There’s actually a scare when you hide under the bed for too long, the doll will peek it’s head under the bed to stare at you. Great game, and really happy you played it!
honestly underrated aspect of this i havent heard anyone else mention: the game doesnt seem to allow for actual death. i havent played it, but from seeing this it seems like failure sends you back to a point without ever showing you a death screen or a jumpscare. i think the most horrific point in a horror game is when youre about to die, but once you die most of the tension is gone, and you remember that its just a game after reloading a save. this game manages to make the entire experience feel like those precious moments in other horror games where you're just about done but youre not out yet, stretched to a full hour, without any actual death happening, and thats amazing.
What disappoints me about this game is how its such a hit or miss, some parts like the "rainy downtown rundown motel" aspect of the graphics are amazing but then stuff like basically every jumpscare in the game and the final part of the game are rather bad. Most everything else though is fantastic.
yep, normally death would relieve you of the fear, making the horror obsolete, here tho, it lets you think you can die but if you truly cant, it feels like this game has a constant grip on you. truly marvelous
@@zeebeeplayz I don't know about "bad" moreso than stylized. They look like something that would come out of some avant-garde Soviet film, which certainly fits the setting
@@spitgorge2021 Honestly I've turned around on this game. Now I realize how great it is at building tension and all the jumpscares are terrifying. Bad opinion, past self!
One of my biggest childhood fears was looking into a completely dark room from one that was well-lit. Anything could've been hiding in blackness just beyond the doorway, and this game captures that perfectly.
Possibly my favorite thing about this channel is that you aren't numb to the scares. A horror channel where the player doesn't just shrug off the scary things is such a treat.
This was uniquely fantastic. It felt more like you just happened to be in a passively spooky area than a spooky place actively trying to kill you. It was like the demons were trying to proudly show you the weird stuff they've been up to. I don't know what to call this kind of horror but I really enjoyed it. (The early doll jumpscare was really out of place though.)
Yeah, the game is great thanks to the atmosphere and build-up being terrifying, not just a lot of jumpscares and cliché scary guy you have to run from.
18:49 Honestly one of the best types of jumpscare I've seen. It's fast (a literal blink and you'll miss it), is only subtly hinted at (if you manage to realize in time that the shadow on the door isn't your shadow), and there's absolutely no shrill musical piece to shock you; only complete silence as usual.
I super appreciate a fellow developer who understands subtle movement. I'm currently creating a horror game as well, and things like the way the camera moves, the flashlight, even something small like the broken elevator door not being a boring linear movement, these are things I'm taking care to do as well and the From the Darkness developer seems to share that in common with me. The quality of the assets as well. This game looks a LOT like the kind of horror game I'm currently making. Part of why this excites me is because Librarian is actually noticing the work that went in. Sometimes I'm unsure if all the detail I'm adding will be appreciated and if I should bother, so this is good.
I think what helped this game was that there were a lot of subtly spooky things happening, and it doesn't FORCE you to notice all of them, it just knows you'll probably notice SOME of them. I think horror developers are often afraid to have truly subtle scares, since most players will miss them anyway. But those who DO notice will find them to be very memorable, and if you use enough of them, pretty much everyone will at least notice something. It even adds fuel for potential discussions. "Did you know that if you go in X room and look out the window, Y will happen?" "WHAT, I didn't even see that!"
There's always a chance no one will ever see your work or appreciate any of it. Just one of those things you have to accept as a creator. I've written a ton of books but only a few ever reached a wide audience but more importantly when it does reach the right audience who starts noticing the care you put into it a powerful fellowship forms. I'm no JK Rowling, GRRM or Stephen King but my advice is create something you love and if you put enough love, care and work into it with a big spoonful of luck the right audience will find it. Either way the only audience that truly matters is you, do what you've always wanted to see and let the cards fall as they may. So even if no one ever notices or enjoys it at least you made a game you can enjoy. Even after all this time I can still find myself reading my own books and enjoying them because I wrote them for me.
