I mistakenly thought this was a more fleshed out version of that game and it took me an embarrassingly long time to admit that no, there would be no dinosaurs today.
Thanks for the tip! I just watched *theRadBrad's* abortive playthrough of the game or at least part of it. It's from 6 years ago and looks 6 years ahead of this one graphically.
Definitely a sad story. I think he is forever lost in the trenches and hunted by his children and wife and the foreign enemies (which is probably also himself?). I like the graphics though and the rain and fog.
Hello CJU. Many blessings to you and everyone in the comments section. Thank you for playing a lot of different horror games. We wouldn't know about any of these if you didn't play them. Much appreciated. 👍🙏
What about instead of the dead girl there were wounded soldiers asking for help and medicine, "tell my wife i love her" stuff and then just disapeared, without that red hue
Note: This game isn't the one that had that amazing trailer going around some years back, despite both being WW1 trench-based horror games. That game is *Ad Infinitum* and is still being worked on: ua-cam.com/video/zb3tt0MrI1Q/v-deo.html
Watched your oldest gameplays like Scratches. Maaan, you sound totally different there: quiet and a little timid, and now very energetic and vivid. Your development is flourishing. Keep up the good work :)
My step grandfather was in WW2 and his dad was in WW1. My steograndfather helped raise me when I was very young. I sadly barely remember him. But I do remember he had a brilliant singing voice. And he was always much loved by the family. Wish I could sit down and talk to him. I would like to know all about his life not just the war. He was a doctor and married my mother's mother after they met at a returning soldiers dance. My mother's father had died of cancer before this when she was 3. So step grandpa raised her as his own . She loved him very much.
wow i remembered saw the teaser quite about 2,3 years ago and its here. I thought this game'd never come out but its finally here and mah fav gamer gonna play it,definately looks like a dream
The nauseous feeling wasn't just the turning of corners, think it was just the thought of virtually being trapped in there 😳 because you can't just run away, knowing what you have to face....and the noise of guns, explosions,sirns 24/7 😳😳 I only had to hear it for 55 minutes. I think this game made me feel more about that situation than the game it self.good game though.sorry Chris 😬 a little too much deep thinking lol 🙂
@@jeb1691 I have trench foot as well I was working in the rain let me tell you s*** sucks luckily I have socks in my truck and another pair of shoes so it's not as bad as surgically removing my socks or amputation but still it sucks
Over reliance on jump scares with ridiculous ear splitting audio. I understand what it’s trying to do; explore the trauma of trench fever with a supernatural element but it generally doesn’t work for me. A much more subtle approach would be more effective. That little girl facing the corner for example would be much more creepy if she actually did NOTHING instead of your senses getting blasted with a generic jump scare when you got near. Interesting premise and setting but let down by the generic approach to horror (trying to scare you by suddenly increasing the volume to where your brain rattles).
Completely agree with your review of this...If it had more aspects towards war included instead of supernatural kind of encounters it would have made more sense. The ghost lady was kind of a lame idea. The head peaking and arms and occasional photo pop ups were good though in my own opinion. The audio was just odd at times, not even related to war in any way.
most if not everything that our main protagonist experiences are probably from ptsd and hallucinations. Most of the loud sounds are probably metaphors for artillery strikes, gunshots, or screams of his now dead comrades. The jumoscares are used pretty well in my opinion, it's been a very long time since I've jumped from said type of scares.
Your game commentary gives me so much nostalgia. I used to share this old computer with my brother growing up, and he would patiently explain all the games he was playing. You guys have such a similar way of talking and sense of humour. Thank you for the great content.
I was that sibling in my family. I used to retell my sister all the games that I had played, what I liked and disliked about them. Now I don't have much time to play them all myself, so CJUs substitutes the role for me.
But what if that IS what's going on? This dude is loosing his mind right? What if the thunder actually is artillery strikes? And hes just hearing it as thunder cause they sound kinda similar to him?
@@BambiTimes Or what if its a thunder storm and the thunder is triggering his PTSD? Since he was hallucinating about the murder, this probably means that this is once he's back at home anyway.
@@mediocrecontent2449 I mean I kinda figured it was probably all PTSD but I didnt even think that he could still be home experiencing this wow. This game has so much more meaning now. I mean it did before but even more so now.
the crazy loud noises (eek in headphones, yikes!)_ are honestly a turn off...agreed with the loss of shock for jump scares...shame really. Thanks for the play thru however as always...I kept waiting for there to be a big jump after one of the random blinks....rather a game you wish to lose if for no other reason to 'avoid' the ultimate ending..
I have always wondered how realistic a game would be if they made a blinking feature, but now that I've seen, it might be the most annoying thing a game could ever have.
The problem is that most people blink so fast we don't really see it, so a blinking feature is almost pointless in a game. And that blink was way too slow. It was deliberate, and annoying.
It really is probably the most annoying thing any developer could use. There is literally no need to include one in any game because anyone playing the game itself will be blinking too so there is no point in simulating blinking in game because every player will be blinking themselves. Fortunately there is an in game option to turn off the blinking.
All that loud screeching, I want to find the developer and set off a fog horn right next to his ear 30 times in a row. Loud natural sounds (like something crashing or breaking) can be scary. Just loud screeching instead of invoking fear, just pisses you off.
I feel that went unbelievably morbid at the end, real story or otherwise. Good game anyway, the jump scares although going a bit overboard certainly made it a bit more unnerving.
Honestly i think my favorite scares in this were the sound and subtle scares. Extra footsteps, distorted wailing, something peeking around the corner and shadows moving past you in the fog- and i could have sworn that there was one spot that the fog almost looked like a human silhouette? The rest were kinda meh, they made me jump sure, but were hardly "scary".
