Imagine you're the news team and you saw this intern girl walking around with a CROWBAR and a FIREPOKER. And then your van suddenly got wrecked, yes, not suspicious at all.
Absolutely the most ambitious Puppet Combo title so far. He's nailed the old slasher killer vibe, and it's retro gameplay without being too rough an experience. Puppet Combo just keeps on impressing me, and I can't wait to see them develop bigger, more complicated games.
I love how Manly shot the Easter Reaper, wacked him with a crowbar and then hit him a few times to make sure he dead. Pro horror gaming and horror movie survival at it finest.
Fr! why the MCs never try to finish off the killer/monster. They either just hit them once then leave without bothering to take away their weapon or mortally wound them. You'd want the killer to stay dead so just kill them. The only logical explanation is they're too scared to get close to the body which i'd kinda get but in a fit of desparation and 'fight of flight' tried to do something.
@@neoknight9180 The only type of scare that usually get either of them are cheap jump scares. But everyone who like horror games knows that cheap jump scares are disappointing.
@@ChivoBean but ... you dont get them in the mall. Lmao I know these are jokes but I can't help but feel like these people only watch 5 minutes of the vid and then leave or comment.
@@JoeKing69 seriously? he pissed me off from the first second he opened his mouth. reminds me a hell of a lot of someone I know. loud, arrogant, and needs to be the center of attention. no thanks.
I want to praise this game: The child sequence was a great set up and had bits which made multiple outcomes feel possible. The Red Light but also blocking the save room prevents wasted saves for a scare. It is rare to see a game with good starting bits and proper player precautions.
@@Rogeryoo It's definitely intentional, since Puppet Combo has made a lot of games like this, some being 1st person and some having cameras like this one.
It’s a really unique looking game, but I kinda wish the whole thing had of taken place inside the mall. There’s a lot of opportunity for hiding spots and scares in an entire mall, and it’s less cliche for a horror game than an abandoned house. Maybe some one should jump on that and make a good shopping mall horror game, with mannequins and everything. Haha
Considering how often ManlyBadassHero talks about his soul being in the Garbage, I think we can confirm that he is in fact Oscar the Grouch in non-Muppet form. Apparently, acquiring Human form somewhat takes the edge off his grouchiness, but he retains his razor-wit and love of trashy things including videogames.
"The power's out." "Turn it back on!" "Yeah, let me just pay to get the power turned back on to this clearly long-abandoned house that nobody lives in and therefore wouldn't be paying the power company to direct any power to."
It was kinda obvious it was Tom when you look into it. I started to sus Tom when he came back after being missing and just somehow knew something is wrong here and urge you along to find the exit (to start the easter hunt). The first real hint is when he "go for a bathroom break" and during that time frame the van got wrecked by someone. The part where you watch the tape of him getting "murdered" is also pretty obvious. It was the only death (beside the real estate agent) that did not show the victim being killed or that there was a body. All the kills are brutal with sprays of blood, yet the camera caught none of it.
I thought it was because the body was moved, ngl. But then at the same time I did get suspicious because there wasn't any blood. Yet, I also wondered if Tom was just knocked out to be killed somewhere else.
_It felt like watching a good old horror flick_ It was pretty scary. The intro at the mall, the house itself. The murders themselves weren't frightening - but seeing the skeletons was awful as well as the tension from not knowing where he would be. That tense anticipation was even better bc he _didn't_ turn up that often. Great job - loved the way you prepared by first scoping out the house, escape routes, hiding spots before having to face the killer. Smart game play, MBH!
This game definitely had me sitting upright with all of the narrow corridors and fixed camera shots. The positions of the skeletons amplified the fear factor. The implications felt more gut wrenching than if the people were alive, as morbid as that sounds. I suppose it's the fact that the player can't save them, so there is this bitterness mixed with the paranoia of "What if that was my character? Or one of the dead children?" The outro music was pretty hot. Haha.
Puppet Combo here went balls out crazy with the killer in the most subtle and clever ways. He left it all to the environment to tell the story and build implications about WHAT EXACTLY was he (the killer) doing with the kidnapped kids, and daaaamn did it work wonders - it is, without a doubt in my mind, some of the most harrowing, uncomfortable and genuinely scary bits of environmental storytelling I've seen and one of the best examples of "Show, don't tell", Aaaaand do I wish now that I was actually playing the game myself to discover and experience that discovery first hand. I am simply impressed.
@@Theragtagna You probably found these yourself by now, but they show up around 1:00:57. From there, it's just one room full of skeletons after another.
@@fishethefish7463 Especially since it's implied that after Tom was finished with the child, he left them to die on that table in that exact position for other kids to see. The child actually rotted like that. Jesus do I hate Tom, and I'll hate every man named Tom for the rest of the month 😭😭💔
Seeing Zipper in the distance, partially hidden by a tree, staring at you until you get a bit closer and he starts hopping in place, is one of the scariest things to ever happen to me in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
When Tom was in the basement just chilling by that back door and then magically gave you a key that he “found,” I knew he was likely the killer. I know it’s a game, but that’s one sick dude to do something like that.
