Stalkers in Horror Games

[@ComradeMarlow]

I am a janitor, and wanna go on record saying that that one game is a misrepresentation of the job. We don't wear hats when we're chasing down intruders to beat.

[@apollyon5792]

hats are not OSHA approved, its true.

[@genieooofuzzy4181]

No, you just don't want the hat flying off when you're running full tilt down the prison hallways cause then it falls off the top and then you have to go get it on the first floor it's really inconvenient

[@ComradeMarlow]

Yer both right lol

[@genieooofuzzy4181]

@@ComradeMarlow Actually; fair. I feel that might be why OSHA doesn't approve.

[@Pinwheelsystem]

Very funny observationw Is your limb alive?

[@dominicdo9374]

The stalker in At Dead of Night learns from your hiding patterns and sometimes hides in your hiding places to wait for you. This also allows you to lock them in.

[@MLH_1231]

I love At Dead of Night, it genuinely scared me because of how realistic Jimmy was. One of my favorite horror games

[@missrebel634]

@@MLH_1231if only the ending wasn’t so bad. It’s cool how they combined live action footage with 3D game environments and Jimmy had a really good AI.

[@viatomic]

Haunting Grounds is THE stalker game. I love how effective it is within the context of the story. Alien is amazing but you have some tools to aid you (flamethrower, flare etc) and it's fitting to how the story took place. Fiona is so so helpless, even when with the help of Hewie, he can also be unpredictable at times and all you can do in the game is run run run and hide which helps drive home the narrative of the game

[@RosemaryLovesU]

Haunting ground is one of my fave horror games of all time simply because it plays so well into the already existing fears you have as a woman. Being watched/chased, knowing you can only run therefore constantly being on the verge of a panic attack just so someone can abuse your body feels very realistic even in that setting.

[@failurenotsorry6600]

are you just saying that to add it into a conversation that doesn't need it because the protag is female and that must be what's happening? or is that actually an essential point of the game, and it would change if the protag was male instead? edit for clarification: has never heard of this game before, and is asking in genuine interest rather than to cause conflict.

[@elledoll7888]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@failurenotsorry6600 this is literally what the entire game is about and it is not subtle in that fact. One of the stalkers makes it clear at the start of the game his goal is to impregnate you so yeah lol

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​@@failurenotsorry6600 If you're askin' out of curiosity you should really phrase it better because it does kinda read like you're one of those folks who gets butthurt when games try to actually say things. and if again, that is your intent, you have a good whatever it is when you read this and i hope you've been able to have the time to play somethin' fun.

[@HD-vu5vv]

I guess most people are women too

[@kathrynmyrick1739]

Absolutely! The antagonist wants to use Fiona as an object to birth his clone, the different stalkers are like different aspects of fears related to being objectified. Debilitas sees Fiona as no different than a doll, something to win, to play with, a pretty thing to own. He doesn’t mean to harm her, and possibly doesn’t even recognize that his actions harm her or are unwanted. It’s like a little child wanting to catch a cat and not understanding why the cat wants to be left alone. He just can’t grasp the “theory of mind” concept, the understanding that other people have their own minds and their own desires. Debilitas sees Fiona as a precious object, the prettiest doll, incapable of having her own feelings about what she wants. Daniella sees Fiona as the sum of her biological properties. Daniella is *intensely* envious of Fiona because Fiona is a real woman, capable of pain, pleasure, sensation, and most importantly (to Daniella) bearing children. There is nothing Daniella wants more than to be a real biological woman, something that she will never achieve. Daniella sees Fiona as an ideal body, not a person. Riccardo sees Fiona as an object of conquest. He wants to shoot Fiona, defeating her, and then he wants to take her virginity by force. A real nasty man. I forget his name, but the final stalker, the one who wants Fiona to birth his clone, sees her as a useful tool for his own plans. It’s nothing personal, he just doesn’t care how Fiona feels about his plan, he can use her whether she’s willing or not. Fiona is a tool to be used, not a person. I think this last fear, at least in the abstract, isn’t unique to women, because this is how most big companies treat their employees. It still sucks though.