This game reminds me of something. I live in that kind of flat and the moment in the late game when everything goes black and there is only the red light behind the windows reminded me about lonely winter nights, when your home is dark and there is only rusty red sky because of yellowish soviet-style lamps outside. It is creepy itself, but then suddenly someone called on the door and I was so scared. Turned out it was the police and they were seeking for the guy that lives upstairs. Damn, I felt every part of this video. And yeah, the when there is no light on the floor (we call it podyezd or padik) it is scary because there could be anyone:a bum, junkie, burglar or the dude who has been kicked out by his wife or maybe there is no one and you just a paranoid guy
I also love the way that the flashlight doesn't just sit dead in the center of your screen and it instead moves more with your mouse Edit: I think this game is very unique and I really enjoyed you playing it and I very much enjoy your videos
Here's something I'm not seeing anyone else bring up: you getting the flashlight midway feels like such a victory; how you finally have a tool to combat the darkness. Its not crappy, it doesn't have a limited battery mechanic, and the beam is pretty decent. Still it doesn't make the game any less scary, but in fact introduces a new horror element of having to turn your only tool against the horror off to proceed
"you can hide under the bed" gave me instant goosebumps, the way it did those instructions /only/ when you were about to need them(or randomly, I'm not sure)? that was ingenious, and very, very disturbing love your content and analysis!
I really want you to contact the creator of this game and try to create something together. Your understanding of horror and his implementation of horror must create something amazing!
I absolutely love this game. You should play this guy's first game as well. It's called Wrong Floor i believe, it's about being stuck in a dark maze-like basement with the same THING hiding in the shadows... It's not that good, pretty cliche, but it's worth checking out if you liked this one. Also I'm so happy you actually noticed almost all the details in this game, the screamish viral youtubers who played this game rushed through it in like 20 minutes and completely missed all the lore, foreshadowing etc.
Ngl It's the highest quality and my favourite horror game I've ever seen. Re-watching different people's walkthroughs probably 5 times now, I'm surprised every time that I see more and more detail in the little things And as someone who lives in an apartment like this, I can totally relate to the double scare feeling of it And yes, it is 2022 and many flats in Russia look like this, take my word for it
Regarding your question at 4:58. I live in an apartment building just like this (Bulgaria). In our case these spaces are typically either for maintenance, or some form of storage. In some rare cases they're used as an impromptu lounge. However the landings would typically also have large windows leading outside as well.
The trick where it tells you how to do something that will save your life out of nowhere is a clever thing to do, and it can really put the player on edge, I've used this trick once in a horror game but I feel like it's a really underrated trick
Hearing Librarian start to freak out over that small scare about ten minutes in with the Disappearing Man(?) has ME freaked out 'cause he doesn't do that. Which really adds a new layer to the scary
I've been waiting for you to do this one because it seemed perfect for your style and because I knew you'd be the type to give it the respect it deserves really take your time with it instead of just running through it crazy missing all the details like so many other youtubers just try to be obnoxious comedians with played up reactions overlooking the subtle scares that are the best part. Seriously tried three different playthroughs giving up 10 minutes in because it got so annoying until I realized this was just the type of game I would have to wait until you played! You're such an underrated channel your content really has a unique vibe
I'm just saying when it comes to horror games a lot of let's players go have the energetic over the top comedic trashy clickbait vibes you're one of the few that plays these kinds of games with the same seriousness as a more story focused game if I'm making any sense I'm sleep deprived and babbling a bit
18:50-18:53 I noticed it right when I first watched the video but it was only when I went back and slowed it down that I saw it in full, I’m not sure if it was intended to be in the mirror or not but either way it’s quite creepy
Getting-back-home-drunk-to-your-soc-panel-block simulator 2022. That aesthetic is fundamentally depressing. I've lived in such places from 1989 till 2000 :P
weird that i have never heard of the title but boy, is it good, especially in nowdays standards. so happy to have people who still can deliver on good horror without putting your generic puzzle first person garbage in games. to simply have a fantastic, thick and tense atmosphere with silent jumpscares. thats the stuff. (except for the first one but that was hilarious)
Man, the sound samples are sooo spot on, there's a lot of effort into putting that together - the flick of the switches, the doors, everything. The textures are also very exact
Everybody talks about how scary the prompts are like shift to run or whatever but someone actually using them artistically just for that when you don't actually have to run or hide brilliant use the conditioned fear response correctly and you don't necessarily need to follow through but then to put something under the bed like that it's just kind of a unique thing
I played the Gm_Russia in Garry's mod, by telling the design of the place, this is what the apartments in Soviet Union looked like during Cold war. Each floor has 2 rooms, some other apartments might have more rooms or floors in any urban areas like Pripyat. The power box sometimes were outside the apartment room beside the door so any visitors who came around may think which apartment room the power is.
I mean. This is how apartaments still looks like in post soviet countries. I don't see much diffrence between this in-game apartament block, and mine where I live in.
the number of rooms in apartments in most eastern european ex-communist countries depended on how many kids a family had. more kids = the state gives you a new apartment with more rooms
This platform between floors for garbage collector. It has a large pipe, which goes to special room in basement. All trash piles stores them and special person cleans this room every morning.
