Honestly, the animations, VA, and visuals and even music are perfect. But the horror aspect and story is like a bunch of ideas put in the box and not connected. They clearly rushed it at the end because, its more fun than scary. Regardless, for their first game, its very solid, so that a 7/10 for me
you can definitely tell there's a lot of passion put into the project, and a lot of aspects of it are really great! I'd love to see the team behind it make even better things in the future :)
I mostly agree, but I like to see this as a good step in the direction as in like so far, we’re heading the right way when it comes to good mascot horror
This game doesn’t need a deep lore or complex story; plenty of other horror games already do that. In my opinion, it's simply a fun, fast-paced platformer, and the developers did an excellent job of keeping the gameplay engaging and fast-paced.
Keep in mind this is the devs first game so they are bound to get things wrong. They will definitely improve over time and it seems likely that there’s gonna be another “season” and if the game gets popular enough they might make a few more seasons, possibly rework previous ones. Great vid though
I don’t really know how he’d left that out, it seems weird a bit, weird to me anyway. It’s made evident on their RUclips channel it’s their first game, and yet he had such high expectations and for what? Thats just kind of.. I don’t really know what word to use if it’s over exaggerated or under exaggerated.
Exactly my point! However constructive criticism is good as long as you make it known that you’re not saying those things to make whoever look bad. At the very least tell the audience that these people are new.
They need to do better and give a huge amount of levels in terms of sequels at least along with doing it that doesn’t feel like it was ripped from fall guys.
I hope we get a sequel that actually explains how a cereal company gets away with enough murder to rival every mascot horror villain combined if they collect participants via cereal boxes.
@@FreedomRoyal7 the viewer count we see for the show in game is like 19K. It's safe to say the general person knows that finding Frankie is a show that actively murders people.
@@FreedomRoyal7 honestly i think the devs were trying to go for a squid game type thing (with the money in the ball from the ceiling being the most obvious reference) maybe not realizing that the rest of the lore doesn't really make sense because if it is a private show the 19K watching number makes no sense and or if they are actively killing as many people as we see in the game the cops/news should have found out before 57 seasons in (especially considering the keys to entry are via public cereal boxes).
this game has perfect polish, visuals and audio, but having a lil jank, and weirdly executed ideas. 8/10, it is much better than most gams we got this year, hopefully this game puts devs in the right direction for future games.
I’m taking this with a grain of salt. Finding Frankie is what mascot horror should be. It doesn’t try to shove merch and crappy jump scares down your throat. The environment is creative and also creepy with all of the mutilated bodies littered all over the obstacle course. The character designs are cool and not just some smiley face emoji with sharp teeth. The soundtrack is incredible and the ending was everything I could have asked for. So if you think Finding Frankie is full of “Missed potential”, I don’t know seems kinda crazy. Also the wall art of Henry is pretty….uhhhhhh……🥴
I think you were a little too quick to attribute some things to Fall Guys. A bunch of these obstacles are paralleled by Ninja Warrior and Wipeout (among others). I think there's just a very limited number of ways to apply the format in a practical way.
With the somewhat tongue-in-cheek tone of the game, I wonder if Deputy Duck is meant to be poking fun at every mascot horror game that feels like they need to have some kind of hand-held gimmick, like the drone in Banban or the grab-pack in Poppy. I'm sure there's more examples, those are just the only two that leapt to mind. So many of them have so little relevance on gameplay that they're borderline useless sometimes. EDIT: The Faz Watch and Wrench in Security Breach and Ruin, the magic lens thing in Bendy, the watch in Indigo Park... I vaguely recall some zoo themed horror game recently that was trying to ape off the hype for Zoochosis, and it had a lightbulb gun that was neat in theory, but worthless in practice. Don't care enough to look up the name. I remember watching a bunch of playthroughs of cookie-cutter mascot horror games that I know there's more examples, just not a lot of memorable ones because they're useless.
The thing in Bendy is called the Seeing Tool- and it actually only shows up in the final chapter of the game, and the post game where you can replay the past chapters with it. So I don’t think it’s as obnoxious as some of the others. Its main purpose isn’t even gameplay related-it’s lore related. Revealing hidden messages that hint to the game’s story. (Mainly Henry being trapped in some kind of time loop.) I’ve always viewed it as an end game item.
Indigo Park & Finding Frankie are insane if you actually think about. Both are literally the devs first game* and really shows how much passion can go a long way, and that there is still diamonds in this landfill of Mascot Horror games. Sure Finding Frankie was an ambitious tasks for a first-timer, but you gotta look at it from that view rather than a seasoned professional and Expectations can kill a game if they’re too high…
As much as I'd like to agree, claiming the parkour was "ripped from fallguys" is a bit absurd. Fall guys was inspired by wipeout type gameshows, and though I'm sure the devs took inspiration from fall guys, I'd say it's more inspired by the original gameshows considering the game is... a gameshow.
