in.
no… don’t tell me that actually happens… will it ever end?
Oml yes, the instant anxiety
Honestly I've heard it so many times it just kind of annoys me now. It's so overplayed and not even in contexts related to dementia.
as soon as the dads part came in, i guessed the ending right away. before that, i assumed that either we were the killer or the killer had followed us.
Haven’t gotten there yet, but the instant I saw “get fresh meat” I assumed we were the killer, haven’t gotten far enough to prove it of course.
Same thoughts here
Same. I don't like how defenseless the protagonist was too. It's a horror cliche. : \
I thought it was the damn mother's ghost, but then when the father came up i thought it was his ghost or him in general lol
I feel like we're going full circle where our parents watched cheesy horrors on the box television and now we're playing them
the games slow build up is pretty good, if they didn’t use the elevator scare itd be just a pure anxiety fest
Love how when the butcher was on the hook, a slowed down version of its just a burning memory from The Caretaker was playing. This developer has good taste in creepy music.
I love a burning memory by the Caretaker
I kinda thought it was a bit cheesy. Especially how Jorden credited himself at the end for the music
@@broccolisword nothing wrong with a lil cheese
@@jade4025 thing is burning memory is used often enough that it just isn’t that creepy anymore
@@jyorgbjornsen interesting, I didn't know that.
Yeah, the ending was very weak partly because the story setup wasn't really there (and partly because after the night they'd had, I find it hard to credit Claire not triple-locking that front door and wedging a chair underneath).
Particularly ineffective writing when it came to the office murders. You'd wanna go like "Rita? Rick? What happened here?! You were the only people I knew in this town - hell, you were the reason I got up the courage to move here. You were the only kindness in my life after... god, I need to get out before whoever did this comes back..."
I liked the absolute goofiness of "want your $meat? Do this random fetch quest" they'd set up, and was kinda sad that went out the window.
I mean, we have to give credit though. I saw in another comment that the creator of the game is only 15. While it's not quite there yet it is impressive for someone of that age.
Is it possible Claire was the killer, and her mention of her dad's ptsd at the end was her way of saying it got triggered when he believed he was in danger? Maybe he feared her and went to confront her, so she killed him too. That and the fresh meat was crossed off *our* list at the end, implying we got the fresh meat?
nice
The foreshadowing was when Claire poured in the milk in the bowl before the cereal, only a psycho would do that.
@@jeffumbach THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!
@@jeffumbach Yes.
@@jeffumbach wait you guys put cereal first????
If this was a horror movie, I think the tagline for it would be "this man has a shopping list, AND YOURE ON IT"
Finally, a proper store with showering facilities for testing shampoo. I hate having to go to the public bathrooms and washing my hair in the sink.
Wow, this game really knows where to hit me in the anxiety. I hate shopping.
I actually... ( usually but not always ) ... love shopping though I still can have so much anxiety at the same time. How ever , recently I find that on most days I often just want to get my stuff and get back home ASAP. 🤷♀️ 😂
@@kalezuki9231 I feel you! It depends what kind of shopping for sure. For me I don't like going out alone, the anxiety is super bad. But I've found grocery shopping to be the worst for whatever reason 😂 Now online shopping is totally fine lol!
Wait… WAIT, the tires were slashed and they didn’t notice? Did the grinding sound and the increased difficulty steering not tip them off before?
they said it started to slow, maybe there was still air
@@nightmacerx7267 If there was still air, they were better of not stopping. I heard it’s way easier to coast on a flat than to stop and start again
6:21 No idea if it's intentional or not, but the crooked texture on his vest is hilarious. Really adds to the idea of his poor eyesight 😂
I feel like these horror games should all have a story path that just leads to you saying "Fuck it" and going home. Having to barter with a guy at the grocery? Shit scented shampoo? A merchant who refuses to sell you anything unless you perform amateur electrical maintenance? Yeah, no thanks.
Hmm.. You didn't notice the gas station before, that's where your car should be?
