ULTRA REALISTIC BACKROOMS EXPERIENCE.. | The Complex: Expedition

[@dangrimmer2333]

I actually think the dialogue at the beginning made it seem far more realistic. The casual chat between work colleagues which doesn't sound at all like voice acting - praise to the devs on this one, it's insanely creepy and well constructed.

[@903Skooba]

That’s the same thing I was thinking. Like if they were at my job and someone said “nah they don’t really talk that bad or unenthusiastic.” Well, it’s actually worse. 😂 so I completely agree.

[@FanfictionWoes]

Yeah it seems more realistic. Awkward silence and all

[@haqaru4056]

its only one developer which makes it more impressive

[@sideflip1343]

Why do you discuss the dialogue in the beginning? It's as realistic as it could be. It's not "just chatting", it's what everyone would sound like in real situation. Doesn't need so much explanation and discussion

[@dangrimmer2333]

@@sideflip1343 thanks for your input

[@taylatay4100]

Now THIS is a backrooms game that feels completely accurate. The uneasiness of how quiet everything is, the many many ways to get lost and abundance of rooms that lead elsewhere. The queasy feeling that you aren't alone, even though you haven't seen proof otherwise. Love!

[@macehilmatecilof4140]

16:28

[@OpenMawProductions]

There's nothing "accurate" about any of these backroom games. It's all fantasy.

[@taylatay4100]

@@OpenMawProductions you must be fun at parties :/

[@Lonestar_prod]

Openmaw, who tickled you too much dude

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@taylatay4100 I am.

[@physturs]

The amount a graphical details is astonishing in this game. Look a the floor, look a the ceiling and the lights. Simply incredible.

[@jojipoji2322]

Look at my crotch

[@O.LEO.N]

But it is also not that difficult to create an environment like this if it doesn't relate to real life at all.

[@SilverStallion.eSports]

@@O.LEO.Nlmao fax

[@Tom-zw9jr]

Hey Hollow, can u try multiplayer of Max Payne 3 on PC, its so fun and still played

[@SilverStallion.eSports]

@@Tom-zw9jr he won’t

[@F76CC]

I’ve never watched any gameplay channels, never been interested in them at all whatsoever. But I came across one of Hollows videos for whatever reason and he instantly became one of my favorite KZbinrs lol. I’ve already watched atleast 100 of his horror game videos.

[@camonthejam]

Same here ! Love the dude

[@rgerber]

same

[@707ridah]

Ditto

[@fredjohnson1865]

Stop the cap

[@Gearsturfs]

That’s a low bar lol He’s pretty milquetoast

[@KitLoverb]

I love that you are not overly dramatic and just feels very genuine

[@xiyax6241]

Ikr i used to watch markipleir alot. But he became soooo dramatic. Really content that’s made for kids. Sometimes a person can just do too much and it won’t feel genuine anymore.

[@DrakyHRT]

IGP be like.

[@KitLoverb]

i agree@@DrakyHRT

[@youngconfidence8666]

Thats why i love Hollow. Just a regular dude playing games

[@ChantingInTheDark]

That sprinting animation is very realistic looking, and I agree, it's creepy because it feels desperate.

[@gtbxjay_yt]

A game that looks so real you can't even tell the difference between a cutscene,and the the actual gameplay. Amazing.

[@louuj6058]

The graphics are so impressive. I could watch it just to admire it!

[@s8nction]

I love the complex backroom series it fully understands the backrooms. No monsters. Just you, memorable places, and delving into insanity. Perfect.

[@CaptainBeebi]

Probably a spoiler, but there is a monster in this game. The Librarian found it in their playthrough, and there's screenshots of it on the Steam page. My assumption from what other people have said about their experiences is that the monster either doesn't always spawn, or you have to go out of your way to investigate noises and disturbances in order to encounter it.

[@s8nction]

@CaptainBeebi either way. One monster that's not s guarantee on a playthrough is still great. Most of these backrooms games consistently have you running from monsters left and right. Having one that isn't a guarantee does create a sense of being followed which the backrooms has.

