Haha, true! I'd hope the MC is going to get help at the end. Plus the "friend" did write the letter inviting the MC to come there and get murdrered. It was only later that she had a change of heart!
the leader mentions her having a change of heart this means she wrote that letter and sent it to the mc fully knowing what they were going to do to them
I'm surprised no 3rd Ending "Astrid Who?" (You read the letter. Thinking its a prank you toss it away and go about your day.) Also "I must sneak into the leader's room." BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP.
im pretty sure the reason the leader goes in and out from his bedroom so frecuently is to run to the gate to the forest and then back to his room just to pull out that "teleport behind you" trick thats why he kills you the first time 19:28 but not the second 27:35 because he is tired from jogging
Note to developers: Unless it is a specific story telling mechanic, YOU DONT NEED TO USE THE VHS FILTER! So many good games are ruined by this stupid filter. I can understand if it's used when the story shows that the main character is using a video recorder but other than that PLEASE STOP USING THE VHS FILTER!
Man, I was so invested on this game, but a glitch after collecting the firewood doesn't allow me to get into the house, like an invisible barrier. At least I get to see the ending here.
The hero has no questions about the telekinetic opening of the gate by the settler who meets him.Although apparently if the hero was not convinced by strange faces НПС, I don’t even know how curious you have to be for curiosity to overcome the instinct of self-preservation.
Creepy/surreal character models! 😎 I do wonder why vhs tracking filters seem to be in every indie horror game now…Don’t people know how annoying adjusting tracking was back then? 😅😅 I’ve noticed a lot of camcorder vibes in indie horror when it makes no real sense story-wise to implement it lol
@@AlphaBetaGamer I mean she got a redemption arc. She realised her mistake, paid for it, and made amends. She also did what she was told. Sure, she considered it, but she was clearly troubled and brain washed. He can save her, and them cut ties with her again. Then again she's going to be dep ressed, aimless and self-unalival again without the cult, so she'll probably off-camera herself anyway without a new purpose even after saving.
Reminds me of another game, HUNSVOTTI, I thought the artstyle was similar but it wasn't as quite as similar as I remembered. IIRC that game was also inspired by Midsommar.
Haha, yeah I guess it does happen quite often! I think some of it will be a coincidence, some of it will be him finding games through my channel, and some of it will be people telling him about games they've seen on my channel. It's not a problem though, I'm just glad he helps spread the word about the cool indie games I cover. :)
@ Thanks for the response! That all does make sense. It just always felt like clockwork to me but as long as these games get coverage, that’s what really matters
The Midsommar movie made me laugh on how hard it was trying to be scary; like wow . . . Further, the director made the movie as his way of coping with a breakup from his girlfriend; which is sad.
@@joechip6550 No but since it's Midsommar inspired it just makes more sense. Doesn't have to be exactly the same cult as in the movie, but the wonderful thing about pagan religions is there's a MASSIVE spectrum to choose from. And the whole pseudochristian cult thing has been way overdone since the 1970s.
The VHS filter is extremely annoying - is the player even using a camcorder? Pick wobbly polygons or film grain or grimy found footage...but please don't pick all three :(
@AlphaBetaGamer Yes, but why are they dressed up as Slavic/Finno-Ugric pagans? It's like some American developer just watched a movie made a half assed game without giving a shit about what it is supposed to be.
i swear, everytime someone makes a "christian cult" game, it never has anything specifically to do with christianity other than the word jesus and the cross. like, there were REAL christian cults in the world, they were well documented, it aint that hard to copy and paste. otherwise, well made viddeo ABG, minus points to the lazy creators of this game.
@joechip6550 imma say it again since youtube likes to delete comments. You have given no valid argument. "Its not that deep" is just putting a problem away, not fixing it.
@shimmershine6902 anyone can acces the internet. So i cannot imagine that the devs spend atleast an hour trying to see how cults actually do things. The devs seemed lazy in general, with repetitive textures and moves, glitchy textures, etc. being common throughout the game. Besides, I am not even a Christian, nor am I a cultist. I am a muslim. So there is literally no excuse for how low effort everything was made. And I can understand the less refined tune that indy horror games can have, but this goes way beyond that.