I was thinking the same lol. All that bs and a killer on the loose? I'd rather eat dry cereal lol.
Claire is fr the embodiment of dumb horror movie characters.
"I'm moving to this new town that I have never been in before, but instead of going to the security of my new apartment and waiting tomorrow to go shopping while it's daytime I'm going to go in the dead of night! Who hoo! Oh a lot of people are going missing??? Whoops. Better them and not me! Oh a music box that is exactly like the one I had as a child just on a random table in this random town, ah memories, definitely shouldn't question it. Oh a dark and creepy not very good lit alleyway! Sure let's go down it! Oh this guy wants me to take go back to certain death to take pictures of evidence for this guy to believe me even though the look on my face and my desperate tone should say it all? Seems fair. Yep. I'm back home. You know what I always wanna do after being hunted down by a killer? Eat some cereal and go to sleep, instead of staying up all night being paranoid like a normal person probably would do"
Love it.
Are you actually that paranoid in real life? How do you ever leave your appartment?
@@willguggn2 huh? No??? I was just making jokes about how dumb claire is 💀
I mean I would have probably done stuff differently from claire (and I'm pretty sure most people would do something differently from what she did too) but how does that make me paranoid?
@@willguggn2 If I were being followed by a serial killer, I think I'm entitled to a smidgen of paranoia
this post is so funny thank you
I think the visual style and atmosphere were on point...for the most part. It started to lose focus towards the end. But I am glad to see that Timmy and his creepy toy store weren't the bad guy, because that would have been too obvious.
Well according to the dev's comments, that dude IS her father. He just did so much drugs that his face changed and both didn't recognised each other, until AFTER Claire left the toy store.
@@changednamelit Thanks. People were saying her dad but that didn't make sense to me because there was a toy at that coworker crime scene and the toy guy was clearly hiding something with that attitude. But now it makes sense.
Fun fact! The Minmo Cat Food boxes at 3:02 is a nod to Silent Hill 3 where a poster for the cat food is advertised in the subway. I know this because for over a decade my handle for most games was Minmo and everyone always asked me it's origins. I can't believe it's in this game, I can't believe I'm not the only one that for some reason had a low res cat food ad stuck in their head for nearly 20+ years.
When he glanced down at those boxes I almost spat out my tea
Growing strong together! Glad I found your (2 year old) comment to remind me where it's from.
"Hey everyone this is Claire".
Fuckin died laughing.
Thanks a lot Claire, for years and years of amusement.
30:07
Manly uses protag's name in his classic intro
Starts using name puns about it
*Classic Manly*
We all truly love the puns he makes and also how he sounds while making dumpsters/bins jokes about his soul
Thx for keeping us entertained Manly
_"Something's wrong but we'll see where that goes"_
Yep and it started with the $15 for milk.
Spoilers after watching the full video
I like this game's style! I was quite disappointed in the ending tho. You hear the father's story at the end, then voila it's him. It was too anticlimactic for all the great build up and personalities encountered along the way. I was almost hoping it was Claire herself. Or you the identified player name. Something, anything but the PTSD story with an alcoholic father. I understand if it was based on a true story, but the game seemed to call for more either dark humor ending or total surprise.
game probably takes place in hawaii
wait, its a girl?
@@sneej791 The character didn't really feel like a girl or boy specifically, but the name Claire is typically a girl's name. If it didn't have the "e" on the end, it would've been the boy form of the name. I guess it can be a boy?? But I just assumed _girl_ because of the name and its spelling. Ooh - also because the father said, You're just like your mother. And yes, sons can be like their mothers, but that accusatory statement also made me think Claire was a girl.
I agree, I also feel that the game could have worked on not putting out so much exposition such as the scene at 36:30
Aight ima say smthng, Claire was either going through memory issues and was the murderer, the father is magic, or the father had set an elaborate trap days ahead while murdering multiple people for it.
Reasoning? the dead body's were all ahead of her, even though she was being chased, also how did they turn the meat man into a literal mean man in such little time, ik it's horror but my brain wants logic for some reason.
