Say "QUINTUPLETS" five times in the mirror [Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles]

[@TheCornDavis]

Azriel is just still wearing the suit he was baptized in as a baby 😂

[@anondecepticon]

I thought he was wearing one of those t-shirts with a tuxedo printed on it, about three sizes too small for him.

[@TheCornDavis]

@ omg it does look like that 😂😂

[@sarawright9576]

John and Gary teaming up to drive Sinow insane gives me life 😂

[@schicktmirkarakale1232]

A lot of this game looks to have been made with AI, like a lot of the background artwork, notes and flavour text and so on really seem AI-generated. If you go to the developer's website, all the art and text looks to be AI there as well. Not really a great look for the developers tbh.

[@nezudev]

Yeah. Unfortunately this is where things are headed. Even with big studios making a push to use “ai” generated things to save money.

[@dogstarlite]

"[...]our Gaming Pro teams will follow your project closely to implement any shortcomings." Oh they'll implement some shortcomings alright.

[@wildboar67]

and the voicelines too....

[@anafakename555]

really funny when ppl say AI is the future and then we get media like this.. similar to already existing media but inferior. As always tho team EZ smalls makes it worth watching.

[@Moonlight_punk]

I was so excited for this after watching Gary’s POV. Def AI art, writing, and voice editing which is super lazy and uninspired, but I love that you guys together always make anything so much fun.

[@foxxfacemusic]

on the steam page it says ai was used for images, voicelines etc... its a shame developers resort to ai for these things :/

[@ThaVipaa]

at least they are honest about it.

[@liio415]

⁠@@ThaVipaaAgreed

[@liio415]

The harsh reality is that it is exponentially cheaper to make it with AI. While this puts artists and creatives out of work, it does allow more games to be made because you don’t have to have a hefty fund to try and develop a game. It pretty much allows any person that once to try their hand at making a game to make one without having to hire a team of people.

[@VorpalSnickerSnack]

My boss is selling AI generated imagesand charging $150 per piece. Best part there's many tattoo shops around and artists looking for work. Bloody prick.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

It allows more garbage to be made. I dont see that as a good thing at all. We have too much of it anyway in modern gaming times​@@liio415

[@Madway]

"we're gonna summon the devil" "oh okay"

[@Emily-xk2du]

The Yu-Gi-Oh references are getting me so bad 😆John and Gary giggling over their "EMF boosts dragon attacks" joke and Sinow running in to shout "CAN YOU TWO NERDS SHUT UP ABOUT YU-GI-OH?!:

[@Emily-xk2du]

16:05 this whole exchange is SO FUNNYYYYY lmaoo. "We're trying to figure out how to not die next time!" "Hey! That's what we're discussing too!"

[@AngeliqueStP]

@@Emily-xk2du IKR?! There's nothing so joyous as seeing Sinow get wound up. 😁😁😁

[@AngeliqueStP]

Poor Azriel! Dude is over here in the suit he wore to his bar mitzvah ....but now he's in college.😆

[@nyyxs]

I love watching vod's when the gang gets together; no doubt this one will be another banger!

[@ghostgripe]

100% an AI game that also uses stolen assets. You can't hear it in John's video but in Sinow's it's definitely playing Crypt of the Necrodancer music in the main lobby area as well. I have a feeling this game dev is just one of those people that doesn't care what he does to make a game because he's looking to churn out a profit no matter what. That aside, EZ small videos always are great, because it's just fun to watch you four hanging out, even if it's with a shit game.

[@ClassicChrisGaming]

The Steam description says they used AI for art, character voices, and music... but from what I can gather, a lot of stuff is also just blatantly stolen and/or AI-trained to be similar to commercial properties that make it indistinguishable from the original.

[@user-os7ec4dm8x]

@@ClassicChrisGaming AI for art, characters, voices, music...er so what exactly did the dev do, because the rest of it is also shit. Also AI voices were better about 30 years ago.

