Audio Sync Fixed! Very sorry about the issues with the previous upload! :) This is a new game from Nick Lives (creator of NiGHT SIGNAL and A Wonderful Day For Fishing). I covered an early demo build last year, but the full game has just been released and it's very cool. This playthrough features the good ending and the bad ending. Also, I know the answer to that question was "Moles", but you get a funny callback from the caller the next day if you get it wrong!
I appreciate the fact that they added a bit of humour, without diminishing the horror of these fae entities. Having most of the people call you well after they or their loved ones are completely doomed was a really solid creative choice.
did anyone catch that the 12,000$ home thats covers with vines is an active spriggan site. Its a literal hazard zone that the previous homeowners either fled or died. Now its being sold for a cheap turnaround.
the way i saw it is the Prank caller was some interfering fae never occurred that they were turned into a mouse, thought that was just for ex-employees and thats why they got a cat in the office
Ngl, this feel like what guider character in fantasy world feel like. "I can only guide you. Even though that thing will kill you and I totally can stop it, I cant help you"
@@newturtle3Not meaning to be rude, but fae REALLY don't like being called fairies. Bad things tend to happen when you call them that. Adding to your comment, fae cannot really be killed or destroyed. Some specific kinds can be destroyed, but most have to be warded away or just left alone entirely.
I dig the subtle foreshadowing of upcoming events - with mice (and only them) being described as "worthless" in the entry list. Also the fact that the entry states "should be dealt with immediately" despite only being a minor indirect danger.
"Memory wisps will move out of the house on their own once they have stolen away the inhabitants' memories. There is no need for further action" Oh good, that's a relief. I was afraid it was something serious. That's a load off my mind!
I swear, most of these cryptids are just a medical and organic marvel. Imagine people with PTSD, or severe mental health difficulties being put into a home like this.
I swear to god, can't you just smash a false artifact open? Even if this shit is alive and I might be considered a cryptid-abuser by those nerd-fairies, aint no old ahh TV consume my pet!
@@hampter623 I'm going to assume the answer is either no, or yes but this will make things way worse in some way. A lot of these things seem to basically just necessitate a "play their game and hope to god it never gets worse" situation.
I think I get it. By signing a contract with the HSH and allowing the employees to enter their homes they also invited the very things HSH pretends to fight into their homes. That's a fae contract.
It seems that if you fail at your job then they turn you into one of those talking mice too (like the poor dude who keeps emailing at the start). Either that or you're a talking mouse all along (but the boot-up screen says there's a Human DNA check so probably not).
@@watchmychannelorelse they're not the HSH's problem since they never cared about people's well being. Each contract with the HSH might have actually been a contract with the fae infesting the house.
@@AntipaladinPedigri So the weirder pests do actually exist and we give accurate info on them, but the HSH is just exploiting them to be able to attack people??
@@AntipaladinPedigri Fam the turn over rate is ridiculous. People quit during training, they're constantly hiring. I've never even done anything strictly sales which is more hardcore but even with 8 years experience, I walked out of one of my jobs mid shift, quit one other one. So too answer the question, yes, people quit all types of ways every single day, EVERYDAY in a single call center. And as far as the crying, that's rare, it depends on the person. My typical reaction is anger when people are mean to me. People with thinner skin get hurt and cry but even then, like I said, it's rare but it happens.
It is nice that it turns out that the Fairies- while misguided in some aspects, waren't the genuine monsters that the cryptic emails led us to believe.
@@celinasjourney Notice that this is the same tabby that's in the email that tells you not to pet or feed the cat... and that his eye color in the "smart mouse"'s email is bright, unnatural blue when it's normal in the "coworker introduction" email. That's not a cat that's a cait siddhe, a fairy cat. They basically hired a hitman to solve their ex-employee problem.
The true horror is realizing that with all the dangers of this world, their real estate market is still way more affordable than ours. $120K for a beautiful 4BR/5BA house? I’ll suffer a few Hobbs for that!
Adding on to what other people have said about the solutions being extremely unhelpful, I'd like to note that a lot of the solutions for more dangerous pests refer the customer to other hotlines from the same company. That being said, I wonder how many of those are actually useful, and how many just send over an info packet containing more "pertinent information". Also, one entry that stood out to me was the Fae Feast, and how the Solution actively urges homeowners to consume it. It's even more creepy because the hotline is heavily linked to fae creatures. It urges you to consume the food as a sign of hospitality, but one of the biggest superstitions with fae is that you can never accept any food or gifts from them. It's an obvious sign that the hotline isn't so benevolent, and really makes you question how many of their other solutions are meant to help the fae and not necessarily the humans.
So, actual fairies started up a hotline to deal with monsters, mundane threats such as fires, as well as general weirdness surrounding the local area and we've been hired by said hotline... A hotline in which the punishment for failure is being turned into a sapient mouse and possibly being eaten by the company cat... This is gonna be a very long and VERY weird week.
I took on the Thunder Peaks hike before. Phew boy it was quite a hike. The view at the top is breathtaking. Highly recommend a change of clothes as you will be covered in blood by the end of your hike. Happy trails yall!
I honestly love the whimsical and silly vibe of the good ending, it feels like a scene from a old Disney movie with all the Fae creatures singing together.