I grew to love how unapologetically cliche this was. The entire game is just 'but what if spooky thing happens?'. It doesn't even try to do more than that. It's like a genuinely great horror amusement park ride. All effort into making the scares speck clean, and none into being pretentious or pretending to be something it isn't. P.S. to go against what I said, the one bit of lore this game has is that it seems to be an AU where the USSR never dissolved. Hence leading to it still being 'soviet' despite evidently taking place in 2021/22 (as the missing 15 year old was born 2005). For the same reason the phone country code is +81, which is currently used by Japan, but I assume would have been Soviet.
This game was actually a sequel to game made by the same developer. That elevator at the beginning was a direct reference to it since it takes place in the exact same building. You should definitely check it out if you haven't already.
When he went to grandpa's house, felt like i was going to visit my grandma. The doll jumpscare was pretty funny, and it did the RE1 zombie intro, and in the end all i gotta say is "who was phone?"
Another thing I really liked about this game was how it uses a sense of familiarity. We become familiar with the rooms of the apartment and the photos on the wall so it’s even more jarring to see them look distorted and horrifying
Damn do I appreciate this masterpiece. It's not quite there for Silent Hill vibes, but wishlist every choice was made to ensure this is a top indie title. The scares were creative and executed well and the soundscape and light complimented them. The dev(s) even put in quirks like just stuffing multiple organs in one eye socket to avoid a custom animation and reflect the frustration of the protagonist (fully justified imo, I really liked that). The staring doll looking into one's soul made me want the possibility of pulling out both eyes. The only thing this is missing is character (loose plot, soviet lifestyle only hinted at) and ofc better translations since there isn't even much text.
I know this video is a year old but this is my favorite horror play through. Wheneve I watch a horror movie that doesn't scare me enough I rewatch this video. Watching it again now!
This is such a great game, remember watching it on RUclips few moths ago and the atmosphere it creates was otherworldly, such a great understanding of terror and horror. Huge credit to the dev.
There's another game these guys made called Wrong Floor also a good one. But I am so happy seeing you play this because I saw this played by a ytber who's been really hysterical about it because he used to live as a kid in an apartment like that. ;)
I consider this a masterclass of videogame horror. It may not be for everyone, but there’s a lot of thought and care that went into curating the terror this fills the player with. The way it plays with light and shadow reminds me of how it worked in Anatomy (seriously, those shadows are so dark). While similar to Anatomy for how it is a confined horror experience in the dark and you can’t die, this game has what Anatomy didnt: a monster. If Anatomy had a monster it would have been a different horror experience and honestly it wouldn’t have worked. For this game, though? Oh god does it work. It works way too well.
It's kinda weird in the way that even the lights are on there is still no people around, it's like someone might be around but we can't see it normally. I didn't know that this is such a very good game taken place in Soviet Union
I'm an American but having studied the history I find them comforting. Imagine going from living in a field, trekking an hour to a well to get water and at least an hour from any kind of primary service, then all of a sudden youre given an apartment with all the modern comforts and designed so well every service and luxury you'd want within walking distance. What scares the hell out of me are western style suburban mcmansions. True hellscapes surrounded with miles of identical steel and concrete while in a gilded cage with all services and shops requiring a vehicle to visit with endless lonely traffic both ways.
3:22 The paper on an elevator door you mistook for an "out of order" notice is actually just an ad for "Computer master" or "Computer professional". This types of ads were and still are common in some old soviet appartment buildings. Here's what it says: Computer Master -Reinstalling Windows -Virus deletion _programm installation -Cleaning PC from dust And then there is a number to call the guy to do something from this list. The funniest thing to me is that the number on it is, in fact, not a russian phone number, although there was a russian phone number on the missing person poster
When hiding in the bed and you look to your right for too long. When you look left again you'll see the doll looking back at you. It scared the living hell out of me.
I feel like this apartment is possessed by an overly ambitious demon excited to show you his demo reel. "Bro! Bro! Check out these spooks I've been cooking up in the lab! Satans gonna have to promote me after he sees this!" I half expect him to give you a spooked survivor survey at the end like: "On a scale of 1-5 how creepy did you find the crying baby? Was the meat crunching elevator satisfyingly scary or was it too over the top? Would you recommend this haunted apartment to your friends or enemies?" Like you're his test run for the real victim after.
scary... i usually watch this type of videos when it's night, with lights closed and hugging the cat. sometimes i had to cover the screen of the phone because i feel afraid of what would happen while you had the flashlight closed
That broken neck thing was pretty cool especially since Librarian sort of missed it, and I couldn't stop laughing at the Ugly doll jumpscare. I love how he called the ending btw.
