6:19 So the developers know that they need to use fake company names to avoid possible trouble with companies that they are spoofing, Yet they seem to forget that using actual direct game artwork is arguably gonna get them in more trouble with said companies, plus actual game cutscenes and audio. I remember this is Konami that is willing to send DMCA's to P.T. fan games.
Yeah what was the main storyline? How are they the same person? Time traveling or their souls split into two. And the original person was one bring? I need to rewatch it
My cat is very inspired by your playing style, Chris. We all returned home after a long time abroad, and the first thing he did when let out of his carrying case, was go to the entrance door and try to open it. I could hear the "Can I leave?" in my head!
That mother/daughter zombie in a lighthouse story was actually the storyline of another indie game relatively recently... Like the past couple years. I can't remember the name, but it's after the dad finally decides to stop this life and hangs himself in the lighthouse.
This, and the motel game took a lot of its premise from Fears to Fathom's newest chapter, AND I swear I've seen a better and bigger indie horror reminiscent of the quarantine game as well. In general, it looks like they heavily reused popular concepts from the past ~year and only vaguely made an attempt to add their own spin. Really disappointing.
No you're right because I remembered someone playing it. I wonder if it was made by the same company & they're just reusing it. If they are; they could have added some new stuff or made it later then the original game
@@jeremyhall2727 yeah, it felt super anticlimactic. As soon as they said he had a wedding ring, paired with the name of the game being lighthouse, it was completely spoiled. What a shame.
Every single one of the games was actually a really good premise. There was just a pay off missing. Like a chase scene for the first one. A stealth section for the second one. A fight your way out section from the third one.
Volume 1 was quirky, a bit scary, and just an all around good game. I was so stoked to see volume 2 already done and ready to play....sadly we spoke too soon....maybe next time they'll take a bit longer to make not only the game is mostly bug free, but also has a decent storyline cause these all seemed rush.
I’d have to agree with you, Chris. This was definitely a let down compared to volume 1. The first volume was just more cohesive thematically and still retained my interest through to the end. Just like you mentioned, this was a bunch of good ideas but they never were fleshed out all the way. Errors and bugs aside, the last game just stuck out like a sore thumb because it didn’t have anything in common with the other three games besides that gas station.
So Volume 1 had you watch VHS Tapes and each Segment pretty much had you do some game-like stuff, while Volume 2 has you play Video Games and each Segment was pretty much short walking sims they might as well be short films.
That lighthouse game seems eerily familiar. I believe a game in one of the HauntedPS1 jams had the exact same story. Edit: Right, it's "Real Stories from the Grave Episode 1: The Body" which was indeed in a HPS1 game jam back in April 2020.
I feel like the first one did really well, and to capitalize upon that success the developer felt like they needed to get a sequel out ASAP. So they just threw this together haphazardly over the course of a week. It is really inferior to the first one in just about every way. A shame. If they had just taken time to do a proper sequel they would have still been able to capitalize on the first one, and build a strong reputation. Instead it feels like they are just in it to make as much cash as fast as possible.
That third game was a direct rip off of another lighthouse indie horror game I have seen before. Except you feed your family then off yourself in the original.
@DuckSauce i knew it reminded me of something... so i went to look and its this one!! It's called "real stories from the grave: the body" heres the video of when cju played it: th-cam.com/video/wMVkxqIzo8c/w-d-xo.html
This definitely felt like a collection of half finished ideas, and imo the first one was a bit on the nose, unscary, and too "quarantine/gov't bad" for my taste...
Our hoping was too high 👍🏾 yeah I didn't think about that until now. We hype it up too much. I did that too some movies. And I was so disappointed when I watch them.
You know....Chris could make many different videos showcasing each game one at a time but instead he posts one giant 1hour video and it's MUCH appreciated!! ❤️❤️❤️
these are absolutely fucking ridiculous but in such an endearing way. i enjoy the silly level of surrealism and genuinely had a blast, both with the goofy aspects and of course with chris’s commentary, as always. 😄
Well, actually I am dissappointed... the lighthouse might be from a story but reminded me too much of the other game where the protagonist is feeding his family and the bonus game...nah come on they probably could have done better 😕 at least I had over an hour CJU 😅
Yeah, the lighthouse one is basically the story of "Real Stories from the Grave" from the setting to the mother & daughter zombie. At least that game has a decent closure to it.
I liked the chainsaw in the last game as a cue the killer was nearby, a lot more than the weird screaming of the lady from the pizza delivery game. A running chainsaw is pretty good for putting someone on edge IMO. It is a bit funny to think about this guy just walking around his house carrying an idling chainsaw though! 😆 It must stink from the gas exhaust, in my experience of going to haunted houses that have a chainsaw scare.
