TRAPPED IN THE BACKROOMS - Day 7 [Puppet Combo]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
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Day 7 is the latest Puppet Combo game in which you are having a perfectly normal time in a totally normal place haha thanks for watching!
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Man goes several hours without food and water
"I can feel my body shutting down"
1st world problems XD
Cherry Dragon i mean you cant go far without water
@@brostyle1036 yup 3 days be the max, and imagine if hes an overweight boomer>> ?? oof id guess he cant go 12 hours lmao
White Obama 3 days you can live without water then your body starts shutting down
me
4:43 I like how the stranger says "Begone demon!" and then instantly disappears and nowhere to be seen
@Wolfreign Valenford What
@Wolfreign Valenford Ok
@@heartbust4624 I love how you just decided not to argue, just... ok. lmfaoo
@@av3ngers17 its pointless to argue with something like that, nothing ever come out of it except tiresome and waste of time
@Wolfreign Valenford how does jesus molest children?
I like how Sally still had supplies for a few days, but he decided to resort to cannibalism 2 days later
Well he went crazy or something after wearing the mask so I don't think it's because he's hungry.
Typical boomer behavior.
The old guy who ate sally probably ate and drank all the supplies in the process of eating sally also LOL
Like that South Park episode - Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut, resorted to cannibalism within a couple of hours of being stuck inside during a snowstorm lol
Lp
6:20 I’m lead to assume that this game takes place in South Detroit, and that the character we play as is a city boy born and raised here. The small town girl, who obviously is living in a lonely world, was looking for some company in the desolate Detroit, and both he and the small town girl are on a midnight train, and, in fact, could be going anywhere.
ツ Lil Fr0sty ツ/ Fr0stko this comment.
Does this train go on and on and on and on, perhaps?
you didn't.
Her body was like [ ].
this explanation seems like a lie, but for some reason, i just can't stop believing it, like my mind is a wheel in the sky. i guess I'll believe you, faithfully.
Don't you just find it inconvenient when you're walking home and you suddenly fall down in the Backrooms?
Sonny Indeed.
@Rage virus and zombification are 2 diverse concepts that's usually considered a cop out.
What a hassle, right?
And Rage, that's the shittiest way to do a twist ending possible as it pretty much invalidates the story that came before it. It makes it so that it doesn't matter.
Ugh yea it happens too often
Had it happen multiple times already man. Highly anoying after the 4th entry.
John: I hate maze game!!
Puppet combo: Can't be a maze if there is no exit
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@@leonruvalcaba1549 ALV, si me lo imagine, ese .jpg salva vidas.
True
@@leonruvalcaba1549 noooo,memes de papulinces 👌👌😭😭
I think the choice for the npcs popping in and out at the start is a stylistic choice to show that the city isn't empty, it's only showing you people as they interact with you.
Its based off the ps1 game hellnight i think. It baisically did the same thing
@@financialapathy Yeah doesn’t help that John missed seeing the Man with the long fingernails most of the time but yeah it made the chase scenes awkward like only the Man with the Long Fingernails could be seen without interaction which is nice but he was too slow and idk if he could even kill you so that was poorly done.
Despite this being a puppet combo game, I saw “day 7” and vigorously went through your channel to find days 1-6
I was disappointed but not surprised with myself to say the least
I did the same thing 😂
Megan M good to know I wasn’t the only one
If you have an Art instagram by the same username I follow you! Small world!
marziachloe wow I do!!! Thats so cool omg :)
dude me too. i was like "how did i miss SIX WHOLE UPDATES?" i was so confused for a min
Cool college hack: have an exam you want to avoid? Just noclip into the backrooms!
Hazy :D
How do you leave tho?
Clipped into the backrooms to avoid doing my taxes now I'm eating people to survive :(
I thought school WAS the backrooms....
*forgots to clean the dishes and hears mom coming home*
Aight imma head out to backrooms
The Backrooms really isn’t a concept suited for being a video game. Everything you need to add to make a game interesting ruins what makes this concept unnerving in the first place. That being said, it’s certainly been done a LOT better than this. I hope Puppet Combo keeps doing what they do best: 80s and VHS style slasher games.
Cjugames played one a while ago that was legit creepy. I was anxious the whole time lol
Agreed, every backroom "game" I've seen has been really boring.
I think it has a lot of potential for a VR game. Experiencing a proper backrooms-esque experience in VR would really be something else.
Well the original idea of "The Backrooms" isn't supposed to have anything else to it other than the rooms. That was the whole idea of the horror of it, that you're forever stuck in an endless maze of empty, bage coloured, smelly, drab rooms with only the incessant humming of the fluorescent lights to accompany you.
It was supposed to be a kind of "inside joke" idea for people who have worked horrible, soul crushing, office jobs that make you want to kill yourself.
And like you said, that's not an idea well suited for the medium of video games.
@@Bulletproof222 The original creepypasta does mention something else being there, personally I interpret that as paranoia, the fear of something being there, and the writers mind filling in the blanks, over anything else. But I still think the soul crushing paranoia could make for an absolutely wonderful VR experience, not so much a regular game though.
