Night Trap UNHINGED | Eff It Beard Bros

[@blardfip4540]

If you look up a walkthrough of this game you’ll see just how ridiculous a completion run of it is. The whole game is planned out to the second with no room for error or delay. You end up watching maybe 30 seconds of the FMV and most of that time is the climax

[@thegamesresearcher]

You know, i would REALLY like to see Jirard do this game fully now that he knows the gist ;)

[@dylanconfer1116]

Me too

[@buchiklop110]

It wouldn't be all that amazing, since actually finishing the game requires you to know ahead of time which room to look in and you skip all the FMV stuff.

[@SUMCDM]

WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU NIGHT TRAP

[@shawnheatherly]

It's a terrible game, but it's an important terrible game. This was great, I really liked Jirard getting into it and trying to save everyone. I also appreciate Alex throwing out Her Story and Contradiction as two great FMV games.

[@TheToxicDreamland]

Contradiction is the reason I got super into Jesse Cox and Dodger. It's so ridiculous and they just get to be silly and have fun with it.

[@Trevin_Taylor]

That’s a good way to put it. Terrible game, but important terrible.

[@LedZeppo32]

This history of this game is fascinating. Originally the bad guys were supposed to be ninjas, but the creators were told they had to change it. Other things happened too. It became a game far from where the creators wanted it. They talk about it on the Netflix show "The Video Games that Made Us." I think that is the title,

[@SaraBlade]

Explains why these are worst looking vampires ever

[@Revegelance]

I actually completed this game last summer, during lockdown. There's definitely a learning curve. It's pretty much as Alex described, it's super dumb, but oddly engaging, and I enjoyed it. A couple of tips that weren't mentioned in the video: the story is about half an hour long, but there are a couple of checkpoints, you guys actually almost hit the first one, it's shortly after the song. There's no RNG for the enemy placement and timing, so it's totally possible to memorize it (and necessary if you're going for 100%). It's gonna take several playthroughs to actually make any sense of the story, since you can't really follow the story and catch baddies at the same time.

[@Revegelance]

Oh, and if this game is too easy for ya, check out the spiritual successor, Double Switch. Similar gameplay, but more complicated, and there is some randomness to the timing, which makes it way harder. Double Switch has you trapping mobsters who are sneaking around this Egyptian themed apartment building, looking for treasure. There are multiple traps in each room, which must be triggered separately, and you actually have to pre-arm them before triggering. It's way harder than Night Trap, but the story is better.

[@CthulhuianBunny]

Does that mean it's possible to memorize when the code changes and to what?

[@LordPichuPal]

@@CthulhuianBunny Yeah, you can. The code changes are all fixed, based on what I remember from the Game Grumps playthrough. Basically everything is timed and will always happen at the exact same time in each attempt, the hard part is just keeping track of everything and knowing when to switch to what room. There's certain moments within the story where one of the people will come to the camera and be like "I changed the security code to this color" and if you aren't watching them when they say that, you just have to take a shot in the dark what it is if you don't know it. So can either learn everything down to the second, or try and follow a guide while you play it (since you can pause it).

[@Revegelance]

@@CthulhuianBunny The timing of the code changes is fixed, as is the location that the characters will talk about it. The color itself is random, though. On one playthrough, they might change it to Yellow, on another it might be Red. Knowing where and when to look is key.

[@Stolaz83]

The real king of these fmv games is phantasmagoria. Done by Roberta Williams, hammy acting, and an inventory skull icon with a sweet voice.

[@HarlequinHeart16]

Yesssss

[@ericgilbert1087]

Great now I'm gonna have the Night Trap theme stuck in my head all day. Thanks.

[@Deaganus]

I'm remembering the Grumps played this with a walk-through. The Color Code Changes were nasty

[@johnoneil9188]

Alex:"I kinda want it now. Is that weird?" Brett, without missing a beat:"Yeah."

[@flufflebut8781]

Game Grumps did a legendary run of Night Trap. Dan had a walkthrough with time stamps for when/where to trap all the trashmen and hear code color changes, Arin was at the controller. Both were boppin to that killer theme tune bit. Would recommend a similar set up if in the future you guys are interested in playing more. The game is old school unforgiving, so even with a wingman with the walkthrough, probably would have to do multiple attempts. But if you want to enjoy the goofy teen sleepover and the villains' story, need multiple runs anyway. Can't catch all the story either if you try to 100% the trashmen.

