Welcome to the Behind You Club how Behind You are ya? *Note* game is a stand alone sequel to another game I played linked and in the second half of this video here ua-cam.com/video/cY7PyPovsqo/v-deo.html
This game is unintentionally hilarious. 💀 Ashley sassily swinging the trash bags down the hall before just full on slamming them into the dumpster like she had a personal vendetta against them killed me harder than the entity.
The way Ashley power walks/sprints with conviction and throws away the trash, I was lowkey hoping she'd be able to have that same energy fighting back the cryptid
I got in trouble in my younger years and had to do community service as a janitor's assistant at school and the courthouse. Janitors usually have a cart that they can load all the trash at once into, so not to make so many trips. I have yet to see a game actually incorporate that.
I've seen those even in other places. Worked in a few offices where a guy would come by with one of those cart things to collect everyone's wastebasket. Its not some novelty, its a common thing and yes should be in the games! Have you ever played Viscera Cleanup Detail? you have to grab each individual piece of trash one at a time and walk over to an incinerator...so inefficient!
I like how this game uses the fixed camera angles to play with dramatic irony. In a first person or more traditional third person game, when something scary happens but the player character doesn't react appropriately (i.e. immediately getting the hell out of there), it can weaken suspension of disbelief and take players out of the story. But when the monster is only visible to the player, while the character they control is clueless, it avoids that problem while also making you feel utterly powerless to prevent what you know is coming. Works well in this game, and I'd love to see more games play with that sort of stuff.
@@Chae_driatic maybe, if you're talking about the definition as it is applied to literature? But when talking about video games specifically, "third person" pretty much exclusively refers to how the camera functions, which is what I meant in my first comment. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a game as having a "second person" camera, nor can I really imagine what that would look like off the top of my head. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong though
"Please don't tell the employees we had a break in" Yeah, uh.. if you're wondering about why the floor around the breaker box is covered in burn marks from sparks and the breaker box suddenly looks way newer than it used to, don't worry. It just, uh, does that sometimes.
Honestly that bug was a good thing imo. Had me confused and leaning into my screen so that jumpscare nearly made me break my headphones. Might be something difficult to rationalise in-universe but small uncanny touches like that work really well.
@@Lyander25 ooooo thats actually a really good reason to put it back in the confusion factor would definitely add to the jump scare for some💚💜💛🧡💙 Im team put it back in @jflyer4522 !
The jumpscare made me yell so loud Ill bet my neighbors heard it. I was trying to figure out why there were more corpses on the floor and the 3 survivors were chill about it.
it's aware of and able to mess with the cameras, so presumably it was 'playing' with the viewer at that point by fusing the prior camera feed of people working next to possibly their own corpses to draw prolonged attention to the scene
@@aldrichhf35 as was noted, 'the entity' cut the power but somehow kept the cameras on, showing it was aware that it was being watched and involved whoever's supposed to be on those cameras in its 'game' therefore any screwy occurrence with the cameras is its doing
@@Evalora - The devs have confirmed in a comment this was a bug. They actually noticed & fixed it less than a hour after release, but by then Manly have already downloaded the original upload.
I will be perfectly honest. When I worked as a security guard in a warehouse after hours I'd honestly make emergency plans for this sort of thing. Being alone in a huge building does things to you.
This game looks pretty well-made, all things considered. The animations are a bit janky (Especially the walk cycles); Even old PS1 games had at least decent walk cycles. But the voice acting, particularly Ashley's, is _on point._ Towards the end, it really does sound like she's scared out of her mind. The sound design seems pretty good, and the PS1-era art style does wonders for the horror. (Spoiler warning for the "read more" section) What I think is most disturbing about this entity is the fact that it's essentially doing this for sport. _Purely_ for sport, too; judging by the bodies left behind, it doesn't eat any of its victims - hell, it doesn't even seem to try. Which implies that it doesn't require food in the traditional sense, so the only thing it stands to gain from this bloodbath is the pure enjoyment. Monsters killing people is nothing out of the ordinary in the horror genre, but usually the monster is either mindless, or only as smart as an animal. But it's crystal clear that this thing is pretty damn smart. For one, it actually seems to _like_ the fact that an organization is tracking it, as the game straight-up says it "permitted" the cameras to continue rolling. Second, it knew how to pick up and operate a telephone, and did so with the express permission of distracting its victim. It was also able to cut the power to an entire building, while somehow leaving the security cameras operational. And then there's the threatening email about Ashley being its "happy place", complete with a creepy face. Doing this didn't distract or even hinder its victim, so it's yet another indication that the entity *LOVES* what it does to people. And given the rampage it goes on near the end, it seems that it could've killed Ashley and her co-workers whenever it wanted to, but deliberately delayed the payoff so it could savor the mounting terror and desperation of its prey. Seriously, this thing is on _Freddy Kreuger_ levels of pure fucking evil. And the Crisis agents somehow manage to be just as evil as the monster, if not more so, as they knew these people were in grave danger, and just sat back and watched. Hell, the agent posing as a 911 operator deliberately blared a sound that she knew would get Ashley killed. Granted, Ashley was probably doomed anyway, but the emergency noise didn't help matters in the slightest. And then there's that agent casually having a smoke as he listens to the workers getting torn to shreds. And lastly, the Crisis agents portray Ashley as a mass shooter - Ashley was not only a mother, but a _single_ mother, so just imagine what her kid(s) would go through. Going into foster care while being convinced their birth mother was an unhinged psycho. Am I reading too much into this? Eh, probably. But it's what I'm here for :P
You’re too reading too deep into it at all, stuff like this makes these short games great. Stuff like the agents being just as bad as the monster when they could probably take it down with a .45 or two and save all those people, or how the public will view poor Ashley.
