I found it really satisfying when the protagonist just started trying to break down the door when some one was yelling for help on the other side like any normal person would do instead of running off and leaving them to look for a key for a hour just really satisfying when a character realizes it's just a wooden door and can be broken.
yes but it was a dumb move since it made a lot of noise and attracted monsters. That's the only reason why they had the character do that was for spooky plot lol.
It's rare to find British folklore, and some old-fashioned Victorian chills, folded into a modern video game, so that in itself was reason enough for me to investigate Maid of Sker. It's set in the late 19th century, on Sker Island, Wales - not quite a real place in real life, but Sker Point certainly is, found just north west of Porthcawl in the county borough of Bridgend. It's here where you can, today, find Sker House - a renovated and now-private grade-one listed mansion (whose owners weren't immediately into the game's marketing) with foundations dating back to the 12th century. It's said to be one of the most haunted places in Wales (and the 38th most-haunted in the UK, in a 2018 list), where "screams, wailing noises, dark moving shadows and figures" have been reported. It's said that a resident of the house, Elizabeth William, was locked inside the building by her father, and there she died of a broken heart. She now haunts the place, supposedly alongside a sea captain whose ship was wrecked off Sker Point - and, indeed, the SS Samtampa was sunk there in 1947, in an accident claiming 47 lives. There are also reports of shipwrecks happening there in the 19th and 18th centuries
*Puts on glasses, speaks in Guys' voice:* "John, a phonograph is a device that records and plays sounds using a spinning wax cylinder. A gramophone, on the other hand, is a device that records and plays sounds using a spinning vinyl disc. Such devices later become known simply as 'record players'. Phonographs and gramophones competed until 1910 when vinyl become the dominant medium for recording and playing sound, though phonographs could still be found in somewhat common use for years afterward." **Takes off glasses.**
Also catapults, also called an ‘onager’ and ‘mongonel,’ is powered by the tension in a rope. Their size is limited to the amount and size of the propellant ropes available. They threw projectiles in the 30-50 pound (14-23 kg.) range, both solid and incendiary. Trebuchets utilized an unbalanced beam, a heavy weight and a sling to launch its projectiles. Their size was limited to the amount of material available to build them, consequently, some of them were enormous and were capable of throwing a small horse, say 500 lbs. (250 kg.), up to 500 yards (460 meters). A five hundred pound projectile hurled at a high-angle would be very difficult to contend with even today. They also threw cartloads of manure and dead bodies to cause disease, incendiary projectiles to cause fires and so forth. They were very effective weapons.
Gives the impression of "I wanna show off but I'm not actually gonna go the whole way (possibly because I exagerate my knowledge a smidge or am scared I f up".
@@Mintylight gonna be honest didn't get that impression, if that's how my comment came off then I apologize. I was actually interested in what that music might have been honestly.
It's always interesting to see a horror game that incorporates figures from history. While Sker isn't exactly a real place, Sker Point and Sker House are real. Elizabeth Williams is known in history as the Maid of Sker, said to have haunted Sker House after her father, Isaac Williams, locked her in the attic and she died of a broken heart. Thomas Evans also created a folk song for Elizabeth, hoping to win her over. Even more interestingly enough is that the area at the time was known to get lots of shipwrecks, just like in this game. Pretty interesting shit.
I love it, especially since it's not that bad for me. It's the pretentious notes that grind my gears. I hope someone is making gifs somewhere and I want to have them
This is the same feeling when I am involved in any way in singing happy birthday. Also at the last funeral I attended they made the whole church sing "all things bright and beautiful" and I swear to God it was the longest 10 minutes I've ever been forced to sit through.
@@KilurDragon probably the conductor. Please stop going through every comment thread. I'm not trying to be rude. It just seems you might be being a bit impatient. Just give it time most people will be willing to answer just give it some time.😁👍
I thought I was gonna open up comments to a normal talk in here like, yea youre right or something but there is straight up 5 horny bots in the chat room
I’m glad John is starting to do more long form horror again, with stuff like this and Scrutinized. I know he doesn’t particularly care for it for the most part, but I enjoy it much more than his 2-3 random short horror game uploads he’s been doing.
I always like when horror games that have animals show a post-credits scene that's like "by the way the pet was okay". It's a nice nod to how most people naturally want to know what happened to a dog/cat/any pet especially if they were important to the plot. The uncle enemy was scary, the loud thumping enemies always scare me for some reason. Also I agree with you on the end thoughts, blind enemy with superhuman hearing has definitely been done a lot. I hope too many people didn't complain about you not going back for the last doll again, getting it once is more than enough! :D
One of my favorite John things is how second hand embarrassed he gets when characters sing or recite poetry, it’s so charming This game is going to be a delight
“He gets winded pretty easily though, he needs to work out.” I feel personally attacked John Now I’m going to run 5k after work just because of this insult.