Genuinely my only gripe with your video is the association with almost every parkour section to Fall Guys. That's almost on par with people saying Battle Royale Shooters or FPS in general are essentially a specific FPS/Battle Royale Shooter game ya know? Like its fine....but there is more to it then just Fall Guys and its kinda infuriating when that gets repeated over and over. Other than that the video is pretty good at addressing the flaws of Finding Frankie. Also entirely unrelated but I kinda like how you could see Hexa-Havoc the first time you enter Incinerator Room. Adds some sense of how the Player Character survived and a bit of foreshadowing.
@@LavenderTea-lr3hc Because Fall Guys isn't the only thing in the fucking world that has obstacles of that type you homo erectus, maybe use your hands, dribble a bit over your keyboard and do some research, you will see by using your two eyes that theres these cool things called Trampoline Parks! Which, you fucking guessed it! have, wait for it!...Trampolines and obstacles!
I think the game is pretty good. It feels like its both a homage/improvement to the mascot horror genre while also making fun of and occasionally subverting a lot of the gimmicks and tropes that mascot horror games have
' Take CONTROL as an example. The developers took so much time into putting so much detail into each part of that experience that they ran out of time on what the actual main gameplay was going to be about. The main gameplay we got was just a fighting game in the end, with some inconveniences along the way. It was a full fleshed-out game with so much lore to expand off of and that flaw really messed it up. Also, another flaw is that most things did not line up and didn't fit together either. Finding Frankie basically followed the same mistake, they did not make the deadline long enough. If they started making the experience before making the trailer, it would've been a better experience. Rather than just a parkour platformer which the main objective is to survive these killer mascots that have no reason for why they're being like this. The one with the phone head did have a reason but not an actual reason to go insane. Sometimes it's better to be intricate than to not think things through properly. ' - Chrome
you mention quite a lot how the parkour looks like falls guys and how the obstacles are from fall guys but... have you ever been to a trampoline park? like a big one? they didnt copy fall guys (inspiration sure) they "copied" real life trampoline parks (which is what fall guys does)
From my experience of playing the game I really had a fun time with finding Frankie of course some people say my opinion is wrong that’s just their opinion I had a fun time playing this game and yes, somethings could be worked on, but most of it lived up to its potential not saying that I hate this video I’m just saying, I strongly disagree with some of the points and opinions 9/10
Honestly I largely agree yeah, I remember watching a few playthroughs and just kind of sitting there watching not really feeling anything. I actually ended up playing it myself, and I feel like a lot of the movement is just a bit jank and hefty, especially stuff like the wall running which played way too chaotically imo to the degree it felt like more of randomly flicking my mouse and spamming jump to hope I'd make it. I also kind of wish the trampolines just launched you when you jumped on them the first time but that one isn't too big of a deal. I did like the chase scenes though. But yeah it's not... BAD, but honestly the whole time I was playing it I just thought it was generally shlocky, like it's not egregious like banban or whatever, but given everyone seems to be singing it's praises online as a "step in the right direction for mascot horror" it was just very... existent. I don't really know how else to put it. Anyhow good video! You definitely managed to put it into words a lot better than me lol
I hope the developer is planning a sequel with a lot more time in the oven than this one, missed potential means that it has that potential in the first place, so if they managed to take what worked with this game and remedy all the flaws, this could work out. Maybe frankie for the next season could kick the scary up a notch and make things more tense, and also keep the other players alive for longer to add the multiple people competing against you aspect
when it comes to my thoughts of finding frankie i feel like other then the frankies the other characters were under used like in deputy ducks area i feel like instead of frankie coming to punish you like in his parkour area it should of been like a bigger version of deputy duck and thats also because a big deputy duck would of been cool for the sewer area instead of just more frankie also henry feels really under used theres the wander round the maze chase seen he's dead later in the game he's alive and then dies imediatly anyway also the fact that when meeting back with him it feels like he just forgot about the chase and ringing kind of being nice
I was disappointed by how little was in the game. I knew going in to expect 1-2 hours of total game play, but it hit he quite hard when I realized I got to the final boss. I was really hoping this was gonna be a lot longer. Another thing for me was that I wanted to play on the obstacle courses the most. Imagine my disappointment when I played through the employee's only area's the most.
Ok even tho I was pissed that the game I thought was flawless was already getting (sorta) hated on, I was kinda disappointed by how short the 3-hour runtime we were told about, came out as a 1-hour game.
This is something I agree with and in a sequel MORE PLATFORMING IS A MUST. Also Idk I think for the price you get what you paid for and I don't think its all bad. Like it sucks the game is short but it doesn't burn a hole in your wallet and I don't think the puzzles pad the runtime as some other's may believe
Some of the criticism is valid while the other is a bit... Sure it was probably one of the inspirations, Fall Guys was inspired by survival reality shows like Takeshi's Castle, Wipeout and such, which these developers also probably used as reference (and more parkour based media). The constant comparison to Fall Guys as if they used it as their only reference is a little unfair.
Frankie being used twice isnt a bad thing just because of the lack of characters its a bad thing because he appears just TWO TIMES despite being the main antagonist of the game. And i 100% agree with the lack of characters. I was thinking it would've been cool if there was a clock and a TV character and theyre criminals like henry. The TV guy would kinda of be their "boss" of sorts. Also make frankie appear more and add more chase sequences.