Rich people are harder to cover-up as victims of mysterious government experiments, I guess. Easier to merc a random office than a millionaire with security and probably connections that’ll ask questions
Seeing how this ends, reminds me of the scp foundation. Like whatever scouts they have to track down these entities or anomalies and test out the nature of the subject before capturing it. Considering how they tried to cover it up and with how they set up the cameras to test it out, they pretty much intended to sacrifice ashley from the get go. Yeah this why taking up extra cleaning odd jobs after work while being totally alone is so not worth it, you get late, youre alone and its totally dark out and next thing ya know theres some weird monster stalking you as an evening snack.
@@nicholaspokorny5058 Yeah methinks SCP Foundation would do what they can to take over the operations from these morons, if for no other reason than for the fact that they're sacrificing innocent civilians to study dangerous entities.
Monster sightings: Scuttling across hall in background 7:43 Spider walking into frame, stares at camera, then spider walks out 9:16 Being it's creepy spider walking self outside the window 11:36 MS paint monster face on the computer screen: 13:09/13:10 (the last half second of 13:09) In doorway moving away 15:14/15:15 (Last half second of 15:14) In the darkness on right side of frame 15:19 In darkness at the end of hall 20:44/20:45 (See other notes) Living it's best life out in the light and in the open: 23:28/23:29 (See above) Coming to get the people who cornered themselves 23:42/23:43 (Ditto) **SUPER UNFORTUNATE spiderwalking butt is something that I wish I didn't see. JUMPSCARE to the face 24:24/24:25 (You know the drill but to save your heart - last half second of 24:24) Entity Debrief: 24:51
Ashley is a prime example of someone who values their workplace way, WAY more than their workplace values them. The end result is pretty much what you'd expect. All in all, though? While a bit tropey, and a bit on the frustrating side? This wasn't bad, especially when compared to that awful dumpster-fire Pinocchio game.
@@DigiYF More "injury/dismemberment/death as a result of poor workplace safety," and people are monsters more often than not these days... So, yeah, kinda.
I really like the lighting and shadow rendering in this game. The highlight reflection on the ground is pretty realistic. And the win 95 desktop brings childhood memories.
A huge improvement over the first game. I think the fixed camera angles work a lot better with the premise, they add to the clinical, neutral observer we know recorded all of this. Pretty brutal too, especially their cover story.
Hoodie guy was in the first game. They say he's insignificant but I'm actually pretty sure he's our whistleblower (this was mentioned in the first game that if Valerie isn't found more tapes would be released.)
Her quick walk looks like someone just accelerated the footage, she dunk the trash like an angry teen forced to do chores, I almost expected her to throw the plates ultimate frisbee style XD The entity's just having fun. Imagine it taking selfies like "B*tch didn't even see me lol" "Felt spooky, might clap some guys later." The more I think about it, the sillier it gets 😂
15:14 has got to be the funniest moment of this for me 😂 thank you for making horror games feel safe to watch while never disrespecting them and the craft, Manly, I love that about you
What I don't get is that prior employees are willing to tie the bags for you but not take them out, and that seemingly a regular office employee is in charge of clearing said bags. The office space is so orderly to do that but cannot hire a dedicated cleaner? I get that this is probably intended, but no one including the employee questioned this?
🤔 Maybe they invented some bullshit, something like they lost the contract with the cleaning company and it'll take them a while before getting another one. Then they asked Ashley if she wanted to do the work to get more money, since she is a single mom in need of money, she obviously said yes. Since it wasn't her normal job, her colleages helped her by tying the bags. It's my headcanon anyway
This game perspective is SO unique, being a 3rd person point of view watching yourself walk around knowing what’s going to happen to your player character eventually. You know this character is doomed, and has been from the start, but you don’t know WHEN that doom is coming.
Voice acting for Ashley is absolutely primo. Great idea by this author! Can't help but feel that it might have been a better animation than a game, though. Still, terrific work and I loved it.
