lol there was a mod where you could give an NPC an AK-47, I'd put like 10-20 Battlefield character NPCs and an army of zombies, then watch who would win.
yyessss i did that with like a bunch of minecraft npcs and the pathfinding system i had them battle and form factions and shit it was awesome wasn’t there a mod that had CPU-controlled cars? yeah i made mario kart battles
There are some maps on the workshop that take things like bigcity and construct and add things like shadow people taking quick glances at you from the distance only to disappear.
@DrLeistung77 No, weren't the backrooms from 4chan, and the others were added onto that and if that even is true that kinda confirms gmod as the og liminals space
@@DrLeistung77 no a liminal space is just an area that feels strange to stay in bc its only used as a path to a destination, like empty hallways or parking lots
Dude even worse : In battlefield 2 multiplayer you had a very very small chance every second of playing to trigger a little laugh sound. This was literally just a prank by the devs to scares you, and I heard this fking shit when I was alone at home AND alone on the server to practice. I immediately turn off the computer and searched for a freaking ghost in all my home.
I’m gonna be honest I kind of want to watch a movie now where there’s a bunch of really good camera shots in gmod maps with actors greenscreened on top of them because this looks cool as hell. Like an updated version of the techniques used for the first Tron movie.
Oh you mean rotoscoping? I'd like to see that just from nostalgia alone!😂❤ But absolutely nobody alive in the industry today has the skill or talent to pull it off.
@@slyguythreeonetwonine3172 they still do that, shooting with a green background from the start with good lighting does the trick and you barely have to do anything past the initial setup of the chromakeying settings
Honestly one of the saddest things ever is being the only one left. Everyone else is gone and has moved on. The realization that these special moments could only ever be had at a very specific point in time. Brings life into a new perspective about how EVERY MOMENT COUNTS.
What's wrong with enjoying things on your own? Is it really "one of the saddest things ever" to just enjoy doing stuff on your own? Other people shouldn't validate your life. I'd argue that the moments that count most are the moments in which you are comfortable with your own singular existence, allowing yourself to develop an introspective relationship with the world. AKA fucking around with NPC in a Gmod Map. "If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." - Sartre.
@@flup1303 That's not the point. The point is that many activities (also many games) aren't enjoyable by yourself. You need others to make them interesting, or even work. Most gamemodes on Gmod require many people for it to be worth playing. Same thing goes for old shooters and other multiplayer games. Loading up one of these old games and realizing everyone left is strange, because all those memories still seem to close.
I was exploring one of the huge city rp maps to get the layout down alone once and decided it'd be funny to spawn in a realistic t-rex npc. This was a mistake when I lost where it was and it started roaring so loud it echoed through the whole city.
>goes to Multiplayer >gets the feeling like I'm gonna be banned from the server via a meltdown from a 12 year old with Mom's debit card >goes to Singleplayer >gets the feeling like I'm gonna be banned from life via a heart attack from a spooky ass shadow demon There really is no winning with Garry's Mod, huh?
Sometimes I install furniture mods and cities with interiors so I can just build apartments listening to a non existent bustling city below, gmod is super versatile
Already have like 400 hours of Gmod, and almost all of those hours is me just in a sandbox world, either just shooting things, or driving around with vehicles. Really is relaxing, and destresses the day.
I just got gmod, I have fun shooting NPCs and making massive army fights, I don't really go on the multiplayer gamemodes, it just feels nice and relaxing to just screw around on a big open canvas, I relate to this comment, have a great day if you bothered to read this.
@@duskint I've yet to have a big NPC battle but maybe I should try that later tonight. Do you just spawn them in using the tool gun or do you use something else to spawn a ton of them in?
Day 1 of playing GMOD Singleplayer. For the first couple of minutes, everything was alright until I made it to my first hour of playing. When I was trying to figure out how to spawn things, I saw a distorted combine in the left upper corner of my screen standing on a building with a gun, but when I actually turned my screen to look at it, it was gone. Is there any way to fix this? Is it a glitch?
This video gave me chills. Every now and then I go back to play CS 1.6/ gmod single player as a tribute to the old days where I played with my friends who I don’t see anymore( due to.. life) and this is exactly how I feel when I go back to the maps we used to play, a heavy feeling mix of nostalgia, existential crisis and loneliness.
You think playing Gmod alone is disturbing and uncomfortable until you spot a figure standing far away from you even though you didn't spawn any NPCs at all.
once i was messing around in klieners lab in gmod and i spawned a gman npc kind of far away and when i looked at i got very creeped out and left the game
I once was checking out a gmod darkrp in sandbox and had a fight or flight reaction from a preplaced gman npc walking at me from out the dark of a hidden room. Fun times
construct is on the same level of eeriness if not worse simply because there are so many corners and blindspots (not counting the dark room cause it's so overdone)
back in the day there was no alert for when a person joined a server, so when I'd have a buddy come over I'd let him play some GMod and secretly open a LAN server without him even knowing, and then I'd join on my laptop watch him flip shit when he sees me in the Gman skin just walking around.
There is always something so eerie when you're playing alone and with friends it's the isolated maps themselves no matter if you play a map from HL2, Portal, TF2, L4D, or even CSS all the maps feel horrifying nobody around and the ambience playing in the background even maps on the workshop can be horrific like Shambles, Bigcity, Downtown V2, etc there's always an odd feeling of being watched and I love gmod for feeling like it's own horrific sandbox game.
