GMOD: Exploring RP_Asheville in VR

A long virtual walk through the desolate streets that make up rp_asheville, an absolutely MASSIVE post-apocalyptic roleplaying map for Garry's Mod, made by VanderAGSN. This one had me more on edge than any map before it. The immersion offered by the Index, combined with the hours it took to explore the map, allowed the oppressive atmosphere to wear me down in a way I haven't experienced before. If you get motion sickness, try watching in windowed mode.
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[@VanderAGSN]

A really wonderful review! I would really like to play on my map in vr if I had one.. Btw in any incomprehensible situation take out a glock lmao By watching your video I felt some terrible moments that I didn't feel myself

[@TheLibrarianYT]

Thanks for making this amazing map!

[@sagittarius9298]

was there something that dissapeered in the window at the begining 11:59

[@Fury614]

I love the map! I was actually wondering two things if you don't mind my asking, but how long did this take and how far did you push the Source Engine? This map has a ton of atmosphere and it's genuinely super creepy which I adore

[@chee.rah.monurB]

@@TheLibrarianYT Wait,right at the start you mentioned "2 gigabytes". Could you give a frame of reference?My education was sub-par,i struggle with distances,weight and size,sometimes I need to visualise yellow school buses to know what 10 meters is like.

[@MyFoot]

@@chee.rah.monurB to give you a sense of how large this map is. An average map is somewhere between 50-200 megabytes. (MB), Some maps that he has played on (GM_liminal_hotel, and GM_liminal_space) are 150MB and 63MB respectively. The default gm_construct is something like 10-20mbs. So this map is 1800MB, 10 to 20 times larger than most "detailed" maps. Garrys mod itself is only 5 gigabytes (5000MB) so this map alone is aprox. 1/3 the size of the entire garrys mod game. The map is absolutely massive.

[@jarmes_n_jelly2361]

imagine a non-abandoned version of this map, every light on, people chatting, distant car noises maybe even some rain would make it a calming map

[@OslaTheWalrus]

I live in Asheville with all that shit

[@Versuffe]

And moving npcs With cars

[@bobotomg9933]

yeah :)

[@drsnakhenry653]

@@hackman1027-rc4eo you ok

[@dpdfpdffgp]

@@hackman1027-rc4eo ghosts oooOOOoooOOOooo

[@TestSubject-vo2nl]

"We have a couple of things going for us." "1. I know it's just a game, and i can always take the headset off and nothing can really hurt me. " "2. I have you guys, you're here with me in spirit." "3. *I HAVE A GLOCK.* " I fuckin' lost it.

[@mr.zman8]

“I also have this gun I found.”

[@CheeseCakeGamer099]

@@mr.zman8 LMFAO

[@moosekababs]

i literally choked on my water when he got to "i have a glock". the librarian is so genuinely fucking funny

[@jjjabbermonkey1394]

Timestamp?

[@moosekababs]

@@jjjabbermonkey1394 6:24

[@SMG516]

"I'm 26, i belong in a retirement home" boy, I felt that

[@ArynnUmbercloak]

I turned 28 about 2 months ago and boy do I miss feeling that young. So can't wait until I turn 30 and all my joints crumble into dust whilst simultaneously seizing up /s

[@who9480]

@@ArynnUmbercloak nah man, you still young go do some shit homie 🤙🏼

[@dhoffnun]

@@ArynnUmbercloak 36 here; joints aren't so bad (not any worse than they were in my 20's anyway) but damn. That being tired all the time shit can get lost.

[@elizabethacosta1667]

Nearly 40, I'm pretty much fossilized. Lol. In all seriousness tho it's not so much age, my friend, but diet and exercise. I've been rockhounding every weekend since I was nine, and try to eat right every meal. With the occasional treat of pizza once a month.

[@planescaped]

@@dhoffnun After I turned 30 I had an existential crisis and hit the gym like a loon. Wish I'd done it in my early 20's... But better late than never.

[@OnlyTwoShoes]

36:10 Imagine dying in a game, with no enemies, because you grenaded yourself out of pure fear of opening a door.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

Door Breach GONE WRONG!!!

[@Halfendymion]

The ol' panic grenade Happens to the best of us

[@stscallop3254]

"3. I have a glock." That just made me laugh, I wasn't expecting that.

[@Samurasa.]

I readed you comnent right when he said that

[@pipicacadanslepot]

@Justcoder rule of 3s in comedy, always gives the biggest chuckle. 😂

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

Timestamp?

[@nekomimicatears]

@Erick Phoenix no need to be aggressive

[@nekomimicatears]

@@tacticalsocialist8060 6:24

[@97CelticPredator]

19:35 that van against the wall of the police department is a breaking bad easter egg. That's why the evidence room is all messed up. They used a giant magnet.

[@FranciumBoron]

YEAH, BITCH! MAGNETS, OOHH!