Motherfucker that scare got me good, I thought the creature was gonna rip through multiple people at once but turns out it decided to say “wassup chucklefuck”
The responder knew what was happening. She said 'should I do this' before making loud sounds on the phone to lure the monster to kill Ashley. Well, I wonder if she can live with what she did.
They really need to make this into one long-play game. Different entities and different scenarios. Maybe nonlinear and keep the hybrid second-person/third-person POV. PS: Without giving out specific names, you need to tell us of those true stories about your friends who worked alone and it ended violently.
Soon as I heard call center I knew it was gonna be a horror story. I like this arg series just like fears to fathom with them being created based on stories from reddit both real and fiction.
You most likely won't see this but I wanted to say that it's been a long while since I last watched Manly, although just a few months but still he publishes a lot. Due to being busy with college and other projects but coming back to finally sit back and relax to watch your videos are an awesome feeling after a long month even if now is just my only time to relax till I get back to college tomorrow.
_MBH gives a little laugh with the creature jumpscare_ You laughed, but I jumped for sure! I thought the creature was very freaky walking on all fours. I liked the use of the cameras. I wanted to have even more 'under the table' or odd angled cameras to catch the creature watching the victim, stalking them. I felt really bad for Ashley being blamed as a psycho killer of everyone else, but it's not out of the realm of possibility somehow. Well done and look forward to more creature features!
Nervous laughing is a kind of defense mechanism i guess, i assumed manly also jumped a bit before the laugh, I've seen him jerk the mouse when getting jumpscared which what I do too.
@@cataclysm7256 I think he was more amused by it, not nervous. It was a big jump scare right 'in your face' - you'd have to be completely dead not to react. But he remains unphased and never really scared. Typical of him to just give a chuckle lol!
Really feels like using the undisclosed women's bathroom camera to reveal the entity watching Ashley from just underneath the other bathroom stall would've been an amazing usage for it.
@@ShatposterSupreme Something like that, yes lol. Bathroom cam actually put there by entity would have explained it in a funnier way vs making company creepy watching people wash at sink -- entity likes to stalk prey.
24:20 i just wonder why would any entity care about attacking an security camera, like "i really need to vulgarly display raw agression toward theses god damned LENS"
Right at the start when the main character is walking around reminds me why I love fixed camera games, it looks like the main character is a roomba moving around the office. So goofy and I needed this chuckle today
As someone who used to do after hours cleaning let me tell you that it was a really comfy job for someone who love working alone. As long as you did all the obvious things like emptying the garbage cans no one would complain if you didn't vacuum that day. Lots of time to sit on your phone looking at memes.
Considering the lady didn't know how to stack 3 plates let alone carry 4 bags of trash, it's no wonder she was stupid enough to go for the phone instead of the door. Unintentionally hilarious game
The cris*s actor angle is definitely an interesting twist on this genre. The powerful imagery of all the office workers doing their jobs right besides a bloody corpse reminds me a lot of Brazil with that kind of bureaucratic apathy. Or even Scanner Darkly. This idea that you're a cog doing profoundly evil things whose machinations are opaque and uncertain. Although the story itself fails to embody that theme of paranoia and resentment of authority which the Scanner Darkly movie pulled off so shrewdly and is arguably the emotional core of the cris*s actor trope itself.
Damn McDonald's and a nightly manly video??? Life is good ❤. P.s 100% agree about taking the fear away that's why they shouldn't reveal that part till the end.
24:05 this part with the people still sitting on their desks looks like a glitch, maybe it was but they left it like that cause it makes you lower your guard before the jump scare.
the thing is imagine if Ashley went full ominid/cave-man on the cryptid and bashed its torso multiple times with an fire extinguisher after blinding it with the foam in a adrenalin burst she could have survived in a non cannon(?) secret ending i say this because in real life a mother lifted a car(partialy )to save her kid from under it so ashley swinging a extinguisher like it was a cilindical base ball bat wouldn't be too out there
i believe those 2 guys left working in the end was just a bug bcs even their seats werent under their butts, probably models stuck\glitched or something
I've been the last one out at work to close up for a holiday (a large supermarket, not an office building) a few times and it's not anywhere near as scary as these games try to make it seem. The building is your turf, if someone or something broke in you'd be at an advantage. Now leaving and crossing an empty parking lot in a sketchy area with drug addicts and actually dangerous mentally ill people, that's the scary part.
Going to say, the only weird thing left at the end of a day is usually me, full pelt singing through the halls, no promises of how good the singing is.
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With how violent the protagonist is when dunking the trash bags in the dumpster, I'm surprised she lost the fight with the cryptid tbh
She got hands fr
She didn’t have trash bags at the time
The Cryptic was a coward and got her when she was sleepy
I noticed the aggressive dumping of the trash too - must have some beef with their taking the place of Manly’s soul
What was she thinking 🤦♂️
"are you the entity or are you a guy with poor fashion sense" is fucking gold 😂
💀😂😂
Why not both
it really is 👍👍👍🤖🤖🤖
ok
Ehhh probably a hobo
This game is unintentionally hilarious. 💀 Ashley sassily swinging the trash bags down the hall before just full on slamming them into the dumpster like she had a personal vendetta against them killed me harder than the entity.
