i assume OneShot is on here because of it's original 2014 freeware version. In it, if you close the game _at any time_ outside of Niko going to sleep, Niko dies upon booting the game back up. This is followed by a haunting rendition of the title track and a literal Windows error prompt simply reading "You killed Niko." the original version overall was much more dark and disturbing, with the Steam version today taking a less disturbing melancholic and somber approach to its story.
This is something I never knew about! I thought that somehow you HADto play the game fully, or I didn’t knew that’s what happened on the free ware version which I didn’t knew was a real thing either thanks for this!
It’s a travesty that you haven’t blown up yet. This is really some quality content. This is no joke better then 90% of the other half-assed icebergs on this site. Great work.
Some more additional facts about some of the games mentioned. - Bible Black is mostly known for it's OVA adaptation. Said OVA is known for it's horrendous English dub, and the fact that it was an anime that 4chan's /a/ section commonly recommends to new users, alongside Boku No Pico. Neither of those anime are safe to recommend to new users obviously. Another fact about this is that the same director of this game, Sei Shoujo, also was behind Starless: Nympomaniac's Paradise, which is on tier 5. That game has the dubious distinction of being the most disturbing game I've played to completion, though there's likely some other entries on iceberg that could take that title if I played them. Bible Black is apparently one of Sei Shoujo's tamer works, as the guy is known for including a bunch of fucked up shit in his games. - The release of RapeLay sparked some serious controversy at the time of its release, having been criticized by members of Parliament and by US Surpreme Court Justices, despite the fact that the game was never released outside Japan. This lead to several Japanese eroge publishers, at the time, blocking off their websites to foreigners, and one publisher went as far as to send Cease and Desist letters to fan translatators, and vandalized a translation wiki. - The Japanese title for Needy Streamer Overload is "Needy Girl Overdose," which I personally think is much more appropriate to the game's tone. - Alone in the Dark had three attempts at reboots, the first which was in 2001 is generally considered mid, the other two were in 2008 and 2015 and were universally reviled. There was also shitty Uwe Boll movie based off it. This does not bode well for the next reboot. - I actually forgot which Sirenhead game I was referring to, so I removed the Sirenhead entry from V3 of the iceberg. - DRAMatical Murder is considered one of Nitro-Chiral's more tame works. - Mad Father was actually remade twice. Once in 2016 and again in 2020 - Misao also got a remake in 2017. - I actually only knew about the one to one recreation of The Theater. This isn't necessarily a fun fact more so that the attention to detail with this iceberg is so well done that I'm learning new things from it despite having made the iceberg. - The final boss of Super Columbine Massacre is literally the South park Satan. I kid you not.
The trailers for the Alone in the Dark remake look a little jank but overall not too bad, the series could use a W so here’s hoping it’s good. By the time the full version of this video is out I’ll probably be able to say. Also I just didn’t want to give any real attention to the columbine game, or any real life tragedy based games to come, but yeah that game’s hell act is fucking wild
I feel like Im part of the group of people who got exposed to Dramatical Murder way too young. 💀 That it is considered "tame" for them...is wild. The music slaps tho.
I was waiting to hear about Super Columbine Massacre! I was a member of the forums when it was in development. It had approval from Columbine survivors but the game was asked to be removed when someone came on the forums and thanked the dev for the inspiration. Later that day it was discovered that forum member stabbed a girl at her school and the dev spent the day throwing up and then asked for all copies to be deleted. Mine was burned to CD and is lost but I have not touched it since.
I'm surprised luigis mansion isn't on here as a joke. Also, I'm not sure if it's on here later but don't talk to strangers is a interesting horror game
Not so fun fact about School Days: It had an anime adaptation, and during its run, a teenage girl had killed her father with an axe. The reason why I bring this up is because the media thought that her killing her father was inspired by gory anime at the time. The source? 4chan. They saw what the girl had done and said “hey, this reminds me of so-and-so”, and because of that, a lot of anime that were being broadcasted at the time had to be delayed until further notice. In the meantime, they displayed videos of boats, in which people would spam the words “nice boat”, which then lead to the meme… “nice boat”. TLDR: School Days had an anime which was delayed because a girl killed her father and the media thought it was because of anime, and that eventually lead to the creation of a meme.
So a few more notes to add. Haunt was actually referring to another Freeware game based off the Slenderman mythos (one that isn't Slender obviously) and not the stupid Kinect game. Also, it's not as uncommon for pornographic visual novels to have serious plots with them, as there's a number of talented up and coming writers in Japan who are only able to find work through visual novels, which has lead to some games like Euphoria and Maggot Baits where the story is genuinely amazing, but there's a ton of grotesque, traumatizing fetish fuel involved. It's interesting, I'll tell you that much. Also feel free to hit me up if you need any help researching these games. I am really digging the work you've done thus far.
Also worth noting that the creator of Your Boyfriend has some serious allegations of grooming a minor against them, more so that they enabled their boyfriend who groomed a teenager that was previously a fan of the game in question.
