As great as I think P.T. was, the cancellation of Silent Hills and removal of P.T. from the Playstation store created a vacuum for cookie cutter indie horror games like this to come in and try to take their spot with mixed results.
@@dyveira PT was fanatisc! The fuck are you going on it about? The mystery, clues, and problem-solving surrounding that game is what gave that game and the community life.
@@Gadget-Walkmen What mystery? What clues? What problem solving? You walk through the same hallway a few dozen times, you see a woman who looks like she threw up all over herself, you see a few OH SO SPOOKY visuals, then you see a fetus in a sink and it's over. I will never understand the frankly insane fervour some people have for that non-game.
I watched someone play through this. It looks pretty good for what it is. It's just nice to see a little variety in horror rather than what we're used to. A lot of it may seem generic with the screaming undead girl, but she's not just some zombie, she's a monster/ghost rooted in Thai mythology which adds a bit to that sense of unfamiliarity which can make her ever-so-slightly more terrifying. The game does seem to focus a tad bit too much on making her constantly get in your way, though, and there's an emphasis on startling you over scaring you like you said, but overall I have nothing particularly bad to say about it. It was a good effort with good results. Not everything has to be perfect to be appreciated. Not that I'm shutting down criticism or anything. Just sharing how I feel.
The SBFP Shitstorm last year had an episode on this game, and the thing I liked the most is the Thai(?) mythology. Definitely some interesting and spooky stuff.
I don't know why more games didn't copy Deadly Premonition's split screen effect when you hide in a cupboard, that made me more nervous than just standing there.
6:41 That little loop was actually a bit spooky (I thought you were gonna pull some kind of scare on us), but then I heard it and it became hilarious. Good job!
These monster except the girl actually come from Thai mythology. Thai Mythology has TONS of legitimately scary looking monsters but noone are using them for some reason. There are Preta en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preta and some kind of Thai tradional dancing girl ghost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menora_(dance)
"You can all be surprised by what we won't find in the toilet." I really hate to admit that this worked as a jump scare for me. I had the volume turned up pretty loud, and then Jim went and set it up as a non-scare. Good on you, Jim. I think these games would all be scarier with an optional Jim Sterling commentary running behind it: "Oh, let's open this door. Probably nothing behi...RAOOOOARRRR!"
"playing me made this realize." this is the content i started coming here for. while i value your critical input and editorial pieces, this level of bottoms esq humour is why i stay x
Jim, if you happen upon this, I wanted to say thanks for doing this video. I'm Thai American and we're kind of starved for good Thai art/media where I live. Even though the game doesn't look too impressive, it was nice to see some familiar little details. I wouldn't have ever known of this game without this video. Thanks! 🖤
I do quite like you're unscripted videos Jim, always feels like more of a conversation, but as someone who will often tangent off whilst talking I can relate to what you in this video.
I believe in the PC version of this game the upside down number puzzle was originally a Thai word to number puzzle which didn't and wasn't translated at all, making the puzzle impossible. So there's that. also fun fact; in many non-US countries voting is mandatory.
Everyone _should_ vote in the midterms. Of course it's a bit late to tell most people, because they needed to register early-ish last month. So at this point you're really just reminding people who were already registered from much earlier but who may have been dispirited by how awful things have gotten, or by certain ads meant to make them feel like there's no point because if they vote certain people might be booted out of office and not be able to make things miserable for us anymore. BTW, I saw Jared (of ProJared) got his hands on an early access horror game that looks pretty decent, IF it gets finished. Clearly it needs a lot of work still (flesh out what's there, add some better narrative direction for the player, etc), but judging from what's there already it seems like it might become something quite good.
The female vengeful ghost with white clothes and messy hair is called "onryo." It dates back to Japanese kabuki theater but I agree in recent times has been overused.
I think its very difficult to make something brand new and original feel scary so people prefer to use things that most people have found scary for ages.
@@zelg.5551 In real life yea but it would probably feel lame in a movie or game. And its only really scary to the person its happening to and not to the audience.
@@CyberLance26 Make it a roguelike horror game with permadeath then to up the stakes. Also include a relatable protag, debt collectors and a dysfunctional family that is falling apart. If that's not enough, make it periodically fall into the Silent H...Quiet Mountain territory when the sanity meter goes low enough.