[@wildboar67]

I believe the Necrodancer music is added in during Sinow's stream. If it was actually in the game, I'm positive they would have commented on it, lol. Regardless, this game is AI trash

[@ghostgripe]

@@wildboar67 Oh, that makes more sense re: Necrodancer. I was like "wow, that's really bold to use such familiar music in game on top of the AI stuff." I think what's just extra disappointing on the game being AI trash is that there's clearly no threads to actually chase for figuring out puzzles/clues, as John calls out, it's just all random. But also I get that for most EZ Small content it kind of works best in this kind of game. But I would also watch John and EZ Small crew play less horror themed ones if it means they got to branch out to different games.

[@AbbaJoe26]

Honestly, I had the exact same reaction that Gary had, immediately after that first death scene voice happened, "this is a direct track from Bioshock". Later deaths it sounds much more like "Cuddles" (but still feels too note for note the Bioshock voice, so I'm toooootally fully in agreement with Gary, this really is probably a direct re-use of the voice track from Bioshock, with edit to it (or AI modeler using the Bioshock voice line as it's foundation for this one, and not wandering far enough from it. I just watched John's Bioshock playthrough a week or so ago....the MR BUBBLES......it fresh in my memorybank. It's a near note-perfect match. le sigh (I almost nevr jump to "they used AI in this video game", not my mode, but in this case.....I ab...so...lutely......will die on the hill that they used AI to " " "build" " " that vocal asset.

[@anondecepticon]

I paused on the tutorial screen. It said something about hiding in one of the “hidden closets scattered throughout the environment.” Considering none of you found one, I think they might be a little TOO well hidden. Also not close enough to flee to, given how fast the ghost kills you.

[@bluehelixgames9870]

John and Gary's Yu-Gi-Oh references were so funny but it was even more funny how Sinow was having none of it. 😂

[@aiyase]

One of the most uninspired clone of other games. Add to that is this game is just a load of AI stacks and assets thrown around. The sound designs lean closely to just edited version stolen from other games. Developers of this wasn't even trying.

[@ConvallariaM4jalis]

The margreth character definitely looks like she's from scary stories to tell in the dark...

[@NayanBeardy]

Hi John, It's Guys.

[@1kminus7]

One of the monsters is ripped from scary stories to tell in the dark the red room lady

[@AngeliqueStP]

Looking at the font, I definitely think they meant 'Church the Cat'... a reference to 'Pet Sematary.' They just misspelled Church.

[@MidnightEden]

All the Yu-Gi-Oh references had me cracking up 😂

[@anacsadder]

E Z Small! E Z Small! EDIT: The Yu-Gi-Oh banter was killing me, lol!

[@cer0876]

That sassy "i think it is locked" line has me CRYINGGGG

[@crimsonknightsoul]

Nothing funnier than you all messing around and Gab in the background trying to figure out what the ghost is 😂 This game looks like it was made with a lot of AI. Really not impressed with it.

[@samwisegamgee1243]

I started rewatching Yu-Gi-Oh last month, so all these references John’s been making throughout his videos have been so funny. 😂

[@Emily-xk2du]

The ending of that last round with the cut to Gary and the closing "QUINTUPLETS" discussion were so good. EZ SMALL! EZ SMALL!

[@thacobell4700]

Wow, this is...really disappoitning. The game that is.

[@myriellachance]

I know it's really small, but the footsteps annoy me a tiiiny bit. I was painting while "listening" to some parts, and it sounds like the characters are sneaking everywhere, even though they're moving pretty fast. Next to all the AI trash and very unforgiving enemy AI, the footsteps not matching the walking speed just make this game ... not good at all. At least the banter and jokes makes this worth watching! I'd watch the Easy Small gang play anything.