When I was 7, an Easter Bunny came to see me in the hospital and I wanted none of it because I had to have a surgery lol. Not scared of him but I can understand the sentiment xD
What I really like about this game is that the two female characters, Emma and Dana, aren't aggressive against each other. A lot of media tends to pit women together because of some kind of jealousy or rivalry, but here, I'm glad we just see two women supporting each other even when they're [bullied] by their boss. edit: replaced "pressured" with "bullied"
Sisters before misters, I guess. Plus it helps make Dana's eventual death more of a gut punch since she's not an ass like Gary. She just wants to get the job over with.
Y'know, one of these days I'd like to see a stealth horror game that's 90% running away from killers/monsters, but every once in a while you wander under a full moon, turn into a werewolf, and then turn the table on your wouldbe killers, who now try to run and hide from YOU. I wouldn't mind seeing Puppet Combo doing a game like that.
Would like to see that as well, but how about the less health you have the less human you become, and if you do die you start a rampage killing everyone that tried to kill you, but get the bad ending instead
[SPOILER WARNING] You're smart, saw right through it! I still got caught off guard by the twist at the end, but it was a satisfying explanation for everything happening the way it did. The bathroom break was an excuse to sabotage the vehicle while no one was looking and Tom giving Emma a key to "help her out" was a clever way of cementing himself as reliable while simultaneously initiating his hunt. Truly horrifying.
@@Snowy_Limeade123 the thing is that he's obviously joking about it being Christmas, big nut is faking that it's Christmas which it isn't it's Halloween. this is from a different variety of puns known for having a large dose of variety in them. and I have absolutely no clue why I decided to go into a little more detail
@@ebonhawken574 How is he obnoxious? Yeah he's loud but he's one of the kindest souls on the freaking planet. Irish people are naturally loud which I think makes them more interesting and unique. And by loud I mean boisterous and energetic (it's a good thing).
OK calling it after the the opening: Janitor Jack is the bunny. He conviniently doesn't have a phone in the office. Locks the door despite having now reason to believe the child. And then the easter bunny shows up a while after he leaves and somehow knows the child is in the office despite there being no sign that the child was there.
You were wrong, they was a rare thing that happens when you look at the window after the lights go out, that the easter ripper can be seen running near the entry of the room where janitor jack went, which he probably kills jack and steals the keys to the room that jack locked, jack probably said something to the easter ripper.
One of the things i actually loved about this game, is if you listen carefully during the door 'loading' scenes, you can hear the sound of a disk reading and writing to a harddrive. It's little details like this I just love.
so is no one gonna talk about the fact that jack/sean voiced the janitor??? because unless i'm mistaken that is him... and i remember him mentioning that he voiced a game character in one of his recent videos... anyways!! great video as always manly!!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that noticed, I was thinking the same thing when I saw them plus with the rope its really telling. Wondered if Manly noticed and chose not to say or didn't pay attention enough
@@craigbutler3282 I actually laughed. During my graduation pictures, the photographers were upset about something and purposefully did a terrible job. One guy was above the backdrop, one of my photos was black, my friends arm was cut out. Most couldn’t even find their pictures.
As someone who works retail in a mall, closed malls at night are creepy as hell, especially when only some of the lights are on and the music's still playing. I always book it as fast as I can because no way am I getting got by some horror monster.
OOOh That title screen is really nice! Reminds me of those older Goosebumps stories I used to read. They're incredibly charming! As a PS1-inspired game it's pretty alright! I do enjoy the close angles and the the overall atmosphere of the game, it's just that I feel a bit more polish could've helped in certain areas, but it still looks fun enough!
Judging by the kid's hairstyle in the first part of the game before the opening credits. Early 80's, because I believe the infamous Mullet came into popularity around 1982 or 81.... XD
"A gun! Just what I need to protect myself" I mean, guns are pretty great for self-defense, yeah, but in this situation, where a handgun has just been retrieved from where it sat, presumably abandoned, for potentially eleven years in its own grime... I wouldn't assume that one to be the most reliable thing without a good breaking down, scrubbing, and oiling. I wouldn't be putting down the fireplace poker any time soon, let's just say.
Hello! This is for the people that might be wondering what the images on the eggs truly mean! Dana: hers is the Death card; meaning the end of a cycle or just the end of something that you used to do. Death means change and letting go, it might symbolize how Dana wanted to quit for a better job. Gary: his is The Hanged man; it means indecision and uncertainty, though it can also mean going through trials. I’m not sure how this shows him, or if it’s supposed to mean anything connected to him, please tell me if you know. Real estate agent: their was Justice; we don’t know anything about them so I don’t know the connection but Justice means truth, karma, law and consequences. Piano: The Fool; it means madness, delirium, freedom, innocence and recklessness. Perhaps it’s foreshadowing the truth at the end? I hope I could help anyone curious about it!