Jim I personally enjoy your live coverage, your casual reactions and banter can be quite clever, and it's the closest thing we get to real Jim. Everything else is so much persona.
Hey Jim, I never comment on videos but MAN do I miss you playing first person horror games on Steam. Not even a joke lol, please do more of these. Don't forget your roots!
Is that just Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge 2, repurposed as a zombie? It looks like they just took the head from her character model and retextured it.
Survival horror's being phased out for Asymmetrical horror games on multiplayer. Hide or Die is coming out in Beta, Last Year: The Nightmare's going to be released soon, Dead by Daylight's constantly pushing DLCs to keep a hold of their fan base, the Friday the 13th game was going strong for a while. So there's a noticeable shift between PT-style gaming, and more Left 4 Dead-esque gaming.
Oh hey! I recognize this game from a certain youtuber crew who do annual storms of spooky game coverage. While it's true that the gameplay is nothing to write home about, the one appreciable thing is that it's steeped in Thai mythology which at least makes for a unique aesthetic twist on the standard horror game. The big cryptkeeper dingus is the game's interpretation of the Preta or Hungry Ghost, and you "defeat" it through a traditional hungry ghost offering ritual. That sort of cultural twist on things is cool, and at least the game has fairly decent production values despite the somewhat amateur presentation when it comes to the environments.
I think you should play Yomawari if you hadn't. The collection on Switch has the two games of the franchise and they are super scary. The atmosphere, the sound design and the different ghosts really make you tense the entire game. It's a shame that they are so unknown, and the Switch collection being released the same day as RDR2 won't help :(
YT just refuses to pop Jims videos up in my feed. I've sat through three weeks worth tonight, if it wasn't for Twitter I wouldn't actually know Jim had posted any.
The closest we've gotten have been The Evil Within games. Maybe not the scariest. But at least they're of pretty decent quality with fun horror elements and mind fucker-y.
Jim, did you miss Visage? You said there werent any promissing horror games recently. If you havent checked it out yet i recomend it. Its only a beta right now I believe, but it is PT like and already bigger than PT's demo ever was.
Seeing the title reminded me of a real old game and I mean REAL old game called Sweet Home which I think was one of the first examples of the Survival Horror genre.
Is that the one where the game mechanics force you to split the party at all times? I remember that one. That guy probably shouldn't have tried to beat a powerful ghost through will power alone.
is this game been done before? of course, like any horror games but like jim said, it changes it up and rare thing it does, it uses different monsters myths from Thai mythological. the game does a great job of "horror", even if it was done before. also fun fact, the game isn't a episodic game. the reason it says "end of episode 1" or whatever it was, its because the creator/dev said "episodic" in their country, means sequels. this made alot of confusing among players.
Probably you getting older and desensitized. I was terrified to hell and back playing RE4 as a kid, yet my brother and his friends played it no problem. Doesn't help that most games take a lot (too much imo) of inspiration from the success of Amnesia and even worse, Outlast. Games where the whole idea is walk forward, slowly, hear a loud noise, wander in pitch black, get killed by a monster you can't even tickle despite being a grown ass human, and start over again. It's boring as sin to me but hey in another few years or so horror will change again, like it always has :D
It's weird what scares us and what doesn't. In real life, a giant naked cryptkeeper would be far more of a threat to me than a clothed goth, even if she did make weird screaming noises. But just watching this video, one of them is cracking me up and the other is freaking me right out.
a few youtubers I follow seem very impressed with Visage, but personally watching the gameplay looked like (a very nicely designed and rendered) spooky house where darkness makes you crazy and you wander around slowly looking for keys and light?
You should always say whatever the fuck you want, Jim. I haven't played videogames with any level of commitment for about 4 years, and yet here I sit, watching all of your videos pretty much religiously, because I can trust you to say whatever the fuck you want, and I'll probably get a free laugh out of it. Also, you are alright at videogame criticism/commentary.
Will you do a video on Visage? I'm interested to see your thoughts on games like it, that have a mish mash of inspirations and homages mixed with genuinely (imo) good designs and original ideas.