@@KattyKitten69 also the Frankie box mechanic is used a whopping 2 times, it would be cool if in random chill points in the game, Frankie just falls out of nowhere, and you have to get behind cover as soon a possible, same goes for the noon noobs and rings.
The beginning was cool but it just gets boring and repetitive. It's not scary at all. I ultimately felt nothing when I played it. Some of the areas suck so much ass which is a shame because I can tell they had a vision for the game
@@FreedomRoyal7 Well I apologize for not knowing who you were referring to in this scenario. Also was not aware my comment actually sent cause youtube said it ran into an error when I sent that message lol
15:20 the thing is, you need the ducks flash for the mountain area in the ceo office so you get some loooorrrreeee 19:06 just realized that would be so cool, you get chased -> you fall -> hexa havoc
I really do think they should have polished the movement and made it even more challenging, maybe even putting in threats more frequently to turn puzzles into chase-esque portions, but otherwise I enjoyed the game terrifically. 8/10.
I don't really see any missing potential, personally feel like it has some decent potential that definitely needs a bit of refining, tweaking and constructive critiscim. I will agree you definitely set your expectations way too high for this game. So I'd say best to just do what you can to give your constructive criticisms to help out the devs.
Glad to see the story not taking itself seriously in the positives. While ive seen some people dislike that it doesnt explain what these sentiant robots are or how any of this is possible, to me it was such a breath of fresh air inside this genre that focuses so much in explaining every detail and having everything make sense which is a big TASK that the player has to do by reading so much notes and hidden lore and videos. Im so glad i got to watch dawko play this and just get the story from start to end, a deathgame show privately hosted by a sentiant cartoony mascot character, which is not explained but the curiosity of it does make me like it more, its just a simple story and i loved that, for once i dont have to wait for a theory video to explain to me whats happening in here! atleast the main story, theres def secrets that explain more but that feels like a side thing for the player if they want more rather than explain the ingame story. Also for me the ending came less about the money not being given and more about frankie convincing and pressuring the player into joining the show for more rather than comeback to his old life again when he could be a star... do they could have done that better because that doesnt really matter if you have 5 MILLION DOLLARS with you and definetly the show needs him more than the player needs them. Even do the ending with evil frankie says otherwise, if there is to be a sequel i would actually love the main char of this game to become a higher up or an actual character in that game because thatd be really interesting take! Anyways, amazing video! i agree with a lot of iT, def wish they didnt so heavily inspire from fallguys and take note from more other parkour games, or atleast gave them more interesting spins like the hexagon game. It's also important to note that 15$ dollars for this game does make this problems worse :( while i dont mind them pricing it that to get the money back becuase i can tell this took lotta time and money to make for such small group, but theres people out there who are vERY vocal about prices, specially when theres games out there with much longer gametime at a lower price D: and they can always gain more money back from merch than from release itself! Frankie is really marketablE, and lets not forget the tumblr sexyman (not confirmed i think but love the idea that it was intentional to make henry one to boost ratings, its funnY) and ofcourse the best character of all, noobnoobs. deputy duck is there too. OH and an idea i got, it would have been awesome if instead deputy duck was used to interact with the parkour sets themselves like making platforms flip or activating fans, or any obstacle/tool, just anything that makes the parkour more interactuablE
An issue a have with this game is how useless Deputy Duck becomes after Connections with Henry Hotline. There is really no need to use his radar that much since mostly everything can be easily found, and his flash ability is totally useless. I feel like they were going to have more in the game where he is useful but I think they cut those parts out.
I totally agree, but my main issue is the lack of horror, yes there are some spooks but I feel it was more of an adventure game rather than horror game. Overall it's very fun and I absolutely love the final boss and the "STOP MESSING WITH MY F***ING GAME SHOW" line, but I won't say it's overall great, my rating is a 6.5/10
@@farawayxgalaxy How it literally says it in Full English “Imagine hating on a game that YOU can PLAY BACK to see what HAPPENS” cuz people are complaining that They can’t see what’s happening when you have multiple chances to play
I think your opinion is valid, I honestly feel the same way, what was hinted between the trailers and game were different. Also, I think it would have been cool if we could have a chance to save Henry, yet fail.
@@FreedomRoyal7 He was only useful in 1 instance of the game and that's the problem, it's pretty underwhelming. I think it would had been better if he would've just granted small movements buffs for a certain amount of time to the player, it would of been better like that. This would put more focus on the parkour aspect of the game (In my opinion).
@@Redsilver2 Yeah But as Much as the game has talking Rabbits and Telephones That would just be cheating as this is apart of the Gameshow plan Get him to Hexa-Havoc and Kill Him
big L take imo the game is absolutley awesome and i like the parkour type of horror game they did AND the horror is just the sweet spot between absolutly terrifying and mild
honestly the first interaction with henry hotline could've been easily fixed by making him say "Don't do that again" before backing off and having him yell and start chasing you after you ring the first phone
I rather agree with you. But otherwise, we can hope for a second game much better than the first, already because it is a small project, and then it is what the end suggests: since we proved that it was possible to win, it brought back the success of the show and replenish the coffers, which will allow to repair and improve the place and to make new seasons. In a way, it is a bit like the ABNH run of Dark Souls 2: nobody believed that it was possible, someone proved the opposite and it was the rush of "who will do the same".