[@1venusflytrap]

haha im a huge breaking bad fan yet somehow missed the easter egg. i saw the van and thought of the scene but never realised that the evidence room was part of an easter egg with it also. idk how i missed that lmfao

[@FiatUno2003]

Magnets bitch

[@The_Foxxo]

less gooo i was hopin someone noticed it

[@diogo763]

I was looking for this comment

[@aqworldshayabusa1114]

"I can reach into the vending machine, but i cant grab the Reese's... am i in hell?" That caught me more offguard than anything up until that point

[@king_poyo64]

I read this comment when he said that, which just adds to it.

[@Bloopaz]

@@king_poyo64 omg i did too :o

[@Lovesteinn]

@@king_poyo64 I’m lso go iioo

[@LordLongHands]

im sorry man i cant like this comment, but i liked it in spirit

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

Truly a horror map.

[@generalskyshadow977]

41:28 had an experience like this with my family when I was 10 we went to a restaurant at like 9pm after driving around the whole day. We went in cashier took our order we went and as seating wasnt a problem cus we were the only people there besides the 2 or so employees we sat down in a booth in the back corner. Dad was called up to get our food and we ate for like 15 to 20 minutes. As we left me, my sister, and dad wanted to refill our sodas so walked over to the counter. Nobody was there. We could see most if not all of the kitchen and nobody was in there either. All the lights were still on so my dad called out into the kitchen if anyone was still around. No response. Went home and even as we pulled out nobody came out of the kitchen as far as I could see from my view of the front window of the building. Shit really creeped me out and I found out the place shut down like a month later.

[@generalskyshadow977]

Was like 7 years ago and it still creeps me out when I think about it.

[@silkenemperor]

Imagine how scary this comment would of been if you said it was abandoned a month ago.

[@MikeMuncher444]

I work in a kitchen and when it's really slow alot of people go for smokes or they go for coffee but there is almost always one person there. I can see why they would shut down and why that would be spooky.

[@irrelevant9023]

How stupid and childish

[@kalechip9074]

@@irrelevant9023 ?

[@booleanreturn3206]

Your decision to mix more creepy Garry's Mod into your content is genius. You've found a great way to steadily bring in more viewers while still focusing on your area of interest, which is something even some large KZbinrs haven't figured out.

[@mrjackelbox4418]

Very true I have only found this this channel today and I am loving it

[@StygianIkazuchi]

@@mrjackelbox4418 yeah this dude got me to install Gmod for the first time in literally 7 years.

[@mrjackelbox4418]

@@StygianIkazuchi wow! Well welcome back too the Gmod community my friend

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

exactly how i got interested lol

[@StraellPlays]

I fucking lost it at "The glass is broken.. I can reach right into the vending machine, but I can't pick up the Reese's......am I in hell?" 35:16

[@crow5061]

The feeling of being watched in Garry's Mod, with no music or ambience is just eerie, in a way. That's why I use Nombat, I love it, as it helps the game feel less.. empty.

[@le4508]

Gmod is alot Scary than any Horror Game

[@scottmemelord6130]

Same it's kinda funny how adding background music completely changes the feeling of the game. I guess music really does make the scene. I usually use different packs depending on the map I'm playing though to better fit the mood. For this map I'd probably use resident evil or silent hill packs.

[@fxtchmetheirsoulz]

watch the periods

[@ImaPizzaK]

@@fxtchmetheirsoulz what is it

[@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb]

@@le4508 Overstatement

[@H4ndS0up]

"One, I know this is a game. Two, you guys are with me in spirit. Three, I HAVE A GLOCK!" Gave me a chuckle.

[@kaceress02_47]

😂

[@padex6659]

I think the reason that ceiling looked unnerving was because it gave the impression that the floor you were going into was going to be an endless empty room, like a liminal space in a tardis-like house

[@silkenemperor]

Looked like level 0 of the backrooms.

[@FranciumBoron]

Except the TARDIS would be a welcoming sight in this horrid and empty town!

[@bananaonion8617]

Omg doctor who reference 😩

[@squidiskool]

@@bananaonion8617 Привет 🤝 ❤сосед два на четыре❤🎉 😂

[@OcelotsFilms]

40:43 this was truly the scariest part of this gmod map

[@BigothyArchibaldBusiness]

Love how, with the Trevor Henderson NPC Pack, you can turn this into a truly Silent Hill experience. From both a horror standpoint and an aesthetic standpoint.

[@kuraiwolf4047]

I could just imagine The Wandering Faith just looming in the distance through the fog on this map.

[@le4508]

Trevor Henderson is not Scary

[@zebos2432]

@@le4508 bet

[@spookshankaman1038]

@@zebos2432 i read that as Le Bete (in fancy French accent)

[@jeejjaaj]

@@spookshankaman1038 Le Fishe

[@dangernoodle3343]

"I can only open doors if I'm disarmed" Honestly this makes everything much more atmospheric

[@gabrielbates8327]

Resident Evil Door moment:

[@restitutororbis1216]

Rp asheville is absolutely incredible. The level of detail is one of the best I have ever seen!

