Demo Friend - Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 p.1

[@JFJD]

48:50 That’s a nice little touch, having a character from each game appear in the chamber after you’ve finished theirs. Still, it pales in comparison to the recurring sight of MICHAEL REYNOLDS VIRTUAL HORROR LAND ILLBLEED.

[@ycylchgames]

In Turkish that note says "If you need directions, go to apartment 7" according to my friend.

[@johngleeman8347]

The ancient chain-smoking lady voice always goes down a treat.

[@johngleeman8347]

And then we get the Renfield voice too. This is a blessed video.

[@MetalSocks]

Absolutely love the game hub for it and it's skeleton dude. He's got rad 3D-eyeballs and a cowboy hat. Even love morose how entering the each game is through an entrance designed around the demo. It's a nice touch, like it's more Namco Museum than the Pizza Hut demo disk.

[@bocifersmith4281]

Haunted ps1 demo disk 2021 - it has B L O R E

[@ivant.w.9152]

The atmospheric new age music really does a number on Fiend's Isle. I feel like I should be at a spa, not fighting skeletons.

[@DrymouthCWW]

Haha

[@M_reapr]

Well you say that but you should look into eternal ring its got a lot of music like this and is a spiritual successor to kings field in terms of mechanics a lot of the fps dungeon crawlers especially the japanese ones had slick beats and airy synths Baroque also had some very similar music and thats an ollllld ass game lol it got rereleased on the Wii in 3rd person but was originally a 90s ps1 dungeon crawler in fpv

[@TheTapeandscissors]

Was pretty nice recovering from a fever with it.

[@hyper-thermal]

The music is my favorite part of Fiend’s Isle. If the full release comes with the soundtrack, you bet I’m getting that.

[@MrJerryUltra10000]

@@M_reapr Baroque recently got an english fan translation patch for the ps1 version.

[@DairunCates]

The Haunted PS1 Demo Disk ironically refuses to die while Sony is going out of its way to kill its older games this year.

[@Idelacio]

And then they do stuff like the PCEngine mini... talk about mixed signals. XD Oh wow did I just conflate Sony with Konami. My brain is getting old....

[@nifftbatuff676]

Who cares about sony and the PS5.

[@TheSpankeh]

Can't wait for the rest, I had no idea there were so many this year. (apparently there are secret games too)

[@woolpuppy]

This was such a great stream. So much cool content

[@brxm5172]

I like how they paid homage to the Namco Museum games.

[@thatgiambalvoguy]

Right? It gives me massive nostalgia

[@r2dezki]

No sauna simulator 0/10

[@emanuilspasov3678]

i was literally thinking about you doing this yesterday, but I didn't want to be greedy by constantly requesting things.

[@emanuilspasov3678]

@@hawkbirdtree3660 @supergreatfriend, please adopt me as your son.

[@JL-lg9xs]

@@hawkbirdtree3660 If they get adopted by SGF then they are certainly winning, at least in my book!

[@M0rningVodka]

I swear SGF, every video of yours that I've seen... I want to take a nap. You make great content and your voice is relatively soft. I really use your vids to wind down after work.

[@nemotoad9315]

To me, Lorn's Lure looks the most intriguing

[@ThingsOnDemand]

"this portion of this walking simulator was created in three hours" boy does it show

[@nondescriptcat5620]

Wow, I can't believe SG/JF g/jot a cameo from G/Jod as Himself!

[@PixelPotato]

I really liked these, I'm really diggin' the style of Lunar Effect- I'd love to see more of these demos :D

[@zeratulcraft]

BLORE

[@warrentb1]

it has blore!

[@PixelPotato]

I'm super into this voice acting! You should play the full version of Outcry when it comes out!

[@ThingsOnDemand]

I hope he never does

[@UltimateCarl]

Oh man... I don't really get how it fits in with a horror compilation (spooky skeletons and a fragile player character alone do not a horror game make) but I am an absolute *sucker* for King's Field so Fiend's Isle is totally my jam.

[@kaz998]

I mean, ULTRAKILL was featured in the EEK3 showcase

[@birdfacemd]

I think the roman numerals on the chapter select in The Drowning Machine are supposed to be an intended order for the movements, hence the webpage opening for the last movement available in that sequence.

[@maudepinterest5673]

I can't believe Jaleco released a sequel to Carrier

[@LeeONardo]

the world needs more Jessifer.

[@hypethekomodo6495]

I really do appreciate the content warnings they provided. Horror can take many forms but there's a good number that folks may not enjoy too much. The Medium could've probably done that if a bunch of indie devs under a game jam could. Also love the "Namco Museum" idea they went with for this year's edition.

[@quintessenceSL]

Parental Advisory Explicit Content

[@dr.spinedoctor8716]

Heck yeah really looking forward to this

[@AllisonIsLivid]

Lunar Effect felt more like Alone in the Dark to me.