[@graemeh2009]

I'm so glad you brought up Siren, that scared the hell out of me as a young teen, I climbed up a clock tower to hide, turned off the game and never played it again lmao The sightjacking is a ridiculously cool feature, I'm shocked more games haven't taken advantage of it

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

That game style getting Co-op sounds terrifying

[@MINMOMINMOMINMO]

holy hell, idk if the algorithm just picked this up or somebody shared it but thanks for all the comments and stuff

[@RoshDroz]

Your vids are quality. Bound to blow up eventually

[@steviebea]

the wheel of rpg maker horror was recommended to me by the almighty algo and then this was suggested right after! you’re extremely underrated, your delivery is natural, your humor is well timed, and the whole thing has a very charming vibe that i hope continues to earn u subscribers !!!!! keep it up!! :D

[@xxvskrunkle]

I love your hair hello

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

No, dude. Thank *you* for this sick vid.

[@Hambo325]

Definitely picked it up, algorithm almost forced me to click lmao😊

[@TheUnsightlyRF]

I dunno if it's the first, but the oldest example of a stalker enemy in a horror game I can think of would maybe be the T-Rex in 3D Monster Maze, from 1982.

[@DarknessEmpireLeader626]

Here for comments.

[@junoplatoono4083]

Considering it’s often attributed as the first horror game period I think it’s a safe bet. Came here to comment this lol

[@hdgreen8663]

i think we're all forgetting the Real first stalker enemy, the ghosts from pac man

[@BrightPage174]

Evil Otto from Berzerk, 1980. Follows the player if they take too long in a room, is invincible, and can go through walls

[@zpektar]

Wouldve went with the yeti from that snow skiing game

[@Toughst0rm]

Fear and Hunger and Termina have some of the most unnerving stalker type enemies out there. Crow mauler in the first one, and Needles in Termina are a big “oh f***,” moment.

[@wes4518]

The countdown of the hidden murderer clock lining up with the ending has not gone unnoticed, bravo. Excellent video, keep it up

[@andreworders7305]

13:16 Haunting Ground was actually one of the resident Evil 4 scrapped concepts they made into full games, same as Devil May Cry

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

And God Hand

[@otto_jk]

Ram ranch

[@NATEFUCHSiA]

That AI trick from White Day reminds me a lot of an experience I had playing Cry of Fear way back in the day. I'm not sure if they ever fixed it, but the iconic Sawrunner enemy from that game had to stop moving in order to attack you, which it could easily do if you sprinted for too long and exhausted yourself- lowering your default movement speed. Unfortunately it couldn't actually hit you if you just walked away at the default movement speed lol, running away from the enemy is literally the only way that it could kill you.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

that can easily be a intentional mechanic like how Lethal Company an other games you only die if you forget how each enemy works

[@kman1893]

Im pretty sure thats intentional, because if you continuously run from sawrunner you run out of stamina and die. I dont think its possible to beat sawrunner any other way. Also since hes a metaphor for anxiety it kinda makes thematic sense that you have to be calm and time your sprints right or you die

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

I feel like I've seen some other games do that. I have a vivid memory of watching a long armed enemy stop, take a swipe at the protag but she could just walk away. slow walker in terms of protags too.

[@timob1681]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 ehhh, lethal company can definitely kill you in other ways lol. the enemies have defined counterplay, but you can't always actually counter them depending on the situation, and when there are multiple enemies, they can prevent you from playing around each other due to conflicting mechanics, like the bracken forcing you to look away from it and the coilhead forcing you to continuously look at it.

[@boxcarz]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 Is that sarcasm? Lethal company is pure grade-A bullshit 99% of the time, and most deaths in it aren't the player's fault at all.

[@amokriinprolgiid3409]