Everyone is being really polite about this, which says a lot for your community, but it needs to be bluntly said; this volume was a ripoff of other games and at best was a collection of stolen cakes with different frostings added to cover it so it could sell. I watch a lot of horror content and there is absolutely a game about the lighthouse with the exact same premise, the quarantine game reminds me of one I'm pretty sure you played but perhaps it was on a "3 Scary games" video done by someone else, and the video game one just felt like that game where you have to kill people and feed the hole - mouth thingy. Pizza delivery is right too. This entry knocked down my respect of this publisher by quite a lot and they don't deserve my doing the homework to check, so I'll just say I hope they ripped of their own stuff...
-The golden key having the description of a gas valve 🤣🤣🤣 -The gas valve having the description of a screwdriver 😂😂😂🤣 -Keys weighing 1000 pounds for no reason 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Say what you will about the first game, but all its segments, including the school shooting one, never had these glaring development flaws.
i swear i heard this soundtrack from the beginning of the secret of lighthouse at the bar scene 35:39, i forgot the name it has the same beat as 'Boys do fall in love'
The story chapters needed to be a bit more expansive with more to do. Not quite so linear. The bonus chapter was formulaic, but it did have some anxiety and scares to it. The whole 4 chapters need a lot of polishing though.
Tbh I didn’t think the first one was all that great so I didn’t have super high hopes for this one anyway. It wasn’t terrible, just not all that great.
Generally, I am always in minority when it comes to appreciating the games or not liking some of the overrated projects, but I agree with the majority on this one being a huge miss. First of all, the quality for the Volume 2 has dropped drastically compare to Volume 1 - weird animations, stock used assets and sound effects, I mean, the first one was genuinely creepy and interesting and more edgy in a good way, while this was is dry. And I am not the one to critique other people's work, but when the developer brings an exceptional Volume one and asks you to buy Volume 2 and hypes up the game, you kind of ask for more and you are right to be asking more. Josh's storyline was also blunt and did not took me by surprise. I did enjoy The Secret of Lighthouse more than the others. Hope the developer will bring something fresh or in same quality that Volume 1 was.
I believe the developer made the last game unsatisfying, so the player want to play more = Josh would kill to play more games. The plague doctor is the real player yourself, him, Josh, and you(player) is the same person.
This was exactly as you said...rushed and buggy. I'm kind of disappointed. They really need to go back through and fix it. It could have been really good. A shame really. But watching you play was the best.😁👍
Aaaaaaaand one more game, that confuses the swiss flag with the red cross :D The red cross is called that way, because it is... a red cross on white ground. The other way round it's the swiss flag. Like that: Sorry, sometimes my little know-it-all has to get out 😆
I swear I've seen the light house story in another game. All in all volume 2 sure seemed rushed out Lil too straight forward too like "here's a premise, pickup a thing, read text, get predictably bad ending" Shame really cuz volume 1 was pretty Good and had more to it.
All of the games were basically some mild rip-offs from other games: Silent Hill, Nun Massacre. The best thing in this gameplay was CJU with a giraffe behind him =D
This was a big step down from the first one. The first one had a great connecting story and a strong sense of dread. The games were all similar and pretty basic.
_I think i prefer vol 1 more than this one. Vol 2 is kinda confusing._ _It's hard for me to understand the storyline about the entire game. Oh the lighthouse one sound and feels a lot like another horror game , i forgot the name but it feels so familiar._ 🤔 *_But Thank You, i really enjoyed the video Chris!_* #IndieGames #MidnightTales *Vol 2*
6:19 So the developers know that they need to use fake company names to avoid possible trouble with companies that they are spoofing, Yet they seem to forget that using actual direct game artwork is arguably gonna get them in more trouble with said companies, plus actual game cutscenes and audio. I remember this is Konami that is willing to send DMCA's to P.T. fan games.
The storyline on this one felt like trying to remember and make a game from a fever dream you had a month ago.
Yeah what was the main storyline? How are they the same person? Time traveling or their souls split into two. And the original person was one bring? I need to rewatch it
My cat is very inspired by your playing style, Chris. We all returned home after a long time abroad, and the first thing he did when let out of his carrying case, was go to the entrance door and try to open it. I could hear the "Can I leave?" in my head!
>shows up inside house around midnight
>Vaguely tells me he's gonna "amuse" me
>Does not elaborate
>Hands me some bootleg PS games
>Leaves
If you want more sketchy games.... you will kill
I want more sketchy games!..... I will kill!