I love the foreshadowing like how dismissive the descriptions get of certain threats or how so many of them involve harming children. Also the fact that the company logo is a Celtic knot…also I can’t get enough of how little information we get sometimes. Like the entry for the whistling fungi. Why exactly should you evacuate when you hear the whistling? What happens?
Maybe because it's spores are very lethal and once the fungi starts whistling in harmony, it and other present Whistling Fungi have fully matured and spore production is at full swing; saturating the air inside a house viciously quick.
The entry of the fungi clearly states it grows rapidly and can cause structural damage from within the household, being advised to evacuate immediately should be THE LEAST of your concerns, one needs to read more
This game plays a ton with superstition... in some cultures its considered bad to whistle at night, as that will attract wandering ghosts into your home. Do you think that's perhaps it? The whistling fungi could potentially attract spirits or other dangerous entities?
When they whistle in unison that means there's a surge of air going through an entire crack in the house. The reason they have you evacuate the bullding is because it's about to collapse
If you didn’t notice, on Friday a figure appears on the computer homescreen. She gets closer every day. I think she’s the girl who stepped into the portal.
20:38 I love the final depressing entry in the real estate advertisement because it tells its own story - it is for a 5 bedroom house that's selling for a fraction of all the smaller homes before it, almost certainly because its inhabitants had been beset by one of the horrors on the list. And because said horror is still in there and not leaving anytime soon, they have no choice but to sell it dirt cheap for a significant loss.
The second call of that guy reminded me of that really disturbing manga with human shaped holes on the side of a mountain that made certain want to go in, only to remerge days later as some horribly twisted abomination.
I noticed that right there too! I was cracking the fuck up. One of my faves of his is "Hey, I'm Sasha the Whip Master. Now I gotta warn ya ta stand clear while I'm practicing my whhhippin."
Big ups to the creator adding that artbook at the end. I know most people probably skip that sort of stuff, but its really interesting seeing the inspiration and the behind the scenes logic that goes into making these games
9:40 "if you diagnose one of these hazards, we will be providing only information to the clients that is pertinent to addressing their concerns, nothing more" how did we let this one go over our heads?!
i love the idea that there's someone in the HSH tasked with translating these text about fae and creatures into relating it to common household pests to keep the people unaware of what's going on
@@goblincrimes8524 Yeah, that probability the non-magical counterpart that isn't used by call responder/player might be used by the translator like Carbon monoxide for the hallucinations causing anomalies, racoon for anomalies that mess with your trash, or blaming stereotypical prankster breaking though impossible home security as last resort.
@@michaeljo9384 This is no different to any other call center, there's things you CANNOT tell to the clients for reasons you're not explained for, every customer service works like this funnily enough
@@michaeljo9384 i do wonder if they straight up send a memory sprite infestation in case the caller does actually witness something they'd be unable to blame on a hallucination, like a troll or something that left a physical mark on their boides
@@goblincrimes8524 I think so, and if there is too many witness but too little memory sprites (for example a whole family of 10 or the whole country if it's uploaded to the internet and go viral), they also can blame fictional criminals that are insane or stupid like thieves stealing cheap cloths instead money, gold or other valueables, blaming that it's fake news that are made from communist to cause panic and confusion, etc.
I don't think many people noticed, but there was quite a lot of real estate options on Berry Lane. Almost as if the neighborhood is beginning to pack their bags due to the recent infestation at 980 Berry Lane, with 982 and 981 soldiering it out.
It's pretty great to have a call coming in with some godforsaken problem or another and saying to yourself "Mmm, yep, sounds like a mirror nymph to me," in the same tone you'd use to talk about a weird bug in the bath tub. Really enjoying this.
Even more harrowing if you mess up. Calls back screaming her kid's name. I would say the VA work was well done for this game overall especially for this one and the ones who lost their memories or face.
Tbh I rather have a big harmless slug that I have to occasionally clean up after than a creature that I have to tip toe around so it won't metamorphosize and murder me
To be fair, it would honestly be quite the decent pet. Just give it a gentle pat on the head and let it work! I just wonder if they would also eat fruit like their smaller counterparts🤔
whats more hilarious is that Hobbs are eaten by Slugs, but Hobbs will keep The Hoard away, which cant be gotten rid of any other way, but if you anger a Hobb it can metamorphosize into a Boggart, which then is dangerous and cant be gotten rid of and can even follow you if you mention it, and if that heppens you just have to relocate, which can then get you stuck with travel hobbs
It must suck to own pets in this world because either the pet will accidentally provoke the fae into becoming dangerous, be eaten or they could be killed and replaced by a fae
Fr bruh and you can't even do shit about it except ignore it or something. Like with the pookas you literally have to not give it the attention it wants after it just killed your pet and left its corpse to rot while taking its placd
@@TheFoxHound626 Time to start asking people if they've got weird slime-on-stairs problems and figure out how to relocate the giant slugs to your house just so they can make sure you never have a hobb around. and figure out how to clean slug slime from the stairs.