Personally, my favorite game with a stalker is alien isolation. The alien is constantly on the prowl, but they design the map to give you options most of the time and as you play through the game, you get tools to help you progress. With sound design, you can pinpoint the alien's location and figure out the route to take to avoid it. The alien's A.I. is so good and it leads the alien close to you enough to keep the tension on, and leads it away if it's been too close to you for too long. Few hiding places are safe forever. It's a difficult experience, but well worth it. As for how a lot of players almost never run into the alien, there's two ways. 1) theres a mod that removes the alien's rubberbanding layer of the A.I. which basically lets the alien just f off and leave. 2) There's an exploit in the alien's A.I. if you're playing on nightmare difficulty. Basically, the alien on nightmare mode is programmed to be constantly trying to calculate where you are and track you down, no matter where you hide. However, if you keep moving at a steady pace, the A.I. keeps recalculating your most likely position, making the alien more likely to stay in the vents until it's more sure. So, the trick to maintaining a speed fast enough to have the alien second guessing whilst not giving away your position is literally to just stand up and walk normally while the alien is in the vents and don't make any noise. I tried this once. It works surprisingly well. While walking and standing straight up, the noise you make is only loud enough to be heard in your immediate surroundings. In the vents or far away, the alien can't hear you.

[@TheHalloweenSpirit]

That game is so GOOD, and it makes me so sad that Creative Assembly don't want to work in another horror title 😩

[@celestinemorningstar4851]

😊😊😊

[@IronicallyAlive]

Honestly i like how haunting ground maintains a level of "creppiness" at a certain leve, not like other games where it ramps up to a peak and then afterwards is just meh, here i feel like it ramps up to a point and stays there, like they are edging your irl panic attack

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Then media like the Re:Zero manga an Anime its these light experience that then basically always does down to hell with nuggets of raw wholesome that confuse your emotions like one episode is some amazing parents then a women takes your moms words to manipulate you

[@missrebel634]

A stalker horror game with psycho sexual themes that is EDGING you

[@treeloc4526]

HAUNTING GROUND MENTION!!!! I love that game it does psychosexual horror so well. And its themes of what its like to be a woman and a survivor are done with more care than ive seen in a lot of games

[@Sirvaria]

Checking the rest of your channel was such whiplash, what do you mean you dont already have a huge catalogue of exactly these kinds of videos????? You come across as so experienced and calm, and the video feels so entertainingly high quality????

[@BumbleBeeFeces]

Exactly

[@cecilbenderman6240]

i think Haunting Ground and Outlast similarly do stalkers and general unkillable enemies really well, and i think it's specifically comes down to the characters u play as. for a character like Leon or most resident evil protagonists (or Dead Space), there's a cognitive dissonance between a highly trained soldier/someone trained with weapons and being unable to kill this ONE enemy when u can EVERY other. in Haunting Ground and Outlast, Fiona and Miles are victims from the very beginning, theyre never able to directly fight back against ANY enemy, not just one. they also both have long stretches of time where the fear comes from the environment and the ambience, not the actual bad guys chasing you. thats where Outlast 2 went wrong in my opinion, there was too much going on AT ALL TIMES, u never had a moment to breathe, to consider u might be safe. that's also why Ashley's sections in the original RE4 are the scariest to me. she can't fight back, she, like Fiona and Miles, is just a victim doing her best.

[@EddieM1994]

I love Outlast but I think Whistleblower was the superior game, just because it was condensed down so the chases never got tedious. You didn't get the grand scope story, though.

[@cecilbenderman6240]

​@@EddieM1994out of Outlast and Whistleblower i do actually agree with u, however i think that for the VERY best experience, playing both is a MUST. if u only play one or the other i reel we lose out on some of the horror of the games, it's messate of corporate greed, the story, and generally just a whole bunch of fun that both the games bring!

[@DARE0451]

that chaser joke sent me into fucking hysterics

[@The_Rat_Bridget_Fan]

Woah wierd seeing you here I loved your tuca and Bertie video

[@DARE0451]

@@The_Rat_Bridget_Fan Oh! Thank you!

[@Indi_51]

The chaser joke was pretty good

[@cmd5789]

I don’t understand it

[@Indi_51]

@@cmd5789 it's a joke about people (primarily cisgender men) who fetishize and objectify trans people (mostly trans women), disregarding them as nothing but an object of sexual gratification.

[@itsinevartable3207]

I have a phobia of being chased slowly and unrelentingly at a steady pace, so stalker enemies can sometimes make a horror game unplayable for me. But I do still admire them as a mechanic, especially if done well. Though I loved the RE2 remake and Mr X is a REALLY effective stalker enemy, I literally had to put the game down because I couldn't stop shaking and panicking while playing and it made progress really slow if not kinda impossible at some points. I had to fight some serious inner demons to make it through Jack Baker in RE7 the first time as well.