That mother/daughter zombie in a lighthouse story was actually the storyline of another indie game relatively recently... Like the past couple years. I can't remember the name, but it's after the dad finally decides to stop this life and hangs himself in the lighthouse.
This, and the motel game took a lot of its premise from Fears to Fathom's newest chapter, AND I swear I've seen a better and bigger indie horror reminiscent of the quarantine game as well. In general, it looks like they heavily reused popular concepts from the past ~year and only vaguely made an attempt to add their own spin. Really disappointing.
No you're right because I remembered someone playing it. I wonder if it was made by the same company & they're just reusing it. If they are; they could have added some new stuff or made it later then the original game
@@NamelessKnights Like how some movies just copy something that was awesome & refused it.
@@jeremyhall2727 yeah, it felt super anticlimactic. As soon as they said he had a wedding ring, paired with the name of the game being lighthouse, it was completely spoiled. What a shame.
@@NamelessKnights yeah, this was terribly disappointing for me.
Every single one of the games was actually a really good premise. There was just a pay off missing. Like a chase scene for the first one. A stealth section for the second one. A fight your way out section from the third one.
Volume 1 was quirky, a bit scary, and just an all around good game. I was so stoked to see volume 2 already done and ready to play....sadly we spoke too soon....maybe next time they'll take a bit longer to make not only the game is mostly bug free, but also has a decent storyline cause these all seemed rush.
13:20 You are now playing a game, within a game, within a game.....
How deep can we go?
@@CJUGames Just go ask Alice maybe She can help You get out of Wonderland
I’d have to agree with you, Chris. This was definitely a let down compared to volume 1. The first volume was just more cohesive thematically and still retained my interest through to the end. Just like you mentioned, this was a bunch of good ideas but they never were fleshed out all the way. Errors and bugs aside, the last game just stuck out like a sore thumb because it didn’t have anything in common with the other three games besides that gas station.
Vol 2 just don't feel right
That's probably why it wasn't part of the story mode, just a bonus... even though it was the longest game of them all.
Feels like a B-side collection. Like the games that didn't make it into Volume 1
So Volume 1 had you watch VHS Tapes and each Segment pretty much had you do some game-like stuff, while Volume 2 has you play Video Games and each Segment was pretty much short walking sims they might as well be short films.
They definitely have a quality soundtrack. I will give them that.
That lighthouse game seems eerily familiar. I believe a game in one of the HauntedPS1 jams had the exact same story.
Edit: Right, it's "Real Stories from the Grave Episode 1: The Body" which was indeed in a HPS1 game jam back in April 2020.
That scream at 14:57 was definitely Ashleys scream from RE4; I know that annoying scream anywhere 😂 "Help me Leon"
Volume 1 was great and looking forward to this. Well... that was a disappointment.
Game #4 is the best game of the volume for the simple fact that it contains actual gameplay. :p
I feel like the first one did really well, and to capitalize upon that success the developer felt like they needed to get a sequel out ASAP. So they just threw this together haphazardly over the course of a week. It is really inferior to the first one in just about every way. A shame. If they had just taken time to do a proper sequel they would have still been able to capitalize on the first one, and build a strong reputation. Instead it feels like they are just in it to make as much cash as fast as possible.
Hopefully your a woman lol you started your sentence with i feel like Jesus guys don't say this women do
38:54 That's some "have you heard of the High Elves " moment.
37:23 is true, unless it's a *_very_* large piece of toast.
Yup, I agree with your comments, Chris. Volume 2 was a letdown, but you never are.
That third game was a direct rip off of another lighthouse indie horror game I have seen before. Except you feed your family then off yourself in the original.
I might have even played it myself 😂
@@CJUGames Yeah I think you did. I remember you had to carry the body in your arms and on a boat all the way to the lighthouse.
@@kaonicks Me to. I looked all over for it but couldn't find it. I think it was also part of a series.
@DuckSauce i knew it reminded me of something... so i went to look and its this one!! It's called "real stories from the grave: the body" heres the video of when cju played it: th-cam.com/video/wMVkxqIzo8c/w-d-xo.html
@@rhythmfruits great job finding it.😀
This definitely felt like a collection of half finished ideas, and imo the first one was a bit on the nose, unscary, and too "quarantine/gov't bad" for my taste...
First VHS tapes, second PS1 games, third: DVDs with region lock 666?
Thanks for playing this. I love this series as well as your commentary!