Because we're so used to being among tons of people. It's like having all your family and friends come over to your place, and once they all leave it just feels weird.
The thing I unfortunately like to imagine is, think about if you transported into that world, that was your reality, whatever map you're on, no boundaries, no powers or tools, just whatever clothes you're wearing now and the map. It just feels so eerie to me, just you and your new reality all alone.
I wouldn't be sad if I teleported to the Black Mesa, probably the only source engine game which feels alive even when you're alone. I'm not hinting, but I really like that biological facility..
Happy to know I'm not the only one who gets that uneasy feeling when playing Gmod alone. That feeling like you're being watched. You know it's impossible, but you just can't shake the feeling that somehow, you're not alone.
it's this creepy vibe and also the creepy vibe when you are in one of those multiplayer games maps alone in them. like you are exploring a game map where it's used to be like a battlefield and all that and then you feel you are not alone in them. creepy as hell.
Gmod is pretty relaxing, for me at least, the most scared and stressed I was in a source game is being forced to 1v1 someone in CS because you're the only one alive and you don't know where they are, the dread kicks in especially if you are playing a older CS game. I still hear the footsteps...
I don't understand this. I played gmod for years, single player exclusively, and never had a hint of fear like that. I was just always focused on what I was doing.
Same. I first played Gmod back in 2008 so I come from a different era of the game completely. I think the fear factor is a new zoomer thing for kids who didn’t experience these games when they came out, or watch to many RUclips analysts imposing ideas on them.
Damn, the atmosphere is randomly scary if I ever became a director I'm gonna make a movie about a guy that hates people and wishes to be alone the next day he wakes up in a place like this...
I just feel eyes watching me when i play these types of games even though Im alone, like minecraft is a sandbox game you can do anything you want but when you play survival.. *HE'S THERE WATCHING* ...
Man I have to say.. back when I was a teenager I always ended up exiting Gmod because of how frightening it was, that sensation of "loneliness" but also the feel of being watched by something or someone.. It was seriously horrifying, I felt much better when spawning enemies to fight against.
this is literally me when I play Gmod alone, or any game alone that has no story and is a multiplayer game that you can just play alone in, I always make it look like I am like a lone soldier or character that's just exploring the map looking for civilization, terrified at thinking that I'm not alone and I am being watched by something, possibly a monster or a person or anything, and sometimes I always gear myself up, explore, search, roam and I always think to myself "I should get a vehicle or run to a place that's safe or find equipment and weapons and other supplies or just run and don't look back" and every time I do one of this things, I feel like I haven't done enough and there's still more to do, Still thinking that I am not safe, I am not properly geared, I am not ready to face what is coming for me, But I Turn around, I wait, I do every possible thing to hopefully face what ever is watching or following me, but nothing happens, I Turn around and no one is there, I wait and nothing comes, I explore and look around for it hoping it would then make it or them self known, but every time, nothing happens, And then I notice that all the things that I expected to happen, was just my own paranoia and figment of my imagination.
I used to be fearless exploring large cities and forest maps until I once loaded one of my maps and an obunga nextbot started chasing me from the woods. Still don't know how that happened yet
i don't know why but after 200 - 500 hours in the game on any map that is not meant to be creepy/horror even at night i don't seem to have that feeling anymore. Maybe because of mods...less mods probably make that feeling stronger
Since my friends don't have Gmod, I can relate to the feeling of being stalked by some entity in these maps. So I spawn a bunch of NPCs to be my frens, install a follower mod, and adventure into the dark rooms. I then set up a plan with them to conquer the entire map.
Honestly, minecraft Is not as creepy to me. I mean, maybe when I find something a bit eerie like a cross on the ground made from grass or sand blocks or something yeah that's a bit scary, but that's about It really..
Idk if I was losing it or something, but once I was using the portal gun mod with my friend running from a nextbot, and when I go to jump into this portal one time, some figure peeks over the edge of the portal, I nearly pissed myself and was shaking for 5 minutes, it was just so unexpected
There was something really weirdly comfortable being all alone on a huge map like this Brought back memories of playing with toys alone as a kid. Big City will always have the best kinda nostalgia for me for that reason 😊
I have a strange like of playing GMod alone. There’s something that I find strangely soothing about the almost complete silence, other than the background noise, and knowing that it’s only me.
Actually this is the feeling I got when I'm on any Valve game (this happens with TF2 too) playing in a silent night, being surrounded with he dark of my room and I notice that no one, not even a single NPC is around me. The sensation of that opressive solitude is something unique that I've just experienced on Valve games. I know this map is a community creation, but... Hell! Even with the default Gmod maps or some levels of Half Life 1 and 2 you can sense that loneliness, like you are the only person on the entire corners of the Earth... They really know what feels to be inside abandoned and ominous places. I wouldn't describe it like someone is watching you... It's more like you are totally alone in the world. In the middle of nowhere.
Personally, I enjoy the loneliness and silence whilst exploring maps. It feels comfy, safe and nice, that may come by the fact that I'm extremely introvert and I like the lack of people around.
Trust me, even an introvert at somepoint would go insane without human interaction. If you were the last person on Earth and everything felt basically like you're In a Gmod sandbox but you didn't have any powers After a while you would completely lose It and you would most likely also get a creepy or eerie feeling, introverts are just more resistant to loneliness but like the rest of us, they are not unbreakable.