I like the soundtrack, it really sets the eerie mood of the Welsh landscape. There isn't that many British horror games either, or not that I can recall.
John asking "are we dead?!" without any fear, worry or mystery and just a bit accusatory surely mens that the trope is dead. Any game developer caught using this trope is sentenced to playing PT without a guide and then e v e r y PT clone afterwards.
I really don't like it, that trope that is. If it's a purgatory game, then alright, but just don't act like it's a mystery. I have yet to see a game be like "you're dead. You must get out of purgatory and into heaven, but first you need something from hell" or some of the like.
@@DerVasto yeah often it's a poorly hidden twist in a poorly executed morality play. And only purgatory game like what you described I can think of is Dante's Inferno lol
I also hate when people just randomly sing acapella. I think it's the same feeling you get when the douche pulls out his guitar at a party. But maybe we're both just haters idk lol
As someone who randomly starts singing at weird times it just kinda happens, but at least as far as personal experience goes the discomfort it causes others doesn't go unnoticed so I try to keep it in check. Dunno, maybe that's the consequence of having grown up a bit of a theatre kid lol
I mean, when I'm by myself at home, I frequently sing whatever random song is in my head at the time. When I was younger (like high school or college), if I was walking home alone at night, I'd hum to myself sometimes to sort of lighten the mood for myself. I'd be way too self-conscious to do so when I knew other people were around, though, even (more like especially) if asked to do so, lmao.
I went to high school with this girl who would break out into Disney songs out of nowhere constantly. She would also play Disney songs out loud in the hallways between classes. I have nothing against Disney movies, but that shit gets old real quick. I don’t think a single person in the school wasn’t annoyed by her eventually. She was very nice but yeah the constant singing made me not want to be friends with her.
I too would kill the **fictional** character who have murder the one thing that will not question your loyalty no matter how badly you treat it. The person does deserve death.
I don't care if there is a dog in the game I wanna enjoy the game even if the dog dies if the game is good it is good Wolfenstein the new colossus is a great example
It's hilarious how you are so like, adverse against the writing, song, and voice acting but are totally okay with the game itself. Actually makes this a fun watch.
"What did all the servants get turned into monsters?" So... Amnesia? Besides the fact that "The Darkness" mentioned reminds me of The Shadow, and the Wax Cylinders is reminiscent of Justine. Still though, this game seems rather original and I'm invested.
I tried to look up what a "snug" was. And this is what I found. Apparently the way she uses it it's a British noun meaning a small, comfortable public room in a pub or inn. Makes sense in that this game takes place in a hotel.
Fun fact: The hotel is based on a real place, except it's a house and not a hotel. They intended on making it that exact house, but the people weren't too pleased with that, so they changed it.
Ooh, I've been looking forward to this. Doubly so, looking at the length of the video. Horror games involving siren's are... rare. Isn't there only Siren: Blood Curse? I don't even think that game had sirens. Regardless, they're sick, and I always appreciate horror games involving mythological monsters and all their bullshit. And I see that description, I'll have you know I'm very happy with my life decisions Editing John I don't need that sass
Wanna hear a recording of me peeing? I have 28 of them. 8 recorded in the morning. 3 are long,after I drank a lot of water on purpose. 2 very short ones,I did not even want to pee,but wanted to record it. I would love to exchange it to the recordings of you drinking or sneezing.
After watching many videos and RUclipsrs I think I can identify with you the most. What you say and do makes a hell of a lot of sense the older I get. Keep up the good work.
I was JUST wondering when you were gonna post another video! Cheers for posting on my day off, John! It’s always fun relaxing and watching your videos. Love ya!
I love how critical but at the same time serious you take those games. And I like to see, that you take the death of animals in games (and movies) close to heart. Your let'sPlays are one of the best!
Gramophone: Any sound-recording device, or device for playing previously-recorded sounds, especially if it uses a flat spinning disk. Phonograph: Any sound-recording device, or device for playing previously-recorded sounds, especially if it uses a spinning cylinder.
love that there's a game out there that acknowledges Wales and it's creepy folklore! The lullaby you frequently hear is 'Heno, heno, hen blant bach' which translates to 'tonight tonight little children' - thanks for playing this John!