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

Oh…I’m comin! S L O W L Y

[@simopen]

"but what was the first stalker?" Me: I dunno, Sinistar? "I dunno, Sinistar?" 😂

[@serenity8839]

Man Haunting grounds is such a gem, the music tricks were one of the coolest things in the game. Wish it had a remake. I with i could play it again my PS2 is in tech heaven :( You mentioned the music, but for people who have not played it as he said they come into the room to play out there searching animation, but the game would tell you when the characters were faking you out! So they would leave the room and there would be silence, if the silence remains you're not safe, they're waiting to dive back into the room as they THINK you might be in there and leaving will make you come out thus getting you attacked, it was honestly one of the coolest systems once you figure it out it obviously becomes easier, but when it finally clicks as this was back before easily accessible guides it was a "holy, wait is this a real thing or am I becoming paranoid" And Hewie is THE BEST BOY.

[@NotEthanWinters]

nah homie all my stalkers be chilling with me in Pripyat

[@normeychiapatterson9559]

As a dead by Daylight player. The descriptions were kinda spot on.

[@piskelo10]

You're telling me this guy makes videogame video essays AND jerma edits??? Sign me up BABY

[@DuelaDent52]

“Who was the first stalker? I don’t know. this isn’t a history lesson, I just wanna talk about things I like.” (opens video with the first stalker)

[@lunondisposable5382]

I see most stalker enemies like commercials in a tv show. "Ok you've had 5 minutes of gameplay, now panic to hide somewhere and you'll get another 5 minutes."

[@Fantasticanations]

New video essayist to further expand my Watch Later playlist into the hundreds of hours.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Essayist? Way to make it sound boring and cringe

[@cafemocha1870]

just found your stuff. your sense of humor, presentation, editing and topics are so in my wheel house that i'm actually shocked you aren't more well known.

[@achilles_333]

i literally paused the video, played haunting ground, and came back simply because the way you talked about it was so intriguing and interesting. safe to say its become one of my favorite games ever :)) wishing you the best for your channel cause you deserve it !!

[@XyarroX]

In conclusion the influence of italian Horror and specially Dario Argento has had on videogames goes deep.

[@neuroatypicalkirby2]

my god you made me burst out laughing with the long pause after saying the word "chasers" i rlly wasnt expecting a subtle trans joke

[@chibivampiregirl]

From the first second of this video I knew it'd be great. Did not disappoint. You have a great way of telling stories and editing these videos. I really loved it!! Going through your old work now and binging it all. Can't wait to humble brag one day that I subbed at 1.92k.

[@princembat]

man that game where you can watch from the stalkers perspective and your own at the same time is one of the few times ive seen second person perspective in a video game, thats so cool

[@purmello]

This video was incredible! Fantastic work!! Also, I would *strongly* recommend Hellnight for the PS1. It fits neatly between Clock Tower and White Day, and I think genuinely executes the "unkillable stalker" trope better than like 90% of games that attempt it while serving an unbeatable atmosphere. Anyway! I am obsessed with this video, hoping to see more 💛

[@TehPiemaygor]

Yo, you didn't mention Amnesia The Bunker. Honestly, one of the best Stalker centric horror games I've experienced. Also, another term I've seen used to replace the Stalker type enemies is Pursuer.

[@hammy9906]

I was looking for this comment, amnesia did a very good job with it

[@syro2412]

Alien Isolation too.

[@coolwolf506]

@@syro2412 He did

[@syro2412]

@@coolwolf506 oh yeah true. Idk how I completely missed that

[@rosewilliams556]

always exciting seeing people talk about haunting ground---it's one of my fave games ever. i still hope for at least a remaster/rerelease, but you're probably not wrong about capcom possibly being too skittish to bring it back today. a massive shame, but i hopefully they do another game like it in the future, or more clock tower esp with the og one coming back with a remaster. anyway fantastic vid, would love to see you talk more horror in the future! :)

[@catastrophicyt]

yo this is insanely well made and entertaining, keep up the good work!