The developer has made a number of changes since this playthrough. I highly recommend trying a playthrough of this again. For one thing the developer has made a "No Jumpscare Mode", which is actually more like a reduced jumpscare mode but it certainly relies a lot less heavily on all those cheap jumpscares. Also anyone not listening to this playthrough on headphones I highly recommend you do so. It is much easier to hear those footsteps that you can virtually always hear from the moment you find the second fetus doll. You can also turn off the blinking effect. I kinda wish he had a proper encounter with the enemy in this playthrough so you can see it yourself. But I am sure that you all know what the enemy is in the game. It is that headless monster thing that you see near the beginning.
I'm loving the Pink Floyd the Wall font that the dev chose for this game. I love WW1 and WW2 horror games. So much you can do with the horrors of war and the aftermath of it.
For a one man band project like this I must say bravo! The jump scare characters made much more sense after reading about his family at the end but I do think they appeared way too often. Sometimes less is more and I think that applies to this game. The enemy footsteps and the sound of him chasing you made me very nervous which is a good thing! The doom like sound effects were great and got my heart going many times. I enjoyed this. Just needs a bit of polish!
There is another on-again, off-again, WWI horror game called *Ad Infinitum* which looks crazy good. Obviously a bigger budget affair, but I thot I'd mention it here. It's projected for a 2023 release.
If the dev took out most of those jumpscares, this would be better a game. The loud noises are a bit much, but I mean...war is loud. Those didn't bother me as much as the excessive jumpscares that weren't even scary. This game would be way more creepy with just being super atmospheric, with like 1-2 jumpscares and not as many loud noises.
It would've been nicer if the loud noises had been war-based. Artillery, gun shots, soldiers in the distance screaming, etc. I understand what the Dev was trying to accomplish but (and I say this about all horror-based media) if you need to rely on jumpscares, you're doing it wrong/completely missed the point of the genre.
I don’t know what the blinking mechanic was even for lmfao. And there are lens flares too, which a person’s EYES would not see, only a camera’s lens. A first-person perspective game adding lens flares is the mark of an amateur game to me, and funny enough there are a couple of AAA titles that have made this mistake.
Between the dull visuals, the ear-piercing noises, the cheap jumpscares and the cyclops blinking with one eye, this was pretty hard to enjoy watching. I get what the developer was going for and I also get how hard it may be to create a game on your own, however this just felt like first-person Pacman, where there is only one dot at a time and it spawns randomly, and also the ghost blink into existance just to scream at you and then dissapear into the void. Stellar commentary from CJU, but the game was not my cup of tea.
You've pretty much nailed what I'm about to say about this game. Didn't appreciate the constant jumpscares along with its overly loud audio, but at least the other factors made it interesting enough to make me stick through its entirety in one go.
Here comes another game that explores WW1 trauma with jumpscares based on modern media franchises. The girl from the RIng, the Chucky doll, and that's just the start. I wonder if I'm going to change my mind after I finish the video. Leaving a like though, because it's CJU.
UPD. From the perspective of a WW1 history fan, the game didn't do justice to the horrors the conflict is known the best for. As far as the narrative design is concerned, this game could've been set in a generic abandoned house with an amnesiac murderer for a protagonist. I understand that it would be hard to impress horror players (or gamers in general) with a more realistic approach to depicting the trenches, but spamming the player with screamers was not the right approach.
@@aviannte yes I could have shown more gore and it does a good job for the atmosphere and the feel but you just don't see body's besides the ptsd attacks and yes the screaming THE LOUD SCREAMING it's not there it would have been better to see or hear crying or light walking and his kid walking through the trenches every now and then to feel like your going insane and hear far gun shots other than thunder
@@levibrown9136 To be fair, I doubt any amount of gore visuals would work on the intended audience. The gamers are generally desensitized to the sight of blood and dead bodies by generations of violent games, and horror players are doubly so. You would need a team of veterans behind the project for gore to make an impact on the player. Think A Plague Tale Innocence, for example. Its team, Asobo Studio, did a great job depicting the horrors of a battlefield by placing the player in the shoes of children. Take into account that Asobo Studio is a team of pros with budget and resources, while this game was made by a very small number of people. That being said, I agree that leaning into WW1 themes and adding the sense of madness would've made the game better.
Normally I see a Slenderman framework game where you fix X number or random items and then escape I just tune it out. It's just an overused and stale mechanic like revolving hallways since everyone was copying the Silent hills demo. However, with this game there is some very solid ideals with a really well done atmosphere. Audio is very important to horror and the developer did a very solid job on that aspect. You need to limit the player so that you can set up some horror moments which they did limiting how much you can see. There were of course too many jump scares and jump scare pacing was off but a game like this is hard to test out by yourself. The direction was a little wonky which could be addressed to some extent easily by increasing the baby cry response to the whistle. Now I can think of more ways to improve upon the concept but just don't take it as me downing it at all. What was there is very interesting with some very solid ideals. I love love love the jump scare where you hear in your ear without warning I know you can't see me but I am standing right beside you. Always kind of creepy if it is done right which in this case it was done well. There is a lot more potential with this setting but overall I enjoyed the game.
I saw that there was a hiding mechanic and got excited, but it turns out all the game has to throw at you are tons of jumpscares. Good horror games don't rely on making things appear out of thin air with an ear splitting scream.
30:20 that 4th wall interaction 🤣 Unknown: "I am standing right beside you..." Cju: "Are you?" Unknown: *Illegible scream* Cju: "JESU-. Yes, yes u are"
I was feeling very unsettled throughout the whole video! It's an OK game, that's extremely disturbing, although it relied too much on cheap jumpscares.
