I can't help but imagine the person fixing the anomaly is a guy coming in with a rolled up newspaper and smacking the ghosts until they stop acting up.
"Intruder reported." I felt that there are bunch of people run into the house and beat the shit out of those intruders.. "There, we fixed it for you, what's next?" John: "the building is missing.."
You break into a house to make some money, you spot a security camera and wave at it, knowing that it doesn't matter since you have a mask anyway. You get out of the house and a bunch of people pull up in a van and beat you up, as you're fading into unconsiousness you hear one of them say "anomaly fixed"
The thing that gets me about this game is that while there's very little actual lore, it does have like, the *suggestion* of a lot of lore. Like, who do you work for? Why does this job exist? What are the anomalies? How do they get removed? So many questions yet basically zero answers
I like the idea of this world where these weird anomalies appear so frequently that you only need to report one and it gets corrected. I find it really unsettling.
What little lore there is also brings up even more questions. In all three games (as there are two other games in this series), the name "Timothy" is brought up and it seems like he's somehow involved in or responsible for these anomalies. But that just make everything stranger, because we don't know who he is, why he's doing this, or if he is even human.
Felt pretty generic and shallow to me, tbh. None of it really stands out in any way, it's just the same formal/military jargon from some unknown entity that you get in other games, in yet another FNAF-ish game. They could've done things like name the locations more than 'old house' and 'new house', give the monsters unique names beyond just 'ghost', etc. To each their own, I suppose.
Not my words, but I read on a comment on another video saying that this game is for those people not brave enough to step out of the van in Phasmophobia.
This game makes me feel kind of nervous and uncomfortable, even though it doesn't have any screamers at all. I just was constantly expecting something sudden, loud and unpleasant to happen. Love it!
I like how its like silly things at first like "haha changed your painting, oop now your guitar is all funny lol, whoops stole your chair" and then 4 am hits and its like "don't mind jerry he likes to watch you sleep"
its my favorite horror game style- all the jumpscare setup, without the jumpscares. they make you tense and on edge and uncomfortable but never give you that jolt to release it so it just keeps building and building on itself
Mad respect for no jumpscares. The fact that you have to pay really close attention trying to spot little differences, sometimes leaning in to see, gives the dev the perfect chance to really screw you over with some up in your face scares. They didn't do that though, and I really appreciate it. Restraint you rarely see from indie horror stuff.
My favorite anomaly I've seen is one of the intruders. You'd try and fix him but afterwards see "failed to fix anomaly." and the intruder then acknowledges you which is an unexpected scare. and then seeing "no anomaly of type 'intruder' found in (location)." after trying to report again tops it off. I don't know if this only happens with a specific intruder or specific location or if it's chance with any intruder etc but I know it can happen and It hits especially with you being used to the anomalies being fixed. having the "fixing anomaly" screen end only to see the anomaly still there and closer pulls you back for a moment.
And that only works so well because of how rare it is. Once again, showing some incredible restraint with making some of your most effective scares significantly more effective... by making sure half your audience doesn't get to experience them.
I really liked this one, it's like a creepy "find the difference" with some genuinely creepy moments once the intruders and ghosts start showing up. I would love to see this concept expanded upon, mostly because I'd love to watch you play more of something like this, lol.
@@lapislazuli06 cause he hates playing the same indie horror shit games all the time. He’s not “different” lmfao. Your comment is the kind he roasts all the time. You youtubers never fail to prove him right lul…. and what makes it even better is that you have an anime avatar lololololol
This game could very well be within the SCP world. There are a lot of things that are very mysterious and some aren't even harmful, they're just, as the game puts it, anomalies.
@@Traveler_202 Nope. Not an SCP fan, it just has that same vibe of "unknown things that should not be made public". If you can't stand people bringing it up on things related to horror, try this:
Yeah I was thinking that, the abyss opening, reality distorting, weirdos, but what really solidified it for me was the “you’re at work” aspect of it. Work for whom? The SCP foundation?
Unfortunately the sequels get progressively worse than the first game. The second game is still pretty solid but it's already treading familiar waters and is just a rehashing of the first game, and the third game is almost a self parody.
@@davemichael798 It's random. Whether you get any of the truly scary anomalies is the luck of the draw. There are at least a hundred or so different anomalies, but you'd only ever be able to see 25-30 per playthrough because the entire game is based on surviving a set amount of time. It's intended to be played multiple times because chances are very high you'll see something new every time you do.
