TRAPPED IN THE BACKROOMS - Day 7 [Puppet Combo]

[@theonlylinkify4284]

I like how Sally still had supplies for a few days, but he decided to resort to cannibalism 2 days later

[@zdzislaw_sedsinski]

Well he went crazy or something after wearing the mask so I don't think it's because he's hungry.

[@JeanMarceaux]

Typical boomer behavior.

[@GoodFellaSexual]

The old guy who ate sally probably ate and drank all the supplies in the process of eating sally also LOL

[@midnightriot2454]

Like that South Park episode - Cartman's Mom is Still a Dirty Slut, resorted to cannibalism within a couple of hours of being stuck inside during a snowstorm lol

[@haydenhayden1952]

Lp

[@lunchlady2060]

4:43 I like how the stranger says "Begone demon!" and then instantly disappears and nowhere to be seen

[@heartbust4624]

@Wolfreign Valenford What

[@heartbust4624]

@Wolfreign Valenford Ok

[@av3ngers17]

@@heartbust4624 I love how you just decided not to argue, just... ok. lmfaoo

[@vijaz5559]

@@av3ngers17 its pointless to argue with something like that, nothing ever come out of it except tiresome and waste of time

[@geraldinevasquez3882]

@Wolfreign Valenford how does jesus molest children?

[@TheFlipside]

Man goes several hours without food and water "I can feel my body shutting down"

[@cherrydragon3120]

1st world problems XD

[@brostyle1036]

Cherry Dragon i mean you cant go far without water

[@TheWipal]

@@brostyle1036 yup 3 days be the max, and imagine if hes an overweight boomer>> ?? oof id guess he cant go 12 hours lmao

[@papalit89]

White Obama 3 days you can live without water then your body starts shutting down

[@missnexus5194]

me

[@fr0stko999]

6:20 I’m lead to assume that this game takes place in South Detroit, and that the character we play as is a city boy born and raised here. The small town girl, who obviously is living in a lonely world, was looking for some company in the desolate Detroit, and both he and the small town girl are on a midnight train, and, in fact, could be going anywhere.

[@karlaflow]

ツ Lil Fr0sty ツ/ Fr0stko this comment.

[@A_Ereira]

Does this train go on and on and on and on, perhaps?

[@b1mbotank]

you didn't.

[@KitKatWiffleBallBat]

Her body was like [ ].

[@ntrunnrracl]

this explanation seems like a lie, but for some reason, i just can't stop believing it, like my mind is a wheel in the sky. i guess I'll believe you, faithfully.

[@svisuals4932]

Don't you just find it inconvenient when you're walking home and you suddenly fall down in the Backrooms?

[@poopscoop6857]

Sonny Indeed.

[@peppermillers8361]

@Rage virus and zombification are 2 diverse concepts that's usually considered a cop out.

[@mikeoxlong1395]

What a hassle, right? And Rage, that's the shittiest way to do a twist ending possible as it pretty much invalidates the story that came before it. It makes it so that it doesn't matter.

[@rainbowturtles9902]

Ugh yea it happens too often

[@cherrydragon3120]

Had it happen multiple times already man. Highly anoying after the 4th entry.

[@Snowmanse]

I think the choice for the npcs popping in and out at the start is a stylistic choice to show that the city isn't empty, it's only showing you people as they interact with you.

[@SkimaskTroopa]

Its based off the ps1 game hellnight i think. It baisically did the same thing

[@LeaderOfTheLostSouls]

@@financialapathy Yeah doesn’t help that John missed seeing the Man with the long fingernails most of the time but yeah it made the chase scenes awkward like only the Man with the Long Fingernails could be seen without interaction which is nice but he was too slow and idk if he could even kill you so that was poorly done.

[@Imsodeadfr]

John: I hate maze game!! Puppet combo: Can't be a maze if there is no exit

[@leonruvalcaba1549]

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[@25xsonic]

@@leonruvalcaba1549 ALV, si me lo imagine, ese .jpg salva vidas.

[@GoodFellaSexual]

True

[@MaximBG]

@@leonruvalcaba1549 noooo,memes de papulinces 👌👌😭😭

[@wisterite3080]

Despite this being a puppet combo game, I saw “day 7” and vigorously went through your channel to find days 1-6 I was disappointed but not surprised with myself to say the least

[@_wanderingwildflowers]

I did the same thing 😂

[@wisterite3080]

Megan M good to know I wasn’t the only one

[@marziachloe]

If you have an Art instagram by the same username I follow you! Small world!

[@wisterite3080]

marziachloe wow I do!!! Thats so cool omg :)

[@toxxicpill]

dude me too. i was like "how did i miss SIX WHOLE UPDATES?" i was so confused for a min

[@Duskets]

Cool college hack: have an exam you want to avoid? Just noclip into the backrooms!

[@tebelel7150]

Hazy :D

[@Goodbye_Eri]

How do you leave tho?

[@LazGato]

Clipped into the backrooms to avoid doing my taxes now I'm eating people to survive :(

[@cherrydragon3120]

I thought school WAS the backrooms....

[@mori5271]

*forgots to clean the dishes and hears mom coming home* Aight imma head out to backrooms

[@AngeliqueStP]

OMG...that background noise! It's like someone has pushed a file through my ears and is sawing back & forth on my brain. Make it stawwwwwp!