@@TheTrueDan I know, but we aren't alone, there is 8B people out there struggling with their thing, so as I... Of course if it was the only person ever left that would be kinda of creepy, in fact, the concept of introversion/extroversion kinda doesn't work here because it assumes there is more humans besides you. Naturally you will fear death because of the Unknown, there is nothing protecting you, you're just as scared of death as your primitive counterparts
@@TheTrueDan Yeah, I agree. Playing Gmod alone and fantasizing about being completely alone in an empty world sounds kinda nice, but when it's your actual life and you need to survive, it becomes a haunting experience.
I can't understand being scared on gmod map such as a gm_bigcity. For me it's ambient is calming, the background sounds bring even more nostalgia. I like it.
I got this mod that adds these npcs that just roam and spawn randomly, they're the Citizens, but you can have "gangsters" spawn that cause chaos and "police" (citizen protetion) that will shoot at you and you get a wanted level for killing people
I've been playing source games for quite a while (Gmod mostly), and there's something about them that gives me the chills, but in a strangely captivating way. It's not the actual gameplay itself, but rather the atmosphere they create. The sense of creepiness and loneliness that permeates through Source games is truly remarkable. It's like stepping into a world where you're the only one left, surrounded by an eerie and unsettling ambiance. The ambient sound design plays a significant role in this. The distant echoes, haunting music, and sparse environmental sounds add to the feeling of isolation and unease. Visually, Source games excel at creating a creepy atmosphere. The dimly lit environments, abandoned structures, and decaying objects contribute to a sense of desolation. It's as if you've stumbled upon a forgotten place that time has left behind. What adds to the eerie factor is the minimalistic storytelling. These games often have open-ended narratives or lack explicit storylines (not all source games). This means you're left to explore the game world on your own, without clear objectives or guidance. It's a blank canvas where you become the protagonist, but it also leaves you with a sense of uncertainty and isolation. I really enjoy playing them, but the liminal feeling they gave me while playing is really really scary af.
Also, the type of map is a major factor too. On a map with a large field where you dont typically expect much activity, it's nice and calm. However when you go to a map like Bigcity or Construct where you'd expect to find a lot of active people, then it feels creepy and off.
Just explore around Construct or Big City, or any sandbox/RP map designed with multiplayer in mind, but by yourself and without any tactical/realism mods or NPCs/props spawned in. You'll understand then.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 my first like 100-200 hours of gmod was just that I enjoyed exploring various big maps since gmod was one of the first games I owned that "looked like good realism". Before that was minecraft terraria and other games that looked no where close to real
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 Have you actually played Gmod? Or just watched videos on it? The empty maps aren't really scary, they mostly just make you nostalgic if you grew up with source games, maybe make you wanna find a server actually running said map. Or maybe you have some kind of phobia of empty spaces? I dunno.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 I love how you are so damn sure of yourself that someone else who has tons of hours will be scared. It is honestly hilarious.
the loneliness of single player immediately goes away when you spawn an army of npcs and have them fight
lol there was a mod where you could give an NPC an AK-47, I'd put like 10-20 Battlefield character NPCs and an army of zombies, then watch who would win.
@guli06 you can still give npcs various weapons from all sorts of add-ons
With a good gore mod and optimization, you literally got an action film
And then they all die and it’s quiet again
yyessss i did that with like a bunch of minecraft npcs and the pathfinding system i had them battle and form factions and shit it was awesome
wasn’t there a mod that had CPU-controlled cars? yeah i made mario kart battles
I'm not afraid of being alone on a map, I'm afraid of NOT being alone.
😳
exactly
There are some maps on the workshop that take things like bigcity and construct and add things like shadow people taking quick glances at you from the distance only to disappear.
@@jojoflap gm_construct_haunted
@@jojoflap I swear there is a building on big city that screams at you when you try to enter it, that shaved 10 years of my life
Gmod was the original liminal space.
You know that Liminal Spaces, Such as backrooms, poolrooms and shit like that were originated in GMod Right?
Half life 2
@DrLeistung77 No, weren't the backrooms from 4chan, and the others were added onto that
and if that even is true that kinda confirms gmod as the og liminals space
@@DrLeistung77poolrooms came from an artist not related to gmod but very popularized in gmod
@@DrLeistung77 no a liminal space is just an area that feels strange to stay in bc its only used as a path to a destination, like empty hallways or parking lots
You ever just fat finger the Z key and it despawns an NPC you never remember spawning
> PANIC
> remembers spawning it...
> calm
> in another map.
> PANIC
@@nicbat7149remember you spawned it again
Calm
Realize it is not the same map
Panic
Realize your in multiplayer
Calm
There are no players
Panic
I didn't even know the Z key had any use
@@TiffanyJClark its literally the main "undo" key that's bound in gmod
fr tho
Yup. that feeling. feeling of being chased when nobody's on the server is one of the creepiest things I can get in the game.
That’s just one of my fears irl
the randomly spawning gman mod adds to the creepiness
1 word for ya, "nextbots"
Dude even worse : In battlefield 2 multiplayer you had a very very small chance every second of playing to trigger a little laugh sound.