The biggest problem with finding frankie imo is how short it is. I remember the devs saying the game would be 2-3 hours long but that ended up not being the case. I think that a big factor that contributed to this is how the game has so little characters. I mean obviously you can't make a 3 hours long game with 3 characters only. Especially when one of them is an ally. Frankie himself was also severily underutilized despite being the main antagonist of the game which is unfortunately a pretty common issue in mascot horror games. These are honestly my only issues with the game. I love everything else and this is still my favorite mascot horror game get.
What ive seen from newer mascot horror games, is that they put these stuff in the trailers that never make it into the real game. For example, in poppy playtime chapter 3, there is alot of spots in the trailer that have vhs effects that never got put in the game. It also seems like it happened here.
I felt like instead of frankie showing up inseatly, they could have continued it for the tutorial as you are racing the other guys one starts to get faster and someone people would be like what he's gonna win why is so fast then frankie jumps out and eats him and i don't know you find away to escape why he kills the others like it would a holy sh** moment.
It's crazy, I was working on a video talking about my gripes with the game, and I share so much of the same sentiment. I had a few other points that were a but different but at the end of the day, not my favorite game honestly. Not bad, just...weaker than expected
for the first obstacle course in the finale im also confused on why they didn't have frankie chase you during it. like it was just...rising slime and nothing scary. that was probably the developers' intention, like to get people's guard down a little and then there's a twist in the second one. but i couldnt help but feel like it was a bit lazy throwing in this big fall guys obstacle course thing and not something remotely new or making the player use the movement mechanics that weren't used as much throughout the game
I think some animations are pretty good, and it was kinda fun. Its not scary tho, sucks visually. Looks uninspired. The telephone guy area isnt scary and is more boring and obnoxious. Same with the final area. I think the beginning is pretty decent but it falls off so hard
Thank you! I'm really glad that there's someone actually criticising the game, I've seen far too many titles where people are saying "Its the best horror game of 2024" or "Its the best Indie Horror game ever!"
finding frankie to me seemed horribly rushed and had absolutely terrible pacing. so much getting thrown in your face so quickly you don't have time to dissolve any of what's going on
Honestly, the animations, VA, and visuals and even music are perfect. But the horror aspect and story is like a bunch of ideas put in the box and not connected. They clearly rushed it at the end because, its more fun than scary. Regardless, for their first game, its very solid, so that a 7/10 for me
you can definitely tell there's a lot of passion put into the project, and a lot of aspects of it are really great! I'd love to see the team behind it make even better things in the future :)
They did say they were making sequels and not chapters
I mean the game takes an hour to navigate.
I mostly agree, but I like to see this as a good step in the direction as in like so far, we’re heading the right way when it comes to good mascot horror
@@Rockystan675 I do think they can do a lot more since it feels a bit too hollow at certain points especially lore.
This game doesn’t need a deep lore or complex story; plenty of other horror games already do that. In my opinion, it's simply a fun, fast-paced platformer, and the developers did an excellent job of keeping the gameplay engaging and fast-paced.
Keep in mind this is the devs first game so they are bound to get things wrong. They will definitely improve over time and it seems likely that there’s gonna be another “season” and if the game gets popular enough they might make a few more seasons, possibly rework previous ones. Great vid though
I don’t really know how he’d left that out, it seems weird a bit, weird to me anyway.
It’s made evident on their RUclips channel it’s their first game, and yet he had such high expectations and for what?
Thats just kind of.. I don’t really know what word to use if it’s over exaggerated or under exaggerated.
@@SyzygySomniastrange might be the incorrect word but it could be used
Exactly my point! However constructive criticism is good as long as you make it known that you’re not saying those things to make whoever look bad. At the very least tell the audience that these people are new.
They need to do better and give a huge amount of levels in terms of sequels at least along with doing it that doesn’t feel like it was ripped from fall guys.
@SyzygySomnia it's a 15 dollar game, doesn't matter if its their first, if it sucks then it sucks LOL. He has the right to be disappointed
I hope we get a sequel that actually explains how a cereal company gets away with enough murder to rival every mascot horror villain combined if they collect participants via cereal boxes.
It’s A Private Live Show Meaning The whole world Can’t see what happens in the game show they just know they get to compete
@@FreedomRoyal7 the viewer count we see for the show in game is like 19K. It's safe to say the general person knows that finding Frankie is a show that actively murders people.
