The Amazing World of Bad Horror Games

[@magicschoolbass]

You trying to hide in the comments from the jumpscares? I know you do. I toned down the Observer glitch effects VERY high, as they are really painful to watch. Also the Outlast timer thingy would be 3 jumpscares in 40 seconds if I didn't pickup the extra battery which is saying something

[@charlieflight6124]

Has anyone told you that you sound like the kilian experience?

[@magicschoolbass]

@@charlieflight6124 I just googled him and his accent is equally as funny as mine, so I guess that's something

[@charlieflight6124]

@@magicschoolbass sweet.

[@Rtr-sp9om]

Man I love Soma so much. I agree with you that the gameplay is meh at best and the monster designs are... Something else. Still, I love how the developers tried to kind of mix this deep-sea-biology-look with a somewhat human form as well some robotic aspects. Little fun fact about the monsters and also spoilers (probably): The big heart-like structure you can see in the SOMA section of the video (Didn't find it again, or I am going insane) is actually an AI. This AI, in combination with the goop, tries to recreate humans again like an AI would: Test one way. Way fails. Test again with minor alteration, and so on. At least that is what I understood so far. The goop has also the curious feature of being able to combine technology and bio-matter through... Magic, I guess. Anyhow. While I do agree that the post-credit section kind of "ruined" the ending, it was interesting to see the survey again you normally do at the start of the game. When I took the survey again and it showed me what I answered the first time, I couldn't identify myself with those answers as extreme as it sounds. Anyway, SOMA gud story, lacking gameplay as Bass put it together beautifully. Keep going my man, love your videos!

[@magicschoolbass]

I actually like how they did AI in this game instead of the usual AI ROGUE KILL HOOMAN. He kinda wanted to keep them around because he simply did not know what to do with them, so he just put them in some sort of stasis, as he still wanted to protect them, but lacked the morals to do it in a more comfortable way

[@rhipeinik9375]

Soma is more of a depression inducing game than horror

[@DeletedGemz]

as a wise man once said if you played 1 horror game, you pretty much played most of them.

[@magicschoolbass]

Can not agree more

[@rhipeinik9375]

I played a lot of gmod horror maps

[@panzershreck8077]

When you see majority of reviews for games, you have to remember most people are complete casuals, and by casuals, I mean people that can't even be bothered to continue their playthrough after 1 hour and immediately hops back on to play with their friends on apex or warzone lol. My favourite horror games of all time always seem to be survival horrors/ resource management. I think the reason why I love the resident evil series and Silent hill 2 and 3, is that the gameplay itself creates tension with the thought of what will you do next, if you don't have X/Y item in X/ Unknown location that you are about to embark on. I've been playing Security containment breach for the first time ever recently coop with a friend, and honestly I was shitting my self for a good hour and an half, but after dying a few times and understanding how the AI works, and understanding what I needed to, the scary stuff kind of just dissipated away. But what I loved, was how the whole map is basically a pre generated puzzle that you have to figure out whilst dealing with a variety of monsters that have their own counterplay. And you get items with 0 explanation on what to do with them, but u can find pages in the map explaining how to counter monsters or use items, or just figure it out urself most of the time. Without good gameplay mechanics that don't get repetitive ( *Cough cough* Opening and shoving into doors in outlast/ walking around, Or doing shitty animations for every single action you do in alien isolation) , the horror just gets old very fast. I'm glad you made this video to show the absolute shallowness of horror games that only rely on their "horror" and nothing else to show.

[@magicschoolbass]

Can not agree more my dude, also been wanting to try that SCP game for a long time, seems really fun

[@BladeMaster84]

Fun fact: Devil May Cry 1 was originally supposed to be a horror game, and It still has some resident evil vibes.

[@magicschoolbass]

Wasn't it supposed to be RE4, but they reconsidered during the development?

[@BladeMaster84]

@@magicschoolbass Yup. Since the game got so distant from it's Resident Evil roots, how could they name something like that Resident Evil?

[@BladeMaster84]

Also, you said that you're going to platinum DMC1 before DMC4. Well, I hope you have a big pack of gold orbs ready. Because DMC1's platinum is the HARDEST and the MOST BORING of the entire series!! It requires you to get killed by every single enemy type in the "Dante Must Die" difficulty with low health in order for them to finish Dante with their "Fatality" attacks which adds that attack to the enemy database of the game, this is essential to get the "I Read you like a book" Trophy, which effectively blocks players from EVER getting this MERCILESS Platinum.