“Boomer need to nappy nap”
Is now my new favorite thing to say to any boomer that starts to act up and make a fuss about something
Shut up Boomer
boomer need a nappy nap
Cringe.
imagine replying with one word 😳
Except, i'm not a boomer? So yeah, the word cringe fits this perfectly.
This game felt like an anxiety attack
I felt that
I felt that
I felt that
I felt that
I felt that
Day 7's problem is that Puppet Combo can't fully pursue a fresh idea without falling back on their own tropes. Notice that the game loses its luster as soon as the game starts retreading old ground- faceless murderer with a knife, crazed psycho, friendly human whose just immediate fodder for psycho, and endless running around blindly. In some of the other Puppet Combo games these factors have worked, but in this one it derails the only part of the game that was mildly interesting. Relying instead of blind maze running until a story beat is hit.
I feel like this is a similar issue to the recent Blair Witch game. Where the Blair Witch starts out promising and turns into Layers of Fear 3, Days 7 starts out promising and turns into Power Drill Massacre 2.
46:46 Yes. It was the mask. We all know that putting on creepy masks turns us into blood-thirsty vampires.
That was the moment that the protagonist rejected his humanity.
Smackle my Apple Jacks is this a jojo reference?
You know it's a Jojo reference when you haven't read or watched Jojo and still get it
And we can use hamon to kill them ;)
@@iamnowhere5678 and then stands to punch them
OMG...that background noise! It's like someone has pushed a file through my ears and is sawing back & forth on my brain. Make it stawwwwwp!
Temokey Except it's not 'mission accomplished' because the sawing sound should have stopped after our protagonist took his second nap, had water and rest.
Hell naaaaaaw girl
Puppet Combo games are kinda different now, I miss Night Ripper and Nun Massacre
ZERO94AIC They just seem less enjoyable now? It’s not that serious lol
ZERO94AIC
Chilll
I actually really enjoyed the atmosphere, it's alludes to a scare constantly but you don't know when it's going to happen or IF it's going to happen
@ZERO94AIC lol, yeah let's just ignore criticism and tell people to go play the other games.
@@Ash-frey - saying they're different isn't criticism though...
My guess is the choices at the beginning matter--i.e., you gave the homeless guy some change, so you found the coin purse. Maybe you would've found some other item if you gave the priest a different answer
You may be onto something 🤔
I think it doesn't matter, but who knows
@@peppermillers8361 well, the fact that it was a coin purse when the dev could have used anything to leave a trail (a bag of small rocks, a sack of birdseed, markers, etc) made it seem like more than a coincidence. But its not like the game is interesting enough for me to test it myself
This game started nice, but it was quite boring and the end... :/
Yea, puppet combo games have been lacking lately. This game looks really... unrefined. The beginning was great. But the rest felt like he lost inspiration halfway through making the game. Maybe it’s the lack of environment. It’s just really slow with barely anything going on and the ending... :|
puppet's been lacking lately due to a bit of family problems and dealing with rent so even energy drinks won't bring him back, he can talk a little bit about it on twitch but ultimately he needs inspiration milk to say "The Horrors of Heaven has helped me!!!"
Matthew Mladenovic yea, that’s what I was thinking lol! It really just seems like he’s having some issues with inspiration and just getting caught up in his own life. Which is totally a-ok. I’ve had it happen to my creative juices multiple times! I just hope he gets some of his horror vibes flowing again and cracks out an amazing game.
@@Komobear Though the good type of horror is the little girl's face, looks like somebody put it in vinegar and put it in the dryer on high.
Matthew Mladenovic she looks hella fried. Her head proportion to her body is eerie. I can’t put my finger on what she reminds me of but she looks like the inbred daughter of The Wendy’s mascot.
Stranger: I'm going to rip your clothes off and eat your eyes!
*Finds Sally like 2 seconds later*
Main Character: Her clothes have been ripped off and he ate her eyes
That "little girl" looks oddly like a cross-dressing middle aged man.
DGneoseeker1 EXACTLY
Watching the gameplay gave me a headache, and listening was worse. I ended up focusing on John the entire time. Goodness gracious, the entire experience was terrible. Only John got me through this one...
Thanks John.
John makes this game interesting for me.
This game is absolutely atrocious. Nothing but a boring ass walking simulator with insanely obnoxious background noises, holy shit, I could barely watch this video.
Terrible game, honestly
"not watching" is always an option
I know this video is like a year old, but I really enjoyed this in a masochistic sort of way. I think puppet combo did exactly what they wanted to do, which was to capture the atmosphere of the backrooms. At first, it'll make you panic a bit. You'll scramble and freak out a bit. But once you settle, things don't get better. Instead of that scary panic feeling, you feel an ever encroaching madness and dread. Disoriented. Claustrophobic. The noise doesn't stop. No rhyme or reason, no day or night. Rationale breaks down. There's nothing different. There's no hope. And the fucking noise. A deep, hateful irritability sets in. The backrooms drives you to an evil, hateful madness. Puppet combo captured a little slice of that for us to experience. That's what this is and I applaud them for it.