I can see these kind of games a mile away. Nothing against John, but the “explore some building area for a couple of hours with minimal threats, a few puzzles, and DOZENS of optional notes to read with only a few character interactions” games bore me to death. I’m sure some are good, but most of the time, it’s just a monotonous slog. I think the only one that really interested me was that one with the harp and the tree people because you were going to different areas and had diverse threats.
They're all basically a bunch of "Anmeisa" clones...which was itself loosely reminiscent of "Resident Evil" and "Alone in the Dark" (the original game not the reboots).
The problem with these games are the slow built up. With games like outlast, you get into the thick of things within the first 5 minutes but in these games you probably won’t see anything till you’re half an hour into the game. It’s just too slow and monotonous for us to get invested and we’ll lose interest in it pretty quickly. The reserve would actually be the correct way to make a horror game. Short intro and get us into the thick of it as soon as possible. Then have the slow bits in between cause by then we’ll be invested enough to care about the story.
think this game is fine, a good horror game doesn't rely on scares but suspense. this game is more of a horror mystery as you have to explore and piece things together. you get desensitized fast if game through out scars at you.
To be honest, Elizabeth's dialogue is so heavy-handedly "fair maiden in distress, too pure for this pain" since the very beginning, that I immediately knew she was the big twist bad guy. Cause it's so forced that either she was evil, in which case that's horribly predictable writing, or she was actually good, in which case that's horribly excessive writing.
3 hours of John's humor and sass? Hell yes. Also, it's refreshing to see a horror game with high production value from an indie dev team. They did a great job on this one. Voice acting, animations, music and sound effects are all great.
Does anyone want to explain the whole “stay still when the piano isn’t playing” thing? It’s the most interesting and terrifying part of the game for me. Like, why be still? Why does it keep flashing in and out? Are the footsteps you hear Isaac? What’s the strangely lit cage thing in the centre? Why are there switches connected to it? What’s that thing we keep going back to in the other room? What happens if you move? I just have to know! 😂
How dare you question my life decisions John? Yes its three hour long and I could’ve probably watched every single among us video that has been posted in the last 24 hours, but for Maid of Sker, there’s an exception. I am happy with my life decisions, thank you very much
I would be so down to see John tackle thier other FMV games. They're all about that supernatural stuff, the unknown, quantum theories ect.. They don't overstay thier welcome either.
1:14 The answer to the beer tap puzzle is the illuminated paintings on the far wall, you can actually see them from where you're pulling the beer taps. Each tap pull has an image on it that corresponds to the paintings. You just needed to pull the tabs in the same order as the paintings lol. Also her family weren't cannibals, they were pirates. They would turn off the lighthouse so ships ran aground and killed any survivors to steal their cargo and later used the Siren to force ships to veer towards it. Elizabeth's mother, father, and uncle decided to use the siren's song to lure people into the hotel they built and then murdered and robbed their own customers. Once Elizabeth's mother died they had no one who could sing it so the hotel closed but ships didn't really pass by there as much anymore so they couldn't go back to the old ways. Thus Isaac trying to find a way to record the song and make his daughter sing it so they didn't need the siren at all anymore since they were just as susceptible to it.
John Wolfe is way too badass for me. Running into new rooms without checking corner or looking left and right. Never looking behind him. True horror alpha chad.
Holy carp the beginning entrance where you see the grand opening and just above there’s a curtain moving implying that Elisabeth, supposedly, just peeked at you from the attic.
Oh god I really want to thank U because we never ever get to see full part of these games all the youtubers will let them unfinished. You are amazing~~~ thank U for your amazing videos and channel ~big support from me~
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Other youtubers- "drop a like if you want the next part soon!"
John- "Hope you don't have any plans today..."
These bots are out of control
holy fucking hell dude, got all the yugi oh cards here at the replies, i see
lmao
I didn’t realize this was three hours til I read this. Oh boy I’m in for it. Also, this is the greatest bot thread I’ve ever seen.
It’s 1 am guess I’m pulling an all nighter 🤷♀️
I found it really satisfying when the protagonist just started trying to break down the door when some one was yelling for help on the other side like any normal person would do instead of running off and leaving them to look for a key for a hour just really satisfying when a character realizes it's just a wooden door and can be broken.
yes but it was a dumb move since it made a lot of noise and attracted monsters. That's the only reason why they had the character do that was for spooky plot lol.
@@MilkyMonstrosity he didn't know there were monsters at that point he was also invited there too
I mean, depends on the door. I’d say most old wooden doors can’t just be broken down that easily, they can be pretty thick.