[@caiden6969]

Except the creepiness tho...

[@LazyNeko-Kun]

its so cool. i wished i can really enjoy it since my PC goes to 10 fps town

[@oswaldpelaez6481]

Get over it, chode lord.

[@stickjoint8770]

@@oswaldpelaez6481 ???

[@boneymacbonniers3165]

Nuke it

[@charalinedreemurr2953]

The tunnel collapse is also story telling. Because with the city surrounded by mountain ranges, the military detonated the charges to block off the only exit for the city to keep the virus contained

[@lunathearcticwolf]

What if the virus was airborne? What then? Just let be an apocalyptic type situation? Oh well...

[@Kazako83]

@@lunathearcticwolfAirborne diseases do not really work like that, since they have a limited lifespan and still need to stick to moisture droplets in our breath.

[@deppo436]

It's crazy when done right a Gmod map has the power to mess with your mind and genuinely creep you out at times. The old "retro realism" from the more gritter source games like Half-Life 2 makes it all the more uncanny when you look back at them considering they haven't aged too well, not horribly bad by any means but it's in this weird grey area where everything just becomes a little too uncomfortable, especially when a lot of Gmod maps have these open empty spaces inside buildings.

[@TheLibrarianYT]

Totally! I've always felt like the urban spaces in HL2 are like unused rooms in old but active buildings. Like when there's a wedding hall downstairs, and a bunch of dusty old storage rooms upstairs.

[@thecoolcarrot5377]

22:14 That Evidence room being the way it is with the truck outside is a breaking bad reference :P . Loved the extra long video, thanks!

[@handlethisshitainttwitternigga]

Yeah I saw that and found that pretty diffusing, Until he freaked when he went to the underground

[@tsdstudios9600]

Glad someone else noticed lol

[@ConnieCrow]

YES I’m so glad someone else noticed, literally thought it was when I first saw that in the map.

[@dannamals]

I noticed that too lmao

[@guineapig0983]

THE MAGNETS

[@enibenni3289]

53:37 I could FEEL the horror felt just by that door opening by itself

[@MontyTheMothman]

Hey Librarian. I wanna pop in and say something real quick. These spooky map videos really mean a lot. Being able to get comfy and watch/listen to these cozy videos is such a wonderful experience. Things are a bit shitty in my life right now and your commentary just lets me get immersed into… something else… You go through these videos like a narrator of a story book and it makes me feel so relaxed and detached from the bad. I really do appreciate you Librarian. Thanks a ton :)

[@arouraadkomusic4668]

im not him obv but i just want to say i wish you the best in your issues

[@MontyTheMothman]

@@arouraadkomusic4668 shiiit… thanks a ton. It’s rare to see random strangers so nice 😊

[@bendrohd1701]

i completely relate and agree with you, i really hope he sees this comment as i think its how a lot of us feel.

[@Sam-go3mb]

Feel this. Librarian is the best tour guide for some dark places, in more than one meaning of that sentence, huh..

[@thrackerzod6097]

I know that feel all too well, hope your life will improve soon, and don't be afraid to reach out if you need some one to talk to.

[@MaiYass]

Condemned: Criminal Origins has some insane liminal-like atmosphere. I highly recommend you do a playthrough on the channel.

[@TheLibrarianYT]

I've played it, but maybe I'll do a playthrough just to comment on it.

[@LegalizeTheNuclearBomb]

@@TheLibrarianYT please do another playthrough

[@ГригорийХовер]

Maybe because **large** youtubers aren't interested in anything?

[@skeezyjibb6266]

I need this

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

@@ГригорийХовер ???

[@Iamnotaspy.]

This really feels like a lost city documentary where the guy filming this is actually in this area. In a way...it's peaceful.

[@TheLibrarianYT]

I have no idea what happened at 19:20. Everything looks normal on the Vegas timeline.

[@theendkinda9408]

.

[@snkelol]

It's the cursed map

[@simpletestaccount237]

oh shit, we getting gmod args from this channel now?

[@drenn.]

we still love you

[@Spartan-Four-Twenty]

9:17 Because of liminal spaces. Cmon man, you made a video about this.

[@unclepecos3512]

Theres something really amazing about how back in Gmod's "prime" a majority of the horror maps consisted of cheap jumpscares and the same 4 jpegs reused over and over and now a lot of them are maps like this where the horror comes from the unseen and unheard. Just wandering through an empty map waiting for something that may or may not show up. Really took a whole 180 and Im not mad about it in the least.

[@Fxrrxt2x]

It took map creators long enough to take advantage of the inherent creepiness from Half-Life 2. Maybe it's just a realization from newer, younger creators? Because a lot of us who grew up with Half-Life never really thought of the liminal feel of it.

[@AspiringD3v]

It gets scary everytime you peek/look around the corner, i have played enough horror games to know that corners are the scariest things when you're exploring areas

[@RoseRelisnot]

This mod feels more than *just* quiet, the whole world is in this state of hyper silence- It feels like if he fired his gun the ENTIRE map would hear it

[@1810jeff]

I think the gun feeling comes from the fact that in video games if you don't have a weapon you feel way more vulnerable but if you do you know in the back of your mind that you can overcome whatever you're facing that or maybe it's a part of human nature where having a weapon gives you focus in tense situations.