Imagine dying and the last words you'll hear are "I guess he did MEAT his end".
Ah yes, the fond memories of my mom talking in emoji's to me after reading me a lit princess fairy tale
What would have happened if we choose no when the police invited to his car?
What would have happened if we said claire instead of manly when the guy asks our name?
When you choose no, the game forces you to accept the ride. The name doesn't matter. The game is completely linear and the choices are not relevant in getting any different outcome.
@@NaturalFlirtGamer so it's just a bunch of curly lines that lead to the same point
@@iwonttell9233 There are a lot of games like this. Lol that was one of the criticisms of Telltale games. :D
At least the toy store owner didn't charge after the player helps with the sign. Very fair!
Well this game started out with some impressive atmosphere, but the horrific grammar and unironic use of emojis in a text box promptly murdered that. The plot turned out nonsensical as well. Disappointing.
Kidna disappointed with the ending but other then that I enjoyed the atmosphere. As if I´m not anxious enough already lol
Yeah, just leave doors open and not arm yourself after escaping a murderer :)
@@A-Monkman To be fair, it looked less like Claire left the door open and more that the apartment was so shitty that there just was no balcony door.
Kidna?
"I hope that *Claire'd* some things up for you."
HOW DARE YOU. I really enjoy your content *and* horrible puns. Take my subscription.
Clarie's Dad actually wanted to kill her because she poured milk into the bowl first and then put the cereal. Perfectly understandable.
I still see no problem with that...its cereal
@@stopthattrend Do you also put ice into a drink instead of the ice first?
@@The_WhitePencil yes
It's ice
@@stopthattrend The ancient Greeks understood volume displacement better than you.
@@The_WhitePencil volume displacement does not happen if you pour milk before the cereal, and I would not kill my son over it. I will continue to pour milk before the cereal because it tastes better for me that way.
Thanks for playing this one, Claire. I really respect the sound design in this one more than anything.
I really liked how the game baits so many times with no breaks (the fetch quest for the fuses in the dark, the entire segment outside right after the butcher is murdered, the office hallway "chase", the just long enough to be uncomfortable forest walk, the trip to get the evidence, the walk to your car, several very slow loading bars, the car tires breaking, the shower scene, the peephole scene). It almost seemed like the twist was gonna be the fact that there is no twist. Aaand then it had the cheapest ending imaginable. Still think it's a very well-made game overall.
Honestly, I think the best ending would have been if after the MC sleeps, everything is back to normal. As in, the entire creepy nonsense(Besides the disappearances, to keep some sense of mystery going) was just her seeing stuff due to being extremely stressed out and tired:
-The guy in the slaughterhouse just had to take a sudden break outside for something
-the guy who seemed to follow her just had to do something in the office building
-there were no bodies(and those people are still alive)
-the creep that some people talked about was just that, a weirdo, not a murderer.
-The slashed tires were just some trolls picking a bad time to do their trolling.
@@lpfan4491 That sounds like a much more interesting concept
11:23 Manly's smooth "Smells like shit, but in a good way," deserves to be a viral sound clip.
I really liked it up to the ending. The ending felt really anticlimatic tbh.
Everthing was pretty good but the ending was really bad imo. Very disappointing could’ve been a lot better.
The horror in this game is the fact that they HAVE to work with or without the disappearances at night
I'm torn on this one. I love the aesthetic and overall style, the music from that dementia album is nice, the fetch quest stuff is a bit... too standard for my tastes, and I also didn't like the ending. If it was Claire that was the killer and the flashbacks were some kind of blackout moment, I'd accept that (even if it makes no sense). Her dad stalking her for this long seems just as ridiculous, though, since wouldn't it imply he was following her for a long time to know where she was gonna be?
The blackout could be trauma linked
Finally a comment that isn't just dumb praise lol. This game was thoroughly mediocre imo
I really like this game all-in-all, but I *have* to say..
The main character's course of action is veeeery strange and unreasonable most of the time.
