Mascot Horror but GOOD? | My Friendly Neighborhood

[@FireTony2350]

Gordon is literally me at work. "Im not hearing this bs, i got things to do mouths to feed. I aint here to listen to your sad anime backstory"

[@TheTownNarcoleptic]

The idea of Gordon knowing enough about anime to make that comment is amazing

[@samwarren6008]

Xbox pfp, classic gamer

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

​@@TheTownNarcoleptic Was anime really even a thing in the west yet in '93?

[@pinkpugilist]

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 Definitely was! I was watching shows like Speed Racer, Robotech, and Gigantor back in those days!

[@GamerLuke9999]

well good job you got pinned im proud of you and yeah i can see that happening

[@jendouglas9781]

I like how accurate the Puppets are to how Jim Henson's characters are portrayed. No spirits controlling them, just puppets that are sentient for the sake of it.

[@leviticusprime4904]

They alive just cause and honestly what more do ya need?

[@zeldagameryt4018]

I like how the posters around the place parody Muppet/Jim Henson movies like “Muppets Christmas Carol” or “The Dark Crystal”

[@deadlydingus1138]

They’re alive because who cares?

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

_"If you're wondering how they eat and breathe, and other science facts,_ _Just repeat to yourself, 'It's just a game, I should really just relax'."_

[@ajpgofacoconut6191]

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 ah a fellow MST3K enjoyer. respect

[@Robin-oy8jt]

There's something hysterical about Norman saying "I'm a really normal guy" as he's banging his head against a metal door

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

Another funny thing to muse over is that Norman rambles about being little more than a background character in the show, but he's the de facto face of the game, appearing on the cover art for the game and everything.

[@WarDragonOfTheLight]

Big Ed energy. "Im a woodpecker! Except for doors."

[@madrabbitvideos3311]

In love with the fact the Puppets just follow the Jim Henson explanation that "no one ever questions why there's a talking frog and bear walking around" (paraphrased). They just ARE alive and have always been puppets. It's a refreshing twist on the monsters being once-human or given life via rituals.

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

It also flips the evil corporation trope, because the company that made the puppets and their shows genuinely wanted to spread joy with no ulterior motives instead of being run by a bunch of mad scientists and/or serial killers trying to implant the souls of dead children into the mascots. You keep looking for that "Aha, obviously evil!" piece of lore but never find it, instead having the CEO's farewell letter be about always looking for goodness in everyone. Aside from years of abandonment and isolation following the cancellation of their show, the reason why puppets were aggressive in the first place was also because of their exposure to the worst of humanity through television. They aren't outright malicious or evil, they are more like children who don't know how to properly take care of themselves.

[@Iwuznothere]

It may not be the best survival horror ever, but its incredible that it never seems to mock or hate the things that inspire it unlike most mascot horror. It still views the fictional childhood property as something that is ultimately just trying to do good and can be redeemed. Its a breath of fresh air in a crowded pool of tainted childhood properties.

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

I love how it avoids all the cliché tropes in mascot horror like the lack of big evil company who made the show and no possessed mascots

[@tailablu3585]

This sentiment is exactly why I love stuff like Welcome Home and My Friendly Neighborhood.

[@hierarchyofmood1220]

Wait has there really been a mascot horror game were Oh the mascot is evil Has it always just been the company is evil?

[@zeldagameryt4018]

@@hierarchyofmood1220Does Bendy somewhat count since the ink demon is his own entity trying to kill you?

[@hierarchyofmood1220]

@@zeldagameryt4018 I mean, he didn't make the ink machine and, someone had made all that stuff and forced people into that. Soooooooooo

[@Thegameguy2482]

Game developers who don't release their game in chapters or make you pay for downloadable content to finish a story instantly get some respect in my book

[@leviticusprime4904]

There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with releasing a game in chunks, it can be very useful for getting feedback or if you don’t have the time to do a full release in once, but much like most things it just depends on how the said developers use that time to improve their craft.

[@Keisuki]

@@leviticusprime4904 You can get more feedback, which is great for improving gameplay feel. But it also "locks in" the story that you've shown, meaning you can't go back and improve things. Delivering in slices is great for games that are primarily driven by their gameplay, but not really for story games

[@FireTony2350]

*Cough, Cough* Tell Tale Games *Cough, Cough*

[@JacobNGames]

​@@leviticusprime4904 That is what demos and early accesses are for..