[@fa1176]

Yeah, the hope of being able to defend yourself is more comforting than only having running away as your lifeline in case a danger presents itself.

[@Nooke95]

Might also relate to solving the ambiguity that fear often stems from: with a gun in hand, you're portraying the actions of someone ready to defend themselves in dangerous territory. In other words, no weapon makes it unclear whether the area is safe or unsafe, while a weapon makes it certain to be unsafe. And so, the lessening of tension is from your brain no longer having to be on edge to determine which scenario out of the two is more likely.

[@tachrayonic2982]

This also reminds me of the book, Robert A. Heinlein's "Tunnel in the Sky". At the start of the adventure, a few schools of young adults are completing their interplanetary survival test, in which they will teleport to another planet and must survive for 2 weeks while travelling to a separate teleport site to return. (I think it was 2 weeks?) The person we're following is strongly recommended not to take a firearm with them by their mentor, advice which they begrudgingly follow, and upon reaching the planet they are terrified and being as sneaky as possible because of it. But they did reasonably well to survive. Had they brought a firearm, they might have confronted the unknown instead, or at least not have paid as much attention to covering their tracks, and got themselves killed. Someone else sure did. Also the warning about the nasty creature on the planet, the 'Stobor' was a nice touch. Definitely a good read.

[@Thunderchicken69]

Doesn’t apply just to video games, I can be going about my day normally with no worry, arm brushes the front of my leg or inside my jacket and doesn’t feel that concealed holster, instant panic, then again that could be because I live in a dried up factory town where the factory has been closed for about 20 years, population is only around 2,000 but there’s 5 known gangs operating in the area including Bloods, Cripps, and MS13, I generally carry everywhere I go, keep about 100 rounds of spare ammo in my vehicle, a shotgun under the backseat, and a 8.5 inch AR pistol in 300blk tucked between my passenger seat and my console.

[@1810jeff]

@@Thunderchicken69 Yeah if I could carry in the state I'm in I would, unfortunately I have to settle for a pocket knife and a full sized fixed blade combat knife. But once I'm out of California I'm gonna be carrying whenever possible.

[@landonhagan450]

1:16:18 You might be thinking of Megalophobia, which is a fear of massive things. Fog isn't inherent to the fear, but many examples of Megalophobic images contain fog due to its ability to imply even greater size than is already apparent. I wouldn't exactly say I have the phobia, but I do feel it more than most and I can confirm that this map absolutely falls in the category.

[@niku4154]

What I really loved about this Map is that some of the traffic Cars were real Cars. There was a Trabant (East German Commie Box of the Cold War), a Ford Crown Victoria, a Ford F150 as Ambulances, it's very cool and makes it that much more immersive.

[@davvvvo]

To correct you there, the ambulance is a 1983 Chevy G-30.

[@niku4154]

@@davvvvo Oh, my bad.

[@Bay-gel]

I’m going off topic but your profile pictures looks like the German flag

[@hHh5e]

@@Bay-gel it is

[@Bay-gel]

@@hHh5e cool

[@grox188]

POV: Paranoid man holds a glock to anything his delirious mind finds a threat in the middle of an abandoned city.

[@LordLongHands]

top comment energy

[@NPTDann]

That's just the plot of Cry of Fear

[@DrHammerr]

The Librarian in NH2: "Oh, an abandoned hospital full of monsters, mannequins and ghost girls? How blasé!" *Yawn* The Librarian in an empty GMod RP map: "I am going mad from constant terror, I can't take it!" *Gets scared of ellipses*

[@Fandestdh]

That's the fear of unknown, it's really not that scary entering a house where you KNOW monstrs are in than having no idea of what's waiting for you.

[@Techhunter_Talon]

I'd love it if he explored Never Lose Hope Hospital in Garry's Mod. There's two versions. One that is abandoned and rundown like it is in Nightmare House 2 and another that resembles how the place likely looked when it was still in operation.

[@GikamesShadow]

Honestly, as another viewer pointed out already, thats mostly due to the fear of the unknown. A lot of horror games play with it only to some degree where it cant fully become fear of the unknown but instead fear of being helpless. Both are very similar but only one can truly terrify you. In NH2 you are at first somewhat helpless but the situations arent impossible to be survived. Then later you get a gun and... yea the horror part is kinda out of the window by that point. Then lets take Outlast and Outlast 2 for example as well where you cant fight back at all. You are helpless but you somewhat know whats coming for you. Its horrifying till you know you can hide and they cant get you. But take an empty city, an eerie athmosphere and the background knowledge of a plague having happened of likely the zombie kind? Who knows what could lurk behind the next tree, car or door. You dont, I dont, he doesnt, no one does. AND THAT is the beauty of fear of the unknown. The fact that not a single one of us will know whats coming next. And I HATE IT xD

[@Antics456]

ambiance is scarier than loud noises tbh

[@scrithen2836]

NH2 is one of the least scary games you could play, the only time it scares you is when it plays a ear piercingly loud sound effect because the creator apparently couldnt mix the sounds right

[@yungkimchee7172]

librarian is such a refreshing take on garry’s mod content. No fast funny random edits, no hyper exaggerated internet personality, just a calm level headed approach to actual interesting content from the creativity and hard work of garry’s mod users

[@JoaoNeto-up8zi]

This also scary but not unbearable

[@XxxHawk66]

That bit that you did at 6:26 with the Glock had me dying laughing, it was so unexpected lmao.