Doing favours for random people when you're not obligated to, was a bit "aight weird, but fine whatever, you do you"
But the whole bit about the gas station was just incoherent.
Ah yes, calmly go take a picture out in the open when a killer is *actively chasing you.*
Ah yes, instead of simply *locking the doors* to the gas station and waiting in *safety* for help to arrive, why yes- you *should* leave the gas station because reasons.
And needless to say: the ending was a bit underwhelming. I dunno if it was meant to be a twist or not, but I feel that the outcome was incredibly predictable, so much so that I actually expected something else.
It wasn't *bad,* so to speak, but I feel that there were more intriguing ways they could have done it.
But enough of my whining..
I *do* like this game. It was weird, fun, eerie and intriguing for the most part, and I'm glad I watched Manly play it.
I like how unusual and eccentric all of the characters are, and the flashbacks, though short and few, made everything a lot more interesting.
Oh, and the odd "spelling" was quite charming and different as well; whether it be the "
I thought the big twist would be that Claire is actually the murderer, except since we're playing her and we see through her vision, that wouldn't be obvious until the very end. When someone knocked at the door I legit thought it would be police coming after MC, and that would be the hint that in fact, Claire was the one killing, and perhaps the person chasing her was a shadow of her past in the form of her dad. For instance: she previously killed her dad for the things she did to her mom, and instead of him (?) going "you're just like your mother" in the end it'd be ''you're just like me'' re: the PTSD of killing people. Then in the present when she kills, it's like she thinks it's him. I started growing suspicious when the Jake said "take whatever you want and leave" like she was the threath (it still makes sense in the context of the game anyway but that me raise an eyebrow).
Anyway, I really liked the game and I like the style and the artistic choice of using real, slightly off faces for the characters, and the music is also top notch and disturbing. Much love to you and your work Manly!
Yeah, would've been a bit cliche but a much better ending, this is just... Nonsense
The only way I could see that working is if Claire blacked out during the flashbacks or something
The bigger issue with this idea is the meatshop. You go in, dude is fine. You go out, the guy is dead without you having done anything. Unless we want to go with the logic that "I can smell how rotten this is" means that the guy has actually been dead for days and thus nobody was there to replace the meat.
I wonder if the game recognises when you input "Claire" as the name because if not it would be like "Claire? Who tf is Claire? My name is Claire!"
your work ethic is so admirable, Manly! hope you’re taking care of yourself
I really like how you narrate the text on screen. So many people skip it or just read it in a monotonous way like they are reading a shampoo bottle. But you take the extra effort to perform the lines and it shows.
He needs more voices. It's always default voice and evil voice.
@@ninjaguyYTit's not like he is a professional voice actor, and he does have more than two voices wdym
The scariest part of this video was Manly pouring in milk before the cereal!
I looked in the comments specifically to see if anyone said this.
Horror games like these are fun to watch~! Like, it's so mundane, having to go through a shopping list, but then the story gets darker and darker halfway through.
Shopping is scary enough, thank you!
As a fish told me from my childhood, “just keep shopping, just keep shopping”
Wait… what do you mean she says something else?
fish
I don't think I've ever heard this man say fuck and show THAT much emotion in a video, I live for this horror game
I love how there's just that huge hole in the wall where the balcony is... The heating bill is going to be astronomical, and the first time you get a monsoon, your apartment is going to be flooded :D
Love watching these indie horror games from my favorite TH-camr: Claire
Programming wise, not a bad job for a single indie developer with no budget. Writing... started off well enough but really goes downhill the moment you find the bottle of booze in the butcher's shop and toggled that memory. Wrestling away player agency by forcefully changing the character's name was a dick move and the payoff wasn't really worth it, especially since there wasn't really any hints leading up to it until you reached the Toy Store and even then, that wasn't much of a hint*. There was a brief possibility that the story would have recovered with the butcher's murder and the subsequent chase scene but that fizzled and the story just became a mess of pointless red herrings leading up to a disappointing ending.