For anyone who wants a great Taiwanese horror game I’d recommend detention. The art style is really unique and Taiwanese mythology and a part of their history being in the game made it really stand out.
Thank god for Jim. It's ridiculous how many shitty games are given physical releases. I almost bought this as I was casually browsing a games store just because I like horror games until I remembered Jim's video.
You know, if Konami were business savvy and rereleased PT for like a dollar, it'd probably sell pretty fuckin well. Throw it on PC too to get the crowd that never got to play it the first time. That's basically money sitting on the table that Konami is ignoring because it's too busy with pachinko
I never been a fan a game like this where you cannot fight back. This game may appeal to some but the major deal breaker is not being able to defend yourself.
I agree, and it's overly used as of late. A giant boom after PT got canned by KONAMI. I'm more of a fighter, realistically you can literally throw anything near you at the monster, killer, angry spirit (lol), etc in hopes it helps your survival in some way. Seriously solving puzzles to save your ass as something stalks you all the way without defending your sad ass doesn't sit with me.
The Silent Hill games, the Siren games, the old Resident Evil games and the Fatal Frame games for example are still extremely scary even though you can fight the monsters yea but for the most part it feels to me like the horror games where you cant fight back are scarier. Anyway i love all kinds of horror games i think this game looks really cool so i would buy this game if it was available in Europe.
Jim said to pay attention to the dingus . I did. It was everything Jim promised & more 😱. how can I go back to living a normal life after such an exquisite sight 😟😟😟😟
VR would absolutely elevate this. That shouldn't be used as a slight towards the game, more so a compliment to how VR enhances horror games. Well, most games to be honest. Another thing: the argument that cost is a barrier to VR is just ludicrous. When you consider what a TV can cost, a mobile phone device, or an Xbox One X, you could buy a PS4 Pro and a PSVR headset complete with the move controllers for the price of an X. VR isn't mainstream because of costs or accessibility. It's not mainstream because of a lack of information, knowledge, marketing, and above all else, ignorance. It'll get there in the end, though. People will come round to it eventually, as will you Jim. It's inevitable.
I know I'm not getting into it because the current VR makes me sick af. I couldn't even mess with basic VR without feeling like I was going to throw up.
Can't remember the last time I was actually scared by a game. Maybe Alien Isolation...? Either down to me being super brave or horror games not being good anymore.
You're not wrong Jim, it is a Steam game ported over to the consoles. First released on around 2017 Sep. That's why you kept getting this Steam vibe. Here is the Steam page link: store.steampowered.com/app/617160/Home_Sweet_Home/
Jim, have you ever played darkwood? Watching over this it reminded me of what I saw from the early development footage from the game, how it was missing some important notes that were later fixed on release... it looked like they tried on this one but didn't understand how to make it work effectively :o which is where darkwood succeeded, the games $15 and a pretty good horror experience :o I'd just love for it to get more recognition
PS i like the react footage. There is room for both. Commentary style could be just as unnatural as the other method since you know what is gonna happen.
"Playing me made this realize."
-Jim Sterling, 2018
And he thought nobody would watch this lol.
Now there's a Tombstone quote for sure.
"This was realized by having me be played"
I thought my computer was bugging out for a sec
working +100 hours/week will do this to you.
As great as I think P.T. was, the cancellation of Silent Hills and removal of P.T. from the Playstation store created a vacuum for cookie cutter indie horror games like this to come in and try to take their spot with mixed results.
I'm so glad I've still got that downloaded.
PT honestly wasn't that great either. I've never quite understood the hype over it, especially after playing it myself when it was still on PSN.
Synthia Vice the hype was probably centered around it being a silent hill game and the quality of it so far.
@@dyveira PT was fanatisc! The fuck are you going on it about? The mystery, clues, and problem-solving surrounding that game is what gave that game and the community life.
@@Gadget-Walkmen What mystery? What clues? What problem solving? You walk through the same hallway a few dozen times, you see a woman who looks like she threw up all over herself, you see a few OH SO SPOOKY visuals, then you see a fetus in a sink and it's over. I will never understand the frankly insane fervour some people have for that non-game.
as generic as she was the audio design of the box cutter being clicked was a pretty fun "she's close" indicator.