[@mavvynne444]

Dunno what it is about Hollow, but him and horror games are the most entertaining videos to watch lol.

[@jojipoji2322]

I Know! It's because you like Horror games and you like Hollow!

[@bullwinkle1446]

If you ain't watched his back catalog you should. He's got some other really good horror play throughs.

[@niquanow]

Cory Kenshin too 😌

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

He's giving me vibes from early Pewds lol.

[@bobbybouchersdad8405]

he isn't annoying like most streamers when they are clearly overeacting

[@therealbrandonhall]

Reminds me of those nostalgic videos you see of abandoned stores and malls. While nostalgic, it has an unexplainable, eerie feeling.

[@megslipped]

liminal spaces, such a weird phenomenon

[@arthurjeremypearson]

The back rooms are a place you inherently feel that people should be there, but are not. Their absence bags your absence... Running feels like the thing to do, yet you don't see any immediate threats anywhere around you. It's like the old saying that you're more comfortable knowing where the bee is, seeing it, right there, rather than just hearing a bee somewhere in the room. You're just unable to find it. You keep looking, you keep looking. It's like you hear the bee somewhere, everywhere in the back rooms but you can't see it.

[@zacharywallace3962]

Layouts and designs are straight out of so many dreams I’ve had. Gives a strong sense of familiarity which makes it so much more interesting.

[@analogdriven]

I second this. And while it makes sense to me that I've had dreams of spaces that look like this, I grew up in the 80s and 90s. The dev of this game is only 18 and he has said that he's used his dreams for inspiration as well, which begs the question. Why is an 18 year old dreaming of places he's unlikely to have ever seen? Makes you wonder if there is another part of reality that looks like this.

[@Darren-sn4ki]

Hello HOLLOW I’m going into rehab Monday for alcohol addiction and complex PTSD and scapegoating abuse and religious trauma and narcissistic abuse within my family I’ve always loved your walkthrough gaming and community online I’ll be gone a while but I will eventually be back new and whole again much love brother ❤

[@TomHawks-k8l]

Go to an Orthodox Church and see a preist dear friend

[@thehackerboy200]

I really love the commentary. You still get to enjoy the gameplay without getting distracted much

[@moesoutherd2685]

Hollow drop alot more fun video games gameplay on youtube

[@SevenHunnid]

HELP! I’m tryna make it out the hood so on my KZbin channel i do food reviews while I’m high brotha😅

[@HollowPoiint]

Thanks for watching

[@TheRealJohnnyUT]

@@SevenHunnidlike nobodies ever done that😅 not gonna stand out like that cuh

[@jojipoji2322]

You do do you?

[@ShirtlessMenNetwork]

For years, I've had dreams with a recurring theme. I'm in very clean but antiquated spaces a la late 1970s with very similar looks and layouts to this. I always feel lonely but not alone, as if there's a presence permeating every inch of the place, and it's not a nice one. I can never seem to find my way out, and the farther into the place I get, the more lost and hopeless I become. This video and the fact that this "game" exists gave me a deep sense of unease. Thank you for sharing it. It's been an interesting experience.

[@serious.business]

That's because you're the main character.

[@pan4909]

This is such a phenomenal game, if you could even call it that. Its more like an experience, experiencing someone's awful dream where every play through can be unique. Amazing video and amazing game. I guess the whole reason this became popular is just the fact that you cant explain what this game makes you feel, I loved every second of it

[@drummersnare6276]

Such a well made game that proves you don’t need a stupid jumpscare every 10 seconds to be scary

[@BiGb3n84]

Man,I love your Videos ❤Nice greetz from Germany

[@HollowPoiint]

Thanks so much bud❤ appreciate it

[@eliot6152]

I’m so happy 😁 I’m going for my walk with the dogs and then I’m going to bed and I’m not sure 🤔 I’m going back home 🏠

[@dannymarz3269]

I think that the backrooms as a concept is terrifying AF, no entities required. Just the idea of being lost in a place like that is scary enough because of the existential nature of the whole scenario.