Highly depends on what *kind* of wooden door it is (but yeah, this one would have probably been easier to break with brute force). ^^
It's rare to find British folklore, and some old-fashioned Victorian chills, folded into a modern video game, so that in itself was reason enough for me to investigate Maid of Sker. It's set in the late 19th century, on Sker Island, Wales - not quite a real place in real life, but Sker Point certainly is, found just north west of Porthcawl in the county borough of Bridgend. It's here where you can, today, find Sker House - a renovated and now-private grade-one listed mansion (whose owners weren't immediately into the game's marketing) with foundations dating back to the 12th century. It's said to be one of the most haunted places in Wales (and the 38th most-haunted in the UK, in a 2018 list), where "screams, wailing noises, dark moving shadows and figures" have been reported. It's said that a resident of the house, Elizabeth William, was locked inside the building by her father, and there she died of a broken heart. She now haunts the place, supposedly alongside a sea captain whose ship was wrecked off Sker Point - and, indeed, the SS Samtampa was sunk there in 1947, in an accident claiming 47 lives. There are also reports of shipwrecks happening there in the 19th and 18th centuries
Jody Trimble that is so cool! I wouldn’t have any way of knowing that if you haven’t commented, so thanks!
Nice, Thanks.
It's entertaining.
Was literally about to point out sker point was a real place, it's about a half hour drive from where I live.
Honestly a game based off the irl location and history sounds a lot more interesting than this was, lol.
Thanks for the lore
*Puts on glasses, speaks in Guys' voice:* "John, a phonograph is a device that records and plays sounds using a spinning wax cylinder. A gramophone, on the other hand, is a device that records and plays sounds using a spinning vinyl disc. Such devices later become known simply as 'record players'. Phonographs and gramophones competed until 1910 when vinyl become the dominant medium for recording and playing sound, though phonographs could still be found in somewhat common use for years afterward." **Takes off glasses.**
You the real MVP
Ah the gramaphone scholar is here
So many bots.
Wait...didnt you died, guys?
This is a possession!
Also catapults, also called an ‘onager’ and ‘mongonel,’ is powered by the tension in a rope. Their size is limited to the amount and size of the propellant ropes available. They threw projectiles in the 30-50 pound (14-23 kg.) range, both solid and incendiary.
Trebuchets utilized an unbalanced beam, a heavy weight and a sling to launch its projectiles. Their size was limited to the amount of material available to build them, consequently, some of them were enormous and were capable of throwing a small horse, say 500 lbs. (250 kg.), up to 500 yards (460 meters). A five hundred pound projectile hurled at a high-angle would be very difficult to contend with even today. They also threw cartloads of manure and dead bodies to cause disease, incendiary projectiles to cause fires and so forth. They were very effective weapons.
@@spqrjack2941 horse go weeee
"I can actually read sheet music, but I'm not going to becuase thats boring" weird flex john but alright XD
Gives the impression of "I wanna show off but I'm not actually gonna go the whole way (possibly because I exagerate my knowledge a smidge or am scared I f up".
@@Mintylight not that deep lol
@@coleslaw5713 Whaaaa...? You don't appreciate my overanalysis of people I don't really know? ^^
I was like "ooh watch out we got a badass over here" 😂😂
@@Mintylight gonna be honest didn't get that impression, if that's how my comment came off then I apologize. I was actually interested in what that music might have been honestly.
It's always interesting to see a horror game that incorporates figures from history. While Sker isn't exactly a real place, Sker Point and Sker House are real. Elizabeth Williams is known in history as the Maid of Sker, said to have haunted Sker House after her father, Isaac Williams, locked her in the attic and she died of a broken heart. Thomas Evans also created a folk song for Elizabeth, hoping to win her over. Even more interestingly enough is that the area at the time was known to get lots of shipwrecks, just like in this game. Pretty interesting shit.
Dog dies: Dear horror games rant
Dog alive at the end: Forget everything else I said. It's a good ending.
LOL.
It's funny, cause John an I both were thinking the same thing at the same time!
Yay dog!
No! Get up!
It better not die...
I'm mad now.
John is the most relatable youtube gamer for me xD because of exactly this!
Its the truth everyone likes dogs better then the characters in these games almost the same applies in real life
When?
The game is ruined for me. 😭
Watching John cringe during the recordings is my favorite part of this playthrough.
I love it, especially since it's not that bad for me. It's the pretentious notes that grind my gears.
I hope someone is making gifs somewhere and I want to have them
Literally seen all these games already i just want to see him react to them 😂🖤
Yes, I also take pleasure in his pain.
For me, it's the way he says Sker.
The singing IS awful....