@@smward87 aw lame :( I feel like this game could have been great if it had got a little more notice back in 2018 and got better at horror like Welcome to the Game did
you can tell that this is a good game because this video was 30 minutes but felt like it was 10. There's something to be said about these short and sweet point and click horror games, they take a very simple concept and do it either well enough or weird enough to make it work, this one was definitely on the weird side but still really fun to watch, I'm most likely going to grab it and give it a go myself.
Now here's a game that's way more unsettling than most horror games out there. The idea of these anomalies appearing all around like an object distorting, a growing hole appearing on the floor or a figure appearing in your home is truly terrifying.
Dude, I seriously think John should stream this. Just to have everyone help him out while we go crazy staring at the screen. I think we'd get really into it!!!
@@redvelvett22 He's really nice during streams. People normally push his buttons during streams and it makes him like that. Most likely the annoying people will be kicked. Especially the spammers.
John: "Imagine someone having a mannequin torso hanging out by their bed, no thanks" Me *a fashion student with a dress form currently right beside my bed*: "Uhhhhhhhhhh, yeaaaah... Super weird, why would anyone have that?"
@@maow-tty-archive I've been out of the closet for years, I'm not going back!! (in all seriousness it's full of clothes lmao and Jackie the dress form chills beside my bed)
The anomalies increase as you go. After missing 3 anomalies, you’ll start to get a warning. You can only send 1 anomaly at a time but can cycle through the camera to find other things. When you hear the clock chime it’s just letting you know the time with each chime. The game will be a little cheap and move smaller objects like the ash tray or adding pills. Ps, can’t wait for you to see a certain person in the kitchen😜
@@Chris-gk1bp There is hidden lore, and the game is beatable. Also, there are a few "events" that can happen that lock you in place and you need to react quickly or you're a goner. You can see one in this video, where the corridor starts to slowly distort. If John wasn't fast enough, he'd have died there! That means switching through cameras while reporting an anomaly can actually make you lose, so it's a double-edged sword if you try to be too quick with searching for anomalies :)
This looks like such a fun game, and you seem to actually be enjoying it! Here's to hoping you keep on top of this streak of finding and playing games you enjoy playing!
I kinda wanted him to fix an anomaly like the naked guy in the bathroom, the game's like "All fixed!" and he's still there or smth, but I don't think that's what this game is about.
That guy in the bathroom freaked me out. And the "normal" painting in the new house's bedroom would have sent me running just as fast as the torso would have.
I like to imagine that when you report the intruders, agent 47 steps into the scene and fiber wires them and takes them out of sight before the image returns.
While not an outright horror game, it's still really quite creepy, and the seeking out subtle changes is a simple but fun concept. I'll need to go get this myself for sure.
I think that ever since FNAF, I'm always on edge whenever I'm watching a series of camera POVs in case something tries to give me a jump scare on camera.
Also I'm so glad that as a fan of hidden objects game devs never placed jumpscares as you concentrate, I mean that would be a game changer (and a heart stopper xD)
I don't know if someone else brought it up, but i think the secret that the main menu references has something to do with the voice you heared at 3:26. It said that you had to go to the balcony at 3:30 AM and insert Mandela's death date. You didn't do it because you couldn't understand the voice.
It's funny how I wasn't even paying much attention, but in some cases (actually it was 1 or 2 times) I would find my eyes automatically directing at some thing for no reason, and then finding out it was indeed different. Interesting game. Would want to see more.
A story arc would make this more fun, like you work to watch on other houses and in the end it's your house you're observing and you see intruders and ghosts and sht and they are all interconnected or something.
yea this is already really cool but there's so much room for this concept to grow. A story arc, more intense and scary locations to monitor later on as you progress. Perhaps things to manage on top of simply spotting anomalies, or some anomalies being dangerous in some way, where while the report is taking it's sweet time pending, you have to be careful and do something (or not do something) to avoid the anomaly doing something bad to you.
@@Vonias I do think that if the more dangerous anomalies were too common then they wouldn't hit as hard as they do. However, maybe the lack of events was just bad RNG.
@@Vonias the game does have a story. It's got two more games in the series and a bunch of secrets. I can also say that there are anomolies like what you described. Without spoiling, there are anomolies that get closer over time. (I experienced that one. The anomoly got closer and closer until the report finished. Creepy stuff) there is also another anomoly that really catches you off guard when you report it, play for yourself and you'll see what I mean.
