This is the most accurate depiction of the writing process I've ever seen in a video game. Sit down and get started and not even five minutes later you're on the phone with Jerry.
Seriously. I don’t know anyone named Jerry. But I was writing a short story and the phone rang and the next thing I knew Jerry was talking my ear off about his trip to Majorca.
haven't played the game itself but it's definitely a more fitting tribute than most things that ape ol' Howard. the generational resentment, lost greatness; and it shows you can do that without the horrible racism (at least in the narrative itself, can't undo the British being British, sadly)
It has a "looking you in the eye when he says it" energy that was masterful. He didn't oversell or undersell it, he did it perfectly, with the lead-up of the remarks on the meat, and the question about whether you've considered that the mother wasn't "murdered in the traditional sense of the word". He doesn't react at all once he says "Let's ask Robin." We're left alone with all the realization as we await whatever's in that dark hole to come out.
That is one serious case of writer's block procrastination...the man was repelling down the outside of the building during a lightning storm rather than sit at the typewriter.
I’ve not played the game but that seems totally out of left field in the best of ways. Yeah, no shit the property deal was shady. There was a murder there and the police never investigated anything.
The fact that New Bloods isn't afraid to put Civvies awful dick quotes on their store page to the point Civvie won't give them new ones is my favorite real life lore fact about Civvie
I like the post new blood said about telling the good a game is by the art and porn fans are willing to make for it. Then the head on dev chimed in hehe
I've come to realize that the English are generally way better actors than the Americans. Just compare the voice actors in Dark Souls (English) compared to Sekiro's dub (American). In terms of quality and talent they are day and night respectively.
@@doctorcraptonicus7941 Damn you childhood. I missed alot of Nintendo's madness. I had a megadrive and psone instead. But I'll still cherish it for the bizarre Michael Jackson games. Who wants to save the kids by moonwalking folks.
Reminds me of one of my favourite endings to a video game. Spoilers for a certain Megaman spin off game; one of the Battle Network games (the Gamecube platformer): I shit you not the main antagonist's house gets raided by the police and he gets arrested in the middle of a video call with the hero. It is absolutely one of my favourite video game endings of all time.
@@NineteenInFrench Funnily enough in that ending the police were sent an anonymous tip online; the antagonist even gets mad that the tip made the VPN he had set up redundant.
"I dunno. Let's ask Robin." My favourite line in the whole video. If, somehow, I get a copy of this game and play it with other people, I will absolutely steal it for the moment it was used.
When Civvie started talking about the settled science nightmare that was Thalidomide, I was honestly expecting Cancer Mouse to be summoned. Dodged a FPS bullet there.
And, ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I don't trust the current mandates for vaccination... Not that I have a choice, given I'll soon be moving to another country and they won't let me in without that jab.
@@Archris17 There's a myriad of regulations, testing, and safety precautions that have come about since then largely *because* of thalidomide and other incidents. Nearly 3 billion people are fully vaccinated now, if there was an issue with the vaccine, we would know by now. On top of that, it's not some mystery chemical being shot into your arm, we understand the full mechanism behind what the vaccine is, how it works, and what happens after very well. The technology that went into the vaccine is decades old (again, because nowadays we make very *very* sure there won't be horrible side effects). I don't make this post to judge you or anything, I have a phobia of needles, and stepping through the logic and reminding myself my fear was a irrational helped me go and get both shots. I'm hoping this helps convince you to get yours and feel good about it too.
This was one of those games that I randomly tried as a kid and forgot about, until one day I started wondering what that one game I played ages ago was. Thanks for the memories.
4:40 Fun fact, this painting is called "The Hands Resist Him" (1972) by Bill Stoneham, and it's based on a photograph of the artist as a boy. The devs for this game probably learned about it when it became a meme in 2000. Long story short, some wacky elderly couple listed it for sale on eBay claiming it was haunted. They said the kids would move around at night, and even leave the painting to enter the real world. Their provided photographic "evidence" was unintentionally hilarious, but the meme spread because the painting is so damn creepy by itself. Funnily enough, Stoneham says the painting represents a boy being guided into the world of imagination by a living doll. Stoneham actually has a website where you can see all his work, and he's still alive today. In fact, he made several "sequel" paintings to The Hands Resist Him, and he just finished the series this year. Eerie stuff!
This was a fantastic video, I *really* enjoyed it. Not only entertaining, but a lovely summary of the whole game. Solid observations too! Here's a bit of little known trivia you might enjoy -- at one point I had treatments for two sequels: [SPOILERS ALL OVER THE PLACE] - In Scratches II (that II resembling scratch marks, of course), you played as John Patterson, an acquaintance of Blackwood that is mentioned in his diary and stays in South Africa, dealing with the aftermath of the mask "disappearing"... and ultimately meeting Dolhom itself in person. However, this game would have little to do with the events in Scratches I, and was meant to feature a completely different tone. Basically, I was going to attempt pulling a Kid A. - In Scratches III you played as... Jerry! Who is still feeling devastated after what he did to Michael, who has disappeared mysteriously. So he travels to Rothbury to seek answers, only to find that Robin has teamed up with other victims of Thalidomide and is terrorizing the town. This outline was a bit up in the air, I just knew that I wanted to give it a stronger 80's vibe, inspired by movies such as It's Alive. Nowadays, I'm satisfied with the tone and feel of the first game. I think its conclusion was appropriate, or at least the one I wanted to do. Even the flower at the end, as one fan recently suggested, may not mean anything ("it's blossoming because Michael left the water running!"). That sense of uncertainty, of an ever elusive mystery, is what the game always wanted to achieve. Thank you for keeping its memory alive!
@@timyo6288 If he's pretending, I'd just be impressed, because he's been keeping the charade up on his channel for over a decade.
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The real Agustín has given me full permission to impersonate him. I have a signed agreement. Besides, how can I know for sure that you're not all incredibly sophisticated AIs?
For me it was the back story and the atmosphere build up that completely freaked me out, it did that so well that I found the ending kind of an anti-climax.
It's amazing how much the horror is amplified by the fact that you have to slowly turn to look around instead of just clicking at something to jump to a new scene or angle
Yep. Terrifys me so much I cant even watch the damn video. D: I had this game as a kid and I always used to cover my eyes when walking through that part of the mansion lol
Hands Resist Him also has 2 sequels, a prequel and a finale piece all done by the original artist. It's also nowhere near as scary as it looks in meaning. The hands merely represent all the possible lives and alternatives the kid has in his future. The kid is the artist's youth. The doll is merely his guide to the future.
