Bro the screams the character hears after opening up the mummy are all the egyptologists crying bloody fucking murder for handling a sarcophagus like that.
I was disappointed at that first spooky face jumpscare because the game had barely begun and the atmosphere is amazing. You could have built tension without that. It did get drastically better and I really enjoyed this game. But the quality of the scares are all over the place. From almost goofy and in your face to a quiet passing by a door. I'd love to see them more with this and lean into the beautiful atmosphere and tension they've proven they can do. That wailing was one of the scariest things I've heard in years. Shivers. Loved this! :)
Agreed, I absolutely hate these cheap jumpscares that use really loud audio that jumpstarts the natural human reaction, honestly the worst thing in movies and games as it discharges ALL of the tension that was being built up
Though I do have to agree that building tension makes games generally better, I like how good Darkphobia Games are with their jumpscares. They also made Graveyard Shift (Gab played it recently) and for a team of only two people they do a good job. I hope that with time and budget they can make their future games more refined and less "in your face".
I wholeheartedly agree. I feel that some elements could have been done without. If the connection with the aliens and the cheap jumpscares were done away with, and this was just the story of an idiot who f*cked around with a pharaoh and found out, this would be a masterful work of horror!
@@weilandloveland Agreed, I wouldn't so much do away with the whole "alien" bit, but would definitely keep it extremely vague so that players make up their own interpretations about it (maybe even not showing the pharaoh himself but just his silhouettes, and keep the focus on the queen and her servants)
Fun fact: One of the main reasons why flash photography is a BIG no-no in the art and archeology worlds is because the flash from cameras can break down, or straight up destroy, pigmentation of paints that were used in old artwork or ancient artifacts. They've had to throw out a few priceless artworks a few decades ago iirc due to the artwork being so damaged it couldn't be repaired. Less likely to happen as often now with cell phone cameras using a different method of flash compared to cameras and ESPECIALLY OLD cameras, but it CAN still happen so it's frowned upon and you can be kicked out. Take those pics without flash people.
@@kitsunekaze93 Well we may never know :) Maybe the dead do have belongings in the afterlife? Whatever they were buried with or whatever was precious to them, maybe it goes with them?
I'd be tempted to do a lot of messing about if I could get ANY evidence that there's anything supernatural in this heckin' mundane world. Have yet to experience anything mystical, otherworldly, spiritual or otherwise in my several decades, but I sure would like to. I'm like Mulder, I want to believe.
Fun fact: Ancient Egyptian historian was a job available to ancient Egyptians! Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the construction of the great pyramids.
I love fun facts like this! as someone who loves dinosaurs i have a similar one i like to tell. Trex lived closer to the existence of humans to the existence of the ankylosaurs. The time between humans and trex is about 65-68 million years and the time between trex and ankylosaurs (with ankylosaurs being older) is about 90 million years
I mean this as a compliment: Jack looks like that one guy in a horror movie series that lives to the finale as an old man telling the story to the police until the series is brought back 20 years later.
17:40 "Have you tried desecrating him?" *Character immediately starts desecrating* "Oh, you have..." This made me crack up, just something about Sean's reaction to it, because I also wasn't expecting the guy to so casually throw open the ancient tomb like that. 😭
Fun fact: Egypt lasted so long, that the beginning of it was so far in history for some emperors that it actually was more ancient then what we call ancient Egypt is for us. They had their own museums and archeologists in ancient egypt to learn about more ancient Egypt... because the kingdom itself lasted 3000 years, and the civilisation around there might have been over 5000 years old.
I've seen clips of this game, and I'm glad I got to watch a playthrough. I love Egyptian Mythology. The three statues in that one room were most likely Horus, Osiris and Set. Also, the people who built the pyramids were usually paid workers, not slaves. They were actually fed well, paid, and provided shelter for them and their families. When they died they were buried close to the pyramids they built to honour them for their work. Scribes and priests too, were also well revered.
Egypt, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, was the progenitor of the people who settled in the fertile Nile Valley, establishing one of the most prominent ancient civilizations in human history. In Hebrew, he is referred to as Mizraim, whose descendants were the early Egyptians. The Flood coincides with what modern science identifies as the Younger Dryas Impact-a catastrophic climatic event that radically altered the earth’s geography and ecosystems between 10,800 and 9,600 BC. This event, marked by widespread flooding and abrupt cooling. Egypt's early civilization developed in the shadow of this event, preserving echoes of the Flood in its myths and symbols.
Egypt has stood for more than twice as many years since Jesus died. Egypt was already well established during the bronze age, a period of time so far ago that entire palaces from the era have been fully buried in dirt from erosion. For context, the roads of ancient Rome are buried about a meter or so underground.
True, that screech was actually horrifying. Usually in games where they have the scary monster let out screams and cries, it's just annoying or funny, but here it's so blood-curdling that you just want to cower in fear.
I'm egyptian so my experiance with this game was so funny ever since they introduced the alien concept, and I couldn't help but be like "omfg this is the whitest game ever" so that was really funny to me but overall the pharaoh ghosts and setting was really really cool
The scare with The Queen in the chair is SO good. Completely subverts expectations by making you believe the mummy will jump up and get you, only to have a completely surprising scare right outside the room. No music, no ambience, just a really good scare. THAT is a great way to do horror.
I watched a documentary with the top ranking Archaeologist in Egypt, and he was talking about how offensive for people to actually believe that ancient Egyptians were incapable of building the pyramids. They didn't need fantastic tech, they were more than capable. They knew how the body worked, understood how the circulatory system worked. They didn't need aliens.
It makes a lot more sense when you notice that these supposed ancient aliens only ever seem to help out non-white people. Ancient alien architects were popularized by Erich von Däniken to sell his blatant racism in a more palatable form. He forgot to _take out_ the blatant racism though and, alongside the cool alien stories, outright stated numerous times he did not think non-whites were smart enough to build civilization on their own.
genuinely. it reeks of white, western supremacy. the shit we were able to figure out and do all that time ago, while amazing, is far from impossible. ntm we had a lot more time on our hands to do this kind of stuff than we do now.
Also I don't get why it's so hard to believe humans built the pyramids. The Greeks and Roman's and so many other cultures made all kids of insane stuff before we had technology. Why do people find it so hard to believe Egyptians knew how to properly move and stack rocks to form a giant triangle?
This game would be so much cooler if they hadn't gone the "aliens built the pyramids" route. From what I hear, that conspiracy theory is actually pretty offensive.
@@reaper3913 if you think aliens building the pyramids, leaving behind zero trace of their existence otherwise, and never being seen again since then, is the most logical theory, you need to retake 1st grade.
@@dionysus6969 I don't think you're wrong either but I think anyone else would just sell it or keep it, a British person would put it up in the museum 💀
@@dionysus6969 100% correct. I'm Canadian, I would've taken a couple pictures, seen that toy boat artifact, nabbed it and left instantly. That's my treasure, and it'll make me a fortune too.
Ngl I don't know why people don't do more ancient ruins/mythological horror games. I've had the opportunity to visit ancient ruins during night time, when tourists weren't around, thanks to an archeologist friend of mine. The atmosphere is really something else when you visit historical places in the dark. Considering how you can twist some ancient mythologies, ancient stuff really has amazing potential lol
FUN FACT: In the traditions of Ancient Egypt, the beard/goatee was a sign of power and high status. Some pharaohs didn't grow facial hair, but they still wore fake beards to solidify their status. The famous woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, was depicted with a beard and a man's body when her likeness as a pharaoh was brought to life. However, she was referred to with both male and female pronouns
She took over after her husband died from disease. Her step son was too young to be ruling the country, so she was the next best option on governing the kingdom. She ruled Egypt for 21 years and lived up until she was 50 which is pretty old back then. A lot of Pharoahs don't live past 30. King Tut died in his teens due to health issues from generations of inbreeding.
Honestly! By far the worst (best) part of the game!! I am less prone to visual scares but put a good audio and I'm done for and wow.. That scene would have ended me if I was playing it myself. There's playing a game cause ha-ha horror fun times and then there's actually no joke being fucking terrified to the core. Well done to the developers, however they managed that, really effective on me! Thanks, I hate it.
I know that sound because I have made it too, its a scream-cry of despair and end-core emotions. I hope you guys never end up in a situation where that sound comes out of you.... its my soul and heart breaking a thousand times..