This was literally just a prank by the devs to scares you, and I heard this fking shit when I was alone at home AND alone on the server to practice.
I immediately turn off the computer and searched for a freaking ghost in all my home.
ruclips.net/video/wSmdqKSj99g/видео.htmlsi=RwgOdIJ5sikhAvOk
Fucking scary man
i can really relate to this as a gmod singleplayer player
ay i think i know you
Same
Same here, spawning npcs helps it atleast for me
"As a player of single that are singleplayer while became a player of singleplayer in singeplayer play i can relate"
i like to use background npcs and make it a city then slowly go crazy cause i know im actually alone but he is watching me.
***equips universal weapons and shoots until the ammo runs out***
Now i feel safe
yo the guy who made that is awesome
That’s me with my unlimited ammo nyan cat gun
I'm safe in my gredwitch's mod pack E-100 tank
mighty foot, ENGAGED *rocket kicks to the skybox"
They’re always right behind you
I’m gonna be honest I kind of want to watch a movie now where there’s a bunch of really good camera shots in gmod maps with actors greenscreened on top of them because this looks cool as hell. Like an updated version of the techniques used for the first Tron movie.
Oh you mean rotoscoping? I'd like to see that just from nostalgia alone!😂❤
But absolutely nobody alive in the industry today has the skill or talent to pull it off.
@@slyguythreeonetwonine3172 they still do that, shooting with a green background from the start with good lighting does the trick and you barely have to do anything past the initial setup of the chromakeying settings
That sounds like shit
I want to get rid of my physical body and live inside GMod
A scanner darkly
When I feel scared in Gmod, I turn on noclip and then sink into the ground like an ostrich.
Same😂
same here XD but i go up into the sky.
when im scared, i spawn grigori
Honestly one of the saddest things ever is being the only one left.
Everyone else is gone and has moved on. The realization that these special moments could only ever be had at a very specific point in time.
Brings life into a new perspective about how EVERY MOMENT COUNTS.
At that point you get up and fix that
End times
What's wrong with enjoying things on your own? Is it really "one of the saddest things ever" to just enjoy doing stuff on your own?
Other people shouldn't validate your life. I'd argue that the moments that count most are the moments in which you are comfortable with your own singular existence, allowing yourself to develop an introspective relationship with the world. AKA fucking around with NPC in a Gmod Map.
"If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company." - Sartre.
Biblical this talk
@@flup1303 That's not the point. The point is that many activities (also many games) aren't enjoyable by yourself. You need others to make them interesting, or even work. Most gamemodes on Gmod require many people for it to be worth playing. Same thing goes for old shooters and other multiplayer games. Loading up one of these old games and realizing everyone left is strange, because all those memories still seem to close.
*Spawns In Sonic Ragdoll* Now I Feel Safe
WE all have that Feeling when WE spawn a ragdolls or NPC WE are save
Plot twist: The ragdoll moves on its own.
*Spawns In Various Weapons* Now I Feel Safe
@@stanleybochenek1862 normal school be like
I Mean Isn't That Just Adding To The Terror?
I remember playing this map with the mod where a gnome follows you, and gets closer and closer but only when you look away. Scary shit.
Ah yes, Friendly gnome. I used to do a chase with them and kill them using properties with friends back in 2019.
Scp 173 but he gnomes you before breaking your neck
I played the one where the burned body photo walks around and watches you. I don't think it was the same map.
Omg I hate that mod
Some Weeping Angel shit, right there.
I was exploring one of the huge city rp maps to get the layout down alone once and decided it'd be funny to spawn in a realistic t-rex npc. This was a mistake when I lost where it was and it started roaring so loud it echoed through the whole city.
Well, the fact that you can terminate its existence by a quick press of Z makes it less intimidating
Get intelligent hud addon. Press a button and all props and entities will be marked onscreen.
@@dadrumma8608 im never playing gmod, but to think that i probably die slowly from paranoia using this mod and suddenly see an entity out of nowhere
Poor rexie got lost and was crying for help
What map was it
The ambient sounds in gmod are absolutely terrifying
it's mostly half life 2 sounds i think
Use background npcs mod
+Better ambient sounds
+Auto spawned talking npcs
+GTA vibe
Its so creepy when you and your friends play sandbox and when they all leave and you walk around the map alone seeing the stuff thats left over
Это очень грустно и жизненно. У меня до сих пор осталось несколько карт в Minecraft, где есть старые постройки с другом.
@@nikedow8034 thats so true i saved some too
when you play gmod alone you find out that you never had the makings of a varsity athlete
ooo
Uncle Jun
saddest comment of the year
I'm fucking fodder for dupe makers now?!
20 years I spent in jb_lego_jail_v4
Five fucking families, then we got this pygmy thing over in gm_bigcity
>goes to Multiplayer
>gets the feeling like I'm gonna be banned from the server via a meltdown from a 12 year old with Mom's debit card
>goes to Singleplayer
>gets the feeling like I'm gonna be banned from life via a heart attack from a spooky ass shadow demon
There really is no winning with Garry's Mod, huh?
never seen anyone larp as a 4chan user before lmao
to avoid both you could play with friends on a new server
@@wolvozach8310 people have been doing non greentext greentexts for a while now. It's kinda just a storytelling format at this point
@@wolvozach8310 are you gatekeeping a format of storytelling? lmao
@@wolvozach8310 This is one of the most unique sentences I've ever read.