The 3rd one 😆 maybe
13:38 lol So you're playing a video game, in a video game, in a video game? haha Brilliant!!!
I think the first game left us with too high expectations for the second lol. I liked the first one a lot better, this one was kind of silly...
Our hoping was too high 👍🏾 yeah I didn't think about that until now. We hype it up too much. I did that too some movies. And I was so disappointed when I watch them.
You know....Chris could make many different videos showcasing each game one at a time but instead he posts one giant 1hour video and it's MUCH appreciated!! ❤️❤️❤️
Surprised noone's really pointed it out but those were impressive headshots dude holy shit
these are absolutely fucking ridiculous but in such an endearing way. i enjoy the silly level of surrealism and genuinely had a blast, both with the goofy aspects and of course with chris’s commentary, as always. 😄
Its always sad when the sequel doesn't live up.
I like how as you were trying to find redeeming qualities in the bonus game you became more disappointed 😅😂
This one seems like a rush job for sure.
They look like cheap rip off of puppet combo games lol
For the the goofiness (intentional or not) work so well mixed with the horror element!
First volume was definitely better, it just feels like it needed more work. Always glad to watch a new video from you though!
josh really out here going “i’ll murder someone for a video game” and that sealed this games faith for me.
You were good. This game was not. What a huge letdown from the first one.
Well, actually I am dissappointed... the lighthouse might be from a story but reminded me too much of the other game where the protagonist is feeding his family and the bonus game...nah come on they probably could have done better 😕 at least I had over an hour CJU 😅
Yeah, the lighthouse one is basically the story of "Real Stories from the Grave" from the setting to the mother & daughter zombie. At least that game has a decent closure to it.
I was thinking what to wach before going to sleep... here's the answer!
I liked the chainsaw in the last game as a cue the killer was nearby, a lot more than the weird screaming of the lady from the pizza delivery game. A running chainsaw is pretty good for putting someone on edge IMO.
It is a bit funny to think about this guy just walking around his house carrying an idling chainsaw though! 😆
It must stink from the gas exhaust, in my experience of going to haunted houses that have a chainsaw scare.
Very entertaining. Thank you for playing, CJU!
Everyone is being really polite about this, which says a lot for your community, but it needs to be bluntly said; this volume was a ripoff of other games and at best was a collection of stolen cakes with different frostings added to cover it so it could sell. I watch a lot of horror content and there is absolutely a game about the lighthouse with the exact same premise, the quarantine game reminds me of one I'm pretty sure you played but perhaps it was on a "3 Scary games" video done by someone else, and the video game one just felt like that game where you have to kill people and feed the hole - mouth thingy. Pizza delivery is right too. This entry knocked down my respect of this publisher by quite a lot and they don't deserve my doing the homework to check, so I'll just say I hope they ripped of their own stuff...
th-cam.com/video/k7o2UfwEQaE/w-d-xo.html
I'm just going to leave this here and say number three.
I choose to see this as a comedy and in that regards it's a classic.
Noice!! These ones are great! Thanks for the upload Chris, your the man!
Great video as always. Agree this collection of games was rushed and are too short.
1995 I was 14yrs old the good Ile times. Feels like yesterday, time flies by cherish every moment
wow!!34:15 harsh always check the backseats and trunk
Never trust a motel with the word VAGANCY instead of VACANCY
The music at 33:44 (when she gets in car) is definitely "Time" from "Inception". lol
-The golden key having the description of a gas valve 🤣🤣🤣
-The gas valve having the description of a screwdriver 😂😂😂🤣
-Keys weighing 1000 pounds for no reason 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Say what you will about the first game, but all its segments, including the school shooting one, never had these glaring development flaws.
The real scare is that neither the game master bath nor the guy's home master bath has a shower. He must smell lol
The many bugs with the names and descriptions of inventory items alone show that this game was rushed/not properly bug-tested.
I'm so excited for this!! Vol 1 was amazing
26:53 that is a nice car
Yeah that soundtrack is slammin! That 80s horror electronica!! Yuppp
The first Playstation was not wireless, but Gonystation is, it is ahead of its time. lol
In his credits, he thanks *TurboSquid.* TurboSquid sells VERY high-quality, VERY expensive 3D models. Where he *_used_* them, I have no idea!
These types of games are such a treat but I don’t know why.
The true horror was the layout and design of that house.
*correction: these houses
In the gas station I was kinda hoping the police would randomly appear, and you'd have to go in butcher mode and kill everybody there to escape.
24:06 *me having watched Existenz* yes. yes that is a console
38:31 - Man 616 games were made to be like this, that's why they're called trash games, the wierd things are intentional!haha
Volume 1 was awesomeeee. I can't wait.