Don’t know if Librarian will see this, or if I should post it on his newest video, but he’s honestly one of the best horror RUclips’s I’ve seen, and a huge inspiration for starting my own horror game’s and maybe my own channel in a few years. I first found the channel around 8 months ago starting off with the Sears map from Gmod and binge watching those videos. I do love the commentary and analysis style of these videos. Anyways, if you see this Librarian, you’re doing a wonderful job at creating content.
9:25 the librarian describing the picture me: thankful but also thinking he's hallucinating because I don't see shit Love your content. I always have your videos on mini player at work. Feels very cozy. Have you ever thought about making audiobooks of horrorstories/thrillers to publish?
lol this was a cool watch but I still am curious on people like you or others who will play this stuff,be scared but still play and enjoy it. years ago I played the first few fnaf games, a few creepy woods walks or moon horror games, I tried Amnesia once and uninstalled it an hour later haha. My main issue is anxiety, something I don't get from real life or watching horror movies or even watching others play games but actually playing them screws me up I can't play the game properly.
Also, if I may I'd like to recommend another spooky Indie game: "The Shopping List" Thanks for your consideration and great vid as always! One of the scariest you’ve played!
You're crazy. If I did this with VR I'd see the lights flicker off the 1st time and the headset would be coming off and I'd be watching some Spongebob. to lighten my anxiety.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the light switch clicks out the audible SOS signal. Doesn't translate into a proper light signal though, so someone outside probably won't figure that out.
That light flicker starting around 24:50 is spelling S O S in morse code
Wow! That’s a crazy small yet terrifying detail
That doll jumpscare was so fucking funny. The way the sound just cuts off was timed so perfectly. At first I thought it was an edit you made yourself.
It stopped my heart in the moment, but I laughed when I watched it back in editing lol
yeah watching this in my room was too scary
@@CeyaTF do not
It was well timed, scary and comical at the same time.
@@CeyaTFIt's a terrifying game. Scarier than any I have ever seen. More so than S.T.A.L.K.E.R. even.
There’s actually a scare when you hide under the bed for too long, the doll will peek it’s head under the bed to stare at you. Great game, and really happy you played it!
honestly underrated aspect of this i havent heard anyone else mention: the game doesnt seem to allow for actual death. i havent played it, but from seeing this it seems like failure sends you back to a point without ever showing you a death screen or a jumpscare. i think the most horrific point in a horror game is when youre about to die, but once you die most of the tension is gone, and you remember that its just a game after reloading a save. this game manages to make the entire experience feel like those precious moments in other horror games where you're just about done but youre not out yet, stretched to a full hour, without any actual death happening, and thats amazing.
What disappoints me about this game is how its such a hit or miss, some parts like the "rainy downtown rundown motel" aspect of the graphics are amazing but then stuff like basically every jumpscare in the game and the final part of the game are rather bad. Most everything else though is fantastic.
yep, normally death would relieve you of the fear, making the horror obsolete, here tho, it lets you think you can die but if you truly cant, it feels like this game has a constant grip on you.
truly marvelous
Amnesia has that, when you die it sends you back and the monster isn't in the same place.
@@zeebeeplayz I don't know about "bad" moreso than stylized. They look like something that would come out of some avant-garde Soviet film, which certainly fits the setting
@@spitgorge2021 Honestly I've turned around on this game. Now I realize how great it is at building tension and all the jumpscares are terrifying. Bad opinion, past self!
One of my biggest childhood fears was looking into a completely dark room from one that was well-lit. Anything could've been hiding in blackness just beyond the doorway, and this game captures that perfectly.
Same here
My childhood fun was looking into a well lit room from a dark one.
Possibly my favorite thing about this channel is that you aren't numb to the scares. A horror channel where the player doesn't just shrug off the scary things is such a treat.
This was uniquely fantastic. It felt more like you just happened to be in a passively spooky area than a spooky place actively trying to kill you. It was like the demons were trying to proudly show you the weird stuff they've been up to. I don't know what to call this kind of horror but I really enjoyed it. (The early doll jumpscare was really out of place though.)
Psychological
Yeah, the game is great thanks to the atmosphere and build-up being terrifying, not just a lot of jumpscares and cliché scary guy you have to run from.
I see it as like, "you want jumpscares in a horror game? Here! now thats the only one you will ever see. Continue playing!"