John's annoyance at the mere thought of a person singing acapella is very relatable
Or not
Your smile is very contagious
This is the same feeling when I am involved in any way in singing happy birthday. Also at the last funeral I attended they made the whole church sing "all things bright and beautiful" and I swear to God it was the longest 10 minutes I've ever been forced to sit through.
Who is talking at 1:29?! That male voice....
@@KilurDragon probably the conductor. Please stop going through every comment thread. I'm not trying to be rude. It just seems you might be being a bit impatient. Just give it time most people will be willing to answer just give it some time.😁👍
I feel for the increasingly distressed "I want to pet dog!" If a game includes a dog, you should absolutely be able to pet it!
Yes! This should be mandatory
I will completely write off a game that doesn't let me pet the dog or cat.
pet and NOTHING ELSE.
Can u pet the dog twitter account is amazing for that lol
Lol didn't he play blair witch u can pet the dog
"'CANST THOU'--- i'm already disinterested."
i have never resonated so much with john
@SunBoxesSky thank you! :)
"Oh she's goin' out the little one! No no she's goin' to the big one... I don't know what she's doin'...s-she flew into a rock."
LMAOOOO
😆😆😆
Lollllll
If you spent that many years sitting in a cage unable to move you'd probably fly into a rock too.
The song being sung was Ar hyd y nos, a famous Welsh hymn (and one of my favourites) translating to: All through the Night.
I did realise after a while it wasn't English and figured it was like Gaelic?
@@Roadent1241 Welsh :)
Once I realized the story took place in Wales, I figured the songs sung had to be in Welsh. Nice to know I was correct!
@@jas5267 Excuse me, thank you. I don't know why I think anything that isn't English within my own country is Gaelic.
Roadent1241 damn i put gaelic on my noodles
What a perfect gift for the weekend. Just in time for the spooky season to begin. Thanks, John, much appreciated.
I thought I was gonna open up comments to a normal talk in here like, yea youre right or something but there is straight up 5 horny bots in the chat room
@@dewtoomuch I noticed that as well. Bots are getting crazy these days.
@@Sacrow very man, let's increase 5 to 7 horny bots
@@dewtoomuch Ikr wish youtube could do something about them
@@IIEchoII for real, we have regular conversations here and all the sudden
IM HORNY
I’m glad John is starting to do more long form horror again, with stuff like this and Scrutinized. I know he doesn’t particularly care for it for the most part, but I enjoy it much more than his 2-3 random short horror game uploads he’s been doing.
i think he doesn't have too many options right now for longer/decent horror games ya know?
"This will be a multi-parter."
posts 3 hour video
Full game too🪑
I always like when horror games that have animals show a post-credits scene that's like "by the way the pet was okay". It's a nice nod to how most people naturally want to know what happened to a dog/cat/any pet especially if they were important to the plot. The uncle enemy was scary, the loud thumping enemies always scare me for some reason. Also I agree with you on the end thoughts, blind enemy with superhuman hearing has definitely been done a lot. I hope too many people didn't complain about you not going back for the last doll again, getting it once is more than enough! :D
One of my favorite John things is how second hand embarrassed he gets when characters sing or recite poetry, it’s so charming
This game is going to be a delight
Lil John playing Maid of Skrrt
underrated lole
John: "I can actually read music but i'm not gonna look at it cause it's boring."
Also John but in other videos: *wallpaper commentary*
Boy, already this game seems too sker-y
I'll see myself out
Please do.
Don't leave me, don't leave me!
The door is the other way!
Gtfo. It took me 1:01:25 into the game until this actually hit me. But ya 😤
Stay, King XD
“He gets winded pretty easily though, he needs to work out.” I feel personally attacked John
Now I’m going to run 5k after work just because of this insult.
5k in millimeters
The game is definitely visually stunning
"this will be a multi-parter"
Uhm
and I loved it ;)
I like the soundtrack, it really sets the eerie mood of the Welsh landscape.
There isn't that many British horror games either, or not that I can recall.
there is a lot if you look into it.
Fell asleep while watching this. Dreamt about alien space musicians coming to earth to take it over via sheet music
I want that game.
Show us what you got!
I'm pretty sure I saw a 70s movie like that...or maybe it was the 80s.
Cartoon Critique I need to see that movie lmao 😂
Skerians
- "It's Friday! Wanna hang out?"
- "Sorry, I have very important plans."
** looks for John's update **
John and the never ending quest to pet the pupper
He's a precious lil pupperoni and he must live 😭
The actual name of the video 😂😂
I can't believe John went through a red segment around 47:00 and didn't say "Red means scary". He's holding out on us.