You know, the real horror in this game isn't the numerous eldritch monsters that lurk in the shadows... or the gruesome events that ensue... It's the utterly insufferable customers that you have to put up with because their brains are made of lead.
analog horror be like follow these instructions: 1. normal thing 2. normal thing 3. extremely long pause with no music on weird/obscure/scary thing 4. normal thing thank you for listening to this broadcast follow these and you will be safe
This is possibly my favourite of these types of games. Also thank you so much for including the behind-the-scenes booklet, as someone who makes games as a hobby it’s really lovely when creators share all the work that was important to them :)
Genuinely. Like dude imagine saying your kid good night, not realizing it's your last tjme seeing them, and then once you consulted to a group that knows what to do with this situation, the only solution they provide is to just accept their death and escort the cryptid responsible out. Yeesh
wtf this is literally my daily life call center experience like even the outdated software, the hold thing, slow loading programs and logging into the system but looks funnier though nice
I can't help but notice this game's picture of a 'bed bug' is actually a stink bug lol. I know that because I have one crawling over my knuckles right now. They're quite harmless. Don't upset them though they really do make a stinky odor if they get defensive.
Same here. And many indie games tend to be very much more immersive than AAA games are these days. Even short indie games keep spinning in my thoughts for long periods of time.
Mainstream boring games is sadly a case of capitalism more than anything, and even these indie games are getting less and less good and creative, and more and more similar. Simply put, what makes more profit? Actually creating a quality product? Or making a cheap one and making people thinks its great, also known as marketing.
The bestiary inspiration is truly my favorite part of the game, remember me playing Pokemon just mostly to full the Pokedex and know more about the monsters
This is a real interesting game, though one thing I wish they'd done is have callers call you back if you managed to help them out correctly. We already get one for if you mess up, so I don't see why not getting one for if you help them(as best as you can anyway) would be off the table.
Is Twig Sigmund supposed to be a Longmont Potion Castle-esque prank caller? I hope so because that would be a fantastic homage lol Edit 1: Buzz Goober is also an LPC type prank caller. I love this. Im like 15min in and i hope to hear more of those classic antics Edit 2: Fred Pinball also Edit 3: Gub Rubber also Edit 4: Flipper also
Oh I loved the demo for this! Glad to see the full version is out 🎉 You’re my wife and I’s preferred go-to for horror games, ABG! Edit: The male voices on some of the female callers, and female voices on some of the male callers are tripping me up a bit. Maybe that's just part of the horror lol. Seems like they only have a couple of VA's for this. Enjoying it so far, nonetheless!
This is such a great idea and design! But I was really distracted by how all the mundane household tests were using photos of the wrong animals! The carpenter ant is a red ant of some kind, the bed bug is a stink bug, the cockroach is a Madagascar hissing roach (we have mostly German roaches in the USA), the house spider is a black widow(?), etc. I really wish games would just ask someone who knows about the subject they're producing a story about. But the cleverness of this idea is really refreshing. Hope they update it with some more accurate pics, seems like it would be easy to do.
@@friendformationbot Personally I think all these add to the feel of the game a little, such database entry errors are to be exptected when the ingame company is primarily dealing with supernatural and rarely ever the mundane
Then again, it IS a company run by fae who usually have at best marginal knowledge of denizens of the mundane world. They probably just picked photos of similar animals because they don't know the difference.
It actually might be by design. The company is run by faeries so they probably don't understand the the accuracy of these things. This is kind of seen in their descriptions for some files, like the feast being treated like some sort of entity that summons pests if not taken care of (eaten) or the house fire as if it's something you need to call and diagnose first before taking actions to solve it instead of just, you know, running?
I have a question in terms of the ending of Sunday. If you get any of the riddles wrong, do you get the bad ending as shown here, you get another bad ending or they force you to answer until you get it right?
It's so funny reading through the art book, since this game also made me open a bunch of Wikipedia pages about the creatures, as well as making me think more about the fey in DnD. On that last note, I was already thinking it would be interesting to add an exaggerated version of the Fae Flue to DnD games I play in, even before reading the Art Book. (The spriggan is still hard to see, even when pointed out)
the "You are unnemployed" alongside the rat hands in the ending makes it seem like the character is more scared by the fact he does not have a job than the fact that he is a rat
So floor roots.... Okay so ah. Floor roots require something to wrap around before they will cease growth... Okay "something".. so why then is it telling me to use Dolls or similar human shaped... Thats not just oh something, thats human shaped.. thats tell me that those roots know what they are looking for and im not happy about this on any level... Man I love this game i hope they do more stuff!
4:26 reminds me of that mice which i had to throw out ( he died beacuse my fat cat sat on him or something beacuse it was not eaten even a little bit ) and i had aim so good it hit a tree and made a hollow golf ball sound
When at 28:33 when the first network error appeared my computer had a minor restart to apply quick driver update, turning the screen off and then back on. Scared the bejesus out of me.
10:11 Poor Hank, the player had sent him wrong info from yesterday. They're ain't gophers but *moles*. There's something mystical and weird about moles.
Most of the creatures are fairytale creatures and the boss a fairytale creature or she could be mother nature herself but though the cosplay for that woman looks great
"Are you troubled by strange noises in the night?" "Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?" "Have you or your family actually experienced a Slug, Hobb or Wisp?" "If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute!" "Just pick up the phone and call the professionals." "Call the... Home Safety Hotline! We're ready to assist you!"
In the hiking video during your Saturday shift, when you go through the quiet zone, im very sure. VERY sure, that you are basically going through a dragon's den. You are told to be as quiet as a speck of dust, follow the dim lights and if any loud sound is heard, unsheathe your sword as in to prepare to fight the dragon. Its why its the quiet zone, because any noise will alert the dragon and if you stray from the path you'll hit the dragon by accident and alert it yet again.