As someone that follows the Ancient Egyptian deities and works with Anubis, as well is an archaeologist, the way that I was both laughing and cringing at this was something else. Not at you, of course, Sean, you keep being your awesome self! But kiiiinda tired of every Egyptian based game (horror or not) going "Oh they made these cause of Aliens", it's genuinely frustrating. The game looks great, and it's super spooky and satisfying that the greedy got their comeuppance, but I could go without the aliens part. I was really enjoying it until then. If there's anyone out there interested in doing games like this, go for it! Just please maybe forgo the "aliens made the pyramids" part, please and thank you. All the love, Sean!
Honestly this game didn't need the alien stuff. It didn't need the dead walking around either. It had enough creepy atmosphere it could have just been about someone curious going to take photos in a place they shouldn't be in and maybe keeping the bits where the camera sees stuff that isn't there to the character's eyes.
Yes! I'm by means no expert myself, just have a casual appreciation for ancient cultures (Egypt included obviously). And like… Even as a kid, the whole aliens thing rubbed me the wrong way because really?? They're literally in a land made of powdered rock with a river running through, and then stone beneath that powdered rock. Setting aside how much more time people had on their hands day to day, and the fact that people have always been driven to build (hence why Minecraft is as popular as it is lol), just because they're not white doesn't mean they didn't learn how to do things on their own turf. I've always felt this specific thing stems from a deep-seated insecurity from the colonizing cultures for one reason or another.
I'm just a nerd and I got SO disappointed as soon as the slightest hint of aliens was mentioned. Definitely prefer "pissed off Pharaoh and his wife and now I'm going to die here if I don't get out" over aliens
So fun fact about Sett: nobody knows what animal Sett is. common consensus is that it is either an extinct form of jackal, or a mythical beast that was never real. It is, thus, referred to as "The Sett Animal." I think they look kinda derpy and cute
@@mamadrxgon It's possible, Set is generally associated with the southern part of Egypt (ironically named upper Egypt), which is where Aardvarks generally are located now. It's possible they used to be more widespread up north during ancient Egyptian times when Set arose, but we just don't really know. However Set and the similarly headed Set animal are both depicted as being black in everything they show up in. Aardvarks are generally pretty light colored animals in comparison. The Set animal also has a pretty large body that resembles something more dog-like. Some speculate it might be an ancestor of the Seluki dog, or maybe an extinct jackal breed. There's also the possibility that it is an aardvark head on a dog's body and it's some sort of chimera like creature similar to Ammit, a griffin or a serpopard. Ultimately the Set/Set animal remains one of the fun little mysteries of ancient Egypt.
4:30 Jack is referring to the Nutty Putty Incident, where a man named John Edward Jones fell into the cave headfirst and died there. On November 24, 2009, John, a 26-year-old medical student and experienced caver, entered Nutty Putty Cave in Utah with his brother and a group of friends. Nutty Putty was a well-known hydrothermal cave, infamous for its tight, twisting passageways that required extreme caution. It had been temporarily closed in 2004 due to multiple rescues and near-fatal accidents but had recently reopened with new safety measures in place. John, who had been exploring caves since childhood, was navigating the cave when he mistakenly entered an extremely tight, uncharted passage, believing it to be part of the cave’s known routes. As he crawled through, he found himself wedged in an incredibly narrow crevice, just 10 inches across and 18 inches high, barely larger than a human body. He was positioned headfirst at a steep downward angle, unable to move backward. His brother, Josh, attempted to pull him out, but the awkward position and lack of leverage made it impossible. With John trapped upside down, circulation to his lower body was severely restricted, and the pressure on his organs quickly became life-threatening. A massive rescue operation was launched, involving over 130 rescuers who worked tirelessly for 27 hours to extract him. They attempted various methods, including using a rope-and-pulley system to pull him out, but the fragile rock structure made the process extremely difficult. At one point, John was almost freed, but a pulley anchor in the cave wall broke loose, causing him to slide back into an even worse position. Trapped for over a day, exhaustion, lack of blood flow, and increasing pressure on his body took their toll. By November 25, John became unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead due to cardiac arrest caused by prolonged compression and lack of circulation. Because of the extreme difficulty and danger involved in recovering his body, officials made the painful decision to seal the cave permanently. John’s remains were left in place, and a concrete plug was placed over the entrance, turning Nutty Putty Cave into his final resting place. The tragedy served as a stark reminder of the dangers of extreme spelunking, especially in caves with such tight, unforgiving passages.
Im not claustrophobic at all, but if i find myself in a situation like that, extremely awkward and uncomfortable position where i can barely move at all, that claustrophobia will take a 180 REAL quick
Last year I visited a museum in the UK which was exhibiting Ancient Egypt and exploring the topic of whether mummies and ancient Egyptian artifacts should return to the countries they were stolen from by archaeologists back in the day. As well as this, it had a specific exhibit that had three different mummies at various stages of decay since being exhumed. The last one was the saddest, as the remains of someone who was once a human being was just a pile of rubble, since archaeologists were so interested in learning about mummies that they had no regard for the preservation of the individuals they found. It upset me so much as I care for people towards the end of their life, so care after death is a big part of what I do, and to see these people who were so carefully and respectfully treated by their loved ones, in a time far less advanced than ours, just to be torn apart and used as a learning tool and then discarded by modern society once they were no longer useful; it really broke me.
9:53 That's Thoth, god of knowledge and wisdom! Horus has a falcon head, and funnily enough, we have no CLUE what Set is, so they just gave up and called it the Set Animal lol. I personally lean in on the aardvark theory, because the god of chaos and violence having an aardvark head is funny
35:06 I generally rarely get got by jump scares in these types of games, but THIS caught me way off guard and got my heart racing. Kudos to that scare…sheesh.
That scare got me so good I legitimately screamed. My dogs rushed to my side and my husband asked if I was okay. Jump scares don't get me very often, but that one was so well done!
bruh i wasn’t looking at the screen and i thought he said GODS are changing and ive been sitting and waiting to figure out what gods he was worried about lol this makes so much more sense
Fun fact: most of the people building the pyramids weren't actually slaves, but paid workers, they were treated poorly however. They lived in small houses near the construction site, with their families :>
They got the best cuts of meat and overall were fed very well? Though the workers that did die during construction were buried near the pyramids that they helped build, I wouldn't call that poor treatment
Not poor treatment. They were payed and food was provided for their families, the houses were small because at night time the dessert gets cold so its a lot easier to heat up the room. They also had tent like structures to provide large fields of shade and sat outside most of the day time. Amongst the workers all sorts of merchants lived and also craftspeople and artists. They had entire communities. And if they died they were buried close to the pyramid as a sign of respect and divinity.
Right? That's what I was thinking, imagine being there in person and doing that when you hear someone screaming like that. It was amazingly terrifying.
I'm 6 hours from the fires and literally no politicians have donated yet Sean can send relief funding. Like cmon America do better. Thank you for donating to a relief fund you're wonderful Sean. Where can I find live relief donations and whatnot if you know.
The jumpscares in this hit so different lol. I hope there's a mode where you're able to just go in and look around w/ all the lights on and no scary spirit people lol
12:00 hello i am an archaeology student who had a special interest in egyptian mythology as a kid. those two **ARE ** Horus(L) and Set(R) and either the person buried, or Osiris, because of the vase shape on the Hedjet, depending on where this is set in egypt, those in Upper egypt wore the Hedjet, Osiris wore an Atef, i cant really tell. it would make more sense if it was the person buried, as Set and Horus being his personal protectors or something similar. though if it was Osiris, it would make sense as *well* because he is a deity responsible for the afterlife. it would be a TAD awkward having those two together since in myth they kinda fought each other. also strange to have Set as an afterlife guardian since he did fuck around with the afterlife, and angered Anubis 34:04 after seeing this im more puzzled, it seems to me that shes wearing the crown of egypt united but that crown is a peshent and wouldnt be worn by a queen unless she was made Pharaoh at some point. Yes i do understand this is a video game but its fun to puzzle about the facts!! also congrats on the autism Jack! now youre one of us!
also fun fact, a lot of times, paranormal experiences and "The Mummys Curse" archaeologists experienced were the results of opening tombs with literally **ancient** diseases, chemicals, and organic materials in them.
I came to the comments to see if the gods I thought they were was correct and it seems I was part right! I thought it was Horus, Osiris and Anubis, not Set. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes, what clued you in it being Set and not Anubis?
17:46 I don't think this game understands how heavy that is. King Tut's sarcophagus weighed over 1.2 tons, and some have been known to weigh up to 60 tons. What pre-workout is this character USING?