Hey, when you have ti deal with trashbags that probably have liquid in them from half drinken cups thrown inside, you'd have a vendetta too /lh
@@gummywormee41oh god the trash liquid
i dont miss it
So true. While watching I literally said out loud "such a swagful walk."
@@gummywormee41god not the liquid
@@gummywormee41you mean the secret mystery coffee? It always tasted different, fun!
The way Ashley power walks/sprints with conviction and throws away the trash, I was lowkey hoping she'd be able to have that same energy fighting back the cryptid
RIP Ashley Johnson.
I guess now there won't be a TLoU3.
@@nicripolas816the coffin of Andy and leyley fr
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She could've been like Filthy Frank, throwing the cryptid in the trash and going *"Stfu, know your fv
shut up ab that incest game pls@@trollmasterazisfunni2774
I got in trouble in my younger years and had to do community service as a janitor's assistant at school and the courthouse.
Janitors usually have a cart that they can load all the trash at once into, so not to make so many trips.
I have yet to see a game actually incorporate that.
Good point. We need these game developers to work some community service.
I've seen those even in other places. Worked in a few offices where a guy would come by with one of those cart things to collect everyone's wastebasket. Its not some novelty, its a common thing and yes should be in the games! Have you ever played Viscera Cleanup Detail? you have to grab each individual piece of trash one at a time and walk over to an incinerator...so inefficient!
Ever heard of game called a space station 13? Cause I worked as a janitor a few times and there was the cart you mentioned.
@@libertyprime7871love me some ss13
@@libertyprime7871 Doctor, will i survive? - Spy: No.
I like how this game uses the fixed camera angles to play with dramatic irony. In a first person or more traditional third person game, when something scary happens but the player character doesn't react appropriately (i.e. immediately getting the hell out of there), it can weaken suspension of disbelief and take players out of the story. But when the monster is only visible to the player, while the character they control is clueless, it avoids that problem while also making you feel utterly powerless to prevent what you know is coming. Works well in this game, and I'd love to see more games play with that sort of stuff.
Isn't this a 2nd person POV tho? You're viewing yourself from someone viewing your CCTV footage
@@Chae_driatic maybe, if you're talking about the definition as it is applied to literature? But when talking about video games specifically, "third person" pretty much exclusively refers to how the camera functions, which is what I meant in my first comment. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a game as having a "second person" camera, nor can I really imagine what that would look like off the top of my head. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong though
@@Estikenrizenthat sounds cool but also hard, do you have the name
@@Miguelrirez-ne6kq 28 Pixels Later
@@Estikenrizen well there you go. I had a feeling there would be something, but I just couldn't think of anything at the time. Thanks
Can't believe Ashley didn't win that fight with her powerful downswing
It snuck up on her, unlike the others, which it attacked directly
Clearly it was scared of her superior strength 🧐
The scariest part of this game is the fact that there is a security camera in the bathroom.
Considering what government does in this game, I'm not surprised at all
It’s literally below the toilet bowl only weird thin they could see is the persons feet or legs
Still creepy nonetheless
It's a spycam planted by the ERD
@@oddbluedragonwhat do they do?
If only Ashley knew the forbidden technique of carrying four bags she could've survived.
the forbidden technique…. it shall be not be known by any peasants
The real horror is not knowing how to stack plates.
"Please don't tell the employees we had a break in"
Yeah, uh.. if you're wondering about why the floor around the breaker box is covered in burn marks from sparks and the breaker box suddenly looks way newer than it used to, don't worry. It just, uh, does that sometimes.
Whoever voiced the girl, THEY HAD BILLS TOO PAY.
her rent was due yesterday
@@skeletizedshe showed up on site with the bills in-hand
Wdym?
@@airplanes_aren.t_realThey went all out even tho this is a small thing.
@@richelledecastro7705 Maybe they were just passionate
Dev here! Glad you came back to episode 2, fun watch as always. I have fixed the ending jumpscare, quite embarrassing that got through 😅
Was it the random people still working with all the carnage around?
@@DH-gq7bmyep. I fixed it 20 minutes into release but it seems Manly immediately downloaded the game! Didn't expect that at all!
@@jflyer4522ooof🤣🤣🤣
Honestly that bug was a good thing imo. Had me confused and leaning into my screen so that jumpscare nearly made me break my headphones. Might be something difficult to rationalise in-universe but small uncanny touches like that work really well.
@@Lyander25 ooooo thats actually a really good reason to put it back in the confusion factor would definitely add to the jump scare for some💚💜💛🧡💙
Im team put it back in @jflyer4522 !
The jumpscare made me yell so loud Ill bet my neighbors heard it. I was trying to figure out why there were more corpses on the floor and the 3 survivors were chill about it.