Why do you expect this Christian cult to be exactly the same as any other Christian cult? The thing about cults is that they're all different from each other. This one's a hippy Christian cult. I don't see where the problem is with that. As for the dev spending "atleast an hour trying to see how cults actually do things". How do you think cults actually do things? Is there a cultist manual that they all follow? Or maybe, just maybe.... they all do things differently? I also think calling a free 30 minute game created by a group of game development students "low effort" is pretty sad. Especially considering how popular its been. Do better.
@@12226 cozied up to stalin in ribbentrop, got his soldiers hopped up on meth, used occultism to promote vril bs, had gas that was so painful he was eating chimp testicles to cure it, died by suck-starting a luger. Great run my guy, follow his final example if you really care about the movement.
No wonder. Imagine it is your beliefs that are being portrayed like that. Unless you are fine with being portrayed like an occult, then I have nothing further to say to you other than a dead cat cannot outrun a vulture.
1:38 When a hippie Christian opens a gate using solely his telekinetic skills, that's when you run
Haha, that's when you know you've come to the right place! Dude's got holy telekinetic superpowers!
"Jesus he lifts me, and he knows I'm light. I've been power lifting with Jesus all my life"
Genesis "Jesus he knows me"
@@AlphaBetaGamer
Jesus, the OG superhero!
@@AntipaladinPedigriGhost made an excellent cover on that song too.
That would be rude
PSA: Don't join dangerous cults.
Always practice safe sects. :)
Preferably the community lives in a shared condominium
Wanna start my own, if depression doesn't put me down first.
Boo
BOO I SAY
Classic Goro Majima,
The diary about police founded her and returning her back to the cult foreshadow the cop in the bad ending.
I'm endlessly miffed that the MC doesn't think to try to save their friend after going through the effort to find her.
He went there hoping to make up after theyr falling out, cant say the MC had much heart for her when shit went down.
Haha, true! I'd hope the MC is going to get help at the end. Plus the "friend" did write the letter inviting the MC to come there and get murdrered. It was only later that she had a change of heart!
the leader mentions her having a change of heart
this means she wrote that letter and sent it to the mc fully knowing what they were going to do to them
I like how the protagonist is like "Oh shit, this letter from Astrid is obviously a red flag, i better join this cult."
This game’s aesthetic makes me nostalgic yet anxious at the same time
Check out a game called Sagebrush. Another cult game in this style, based on real world events
I'm surprised no 3rd Ending "Astrid Who?" (You read the letter. Thinking its a prank you toss it away and go about your day.) Also "I must sneak into the leader's room." BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP.
Haha, yeah, I thought there should be an ending where you turn around and run away after seeing that bonfire they're building at the start!
Yes, Midsummer but this also reminds me of that Russian guy who claimed to be Jesus and had a cult in Siberia.
You mean my uncle Damir?
Jared Leto?
That former policeman. Vissarion.
He got arrested in September 2020. Still in prison.
@@balegdah this guy understood the assignment
@@badgerp-chanqueen7707 Someone who got it.
im pretty sure the reason the leader goes in and out from his bedroom so frecuently is to run to the gate to the forest and then back to his room just to pull out that "teleport behind you" trick thats why he kills you the first time 19:28 but not the second 27:35 because he is tired from jogging
1:59 CASE OH?
yep
Good thing you got away. That was almost a cultastrophe.
I almost didn't. It was diffi-cult! :)
That guy must have the worlds shittiest stamina ever...
Sadly asthma is the curse of many horror game protagonists!
@@AlphaBetaGamer It's rather breathtaking to know that...
@@AlphaBetaGamer Every Horror game: "Smoking kills"
These old graphics really help with the creepy feel, but I do wish the good ending had something other than “The end” 😢
I was just watching another video of yours when i saw this one pop up! You never disappoint alpha! ❤️😊
Rescued by the blue Scooby Van at the end.