I’ll shoot you a message on something if I’m completely at a loss, and will update any incorrect entries in the full version. I’m keeping Kinect haunt too though because I find it fucking hilarious that on this iceberg with all these fucked up games there’s just some dumb Kinect game no one has ever played
@@Redlyne_ Also if you take suggestions for Bonus entries, there's a few I can suggest (I was initially pondering another update to the iceberg, but after seeing that there are two parts, I thought it would be mean to upend your work.)
@@AnnieGalla Don't let me hold you back, if you do a new version I'll just start using that in whatever future parts it's available for, and then in the complete video in X months down the line, I'll update the previous tiers to include the new entries.
Agreed, despite how disturbing some people may find these VNs to be they are still made by a lot of talented people and have actual good stories, like saya no uta for example
This topic of obscure media is my favorite topic, and pairs especially well with icebergs. Love the video and your voice is very calming, perfect for commentary like this
So glad Darkwood is on this list. It's one of my favorite horror games EVER and deserves so much more recognition. One of the best modern horror games out there. Scared me as much my first time playing as Silent Hill did the first time I played it. Fucking fantastic indie horror game.
god im waiting so hard for when youre able to talk abt more visual novels in this tier lists. I always find that VNs can have some of the most horrifying shit in it and none of these icebergs have done them justice so far. I took a look at the ones on this iceberg beforehand and I'm so glad stuff like Pigeon Blood and Room No. 9 are mentioned. I don't even see them brought up on dedicated visual novel icebergs! They're super disturbing and brilliant and deserve spots in the limelight when these things are discussed. Can't wait to see more tiers!
@@AnnieGalla are you the original creator of the iceberg? If so, wow! Thank you so much for adding so many VNs in!! I'm currently playing through pigeonblood and it is indeed very very disturbing! Definitely deserves its place on the iceberg. I'm just wondering, are there any other disturbing VNs (preferably BL but I'm up for anything) you would recommend? I've played through Nitro+chiral games, clockup/parade, some black cyc, Sei Shoujo, Togo Mito, and I'm currently playing through PIL/SLASH games. I'm not sure if there's anything out there I haven't played. I'm fine with JP only, I have methods of translation. The more disturbing and horrifying the better in my book. I wanna see a paragraph of content warnings before I play!
@@GiornoGiovannaGangstar Yeah, I'm the original Iceberg creator. In terms of disturbing VNs I've played, there's Euphoria, Maggot Baits, SaDistic BlooD, Dead End Aegis, You and Me and Her, and Saya no Uta. There's also Starless, though I think that one is a bad game overall, but you didn't specify quality. There's plenty of others that I've had interest in. Basically every Nitro+, Clockup, and Black Cyc game. I've also heard that Dustmania Grotesque, Kuroinu, Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit Hole, and Everlasting Summer were pretty fucked up.
@@AnnieGalla ive already played saya, maggot, sadistic, you and me, and starless. been meaning to play dead end but i havent had the time lol. I heard wonderful everyday is horrible so i might pick up that one next! Thank you for the suggestions!!
@@AnnieGalla I don't even know what those novels are but someone should explain in detail and give some context rather than "contains this bad thing and the other, moving on"
Seeing Valiant Hearts and Mad Father brought a massive smile to my face, because of how good both of the games are. Valiant Hearts is a very good interpretation of the horrors of WW1, and it being a French soldier perspective was an icing on the cake. I do hope Purgatory and Crimson Grey are somewhere on the iceberg for their dark themes. Whether it is yandere obsession and murder in Crimson Grey, and gore for Purgatory.
Just reached the ending, and boy it was nothing short of disturbing. Not in a bad way, the video was extremely entertaining to watch. And you must have been through hell trying to research so many, MANY titles, some of which as you described had little info because no one talks about them. Regardless, you did an amazing job with this ice berg, and the occasional jokes were a nice addition. Also the Yakuza sound tracks do fit quite a lot.
@@Redlyne_ if you haven't already, try including Half-Life 2, Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines, and especially P.T./Silent Hills. Plus Halo CE, of course. Favorite horror-ish(and actually horror) games. HL2 and VTMB do have disturbing, scary-to-kids content.
At 5:15, i actually did some research a while back because i found that face equally as eerie. Turned out it's actually just an image of an asian woman during a photoshoot to promote some sort of metal band iirc, just with distorted colors.
Bro you definitely deserve more then what you put on the table for a video like this?? And you only jave 1k subscribers you need more subscribers underrated channel right here!!
as a huge Wadanohara and the great blue sea fan, just wanted to clear up a misconception about the game in this video. Wadanohara's age isn't exactly stated in the game and her child like appearance was a design choice to capture her innocence and how naive she is, not that she's a kid. Her appearance at the ending of the game (when you finished the game with all endings) pretty much explains that she matured after the events in the game which suggest it has been years after. The game still has very dark themes regardless. I hope this helps!
@@illumililium no one uses that saying and even so, it's fiction, no one takes it seriously also she doesn't look like a kid just a cute anime character so?