18:49 Honestly one of the best types of jumpscare I've seen. It's fast (a literal blink and you'll miss it), is only subtly hinted at (if you manage to realize in time that the shadow on the door isn't your shadow), and there's absolutely no shrill musical piece to shock you; only complete silence as usual.
8:40
"imagine spending the last years of your life living like this"
>eastern europeans spending every year of their life living like this
as an eastern european i can relate
Communist moment
"alright all we need now is red. we need red"
*room turns red*
"not exactly what i meant but thank you for trying"
best part
I super appreciate a fellow developer who understands subtle movement. I'm currently creating a horror game as well, and things like the way the camera moves, the flashlight, even something small like the broken elevator door not being a boring linear movement, these are things I'm taking care to do as well and the From the Darkness developer seems to share that in common with me.
The quality of the assets as well.
This game looks a LOT like the kind of horror game I'm currently making.
Part of why this excites me is because Librarian is actually noticing the work that went in. Sometimes I'm unsure if all the detail I'm adding will be appreciated and if I should bother, so this is good.
I think what helped this game was that there were a lot of subtly spooky things happening, and it doesn't FORCE you to notice all of them, it just knows you'll probably notice SOME of them. I think horror developers are often afraid to have truly subtle scares, since most players will miss them anyway. But those who DO notice will find them to be very memorable, and if you use enough of them, pretty much everyone will at least notice something. It even adds fuel for potential discussions. "Did you know that if you go in X room and look out the window, Y will happen?" "WHAT, I didn't even see that!"
Considering you are attentive, that can prove unfortunate
There's always a chance no one will ever see your work or appreciate any of it. Just one of those things you have to accept as a creator. I've written a ton of books but only a few ever reached a wide audience but more importantly when it does reach the right audience who starts noticing the care you put into it a powerful fellowship forms.
I'm no JK Rowling, GRRM or Stephen King but my advice is create something you love and if you put enough love, care and work into it with a big spoonful of luck the right audience will find it.
Either way the only audience that truly matters is you, do what you've always wanted to see and let the cards fall as they may. So even if no one ever notices or enjoys it at least you made a game you can enjoy. Even after all this time I can still find myself reading my own books and enjoying them because I wrote them for me.
This game reminds me of something.
I live in that kind of flat and the moment in the late game when everything goes black and there is only the red light behind the windows reminded me about lonely winter nights, when your home is dark and there is only rusty red sky because of yellowish soviet-style lamps outside. It is creepy itself, but then suddenly someone called on the door and I was so scared. Turned out it was the police and they were seeking for the guy that lives upstairs. Damn, I felt every part of this video.
And yeah, the when there is no light on the floor (we call it podyezd or padik) it is scary because there could be anyone:a bum, junkie, burglar or the dude who has been kicked out by his wife or maybe there is no one and you just a paranoid guy
I also love the way that the flashlight doesn't just sit dead in the center of your screen and it instead moves more with your mouse
Edit: I think this game is very unique and I really enjoyed you playing it and I very much enjoy your videos
That doll orchestrated the Gorbachev coup, I know it in my bones
Here's something I'm not seeing anyone else bring up: you getting the flashlight midway feels like such a victory; how you finally have a tool to combat the darkness.
Its not crappy, it doesn't have a limited battery mechanic, and the beam is pretty decent. Still it doesn't make the game any less scary, but in fact introduces a new horror element of having to turn your only tool against the horror off to proceed
"you can hide under the bed"
gave me instant goosebumps, the way it did those instructions /only/ when you were about to need them(or randomly, I'm not sure)? that was ingenious, and very, very disturbing
love your content and analysis!
I really want you to contact the creator of this game and try to create something together. Your understanding of horror and his implementation of horror must create something amazing!
You missed a bonus scare. There's a little surprise for you if you hide under the bed for too long. Dunno if it's mentioned elsewhere in the comments.
I absolutely love this game. You should play this guy's first game as well. It's called Wrong Floor i believe, it's about being stuck in a dark maze-like basement with the same THING hiding in the shadows... It's not that good, pretty cliche, but it's worth checking out if you liked this one. Also I'm so happy you actually noticed almost all the details in this game, the screamish viral youtubers who played this game rushed through it in like 20 minutes and completely missed all the lore, foreshadowing etc.
Ngl It's the highest quality and my favourite horror game I've ever seen. Re-watching different people's walkthroughs probably 5 times now, I'm surprised every time that I see more and more detail in the little things
And as someone who lives in an apartment like this, I can totally relate to the double scare feeling of it
And yes, it is 2022 and many flats in Russia look like this, take my word for it
This game is super well made, the graphics, the prop models, the animation when you walk, even the footstep sounds.