I was going to get back into the joke answers but this convinced me that maybe I should wait until next time. But this was highly depressing and I agree with you CJU I'm thinking this was based off a true story. Suddenly Fallout's mantra popped into my head: War, war never changes.
And finally you have lost yourself... in the game taking place in the trenches of World War One. The best the devs could choose. I sometimes post it about particular games that I'm a fan of social eastern Europe history and big WWI buff. What the devs do to TRY imagine the trench trauma was really well done. If only somehow those jump scares wouldn't ruined the experience in some parts. German or British constant bombardment of the lines was enough for those poor lads from both sides.
This is another good one , Chriss. . If you ask me which I think you did... I think the soldier has suffered Shell Shock or what they call now PTSD. And is having flash backs and reminders from his time fighting in the trenches while at War. As a PTSD sufferer myself I can see how this would be a thing for him. So many soldiers came back with these issues . Minds broken often beyond help. You could heal physically but the mental issues don't heal as easy. I really like this game as a War and history buff. I think it's quite well made. And the jump scares are more funny than scary but are still alot of fun. For one person making and designing this game they did a great job and it sure looks alot of fun. Even if at times it's a bit of a giggle. Thanks for the video. Awesome as always.
See... I really want a good trench maze horror game. The concept is properly terrifying. Imagine a game like this but instead of hunting nebulous seemingly random babies, you're looking for teammates or members of your platoon. And when you whistle, they whistle back. Except whenever you get close to one, you find them dead. Instead of the weird supernatural jumpscares, your character is in the middle of a traumatic episode and you just have the visions of people dead in the trenches, like when the screen flashes red in this game. Like, you turn a corner and instead of a random screaming woman you get a loud sound cue and a gory vision of your dead squadmates. And in the end, after you realize your entire platoon is dead and you make it to the end, you get captured by the Germans too. There's a lot of promise, and the environment in this game is properly scary as hell. But the cheesy, cheap supernatural jumpscares water it down and make it rather unsatisfying.
In the middle of the game I thought "it seems to be a game made from the perspective of war traumas", in a way I got it right. Because it was based on facts from a true story, it was very sad. But it was a good game, I got a lot of scares here using headphones. LOL
I just want to say that I played this game recently. Umm. It got more difficult. It's almost impossible to escape from the monster. It can hear your microphone, the whistle's, and if you walk on wood it comes right for you. I died at around 6 fetus dolls and lost my progress. Never played the game again. Now though umm. Seeing this and finally seeing the ending. That fact that her head was cut off and her arms it made me realize the thing chasing James the whole game was really his dead wife of whom he murders when he escapes. She was pregnant which was why your finding fetus dolls. IT all makes sense and it is actually a fantastic and horrific ending to this game. I don't want to go anywhere near this again.
The fact that hes oblivious the entire time that everytime theres a creak in the wood floors, the enemy starts running to the exact location the noise was made but cju doesn't hear it and takes too long to start running and it scares the crap out of me everytime
There has been a "No Jumpscare Mode" created since this playthrough was recorded. It isn;t jumpscare free despite the name but it does remove about 90% of all the jumpscares seen here.
I think the thing that bothered me most about this game with the blinking. That was annoying AF. Definitely agree with you about the jumpscares. Some were quite effective, but when they were so close together, they desensitized you. Still, confusing maze is confusing. Sad story too. Thank you for playing.
are these the kind of nightmares WW1 survivors and veterans had until they died? I imagine them just like this, revisiting the trenches and all the horrors u saw there
I am very much a fan of horror that takes place during the Great War. Nothing compares to the dread of having to navigate narrow trenches. Admittedly, this one had quite the amount of cheap scares (I swear, so many indie horror games use that lame "I know you can't see me..." line); however, I still enjoyed the atmosphere - especially hearing those sounds of footsteps coming closer and closer, good stuff there. Still, those loud noises were absolutely painful and such a poor choice of implementation. Remember that indie game you played some time ago? The one with the sort of top-down perspective. Very much looking forward to that one. Also, I gotta say that this one kinda reminded me of Vanish, that old game where you are trapped in a dark maze with blind mole/bird monsters, just out in the open. Well, thank you very much for this one. Reminds me so much of the days when I used to record and upload all the time.
omg glad i found this channel !! i know a lot of indie horror games because of you! And u played so well, its nice watching your gameplay. Thankyou for uploading such a good quality content
This game's overall design very heavily reminds me of a PT clone game called Apartment 666. Just a whole lot of walking interspliced with that exact same slow ringing, light-swinging BGM, exact same "standing right beside you" line being played just at a lower pitch and lots of jumpscares (though granted, guess not as many as this one has). Even the sudden info dump thrown out at the very end is exactly how Apartment 666 ended. However, apparently they're not the same developer so don't know if it's just one great big coincidence or maybe it could be the same dev just under two different names.
I kind of wonder if the explosive number of jumpscares is intentional. Like, one of the terrible things of war is that you CAN get used to the endless violence blood and murder--like we get used to the jumpscares, y'know? (not that that excuses the mechanic, it obviously didn't land right!)
Am i the only one who has the map screenshoted and open and am tracking Chris’s movements? Because even though I’m good at maps. Following another person walking through one is hard.