[@mrmitchell78]

The most realistic game I have ever seen. Absolutely incredible. Imagine this in VR….

[@SwagTheDripper]

This game is amazing, just saw it from someone else and he did take 2 hours and had much more encounters with the "entity" but you had a different route with different halls and doors. Thats amazing for a game to accomplish that.

[@as_jrnl]

I feel the hyperRealism especially on this game hit's soo much because it's familiar/ we've all been curious about that one creepily inviting, unused back-area of our workplace ha

[@a-train386]

These games are so interesting. It’s like compiled all of the creepy rooms, walls, and areas from everyone’s life and put them into one game. Really cool

[@buzzyb13]

I personally think that kid sections in stuff like this are scary because, in our minds, children are supposed to be safe and excluded from the hardships of life in an ideal world, but seeing something like a kids section in a horror related experience challenges our perception of how life should be, and coldly reminds us that true evil holds no regard for the innocence of a child. In fact, malicious entities will often use that same illusion of innocence and safety to lure its victims into a false sense of security. I could be wrong, but it makes sense to me anyways lol.

[@rgerber]

ah yes the childrens playgound- ultra clichee staple of any horror experience

[@jojipoji2322]

Your personal opinion is not welcome in the Comments section. Please refrain from typing too much and focus your comments on Hollow's proportionate face.

[@anonymous_ea]

@@jojipoji2322 lmao you’re funny😭

[@analogdriven]

The number of people commenting that this reminds them of the dreams they've had, which was the immediate response I had when I played this, coupled with the fact that the developer was only 18 years old makes me wonder. Why would an 18 year old have the frame of reference for places like this, which were almost totally gone by the early 00s? I sometimes question whether or not the dreams we have are really from a shared dimension that exists, which we're all simply accessing during our dreams as opposed to them merely being recreations of our mind.

[@jonathanelliott7721]

Did anyone else notice at 8:35 that man figure is the same figure(s) from that one dark web video where they are feeding that person ... Thats the creepiest thing I've seen in a while. Threw me back to the days where I'd watch nothing but dark web videos

[@Xndrew33]

What was that called again

[@jojipoji2322]

Your personal opinion is not welcome in the Comments section. Please refrain from typing too much and focus your comments on Hollow's proportionate face.

[@Illuminati-Member-336]

​@@Xndrew33 soup

[@Naught696]

@@Xndrew33 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmbRfpqYac50fq8

[@analogdriven]

@@Xndrew33 Blank Room Soup with the Ray Ray characters.

[@Luke-bq7sd]

great video man. this game truly is a sign of whats to come for the future of gaming even at an indie level. also, they absolutely nailed the gait (walking style) of the characters, incredibly realistic

[@dogekun_20]

the halls that were twisting, if you chose to go through there it would've brought you to another area where you would see that guy again and he would slowly chase you. Saw it in another persons play through but im interested in others, you had a bit of a different path I wonder what other paths there are. Great video!

[@DavidJones-ey6ie]

The funniest part is he had a flashlight the whole time! 😅 Live the channel Hollow! Great work!

[@User-z4k2n]

Pissed me off how he wouldn’t use it…

[@DavidJones-ey6ie]

Ha ha ha ha. So funny.

[@ScoundrullonYouTube]

Imagine a Resident Evil game like this only it's " found footage "and you play as an umbrella employee during the outbreak trying to escape the lab facility.....

[@Neezuyx]

Omg that sounds so fun

[@LightSkinLeo8]

Yoooooo when u didn't know u were playing tripped me out so much.. This games going to be so clean

[@noeruarufie]

I am an introvert that loves to be alone but not in this kind of situation ... Ive never felt so scared, its just a game and i am not even the one who played it ...

