Layers of Fear (PC) James & Mike Mondays

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[@Zinfidel1]

I could watch James & Mike talk about horror and play horror games all day. The genuine enthusiasm is refreshing.

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

funny because if i remember the game i think its more thriller then horror

[@patrickx9865]

​@@GawrGurasBathTubPizzawell lah tee dah

[@rickmartinez3268]

2:20 😊 uh-oh SpaghettiOs!

[@svartfrasr9755]

James was Mothra. It explains his obsession with Godzilla and his moth like behavior.

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

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[@07886336]

you guys should play Alien isolation

[@Bogiga]

James should Solo Resident Evil 7 Demo

[@Bearman-fr8cd]

Cinemassacre did you stop doing avgn? That was the reason I subscribed. The last time you made one was almost 2 months ago. I'm really upset.

[@DoctorManiaMusic]

It takes a long time to do episodes. Lol.

[@andrewwright1896]

Cinemassacre play nightmare house 2 please or fear

[@commissarsturm]

Haha, James' secret was almost out. Great filter during the "dream" story, Mike looked genuinely worried.

[@mutt-the-barbarian]

James is probably the one person I'd like to watch more horror games. Just due to the fact he is one KZbin individual that has a connection to games, and not just a love of horror genre, but an actual understanding of the history of it. I think it would be really cool to watch him play a game and listen to talk to him about why a game is scary or why its not.

[@AvatarAndKataangFan]

19:45. Me: "Mike is gonna mention Legend of Zelda again, isn't he?" "This reminds me of that part of Ocarina of Time, with..." DAMMIT!

[@peckar_yusonovobich]

fucking screamer, guuuuuuuuuys cmoooon

[@issacsalazar7641]

It's Halloween, everyones entitled one good scare....

[@kopuz.co.uk.]

It October the 11th definetly not halloween.

[@somenerd2626]

Isaac Salazar Haha, I liked that movie.

[@zeratulzz5145]

Have to admit, my heart skipped a beat. Wasn't too bad though.

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

You deleted my comment. Congrats, now you have the Terminator after you.

[@Feroke]

18:59 - HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU FUCKS GOT ME HAHAHAHA

[@Thuriazs]

The fact that you play a game without any prior knowledge, no expectations, no hype, no over-produced pre-release coverage, no nothing, is so refreshing. Just two guys having fun with games, it's great. Completely untainted from modern games media. These videos always bring me at least 10 years back.

[@brunobassini1381]

I like the way James dismisses Mike's excitement. "What was that!?" "A Poltergeist" Like, eh that happens all the time, why are you so worried?

[@James-ke8tp]

REALLY great episode today. I like when they're long. It feels like I'm hanging out with James and Mike.

[@PictureProductStudio]

That nightmare James described is quite an interesting one - mainly because it combines fantastic element with a purely real subconscious fear of founding a person in a situation in which we barely can help and basically see him/her agonizing.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Part 2 is set at a haunted octoberfest: Layers of Beer

[@doublebassman123]

I love seeing James' reaction to new games because of how much I respect him and I like to know what he thinks of the games I play. Like "this is how far games have come, what do you think?". I don't assume he only plays classics but he has been around for so many generations and I really don't want new games to let him down.

[@omikronweapon]

sadly, I doubt that James plays a lot of games apart from the ones on the show. He's such a busy guy, he probably doesnt even have time outside of specific Cinemassacre reserved time slots.

[@FromTheSky0]

Oh my god James you should post more videos of you explaining your nightmares. I could listen to them all day they're so visual!

[@xerodelacroix5552]

>bloody knife flies into the wall "I think something's wrong"

[@Andronicus87]

This game is not very interesting or captivating.....

[@UltimasIsland]

"Did you tie him up?" "No it was a dream" Mike what if he said yes? xD

[@sonicase]

scariest part of the vid was james's dream

[@ReelBigC]

lol mike thought james actually had xray goggles and that he tied a guy up/stuffed him in a wall board-james status.