I get everyone’s upset with the generic jump scares and the amount of them but I’m not gunna lie or sugar coat nothing this game fucked me the fuck up!!! I was legit crying by the end and not just due to the horribly depressing ending! I hate to admit it but literally even after five in a row every fucking jumpscare got me and my heart feels like I just suffered a heart attack I’m in physical and mental pain right now! The fact that one person made this I’m completely in shock like this shit was incredible the audio and visual the fear I got from it the jump scares no matter how generic and many there were it alll worked for me I was completely out of breath hiding under my covers and crying the whole time no joke I could never play this game so thank you cj for taking the punch for me and so many others and if the dev ever sees this my hats off to you man cuz this was probably one of the best indie games I’ve ever seen especially it being a one person job I’m absolutely in love with what you’ve pulled off I know it probably took a lot of work and heart so I really give it to yah you won my vote for the game and it’s on my top games list for sure! That head or torso poking out got me every time I fucking hated that no matter how much it happened!! I thought so many times that the baby crying was a fake trap and I got so fucking scared every time omg! But I do wish I saw the enemy once just to know what it was cuz I was thinking is it a soldier or a zombie or what? But still fucking dope game! 💚💚💚😭😭😭😭😭
Also just to point out I didn’t use headphones I did watch this on my tv as I normally don’t do that but I am so thankful I did because I wouldn’t be able to get through it on my phone with headphones I’d have pussied out haha being half blind and not being able to see the tv as clear definitely is the only reason I got thru this game! But again fucking loved the game sick as fuck and I hope the dev is very proud no matter the criticisms!! If this is the work your capable of by yourself I’d love to see a game with a team and you working together it could be a real #1 game in the world situation!! Never give up! You have real talent!
The blinking 'mechanic' was a stupid bloody idea. I'm sure the developer thought it was really clever, but here's the thing. The human eye naturally blinks at a rate barely perceptible to your own eyes. That slow-ass random lens shutting is just irritating.
I think if you use WWI as the context for your game, you have to earn it, other than just using trenches environments, whistle sounds, flashing photos and a big info dump after 50 minutes. I'm not trying to shit on the game, but this was super tedious to watch, between the environments with almost zero variation (we get, it, trenches), the ear splitting and way too numerous jumpscares and the absolute lack of storytelling (except, once again, at the end). I honestly feel the game would have been more effective with notes splintered throughout, and a runtime of maybe 15 to 20 minutes. Side note : any news about that super cool pixel art game (if memory serves), also taking place in WWI, of which Chris played the demo a few months ago?
I think the other game you're thinking of is called Conscript. That's planned for release in 2022. Hopefully Chris will play the full version of it when comes out.
A really good game. Didn't care for the back to back jumpscares. Otherwise the environment was great and the sounds creepy. Knowing that this took place in real life, at one point in time, definitely adds to the atmosphere. I really enjoyed it.😁👍
Was more a fan of Der Unbekannte Krieg when it comes to WW1 trench-based horror games. Maybe it was the raptors? It was probably the raptors.
I was trying to remember the name of that one. I think the walls were higher - I remember tyring to figure out how tall the raptors were.
I mistakenly thought this was a more fleshed out version of that game and it took me an embarrassingly long time to admit that no, there would be no dinosaurs today.
Thanks for the tip! I just watched *theRadBrad's* abortive playthrough of the game or at least part of it. It's from 6 years ago and looks 6 years ahead of this one graphically.
@@TheKevphil This was made by 1 or 2 people... not everything can look polished
Definitely a sad story. I think he is forever lost in the trenches and hunted by his children and wife and the foreign enemies (which is probably also himself?). I like the graphics though and the rain and fog.
Hello CJU. Many blessings to you and everyone in the comments section. Thank you for playing a lot of different horror games. We wouldn't know about any of these if you didn't play them. Much appreciated. 👍🙏
What about instead of the dead girl there were wounded soldiers asking for help and medicine, "tell my wife i love her" stuff and then just disapeared, without that red hue
Note: This game isn't the one that had that amazing trailer going around some years back, despite both being WW1 trench-based horror games.
That game is *Ad Infinitum* and is still being worked on:
ua-cam.com/video/zb3tt0MrI1Q/v-deo.html
I first watched this with IGP and my lort how many people were infuriated. Thanks for doing your part to clarify
Watched your oldest gameplays like Scratches. Maaan, you sound totally different there: quiet and a little timid, and now very energetic and vivid. Your development is flourishing. Keep up the good work :)
Yeah, found the same. He should replay Scratches with his "newfound" energetic and vivid personality! :D
I'm sure mic quality is super different too!
@@Welther47 Correctomundo! :) I would love to see it too
How come you are so fixated on his voice development?
@@More_Row "fixated" might be too strong a word. I think she just took notice.
My grandfather was in ww1. I remember him telling me how difficult this war was. He was my role model.
My grandfather was too, he had ill effects from the mustard gas for the rest of his life-he passed away when i was an infant.
My step grandfather was in WW2 and his dad was in WW1.
My steograndfather helped raise me when I was very young. I sadly barely remember him. But I do remember he had a brilliant singing voice. And he was always much loved by the family.
Wish I could sit down and talk to him.
I would like to know all about his life not just the war. He was a doctor and married my mother's mother after they met at a returning soldiers dance. My mother's father had died of cancer before this when she was 3. So step grandpa raised her as his own . She loved him very much.
If this is really made by just one dev, then my hat's off to them. This is a really cool game
wow i remembered saw the teaser quite about 2,3 years ago and its here. I thought this game'd never come out but its finally here and mah fav gamer gonna play it,definately looks like a dream
agree
I thought so too, but apparently that was a different game called Ad Infinitum which sadly isn't out yet
@@widekeepo9416 ah that's it, ad infinitum,
@@widekeepo9416 really ??
@@widekeepo9416 thanks for your info,do realize the vibe was different,the teaser alone was super intense,while this game is not
I can't imagine what it must of actually felt like being in the trenches 😳
My great-grand uncle got trench foot and had to surgically remove his sock. yuck
The nauseous feeling wasn't just the turning of corners, think it was just the thought of virtually being trapped in there 😳 because you can't just run away, knowing what you have to face....and the noise of guns, explosions,sirns 24/7 😳😳 I only had to hear it for 55 minutes.