@@semideadnat no one is implying ppl actually say that exact phrase, but I mean do you have any self awareness? Read your original comment! It is literally what your saying just using more words in a roundabout way.
@@MIAsuxdonkey my comment was made to correct a mistake a lot of people make and it's a mistake that can negatively impact the whole story of the game. I think the story of a 12/13 year old witch suffering at the hands of unfortunate events and gets stabbed makes the game far more darker than the original story. Plus with a story like that, a lot of people can and will drop the game if they blindly assume the protagonist is a kid. No one likes a story where a kid gets stabbed and turns on her friends.
Oh man, nostalgia trip for many of these. Not a fault of the iceberg at all, but it is funny to see games like a columbine massacre rpg lumped in with a genuine masterpiece like SJSM.
"I doubt there's more than 10 people who will listen this far in" hahaha, actually these videos are great for me. I got a new remote job and listening to these in the background helps me focus on work while learning about niche topics. Rest assured, I paid attention to all the games in this installment, as I will for Part 3. Keep it up dude P.S. I can't imagine how long researching ALL of these games and having to write about them must've taken, especially since we're getting more and more obscure
Epic outro btw, great to hear about the many ideas you have for future content. I may not play horror games or related dark stuff, but I love this type of content so keep it up man
6:38 One reason I could think of is PewDiePie playing it years ago and the series have gathered millions of views but I have no idea how popular he was during the time. However he did replay it fairly recently (5 years) and took millions of views.
Blasting through these while grinding levels in an RPG, enjoying these horrific stories filtered through your mellow voice and summaries. Good Shit, Keep It Up
I'm gonna have to agree with some of the commenters: the person who made the iceberg most likely added OneShot for the original freware version. However. I'd like to believe that the connection the player makes with Niko, followed by the unfortunate reality of choosing their fate, is a valid reason in and of itself for being here
I’d say they don’t talk about it because you have to be into BL to even know about it. Yeah it’s actually a hugely popular game, but it only is within the general fandom. And I’m guessing the only reason he mentioned it is because it is so popular, there are other much more disturbing BL visual novels that aren’t in here.
*BL and I’m a nitro chiral fan so I’m cackling that sweet pool or slow damage aren’t on here but rather what is considered the most “tame” of the nitro chiral games
Im so happy that VN’s are also on here. Finding good ones with creepy themes is hard because theyre so rarely talked about. The niche ones are often the most fucked up, too! And you usually only hear about the usual shit like doki doki when you search for horror VNs
the yoda death noise fucking killed me I love ur sense of humour dude, really looking forward to part four, hoping you haven’t lost the plot with research
Dont worry, I listened to your outro Mostly because I was still in the middle of a tetris royale game that I couldn't pause when the video ended, but still. I am really enjoying this series and can't wait for the next tier to come up. I do hope that in complete edition of this iceberg you add the extra content and discussions about these games, especially because there's so many interesting comment suggestions I still personally recommend Masochisia. It's the game that truly made me pause for the first time when it came to just willingly picking the most evil options possible I was normally pretty good at separating how fcked up the actions I was taking were and reality when I was conscious it was just a game and didn't matter, and truly I did want to see how far games would let me go But playing as a willing and enthusiastic sadomasochistic child murder, literally The Albert Fish, and choosing the dialogue options of joy and excitement when undertaking these killings that you couldn't avoid no matter what, it just made me feel sick honestly. The game makes a big deal about destiny and choosing your own path, and there are greyed out options at the pivotal moments of these killings that have you refuse to go through with it In my experience through repeated experimentation, there is no way whatsoever to.unlock those greyed out dialogue choices. I played this game over and over again, doing different things and picking different options, and going through those uncomfortable disgusting scenes, and absolutely nothing changed. You can't save Albert/Hamilton. By playing the game, you can only facilitate the abuse he endures and inflicts There are very few games I've played that let you kill children, even fewer still that let you do so enthusiastically, then have to painstakingly dismember and dispose of their corpse.
Just found your channel and I must say, I just LOVED your vids!! I hope you can grow and always continue the excellent work! Thanks for this experience!
The Sad Satan one is literally terrifying and i feel like that should be way further down a iceberg tf, makes me scared of what will be at the bottom of it tbh
At Dead of Night is such a gorgeous game, and I'm glad UA-camrs like Markiplier have played it and brought attention to it. Last I heard there is another game being worked on, but the developer made no promises on when it would be released, since the first game took a LONG time to develop (probably due to the budget, having literally just one dude making the whole game, and real-life cutscenes). The actress who plays Jimmy currently runs their Twitter account, so if you are looking forward to the sequel, keep an eye on it! Also, fun fact about Paranoiac. The crooked man joke you made in regards to the aunt's death is actually really funny, because the developer of Paranoiac went on the to The Crooked Man and the entire Strange Man series. In fact at the end of the last chapter of The Crooked Man where the developer thanks the player, they even talk about Paranoiac and how although Crooked Man had less jumpscares, they still hoped fans like it.
did you determine what games are in what tier? i'm very confused how something like frostpunk gets into tier3 when it's pretty well known, widely available and well reviewed. i had similiar thoughts on the previous video's rankings.