Just found your content, and I love it, thank you for everything
MEMORYS BROKEN THE TRUTH GOES UNSPOKEN!
@@lietus4192 There will be BLOOD...SHED!
“Imagine sharing an elevator ride with your own mangled corpse.” - The Librarian 😂
I know what’s going on a gravestone
Ahhh,
Monday mornings.
🤢
Regarding your question at 4:58. I live in an apartment building just like this (Bulgaria). In our case these spaces are typically either for maintenance, or some form of storage. In some rare cases they're used as an impromptu lounge. However the landings would typically also have large windows leading outside as well.
We have dumpster pipe, which drop all waste into basement.
The trick where it tells you how to do something that will save your life out of nowhere is a clever thing to do, and it can really put the player on edge, I've used this trick once in a horror game but I feel like it's a really underrated trick
It instantly sends dread "What do you mean hide under the bed??"
Wow imagine this in VR. That would be traumatizing.
Even though the flyer on ground floor is a IT technician advert, Librarian was right about the lift being out of order
Hearing Librarian start to freak out over that small scare about ten minutes in with the Disappearing Man(?) has ME freaked out 'cause he doesn't do that. Which really adds a new layer to the scary
I've been waiting for you to do this one because it seemed perfect for your style and because I knew you'd be the type to give it the respect it deserves really take your time with it instead of just running through it crazy missing all the details like so many other youtubers just try to be obnoxious comedians with played up reactions overlooking the subtle scares that are the best part. Seriously tried three different playthroughs giving up 10 minutes in because it got so annoying until I realized this was just the type of game I would have to wait until you played! You're such an underrated channel your content really has a unique vibe
I'm just saying when it comes to horror games a lot of let's players go have the energetic over the top comedic trashy clickbait vibes you're one of the few that plays these kinds of games with the same seriousness as a more story focused game if I'm making any sense I'm sleep deprived and babbling a bit
yeah lets plays are fucking worthless these days. When the content creator IS the content, whats the point?
16:51 Both scared me and made me burst out with laughter!
18:50-18:53 I noticed it right when I first watched the video but it was only when I went back and slowed it down that I saw it in full, I’m not sure if it was intended to be in the mirror or not but either way it’s quite creepy
I saw it too, almost comical how he didn't notice it.
Holy crap
He noticed it. That's why he said "not so...dark" like that. He didn't get scared, just jolted.
Getting-back-home-drunk-to-your-soc-panel-block simulator 2022.
That aesthetic is fundamentally depressing. I've lived in such places from 1989 till 2000 :P
weird that i have never heard of the title but boy, is it good, especially in nowdays standards. so happy to have people who still can deliver on good horror without putting your generic puzzle first person garbage in games.
to simply have a fantastic, thick and tense atmosphere with silent jumpscares. thats the stuff. (except for the first one but that was hilarious)
That might've been the best thing I've seen. Felt like I watched a movie with a lot of hidden lore and always wanted to know more.
It was so freaky
@@Arch_ Absolutely! I definitely lost a few years on some of those scares. Plus all of that tension was incredible.
@@zakkuredwolf the sound design was awesome
@@Arch_ Definitely pleasant to the ear holes! 🙃
Man, the sound samples are sooo spot on, there's a lot of effort into putting that together - the flick of the switches, the doors, everything. The textures are also very exact
Everybody talks about how scary the prompts are like shift to run or whatever but someone actually using them artistically just for that when you don't actually have to run or hide brilliant use the conditioned fear response correctly and you don't necessarily need to follow through but then to put something under the bed like that it's just kind of a unique thing
I think I recognize that guy, actually. He looks like he's part of a different horror game, about getting off the elevator on the wrong floor...
I played the Gm_Russia in Garry's mod, by telling the design of the place, this is what the apartments in Soviet Union looked like during Cold war. Each floor has 2 rooms, some other apartments might have more rooms or floors in any urban areas like Pripyat. The power box sometimes were outside the apartment room beside the door so any visitors who came around may think which apartment room the power is.
I mean. This is how apartaments still looks like in post soviet countries. I don't see much diffrence between this in-game apartament block, and mine where I live in.
@@TheRetifox Sorry bout that, i might have a little mistake by explaining it or maybe it's different on you?
cold war? They still look like that.
the number of rooms in apartments in most eastern european ex-communist countries depended on how many kids a family had. more kids = the state gives you a new apartment with more rooms
@@TheRetifox I think your apartment still look like the post soviet design type
This platform between floors for garbage collector. It has a large pipe, which goes to special room in basement. All trash piles stores them and special person cleans this room every morning.