[@leviticusprime4904]

@@Keisuki fair point

[@bloocrayonbox5346]

It's hilarious how more effective the jumpscares in this game are compared to most indie horror nowadays. Instead of a gory monster popping out of a hole it's "HI THERE FRIEND, LEMME GET YOU SOME MILK AND COOKIES! HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE YOU'RE HERE!!" It's also not everyday you get a mascot horror that gives a pretty good message. Not joking when i say i teared up at the ending. It's a very good moral and is really fitting for a game about sesame street puppets just wanting to teach kids.

[@vaehtay]

THIS EXACTLY. I flinched soooo violently when he e Tired the one bathroom room again and Norman was standing there and yelled “WELCOME!!” FNAF could never

[@Michaeldragon800]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! *Leaves the room immedeatly Shutting the door behind him!*

[@frownyclowny6955]

It’s because the don’t kill you immediately and you can see them running towards you

[@jrperry1611]

I just find it funny that all of their voice lines are them repeating old scripts of episodes. They haven’t interacted with humans in years, and they recognize you as a visitor, so they just start screaming at you.

[@WHERE_IS_EURYDICE]

@@jrperry1611 Me with my social anxiety

[@nicholasjohnston1970]

I love this game because the puppets aren’t possessed by children or by the workers and they aren’t brought to life by vengeful magic done by the show runner in anger of his show being cancelled. They’re just alive and misguided and when his show ended the creator just sent a good message to the kids and left

[@CertifiedRealQ]

One thing that I love about this compared to other survival/mascot horrors is that the voices in this are so genuinely enjoyable. Not to say other games don’t have enjoyable voices, but they do usually have that repetitive style of it usually being a casual and low tone voice. This main character has a thick accent and a very unique personality compared to the other protags who are all about “im going to save the world, im the hero!” Whilst Gordon is just like “I straight up can’t be bothered with anything currently going on.” But not in a full and miserable tone of course. The enemy voices aren’t just the generic “we are evil so we have corrupted voices/gargled sounds” but rather they still keep their cartoony and giddy voices that fair for moments of surprise due to their outbursting nature and energetic openings. The comedy is on point too, they have incredible timing in terms of dialogue and timing and general events

[@KazeTheCursedOne]

The Chicago Typewriter is a euphemism for a Tommy Gun used in the times when Mobsters were shooting each other in the streets, here your gun is literally a typewriter, I appreciate that.

[@aureafaix]

Watching this through from start to finish and seeing Gordon interact with the major puppets was genuinely nice. It felt like he was dealing with his own grief from being in the war and coming home to the backlash by teaching the puppets life lessons. I picked up on that being a possibility when he sat down with gobblette and talked about how he feels, and then again with pearl. By healing them, he was healing himself in a way. I like that.

[@fandomperson2437]

The entire penthouse area gives the energy of Gordon just being a dad playing along with their kid. Like joining in in some make-believe, I love it so much

[@Starsaphire0191]

The, “JUST EAT GRAVEL!” And “I wonder what happens if I scream?” Are the best lines, ever.

[@milkmonstrosity]

You can tell he actually liked this one since the stream is 8 hours long

[@AHandleWasAlreadyTaken]

Well the glitchless sb stream was over 11 hours

[@Random_guy_lol]

@@AHandleWasAlreadyTakennd he hates sb, i tolerate his opinion tho

[@Welrd_name]

That was a great game. Not only it's a great Survival Horror and Mascot Horror mix, but also a Family friendly goofy experience with actually serious and sad undertones, so it's appealing not only to the toddlers, but to any demographic. Hopefully it will get popular enough and more people start producing similar games. Was a very fun off season stream, I can't wait to see you and Nik this weekend

[@angrymumble]

adding my favorite times while i listen to this: 53:52 there is something so hysterically funny about phil beating a puppet with a wrench while it's minding its own business and humming to itself 1:13:07 i love the ragdoll physics in this game, but it's especially great when they ragdoll off a building after being shot in the face by literal letters of the alphabet 1:13:18 phil laughs at a muppet that died in the bathtub a la resident evil style 1:20:08 phil falls for the cliche bathtub scare after calling it cliche lmao

[@pteroid11]

Spoilers Other mascot horror: "Ohhhh how one earth could these once beloved childhood icons have been twisted into horrible monsters!? Surely it is one of the greatest mysteries of our time." MFN: "Yeah we literally watched like five minutes of HBO..."