[@MarluxiaX2]

Yeah everyone knows this already dude.

[@ВасилийПупкин-ж8и]

This might be a low-hanging fruit, but the original Slender would fit here perfectly. I was 13 when it first blew up on youtube and still thought it was fucking stupid, the dude just looks goofy with that blowup doll ahh model and the gameplay is nothing but stumbling around some default unity terrain. How did this become any popular? P.S. I am coming to your house for talking shit about Soma.

[@magicschoolbass]

The modern slender man is analog horror, for some reason kids love these things

[@Soma_Shotgun]

6:21 I would fully agree if Little Nightmares didn't exist. But when we are talking about first person horror games. Yeah. Completely agree.

[@magicschoolbass]

Forgot about that game, it does that job EXTREMELY well, especially that one part with the dinner table

[@stevenfan8704]

I'm so proud that my favorite YT creator is on my first feed when I open it. May senses of accomplishments and fulfillments come forth when you needed most Bass.

[@333Chains]

i haven’t finished the video so i don’t know if there’s a reference to it, but how do you feel about the amnesia collection? (if you’ve played one of them before)

[@333Chains]

well, disregard my entire comment 😭😭😭

[@magicschoolbass]

@@333Chains I only played Dark Descent and Machine for pigs. Descent was really spoopy, but the Machine was really meh

[@acidgreen790]

I couldn't exactly form an opinion on games that were thought to be compareable to ALIEN : ISOLATION untill i saw this video *now that i watched the video and googles the game's reception, it is very disappointing to see that outlast sold over 15 million copies, while ALIEN : ISOLATION barely sold over 2 million*

[@magicschoolbass]

Can not agree more, Isolation was not perfect, but it destroys these games in terms of quality

[@SlurpyPie]

I haven't finished watching the video yet but so far this video is solid and pretty funny my only complaint is that a better example of a bad horror game that Bloober Team made is The Medium considering the pathetic excuse of a story and poorly done game design. From what I've heard from some people who actually hate Bloober say that The Observer is their only good game and everything else they've made is bad I haven't played the game yet so I can't give my own opinion, but I thought it was interesting to mention. Regardless, you did a great job with this video dude!! 😊👍

[@magicschoolbass]

I've heard that the medium was really bad, but can't confirm myself since I did not play it. It's interesting nonetheless, thank you for the kind words

[@SlurpyPie]

@@magicschoolbass Ofc dude!! You honestly deserve alot more subscribers and views for this type of content. Keep up the good work bro!! :D

[@7.hundred]

i seen your other yakuza video, i wonder, where are you from? Blessings🙏

[@magicschoolbass]

Balkans

[@apencil5147]

I think it time to make more gmod horror games again. Take me back to my childhood.

[@magicschoolbass]

I think they still do make those, but they are mostly ARGs now

[@angryrinokripperino7621]

God, it's nice to someone shittalking Observer, that game is so stupid

[@ramirovallejos5437]

i really love your videos, this being no exception even when i am someone that is not interested at all in playing these acclaimed ''horror'' games, because as you pointed out in an amazing way, they are not really scary, the gameplay tends to be shitty and their idea of horror is just to put an ugly mofo.jpeg with a loud noise all the time and wow 3 of those in less than a minute its just cheap. I even tried some survival horror games but the spoopy aspect is never what hooked me on them, also tried those resident evil games but i just cant enjoy shooting what it feels like rubber bullets in a police station that has too many puzzles for... some reason LeMAO in truth i think they are good games but just i can't enjoy the genre, not when horror is the main part of it anyway.

[@magicschoolbass]

If you want some action horror Dead Space is pretty decent, but if you are looking forward to something really creepy then Silent Hill, Little Nightmares and Fatal frame are really good for that

[@ramirovallejos5437]

dead space is cool except for the 3rd one, silent hill isnt on steam except one with some technical issues from what i've read. But i tried little nightmares and wow what an atmosphere specially in parts like when they were eating. Thanks again for your wisdom fish@@magicschoolbass

[@realnickhiro]

Eh, I still love Outlast and think its a alright game. Each jumpscare is different and not a simple PNG flying at your face but yeah none of those jumpscares hit anymore. I replayed it 3-4 times in a total (its a really short game to be honest) for the chases only. I found your channel by your great PD3 video. If you want a great stealth but with a bit horror then I would recommend you the Thief series. Just one disclaimer: You think stealth in PD3 gonna be even more worse after you notice the sounddesign of Thief. xD edit: I def do not agree that Alien Isolation is a good game. Just see the Alien Isolation Video by Under the Mayo. Awful, annoying, not scary and way to strechted out.