[@sold0ut210]

Temokey Except it's not 'mission accomplished' because the sawing sound should have stopped after our protagonist took his second nap, had water and rest.

[@helliswar]

Hell naaaaaaw girl

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Day 7's problem is that Puppet Combo can't fully pursue a fresh idea without falling back on their own tropes. Notice that the game loses its luster as soon as the game starts retreading old ground- faceless murderer with a knife, crazed psycho, friendly human whose just immediate fodder for psycho, and endless running around blindly. In some of the other Puppet Combo games these factors have worked, but in this one it derails the only part of the game that was mildly interesting. Relying instead of blind maze running until a story beat is hit. I feel like this is a similar issue to the recent Blair Witch game. Where the Blair Witch starts out promising and turns into Layers of Fear 3, Days 7 starts out promising and turns into Power Drill Massacre 2.

[@serotoninandtea]

This game felt like an anxiety attack

[@dutchvanderlinde465]

I felt that

[@GoodFellaSexual]

I felt that

[@tsukarikaoru]

I felt that

[@GoodFellaSexual]

I felt that

[@TWELVE-TAILS]

I felt that

[@yotsuyuyagiyama2443]

46:46 Yes. It was the mask. We all know that putting on creepy masks turns us into blood-thirsty vampires.

[@spookyboilanny8842]

That was the moment that the protagonist rejected his humanity.

[@waterbender6288]

Smackle my Apple Jacks is this a jojo reference?

[@peppermillers8361]

You know it's a Jojo reference when you haven't read or watched Jojo and still get it

[@iamnowhere5678]

And we can use hamon to kill them ;)

[@spedokeledo9883]

@@iamnowhere5678 and then stands to punch them

[@lordbrobert1884]

I know this video is like a year old, but I really enjoyed this in a masochistic sort of way. I think puppet combo did exactly what they wanted to do, which was to capture the atmosphere of the backrooms. At first, it'll make you panic a bit. You'll scramble and freak out a bit. But once you settle, things don't get better. Instead of that scary panic feeling, you feel an ever encroaching madness and dread. Disoriented. Claustrophobic. The noise doesn't stop. No rhyme or reason, no day or night. Rationale breaks down. There's nothing different. There's no hope. And the fucking noise. A deep, hateful irritability sets in. The backrooms drives you to an evil, hateful madness. Puppet combo captured a little slice of that for us to experience. That's what this is and I applaud them for it.

[@alexandraestre1731]

Wow. You captured the feel of this game masterfully

[@riggamorrischan]

“Boomer need to nappy nap” Is now my new favorite thing to say to any boomer that starts to act up and make a fuss about something

[@Starlok007]

Shut up Boomer

[@letssuitcase]

boomer need a nappy nap

[@Magusman27]

Cringe.

[@letssuitcase]

imagine replying with one word 😳

[@Magusman27]

Except, i'm not a boomer? So yeah, the word cringe fits this perfectly.

[@CarnSarnit]

My guess is the choices at the beginning matter--i.e., you gave the homeless guy some change, so you found the coin purse. Maybe you would've found some other item if you gave the priest a different answer

[@Itsrianadenise]

You may be onto something 🤔

[@peppermillers8361]

I think it doesn't matter, but who knows

[@CarnSarnit]

@@peppermillers8361 well, the fact that it was a coin purse when the dev could have used anything to leave a trail (a bag of small rocks, a sack of birdseed, markers, etc) made it seem like more than a coincidence. But its not like the game is interesting enough for me to test it myself

[@MrLameCube]

The Backrooms really isn’t a concept suited for being a video game. Everything you need to add to make a game interesting ruins what makes this concept unnerving in the first place. That being said, it’s certainly been done a LOT better than this. I hope Puppet Combo keeps doing what they do best: 80s and VHS style slasher games.

[@Tinkertotz13]

Cjugames played one a while ago that was legit creepy. I was anxious the whole time lol

[@mr.sentient7344]

Agreed, every backroom "game" I've seen has been really boring.

[@thrackerzod6097]

I think it has a lot of potential for a VR game. Experiencing a proper backrooms-esque experience in VR would really be something else.

[@Bulletproof222]

Well the original idea of "The Backrooms" isn't supposed to have anything else to it other than the rooms. That was the whole idea of the horror of it, that you're forever stuck in an endless maze of empty, bage coloured, smelly, drab rooms with only the incessant humming of the fluorescent lights to accompany you. It was supposed to be a kind of "inside joke" idea for people who have worked horrible, soul crushing, office jobs that make you want to kill yourself. And like you said, that's not an idea well suited for the medium of video games.

[@thrackerzod6097]

@@Bulletproof222 The original creepypasta does mention something else being there, personally I interpret that as paranoia, the fear of something being there, and the writers mind filling in the blanks, over anything else. But I still think the soul crushing paranoia could make for an absolutely wonderful VR experience, not so much a regular game though.

[@RambutanIllustration]

This reminds me so much of Hell Night or also known as Dark Messiah. It's a pretty much underrated game for PlayStation 1 and I guess nobody knows it but I loved playing it 🙈 I love how Puppet Combo really has their focus on retro gameplay style.

[@yaxinyet]

I came here after finishing hell night 😅

[@RambutanIllustration]

@@yaxinyet haha cool 😁 No spoilers, but how did you like it?