[@kainelucky1227]

Yeah that was one of the best parts

[@QmlDian]

Fr LMAO

[@QmlDian]

"And I also got this glock"

[@ГригорийХовер]

26:15 "This place is like someone's memory of a town, and the memory is fading." - Rustin Cohle

[@cadencase5216]

Yeah I swear it looks like I’ve been there before…

[@ExValeFor]

Hard not to see that the final map of Blood Harvest from L4D was the inspiration here, keep having to doubletake at a lot of turns

[@Techhunter_Talon]

The map maker used quite a bit from Left 4 Dead, Kingdom Come (believe it or not), CS:GO, and Silent Hill. Various locations aren't 1 to 1 but are pretty decent recreations.

[@ExValeFor]

@@Techhunter_Talon Damn, nice. The central barn just stood out so much I didnt notice anything else

[@niku4154]

Yeah, the Farm House looked the exact same despite the broken walls in L4D

[@damianpalavecino3061]

Pretty much a copy paste, yes

[@Techhunter_Talon]

@@damianpalavecino3061 It isn't 1 to 1. I've played Left 4 Dead and I can for certain that the barn area isn't exactly the same as the one from Left 4 Dead 1/2. It uses the same assets but that's about it.

[@SmokeyMarshmallows]

So it's 1:30 AM for me while I started this, I watched from start to beginning, felt evey "jumpscare" that technically wasn't even there. This map was something else truly, terrifying in its own right, and terrifying even without all of the silent hill assets

[@le4508]

What make Gmod Creepy is that u always expecting a Jumpscare but its just Silence

[@BP-fn7du]

Yea

[@zoneexplorer9043]

no i dont think thats what makes it creepy, its that you feel like you're not alone.

[@thinginground5179]

@@zoneexplorer9043 hello fellow viewer

[@zoneexplorer9043]

@@thinginground5179 hello

[@homers1999]

That's better horror than jumpscare horror. :P

[@gamerman7276]

5:53 the true bathroom horror is the fact that there's no sinks

[@Like-Calvino]

1:40:05 My heart skipped a beat when he said that, I fr just got massive chills

[@call_meROUGE]

I thought I would never see someone who agreed

[@call_meROUGE]

Like this dude got me thinking if there’s something behind the shelfs or not

[@100dead]

9:22 The ceiling looks almost infinitely larger than it should be. It's due to the smoothness, distance, lighting and framing of the staircase. An optical, spatial illusion.

[@CJS3637_MforAone]

I love your hour long creepy gmod videos Mr librarian, the sound design of the maps and your voice being so real, makes it seem like a relaxation video but with a great twist, keep up the great work!!

[@Autunite]

Usually RP maps don't have any major jumpscares or triggered events, if they do it's mostly in easter eggs. This is meant to be played on an RP server, and having triggered events round about isn't going to do well on a server. However, the ambiance is great in this one. Really gives you the heebie jeebies.

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

The different inspirations and vibes this map had in it's creation is truly interesting. Out in the (I guess) country side across from the bridge everything just has such a Day Z feeling crossed a tiny bit with Alan Wake. The geography of the area and the eastern European assets like the trains just makes it feel ripped right out of Stalker through and through. Then though once you get to the city everything is much more Left 4 Dead feeling with a very American styled city in complete chaos the way Left 4 Dead levels portray that exact disarray, and frankly the reused Left 4 Dead assets only adds to this. But then once you have the map figured out out of nowhere the map just goes fully Silent Hill in places like the morgue, the underground, the apartments, and the church with insane metallic architecture and rusting on everything that is completely ripped out of the otherworld while the church and apartments feel like something in the fog world. It's just so out of nowhere given the rest of the normal-ish map.

[@shutupliam_]

The vibe changed so fast when he went into the morgue

[@troubleinbound]

20:33 you scared *me* when you got scared lmao. This map is truly a gem for creating scenes, since the mapper really paid attention to details.

[@Fxrrxt2x]

That's when I was like: "Alright, I don't think I'm gonna be able to fall asleep to this video." 😅

[@ArchangelExile]

58:17 "I've just gone right. Let's just hope right is the opposite of wrong in this context." * Goes left *

[@MrGermandeutsch]

6:41 - my favorite speech! "We've got a couple of things going on for us. One; I know it's just a game and I can always take the headset off and nothing can really hurt me. Two; I have you guys, you're here with me in spirit. Three; *_I have a glock._* "

[@ProstoVeresk]

glock

[@SoundGuideline]

Delivery of that last frase was just brilliant.