At 3:26 it says "Balcony. 3:30. Input year of Mandela's death." (this allegedly leads to a secret ending) I know this video is a year old at this point but it's fun how many little secrets and weird things are in these games. I know by this point John has said the formula has worn on him, but I keep finding myself coming back to these videos and I always notice/hear something new.
This is such a weirdly neat concept for a game I'm actually shocked something like this has never been done before. Like the idea of being just some SCP security guard watching over highly anomalous areas to ensure stability in the region? I like it!
Would love to see more of this - just as a heads up, since I've seen good runs fall to this, in the new house theres an anomoly in the kitchen that needs a double report. First as an intruder, which will fail, then as a new report that shows up in the list.
This game is great tbh. I hope John plays this again, specifically another new house run. There's one anomaly that happens in the kitchen that I'd love for him to see.
Please play the Japanese horror game "Go Home." I only found out about it recently and it creeped me out. It was definitely something...different. Edit: Glad to see that some agree! :D
The backstory I have in my head for this is that this is an SCP, the cameras are showing live footage of either a house that doesn't really exist, no longer exists, or a house the SCP Foundation can't find, and you're playing as a D rank or intern or something monitoring the footage. Still NO idea how correctly reporting fixes the anomalies or what happens when you lose.
I actually really love this game and was excited to see you play it, I'd love more of it myself. I think it's actually bizarrely effective with the spookiness when figures actually show up.
after playing this game myself I have to say your experience was actually pretty tame compared to what I've seen. there are a lot creepier things that can appear
22:00 I was thinking the same thing. The WTTG atmosphere would be so perfect in the background of this. Keeps people on edge. Imagine if you had access to see your own office where your character is on the camera and you got to fix anomalies creeping on yourself. That'd be very creepy.
This is the first game I’ve seen that legit gives me chills. I think it’s just the emptiness and isolation of everything coupled with the eerie paintings and the feeling that something is off.
The menu music sounds like someone is trying to tune an instrument except they don't know what note they're trying to tune to so they're just winging it.
I’m genuinely impressed, John. I didn’t expect you to enjoy this game haha. But you are really good at anything that needs you to remember things. Which is why you were able to notice slight changes hahahah because I struggled while trying to look with you 😆
I love how the title says "I'm on Observation Duty." and the monster in the thumbnail is circled like john is like. "I found it, I have done my observation duty"
You're actually the first person I've seen play this--I never knew it existed until today! But now I find myself really intrigued by it and wanna see if it gets spookier haha
this game was actually really cool, the way it got creepier was really nice because you weren’t expecting that type of scare from the usual anomalies being goofy or just not typically scary. nice vid john !
wow this was a bizarre experience. Because these anomalies are such a mixed bag, it gives off different feelings or threatening, non threatening, to creepy and onward. Couple that with John's playstyle and reactions really made this immersive to the point where wanted to go back and see if I could catch some anomalies that was missed initially. This game makes me also wish to play it! Hope John gets to play the second one that some of these comments are saying! Thanks for playing!
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I can't help but imagine the person fixing the anomaly is a guy coming in with a rolled up newspaper and smacking the ghosts until they stop acting up.
They also gotta move stuffs back, yeet extra stuff out, repaint paintings, move an entire building... 😂
this is unreasonably funny
This calmed my nerves a bit so thanks :)
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@@yourlocalrat255 👍👍🤣
"Intruder reported."
I felt that there are bunch of people run into the house and beat the shit out of those intruders..
"There, we fixed it for you, what's next?"
John: "the building is missing.."
You break into a house to make some money, you spot a security camera and wave at it, knowing that it doesn't matter since you have a mask anyway. You get out of the house and a bunch of people pull up in a van and beat you up, as you're fading into unconsiousness you hear one of them say "anomaly fixed"
We should take Bikini Bottom and push it somewhere else
"Beat up"? Bro those intruders got straight up disposed of never to be seen again.
@@antondavidovic3996 it turns dark really quick.. I like that.