Ok not going to lie, when it got to the second half of the game with the news reporters at the house, I got some major flashbacks to that 1988 Umberto Lenzi movie, GhostHouse
I liked this game up to the point of when I was searching a dresser and the killer entered in the room from behind me. I was cornered so I figured I was for sure dead but I decided to start swinging my fire poker. I hit him 4 times then he just turned tail and ran as I chased him out the door. Completely removed the fear I had of him lmao. Edited to also mention that I thought it was still a cool game, just not scary anymore,
I think this is most likely the darkest Puppet Combo game because of just how utterly vile the main Serial Killer is, he doesn't just target random people he specifically targets children and drags them into a dungeon. And judging by some of those skeletons he doesn't have anything good in mind for them either-
The "there's evil" moment in the second half was a real shocker, it was great. Really impressive game, though it went deep into B-movie territory at the end. Intentionally, but, yeah. Kind of a whiplash.
"You'd better be dead" "Yeah your corpse disappeared, you're dead!" I think I also died a little at this scene LOL. Also can we have Manly's "USELESS" merch already? Lately I have been saying 'useless' in your tone lololol
This was pretty pretty good. Puppet Combo is getting better at this games. I imagined it was Tom the one murdering people. He just dissapeared before the killing started.
That was pretty fun, and as always the OST is a KILLER ps, reminder that 5 Days a Stranger is an oldschool, criminally underrated pixel adventure horror where you may or may not dip a teddy bear in salt
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Me: This janitor sounds like jacksepticeye
Janitor's name: Janitor Jack
Janitor's face: Literally Jack's face
Me: Oh
18:55 for the info regarding jack
My same reactions 😆😆
RIP he died lmao
I heard it and went straight to the comments lol
I was waiting for this comment 🤣
Imagine you're the news team and you saw this intern girl walking around with a CROWBAR and a FIREPOKER.
And then your van suddenly got wrecked, yes, not suspicious at all.
UMMMMMM you cant just expose her like that
✨ _s u s p i c h u s_ ✨
Real Mary the babysitter from House on the Cemetery moment
Lol I didn’t even realize that, that’s such a big plot hole lol
T O M IS THE KILLER
This kid's got one hell of a mullet
Omg ya! 😂 When I saw the kid's hair I was like.. "this be the 80's?" Mullet hunter mode: ON.
This comment nailed my thoughts.
I thought the exact same thing-
like damn that's even more than a kazuichi mullet my dude
Justin's got a mulllett
I agree. one sick fuckin' mullet. the kid's a literal 80's chad.
His mom: “I think I forgot something.”
His dad: “If you forgot, then it wasn’t important”
His mom: “you’re right”
Their kid:
I remember seeing this joke before,It was actually fanart of fnaf aka aftons comic like,Pretty funny
Lol, they were like “good bye little sh*t”
@Sean Wilkinson KEVIN! xD
It was originally a malcom in the middle joke
@@Thrownblock Also a joke in 2 and a half men
This game's meaning: Parents always make sure to have your children before you leave the mall.
Not all parents do.
bruh
No make sure your kids are sleeping somewhere in the mall then leave.
@@thatguys4341 that's even worse
Or never trust the ones that die off camera!
Absolutely the most ambitious Puppet Combo title so far. He's nailed the old slasher killer vibe, and it's retro gameplay without being too rough an experience. Puppet Combo just keeps on impressing me, and I can't wait to see them develop bigger, more complicated games.
They are getting good at this. This is really a great improvement. I hope they continue this way.
That would explain why it's their first official game released on Steam. Glad the long wait bore fruit. 👍
This ,and what was it, night ripper? Are my favorites thus far. And that one teaser for the grocery store game that wasn't released
If I’m correct puppet combo is one guy/girl with the help of some few people.
Ikr, I love puppet combo.
It has been only 46 SECONDS into this video and I’m dying because of Manly just saying cheese so listlessly after the guy said it so enthusiastically
0:42 in case people are hiding in the comments and want to go back 🥺
"Say cheeeeese!"
"cheese."
I MISSED IT JAJWJJFJCKSC
Gotta love manly.
Lol
I love how Manly shot the Easter Reaper, wacked him with a crowbar and then hit him a few times to make sure he dead. Pro horror gaming and horror movie survival at it finest.
Always quintuple tap
You don’t just double-tap in the horror genre… you fucken billion-tap, burn their corpse, and grind up the remaining bones until it’s nothing.
Fr! why the MCs never try to finish off the killer/monster. They either just hit them once then leave without bothering to take away their weapon or mortally wound them. You'd want the killer to stay dead so just kill them. The only logical explanation is they're too scared to get close to the body which i'd kinda get but in a fit of desparation and 'fight of flight' tried to do something.
If Silent Hill has taught us anything....always double tap just to be sure.
I love how calm he is while playing these games
It's creepy yet cool
He's probably just desensitized, he's said that very few of the games end up really getting a good scare out of him in one of his videos iirc.
It’s Scary but Cute
@@neoknight9180
The only type of scare that usually get either of them are cheap jump scares.
But everyone who like horror games knows that cheap jump scares are disappointing.
Yeah
Oh, no, my head is being ripped off.
Are we not going to talk about the kid's portrait in the menu? Because that is clearly NOT a child's face...
I've also never heard of a girl named Justin before
I broke out laughing irl when I saw his mullet he looks like 15 or 16 XD
maybe it's just a really small teen
@@cly7894 its a guy
@@Cynical_Crow the voice acting
Ah, relieving the childhood fear of cannot find your parents in the mall
JASON!!!!