It could be a bug
it's aware of and able to mess with the cameras, so presumably it was 'playing' with the viewer at that point by fusing the prior camera feed of people working next to possibly their own corpses to draw prolonged attention to the scene
@@Evalora So that imminent jumpscare scene have 2 alive person casually next to a dead body to capture our attention, then suprise us?
@@aldrichhf35 as was noted, 'the entity' cut the power but somehow kept the cameras on, showing it was aware that it was being watched and involved whoever's supposed to be on those cameras in its 'game'
therefore any screwy occurrence with the cameras is its doing
@@Evalora - The devs have confirmed in a comment this was a bug.
They actually noticed & fixed it less than a hour after release, but by then Manly have already downloaded the original upload.
"Ashley doesn't know the quad bag technique. The forbidden arts". love your videos manly.
I will be perfectly honest. When I worked as a security guard in a warehouse after hours I'd honestly make emergency plans for this sort of thing. Being alone in a huge building does things to you.
You'd be the one to survive for sure, too many horror movies/games don't account for ppl with anxiety hahaha.
This game looks pretty well-made, all things considered. The animations are a bit janky (Especially the walk cycles); Even old PS1 games had at least decent walk cycles. But the voice acting, particularly Ashley's, is _on point._ Towards the end, it really does sound like she's scared out of her mind. The sound design seems pretty good, and the PS1-era art style does wonders for the horror.
(Spoiler warning for the "read more" section)
What I think is most disturbing about this entity is the fact that it's essentially doing this for sport. _Purely_ for sport, too; judging by the bodies left behind, it doesn't eat any of its victims - hell, it doesn't even seem to try. Which implies that it doesn't require food in the traditional sense, so the only thing it stands to gain from this bloodbath is the pure enjoyment. Monsters killing people is nothing out of the ordinary in the horror genre, but usually the monster is either mindless, or only as smart as an animal.
But it's crystal clear that this thing is pretty damn smart. For one, it actually seems to _like_ the fact that an organization is tracking it, as the game straight-up says it "permitted" the cameras to continue rolling. Second, it knew how to pick up and operate a telephone, and did so with the express permission of distracting its victim. It was also able to cut the power to an entire building, while somehow leaving the security cameras operational. And then there's the threatening email about Ashley being its "happy place", complete with a creepy face. Doing this didn't distract or even hinder its victim, so it's yet another indication that the entity *LOVES* what it does to people.
And given the rampage it goes on near the end, it seems that it could've killed Ashley and her co-workers whenever it wanted to, but deliberately delayed the payoff so it could savor the mounting terror and desperation of its prey. Seriously, this thing is on _Freddy Kreuger_ levels of pure fucking evil.
And the Crisis agents somehow manage to be just as evil as the monster, if not more so, as they knew these people were in grave danger, and just sat back and watched. Hell, the agent posing as a 911 operator deliberately blared a sound that she knew would get Ashley killed. Granted, Ashley was probably doomed anyway, but the emergency noise didn't help matters in the slightest. And then there's that agent casually having a smoke as he listens to the workers getting torn to shreds. And lastly, the Crisis agents portray Ashley as a mass shooter - Ashley was not only a mother, but a _single_ mother, so just imagine what her kid(s) would go through. Going into foster care while being convinced their birth mother was an unhinged psycho.
Am I reading too much into this? Eh, probably. But it's what I'm here for :P
Dev here, I love to see people pickup all the details. Hope you stick around for episode 3!
Hell yeah episode 3 let's go
@jflyergames i just wanted to point out on puase 7(clean up) you spelt security guard wrong!!
It probably still needs to feed,but like dude it looks like it weights 2 kilos lol
You’re too reading too deep into it at all, stuff like this makes these short games great. Stuff like the agents being just as bad as the monster when they could probably take it down with a .45 or two and save all those people, or how the public will view poor Ashley.
How does something so curb stompable have such confidence running at people in clear light😂
Exactly lol. So many of these monsters just need one good kick against the wall but for some reason they collect a body count.
You say that, but you have no idea what the thing is like. Bone density, thickness of the skin etc, how do you know if it’s easy to put down or not?
@@2HandHangerDunksOnlydoesn’t matter, it’s kissing the cement
@@2HandHangerDunksOnly Im not going down without a fight. It better hope its durable because Im going to make it kiss the floor.
@@2HandHangerDunksOnlythick enough to support 12 gauge?
The entity attacked her out of fear of being dunked into a bin
Manly's voice is such a good way to clam down before bed.
It makes me sleepy like a lullaby
@@Chayyz Ik right it's like tea it puts you to sleep.
@@winterfox5443TRUE that's why he is my fav UA-camr even better then those I used to watch before I discovered his channel
@@Chayyz mine too!
but I fell asleep to him once tho
You know, this game reminds me of Manly's observation that these monsters always go after working class people.