[@JustRenVO]

“Chaser” is definitely a less intimidating name, my friends and I referred to them as “Pursuers”

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

8:40 Hell yeah I'M GLAD you mentioned SIREN as that game from day one scared me and gave me goosebumps forever on time. From the first game to the second game it always felt like somebody was really by me from afar even though I was playing the game in the living room with my family IN THE DAY TIME and I still got jump scared by it... Things were just so uniquely done in that game a full time part away from Silent Hill that I really appreciate... Nothing this far into days time has ever gave me that feeling and never left me like Siren.

[@greydiants]

I went to watch your backlog because I love your style and not only do you not have the following I expected but also don't have that many video essays?! Honestly, it's inspiring and great to know there are people who have been trying various stuff and seemed to have gotten some traction.

[@gabby3036]

0:11 Aaaand...subscribed. Dunno if I'm gonna regret that decision but this opening was just too good.

[@sheebuhenu4074]

The rat creature thing from amnesia the bunker is terrifying. When you first start getting your bearings and figuring out what to do, the more you hear those frantic heavy foot steps in the walls. The scarier they get. There waa one point i was hiding under beds, in a pitch black room, where i can see the feet of the creature passing. Terrifying.

[@fabric_glue]

really cool video! i personally love the stalker thing in horror games. mr x scared the crap out of me when i didn't know where he was. also the sound design making it so you couldn't tell which directions his steps were coming from worked super well to create some non-gimmicky jump scares.

[@jaxsjpg3225]

If there are no more stalker games, the chilla’s art team are dead.

[@negative6442]

Bro talked about stalkers in horror games without talking about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cannot believe this

[@xostacyftw]

came up in my recommended and just wanted to say that this is exactly the type of videos i enjoy, and i’m so glad the algorithm brought me here. surprised i hadn’t seen you before, but excited to see where you go from here.

[@popsiiv]

Came for the clocktower stayed for the roast of daylight.

[@ollierachnid]

So glad I happened upon this channel circa the recommended! This is a stellar video about such a cool little micro-genre of horror. The flow and snappiness of it all really made it a fantastic watch, super engaging! Great stuff!

[@NYCTOSEE]

HAUNTING GROUND MENTION LETS GOOOOO!!! But this video was absolutely amazing. Genuinely one of the best horror game video essays I’ve ever seen. Hilarious, short, but straight to the point! So shocked you just started out doing video essays, you might be my new favorite video essay KZbinr! Def gonna make it big. Amazing video❤

[@Kakashiownsyou]

The title of the video got my curiosity. Your handle clinched it. I'm 4 minutes in and having a whale of a time, sir; this is one of those times where the leap of faith pays off. Well done

[@kg7219]

Ok I get it but like clicking on a KZbin video is hardly smth to describe as a leap of faith LMFAO

[@Kakashiownsyou]

@@kg7219 I guess you ain't spent much time trying to find new people to watch by sampling randos Or you have better luck on average than I

[@Kakashiownsyou]

Seems a weird thing to police, but knowing the absolute sewage that's littering the web, listening to some rando offered up by The Algorithm (TM) spout their opinions on horror games (or indeed, video games in general), that sounds to me like the exact definition of a leap of faith If you prefer, it's what a leap of faith constitutes within the bounds of this website.@@kg7219

[@lauraanastasia319]

Stay Out Of The House is probably the best stalker horror game I've played. And you do actually get a gun in that, but it's really just for slowing down the butcher chasing you. The guy behind it (goes by Puppet Combo) has also created a bunch of other cool horror games, a lot of which are these stalker types. Murderhouse is probably the next best one, preferrably played with fixed cameras and a controller, and Nun Massacre is maybe the most stressful game I can think of.

[@shadowelii]

literally so thrilled to see that in fact there are new videos on this channel that youtube happened to subscribe to me a few hours ago. your rpgmaker video brought me here.