JASON
We can all relate to that moment when you where staring at that one toy for way too long
I got lost in an amusement park. The saddest part? It was at the entrance
JASON!
Before you realized the pencils were for saving, I had the brief thought they were going to be used to stab the killer.
“No stabbing people with pencils in malls!”
@@ChivoBean but ... you dont get them in the mall.
Lmao I know these are jokes but I can't help but feel like these people only watch 5 minutes of the vid and then leave or comment.
I mean it’s a horror game, people are going to come here and comment during the intense or scary moments, it’s just natural
Decisive Strike
@@CereDulce37 Idk dude it’s just a joke, no need to psychoanalyze it beyond that. Sounds like you’re trying to put people down for no reason.
“say cheese!!!”
*deadpan* “cheese.”
c h e e s e
O_O
Dude, I know this is random but I just saw you on a J aubrey video
Well we look creepy why did he said get your ass up here I just a kid sleep in a phone Booth
*grumbling from the photographer*
"i said say cheese. like ya mean it, dumbass kid."
The real horror here is how Gary somehow manages to be even worse *every time he opens his mouth.*
Are you kidding? He was my favorite character. Killed off way too soon.
@@JoeKing69 he'd suck to be around but he's amazing to watch
"Time to sex it up"
@@JoeKing69 seriously? he pissed me off from the first second he opened his mouth. reminds me a hell of a lot of someone I know. loud, arrogant, and needs to be the center of attention. no thanks.
@@bumbabees what? No way dude I'm sure he means well just wait until his redemption arc
oh wait...
One day I'll make a horror game about falling into a trash can and finding Manly soul inside it
Thats a nice idea
Y E S P L E A S E !
a world inside a magic trash can and manly has to find his soul to become one again
One game about a cursed house did it already
a voice echoes in the distance...
*"anime"*
I want to praise this game:
The child sequence was a great set up and had bits which made multiple outcomes feel possible.
The Red Light but also blocking the save room prevents wasted saves for a scare.
It is rare to see a game with good starting bits and proper player precautions.
So odd that what is basically an enhanced ps1 game (or tries to be so) ends up being so enticing in its own right.
@@kennyhernandez2617 it gets all the charm of retro games without any of the klunky parts imo. That's where the appeal comes from.
I once lost my mom in a murder house, its called Walmart, never saw her again
I tried that with my brother but he apparently actually works in the Walmart
So I will try again next time
Let me guess, black friday?
Lol
@@dog_boy5123 Lol
This is why I never go into the endless void section which is usually right next to the real serial killers section, weird choice of placement really.
Jacksepticeye, I'd know that voice anywhere, and he's working as a janitor in a mall, poor bastard, youtube algorithm screwed another content creator.
Omg hahahah
:(
😔
I’m glad someone commented this cause I was thinking the same thing XD
Hate it when that happens
The Easter Bunny must have been “hopping” mad for murder
nice
This joke stabbed me and stole my wallet
Great, now i have depression
Badum tss
How...dare...you
i like how the little ghost girl walking didn't scare me it was manlybadasshero yelling "WHAT THE HELL" that did
41:50 🥴
I KNOW HE GETS ME MORE THEN THE GAMES
@@sourdirewolf ???
I can't believe that Jacksepticeye he's a voiceover for Janitor Jack LOL
Lmao, i was about to comment that, I wonder if Jack will play the game
I know right
Did he really?
Yeah it's a shame, he could have chose a good RUclipsr, instead he went for annoyance and popularity with jacksucksatlife
@@hayleycakes3435 haha look
Someone drop their balls
"Local youtuber janitor found dead."
Me: That's a funny joke manly.
Janitor---Jacksepticeye
Me: Hey wHaT!?
Easter Bunny Killer killed Jack. Leaving poor Gab a widow.
@Cloud Gaming Jack never die the easter bunny is just too scared to find him
The camerawork in this game makes it 100% scarier.
I wonder if the devs made the camera like this on purpose, or if it's the best they could do.
@@Rogeryoo It's definitely intentional, since Puppet Combo has made a lot of games like this, some being 1st person and some having cameras like this one.
@@thatoneotheridiot3361 ah, thank you for clarifying! It's a very unique camera style, though one my stomach doesn't agree with.
The three way camera scene in the hallway was pretty cool
Some angles makes me feel the character is being watch 😣
Gary: "Its easy just all you have to do is hold the Camera Steady"
ManlyBadassHero: Purposely goes haywire with the Camera...
I think the mannequins are naked because that's just their preferred way of sleeping
What happens when they wake up..?
@@baguetteboy5466 they put on clothes
Nice
Great conversation, you guys
I have never seen a reply section more intellectual than this one.
It’s a really unique looking game, but I kinda wish the whole thing had of taken place inside the mall. There’s a lot of opportunity for hiding spots and scares in an entire mall, and it’s less cliche for a horror game than an abandoned house. Maybe some one should jump on that and make a good shopping mall horror game, with mannequins and everything. Haha
With the 'Security Breach' trailer, we might get that.
I mean, the first area of Silent Hill 3 is a spooky mall. I can't remember if the mannequins are in the mall though
Truee
Well... the game is called Murder *House.* Not Murder Mall...