I think this game made me feel more about that situation than the game it self.good game though.sorry Chris 😬 a little too much deep thinking lol 🙂
Would have been horrific.
Lots of children had to fight
@@jeb1691 I have trench foot as well I was working in the rain let me tell you s*** sucks luckily I have socks in my truck and another pair of shoes so it's not as bad as surgically removing my socks or amputation but still it sucks
Over reliance on jump scares with ridiculous ear splitting audio. I understand what it’s trying to do; explore the trauma of trench fever with a supernatural element but it generally doesn’t work for me. A much more subtle approach would be more effective. That little girl facing the corner for example would be much more creepy if she actually did NOTHING instead of your senses getting blasted with a generic jump scare when you got near. Interesting premise and setting but let down by the generic approach to horror (trying to scare you by suddenly increasing the volume to where your brain rattles).
Still not as ear splitting as Nun Massacre
Completely agree with your review of this...If it had more aspects towards war included instead of supernatural kind of encounters it would have made more sense. The ghost lady was kind of a lame idea. The head peaking and arms and occasional photo pop ups were good though in my own opinion. The audio was just odd at times, not even related to war in any way.
most if not everything that our main protagonist experiences are probably from ptsd and hallucinations. Most of the loud sounds are probably metaphors for artillery strikes, gunshots, or screams of his now dead comrades. The jumoscares are used pretty well in my opinion, it's been a very long time since I've jumped from said type of scares.
The execution of the jump-scares were there... but the volume needs to be softer, and some jump-scares need to be replaced with something else.
@@vienie1245 This.
Your game commentary gives me so much nostalgia. I used to share this old computer with my brother growing up, and he would patiently explain all the games he was playing. You guys have such a similar way of talking and sense of humour. Thank you for the great content.
I was that sibling in my family. I used to retell my sister all the games that I had played, what I liked and disliked about them. Now I don't have much time to play them all myself, so CJUs substitutes the role for me.
If those thunderclaps had been artillery strikes, at different distances, that would have been much cooler.
But what if that IS what's going on? This dude is loosing his mind right? What if the thunder actually is artillery strikes? And hes just hearing it as thunder cause they sound kinda similar to him?
@@BambiTimes Or what if its a thunder storm and the thunder is triggering his PTSD? Since he was hallucinating about the murder, this probably means that this is once he's back at home anyway.
@@mediocrecontent2449 I mean I kinda figured it was probably all PTSD but I didnt even think that he could still be home experiencing this wow. This game has so much more meaning now. I mean it did before but even more so now.
the crazy loud noises (eek in headphones, yikes!)_ are honestly a turn off...agreed with the loss of shock for jump scares...shame really. Thanks for the play thru however as always...I kept waiting for there to be a big jump after one of the random blinks....rather a game you wish to lose if for no other reason to 'avoid' the ultimate ending..
yeah imagine that with a headset, this is terrible
I have always wondered how realistic a game would be if they made a blinking feature, but now that I've seen, it might be the most annoying thing a game could ever have.
The problem is that most people blink so fast we don't really see it, so a blinking feature is almost pointless in a game. And that blink was way too slow. It was deliberate, and annoying.
It really is probably the most annoying thing any developer could use. There is literally no need to include one in any game because anyone playing the game itself will be blinking too so there is no point in simulating blinking in game because every player will be blinking themselves. Fortunately there is an in game option to turn off the blinking.
All that loud screeching, I want to find the developer and set off a fog horn right next to his ear 30 times in a row. Loud natural sounds (like something crashing or breaking) can be scary. Just loud screeching instead of invoking fear, just pisses you off.
I feel that went unbelievably morbid at the end, real story or otherwise. Good game anyway, the jump scares although going a bit overboard certainly made it a bit more unnerving.
Honestly i think my favorite scares in this were the sound and subtle scares. Extra footsteps, distorted wailing, something peeking around the corner and shadows moving past you in the fog- and i could have sworn that there was one spot that the fog almost looked like a human silhouette? The rest were kinda meh, they made me jump sure, but were hardly "scary".
"This place is like a fucking maze" - so you say it is a-mazing
Boo!
Take your like and go.
15:20
Chris: "Yeah, I think a lot of this is in my head"
Ghost girl: *screams* Am I a joke to you?
The developer has made a number of changes since this playthrough. I highly recommend trying a playthrough of this again. For one thing the developer has made a "No Jumpscare Mode", which is actually more like a reduced jumpscare mode but it certainly relies a lot less heavily on all those cheap jumpscares. Also anyone not listening to this playthrough on headphones I highly recommend you do so. It is much easier to hear those footsteps that you can virtually always hear from the moment you find the second fetus doll. You can also turn off the blinking effect. I kinda wish he had a proper encounter with the enemy in this playthrough so you can see it yourself. But I am sure that you all know what the enemy is in the game. It is that headless monster thing that you see near the beginning.
Well, don´t do war, kids - it will never end well.
Or do ww2 much less mental getting fucked in the brain
I'm loving the Pink Floyd the Wall font that the dev chose for this game.
I love WW1 and WW2 horror games. So much you can do with the horrors of war and the aftermath of it.
I have always loved horror games based on a real story. Nice job on making this game despite the many jumpscares overlapping each other.
4:29 "The only Dope we got." lol
For a one man band project like this I must say bravo! The jump scare characters made much more sense after reading about his family at the end but I do think they appeared way too often. Sometimes less is more and I think that applies to this game. The enemy footsteps and the sound of him chasing you made me very nervous which is a good thing! The doom like sound effects were great and got my heart going many times. I enjoyed this. Just needs a bit of polish!
This game is quite creepy, there’s something about wandering trenches on your own and something is following you.