"Electrician was supposed to meet me at the gate early in the morning but instead he left a fucking note while I was asleep." 10/10 depiction of britain
I take it as that the situation is common enough that British electricians would go to work with dissertation-sized and obviously pre-written notes just for this kind of occasion. Which raises the question why would anyone still think that going to work so early is a good idea.
It's a testament to the game's pacing, audio, and overall design that it carries a lot of tension even with Civvie commenting. That basement BGM is still absolutely chilling. Excellent find, thanks for putting a spotlight on this old gem!
I've only ever felt as unnerved once before that was playing through 343 Guilty Spark for the first time... That Basement music is just as unnerving, I don't like it but I like it. If that makes any sense at all.
@Reeartse Just goes to show that music, or lack there of in some cases, is a vital part of the gameplay experience and that when done right REALLY enhances it.
Senscape has a Discord and they're hard at work on their next project: Asylum! Supporters of the game have been given late Steam Keys for the Director's Cut of Scratches.
It's also been over a decade since the kickstarter for that game and they've horribly missed their release date by years. I lack faith in them. As far as I'm concered they've completely bungled the project.
I don't remember the name, but there's this old point-and-click horror game about cursed standing stones that wander the area and turn all who touch them into ash... Edit: Barrow Hill, Curse of the Ancient Circle was the name. My mother played it long ago, along with the original Scratches.
“Mr. Blackwood, you’re British. Just plant a flag and go, don’t take the whole country with you” _Glances nervously at the British Natural History Museum_
Hey. They took a few sticks with paint on. We got running water, toilet paper and a form of government that wasn't a cross between Robespierre and Mortal Combat. I'd say it evens out. ... I did like that stick though.
Victorian homes actually had tiny rooms for the most part. And a lot of them. Horror cinema does not portray them appropriately. Cough cough Malignant. Source: I've lived in Victorian homes most of my life.
Everyone had less "stuff". We've owned three homes built from 1910-1920 (not Victorian, I know) and in all of them the rooms are tiny and closet space is pretty much nonexistent. You had a few items of clothing, maybe your Sunday best, and a tiny bed with maybe a freestanding dresser. Less stuff, less space.
Been enjoying Civvie so much, that I've been practicing my 3d animation and modelling skills with a fan version of the camera zooming through the dungeon.
Oh, I remember this one. This game has the worst damn jumpscare I think I've ever experienced. The entire game is nothing but buildup, and you keep waiting for the shoe to drop, but nothing ever happens. Half way through I was convinced nothing scary was actually going to happen... Then something did, and took ten years off my life expectancy.
I appreciate the spoilers warning. I checked my Steam and I have a copy of the Director's Cut, so I'm stopping here and playing this tonight. Thanks again.
@@TangoMike88 I'm certainly enjoying it so far. Haven't played a Myst-like game in ages, so it's taken a bit to get used to things again. I'm a bit stuck at the moment, so I will watch this video again until the spoiler warning and see if it can get me past.
@@percher4824 I'm enjoying it. A bit stuck right now and I didn't even get to the spoiler warning in this video (been ages since I've played anything like Myst, so I'm rusty at these kind of games). Still, I'm going to keep at it.
Oh, I definitely remember playing this game many years ago! The thing about it was that my older sister and I were having a "race" of sorts, playing it on our own computers, trying to see who could beat the game first. Well, I made it to the end before she did ... but I can only imagine what it must have sounded like to be her, very near the end with the scratches, but before she went down into the basement, and suddenly the sounds of me screaming filled up the house. Fun times, good game. This and Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle are two fantastic lo-fi horror games that manage to be legit terrifying without needing a big budget.
Scratches is rad and I was surprised and happy to see you cover it because it deserves any love it can get. Scratches really is a master class of the "nothing is scarier" style of horror. As first person horror adventure games go John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles and The Dark Eye are also favorites of mine too.
Blackwood being British and thinking that he should take the whole country with him (of the small underdeveloped island he found), is very British all things considered.
@@ronmastrio2798 THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR EDIT: CAN WE PLEASE REPORT THE MISOGYNISTIC, TRANSPHOBIC RACIST NAZIS PLEASE THEYVE HIJACKED THIS THREAD EDIT 2: JUST COZ MY WIFES BOYFRIEND IS A TRUMP SUPPORTER DOESNT MEAN ME OR MY WIFE ARE. EDIT 3: THOSE COMMENTING ABOUT MY SON NOT BEING THE SAME COLOUR AS ME OR MY WIFE WILL BE REPORTED
What I love about this game is that from what I’ve seen it never once makes any kind of definitive statement as to whether or not anything supernatural was happening. On the one hand, yes, you had a dream about a boarded up door before you even knew it existed. On the other hand, it was hidden by something in front of it, so naturally you’d be curious as to if there’s anything behind that. On the one hand, the purification of the mask made the atmosphere feel lighter, but on the other hand, maybe it was a placebo effect; the purification was supposed to work, therefore to you it did. On the one hand, that medicine doesn’t produce deformities to that level, but on the other hand maybe the creator didn’t know that. And then of course... the chapel has the book “De Vermis Mysteriis” in it, which is from the Cthulhu Mythos. Which is either just a little nod, or this game is a part of Lovecraftian lore. Not once does the game say anything definitive. It’s so good.
Also said secret entrance looks EXACTLY like the one in the dream, but they probably didn't want to design and render more assets, and/or the needed to save space in the disk
@@buffoonwithashovel7354 Hey I left years ago mate, only a couple of family members still there now. The political situation plus covid is making life pretty hard for sure.
_Scratches_ is like _Rhiannon - The Four Branches_ and _Barrow Hill,_ almost entirely just atmosphere and building stressful dread with any sort of monster or whatever almost entirely relegated to the very end of the games. That's actually pretty good, they build you up for so long that the end is more impactful. I just wish Agustín can finally finish _Asyulm._ ( _The Lost Crown_ was good, but it didn't have the same tension like these other games.)
Fun fact - the voice actor for Jerry is the same guy who did the main character in The Lost Crown. Somehow his voice acting here is much better than in Lost Crown.
21:20 Not gonna lie, I didn't understand why Civvie was getting worked up over that until "Were they Catholic?" Kinda forgot not everyone grew up with that sort of thing.
The second weirdest thing about Catholicism. The first being that the priests don't have families. As someone raised baptist, I couldn't imagine not spending your teenage years in church trying to get to know the pastor's daughter in the biblical sense.