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I read the MFN bit in Norman's voice.

[@cobaltordinaire5219]

the true villain this whole time was just America's fucking downer news

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

@@cobaltordinaire5219 Can't believe that CNN is responsible for all of this screwed-up mess!

[@spiderssssssssssss]

I think the legit explanation is that they actually caught the setting's equivalent of the Vietnam War on TV, but I do think it's way funnier if they just saw some Breaking Bad and had no idea how to handle it.

[@WHERE_IS_EURYDICE]

They saw a weeping angel in Doctor Who. It scarred them for life.

[@jackeroni216]

I like how Phil mentioned the Survival Horror cliche with the puppet in the bathtub, but It's even funnier once you consider it's a reference to the famous Rubber Duckie song from Sesame Street

[@pinkcupcake4717]

MFN captured what a lot of mascot horrors tend to fail at; the mascots should be actually appealing to children (or at least once were before falling into neglect.) These guys look and sound like real muppets, so internal world logic and verisimilitude connect well. These were probably beloved characters, and these sets look like they could have been actually used, so the world around you feels more "real." Some of the FNAF locations nail that, but others less so. Other games like Garten and Poppy Playtime lean into scariness or lack elegant design so much that it's hard to imagine the characters actually being lovable in their own world. MFN really nailed their intended vibe and it makes the game a wonderful experience.

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

Granted, MFN does have traditional "Indie Horror twisted-scary" versions of their mascots, but they are a very small minority that show up in just like one-two percent of the entire playable world. They just pop up around the finale, and once they're dealt with, they're never seen again. They're not the focus of the game, and they do not overstay their welcome.

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 i seen them as ones that went a little too insane seening reality and the reason they dont have eyes is that they dont want to see reality anymore i cant explain the teeth or the amalgamate thing

[@pinkcupcake4717]

The whole plot isn't "oooh scary evil InSaNiTy muppets" so they're not annoying in the slightest, heck the general consensus was wanting more time with the scary puppets!

[@ma.2089]

This. A lot of ppl hate the FNAF designs from pizza sim/SB/UCN cuz “they’re not scary”. But what FNAF 1 (and kind of 2) got right was that the characters looked like they could actually be mascots. Then 3, 4, and sister location went heavy on the horror, even when unnecessary. I liked the cuter designs cuz it makes way more sense in universe. Poppy Playtime almost had it. Huggy Wuggy I could imagine would be seen as cute, but they’re always focusing on the scary Huggy (like how the plushies all had teeth), when they could produce merch that feels like it should be from that universe. It’s literally a toy company, how are they not taking advantage of that premise in their actual merch?

[@ma.2089]

@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225 those end up being extra scary because the cute mascots are the majority of the game as well. Actually takes advantage of the “childhood/cute thing is now creeeepy” thing well

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

"I love this guy!" - Phisnom before abusing muppet with wrench.

[@davidsanchez4929]

This was a lovely game for being a Survival Horror game. Also Gordon needs a vacation after this.

[@fredrickordo5828]

Just got done playing it and wow. Sure its rough around the edges but its just full of personality and charm. Between the adorable puppets, the lighthearted atmosphere with sad undertones, and just actually respecting and paying homage to the setting its based off of. I do hope there are more games like it, not everything has to be doom and gloom with a never ending, convoluted mystery to solve.

[@shadowalleydenizen4834]

Absolutely, the best puppet quote was "When I'm angry, I feast upon the t e a r s o f m y e n e m i e s! 😊"

[@1-upanimations878]

The board game puppet will go down as the hardest boss Phil had to mentally prepare for…

[@welshlout3400]

This game wasn't afraid to wear its inspirations on its sleeve, while at the same time fighting hard for an aesthetic and tone unique to the survival horror genre. A few quirks and nitpicks aside, this game nailed its concept and I wouldn't be surprised if we end up seeing other gateway resident evils pop up in the next few years. p.s. This is what Security Breach should have been.