There is another on-again, off-again, WWI horror game called *Ad Infinitum* which looks crazy good. Obviously a bigger budget affair, but I thot I'd mention it here. It's projected for a 2023 release.
It's good to mention so people won't think _this_ was it.
Ad Infinitum looks promising, assuming it actually gets made after all this time.
If the dev took out most of those jumpscares, this would be better a game. The loud noises are a bit much, but I mean...war is loud. Those didn't bother me as much as the excessive jumpscares that weren't even scary. This game would be way more creepy with just being super atmospheric, with like 1-2 jumpscares and not as many loud noises.
It would've been nicer if the loud noises had been war-based. Artillery, gun shots, soldiers in the distance screaming, etc.
I understand what the Dev was trying to accomplish but (and I say this about all horror-based media) if you need to rely on jumpscares, you're doing it wrong/completely missed the point of the genre.
The one where it says it’s standing right beside you freaked me the ever living fuck out when I first watched the gameplay for this one IGP’s channel.
The jumpscares (visual and audible) were cheesy and generic. Kind of disappointing considering the subject matter of this game.
Agreed!
Yes! I saw this on IGP channels and immediately thought "I hope Chris will do a playthrough of this game".
Same first thought after seeing he didn't finish it.
I just replaced my TV because the screen kept going black. That blinking mechanic almost gave me a heart attack 🤣
I don’t know what the blinking mechanic was even for lmfao. And there are lens flares too, which a person’s EYES would not see, only a camera’s lens. A first-person perspective game adding lens flares is the mark of an amateur game to me, and funny enough there are a couple of AAA titles that have made this mistake.
yeaah.... another gameplay by CJU! you're gonna make my day wonderful
Between the dull visuals, the ear-piercing noises, the cheap jumpscares and the cyclops blinking with one eye, this was pretty hard to enjoy watching. I get what the developer was going for and I also get how hard it may be to create a game on your own, however this just felt like first-person Pacman, where there is only one dot at a time and it spawns randomly, and also the ghost blink into existance just to scream at you and then dissapear into the void. Stellar commentary from CJU, but the game was not my cup of tea.
Yeah that baby crying was distorted and seeing what happened at the end proves this was a hallucination brought on by PTSD
You've pretty much nailed what I'm about to say about this game. Didn't appreciate the constant jumpscares along with its overly loud audio, but at least the other factors made it interesting enough to make me stick through its entirety in one go.
You can tell this is a historically inaccurate WW1 set because there’s no raptors
Here comes another game that explores WW1 trauma with jumpscares based on modern media franchises. The girl from the RIng, the Chucky doll, and that's just the start. I wonder if I'm going to change my mind after I finish the video.
Leaving a like though, because it's CJU.
UPD. From the perspective of a WW1 history fan, the game didn't do justice to the horrors the conflict is known the best for. As far as the narrative design is concerned, this game could've been set in a generic abandoned house with an amnesiac murderer for a protagonist. I understand that it would be hard to impress horror players (or gamers in general) with a more realistic approach to depicting the trenches, but spamming the player with screamers was not the right approach.
@@aviannte yes I could have shown more gore and it does a good job for the atmosphere and the feel but you just don't see body's besides the ptsd attacks and yes the screaming THE LOUD SCREAMING it's not there it would have been better to see or hear crying or light walking and his kid walking through the trenches every now and then to feel like your going insane and hear far gun shots other than thunder
@@levibrown9136 To be fair, I doubt any amount of gore visuals would work on the intended audience. The gamers are generally desensitized to the sight of blood and dead bodies by generations of violent games, and horror players are doubly so. You would need a team of veterans behind the project for gore to make an impact on the player. Think A Plague Tale Innocence, for example. Its team, Asobo Studio, did a great job depicting the horrors of a battlefield by placing the player in the shoes of children. Take into account that Asobo Studio is a team of pros with budget and resources, while this game was made by a very small number of people.
That being said, I agree that leaning into WW1 themes and adding the sense of madness would've made the game better.
Normally I see a Slenderman framework game where you fix X number or random items and then escape I just tune it out. It's just an overused and stale mechanic like revolving hallways since everyone was copying the Silent hills demo. However, with this game there is some very solid ideals with a really well done atmosphere. Audio is very important to horror and the developer did a very solid job on that aspect. You need to limit the player so that you can set up some horror moments which they did limiting how much you can see. There were of course too many jump scares and jump scare pacing was off but a game like this is hard to test out by yourself. The direction was a little wonky which could be addressed to some extent easily by increasing the baby cry response to the whistle. Now I can think of more ways to improve upon the concept but just don't take it as me downing it at all. What was there is very interesting with some very solid ideals. I love love love the jump scare where you hear in your ear without warning I know you can't see me but I am standing right beside you. Always kind of creepy if it is done right which in this case it was done well. There is a lot more potential with this setting but overall I enjoyed the game.
WTF?
It has literally been years since i saw the trailer!
And now you're playing it! So jealous!
I saw that there was a hiding mechanic and got excited, but it turns out all the game has to throw at you are tons of jumpscares.
Good horror games don't rely on making things appear out of thin air with an ear splitting scream.
30:20 that 4th wall interaction 🤣
Unknown: "I am standing right beside you..."
Cju: "Are you?"
Unknown: *Illegible scream*
Cju: "JESU-. Yes, yes u are"
I was feeling very unsettled throughout the whole video! It's an OK game, that's extremely disturbing, although it relied too much on cheap jumpscares.
I was going to get back into the joke answers but this convinced me that maybe I should wait until next time.
But this was highly depressing and I agree with you CJU I'm thinking this was based off a true story.
Suddenly Fallout's mantra popped into my head: War, war never changes.