[@lordoflizardsp]

We need a full playthrough of this immediately

[@madengineerkyouma]

"I'm very invested in killing the guys" -Alex Faciane, 2021

[@xnamkcor]

It took me about half the episode to realise that I was watching a game about watching security cameras while I was actually watching security cameras.

[@jasmin4947]

11:49 they're synchronised like AI in an animated video game XD

[@SoraQuil0]

We do need a Completionist episode on this, though lol :p

[@cd2220]

Honestly I'd be surprised if he didn't. It's a pretty straightforward completion and there is plenty to talk about it historically so it sounds like a gimme for an easy episode.

[@LostMishima]

RIP Dana Plato! Its like you have to watch it once to get the story and 7 times to capture all the power ranger putties....

[@kyledion1346]

I don't know about anyone else, but I would love to see this become a series.

[@SynShenron]

this and mortal kombat are part of the reason the ESRB is a thing

[@bearded_snorlax]

Splatterhouse as well, I think

[@shrews12001]

Some games were too violent, like MK. And some were so shitty that children were assaulting their parents for buying them, like this hot trash.

[@IghorWho]

when is the completionist epsiode coming out

[@Wyattoons]

Anyone else wanna see a Night Trap remake with the beard bros?

[@Canucks4us]

The nostalgia is insane haha Thanks Joseph!

[@cryhwks]

Full playthrough.

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Also, this has to be a contender for this year's Halloween Completionist episode, surely? It would be perfect! 😁 Start prepping now! 🤣

[@Laki2]

Let's go FMVs are super underrated.

[@LveDanda]

Makes me want to watch this house has people in it again lol

[@seeker1287]

All the bros are good, but Brett's comedic timing is impossibly good in this episode.

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

It was really fun seeing & learning about this on High Score. Kinda funny that they weren't even allowed to have vampires on screen (it being a game and not a film where ratings are different, I believe), so went with evil ninjas with blood extraction needle guns, and just about passed. Still caused a moral panic anyway 😆 It's amazing how the original Dev ever got the funding for this (on the count of ut being very ambitious for the time & pretty goofy), and yet it's a classic.

[@DeronHargrove]

I don't even know what to say but this was an experience for sure

[@jameslavell871]

Been binge watching this channel over the past couple days. Soooo good

[@Kevinsyel]

Holy crap, that Dreamcast intro was sick

[@MrPhenomenal7]

I see you Brett with that low key Rage Against the Machine joke at 11:40

[@SaraBlade]

That awkward moment when you miss the new color code for the traps AND YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT WAS A THING

[@jasmin4947]

Please play more old FMV games, they're one of my favourites genre's to watch

[@GradnLordTad]

I hate how if you want to follow the story of the game, you'll just...Like...Lose. 🤣

[@bearded_snorlax]

"I kinda want this game now" 27 minutes for the Stockholm syndrome to set in.

[@TildAbuse]

7:42 - Oh God, would that make Conky a Cyberman??

[@AzzyTheGreat]

Nice Rage Against the Machine there, Brett. I've always heard of this game but never knew what to expect... and I don't know what I expected.

[@mastergeek2014]

Only the finest and most significant garbage for our Beard Bros.

[@e55e11e]

Sold. This should be the next let’s play.

[@karelfinn2343]

I bought this game on my Switch just to own a piece of video game history. It's borderline unplayable, but I'm so happy that I have it.

[@Revegelance]

It's not unplayable, it's just really janky. It has a steep learning curve, you just gotta figure it out.

[@Hyp3rDJ]

This is gonna be fun to watch. 🙂

[@CthulhuianBunny]

"STARS!" Nah, the outfits match too well for it to be STARS. Edit: do the guitar riffs when the baddies are on screen remind anyone else of Beast Wars?

[@CaptainKrby]

This is a gem

[@Guandilicious]

I wouldn't be upset seeing them complete it.

[@Absurdlyepic]

Cousin Larry... my grandpa created Perfect Strangers.... that's why I'm so special...

[@TimberCreates]

Holy shit, I am excited about this episode! I watched a documentary that touched on this game and it looked so freaking weird.

[@joshwilner5622]

What was the name of that documentary?

[@TimberCreates]

@@joshwilner5622 it's called "High Score" and is on Netflix (at least in Canada, not sure about anywhere else). It had a couple episodes and that game was briefly touched on in an episode about violence in video games.