*Spawns God's Hand*
"I feel just a bit safer"
You mean gods little finger
Thanos snap
@@stanleybochenek1862 Thanos Infinity Stones SWEP
@@Niklas1611 nope look it up
@@Wheatley_Crab I did couldn't find anything
"You look behind to see no one"
“Yet you still have the feeling your not alone”
@@CheetoHacker1057Spooky
Singleplayer GMod is a vibe, I love listening to the ambient sounds while walking around a map with no NPCs or players
Sometimes I install furniture mods and cities with interiors so I can just build apartments listening to a non existent bustling city below, gmod is super versatile
Playing Gmod at 2am Monday morning alone in the dark and hearing that ambient sound just hits different
Y u no sleeping for school?
@@jindrichsander9555 I can sleep between 3 and 6 and on the train to the school
@@krebs08142 Lmao that sounds like the best
@@krebs08142until you don’t fall asleep until half an hour before your going to need to wake up
@@fyoncleanimates Thank you
Already have like 400 hours of Gmod, and almost all of those hours is me just in a sandbox world, either just shooting things, or driving around with vehicles. Really is relaxing, and destresses the day.
I just got gmod, I have fun shooting NPCs and making massive army fights, I don't really go on the multiplayer gamemodes, it just feels nice and relaxing to just screw around on a big open canvas, I relate to this comment, have a great day if you bothered to read this.
@@duskint gmod is only really limited by your creativity, hell you can even make animations in it, i hope you have endless fun in gmod
@@MrTarakan thanks
@pauuu_ I never really know what to do in singleplayer but maybe I'll just drive around on a nice map later tonight
@@duskint I've yet to have a big NPC battle but maybe I should try that later tonight. Do you just spawn them in using the tool gun or do you use something else to spawn a ton of them in?
Everytime I screw around by myself, I feel like I'll be in the next terrible creepy pasta or something, haha.
drugs mod was kinda scary, especially if you used all of the drugs at once, I thought my little shitty laptop will explode
@@Harnaś_z_Puchyyour laptop is not shitty nor little TAKE IT BACK 💫
Day 1 of playing GMOD Singleplayer. For the first couple of minutes, everything was alright until I made it to my first hour of playing. When I was trying to figure out how to spawn things, I saw a distorted combine in the left upper corner of my screen standing on a building with a gun, but when I actually turned my screen to look at it, it was gone. Is there any way to fix this? Is it a glitch?
@@r-yv5uz nah bro the demons are after you, dont worry though, you can make a hella good arg
this is unbelievably relatable for some reason
This video gave me chills. Every now and then I go back to play CS 1.6/ gmod single player as a tribute to the old days where I played with my friends who I don’t see anymore( due to.. life) and this is exactly how I feel when I go back to the maps we used to play, a heavy feeling mix of nostalgia, existential crisis and loneliness.
I think making someone live in an empty source map for a day would be the most effective form of torture known to man
I agree
being alone wandering around
that's why you spawn in a bunch of silly stuff to make you feel safer
Nothing like being surrounded by combine corpses after fucking them up with some SWEP or something to feel safe on GM_Construct
@@flamingdog9207 Or after testing your new weapons addon
always lots of the jumpy balls and trampolines everywhere
ofc its a furry tryna get likes lmaoo
@@Sausager ofc it's a degenerate child tryna get likes lmaoo
You think playing Gmod alone is disturbing and uncomfortable until you spot a figure standing far away from you even though you didn't spawn any NPCs at all.
once i was messing around in klieners lab in gmod and i spawned a gman npc kind of far away and when i looked at i got very creeped out and left the game
this is exactly what all those Gmod arg mfs thought like 2 years ago
I just throw nukes at it or spawn a bunch of nukes and set it off crashing my game
I once was checking out a gmod darkrp in sandbox and had a fight or flight reaction from a preplaced gman npc walking at me from out the dark of a hidden room. Fun times
gbomb cluster nuke:
That feeling of playing source games alone is something i love and always will, the sound effects are just perfect
Try playing CS 1.6 maps all alone after you've been up for 36 hours. Enjoy your stay.
@@onelove6875 I think that will likely make me more bored however, no eerie feelings.
@ImperialScholarNovice I do that several time and I have no strange feelings, my view may be different from you.
Half life is too funny that it's not scary
Man, I can't tell you how far back this takes me. So many memories of booting up by myself and feeling just like that. My teenage years in a nutshell
Just play it then
I have no reason to.
bigcity is fr the only vanilla map i feel uncomfortable on in singleplayer, the huge environment combined with nobody there is harrowing
construct is on the same level of eeriness if not worse simply because there are so many corners and blindspots (not counting the dark room cause it's so overdone)
Bigcity isnt vanilla bruh
@@revolt_4588Bigcity is very iconic so i think you can consider it vanilla
I remember when i was younger I used to play gmod when i was home alone. That was real horror
Bro fr. Like the second I loaded into GMod, I would spawn that father guy with the shotgun to keep me safe.
@@ManiacKid76 Father Grigori, also I hate the fact that most people playing GMOD does not have any clue about Half-Life 2 nor its genre based on.
I was little back then.;-; @@White927
back in the day there was no alert for when a person joined a server, so when I'd have a buddy come over I'd let him play some GMod and secretly open a LAN server without him even knowing, and then I'd join on my laptop watch him flip shit when he sees me in the Gman skin just walking around.