@@aliangel5007 Then Why did The Radio Now Just discuss Dead people 57 seasons Later And In The Game It Literally Says Privately Lived Game Show
@@FreedomRoyal7 honestly i think the devs were trying to go for a squid game type thing (with the money in the ball from the ceiling being the most obvious reference) maybe not realizing that the rest of the lore doesn't really make sense because if it is a private show the 19K watching number makes no sense and or if they are actively killing as many people as we see in the game the cops/news should have found out before 57 seasons in (especially considering the keys to entry are via public cereal boxes).
@@aliangel5007 19k people ain’t a lot That’s like 2% of the 8.2 billion People in the world
this game has perfect polish, visuals and audio, but having a lil jank, and weirdly executed ideas.
8/10, it is much better than most gams we got this year, hopefully this game puts devs in the right direction for future games.
It's still a great game despite all the flaws, especially the noob noobs there amazing
yeah, i do understand there are flaws with the game, but it doesn't sour my love for it. It's a fun game even with the issues it does indeed have.
Capture the Gloinks moment
the noob noobs were so cute
Missed potential? I don't see anything missing, but i do see potential, a lot of actually!
same minaxa is mad he cant get more poopy playtime. and yes i sayd poopy playtime.
@@the_lasthour2007 Wow bro, 1 grader level insult 😭🙏
@@the_lasthour2007 I love this comment
@@the_lasthour2007 How mature
I’m taking this with a grain of salt. Finding Frankie is what mascot horror should be. It doesn’t try to shove merch and crappy jump scares down your throat. The environment is creative and also creepy with all of the mutilated bodies littered all over the obstacle course. The character designs are cool and not just some smiley face emoji with sharp teeth. The soundtrack is incredible and the ending was everything I could have asked for. So if you think Finding Frankie is full of “Missed potential”, I don’t know seems kinda crazy. Also the wall art of Henry is pretty….uhhhhhh……🥴
I think you were a little too quick to attribute some things to Fall Guys. A bunch of these obstacles are paralleled by Ninja Warrior and Wipeout (among others). I think there's just a very limited number of ways to apply the format in a practical way.
With the somewhat tongue-in-cheek tone of the game, I wonder if Deputy Duck is meant to be poking fun at every mascot horror game that feels like they need to have some kind of hand-held gimmick, like the drone in Banban or the grab-pack in Poppy. I'm sure there's more examples, those are just the only two that leapt to mind. So many of them have so little relevance on gameplay that they're borderline useless sometimes.
EDIT: The Faz Watch and Wrench in Security Breach and Ruin, the magic lens thing in Bendy, the watch in Indigo Park... I vaguely recall some zoo themed horror game recently that was trying to ape off the hype for Zoochosis, and it had a lightbulb gun that was neat in theory, but worthless in practice. Don't care enough to look up the name. I remember watching a bunch of playthroughs of cookie-cutter mascot horror games that I know there's more examples, just not a lot of memorable ones because they're useless.
The light bulb gun was in a game called zoonomly I think
The thing in Bendy is called the Seeing Tool- and it actually only shows up in the final chapter of the game, and the post game where you can replay the past chapters with it. So I don’t think it’s as obnoxious as some of the others. Its main purpose isn’t even gameplay related-it’s lore related. Revealing hidden messages that hint to the game’s story. (Mainly Henry being trapped in some kind of time loop.) I’ve always viewed it as an end game item.
The Grabpack in Poppy isn’t even useless, the games wouldn’t work as well without it and it’s a fun concept.
Indigo Park & Finding Frankie are insane if you actually think about. Both are literally the devs first game* and really shows how much passion can go a long way, and that there is still diamonds in this landfill of Mascot Horror games. Sure Finding Frankie was an ambitious tasks for a first-timer, but you gotta look at it from that view rather than a seasoned professional and Expectations can kill a game if they’re too high…
As much as I'd like to agree, claiming the parkour was "ripped from fallguys" is a bit absurd. Fall guys was inspired by wipeout type gameshows, and though I'm sure the devs took inspiration from fall guys, I'd say it's more inspired by the original gameshows considering the game is... a gameshow.
Genuinely my only gripe with your video is the association with almost every parkour section to Fall Guys.
That's almost on par with people saying Battle Royale Shooters or FPS in general are essentially a specific FPS/Battle Royale Shooter game ya know?
Like its fine....but there is more to it then just Fall Guys and its kinda infuriating when that gets repeated over and over.
Other than that the video is pretty good at addressing the flaws of Finding Frankie.
Also entirely unrelated but I kinda like how you could see Hexa-Havoc the first time you enter Incinerator Room. Adds some sense of how the Player Character survived and a bit of foreshadowing.
it's literally inspired by fall guys why wouldn't they bring it up repeatedly
@@LavenderTea-lr3hc Because Fall Guys isn't the only thing in the fucking world that has obstacles of that type you homo erectus, maybe use your hands, dribble a bit over your keyboard and do some research, you will see by using your two eyes that theres these cool things called Trampoline Parks! Which, you fucking guessed it! have, wait for it!...Trampolines and obstacles!
I think the game is pretty good. It feels like its both a homage/improvement to the mascot horror genre while also making fun of and occasionally subverting a lot of the gimmicks and tropes that mascot horror games have
' Take CONTROL as an example.