[@katefrolenko]

Azriel stance is kinda giving that Jotaro vs Dio panel

[@Emily-xk2du]

43:58 oh my GOD the mannequin

[@DetNate]

The way the armpits sink into the torso hurts me as a professional 3D artist, and I'm not even 5 minutes in. A lot of the character design is wack tbh, I'm just extra mad about the rigging.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

This is a 90% ai generated game and thats whats most offputting to you? 😆

[@DetNate]

@@TeenPerspektiva I'll take reading comprehension for 5.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

@@DetNate what, 5 minutes wasnt enough to notice all the other shortcomings of the game is what you're trying to say? Cause the way you put it, you're most put off by the rigging. My reading comprehension is fine

[@DetNate]

@@TeenPerspektiva I'm a professional 3D artist, as I said before. My specialty is character rigging and animation. Yes, I am most offput by the rigging as a personal pet peeve since I'm thinking about having to work with that.

[@TeenPerspektiva]

@@DetNate yeah ok. So why did you get defensive? I was just pointing out how thats unusual. I didnt say anything negative to you

[@EternalightVXe]

In the japanese Yu-gi-oh anime, they actually replaced the term "tribute" and "tribute summon" to "release" and "advance summon" starting from the 5Ds series (the synchro summon one a.k.a CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!)

[@AngeliqueStP]

Make sure you tell Sinow... I know he'll want to hear *all* about it. 😉😁

[@EternalightVXe]

@@AngeliqueStP It's John's job. My job is to be the nerd in the comment section once in a while.

[@AngeliqueStP]

@@EternalightVXe But, but, can't we poke the Sinow-bear just a little? It's *ever* so much fun... [scuffs floor with toe]

[@reaperman111]

i summon pot of greed!!!! this allows me to draw TWO more cards!!!!

[@urielgrey]

Thank you John

[@Motyloch]

I'll be honest I expected single player horror by the title, and more specifically shitty indie horror bad dad abandoned his family type thing. So some EZsmall fun was a delight to see instead

[@epitaphpls7890]

for once, im on time

[@jinsoulcialista]

not even done watching and my face hurts from laughing @ john and gary with the yugioh rp annoying sinow LMAOOOO love this group

[@gradeApuddin]

I think it is locked.

[@katspawprint]

Seven tools of the bandit... that's a deep cut, damn

[@Coulroperation]

47:35 "WHAT IS A MAN?!" this game is unreal lmao.

[@squarekittyv]

Are the devs Brazilian? When children appear in the chapel they pray in Portuguese! 😂

[@AngeliqueStP]

Was that what that was? I kept trying to make it out, but I just figured it was my ears being shite.

[@squarekittyv]

@AngeliqueStP I think the translation of what the children say would be "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come..."

[@samwisegamgee1243]

They’re Turkish, I found their LinkedIn page! So it explains the Turkey flag in the lobby, but makes the Portuguese prayer even weirder. 😅

[@TheCornDavis]

Ooooooo excited to watch! Edit: did John get a haircut? Looks good at that length 💖 maybe it just curled up idk haha looks good tho

[@lemghtysn00terb00per]

it seems like even everything in this game that couldn't be made with AI kinda sucks...like the voice and gameplay design.. plus obviously all the possible AI generated stuff :C not a great look for the developer

[@HaraQuinn]

47:29 am i the only one going "THERMO UNDER 0!!" as Johns literally going off to "find some clues"? lol wish this was longer than an hour though.. interesting new package of a game we have.

[@samwisegamgee1243]

Tbh it looks like there’s not a lot to do in this game, nor is it fun. So I’m grateful they even spent an hour in this mess at all.

[@HaraQuinn]