[@yaxinyet]

It’s really an amazing game, too bad it’s underrated. The ambience, soundtrack and the monster chasing you really puts you on the edge. I’ve known about the game back when I was around 7 years old iirc watching my bros playing it while just watching (im 22 yrs now lol) this game was always in the back of my mind so i finally gave it a shot after all these years 😂

[@KitKatWiffleBallBat]

Oh hi! I'm a subscriber, Rambutan! Glad to see you here too! These Puppet Horror games are pretty good. (I realize this is an old comment. I realize there may be no response. And you know what? That's okay. Take care, dearest readers of thy comment section! Fare thee well!)

[@RambutanIllustration]

@@KitKatWiffleBallBat Just revisited Johns puppet combo gameplays again and saw your comment! Just letting you know, I've noticed you - one year later but still XD Thank you 💖

[@kesshikou]

Stranger: I'm going to rip your clothes off and eat your eyes! *Finds Sally like 2 seconds later* Main Character: Her clothes have been ripped off and he ate her eyes

[@DGneoseeker1]

That "little girl" looks oddly like a cross-dressing middle aged man.

[@GoodFellaSexual]

DGneoseeker1 EXACTLY

[@spacedandy7553]

Am I the only one saddened that Sally didnt even get a chance?

[@LeaderOfTheLostSouls]

Space Dandy it was sad to me too but people just focus on the negatives and don’t look at a game overall

[@GirthUnitz]

Yeah, i felt sorry for her. So, you're not alone! (As was the feeling for a while when Sally was with you in those backrooms) I hoped there was a good ending in this one. Where you and Sally got back to reality.

[@GoodFellaSexual]

Nah u ain’t

[@scarletdevil88]

Puppet Combo games are kinda different now, I miss Night Ripper and Nun Massacre

[@scarletdevil88]

ZERO94AIC They just seem less enjoyable now? It’s not that serious lol

[@cookiemunchers89]

I actually really enjoyed the atmosphere, it's alludes to a scare constantly but you don't know when it's going to happen or IF it's going to happen

[@Ash-frey]

@ZERO94AIC lol, yeah let's just ignore criticism and tell people to go play the other games.

[@MrMoonpopm]

@@Ash-frey - saying they're different isn't criticism though...

[@MrMoonpopm]

@ZERO94AIC - i can't figure out why everyone is upset with your comment lol

[@Based_n_Boredpilled]

“Trapped in the backrooms” or “Wolfe v. Boomers”?

[@joaobarcelista8194]

I used the boomer to destroy the boomers

[@baldwin817]

Ok boomer

[@politure]

"Me bad guy. Me become killer!" John Wolfe, 2019

[@zedc6072]

born in 1999, YES I just barley qualify for my boomer discount

[@Doge-zb7ku]

Shut up boomer

[@zedc6072]

@@Doge-zb7ku shut up zoomer GOD ive always wanted to say that

[@dreamer4842]

the boomer generation is between 1942 and 1960, am i wooshing right now or what?

[@JenniNoMercy]

@@dreamer4842 did you NOT watch the video? It's based on something John said

[@cherrydragon3120]

Isnt 90's to early 0's milleniums???

[@mme__sutcliff4433]

Am I the only one who's impressed by this game ? The ambience, the feeling of being watched, it's so creepy ! And the ending, omg, that thing gave me shivers, it's so messed up.

[@Jasmilily]

I was so excited to see another Puppet Combo game., but I wasn't too fond of this. But, you're right, they can experiment if they want to :) Still love Puppet Combo!

[@salad_bucket]

Farewell, Invisible Stranger would be a sweet 80’s prog-rock album name.

[@awesomeaartvark]

I really liked the atmosphere and tone of everything in the beginning, even when he first drops into the backrooms, it felt really creepy and unnerving! I kinda wish there was more story to it though, I mean, I know it's based off the creepypasta, but I was kinda hoping for like, a villain, or for Terrance to like, see creepy stuff out of the corner of his eye, or something. But I still enjoyed watching you play it! It's too bad you never found anything stonger tho, hahaha

[@requiemzer0773]

Watching the gameplay gave me a headache, and listening was worse. I ended up focusing on John the entire time. Goodness gracious, the entire experience was terrible. Only John got me through this one... Thanks John.

[@exzobree9158]

John makes this game interesting for me.

[@FrostyMikhail]

This game is absolutely atrocious. Nothing but a boring ass walking simulator with insanely obnoxious background noises, holy shit, I could barely watch this video. Terrible game, honestly

[@tonizamboni7362]

"not watching" is always an option

[@tempusfugit7403]

I guess this one wasn't such a banger. Shame that you never found something stonger.

[@NecrossVamp]

This game started nice, but it was quite boring and the end... :/

[@Komobear]

Yea, puppet combo games have been lacking lately. This game looks really... unrefined. The beginning was great. But the rest felt like he lost inspiration halfway through making the game. Maybe it’s the lack of environment. It’s just really slow with barely anything going on and the ending... :|

[@XSilver_WaterX]

puppet's been lacking lately due to a bit of family problems and dealing with rent so even energy drinks won't bring him back, he can talk a little bit about it on twitch but ultimately he needs inspiration milk to say "The Horrors of Heaven has helped me!!!"