Wow. You captured the feel of this game masterfully
born in 1999, YES I just barley qualify for my boomer discount
Shut up boomer
@@Doge-zb7ku shut up zoomer
GOD ive always wanted to say that
the boomer generation is between 1942 and 1960, am i wooshing right now or what?
@@dreamer4842 did you NOT watch the video? It's based on something John said
Isnt 90's to early 0's milleniums???
“Trapped in the backrooms” or “Wolfe v. Boomers”?
I used the boomer to destroy the boomers
Ok boomer
Am I the only one saddened that Sally didnt even get a chance?
Space Dandy it was sad to me too but people just focus on the negatives and don’t look at a game overall
Yeah, i felt sorry for her. So, you're not alone! (As was the feeling for a while when Sally was with you in those backrooms) I hoped there was a good ending in this one. Where you and Sally got back to reality.
Nah u ain’t
I guess this one wasn't such a banger. Shame that you never found something stonger.
This was so abrasive in EVERY aspect of the game, that would be impressive if it weren't so boring/silly as all hell; so honestly i really hated it
Janeishere I found it creepy lol
@@CrystalRose1111 it started creepy, then about 30 mins in i got REALLY annoyed
Janeishere We talk about bad games a lot, but finding one that causes physical pain is special.
Puppet Combo in a fucking nutshell
@@sold0ut210 i mean... i have a headache just from watching this video.
Horror games get to real man! They start causing actual pain
This reminds me so much of Hell Night or also known as Dark Messiah. It's a pretty much underrated game for PlayStation 1 and I guess nobody knows it but I loved playing it 🙈
I love how Puppet Combo really has their focus on retro gameplay style.
I came here after finishing hell night 😅
@@yaxinyet haha cool 😁 No spoilers, but how did you like it?
It’s really an amazing game, too bad it’s underrated. The ambience, soundtrack and the monster chasing you really puts you on the edge. I’ve known about the game back when I was around 7 years old iirc watching my bros playing it while just watching (im 22 yrs now lol) this game was always in the back of my mind so i finally gave it a shot after all these years 😂
Oh hi! I'm a subscriber, Rambutan! Glad to see you here too! These Puppet Horror games are pretty good. (I realize this is an old comment. I realize there may be no response. And you know what? That's okay. Take care, dearest readers of thy comment section! Fare thee well!)
@@KitKatWiffleBallBat Just revisited Johns puppet combo gameplays again and saw your comment! Just letting you know, I've noticed you - one year later but still XD Thank you 💖
I was so excited to see another Puppet Combo game., but I wasn't too fond of this. But, you're right, they can experiment if they want to :) Still love Puppet Combo!
"Me bad guy. Me become killer!"
John Wolfe, 2019
6:22
She’s a small town girl
livin’ in a lonely world
she took the midnight train goin’ to 59th street...
Also this game is like how sparking water tastes
Finally a new Puppet combo game!
I like how John and kravin picked “hail satan”.
Teehee, so edgy!
Honestly most of humanity is going to hell anyway, its finna be l i t
Sacred Supreme N I C E
Farewell, Invisible Stranger would be a sweet 80’s prog-rock album name.
Am I the only one who's impressed by this game ? The ambience, the feeling of being watched, it's so creepy ! And the ending, omg, that thing gave me shivers, it's so messed up.
Wow, its so similar to a horror game called Hellnight on ps1. I like it.
Right? He said Day 7 was heavily inspired by that game, I had never heard of it before but after checking it out I can't definitely see it
@@TheJoshingOne Hey! Surprised to see another person who remembers Mike's playthrough... The game is definitely influenced by Hell Night...
Definitely influenced by Hellnight/Dark Messiah. Hard to believe that it was also released a year before Silent Hill 1 arrived.
So sad that so little peoples understand that refference. Great game.
@@TheJoshingOne exactly what i was thinking!!
The beginning reminded me of Night Ripper. That got my hopes up. But it turned out pretty dull. You don't even see the killer chasing you.
So?
@@tarjet3867 why don't you come back with a more thought out reply for me to actually respond to. "So?" is lazy. It's like a 3rd grader trying to give someone sass.
I think you're intended to see him, John just got lucky.
@@peppermillers8361 It's possible. But it was hard to tell. Characters were only visible during dialogue and cutscenes. Including the killer. I just think the danger should be tangible, or at least visible, outside of scripted interactions.
@@CrimePaint To be fair, TH-cam isn't the place for well-thought discussion.
John it’s 1 am, I need to sleep you can’t post a Puppet Combo video now
2am in here, but must watch
Hey, it's 2 am here. :P
Hes from Texas
Its 7 PM as of right now
@@Deviantel Maybe because you posted this an hour later?
@@Deviantel eyy same. Europe?
The backrooms is just my uncles basement.