At that point I felt like the entire house was something out of SCP
i love that anomylies get "fixed" like they're just some kind of grammatical mistake instead of an ominous presence
*anomalies
damn, my bad
@@creepyleeny you fixed the anomaly like a grammatical mistake nice
@@777LS it was purely unintentional but it still works lolol
When they show the fixing anomaly screen it's the paranormal team in chaos battling the anomaly and cleaning 😂😂
I mean you must fix them or else the anomaly nazis will force you to
The thing that gets me about this game is that while there's very little actual lore, it does have like, the *suggestion* of a lot of lore. Like, who do you work for? Why does this job exist? What are the anomalies? How do they get removed? So many questions yet basically zero answers
I was thinking the same, definitely some SCP vibes?
I like the idea of this world where these weird anomalies appear so frequently that you only need to report one and it gets corrected. I find it really unsettling.
What the hell is "Abyss presence" and why is it happening in this particular house?
What little lore there is also brings up even more questions. In all three games (as there are two other games in this series), the name "Timothy" is brought up and it seems like he's somehow involved in or responsible for these anomalies. But that just make everything stranger, because we don't know who he is, why he's doing this, or if he is even human.
Felt pretty generic and shallow to me, tbh. None of it really stands out in any way, it's just the same formal/military jargon from some unknown entity that you get in other games, in yet another FNAF-ish game. They could've done things like name the locations more than 'old house' and 'new house', give the monsters unique names beyond just 'ghost', etc. To each their own, I suppose.
Not my words, but I read on a comment on another video saying that this game is for those people not brave enough to step out of the van in Phasmophobia.
😂😂😂
i mean...kinda is lmao
Wow, a game made just for me :D
This is scarier for me than phasmo, but prolly because John always played with other people so phasmo was never scary for me.
insym lol
All the intruders suddenly showing up around 4am were actually terrifying.
The second one kinda looks like G-Man
An intruder giving himself a happy ending at 4am in your bathroom. Yeah nothing more terrifying than that.
Yeah! The dresser one gave me shivers 😂
What do you mean? They were just vibing 😏
Especially the Wall Street banker slav-squatting on the dresser
People with photographic memory: finally, a game for us
and then there's people like me with poo brain memory: I'm in danger :)
@@gisellerosegrey yup im screwed
When is there game for people like me with sex addiction
@@IncredibleIceCastle what do u mean? there's a whole market for it. you're looking in the wrong area
@@IncredibleIceCastle
Ya mean *visual novels* ?
This game makes me feel kind of nervous and uncomfortable, even though it doesn't have any screamers at all. I just was constantly expecting something sudden, loud and unpleasant to happen. Love it!
The tension works well
So a real horror game instead of just a game that startles you?
I like how its like silly things at first like "haha changed your painting, oop now your guitar is all funny lol, whoops stole your chair" and then 4 am hits and its like "don't mind jerry he likes to watch you sleep"
its my favorite horror game style- all the jumpscare setup, without the jumpscares. they make you tense and on edge and uncomfortable but never give you that jolt to release it so it just keeps building and building on itself
i consider some of the intruder stuff jumpscares... loud unexpected in your face bluh
12:35 "This isn't a painting anomaly? This is just in your home?"
Lmao
Found a new way to throw shade 😂
Mad respect for no jumpscares. The fact that you have to pay really close attention trying to spot little differences, sometimes leaning in to see, gives the dev the perfect chance to really screw you over with some up in your face scares. They didn't do that though, and I really appreciate it. Restraint you rarely see from indie horror stuff.
Oh they're there. The anomalies John found are only a fraction of the total amount in the game.
@@smward87 oooh. Well now I'm curious.
My favorite anomaly I've seen is one of the intruders. You'd try and fix him but afterwards see "failed to fix anomaly." and the intruder then acknowledges you which is an unexpected scare. and then seeing "no anomaly of type 'intruder' found in (location)." after trying to report again tops it off. I don't know if this only happens with a specific intruder or specific location or if it's chance with any intruder etc but I know it can happen and It hits especially with you being used to the anomalies being fixed. having the "fixing anomaly" screen end only to see the anomaly still there and closer pulls you back for a moment.
@@emosti9652 oh god that's terrifying... holy crap just imagining that is making me freak out. I want to see more people play this game now.
And that only works so well because of how rare it is. Once again, showing some incredible restraint with making some of your most effective scares significantly more effective... by making sure half your audience doesn't get to experience them.
you heard it here first folks, he’s on observation duty
Wow hilarious
@@davinatordawg you know it 🤙🏼
Are you sure? I thought he was already on observation duty
@@teddiphobia that’s.. what he just said…
I think he’s on observation duty
I really liked this one, it's like a creepy "find the difference" with some genuinely creepy moments once the intruders and ghosts start showing up. I would love to see this concept expanded upon, mostly because I'd love to watch you play more of something like this, lol.