I am still shocked that games like Dark Souls, Castlevaina and Subnutica didn't make the list given some of the others but still a fun list and nice video going through it, appreciate the effort looking these things up!
Subnautica made version 3 of the list, and I felt it would be redundant including Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Elden Ring with Bloodborne already on.
@@AnnieGalla Fair enough, I likely wouldn't have made this comment if I knew there was an updated version of the list (I guess that's what I get for not watching all three videos x3) And while I get where you're coming from with Bloodborne and what not, I still feel that Dark Souls hits a more darker/disturbing themes than Bloodbrone myself, the idea of not being able to let go and how things need to end just hits closer to home than cosmic horror. Also, appreciate the effort you put into making the list as well~
i assume OneShot is on here because of it's original 2014 freeware version. In it, if you close the game _at any time_ outside of Niko going to sleep, Niko dies upon booting the game back up. This is followed by a haunting rendition of the title track and a literal Windows error prompt simply reading "You killed Niko." the original version overall was much more dark and disturbing, with the Steam version today taking a less disturbing melancholic and somber approach to its story.
Can we see any gameplay?
@@ajxx9987 You can play it! The first time I played the game was the freeware version.
This is something I never knew about! I thought that somehow you HADto play the game fully, or I didn’t knew that’s what happened on the free ware version which I didn’t knew was a real thing either thanks for this!
@@ajxx9987can you use youtube?
I strongly fucking agree
It’s a travesty that you haven’t blown up yet. This is really some quality content. This is no joke better then 90% of the other
half-assed icebergs on this site. Great work.
Fr and he doesn't fake reactions and shit
I think it'd be sad if he blew up
Some more additional facts about some of the games mentioned.
- Bible Black is mostly known for it's OVA adaptation. Said OVA is known for it's horrendous English dub, and the fact that it was an anime that 4chan's /a/ section commonly recommends to new users, alongside Boku No Pico. Neither of those anime are safe to recommend to new users obviously. Another fact about this is that the same director of this game, Sei Shoujo, also was behind Starless: Nympomaniac's Paradise, which is on tier 5. That game has the dubious distinction of being the most disturbing game I've played to completion, though there's likely some other entries on iceberg that could take that title if I played them. Bible Black is apparently one of Sei Shoujo's tamer works, as the guy is known for including a bunch of fucked up shit in his games.
- The release of RapeLay sparked some serious controversy at the time of its release, having been criticized by members of Parliament and by US Surpreme Court Justices, despite the fact that the game was never released outside Japan. This lead to several Japanese eroge publishers, at the time, blocking off their websites to foreigners, and one publisher went as far as to send Cease and Desist letters to fan translatators, and vandalized a translation wiki.
- The Japanese title for Needy Streamer Overload is "Needy Girl Overdose," which I personally think is much more appropriate to the game's tone.
- Alone in the Dark had three attempts at reboots, the first which was in 2001 is generally considered mid, the other two were in 2008 and 2015 and were universally reviled. There was also shitty Uwe Boll movie based off it. This does not bode well for the next reboot.
- I actually forgot which Sirenhead game I was referring to, so I removed the Sirenhead entry from V3 of the iceberg.
- DRAMatical Murder is considered one of Nitro-Chiral's more tame works.
- Mad Father was actually remade twice. Once in 2016 and again in 2020
- Misao also got a remake in 2017.
- I actually only knew about the one to one recreation of The Theater. This isn't necessarily a fun fact more so that the attention to detail with this iceberg is so well done that I'm learning new things from it despite having made the iceberg.
- The final boss of Super Columbine Massacre is literally the South park Satan. I kid you not.
The trailers for the Alone in the Dark remake look a little jank but overall not too bad, the series could use a W so here’s hoping it’s good. By the time the full version of this video is out I’ll probably be able to say.
Also I just didn’t want to give any real attention to the columbine game, or any real life tragedy based games to come, but yeah that game’s hell act is fucking wild
YoU have RiCE on YouR FACe.
I feel like Im part of the group of people who got exposed to Dramatical Murder way too young. 💀 That it is considered "tame" for them...is wild. The music slaps tho.
I was waiting to hear about Super Columbine Massacre! I was a member of the forums when it was in development. It had approval from Columbine survivors but the game was asked to be removed when someone came on the forums and thanked the dev for the inspiration. Later that day it was discovered that forum member stabbed a girl at her school and the dev spent the day throwing up and then asked for all copies to be deleted. Mine was burned to CD and is lost but I have not touched it since.
@@beautyliedead…uh huh.