This was creepy as hell to me. I used to work night shift maintenance in a huge shopping mall/office building; I'm talking big enough to span 2 city blocks (it was bridged/connected above the street) and 5 stories tall. It was built in the 1960s and had been renovated, split up and reconfigured on the upper office levels so many times that there were tons of disused "back rooms" almost exactly like this. Some carpeted, some not, either bare drywall or actually very similar old beige wallpaper; no furniture or objects. Just halls and rooms leading to more empty rooms. All had a damp musty smell and that same drop ceiling with the fiber tiles and fluorescent lights. Few were big enough to get actually seriously lost in for more than maybe 5 minutes, but even 5 minutes seems plenty long enough when it's late at night and you don't yet know your way around. I always found them eerie, mostly because they were isolated enough to be dead silent except your own footsteps. Eventually I got used to them because it was part of my job to check through them regularly for leaks or other issues, and because they were a convenient shortcut between a lot of places that would otherwise take forever going through the million partitions and locked doors of the offices for all the companies that rented space on the upper floors. Some areas also had doors that opened into blank walls and "stairways to nowhere" that ended in ceilings or walls, from all the renovating and it being apparently cheaper and easier to build around stuff like that and just conceal it rather than remove it. Lucky for me, nothing ever happened in those areas but security and I scaring the shit out of each other now and then, especially in the carpeted sections where you couldn't hear anyone until you just about ran into them.
Boomers were born between 1946-1964. You're a millennial, John.
What about us 2000? What do yall call us?
@@roccoon9892
Zoomers, I think.
@@paulinapaola millennials
@@peppermillers8361 Zoomers, actually. Millennials are adults now, and Zoomers are late highschool and early college.
Theres a new internet meaning of boomer. If you like old video games, you're a boomer, for example. That usage of it has nothing to do with a persons age.
I'm weirdly very curious about what figurine is behind you in the background. Edit: It's pyramid head. It's fucking pyramid head. One of the most iconic characters. Nice going me.
He found it cheap at a thrift store too, I remember his tweet about it. There is your John trivia for the day lol.
Obamaprism
@@charlesgomez1065 Good job on the joke there, guy
Charles Gomez 💀💀😂
Did you facepalm yourself or can I do it for you?
Every time someone says "boomer" I think of left 4 dead
That's exactly how we should address all boomers. Just scream it at the top of our lungs, alerting everyone.
@@sweetsummarain If it tries to get close just try getting away to not get all the shit he's about to throw at you
@Pleasure To Kill I am not a Zoomer.
(doesn’t feel comfortable sleeping with someone 2x younger than himself)
john: what a boomer!
Darn boomers and their *draws card* lack of pedophilia
I think it was more in reference to the fact that Terrence is old enough for a young adult to BE half his age :P
“Yeah I knew you were a boomer”*** John was simply talking about how Terrance describes his age, rather than mocking Terrance’s rightful disposition towards pedophilia as your comment suggests😇. sorry for killing your joke tho 😅.
@@lorenzoparmesan6790 uncool. Never stand between a memer and his meme
Elder Futhark ok
I really hope that Puppet Combo goes back to making games like Nightripper, Babysitter Bloodbath, Power Drill Massacre, etc. I've watched John's videos of those games several times. The same cannot be said for the slower paced games they've released, but that's just my opinion.
I really liked the atmosphere and tone of everything in the beginning, even when he first drops into the backrooms, it felt really creepy and unnerving! I kinda wish there was more story to it though, I mean, I know it's based off the creepypasta, but I was kinda hoping for like, a villain, or for Terrance to like, see creepy stuff out of the corner of his eye, or something. But I still enjoyed watching you play it! It's too bad you never found anything stonger tho, hahaha
Sucks that the annoying background loop glitched and kept repeating. John also missed out on the cooler backrooms breakdown elements and didn't even get to see the monster at the scare moment during the flashback.
I didn't think it was that bad. It had some short comings and the audio (I hope it was just glitched) was rough. But overall though it had an interesting atmosphere.
What's interesting is how puppet combo tries to do new things and gets bashed by everyone in the comments of this video. Like, maybe puppet combo doesn't want to make the same exact game every time. Seems like everyone took it personal that they didn't like it. I just kinda like these more experimental games by puppet combo and feel like in time they could get better, so it's just interesting to see people so dismissive.
@ILikeToBurfferAlways I agree too, I enjoyed this game overall a lot cuz I liked the concept of the backrooms and enjoyed their take on it.
I watched others play it first like 8-BitRyan so I was taken aback by John’s disappointment and him missing the main villain the whole time but I cut him slack cuz he doesn’t like maze games and he has some good points yet I don’t always agree with him.
But the worst was the people in the comment section who were so negative and dismissive of the game as if there’s no positives. It was sad to see tbh.
I think people are just a bit too negative overall
Like the atmosphere is good very immersive with the concept of the backrooms, the gameplay is close enough and has its own touches.
The empty endless maze with the buzzing of the lights as you helplessly try to find a way out with glitches and no clipping within the backrooms as you go deeper leading to areas that vary with layout or slight designs at first dropping clues on what happened to past people their brutal deaths, and the mystery of the missing gun in the back of your mind.