I hope he gets to play more of it or it's sequels
Where did u get that pfp
@@calvintuano557 me? I commissioned it from bearlyfeline on Twitter
@@my_username_was_already_taken uwu
This game is actually amazing. Haven’t seen John so invested in a game in a while
There is no place for playtime when it comes to Where’s Waldo
I was thinking that too, I hate sounding rude but he is diffrent than before (Imo)
@@lapislazuli06 cause he hates playing the same indie horror shit games all the time. He’s not “different” lmfao. Your comment is the kind he roasts all the time. You youtubers never fail to prove him right lul…. and what makes it even better is that you have an anime avatar lololololol
@@Laney.R00 I wasn't actually mean, I'm also new to his channel, I liked this side of him...and anime avatar, ok 😂
@@Laney.R00 No need to be a dick, sheesh dude lol
This game could very well be within the SCP world. There are a lot of things that are very mysterious and some aren't even harmful, they're just, as the game puts it, anomalies.
I like that theory!
Stfu literally anything at all that’s spooky and scp fans do this I hate itm
@@Traveler_202 Nope. Not an SCP fan, it just has that same vibe of "unknown things that should not be made public". If you can't stand people bringing it up on things related to horror, try this:
@@Traveler_202 Wow, that's quite the irrational hatred you have there. I remember my "counter-culture" phase; so glad I grew out of it.
Yeah I was thinking that, the abyss opening, reality distorting, weirdos, but what really solidified it for me was the “you’re at work” aspect of it. Work for whom? The SCP foundation?
“did y’all murder that ghost??” oh yeah, this is gunna be good.
I loved that line lol
"Report the anomaly"
"But it's just a guy wa..."
"REPORT, THE, ANOMALY!"
So, allegedly, this game can get a lot, lot creepier. Could you play some more of this? There appears to be two sequels to this game as well.
Unfortunately the sequels get progressively worse than the first game. The second game is still pretty solid but it's already treading familiar waters and is just a rehashing of the first game, and the third game is almost a self parody.
He got to the end without it getting creepier. Do you have a suggestion on how to get to the creepy part?
@@davemichael798 It's random. Whether you get any of the truly scary anomalies is the luck of the draw. There are at least a hundred or so different anomalies, but you'd only ever be able to see 25-30 per playthrough because the entire game is based on surviving a set amount of time. It's intended to be played multiple times because chances are very high you'll see something new every time you do.
@@smward87 Yeah the main menu did say that multiple playthroughs will give different experiences
@@smward87 aw lame :(
I feel like this game could have been great if it had got a little more notice back in 2018 and got better at horror like Welcome to the Game did
you can tell that this is a good game because this video was 30 minutes but felt like it was 10. There's something to be said about these short and sweet point and click horror games, they take a very simple concept and do it either well enough or weird enough to make it work, this one was definitely on the weird side but still really fun to watch, I'm most likely going to grab it and give it a go myself.
At least the house is not the HQ Residential House
Woulda been a dope stage for John for his HQ Residential House game jam.
Now that would be a nice game/joke for John xD
he'd finish the game in matter of seconds lmaoo he knows the place just like second skin
That would just make this a lot more scary
Now here's a game that's way more unsettling than most horror games out there. The idea of these anomalies appearing all around like an object distorting, a growing hole appearing on the floor or a figure appearing in your home is truly terrifying.
John: you guys are gonna be all over these anomylies
me: I didn't even see the 1st one until john pointed to it.
Idk how HE saw that, it was so tiny!
Dude, I seriously think John should stream this. Just to have everyone help him out while we go crazy staring at the screen. I think we'd get really into it!!!
TH-camr named Insymn was doing that for this game. Was the most I've seen a streamer interact with their viewers in a long time.
AGREE
John is not nice on stream. He was having a fit over like 3 people correcting him before. This game would make him explode with chat.
@@redvelvett22 He's really nice during streams. People normally push his buttons during streams and it makes him like that. Most likely the annoying people will be kicked. Especially the spammers.
@@TheMadexx Dude, I bet those streams are so much fun to be a part of.