I'm surprised luigis mansion isn't on here as a joke. Also, I'm not sure if it's on here later but don't talk to strangers is a interesting horror game
OH GOD IT'S LAST GEN RICHTOFEN
don’t talk to strangers is a very cool game i remember coryxkenshin played it
Not so fun fact about School Days: It had an anime adaptation, and during its run, a teenage girl had killed her father with an axe. The reason why I bring this up is because the media thought that her killing her father was inspired by gory anime at the time. The source? 4chan. They saw what the girl had done and said “hey, this reminds me of so-and-so”, and because of that, a lot of anime that were being broadcasted at the time had to be delayed until further notice. In the meantime, they displayed videos of boats, in which people would spam the words “nice boat”, which then lead to the meme… “nice boat”.
TLDR: School Days had an anime which was delayed because a girl killed her father and the media thought it was because of anime, and that eventually lead to the creation of a meme.
That's hilarious.
That’s hilarious.
Shoutout to parallel pipes for covering this in his latest iceberg video
enjoyed it alot, i love how you gave each entry its time and not rushed it despite some of them having little info online, keep up the good work
So a few more notes to add.
Haunt was actually referring to another Freeware game based off the Slenderman mythos (one that isn't Slender obviously) and not the stupid Kinect game.
Also, it's not as uncommon for pornographic visual novels to have serious plots with them, as there's a number of talented up and coming writers in Japan who are only able to find work through visual novels, which has lead to some games like Euphoria and Maggot Baits where the story is genuinely amazing, but there's a ton of grotesque, traumatizing fetish fuel involved. It's interesting, I'll tell you that much.
Also feel free to hit me up if you need any help researching these games. I am really digging the work you've done thus far.
Also worth noting that the creator of Your Boyfriend has some serious allegations of grooming a minor against them, more so that they enabled their boyfriend who groomed a teenager that was previously a fan of the game in question.
I’ll shoot you a message on something if I’m completely at a loss, and will update any incorrect entries in the full version. I’m keeping Kinect haunt too though because I find it fucking hilarious that on this iceberg with all these fucked up games there’s just some dumb Kinect game no one has ever played
@@Redlyne_ Also if you take suggestions for Bonus entries, there's a few I can suggest (I was initially pondering another update to the iceberg, but after seeing that there are two parts, I thought it would be mean to upend your work.)
@@AnnieGalla Don't let me hold you back, if you do a new version I'll just start using that in whatever future parts it's available for, and then in the complete video in X months down the line, I'll update the previous tiers to include the new entries.
Agreed, despite how disturbing some people may find these VNs to be they are still made by a lot of talented people and have actual good stories, like saya no uta for example
This topic of obscure media is my favorite topic, and pairs especially well with icebergs. Love the video and your voice is very calming, perfect for commentary like this
So glad Darkwood is on this list. It's one of my favorite horror games EVER and deserves so much more recognition. One of the best modern horror games out there. Scared me as much my first time playing as Silent Hill did the first time I played it. Fucking fantastic indie horror game.
god im waiting so hard for when youre able to talk abt more visual novels in this tier lists. I always find that VNs can have some of the most horrifying shit in it and none of these icebergs have done them justice so far. I took a look at the ones on this iceberg beforehand and I'm so glad stuff like Pigeon Blood and Room No. 9 are mentioned. I don't even see them brought up on dedicated visual novel icebergs! They're super disturbing and brilliant and deserve spots in the limelight when these things are discussed. Can't wait to see more tiers!
Yeah, I'm a pretty big visual Novel fan, so I was definitely going to include a bunch on here.
@@AnnieGalla are you the original creator of the iceberg? If so, wow! Thank you so much for adding so many VNs in!! I'm currently playing through pigeonblood and it is indeed very very disturbing! Definitely deserves its place on the iceberg.
I'm just wondering, are there any other disturbing VNs (preferably BL but I'm up for anything) you would recommend? I've played through Nitro+chiral games, clockup/parade, some black cyc, Sei Shoujo, Togo Mito, and I'm currently playing through PIL/SLASH games. I'm not sure if there's anything out there I haven't played. I'm fine with JP only, I have methods of translation. The more disturbing and horrifying the better in my book. I wanna see a paragraph of content warnings before I play!
@@GiornoGiovannaGangstar Yeah, I'm the original Iceberg creator. In terms of disturbing VNs I've played, there's Euphoria, Maggot Baits, SaDistic BlooD, Dead End Aegis, You and Me and Her, and Saya no Uta. There's also Starless, though I think that one is a bad game overall, but you didn't specify quality.
There's plenty of others that I've had interest in. Basically every Nitro+, Clockup, and Black Cyc game. I've also heard that Dustmania Grotesque, Kuroinu, Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit Hole, and Everlasting Summer were pretty fucked up.
@@AnnieGalla ive already played saya, maggot, sadistic, you and me, and starless. been meaning to play dead end but i havent had the time lol. I heard wonderful everyday is horrible so i might pick up that one next! Thank you for the suggestions!!
@@AnnieGalla I don't even know what those novels are but someone should explain in detail and give some context rather than "contains this bad thing and the other, moving on"
Lmfao hearing Jerma's voice yell "GAS" gave me flashbacks.