Yes! Especially a scene where we almost get eaten by Cipactli, a terrifying primordial sea monster that needs yearly human sacrifices in order for it to calm down since it's the Earth itself. For those who don't know what it looks like, it is described as a "crocodile with toad and fish characteristics" with each joint of the creature boring a mouth. As some one once called it as "Jacob's Ladder made of Nightmares." Can you image you were walking or running in the halls of the tomb/ruin and the floor collapses? Then you caught the edge of the flooring just in time and as you are dangling off the ledge you look down and see multiple mouths desperately trying to bite you to indulge its insatiable hunger. Terrifying image there.
@@seraphi3387 That sounds insane! You are absolutely on the same page here. This mythology is so absurdly intense and horrific in many ways. Imagine you would have to be sacrified after a ball game of death and you overpass to Xibalba in order to meet all the gods and you would have to do terrifying tests and missions, batlles to be able to come back to the real world. Eerie cavesounds and screams from agony as you get chased by these monstergods. Earthquakes and trembling by the feathered snake god circling in the air. Man... the possibilities... Rituals with mushrooms and scavenging deep in the jungle. Visiting a shaman and fighting other tribes or the conquistadores. This concept has endless magnificence and everlasting quality if it gets the right combination of nightmarefuel horror and the mechanics of RPG gameplay. Cheers for your reaction mate.
yessss! On latin america we barely got any productions talking about the folklore around these civilizations that were around here wayyy before us, it would be amazing.
4:34 I think sean's reffering to the nutty putty cave incident, which involved tourist John Edward Jones, who tragically became stuck upside down in a narrow passage of the cave in 2009 and, despite extensive rescue efforts, could not be freed and ultimately died.
@@Stick_and_stone His body shut eventually down from the extreme pressure of being upside down for an extended amount of time. They didn’t get to him in time.
I was studying then suddenly my tablet from the other side of the room suddenly plays this video. Initially I was terrified but then I hear Jack's "It's spooky~~ It's scary~~". I wasn't so scared anymore. ... some ghosts were like, I see upload, I watch.
Man I never know if I should pop in to listen to Sean at work and make my day better or wait to go home so I can watch properly. I know he has to play a character for the camera but I really appreciate at authentic responses instead of being 'shocked' or 'amazed' by everything like some let's players. I just want a real play through before I decide if I'm going to go play it myself. Rock on Sean
Love the graphics on this! Love egyptian mythology as well! Side Note; "amenti" is the place where the sun went at sunset and was also the doorway to the underworld. 😁 it's spelled a couple ways depending on the text.
I like that theres always at least one really thoughtful character in these games that writes down their thoughts while being actively chased so we can read them later 😂
12:19 Funny enough, "ancient Egypt" was ancient to other ancient Egyptians. For example: Cleopatra died 2056 years ago. Khufu (buried in the Great Pyramid) died 2505 years before she was born, and he was from the Fourth Dynasty.
I like that this is 32 years before Jesus is born, I think... (I cannot confirm or deny that Jesus was real but it was when years had universally been accepted)
@@SirToaster9330 there definitely was a jesus of nazareth born in roman judea that inspired christianity but we dont have proof of what he actually did apart from his crucifixion iirc
this might be my new favorite horror game not because of the concept (which dont get me wrong i love the concept of an egyptian horror game and we need more of them) but it is because of one specific jumpscare after you find the queens corpse which may be the scariest jumpscare i have ever seen in any horror game i have ever seen not to mention the whole game itself is horrifying
LITERALLY. the queen jumpscare almost had me peeing my pants. you’re lulled into a false sense of security because the body itself didn’t jump at you 😭
Gotta say, I am so relieved that you are back Jack lol I know I'm literally one out of a million in here, but I really appreciate seeing you getting back into stuff. You always do such amazing and fun work! You are very much appreciated!
The setting of the game is the real standout, I'm surprised I haven't seen more games take advantage of the awesome atmosphere ancient egypt gives, since there are a lot of cool elements in the culture you can implement. The voice acting was also great, the queen's screams were so effective. The dialogue at the end was so odd and made me think "AI?" but the rest of the game was really cool
The hair is immaculate jack, I'm not full Irish by a long shot but I hope I have atleast a shot at having such gray lushish locks, you rock it incredibly well!!! Good day to you man and thank you for the years of amazing times (from kid to teen, favorite comfort youtuber)
I could be wrong, but I remember something about a lot of tombs being unmarked so that if they get robbed they would know who did it, because only the workers would know the location. They had some good ideas back in those days.
It’s hard to scare me especially since I watch Sean all the time, but this game did a pretty good job. The sound design is fantastic. I’m not normally a fan of jumpscares but the one toward the end of the video got me just as bad as it got him 😂
Some of the textures and hieroglyphs were a little rough, but holy Horus the ambiance and scares were done so well! When the first jumpscare happened I was leaning forward to take a bite of food so it was even more startling! And the wailing queen stalking the passageways had my hair standing on end! So incredibly scary!
the only thing about these kinds of games is that it takes the idea of a valid African civilization and is like "eeebleeeehhh it has to be aliens these people could never make their own infrastructure bleeeheeeble" and like yeah duh Egypt is constantly being poked and prodded by a bunch of colonizers the spirits will be PISSED
Yeah, that's Thoth (specifically he has the head of an ibis). God of knowledge and writing, inventor and scribe. The stuff he's holding are a stylus and hieroglyph slate. As for Seth, he has the head of an unidentified "Set animal" (theorized to be a donkey; long curving snout, tall ears that look like giraffe horns).
Yeah I saw the video about that. It was sad and scary. I don't know why anybody would want to go spelunking. You don't know what situations you might get into that could cost you your life.
@@ashleyr6809 Yeah man it's crazy asf! It wasn't like it was a quick death either. Imagine being all alone in a dark cave, head first knowing there's nothing anybody can do. I'm gonna stick to the surface I think
came here to see if anyone else knew the name! poor kid, they could never get his body out, so they just dynamited the entrance to make sure no one else met his same fate
@@goodgollymissmolly7624 I think it was a pretty old dude, from what I remember the guy had been spelunking a while and had gone in that very cave multiple times before, he simply took a wrong turn in the tunnels and ended up at a dead end.
I ADORED THIS GAME !!! As a kid used to be obsessed with demonology and different entities, and ancient Egypt always scratched the right place in my brain!! This game just made 12 year old me so happy. As always love Jackcepticeye, love the play throughs, been a follower of this channel for soooooooo long now, I was reading mark x jack fanfics not knowing what it was at the time 😂😂 only to end up here as a die hard fan a decade later ❤
It makes me realise how long iv been watching Sean since the first video I ever seen was his far cry and screaming in college with his baby face to now a fully grown man with grey hair time truly has flown by and you will always be our favourite ❤
I absolutely needed it today. Dealing with horrible people with terrible attitudes a lot more than usual today, and Sean's positivity is like a breath of fresh air for my sanity.
37:03 Just so you know, this is kinda the best jumpscare in the game. And also, upon closer inspection, this creature kinda resembles Khnum, the creator of man
This pops up in the comments preview on mobile when the time stamps comes up and ends with " upon closer inspection, this creature kinda...". It made me have to find this comment to make sure that's not how it actually ended lmao.
I was just thinking this exact thing lol Sadly it's happened more times than I realised bc I've seen many other caving videos where the same thing happened and someone got stuck head down or just trapped in a tiny space and died due to the same cause 😰 I like adventures but there's no way I'd ever go into a cave unless it was to seek shelter in an emergency 😂 and you'd better believe I'd be throwing stuff in first from a distance to make sure it's unoccupied 😂 I'm not dying by bear either lol
Looking good Jack always nice to see you still doing videos i know it can get hard sometimes but i am very glad you are still here! Stay strong and thank you for being you! :)
I have to mention this. The myth of aliens being involved with the egyptians and their marvels of engineering is deeply rooted in racism and xenophobia. I'm sure it's not something most people are aware of or think about, but if you are curious to learn more there are several articles going through the history of this myth and the dangers of alt-history. The article "Close encounters of the racist kind" is a good starting point.