The developers took so much time into putting so much detail into each part of that experience that they ran out of time on what the actual main gameplay was going to be about.
The main gameplay we got was just a fighting game in the end, with some inconveniences along the way. It was a full fleshed-out game with so much lore to expand off of and that flaw really messed it up. Also, another flaw is that most things did not line up and didn't fit together either.
Finding Frankie basically followed the same mistake, they did not make the deadline long enough.
If they started making the experience before making the trailer, it would've been a better experience. Rather than just a parkour platformer which the main objective is to survive these killer mascots that have no reason for why they're being like this. The one with the phone head did have a reason but not an actual reason to go insane.
Sometimes it's better to be intricate than to not think things through properly. ' - Chrome
you mention quite a lot how the parkour looks like falls guys and how the obstacles are from fall guys but... have you ever been to a trampoline park? like a big one? they didnt copy fall guys (inspiration sure) they "copied" real life trampoline parks (which is what fall guys does)
From my experience of playing the game I really had a fun time with finding Frankie of course some people say my opinion is wrong that’s just their opinion I had a fun time playing this game and yes, somethings could be worked on, but most of it lived up to its potential not saying that I hate this video I’m just saying, I strongly disagree with some of the points and opinions 9/10
Honestly I largely agree yeah, I remember watching a few playthroughs and just kind of sitting there watching not really feeling anything. I actually ended up playing it myself, and I feel like a lot of the movement is just a bit jank and hefty, especially stuff like the wall running which played way too chaotically imo to the degree it felt like more of randomly flicking my mouse and spamming jump to hope I'd make it. I also kind of wish the trampolines just launched you when you jumped on them the first time but that one isn't too big of a deal. I did like the chase scenes though.
But yeah it's not... BAD, but honestly the whole time I was playing it I just thought it was generally shlocky, like it's not egregious like banban or whatever, but given everyone seems to be singing it's praises online as a "step in the right direction for mascot horror" it was just very... existent. I don't really know how else to put it. Anyhow good video! You definitely managed to put it into words a lot better than me lol
I hope the developer is planning a sequel with a lot more time in the oven than this one, missed potential means that it has that potential in the first place, so if they managed to take what worked with this game and remedy all the flaws, this could work out. Maybe frankie for the next season could kick the scary up a notch and make things more tense, and also keep the other players alive for longer to add the multiple people competing against you aspect
when it comes to my thoughts of finding frankie i feel like other then the frankies the other characters were under used like in deputy ducks area i feel like instead of frankie coming to punish you like in his parkour area it should of been like a bigger version of deputy duck and thats also because a big deputy duck would of been cool for the sewer area instead of just more frankie also henry feels really under used theres the wander round the maze chase seen he's dead later in the game he's alive and then dies imediatly anyway also the fact that when meeting back with him it feels like he just forgot about the chase and ringing kind of being nice
I was disappointed by how little was in the game. I knew going in to expect 1-2 hours of total game play, but it hit he quite hard when I realized I got to the final boss. I was really hoping this was gonna be a lot longer. Another thing for me was that I wanted to play on the obstacle courses the most. Imagine my disappointment when I played through the employee's only area's the most.
Ok even tho I was pissed that the game I thought was flawless was already getting (sorta) hated on, I was kinda disappointed by how short the 3-hour runtime we were told about, came out as a 1-hour game.
This is something I agree with and in a sequel MORE PLATFORMING IS A MUST. Also Idk I think for the price you get what you paid for and I don't think its all bad. Like it sucks the game is short but it doesn't burn a hole in your wallet and I don't think the puzzles pad the runtime as some other's may believe
Some of the criticism is valid while the other is a bit... Sure it was probably one of the inspirations, Fall Guys was inspired by survival reality shows like Takeshi's Castle, Wipeout and such, which these developers also probably used as reference (and more parkour based media). The constant comparison to Fall Guys as if they used it as their only reference is a little unfair.
My biggest problem with finding Frankie, was how underused everything is, and how little characters there are, so much they had to use Frankie twice.
Frankie being used twice isnt a bad thing just because of the lack of characters its a bad thing because he appears just TWO TIMES despite being the main antagonist of the game.
And i 100% agree with the lack of characters. I was thinking it would've been cool if there was a clock and a TV character and theyre criminals like henry. The TV guy would kinda of be their "boss" of sorts. Also make frankie appear more and add more chase sequences.
@@KattyKitten69 also the Frankie box mechanic is used a whopping 2 times, it would be cool if in random chill points in the game, Frankie just falls out of nowhere, and you have to get behind cover as soon a possible, same goes for the noon noobs and rings.
What missed potential? it was great
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Yeah I really enjoyed playing this game
Yea this RUclipsr needs to quit yt
The beginning was cool but it just gets boring and repetitive. It's not scary at all. I ultimately felt nothing when I played it. Some of the areas suck so much ass which is a shame because I can tell they had a vision for the game
@@mrcali2245 Then your Just to old For Horror Games then Cuz It did have Horror you Just didn’t Care
It's a fun game, why people already disliking it
Cuz Nowadays they expect to See A 10ft lanky demon With the Most goriest design even though we’ve seen that many times in movies and Games
@@FreedomRoyal7 That wasn't even one of reason that was listed, they even said they liked the character designs in this game
@@bag-manbaron2547 I’m not talking About Him Mate
@@bag-manbaron2547 I’m talking about people who want to See what I just said
@@FreedomRoyal7 Well I apologize for not knowing who you were referring to in this scenario.