@@YHUAN01 which would be problematic if Catholics were actually devout, but having grown up in a Catholic town, i can assure you....95% of them are not. Then again, we are Cajun Catholics....and that generally entails being Cajun first, and Catholic a distant fourth 😄
@@razorfett147 I suspect a lot of that comes from a fundamental lack of respect for the Church. While events like public appearances by the Pope see huge turnouts, literal centuries of abuse of authority (as well as just flat-out regular abuse) pretty much guarantees that many people are going to find it difficult to take them seriously, making them less likely to follow the example that the clergy are *supposed* to be setting. As a result, a lot of Catholics seem to treat the faith as a kind of spiritual pick-and-mix. Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on the person. But I'm just a goober on the internet spouting personal observations with nothing verifiable behind them. Don't take it as Gospel.
Fun fact, the creepy painting at 4:41 is a real painting called "The Hands Resist Him" that was allegedly haunted. Did not expect to see it in the game!
Author: "This house will be a treasure trove of horrors." Sees there's no electricity when he arrives and misses the electrician later on as well. Also has no candles to write with at night. Also, has a creepy basement. Author: "Well, now...."
Damn gotta say, watching someone play this on UA-cam and it being kind of an "interactive slideshow" its really impressive how atmospheric and tense it still is.
It doesn’t get said often enough. Thank you Civvie for providing hand typed closed captions in your videos and not just using the auto caption generator. My girlfriend is legally deaf and Civvie’s videos are some of the very select few we can watch together without having to pause every few minutes to sign dialogue to her.
@@AliaImmortalis The caption legend themselves, my mistake, I was under the impression that Civvie did the captions. Thank you very much for the captions. My girlfriend appreciates the sound descriptions as well. We both appreciate your through effort. She says your captions are flawless. We can’t really think of anything missing. She really enjoys how you describe the general music, the audio cues, the ambience, use all caps for yelling, the asterisks for emphasis and put the song titles.
@@Ovog95 but MYST puzzles are not rooted in using tools on objects in the environment, like the camera perspective is literally the only gameplay similarity
@2:43 Oh my God! That scream reference to my favorite tv show Freakazoid absolutely made my day. Thank you Civvie for having such fine taste in weird, witty, and dry humor
As someone from Scotland, I can confirm large chunks of our country are indeed a wasteland, such as Aberdeen Old Town, Glasgow, the mountains of the Fife countryside _especially_ the Lovecraftian Silent Hill that is butterstone school and the northernmost highlands peninsula beyond the Moray Firth.
Having grown up around Wick and Thurso, I can confirm that life up there makes The Shadow over Innsmouth look like the fucking Hungry Hungry Caterpillar.
@Steven Raith Butterstone in the mountains near or in Fife is like Silent Hill crossed with Tsugunohi and Pathways into Darkness. When I went there for a short time, the mountainside the school is on was hidden in thick fog, it was very cold every day and the atmosphere in the building didn't help. That creepy "See me" poster on the kitchen door looked like the girl on it was a manifestation of the deadlights. (from the book version of IT) I thought I escaped it but like the evil ghosts in Tsugunohi, copies of the poster started appearing in the school and college I went to.
I forgot this game existed until you got to the ending and then I remembered. I remembered being scared shitless. Didn't get me the second go around, but hoo boy...this game has a lot of atmosphere. The tension and dread that builds up. The devs did an amazing job making so much out of so little.
The new dungeon accommodations and view came with increased productivity quotas. Sorta like one of those promotions that's barely a promotion with only a tiny bit of a carrot on the stick, but the amount of work and responsibility goes way up.
He's joking about the moon logic puzzle with hanging the mirror and such, but I swear I've taken that same path of logic every time I had to do something in a garage. I normally just open the window after the second time instead of breaking it though.
I could've sworn I played this game, but I remembered something about a train and a puzzle with rolling bones (like actual bones, not dice) to divine an answer. Just looked it up and it was Dark Fall: Lost Souls. Very similar, iirc.
Damn, I played this game back in the day and never expected it on this channel. 16:00 scared me so much back in the day I just froze. Hits a lot different if you're alone playing this.
I remember playing this with my brother and sister years ago! The part where you crawl into the boiler scared the ever loving shot outta me and I still remember it to this day. Forgot about that jump scare with the mask, though. Thanks for reminding me.
i never went into it because at the time i just got done playing Capcoms first horror game; "Sweet Home" and i noped the fuck out of that idea. years later i watch this and i'm like "yeah; that sounds about right"
Funniest episode yet. This game was on one of the school computers back when I was in highschool, and I played to the end (or watched someone play it to the end, can't remember) but I distinctly remember that final part. Didn't sleep with the lights off for a week.
Not going to lie this reminds me of those Dracula games that Scarfulhu covered and not goin to lie I'd love for him to cover this game too. Judging from your great commentary and how it somehow managed to actually scare the shit out of you I'd bet he'd love this one
When I opened this up I wasn't sure if I was gonna enjoy it as much seeing how much I love watching Civvie play shooters. Halfway through I ate my words and decided its one of my favourite videos of his to date, I'd love to watch him play more point and clicks. Plus this game for its time is remarkably well made and atmospheric.
I lived in a country that used rotary phones well into the 90s. I can testify that this is in no way how you actually use them. Pretty sure civvie just dialing 1-1-1-1
This is the most accurate depiction of the writing process I've ever seen in a video game. Sit down and get started and not even five minutes later you're on the phone with Jerry.
Yuuuup, or if you're like me you plan on writing and spend time watching videos.
"Fuck you Jerry."
"But you ask me for help-"
"And YOU keep Fucking it up!"
"There's nothing to writing. You sit down at a typewriter and bleed."
- Ernest Hemingway -
Seriously. I don’t know anyone named Jerry. But I was writing a short story and the phone rang and the next thing I knew Jerry was talking my ear off about his trip to Majorca.
How does he always know when I'm trying to Write?
_F&cking Jerry!_
For those who didn't realise it, "Arthate" is actually an inversion of "Lovecraft" - art vs. craft, hate vs. love, and their order is reversed.
Didn't realize that, well-noticed!
If only Lovecraft crafted love.
haven't played the game itself but it's definitely a more fitting tribute than most things that ape ol' Howard. the generational resentment, lost greatness; and it shows you can do that without the horrible racism (at least in the narrative itself, can't undo the British being British, sadly)
@@fourcrippledhorses “can’t undo the British being British sadly”
Finally, someone who hates the British as much as I do!
@@fourcrippledhorses Yeah, it's nice to see some Lovecraft references that aren't just tentacles and evil books.
"...let's ask Robin."
Civvie has a legit knack for tension and suspense. That gave me chills.