Then having a dream about how you first went into this realm giving some clues on the threat then having the world around you get corrupted as that same tall man with the long fingernails chase you till you pass out from lack of water.
Then to have someone save you a beacon of hope that you aren’t alone but also understanding that it can have many people from anywhere yet you’ve only seen Sally, the dead cop, and the little girl giving the idea that most died from the Man with the long fingernails or someone else, the need for finding the little girl to get out is even greater. You’ve seen a deeper layer a metallic area that could be a way out but lost it so your hope is there yet shaken. Only for you to lose the little girl again and being set back to the beginning the hopelessness is trying to crush you but Sally keeps you hopeful barely only for the human killer in the Backrooms who killed the cop and took his gun to kill Sally your only life line to hope so you are crushed with your sanity waning being chased by this killer you are desperate enough to put the strange mask on to kill him which allows you to be invisible for an easy kill. Then days later you are dying of thirst and starvation without any hope after losing the one who gave it and killing someone meanwhile the Man with the Long Fingernails watches you to see you lose it resorting to cannibalism too and using the mask to kill whoever you find having lost yourself in mind and body within the backrooms.
It’s a chilling, tense, roller coaster imo like it does the backrooms justice in their own way, the atmosphere fits the concept well like the noises can be annoying but that’s part of the backrooms it’s supposed to drive you man and distract you so it is hard to balance it so it’s not too much, the saturation of the surroundings makes sense cuz the character is nearing his limit so he’s gonna pass out which he does, the slight changes to the environment are nice at first then sudden changes like when being chased or finding a new area gives some variation that fits with their interpretation of the concept, the inclusion of others in it makes sense but it isn’t flooded with people to take away from the isolation it gives it more depth with the dead people adding mystery and tension, the girl Sally is your hope and change with the cannibal being the last straw driving him to madness, the little girl a bit of hope and mystery always out of reach, the Man with the long fingernails a mysterious threat, and the metallic layer being a mysterious place that gives possible hope which was only a tease for variation and world building, it makes you flustered but it isn’t always a bad thing it’s just hard to balance it so it doesn’t go too far, and etc. Imo I can’t really do this game justice with my words atm
But of course it could be better and somethings are flawed like the Man with the long fingernails is too slow and doesn’t kill you really so it lessens the threat, the sounds and the saturation can be annoying, it is bad for those who don’t like maze games like John, it’s story isn’t explored enough, and etc. Yet I think it gets too much hate and people are a bit too dismissive of its positives.
Like I do like the idea and concept of the Backrooms so that helps and I try to focus to be immersed so I enjoy it more but I’m not the only one that can appreciate the game like other people in the comment section or TH-camrs like 8-BitRyan were enjoyable to watch play it cuz he was more into it.
But I love to watch John too and his unique style or views, I still enjoyed his let’s play on this I was only annoyed that he somehow missed the Man with the long fingernails tbh and I get it isn’t his type of game cuz he doesn’t like maze games so I cut him slack yet he makes the video still enjoyable.
This along with the Glass Staircase gets a bit too much hate for being longer and slower, being different to their other games cuz they tried to touch upon different concepts they wanted to play with, the Glass Staircase had so much going for it too but while neither is the best yet I don’t think they are the weakest games they made, it is hard for me to put their games down cuz I enjoy them all tho tbh lol
I liked the look of the game from the start, but it slowly started to grind on me. I hate maze/looping games. I understand the idea its meant to make you panic and scare you, which in this game it did, esp claustrophobic. Which is all fair and good for a short period, but for a whole game to be like this, is gets old, boring, less fun and more frustrating. And that back ground sound ruin the game even more, it was never ending, which i kinda understand why they wanted it in there, but it became less effective the longer it went on, bit like a crappy horror game with continous jump scaries. I dont know maybe, i just didn't get the game, but this felt poor for a Puppet Combo game.
Read The Backrooms creepypasta, most true to the lore with a puppet combo twist. A unique surreal experience with a good representation of the source material. Way different playing than watching
TAR JET Yeah well said
At least someone isn’t all negative
I like the game but it could be more interesting. Perhaps there could be an exit or a fire that burns down the walls and you end up escaping but then the monsters haunt you for life and every night after you escape you have dreams of the backrooms.
@@LeaderOfTheLostSouls Just because a game is true to its source material doesn't mean it can get by being a boring game, that's not how game development works; it's supposed to be a transformative adaptation, not a literal (not if you want it to be well received, that is).
I saw domplays play this game, and when he clipped into the backrooms I legit got chills, and when you did, I got them again, that moment when you realise what's going on will always be haunting
It's about time feels like forever since we had a new puppet combo game
And it was awful
Love how john always make different voices.
"I couldn't just leave you there."
Legit hoping Sally tries to eat him
Dammit. Killed by a stranger. Disappointing.
Okay so a little but of cannibalism. I'm only mildly mollified.