They're scabs
The real monsters were the rich people
Rich people are harder to cover-up as victims of mysterious government experiments, I guess. Easier to merc a random office than a millionaire with security and probably connections that’ll ask questions
Seeing how this ends, reminds me of the scp foundation. Like whatever scouts they have to track down these entities or anomalies and test out the nature of the subject before capturing it. Considering how they tried to cover it up and with how they set up the cameras to test it out, they pretty much intended to sacrifice ashley from the get go. Yeah this why taking up extra cleaning odd jobs after work while being totally alone is so not worth it, you get late, youre alone and its totally dark out and next thing ya know theres some weird monster stalking you as an evening snack.
Yea I feel bad for Ashley, she's a mom too Smh
I feel like the Foundation would be disgusted with these guys. At least they don't use civilians as guinea pigs.
they use prisoners with severe crimes or life sentences instead lol@@nicholaspokorny5058
@@nicholaspokorny5058 Yeah methinks SCP Foundation would do what they can to take over the operations from these morons, if for no other reason than for the fact that they're sacrificing innocent civilians to study dangerous entities.
The Foundation captures before testing subjects. Testing of subjects on non-foundation staff is wrong.
Finally, a game where checking the trashcan is a main objective.
Monster sightings:
Scuttling across hall in background 7:43
Spider walking into frame, stares at camera, then spider walks out 9:16
Being it's creepy spider walking self outside the window 11:36
MS paint monster face on the computer screen: 13:09/13:10 (the last half second of 13:09)
In doorway moving away 15:14/15:15 (Last half second of 15:14)
In the darkness on right side of frame 15:19
In darkness at the end of hall 20:44/20:45 (See other notes)
Living it's best life out in the light and in the open: 23:28/23:29 (See above)
Coming to get the people who cornered themselves 23:42/23:43 (Ditto) **SUPER UNFORTUNATE spiderwalking butt is something that I wish I didn't see.
JUMPSCARE to the face 24:24/24:25 (You know the drill but to save your heart - last half second of 24:24)
Entity Debrief: 24:51
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15:16 you forgot to look in the bathroom walking in
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they need to maek a sequel where its an alternate universe and ashley uses her 40 mph speedwalk and godlike trash bag swing to obliterate the monster
Man, the 3-letter agencies would never do something sinister to innocent people. Especially the ATF.
To their credit, they just gunned people down in the open. Meanwhile, the CIA/DOD has tested chemical weapons on small towns.
The ATF?
**Insert dog joke here.**
Absolutely terrifing fuckers?
Surely the dudes who sniped a man's wife and son in cold blood at the ridge of the red emerald have good intentions towards the general population
What about the NCR
Ashley is a prime example of someone who values their workplace way, WAY more than their workplace values them. The end result is pretty much what you'd expect.
All in all, though? While a bit tropey, and a bit on the frustrating side? This wasn't bad, especially when compared to that awful dumpster-fire Pinocchio game.
Y-you expect to have monsters set on you by the government if you like your job disproportionately to how your employers treat you?
@@DigiYF
More "injury/dismemberment/death as a result of poor workplace safety," and people are monsters more often than not these days... So, yeah, kinda.
@@G0thCrayon I'd rather the SCP honestly, make it a bit more exciting, but fair.
@@DigiYF
Agreed, at least then my death could be the inspiration for a rad horror game.
@G0thCrayon What do you mean "poor workplace safety"?
Good ol’ Manly, always releasing a video before I go to bed!
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Save some room for me underneath your bed
@@OneSadApe🤨
I really like the lighting and shadow rendering in this game. The highlight reflection on the ground is pretty realistic. And the win 95 desktop brings childhood memories.
A huge improvement over the first game. I think the fixed camera angles work a lot better with the premise, they add to the clinical, neutral observer we know recorded all of this. Pretty brutal too, especially their cover story.
Hoodie guy was in the first game. They say he's insignificant but I'm actually pretty sure he's our whistleblower (this was mentioned in the first game that if Valerie isn't found more tapes would be released.)
Props to the voice actress. You could hear the desperation and terror in her voice on the phone to 911.
Her quick walk looks like someone just accelerated the footage, she dunk the trash like an angry teen forced to do chores, I almost expected her to throw the plates ultimate frisbee style XD
The entity's just having fun. Imagine it taking selfies like
"B*tch didn't even see me lol"
"Felt spooky, might clap some guys later."
The more I think about it, the sillier it gets 😂
"Why do men only go for regular bitches?" *Wipes tears with disembodied arm*
Yeah, this game is kind of dumb
With the strength she had dunking those bags she could have easily punched the monster XD
If only Ashley had saved her pent up aggression, she may have been able to fight off the entity.
How sad that she released it all on those trash bags.