I think if I've seen that ending as a kid, I'd shit myself. Now, I took it in stride. And I can't even play Outlast!
incidentally i scrolled down and saw your comment right on time for it to act as a subtitle to him saying it in the video, it lined up perfectly
I had a feeling Robin wasn't dead that line still got me
Robin AKA Super Sloth!
It has a "looking you in the eye when he says it" energy that was masterful. He didn't oversell or undersell it, he did it perfectly, with the lead-up of the remarks on the meat, and the question about whether you've considered that the mother wasn't "murdered in the traditional sense of the word".
He doesn't react at all once he says "Let's ask Robin." We're left alone with all the realization as we await whatever's in that dark hole to come out.
That is one serious case of writer's block procrastination...the man was repelling down the outside of the building during a lightning storm rather than sit at the typewriter.
Totally depict real life where you do everything else except the actual chores, lol
Relatable
ADHD in a nutshell.
@@The_Chosen_HereticSpicy brain moment fr.
@@ganryusasakiwhy don’t you just say groovy, old man? Lmao
"Jerry went to prison"
Wow, a horror story where the villain goes to jail.
I’ve not played the game but that seems totally out of left field in the best of ways. Yeah, no shit the property deal was shady. There was a murder there and the police never investigated anything.
Like Halloween 5!
"Oh, there was also the murder..."
_"Jesus christ Jerry, I wanted to write a murder story, not to LIVE one!"_
I love this comment
I love the way he said that line.
Just like "You know FYI."
I legit went silent and looked askance at that damned phone, THE HELL JERRY!?
I can hear both Civvie and Ross Scott saying this line out of context.
"Why'd you send me to a double murder South African massacre house Jerry?!" my favorite line.
Jerry - “ shouldn’t you be working on your books“
I thought he said "mask-curse" not "massacre."
@@kiptheott He did say “mask curse” then acknowledged that it was a “pun” for massacre.
That's just a normal farm house in SA these days
Why did you send me to a double murder south african massacre house with a guy who looks like Sloth from the Goonies living in the basement Jerry?!
i've used a rotary telephone; and the fact Civvie hasn't makes me feel like my back's just suddenly going to give out any second now.
I was about to write something similar, but i'll just like your comment instead
My back feels like that frequently, and I'm younger than both of you, almost guaranteed.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hahaha... f&#%...
The fact he never used a rotary phone while i've used one and even used a phone booth made my spine bend in like a split second
I still have a rotary phone in my basement, a final fail-safe for the landline.
My parents used to have one of those. I kinda miss them. :/
The idea of using thalidomide babies to explain Robin is actually a pretty ingenious idea for such a small detail
"Man blames problems on African mask for the problems of the abandoned murderchild in the basement" is such a perfectly British plot, bravo scratches
Can't blame him for expecting something of african origin to cause murders
@@stproducciones9140 Hmmmm.......
Well the mask is the reason why the child is a murder child and not a normal child.
@@GeorgeMonet Not sure if thats the case, I’m guessing it’s more from being locked in a basement your entire life 😁
@@WittyOriginalUsername thanks, my mom wanted to protect the world from my rocky dennis face
The fact that New Bloods isn't afraid to put Civvies awful dick quotes on their store page to the point Civvie won't give them new ones is my favorite real life lore fact about Civvie
I had no idea about that. Nice
And then they used this one!
@@PowerArmorV113 Where?
@@hiddenshadow2105 Their Steam Store Page
I like the post new blood said about telling the good a game is by the art and porn fans are willing to make for it. Then the head on dev chimed in hehe
Not only does the game seem well designed for two people, the voice acting isnt bad either.
And a lot of work went into making the pre-rendered environments.
The main character is voiced by the narrator from King's Quest.
It isn't half bad, I've heard worse voice acting in AAA games.
I've come to realize that the English are generally way better actors than the Americans.
Just compare the voice actors in Dark Souls (English) compared to Sekiro's dub (American). In terms of quality and talent they are day and night respectively.
@@bagggers9796 idk, I get the impression the VA for Micheal is American
I think it's the first time I've heard a character get arrested in a game over fraud as part of a games finale.
I believe Wario was involved in a land speculation fraud investigation at the end of one of the early games.
@@doctorcraptonicus7941 Damn you childhood. I missed alot of Nintendo's madness. I had a megadrive and psone instead.
But I'll still cherish it for the bizarre Michael Jackson games. Who wants to save the kids by moonwalking folks.
Reminds me of one of my favourite endings to a video game. Spoilers for a certain Megaman spin off game; one of the Battle Network games (the Gamecube platformer):
I shit you not the main antagonist's house gets raided by the police and he gets arrested in the middle of a video call with the hero. It is absolutely one of my favourite video game endings of all time.
@@BloodfelX They predicted Twitch swatting lmao
@@NineteenInFrench Funnily enough in that ending the police were sent an anonymous tip online; the antagonist even gets mad that the tip made the VPN he had set up redundant.
"I dunno. Let's ask Robin." My favourite line in the whole video. If, somehow, I get a copy of this game and play it with other people, I will absolutely steal it for the moment it was used.
Other friends be like, wait what do you mean by Ro?......
Your smile get wider as their scream filled the room.
Yes, exactly what I was going for.
Did you do it?
Haven't had the opportunity yet, sadly.@@plot6520
The creator gave permission for us to abandonware it. Shouldn't be that hard to find XP
When Civvie started talking about the settled science nightmare that was Thalidomide, I was honestly expecting Cancer Mouse to be summoned. Dodged a FPS bullet there.
What was that nightmare exactly?
@@wallcreeper5327 Fairly serious birth deformities. Look up Thalidomide babies.
or don't look it up and just know that they're also called "flipper babies" for a reason
And, ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I don't trust the current mandates for vaccination... Not that I have a choice, given I'll soon be moving to another country and they won't let me in without that jab.
@@Archris17 There's a myriad of regulations, testing, and safety precautions that have come about since then largely *because* of thalidomide and other incidents. Nearly 3 billion people are fully vaccinated now, if there was an issue with the vaccine, we would know by now. On top of that, it's not some mystery chemical being shot into your arm, we understand the full mechanism behind what the vaccine is, how it works, and what happens after very well. The technology that went into the vaccine is decades old (again, because nowadays we make very *very* sure there won't be horrible side effects).
I don't make this post to judge you or anything, I have a phobia of needles, and stepping through the logic and reminding myself my fear was a irrational helped me go and get both shots. I'm hoping this helps convince you to get yours and feel good about it too.
As much as I love watching Civvie play the boomer shooters and slavjank, it's always refreshing when he does something a little different.