Actually, the aliens race that entered through the amenti gate portal on earth was the annunaki race and it was eons ago. It ain't no myth and people who keep denying the "beyond and unknown" are just scared of finding out there's so much out there that they don't know. But oh well, the evil alien races, the illuminati that's controlling earth in the shadow obviously don't wanna human to awaken and learn the truth.
yeah i was super excited for this game bcs ancient egypt and horror mix so well together, and as a whole the game did that really well. but the alien twist was a huge let down.
yea I mean I don't think it's a coincidence only non-white civilizations get accused of needing extra help for engineerig, my question is was this game made by egyptians or was this just more orientalism shenanigans
Agreed, like the vibe already was more supernatural than aliens, and it felt like even the dev at the end didn't know where to go with the alien stuff. Like, just leave it out
yeah the alien portion was pretty wild, not to mention, i find spirits and mythology much scarier in any context, so if they had stuck with egyptian legends and/or beliefs then it wouldve been solid. but anyway
I agree, people like to think ancient civilisations were mostly very dumb / cavemany, but the scarier idea is, that we are the same in intellectual and emotional capability and nothing really has changed in 100 000 or more years. Most people like to think they are smarter than ancient humans, to feel better about the choices they make in everyday lives. Anyhow - but I did enjoy the Magnetic Field/Motor soundeffect, that happened in some rooms. Pretty cool!
I love when we get these vids. Thank you for making content. You and gab are like my comfort streamers now. I don’t always comment but your example of neurodivergence has helped me advocate for myself more when explaining my experience with what I believe to be autism and adhd and all of my other stuff going on.
4:40 There was a popular cave near my home town called Nutty Putty Cave that was sealed to keep people out because a guy did exactly that. Went down head first in a decline, got stuck, blood rushed to his head and died. His remains are still in there, because they couldn't pull him out.
This was the cave he was thinking of I believe. The most famous one that most people vaguely remember happened. Essentially, the internet does joke that it was a very preventable death by the fact that cave exploring is a choice you have to make on purpose and most people in their right mind would not choose to shove themselves in a dark small hole for funzies.
@@dragonqueenarts Honestly most things you do is a choice, but I get what you mean, I love abandoned places and exploring and adventuring, but if I can't stand straight in a cave then I don't wanna go 😓
fun fact: there actually is a pulitzer price category for photography! it's broken down into two categories: feature photography and then breaking news photography. there's others too, like the hasselblad award and the international photography awards.
“This looks interesting. Steal it! No one will stop you.” is a mighty British approach to archeology.
The ghost lady would like to have a word. 💀💀💀
I thought it was, "We're British so clearly this belongs to us." 🤣
Wow what an original comment
@@7792pnaurfr oop, someone sounds bit butt hurt *in British*.
Someone had to say it
Bro the screams the character hears after opening up the mummy are all the egyptologists crying bloody fucking murder for handling a sarcophagus like that.
I’m like 90% sure the queens howls are a rubber chicken lmao
@@nolanmadison7001 It DOES sound like a pitched-down rubber chicken!
@@nolanmadison7001 no way I went back and it really does sound like it, you're probably right
Rubber chicken mixed with raid siren
I'm studying to be an archeologist and I almost pitched a fit at the sight of the sarcophagus being damaged. Had to remind myself that it wasn't real
I was disappointed at that first spooky face jumpscare because the game had barely begun and the atmosphere is amazing. You could have built tension without that. It did get drastically better and I really enjoyed this game. But the quality of the scares are all over the place. From almost goofy and in your face to a quiet passing by a door. I'd love to see them more with this and lean into the beautiful atmosphere and tension they've proven they can do. That wailing was one of the scariest things I've heard in years. Shivers. Loved this! :)
Agreed, I absolutely hate these cheap jumpscares that use really loud audio that jumpstarts the natural human reaction, honestly the worst thing in movies and games as it discharges ALL of the tension that was being built up
Though I do have to agree that building tension makes games generally better, I like how good Darkphobia Games are with their jumpscares. They also made Graveyard Shift (Gab played it recently) and for a team of only two people they do a good job. I hope that with time and budget they can make their future games more refined and less "in your face".
I wholeheartedly agree. I feel that some elements could have been done without.
If the connection with the aliens and the cheap jumpscares were done away with, and this was just the story of an idiot who f*cked around with a pharaoh and found out, this would be a masterful work of horror!
@@weilandloveland Agreed, I wouldn't so much do away with the whole "alien" bit, but would definitely keep it extremely vague so that players make up their own interpretations about it (maybe even not showing the pharaoh himself but just his silhouettes, and keep the focus on the queen and her servants)
Fun fact: One of the main reasons why flash photography is a BIG no-no in the art and archeology worlds is because the flash from cameras can break down, or straight up destroy, pigmentation of paints that were used in old artwork or ancient artifacts. They've had to throw out a few priceless artworks a few decades ago iirc due to the artwork being so damaged it couldn't be repaired.
Less likely to happen as often now with cell phone cameras using a different method of flash compared to cameras and ESPECIALLY OLD cameras, but it CAN still happen so it's frowned upon and you can be kicked out. Take those pics without flash people.
Wait really? That’s so interesting!
Jesus loves you!
@Mat-y7d random but you do you babe😂
thats a good info, thanks!
There is no way they'd 'throw out' priceless works of art.
I’m not a religious or spiritual person but I will always follow the principle of DON’T MESS WITH THE DEAD OR THEIR BELONGINGS
dont mess with the dead, but the dead have no belongings
@@kitsunekaze93 Well we may never know :) Maybe the dead do have belongings in the afterlife? Whatever they were buried with or whatever was precious to them, maybe it goes with them?
I'd be tempted to do a lot of messing about if I could get ANY evidence that there's anything supernatural in this heckin' mundane world.
Have yet to experience anything mystical, otherworldly, spiritual or otherwise in my several decades, but I sure would like to. I'm like Mulder, I want to believe.
@@Ryuchitoran you just have to do psychedelics and destroy your brain in order for you to believe in something supernatural
wouldnt worry about it
I don't think that principle is inherently religious/ spiritual
7:27 i love that the kiss is still on the statue head when he goes back, editor never misses
Fun fact: Ancient Egyptian historian was a job available to ancient Egyptians! Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone than the construction of the great pyramids.
I love fun facts like this! as someone who loves dinosaurs i have a similar one i like to tell. Trex lived closer to the existence of humans to the existence of the ankylosaurs.
The time between humans and trex is about 65-68 million years and the time between trex and ankylosaurs (with ankylosaurs being older) is about 90 million years
Did you learn this fact from the recent cleo abram video? @@happylittleacident
@@happylittleacident we getting wrinkles on our caps huh
intresting
It sounds weird when people put it like that, but she was around during the 40s BCE, so the Pryamids were ancient reliecs in her time
I mean this as a compliment: Jack looks like that one guy in a horror movie series that lives to the finale as an old man telling the story to the police until the series is brought back 20 years later.
Never heard anything more true
yes just... yes
I agree!
It’s prolly true
He looks like a stoner Viking 😅
What makes this video more amazing is all the knowledge and facts everyone has added to the comments about ancient Egypt 😊
FR tho! I've been scrolling for half an hour just reading the comments, it's so fun
17:40 "Have you tried desecrating him?"
*Character immediately starts desecrating*
"Oh, you have..."
This made me crack up, just something about Sean's reaction to it, because I also wasn't expecting the guy to so casually throw open the ancient tomb like that. 😭
Was getting it as I was reading this. 😂😂😂
Fun fact: Egypt lasted so long, that the beginning of it was so far in history for some emperors that it actually was more ancient then what we call ancient Egypt is for us. They had their own museums and archeologists in ancient egypt to learn about more ancient Egypt... because the kingdom itself lasted 3000 years, and the civilisation around there might have been over 5000 years old.
That's actually pretty cool. Man, I'd love to go back in time just to see their museums.
We are closer in time to Cleopatra than Cleopatra was to construction of the Giza pyramids.
@aqua_lala wow, thanks for adding that /gen
That's kind of crazy to put into perspective: ancient Egypt was already ancient in ancient Egypt
I mean... if you think about it, Cleopatra herself lived closer to the invention of bitcoin than she did to her own ancestors.
I've seen clips of this game, and I'm glad I got to watch a playthrough. I love Egyptian Mythology. The three statues in that one room were most likely Horus, Osiris and Set. Also, the people who built the pyramids were usually paid workers, not slaves. They were actually fed well, paid, and provided shelter for them and their families. When they died they were buried close to the pyramids they built to honour them for their work. Scribes and priests too, were also well revered.
No they were aliens
It’s wild to me that Egypt is so Ancient they even had Egyptian historians back then when it was still considered Ancient
ancient egypt be like "its ancient egypt time!", and thus ancient egypt ancient egypted all over ancient egypt anciently.
Oh, please egypt on my ancient, @@kukuhimanputraraharja8084, please. 😫
Egypt, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, was the progenitor of the people who settled in the fertile Nile Valley, establishing one of the most prominent ancient civilizations in human history. In Hebrew, he is referred to as Mizraim, whose descendants were the early Egyptians.