[@_hellogan]

I can't even play horror games but I appreciate how well you encapsulated what makes some of the great ones great (and not so great). Great job.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

yet many of the time when people say these games suck for this reason you have countless people talking about how good they are so yeah

[@Acoustic-Jay]

I’m hella down to hear you talk about dated/obscure horror games or just delving into unique or gimmicky game mechanics evolving through the years. Honestly tho you have a really comfortable vibe. Your dry-ish voice and the couch just make it really nice to listen to you talk. Just a thought but I would definitely watch a long form video of you just discussing a topic in personal and deep detail. Hope to see more of your content in the future. I’m not usually like this but I’m actually really glad to have come across this video

[@lupeylycan]

this is my first vid of yours like at all and i have to say that the immediate first seconds being you stanced up bouncing down the street menacingly is such a strong first impression, i really feel like i understand even if your neighbors wont

[@jereneroses]

The rpgmaker wheel video brought me here initially and I subscribed after finishing this one. I really hope you create more videos like this! Your production and editing are superb and your commentary and humor is super entertaining, especially on the topic of horror video games and sharing your thoughts on them!! Can't wait for your next upload!

[@BishopSleeves]

If you thought no one would notice that Ram Ranch guitar riff you're dead wrong. I've seen half of this and your rpgmaker horror vid and I love everything you're doing.

[@rodmanbrutus1671]

God I love videos like these so much man the whole format everything. Also you gave me a huge giggle every time you would sit down on your couch in a different way

[@Ellarielsiren]

Hearing people talk about Clock Tower always makes me so happy cause I was obsessed with that series as a kid and it's probably why I'm the special brand of weird I am now lmfao

[@nichmcintosh2699]

Never seen a video of yours a day in my life, but as soon as the footage stopped and you said stAckers I hit subscribe 😂

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

I've never seen*

[@thedearestdeer6308]

I absolutely love this style of video, its very easy to follow along and relaxing for me! It was very entertaining and im super surprised you dont have more subs! Please continue making thid content, I will definitely be following along :))

[@JoyToy1312]

First video i've seen from you and the chaser joke got me subbed already, great job.

[@ToplessTopics]

Ok seriously how do I keep stumbling onto small channels with amazing production quality? Where did y'all come from? Great video. I'll be bingeing a lot more from you in the future!

[@Ghost5O5]

This was insanely well made, your commentary and the editing mixed really nicely! You did a great job at highlighting what each games excelled at in the stalker mechanic. Anyways my most important takeaway from this video is that a horror game with the visuals of White Day and the gameplay of Haunting Grounds would be SO sick

[@uhh9919]

so insanely hyped to be introduced to a new content creator that has just as much horror game brainrot as i do its so fun to listen to. like the points in this video are the exact thing i’d pull from my 30 minute tangents i force my friends (who dont care abt video games at all) to listen to

[@gustsword6588]

I've never even heard of Haunting Grounds untill last year when youtube suddenly flooded me with gameplays, analysis and recaps of the game. It's one of the best games I've seen tho lol.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I gotta try Haunting ground.. It's got such a unique tone that most other horror games don't even remotely achieve.. It's such a special type of eerieness.. Awkward tension, obscure fear from the way the enemies interact with you & their own unique personalities u hardly ever see done. It creates so much tension, like that feeling of exploring a creepy place you shouldn't be and you feel like you might run into some weird or dangerous person.. We gotta see more stuff like this and hopefully they add depth to the gameplay mechanics as time goes on. Just subscribed. Awesome video

[@gellous3718]

The murderer clock joke absolutely sent me. Fantastic video, you definitely deserve more subs.

[@CoolStoryCanYouRepeatThat]

Just stumbled on this because I was constantly seeing this on my feed. Boy, oh boy, I am so glad. We have the same taste in games every time I was able to guess which game was next made me so happy. The chill with an underlying humorous tone had me HOOKED. So glad I clicked this video

[@droppopcandied]

how does this person not have like. a million subs already?! your work is so reminiscent of the myriad of nostalgic creators who i grew up watching - people who would just sit and talk about shit they liked and share a good time w their audience. super cool humour, amazing editing, and interesting talking points, persona 5 music (💀).. this video reawakened something so joyous in me dawg.. subbed and waiting patiently for more >_

[@YourLocalShadow]

Oh boy new video game essay content creator! Time to binge all your videos. But for real, this is amazing content thank you for putting in this work

[@chair448]

1:30 holy shit THANK YOU for not going on a 20 minute tangent about random shit. I swear to god some people do that like theyre trying to pad out their essay to hit a word count like its english class

[@PURGE_EVIL]

7:57 absolutely destroyed me. I am quite literally crying right now. Ultimate tier tuber subbed

[@Fuhrious]

I know others have said it but when I minimized this video and saw 5k subs, I about shit my pants. You are definitely on a higher level. No doubt this channel will blow up.