Tbh I wanna see him play some boomer RPGs, might never happen, but it could be good fun
I'd love to hear him get pissed at the puzzle logic in Discworld or any LucasArts point-and-click.
Lowkey waiting on him to review Soul Reaver or Shadow Man.
Seems that he also had a good time with this game. Adds more to the video, since it feels genuine rather than "i just needs to upload some video"
I prefer Civvie doing genuine horror stuff
I love how casually Jerry mentions the murder
Pretty standard for someone who has spent time in Northumberland, honestly.
@@Beany2007FTW Do Northumberlandians often mention murders?
@@mugwump7049 If it happens often enough it becomes... normal.
Jerry did you send me in a cursed murder house with Sloth from the Goonies in it!?
@@OfficerHotpants insurance fraud is worse than murder?
This is a joke.
This was one of those games that I randomly tried as a kid and forgot about, until one day I started wondering what that one game I played ages ago was.
Thanks for the memories.
Same here. By chance. I can never forget the moment that the mask is staring at you when you open the door.
20:00 Noice!
This remembers me the good ideas, thanks man!
4:40 Fun fact, this painting is called "The Hands Resist Him" (1972) by Bill Stoneham, and it's based on a photograph of the artist as a boy. The devs for this game probably learned about it when it became a meme in 2000. Long story short, some wacky elderly couple listed it for sale on eBay claiming it was haunted.
They said the kids would move around at night, and even leave the painting to enter the real world. Their provided photographic "evidence" was unintentionally hilarious, but the meme spread because the painting is so damn creepy by itself. Funnily enough, Stoneham says the painting represents a boy being guided into the world of imagination by a living doll.
Stoneham actually has a website where you can see all his work, and he's still alive today. In fact, he made several "sequel" paintings to The Hands Resist Him, and he just finished the series this year. Eerie stuff!
whang did a video on it for his channel!
This was a fantastic video, I *really* enjoyed it. Not only entertaining, but a lovely summary of the whole game. Solid observations too! Here's a bit of little known trivia you might enjoy -- at one point I had treatments for two sequels:
[SPOILERS ALL OVER THE PLACE]
- In Scratches II (that II resembling scratch marks, of course), you played as John Patterson, an acquaintance of Blackwood that is mentioned in his diary and stays in South Africa, dealing with the aftermath of the mask "disappearing"... and ultimately meeting Dolhom itself in person. However, this game would have little to do with the events in Scratches I, and was meant to feature a completely different tone. Basically, I was going to attempt pulling a Kid A.
- In Scratches III you played as... Jerry! Who is still feeling devastated after what he did to Michael, who has disappeared mysteriously. So he travels to Rothbury to seek answers, only to find that Robin has teamed up with other victims of Thalidomide and is terrorizing the town. This outline was a bit up in the air, I just knew that I wanted to give it a stronger 80's vibe, inspired by movies such as It's Alive.
Nowadays, I'm satisfied with the tone and feel of the first game. I think its conclusion was appropriate, or at least the one I wanted to do. Even the flower at the end, as one fan recently suggested, may not mean anything ("it's blossoming because Michael left the water running!"). That sense of uncertainty, of an ever elusive mystery, is what the game always wanted to achieve. Thank you for keeping its memory alive!
Would have been nice to see those sequels pan out, but Scratches definitely stands on it's own yeah. You and the team did a fantastic job.
3 should have been a horde shooter against thalidomide babies
You should not pretend to be Augustin
@@timyo6288 If he's pretending, I'd just be impressed, because he's been keeping the charade up on his channel for over a decade.
The real Agustín has given me full permission to impersonate him. I have a signed agreement.
Besides, how can I know for sure that you're not all incredibly sophisticated AIs?
"It is moody and unpleasent outside, but it is england" Civvester with the truthiest truth of all right there
The ending of this game completely freaked me out as a kid when I played it
For me it was the back story and the atmosphere build up that completely freaked me out, it did that so well that I found the ending kind of an anti-climax.
It's amazing how much the horror is amplified by the fact that you have to slowly turn to look around instead of just clicking at something to jump to a new scene or angle
9:24 Clearly someone involved in making this game knows a writer. The whole "putting off writing" thing there is so accurate it hurts.
I mean presumably the writer was a writer, hell who knows maybe making the whole game was a distraction from writing a horror book
When people ask where the next Song of Ice and Fire book is, point them at this game.
@@wingedfish1175 and to this date, the book still not finished
The mother of a coworker of mine was prescribed Thalydamide and it sat on her bedside table throughout her pregnancy as she decided not to take it.
I'd say she dodged a bullet on that one.
That "creepy fine art" is actually a real piece, called 'The hands resist him'. Now you know.
It's got an interesting history to it, worth checking out for fans of urban legends, the origins of creepypasta, etc.
I think it was Whang who did a video on "The hands resist him".
Yep. Terrifys me so much I cant even watch the damn video. D: I had this game as a kid and I always used to cover my eyes when walking through that part of the mansion lol
@@daniellalloyd1082 pathetic
Hands Resist Him also has 2 sequels, a prequel and a finale piece all done by the original artist.
It's also nowhere near as scary as it looks in meaning. The hands merely represent all the possible lives and alternatives the kid has in his future. The kid is the artist's youth. The doll is merely his guide to the future.
"Electrician was supposed to meet me at the gate early in the morning but instead he left a fucking note while I was asleep."
10/10 depiction of britain
I take it as that the situation is common enough that British electricians would go to work with dissertation-sized and obviously pre-written notes just for this kind of occasion. Which raises the question why would anyone still think that going to work so early is a good idea.
That feel when you're chasing a gas engineer for last 2 weeks.
@@dinitroacetylen You're not far off.
@@bazooka93 I swear they just stand outside the vans and say they tried to visit and fuck off.
Well he did ask for a callout between 12 and 5.
Scratches is shockingly effective even today. Gotta admire how much it does with so little. The mood pacing is on point.
It's a testament to the game's pacing, audio, and overall design that it carries a lot of tension even with Civvie commenting. That basement BGM is still absolutely chilling. Excellent find, thanks for putting a spotlight on this old gem!
I've only ever felt as unnerved once before that was playing through 343 Guilty Spark for the first time... That Basement music is just as unnerving, I don't like it but I like it. If that makes any sense at all.
@Reeartse Just goes to show that music, or lack there of in some cases, is a vital part of the gameplay experience and that when done right REALLY enhances it.
This is one of the first Argentinean videogames released around the globe if I'm not mistaken. So proud of this little gem.