@@samwisegamgee1243 mayhaps. i don't really have an eye for AI art, let alone recognising these same "package" game layouts a lot of indie games get flack for (i forget what they're called.. you know the same houses/furniture/etc). i agree it def looked very cluttered and kinda thrown together, so my comment about hoping for more was to see if there actually was some substance that made it different than Phasmo. as far as unethical art. i don't really like the self label of being an "artist", but i've been a creator in drawing original "miniatures" using fine line tools by hand, and even selling them for a short while few years back.. (I stopped doing it b/c of some mental health issues rising up relating to paranoia and becoming irrationally superstitious about parting with anything i created).. sorry for the TMI, but my point being, i tend to look at any creation automatically in good faith. i don't know how much of this game was unethically done.. and i get a sense of weirdness assuming to know b/c what if it actually isnt true. and i can't help but think of how the devs would feel to hear something they possibly were so passionate about being called objectively unethical and AI.. when it was possibly just very amateur? IDK. which, again, it might NOT be the case. but i'm not qualified to make that judgement and i try to be a positive force in believing people are generally good. i'm not naive, but i like to give benefit of the doubt unless it's truly known b/c i know how badly i would feel if someone accused me of tracing or copying someone elses work, let alone using AI, to pass off as my own. just to say.. i dont disagree with you, i'm just not qualified to make those distinctions, i'm still a very old school creator by hand.

[@HaraQuinn]

​@@samwisegamgee1243 i don't necessarily disagree with you. i think the game was very cluttered, and it seemed like they used every asset from the package they had for the game. however, as someone who's extremely passionate about drawing miniatures using fine line tools, spending hours and hours on something the size of a credit card sometimes, i have learned to have a natural sense of believing people are on their own creational journeys and i don't like the idea of judging that. For all we know, in todays age of children being able to even make games... we don't know what this was. and i didn't think an hour was sufficient to see if there was actual lore, order in the chaos, or just something even small making it different and new compared to another Phasmo. There was a lot of talking of AI creation.. but i don't have an eye for that b/c i work with my hands. i'm not savvy on catching AI created spoofs. So i'm not going to judge a new game that i just don't objectively know the backdoor of. There's always a small part in back of my head that questions "what if this WAS a passion project of some kid, but poorly executed?" .. I'm not naive, i have eyes and saw the same things you did.. but i dont like judging creators when i just don't know, or couldn't tell from an hour if there was a story somewhere to be told there.

[@samwisegamgee1243]

@@HaraQuinn the "passion" credit goes right out the door as soon as they started using AI and stolen assets. "Passion" is when you actually make something, not rely on software to generate it for you or blatantly rip-off the hard work of others. If a game is good, an hour is more than enough time to get a feel for it and know that it's good. If you ever play demos or have watched John play them, you know that a good game/demo can give you quite a lot of info in terms of mechanics, lore, and progression. This game, thus far, is a janky mess trying to blatantly copy what a million other Phasmo copies have already accomplished.

[@HaraQuinn]

@@samwisegamgee1243 do we KNOW there was stolen assets and do we KNOW there was AI art/writing? objectively? Again, i dont have an eye for these things and it doesn't sit well with me to be immediately accusatory of something i barely got to see. Could just be a me skill issue. However, this is where i was trying to avoid getting to by pleading for trying to find something worthwhile by first having good faith.. If it was just John playing, i'd take his word more seriously. but the whole hour was just spent literally not paying a single moment of attention to even how to play the game properly, and instead making fun, joking around, and then studying every corner of the game looking for unethical AI. Which, fine. but also why i mentioned being curious in seeing more.. bc for example.. i actually found the sock character thing interesting and was curious wtf that was about bc it reminded me of "my friendly neighbourhood" which is a game i adored. i'm really not trying to disagree bc i do think it was a very cluttered looking game. but that's all i really saw. idk. i'm not trying to fight.

[@VanillaflavoredSora]

Whoops I’m too early for the shareholders meeting. I’ll be back tomorrow with some eggnog 🥛

[@deving2512]

Never been this early 🎉

[@sutefani13]

lesss goo

[@DramaLover-ek8oi]

Hi

[@xBenjiSx]

I love John and the gang, but I don't wanna watch a letsplay of a game made with AI :C Fortunately, John's got a ton of other content to watch

[@Gloomcookie96]

I only know Yu-Gi-Oh stuff from John. My go to will be Blue-Eyed White Dragon to sound cool.

[@ZTIMMS]

GIVE US A SIGN

[@82892869hi]

I want chris

[@ClassicChrisGaming]

Hi

[@sunbunnow]

This game is poopy lol