[@McFlingleson]

I love how they're laughing and joking while playing this creepy-ass game.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

"The thought alone that the most beautiful piece of art doesn't have my name on it, is killing me... so, will you marry me?" Shiiiiieeet that was the smoothest line I've ever heard

[@markurrito]

That jumpscare. Why ;-;

[@RBCraneGongfu]

almost dropped my hot soup bowl

[@LynetteTheMadScientist]

I dropped my elephant ear into the sink -_-

[@BilltheFifth]

JESUS! Got me good!

[@Herman_Hedning]

😂

[@cgraham6]

This game is the closest thing to a real nightmare I've seen.

[@hhdhpublic]

This is why you dont take LSD and walk around your empty mansion alone at night.

[@TheCooderix]

Taking LSD is why I don't have a castle to walk around in while taking LSD.

[@RotaryPoweredRX]

Castles gave me LSD to walk around the empty night in my mansion alone

[@poiuytrewq11422]

t3h_bunneh Can I still take my Empty mansion and walk around LSD alone at night?

[@HopelessHermit]

if i was rich and my girlfriend wasnt around that would be my nightly thing

[@FleezyFliits]

19:00 JESUS! scared the piss out of me.

[@Lightice1]

To me it was: "GAHHeyIrecognisethatzombie!"

[@James-ke8tp]

And just to let you know. The face that came up was a zombie from Lucio Fulci's masterpiece, Zombi 2. Or just zombie in America.

[@kirz911]

Why was it in the video ?? just a jump scare ??

[@Lightice1]

kiran bangera Because Halloween. And to get you a feel how James felt in the dream, I guess.

[@Mysticfateee]

its pretty much the only scary thing to have happened up until that point xD and it wasnt even something from the game itself ahaha

[@zacharykim295]

21:35 "Weird." Sums up my whole reaction XD

[@MHJ-rc5mi]

Seems like an okay game, but its like James said 'You never really feel threatened" when you cant die. Thats a big part of a game being terrifying.

[@WeirdEdz]

thats where its hard to make a choice in design because if things kill you it interrupts the flow of the game. The game tries to tell a story as u are the one unveiling it. If you die u would have to replay alot of the "scares" taking away the little effectiveness the game has already. I would prefer death but i understand their choice

[@ghorochak666]

+WeirdEdz But does it really count as a "game" then? Game insinuates competition or challenge. This is just a controllable movie.

[@Ex0rz]

You forgot Amnesia. You can die in that game. And the scary part is caused by the monster being around you somewhere and you having to avoid it. It brings a lot of tension to the game.

[@earthpunk9848]

You can die in this game. Anytime you see your wife you have to look the other way and sometimes run away.

[@lordmuhehe4605]

Yes, it does. These games are just adventure games which focus less on puzzles and item fidling and more on the story and experience. Also, what would it change if we'd call them games or not? What is the point of your question? You want to discredit this genre by declaring it as non-games? I genuinely don't get it.

[@dannyp2970]

They should remake Layers of Fear where a game reviewer goes insane from reviewing shitty games.

[@dannyp2970]

And a Board James board game.

[@omegarugal9283]

that`s the avgn series

[@ghorochak666]

Yeah. Just call it Classic AVGN.

[@fountaincap]

8:00 ROFL @ Mike thinking James was actually looking at a guy rotting away inside the walls of his house using x-ray vision goggles!

[@uziman477]

What I learned from this video: James has balls of steel Mike is a chicken

[@JustinEvitable80]

"Oh, it was a dream." LMAO

[@Kproductions2000]

That jumpscare at 19:00 scared the crap out of me XD

[@louminati2354]

Are they ever going to do a Silent Hill or Resident Evil game?

[@XaxtonRevolution2]

Maybe James's nightmare symbolizes guilt of abandoning projects or putting them on the back burner and forgetting about them.

