Pineview Drive #1 - All Who Enter (30 Days in a Haunted Mansion)

[@EricDean]

I’m gonna need a custodian key ring jingle sound effect that gets more and more overt as your number of keys grows increasingly absurd.

[@GoettlicherOreo]

In this game you take damage by "being scared". As I remember this is a german game and the dev said at some point that the game tracks your mouse movement. If you move your mouse abruptly when scares come it is counted as you being scared. So you lose life.

[@ohnothepossum]

This!

[@Boneymcboneson]

That's honestly a really interesting way to do jumpscares. I hope someone takes note of that.

[@QuantumWaltz]

@@Boneymcboneson I agree, but I think the concept needs a little more workshopping. Maybe someone has - this game has been out for a decade now, after all - but I'm going to make my arguments based on the system as presented here, rather than any potential advancements that have been made since. In this implementation, it looks like just about any amount of movement, whether of mouse or player, during a scare is enough to trigger a "being scared" flag. Librarian's taking a goofy amount of damage just for trying to get a better look at the spooky thing. Compare the first time Librarian answered the door, where he took about 1/3rd his HP in damage just for looking up from the door handle to where the ghost was supposed to be... and the second time he answered the door, post-crash, where he didn't move the mouse at all and took no damage. Another example was the shadow in the hall a bit later than that where Librarian took damage for looking toward it and sprinting at it, which the game parsed as sudden mouse movement plus running, without any sort of context-awareness regarding the DIRECTION of running. I think more horror games don't do this simply because there are so many reasons a player might move or look around suddenly that have little to do with actually being scared. To implement this kind of system in a believable way, there would need to be a couple more features in the decision-making tree on how to define player input - and that's a lot more pioneering R&D than I think a lot of developers want to do. At minimum I think the damage should be more forgiving if you look toward or run at the scary thing, and treat it as a successful scare if you run or flinch away.

[@GoettlicherOreo]

​@@QuantumWaltz I agree. While it is a cool concept it needs a lot more polishing. The main problem is that the game is extrapolating your mouse movement. So when you move the camera in a specific direction you need to continue the movement when the scare hits even if it is against the normal behaviour of watching the scare itself.

[@Plain_Observer]

i got out of rehab back in 2021 and during rehab i found your channel. you are a great man and my favorite creator on this platform. I pray you are well. thanks for everything you do

[@bilau2982]

Man, you have no idea how glad I am seeing you made a video of this game! I basically spent good part of my teen years watching horror let's plays and, for some reason, alanzoka's(a brazillian youtuber) let's play of Pineview Drive was such a remarkable experience for me. It simply had a such creepy and comfy vibe, although I had no idea at that time that this feeling had a name, let alone a cult following. So, since I first discovered your channel two years ago, I always thought you making a series of(or at least play) this game would be so perfect. Thank you so much for this and for all your content. You have been the only channel I consistentily watch for a while and I just love your videos. Srry if bad english

[@bluebrun0287]

Um homem de cultura que assistiu Pineview Drive do alan, mddsss. Eu fiquei tão feliz quando o Librarian postou video desse jogo 🥺

[@3irmaos.]

Fina nostalgia meu nobre

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

Ola amigos

[@noobr1306]

Alanzoka mencionado?? Brabooo Eu simplesmente amo todos os jogos de terror que ele ja jogou, mas minhas séries favoritas são SOMA, Amnesia e Alien Isolation, séries incríveis. E também todos os vídeos dele com participação do Void eu amo e sempre revejo quando lembro, desde criança eu assistia os vídeos dele todas as noites. Não tem como não amar esse eterno adolescente de 18 anos.

[@justint3762]

oh nice Pineview drive. Been a few years since I last heard of that. This is gonna be a fun let play.

[@FrederickTheAnon14W]

I've kept up with the game for a year or so now (after watching CJUGames play it) and I quite enjoy it, but I know a lot of people don't. A lot of people were disappointed by a lack of a monster, as well as the lackluster ending.

[@RSOFT92]

@@FrederickTheAnon14W I remember watching Bruugar (German Lets Player) playing it a couple of years ago. This is going to be a fun playthrough for our Librarian!

[@karasiktheyoba9898]

Oh, this is one of the games I was actually too scared to play, and just watched someone play it instead. It has some problems, but the atmosphere and everything else is just so spooky!

[@ohnothepossum]

ABOUT THE RANDOM DAMAGE: I am quite sure i remember that the damage mechanic of this game was that it tried tracking if you are scared by how rapidly you move your mouse. If you yank your mouse around quickly it will deal damage.

[@KefkeWren]

I find it funny how my first thoughts about this house were just how nice it would look if it were all cleaned and fixed up.

[@ruiner_9]

48:51 "I have like a TON of these things" :D

[@wowswowman]

infra reference lets goo

[@levetroy]

I sooooo glad you finally try this game! I suggest it years ago and waited since and got it!