[@HankJWimbleton-v1m]

My Friendly Neighborhood feels like a stepping stone for the mascot horror demographic to go into proper survival horror, especially as they become older. Think of it as the family-friendly version of Resident Evil or Bioshock. Aside from all of that, this is essentially what the original Bendy and Ink Machine should have been in the first place (unsurprising given how that game also drew inspiration from the Bioshock games).

[@the_godbodor7026]

I absolutely love the little Elmo sounding guys. The one at 2:41:15 absolutely cracked me up

[@person-lk5kq]

"Mascot Horror but GOOD" is a pretty good description of this game

[@thesea-bass]

I'm definitely getting this game down the line, it is so silly. The ramblings of the puppets, based Gordon and the overall gameplay. A couple flaws to it, but overall a very fun game!

[@pazzieanneknexx809]

I have a whole lot of respect for the voice actors that had to record what was likely HOURS of dialogue, that might not have even been heard.

[@Tom_TheOuterOne]

I like how this game tries to be a horror game while not taking it too seriousley, like adding some silly humor (especially the amounts of lines the puppets have), the puppets getting ragdolled to the stratosphere. And it turns out to be a unique experience, we need more games like this.

[@littykitty040]

4:24:14 time stamping my donation from the stream. Since this point I have resigned from college because the passion for game design just faded away, and I have since started writing a novel, but also still wish to make (and especially write) games for fun. My main pitch to people right now being... a survival horror, granted not the one I had in mind during this stream, but similar. And Phil's advice here is genuinely helpful. Thank you again Phil Phisnom for your words.

[@heinoussage]

that secret room hidden with the 5 masks, yeah thats not hidden lore, solving it gives you a qr code the mfn discord server this game is so anti-mascot horror and i fucking love it

[@dapperghost3409]

im happy to see someone trying to put new ideas into mascot horror.

[@Goobsterwill]

Tbh more mascot horror games should be like this. Instead of turning cute something creepy with story that left for the milk it’s turning something creepy cute and has a story that’s understandable.

[@DefinitelynotaRobotYT]

THIS WAS A FUN STREAM. Shooting the Muppets Resident Evil style

[@LT-sy3on]

Neighbourhood Evil

[@trolleymouse]

Phil: deletes key item Chat: "don't do that." Phil: "yeah, you're right." relogs Phil: deletes key item, gets softlocked out of 100% Phil: "What the fuck?"

[@derekrequiem4359]

Considering the oversaturation in the genre nowadays, I'd say this game ranks in the top half of "mascot horror" games.

[@fredrickordo5828]

I'd put it close to the top. It actually felt fresh because it wasn't taking itself too seriously and respected the original inspiration instead of twisting it into a cheap scare.

[@37WaldenClose-nj5br]

“I need to get a gun” he says as a joke *Five minutes later gets a gun*

[@Vineepool]

Clearly this game isn't the best in the entire survival horror genre but the fact that more developers are trying their hand at it is really exciting

[@ma.2089]

I feel like it can’t be the best just by virtue of it being a twist on the already established genre. The type of horror is different than most survival horror, and it’s got a very good sense of humor. Something that some survival horror games lack. The best imo would have to be a game that exemplifies the traditional concept that pretty much defined the genre.

[@LHZOZ777]

@@ma.2089 yo we basically have the same pfps lmao

[@anthonyoliver418]

I love how excited Phil got when he he saw the survival horror difficulty, also I would love to see him play RE7 just to see him try to S rank Jack’s 55th Birthday

[@paralyzedspirit]

i like chat at the end rating a game that they haven't played, very funny

[@Chronically_Bored]

In an alternate universe, the szymanski brothers made neighborhood of banban and the euphoric brothers made my friendly garten.

[@poptear6426]

NOOO NO PLS! I dont wanna imagine that oh no

[@TheEmeraldSword04]

A pretty damn good game even if it doesn't quite fit the "horror" in the survival horror genre, but could be great training wheels before you amp up the tension. Certainly a game I will greatly consider buying for myself.