OH thank you thats what lan does, i never knew
@@Glitchtroll LAN = Local Area Network
YOU ARE SO EVIL I LOVE IT
Everytime i spawn a squad following npc, i feel safer
“Right behind you Dr. Freeman!”
what if they start shooting randomly?
@@strangerontheinternet7358 then I would die of heart attack
@@strangerontheinternet7358 then I'll undo them and spawn one without weapons
I'm playing the Nightmare House 2 campaign with an NPC Hunk as my partner actually 😂
I like it, it’s cozy. I like being alone and having a whole city to myself like in Gmod is a dream.
me too lol
now i want a tony soprano nextbot
where he doesnt kill, you, he just walks around and says random stuff from the show
Honestly, playing Gmod alone at night is kind of a vibe
It's hard to describe. A comfortable loneliness?
@@Batchall_Acceptedliminal spaces
Playing at night is freaky as heck! I'd rather play it day-time
until you see, it
That city alarm ambience always makes me feel...a bit off and creeped out a bit
There is always something so eerie when you're playing alone and with friends it's the isolated maps themselves no matter if you play a map from HL2, Portal, TF2, L4D, or even CSS all the maps feel horrifying nobody around and the ambience playing in the background even maps on the workshop can be horrific like Shambles, Bigcity, Downtown V2, etc there's always an odd feeling of being watched and I love gmod for feeling like it's own horrific sandbox game.
"Horrifying," luhmao.
@@LAST_STAND_FAN Ok unless it's something completely stupid
Because we're so used to being among tons of people. It's like having all your family and friends come over to your place, and once they all leave it just feels weird.
gm_fork feels uncanny sometimes
though I liked to shell the city with artillery (using gm_bombs mod) from outskirts and hills
Nice relaxing maps if you ask me. I don’t really see what makes it scary
Just spawn an NPC. There "ah, Gorden Freeman! And about Time too!" Makes me feel safe
The thing I unfortunately like to imagine is, think about if you transported into that world, that was your reality, whatever map you're on, no boundaries, no powers or tools, just whatever clothes you're wearing now and the map. It just feels so eerie to me, just you and your new reality all alone.
I always play on a map that has a small cabin by the sea, it really wouldn't be so bad if I teleported there now
I wouldn't be sad if I teleported to the Black Mesa, probably the only source engine game which feels alive even when you're alone.
I'm not hinting, but I really like that biological facility..
@@Tommyknocker. Тоже самое
@@Cvich760 gm_fishhouse?
That seems to damn scary to me
Happy to know I'm not the only one who gets that uneasy feeling when playing Gmod alone. That feeling like you're being watched.
You know it's impossible, but you just can't shake the feeling that somehow, you're not alone.
With the advent of AI, you will never be alone
Take that however you want
@@joecool9739 shiver me timbers🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🤣💀
Because you are being watched.
I get the same feeling when I play Minecraft alone
Trust me. If I would have a VR, which probably would double or triple this feeling, I would act EXACTLY the same as Tony Soprano.
I have gm construct as a map in blade and sorcery, and you are absolutely correct.
I used to have a VR and play with the VR mod. It was TERRIFYING!
it's this creepy vibe and also the creepy vibe when you are in one of those multiplayer games maps alone in them.
like you are exploring a game map where it's used to be like a battlefield and all that and then you feel you are not alone in them. creepy as hell.
For some reason that map honestly scared me the most. That, and the water area in gm_construct. I wasn't even as scared of the dark room.
This is honestly how i expect a backrooms movie to be like, creepy liminal areas and our main character going through it confused asf
That’s how liminal spaces should be. It’s not the same when you add monsters. The feeling of someone watching you is more than enough.
Gmod is pretty relaxing, for me at least, the most scared and stressed I was in a source game is being forced to 1v1 someone in CS because you're the only one alive and you don't know where they are, the dread kicks in especially if you are playing a older CS game.
I still hear the footsteps...
You be safe until you realise you are playing one of those haunted version of the map
even spawning a nextbot like selene delgado makes me feel better☠️
The dark room in construct the ambience the feeling of being followed still haunts gmod singleplayer to this day
I don't understand this. I played gmod for years, single player exclusively, and never had a hint of fear like that. I was just always focused on what I was doing.
That's cuz you focus on other things, not exploring.
Same. I first played Gmod back in 2008 so I come from a different era of the game completely. I think the fear factor is a new zoomer thing for kids who didn’t experience these games when they came out, or watch to many RUclips analysts imposing ideas on them.
@@flouserschird No it's because we're used to the social multiplayer aspects of the game, nothing to do with what generation you were born in.
@@flouserschird agreed
@@flouserschird no, I don't think it's that at all.
Damn, the atmosphere is randomly scary
if I ever became a director I'm gonna make a movie about a guy that hates people and wishes to be alone the next day he wakes up in a place like this...
Sounds like a really interesting idea for a movie. I like it.
Yeah, as the guy above me said that's a pretty cool sounding idea, i'd like to see a movie director actually doing this.
reminds me of home alone
@@the1fortnitekid I was actually thinking the same thing
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone
I just feel eyes watching me when i play these types of games even though Im alone, like minecraft is a sandbox game you can do anything you want but when you play survival.. *HE'S THERE WATCHING* ...