[@notoriousbig3k]

he was a kid when he dreamed that

[@XaxtonRevolution2]

@@notoriousbig3k Well then maybe it was a homework assignment that he never did and got away with not doing.

[@aprayingatheist2378]

@@XaxtonRevolution2 he didn't say he was a kid, he just said he had a dream once...I was thinking it had something to do maybe with a repressed memory of his own or maybe it was a piece of himself he's hiding from the public hidden in the walls of his own psyche

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Seems like all these horror movies finally got to him

[@VigoVonHomburgDeutchendorf]

19:00 Heart attack

[@James-ke8tp]

It's from Lucio Fulci's 1979 masterpiece, Zombi 2. Or just Zombie in the US.

[@robertjenkins6132]

+Clown James should review Fulci's Zombi 2 or The Beyond if he hasn't already. That self-spilling acid.

[@Dukefazon]

Okay, they really got me at 18:35

[@Piexus_]

ME TOO

[@MrMorgoth1992]

Should still finish or at least continue Amnesia.

[@TheCooderix]

Not worth it honestly.

[@markurrito]

Haven't heard of that game in forever.

[@lincolnnoronha4128]

yeah, I like its Lovecraftian story

[@TheCooderix]

***** There are just other horror games that are more interesting. Amnesia is basically only roaming in the dark, hearing the ocassional monster and running away/hiding. There is nothing interesting to look at other than the the few notes you find laying around, but as far as I recall, James and Mike totally skipped reading any letters and such aswell, so there wouldn't really be any point to continue just for the story. But ey, that's just me.

[@TheBaioken]

there are the puzzles, hallucinations and the whole atmosphere, plus item management. In this game, yet interesting to look at, it seemed to through extremly trippy/creepy things at you endlessly without much connection what you do. Did feel a lot less like a video game actually. Seems a bit like a graphic/horror demo.

[@LeggomyMeggo84]

You compared this to Amnesia--a game from what, 2010? Sure, the graphics here are great, but there is no sense of danger, no helplessness, no death mechanic. I've said it before, but this game is a walking simulator funhouse. Jumpscares and melting paintings. A game like amnesia finds you either risking being seen by a horrific creature by lighting your path, or hiding in the darkness and slowly losing your sanity--falling prey to hallucinations and panic attacks. The two games are apples and oranges.

[@8-BitEric]

this would be a perfect vr game

[@redisnotblue]

Your VR would be the gaming mom of perfection.

[@pk.002]

I played it with TrinusVR and Tridef using my phone and a vr headset, it really is so much more terrifying.

[@kingti85]

Goddammit Eric GTFO

[@RhythmGrizz]

vr is stupid. who gives a shit

[@saddamhussein3849]

It would be perfect for the virtual boy.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

11:23 The look on James' face. :D

[@HoradoTerror]

Outlaaaaast and SOMAAA. Please guys, more modern horror games :~~

[@akkermansia1488]

That jumpscare totally got me.

[@j_obaymaac2886]

19:02 Jumpscare warning

[@CandisClassicGameShrine]

Mike's face when James is recounting the dream was fucking priceless lmfao

[@supercellonova]

Mike and James! I loved watching this video! I hope you guys can find the time to make many others like it! I laughed so hard when the jump-scare got me. Its placement is genius. I have watched many other KZbinrs play this game, but none of them inspired me to buy it or experience it for myself. Thanks a lot, guys. I'm getting this for Halloween!

[@voidedisolation]

this was a fun episode. I like when you guys have fun with it, like when James is describing his dream.

[@angeredcheese1332]

It's not very halloween related but you guys should play hotline Miami

[@justinmo85]

Yeah! Hotline Miami or Broforce.

[@therealmaskedheel]

Party Hard would be perfect.

[@somerandomguyonyoutube6732]

I would love to see them rage at that game.