[@Isabella-uw3ms]

this was just one hour and I already got insane. think about being in there for years, decades, forever....

[@Shadowwind4]

Are you married?

[@livslife2624]

Hollow quote of the day - "Ahh serenity, bliss, absolute beauty. Lovely, creepy, disturbing."

[@V0ID_X5]

This and The Complex: Found Footage are THE definitive Backrooms games! They truly capture the spirit and terror of the Backrooms (and it’s presented beautifully and without the bells and whistles!) And I will say- in the opening segment, you had a partner walking with you and I would love to see a game (maybe from this developer) where you have a partner traversing the Backrooms with you. Not multiplayer though!

[@Heisen_burger-dude]

Now this. This was a game that perfectly captured the scary part of the backrooms

[@CountryBuff08]

Moving through the backrooms reminds me of exploring Otherworld. It's an interactive art experience. Meow Wolf is another one. It's a maze of different rooms, some with secret entrances. If you've never been, I highly recommend it. It's a lot of fun!

[@jojipoji2322]

Thank you for describing it literally for those too retarded to use their eyes

[@chriistiinaaaa]

these games are ridiculously amazing. this has been kind of my dreams it seems always looking for something but no one to help.. the stories and everything though are great!!!

[@liedelie]

This looks SO REAL!! I've said that out loud so many times during this video 😂 thanks for playing!!

[@stevensolaiza5743]

Yo I don’t normally watch streamers, you’re actually the only streamer I do watch, just wanted to say I appreciate your videos the right amount of commentary without being over bearing, you got the recipe

[@joshuaminke6629]

its crazy how small indie games like these, usually have better visuals than big AAA games

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

It's easier to have great graphics when there are barely any triangles on screen.

[@LiteClips]

Tip: If you're ever lost in a maze, follow only the left or right wall throughout the whole maze and you will eventually reach the exit.

[@bayardop]

This only works if the exit is placed along the sides of the maze, but if the exit sits in the middle of the maze then it's not use.

[@rizrmd]

That does not apply to backroom. There is no exit.

[@Shadowwind4]

@@bayardopit would still narrow things down because if you followed this strat and failed to reach the exit but instead found yourself back at the beginning you would know the exit is somewhere in the middle

[@bayardop]

@@Shadowwind4 I'd be kinda hard to know where you started off no? You'd have to mark the wall with something to let you know you'd been there before or something, otherwise you'd have no idea you are walking in circles. Just try to imagine applying this to something like the Backrooms.

[@Shadowwind4]

@@bayardop well the backrooms kinda follow different rules because it’s got a supernatural aspect like clipping through the floor and falling to your doom lol so it might not work if someone found themselves trapped in the back rooms. But in a legit fair maze it’s a solid strat and yes one could mark the wall somehow before they begun their strat so they’d remember their starting point.

[@comatosofico]

1:06 "Wait, uh, we're playing!" same reaction i got when i started rdr2 first time 😄

[@IKARIking67]

@8:18 Soon as I seen the Blank Room RayRay outfit against the wall, I knew the Backrooms would never be the same.

[@thedoruk6324]

8:35 - I remember this! These guys were from a truly terrifying real life lost video!

[@thekragle9102]

Love watching these back rooms games being played and how awesome would it be for this to be turned into a movie or a series.

[@M_reapr]

Knowing Hollywood they would find a way to ruin it somehow

[@zogmorp]

these games are probably better if you don't do any research to find out if it has entities or not before you play. Then while you're exploring you have no idea to expect to run into something or not, which would make it more spooky because you're imagination would increase the tension.

[@victoriamoonshine806]

its a good day when Hollow posts a new horror game video. Thank you Hollow!! 🎉

[@davidbarnes1439]

how is this a horror game when all you do is walk around and do nothing

[@fahadbader9689]

Agree with you

[@cap1gaming]

its crazy how good / real this game looks 😱

[@wingman-1977]

UE5.

[@apemancommeth8087]

The cheap high traffic carpet, the wallpaper and the ceiling panels all looked spectacularly detailed!