This channel is criminally underrated and don’t have enough subscribers
I grew to love how unapologetically cliche this was. The entire game is just 'but what if spooky thing happens?'. It doesn't even try to do more than that. It's like a genuinely great horror amusement park ride. All effort into making the scares speck clean, and none into being pretentious or pretending to be something it isn't.
P.S. to go against what I said, the one bit of lore this game has is that it seems to be an AU where the USSR never dissolved. Hence leading to it still being 'soviet' despite evidently taking place in 2021/22 (as the missing 15 year old was born 2005). For the same reason the phone country code is +81, which is currently used by Japan, but I assume would have been Soviet.
This game was actually a sequel to game made by the same developer. That elevator at the beginning was a direct reference to it since it takes place in the exact same building. You should definitely check it out if you haven't already.
When he went to grandpa's house, felt like i was going to visit my grandma. The doll jumpscare was pretty funny, and it did the RE1 zombie intro, and in the end all i gotta say is "who was phone?"
Another thing I really liked about this game was how it uses a sense of familiarity. We become familiar with the rooms of the apartment and the photos on the wall so it’s even more jarring to see them look distorted and horrifying
This is by far one of the most terrifying games you’ve played. I shouldn’t have watched this at 10 pm.
oops i better stop watching this then... 10pm....
Damn do I appreciate this masterpiece.
It's not quite there for Silent Hill vibes, but wishlist every choice was made to ensure this is a top indie title. The scares were creative and executed well and the soundscape and light complimented them. The dev(s) even put in quirks like just stuffing multiple organs in one eye socket to avoid a custom animation and reflect the frustration of the protagonist (fully justified imo, I really liked that). The staring doll looking into one's soul made me want the possibility of pulling out both eyes.
The only thing this is missing is character (loose plot, soviet lifestyle only hinted at) and ofc better translations since there isn't even much text.
I know this video is a year old but this is my favorite horror play through. Wheneve I watch a horror movie that doesn't scare me enough I rewatch this video. Watching it again now!
This is such a great game, remember watching it on RUclips few moths ago and the atmosphere it creates was otherworldly, such a great understanding of terror and horror. Huge credit to the dev.
this is one of the scariest games ive seen in a while
There's another game these guys made called Wrong Floor also a good one. But I am so happy seeing you play this because I saw this played by a ytber who's been really hysterical about it because he used to live as a kid in an apartment like that. ;)
Wow this was an absolutely amazing watch, I felt like I was right there with you with the absolute dread surmounting
Best reaction to the doll jumpscare ever
I consider this a masterclass of videogame horror. It may not be for everyone, but there’s a lot of thought and care that went into curating the terror this fills the player with. The way it plays with light and shadow reminds me of how it worked in Anatomy (seriously, those shadows are so dark). While similar to Anatomy for how it is a confined horror experience in the dark and you can’t die, this game has what Anatomy didnt: a monster. If Anatomy had a monster it would have been a different horror experience and honestly it wouldn’t have worked. For this game, though? Oh god does it work. It works way too well.
It's kinda weird in the way that even the lights are on there is still no people around, it's like someone might be around but we can't see it normally. I didn't know that this is such a very good game taken place in Soviet Union
Easily the best horror game you’ve played yet
It's always funny to see people terrified of eastern europe's aesthetics. As someone who lives here, I find it comforting and scary at the same time
31:02 that's the most masculine and scary I've heard librarian scream, legit shat myself
@ArgonianGuy Oh nice. Do you play ps4, by any chance?
I'm an American but having studied the history I find them comforting. Imagine going from living in a field, trekking an hour to a well to get water and at least an hour from any kind of primary service, then all of a sudden youre given an apartment with all the modern comforts and designed so well every service and luxury you'd want within walking distance.
What scares the hell out of me are western style suburban mcmansions. True hellscapes surrounded with miles of identical steel and concrete while in a gilded cage with all services and shops requiring a vehicle to visit with endless lonely traffic both ways.
This shit's why you should always carry a flashlight and/or headlamp.
31:25 The timing could not have been better. I was very spooked the entire video but that moment still made me laugh audibly
So glad you've played this.
Such a fine example of atmospheric horror.
This is the creepiest game I’ve seen you play.
Love the channel! You could try older AAA games that are horror based :)
The light flickering is cool but at the same time it's pretty disorienting.