The worst part is I see what the developer was trying to do and the core idea could make a very nice horror game (getting stalked and chased through an unknown city by a monster that's all too familiar.) The execution just didn't follow through. Forget paying for this, I'd be annoyed just sitting here just watching someone else play it for about an hour if it wasn't for your commentary.
*I actually watched the first third again... everyone refers to you in the first person or in the third person "they/their/them", there's no comments about your character's appearance (which would have actually added to the horror atmosphere if they were done right,) most of your dialog is actually fairly androgynous until you ask for something "cute" in the toy store which... well that isn't the same thing it would have been twenty years ago.
I was literally just thinking "Hmm, I wonder if Manly has posted a new video and BAM, the notification drops!"
True
The real horror here was the $15 milk...
This game was really good!! I enjoyed every last second of it. :)
How is it that NO ONE is disturbed that Claire poured the milk first and then the cereal!?
Carl's voice was making me expect to hear "MORTIS" at any moment.
I always think that when I hear this weird robotic voice
@@horrorart5778 It was the exact same voice as the Faith games. I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere else.
Why do these horror game towns always looks like the end of the world???
The empty streets and the back rooms of the slaughter house were torturous. I was waiting for a jumpscare, for the stalker to attack or at least a sighting of him. The fact none ever came just rose my anxiety
When I found your channel I knew I had to subscribe, you’re so charming and level headed! Thank you for all your hard work, excellent job Mr. Manly Badass Hero!
If Claire's father suffer from war trauma, isn't he supposed to not be allowed to be outside in public? If it was this severe to the point of him becoming a killer machine, he was supposed to be separated from outside world.
Also what triggered it?
@@DeathnoteBB maybe his daughter leaving him? And his wife's death maybe?
These type of games feel so soothing to watch for some reason
What I don't get is why would someone make a game where you can't really interact with anything else then the plot points
Wow a game finally recognized how odd the name Manly is, though it probably just detects a verb by the y at the end than being super specific.
Abby and Jefferey would like to have a word with you
It could be one of those games that just calls every name odd.
Manly's channel kept growing fast like, bruh half a year ago he has like 800k now it went up to a million
moral of the video: don't go shopping order your groceries from home
Your Titles are sometimes confusing, Manly..more confusing than my existence lol.
A scary and interesting little experience! The ending credit note was very chilling - I hope both the author and their mother are doing well.
Spoiler:
From watching Manly's playthrough, I think this is a gem in indie horror game with superb analog horror graphic, excellent tension building, interesting mechanics, and good story telling.
A bit cheesy, yes. It is your typical mundane-task-turned-horror at the start, but it also turned very differently from most game of the genre real fast. I think those memories flashback is a very nice touch. It adds context and complexity to the story, and tragedy to the theme. It begins almost comedically, but with each memory played, the atmosphere burdened. By the end, we have an ending that is rather bitter, just like real life. The game can be sectioned into "chapter", with the objectives in the shopping list as the chapter title. Each section got it's own charm to them. Instead of endless dialogues, occasionally you've got the money paying modal, the rewiring minigame, the robot UI, back mirror dash cam, etc... These helps spice up the game so that it doesn't feel boring throughout. Also nice writing, every section presents different characters that stands out in their dialogues (especially the store lady). Every once in a while you have some cool plot twist happening to throw you off guard a bit, but note that there is also some weird inconsistency in the plot to throw you off guard too. Read below to finds more about these inconsistency.... Nevertheless, there is a lot to be experienced in this 1-hour-ish game. Overall, the game present an enjoyable horror experience that keep you anticipating.
That's for my view on the gameplay. There are few details of interest to note throughout the game, something extra I'd want to share.
1) Claire is unable to show their ID to Ruben. Perhaps they throw away the ID that used the fake name out of spite?
2) Claire took shower once at public bathhouse, and once at their apartment. Like a mad man, both time there's no shower curtain, door wide ajar. I know in either scenario it is unlikely to have other people, but still. Is this entire game something in Claire's head because how mad they are?