Audio Sync Fixed! Very sorry about the issues with the previous upload! :)
This is a new game from Nick Lives (creator of NiGHT SIGNAL and A Wonderful Day For Fishing). I covered an early demo build last year, but the full game has just been released and it's very cool. This playthrough features the good ending and the bad ending.
Also, I know the answer to that question was "Moles", but you get a funny callback from the caller the next day if you get it wrong!
Crazy i thought the audio sync was a part of the game
Yeah, the game prepared you for glitches with that email about moving servers
You got it. This game was fun to watch. I was NOT expecting the good ending, but that ending DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!!!
your habit of checking only one article at a time really pissed me off for some reason.
Has wrong answer?
I love how the solutions to a majority of these are "you're fucked; good luck."
More like:"We have funeral and Home insurance also? We suggest to take both."
I appreciate the fact that they added a bit of humour, without diminishing the horror of these fae entities.
Having most of the people call you well after they or their loved ones are completely doomed was a really solid creative choice.
Yeah... I'm not gonna sleep well after the False Artifact... the only fix was to use a Memory Wisp to speed up the grieving process. 💀
Gotta love how nonchalant most of the descriptions for the monsters are, oh an entity just murdered your dog and took its place? Just ignore it bro 😂
@@Murphman205 no one gonna tell you, why dont just use chainsaw...
House fly, the worst entity.
did anyone catch that the 12,000$ home thats covers with vines is an active spriggan site. Its a literal hazard zone that the previous homeowners either fled or died. Now its being sold for a cheap turnaround.
"5 beds 6 bath for 12k is a steal, whats wrong with it"
Don’t worry, the Spriggan won’t kill you… just don’t cut the vines… or do anything harmful to nature…
@@TemplateName-my9ec Exactly *drops a can of gasoline and a lighter* whoops....accidents eh?😅
you know, carol kinda a real one for morphing the prank caller into a mouse.
W carol
Common Carol W
the way i saw it is the Prank caller was some interfering fae never occurred that they were turned into a mouse, thought that was just for ex-employees and thats why they got a cat in the office
Makes the smart rodent video a LOT more unsettling
56:38 if anyone wants the time stamp
The funniest part of this game is how carol's speech slowly becomes more and more medieval
I saw this comment earlier in the video and was confused, but it’s actually pretty noticeable now
I think it's less medieval and more of that kind of old tongue/cultish speech
I love the idea of fairies starting a hotline to help humans dealing with supernatural stuff.
Of course theyd leave the fairy descriptions to just leave em alone lol
Ngl, this feel like what guider character in fantasy world feel like. "I can only guide you. Even though that thing will kill you and I totally can stop it, I cant help you"
then humans end up getting a job with calls for the hotline
@@newturtle3Not meaning to be rude, but fae REALLY don't like being called fairies. Bad things tend to happen when you call them that. Adding to your comment, fae cannot really be killed or destroyed. Some specific kinds can be destroyed, but most have to be warded away or just left alone entirely.
Ikr lol
I dig the subtle foreshadowing of upcoming events - with mice (and only them) being described as "worthless" in the entry list.
Also the fact that the entry states "should be dealt with immediately" despite only being a minor indirect danger.
"Memory wisps will move out of the house on their own once they have stolen away the inhabitants' memories. There is no need for further action"
Oh good, that's a relief. I was afraid it was something serious. That's a load off my mind!
Quite literally, in this case; no longer weighed down by those treasured memories.
@@MilesTailsProwerfan9 And the recommendation for fake artifact is to use memory wisp to hasten their lose of love one memory to gone.
I swear, most of these cryptids are just a medical and organic marvel. Imagine people with PTSD, or severe mental health difficulties being put into a home like this.
I swear to god, can't you just smash a false artifact open? Even if this shit is alive and I might be considered a cryptid-abuser by those nerd-fairies, aint no old ahh TV consume my pet!
@@hampter623 I'm going to assume the answer is either no, or yes but this will make things way worse in some way. A lot of these things seem to basically just necessitate a "play their game and hope to god it never gets worse" situation.
I think I get it. By signing a contract with the HSH and allowing the employees to enter their homes they also invited the very things HSH pretends to fight into their homes. That's a fae contract.
It seems that if you fail at your job then they turn you into one of those talking mice too (like the poor dude who keeps emailing at the start). Either that or you're a talking mouse all along (but the boot-up screen says there's a Human DNA check so probably not).
But what about the pests where they tell you they can't go in and help you since they can't be removed from their nests??
@@watchmychannelorelse they're not the HSH's problem since they never cared about people's well being. Each contract with the HSH might have actually been a contract with the fae infesting the house.
@@AlphaBetaGameryeah, they also 100% turned the prank caller into a talking mouse as well
@@AntipaladinPedigri So the weirder pests do actually exist and we give accurate info on them, but the HSH is just exploiting them to be able to attack people??
As a former call center employee, the voice recording complaints alone give me ptsd... The horror
You experienced this kind of type?
Shame
I worked on a call center for a while, indeed it was a terrible experience. This game nails it😂😂😂.
@chaingangbiscuit is it true that people quitting and running out crying midjob during very mean calls is a comment occurence in call center work?