2 hours in and John has mimicked her voice perfectly, it’s by far one of the funniest things I’ve seen lol.
John asking "are we dead?!" without any fear, worry or mystery and just a bit accusatory surely mens that the trope is dead.
Any game developer caught using this trope is sentenced to playing PT without a guide and then e v e r y PT clone afterwards.
I really don't like it, that trope that is.
If it's a purgatory game, then alright, but just don't act like it's a mystery.
I have yet to see a game be like "you're dead. You must get out of purgatory and into heaven, but first you need something from hell" or some of the like.
I wish I was
@@DerVasto yeah often it's a poorly hidden twist in a poorly executed morality play. And only purgatory game like what you described I can think of is Dante's Inferno lol
@@aliveslice don't we all buddy
"I hear music doll, I come"
- John Wolfe, 2020
"She flew into a rock" lmfao I love watching you play games John tysm for making these videos.
I also hate when people just randomly sing acapella. I think it's the same feeling you get when the douche pulls out his guitar at a party. But maybe we're both just haters idk lol
Anyway, here’s Wonderwall
As someone who randomly starts singing at weird times it just kinda happens, but at least as far as personal experience goes the discomfort it causes others doesn't go unnoticed so I try to keep it in check. Dunno, maybe that's the consequence of having grown up a bit of a theatre kid lol
I mean, when I'm by myself at home, I frequently sing whatever random song is in my head at the time. When I was younger (like high school or college), if I was walking home alone at night, I'd hum to myself sometimes to sort of lighten the mood for myself.
I'd be way too self-conscious to do so when I knew other people were around, though, even (more like especially) if asked to do so, lmao.
Completely agree, not to mention 99.9% they sound terrible. A lot of singers are just as delusional as those cringe tryouts from American Idol.
I went to high school with this girl who would break out into Disney songs out of nowhere constantly. She would also play Disney songs out loud in the hallways between classes. I have nothing against Disney movies, but that shit gets old real quick. I don’t think a single person in the school wasn’t annoyed by her eventually. She was very nice but yeah the constant singing made me not want to be friends with her.
John's face when he saw the dog alive gave me the strength to go on.
elizabeth's dad: hits doggo
john: I see you have chosen death
I too would kill the **fictional** character who have murder the one thing that will not question your loyalty no matter how badly you treat it. The person does deserve death.
0:52 "Dearest Thomas" and you see train on screen
Now all I can see is Thomas the tank engine darting around the haunted mansion.
my only Thomas the tank engine knowledge comes from the rare memes and subtle references and yet my mind made the same instant connection at this part
Elisabeth: genuine sadness for the man who was tortured
John:im not buying it
How to make John like your game more: include dog
*Include dog that doesn't die.
I don't care if there is a dog in the game
I wanna enjoy the game even if the dog dies if the game is good it is good
Wolfenstein the new colossus is a great example
It's hilarious how you are so like, adverse against the writing, song, and voice acting but are totally okay with the game itself. Actually makes this a fun watch.
"What did all the servants get turned into monsters?"
So... Amnesia?
Besides the fact that "The Darkness" mentioned reminds me of The Shadow, and the Wax Cylinders is reminiscent of Justine. Still though, this game seems rather original and I'm invested.
Me seeing the notification: John sure loves his funny titles!
Me seeing the video is nearly 3 hours long:😳
💕💌❣💖
glory to arstotzka
So...many...bots...
@@2BachShakur my entire comment notification box is spammed with their replies. Seems like they hit this video HARD.
@Hazel ! 24 y.o I WANT SЕЕХ !!!! OPEN MY VIDEO !!!! me2
Me, reads title: "oh, awesome!"
Me, after seeing the video length: "oh...THAT long"
I tried to look up what a "snug" was. And this is what I found. Apparently the way she uses it it's a British noun meaning
a small, comfortable public room in a pub or inn.
Makes sense in that this game takes place in a hotel.
1:23:00 "Who keeps breakin' into the bathrooms?!"
We call that kind of person a "turd burglar"
😂🤣😂🤣
I just laughed way too hard 😂
You’ve always been my background noise while I’m working on my paintings, love the long vids!
Fun fact: The hotel is based on a real place, except it's a house and not a hotel. They intended on making it that exact house, but the people weren't too pleased with that, so they changed it.
Ooh, I've been looking forward to this. Doubly so, looking at the length of the video.
Horror games involving siren's are... rare. Isn't there only Siren: Blood Curse? I don't even think that game had sirens. Regardless, they're sick, and I always appreciate horror games involving mythological monsters and all their bullshit.