[@renoia3067]

I love that as the fear rises, you start trying to clear rooms like it's a tactical shooter.

[@SkeleTonHammer]

13:20 I got that feeling a LOT in Alyx, sometimes I'd walk into a particular room and get overwhelmed at how real the room felt. There are a lot of near-photorealistic rooms in that game that sink you one level deeper into the immersion.

[@judewelos]

I know this is super nitpicky but photorealism only applies to still images

[@tjam.]

@@judewelos Have you seen the clean house mission from MW?

[@judewelos]

@@tjam. as an art form it only applies to still images.

[@tjam.]

@@judewelos Ahhh, you meant it like that

[@judewelos]

@@tjam. yeah! Like anything can be photo realistic but like if I'm being pedantic hyperrealism specifically is a still art form

[@heroicbannana8605]

The thing that would get me is the lack of human corpses, an apocalyptic event happened, a hell of a lot of deaths are implied. Where are all the bodies? That crashed plane for example should have been packed, but there was nothing, and that sent chills through me.

[@everyone8531]

He literally was shaking and i could hear the fear in his voice And some times the way he is paranoid in some of these Gmod VR videos it makes me paranoid too But ngl this is weird but he sounds cute when he's scared =)

[@that_one_frog_5846]

H m m

[@scrithen2836]

I see a stranely large amount of people say thst certain content creators sound cute when scared and i just dont get it

[@wujek7616]

AYO WTF

[@crashmasterj0837]

It’s hearing a dude who knows his horror stuff getting scared over the same stuff he’d talked about

[@crashmasterj0837]

@Bing Bong only if you make it.

[@Jayden_And_Lailee_Studios]

It's always so uncanny hearing how much deeper his voice was in his older videos

[@cabrinius7596]

i know its so odd

[@kentuckysmoose]

It’s bewildering 😂

[@RealityRogue]

I LOVE the creepy gmod maps in VR. It makes me want to buy GMOD just to play it on VR. Keep playing these creepy maps please!

[@daaltu6125]

then buy it, its like 5dollars

[@RealityRogue]

@@daaltu6125 I did a couple hours after lol

[@8theminecraftgamer]

i always shat my pants even in the default maps well not literally shit my pants but you get my point

[@daaltu6125]

@@RealityRogue ahahah niiice :D

[@ddh186]

This is one of the best "in-game found footage" style videos I've ever seen, and the reason why I categorize it as so, is because it genuinely seemed as if you were there! You immersed yourself so well and this video overall is fantastic my man, good job and thanks for putting it out there :)

[@mrsejd3446]

The feeling of being watched even though there is literaly nothing "scary" on this map really proves that terror often superior to other forms of horror.

[@jeffreytenthije]

Nothing except the "hello(s)" that is scary about the map itself

[@sleekke-o4c]

The fear in the man's voice tells me how much the creator knows about human fears when it comes to horror games. People like that are rare.

[@spotthedutchie5722]

"Remember last year when covid hit, and every mourge had a bodycage?!" That was hilarious

[@anonecki]

Something that really gets me in creepy settings like this is ambiance with low, pulsing bass drones, like in the facility around 31:40 onwards. Especially if it sounds vaguely music-like, but not entirely - sort of a phonic uncanny valley effect, also giving off a feeling like the place you're in is somehow alive, and you're hearing the beating of some incomprehensible heart it might have.

[@TheAutoArch]

1:16:26 Homichlophobia is the fear of fog and Megalophobia is the fear of large objects, just incase y'all didn't know

[@niikoashl3yyy467]

By themselves they don’t scare me, but in certain circumstances they can be horrifying when combined

[@TheAutoArch]

@@niikoashl3yyy467 i feel the same way lol it is just unnerving

[@pipebombmailer]

homophobia and megalovania

[@shadowyyCFH]

@@pipebombmailer ah yes being based and an undertale track.

[@seokism]

@@shadowyyCFH ur the type to find grandayy funny please stfu

[@builderdex]

22:46 This setup with the evidence room almost got passed me until realizing the box-truck was on the other side of the wall. I then realized it was likely an homage to the hard drive erasure scene in Breaking Bad.

[@FranciumBoron]

That's what I instantly thought of when I saw all the toppled-over storage units. The truck leaning on the building only confirmed it.

[@Jericho297]

I like the breaking bad reference at the police department. As you mentioned the fear of structures in the fog I 100% have that fear lol, specifically transmission towers and radio masts.