The Flood coincides with what modern science identifies as the Younger Dryas Impact-a catastrophic climatic event that radically altered the earth’s geography and ecosystems between 10,800 and 9,600 BC. This event, marked by widespread flooding and abrupt cooling. Egypt's early civilization developed in the shadow of this event, preserving echoes of the Flood in its myths and symbols.
Egypt has stood for more than twice as many years since Jesus died.
Egypt was already well established during the bronze age, a period of time so far ago that entire palaces from the era have been fully buried in dirt from erosion. For context, the roads of ancient Rome are buried about a meter or so underground.
@@hiwaga7399i genuinely find that so fascinating that there was such an advanced civilisation that has stood all these years
Wow, when that woman started to wail/scream I got chills. You could HEAR the grief and RAGE in the voice. What acting!
True, that screech was actually horrifying. Usually in games where they have the scary monster let out screams and cries, it's just annoying or funny, but here it's so blood-curdling that you just want to cower in fear.
Me too!
I don't know grief, she's not separated from her husband but there is rage in him disturbing both of their graves
indeed!
The way the sound hits off the walls and bounces makes it feel so Claustrophically terrifying
I'm egyptian so my experiance with this game was so funny ever since they introduced the alien concept, and I couldn't help but be like "omfg this is the whitest game ever" so that was really funny to me but overall the pharaoh ghosts and setting was really really cool
Same!
Stop with the racism
Same!!🇪🇬🇪🇬
@@kingzafar lol they deleted my comment. stop it with the rac1sm
@hyvsan9425 what racism?
The scare with The Queen in the chair is SO good. Completely subverts expectations by making you believe the mummy will jump up and get you, only to have a completely surprising scare right outside the room. No music, no ambience, just a really good scare. THAT is a great way to do horror.
It caught me totally off guard, one of the best playthrough jumpscares I've seen in a while
I've watched this twice and both times my head flew back 🤣
It's a great way to do a jumpscare, not a great way to do horror. Horror need no jumpscares!
That jump scare was so good I dropped my phone in fright
@@iskit777 Same. Looked like it got Jack just as good.
I watched a documentary with the top ranking Archaeologist in Egypt, and he was talking about how offensive for people to actually believe that ancient Egyptians were incapable of building the pyramids. They didn't need fantastic tech, they were more than capable. They knew how the body worked, understood how the circulatory system worked. They didn't need aliens.
It makes a lot more sense when you notice that these supposed ancient aliens only ever seem to help out non-white people.
Ancient alien architects were popularized by Erich von Däniken to sell his blatant racism in a more palatable form. He forgot to _take out_ the blatant racism though and, alongside the cool alien stories, outright stated numerous times he did not think non-whites were smart enough to build civilization on their own.
They people also have no idea how humans also used to be big too back then. And here I thought this was a general knowledge
genuinely. it reeks of white, western supremacy. the shit we were able to figure out and do all that time ago, while amazing, is far from impossible. ntm we had a lot more time on our hands to do this kind of stuff than we do now.
Also I don't get why it's so hard to believe humans built the pyramids. The Greeks and Roman's and so many other cultures made all kids of insane stuff before we had technology. Why do people find it so hard to believe Egyptians knew how to properly move and stack rocks to form a giant triangle?
yeah “aliens did it” feels SUPER disrespectful considering these structures were only possible due to thousands of hours of slave labor
This game would be so much cooler if they hadn't gone the "aliens built the pyramids" route. From what I hear, that conspiracy theory is actually pretty offensive.
Well it’s the most logical sooooo womp womp
@@reaper3913 if you think aliens building the pyramids, leaving behind zero trace of their existence otherwise, and never being seen again since then, is the most logical theory, you need to retake 1st grade.
Jack's been living in England for far too long. Talking about stealing artifacts from Egypt.
I mean tbf you're not wrong but also I swear any one from any culture would just want to steal this sort of stuffs 😂
@@dionysus6969 I don't think you're wrong either but I think anyone else would just sell it or keep it, a British person would put it up in the museum 💀
This joke is seen in the comment section of every British TH-camr's playthrough of this game.
@@dionysus6969 100% correct. I'm Canadian, I would've taken a couple pictures, seen that toy boat artifact, nabbed it and left instantly. That's my treasure, and it'll make me a fortune too.
Is anyone going to talk about his new hair or is it just me :
i love Sean's new look. He looks like the singer of a dad rock band
Im just glad hes embracing the grey its a vibe fr😂😅😂
his new look reminds me of the game grumps animated representation of Arin's dad. xD
seems Jack got some vigor from somewhere 🤔 he was about to become Sean sandwich.
you mean like Kurt Cobain?
He’s a chunky boy though
Ngl I don't know why people don't do more ancient ruins/mythological horror games. I've had the opportunity to visit ancient ruins during night time, when tourists weren't around, thanks to an archeologist friend of mine. The atmosphere is really something else when you visit historical places in the dark. Considering how you can twist some ancient mythologies, ancient stuff really has amazing potential lol
FUN FACT: In the traditions of Ancient Egypt, the beard/goatee was a sign of power and high status. Some pharaohs didn't grow facial hair, but they still wore fake beards to solidify their status. The famous woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, was depicted with a beard and a man's body when her likeness as a pharaoh was brought to life. However, she was referred to with both male and female pronouns
Bro, I LOVE Hatshepsut
She took over after her husband died from disease. Her step son was too young to be ruling the country, so she was the next best option on governing the kingdom. She ruled Egypt for 21 years and lived up until she was 50 which is pretty old back then. A lot of Pharoahs don't live past 30. King Tut died in his teens due to health issues from generations of inbreeding.
Damn that’s really cool, I didn’t know that 😮
Interesting af
I love her!! Her majesty the king :))
18:00 that sound of her wailing is one of the scariest things I've ever heard
Honestly! By far the worst (best) part of the game!! I am less prone to visual scares but put a good audio and I'm done for and wow.. That scene would have ended me if I was playing it myself. There's playing a game cause ha-ha horror fun times and then there's actually no joke being fucking terrified to the core. Well done to the developers, however they managed that, really effective on me! Thanks, I hate it.
Agreed
And also I should really stop falling asleep with horror games playlist on, as I woke up to this scream and almost wet my pants
I know that sound because I have made it too, its a scream-cry of despair and end-core emotions.
I hope you guys never end up in a situation where that sound comes out of you.... its my soul and heart breaking a thousand times..
someone said it sounded like a pitched down rubber chimken so im using that as a consolation for myself
@@CatjamfanYes, you can absolutely hear the anguish. Its awful. 😅
As someone that follows the Ancient Egyptian deities and works with Anubis, as well is an archaeologist, the way that I was both laughing and cringing at this was something else. Not at you, of course, Sean, you keep being your awesome self! But kiiiinda tired of every Egyptian based game (horror or not) going "Oh they made these cause of Aliens", it's genuinely frustrating. The game looks great, and it's super spooky and satisfying that the greedy got their comeuppance, but I could go without the aliens part. I was really enjoying it until then. If there's anyone out there interested in doing games like this, go for it! Just please maybe forgo the "aliens made the pyramids" part, please and thank you.
All the love, Sean!
Omg same! The whole aliens thing is so annoying and down right disrespectful to the actual knowledge and ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Honestly this game didn't need the alien stuff. It didn't need the dead walking around either. It had enough creepy atmosphere it could have just been about someone curious going to take photos in a place they shouldn't be in and maybe keeping the bits where the camera sees stuff that isn't there to the character's eyes.
Yes! I'm by means no expert myself, just have a casual appreciation for ancient cultures (Egypt included obviously). And like… Even as a kid, the whole aliens thing rubbed me the wrong way because really?? They're literally in a land made of powdered rock with a river running through, and then stone beneath that powdered rock. Setting aside how much more time people had on their hands day to day, and the fact that people have always been driven to build (hence why Minecraft is as popular as it is lol), just because they're not white doesn't mean they didn't learn how to do things on their own turf. I've always felt this specific thing stems from a deep-seated insecurity from the colonizing cultures for one reason or another.
I'm just a nerd and I got SO disappointed as soon as the slightest hint of aliens was mentioned. Definitely prefer "pissed off Pharaoh and his wife and now I'm going to die here if I don't get out" over aliens
So fun fact about Sett: nobody knows what animal Sett is. common consensus is that it is either an extinct form of jackal, or a mythical beast that was never real. It is, thus, referred to as "The Sett Animal." I think they look kinda derpy and cute
Sett, as god of chaos: they'll never know WHAT I am hehehehehe
It honestly just looks like an aardvark...