[@magicschoolbass]

I played the Thief series a lot, I love it. The reboot is very bad. I like alien isolation a lot, becuase of how AI evolves and adapts to what you do. The fact that you can fight back is also really fucking good, but do that too much and his skin will harden and you won't be able to flame him anymore. And some of the tricks the game pulls on you is really creative. Also the robots terrify me in that game, idk why. And of course, baiting Xeno to attack other people will never stop being fun to me. But, YES, the game is so fucking long it's insane. Why did they make it so long is beyond me.

[@realnickhiro]

@@magicschoolbass Well in the video I recommend he never had a single problem with the Alien in hardmode. The AI was always stupid, he never had problems by using his flamethrower only. Opening doors and throwing items like trashcans make no sound at all (no one is alerted). It also had weird stuff like you cant take the shotgun but the shells itself. I played it myself on hard and also didnt had any problems and just got frustrated more because the Alien is just so annoying. The robots are indeed amazing tho and I probably laughed my ass off more than I got scared when I baited Xeno as well. Its not bad by any means but I wouldnt call it one of the best horror games. What do you mean the reboot is very bad? It doesnt exist. Never heard of it and I will get offended if I hear again that one exists. xDD

[@magicschoolbass]

@@realnickhiro Same, no games starting with T were released in 2014. I might not remember correctly, but there was one more difficulty, like insane or something? The last time I played the game was on that, but I might replay the game to see how it holds, I just remember really liking it for many many things

[@seanfussa3076]

Your soma slander was sacreligious, it's one of the best games ever made. If you do this again tho, you should cover the evil within and its sequel, because the evil within is decent but the evil within 2 is one of the worst games ive ever played

[@magicschoolbass]

Bro, same, I did not even finish EW2, I got like 2 hours in and went fuck this

[@sidedobject]

loved soma, liked evil within and currently playing 2(cuz it went free on epic), it's pretty fun so far. On the topic of game sequels tho i feel like ghostrunner 2 was kind of a downgrade from the first one.

[@magicschoolbass]

@@sidedobject I still have not played it. What did it do wrong?

[@sidedobject]

@@magicschoolbass for starters the bike riding is VERY buggy and repetitive. The game also felt much easier than the first one (mainly due to it having no hard mode) so replies aren't even that fun. And its greatest offense is that it shows you the default sword from the first game in the main hub, but it doesn't let you keep it. Jokes aside it's not all bad as they fixed a lot of the first games problems with linearity and you can actually feel like you are able to use your ninja robot mobility to play the game the way you want to (sometimes), and not the way it wants to be played. Given enough time to prepare i could go on a multi hour rant but I'll spare you the torture

[@magicschoolbass]

@@sidedobject The original did not have the hard mode available from the get-go either, they added it in later, so I hope they will do the same here

[@LEEEchie]

Man i love your videos. I'd love to see a video recommending Horror titles you enjoyed. Keep up the awesome content

[@magicschoolbass]

Here are some: Alien Isolation, any RE pretty much, Silent Hill 1,2,3,4, Iron Lung, Cry of fear

[@LEEEchie]

@@magicschoolbass Appreciate the reply! Loved your Resident Evil 2 video.. great content man, Enjoy Yakuza for the next few weeks!

[@SomeOrdinaryViewer]

@LEEEchie Some more: Haunting Ground Fatal Frame Hellnight Corpse Party Rule of Rose Calling (not well reviewed but I don't know why, it was really scary)

[@magicschoolbass]

@@SomeOrdinaryViewer Fatal frame is insanely good, you are right

[@hereandnow995]

Well, I don't totally agree with you about outlast... To me honestly outlast was a good game for it's time. I mean... I was 17 when I played it for the first time, so I shit myself pretty often. The thing is that apparently they took inspiration from Amnesia, which I've never played till the end because,nah, i rather watch PewDiePie play it 😂. Still man, good video, but the beautiful things about the gaming community is that we have a thousand different opinions about everything 😂

[@magicschoolbass]

You liked outlast because you have not played a game of that genre before, and that's okay. Play something similar and you will see why it sucks balls

[@hereandnow995]