[@1nvderZim]

Been bingeing your VR explorations, this one's old as fuck but just wanna express how cute n chill these VR videos are. Someone bumbling around in normal 1st person is so much more (aggravating? Boring?) than when you can actually see their head movements and gesticulations

[@red0tf285]

Great video, when it comes to walking up the stairs it have been always scary for me, cuz you dont know whats up there and if something attacks you its hard to escape, i live in a Soviet style apartment and walking up the staircase is always creepy at night

[@social_ghost]

@9:28 I think it's that dingy shade of yellow. As put by 'The Dungeon Alphabet' "In those dank catacombs, yellows come not in bright, cheerful hues, but in faded tinctures of age and rot. It is a sickly shade, calling to mind craven fear, shattering madness, and the unstoppable march of the grave." Ever since I read that entry I notice those darker shades of yellow in all sorts of horror works, from the backrooms to that scene in Insidious Ch 2 where they find the secret room with all the corpses. Dingy yellow is just this unsettling color of decrepitude and forgotten spaces, its a color I can smell; dusty and musty like an old library or bookstore.

[@apollo_maybe]

With being able to go to such distant places in this map and how often you pointed it out, it kind of reminds me of how it felt looking at the old Playstation game Spyro's skyboxes, they used to look like you could go there and I remember trying to fly to them. Watching this feels like what it would have been like to shatter that boundary.

[@IAmVarious]

45:15 - 45:17 If you listen ever so closesly, you can hear someone in the debris saying "Hello"..

[@thekosmickollector7748]

I'm astounded at the actual effect watching this map has had on me. I've had a pretty nice and calm day, but after just kinda existing in this space virtually for a while I've come away feeling kinda chilly, and with that kinda lonesome melancholy feeling you get when it gets more autumnal outside. I know it's completely psychosomatic, but it's just really interesting how these virtual spaces can affect our (or at least my) mental state here in the real world.

[@HolarMusic]

I would honestly buy a vr headset if THIS was what the games were like (but more polish and vr intractability), just pure environmental storytelling, pure atmosphere, it's incredible it can subtly tell so much without a single word

[@aurelionight]

Ross Scott, the man behind Freeman's Mind, once did a video describing a piece of software he considered his 'dream program'. Essentially, just a suite of software that could convert a 3D space from any game into a generic engine in a way that means it will always be accessible, particularly for online games that rely on a central server. Even ignoring the potential for archival purposes, I really wish we had something like that solely for the potential worlds we could explore in VR. The idea of strolling through something like The Silent Cartographer or the Library from Halo alone would get me to spend a LOT of money.

[@TommyWitDaTone]

I've played this map countless times and never knew about the underground caves. I always found this map extremely comforting, but now I gotta hit them tunnels and get spooked

[@Noxxoll]

Really love the exploring videos, especially the longer ones, reminds me of Venturion Tale which makes me super nostalgic

[@hylianhealer1647]

this feels so special, i love these VR videos, it feels like you're exploring alternate realities and itches that horror i desperately need

[@forbiddenmilk4289]

I'm literally watching this in my room, and with the lights off. The scary noises and the paranoia just filling me with fear, with nothing but a feeling of something about to pop up. It scared me so much I had a tear. When he entered the morgue, it was so unsettling because of all of the dead bodies. I've never felt so much of being a pussy after watching this. But overall thanks for the video bro, really unsettling but that's the point. I don't know why but I like videos like this.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

This is making me do the same. I just started watching now.

[@kellerweskier7214]

Gmod is not surprisingly, a great work. it looks good, operates well, has had coding since 2005. (Source). It will run 4k textures, run VR, uses hyperdynamic lighting, is the founder of HDR, and HL2 Lost Coast SHIPPED WITH RAY TRACING in 2005 (before ray tracing was truly implemented into HL2 for EP1. it in itself is an enigma. its a game, but its able to play 4k textures, and you can remake full on MW2 scenarios. why is this surprising? there is no game out there at Gmod's level of content, community, and 3rd party deving.

[@VixiMixi]

Ngl dude, you’re probably my favorite gmod youtuber rn

[@M_reapr]

55:35 "you remember when covid hit, every morgue had the "body cage"?" Lmao that was good.

[@kdawg9394]

Been needing a hour and a half long librarian video today. What a good turn of events.

[@grayscale420]

Been working for several days in a row now. Finally, got a break. This will be wonderful to sit down, watch, and eat some lasagne and drink some tea to.

[@conot7]

Hope you keep doing videos in the same style as this, love your exploration of horror or just atmospheric maps. You are killing it!

[@BasicallyAnArtist]

It’s fascinating how exploring such a large map can still come across as unnerving and terrifying, without anything actually coming to get you the whole time. Playing in VR only makes the experience better. I was on edge just by watching.

[@mr.t-90a81]

when you said i have a glock i busted out laughing

[@Upsedriss]

The build up with the other examples made that payoff really good lmao

[@aldriangrose8756]

Holy shit I'm an hour and 40 minutes in and there's still no end to the map geez that dude did his thing on this game. I hope whoever made this game is a billionaire cuz he deserves to be for sure

[@KH-8861]

Considering how the mind can make you Feel not alone in the map Such as when you open a door to an Empty building...Your Mind tells you you might not be alone. Also could be handy to have a Map for this Map.