Love your sense of humour, something about it is right up my alley. Thanks for doing this much research for this stuff too.
Thanks for giving my game a nice mention and not call us "UA-camr bait" lol
Oh hey, am a big fan of your game, though I didn't get around to the 3D remake yet.
@@AnnieGalla Appreciate you giving the game a shot regardless of what version it is. Thanks!
dude, your channel is incredibly underrated and i enjoy your sense of humor. as always good work!
Love the jerma jokes sprinkled into this series
That earned my sub first one I heard.
Who's that?
i must have missed the jokes.. i like Jerma but i didn't notice any..
@@Polygonlin “GAS” during the Saw bit is the one I caught
@@Polygonlin if you watched the last part the rats part was a mod, plus the Lucius bit
Was waiting for this!! Love the work and dedication you put in all your vids, bound to blow up 🔥
Your work really seems like you’ve been making and evolving these kinds off for years on end. Truly impressive
Seeing Valiant Hearts and Mad Father brought a massive smile to my face, because of how good both of the games are.
Valiant Hearts is a very good interpretation of the horrors of WW1, and it being a French soldier perspective was an icing on the cake.
I do hope Purgatory and Crimson Grey are somewhere on the iceberg for their dark themes. Whether it is yandere obsession and murder in Crimson Grey, and gore for Purgatory.
I can confirm Crimson Grey is on a lower tier, don’t know about Purgatory.
@@Redlyne_ Purgatory is on the Iceberg.
Just reached the ending, and boy it was nothing short of disturbing. Not in a bad way, the video was extremely entertaining to watch. And you must have been through hell trying to research so many, MANY titles, some of which as you described had little info because no one talks about them.
Regardless, you did an amazing job with this ice berg, and the occasional jokes were a nice addition. Also the Yakuza sound tracks do fit quite a lot.
Thanks for sticking around, more to come soon!
@@Redlyne_
Heck yeah! Can't wait.
@@Redlyne_ Have you heard of the recently released game called Scorn? If you want to add something of your own, I think it would fit.
@@Finnboy-ml5jv Yeah, I plan on adding it to version 3 of the Iceberg.
@@Redlyne_ if you haven't already, try including Half-Life 2, Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines, and especially P.T./Silent Hills. Plus Halo CE, of course.
Favorite horror-ish(and actually horror) games. HL2 and VTMB do have disturbing, scary-to-kids content.
I really hope your channel grow more, i got in because of the Yakuza iceberg but your channel is really good! Great video and can't wait for part 3
I just found your channel, and now I’m on a binge. Absolutely stellar work my dooder. Keep it up.
So glad I came across this series. Love your commentary and editing it's very funny and entertaining
Oh god the fact that drakengard isnt even below the iceberg is just horrifying detail of what's to come
the fact that poppy playtime is labled as more obscure then yumi nikki makes me irrationally angry
this proves this iceberg is bullshit
same
I like how well made this video is and actually make me very intrigued on most of the games on this iceberg
I listened "this far in" and am going to part 3. Despite a whole 13 videos, you're one of my favorite content creators. Good job, dude.
Nice list, I've played some of these and they're alright. Can't wait to go lower and see the really obscure games I'd like to play.
At 5:15, i actually did some research a while back because i found that face equally as eerie. Turned out it's actually just an image of an asian woman during a photoshoot to promote some sort of metal band iirc, just with distorted colors.
Bro you definitely deserve more then what you put on the table for a video like this?? And you only jave 1k subscribers you need more subscribers underrated channel right here!!
26:53 still so funny that you are allowed to show this but god forbid not showing sex haha
as a huge Wadanohara and the great blue sea fan, just wanted to clear up a misconception about the game in this video. Wadanohara's age isn't exactly stated in the game and her child like appearance was a design choice to capture her innocence and how naive she is, not that she's a kid. Her appearance at the ending of the game (when you finished the game with all endings) pretty much explains that she matured after the events in the game which suggest it has been years after. The game still has very dark themes regardless. I hope this helps!
Holy hell finally somebody else knows the game exists
"i know she LOOKS like a 9 year old, but she's actually a 100 year old vampire queen!" type beat
@@illumililium no one uses that saying and even so, it's fiction, no one takes it seriously also she doesn't look like a kid just a cute anime character so?
@@semideadnat no one is implying ppl actually say that exact phrase, but I mean do you have any self awareness? Read your original comment! It is literally what your saying just using more words in a roundabout way.
@@MIAsuxdonkey my comment was made to correct a mistake a lot of people make and it's a mistake that can negatively impact the whole story of the game. I think the story of a 12/13 year old witch suffering at the hands of unfortunate events and gets stabbed makes the game far more darker than the original story. Plus with a story like that, a lot of people can and will drop the game if they blindly assume the protagonist is a kid. No one likes a story where a kid gets stabbed and turns on her friends.
Oh man, nostalgia trip for many of these. Not a fault of the iceberg at all, but it is funny to see games like a columbine massacre rpg lumped in with a genuine masterpiece like SJSM.