This is probably the weakest puppet combo game, absolutely hated it
Not to mention the static filter that's way too exaggerated in this game, I get pretty annoyed when I can barely see what's going on in the screen
Fr literally almost fell asleep through it
The sound was horrible either.
Heard he has family issues. But then he should pick priority on what to do first and not let his work be affected by his problems.
Cause this game was just bad. And i dont want puppet combo to end up like all the other garbage pile games
@@cherrydragon3120 Yes, I heard about it, and I know that can put you in a shitty mindset to work, but it doesn't change the fact that the game is bad, unfortunately. And it happened too many times now, like these last three games were very disappointing to me. And people are still paying him to provide good products so it's a shame. As a game dev myself I completely understand wanting to experiment and make new styles, but if he's having problems that are affecting his work, this is not the time for him to be out of his comfort zone. He should try to experiment when he's in a good mindset
Cherry Dragon Definitley agree with you. I’d much rather wait for the old Puppet Combo quality, than have one be rushed and tainted by real life problems. I used to love watching Puppet Combo games, but they just don’t have the same spark that they used to.
"If you're born before 2000 you're a boomer"
>Be Me
>Be 21 year old boomer for being born in 1999
I love how you do every character's voice the whole time lmao ly John
50 minutes of John AND Puppet Combo? Oh honey, you spoil me!
I like your profile picture.
I bet it would SUCK to clip into this dimension while stepping out of the shower. Especially if it's freezing in the backrooms because of the air conditioning or whatever.
That doesn't sound like a creepypasta, it sounds more like a SCP.
That's IKEA. This literally is a creepypasta.
Ashie boomer
@@villainousegg how
Succu Basu boomer
@@waterbender6288 ah, shitposters. Should've known
John I was just binge watching the old puppet combo games on your channel 😂😂 then this pops up on my feed
Despite this is a creepypasta game, the way the characters are introduced and controls seems to be inspired on ps1 Dark Messiah(aka Hellnight). I hope there will be chasing as well. (still watching it)
Good eye, this game was openly inspired Hellnight, as confirmed by the developer.
i just realized the style/aesthetic of this game is like hellnight- (a ps1 horror game that didn't get released in the states)
once i saw the security guard chat render, i knew right away LMAO
The build-up at the beginning was cool, and the ending twist was cool, but the middle was boring and repetitive. There were no chases or hide-and-seek moments. The past three Puppet Combo games have all been like this.
We never found anything STONGER. My life is incomplete! NOOOOO! Thanks for the playthrough!
Not every horror/puppet combo game has to be about some killer chasing you in an abandoned city/building. Like OBVIOUSLY that's going to be scary. I actually liked this game
I was half expecting Puppet Combo to just respond in the comments to John's direction request with "The subway is the other way John"
John and Puppet Combo. Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.
Captainsauce and multiplayer horror
235T1NGR4Y23 i can...
John and Jeff the killer games
Anthony and Joe Russo
Dashie and Super Mario Maker
John and Timore
"God, it's already Thursday" I could relate to that, watching this vid on Thursday
His smile in the beginning after he says "Puppet combo games" lit up my life for the moment lol
Ah shit, a boomer at 24? What is my life coming to?!
I know right... 25 in a few montha and john comparin us to the weak main character D:
Shut the fuck up, boomer
SLENDERFREAK5127 BRO LMAOOO
''There's static in the eyes''
There's static on the whole screen John
You know, the thing with the Backrooms is that they're what you would expect to see if you clipped through a wall _in an office._ I mean, that's obviously the intended aesthetic, right? The gross beige walls, the moldy carpet, the fluorescent lights that hum just a little too loudly...it's like you're exploring a corporate office that was abandoned thirty years ago.
So why do you fall into the Backrooms from a subway station in this game? It doesn't make sense for an office environment to exist in or near a subway. Actually, it would have been pretty cool if they extended the concept by having you fall into a Backrooms-esque subway nightmare. You could have, like, big open station areas with unreadable gibberish signs, and train tunnels where the track ends fifteen feet past the boarding area and there's just solid concrete. You climb up the stairs and into...another station. Maybe this one has a single passenger car on one track that plays the whole embarking/disembarking message on loop and the doors open and close every thirty seconds. Then you hear a train roll by downstairs, coming then going. But how is that possible if the tracks terminated just past the tunnels?
See, there's some serious potential in the concept of the Backrooms, especially if you aren't just looking to emulate the original story one-to-one. But hey, this is PuppetCombo. I seriously doubt that they have any interest in making original content.
Yeah, this could have been made up to be fairly better. I don't see why the character had to go to the subway anyway, they could've just kept him in the office and had him fall through a floor or something. I don't think Puppet Combo handled it poorly, in fact I quite enjoyed the game, I just think it could have been better.
The *idea* of the backrooms has soooo much potential. Especially if you look up what clipping through yer average vidya game can be like. But it's like Puppet Combo went with the most boring version of it.