[@PictureProductStudio]

Why it isn't? It has quite a lot horror elements to it.

[@angeredcheese1332]

PictureProductStudio it's just not that scary

[@DirtyDayMix]

Love the nightmare sequence narrated by James LOL

[@deangeoff]

Fantastic experience guys! Loved the nightmare story

[@GeneralTantzu]

Totally got me with that scare when James was finishing his nightmare story.

[@TheHorselemonade]

J&M Mondays Are my favorite keep it up!

[@Kheravoun]

10:45 Painting no. 1 of 3 from 'Past and Present' by Augustus Leopold Egg. Alot of symbolism in this one. The father is holding the letter of his wife's lover. One half of the apple is on the ground with the pleading mother. The other half of the apple is on the table with a knife through it (knife through the father's heart). His clutched fist indicates his contained anger, he didn't hit her to the ground, she was kneeling before him asking for forgiveness, but fell to the ground after his demand for a divorce (The mother in the series committed adultery; therefore under the moral code of Victorian society disgraced her husband. Divorce is a death sentence for a woman in victorian society). The house of cards (the family structure) is collapsing.

[@curious_lobster2824]

It's a shame your comment was overlooked somehow about the painting in "layers of fear" 3 years ago..You explaining it was interesting

[@patronenpekka]

that framerate

[@Jigsaw2383]

Pekatius fuck you

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

They say that shit because it is quite common for fecal matter to spout off random insults. You can't affect Cinemasscre with that bullshit, they don't endorse your stupid fucking drama. That is celebrated by the sub-humans over on one of the shitty commentary channels. (Like Leafy's)

[@jubjub444]

k mr.pc

[@mathesar]

I'm sure their PC can run the game 60fps since it has Potato system requirements but looks like they captured this footage at around 25fps, would've looked a lot nicer at 30fps.

[@mathesar]

Vash the Stampede Oh okay fair enough.

[@RavenHouseMystery]

Since I have played Layers Of Fear before, this was a lot of fun seeing you guys go through it and having a lot of the same reactions that I probably had. James summed it up best though with "this house is f***ed up". Thanks so much for doing this video and tackling this game. A true Halloween treat.

[@bsbgirl85]

I loved this game, it was creepy good.

[@TheHappyTeacher]

need to dim your lights to add atmosphere for the viewers and yourselves... love this game, keep up the good work guys!

[@WhereThereDude]

"Or oregano that's one of my favorites there" . -James Rolfe

[@karl1914]

O-Re-Gan-No

[@evilnick2885]

Im guessing Mike was really about to run like hell before he figured out it was a dream

[@davidandrew3006]

You'll never know when you need a severed finger.

[@CeeJayReb]

@21:36 Mike's straight "...weird" just made me laugh so much.

[@SamLovesMovies25]

19:01 ...screw you guys XD (jk, nice one tho lol)

[@SamLovesMovies25]

Oh yeah, and that whole "pianist" thing, that was so funny when they made that joke on Animaniacs haha

[@alexfraser8352]

idk what is more surprising- the fact that mike never picked up on it being a dream when james said it MULTIPLE times or that he seemed so calm throughout it when he thought it was real

[@GraveDigger78]

They need to play eternal darkness for gamecube

[@sephkurai]

The story I gathered was that you, the main character went crazy and murdered your child and wife. You used your wife's bones and blood for paint and other parts but when you go to finish your artistic masterpiece your wife has decayed into what you see in all the paintings. You go crazy never being able to finish your perfect painting of your wife and relive the sequences over and over more depraved and unintelligible each time as you fall further into madness.

[@wheresmyshinebox7915]

You guys should play Soma!

[@PaperThinnGlennHall]

they won't get far enough to the scary parts like with amnesia

[@WFoong98]

But SOMA upped the tension much faster than Amnesia.

[@PaperThinnGlennHall]

WFoong98 they said they played amnesia for a couple of hours and didn't even see the monsters. how long does soma take to get started? i'm not saying it's bad.