Manly can map the backrooms like a pro but forgets where cafeteria is 😣
You somehow make horror games 99.9% less scary 😂
Agreeddddde
15:14 has got to be the funniest moment of this for me 😂 thank you for making horror games feel safe to watch while never disrespecting them and the craft, Manly, I love that about you
What I don't get is that prior employees are willing to tie the bags for you but not take them out, and that seemingly a regular office employee is in charge of clearing said bags.
The office space is so orderly to do that but cannot hire a dedicated cleaner?
I get that this is probably intended, but no one including the employee questioned this?
🤔
Maybe they invented some bullshit, something like they lost the contract with the cleaning company and it'll take them a while before getting another one.
Then they asked Ashley if she wanted to do the work to get more money, since she is a single mom in need of money, she obviously said yes.
Since it wasn't her normal job, her colleages helped her by tying the bags.
It's my headcanon anyway
When I worked as a janitor it could've been possible for the workers to take out their own trash they just didn't
Night 2: *finds menacing note newly written on computer* *doesn't call police or leave* *investigates power outage rather than getting out*
Yeah, figured that out, too. This game only gets dumber the more you think about it.
i love how the entity is smart enough to open ms paint and draw a threatening message
Being smart is one thing, but capable?
With those spider legs and claws, how tf was it able to draw that?
Love your videos manly. Your voice is so calming.
Im sorry but 23:28 made me laugh my ass off so much. From the strut down to the pose and scream, it looked like a comedy bit.
This game perspective is SO unique, being a 3rd person point of view watching yourself walk around knowing what’s going to happen to your player character eventually. You know this character is doomed, and has been from the start, but you don’t know WHEN that doom is coming.
Voice acting for Ashley is absolutely primo. Great idea by this author! Can't help but feel that it might have been a better animation than a game, though. Still, terrific work and I loved it.
Motherfucker that scare got me good, I thought the creature was gonna rip through multiple people at once but turns out it decided to say “wassup chucklefuck”
I was half-expecting Ashley to slam dunk the dishes into the sink like she did with the trash bags
The responder knew what was happening. She said 'should I do this' before making loud sounds on the phone to lure the monster to kill Ashley. Well, I wonder if she can live with what she did.
She wasn't asking because it was immoral, but for her cue to do it... She was perfectly fine with it.
@@senpyrothewizard8172 Oh, I thought she was doubting herself.
@@zyc6153 it's just my theory, since she didn't hesitate. It could be interpreted as asking her superiors if she should, rather than herself.
What even was the logic behind that action? Seriously, are these people untrained Homunculus?
24:26
THAT JUMPSCARE SCARED ME SO BAD I THREW MY PHONE , I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT SCARED
Its night and i almost screamed
*startled
First five minutes this lady got to take you out more than any of your fans. Heartbreaking.
They really need to make this into one long-play game. Different entities and different scenarios. Maybe nonlinear and keep the hybrid second-person/third-person POV.
PS: Without giving out specific names, you need to tell us of those true stories about your friends who worked alone and it ended violently.
The government wanting to use a giant, unsubtle monster will never not be funny.
"Are you the entity or are you just a guy with a poor fashion sense?"
DAMN
True ending: Ashley just slams a trashbag on the monster and breaks it in half
Lego brick noises
Manly, knows how to make a horror game more funny and fascinating ❤
I was so focused on the bugged-out office workers at the end that the jumpscare caught me completely off-guard
Soon as I heard call center I knew it was gonna be a horror story. I like this arg series just like fears to fathom with them being created based on stories from reddit both real and fiction.
Love you manly. Love your once a year community posts. You are truly the best kind of youtuber
Manly makes the best bedtime videos
I love how the fixed camera angle lets them scare the player without scaring the character so you can keep working without it being a weird idea
Man's played SO many horror games, he is JADED to them all. Nothing scares him anymore. Not even clowns
You most likely won't see this but I wanted to say that it's been a long while since I last watched Manly, although just a few months but still he publishes a lot. Due to being busy with college and other projects but coming back to finally sit back and relax to watch your videos are an awesome feeling after a long month even if now is just my only time to relax till I get back to college tomorrow.
I don't know if it was intentional, but the potential characterization through animation was great! She really doesn't like her job lol
The presentation of this game is so solid
_MBH gives a little laugh with the creature jumpscare_
You laughed, but I jumped for sure! I thought the creature was very freaky walking on all fours. I liked the use of the cameras. I wanted to have even more 'under the table' or odd angled cameras to catch the creature watching the victim, stalking them. I felt really bad for Ashley being blamed as a psycho killer of everyone else, but it's not out of the realm of possibility somehow.
Well done and look forward to more creature features!
Nervous laughing is a kind of defense mechanism i guess, i assumed manly also jumped a bit before the laugh, I've seen him jerk the mouse when getting jumpscared which what I do too.
@@cataclysm7256 I think he was more amused by it, not nervous. It was a big jump scare right 'in your face' - you'd have to be completely dead not to react. But he remains unphased and never really scared. Typical of him to just give a chuckle lol!