Boy lemme tell you about that mall level from Condemned: Criminal Origins
Considering how often ManlyBadassHero talks about his soul being in the Garbage, I think we can confirm that he is in fact Oscar the Grouch in non-Muppet form. Apparently, acquiring Human form somewhat takes the edge off his grouchiness, but he retains his razor-wit and love of trashy things including videogames.
"The power's out." "Turn it back on!" "Yeah, let me just pay to get the power turned back on to this clearly long-abandoned house that nobody lives in and therefore wouldn't be paying the power company to direct any power to."
Speaking of closed malls, there's a game called Self Checkout Unlimited. It's not a horror game, but more of a surreal philosophical one.
Well you piqued my interest.
Very lame and forgetful title..
@@YunikuYosefMomoka So what's it's about?
@@diamondmoon9496 Yep
Oh God, the children's skeleton position.... holy crap that was disturbing af
It was so creepy 😣
yeah that part of the game is really fucked up
And the toddler skeleton also is just horrific
@@tiffanygutierrez4559 well I mean toddler skeletons are just horrifying in general. Their skulls...so many teeth it’s a literal nightmare.
Made my stomach hurt, icky
Post Buns
bun bun
Yum yum
Fun Fun
Hum Hum
Chum chum
It was kinda obvious it was Tom when you look into it. I started to sus Tom when he came back after being missing and just somehow knew something is wrong here and urge you along to find the exit (to start the easter hunt).
The first real hint is when he "go for a bathroom break" and during that time frame the van got wrecked by someone.
The part where you watch the tape of him getting "murdered" is also pretty obvious. It was the only death (beside the real estate agent) that did not show the victim being killed or that there was a body. All the kills are brutal with sprays of blood, yet the camera caught none of it.
This...makes a lot of sense
Damn, detective here 101. If I ever end up in a situation like this, I would shit my pants ngl.
Damn, so he's actually sus from the beginning. I only began to sus him when his corpse isn't in the piano room!
I thought it was because the body was moved, ngl. But then at the same time I did get suspicious because there wasn't any blood. Yet, I also wondered if Tom was just knocked out to be killed somewhere else.
Tbh his shirt was the most sus thing about him lol
_It felt like watching a good old horror flick_
It was pretty scary. The intro at the mall, the house itself. The murders themselves weren't frightening - but seeing the skeletons was awful as well as the tension from not knowing where he would be. That tense anticipation was even better bc he _didn't_ turn up that often.
Great job - loved the way you prepared by first scoping out the house, escape routes, hiding spots before having to face the killer. Smart game play, MBH!
@E mc2
M... Manly
B... Badass
H... Hero
@E mc2 Manly Badass Hero initials!
@E mc2 what? Who?
@E mc2 I don’t know. Where did you hear that? I doubt it though.
(Not to be rude or anything)
@E mc2 Too lazy 😪
Why did you ask me, anyway?
This game definitely had me sitting upright with all of the narrow corridors and fixed camera shots. The positions of the skeletons amplified the fear factor. The implications felt more gut wrenching than if the people were alive, as morbid as that sounds. I suppose it's the fact that the player can't save them, so there is this bitterness mixed with the paranoia of "What if that was my character? Or one of the dead children?" The outro music was pretty hot. Haha.
Time Stamp On Skeletons?
Puppet Combo here went balls out crazy with the killer in the most subtle and clever ways. He left it all to the environment to tell the story and build implications about WHAT EXACTLY was he (the killer) doing with the kidnapped kids, and daaaamn did it work wonders - it is, without a doubt in my mind, some of the most harrowing, uncomfortable and genuinely scary bits of environmental storytelling I've seen and one of the best examples of "Show, don't tell", Aaaaand do I wish now that I was actually playing the game myself to discover and experience that discovery first hand. I am simply impressed.
@@Theragtagna You probably found these yourself by now, but they show up around 1:00:57. From there, it's just one room full of skeletons after another.
The skeletons just made me really, really sad... Especially the one with the child skeleton in... a certain position on a table. Jesus Christ..
@@fishethefish7463 Especially since it's implied that after Tom was finished with the child, he left them to die on that table in that exact position for other kids to see. The child actually rotted like that.
Jesus do I hate Tom, and I'll hate every man named Tom for the rest of the month 😭😭💔
"Sorry kiddo, you cant get riddo..me hehe. Easter may be over in animal crossing sadly, but i can still haunt you gladly'
I stg, Zipper is ten times more terrifying than this Easter Bunny. Frickin hate that bastard and his damned eggs
NO. LEAVE, ZIPPER. BEGONE! I BANISH YE FROM THIS MORTAL PLANE!
Oh no...
OH NOOOOOOOO
Dam.. i have a secret Technique for this....
*N I G E R U N D A Y O!!!!!!!*
Seeing Zipper in the distance, partially hidden by a tree, staring at you until you get a bit closer and he starts hopping in place, is one of the scariest things to ever happen to me in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
When Tom was in the basement just chilling by that back door and then magically gave you a key that he “found,” I knew he was likely the killer. I know it’s a game, but that’s one sick dude to do something like that.