[@Komobear]

Matthew Mladenovic yea, that’s what I was thinking lol! It really just seems like he’s having some issues with inspiration and just getting caught up in his own life. Which is totally a-ok. I’ve had it happen to my creative juices multiple times! I just hope he gets some of his horror vibes flowing again and cracks out an amazing game.

[@XSilver_WaterX]

@@Komobear Though the good type of horror is the little girl's face, looks like somebody put it in vinegar and put it in the dryer on high.

[@Komobear]

Matthew Mladenovic she looks hella fried. Her head proportion to her body is eerie. I can’t put my finger on what she reminds me of but she looks like the inbred daughter of The Wendy’s mascot.

[@BelkiBuse]

I love how you do every character's voice the whole time lmao ly John

[@camcam606]

I like how John and kravin picked “hail satan”.

[@CJ-lr4uq]

Teehee, so edgy!

[@mori5271]

Honestly most of humanity is going to hell anyway, its finna be l i t

[@camcam606]

Sacred Supreme N I C E

[@iamathss]

Finally a new Puppet combo game!

[@sirchomp9160]

This game definitely has its issues but I actually love this game to bits, and I genuinely think it’s one of the best visions for a backrooms game. I LOVE the monster for this game and think it’s one of puppet combo’s best designed monsters for sure. The sound design is hit or miss for me but the visuals all of the way through are very intriguing, especially the city at the beginning (Another example of puppet combos expertise at urban environments). As for the story, I like the twist done for this vision of the backrooms, I personally dislike the thought that the backrooms are just a different realm that dives into multiple others, and seeing it as a sort of purgatory where horrors of your past hunt you is chilling and just perfect for the environment and atmosphere that the backrooms entail. A genuinely near-perfect game imo.

[@Miles_de_Arete]

Wow, its so similar to a horror game called Hellnight on ps1. I like it.

[@kyleoashu]

Right? He said Day 7 was heavily inspired by that game, I had never heard of it before but after checking it out I can't definitely see it

[@A.L.Davis4]

@@TheJoshingOne Hey! Surprised to see another person who remembers Mike's playthrough... The game is definitely influenced by Hell Night...

[@richwalk3954]

Definitely influenced by Hellnight/Dark Messiah. Hard to believe that it was also released a year before Silent Hill 1 arrived.

[@John_Souls]

So sad that so little peoples understand that refference. Great game.

[@ihaventthoughtofanameyet1501]

@@TheJoshingOne exactly what i was thinking!!

[@sypheroscuras2640]

We never found anything STONGER. My life is incomplete! NOOOOO! Thanks for the playthrough!

[@conkerthesquirrel8271]

I saw domplays play this game, and when he clipped into the backrooms I legit got chills, and when you did, I got them again, that moment when you realise what's going on will always be haunting

[@TailsIsDisappointed]

The backrooms is just my uncles basement.

[@Jockolantern]

Sucks that the annoying background loop glitched and kept repeating. John also missed out on the cooler backrooms breakdown elements and didn't even get to see the monster at the scare moment during the flashback.

[@lilbit2683]

His smile in the beginning after he says "Puppet combo games" lit up my life for the moment lol

[@torexius2389]

John it’s 1 am, I need to sleep you can’t post a Puppet Combo video now

[@tekkeni]

2am in here, but must watch

[@Deviantel]

Hey, it's 2 am here. :P

[@ozzycortez-reyes141]

Hes from Texas Its 7 PM as of right now

[@matsimoto3541]

@@Deviantel Maybe because you posted this an hour later?

[@raineblackstar3522]

@@Deviantel eyy same. Europe?

[@frankf6325]

It's about time feels like forever since we had a new puppet combo game

[@redduskironsky1058]

And it was awful

[@arturouchiha8020]

John I was just binge watching the old puppet combo games on your channel 😂😂 then this pops up on my feed

[@CrimePaint]

The beginning reminded me of Night Ripper. That got my hopes up. But it turned out pretty dull. You don't even see the killer chasing you.

[@tarjet3867]

So?

[@CrimePaint]

@@tarjet3867 why don't you come back with a more thought out reply for me to actually respond to. "So?" is lazy. It's like a 3rd grader trying to give someone sass.

[@peppermillers8361]

I think you're intended to see him, John just got lucky.

[@CrimePaint]

@@peppermillers8361 It's possible. But it was hard to tell. Characters were only visible during dialogue and cutscenes. Including the killer. I just think the danger should be tangible, or at least visible, outside of scripted interactions.

[@greasemonk4576]

@@CrimePaint To be fair, KZbin isn't the place for well-thought discussion.

[@Daenosmorxe]

6:22 She’s a small town girl livin’ in a lonely world she took the midnight train goin’ to 59th street... Also this game is like how sparking water tastes

[@janahijazi5899]

This was so abrasive in EVERY aspect of the game, that would be impressive if it weren't so boring/silly as all hell; so honestly i really hated it

[@CrystalRose1111]

Janeishere I found it creepy lol

[@kennyrgb2700]

@@CrystalRose1111 it started creepy, then about 30 mins in i got REALLY annoyed

[@sold0ut210]

Janeishere We talk about bad games a lot, but finding one that causes physical pain is special.