6:42 playing me made this realize playing me made this realize playing me made this realize
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Reading me made this realize that youtube comments are a thing that exists.
@@Delaterius comments (plural) are (multiple) thingS that exist.
I watched someone play through this. It looks pretty good for what it is. It's just nice to see a little variety in horror rather than what we're used to. A lot of it may seem generic with the screaming undead girl, but she's not just some zombie, she's a monster/ghost rooted in Thai mythology which adds a bit to that sense of unfamiliarity which can make her ever-so-slightly more terrifying.
The game does seem to focus a tad bit too much on making her constantly get in your way, though, and there's an emphasis on startling you over scaring you like you said, but overall I have nothing particularly bad to say about it. It was a good effort with good results. Not everything has to be perfect to be appreciated.
Not that I'm shutting down criticism or anything. Just sharing how I feel.
I think the authentic Thai material is the draw for this game. It's stuff we don't see too much of, like Dreadout or White Day.
I did not expect watching this to remind me that I need to register to vote. Now I've submitted my application. Thank God for Jim.
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The SBFP Shitstorm last year had an episode on this game, and the thing I liked the most is the Thai(?) mythology. Definitely some interesting and spooky stuff.
I will always do my very best to watch ALL of your videos, Jim. TH-cam algorithms be damned!
I don't know why more games didn't copy Deadly Premonition's split screen effect when you hide in a cupboard, that made me more nervous than just standing there.
you cannot copy Swerys logic
Because that takes effort and a bit of skill.
Wasn't that taken from Forbidden Siren?
Agreed
Yeah that stuff made hiding so much more interesting. Plus the breath holding. Not enough games try to make the hiding itself more of a game.
6:41 That little loop was actually a bit spooky (I thought you were gonna pull some kind of scare on us), but then I heard it and it became hilarious. Good job!
Watching me made this realize something.
9:30 I agree, I like Jim's casual videos. The pre-written videos I like too, but I think having a balance of both types is great.
But the big question is: Will we see Jimsaw again this year?
Jimsaw is dead.
These monster except the girl actually come from Thai mythology. Thai Mythology has TONS of legitimately scary looking monsters but noone are using them for some reason.
There are Preta en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preta
and some kind of Thai tradional dancing girl ghost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menora_(dance)
"You can all be surprised by what we won't find in the toilet."
I really hate to admit that this worked as a jump scare for me. I had the volume turned up pretty loud, and then Jim went and set it up as a non-scare. Good on you, Jim. I think these games would all be scarier with an optional Jim Sterling commentary running behind it: "Oh, let's open this door. Probably nothing behi...RAOOOOARRRR!"
I like the idea of someone hiding in a locker from a monster right outside while calmly talking to themselves about VR
If only Scarecrow had a giant dingus like him...
Will this footage be used in the Halloween Jimquisition special
"playing me made this realize."
this is the content i started coming here for. while i value your critical input and editorial pieces, this level of bottoms esq humour is why i stay x
Jim, if you happen upon this, I wanted to say thanks for doing this video. I'm Thai American and we're kind of starved for good Thai art/media where I live. Even though the game doesn't look too impressive, it was nice to see some familiar little details. I wouldn't have ever known of this game without this video.
Thanks! 🖤
"You've all got to pay attention to the dingus!" I'm listening, Jim! I'm paying attention to you!
I do quite like you're unscripted videos Jim, always feels like more of a conversation, but as someone who will often tangent off whilst talking I can relate to what you in this video.
I believe in the PC version of this game the upside down number puzzle was originally a Thai word to number puzzle which didn't and wasn't translated at all, making the puzzle impossible. So there's that.
also fun fact; in many non-US countries voting is mandatory.
Everyone _should_ vote in the midterms.
Of course it's a bit late to tell most people, because they needed to register early-ish last month. So at this point you're really just reminding people who were already registered from much earlier but who may have been dispirited by how awful things have gotten, or by certain ads meant to make them feel like there's no point because if they vote certain people might be booted out of office and not be able to make things miserable for us anymore.