@@mamadrxgon It's possible, Set is generally associated with the southern part of Egypt (ironically named upper Egypt), which is where Aardvarks generally are located now. It's possible they used to be more widespread up north during ancient Egyptian times when Set arose, but we just don't really know.
However Set and the similarly headed Set animal are both depicted as being black in everything they show up in. Aardvarks are generally pretty light colored animals in comparison. The Set animal also has a pretty large body that resembles something more dog-like. Some speculate it might be an ancestor of the Seluki dog, or maybe an extinct jackal breed. There's also the possibility that it is an aardvark head on a dog's body and it's some sort of chimera like creature similar to Ammit, a griffin or a serpopard.
Ultimately the Set/Set animal remains one of the fun little mysteries of ancient Egypt.
@@guardianpigeon2029it just looks like a saluki crossed with a Ibizan or Pharoah dog
4:30
Jack is referring to the Nutty Putty Incident, where a man named John Edward Jones fell into the cave headfirst and died there. On November 24, 2009, John, a 26-year-old medical student and experienced caver, entered Nutty Putty Cave in Utah with his brother and a group of friends. Nutty Putty was a well-known hydrothermal cave, infamous for its tight, twisting passageways that required extreme caution. It had been temporarily closed in 2004 due to multiple rescues and near-fatal accidents but had recently reopened with new safety measures in place.
John, who had been exploring caves since childhood, was navigating the cave when he mistakenly entered an extremely tight, uncharted passage, believing it to be part of the cave’s known routes. As he crawled through, he found himself wedged in an incredibly narrow crevice, just 10 inches across and 18 inches high, barely larger than a human body. He was positioned headfirst at a steep downward angle, unable to move backward. His brother, Josh, attempted to pull him out, but the awkward position and lack of leverage made it impossible. With John trapped upside down, circulation to his lower body was severely restricted, and the pressure on his organs quickly became life-threatening.
A massive rescue operation was launched, involving over 130 rescuers who worked tirelessly for 27 hours to extract him. They attempted various methods, including using a rope-and-pulley system to pull him out, but the fragile rock structure made the process extremely difficult. At one point, John was almost freed, but a pulley anchor in the cave wall broke loose, causing him to slide back into an even worse position. Trapped for over a day, exhaustion, lack of blood flow, and increasing pressure on his body took their toll. By November 25, John became unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead due to cardiac arrest caused by prolonged compression and lack of circulation.
Because of the extreme difficulty and danger involved in recovering his body, officials made the painful decision to seal the cave permanently. John’s remains were left in place, and a concrete plug was placed over the entrance, turning Nutty Putty Cave into his final resting place. The tragedy served as a stark reminder of the dangers of extreme spelunking, especially in caves with such tight, unforgiving passages.
thank you for the information, so unfortunate.
Thats what I was coming to the comments to say. Absolutely tragic and terrifying story.
Im not claustrophobic at all, but if i find myself in a situation like that, extremely awkward and uncomfortable position where i can barely move at all, that claustrophobia will take a 180 REAL quick
That sounds like hell.... The authorities should've closed that part of the cave sooner...
Was this also the one where there was a whole media spectacle made of the whole thing and the amount of people made it all the more difficult?
Last year I visited a museum in the UK which was exhibiting Ancient Egypt and exploring the topic of whether mummies and ancient Egyptian artifacts should return to the countries they were stolen from by archaeologists back in the day. As well as this, it had a specific exhibit that had three different mummies at various stages of decay since being exhumed. The last one was the saddest, as the remains of someone who was once a human being was just a pile of rubble, since archaeologists were so interested in learning about mummies that they had no regard for the preservation of the individuals they found. It upset me so much as I care for people towards the end of their life, so care after death is a big part of what I do, and to see these people who were so carefully and respectfully treated by their loved ones, in a time far less advanced than ours, just to be torn apart and used as a learning tool and then discarded by modern society once they were no longer useful; it really broke me.
9:53 That's Thoth, god of knowledge and wisdom! Horus has a falcon head, and funnily enough, we have no CLUE what Set is, so they just gave up and called it the Set Animal lol. I personally lean in on the aardvark theory, because the god of chaos and violence having an aardvark head is funny
I like to go with the fox theory cause foxes are absolute chaos. 😂😂😂
I’ve read Tapir as well. But yes, he is “no documented animal”
Yup, the specific bird head that Thoth has I'm pretty sure is an ibis head, I may be wrong
Thank you!! Much love from the great white north 🍁
I usually see Croc for Set, but that's probably just a pop culture thing
35:06 I generally rarely get got by jump scares in these types of games, but THIS caught me way off guard and got my heart racing. Kudos to that scare…sheesh.
God, that one got me bad, too xC i spilled half a cup of coffee over my desk ... shouldn't drink while watching horro games
same 😂 almost threw my ipad heart was racin haha
i spilled my damn milk man!
@markpantelyuk c'mon man, its not worth spilling milk over
That scare got me so good I legitimately screamed. My dogs rushed to my side and my husband asked if I was okay. Jump scares don't get me very often, but that one was so well done!
“Can’t imagine in real life people are allowed to just walk into this”
That’s why this dude is sneakin in while the guards are changing-
bruh i wasn’t looking at the screen and i thought he said GODS are changing and ive been sitting and waiting to figure out what gods he was worried about lol this makes so much more sense
Fun fact: most of the people building the pyramids weren't actually slaves, but paid workers, they were treated poorly however. They lived in small houses near the construction site, with their families :>
Aliens
They got the best cuts of meat and overall were fed very well? Though the workers that did die during construction were buried near the pyramids that they helped build, I wouldn't call that poor treatment
Not poor treatment. They were payed and food was provided for their families, the houses were small because at night time the dessert gets cold so its a lot easier to heat up the room. They also had tent like structures to provide large fields of shade and sat outside most of the day time. Amongst the workers all sorts of merchants lived and also craftspeople and artists. They had entire communities. And if they died they were buried close to the pyramid as a sign of respect and divinity.
That wasn't poor treatment for their time
I’m pretty sure their families didn’t live with them on site, but their families were provided for by the government
That screaming around 18:00 was chilling. Ugh, so good. I hope i never hear anything like that in real life 😭
Right? That's what I was thinking, imagine being there in person and doing that when you hear someone screaming like that. It was amazingly terrifying.
I was sleeping and woke up after hearing that, I thought someone in my house was getting murdered holy shit 😭
Yes that was actually genuinely terrifying 😅😅
@@Sar3nwhy would you sleep during this? Wtf 😂
@ It was in my "Watch Later" playlist, I think i was watching a Jerma stream and it mustve ran out lol
Jack's hair is giving Eomer, Third Marshal of the Mark and I'm here for it
Forth, Eorlingas!!
27:39 bro waited till you finished reading. What a gentleman lol
I know this isn't about the game but I'm watching the LA wildfire relief live and saw your donation. I'm so happy people like you exist in this world.
I'm 6 hours from the fires and literally no politicians have donated yet Sean can send relief funding. Like cmon America do better. Thank you for donating to a relief fund you're wonderful Sean. Where can I find live relief donations and whatnot if you know.
The jumpscares in this hit so different lol. I hope there's a mode where you're able to just go in and look around w/ all the lights on and no scary spirit people lol
Jack is in full Geralt mode and I love it
You like that silver
Wanna play a round of gwent
Wind’s howling…
I saw that too. But hints of Targaryen too. Sean could play either.
12:00 hello i am an archaeology student who had a special interest in egyptian mythology as a kid. those two **ARE ** Horus(L) and Set(R) and either the person buried, or Osiris, because of the vase shape on the Hedjet, depending on where this is set in egypt, those in Upper egypt wore the Hedjet, Osiris wore an Atef, i cant really tell. it would make more sense if it was the person buried, as Set and Horus being his personal protectors or something similar. though if it was Osiris, it would make sense as *well* because he is a deity responsible for the afterlife. it would be a TAD awkward having those two together since in myth they kinda fought each other. also strange to have Set as an afterlife guardian since he did fuck around with the afterlife, and angered Anubis
34:04 after seeing this im more puzzled, it seems to me that shes wearing the crown of egypt united but that crown is a peshent and wouldnt be worn by a queen unless she was made Pharaoh at some point.
Yes i do understand this is a video game but its fun to puzzle about the facts!!
also congrats on the autism Jack! now youre one of us!
also fun fact, a lot of times, paranormal experiences and "The Mummys Curse" archaeologists experienced were the results of opening tombs with literally **ancient** diseases, chemicals, and organic materials in them.