[@pengwin_]

Puppet Combo in a fucking nutshell

[@cherrydragon3120]

@@sold0ut210 i mean... i have a headache just from watching this video. Horror games get to real man! They start causing actual pain

[@BarkingPup]

"I couldn't just leave you there." Legit hoping Sally tries to eat him

[@BarkingPup]

Dammit. Killed by a stranger. Disappointing.

[@BarkingPup]

Okay so a little but of cannibalism. I'm only mildly mollified.

[@b.b.372]

"Boomer take a nappy nap!" That one got me good. LOL Love your videos dude. So entertaining and funny with your commentary.

[@theredreaperz]

I really hope that Puppet Combo goes back to making games like Nightripper, Babysitter Bloodbath, Power Drill Massacre, etc. I've watched John's videos of those games several times. The same cannot be said for the slower paced games they've released, but that's just my opinion.

[@ianvarney2112]

I become so happy when I see "John Wolfe" and "Puppet Combo" pop up on the channel.

[@themainman2827]

Love how john always make different voices.

[@J.DeLaPoer]

This was creepy as hell to me. I used to work night shift maintenance in a huge shopping mall/office building; I'm talking big enough to span 2 city blocks (it was bridged/connected above the street) and 5 stories tall. It was built in the 1960s and had been renovated, split up and reconfigured on the upper office levels so many times that there were tons of disused "back rooms" almost exactly like this. Some carpeted, some not, either bare drywall or actually very similar old beige wallpaper; no furniture or objects. Just halls and rooms leading to more empty rooms. All had a damp musty smell and that same drop ceiling with the fiber tiles and fluorescent lights. Few were big enough to get actually seriously lost in for more than maybe 5 minutes, but even 5 minutes seems plenty long enough when it's late at night and you don't yet know your way around. I always found them eerie, mostly because they were isolated enough to be dead silent except your own footsteps. Eventually I got used to them because it was part of my job to check through them regularly for leaks or other issues, and because they were a convenient shortcut between a lot of places that would otherwise take forever going through the million partitions and locked doors of the offices for all the companies that rented space on the upper floors. Some areas also had doors that opened into blank walls and "stairways to nowhere" that ended in ceilings or walls, from all the renovating and it being apparently cheaper and easier to build around stuff like that and just conceal it rather than remove it. Lucky for me, nothing ever happened in those areas but security and I scaring the shit out of each other now and then, especially in the carpeted sections where you couldn't hear anyone until you just about ran into them.

[@solitairesimp1239]

Not every horror/puppet combo game has to be about some killer chasing you in an abandoned city/building. Like OBVIOUSLY that's going to be scary. I actually liked this game

[@TheEraOfSin]

I was half expecting Puppet Combo to just respond in the comments to John's direction request with "The subway is the other way John"

[@BalticRat]

Every time someone says "boomer" I think of left 4 dead

[@sweetsummarain]

That's exactly how we should address all boomers. Just scream it at the top of our lungs, alerting everyone.

[@theindestructibleone483]

@@sweetsummarain If it tries to get close just try getting away to not get all the shit he's about to throw at you

[@sweetsummarain]

@Pleasure To Kill I am not a Zoomer.

[@itstorygreen]

This game looks so unituitive. thanks for playing man!

[@stripesb4914]

50 minutes of John AND Puppet Combo? Oh honey, you spoil me!

[@nyutonzzz]

I like your profile picture.

[@MrMadness1]

The whole Backrooms concept just absolutely terrifies me. Getting completely lost in a mundane environment with no way to get out, and the fact that you could just clip into it at anytime; it fucks me up.

[@peach_gurl]

Oh man, I always get excited for John Wolfe + Puppet Combo

[@wabbitstewed4713]

Wow! This looks REALLY good! I’m liking what these guys are doing with their games, lately. The cityscape reminds me a lot of downtown Pittsburgh, especially when the buildings are all lit up at night. It’s quite pretty when you’re not too busy worrying about possibly getting mugged.

[@MOTHHMAN]

Already saw Neco the Sergal play this but its always fun seeing you play, I love your commentary!

[@KusunokiSG47]

One of the chill horror youtubers I've seen Happy to see people know Neco too

[@okunichh8002]

maybe an unpopular opinion, but damn it was good? a lot of people in the comments say it was the worst puppet combo game, but to me it felt like the best one (maybe bc i'm not a fan of slashers, who knows) felt bizzare and surreal in every right way; sounds were atrocious, but they felt right in this game, fitting. maybe character interactions were silly, but, well, it also gives a surreal vibe to everything. loved the metallic section. the ending, though, felt kinda silly, but maybe there really are multiple - gonna look for them. thanks for playing, John!!

[@sneh5748]

I like how John remembers the directions so quickly. I would be going around in circles lmao

[@HeatherHolt]

John, you’re the best. I’ve been watching you for years and years and you’re still just as funny and engaging as the first video I sawû joEe

[@regulussky6560]

Despite this is a creepypasta game, the way the characters are introduced and controls seems to be inspired on ps1 Dark Messiah(aka Hellnight). I hope there will be chasing as well. (still watching it)

[@w.torech5967]

Good eye, this game was openly inspired Hellnight, as confirmed by the developer.

[@thesensur6214]

(doesn’t feel comfortable sleeping with someone 2x younger than himself) john: what a boomer!