Also was not aware my comment actually sent cause youtube said it ran into an error when I sent that message lol
15:20 the thing is, you need the ducks flash for the mountain area in the ceo office so you get some loooorrrreeee
19:06 just realized that would be so cool, you get chased -> you fall -> hexa havoc
It's got great music, an interesting story, amazing animations, characters, and gameplay. 9.5/10.
Personally I prefered Finding Frankie FAR more than Indigo Park
Sorry dude but I can’t agree with you on this one it has lots of potential it didn’t miss anything
The parkour aspect reminds me more of Mirror's Edge than Fall Guys, looks pretty dope tho.
Finding frankie to me was a great horror game
It's only been two days minaxa
I really do think they should have polished the movement and made it even more challenging, maybe even putting in threats more frequently to turn puzzles into chase-esque portions, but otherwise I enjoyed the game terrifically. 8/10.
I don't really see any missing potential, personally feel like it has some decent potential that definitely needs a bit of refining, tweaking and constructive critiscim. I will agree you definitely set your expectations way too high for this game. So I'd say best to just do what you can to give your constructive criticisms to help out the devs.
The fact it took me nearly the entire video to realize this was uploaded 6 minutes before watching is wild
Glad to see the story not taking itself seriously in the positives. While ive seen some people dislike that it doesnt explain what these sentiant robots are or how any of this is possible, to me it was such a breath of fresh air inside this genre that focuses so much in explaining every detail and having everything make sense which is a big TASK that the player has to do by reading so much notes and hidden lore and videos. Im so glad i got to watch dawko play this and just get the story from start to end, a deathgame show privately hosted by a sentiant cartoony mascot character, which is not explained but the curiosity of it does make me like it more, its just a simple story and i loved that, for once i dont have to wait for a theory video to explain to me whats happening in here! atleast the main story, theres def secrets that explain more but that feels like a side thing for the player if they want more rather than explain the ingame story. Also for me the ending came less about the money not being given and more about frankie convincing and pressuring the player into joining the show for more rather than comeback to his old life again when he could be a star... do they could have done that better because that doesnt really matter if you have 5 MILLION DOLLARS with you and definetly the show needs him more than the player needs them. Even do the ending with evil frankie says otherwise, if there is to be a sequel i would actually love the main char of this game to become a higher up or an actual character in that game because thatd be really interesting take!
Anyways, amazing video! i agree with a lot of iT, def wish they didnt so heavily inspire from fallguys and take note from more other parkour games, or atleast gave them more interesting spins like the hexagon game.
It's also important to note that 15$ dollars for this game does make this problems worse :( while i dont mind them pricing it that to get the money back becuase i can tell this took lotta time and money to make for such small group, but theres people out there who are vERY vocal about prices, specially when theres games out there with much longer gametime at a lower price D: and they can always gain more money back from merch than from release itself! Frankie is really marketablE, and lets not forget the tumblr sexyman (not confirmed i think but love the idea that it was intentional to make henry one to boost ratings, its funnY) and ofcourse the best character of all, noobnoobs. deputy duck is there too.
OH and an idea i got, it would have been awesome if instead deputy duck was used to interact with the parkour sets themselves like making platforms flip or activating fans, or any obstacle/tool, just anything that makes the parkour more interactuablE
An issue a have with this game is how useless Deputy Duck becomes after Connections with Henry Hotline. There is really no need to use his radar that much since mostly everything can be easily found, and his flash ability is totally useless. I feel like they were going to have more in the game where he is useful but I think they cut those parts out.
I totally agree, but my main issue is the lack of horror, yes there are some spooks but I feel it was more of an adventure game rather than horror game. Overall it's very fun and I absolutely love the final boss and the "STOP MESSING WITH MY F***ING GAME SHOW" line, but I won't say it's overall great, my rating is a 6.5/10
Imagine Hating on a Game you can Play back to see what Happens
@@FreedomRoyal7 I literally have 0 idea what this comment is supposed to mean-
@@farawayxgalaxy How it literally says it in Full English “Imagine hating on a game that YOU can PLAY BACK to see what HAPPENS” cuz people are complaining that They can’t see what’s happening when you have multiple chances to play
I think your opinion is valid, I honestly feel the same way, what was hinted between the trailers and game were different. Also, I think it would have been cool if we could have a chance to save Henry, yet fail.
Thank you for saying that deputy duck is kind of a useless mechanic
honestly they couldve done much better with that but oh well
He was Useful to spot The telephones
Wish he was an actual monster instead
@@FreedomRoyal7 He was only useful in 1 instance of the game and that's the problem, it's pretty underwhelming. I think it would had been better if he would've just granted small movements buffs for a certain amount of time to the player, it would of been better like that. This would put more focus on the parkour aspect of the game (In my opinion).