3) Upon picking poop shampoo, no one actually comment on it. Perhaps everyone else in the game is ghost and unable to smell.
4) Timmy oddly discarded Claire's worries despite there are obviously missing posters all around. Furthermore, Toy Knife is found at the pile of body later in the company part. I suspect Timmy is the real murderer, and in the end our father is just coincidentally there.
5) If above is not the case, then the reason a toy knife appeared there is because as we leave Timmy shop, the father would killed Timmy and took a knife while he left.
6) Ruben shouldn't able to drive with that eye sight in night and in rain.
7) There is a child note at company, but no child can be found. Assuming the best, perhaps the florist is the dad? They got wrapped into the mess while delivering flower to the company, and witnessed murders there that's why the Florist is so anxious at the shop. Unlikely story, this is just a fun interpretation.
8) Wait remember the toy knife. Maybe the child is the killer of the body pile???
9) Claire recognizes the bodies. Perhaps they are Claire's acquaintance back in the hometown, or perhaps Claire at some point tried to look for employment in the company and come to know this company. Seems like this wasn't Claire's first time in the town.
10) At gas station, Claire mentioned of stalking and murdering, Jake ask for evidence. Claire agrees, and picked an convenient, but f--king unconvincing evidence. How does taking a missing poster justify anything?? It's even right beside the gas station where the guy worked, you think he would have seen that? What's the logic???
11) Claire's car is really rusty and old. Maybe Claire is desperate to move away, and willingly buy a cheap, second hand car.
12) Claire's car tires has being slashed. Seemingly caused by the stalker/murderer. Ruben is lying dead, next to the car. Perhaps Ruben found the stalker/murderer slashing, and thought it was vandalizing art and tried to stop them, and unfortunately killed in line of duty. Again, unlikely story considering his eye sight.
Finally, the credit mentioned that the game is based on the author's mother greatest fear. I hope wherever she is, she have made peace.
It think the Ruben driving the car was a fake somehow. Because he was driving his car, and then a bit later is dead by his police car.
This is a really weird video to watch right after arriving home from the store.
"Is this Chris's blood?" Just the random references keep me coming back
The real crime was witnessing Claire pour milk before cereal
31:20 I love how Everywhere at the End of Time starts playing here
18:10 - What Carl is about to do has not been approved by the Vatican
Who the hell goes shopping out at night time?
lol.....
There’s so many less people! Midnight groceries are the best groceries
@@doindaworst5824 the most introvert thing ever said, and well said
@@doindaworst5824 fr and since it's less people u get more help from staff
People that work 3rd shift and don't want to be constantly changing their sleep schedule on days off.
I actually thought this game was really well done. These kinds of games don’t usually creep me out, but this one really got me on the atmosphere.
The shopping list? Sounds like a *TO DO LIST*
And we all know what happens when we have one of those...
This game does a lot of thing really cool it sorta feels like a mash of those like consumer horror games we have seen recently
Next time you go to Bath & Body Works, be sure to ask them if you can try out the shampoo in their public shower.
I can’t stop laughing 30:01
I wonder if there is another ending if you choose "Claire" at the gas station instead of Manly.
20:54 is that Richie's missing poster from IT? I love that so much omg. Also shout out to the small details this game has I'm in love with it!
So... basically a normal shopping simulator.
Oh, boy, $15 for a carton of milk. This is definitely a horror game! :)
This is a bit weird, the game dev must have done some kind of an update, because I've seen someone else play this game and the ending dialogue explains a lot more than it does here. At first I thought maybe the choices somehow made a difference, but it doesn't seem like it.
yeah, the game dev developed an update to the game adding more lore for the story. i think manly is playing the version before the update
Mehhh the presentation was great, and I like the style, but the cliche ending kills it for me.
Home alone just got a sequel lol
City Alone: The Video Game
I love how the game was created by one person with influences, it’s just inspiring
Yes, I too go shopping in the dead of night and buy my toys from the local trap house
Man, that entire game was awesome save for the last ten seconds.