[@ConsoleCleric]

Lorn's Lure held my attention. I think The Lunar Effect would have been a better game if it parodied Silent Hill. I saw some potential humor in it.

[@blackmagebob]

I wasn't expecting to cry during the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 but HERE I AM

[@milla8164]

I was hoping you'd play this! I played bits and pieces of it myself but some games didn't quite hold my interest, so I'll much rather watch sgf play through them.

[@foxyshibata3783]

Looking forward to this! Lets see if anything will top the highs of Effigy and Sauna 2000 or dig deeper past the bottoms of Until Biglight

[@foxyshibata3783]

Ratings! This 'disk' seemed to have two types of games, with one exception. Those being 'Really heavy subject games that are disserviced by being, yknow, a demo." or "boy I liked 'old game' i want to make something in the style of 'old game'." I understand both that A: These are very personal games made by one or two people, and it's their story and what they want to tell and- B: These are demos, which are, by their nature, short. But it really puts me out of a game when you jump IMEDIETLY into textboxes explaining how heavy the subject matter is. Jumping into 5 minutes of old landlady transphobia and how much all of this sucks doesn't make me empathetic it just exausts me and makes me want to not play the game. Because they're demos I know they can't spend the time to build up the charecters so that I have a sense of who they are before I know how hard the world is on them, but still. I get that I'm more supposed to be upset and empathetic for the real people that go through these things, and I understand, but, these kinds of games just don't work for me. An outcry and Drowning Machine both get a 'I don't really want to experience this game in any way' Fiend's Isle looks like 'Kings field with a good FPS but also no sense of exploration.' which also gets it a meh. Pathogen X looks like a newgrounds game. I'd play it and have fun with it but i wouldn't call it anything special. Lorns Lure is the stand-out here. The sense of atmosphere is fantastic, and the choice of 'downward parkour' serves the intense lonliness and exploration into an infinte abyss so well. Plus 'android exploring something he doesn't understand that's drawing him into unknown depths' is a good hook- it makes me want to unwravel it. This is the one to beat. Lunar Effect looks like a servicable silent hill clone- it looks interesting but we'll have to see how/if they incorperate combat. I look forward to seeing more of it.

[@Churono]

Nice to see how An Outcry is going.

[@ThingsOnDemand]

Poorly?

[@lokalnyork]

Is this going to be yearly thing? Probably best thing that came from 2020.

[@tim.dedopulos]

If you liked Lorn's Lure, you should definitely check out NaissanceE. It's the same sort of concept -- impossible, dreamlike structures of isolation -- with a very stylish beauty to it, and lots of moments of genuine wonder built into the level design.

[@SHarriet]

Very good demos, all. I'm glad An Outcry is still going strong

[@Popebug]

Ah yes, bump mapping. Just like on the PS1.

[@AEGreen]

the real horror is turning down a cool skull lighter

[@frankt1544]

SGF, what is your opinion on the Shadowman Remaster that is coming out?

[@winmanzerodeaths776]

That museum is really cool, I hope I can have something like it in the future. Kinda of track, but is anyone else getting ads every 2-3 minutes? Makes it really hard to watch when SGF gets cut midsentence, not to mention it kills whatever atmosphere the games had.

[@schuylersterling]

No I don’t get ads that often what’s your browser?

[@sapphiresage5339]

I would recommend getting uBlock Origin extension or some other ad blocker that works on KZbin ads if you're able to. KZbin slams so many ads into videos now that they're pretty much unwatchable without an ad blocker. If you don't want to because of "creator revenue" then don't feel too bad since KZbin barely gives even a couple of pennies of all the video's ads worth to creator channels for ruining their videos and in SGF's case he already has a day-job to support himself streaming or no streaming. Lack of worth from KZbin revenue is why many content creators turned to Twitch subs/Patreons for funding rather than depending on Twitch/KZbin ads.

[@audacious_Hoax]

man, that first game was relatable and maybe a little heavy. i liked it

[@sk-me5cr]

Love me some blory games

[@shadmere]

2:44:43 - I can't hear SGF read things without thinking about Literature Clubs, apparently.

[@EnormousKingCrab]

Hmm "haunted".

[@roecocoa]

Is "put the lure in the drawer" the new "park the car in Harvard Yard?"

[@roecocoa]

Also, I laughed a lot during The Lunar Effect and I hope there will be more of it one day.

[@WarMasterX6]

What horror was in that Kingsfield game?

[@naganomancer]

that first game, whatever it was, was a bit of a slog to watch. not really sure why its in here either since I dont see any horror to it. my guess is they're going for some type of "my life is horror" existential kinda thing, but thats not really a good video game concept on its own.

[@EmergencyChannel]

Is this a reupload?