When I was 7, an Easter Bunny came to see me in the hospital and I wanted none of it because I had to have a surgery lol. Not scared of him but I can understand the sentiment xD
It's ok, we all know you were scared to death
@@JohnnyCrambo honestly I was a very angry and cranky 7 year old lol
it's the bunny from the game
@@SacraOfTheWild lol
I use too sit on Easter bunny’s lap when I was a kid and I have an old rabbit plushies
What I really like about this game is that the two female characters, Emma and Dana, aren't aggressive against each other. A lot of media tends to pit women together because of some kind of jealousy or rivalry, but here, I'm glad we just see two women supporting each other even when they're [bullied] by their boss.
edit: replaced "pressured" with "bullied"
Sisters before misters, I guess.
Plus it helps make Dana's eventual death more of a gut punch since she's not an ass like Gary. She just wants to get the job over with.
poor Dana
I like the detail that when she called Emma sweety tho
I agree, too much content is basically like this it’s a boring cliche
This game passed the Bechdel test?
honestly even the boss isn't "that" much of an ass. He doesnt like it as much there as everyone else and he even remembers her name sometimes
"Just hold it still."
Manly: *Ima pretend I didnt see that*
Y'know, one of these days I'd like to see a stealth horror game that's 90% running away from killers/monsters, but every once in a while you wander under a full moon, turn into a werewolf, and then turn the table on your wouldbe killers, who now try to run and hide from YOU. I wouldn't mind seeing Puppet Combo doing a game like that.
Damn i really like this concept..
Would like to see that as well, but how about the less health you have the less human you become, and if you do die you start a rampage killing everyone that tried to kill you, but get the bad ending instead
@@gamerplays5131 ooooo that idea kinda reminds me of Lisa the painful :>
Nah, Puppet Combo wouldn’t go for dumb ideas.
Like a horror pac man
57:37 you can almost pinpoint exactly when manly's heart stops
I called that twist sooo early on for some reason, also, I love how Emma is literally Velma from Scooby Doo
she's not "literally velma from scooby doo" but okay
@@Echidneys I'm literally sorry
@@Rexodiak that's more like it
She looks just like a puppet combo animated version of one of my exes made it actually hard to watch lol
@@Echidneys hyperbole 💀
Out of all the things to base a horror game on I definitely wasn't expecting "80's mall easter bunny photos" to be one of them
I mean tbf did you *see* the costumes that some psycho deemed as "suitable for children"??
You whispered cheese like it was a forbidden word
Don't be afraid to say Cheese's name, Harry.
This must be what people mean by "the C word" 😳
The dairy product that must not be named
Time of the stamp?
@@Lrizu 0:43
I like that when Manly sees a crowbar he always says *M O R G A N F R E E M A N*
Morgan Freemaaaaaaaaaaan,Rise,and Shine,RISE AND SHINE.
It's Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of Half-Life. His most iconic weapon is a crowbar.
What a game. It gives me nostalgia for an era I wasn't even alive in. Incredible.
This game is from 2020
@@Lrizu
But it is stylized like a PS1 game ('94-'00) and is based off of 80s horror slasher movies
@@sadrabbit53 no, YOU were stylized in 80s fashion
@@Lrizu
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Tom was soooo suspicious when he wasn’t shown killed in his recorded video.
[SPOILER WARNING]
You're smart, saw right through it! I still got caught off guard by the twist at the end, but it was a satisfying explanation for everything happening the way it did.
The bathroom break was an excuse to sabotage the vehicle while no one was looking and Tom giving Emma a key to "help her out" was a clever way of cementing himself as reliable while simultaneously initiating his hunt. Truly horrifying.
one of these days, i wish puppet combo would make a horror games about puppets doing combos.
You just see a puppet approach and combos fafnir into fafnir and you realize you don't get to play the game anymore
A horror about being trapped in a fighting game where all the characters are OP? 😂
@@errortryagainlater4240 A horror game where everyone is Meta Knight, Bayonetta, Akuma, or Petshop
Just in time for Christmas.
@@Snowy_Limeade123 Woosh
Omg i love Spoopy Egg Christmas
Snowy Lemonade w o o o s h y w o o s h
@@Snowy_Limeade123 nah dude, the JOKE. you missed the JOKE in big nut's comment
@@Snowy_Limeade123 the thing is that he's obviously joking about it being Christmas, big nut is faking that it's Christmas which it isn't it's Halloween. this is from a different variety of puns known for having a large dose of variety in them. and I have absolutely no clue why I decided to go into a little more detail
Did anyone else think the bunny man was gonna smack through the walls like the cool aid man
Or that one guy from re7
OHHH YEAH
Ngl puppet combo has some scary games and with the Easter bunny it’s like 100 times worse
Ikr? The amount of pressure with horror along with a terrifying antagonist is enough to make you scream atleast twice
Damn. You know you're out of shape when the character who pulled a tendon can run longer than you
16:17 i was NOT expecting jacksepticeye to be in this game lmao
edit: I was just surprised, didnt want my comment to sound mean or anything
Same, it just seemed so out of the blue
Can’t stand that guy, so loud and obnoxious.