And finally you have lost yourself... in the game taking place in the trenches of World War One.
The best the devs could choose. I sometimes post it about particular games that I'm a fan of social eastern Europe history and big WWI buff. What the devs do to TRY imagine the trench trauma was really well done.
If only somehow those jump scares wouldn't ruined the experience in some parts. German or British constant bombardment of the lines was enough for those poor lads from both sides.
Whenever a game has that Silent Hill siren in it, you know it's gonna be good
This is another good one , Chriss. .
If you ask me which I think you did... I think the soldier has suffered Shell Shock or what they call now PTSD.
And is having flash backs and reminders from his time fighting in the trenches while at War.
As a PTSD sufferer myself I can see how this would be a thing for him. So many soldiers came back with these issues . Minds broken often beyond help.
You could heal physically but the mental issues don't heal as easy.
I really like this game as a War and history buff. I think it's quite well made. And the jump scares are more funny than scary but are still alot of fun.
For one person making and designing this game they did a great job and it sure looks alot of fun. Even if at times it's a bit of a giggle.
Thanks for the video.
Awesome as always.
CJU puts down bottle too hard and causes earthquake 18:32
See... I really want a good trench maze horror game. The concept is properly terrifying. Imagine a game like this but instead of hunting nebulous seemingly random babies, you're looking for teammates or members of your platoon. And when you whistle, they whistle back. Except whenever you get close to one, you find them dead. Instead of the weird supernatural jumpscares, your character is in the middle of a traumatic episode and you just have the visions of people dead in the trenches, like when the screen flashes red in this game. Like, you turn a corner and instead of a random screaming woman you get a loud sound cue and a gory vision of your dead squadmates. And in the end, after you realize your entire platoon is dead and you make it to the end, you get captured by the Germans too. There's a lot of promise, and the environment in this game is properly scary as hell. But the cheesy, cheap supernatural jumpscares water it down and make it rather unsatisfying.
In the middle of the game I thought "it seems to be a game made from the perspective of war traumas", in a way I got it right. Because it was based on facts from a true story, it was very sad. But it was a good game, I got a lot of scares here using headphones. LOL
Not sure I'm a fan of the blinking.
same, it's the slowest blinking ever!
I always like your videos whether I like the games or not. They could have done without the blinking. Thanks.
Oh nice. I saw someone else's vid for this in my recommended videos but held off in case you decided to do cover it too. Glad I did.
Interesting concept.
Looks like the trench was built by Daedalus.
This game has an amazing atmosphere ruined by bad not even cheap jump scares. Drop the jumps and this game has amazing audio, visual, textual anxiety.
I just want to say that I played this game recently. Umm. It got more difficult. It's almost impossible to escape from the monster. It can hear your microphone, the whistle's, and if you walk on wood it comes right for you. I died at around 6 fetus dolls and lost my progress. Never played the game again. Now though umm. Seeing this and finally seeing the ending. That fact that her head was cut off and her arms it made me realize the thing chasing James the whole game was really his dead wife of whom he murders when he escapes. She was pregnant which was why your finding fetus dolls. IT all makes sense and it is actually a fantastic and horrific ending to this game. I don't want to go anywhere near this again.
The fact that hes oblivious the entire time that everytime theres a creak in the wood floors, the enemy starts running to the exact location the noise was made but cju doesn't hear it and takes too long to start running and it scares the crap out of me everytime
Beautiful Environment, but unnecessary inconsistent jumpscares, besides that it had a beautiful atmosphere.
Cheap, could be a great horror game without these jump scares
Musta missed them
There has been a "No Jumpscare Mode" created since this playthrough was recorded. It isn;t jumpscare free despite the name but it does remove about 90% of all the jumpscares seen here.
Hate to be that guy but at 1:25 that plane... doesnt exist in 1917
Ye that's a p 40 I'm sure
Those mouse sounds are the same as In Silence, A great asymmetrical multiplayer game.
I think the thing that bothered me most about this game with the blinking. That was annoying AF. Definitely agree with you about the jumpscares. Some were quite effective, but when they were so close together, they desensitized you. Still, confusing maze is confusing. Sad story too.
Thank you for playing.
I randomly remembered this game from like 3 years ago it feels like with the scary trailer
no that was a different game
@@jakenaumozki6562 yea j realized that o was thinking of ad inifinitym
Love that "Slaanesh birth-scream that killed a trillion souls" sound when the enemy spots you.
are these the kind of nightmares WW1 survivors and veterans had until they died? I imagine them just like this, revisiting the trenches and all the horrors u saw there
The most true horror there is, is the kind that leaves you feeling empty, this game did that
I am very much a fan of horror that takes place during the Great War. Nothing compares to the dread of having to navigate narrow trenches. Admittedly, this one had quite the amount of cheap scares (I swear, so many indie horror games use that lame "I know you can't see me..." line); however, I still enjoyed the atmosphere - especially hearing those sounds of footsteps coming closer and closer, good stuff there. Still, those loud noises were absolutely painful and such a poor choice of implementation. Remember that indie game you played some time ago? The one with the sort of top-down perspective. Very much looking forward to that one. Also, I gotta say that this one kinda reminded me of Vanish, that old game where you are trapped in a dark maze with blind mole/bird monsters, just out in the open. Well, thank you very much for this one. Reminds me so much of the days when I used to record and upload all the time.
Ive been waiting for chris to play this SO BAD!
I saw that same creepy doll in I'm On Observation Duty 3, so it must be an asset
Wait.. that plane in the first minute is a ww2 plane.. lol.. not a biplane..
nice to add the real life story at the end there looks, fun.
looking forward for 'conscript' playthrough!