Not as good as Arcade Truco but whatever
Mi país! Mi país!🇦🇷🇦🇷
It doesn't hold a candle to the Varghina Incident though.
What's Arcade Truco?
@@Ironclad17 uma delizia
Senscape has a Discord and they're hard at work on their next project: Asylum!
Supporters of the game have been given late Steam Keys for the Director's Cut of Scratches.
that game will never be released
wow thanks for the info! I'll give it a look, finding out they're from the same country as I am was a nice surprise
Nah fam, Perfil de Riesgo 2 is where it's at
It's also been over a decade since the kickstarter for that game and they've horribly missed their release date by years. I lack faith in them. As far as I'm concered they've completely bungled the project.
I'd give them money just to get that key
I don't remember the name, but there's this old point-and-click horror game about cursed standing stones that wander the area and turn all who touch them into ash...
Edit: Barrow Hill, Curse of the Ancient Circle was the name. My mother played it long ago, along with the original Scratches.
HOLY SHIT BARROW HILL, THAT GAME SLAPPED and also confused child me
Barrow Hill was great. As are the Lights Out series, especially 2.
“Mr. Blackwood, you’re British. Just plant a flag and go, don’t take the whole country with you”
_Glances nervously at the British Natural History Museum_
_glances nervously at everything britain ever did after 1500 AD_
_Irishman with fire in his eyes sitting in the corner_
@@kingofthemoon3063 scottish college group attempting to retake the stone of destiny
What marbles..
Hey. They took a few sticks with paint on. We got running water, toilet paper and a form of government that wasn't a cross between Robespierre and Mortal Combat. I'd say it evens out.
...
I did like that stick though.
"Plot twist: Michael is a vampire!"
Scratches: Aria of Sorrow
Scratches: Rondo of Blood
Scratches: Circle of the Moon
Scratches Special: Boku Robin-Kun
Thing is, if Michael WAS a vampire, he wouldn't have backed away from Robin.
He would have been all "oh, you're approaching me?"
Robin would've been infinitely more afraid of him were that the case.
Always glad to see Scratches get more love, definitely one of the most atmospheric games I've ever played.
Victorian homes actually had tiny rooms for the most part. And a lot of them. Horror cinema does not portray them appropriately. Cough cough Malignant. Source: I've lived in Victorian homes most of my life.
Malignant's house is basically a Tardis, it's very funny.
@@teecee1827 It's Bigger on the Inside!
Weren't they essentially the servants' quarters?
Everyone had less "stuff". We've owned three homes built from 1910-1920 (not Victorian, I know) and in all of them the rooms are tiny and closet space is pretty much nonexistent. You had a few items of clothing, maybe your Sunday best, and a tiny bed with maybe a freestanding dresser. Less stuff, less space.
Good for you
Been enjoying Civvie so much, that I've been practicing my 3d animation and modelling skills with a fan version of the camera zooming through the dungeon.
Would enjoy checking it out sometime dudesbro
@@TheOneHoddToward Same!
For those curious, here is the animation so far: ua-cam.com/video/X7amGFwdwuQ/v-deo.html
Oh, I remember this one. This game has the worst damn jumpscare I think I've ever experienced. The entire game is nothing but buildup, and you keep waiting for the shoe to drop, but nothing ever happens. Half way through I was convinced nothing scary was actually going to happen... Then something did, and took ten years off my life expectancy.
"Why'd you send me to a murder house Jerry!?" That line cracked me up.
WHY DID YOU SEND ME TO A DOUBLE MURDER SOUTH AFRICAN MASK CURSE HOUSE, JERRY!?
WHY IS SLOTH FROM THE GOONIES LIVING IN THE BASEMENT OF THIS HOUSE JERRY?!
JERRYYY!!!??!!!!
I also like the line, "you trying to be funny Jerry?"
Michael and his book is like Spongebob with that boating essay.
atleast Michael got a sentence in, right?
*THE*
@@expendableround6186 break time!
I appreciate the spoilers warning. I checked my Steam and I have a copy of the Director's Cut, so I'm stopping here and playing this tonight. Thanks again.
Let us know how it goes!
So, how was it?
@@TangoMike88 I'm certainly enjoying it so far. Haven't played a Myst-like game in ages, so it's taken a bit to get used to things again. I'm a bit stuck at the moment, so I will watch this video again until the spoiler warning and see if it can get me past.
@@percher4824 I'm enjoying it. A bit stuck right now and I didn't even get to the spoiler warning in this video (been ages since I've played anything like Myst, so I'm rusty at these kind of games). Still, I'm going to keep at it.
Oh no, he's dead.
the first phone I used was not even one with a dial, you literally were connecting with an operator. I'm 38. rural eastern europe was fun.
I’ve always wondered - were there certain hours you couldn’t call? Or was an operator available 24/7?
38? You must be joking, mister, you're clearly about 150
@@KeksimusMaximus I feel like it when thinking about shit like this...
What were you born in an Ex Soviet Bloc cuuntry or something?
@@linhero797 the hint is in "rural eastern europe"
'Oh hey the Fallen Aces demo is out'
My fucking face when they already put his quote up on the store page.
it seems everyone has ninja's nowadays. like; holy shit.
New Blood are a bunch of meme barons and that's wonderful.
Oh, I definitely remember playing this game many years ago! The thing about it was that my older sister and I were having a "race" of sorts, playing it on our own computers, trying to see who could beat the game first. Well, I made it to the end before she did ... but I can only imagine what it must have sounded like to be her, very near the end with the scratches, but before she went down into the basement, and suddenly the sounds of me screaming filled up the house.
Fun times, good game. This and Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle are two fantastic lo-fi horror games that manage to be legit terrifying without needing a big budget.
Scratches is rad and I was surprised and happy to see you cover it because it deserves any love it can get. Scratches really is a master class of the "nothing is scarier" style of horror. As first person horror adventure games go John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles and The Dark Eye are also favorites of mine too.
Blackwood being British and thinking that he should take the whole country with him (of the small underdeveloped island he found), is very British all things considered.
Too bad he's a telepathic snail now (°_° )
As a British person I agree
Edit: really resisting making a snarky comment about the American banana republics
Reddit moment
@@ronmastrio2798 upvoted
@@ronmastrio2798 THANKS FOR THE GOLD KIND STRANGER YOU ARE A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR
EDIT: CAN WE PLEASE REPORT THE MISOGYNISTIC, TRANSPHOBIC RACIST NAZIS PLEASE THEYVE HIJACKED THIS THREAD
EDIT 2: JUST COZ MY WIFES BOYFRIEND IS A TRUMP SUPPORTER DOESNT MEAN ME OR MY WIFE ARE.