@@AntipaladinPedigri Fam the turn over rate is ridiculous. People quit during training, they're constantly hiring. I've never even done anything strictly sales which is more hardcore but even with 8 years experience, I walked out of one of my jobs mid shift, quit one other one.
So too answer the question, yes, people quit all types of ways every single day, EVERYDAY in a single call center. And as far as the crying, that's rare, it depends on the person. My typical reaction is anger when people are mean to me. People with thinner skin get hurt and cry but even then, like I said, it's rare but it happens.
It is nice that it turns out that the Fairies- while misguided in some aspects, waren't the genuine monsters that the cryptic emails led us to believe.
Well they turned the last guy into a mouse. That's why he told us to go in that hole if we wanted to escape
And when i first saw the photo I was like, "is that a cats eye?" I still only thought he got shrunk though
@@celinasjourney Notice that this is the same tabby that's in the email that tells you not to pet or feed the cat... and that his eye color in the "smart mouse"'s email is bright, unnatural blue when it's normal in the "coworker introduction" email.
That's not a cat that's a cait siddhe, a fairy cat.
They basically hired a hitman to solve their ex-employee problem.
"Homeowners affected by House Fires commonly repot the smell of burning"
Seems legit! :)
*GI Joe PSA parody voice* Mmm porkchop sandwiches!
The true horror is realizing that with all the dangers of this world, their real estate market is still way more affordable than ours. $120K for a beautiful 4BR/5BA house? I’ll suffer a few Hobbs for that!
it was the 90's after all
SUFFER? Those things are just the ultimate pets.
The cleaning Hobb for example seems to be more of a benefit than a pest or nuisance, just don't bother it and it will keep your house clean for you.
@@Olivecheese965 but you'll probably need to have atleast 2 shotguns available at hand just in case they start to metamorphisize...
@@selo_the_greatthere has to be a way to keep it from metamorphosizing
I like how this game doesn’t show the states the clients are in but gives you enough information to imagine and figure out what’s going on.
Adding on to what other people have said about the solutions being extremely unhelpful, I'd like to note that a lot of the solutions for more dangerous pests refer the customer to other hotlines from the same company. That being said, I wonder how many of those are actually useful, and how many just send over an info packet containing more "pertinent information".
Also, one entry that stood out to me was the Fae Feast, and how the Solution actively urges homeowners to consume it. It's even more creepy because the hotline is heavily linked to fae creatures. It urges you to consume the food as a sign of hospitality, but one of the biggest superstitions with fae is that you can never accept any food or gifts from them. It's an obvious sign that the hotline isn't so benevolent, and really makes you question how many of their other solutions are meant to help the fae and not necessarily the humans.
So, actual fairies started up a hotline to deal with monsters, mundane threats such as fires, as well as general weirdness surrounding the local area and we've been hired by said hotline...
A hotline in which the punishment for failure is being turned into a sapient mouse and possibly being eaten by the company cat...
This is gonna be a very long and VERY weird week.
Hey..it's either this or the pizza place down the street, and their cleaning crew only comes in the mornings for reasons.....
I took on the Thunder Peaks hike before. Phew boy it was quite a hike. The view at the top is breathtaking. Highly recommend a change of clothes as you will be covered in blood by the end of your hike. Happy trails yall!
As long as it's someone else's blood, that's perfectly fine! :)
How was the Quiet Zone? Was it fun? :)
I honestly love the whimsical and silly vibe of the good ending, it feels like a scene from a old Disney movie with all the Fae creatures singing together.
I love the foreshadowing like how dismissive the descriptions get of certain threats or how so many of them involve harming children. Also the fact that the company logo is a Celtic knot…also I can’t get enough of how little information we get sometimes. Like the entry for the whistling fungi. Why exactly should you evacuate when you hear the whistling? What happens?
Maybe because it's spores are very lethal and once the fungi starts whistling in harmony, it and other present Whistling Fungi have fully matured and spore production is at full swing; saturating the air inside a house viciously quick.
You need to evacuate, nothing more nothing less, you just need to.
The entry of the fungi clearly states it grows rapidly and can cause structural damage from within the household, being advised to evacuate immediately should be THE LEAST of your concerns, one needs to read more
This game plays a ton with superstition... in some cultures its considered bad to whistle at night, as that will attract wandering ghosts into your home. Do you think that's perhaps it? The whistling fungi could potentially attract spirits or other dangerous entities?
When they whistle in unison that means there's a surge of air going through an entire crack in the house. The reason they have you evacuate the bullding is because it's about to collapse
If you didn’t notice, on Friday a figure appears on the computer homescreen. She gets closer every day. I think she’s the girl who stepped into the portal.
on sunday it's replaced with a gaping hole though
20:38 I love the final depressing entry in the real estate advertisement because it tells its own story - it is for a 5 bedroom house that's selling for a fraction of all the smaller homes before it, almost certainly because its inhabitants had been beset by one of the horrors on the list. And because said horror is still in there and not leaving anytime soon, they have no choice but to sell it dirt cheap for a significant loss.
I would say the callers from the early parts of the game should just have called pest control, but seeing what happened to mole guy well...
Alpha also did give the wrong information by saying it was a gopher and not a mole.
@ab14967 Yes, but moles aren't usually known to mind control
@@Ghostkidparadise Not in our world...
@@Ghostkidparadise the moles got to him
The second call of that guy reminded me of that really disturbing manga with human shaped holes on the side of a mountain that made certain want to go in, only to remerge days later as some horribly twisted abomination.