Really feels like using the undisclosed women's bathroom camera to reveal the entity watching Ashley from just underneath the other bathroom stall would've been an amazing usage for it.
@@ShatposterSupreme Something like that, yes lol. Bathroom cam actually put there by entity would have explained it in a funnier way vs making company creepy watching people wash at sink -- entity likes to stalk prey.
24:20 i just wonder why would any entity care about attacking an security camera, like "i really need to vulgarly display raw agression toward theses god damned LENS"
i dont have to wake up early to work tomorrow, i can watch as many manly videos as i want, lets gooooooo
Right at the start when the main character is walking around reminds me why I love fixed camera games, it looks like the main character is a roomba moving around the office. So goofy and I needed this chuckle today
I can't get over how she slam the trash bag so violently
As someone who used to do after hours cleaning let me tell you that it was a really comfy job for someone who love working alone. As long as you did all the obvious things like emptying the garbage cans no one would complain if you didn't vacuum that day. Lots of time to sit on your phone looking at memes.
Considering the lady didn't know how to stack 3 plates let alone carry 4 bags of trash, it's no wonder she was stupid enough to go for the phone instead of the door. Unintentionally hilarious game
And how instead of fighting the monster with that Strenght just died dude
Yeah, games are only as smart as the people that make and play them.
Being a janitor myself, I have needed to fight something else other then a third leg.
Yay no night feels complete without a Manly video
Not enough ppl are talking about the damn feet cam footage in the women's bathroom! No one leaves their phones running for no reason 💀
The cris*s actor angle is definitely an interesting twist on this genre. The powerful imagery of all the office workers doing their jobs right besides a bloody corpse reminds me a lot of Brazil with that kind of bureaucratic apathy. Or even Scanner Darkly. This idea that you're a cog doing profoundly evil things whose machinations are opaque and uncertain. Although the story itself fails to embody that theme of paranoia and resentment of authority which the Scanner Darkly movie pulled off so shrewdly and is arguably the emotional core of the cris*s actor trope itself.
Are you seriously censoring the word "crisis"?
Damn McDonald's and a nightly manly video??? Life is good ❤.
P.s 100% agree about taking the fear away that's why they shouldn't reveal that part till the end.
Tbh, looking at this thing, I can't really imagine it killing off an office full of people. You get one person per leg and just pull.
24:13 - when the monster just murders everybody but you have overtime to do. (That one lady at the desk)
When Manly said "Ashley Johnson" I literally rose from a dead sleep and responded "A family company" according to my wife.
I am broken. Help me.
I was wondering why that name sounded familiar.
Also she’s a prominent voice actress from Critical Role
I paused right before the jumpscare to see if the living employees were bugged and then unpaused and immediately got jumpscared. God damnit lol
Ain’t no way they had a live feet cam in the women’s bathroom 💀
Im sorry, but the thought of pastyface mclonglegs drawing on ms paint is just too funny to take seriously 🤣
*Unholy creature of hell terrorizing people*
Those dudes who were still working: "These bills ain't paying themselves."
24:05 this part with the people still sitting on their desks looks like a glitch, maybe it was but they left it like that cause it makes you lower your guard before the jump scare.
So uh? Are we gonna blame the crisis assistant bc she made an alarm that attracted the entity or...
4:13 everytime manly makes a joke like that i get a little sad, you're not trash manly
The real cryptid is the chunky controls and the way she just sort of moonwalks and slams into walls.
the thing is imagine if Ashley went full ominid/cave-man on the cryptid and bashed its torso multiple times with an fire extinguisher after blinding it with the foam in a adrenalin burst she could have survived in a non cannon(?) secret ending
i say this because
in real life a mother lifted a car(partialy )to save her kid from under it so ashley swinging a extinguisher like it was a cilindical base ball bat wouldn't be too out there
She could have also just left.
Every time, Ashley is like, “FUCK these garbage bags!”
This is why you don’t be the last one at the office
i believe those 2 guys left working in the end was just a bug bcs even their seats werent under their butts, probably models stuck\glitched or something
Once again, the true horror is how shoddily this business is run. Also the sus camera placement.
9:25 ashley LOOK AT ME. (Im sorry.)
Manly is just always posting before I go to bed. Good choice!
Love your videos manly 👍
You had me at woman's final moments
I've been the last one out at work to close up for a holiday (a large supermarket, not an office building) a few times and it's not anywhere near as scary as these games try to make it seem. The building is your turf, if someone or something broke in you'd be at an advantage.
Now leaving and crossing an empty parking lot in a sketchy area with drug addicts and actually dangerous mentally ill people, that's the scary part.
I don't believe ashley didn't survive. Look at that power walk. Look at the way she throws the trash. She's the real powerful entity here
Going to say, the only weird thing left at the end of a day is usually me, full pelt singing through the halls, no promises of how good the singing is.
with how ashley treated those trashbags i'm amazed she didn't beat the entity within an inch of its life