Heck, even a generic office backroom could be better. The same plant that seems to be around every corner. The buzz of fluorescent lights, that one freaking light that flickers. Half empty offices, like people forgot to take everything with them. Meeting rooms with endless PowerPoint presentations and disembodied awkward chuckles. The stain in the roof of the break room that grows every day. The janitor no one ever sees except out of the corner of your eye at night. The parking garage. Etc etc.
You ever notice how you never see comments along the lines of “this new puppetcombo game was great,” but you do see a ton of “can't wait to see this new puppetcombo game”? It's almost like they have a lot of hype built up, but they never deliver on it...
Anyway, I'm only a few minutes in, but if this one keeps the trend going, I'm sure it'll be boring as fuck. Will update with results.
You didn't follow through, hypocrite
Miya Fair. In my defense, I had a ton of weird schedule shit going on IRL when I wrote that. I'll write my thoughts here since I'm already replying.
I will give PuppetCombo a little credit: they made a Backrooms game that _wasn't_ just a time-trial survival mode in which you run through the environment described in the original story while being chased by, like, a shadow monster man or something. Most of their additions to the Backrooms “lore” (a separate area you can get to by intentionally clipping through more walls, for example) were interesting and made sense for the setting.
Unfortunately, that's where my pros end. The story flip-flops between unbelievably dry and predictable, and borderline nonsensical. Who or what is the little girl? Who or what is her “daddy?” Who is the maniac near the end of the game, before you go crazy? Why does the protagonist stop to pick up and put on a mask while he is being actively hunted down by said maniac, who has already seen his face?
I went into more detail on this in another comment, but why do the protagonist and the hiker fall into the shitty-office-themed Backrooms from a subway and a mountain cave, respectively? This was a primo opportunity to build on the concept in a fresh way by creating a Backrooms-style area with a different theme (subway stations in this case) and unique new forms of weirdness, but they squander it. Hell, the protag _starts the game_ in an office. Why not just have him fall through a wall there? Ultimately, it feels like PuppetCombo were more focused on setting up individual story beats (like the masks and the coin purse) than ensuring that the thread running between them was any good. And unfortunately, this is not only the norm for PC, but you can actually see the quality nosediving between releases. Bad stories and heavy VHS distortion _were_ a good aesthetic for games like Power Drill Massacre and Nightripper, but those games were also produced as love letters to the low-budget direct-to-video slasher movies of the 80s and 90s. This game is very much not that. There's no reason for there to be such heavy film distortion, there isn't a singular villainous character to chase you around, and the violence just comes off as sudden and unnecessarily gory for the sake of being gory (of course, this is still a PC game, so I can't say I was surprised by it).
Overall, I feel like PC are stuck in some kind of death spiral. They made a name for themselves and built up a ton of fan hype with Babysitter Bloodbath, Power Drill Massacre, and Nightripper, but all of their works since then have been increasingly disappointing. It seems like they're _kind of_ trying to distance themselves from the slasher-film aesthetic and show that they can work with more diverse subgenres of horror, but they're half-assing it by clinging to “safe” stand-bys like the intentionally low-quality textures and models and the VHS filter. It all adds up to a catalog of games that I am having progressively more trouble remembering after I experience them. I honestly felt more unnerved by that game about keeping your garage door closed that John played in some X Random Horror Games video a while ago, and that was three minutes long at best.
Goddamn, I just wrote a lot of words about a bad game. I gotta go do something that's actually important.
Scratch-O at least you’re gonna give it a break down I’ll read what you said when I’m free and give my thoughts
@@Tinlion09 thank you
I like the concept of this game where you meet up with other people stuck in the backrooms instead of just wandering around lonely but the sound effects and visual effects are headache inducing and the story was half-assed for a puppet combo game. Also, the introduction of that cannibal guy towards the end of the game was just a terrible idea, there are entities that roam the backrooms, they could've made it so that one of them killed Sally.
Oh man, I always get excited for John Wolfe + Puppet Combo
Already saw Neco the Sergal play this but its always fun seeing you play, I love your commentary!
One of the chill horror youtubers I've seen
Happy to see people know Neco too
Stranger: "I'm a small town girl."
Me thinking of the song by Journey.
"Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere."
Gotta love John for not hesitating to say "Hail satan"
I find it funny how the only options are "I already have" or "HAIL SATAN!!"
Its not like there is at least one middle ground or anything
Jesus said "If you are not for me you are against me" (Matthew 12:30) so there actually isn't a middle ground lol
@@CJ-lr4uq Well technically being against Jesus does not necessarily make you for Satan. For Example, I'm sure depending on how they interpreted Aristotle, many ancient Greeks would view Jesus as one extreme to avoid, Satan being the other extreme to avoid. For clarification, Aristotle advocated avoiding Vice, but Vices were not just lacking a quality but also having too much of it. He advocated what he called the "Virtuous Mean"
So if a person followed Aristotle's ethics, and interpreted Christ as being just another extreme, then they would theoretically be both against Jesus, but also against Satan cause Satan is just the other extreme.