[@PaperThinnGlennHall]

WFoong98 ok.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

I think it has an awesome old horror book feel to it. Though I doubt that I will ever play it, I'm too vulnerable for such nightmares.

[@LuisDiaz-dt1uh]

P.T. and Alien isolation :)

[@Raskolnikov32]

Best part of this video: watch Mike swallow a yawn when James starts telling about his dream. Ha! 7:12

[@oceanbacon3899]

19:01 You're welcome.

[@TurboNutterBastard.]

ocean bacon 18:50, skipped ahead 20 seconds

[@anatomyG59]

James goin on about x-ray vision...Mike "Oh this is a dream?" hah.

[@SkarrGaming]

Shame they can't get the Silent Hills PT demo. Unless they borrowed someones PS4 that still has it on.

[@doublebassman123]

do you got it? I was lucky enough to dl it because I'm a huge fan of Silent Hill.

[@SkarrGaming]

Yeah I still have it.

[@pashow6486]

mail them your ps4

[@Kylehudgins]

PT

[@Small818]

its wild eh! shame that is on the back burner / cancelled

[@Mr3Kidneys]

Haha, Mike thought that was a real story?! Ya, this one time, I had these X-ray googles, and found a twitching, decaying dude tied up in the walls! I wanna live in Mike's reality.

[@DaweezMauiWowee]

Play Outlast if you want to feel the urgency of surviving.

[@DelinkventeN]

The game was beautiful but James jumpscare gave me goosebumps!

[@SallyStangler]

Always been better than Game Grumps

[@etownshawn]

2:33 if only they were bottles of Rolling Rock lol

[@arcticridge]

More pc games, that's more like it!

[@TheSilentTyphoon]

You guys need to play Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem! You'll love it and I want to see your reactions to the sanity effects!

[@thecheeze9001]

Great art design & graphics, I'll admit. But a Walking Simulator is a Walking Simulator.

[@Sjowmalf]

Furniture flying across the room, old creepy portrait paintings, broken/cordless phone ringing, twitching ghost, ambiguous piano playing somewhere. Jumpscares. So original.

[@shienryuu4146]

But, but... there are classical paintings hanging all around! Surely it's highbrow and profound!

[@poiuytrewq11422]

Sjowmalf Don't forget dodging the Ghosts like Rambo dodging bullets!

[@jaygooese4242]

This is the best horror gameplay ever

[@kiskillilla223]

The picture of "that creepy fuck" at 2:55 is the "Portrait of Antonietta Gonzalez" by Lavinia Fontana (from 1595). Antonietta had hypertrichosis (also commonly called “werewolf syndrome”), which is a rare genetic disorder which causes an abnormal amount of hair on the body. She explains a little of her personal history in the handwritten note which she holds in the portrait

[@daltonpaulvideos]

I love James and Mike, but watching them using PC controls is kinda painful to watch. Their cadence is off or something...Anyone know what I mean?

[@DaweezMauiWowee]

It's probably just the stiffness of PC controls...

[@Jigsaw2383]

daltonpaulvideos you hate for no reason, yes we get it

[@daltonpaulvideos]

What does that even mean?

[@HardDiskDog]

+daltonpaulvideos It means combine his oversensitive response with no thought put into it with that username and you have a kid who's too young to be commenting.

[@daltonpaulvideos]

Kilo, I hope that's the case. Sorry. I temporarily forgot how KZbin comments work. :/

[@brandonthetoyandgamecollector]

This is even more creepy after just reading the plot to this game on wikipedia

[@prath000002]

Seems like this game scared mike more than James. I guess a lifetime of watching horror films has desensitized him

[@j.d.simahan5014]

... Or playing shitty ganes like this one

[@Pretaxorpheus00]

19:01 omfg scared me shitless

[@matthewcassar1395]

James when are you going to review the next crappy game? It's been an entire month!