BTW, I saw Jared (of ProJared) got his hands on an early access horror game that looks pretty decent, IF it gets finished. Clearly it needs a lot of work still (flesh out what's there, add some better narrative direction for the player, etc), but judging from what's there already it seems like it might become something quite good.
Shawn Wesley
I’m voting Republican ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Different states have different deadlines. You can still register in my state right now.
RED TEAM OR BLUE TEAM, YOU DECIDE.
Oddly I love the clicking of the utility knife as she stalks you... It adds just a bit to the creep factor I think
Horror is such a hit and miss genre of entertainment.
The female vengeful ghost with white clothes and messy hair is called "onryo."
It dates back to Japanese kabuki theater but I agree in recent times has been overused.
I think its very difficult to make something brand new and original feel scary so people prefer to use things that most people have found scary for ages.
Well, the Japanese version is called ornya. There was a whole bunch of movies on them, too. The Grudge series I do believe.
@@CyberLance26 I mean, you *could* make a horror movie about a ten year mortgage with 32% rate. That's pretty fucking scary, no?
@@zelg.5551 In real life yea but it would probably feel lame in a movie or game.
And its only really scary to the person its happening to and not to the audience.
@@CyberLance26 Make it a roguelike horror game with permadeath then to up the stakes. Also include a relatable protag, debt collectors and a dysfunctional family that is falling apart. If that's not enough, make it periodically fall into the Silent H...Quiet Mountain territory when the sanity meter goes low enough.
Jim I personally enjoy your live coverage, your casual reactions and banter can be quite clever, and it's the closest thing we get to real Jim.
Everything else is so much persona.
I saw the dingus
Still waiting for the Jimpressions on Return of the Obra Dinn. Heard Jim talk about it in passing on Podquisition and that's been pretty much it.
At least the password was right next to the safe so you wouldn't have to run back and forth trying to figure it out
Hey Jim, I never comment on videos but MAN do I miss you playing first person horror games on Steam. Not even a joke lol, please do more of these. Don't forget your roots!
I like your tangents, honestly, it's why I subbed.
That 180 degree head turn looks more silly than scary to be honest.
You always make me laugh, Jim. A true king among jesters
Playing the smash bros ultimate "Everybody is here!" theme while making a supercut of all this game's horror tropes is very fitting.
Is that just Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge 2, repurposed as a zombie? It looks like they just took the head from her character model and retextured it.
I got most of my enjoyment in this game by getting the back story of each of the monsters in the levels by getting the lore bits.
Survival horror's being phased out for Asymmetrical horror games on multiplayer. Hide or Die is coming out in Beta, Last Year: The Nightmare's going to be released soon, Dead by Daylight's constantly pushing DLCs to keep a hold of their fan base, the Friday the 13th game was going strong for a while. So there's a noticeable shift between PT-style gaming, and more Left 4 Dead-esque gaming.
Oh hey! I recognize this game from a certain youtuber crew who do annual storms of spooky game coverage.
While it's true that the gameplay is nothing to write home about, the one appreciable thing is that it's steeped in Thai mythology which at least makes for a unique aesthetic twist on the standard horror game. The big cryptkeeper dingus is the game's interpretation of the Preta or Hungry Ghost, and you "defeat" it through a traditional hungry ghost offering ritual. That sort of cultural twist on things is cool, and at least the game has fairly decent production values despite the somewhat amateur presentation when it comes to the environments.
I don’t know what is more disturbing. Being chased my a giant, skinless, murderous zombie with no pants or the fact that he’s half-mast...
The important question here though is, as we all know, DOES THE DINGUS SHRINK in cold weather? Of the crypt keeper, I mean.
I like the casual videos. More fun to listen to.
Hey, Jim did you know you said words wrong?
Blashemy! Jim is NEVER wrong! It's Chips all fault!
@@Keyfur91 Chip Dammit
@@seanomatopoeia that's only on the Jimquisition...
You just listened wrongly.
I think you should play Yomawari if you hadn't. The collection on Switch has the two games of the franchise and they are super scary. The atmosphere, the sound design and the different ghosts really make you tense the entire game. It's a shame that they are so unknown, and the Switch collection being released the same day as RDR2 won't help :(
I always knew the Cryptkeeper had a big dingus.... oo-er!
Thank God for Jim!