"I doubt there's more than 10 people who will listen this far in" hahaha, actually these videos are great for me. I got a new remote job and listening to these in the background helps me focus on work while learning about niche topics. Rest assured, I paid attention to all the games in this installment, as I will for Part 3. Keep it up dude
P.S. I can't imagine how long researching ALL of these games and having to write about them must've taken, especially since we're getting more and more obscure
Epic outro btw, great to hear about the many ideas you have for future content. I may not play horror games or related dark stuff, but I love this type of content so keep it up man
6:38 One reason I could think of is PewDiePie playing it years ago and the series have gathered millions of views but I have no idea how popular he was during the time. However he did replay it fairly recently (5 years) and took millions of views.
Blasting through these while grinding levels in an RPG, enjoying these horrific stories filtered through your mellow voice and summaries. Good Shit, Keep It Up
One of the most underappreciated UA-camrs out there man - keep up the great work!
I just binged all your videos, I really enjoyed your content. Def subscribing and can't wait for more
That albert wesker 7 minutes gag had me spit out my drink. thank you for including one of the best lines of dialogue ever
I'm gonna have to agree with some of the commenters: the person who made the iceberg most likely added OneShot for the original freware version. However. I'd like to believe that the connection the player makes with Niko, followed by the unfortunate reality of choosing their fate, is a valid reason in and of itself for being here
47:04 yakuza menu music? good shit
Edit: Great video btw I look forward to the next one
I've been anticipating this. Good work brother!
no thank you (and people compiled this iceberg)
also nice sneaky Jerma' "gas!" bit
Love watching these vids every late night before school
Love the editing and background music, so nice to watch
Love the series so far 🔥🔥
I'm glad DRAMAtical Murder got mentioned, normally no one talks about it in similar videos simply because it's a yaoi visual novel...
I’d say they don’t talk about it because you have to be into BL to even know about it. Yeah it’s actually a hugely popular game, but it only is within the general fandom. And I’m guessing the only reason he mentioned it is because it is so popular, there are other much more disturbing BL visual novels that aren’t in here.
*BL and I’m a nitro chiral fan so I’m cackling that sweet pool or slow damage aren’t on here but rather what is considered the most “tame” of the nitro chiral games
I love how you dont spoil anything and you just give enough info to make me curious but you dont spoil it
Im so happy that VN’s are also on here.
Finding good ones with creepy themes is hard because theyre so rarely talked about. The niche ones are often the most fucked up, too! And you usually only hear about the usual shit like doki doki when you search for horror VNs
Thank you for reminding that face from mario... Why its still scary after years
Love series so far but at 48:08....that's not David Bowie, that's Tilda Swinton 🤣
The video was worth the wait!.
I'll be waiting for part three, take your time.
the yoda death noise fucking killed me
I love ur sense of humour dude, really looking forward to part four, hoping you haven’t lost the plot with research
Needy streamer overload! I love this game to death so thanks for putting it here
No problem! Been eying that game myself.
dramatical murder being on here is so fucking funny
awesome video series though!! glad i found your channel!
Been binging your vids for the past few hours now while I'm doing my art, your humor and general demeanor are very endearing - Keep it up!
I love your sense of humor so much, glad i found this channel
this whole iceberg is just me being like 'oh yeah, i remembered pewdiepie playing that'
Thoroughly enjoying this series and can't wait for more. Also just looking for some great games to play after being bored for a long time.
I never knew what happened to Moira, I know for a fact I had it on my old steam account, very interesting
47:27 Funny how Yume 2Kki is also on this iceberg and the guy has his PC username as Urotsuki
Looking forward for the next episode, its really interesting to watch
Loving this series, really appreciate yer hard work.
I can’t believe Drammatical Murder got that far
Great videos man, already one of my favorite youtubers
Great stuff man, can't wait for more
¨LIGHTNING ROOOOUND!!! -Columbine massacre RPG is...¨ LMAO choked on my coffee and burned my throat but man that was funny as f, keep it up, man
One of the best scripted iceberg videos out there. Not done with the series yet, but good job!
Love how ever since you covered the game you call suicide "crooked maning"
Seen part 1 & 2 now, Great serie so far.
you really had me google what does zornographie mean bro great part 2 tho this
series is amazing
Dont worry, I listened to your outro
Mostly because I was still in the middle of a tetris royale game that I couldn't pause when the video ended, but still.
I am really enjoying this series and can't wait for the next tier to come up. I do hope that in complete edition of this iceberg you add the extra content and discussions about these games, especially because there's so many interesting comment suggestions
I still personally recommend Masochisia. It's the game that truly made me pause for the first time when it came to just willingly picking the most evil options possible
I was normally pretty good at separating how fcked up the actions I was taking were and reality when I was conscious it was just a game and didn't matter, and truly I did want to see how far games would let me go
But playing as a willing and enthusiastic sadomasochistic child murder, literally The Albert Fish, and choosing the dialogue options of joy and excitement when undertaking these killings that you couldn't avoid no matter what, it just made me feel sick honestly.