[@charlene4419]

I just found your channel and I am in love. Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose, these two games are so unique and fascinating to me. I wish those type of games would come back. ♥

[@stardusst]

being someone who suffers from anxiety, no horror games put me on edge like ones with stalkers, it's even worse when i run towards a room where there's no one except the character i'm playing, and i get this weird feeling of dread that they're out there, waiting in the next room.

[@BeatingUr]

Shockingly underrated channel, good stuff, keep it up!

[@janvangils5560]

This guy looks like a niche renaissance painting of Jesus

[@tymcdonald7195]

every so often i come across a new channel, one i've never heard of, but it covers horror media, and sometimes i'll learn within, maybe the first ten seconds that, they're something special this is one such instance

[@communistdoge1547]

So glad to see someone remember about Haunting Ground. Amazing video, thank you for all your work on it. ❤

[@DangItsBoomhauer]

Really enjoyed seeing this concept in horror games being expansively explored, and also loved the editing, keep it up my dude

[@catthefanatic5551]

had to rewatch this video x6 times because I kept watching before I went to bed and got too scared 🧚‍♀️ thank you for epic video !

[@lukatv9861]

At the very start of the video, I was a little confused as to why is Hozier waddling towards me menacingly. I still am.

[@AirdorfGames]

Underrated channel

[@thevanillafeziant]

Airdorf! What are you doing here?

[@Dei79371]

I'm so surprised you never mentioned Silent Hill 3, which in my opinion, has the scariest stalker in a video I've ever played. Finding the notes left by Stanley and finding a still lit item in a room really hits home of it being a very realistic stalker.

[@chrisa.2323]

I'll never get tired of these mechanics. I'll always shit my pants. But I'll come back for seconds every time.

[@thomaspierce5831]

This was a super well made and entertaining video. You give me Brutalmoose vibes. Keep up the awesome and in-depth stuff

[@kal5157]

Finally! someone is talking about Haunting ground. No matter how much I play it over and it never knocks out the tension out of me, such an underrated gem.

[@Massenstein]

Bit of obscure example but this may be interesting to some people here: there's a very neat stalker-type enemy in Thief 2 fan mission "Builder's Paradise", also otherwise very atmospheric and nice horror experience.

[@marcelinec.426]

this is solid as hell, would love to see more!

[@rondonscorcho5516]

I fricken love siren it's so damn stressful a the good way, also silent hill 4 in the second half when the main antagonist Walter chases you through the game with a chainsaw and uzi while laughing at you is so good.

[@rondonscorcho5516]

I had no clue there were multiple villains in haunting ground I thought it was just debilitas chasing you through the whole game.

[@gobboyboyrah]

Absolutely loved this video! I cant believe you dont have a bigger fan base, this is such a well made video and you seem super funny and comfortable infront of the camera :)

[@dodecahydra]

i never comment ever but its actually so nice to find a youtuber whos funny + covers stuff i enjoy + presents it well and isnt bigoted. great video!

[@starcity751]

I fell asleep to this video last night but, I was so interested I stayed up to watch it. I hadn’t heard of a lot of these games, really enjoyed learning about them, hope you make more content!

[@Hambo325]

I don't know what got into the algorithm but this video has been in my reccomended since it got uploaded. Following me. Always there. Under every single video i watch. Stalking.

[@c0r]

Immediately recognised that piano sting 1 second in and rolled directly under the bed.

[@vincentvaile]

im so glad this got recommended to me, my favorite genre of content and i love your comedic timing and voice, and sense of humour holy shit the genshin joke made my sides hurt 10/10

[@Deirdre1993]

Love finding a small creator that I’m pretty confident is gonna be big.

[@alecsarcade555]

Just saw this and I'm so glad I did. At work and on break and can't wait to chow down and finish this vid later. Keep up the horror game content my dude it's good so far

[@joeytodd795]

Please keep at this, man. You do work every bit as on par as bigger channels with more resources.

[@grigorikarpin]

I’ve been following you for years, really love your videos, and I’m so happy to see this one breaking big (relatively) and I really hope all the people enjoying this will subscribe and check out your other great ones