Note to developers: Unless it is a specific story telling mechanic, YOU DONT NEED TO USE THE VHS FILTER! So many good games are ruined by this stupid filter. I can understand if it's used when the story shows that the main character is using a video recorder but other than that PLEASE STOP USING THE VHS FILTER!
I agree 👍🏻
Man, I was so invested on this game, but a glitch after collecting the firewood doesn't allow me to get into the house, like an invisible barrier.
At least I get to see the ending here.
I also like how the dot above the i is a heart.
The hero has no questions about the telekinetic opening of the gate by the settler who meets him.Although apparently if the hero was not convinced by strange faces НПС, I don’t even know how curious you have to be for curiosity to overcome the instinct of self-preservation.
🎶Umbajala i am banana🎶
Okay, now i'm seeing more games inspired by Midsommar.
For the first time, I know a game presented by you
2:15 whys bro angry?
Casey looks a bit… familiar
It started to be sus when you are placing the flowers to THE FIRE PIT... 👀
It was sus the moment he read the letter at the start.
Creepy/surreal character models! 😎
I do wonder why vhs tracking filters seem to be in every indie horror game now…Don’t people know how annoying adjusting tracking was back then? 😅😅
I’ve noticed a lot of camcorder vibes in indie horror when it makes no real sense story-wise to implement it lol
He just... left her there? O.o
I'd hope his plan is to get help. But also, she did intentionally lure him there to be killed before she changed her mind!
@@AlphaBetaGamer I mean she got a redemption arc. She realised her mistake, paid for it, and made amends. She also did what she was told. Sure, she considered it, but she was clearly troubled and brain washed.
He can save her, and them cut ties with her again. Then again she's going to be dep ressed, aimless and self-unalival again without the cult, so she'll probably off-camera herself anyway without a new purpose even after saving.
Reminds me of another game, HUNSVOTTI, I thought the artstyle was similar but it wasn't as quite as similar as I remembered. IIRC that game was also inspired by Midsommar.
Difference is these cultists are hippie Christians whereas the Hårga in Midsommar were pagans
Yeah, this game doesn't make any sense.
It's like the developer made a game about the "European culture" 🤦🏻♂️
Both religions are cults
@@Prof.P.P.P.Eräreikä yeah... Christians europeans don't exist... Right?
THE LIGHTS ARE OOOOOOOOOON BUT NO ONE'S HOME
Joel will be like
"Yep, that's accurate to Swedish Midsummer."
@@Dr.JamesWilson this game is is not accurate
@@Dr.JamesWilson besides these people are not dressed up as how Scandinavians, let alone Christians dress up.
@@Prof.P.P.P.Eräreikäright... right... now go finish your coloring book
Is that Jacob Geller?
At first it looks cozy but don’t be fooled by the beginning.
Cozy? I was terrified since the first laugh
THE MIDSOMMAR!?😱😱😱
Low resolution and disturbing: This is the ABG's game that we love.
(There is monogamy in a hippie-christian community?)
I'm not sure about the monogamy, but I've heard they have a healthy sects life. ;)
Pray now guys
A bunch of normal people
Haven't got a good horror game base in religion since FAITH the unholly trinity that game was too good now I am numb
Well, this game does not have much of a story going on, it's really barebones.
Check out Sagebrush. Another cult game in a similar visual style. Fleshed out story based on real world events
Welcome home? Where are Wally, Eddie and Poppy?
Better endings than the movie😎👍
WINDAH BASUDARA
Do you have any comment on ManlyBadassHero always coming out with the same game playthrough as you do after you upload? It can’t be a coincidence
Haha, yeah I guess it does happen quite often! I think some of it will be a coincidence, some of it will be him finding games through my channel, and some of it will be people telling him about games they've seen on my channel. It's not a problem though, I'm just glad he helps spread the word about the cool indie games I cover. :)
@ Thanks for the response! That all does make sense. It just always felt like clockwork to me but as long as these games get coverage, that’s what really matters
"Its not that deep bro"
@ struck a nerve, did I?