26:06 Can we just all agree the bathroom jerker anomaly is the most funniest one
I really wasn't expecting that shit
Hard to decide between him and the guy taking an intimidating business squat on the dresser
spoiler alert
there are two guys doing bj in the second game
He looked back at john like... "you like what you see? ;)"
Your pfp is perfect for that lol
John: "Imagine someone having a mannequin torso hanging out by their bed, no thanks"
Me *a fashion student with a dress form currently right beside my bed*: "Uhhhhhhhhhh, yeaaaah... Super weird, why would anyone have that?"
Annnnd... do you sleep OK?
@@Alice-rt6fz only the occasional heart attack in the morning when I think someone is standing over me, no big deal
@@loriwitton699 Do you have a functioning closet? You should use one, they're revolutionary.
@@maow-tty-archive I've been out of the closet for years, I'm not going back!!
(in all seriousness it's full of clothes lmao and Jackie the dress form chills beside my bed)
I can fix this anomaly for you :)c
That ambient sound for the menu had me trippin… actually all the sounds did😂
For a second I thought the sound at 19:30 was my security system going off, almost threw my phone 😂
The anomalies increase as you go. After missing 3 anomalies, you’ll start to get a warning. You can only send 1 anomaly at a time but can cycle through the camera to find other things. When you hear the clock chime it’s just letting you know the time with each chime. The game will be a little cheap and move smaller objects like the ash tray or adding pills.
Ps, can’t wait for you to see a certain person in the kitchen😜
If they added hidden lore and made it actually beatable the game would be so much more enjoyable
@@Chris-gk1bp There is hidden lore, and the game is beatable.
Also, there are a few "events" that can happen that lock you in place and you need to react quickly or you're a goner. You can see one in this video, where the corridor starts to slowly distort. If John wasn't fast enough, he'd have died there!
That means switching through cameras while reporting an anomaly can actually make you lose, so it's a double-edged sword if you try to be too quick with searching for anomalies :)
@Mr. Disaster you’ve made Timothy sad, sir
So that means there’s actually more than 7 anomalies total?
@@natalieperkins4883 it can easily get to more than 27 depending on the stage you pick (I’ve seen it reach 35)
This looks like such a fun game, and you seem to actually be enjoying it! Here's to hoping you keep on top of this streak of finding and playing games you enjoy playing!
I kinda wanted him to fix an anomaly like the naked guy in the bathroom, the game's like "All fixed!" and he's still there or smth, but I don't think that's what this game is about.
Ooh and then having the option to report an anomaly of the anomaly report!
There is actually one something like that. No spoilers though.
@@Tank_Facts :o well now i'm super bummed john said he wont play anymore
"anomaly fixed" - you come back and the dude's just wearing clothes now lmao
That guy in the bathroom freaked me out. And the "normal" painting in the new house's bedroom would have sent me running just as fast as the torso would have.
I like to imagine that when you report the intruders, agent 47 steps into the scene and fiber wires them and takes them out of sight before the image returns.
Forget being all over the anomalies John missed, I'm still trying to figure out how he thinks this is an office.
Typical TH-cam bitching comment
@@Laney.R00 Just a joke, relax.
that's the real anomaly!
@@Laney.R00 dayum chill out man
@@Laney.R00 Typical TH-cam bitching comment about TH-cam bitching comments
John: Reports an anomaly
The anomaly fixing team: *cracks pops fingers ...
The anomaly: sad anomaly noises*
So glad John's playing not only a game for TH-cam, but that he's enjoying it.
yess i noticed that too
"He's John Cena-ing me!" that cracked me up, hahaha
You know you've "made it" when your name has become a verb, lol.
Made me laugh too 😂
"You can't see me, my time is now!"
* immediately gets "fixed" *
"Are you sure about that?"
Obligatory response.
While not an outright horror game, it's still really quite creepy, and the seeking out subtle changes is a simple but fun concept. I'll need to go get this myself for sure.
This was a lot of fun, I kept announcing the anomalies out loud like I was watching Dora the Explorer.
This would be fun as a party game, just a whole family finding anomalies lol
“Do you see the anomaly?”
This is that "When you see it you'll shit bricks" meme, the game. Heheheh.
I think that ever since FNAF, I'm always on edge whenever I'm watching a series of camera POVs in case something tries to give me a jump scare on camera.
Also I'm so glad that as a fan of hidden objects game devs never placed jumpscares as you concentrate, I mean that would be a game changer (and a heart stopper xD)
I love it when you just “GAH AHH” when you spot an anomaly
building: disappears
security guard: cant have shit in [REDACTED]
This is the most intense game of i spy/Spot the difference.