YT just refuses to pop Jims videos up in my feed. I've sat through three weeks worth tonight, if it wasn't for Twitter I wouldn't actually know Jim had posted any.
"Pay attention to the dingus" - that broke me XD
The closest we've gotten have been The Evil Within games. Maybe not the scariest. But at least they're of pretty decent quality with fun horror elements and mind fucker-y.
I've been playing Until Dawn for Halloween. So far, i love it. It's tense and well done.
Man, that reminds me. I need to play Sweet Home on the NES this week.
Blinking flip ! Spooky trouser dangler ! Flinking blip !¬
6:44 so much Soul Coughing that my spirt can't breath.
Jim, did you miss Visage? You said there werent any promissing horror games recently. If you havent checked it out yet i recomend it.
Its only a beta right now I believe, but it is PT like and already bigger than PT's demo ever was.
Lars den Engelsman Is it formulaic?
@@HardcoreGamer101508 no more a passion project with borrowed elements
When I first saw the video title I thought this was a remake of Sweet Home from the NES. Glad it clearly isnt.
Notification working really fast apparently
Seeing the title reminded me of a real old game and I mean REAL old game called Sweet Home which I think was one of the first examples of the Survival Horror genre.
Is that the one where the game mechanics force you to split the party at all times? I remember that one. That guy probably shouldn't have tried to beat a powerful ghost through will power alone.
is this game been done before? of course, like any horror games but like jim said, it changes it up and rare thing it does, it uses different monsters myths from Thai mythological. the game does a great job of "horror", even if it was done before.
also fun fact, the game isn't a episodic game. the reason it says "end of episode 1" or whatever it was, its because the creator/dev said "episodic" in their country, means sequels. this made alot of confusing among players.
While I wouldn't call you asmr-soothing, you do have a comfortable background-noise voice.
So many horror games that aren't scary anymore. Not sure if there getting worse or I'm just desensitized.
Y're a tool
Probably you getting older and desensitized. I was terrified to hell and back playing RE4 as a kid, yet my brother and his friends played it no problem. Doesn't help that most games take a lot (too much imo) of inspiration from the success of Amnesia and even worse, Outlast. Games where the whole idea is walk forward, slowly, hear a loud noise, wander in pitch black, get killed by a monster you can't even tickle despite being a grown ass human, and start over again. It's boring as sin to me but hey in another few years or so horror will change again, like it always has :D
It could be both but one thing for sure is a lot of these games are low effort copy and paste cash grabs like many other games on steam.
It's weird what scares us and what doesn't. In real life, a giant naked cryptkeeper would be far more of a threat to me than a clothed goth, even if she did make weird screaming noises. But just watching this video, one of them is cracking me up and the other is freaking me right out.
Vote Jim Fucking Sterling Son for EA President on the Nov Ballet. Just because it isn't an option doesn't mean we can't write it in on a empty spot.
a few youtubers I follow seem very impressed with Visage, but personally watching the gameplay looked like (a very nicely designed and rendered) spooky house where darkness makes you crazy and you wander around slowly looking for keys and light?
You know what? At least they tried.
You should always say whatever the fuck you want, Jim. I haven't played videogames with any level of commitment for about 4 years, and yet here I sit, watching all of your videos pretty much religiously, because I can trust you to say whatever the fuck you want, and I'll probably get a free laugh out of it. Also, you are alright at videogame criticism/commentary.
I thougt this was a "Sweet Home" remake at first.
I voted for the first time since 2008 this week. It took 2 minutes and damn it felt good. Go fucking vote.
i watch it for the plot!
the snark is nice too.
oh, and the chunguses.
Will you do a video on Visage? I'm interested to see your thoughts on games like it, that have a mish mash of inspirations and homages mixed with genuinely (imo) good designs and original ideas.
hasn't this been out on PC for a while? i'm pretty sure i remember looking at this a while back and deciding not to buy it
For anyone who wants a great Taiwanese horror game I’d recommend detention. The art style is really unique and Taiwanese mythology and a part of their history being in the game made it really stand out.
scary ghost girl sounds exactly like kayako
Thank god for Jim. It's ridiculous how many shitty games are given physical releases. I almost bought this as I was casually browsing a games store just because I like horror games until I remembered Jim's video.