[@FranciumBoron]

*_[Map-Bot wants to know your location]_*

[@-K_J-]

I've been slowly watching these gmod exploration videos for a week now and I gotta say: so far this one has the highest number of quotes that belong on a cross stitch

[@1UPspector]

In this map I feel like the virus would be a cover up for what truly happened since that cavern looked like it was abandoned or the entrance to that underground cavern was purposely blown up to keep something in. Soon something escaped through the morge killing and causing havoc in the city. The evacuation was planned but failed as the bridges were still down connecting to the city letting whatever was in the cavern escape to the open areas killing off the people. The military was active and either killed,captured, or had a protical to destroy the town/city access to the outside world, the city/town was classified as closed down due to a virus or plague and they used that as a cover up, the beast would probably still be around mimicking the crow or the sounds being echoed in the cavern, haunting and torturing the player with sounds like the "Help" from the beginning in the video. Noone survived due to the beast killing everything and the military blew up the tunnels so the beast doesn't leave the area. That is what I believe happened in this city/town and the creator said that to give an illusion of false relief and emptiness.

[@crashmasterj0837]

Wait then if it’s so blood thirsty why wouldn’t it just say I don’t know *eat him!*

[@lunatic_nebula9542]

@@crashmasterj0837 Because the beast is smart and knows the librarian has a safety glock

[@page__kevon7038]

MAN you are so on edge in this video!!! I can totally feel how you feel when playing Gmod all alone

[@SprocketWatchclock]

When I remember a VR experience I don't remember it like a game or a regular memory, I remember it like a dream.

[@5aiv.]

I'm being 100% honest with you on this one, you're the only youtuber I would ever watch a one and a half hour video fully. Don't know why but I just like to chill and eat popcorn or some shit while watching your videos.

[@austinhinton3944]

“I can’t pick up the Reese’s, am I in hell?” I know your pain, those Reese’s bars rock!

[@ThomasGrillo]

See?... That wasn't so scary, now. Was it?... Sometimes those creepy objects still get behind you, especially, when you turn your back to them... Oh... That "second" crow, as you referred to it as, was actually a raven, which are common to the UK. You reminded me a lot of Barnie fife, when you dropped that live grenade. You were wound tighter than a violin, just ready to snap. Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing it. :)

[@historynoble8945]

This map seems to be built for people that have Megalophobia (fear of large objects), Homichlophobia (fear of fog), and sorta Nosophobia (the fear of contracting a disease or plagues in general).

[@Freak80MC]

This was really nice, cozy, comfy, and focusing (which is really important for me as someone who can barely focus worth a damn) Thanks for making videos like this!

[@tonybamalaboni3868]

This unironically made me want to buy a VR headset, this experience to just feel like you're there, how scared you were, god it looks fun as hell, also unrelated to anything but happy Bi visibility week

[@shadowyyCFH]

Same, to do this and explore a map fully immersed or get a nice calming map and relax in it.

[@fusrosandvich3738]

Do it if you can afford it, there's some amazing VR games out there now.

[@Versuffe]

I did, no regrets

[@felixc543]

I'm feeling that now, just the ability to explore and occupy these different environments looks amazing Though tbh even if I had the money for it (I really don't) I'd really have to like, try it out first because I get motion sick even from normal video games I've heard some people say it's actually sometimes better in VR because it's synced with your movement, but others get really sick from VR so I dunno

[@Jetmist]

So much effort commenting taking ACTUAL time to explain and explore every corner. my opinion ur perfect explorer im really wondering how u not 100k subs.

[@eurobtcwby]

The city reminds me of GTA 4's Liberty City. There were parts on some of the islands where less npcs would spawn and I would absolutely hate it and would book it straight back to central park or times square.

[@aryyancarman705]

agreed

[@harleydavidsonkid2.074]

This map I believe is an inspiration of Asheville from silent hill 4. The buildings, the morgue, the church. I think in the room in silent hill 4 has a picture of the church that looks very similar to the one in this map.

[@LiamWhite-f5b]

I kinda dont like the beaches of alderney where the sewer gathers are said to be

[@LiamWhite-f5b]

Sorry I meant gaters

[@RougeMephilesClone]

There's something about this one map that keeps me coming back to it. It's so massive, yet detailed, and it holds a creepy yet calm tone for most of it. Then you open the wrong door.

[@ge.agas858]

1:16:20 The fear of this can be called Megalophobia, fear of giant objects and structures, But I also think it goes with the fog, Cause it makes it look bigger and the fog is hiding something or a part of this object.

[@noahshad09]

Megalovania

[@ebonhawken574]

Man I’m loving these videos! It’s crazy the amount of talent some of these map builders have. The underground portion was very unsettling. I was feeling the same way as you when you said you wanted to just get out. Can’t imagine what that felt like in VR. Such a good map! Hope you do more of these videos where your just exploring and taking your time. Something about it is very relaxing and spooky at the same time