@@Redsilver2 Yeah But as Much as the game has talking Rabbits and Telephones That would just be cheating as this is apart of the Gameshow plan Get him to Hexa-Havoc and Kill Him
big L take imo the game is absolutley awesome and i like the parkour type of horror game they did AND the horror is just the sweet spot between absolutly terrifying and mild
honestly the first interaction with henry hotline could've been easily fixed by making him say "Don't do that again" before backing off and having him yell and start chasing you after you ring the first phone
I rather agree with you. But otherwise, we can hope for a second game much better than the first, already because it is a small project, and then it is what the end suggests: since we proved that it was possible to win, it brought back the success of the show and replenish the coffers, which will allow to repair and improve the place and to make new seasons. In a way, it is a bit like the ABNH run of Dark Souls 2: nobody believed that it was possible, someone proved the opposite and it was the rush of "who will do the same".
The biggest problem with finding frankie imo is how short it is. I remember the devs saying the game would be 2-3 hours long but that ended up not being the case. I think that a big factor that contributed to this is how the game has so little characters. I mean obviously you can't make a 3 hours long game with 3 characters only. Especially when one of them is an ally. Frankie himself was also severily underutilized despite being the main antagonist of the game which is unfortunately a pretty common issue in mascot horror games.
These are honestly my only issues with the game. I love everything else and this is still my favorite mascot horror game get.
What ive seen from newer mascot horror games, is that they put these stuff in the trailers that never make it into the real game. For example, in poppy playtime chapter 3, there is alot of spots in the trailer that have vhs effects that never got put in the game. It also seems like it happened here.
The vhs effects we're clearly just part of the trailer. Its obviously not going to be in the game.
I felt like instead of frankie showing up inseatly, they could have continued it for the tutorial as you are racing the other guys one starts to get faster and someone people would be like what he's gonna win why is so fast then frankie jumps out and eats him and i don't know you find away to escape why he kills the others like it would a holy sh** moment.
Amongus sea
Ok i'll keep watching the video but i cannot unhear this AAHHHHH
Frankie's voice sounds a lot like Caine from The Amazing Digital Circus. And I thought this game was like Mirror's Edge.
I thought i would be really bad at the game but i wasnt so bad!! I was happy with it nonetheless.
It's crazy, I was working on a video talking about my gripes with the game, and I share so much of the same sentiment. I had a few other points that were a but different but at the end of the day, not my favorite game honestly. Not bad, just...weaker than expected
I’m probably not a bot
Deputy duck is used to help you find the circuits
for the first obstacle course in the finale im also confused on why they didn't have frankie chase you during it. like it was just...rising slime and nothing scary. that was probably the developers' intention, like to get people's guard down a little and then there's a twist in the second one. but i couldnt help but feel like it was a bit lazy throwing in this big fall guys obstacle course thing and not something remotely new or making the player use the movement mechanics that weren't used as much throughout the game
This game in my eyes is just ok.
If you played this for horror, it was eh.
If you played this for the platforming/speedrunning. 10/10
May not have been the best horror game but it’s still a good game
I think some animations are pretty good, and it was kinda fun. Its not scary tho, sucks visually. Looks uninspired. The telephone guy area isnt scary and is more boring and obnoxious. Same with the final area. I think the beginning is pretty decent but it falls off so hard
Congrats on 300k!
Finding Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The missed potential of this video : nothing
Please play Psychopomp GOLD I heard great things about it.
deserves a sequel
Thank you! I'm really glad that there's someone actually criticising the game, I've seen far too many titles where people are saying "Its the best horror game of 2024" or "Its the best Indie Horror game ever!"
I thought I knew the music lol
THIS GAME IS PEAK BRO
i like noob noobs
I give it 10/10 because da game offers stuff other games don't do or don't do often
Its good, chill
buuut poppy playtime mirrors edge is funny
You have great vids🍊
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very rare mediocre opinion of minaxa
Skill issue
What the heck is fall guys?
its a game where you compete with others in obstacle courses. it was very popular a couple years ago
Its a parkour game its not about the story its about the gameplay quote from therussianbadger
And also calling this game missed potential for someone’s first game is really insulting
Congrats on 300k
finding frankie to me seemed horribly rushed and had absolutely terrible pacing. so much getting thrown in your face so quickly you don't have time to dissolve any of what's going on
That’s The Fun scary part It’s not like Stand around to Look at the monster It’s Get the Heck outta their before you die Game
The game is designed to be fast paced dude. Its a parkour game. If you dont like that then the game isn't rushed. its just not for you
@@KattyKitten69 FR like I don’t know what they were expecting
gonna be real this looks weak as heck and i just started watching
What did you want a big alert when a door opend or maybe some yellow paint
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Ayoo 300k
Another banger video
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haha lol 420 likes total reddit moment
Game good 👍
40 second 😊
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Early as heck 🎉🎉
yippe
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Frist.
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