[@shemyaza8934]

Darn boomers and their *draws card* lack of pedophilia

[@Dragonbleps]

I think it was more in reference to the fact that Terrence is old enough for a young adult to BE half his age :P

[@lorenzoparmesan6790]

“Yeah I knew you were a boomer”*** John was simply talking about how Terrance describes his age, rather than mocking Terrance’s rightful disposition towards pedophilia as your comment suggests😇. sorry for killing your joke tho 😅.

[@shemyaza8934]

@@lorenzoparmesan6790 uncool. Never stand between a memer and his meme

[@nachtfaustswife1266]

Elder Futhark ok

[@235T1NGR4Y23]

John and Puppet Combo. Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.

[@Jerrarum]

Captainsauce and multiplayer horror

[@roxxii_nn]

235T1NGR4Y23 i can... John and Jeff the killer games

[@Mike-rn5yr]

Anthony and Joe Russo

[@jayykayy9911]

Dashie and Super Mario Maker

[@squidwardonachair1089]

John and Timore

[@MegaMc55]

"If you're born before 2000 you're a boomer" >Be Me >Be 21 year old boomer for being born in 1999

[@moondusk8385]

I liked the look of the game from the start, but it slowly started to grind on me. I hate maze/looping games. I understand the idea its meant to make you panic and scare you, which in this game it did, esp claustrophobic. Which is all fair and good for a short period, but for a whole game to be like this, is gets old, boring, less fun and more frustrating. And that back ground sound ruin the game even more, it was never ending, which i kinda understand why they wanted it in there, but it became less effective the longer it went on, bit like a crappy horror game with continous jump scaries. I dont know maybe, i just didn't get the game, but this felt poor for a Puppet Combo game.

[@tarjet3867]

Read The Backrooms creepypasta, most true to the lore with a puppet combo twist. A unique surreal experience with a good representation of the source material. Way different playing than watching

[@LeaderOfTheLostSouls]

TAR JET Yeah well said At least someone isn’t all negative

[@staticTVglow]

I like the game but it could be more interesting. Perhaps there could be an exit or a fire that burns down the walls and you end up escaping but then the monsters haunt you for life and every night after you escape you have dreams of the backrooms.

[@PhilosophyofElivagar]

@@LeaderOfTheLostSouls Just because a game is true to its source material doesn't mean it can get by being a boring game, that's not how game development works; it's supposed to be a transformative adaptation, not a literal (not if you want it to be well received, that is).

[@ShinyPrimarina]

Gotta love John for not hesitating to say "Hail satan"

[@ILikeToBufferAlways]

I didn't think it was that bad. It had some short comings and the audio (I hope it was just glitched) was rough. But overall though it had an interesting atmosphere. What's interesting is how puppet combo tries to do new things and gets bashed by everyone in the comments of this video. Like, maybe puppet combo doesn't want to make the same exact game every time. Seems like everyone took it personal that they didn't like it. I just kinda like these more experimental games by puppet combo and feel like in time they could get better, so it's just interesting to see people so dismissive.

[@LeaderOfTheLostSouls]

@ILikeToBurfferAlways I agree too, I enjoyed this game overall a lot cuz I liked the concept of the backrooms and enjoyed their take on it. I watched others play it first like 8-BitRyan so I was taken aback by John’s disappointment and him missing the main villain the whole time but I cut him slack cuz he doesn’t like maze games and he has some good points yet I don’t always agree with him. But the worst was the people in the comment section who were so negative and dismissive of the game as if there’s no positives. It was sad to see tbh.

[@LeaderOfTheLostSouls]