[@urshy7453]

What an incredible backrooms experience. Well done @pgWave 👏 Isar, I can't wait to see what is next in store, you are incredibly talented in not only game development but also making players/viewers feel so helpless/isolated and utterly panicked while playing a game. Thank you so much for playing Hollow and supporting this young developer. Wow! PS I will never be able to walk through an empty underground carpark again without feeling extremely unsettled 😁

[@marcosbettishneider4372]

I was watching one of your old videos, sorry to notice, but you are in much better shape now, congratulations, and great videos.

[@zovjraar]

The visuals on this are insane. I feel like I'm watching Kane pixels.

[@Trabando010]

The amount of effort and details in this game i really thought this was one of them reaction vids until i seen him actually play. I mean the details the environments it's just like the real one. The makers really need a raise for this.

[@Lee.Willcox]

16:30 you screamed and I jumped out of mu bloody skin you git 🤣

[@bmgboss6006]

16:30 bro you dont know how much i replayed this part where you got jumpscared hahhhahh

[@destinee_estrada]

Thank you for putting these out, I love watching these !

[@guitarbrad]

Very cool version of backrooms game! Whenever he was on the train I was screaming "There's a MAP on the wall AND over the door! PLEASE just look at the map!"

[@fabiogutierrez7179]

Can you imagine this game, an online game, with a bunch of people trapped inside of the backrooms trying to get out. It would be scare as f*** . Some of them would not know, but their appearance would be freaking weird, scary.

[@blksheepramirez]

One of, if not the best back-rooms games ever. Stunning

[@pinkiebigona]

holy shit, imagine playing this on VR !! insane graphics

[@SoulSa93]

Bro!! You screaming scared tf out of me😂😂😂 i think you’re screams scares me more than the actual game😂 love watching you play though, cause i could NEVERRR 😁😁😁

[@MindfulMya]

That subway train reminds me of the TTC in Toronto so dingy lol 😂

[@sithlord753]

Imagine playing this on VR. I would shit myself! 😂

[@itzzrevolution]

Hollowwww, I’ve been on your channel since you started cod ww2, I love your enthusiasm and your down to earth commentary man.

[@highvoltagemayhem3345]

23:17 my school had that same carpet and the same firkin tan walls. I literally grew up in the backrooms.

[@imokay3397]

this game is fantastic... would be a good sandbox game. imagine a virtual music festival in the backrooms :D

[@75Krusty]

Thanks for the video. Seems like this backroom game add something extra to the genre. Like eg. the intro and enhanced graphics and maybe even bigger maze. You got yourself another sub. BTW why don't you use your flashlight in the very dark areas? Thanks bro. Regards Krusty from Denmark.

[@PianoScoreVids]

40:50 the graphics damn

[@MayTheDevil]

These games definitely show a dark scary fear that humans have, being alone and in a place totally separate from any and all things normal. These games remind me of dreams I have and familiar feelings. I want a PC just to play these and maybe even come up with a concept from these types of innate fears humans have

[@M_reapr]

What makes it truly scary is that your always in a transitional space there are many different spaces both for going to places and destinations and the majority of life takes place in destinations so the sole fact that the backrooms is only transitional spaces is extremely psychologically terrifying

[@FanfictionWoes]

Liminal places

[@903Skooba]

Yoo 😂 that chair definitely reminded me of wet carpet. And you’re 100% correct. It’s the most depressing smell ever. Especially when you add a few Marlboros to it over the years. 🤢

[@smoothbrainemperor2757]

This looks like it was made by someone who works in the industry. Top notch production value.

[@ClintonGlasener-sf5we]

This is a game all about that eerie, undescribable anxt you get when your at a hotel and it's like 3-4AM and you have to leave your room for something. The hallways seem to keep going and it's completely silent and any other night you probably wouldn't notice but you have this frightening sorta "Holy shit I think someone's following me"feeling hit you so hard and your chest is instantly pounding...or maybe I'm just weird, im totally ooen to that too.