@@andrew-paulclements1502 you're going by what a fallible human philosopher speculated about, and I'm going off what the one who claimed to be God said, so we're coming from two astronomically different worlds here. Jesus (and all of the Bible) claim that humans by default are servants of Satan, whether we think we are or not until we repent and accept Christ as Savior.
If you actually read the Bible you'll see why you can't be against Christ, yet not for Satan. The statement in and of itself is a contradiction.
@@andrew-paulclements1502 Many Ancient Greeks would view many modern virtues such as not fucking animals and not sodomizing children as extremes to avoid. You do realize the Greeks would eventually realize how disgusting their way of life was, and abandoned it when they were enlightened on the way of God and Christ, right?
I still wish this game had a bit more too it, it’s really interesting
8:00
I literally forgot that this was a "backrooms" game I was waiting to see what was at the top of those subway steps 😪😪😪
This game looks so unituitive. thanks for playing man!
The whole city is like Midnight club and the building scene is like from Parasite Eve 2.
Lol never played or seen parasite eve. Is it as bad as the backrooms part?
They should've built up Sally's character more so that there was an actual impact when she died and more impact on Terrence, giving him a more believable reason to become a hunter.
I become so happy when I see "John Wolfe" and "Puppet Combo" pop up on the channel.
*S T O N G E R*
The sound is atrocious. When are you going to play more of the nightshift sequel?
@Rage virus and zombification are 2 diverse concepts I thought that was the name but wasn't 100 and didn't want to look stupid. Haha
The whole Backrooms concept just absolutely terrifies me. Getting completely lost in a mundane environment with no way to get out, and the fact that you could just clip into it at anytime; it fucks me up.
PUPPET COMBOS IS THE BEST BUT WITH JOHN IT IS EVEN BETTER
This game definitely has its issues but I actually love this game to bits, and I genuinely think it’s one of the best visions for a backrooms game.
I LOVE the monster for this game and think it’s one of puppet combo’s best designed monsters for sure. The sound design is hit or miss for me but the visuals all of the way through are very intriguing, especially the city at the beginning (Another example of puppet combos expertise at urban environments).
As for the story, I like the twist done for this vision of the backrooms, I personally dislike the thought that the backrooms are just a different realm that dives into multiple others, and seeing it as a sort of purgatory where horrors of your past hunt you is chilling and just perfect for the environment and atmosphere that the backrooms entail. A genuinely near-perfect game imo.
damn. this game bored me at first, pulled me back in during the flashback and totally sold me on the concept, then went back and totally turned me off of it again. what an exhausting experience lmao props to some bold fucking experimentation though
I feel like this game takes place in purgatory,the dream that the player character has is about the backrooms being in a morg (or cemetery idk what its called),all of the characters who “fell” into the backrooms might have been by dieying thats why they dont remember how they got there,the player character probably got into a train accident while heading back home,the hiker lady died by maybe tripping and falling from the cliffs,and at the end the lady with the swimsuit might have drowned,the person whos hunting down people is someone who died long ago maybe some kind of cerial killer or something and hasent repented for his sins and the little girl might ither be related to the murderer or a kind of spirit guiding people to the afterlife heaven or hell,thats why she knows the way out of this place,another reason why i think this is purgatory is because of the music,it sounds like something out of a waiting room which is basicly purgatory a kind of waiting room where you can repent for your sins or stay there for the rest of eternity,another thing is the mask,sence when the player wore the mask he basicly went insaine i feel like this is him ither not changing or accpting that he is dead and clinging to his desires and like lust gluttony ect,i also feel like the “monster”(?) is ither death or a devil wanting to bring souls down to hell
It's unfortunate. They tried to innovate from the overused running and finding items mechanic, and ended up making something bland, confusing and consequently uninteresting
Did you play it tho?
@@tarjet3867 i did. and it was boring and slow
32:04 John: What is this?!!
Me: It's called motion sickness
Okay listen it's a nice game and all but the background noise on day three makes me want to stab my ear holes. Couldn't even hear John sometimes because of it.
Same
I feel like the audio glitched. There's no way that that looping static continues all the way into the credits, completely unchanged. But yeah, other than that, this definitely had potential to be a much greater game. I forgot the name of it, but it could've been like that one game where you're lost in long corridors of an office building while an MSPaint drawing comes to kill you. If it was more like that, with some kind of hard-to-see hunter that required to use audio to know where they are, it would've been better probably. As is it's kind of just the standard 'looping place cause person to lose their mind' kind of deal.
i watched kubz scouts play this and the sound is supposed to stop after the main character passes out smh
I'm almost as excited to see new Puppet Combo games as I am hearing about a new good AAA game.
One of the only things I find horrifying is the back rooms. The idea of the silent, weird rooms suddenly having staticky noises with monsters lurking about drives me up a wall,, I would never want to be trapped there haha
I feel like the game would have been more interesting if it was more like a "mystery dungeon" where more enemies lurk it, and to get to the next floor you have to complete a different task every time.
I would've adored that
I like how John remembers the directions so quickly. I would be going around in circles lmao