And I see that description, I'll have you know I'm very happy with my life decisions Editing John I don't need that sass
[slams fist on desk] agreed! we need more bird monsters in games! break out the harpies and rocs next!
ya there was a siren the girl you see on the cover.
Sirens had literal siren alert sounds.
And so did silent hill.
I'm not sure what you're asking?
Siren Blood Curse had nothing to do with the creature siren.
It was about a girl who was the blood sacrifice. And everyone was trapped in a loop
pretty sure the SiREN series has nothing to do with the creature.
"I'm in a bad mood now."
Recording: *HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA*
Idk why that was so funny to me 😂
She record her self crying, she record her self laughing, hope she record her self coughing
SAO reference??
Wanna hear a recording of me peeing? I have 28 of them. 8 recorded in the morning. 3 are long,after I drank a lot of water on purpose. 2 very short ones,I did not even want to pee,but wanted to record it. I would love to exchange it to the recordings of you drinking or sneezing.
After watching many videos and RUclipsrs I think I can identify with you the most. What you say and do makes a hell of a lot of sense the older I get. Keep up the good work.
They are attracted to noise!
- *constantly calls on a phone*-
I know!!
Person:*cut there eyeballs out*
John:so anyway...
@januart hugh thank you
Oh no
A n y w a y -
gramophone - uses a flat spinning disk
phonograph - uses a spinning cylinder
Wow, the bots really got wet for that knowledge you dropped.
@@KzariusRexU not "got wet for that knowledge" D: this phrase is gonna haunt me every time i see bots
@@KzariusRexU they even ran away
I absolutely loved The Bunker, actually in the top ten of John's playthroughs for me. So high hopes for this one!
I’m moving today so this is the perfect thing to watch in my new place!! Thanks for uploading John!
I was JUST wondering when you were gonna post another video! Cheers for posting on my day off, John! It’s always fun relaxing and watching your videos. Love ya!
I love how critical but at the same time serious you take those games. And I like to see, that you take the death of animals in games (and movies) close to heart.
Your let'sPlays are one of the best!
So she's "safe" and over there giving us instructions.
Okay Atlas
Yeah she ain’t putting herself in danger, the nerves on some people
@@reyhugo4879 I'm just saying Elizabeth kinda sus
@@aliveslice that’s it i’m voting
*Elizabeth was not an impostor*
@@aliveslice guys i swear its not me !, she was sus i thought she vented !
I did indeed grumble when you brought up the crow's eye.
Me too! I was like, "Yeah, I clearly remember the unfinished playthrough of The Crow's Eye. *mumble mumble grumble*"
wonder why he didn't finish it.
Gramophone: Any sound-recording device, or device for playing previously-recorded sounds, especially if it uses a flat spinning disk. Phonograph: Any sound-recording device, or device for playing previously-recorded sounds, especially if it uses a spinning cylinder.
love that there's a game out there that acknowledges Wales and it's creepy folklore! The lullaby you frequently hear is 'Heno, heno, hen blant bach' which translates to 'tonight tonight little children' - thanks for playing this John!
John: "Ooh. This is like...straight up a skeleton"
😂💀
"This will be a multiparter"
I feel so spoiled by John now
John trashtalking the characters has always been my favourite part of any of his videos
i’ve been waiting for john to play this, ive avoided literally every video and stream that pops up. may i say this is POG
3hr?! Thank you for your hard work, john, camera john, and editor john.
Absolutely legendary for you to upload this rn 💖 thank u John!
I can see these kind of games a mile away. Nothing against John, but the “explore some building area for a couple of hours with minimal threats, a few puzzles, and DOZENS of optional notes to read with only a few character interactions” games bore me to death. I’m sure some are good, but most of the time, it’s just a monotonous slog. I think the only one that really interested me was that one with the harp and the tree people because you were going to different areas and had diverse threats.
They're all basically a bunch of "Anmeisa" clones...which was itself loosely reminiscent of "Resident Evil" and "Alone in the Dark" (the original game not the reboots).
The problem with these games are the slow built up. With games like outlast, you get into the thick of things within the first 5 minutes but in these games you probably won’t see anything till you’re half an hour into the game.
It’s just too slow and monotonous for us to get invested and we’ll lose interest in it pretty quickly. The reserve would actually be the correct way to make a horror game. Short intro and get us into the thick of it as soon as possible. Then have the slow bits in between cause by then we’ll be invested enough to care about the story.
think this game is fine, a good horror game doesn't rely on scares but suspense. this game is more of a horror mystery as you have to explore and piece things together. you get desensitized fast if game through out scars at you.