All those spot the differences in school were just practice for becoming an observer later on.
24:00 Imagine being a dude just chilling on the room and the camera guy for an entirely different building has you assassinated for being an intruder.
I don't know if someone else brought it up, but i think the secret that the main menu references has something to do with the voice you heared at 3:26. It said that you had to go to the balcony at 3:30 AM and insert Mandela's death date. You didn't do it because you couldn't understand the voice.
wow
26:00 was so out of pocket for a horror game. That goofy shit made my day
This has "This House Has People In It" vibes.
I had that exact same thought.
I'm glad it wasn't just me, I was going to make a comment but felt I was just being silly!
I used to watch several YTers that covers the missing footage of that video. The pink boy with gaping mouth entity always scares the shit out of me
"This House people in It: The Game" is what I want
it's hurting my brain trying to think of what type of anomaly they are
Came from Insym's video where it ended with him unable to get the secret at 3:30 I cant believe John just got it so easily
In a way, this sort of reminds me of Silent Hill 4: The Room when cleansing your apartment of hauntings
oh shit now you mention it
Oh yeahhh ...good callback.
I was getting those vibes too
this was oddly enjoyable actually, despite how simple it seemed on the surface, glad you had fun!
I forget everything that's not in my immediate sight so i too am impressed
It's funny how I wasn't even paying much attention, but in some cases (actually it was 1 or 2 times) I would find my eyes automatically directing at some thing for no reason, and then finding out it was indeed different. Interesting game. Would want to see more.
Seen a lot of youtubers playing this, but I didn't watch none. Been waiting for your playthrough
True G
A story arc would make this more fun, like you work to watch on other houses and in the end it's your house you're observing and you see intruders and ghosts and sht and they are all interconnected or something.
yea this is already really cool but there's so much room for this concept to grow. A story arc, more intense and scary locations to monitor later on as you progress. Perhaps things to manage on top of simply spotting anomalies, or some anomalies being dangerous in some way, where while the report is taking it's sweet time pending, you have to be careful and do something (or not do something) to avoid the anomaly doing something bad to you.
@@Vonias I do think that if the more dangerous anomalies were too common then they wouldn't hit as hard as they do. However, maybe the lack of events was just bad RNG.
@@Vonias the game does have a story. It's got two more games in the series and a bunch of secrets. I can also say that there are anomolies like what you described. Without spoiling, there are anomolies that get closer over time. (I experienced that one. The anomoly got closer and closer until the report finished. Creepy stuff) there is also another anomoly that really catches you off guard when you report it, play for yourself and you'll see what I mean.
@@GamerKid11 What are the other 2 games' names?
I'm glad bathroom guy made an appearance. The reactions to it are always funny. The last thing anyone is expecting in a game like this.
At 3:26 it says "Balcony. 3:30. Input year of Mandela's death." (this allegedly leads to a secret ending)
I know this video is a year old at this point but it's fun how many little secrets and weird things are in these games. I know by this point John has said the formula has worn on him, but I keep finding myself coming back to these videos and I always notice/hear something new.
This is such a weirdly neat concept for a game I'm actually shocked something like this has never been done before. Like the idea of being just some SCP security guard watching over highly anomalous areas to ensure stability in the region? I like it!
Would love to see more of this - just as a heads up, since I've seen good runs fall to this, in the new house theres an anomoly in the kitchen that needs a double report. First as an intruder, which will fail, then as a new report that shows up in the list.
This is where the twitch chat comes in handy lol.
I’d love to see him stream this!!
@@racheljane2495 It'd be a lot of fun! I spy with the whole chat 😂.
It's simple but effective, the intruder anomalies were definitely the creepier moments
I found out about this game a few days ago. Was hoping you would play it. My day is made!
The guy in the washroom startled me when he appeared. LOL My goodness.
“The anomaly’s aren’t gonna be as obvious as a guy waving in the background”
shadow on the floor “are you sure about that”
This game is great tbh. I hope John plays this again, specifically another new house run. There's one anomaly that happens in the kitchen that I'd love for him to see.