The prank calls are inspired by Longmont Potion Castle, the funniest prank caller of all time. A very nice touch
Lmao, I noticed that too. I was hoping I'd see some comments acknowledging the legend
I noticed that right there too! I was cracking the fuck up. One of my faves of his is "Hey, I'm Sasha the Whip Master. Now I gotta warn ya ta stand clear while I'm practicing my whhhippin."
I'd like to imagine, in this universe, he's some sort of modern prank calling fae that HSH is just kind of sick of dealing with.
@@killstrike-zn1lv Considering the screwed-up unnatural faces he uses, that's very much a possibility.
Big ups to the creator adding that artbook at the end. I know most people probably skip that sort of stuff, but its really interesting seeing the inspiration and the behind the scenes logic that goes into making these games
The False Artifact solution to already encased loved ones is wild 💀 41:30
They essentially just said, “Suck it up idiot.”
"Sorry that your child is suffering a fate worse than death, have a memory wisp to speed up your grieving process."
9:40 "if you diagnose one of these hazards, we will be providing only information to the clients that is pertinent to addressing their concerns, nothing more"
how did we let this one go over our heads?!
i love the idea that there's someone in the HSH tasked with translating these text about fae and creatures into relating it to common household pests to keep the people unaware of what's going on
@@goblincrimes8524 Yeah, that probability the non-magical counterpart that isn't used by call responder/player might be used by the translator like Carbon monoxide for the hallucinations causing anomalies, racoon for anomalies that mess with your trash, or blaming stereotypical prankster breaking though impossible home security as last resort.
@@michaeljo9384 This is no different to any other call center, there's things you CANNOT tell to the clients for reasons you're not explained for, every customer service works like this funnily enough
@@michaeljo9384 i do wonder if they straight up send a memory sprite infestation in case the caller does actually witness something they'd be unable to blame on a hallucination, like a troll or something that left a physical mark on their boides
@@goblincrimes8524 I think so, and if there is too many witness but too little memory sprites (for example a whole family of 10 or the whole country if it's uploaded to the internet and go viral), they also can blame fictional criminals that are insane or stupid like thieves stealing cheap cloths instead money, gold or other valueables, blaming that it's fake news that are made from communist to cause panic and confusion, etc.
I don't think many people noticed, but there was quite a lot of real estate options on Berry Lane.
Almost as if the neighborhood is beginning to pack their bags due to the recent infestation at 980 Berry Lane, with 982 and 981 soldiering it out.
It's pretty great to have a call coming in with some godforsaken problem or another and saying to yourself "Mmm, yep, sounds like a mirror nymph to me," in the same tone you'd use to talk about a weird bug in the bath tub. Really enjoying this.
The prank call at 6:21 is definitely a reference to Longmont Potion Castle. That was an awesome inclusion by the devs.
No loud jumpscares or shocking moments.
Just implications, subtlety, and personality. Now that's a good horror game.
Oh there's shocking moments.......when you **** up. It'll keep you up at night some of those call-backs......like real hotlines😅
I really love how this game takes place in a world where call centers deal with magical creatures in a daily basis.
Honestly this game feels realistic but at the same time the horror parts just still feel so unreal like I'm in a fever dream
I gotta hand it to the devs, the call at 40:40 was genuinely harrowing. Sent chills up and down my spine.
Bravo.
HEY THATS ME! 💕
@@Dungeondaddyjackathan you did GREAT with your role.
The woman’s profile picture shows her hugging her son as a baby. 🥺
Even more harrowing if you mess up. Calls back screaming her kid's name. I would say the VA work was well done for this game overall especially for this one and the ones who lost their memories or face.
@@Dungeondaddyjackathanno it’s not lol
A little detail I noticed: the supervisor is wearing a glamour stone like the one you get a coupon for on Sunday.
It’s hilarious that Hobbs universally ‘can’t’ be removed… unless a big slug eats them.
Tbh I rather have a big harmless slug that I have to occasionally clean up after than a creature that I have to tip toe around so it won't metamorphosize and murder me
Right that slug is the only thing I'd opt for
To be fair, it would honestly be quite the decent pet. Just give it a gentle pat on the head and let it work! I just wonder if they would also eat fruit like their smaller counterparts🤔
@@celinasjourneyidk the cellar gnomes sound pretty lit as long as ya some Zyrtec and are pretty chill
whats more hilarious is that Hobbs are eaten by Slugs, but Hobbs will keep The Hoard away, which cant be gotten rid of any other way, but if you anger a Hobb it can metamorphosize into a Boggart, which then is dangerous and cant be gotten rid of and can even follow you if you mention it, and if that heppens you just have to relocate, which can then get you stuck with travel hobbs
It must suck to own pets in this world because either the pet will accidentally provoke the fae into becoming dangerous, be eaten or they could be killed and replaced by a fae
Fr bruh and you can't even do shit about it except ignore it or something. Like with the pookas you literally have to not give it the attention it wants after it just killed your pet and left its corpse to rot while taking its placd
Ever owned a cat? The Egyptians got it right, Hell is not guarded by a mean pup, it's guarded by felines and they are tough as can be.
@@mimmain2673 I got 5 and they get into so much trouble. They would be pissing off the hobs and have us killed by boggarts.