I think people are just a bit too negative overall Like the atmosphere is good very immersive with the concept of the backrooms, the gameplay is close enough and has its own touches. The empty endless maze with the buzzing of the lights as you helplessly try to find a way out with glitches and no clipping within the backrooms as you go deeper leading to areas that vary with layout or slight designs at first dropping clues on what happened to past people their brutal deaths, and the mystery of the missing gun in the back of your mind. Then having a dream about how you first went into this realm giving some clues on the threat then having the world around you get corrupted as that same tall man with the long fingernails chase you till you pass out from lack of water. Then to have someone save you a beacon of hope that you aren’t alone but also understanding that it can have many people from anywhere yet you’ve only seen Sally, the dead cop, and the little girl giving the idea that most died from the Man with the long fingernails or someone else, the need for finding the little girl to get out is even greater. You’ve seen a deeper layer a metallic area that could be a way out but lost it so your hope is there yet shaken. Only for you to lose the little girl again and being set back to the beginning the hopelessness is trying to crush you but Sally keeps you hopeful barely only for the human killer in the Backrooms who killed the cop and took his gun to kill Sally your only life line to hope so you are crushed with your sanity waning being chased by this killer you are desperate enough to put the strange mask on to kill him which allows you to be invisible for an easy kill. Then days later you are dying of thirst and starvation without any hope after losing the one who gave it and killing someone meanwhile the Man with the Long Fingernails watches you to see you lose it resorting to cannibalism too and using the mask to kill whoever you find having lost yourself in mind and body within the backrooms. It’s a chilling, tense, roller coaster imo like it does the backrooms justice in their own way, the atmosphere fits the concept well like the noises can be annoying but that’s part of the backrooms it’s supposed to drive you man and distract you so it is hard to balance it so it’s not too much, the saturation of the surroundings makes sense cuz the character is nearing his limit so he’s gonna pass out which he does, the slight changes to the environment are nice at first then sudden changes like when being chased or finding a new area gives some variation that fits with their interpretation of the concept, the inclusion of others in it makes sense but it isn’t flooded with people to take away from the isolation it gives it more depth with the dead people adding mystery and tension, the girl Sally is your hope and change with the cannibal being the last straw driving him to madness, the little girl a bit of hope and mystery always out of reach, the Man with the long fingernails a mysterious threat, and the metallic layer being a mysterious place that gives possible hope which was only a tease for variation and world building, it makes you flustered but it isn’t always a bad thing it’s just hard to balance it so it doesn’t go too far, and etc. Imo I can’t really do this game justice with my words atm But of course it could be better and somethings are flawed like the Man with the long fingernails is too slow and doesn’t kill you really so it lessens the threat, the sounds and the saturation can be annoying, it is bad for those who don’t like maze games like John, it’s story isn’t explored enough, and etc. Yet I think it gets too much hate and people are a bit too dismissive of its positives. Like I do like the idea and concept of the Backrooms so that helps and I try to focus to be immersed so I enjoy it more but I’m not the only one that can appreciate the game like other people in the comment section or KZbinrs like 8-BitRyan were enjoyable to watch play it cuz he was more into it. But I love to watch John too and his unique style or views, I still enjoyed his let’s play on this I was only annoyed that he somehow missed the Man with the long fingernails tbh and I get it isn’t his type of game cuz he doesn’t like maze games so I cut him slack yet he makes the video still enjoyable. This along with the Glass Staircase gets a bit too much hate for being longer and slower, being different to their other games cuz they tried to touch upon different concepts they wanted to play with, the Glass Staircase had so much going for it too but while neither is the best yet I don’t think they are the weakest games they made, it is hard for me to put their games down cuz I enjoy them all tho tbh lol

[@yagirlalex1387]

Honestly aside from the nonstop looping audio, I really enjoyed this one. I like the creepy pasta pocket dimension idea, tries to bend your mind a little bit ya know! How anyone could randomly pop in there and one just so happened to be a crazy cannibal! It could happen 😂

[@csrph]

Controversial opinion: I think this game is great. It represents exactly what the Backrooms are meant to be: A repetitive, mind-numbing series of rooms and hallways with no end in sight... And the constant noise in the background makes you feel like you're slowly going insane. It's immersive and brilliant in that sense :P

[@snowblind9551]

The build-up at the beginning was cool, and the ending twist was cool, but the middle was boring and repetitive. There were no chases or hide-and-seek moments. The past three Puppet Combo games have all been like this.

[@TimSlee1]

I like the concept of this game where you meet up with other people stuck in the backrooms instead of just wandering around lonely but the sound effects and visual effects are headache inducing and the story was half-assed for a puppet combo game. Also, the introduction of that cannibal guy towards the end of the game was just a terrible idea, there are entities that roam the backrooms, they could've made it so that one of them killed Sally.

[@sthlng2180]

''There's static in the eyes'' There's static on the whole screen John

[@HappiYuuki]

I'm weirdly very curious about what figurine is behind you in the background. Edit: It's pyramid head. It's fucking pyramid head. One of the most iconic characters. Nice going me.

[@thomasofthedeadx]

He found it cheap at a thrift store too, I remember his tweet about it. There is your John trivia for the day lol.

[@charlesgomez1065]

Obamaprism

[@zaganmadness7063]

@@charlesgomez1065 Good job on the joke there, guy

[@tebelel7150]

Charles Gomez 💀💀😂

[@tebelel7150]

Did you facepalm yourself or can I do it for you?

[@savannahhuso2134]

That doesn't sound like a creepypasta, it sounds more like a SCP.

[@Ashevlyn]

That's IKEA. This literally is a creepypasta.

[@villainousegg]

Ashie boomer

[@succubasu]

@@villainousegg how

[@waterbender6288]

Succu Basu boomer

[@succubasu]

@@waterbender6288 ah, shitposters. Should've known

[@Laughstation]

It's like Puppet Combo suddenly stopped giving a fuck mid-game

[@HollyQualia]

"God, it's already Thursday" I could relate to that, watching this vid on Thursday

[@Erakun86]

Before your vids on puppet combo games i wasnt much into these types, i only watched horror games with really well done graphics or atleast the least better than average. Thanks to watching you play, im not sure why but i love these and always look forward to the next game thats like these. Good vids John, Great games puppetcombo.

[@a-s-robot4673]

The whole city is like Midnight club and the building scene is like from Parasite Eve 2.

[@cherrydragon3120]

Lol never played or seen parasite eve. Is it as bad as the backrooms part?

[@centuryfiles9558]

They should've built up Sally's character more so that there was an actual impact when she died and more impact on Terrence, giving him a more believable reason to become a hunter.

[@cskyla1844]

YEESSSSS!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!! IM SO HAPPY YOU PLAYED THIS!

[@cskyla1844]

I remember requesting this a couple days ago for him to play this, but I’m really happy he played this, seeing my request or not, I’m really excited to watch his commentary on this game and his gameplay.

[@shujinko45fox]

i just realized the style/aesthetic of this game is like hellnight- (a ps1 horror game that didn't get released in the states) once i saw the security guard chat render, i knew right away LMAO

[@DieHardAesthetics]

Ah shit, a boomer at 24? What is my life coming to?!