[@samlo_xo]

Love these games! Great video, Hollow. I only wish they didn’t add that shaking effect, it kind gave me a headache. 😖

[@OhMyGumballz]

I love that I could hear him talking from right to left

[@Mushroommarx]

In the pool area. Let’s give credit to those tile guys. That’s A LOT of tiles to perfectly place, grout, and clean. It’s maddening how many tiles I seen. (I know it’s a game, but could you imagine??)

[@manw3bttcks]

2:44 The arrow tape always points into the direction of the threshold so you can get to safety.

[@StarAnimation.1]

love the content man, keep doing what you're doing.

[@mrwanderlive]

24:44 That moment you duck irl when looking under something in game. 🥴😂😂

[@joninalaforge5253]

The "monster" in this game is from that video of those characters forcing a guy to eat soup lolol😂

[@HughWoo]

Directions on the floor?!?!?! Who needs those 😂

[@Bigboysora]

I was waiting for you to play this! It’s about to get crazy👹

[@ScottyPippen]

Hollows gonna wind up in the backrooms for real one of these days

[@rgerber]

good thing he's gonna have a camera because everyone (seems) to have one ending up there

[@johna3357]

You actually managed to pass by the scariest (IMO) part of the game. Go back through the twisty hallway

[@Frank-ze9mq]

The backrooms could make a great AAA survival horror game if done right by the right developers

[@jojipoji2322]

If done right by the right developers

[@kendtchileninjah5905]

This was beautifully made. A lot of anticipation

[@alexsyoutube562]

Love the backrooms games, but love watching you play them even more. Thanks for the awesome videos hollow ❤

[@OG-ColorfulAbyss.]

They need to take out where the character like leans down when you open doors. Who opens doors like that IRL?

[@masonleblanc6726]

Playing this game without having seen Kane pixels videos would be terrifying!

[@masonleblanc6726]

A note on the graphics: This game doesn't seem like the noise/VHS filter is really covering up that much unrealistic details. Also so cool that they so accurately recreated Kane Pixels backrooms.

[@n.p.7671]

Another banger ! Bring it❤ the way he looks at the camera regarding the flashlight button. 😂

[@LeCumminz]

Hollow playing a horror game is always top tier content. Also this game looks insane. Super creepy. A multiplayer version would be the perfect horror game experience if u wanna play with ur friends.

[@wingman-1977]

He’s not playing it.

[@cinota1704]

​@@wingman-1977i see you hvae been commenting on every recent comment about Hollow playing the game

[@cinota1704]

​@@wingman-1977you r being delusional

[@wingman-1977]

@@cinota1704 ENFANT TERRIBLE uploaded this same footage nearly two weeks ago on their channel.

[@na_haynes]

The shaders and camera movement are really neat.

[@LReezy1997]

Hollow u scared tf outta me with that first scream 😂

[@EnioGuedesPereiraJunior]

To me in such kind of games like Backrooms you shouldn`t be curious, but strategic. I wouldn't return to the lower levels, but stayed in the higher level, because it`s where you came from.

[@BartyCrease98]

Every once in a while hollow just drops a horror banger outta nowhere and it always hits 🔥

[@xlilbeex]

I can’t believe they included the soup guy from that 2005 KZbin video lmao 8:26 👁️👁️

[@SO-lq9vj]

I Guess I Remembered You Played Here Twice With Your Friends & Another One With Alone !! Now Third Tho :")

[@urbanflora2715]

The fact that Hollow keeps my ADHD brain in a safe space with his commentary is just the greatest thing that has ever happened to me

[@diabolicaldoodle]

😂

[@jojipoji2322]

Awww wittle baby need his safe spwace?

[@couldb]

lil bro needs a safe space?! this ain't pre-k gng☠️😹

[@promisedmysun6044]

Don't mind those losers commenting. You do you!

[@LeCumminz]

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