The game makes a big deal about destiny and choosing your own path, and there are greyed out options at the pivotal moments of these killings that have you refuse to go through with it
In my experience through repeated experimentation, there is no way whatsoever to.unlock those greyed out dialogue choices. I played this game over and over again, doing different things and picking different options, and going through those uncomfortable disgusting scenes, and absolutely nothing changed. You can't save Albert/Hamilton. By playing the game, you can only facilitate the abuse he endures and inflicts
There are very few games I've played that let you kill children, even fewer still that let you do so enthusiastically, then have to painstakingly dismember and dispose of their corpse.
DRAMAtical Murder is actually one of NITRO CHIRAL's tamer games. Sweet Pool is an absolute treat (also my favourite). Slow Damage is also great.
so many games on this list i played a long time ago and have been struggling to find! thanks!
That jerma sound on the "Gas" got me laughing so hard
love the editing and thoroughness. that classic fallout soundtrack freaked me out. I thought fallout 1 or 2 had somehow launched on my computer!
thank you for putting a radiohead song in the video
49:49 I was here. Thanks for the video! On to the next one.
this takes a lot of effort. Thanks man😊👍
Fantastic videos, can’t wait to see what you do next!
(Also what’s the music that plays before the intro? The classical stuff. It’s really good.)
This Time It’s Real - Horace Heidt
@@Redlyne_ Thanks!
A fellow Jerma lover, I see. Recently discovered this channel and it’s awesome. Keep on keeping on, step on that gas😊
Just found your channel and I must say, I just LOVED your vids!! I hope you can grow and always continue the excellent work! Thanks for this experience!
19:24 'I don't know if i am pronouncing it right.' Bro as a fellow DSP fan myself...you actually pronounced Wadanohara well!!
Take a shot every time he says “if you SOMEHOW haven’t played this.”
I just found your channel and am obsessed, your videos are so well done and very entertaining also your voice is very soothing ❤
dude, this guy is something else, i comment while starting the video and this beast of a man likes my comment before i even finish it
loving the videos my guy.
I listened to the end. Nice soundtrack picks, also. I recognized the Spamton shop tune, a track from Hylics 2, and whatever was playing in the outro?
Cant wait for the next part!
The wesker 7minutes joke was too good🙏🏼
The Sad Satan one is literally terrifying and i feel like that should be way further down a iceberg tf, makes me scared of what will be at the bottom of it tbh
Probably you know it now, but icebergs go from well known facts/topics to less known and Sad Satan is pretty well known
sad satan turned out to be fake also
ohhh fuck yessss!!!! this was so good!!!! keep up the awesome work, you deserve so much more attention ^__^
At Dead of Night is such a gorgeous game, and I'm glad UA-camrs like Markiplier have played it and brought attention to it. Last I heard there is another game being worked on, but the developer made no promises on when it would be released, since the first game took a LONG time to develop (probably due to the budget, having literally just one dude making the whole game, and real-life cutscenes). The actress who plays Jimmy currently runs their Twitter account, so if you are looking forward to the sequel, keep an eye on it!
Also, fun fact about Paranoiac. The crooked man joke you made in regards to the aunt's death is actually really funny, because the developer of Paranoiac went on the to The Crooked Man and the entire Strange Man series. In fact at the end of the last chapter of The Crooked Man where the developer thanks the player, they even talk about Paranoiac and how although Crooked Man had less jumpscares, they still hoped fans like it.
I'm one of the 10 people, I'm already subscribed since the first part, and looking for the next.
OFF has a great soundtrack, like really good. You have to get the English version if you dont read French. Very comfy play.
Awesome video! I think you may have forgotten Inside unless I may just be blind. It’s a great short game tho made by the Limbo devs
I did forget inside, even had a script for it, will correct this in the future.
Great video!!! I'm still sitting here, wondering if Devotion will appear in any of these layers! Really amazing game
It does
@@Redlyne_ ayyyyyyyyyy, good to know 👀
did you determine what games are in what tier? i'm very confused how something like frostpunk gets into tier3 when it's pretty well known, widely available and well reviewed. i had similiar thoughts on the previous video's rankings.
As someone that loves DRAMAtical murder you did a great job explaining it lol
I am still shocked that games like Dark Souls, Castlevaina and Subnutica didn't make the list given some of the others but still a fun list and nice video going through it, appreciate the effort looking these things up!
Subnautica made version 3 of the list, and I felt it would be redundant including Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Elden Ring with Bloodborne already on.
@@AnnieGalla Fair enough, I likely wouldn't have made this comment if I knew there was an updated version of the list (I guess that's what I get for not watching all three videos x3)
And while I get where you're coming from with Bloodborne and what not, I still feel that Dark Souls hits a more darker/disturbing themes than Bloodbrone myself, the idea of not being able to let go and how things need to end just hits closer to home than cosmic horror.
Also, appreciate the effort you put into making the list as well~