😱😱 hErobrin!!1😢😮
@@Dowux Or entity 303,null,faceless steve🤔🤔🤔🤔
THE MAN WITH WHITE EYES HES ALWAYS WATCHING
@@Blaze660BEHIND YOU
I SEE HIM ITS TOO LATE
I stopped feeling something watching me after 1000 hours or so. Bro must have shitted himself
And on top of that those ambiance sound effects (like that siren) is a cherry ontop
Our true enemy... has yet... to reveal himself
@justanormalgnomeliterally no
As a 100-hour single player, I agree
same im nearly 150
As a 2400 hour single player, big city fears me.
As said by the fpa booster made from ice, i can confirm i need a new pc😭😭😭😭😭
not for me, after you hit quadruple digits in both hours and addons it kind of stops
@@themilkman6969 it hasn't stopped for me,
I have 4000 hours on the game.
Were not the same
I don't know why, but these sounds are satisfying & calm to me
I even sleep with hl2 ambience, lol
Man I have to say.. back when I was a teenager I always ended up exiting Gmod because of how frightening it was, that sensation of "loneliness" but also the feel of being watched by something or someone..
It was seriously horrifying, I felt much better when spawning enemies to fight against.
Dude I knew there wasn't gonna be a jumpscare or anything.
But Gmod alone is so scary I had to keep pausing.
I hate how much I relate to this, getting paranoid and looking behind my back and all around when I'm not doing scenarios and shit.
this is literally me when I play Gmod alone, or any game alone that has no story and is a multiplayer game that you can just play alone in, I always make it look like I am like a lone soldier or character that's just exploring the map looking for civilization, terrified at thinking that I'm not alone and I am being watched by something, possibly a monster or a person or anything, and sometimes I always gear myself up, explore, search, roam and I always think to myself "I should get a vehicle or run to a place that's safe or find equipment and weapons and other supplies or just run and don't look back" and every time I do one of this things, I feel like I haven't done enough and there's still more to do, Still thinking that I am not safe, I am not properly geared, I am not ready to face what is coming for me, But I Turn around, I wait, I do every possible thing to hopefully face what ever is watching or following me, but nothing happens, I Turn around and no one is there, I wait and nothing comes, I explore and look around for it hoping it would then make it or them self known, but every time, nothing happens, And then I notice that all the things that I expected to happen, was just my own paranoia and figment of my imagination.
I can relate to that
i do this but i essentially just roleplay as v1 ultrakill looking for more blood on earth after having obliterated all of hell
I used to be fearless exploring large cities and forest maps until I once loaded one of my maps and an obunga nextbot started chasing me from the woods. Still don't know how that happened yet
I spawned it in there when we were hanging out the day before
@@Eausti "it was me Barry"
cringe
@@gokufromfortnite5600 "Thawne What did You do?"
@@Sausagerbait used to be believable
I can confirm as I played gmod I had a creepy feeling that I wasn’t alone and feel watched at the same time…
It immediately becomes an episode of paranormal activity
glad to see this resonates with people
yep, it does
Yes. It doed
this "oooo oooo oooo" siren will always stay in my head
i don't know why but after 200 - 500 hours in the game on any map that is not meant to be creepy/horror even at night i don't seem to have that feeling anymore. Maybe because of mods...less mods probably make that feeling stronger
true also bc some weird stuff always happens on gmod map even when you didn't spawn anything
Nah
That creepy underground secret area in Bigcity really spooked me out when I was younger
İts feels someone is following you but you cant do anything
All quiet on the Garrys mod front.
I would spawn an anime girl npc to feel safe
@Best father ever. 🤨
and then there was clapping noises
Nah i spawn male_07
@@SLH_44Editz I got distracted 💀
🗿
it feels more comforting than anything.
bruh fr i feel like someone watching me and the ambience and the secret jumpscares in big city
Therapist: describe your ideal peaceful place
Me:
Since my friends don't have Gmod, I can relate to the feeling of being stalked by some entity in these maps. So I spawn a bunch of NPCs to be my frens, install a follower mod, and adventure into the dark rooms. I then set up a plan with them to conquer the entire map.
It's relatable to Minecraft singleplayer.
It truly is...
in minecraft there's at least npcs
Honestly, minecraft Is not as creepy to me. I mean, maybe when I find something a bit eerie like a cross on the ground made from grass or sand blocks or something yeah that's a bit scary, but that's about It really..
Today, not that much
But in the alpha days...
If you put this on loop then he’s now stuck in gmbigcity
Forever.
There was a indie game based off this concept called no players online its pretty dope
500+ hours of gmod, i played around 460 hours of it all alone, and yes, i am a psychopath
Idk if I was losing it or something, but once I was using the portal gun mod with my friend running from a nextbot, and when I go to jump into this portal one time, some figure peeks over the edge of the portal, I nearly pissed myself and was shaking for 5 minutes, it was just so unexpected
There was something really weirdly comfortable being all alone on a huge map like this
Brought back memories of playing with toys alone as a kid.
Big City will always have the best kinda nostalgia for me for that reason 😊
I don't mind it. Being able to walk around and explore a city without anyone else there?