[@cherrydragon3120]

I know right... 25 in a few montha and john comparin us to the weak main character D:

[@SLENDERFREAK5127]

Shut the fuck up, boomer

[@adriana_gcf]

SLENDERFREAK5127 BRO LMAOOO

[@casualray2096]

OH YES! Been waiting for a scary video😂 Im watching this with beats tonight because I don’t have college tomorrow 💯🙌🏼

[@casualray2096]

And now I just got my Turbo Flames 🥴🤤

[@seapalacios4333]

Boomers were born between 1946-1964. You're a millennial, John.

[@roxxii_nn]

What about us 2000? What do yall call us?

[@paulinapaola]

@@roxxii_nn Zoomers, I think.

[@peppermillers8361]

@@paulinapaola millennials

[@Mecheres]

@@peppermillers8361 Zoomers, actually. Millennials are adults now, and Zoomers are late highschool and early college.

[@kennyrgb2700]

Theres a new internet meaning of boomer. If you like old video games, you're a boomer, for example. That usage of it has nothing to do with a persons age.

[@lightningstarrider]

even though this is different than what puppet combo games tend to be, i enjoyed the suspense and kind of leaves you with unanswered questions

[@Tinlion09]

You know, the thing with the Backrooms is that they're what you would expect to see if you clipped through a wall _in an office._ I mean, that's obviously the intended aesthetic, right? The gross beige walls, the moldy carpet, the fluorescent lights that hum just a little too loudly...it's like you're exploring a corporate office that was abandoned thirty years ago. So why do you fall into the Backrooms from a subway station in this game? It doesn't make sense for an office environment to exist in or near a subway. Actually, it would have been pretty cool if they extended the concept by having you fall into a Backrooms-esque subway nightmare. You could have, like, big open station areas with unreadable gibberish signs, and train tunnels where the track ends fifteen feet past the boarding area and there's just solid concrete. You climb up the stairs and into...another station. Maybe this one has a single passenger car on one track that plays the whole embarking/disembarking message on loop and the doors open and close every thirty seconds. Then you hear a train roll by downstairs, coming then going. But how is that possible if the tracks terminated just past the tunnels? See, there's some serious potential in the concept of the Backrooms, especially if you aren't just looking to emulate the original story one-to-one. But hey, this is PuppetCombo. I seriously doubt that they have any interest in making original content.

[@phil-po6qy]

Yeah, this could have been made up to be fairly better. I don't see why the character had to go to the subway anyway, they could've just kept him in the office and had him fall through a floor or something. I don't think Puppet Combo handled it poorly, in fact I quite enjoyed the game, I just think it could have been better.

[@BarkingPup]

The *idea* of the backrooms has soooo much potential. Especially if you look up what clipping through yer average vidya game can be like. But it's like Puppet Combo went with the most boring version of it. Heck, even a generic office backroom could be better. The same plant that seems to be around every corner. The buzz of fluorescent lights, that one freaking light that flickers. Half empty offices, like people forgot to take everything with them. Meeting rooms with endless PowerPoint presentations and disembodied awkward chuckles. The stain in the roof of the break room that grows every day. The janitor no one ever sees except out of the corner of your eye at night. The parking garage. Etc etc.

[@kenzyoung5576]

YESSSS!!! I love puppet combo I've been waiting for John to play another puppet combo game for forever

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

I find it funny how the only options are "I already have" or "HAIL SATAN!!" Its not like there is at least one middle ground or anything

[@CJ-lr4uq]

Jesus said "If you are not for me you are against me" (Matthew 12:30) so there actually isn't a middle ground lol

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

@@CJ-lr4uq Well technically being against Jesus does not necessarily make you for Satan. For Example, I'm sure depending on how they interpreted Aristotle, many ancient Greeks would view Jesus as one extreme to avoid, Satan being the other extreme to avoid. For clarification, Aristotle advocated avoiding Vice, but Vices were not just lacking a quality but also having too much of it. He advocated what he called the "Virtuous Mean" So if a person followed Aristotle's ethics, and interpreted Christ as being just another extreme, then they would theoretically be both against Jesus, but also against Satan cause Satan is just the other extreme.

[@CJ-lr4uq]

@@andrew-paulclements1502 you're going by what a fallible human philosopher speculated about, and I'm going off what the one who claimed to be God said, so we're coming from two astronomically different worlds here. Jesus (and all of the Bible) claim that humans by default are servants of Satan, whether we think we are or not until we repent and accept Christ as Savior. If you actually read the Bible you'll see why you can't be against Christ, yet not for Satan. The statement in and of itself is a contradiction.

[@em_birch]

18:03 Excellent use of the word "chuffed", John.

[@svisuals4932]

*S T O N G E R*

[@ghost3937]

32:04 John: What is this?!! Me: It's called motion sickness

[@lilyburkeActingUK]

I actually got here early. Wow. I've got better attendance for John's videos than I do school. Love your videos, John! 💓

[@watchmehope6560]

Ever since the backgrounds became a thing and theres been multiple games made, i wanted John to play 'em. Love the sass and jokes lol.

[@bluemrpony]

John uploaded and suddenly I have no need for sleep, woohoo