3:22 The paper on an elevator door you mistook for an "out of order" notice is actually just an ad for "Computer master" or "Computer professional". This types of ads were and still are common in some old soviet appartment buildings. Here's what it says:
Computer Master
-Reinstalling Windows
-Virus deletion
_programm installation
-Cleaning PC from dust
And then there is a number to call the guy to do something from this list. The funniest thing to me is that the number on it is, in fact, not a russian phone number, although there was a russian phone number on the missing person poster
When hiding in the bed and you look to your right for too long. When you look left again you'll see the doll looking back at you. It scared the living hell out of me.
I feel like this apartment is possessed by an overly ambitious demon excited to show you his demo reel.
"Bro! Bro! Check out these spooks I've been cooking up in the lab! Satans gonna have to promote me after he sees this!"
I half expect him to give you a spooked survivor survey at the end like: "On a scale of 1-5 how creepy did you find the crying baby? Was the meat crunching elevator satisfyingly scary or was it too over the top? Would you recommend this haunted apartment to your friends or enemies?"
Like you're his test run for the real victim after.
scary... i usually watch this type of videos when it's night, with lights closed and hugging the cat.
sometimes i had to cover the screen of the phone because i feel afraid of what would happen while you had the flashlight closed
The games you usually play is scary, but somehow this game makes me the most scared. Something about it is really terrifying
Yo I love your videos so much keep up the good work!
Damn good video as always! Love your content so much and can't wait to see more
8 minutes in and getting deaply embedded f.e.a.r vibes from the flickering lights.
Still gives me chills irl.
That broken neck thing was pretty cool especially since Librarian sort of missed it, and I couldn't stop laughing at the Ugly doll jumpscare.
I love how he called the ending btw.
Don’t know if Librarian will see this, or if I should post it on his newest video, but he’s honestly one of the best horror RUclips’s I’ve seen, and a huge inspiration for starting my own horror game’s and maybe my own channel in a few years. I first found the channel around 8 months ago starting off with the Sears map from Gmod and binge watching those videos. I do love the commentary and analysis style of these videos. Anyways, if you see this Librarian, you’re doing a wonderful job at creating content.
Cheers, The Librarian. You're one of my fav youtubers at the moment :)
One of the best games you’ve played. Hope to see more 👍
9:25 the librarian describing the picture
me: thankful but also thinking he's hallucinating because I don't see shit
Love your content. I always have your videos on mini player at work. Feels very cozy. Have you ever thought about making audiobooks of horrorstories/thrillers to publish?
Whoa! That game was flipping intense😬 brotato chip!!
I absolutely loved this! Had to watch with a blanket
i just shit my self !!! 😁😅
18:52 UH. Pause video there, watch at 25% speed to catch it easier.
This hits so much harder because i'm a Pole. I used to live in a place like this
lol this was a cool watch but I still am curious on people like you or others who will play this stuff,be scared but still play and enjoy it. years ago I played the first few fnaf games, a few creepy woods walks or moon horror games, I tried Amnesia once and uninstalled it an hour later haha. My main issue is anxiety, something I don't get from real life or watching horror movies or even watching others play games but actually playing them screws me up I can't play the game properly.
I’m pretty sure this apartment has been abandoned for years
Also, if I may I'd like to recommend another spooky Indie game: "The Shopping List"
Thanks for your consideration and great vid as always! One of the scariest you’ve played!
@Sozuma Phoenix Thanks!
I don’t know why but the babies cry was hella funny 😂😂
Lol, that was soooooo good! I will pick this up and get friends to play it... keep the good work up 👌
I love this flashlight movement too, I dont see this in games since PT Silent Hills
i died laughing at that baby scare
The bedroom lightswitch was going "••• - - - •••" which is morse for "S.O.S"
31:06 😭
The real horror would be having to live in one of those Soviet era apartments.
Can't wait for the third scare reel!
7:06 this place looks like its been abandoned for years
If you loved this, you should check out Wrong Floor. It’s a much shorter experience, but it’s made by the same person and it’s just as good.
You missed a scare at 18:54
You should definitely check out silent hill 4. Maybe on the channel?
OHHH the lights in the doll room were doing ... - - - ...
You're crazy. If I did this with VR I'd see the lights flicker off the 1st time and the headset would be coming off and I'd be watching some Spongebob. to lighten my anxiety.
this is actually a sequel to a previous game by the same dev called 'Wrong Floor' featuring the same monster
41:37 i keep seeing corey taylor in every horror game
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the light switch clicks out the audible SOS signal.
Doesn't translate into a proper light signal though, so someone outside probably won't figure that out.