@@TheFoxHound626 Time to start asking people if they've got weird slime-on-stairs problems and figure out how to relocate the giant slugs to your house just so they can make sure you never have a hobb around.
and figure out how to clean slug slime from the stairs.
You know, the real horror in this game isn't the numerous eldritch monsters that lurk in the shadows... or the gruesome events that ensue...
It's the utterly insufferable customers that you have to put up with because their brains are made of lead.
All these supernatural afflictions and monsters, and then there's just MOLE.
Haha, to be fair, If I'd never seen a mole before, I'd think it was a cryptid. They're pretty damn weird looking! :)
I like how they threw bedbugs in there when it's constant fae answers.
and "carbon monoxide"
Nothing some dynamite would clear up. *proceeds light up the entire plot like it's New Years*
analog horror be like follow these instructions:
1. normal thing
2. normal thing
3. extremely long pause with no music on weird/obscure/scary thing
4. normal thing
thank you for listening to this broadcast follow these and you will be safe
Not saying I approve of HSH sending hitmen after prank callers, but I'm thinking it
This is possibly my favourite of these types of games. Also thank you so much for including the behind-the-scenes booklet, as someone who makes games as a hobby it’s really lovely when creators share all the work that was important to them :)
The fae in this game definitely are channeling their fairy tale orientations of being tricky nightmares
And that shadow thing that kept getting closer to the computer screen from the center background hill got me tripping
Oh damn, I didn't even notice that. Well spotted!
pretty sure that's just Carol lol
Damn. That False Artifact case was tragic
Genuinely.
Like dude imagine saying your kid good night, not realizing it's your last tjme seeing them, and then once you consulted to a group that knows what to do with this situation, the only solution they provide is to just accept their death and escort the cryptid responsible out.
Yeesh
wtf this is literally my daily life call center experience like even the outdated software, the hold thing, slow loading programs and logging into the system but looks funnier though nice
I can't help but notice this game's picture of a 'bed bug' is actually a stink bug lol. I know that because I have one crawling over my knuckles right now. They're quite harmless. Don't upset them though they really do make a stinky odor if they get defensive.
I am so attracted to these unique indie games instead of those mainstream boring games.
Same here. And many indie games tend to be very much more immersive than AAA games are these days.
Even short indie games keep spinning in my thoughts for long periods of time.
You should support them if you're able to :D
Mainstream boring games is sadly a case of capitalism more than anything, and even these indie games are getting less and less good and creative, and more and more similar. Simply put, what makes more profit? Actually creating a quality product? Or making a cheap one and making people thinks its great, also known as marketing.
The bestiary inspiration is truly my favorite part of the game, remember me playing Pokemon just mostly to full the Pokedex and know more about the monsters
Jesus christ this is such a fantastic game tied in a satisfying bow towards the end. I'm weak for whimsy and this game is just a solid 10/10 for me.
The live action endings were both pretty funny.
I be checking my medicine during the good ending and the second....well...I own a cat.
The more you get into this game the more i realize this is just people dealing with fantasy creatures
And also possibly this same organization you're in has a more......sinister purpose?
@@TheRealClaylex just a normal
day in fantasy
Picture of caller: (The most masculine man you've ever seen, probably eats nails for breakfast ((without milk))
The voice actor: literal teenage girl
Timestamp plz
@@samson7338 1:07:17
This is a real interesting game, though one thing I wish they'd done is have callers call you back if you managed to help them out correctly. We already get one for if you mess up, so I don't see why not getting one for if you help them(as best as you can anyway) would be off the table.
Tell me why I'm watching this on break from my job as a call center employee
Now when you go back to work you can warn callers about the perils of Stair Slugs! :)
Is Twig Sigmund supposed to be a Longmont Potion Castle-esque prank caller? I hope so because that would be a fantastic homage lol
Edit 1: Buzz Goober is also an LPC type prank caller. I love this. Im like 15min in and i hope to hear more of those classic antics
Edit 2: Fred Pinball also
Edit 3: Gub Rubber also
Edit 4: Flipper also
Oh I loved the demo for this! Glad to see the full version is out 🎉 You’re my wife and I’s preferred go-to for horror games, ABG!
Edit: The male voices on some of the female callers, and female voices on some of the male callers are tripping me up a bit. Maybe that's just part of the horror lol. Seems like they only have a couple of VA's for this. Enjoying it so far, nonetheless!
This is such a great idea and design! But I was really distracted by how all the mundane household tests were using photos of the wrong animals! The carpenter ant is a red ant of some kind, the bed bug is a stink bug, the cockroach is a Madagascar hissing roach (we have mostly German roaches in the USA), the house spider is a black widow(?), etc. I really wish games would just ask someone who knows about the subject they're producing a story about. But the cleverness of this idea is really refreshing. Hope they update it with some more accurate pics, seems like it would be easy to do.
And the "mouse" is actually a pic of a rat.....easy mistake to make on that one though.
@@friendformationbot Personally I think all these add to the feel of the game a little, such database entry errors are to be exptected when the ingame company is primarily dealing with supernatural and rarely ever the mundane
Then again, it IS a company run by fae who usually have at best marginal knowledge of denizens of the mundane world. They probably just picked photos of similar animals because they don't know the difference.