If he takes out some of the Jump scares it’s a a 10/10 game. Some of them were good and well time. Some were just really bad and loud
omg glad i found this channel !! i know a lot of indie horror games because of you! And u played so well, its nice watching your gameplay. Thankyou for uploading such a good quality content
This game's overall design very heavily reminds me of a PT clone game called Apartment 666.
Just a whole lot of walking interspliced with that exact same slow ringing, light-swinging BGM, exact same "standing right beside you" line being played just at a lower pitch and lots of jumpscares (though granted, guess not as many as this one has).
Even the sudden info dump thrown out at the very end is exactly how Apartment 666 ended.
However, apparently they're not the same developer so don't know if it's just one great big coincidence or maybe it could be the same dev just under two different names.
Great game, never expected that ending. Thank you for playing
Jeez, a little too realistic. Never thought I'd complain about that. 👍🏻
Those are full grown babies you got there, developers. Back to school for you lot.
The blink of the eyes made me uneasy
This is cool. Not too fond of the cheap and, honestly, irritating jump scares.
I've actually always wanted to explore the old WW1 trenches.
I kind of wonder if the explosive number of jumpscares is intentional. Like, one of the terrible things of war is that you CAN get used to the endless violence blood and murder--like we get used to the jumpscares, y'know? (not that that excuses the mechanic, it obviously didn't land right!)
5:14 Not to be "That Guy" but many of the soldiers in World War I where illiterate mainly the non nobles.
So, Samara, what did you do in the war?
_"No tv's. ...it won't stop."_
Your hair was shorter too, eh?
_"Six whistles ...er, days."_
The whistle was blown by officers to signal troops go 'over the top' (procede with attack).
At 23:20 ish that jump scare scared the shit outta me :O
"Cheap but Effective"
ANOTHER GREAT HORROR GAME PLAYTHROUGH FROM CJU.
If you like war and horror, you should watch Overlord. Great film. Very tense.
Am i the only one who has the map screenshoted and open and am tracking Chris’s movements? Because even though I’m good at maps. Following another person walking through one is hard.
god damn they spam jump scares as it gets on and that gets old extremely quickly
I get everyone’s upset with the generic jump scares and the amount of them but I’m not gunna lie or sugar coat nothing this game fucked me the fuck up!!! I was legit crying by the end and not just due to the horribly depressing ending! I hate to admit it but literally even after five in a row every fucking jumpscare got me and my heart feels like I just suffered a heart attack I’m in physical and mental pain right now! The fact that one person made this I’m completely in shock like this shit was incredible the audio and visual the fear I got from it the jump scares no matter how generic and many there were it alll worked for me I was completely out of breath hiding under my covers and crying the whole time no joke I could never play this game so thank you cj for taking the punch for me and so many others and if the dev ever sees this my hats off to you man cuz this was probably one of the best indie games I’ve ever seen especially it being a one person job I’m absolutely in love with what you’ve pulled off I know it probably took a lot of work and heart so I really give it to yah you won my vote for the game and it’s on my top games list for sure! That head or torso poking out got me every time I fucking hated that no matter how much it happened!! I thought so many times that the baby crying was a fake trap and I got so fucking scared every time omg! But I do wish I saw the enemy once just to know what it was cuz I was thinking is it a soldier or a zombie or what? But still fucking dope game! 💚💚💚😭😭😭😭😭
Also just to point out I didn’t use headphones I did watch this on my tv as I normally don’t do that but I am so thankful I did because I wouldn’t be able to get through it on my phone with headphones I’d have pussied out haha being half blind and not being able to see the tv as clear definitely is the only reason I got thru this game! But again fucking loved the game sick as fuck and I hope the dev is very proud no matter the criticisms!! If this is the work your capable of by yourself I’d love to see a game with a team and you working together it could be a real #1 game in the world situation!! Never give up! You have real talent!
How i hoped you'll be playing this !!!! YAAAAAY !!!!!
Not bad for one person. Though it did seem like some of the jumpscares were getting repetitive. But overall not bad.
Like deleting an actual human being from the lists of reservoir?? Absolutely.
The blinking 'mechanic' was a stupid bloody idea. I'm sure the developer thought it was really clever, but here's the thing. The human eye naturally blinks at a rate barely perceptible to your own eyes. That slow-ass random lens shutting is just irritating.
I think if you use WWI as the context for your game, you have to earn it, other than just using trenches environments, whistle sounds, flashing photos and a big info dump after 50 minutes. I'm not trying to shit on the game, but this was super tedious to watch, between the environments with almost zero variation (we get, it, trenches), the ear splitting and way too numerous jumpscares and the absolute lack of storytelling (except, once again, at the end). I honestly feel the game would have been more effective with notes splintered throughout, and a runtime of maybe 15 to 20 minutes. Side note : any news about that super cool pixel art game (if memory serves), also taking place in WWI, of which Chris played the demo a few months ago?
This aptly sums up (one of) my biggest gripes with the game. It does absolutely nothing to engage with its setting.
@@90RavenBlack Yes, bit of a shame because WWI is already underused in games, and fiction in general, and here it feels like a missed opportunity.
Yea 55 minutes made this hard to watch barely made it through. Should have been cut down to half of that imo. Missed opportunity for sure on this one.
I think the other game you're thinking of is called Conscript. That's planned for release in 2022. Hopefully Chris will play the full version of it when comes out.
@@phuggard Yes that's the one! Thanks for the info :)
The corpse at the beginning looks like his wife ,right ? And nine dolls are nine soldiers including the James ?
A really good game. Didn't care for the back to back jumpscares. Otherwise the environment was great and the sounds creepy. Knowing that this took place in real life, at one point in time, definitely adds to the atmosphere. I really enjoyed it.😁👍
Real trench warfare must have been torture
That girl screaming scared me.