EDIT 3: THOSE COMMENTING ABOUT MY SON NOT BEING THE SAME COLOUR AS ME OR MY WIFE WILL BE REPORTED
Thanks civvie, your videos from your prison cell help me get through the day in my cubicle cell. From one rat in a cage to another!
You guys get cubicles? :o
Civvie gets less testicular torture tho'.
A new civ. The start of my day is MAXIMUM.
Someone Hide Princess Trunks
Civvie 11 turning your day up to 11!
Is your hair green yet
People understood the reference! Your day is MAXIMUMER
@@AshGorall What is a king to a god?
What I love about this game is that from what I’ve seen it never once makes any kind of definitive statement as to whether or not anything supernatural was happening. On the one hand, yes, you had a dream about a boarded up door before you even knew it existed. On the other hand, it was hidden by something in front of it, so naturally you’d be curious as to if there’s anything behind that. On the one hand, the purification of the mask made the atmosphere feel lighter, but on the other hand, maybe it was a placebo effect; the purification was supposed to work, therefore to you it did. On the one hand, that medicine doesn’t produce deformities to that level, but on the other hand maybe the creator didn’t know that.
And then of course... the chapel has the book “De Vermis Mysteriis” in it, which is from the Cthulhu Mythos. Which is either just a little nod, or this game is a part of Lovecraftian lore.
Not once does the game say anything definitive. It’s so good.
Also said secret entrance looks EXACTLY like the one in the dream, but they probably didn't want to design and render more assets, and/or the needed to save space in the disk
As a South African, the joke “your British, plant a flag and go, don’t take the whole goddamn country with you” made me laugh my ass off
100% ... As a Zim I loved it too 🤣
Wait really? My god, heard shits goin down in Zimbabwe. Everything ok there?
@@buffoonwithashovel7354 Hey I left years ago mate, only a couple of family members still there now. The political situation plus covid is making life pretty hard for sure.
they didn't even spare the Greek
Same
My sister and I played this years ago. Scared the piss out of us.
Carpenter Brut
Why piss?
I like the touch of using actual art that is supposedly haunted and curse. It makes people who know the paintings just a bit more on edge
I've played this game in my late teens and I legit was afraid to sleep without lights on for a good week. Not even Silent Hill shook me that much.
I love how you pull out obscure, should-be-remembered, gems like this. Another reason to stay an active viewer.
@rastas _ agreed. Would never have discovered games like these if it weren’t for civvie mandalore ross etc.
@@therandomdickhead5744 Same here
I never thought I would see a big youtuber cover Scratches. Makes me happy new people are learning about this game it's always been obscure
_Scratches_ is like _Rhiannon - The Four Branches_ and _Barrow Hill,_ almost entirely just atmosphere and building stressful dread with any sort of monster or whatever almost entirely relegated to the very end of the games. That's actually pretty good, they build you up for so long that the end is more impactful. I just wish Agustín can finally finish _Asyulm._ ( _The Lost Crown_ was good, but it didn't have the same tension like these other games.)
Fun fact - the voice actor for Jerry is the same guy who did the main character in The Lost Crown.
Somehow his voice acting here is much better than in Lost Crown.
It’s cool seeing The Hands Resist Him in this game. One of my favorite creepy-ass paintings.
It was put there in those times when people literally believed in that urban legend that this picture makes people do commit die
This entire game is like watching Clocktower sneak up on Silent Hill wielding a steak tenderiser and with a weird look in its eye.
Thats an incredibly cursed description
Why have you been reading my fetish journal?
@@ajvotto6901 from someone with a mildly cursed user name.
Speaking of Silent Hill, I noticed this game uses the same door sound effects from Silent Hill 2 and I can't unhear it
@@jacrich699 oh shit it does
21:20 Not gonna lie, I didn't understand why Civvie was getting worked up over that until "Were they Catholic?" Kinda forgot not everyone grew up with that sort of thing.
The second weirdest thing about Catholicism. The first being that the priests don't have families.
As someone raised baptist, I couldn't imagine not spending your teenage years in church trying to get to know the pastor's daughter in the biblical sense.
@@passingrando6457 I think a good number of people want that changed, partly in hopes that it'll stop the creation of sexually-frustrated monsters.
Catholics are weird tbh. They do a lot of things that aren't written in the bible and even stuff spoken against in the bible like Idolatry.
@@YHUAN01 which would be problematic if Catholics were actually devout, but having grown up in a Catholic town, i can assure you....95% of them are not. Then again, we are Cajun Catholics....and that generally entails being Cajun first, and Catholic a distant fourth 😄
@@razorfett147 I suspect a lot of that comes from a fundamental lack of respect for the Church. While events like public appearances by the Pope see huge turnouts, literal centuries of abuse of authority (as well as just flat-out regular abuse) pretty much guarantees that many people are going to find it difficult to take them seriously, making them less likely to follow the example that the clergy are *supposed* to be setting. As a result, a lot of Catholics seem to treat the faith as a kind of spiritual pick-and-mix. Not necessarily a bad thing, depending on the person. But I'm just a goober on the internet spouting personal observations with nothing verifiable behind them. Don't take it as Gospel.
As a proud fellow Argentinian I must say... I had no clue this game even existed. thanks civvie!
KKKKKKKKKKKK a re perdido estaba
24:53 there are emotions behind that last “F*CK Jerry!” That I cannot describe but that I felt deeply in my bones and that made me burst out laughing
The Scratches, i remember how this game actually creeped me out when i first time played it
Fun fact, the creepy painting at 4:41 is a real painting called "The Hands Resist Him" that was allegedly haunted. Did not expect to see it in the game!
Every damn time Civvie shouts "Jerry" I think of Seinfeld.
I was kinda of expecting a reference to the Mr. Marbles bit.
Which is weird, since he sounds like he's mockingly going for Storage Wars: Texas instead.
* toweringly barges through Jerry's apartment door *
* Shouts excitedly*
@@MJFallout * very real studio audience orgasms *
......."hello Jerry".........
"I'm going to be a good boy and not make any references to the Shining"
lol
I don’t know why but your commentary in this chilling adventure made this a VERY enjoyable watch. Do more horror adventure games like this one! ❤️
Why don't you?❤️
Author: "This house will be a treasure trove of horrors."
Sees there's no electricity when he arrives and misses the electrician later on as well. Also has no candles to write with at night. Also, has a creepy basement.
Author: "Well, now...."
Massive bonus points for the Freakazoid reference.
I barely caught it.
@@derlich09 It's hard to miss.