@@joechip6550 its but a taste of your own medicine.
Game has a good premise, but it just ends... Might as well slap a "congrations" on it while you're at it. What a god damn letdown.
The Midsommar movie made me laugh on how hard it was trying to be scary; like wow . . .
Further, the director made the movie as his way of coping with a breakup from his girlfriend; which is sad.
That's the reason? Good lord, no wonder it tanked.
why didn't they just make it neopagan like the one in Midsommar?
Doesn’t need to be neopagan. Both religions are cultish
@@joechip6550 No but since it's Midsommar inspired it just makes more sense. Doesn't have to be exactly the same cult as in the movie, but the wonderful thing about pagan religions is there's a MASSIVE spectrum to choose from. And the whole pseudochristian cult thing has been way overdone since the 1970s.
allamelajalan melajalan XD
The VHS filter is extremely annoying - is the player even using a camcorder?
Pick wobbly polygons or film grain or grimy found footage...but please don't pick all three :(
It's all fun and games until they bring out the kool aid...
Lel
It’s giving rat shaker vibes 💅💅💅💅💅💅🦟💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅
Когда будет русская озвучка? Хочу поиграть в эту шедевром игру!!!!
What culture are these people even supposed to represent? 🤦
They're a Christian cult/sect and it's set in Scandinavia I think.
@AlphaBetaGamer Yes, but why are they dressed up as Slavic/Finno-Ugric pagans? It's like some American developer just watched a movie made a half assed game without giving a shit about what it is supposed to be.
I honestly don't know what a Scandinavian hippy Christian sect would dress like so can't comment there. The devs are from Scandinavia though.
i swear, everytime someone makes a "christian cult" game, it never has anything specifically to do with christianity other than the word jesus and the cross.
like, there were REAL christian cults in the world, they were well documented, it aint that hard to copy and paste.
otherwise, well made viddeo ABG, minus points to the lazy creators of this game.
It’s not that deep
Damn you majored in Christian cult-ology in college?
@joechip6550 imma say it again since youtube likes to delete comments. You have given no valid argument. "Its not that deep" is just putting a problem away, not fixing it.
@shimmershine6902 anyone can acces the internet. So i cannot imagine that the devs spend atleast an hour trying to see how cults actually do things. The devs seemed lazy in general, with repetitive textures and moves, glitchy textures, etc. being common throughout the game.
Besides, I am not even a Christian, nor am I a cultist. I am a muslim. So there is literally no excuse for how low effort everything was made. And I can understand the less refined tune that indy horror games can have, but this goes way beyond that.
Why do you expect this Christian cult to be exactly the same as any other Christian cult? The thing about cults is that they're all different from each other. This one's a hippy Christian cult. I don't see where the problem is with that. As for the dev spending "atleast an hour trying to see how cults actually do things". How do you think cults actually do things? Is there a cultist manual that they all follow? Or maybe, just maybe.... they all do things differently?
I also think calling a free 30 minute game created by a group of game development students "low effort" is pretty sad. Especially considering how popular its been. Do better.
TRVD EVROPA
BASED
Worked real well for yalls leader last go round right? Yall should follow him...
@@douglaslangley9251 6 years of Resistance against the world at large and unifying Europe? He had a good run.
@@12226 cozied up to stalin in ribbentrop, got his soldiers hopped up on meth, used occultism to promote vril bs, had gas that was so painful he was eating chimp testicles to cure it, died by suck-starting a luger.
Great run my guy, follow his final example if you really care about the movement.
Christians in the comments are upset 😂
No wonder. Imagine it is your beliefs that are being portrayed like that. Unless you are fine with being portrayed like an occult, then I have nothing further to say to you other than a dead cat cannot outrun a vulture.
@@baseder514christianity is incredibly occult...the book itself, super occult.
Well they're being portrayed as psychos and evil people.
Anything but Hippie Christian 😭
Be really cool if there was a fat comedian who looks like Ron Jeremy in game. He's also greek and his last name rhymes with salvos.
vrilchecked