[@jenetikitty]

i love this game and am delighted to see you playing it

[@SteackDeLamasticot]

Coherent houses that you explore like the one in Underhell are such a vibe

[@thezeropike]

I do not comment much on your videos. But I want to say, thanks for the effort and work you put into your videos.

[@Trab-ish]

Dude probably living off just ingredients for over a week considering you still haven't found the Kitchen

[@levetroy]

I love this game so much . One of the scariest horror games I’ve ever experienced!

[@beanskiin]

oh hell yeah we eating good tonight mr librarian sir

[@MissKFOX]

Ah, this is the game that I remember as "It's way too fucking dark and I have no idea what I need to do".

[@agoodmeme4823]

All who enter? Maybe I just won’t go in there then.

[@AmericanAlien123]

This comment instantly put that one image of the blue dude from avatar that was screenshotted way close to the camera.

[@agoodmeme4823]

@@AmericanAlien123Good

[@zhe_g1421]

Love this game, so glad to see your walkthrough! 😄

[@ohnothepossum]

pineview drive was one of the first games i repeatedly watched playthroughs of when i was younger because of the specific feel this game had/has that seperates it from other games. I really liked it back then, it is a comfortable horror. Nice to see it being played again :) (it really is a door opening simulator tho, for better or for worse)

[@vesturovr]

I love Pineview Drive, can't wait for you to finish it

[@HotRod-05]

Holy crap!! I remember seeing this game when Poiised played it, jesus that was a long time ago.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

The main character in this game apparently has a heart condition if something like a vase breaking does physical damage Which is one heck of a juxiposition with how he has endless stamina

[@lukmort]

I think this game holds so much potential, such a cool idea kinda wasted by the clunky mechanics and progression system.

[@Kalitayy]

I love Parkway Drive too 🔥

[@sinningistheeasiestwaytowi8576]

Hi Librarian! I love your videos, I have a suggestion for a game: Ib this game has some nostalgia for me and it’s creepy and comfy!

[@Pillowtap]

I was hoping this would be more like that garrysmod mansion map that is full of ambient spooks and a slow burn atmosphere.

[@tiber_drake]

You know, Mister Librarian, the incident with the phones reminded me of a story that happened to me. A few years ago, at the end of December, my friend and I were wandering around a multi-story residential area at night. We were wandering with a specific goal - to find spruce poachers - where I come from, there are, unfortunately, a lot of them - and to yoink the tree so that they wouldn't profit from it (an important clarification - we were looking specifically for thieves who steal these trees from forest plantations - we wouldn't offend decent foresters). I know, it looks questionable from a legal point of view, but we were underage punks, and didn't see anything wrong with it. That night was generally eventful. But now I remember something specific. It was already well past midnight, and my friend and I had already walked about five kilometers by then, noticing several places along the way where poachers had laid out their "goods," but we still decided to walk to the place where the apartment buildings ended and the park began. Just out of curiosity, cause you never know, maybe someone had laid out stolen Christmas trees there too. And so, passing by the last residential building, we heard a ringing sound. One, short, but quite loud ring. At first I thought that someone was ringing the doorbell in the house itself, but my friend objected that it definitely wouldn't have been heard from inside the house. And it sounded exactly like a ringing, not like an intercom signal or something. We stood rooted to the spot and began to look around cautiously. We peered into the windows, into the darkness of the nearby park, even into the snowdrifts by the road. And when we saw nothing and decided to move on, another short ring rang out. Without saying a word, my friend and I quickened our pace and turned the corner of the house. We exchanged a few words about these ringing sounds. Came to the conclusion that the hell knows what it is. Then we decided to walk along the park, looking out for poachers. But quickly discovered that there was no one there, and went back. However, we didn’t go exactly the same way, but on the other side of the last house. And when we had already reached the corner of the house and were about to return to the main street, we heard a ringing sound again - and this time we saw it's source. There was a pay phone on the wall of the house, which we hadn’t seen last time because of the tall bushes located between the sidewalk of the main street and the wall of the house. We exchanged tense glances and decided to go closer. For a while we just stood there and looked at the phone, waiting to see what would happen next. A minute later it made another ringing sound. Then my friend decided to look around to see if the phone could be seen from the windows, and, with a chance, to find that prankster who was calling it. But the windows of the neighboring houses were out of sight, and the view across the road was blocked by the tall bushes. The phone rang again. This time, twice in a row. It all seemed more and more absurd and creepy with each passing second, but I suggested to my friend to wait for the next ring and try to answer the call. He shrugged and agreed. And as soon as the phone started ringing again, I grabbed the receiver, not even waiting to check how many rings it would make this time. I expected to hear anything - from some kind of telephone prankster to a chthonic voice reading some chthonic spells. But I heard only silence... At least, that's what it seemed to me at first. The longer I listened, the more clearly I heard a quiet hissing sound of static interference, through which an equally quiet, intermittent high-frequency squeak broke through. I thought it sounded like Morse code, but made up of random sets of characters, but my friend said it was probably just induced interference. And the cherry on top of the cake of this whole strange story was that at the very moment I hung up and turned to leave, the phone rang again. Later we came to the conclusion that something had broken in the phone, which is why it started receiving a non-existent incoming signal, or the signal was so weak that the incoming signal detector was triggered not constantly, but at intervals of 1-2 minutes. But all this came to my and friend's mind, when we were already home, with an honestly yoinked from some poachers Christmas tree, and played Heroes Of Might & Magic. But at the moment when we stood there in the dark, surrounded by snowdrifts, concrete walls and leafless bushes, and heard this ringing and quiet static on the phone... You know, Mister Librarian, I'm not one to be scared. I've seen and heard worse things in real life, and I rarely take them seriously. But that time even my unshakable character gave way to horror.