[@VicBM21]

1:13:15 i love the 2 seconds of silence before the laughs

[@kinnelyuwu5771]

Been excited for this game since I saw the demo ages ago, even more excited to watch an eight hour vod of Phil playing it

[@VandoX579]

I've been following this game since the beginning of development, and it's finally here! I'm a big fan of Resident Evil so this game was even more enjoyable, amazing stream of the amazing game

[@Eaw-Enjoyer]

1:06:16 "i would love some puppet gore" -phisnom

[@dawndoe11]

I wish I could've been there live, but I needed to work! Can't wait to watch back the VOD! You're one of the ones I've been excited to watch play it because I knew you'd not only like the concept, watching your inventory organization skills is just very satisfying.

[@disconibba4965]

Just realized that the pistol has a Garand ping, 10/10 game

[@bananaman2046]

So I tried to translate the morse code at around 7:28:00 and the only part i could translate before giving up translated to "LMAO EVEN"

[@loganfrandrup6590]

Seeing Phis just gushing over and nerding over this name is honestly realy sweet. It's good to see all this after all the shit he normally goes through, it's good to see a game that calls back to the classics

[@JRexTheKing]

Well that was a cute little Survival/Mascot horror game!!! Also, welcome to Season 3.5, Everybody!!! Won’t be long, so enjoy it while it lasts!!! See you all on Sunday!!!! Have a good night, Toxic Cesspitians!!! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’MMA GO HIT THE FUCKING HAY!!!!

[@SenisPucker]

'Oh, I already used up my green key. Nice.' [discard] CHAPTER 14: THE GREEN KEY SOFTLOCK

[@SnivyTries]

Small detail that is just me guessing here, but I notice whenever you reload the "pistol", Gordon makes a noise...I think the ping reminds him of the weapon we all remember that ping coming from, and he dislikes it.

[@Azypic_Official]

Who knew that ACTAUL MASCOT HORROR could be redeemed by the FUCKING MUPPETS???

[@gregorymirabella1423]

I was pissed at myself for not finding out how to open the sphere even though I could feel it in my gut that it would be a fifth mask. Thanks for doing what I couldn't.

[@Groovylonglegs]

Norman sounds like a bad impression of Kermit and I love it

[@sporkuser3295]

I will forever be proud of myself for that guess at the end lol. Had to check and make sure it was my comment u read too at 7:22:06

[@anemoiajunkie]

ive been really looking forward to this game as a survival horror enthusiast and im so glad phil played this!

[@noecurl5986]

I’d give this game an 8/10 you can really feel the passion in it. Also Phil October for season 4?! I mean I can be patient but I realized that in October is when Alan wake 2 comes out so it would be cool to see you play it on stream!

[@IRLghostyTrickster]

i love the muppets so anything even slighly related to them is a 10/10 in my book !

[@arumaka3662]

2:41:18 this is peak gaming right here

[@coolpro1461]

The funniest part about that green key softlock is that those rooms are actually necessary to progress so thank GOD that you didnt save after the fact 😅

[@ProtoBlueGaming]

This game was made by brothers of David Syzmanski, aka the dev of DUSK and Iron Lung. No wonder it's so good.

[@JustSukiii]

The lines the puppets had were SO COOL this was a really fun stream!!

[@blinky6254]

2:50:00 That's totally me after winning a board game

[@maxtrieschmann2573]

SO glad I got to contribute to this stream!!!!

[@vonKasa]

the way i perked up immediately when phil said there would be more phi merch in the future (i was using this stream as background noise and zoning out)

[@Victorium04]

Funny haha game about working through your own trauma by helping the silly little puppets with their own

[@purplemax5140]

Honestly this was the funniest stream I have ever seen, never laughed this much before, Thanks phill!

[@XiffDaOne]

For anyone looking for the puppet feasting on the tears of his enemies: 2:37:49

[@andrewkelley9405]

I must buy and play this game to support ACTUAL GOOD GAMES

[@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225]

*_Consume Product! Consume_** ACTUALLY GOOD **_Product!!_*

[@hobobobeatsturtles8458]

​@@blackheartzerotheundergrou3225It ain't that deep

[@mr.cobbweb1624]

This game is both good and charming with some flaws. Never thought there would be any kind of mascot horror-ish game that was quality and yet here we are.