[@keeganconnor3224]

Remaster Night Trap? Thanks Satan!

[@luliby2309]

This seems like an incredibly fun game to make. It had to have been wild putting together all these contraptions and stuff. Too bad the end result isn't _that_ good, but I do see what they were going for.

[@Trypetagenalis]

Beard Bowl Beard Bowl Beard Bowl!

[@c4monkey]

Police quest swat was my fmv game of choice

[@Javierm0n0]

A Contradiction Beard Bros / Stache Sisters series would be cool

[@apollolux]

I don't envy the position Jirard has now put himself in on deciding whether or not to complete this game for the entertainment value of it.

[@TheCreepypro]

so happy that someone paid them to do this cause it really is a game everyone should experience at least once considering the history behind this remember that a member of congress at one point said this game glorified rape you don't have to play this game for more than ten minutes to see that is not true even if you trap nobody that still doesn't happen

[@starrfyre2814]

I mean it's funny looking back and seeing this is the thing that started the ESRB. I mean it's a total scapegoat and they could have argued getting an age rating system for games easily given how everything else already had one without using this as an example. The way the game is set up you don't even get to see 90% of what barely happens.

[@deserttoad4449]

would love to see him play this

[@MadForHatters]

This game would actually be super fun if you were able to watch the plot, but you can't afford to do that because Augers are constantly coming in :C

[@daniD182]

Woah, what if there was a game like this, but with monsters or robots... maybe animatronics?

[@shrews12001]

Thank you for pointing out Not Paul Reubens.

[@theimortal1974]

3:48 that one cop kinda looks like steven ogg

[@GearType2]

I rented a 3D0 from a pop n' go video as a kid and we picked up two games. D, and Night Trap. And we played them for hours - and we liked it. If you all pick up the gog version of D ever, check the forums as the GOG version's has some weird interlacing on the fmvs, and a cool fan removed all of it so it's a clearer picture.

[@Deaganus]

I don't know what purple did to jirard but he dodged that shit like he owed it money

[@alphacode5]

Too bad they didn't get to listen to the song

[@GeekyCinnamonRoll]

WAIT......I REMEMBER THIS!!!

[@buchiklop110]

Yea, completing this game is a bitch. I think you're only allowed to mess up 2, maybe 3 times. If you've allowed four or more misses, you might as well start over.

[@bryansnaylor]

if ever there was an option for subtitles that would be appreciated next time Beard Bros!

[@ForSquirel]

You really forgot "Cooosin Laaarry"

[@benrussell6927]

How much must we give for him to complete this? This game gets so funny the more times you play. I hope he sees the auger high five scene.

[@DeliciousMashedButtons]

I don't know why, but I would love to see a version of this game in the Seinfeld universe.

[@Onyxdragonlady]

It's really too bad they don't know the history of this game. It's an amazing story

[@lonelychair9294]

Could anyone else not really hear the game audio but the guys voice volume was fine?

[@BigPikachu1]

Eff it beard bros pulls through on a day where no one fucking uploads

[@GardenVirus]

I cannot believe this is a thing

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@Dizz2K7]

But does anyone know how to know what the code is after it changes??

[@Actual_Mr_G]

But dude!! The scantily clad women!! This game is too 90s in the worst way ...

[@A-Aron369]

Felix Argyle after sundown.

[@klick86]

What was this game. I am confused

[@flamefalconz]

When this will become a series?

[@batchout]

Whiff!

[@lukesmith8419]

😂😂😂

[@davidsweeney4090]

Then I saw night trap. Wtf

[@jarroddobben]

WHO'S TYPING

[@Diaily]

Have no idea why this got made again when people new to this spend their money only to find out its not really a game and only way to finish it is to use a guide. Even Arin had a hard time with a guide. Feel bad for the dude should of picked a different game.

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

it is absolutely a game.

[@lucasblanchard47]

I’d like to see y’all play “Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties” or “Double Switch” they’re other old games that seem similar to this.

[@dranyth]

Double Switch was made by the same team that made Night Trap. Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is FMV, but definitely not similar to this.

[@Finalest]

:)

[@madhippy3]

Good Lord, stop spamming. If shit isn't working try something different. Stop trying to brute force things.

[@realphukka]

Wow, I really enjoyed this.