Damn gotta say, watching someone play this on UA-cam and it being kind of an "interactive slideshow" its really impressive how atmospheric and tense it still is.
It doesn’t get said often enough. Thank you Civvie for providing hand typed closed captions in your videos and not just using the auto caption generator.
My girlfriend is legally deaf and Civvie’s videos are some of the very select few we can watch together without having to pause every few minutes to sign dialogue to her.
Glad my captions are this useful. Don't hesitate to provide some feedback if you think I should have added, for example, more sound descriptions.
@@AliaImmortalis The caption legend themselves, my mistake, I was under the impression that Civvie did the captions.
Thank you very much for the captions. My girlfriend appreciates the sound descriptions as well. We both appreciate your through effort.
She says your captions are flawless. We can’t really think of anything missing. She really enjoys how you describe the general music, the audio cues, the ambience, use all caps for yelling, the asterisks for emphasis and put the song titles.
"Was there any reason to make big wooden Jesus so terrifying?"
You need to see Beelzebuth
One of the best horror adventure games. Thank you for covering this!
As an early Civvie fan, watching him play a game form my country feels incredibly validating.
Thanks, fam.
Wow! You must be ultra cool as a early civvie fan!
Civvie elmascapo
Oh yeah, I love this game, one of the most immersive myst-likes I've played
I believe the term you are looking for is 'point and click'
@@drakep.5857 Well yeah, but there are games like monkey island which are point and click not in first person
@@Ovog95 but MYST puzzles are not rooted in using tools on objects in the environment, like the camera perspective is literally the only gameplay similarity
@@GreenEyedDazzler There's also the setup. Both games throw you into a mysterious location and you have to piece together what happened.
I'm told that Scratches was one of the inspirations behind "Penumbra: Overture" by Frictional Games.
24:00 “I don’t know, let’s ask Robin” 😂 that smooth transition
@2:43 Oh my God! That scream reference to my favorite tv show Freakazoid absolutely made my day. Thank you Civvie for having such fine taste in weird, witty, and dry humor
As someone from Scotland, I can confirm large chunks of our country are indeed a wasteland, such as Aberdeen Old Town, Glasgow, the mountains of the Fife countryside _especially_ the Lovecraftian Silent Hill that is butterstone school and the northernmost highlands peninsula beyond the Moray Firth.
Having grown up around Wick and Thurso, I can confirm that life up there makes The Shadow over Innsmouth look like the fucking Hungry Hungry Caterpillar.
@Steven Raith Butterstone in the mountains near or in Fife is like Silent Hill crossed with Tsugunohi and Pathways into Darkness. When I went there for a short time, the mountainside the school is on was hidden in thick fog, it was very cold every day and the atmosphere in the building didn't help. That creepy "See me" poster on the kitchen door looked like the girl on it was a manifestation of the deadlights. (from the book version of IT) I thought I escaped it but like the evil ghosts in Tsugunohi, copies of the poster started appearing in the school and college I went to.
Hm, going by Gloryhammer i was led to believe it....actually no, still a wasteland, but with sorcerors.
Yooo Scratches! I remember finding this game in a bargain bin for like 1 euro like 10 years ago, weird game but one hell of an atmosphere
I forgot this game existed until you got to the ending and then I remembered. I remembered being scared shitless. Didn't get me the second go around, but hoo boy...this game has a lot of atmosphere. The tension and dread that builds up. The devs did an amazing job making so much out of so little.
Reminds me of 7th Guest. I bought that game at a Walmart unsure what the hell it was. That along with Dancing Baby Screensaver Collection.
Man, Civvie here delivering to us constantly so far…. Is the dungeon overworking you?
cancel dungeon, free civvie.
ENDLESS TRAAAAASH!
The new dungeon accommodations and view came with increased productivity quotas. Sorta like one of those promotions that's barely a promotion with only a tiny bit of a carrot on the stick, but the amount of work and responsibility goes way up.
Play the game civvie
I absolutely cannot handle jumpscares, so I've been nervously watching and was so tense that I got startled by the bloody SUNDAY title card.
I assume you probably won't be able to meet Robin then?
He's joking about the moon logic puzzle with hanging the mirror and such, but I swear I've taken that same path of logic every time I had to do something in a garage. I normally just open the window after the second time instead of breaking it though.
I can't believe you made a video on this obscure game I loved, SUBSCRIBED
Picked this up blind and loved every second of this small point and click horror game.
I could've sworn I played this game, but I remembered something about a train and a puzzle with rolling bones (like actual bones, not dice) to divine an answer. Just looked it up and it was Dark Fall: Lost Souls. Very similar, iirc.
Damn, I played this game back in the day and never expected it on this channel.
16:00 scared me so much back in the day I just froze. Hits a lot different if you're alone playing this.
I remember playing this with my brother and sister years ago! The part where you crawl into the boiler scared the ever loving shot outta me and I still remember it to this day.
Forgot about that jump scare with the mask, though. Thanks for reminding me.
i never went into it because at the time i just got done playing Capcoms first horror game; "Sweet Home" and i noped the fuck out of that idea. years later i watch this and i'm like "yeah; that sounds about right"
This is one of the best point and click games i've ever played, can't believe it was made by two people.
At this point Civvie feels like a best mate I had at school who loves the same stuff. You give me Joy mate you really do x
Ah bloody hell. this game. I played it years ago, and even now it still gives me chills down my spine. The ambiance, the music...its so eerie.
Funniest episode yet. This game was on one of the school computers back when I was in highschool, and I played to the end (or watched someone play it to the end, can't remember) but I distinctly remember that final part. Didn't sleep with the lights off for a week.
Not going to lie this reminds me of those Dracula games that Scarfulhu covered and not goin to lie I'd love for him to cover this game too.
Judging from your great commentary and how it somehow managed to actually scare the shit out of you I'd bet he'd love this one
When I opened this up I wasn't sure if I was gonna enjoy it as much seeing how much I love watching Civvie play shooters. Halfway through I ate my words and decided its one of my favourite videos of his to date, I'd love to watch him play more point and clicks. Plus this game for its time is remarkably well made and atmospheric.
Holy shit. This is an obscure one that my brother and I adore. Amazing that you are covering this.
"It's very moody and unpleasant outside, but it is England."
Now wait just a- shit he's right.
Was not expecting a review of this game, but glad you’re doing so.
Civvie’s covered a lot of games from my youth but I never would’ve expected this one
I lived in a country that used rotary phones well into the 90s. I can testify that this is in no way how you actually use them. Pretty sure civvie just dialing 1-1-1-1
New Blood already added that end quote to their steam page for fallen aces