@@ebonhawken574 k, I just hope you’re not one of those people that gets surprised when people are rude to you.
@@ebonhawken574 you should watch flamingo if you think Sean’s annoying lmaooo
@@ebonhawken574 How is he obnoxious? Yeah he's loud but he's one of the kindest souls on the freaking planet. Irish people are naturally loud which I think makes them more interesting and unique. And by loud I mean boisterous and energetic (it's a good thing).
OK calling it after the the opening: Janitor Jack is the bunny.
He conviniently doesn't have a phone in the office. Locks the door despite having now reason to believe the child. And then the easter bunny shows up a while after he leaves and somehow knows the child is in the office despite there being no sign that the child was there.
You were wrong, they was a rare thing that happens when you look at the window after the lights go out, that the easter ripper can be seen running near the entry of the room where janitor jack went, which he probably kills jack and steals the keys to the room that jack locked, jack probably said something to the easter ripper.
@@jarrakyemancktelow1439 😮 missed that one
When you wake up in a photo booth knowing your mom/dad basically left you, F
(if they aren't dead)
How they actual fuck could they be dead???
@@rukas133 I'm just making assumptions, I mean say if you were stuck in that situation I suppose? 🤔 lol
@@charlesfcpx yeah I mean it just makes no sense and I don’t see a way they could they lol
At 3:30 to the right in the background, you can see the Easter Bunny watching.
I don't see it 😭
Ohhh I get it, it's just the head
@@sourdirewolf You can also see at 5:56 the Easter Bunny dart around the corner on the right.
Wow I missed all of these
@@Serrenoa Wouldn't sweat it too much, I missed these on my first watch.
I just freaking realized janitor Jack was just Jacksepticeye.
He even had his face
Yeah it's written in the credits near the beginning of the video. Literally.
Here, 18:56 ^^
Good night or day, whoever might be reading this.
'It's a garbage can'
Manlys soul: 'it's free real estate'.
57:48 Imagine thinking you're such a kickass and then your last words are, "oh no!"
Also that inside the skin camera angle is quirky in a good way!
One of the things i actually loved about this game, is if you listen carefully during the door 'loading' scenes, you can hear the sound of a disk reading and writing to a harddrive. It's little details like this I just love.
so is no one gonna talk about the fact that jack/sean voiced the janitor??? because unless i'm mistaken that is him... and i remember him mentioning that he voiced a game character in one of his recent videos...
anyways!! great video as always manly!!
rip,, nevermind-- it literally says it's him like 3 minutes later, lmao.
Plus his face is literally plastered on the model
@@succubasu WAS IT??? i didn't even notice nwkwmdkls,,,,
Top o the evening to ya lassie whats all dis aboot som eisterbonny.
@Unojhiir0 huh?
Tom: I wanna die!
The dead children: What's the magic word?
Tom: I'm the EASTER RIPPER!
"They should do one where you're a kid, and you're underpowered, trying to escape the house." You mean... CLOCK TOWER!?
The most disturbing part of this for me was the skeletons in the dungeon. As for the plot twist, saw that a mile away.
Nobody:
Manly: Tom Don’t die ur shirts awesome.
Manly never disappoints
Wait but didn't the children murder him or something-
@@PrettyBurntToast ?
@@ՄԻԼՖՆԱԿԱՆԽԱՆ At the end, The kids come back to life as zombies and proceed to eat him.
@@PrettyBurntToast oh the bunny. Not the chicken. No he was the Easter egg bunny
@@PrettyBurntToast they ate him lol
holy shit man that kill 48:12 was scary... then manly goes, oh he Double-Dipped.. i cant.
The positions those skeletons are in is a bit yucky
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that noticed, I was thinking the same thing when I saw them plus with the rope its really telling. Wondered if Manly noticed and chose not to say or didn't pay attention enough
Time stamp?
@@Thrownblock Skip to the basement section around the one hour mark. The first skeleton you see at 1:00:50 tells you everything
@@dusstythezommby5859 There's a rack of bsdm stuff on one of the walls near a door too :(
I'm glad they got their revenge in the end, still gross tho
Gotta love how everything in a Puppet Combo game plays exactly like it would in a movie.
Justin:picks up key
Also Justin:why do I hear boss music
1:14:25
I laughed so hard at that part when his desperation voice kicks in
"And now I'm going to kill you!"
Where’s the photographer in the beginning?! He’s invisible! D:
It's the same guy doing all the terrible resident evil angles
@@epicissaczombieslayer5167 This is what happens when you underpay your camera operator.
@@craigbutler3282 I actually laughed. During my graduation pictures, the photographers were upset about something and purposefully did a terrible job. One guy was above the backdrop, one of my photos was black, my friends arm was cut out. Most couldn’t even find their pictures.
That might have been a stylistic choice
As someone who works retail in a mall, closed malls at night are creepy as hell, especially when only some of the lights are on and the music's still playing. I always book it as fast as I can because no way am I getting got by some horror monster.
Once again why the first part of Silent Hill 3 is pretty iconic
OOOh That title screen is really nice! Reminds me of those older Goosebumps stories I used to read. They're incredibly charming!