You know, if Konami were business savvy and rereleased PT for like a dollar, it'd probably sell pretty fuckin well. Throw it on PC too to get the crowd that never got to play it the first time. That's basically money sitting on the table that Konami is ignoring because it's too busy with pachinko
wow i had completely forgotten about this one, its ben how long? over 10 years?
JIM! Visage / Gods Basement play them!
Hey just letting you know I always get your notifications
Is there a horror game that doesn't have a fuse you have to get to progress?
I never been a fan a game like this where you cannot fight back. This game may appeal to some but the major deal breaker is not being able to defend yourself.
I agree, and it's overly used as of late. A giant boom after PT got canned by KONAMI. I'm more of a fighter, realistically you can literally throw anything near you at the monster, killer, angry spirit (lol), etc in hopes it helps your survival in some way. Seriously solving puzzles to save your ass as something stalks you all the way without defending your sad ass doesn't sit with me.
Exactly , I mean not all fights have to be winnable but still give us the choice/chance
It depends for me. Amnesia the dark decent, Justine and Soma are awesome but I hated the outlast games. Amnesia a machine for pigs was crap too
The Silent Hill games, the Siren games, the old Resident Evil games and the Fatal Frame games for example are still extremely scary even though you can fight the monsters yea but for the most part it feels to me like the horror games where you cant fight back are scarier.
Anyway i love all kinds of horror games i think this game looks really cool so i would buy this game if it was available in Europe.
@@CyberLance26 Games where you can't fight back aren't scary...it's just a lazy way to make a game without having to code half of it.
Didn't see any dingus, but I think I saw a chungus, so . . .
Jim said to pay attention to the dingus . I did. It was everything Jim promised & more 😱. how can I go back to living a normal life after such an exquisite sight 😟😟😟😟
It may be Home Sweet Home, but it's no Suito Homu.
6:47 _Remothered_ came out this year, didn't it?
I think the summary of this review is that Home sweet home plays it too safe.No risks,Nothing unique.Just a standard ordinary horror game
Word wrong!!!
HE SAID THE WORDS WRONG!!!!!!
Pretty fitting that the most used horror game monster is just...Girl
VR would absolutely elevate this. That shouldn't be used as a slight towards the game, more so a compliment to how VR enhances horror games. Well, most games to be honest. Another thing: the argument that cost is a barrier to VR is just ludicrous. When you consider what a TV can cost, a mobile phone device, or an Xbox One X, you could buy a PS4 Pro and a PSVR headset complete with the move controllers for the price of an X. VR isn't mainstream because of costs or accessibility. It's not mainstream because of a lack of information, knowledge, marketing, and above all else, ignorance. It'll get there in the end, though. People will come round to it eventually, as will you Jim. It's inevitable.
I know I'm not getting into it because the current VR makes me sick af. I couldn't even mess with basic VR without feeling like I was going to throw up.
With the name "Home Sweet Home" I thought this had some connection to the old NES horror game, one of the first in the genre.
Can't remember the last time I was actually scared by a game. Maybe Alien Isolation...?
Either down to me being super brave or horror games not being good anymore.
For me it's both.
You're not wrong Jim, it is a Steam game ported over to the consoles. First released on around 2017 Sep. That's why you kept getting this Steam vibe.
Here is the Steam page link: store.steampowered.com/app/617160/Home_Sweet_Home/
Jim, have you ever played darkwood?
Watching over this it reminded me of what I saw from the early development footage from the game, how it was missing some important notes that were later fixed on release...
it looked like they tried on this one but didn't understand how to make it work effectively :o which is where darkwood succeeded, the games $15 and a pretty good horror experience :o I'd just love for it to get more recognition
You can do wrestling but cannot handle VR? Inconceivable 😳
Which games would you consider as terrifying horror games?
Resident Evil 7 is pretty great
I was here for the dingus!!!!
PS i like the react footage. There is room for both. Commentary style could be just as unnatural as the other method since you know what is gonna happen.
I wish more horror games focused on creepy, disturbing atmosphere rather than on loud screams and a monster chasing you around :(
Yea but....was it using the Bat-room?