I came to the comments to see if the gods I thought they were was correct and it seems I was part right! I thought it was Horus, Osiris and Anubis, not Set. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes, what clued you in it being Set and not Anubis?
@@shadaprime88 I also thought it was Anubis
Omg I was like “I’m pretty sure that’s Horus Set and Osiris” and I feel so justified thank you
@ set has a more curved, thin nose, anubis is very triangular and his nose is more of a true snout shape
17:46 I don't think this game understands how heavy that is.
King Tut's sarcophagus weighed over 1.2 tons, and some have been known to weigh up to 60 tons. What pre-workout is this character USING?
They probably do but it is a video game lol
With the balls of steel he has even going that far into the tomb that is the least of his problems.
Next game by these dev's should be about Mayans, Aztecs, Toltecs
Imagine a sick horror in them old temples and underworld creatures!
Yes! Especially a scene where we almost get eaten by Cipactli, a terrifying primordial sea monster that needs yearly human sacrifices in order for it to calm down since it's the Earth itself. For those who don't know what it looks like, it is described as a "crocodile with toad and fish characteristics" with each joint of the creature boring a mouth. As some one once called it as "Jacob's Ladder made of Nightmares." Can you image you were walking or running in the halls of the tomb/ruin and the floor collapses? Then you caught the edge of the flooring just in time and as you are dangling off the ledge you look down and see multiple mouths desperately trying to bite you to indulge its insatiable hunger. Terrifying image there.
@@seraphi3387 That sounds insane! You are absolutely on the same page here. This mythology is so absurdly intense and horrific in many ways. Imagine you would have to be sacrified after a ball game of death and you overpass to Xibalba in order to meet all the gods and you would have to do terrifying tests and missions, batlles to be able to come back to the real world. Eerie cavesounds and screams from agony as you get chased by these monstergods. Earthquakes and trembling by the feathered snake god circling in the air. Man... the possibilities... Rituals with mushrooms and scavenging deep in the jungle. Visiting a shaman and fighting other tribes or the conquistadores. This concept has endless magnificence and everlasting quality if it gets the right combination of nightmarefuel horror and the mechanics of RPG gameplay. Cheers for your reaction mate.
yessss! On latin america we barely got any productions talking about the folklore around these civilizations that were around here wayyy before us, it would be amazing.
They'd be great!!!
4:34 I think sean's reffering to the nutty putty cave incident, which involved tourist John Edward Jones, who tragically became stuck upside down in a narrow passage of the cave in 2009 and, despite extensive rescue efforts, could not be freed and ultimately died.
That guy must've suffered so bad before he passed, cannot imagine.
Pretty sure they couldn't even recover his remains, so they just sealed off the cave permanently. Really fucked up when you think about it..
Yup nutty putty was sealed with cement after the incident. He was stuck in the infamous part called the “birth canal”.
Did they not try digging/mining him out?
@@Stick_and_stone His body shut eventually down from the extreme pressure of being upside down for an extended amount of time. They didn’t get to him in time.
I was studying then suddenly my tablet from the other side of the room suddenly plays this video. Initially I was terrified but then I hear Jack's "It's spooky~~ It's scary~~". I wasn't so scared anymore.
... some ghosts were like, I see upload, I watch.
Man I never know if I should pop in to listen to Sean at work and make my day better or wait to go home so I can watch properly. I know he has to play a character for the camera but I really appreciate at authentic responses instead of being 'shocked' or 'amazed' by everything like some let's players. I just want a real play through before I decide if I'm going to go play it myself. Rock on Sean
I have the same problem!!
Love the graphics on this! Love egyptian mythology as well! Side Note; "amenti" is the place where the sun went at sunset and was also the doorway to the underworld. 😁 it's spelled a couple ways depending on the text.
omg thats so cool. thank you sm for sharing /gen
It's also latin for crazy which can't be a coincidence
@sezuin_6577 definitely not! 😅
I'm obsessed with Egypt, have been since I was a kid, so this was a treat. And of course Sean is always funny :)
33:29 the screams remind me so much of a screaming husky meme pls I cannot unhear it now
It even sounds like a screaming husky slowed down lmao
Jack looks like the average surfer dude you'd see on the beach
You mean the *_coolest_* surfer dude 🏄 🌊
Wavy hair and all I love it
He does, he looks like a guy you know in your town.
I like that theres always at least one really thoughtful character in these games that writes down their thoughts while being actively chased so we can read them later 😂
12:19 Funny enough, "ancient Egypt" was ancient to other ancient Egyptians.
For example: Cleopatra died 2056 years ago. Khufu (buried in the Great Pyramid) died 2505 years before she was born, and he was from the Fourth Dynasty.
I like that this is 32 years before Jesus is born, I think... (I cannot confirm or deny that Jesus was real but it was when years had universally been accepted)
@@SirToaster9330 there definitely was a jesus of nazareth born in roman judea that inspired christianity but we dont have proof of what he actually did apart from his crucifixion iirc
@@SirToaster9330 There is history to prove Jesus is real. It's just whether people believe He was the Son of God or not.
this might be my new favorite horror game not because of the concept (which dont get me wrong i love the concept of an egyptian horror game and we need more of them) but it is because of one specific jumpscare after you find the queens corpse which may be the scariest jumpscare i have ever seen in any horror game i have ever seen not to mention the whole game itself is horrifying
LITERALLY. the queen jumpscare almost had me peeing my pants. you’re lulled into a false sense of security because the body itself didn’t jump at you 😭
Not to mention the design of both the king and queen
If I ever found myself trapped in a tomb I would probably sit in a dark corner and cry for my mummy.
and you'd get someone else's mummy
Gotta say, I am so relieved that you are back Jack lol I know I'm literally one out of a million in here, but I really appreciate seeing you getting back into stuff. You always do such amazing and fun work! You are very much appreciated!
The setting of the game is the real standout, I'm surprised I haven't seen more games take advantage of the awesome atmosphere ancient egypt gives, since there are a lot of cool elements in the culture you can implement. The voice acting was also great, the queen's screams were so effective. The dialogue at the end was so odd and made me think "AI?" but the rest of the game was really cool
I thought it was like a really bad translation, like it was really dumbed down
True, this could also be the case
The hair is immaculate jack, I'm not full Irish by a long shot but I hope I have atleast a shot at having such gray lushish locks, you rock it incredibly well!!! Good day to you man and thank you for the years of amazing times (from kid to teen, favorite comfort youtuber)
3:07 - Jack's Nosferatu impression was 👏SPOT ON👏
On god fr. I really liked it. Very good very nice
Youuuuu must bounce on itttt, crazyyy styleeeeeuh
I could be wrong, but I remember something about a lot of tombs being unmarked so that if they get robbed they would know who did it, because only the workers would know the location. They had some good ideas back in those days.
It’s hard to scare me especially since I watch Sean all the time, but this game did a pretty good job. The sound design is fantastic. I’m not normally a fan of jumpscares but the one toward the end of the video got me just as bad as it got him 😂
Some of the textures and hieroglyphs were a little rough, but holy Horus the ambiance and scares were done so well! When the first jumpscare happened I was leaning forward to take a bite of food so it was even more startling! And the wailing queen stalking the passageways had my hair standing on end! So incredibly scary!
Yeah, unfortunately I think a few of the images and textures might have been AI generated.
6:56 “gimme a kiss” 💋immediately goes back to the topic at hand 😂😂😂
Are you quoting Caseoh I haven't watched the full video.
@imme-zt3nu nope, jack does say that lol
the only thing about these kinds of games is that it takes the idea of a valid African civilization and is like "eeebleeeehhh it has to be aliens these people could never make their own infrastructure bleeeheeeble" and like yeah duh Egypt is constantly being poked and prodded by a bunch of colonizers the spirits will be PISSED
9:55 i believe that's Thoth, he's a bird and he was the only one i could find depicted as having a sash over his chest like that
Yeah, that's Thoth (specifically he has the head of an ibis). God of knowledge and writing, inventor and scribe. The stuff he's holding are a stylus and hieroglyph slate.
As for Seth, he has the head of an unidentified "Set animal" (theorized to be a donkey; long curving snout, tall ears that look like giraffe horns).
her screams gave me chills bc that is what pure grief and anguish sounds like
27:50 "he went into a realm of peace and all I am is f$%king walkie tornado" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jack having the worst scare of all time and then going after the statues feet right after is why I watch him 😂
13:32 me for every modeling audition
YOU DONT WANNA PICTURE OF THIS??? THIS IS MONEY!!!! 😂
9:55
Anubis is a jackal.
Horus is a falcon.
Set is depicted as an unidentified animal generally referred to simply as the 'Set-animal'.