@@magicschoolbass That’s for sure, at the time I’ve never played something like outlast, so that’s why I loved it. It’s been 10 years now since outlast first came out… I played various games like outlast, and yes, they suck. But I don’t know man, there’s something about Outlast and the MKultra program that scares me. Maybe because Outlast take inspiration from real events that had occurred back in 1953 in the U.S. Let’s put it this way: Mentally ill people are real, psychiatric hospitals are real, reporters that investigate are real. Those things + the camera made my enjoy the game. 😍

[@magicschoolbass]

@@hereandnow995 Yeah if the game was about the psychos and shit it would be cool, but instead it's just some labs, gore and mutants, which I guess is the reason I hate it even more

[@oppenz3723]

I feel more horror being chased by a woman in loincloth in Dark Souls than 99% of horror games I played. Also please put notification for your livestream schedule so we don't miss it.

[@magicschoolbass]

Will do!

[@Foxhowls]

THANK YOU!! Outlast was such a sh*t game but I remember people yelling at me because I said the game suck, bruh all you do is run forward, I ran through the whole game without getting scared a single time. It was dumb and boring. It’s a “horror” game that scares people who are afraid of their own shadow, which is a lot of people apparently lol

[@magicschoolbass]

Honestly same, mate

[@iamreaper3257]

yo man another great video keep em coming ❤ , you should try infamous second son if you haven’t (which i doubt a pro gamer like u haven’t)

[@magicschoolbass]

I did, it's alright. Nothing too crazy to write home about

[@Jdcisnothuman]

I literally just started watching this video, and the first thing I see is that... Outlast has no atmosphere?! Do you misstake atmosphere for volumetric lights everywhere? Outlast is the only horror game where I looked down a corridor and literally could not continue further. I can't honestly think how or why you would think this except that you just didn't like the game for personal reasons. However I did not watch the rest of the video I kind of came rushing angrily to the comments so if there is anything afterwards that makes sense I apologize for the long rant.

[@Jdcisnothuman]

And I would like to add, I have played many horror games before Outlast.

[@magicschoolbass]

Sorry, I did not have the time appreciate this so-called atmosphere since on every single corner there was either something screaming at me with a stock sound effect deafening me or some very quirky intestines laying around. While in SOMA for example, there is atmosphere and time to soak it in and FEEL the world around you. I can even pull an UNO reverse card on you and say that you liked the game for personal reasons, but that is not saying much, it it?

[@Jdcisnothuman]

@@magicschoolbassThere ain’t that many jump scares in the game, for a horror game at least. And the only screams I can think of is the first one, and either way that one’s a really good jump scare. Again you haven’t described atmosphere, you’ve just been saying. “Outlast no atmosphere.” Again, do you take atmosphere for volumetric lights? SOMA’s atmosphere is amazing, without a doubt. But outlasts is as well, it’s crazy terrifying compared to any other horror games I’ve played. If the intestines lying around hurts you that much that don’t look at them. And for the personal reasons, I mean yeah I’d be fine with that. Just means I like what I like and you like what you like.

[@magicschoolbass]

@@Jdcisnothuman Ok man, you saying outlast doesn't have many jumpscares is more than enough, you could have started with that killer line and I wouldn't waste my time debating you lmao

[@Jdcisnothuman]

@@magicschoolbass It really doesn’t, lol. The fact that it’s not over reliant on them should be enough. Although you do think the game has no atmosphere for some reason, so maybe that’s it. You really just sound like you’re trying to justify your disliking for a really good game. The thing is the way you can do that is just say it wasn’t for you.

[@anishi1182]

yeah if you make it a series, which would be cool you could cover the horizon games for sure

[@magicschoolbass]

But that means I have to play them... 😭

[@valknightdarkknight6002]

Outlast was honestly never good

[@wawawa12233]

It is

[@zxnecat]

I've always viewed it as a well-laid chasey chase and hide game. Why'd you think so?