As a PS1-inspired game it's pretty alright! I do enjoy the close angles and the the overall atmosphere of the game, it's just that I feel a bit more polish could've helped in certain areas, but it still looks fun enough!
5:13 "This is what I am *assuming* is the 70s or the 80s"
*Photograph at the start of the game states Easter 1986*
Construction date
Judging by the kid's hairstyle in the first part of the game before the opening credits. Early 80's, because I believe the infamous Mullet came into popularity around 1982 or 81.... XD
Ah yes the 80's thin windows
@@sourdirewolf Malls didn't even have windows until 1985. Before that, they used DOS prompts :)
"A gun! Just what I need to protect myself"
I mean, guns are pretty great for self-defense, yeah, but in this situation, where a handgun has just been retrieved from where it sat, presumably abandoned, for potentially eleven years in its own grime... I wouldn't assume that one to be the most reliable thing without a good breaking down, scrubbing, and oiling. I wouldn't be putting down the fireplace poker any time soon, let's just say.
Him: playing a mall game with terrifying atmosphere.
Also him: I want to go back to malls.
Much love for Puppet Combo bringing retro style horror back to its former glory.
Your voice is so calming for horror games. Really brings in the atmosphere
It actually is really scary, a big feat for a game like this nowdays
I read it as big foot and now I want a game about that 🤣
Hello! This is for the people that might be wondering what the images on the eggs truly mean!
Dana: hers is the Death card; meaning the end of a cycle or just the end of something that you used to do. Death means change and letting go, it might symbolize how Dana wanted to quit for a better job.
Gary: his is The Hanged man; it means indecision and uncertainty, though it can also mean going through trials. I’m not sure how this shows him, or if it’s supposed to mean anything connected to him, please tell me if you know.
Real estate agent: their was Justice; we don’t know anything about them so I don’t know the connection but Justice means truth, karma, law and consequences.
Piano: The Fool; it means madness, delirium, freedom, innocence and recklessness. Perhaps it’s foreshadowing the truth at the end?
I hope I could help anyone curious about it!
I got these from JoJo hahaha
Gary could've gotten the hanged man since he was hanged after he was killed
@@isopodchan87 yeah that does make sense! Thank you!!
Tarot cards as yeah
I couldn't avoid reading all that with Nyx Avatar's voice in my head.
Our van is wrecked and we are trapped here, time to film I guess.
The biggest tragedy:
They never got the pizzas.
Ok not going to lie, when it got to the second half of the game with the news reporters at the house,
I got some major flashbacks to that 1988 Umberto Lenzi movie, GhostHouse
I liked this game up to the point of when I was searching a dresser and the killer entered in the room from behind me. I was cornered so I figured I was for sure dead but I decided to start swinging my fire poker. I hit him 4 times then he just turned tail and ran as I chased him out the door. Completely removed the fear I had of him lmao. Edited to also mention that I thought it was still a cool game, just not scary anymore,
You gave me the hope to play it 😭
@@sourdirewolf you got this friend
@@MrGrimReapy after a month I finally did it 😭 but he never appeared on my gameplay only the killing scenes, the disrespect smh
Oh so you can acctually attack him in the chasing sequences? Nice. Widh Manly would try to use the fire poker on the easter ripper
37:53 possible error in the dialogue. In this part, Emma is called Emily by the dialogue box
I think this is most likely the darkest Puppet Combo game because of just how utterly vile the main Serial Killer is, he doesn't just target random people he specifically targets children and drags them into a dungeon.
And judging by some of those skeletons he doesn't have anything good in mind for them either-
1:14:26
Emma who has a shotgun and a pistol: uno reverse card
The "there's evil" moment in the second half was a real shocker, it was great. Really impressive game, though it went deep into B-movie territory at the end. Intentionally, but, yeah. Kind of a whiplash.
One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask
What dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty?
The killer: "Hehe! Sickle thingy goes WOOSH!"
"You'd better be dead"
"Yeah your corpse disappeared, you're dead!"
I think I also died a little at this scene LOL. Also can we have Manly's "USELESS" merch already? Lately I have been saying 'useless' in your tone lololol
It's Just A Garbage Can
"Say the thing, Manly!"
This was pretty pretty good. Puppet Combo is getting better at this games.
I imagined it was Tom the one murdering people. He just dissapeared before the killing started.
I'd love to see this as a movie, plus the ending cracked me up lol
'Tom's gonna die'
'Hey go get some pizza'
'Nice'
That was pretty fun, and as always the OST is a KILLER
ps, reminder that 5 Days a Stranger is an oldschool, criminally underrated pixel adventure horror where you may or may not dip a teddy bear in salt
i’m not complaining or anything, but the music is just in your face
“It may or may not have a killer rabbit”
Spoiler: there’s def a killer rabbit
Ay yo sis wtf?! How could you do that? You ruined the plot for me!
You ruined it for me 😑
nobody ever talks about the soul of the music when the opening scene kid is wandering the empty mall alone in abject childhood terror
I did the music was incredibly immersive
I had a feeling it was Tom, cause we never got an egg out of him. Like he just disappeared to find an exit, and he never came back 💀
I knew it was Tom! He gave her the key ("helped" her at first) so she can play the game