To be honest, Elizabeth's dialogue is so heavy-handedly "fair maiden in distress, too pure for this pain" since the very beginning, that I immediately knew she was the big twist bad guy. Cause it's so forced that either she was evil, in which case that's horribly predictable writing, or she was actually good, in which case that's horribly excessive writing.
Definitely gave me Atlas vibes
3 hours of John's humor and sass? Hell yes. Also, it's refreshing to see a horror game with high production value from an indie dev team. They did a great job on this one. Voice acting, animations, music and sound effects are all great.
Does anyone want to explain the whole “stay still when the piano isn’t playing” thing? It’s the most interesting and terrifying part of the game for me. Like, why be still? Why does it keep flashing in and out? Are the footsteps you hear Isaac? What’s the strangely lit cage thing in the centre? Why are there switches connected to it? What’s that thing we keep going back to in the other room? What happens if you move? I just have to know! 😂
3 hours, jesus, finally a youtuber who doesn't make 10 minute parts of long games!
Time to make myself lunch so I can sit and watch this monster of a video. Haven't seen it yet, but thank you for working hard to bring us this video.
I was waiting for you to play this game from last few days!! Thanks John , love your videos !
"The infernal singing is over." - John
But I like the singing.
So happy, I have something to look forward to after work, I was just thinking, I need a John Wolfe video.
"Ready to get clawed, Elisabeth?" Had me screaming w laughter
Dearest John. These are not words I wish to write. It's one of these games, huh?
John: "Doggy, I want to pet you, come back!"
Best line :)
me and my sister finished watching this from start to finish and we really enjoyed your video! :)
Yay I'm here after 8 minutes 😁 I've watched the entire game in that time and it's great. Thanks John
How dare you question my life decisions John? Yes its three hour long and I could’ve probably watched every single among us video that has been posted in the last 24 hours, but for Maid of Sker, there’s an exception. I am happy with my life decisions, thank you very much
This game is actually set in Wales based on a house in South Wales UK called Sker House. I believe this is based on Welsh folk lore
This amazing, was waiting for long gameplay to end the week and I get the notification, thank you!
John Wolfe profundity 2020: "sometimes my predictions are 100% on point - and sometimes they're not."
I would be so down to see John tackle thier other FMV games. They're all about that supernatural stuff, the unknown, quantum theories ect.. They don't overstay thier welcome either.
1:14 The answer to the beer tap puzzle is the illuminated paintings on the far wall, you can actually see them from where you're pulling the beer taps. Each tap pull has an image on it that corresponds to the paintings. You just needed to pull the tabs in the same order as the paintings lol.
Also her family weren't cannibals, they were pirates. They would turn off the lighthouse so ships ran aground and killed any survivors to steal their cargo and later used the Siren to force ships to veer towards it. Elizabeth's mother, father, and uncle decided to use the siren's song to lure people into the hotel they built and then murdered and robbed their own customers. Once Elizabeth's mother died they had no one who could sing it so the hotel closed but ships didn't really pass by there as much anymore so they couldn't go back to the old ways. Thus Isaac trying to find a way to record the song and make his daughter sing it so they didn't need the siren at all anymore since they were just as susceptible to it.
John: I'm in a bad mood now.
Elisabeth: (laughing)
I love long videos, it's like watching a great movie or opera.
John reminds me of a friend I lost who used to stream horror games just for me. I watch him just to relive some memories. Thank you. 🥰
Was it a guy who liked you? I can’t imagine streaming horror games for just one person otherwise
@@elijahgavin6706 We were best friends and he enjoyed streaming while I watched and reacted with him
John: "Penumbra: Black Plague"
Clarence, an intellectual: "Silly Billy Simulator 2008"
John Wolfe is way too badass for me. Running into new rooms without checking corner or looking left and right. Never looking behind him. True horror alpha chad.
John's content is the best! Said it before, and I'll say it again! 👌✨
Holy carp the beginning entrance where you see the grand opening and just above there’s a curtain moving implying that Elisabeth, supposedly, just peeked at you from the attic.
I noticed it at 7:41 , very subtle! 😮
@@BlueGreyWolf yes!!!!
I love how correct John is about the difference between phonograph and gramophone being like the difference between catapult and trebuchet
Love the recordings for each save room like she's vlogging her family drama
A three hour John vid? Let's go!
Oh god I really want to thank U because we never ever get to see full part of these games all the youtubers will let them unfinished. You are amazing~~~ thank U for your amazing videos and channel ~big support from me~