[@ElTheTraveller]

Barely into 30 mins into the VOD and I am vibing with live chat chanting "MEN". around ~ 36:20 if you wonder

[@Boonetube27]

Use your 15th and 16th bullets then throw the punctuation. (I don’t know if there’s any Easter egg, but I know that killing enemys with N O . Is kinda funny)

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

Oh my god the Rolodexer's reload has a Garand Ping sound!

[@blindedjourneyman]

Id be tempted to never reload partway just to keep hearing it lol.

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@blindedjourneyman I think you mean *_ENDLESSLY RELOAD_*

[@fireblade696]

Arlo is a big resident evil fan so of course he’s be in a game that is a crossover between puppets and resident evil.

[@michaelwalsh9616]

Phisnom frustrated looking for the secret ending The Truck: 🤭

[@nano_abyss]

It was fun seeing you play this goofy great game. I only wish that you could gore them into fluff.

[@pizzweak580]

This game is a good way to train for Resident Evil and other good survival horror games. It was fun to watch this stream!

[@yellosnacc]

I think its also more clever to do puppets if u can't afford to make the best human/animal models. Like toy story but survival horror.

[@Luna-0233]

are we gonna discuss how genuinely good this game was? Hello Neighbor can only fucking dream of coming anywhere CLOSE to this game. Besides the major softlock with the green key (which has probably been fixed by now) this game is DEFINETLY worth the money. I might consider buying it at some point.

[@Tulipia5]

Somehow, the event of the game are kind of acurated, in the sense that we live in a world that is more and more depressing and it's hard to look at the bright side...

[@pazzieanneknexx809]

Second comment - I'm revisiting this stream and wanted to give my two cents on why the game doesn't have a soundtrack throughout. There are two different kinds of sound - diegetic and non-diegetic. Non-diegetic sound would be the music that plays *outside of* the awareness of the characters inside the media you are consuming (in this case, a game, but typically it's referring to a film). Diegetic sound is the sound that is in-media, that characters can hear. For example, the babbling puppets. I was thinking about how you had noticed the absence of music, and I remembered this concept. From what I can tell, the devs were only focusing on *diegetic* sound when creating the player experience. The way I know this is: when you entered the lobby, music started playing. In super nice places, they play music in the lobby, so that makes sense for why music is there and not elsewhere. It adds a bit of realism to this frankly whackadoodle experience.

[@EvadeEXE]

dont come to the neighborhood tomorrow

[@MC07_]

Sesame Street meets Residen Evil: the game

[@gm_constructhe3rd]

This has been the first time I've seen you live. Even if I missed out on a lot, I'm glad I got to stop by!

[@mariopanipucci2528]

For me it's basically impossible to watch you stream since i'm from italy and it's starts really late but i always find time to salute you and enjoy every vods

[@SenisPucker]

Now that I've finished this eight-hour marathon, here's some scattered thoughts on the themes of the game and what it's ultimately about. *Spoilers,* obviously - and take note before clicking 'read more', it's a long one. The core message of MFN is about finding faith, and the importance of a good role model. Although I think there's a good case to be made for the game's messaging being implicitly Christian, it doesn't necessarily need to be to get its point across; more broadly, it's about rediscovering faith in old ideals and virtues that the difficulties of adult life can strip away from us, and holding firm to those ideals as an example to those who might look to us for guidance. The puppets, main characters and background puppets alike, are metaphorical children: they're possessed of budding intelligence and great curiosity, eager to make friends and do good by one another, but they're deeply impressionable. Without the good moral guidance that the show offered them while it was on air, they're left to take on negative influences from the difficult world around them, or struggle to come up with answers on their own, leaving them lost and confused as to how they should behave. They might *want* to be good, but with nobody left around them to show them *how* to be good, they've got little hope. Gordon is the quintessential 'grown-up', representing everybody who has had that essential goodness inside them diluted by harsh reality. The trauma he experienced caused him to lose faith; having seen for himself how cruel people can be to one another, it's hard for him to see the value in the show's 'childish' lessons. The wider world is much more complex than the Friendly Neighbourhood, and Gordon sits firmly as a resident of that wider, worse world. However, this places Gordon in a position of great wisdom compared to MFN's residents: their world, by comparison to his, is small, simple, and free of consequence. Ultimately, this places Gordon in a position where he has both much to offer to and much to learn from MFN. The puppets need the mature, knowledgeable hand of someone who knows more of the world than they do, while Gordon needs to rediscover those basic lessons of virtue that the show, in its time, wanted to impress on children around the city, in turn unearthing the goodness in him that his trauma had buried. Gordon is at once a mentor and a pupil, teaching the puppets how to solve problems and understand themselves while they teach him the value of caring for and having patience with others. The game effectively makes him a father to the puppets, which they've lacked since the show stopped broadcasting, and shows how even small gestures and snippets of wisdom from him can impact the puppets greatly. In short, My Friendly Neighbourhood is about how kids need good parents, how parents can learn from their kids, and - if you'll forgive me for jumping into that Christian angle I mentioned at the last possible moment - how humanity needs a good father. We're all just ragdolls flailing around trying to do the right thing, really.