These games are slapped together and highly unoriginal - - some are almost 1-1 remakes of other games. I would stop giving this dev attention.
i swear i heard this soundtrack from the beginning of the secret of lighthouse at the bar scene 35:39, i forgot the name it has the same beat as 'Boys do fall in love'
I was looking forward to this game, thank you so much Chris!!!
The music was absolutely excellent, but the game itself was... yeah.
This game was DEFINITELY rushed!! Oh my goodness I'm shocked they released this. Volume 1 is SO much better!!
The story chapters needed to be a bit more expansive with more to do. Not quite so linear. The bonus chapter was formulaic, but it did have some anxiety and scares to it. The whole 4 chapters need a lot of polishing though.
The Gonystation gave me Feed me Billy vibes.
Da f*ck when SCP-049-J became a game delivery guy.
Tbh I didn’t think the first one was all that great so I didn’t have super high hopes for this one anyway. It wasn’t terrible, just not all that great.
Generally, I am always in minority when it comes to appreciating the games or not liking some of the overrated projects, but I agree with the majority on this one being a huge miss.
First of all, the quality for the Volume 2 has dropped drastically compare to Volume 1 - weird animations, stock used assets and sound effects, I mean, the first one was genuinely creepy and interesting and more edgy in a good way, while this was is dry. And I am not the one to critique other people's work, but when the developer brings an exceptional Volume one and asks you to buy Volume 2 and hypes up the game, you kind of ask for more and you are right to be asking more. Josh's storyline was also blunt and did not took me by surprise.
I did enjoy The Secret of Lighthouse more than the others. Hope the developer will bring something fresh or in same quality that Volume 1 was.
2:20 I wonder if they chose 'G' as the starting letter for the games console, because it was also known as the 'Grey Station'
i feel like they gave up before they even started when making this.
I believe the developer made the last game unsatisfying, so the player want to play more = Josh would kill to play more games. The plague doctor is the real player yourself, him, Josh, and you(player) is the same person.
This was exactly as you said...rushed and buggy. I'm kind of disappointed. They really need to go back through and fix it. It could have been really good. A shame really. But watching you play was the best.😁👍
lol it seems like he still misses a lot of details
A pandemic game to play during a pandemic.
Cju try playing "The Closing Shift" it's a japanese horror game
Aaaaaaaand one more game, that confuses the swiss flag with the red cross :D The red cross is called that way, because it is... a red cross on white ground. The other way round it's the swiss flag. Like that: Sorry, sometimes my little know-it-all has to get out 😆
Lmfao the motel sign says Vagancy 😅
I love these so much! Some great nostalgia for me in my favorite campy horror era!
Samehere Queen , am loving this🎃🦇⚰️🧟♂️🧟♀️
Oh my days! more of midnight tales!
The first one was so good!!! Excited AF!
I swear I've seen the light house story in another game.
All in all volume 2 sure seemed rushed out
Lil too straight forward too like "here's a premise, pickup a thing, read text, get predictably bad ending"
Shame really cuz volume 1 was pretty Good and had more to it.
Yes, I saw his page in the steam store, Rafael Braza, is a brazilian developer. Nice. I suppose that meant the lighter still have fluid. I just guess.
All of the games were basically some mild rip-offs from other games: Silent Hill, Nun Massacre. The best thing in this gameplay was CJU with a giraffe behind him =D
Now I want a butter-machete...
Cool, I was wondering when part 2 was coming.
Really liked vol. 1 hope this is as good or maybe even better 🙃
This was a fun watch
What? Already? That's crazy!
That was crazy!
This was a big step down from the first one. The first one had a great connecting story and a strong sense of dread. The games were all similar and pretty basic.
Nice! More Midnight Tales!
These games.Remind of the "Puppet Combo Games"😁
2:49 You in Silent Hill now, son
The song at the very beginning of the video is amazing! If anyone knows what it is please let me know!
What a shame. The 1st one was so good. Maybe the 3rd one will be better. 🤕
The 4th game was the only one that even pretended you had agency as the player. I'm not sure these compare at all to the first volume.
_I think i prefer vol 1 more than this one. Vol 2 is kinda confusing._ _It's hard for me to understand the storyline about the entire game. Oh the lighthouse one sound and feels a lot like another horror game , i forgot the name but it feels so familiar._ 🤔
*_But Thank You, i really enjoyed the video Chris!_*
#IndieGames #MidnightTales *Vol 2*
Music is Banger