[@TheWaterdog6]

An Outcry was like 80% fluff and 10% horror. It was pretty boring. most of these games seem to be lacking a sense of horror to them. Most of them were like an indie game using nostalgia as a incentive for playing it.

[@erikawc6525]

An Outcry was my personal favorite of this go-around, and my reasoning might be shallow but it's almost entirely because the protagonist isn't just trans, they're very heavily coded as AMAB nonbinary. Pretty rare, and something I really appreciate as an AMAB nonbinary person!

[@Cubelarooso]

What's the horror version of clapter?

[@DragoonBoom]

An Outcry seemed pretty damn solid, I was pretty into it tbh

[@DrayFM]

Wow, that first game was unbearable.

[@LeeONardo]

True, the kings field game was a breath of fresh air compared to it. Give me a game, not obvious (and boring) preaching.

[@repyukJC]

That first game has heavy "I'm 16 and understand the world better than most" vibes lmaoooo

[@ThingsOnDemand]

Scary as fuck tho. Can’t imagine living in a building with a tenant who literally walks down the hallway knocking on doors asking to bum smokes. Freeloader Simulator.

[@PaulineRagny]

blore

[@Cubelarooso]

Lorn's Lure is definitely the stand-out. It's interesting, original, well-done, and not self-indulgent. That mascot is awful. It looks like a deviantArt character made by someone who wants to associate with bikers. It's an eyesore to look at and evokes a bad image of the game, feeling more like a the avatar of a polemicist.

[@Tribladeofchaos]

An Outcry was so boring and just unappealing in every way. There wasn't any real horror in it and the writing was pretty bad.

[@LeeONardo]

The other collection had a very non horror and simply an excuse for a "message" style game too. They need to check these entries next time and leave those out.

[@GuardianSeyden]

Big True.

[@lucidvalidity7056]

The first rpg maker game was very lackluster to be honest thankfully the other games are more interesting

[@lucidvalidity7056]

@@aweigh1010 Yeah you got a point but I feel like it doesn't really have a sense of direction for whatever genre it's trying to be like especially in horror it feels like it's trying to go for a thought provoking david lynch style of storytelling but it's just not that appealing to me personally grouped up with the other demos

[@saraczwei6850]

I commend it on how well it portrays Vienna being an epicenter of melancholy and a brooding oppressive reminder of the eventual end of your existence, but that's probably like an in-joke only residents are privy to. In any way, it lacks an interesting hook yet - or maybe, what we saw was supposed to be a hook, but it kinda fell flat for me. Even now I don't have a solid grasp on what the actual game is gonna be.

[@UltimateCarl]

Totally. I don't even dislike it, really, but it seems like a very odd choice to put "front and center", being so... Humdrum, navel-gazey, not traditionally scary, and an RPG Maker game to boot. Just because of its placing this is probably the first game the majority of people will play out of this collection, and I wouldn't be surprised if that meant it was also a lot of people's last.

[@Blackcat-di9rc]

@@UltimateCarl the locations of the games on the floors randomize.

[@UltimateCarl]

@@Blackcat-di9rc Ah, well that's good to know, thanks! Makes sense... With 25 games all from different developers, how do you fairly decide who gets top billing?

[@ricardoalmeida7805]

No offense to the first game but Swery dealt with these issues much more like an adult in the missing. I feel like whenever anyone mentions trans in a game it's always " I OPPRESSED FUCKING NAZERS"

[@RubidiumOxide]

The writing in An Outcry is definitely pretentious but like it makes sense that trans/NB people would have something to say about being oppressed, I can’t really fault that part of it

[@ricardoalmeida7805]

@@RubidiumOxide Nah I get where you're coming from. It's not that I don't think it's invalid criticism, it's just a bit heavy-handed you know?

[@JonathanSicoli]

@@ricardoalmeida7805 i mean it's also not great for trans people. I would like to see more trans people written as enjoying life, but we live in a trash world imo

[@gally242]

its p shitty to say a cis person is better at writing trans people than trans people themselves are

[@Parhelion07]

@@JonathanSicoli sure but trans writers can and should be able to write stories that reflect their thoughts and experiences as a trans person in the world. there's a HUGE difference between a cis person writing voyeuristic tragedy about trans characters, and a trans person writing a sad or dark fictional story that has roots in something very deeply personal.

[@DerivativeWorker]

I don't like An Outcry. It's a boring student indie film made to look like a horror game.

[@JesusKristov]

I would sooner play 100 hours of procedural king's field knockoff than I would 10 minutes of interminably written Wojak Simulator game

[@kaz998]

Wojak Simulator?

[@ardenharan2201]

That was just overall terrible.

[@rubenmborgesmusic]

Transphobia? Misgendering? Fascism? Sounds a lot like the pot calling the kettle black.

[@kaz998]

???

[@Churono]

What does Ruben Borges mean by this?

[@DrymouthCWW]

Blorror. Blood gore and horror