[@Tomoe_a_guy]

Bro you should try to achieve 🏆 of bayonetta series

[@magicschoolbass]

I might

[@lukegrenier9238]

Outlast is a pretty great game tho, its beloved by a lot of people. Its designed specifically not to be a psychological horror game, and it has character identity in mind, so it fleshes out the main villains. The camcorder adds a ton to the game as well. I definitely disagree. to each his own

[@magicschoolbass]

Fleshes out main villains? Which one? The cRaZy DoCtOr from the hit game CRRRRAZY TAXY? Or the Giant Brute enemy from Halo? Or, the fucking ghost guy that is the result of the nanomachines? It's a walking screamer, don't overthink it

[@lukegrenier9238]

@@magicschoolbass What do you prefer, a spooky sigmond freud that scares you with facts and well thought out arguments?? 😂 Its a ✨psychward✨, your video is the definition of overthinking it

[@magicschoolbass]

@@lukegrenier9238 I prefer something scary and original, but to each his own I guess 💅💅

[@lukegrenier9238]

Like what?@@magicschoolbass

[@magicschoolbass]

@@lukegrenier9238 This might be a bad example, but there was a creeptpasta flying around back in 2000s about a drug rehab that was extremely realistic. It was really creepy and gritty, without WOAH CRAZY DOCTA CHOPPING FINGERS and no nanomachines and laboratories. It was too meaty to be honest, but looking at the outlast it would have perfectly fit in, actual insane people are way scarier than mutants or people in cloth with a machete that act exactly like you would expect them to act, i.e. a dark souls enemy

[@VikiTheBulgarian]

YOOOOO! Bass posted!!!! 🗣🗣🗣

[@willbland981]

You talked about bad horror games yet you left out Security Breach. Ruined FNAF, an actually decent horror series but at least people who care have been making good stuff for it. Also you left out Scorn, which has good atmosphere marred by bad gameplay.

[@magicschoolbass]

I just did not play it, so I can't really criticise it

[@MarluxiaX2]

Scorn is just pure body horror with garbage controls and obnoxious puzzles.

[@magicschoolbass]

@@MarluxiaX2 It has SOME moments where visuals are good, but most of the times you are right

[@dismas_glm]

Really like soma

[@magicschoolbass]

It's cool, playing it not so much

[@Desher_ER]

Butt

[@stormstrike1769]

love your style man, keep em coming

[@magicschoolbass]

Will do

[@hettige]

probably just bait to get people heated over their fav horror games and a gathering point for the others to bitch about "yes its bad" and do a group ma... i love your content man but this time nope. i guess all those thousands of people are wrong to think these were any good. youre entitled to your opinion. even if its wrong.

[@magicschoolbass]

People would think it's good, becuause it's the only horror game they played, the game objectively sucks balls no matter how tight are your nostalgia glasses. Plus any horror game will have thousands of good reviews now matter how good or bad it is, because kids. Check out any shitty horror game and you will see what I mean: FNAF, Hello Neighbor, Granny (at least the speed runs are cool), that one game with the Convinience store I kinda showed or even the original Slender man. You can not check reviews on that, obviously, but you can see how shit it is pretty easily and just remember how many people were going crazy over it.

[@hettige]

@@magicschoolbass by your definition there is no real way to know if somethings good other than personal view. mine wasnt influenced by any external parties. i played outlast without checking any reviews or such. still i found it very innovative and tension driven. jump scares itself isnt a bad thing. its how its executed. implemented. if it feels cheap its cheap, if it doesnt its good. outlast is good cause its very creative in its ways to keep you interested in it. anyone can smash a monster and a creepy place and call it horror. but it takes skilled devs to make everyting work without it looking like forced. i cant speak for the other two. already have SOMA, just havent gotten to it yet. but now im gonna play observer too. idk what happened man. your usual videos are hillarious and i love em. but this just feels like every other trailer trash youtuber whos trying to bait people into getting engagement. feels out of character. lets just agree to disagree. looking forward to your next video. peace

[@magicschoolbass]

@@hettige if you honestly think that jumpscare every 2 minutes of the game with sometime the same animation is creative, or that ON EVERY corner there is either a corpse or some pile of gore is not forced, that I have nothing honestly to tell you lmao

[@hettige]

@@magicschoolbass thats what personal views mean. it feels right in outlast. i lost the scares in alien isolation after awhile when it became predictable, and that game is highly praised. i get why and i think its great too. but the scares becomes predictable and not so tense after awhile. i didnt feel this in outlast. i found it to keep me on my toes the entire time. i still remember that first time you come outside to the ground. drew me goosebumps the entire time. you may have a problem with immersing yourself in games somehow. its a games job to do it ofc but still its also the players. maybe that could be the cause you think so. i played both on hardest and i think thats how anyone should play too. i would love to know what are 'good' horror games in your opinion. got any titles?

[@wannadie3718]

Can't wait for Gaiden