[@frozenaorta]

He usually does one every two months these days.

[@matthewcassar1395]

frozenaorta Oh Ok, thanks for letting me know.

[@jan7256]

There's totally gonna be an halloween episode, so, its coming

[@matthewcassar1395]

Young Jan Alright, so I just gotta wait...

[@matthewcassar1395]

I'm talking about his sh#tty game reviews, which he has been doing since 2004

[@Seiko180]

I love how James completely ignore feels scare to the game, and instead he enjoy that he is really a true fan of horror

[@rebeccaschade3987]

This kind of stuff is too creepy for me. Enjoying listening to the commentary though >_

[@mrdankhimself]

This is like taking too much acid in an unfamiliar house that you actually grew up in.

[@fountaincap]

Anyone else getting a slight P.T. vibe from this game?

[@Fargoth_Ur]

I wouldn't say that I get "slight" vibes from this as much as I do "heavy-handed rip-off" vibes.

[@Thomas1238fedor]

PT is creepy, this seems more like a feverdream.

[@Rambeard]

the dream reminds me of Stir of Echoes a bit

[@omegarugal9283]

this is a walking simulator... i don`t like the way he walks, he`s just walking...

[@sephkurai]

It's the story. They skipped a lot of the sequences that put together what is actually happening. It's not just random events there's a correlation between what happened to the man and his family and what you see in the house.

[@seanmyster6]

Yeah, he just keeps... walking... I don't like him. He's an asshole! He wears his underwear backwards! He has EYEBALLS for testicles!

[@krovelMx]

Loved that reference haha, damn Dr. Jekyll

[@omegarugal9283]

A year exactly

[@bryceknez]

Hilarious as we age, how we think about things like, "What do we need to do to renovate this? New kitchen, fresh paint? Really, the lay out is pretty spacious, and it's close to the interstate."

[@jaygooese4242]

This reminds me of Silent Hill demo game

[@ALENABERKLAND]

"He sucked on the tube with the vein. Oh god." *laughs and puts head in hand*

[@burnthecoat]

I'm actually pretty disappointed in James and Mike for just brushing off Amnesia. For such horror movie geeks who constantly urge their fans to have patience and let the tone and atmosphere take hold for movies like the old dark house or dr caligari, Amnesia would be the perfect game for them. I guess they can be excused for not having the time to fully experience the depths of the work of art that is the dark descent, but they've spent hours and hours on shitty nes games in the past.

[@burnthecoat]

Now having watched this video, I must say this is blatantly trying to be another amnesia, but it doesn't quite work.

[@Lbird1993]

Indeed! And it would be exactly what James was missing in this game ; being able to die, having to survive, more than just an amazing experience, also more of a game to play.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

It has quite an interesting story behind. And I'm still trying to find a name as a genre for that kind of horror games. You know, walking around, exploring a location,, with a slight amount of jumpscares and sometimes monsters that are certain death.

[@DeadalusG]

Survival Horror?

[@Beardo1CC]

19:01 Cheers for the heart attack guys!

[@Aelfraed26]

Not a fan of these haunted house style of horror games (also known as "psychological horror"). I prefer horror games where you can die.

[@xKarnage74]

Right? You're much less afraid when you know nothing is going to happen.

[@MikePhantom]

hehe you think you can't die in layers of fear :D cute

[@Schleicherfreund]

Afaik you can actually die in Layers of Fear.

[@FenceDaGreat]

If I want to watch a horror where I can't die I'll watch a movie or go to a haunted house! ha! Video games should have some degree of difficulty, not just go here go there blah habalbah. Now Castlevania. Many of those are games you're terrified of dying in, especially when you're close to the end of a stage.

[@MikePhantom]

FenceDaGreat is that true horror though? i mean you can be scared then in amrio dying before the end

[@edwardg1969]

Mike's face when he thinks the nightmare James is telling is real: Fucking priceless.