[@phantomhurricane666]

correct me if i'm wrong, but blood running down the walls in an old house is such a cliche.

[@ThePotchili]

I remember this game way back in the day, iirc it had great atmospheric audio but man, it doesn't look like it aged well, I think the demo version "Pineview Forest" aged better with time.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

My initial thought concerning that face in the window was it looks like Michael Jackson. 😀 I swear every light bulb must be only 10 watts when compared to the usual 75 watts of brightness. So dim everywhere you go in this castle.

[@SirAroace]

We people say your like a horror channel from 2013, I see that as a high complement.

[@djsouthpaw3811]

The inner child in me desperately wants to play hide and seek in that house 😅

[@Jartyom]

Been forever since I heard about this game

[@private1177]

Ohhh it's find key simulator.

[@CosmicDeathMetal]

this is going to be interesting 😮

[@M_reapr]

Yo librarian id love to see you play silent hill 2 remake just re watched your og playthrough and think itd be fun

[@Orodreth888]

I was wondering when you were going to play this one.

[@soulreaper8319]

6 days and no votv I’m losing my sanity 😂

[@itsthechipchannel5672]

Took me too long to notice the face reflection in the window at the start menu

[@relentlesshorror9902]

40s ago is kinda crazy

[@rebekahoberson1447]

Day 11 of suggesting stray and 10 of suggesting superliminal

[@OpheliaAverill]

*flicks switch* *flicks again* lets not leave ourselves in darkness like that☺🎀 EDIT: theres so many keys i swear😭😭

[@nikolaiwarynski]

142nd day of recommending 8:11

[@agoodmeme4823]

Give it up for day 142! Past the 140 day marker aye? Very nice

[@nikolaiwarynski]

@@agoodmeme4823 ty ;3

[@RatRod-83]

If we hit day 200 i will eat my own 💩 i'm not kidding, i will do it.

[@FalloutBoy2234]

Erm, why wasn’t this a full gameplay like mouthwash sir?

[@stanlymark1495]

WHREE IS THE VOTV CONTENT

[@l-mackee9395]

Bro can u please play lorns lure?

[@Russilly]

Yay yay yay yay who view view who yay yay yay!!

[@rosssnyder4490]

This game had a bunch of good ideas, scares & premise but is designed terribly.

[@mandyogilvie686]

257 like

[@levetroy]

My dream came true!!!!!

[@solmaja]

🤓💚

[@bugjams]

Is it me, or is Librarian's voice getting more and more feminine? I was watching videos of his from a couple years back and he sounds so different. perhaps 🥚?

[@bs_blackscout]

Are you sure this is... Fun? It seems quite frustrating having to wander around just to unlock doors. The scares from what I've seen are sort of cheesy. Idk the game screams jank but maybe it's not a problem?

[@FrederickTheAnon14W]

A lot of people were disappointed by the lack of a monster, as well as a lackluster ending. However I quite enjoy it as I find the experience more about the ambience, since the game does that really well. There's also Passing Pineview Forest.

[@TheLibrarianYT]

It definitely gets better once you get into the rhythm and figure out the game's logic. The "inheritor of a haunted house" experience is IMO all about wandering dark halls at night, and this game gets it down amazingly. It's at its best in the moments where it's actually guiding you somewhat though, rather than just trying every door you can remember to be locked.

[@ottovmkoskela]

@@TheLibrarianYT For me, the jankiness and the boring gameplay takes away too much from the experience. Slogging through a maze just to get tidbits of a generic story. I really respect how you are able to find the good in these games though.

[@ohnothepossum]

It's not that good off a game but for me personally it's about the nostalgia of it. A lot of people played or watched this game being played when they were younger and just getting into horror or similar things

[@shark_hunter0149]

LIBAR IM EARLY!!!!! YAAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY YIPPER MY FAVOURITE KZbinRRRR

[@CrankyRayy]

yummers

[@watchingeyes6320]

I'm gonna kiss you librar

[@AmericanAlien123]

0 views in 0 seconds bro fell off

[@RatRod-83]

☻

[@HotRod-05]

What'd you expect tbh.