"I guess they're all not gonna be as obvious as some guy in the background waving"
*Missing giant obvious shadow figure on the floor*
~moves out to next camera~ OH WAIT GO BACK-
Ngl i took almost the exact same photo as your pfp and i kinda freaked out for a sec lol
@@theletsplayer9503 can promise I took this photo myself but awesome that you have the same taste in pics
@@kurrito8916 i mean, who can resist that shadow sillouette and pink/blue sunset
"There's no way you have a plant in the bathtub" Clearly he's never had a "plant mom" friend whose bathroom is LITTERED with plants for the humidity
Right 😁 Also it's a good trick to water your plants if you're on vacation.
"Someone really likes their guitars"
Me: This is probably Bonnie's house when he's not on the FNAF stage. lol
“Concentrate, concentrate”
The intruder immediately makes him loose focus
There is just a guy crouching on a dresser in your room looking al uncomfortable and awkward LOL, had me dying
I like how eerie this game is. It's so quiet and seeing these random things be extremely abnormal when they were just fine last time you checked
Please play the Japanese horror game "Go Home." I only found out about it recently and it creeped me out. It was definitely something...different.
Edit: Glad to see that some agree! :D
I remember that one!! It's trippy as hell haha
Yes PLEASE
The backstory I have in my head for this is that this is an SCP, the cameras are showing live footage of either a house that doesn't really exist, no longer exists, or a house the SCP Foundation can't find, and you're playing as a D rank or intern or something monitoring the footage. Still NO idea how correctly reporting fixes the anomalies or what happens when you lose.
I've waited patiently all these years for this exact moment...
I found an anomaly, these houses don't have any breakfast, toast, cornflakes.
I actually really love this game and was excited to see you play it, I'd love more of it myself. I think it's actually bizarrely effective with the spookiness when figures actually show up.
John: freaking out about a pot that has always been there
The Faucet:
I was looking at my tv screen so intensely that I thought the fly walking on the screen was a anomaly.
after playing this game myself I have to say your experience was actually pretty tame compared to what I've seen. there are a lot creepier things that can appear
John getting an ego boost from this game is so funny 😂
22:00 I was thinking the same thing. The WTTG atmosphere would be so perfect in the background of this. Keeps people on edge. Imagine if you had access to see your own office where your character is on the camera and you got to fix anomalies creeping on yourself. That'd be very creepy.
Oh my god please play more of this game, this is genuinely the most I've laughed at a video in a long time
This is the first game I’ve seen that legit gives me chills. I think it’s just the emptiness and isolation of everything coupled with the eerie paintings and the feeling that something is off.
At this point it’s routine to watch anything John puts out. His videos have gotten me through hard times.
There would be so many times where we would see the anomaly at the exact same time 😭😭 that was a great playthrough though!
How to survive this game? Do not be on observation duty.
I'd love to see you play more of this! It was fun to look along with you to try and find the changes!
The menu music sounds like someone is trying to tune an instrument except they don't know what note they're trying to tune to so they're just winging it.
I loved seeing John get more and more into the game, it was super fun to watch. Thanks for playing John, have a great day!
I’m genuinely impressed, John. I didn’t expect you to enjoy this game haha. But you are really good at anything that needs you to remember things. Which is why you were able to notice slight changes hahahah because I struggled while trying to look with you 😆
I love how the title says "I'm on Observation Duty." and the monster in the thumbnail is circled like john is like. "I found it, I have done my observation duty"
The feeling of dread that I got from that little growing puddle of black pixels!
It physically hurt me when John saw the "Intruder" at the window of the bedroom and ended up putting the correct answer in the wrong location.
You're actually the first person I've seen play this--I never knew it existed until today! But now I find myself really intrigued by it and wanna see if it gets spookier haha
this game was actually really cool, the way it got creepier was really nice because you weren’t expecting that type of scare from the usual anomalies being goofy or just not typically scary. nice vid john !
I feel like this was a great game for your style of commentary. Very enjoyable video. Thanks, John!
You're awesome John ! People need to see your content. Your commentary is funny, witty, engaging. Love watching your videos!
I feel bad for the waving ghost too :(
Never would I have thought someone would refer to a ghost as laissai faire 💀
wow this was a bizarre experience. Because these anomalies are such a mixed bag, it gives off different feelings or threatening, non threatening, to creepy and onward. Couple that with John's playstyle and reactions really made this immersive to the point where wanted to go back and see if I could catch some anomalies that was missed initially. This game makes me also wish to play it! Hope John gets to play the second one that some of these comments are saying! Thanks for playing!
Insym played this! That's probably why so much people wanted it, glad John is now playing it tho!
I have no idea who that is.