It actually might be by design. The company is run by faeries so they probably don't understand the the accuracy of these things. This is kind of seen in their descriptions for some files, like the feast being treated like some sort of entity that summons pests if not taken care of (eaten) or the house fire as if it's something you need to call and diagnose first before taking actions to solve it instead of just, you know, running?
If anyone is interested in the hike it is the timpanogos trail in Utah and yes there is a cave.
I like how this developers mind works
More playthroughs of games with this aesthetic please! Ever thought of doing a full playthrough of Hypnospace Outlaw or Broken Reality?
34:48 Termites ate the wall crack lady and HSH stole her cat
I have a question in terms of the ending of Sunday. If you get any of the riddles wrong, do you get the bad ending as shown here, you get another bad ending or they force you to answer until you get it right?
It's so funny reading through the art book, since this game also made me open a bunch of Wikipedia pages about the creatures, as well as making me think more about the fey in DnD.
On that last note, I was already thinking it would be interesting to add an exaggerated version of the Fae Flue to DnD games I play in, even before reading the Art Book.
(The spriggan is still hard to see, even when pointed out)
Name of the art book?
@@invisiblesurge44 1:42:06
I thought that the demo was pretty nice when you and Manly played so it's nice to see the full game!
I think the guy showering once a week is one of those dudes attending game or anime conventions
6:08 - That's when he knew
He fucked up.
I'd honestly keep the slug, creppy mf, but at least I wouldn't have to deal with hobbs
the "You are unnemployed" alongside the rat hands in the ending makes it seem like the character is more scared by the fact he does not have a job than the fact that he is a rat
This is kino stuff dude. I love that it starts in with the creepy shit right off the bat.
I love the thumbnail so much its
BED HAG
STAIR SLUGS
GOD DAMM GROWTHS
Mole :3
So floor roots.... Okay so ah. Floor roots require something to wrap around before they will cease growth... Okay "something".. so why then is it telling me to use Dolls or similar human shaped... Thats not just oh something, thats human shaped.. thats tell me that those roots know what they are looking for and im not happy about this on any level...
Man I love this game i hope they do more stuff!
imagine a series based around this world
ABG: Welcome to the constipation hotline. Please hold.
Monster: YOU THOUGHT, N-
Oh dang, didn't know this was already released in full. I'll buy it when my paycheck comes in
Glad they kept the Longmont potion castle bits
The prank call guy is having a fun time with his lines. My favorite is Fred Pinball
4:26 reminds me of that mice which i had to throw out ( he died beacuse my fat cat sat on him or something beacuse it was not eaten even a little bit ) and i had aim so good it hit a tree and made a hollow golf ball sound
As a dude watching this while working the front desk of a business… yeah these calls are 100% accurate to the true client service provider experience.
46:10 Freaking Kyle sounds like FREAKING CARL, FROM AQUA TEEN!!
I LOVE IT!!! 😂
the dialogue of the good ending is the funniest thing I have heard in my life ohmygod
_"Honey, new Observation Duty just dropped"_
I'm still wondering what happened to the legend Spud Goober
12:30 “What is that!?” “Games on phone?” “W-What?” “Games on yo phone?” “Y-Yes..?” “Subway surfers.” “Yes.” They then played subway surfers :D
"Bed teeth"
Lovely, I'm never sleeping again
Heck, almost practically anything would cause people to stay up at night
No, go to sleep or else you will make your hobbs undergo metamorphosis by interrupting them
@@BubbaMassacre that's why I said "almost anything"
"I cant remember the face of my wife! its all gone! ITS ALL GONE!"
"Chill bro, its a memory wisp"
"Understandable have a great day" :D
Ive been waiting for this since you played the demo or whatever omg, thanks~
Love the monster designs gives be trevor henderson vibes
saw the demo last year i thinnk... will buy to support!
When at 28:33 when the first network error appeared my computer had a minor restart to apply quick driver update, turning the screen off and then back on. Scared the bejesus out of me.
Yes! I was waiting for the full release of this one
Did anyone else notice the blurry Figure on the Homescreen that got closer and closer as the Days Progressed?
I don't see it
Oh shit nvm. It doesn't appear till Friday. That's creepy as hell 😱
@@scriggle3564it even made a giant crater
Is that where the employee will be??
10:11
Poor Hank, the player had sent him wrong info from yesterday. They're ain't gophers but *moles*. There's something mystical and weird about moles.
Something about the build up to the ending, and your promotion is to "new junior supervisor" is hilarious to me
This was outstanding and I am glad I got the chance to experience it.
Most of the creatures are fairytale creatures and the boss a fairytale creature or she could be mother nature herself but though the cosplay for that woman looks great
Top comment preview being the spoiler to the whole series, of course. Thanks comment
"Are you troubled by strange noises in the night?"
"Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?"
"Have you or your family actually experienced a Slug, Hobb or Wisp?"
"If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute!"
"Just pick up the phone and call the professionals."
"Call the... Home Safety Hotline! We're ready to assist you!"
The sound in this game is incredible.
In the hiking video during your Saturday shift, when you go through the quiet zone, im very sure. VERY sure, that you are basically going through a dragon's den. You are told to be as quiet as a speck of dust, follow the dim lights and if any loud sound is heard, unsheathe your sword as in to prepare to fight the dragon. Its why its the quiet zone, because any noise will alert the dragon and if you stray from the path you'll hit the dragon by accident and alert it yet again.