So nice~
I have a strange like of playing GMod alone. There’s something that I find strangely soothing about the almost complete silence, other than the background noise, and knowing that it’s only me.
reminds me of zombie apocalypse movies. i cant wait until a real apocalypse goes down. its gonna be so cool to be alone in an abandoned city
if you want to explore an abandoned city just find one, thats a much less chaotic way
Actually this is the feeling I got when I'm on any Valve game (this happens with TF2 too) playing in a silent night, being surrounded with he dark of my room and I notice that no one, not even a single NPC is around me. The sensation of that opressive solitude is something unique that I've just experienced on Valve games.
I know this map is a community creation, but... Hell! Even with the default Gmod maps or some levels of Half Life 1 and 2 you can sense that loneliness, like you are the only person on the entire corners of the Earth... They really know what feels to be inside abandoned and ominous places. I wouldn't describe it like someone is watching you... It's more like you are totally alone in the world. In the middle of nowhere.
Personally, I enjoy the loneliness and silence whilst exploring maps. It feels comfy, safe and nice, that may come by the fact that I'm extremely introvert and I like the lack of people around.
Right? Those of us who are used to being alone in our day to day, overcome that fear easily
Trust me, even an introvert at somepoint would go insane without human interaction. If you were the last person on Earth and everything felt basically like you're In a Gmod sandbox but you didn't have any powers After a while you would completely lose It and you would most likely also get a creepy or eerie feeling, introverts are just more resistant to loneliness but like the rest of us, they are not unbreakable.
@@TheTrueDan I know, but we aren't alone, there is 8B people out there struggling with their thing, so as I... Of course if it was the only person ever left that would be kinda of creepy, in fact, the concept of introversion/extroversion kinda doesn't work here because it assumes there is more humans besides you. Naturally you will fear death because of the Unknown, there is nothing protecting you, you're just as scared of death as your primitive counterparts
@@TheTrueDan Yeah, I agree. Playing Gmod alone and fantasizing about being completely alone in an empty world sounds kinda nice, but when it's your actual life and you need to survive, it becomes a haunting experience.
I can't understand being scared on gmod map such as a gm_bigcity. For me it's ambient is calming, the background sounds bring even more nostalgia. I like it.
idk, the source engine is nostalgic to me other than being creepy, i just been playing these games for so long its just bringing good memories for me
You guys want some fun in single player? Get a destructible map, spawn in enemies, enable the ai when you're ready and defend!
this feeling is so intense for me that i cant play singleplayer at all. it's so sickeningly eerie that i just alt f4
you mean free robux?
I got this mod that adds these npcs that just roam and spawn randomly, they're the Citizens, but you can have "gangsters" spawn that cause chaos and "police" (citizen protetion) that will shoot at you and you get a wanted level for killing people
whats the name
Lentrex. It's called Background Npcs
Bro that sounds dope
I've been playing source games for quite a while (Gmod mostly), and there's something about them that gives me the chills, but in a strangely captivating way. It's not the actual gameplay itself, but rather the atmosphere they create.
The sense of creepiness and loneliness that permeates through Source games is truly remarkable. It's like stepping into a world where you're the only one left, surrounded by an eerie and unsettling ambiance. The ambient sound design plays a significant role in this. The distant echoes, haunting music, and sparse environmental sounds add to the feeling of isolation and unease.
Visually, Source games excel at creating a creepy atmosphere. The dimly lit environments, abandoned structures, and decaying objects contribute to a sense of desolation. It's as if you've stumbled upon a forgotten place that time has left behind.
What adds to the eerie factor is the minimalistic storytelling. These games often have open-ended narratives or lack explicit storylines (not all source games). This means you're left to explore the game world on your own, without clear objectives or guidance. It's a blank canvas where you become the protagonist, but it also leaves you with a sense of uncertainty and isolation. I really enjoy playing them, but the liminal feeling they gave me while playing is really really scary af.
Idk why but Garry’s mod gives off dreamcore feelings off its maps
Also, the type of map is a major factor too. On a map with a large field where you dont typically expect much activity, it's nice and calm. However when you go to a map like Bigcity or Construct where you'd expect to find a lot of active people, then it feels creepy and off.
I never understood why people get afraid of singleplayer GMOD. I'm just here enjoying my 10+ gb of tactical realism mods
Just explore around Construct or Big City, or any sandbox/RP map designed with multiplayer in mind, but by yourself and without any tactical/realism mods or NPCs/props spawned in.
You'll understand then.
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 my first like 100-200 hours of gmod was just that
I enjoyed exploring various big maps since gmod was one of the first games I owned that "looked like good realism". Before that was minecraft terraria and other games that looked no where close to real
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 Have you actually played Gmod? Or just watched videos on it? The empty maps aren't really scary, they mostly just make you nostalgic if you grew up with source games, maybe make you wanna find a server actually running said map.
Or maybe you have some kind of phobia of empty spaces? I dunno.
Me with liminal gallery and graphics mods:
@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 I love how you are so damn sure of yourself that someone else who has tons of hours will be scared. It is honestly hilarious.
*Spawns Multiple NPC’s that are A-10 Warthogs* Now I feel safe
Edit: By the way yes there was an actual mod for that
frfr?
now every A-10 warthog npc is attacking you
I used to always play this game and have so much fun, but the only thing I ever wanted was a friend that also plays the game.
Reminds me of I am Legend. It is good to chill in your own empty lobby before joining some rp ones