"I'm totally gonna get a picture of someone who's gonna kill me."
6:12 Speaking of. 🤣
ty for being back sean i really need your videos in these tough times 🫶
Trauma dumping.
@@Offensive_Username0/10 rage bait 🥱
@@Offensive_Username Ego flexing
perfection of a playthrough of a spoopy, beautiful but shallow game (if you're an ancient Egypt/archeology fan).
4:35 - You're thinking of the Nutty Putty Cave incident. That shit made me queezy listening to that story
Yeah I saw the video about that. It was sad and scary. I don't know why anybody would want to go spelunking. You don't know what situations you might get into that could cost you your life.
@@ashleyr6809 Yeah man it's crazy asf! It wasn't like it was a quick death either. Imagine being all alone in a dark cave, head first knowing there's nothing anybody can do. I'm gonna stick to the surface I think
came here to see if anyone else knew the name! poor kid, they could never get his body out, so they just dynamited the entrance to make sure no one else met his same fate
@@goodgollymissmolly7624 I think it was a pretty old dude, from what I remember the guy had been spelunking a while and had gone in that very cave multiple times before, he simply took a wrong turn in the tunnels and ended up at a dead end.
@koolaid33 he wasn't old, he was 26.
At 8:44 if you look really close, you can almost see a figure in the tunnel when the camera is freaking out. What an awesome touch
I slowed down the playback speed & there is 100% a figure standing there.
@@Thehonestperson It looks like one of the things that shows up in a huge group later on in the video to me honestly.
There is a figure there
I ADORED THIS GAME !!! As a kid used to be obsessed with demonology and different entities, and ancient Egypt always scratched the right place in my brain!! This game just made 12 year old me so happy. As always love Jackcepticeye, love the play throughs, been a follower of this channel for soooooooo long now, I was reading mark x jack fanfics not knowing what it was at the time 😂😂 only to end up here as a die hard fan a decade later ❤
Jack looks more and more like a Viking and that's beautiful.
Jack looking like Geralt of Rivia
Also Nosferatu impression was perfect😂
Jack is a pair of glasses away from looking like that one guy with the huge hammer in RE:8
Damn your right Karl Heisenberg would be a great cosplay for him
"If you enter your death will be solely your responsibility."
Jack: "okay? LET ME IN"
Jack: I'm gonna take a picture and capture your soul.
Ends up losing his soul.
It makes me realise how long iv been watching Sean since the first video I ever seen was his far cry and screaming in college with his baby face to now a fully grown man with grey hair time truly has flown by and you will always be our favourite ❤
your good mood is infectious lol, the dancing in the beginning especially lol
That's why he's our guy! 😊
I absolutely needed it today. Dealing with horrible people with terrible attitudes a lot more than usual today, and Sean's positivity is like a breath of fresh air for my sanity.
Sounds like a paid comment.
@@Offensive_Username0/10 rage bait 🥱
@Offensive_Username its not lol. i wish it was tho cuz im broke af. i was just having a crap day and he made me happy 🤷🏼♀️
37:03 Just so you know, this is kinda the best jumpscare in the game. And also, upon closer inspection, this creature kinda resembles Khnum, the creator of man
Because its anthropomorphic?
No 35:04 is easily 10x better
@@camerontarantino5425agreed 100%
im so near to these jumpscares. pissing mysekf at the anticipation but also slowly inching away
This pops up in the comments preview on mobile when the time stamps comes up and ends with " upon closer inspection, this creature kinda...". It made me have to find this comment to make sure that's not how it actually ended lmao.
youre voice in "i must enter the tomb before the guards change shift" made me giggle out loud 😭 i love you hahahaha
35:18 my soul left my body. First time in a long time I’ve had a jump scare that bad.
Same with me! Jack and I said “That really got me” at the same time 😂
33:10 I'm convinced jackiboy only played this game for the Yu-Gi-Oh references!!
So happy you're back. Hope you're doing well, and take all the time you need to make sure you're alright.
30:50 You misunderstand, it was just a very long "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" because it's been a while she has seen anyone xD
4:42 Nutty Putty cave is what you were thinking about Jack!
I was just thinking this exact thing lol Sadly it's happened more times than I realised bc I've seen many other caving videos where the same thing happened and someone got stuck head down or just trapped in a tiny space and died due to the same cause 😰 I like adventures but there's no way I'd ever go into a cave unless it was to seek shelter in an emergency 😂 and you'd better believe I'd be throwing stuff in first from a distance to make sure it's unoccupied 😂 I'm not dying by bear either lol
RIP John "Jim" Jones
Looking good Jack always nice to see you still doing videos i know it can get hard sometimes but i am very glad you are still here! Stay strong and thank you for being you! :)
He could do a really sick Karl Heisenberg cosplay
That would be awesomeness.....
I have to mention this. The myth of aliens being involved with the egyptians and their marvels of engineering is deeply rooted in racism and xenophobia. I'm sure it's not something most people are aware of or think about, but if you are curious to learn more there are several articles going through the history of this myth and the dangers of alt-history. The article "Close encounters of the racist kind" is a good starting point.
thank you I was just watching a video abt racism then clicked on this and just thought ????? (i'm an egyptian i live in egypt)
Actually, the aliens race that entered through the amenti gate portal on earth was the annunaki race and it was eons ago. It ain't no myth and people who keep denying the "beyond and unknown" are just scared of finding out there's so much out there that they don't know. But oh well, the evil alien races, the illuminati that's controlling earth in the shadow obviously don't wanna human to awaken and learn the truth.
yeah i was super excited for this game bcs ancient egypt and horror mix so well together, and as a whole the game did that really well. but the alien twist was a huge let down.
yea I mean I don't think it's a coincidence only non-white civilizations get accused of needing extra help for engineerig, my question is was this game made by egyptians or was this just more orientalism shenanigans
I started watching this channel way back in 2017 and it’s crazy to see how much he has changed from then to now and how much his channel has grown
I hate that they went with the "alien done it" route, completely dismissing the creativity and ingenuity of humanity
Yeah. The "aliens did it" take is also rooted in racism
Agreed, like the vibe already was more supernatural than aliens, and it felt like even the dev at the end didn't know where to go with the alien stuff. Like, just leave it out
yeah the alien portion was pretty wild, not to mention, i find spirits and mythology much scarier in any context, so if they had stuck with egyptian legends and/or beliefs then it wouldve been solid. but anyway
also it isn't executed well in the game either imo. i love a good "it's ALIENZ" reveal, but this.... wasn't that
I agree, people like to think ancient civilisations were mostly very dumb / cavemany, but the scarier idea is, that we are the same in intellectual and emotional capability and nothing really has changed in 100 000 or more years. Most people like to think they are smarter than ancient humans, to feel better about the choices they make in everyday lives.
Anyhow - but I did enjoy the Magnetic Field/Motor soundeffect, that happened in some rooms. Pretty cool!
Little did Jack know, all these photos he took ended up on his hard drive
Did it really?
I love when we get these vids. Thank you for making content. You and gab are like my comfort streamers now. I don’t always comment but your example of neurodivergence has helped me advocate for myself more when explaining my experience with what I believe to be autism and adhd and all of my other stuff going on.
4:40 There was a popular cave near my home town called Nutty Putty Cave that was sealed to keep people out because a guy did exactly that. Went down head first in a decline, got stuck, blood rushed to his head and died. His remains are still in there, because they couldn't pull him out.
This was the cave he was thinking of I believe. The most famous one that most people vaguely remember happened. Essentially, the internet does joke that it was a very preventable death by the fact that cave exploring is a choice you have to make on purpose and most people in their right mind would not choose to shove themselves in a dark small hole for funzies.
That story is why I’m never doing cave diving ever in my life
@@dragonqueenarts Honestly most things you do is a choice, but I get what you mean, I love abandoned places and exploring and adventuring, but if I can't stand straight in a cave then I don't wanna go 😓
All jack needs is a raven and an eyepatch and he'd be odin
more gray and he can be Geralt!
The fact I just got done rewatching his God of War: Ragnorok and Valhalla play through 😂
I love the intro. Man got me hyped up
First of all, I am in LOVE with your hair Jack- and deeply envious of it. Also my cat and I too got completely jump scared by the ghost white lady
Both the visuals and the concepts of this game are so cool, the scares are done so well and the audio my god
fun fact: there actually is a pulitzer price category for photography! it's broken down into two categories: feature photography and then breaking news photography. there's others too, like the hasselblad award and the international photography awards.
My glorious Irish king, I have awaited your return, we all missed you