[@pazzieanneknexx809]

Specifically commenting so you know you are seen and appreciated for this - I love this analysis.

[@Boonetube27]

There is a BUNCH of out of bounds stuff, as well as other secrets and cheats.

[@jrperry1611]

Glad that somebody finally did puppets with legs. Like there’s nothing wrong with releasing the 4,398 hand puppet mascot horror but considerably more real life puppets have legs. That’s the problem with modern horror. Easy formula, (Place) of (person) Or (Noun)phobia Or even (Person’s) (place)

[@nicolewashburn8719]

My grandpa was a navy communicationist in the vietnam war. He never saw any action aside from an accident with hitching a trailer to a truck

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

shocked that they never realized that big bird was a nonhostile npc what with how many times they were questioning why they werent attacking

[@twitchyeyess]

3:19:50 this scene is beautiful…

[@4everhungerybuck917]

tbh when i saw phis was playing this i though hed hate it but im glad he liked playing it

[@JesseJesse156]

Gordon doesnt need to hear all this shit, hes a highly trained professional!

[@AdamJasper18]

The thought of waiting for all chapters of Deltarune to be out before playing it is hilarious to me. Just waiting like 20 years to play a game

[@Kwasont]

This game was goofy and fun! My favorite parts were the cardboard area and the unfriendly neighborhood. 7/10 game for me!

[@1HOWDIDIDOTHAT1]

Can't wait for season 4 this October will try to watch while dealing with school and hope you play hello puppets

[@abigailfoster9732]

People who find all the puppets voices annoying have never had siblings that just talk over each other because that's what these puppets remind me of. Edit: Okay, finally finished the stream, just gonna spill my thoughts and like only criticism of the game (And trust me i feel as though its just me but yk-) I really enjoyed this game! Its a much needed departure to the oversaturation of mascot horror and it actually feels like its something enjoyable for me to play while my little brother watched. (The last time i did that was when i bought Security breach for myself. Lets just say being your little brother's personal lets player REALLY sucks the fun out of it.) Ray's my favourite puppet if you're curious, and Gordon is an absolute treat I love him. As for my critique, which may i add the positives all outweigh, some of the wholesome bits did feel rather...Christian Preachy? Don't get me wrong! the message was there, and if it is like that then that's fine, nothing wrong with that, it's just to me when Ricky was talking about how people 'preferred the darkness to the light' my brain went and translated that to 'people preferer sin to God'. Obviously now that im thinking about it now Ricky could be on about people's fixation on the war and, well, general trashy TV as the 'darkness' and more younger kids going towards said darkness. I know this game has been compared to resident evil but in terms of story? I'd have to say it does also have some vibes to Night At the Museum as well. (A trio of banger movies may i add i highly recommend them) Gordon reminds me of a more sorta grumpier version of the mc in Natm. In Conclusion, A baller game and a really fun stream as well. Praying it ever comes to switch because i feel like my mom would like this game since she grew up on the og resident evil games, the mechanics might feel quite familiar and nostalgic to her.