VISAGE 🎃 Scaredy Cat Ellen vs P.T.-style Nightmare House | Ellen's Fear Academy x Hallowstream 2022

[@molchmolchmolchmolch]

I'd really like to see Luke and Andy each play a really scary game and have Ellen observe. Maybe as "Ellen's Revenge" or sthg :D

[@mar_speedman]

Andy already played so many horror games though. And Ellen already had her revenge on Andy years ago, before Ellen's Fear Academy was even a thing! (Or in other words, all of Andy's shenanigans on those streams are revenge for what she did) Watch the PT videos to find out! Or I can just tell you: While playing, Ellen snuck into their room and jumpscared them in the real world

[@molchmolchmolchmolch]

@@mar_speedman I know that video and it was very enjoyable 👍 That's why I why we need more scaredy-Andy bc that's a pretty old one. RE doesn't count bc it really isn't that scary. And I don't think I've seen Luke playing much? Maybe I missed it

[@rapoker847]

yes! Ellen gets to be in the boot once with every member of the team for revenge

[@liamross340]

luke had to go to the resident evil irl experience i think that’s enough scares for ever

[@TwistedMisconception]

Hahaha! I’d watch this though! Ellen being the guide, reading walkthroughs and seeing how the other members do being in the hot seat!

[@rileytimes]

I've been watching all the Hallowstreams and a thing I've noticed and liked is how Outside Xtra and Xbox are believers in having fun first and foremost. Walkthrough? Fine! Picking easy stuff first! Fine! It's really nice and I really appreciate it.

[@penguingonemad]

Had a glance through the walkthrough and y'know what, kudos to Luke for being on it with that. It is a great walkthrough if you have time to properly read it, but balancing between hosting, reading chat and glossing through that mountain of text?? Nae an easy task. And I'll say it again, Ellen is such a champ for playing these games. Congratulations on surviving another year at the Fear Academy! Much love to you both, Oxtra 💜

[@cearnicus]

Thanks for suffering through the controls and trauma for us! During the maze-scene, I was completely with Ellen: _"c'mon, Luke, read the next section already! That's how pace-notes work!"_ But then I saw the walk-through. I expected bullet-pointed sections with clear places where to start and stop reading. But no: it's just several paragraphs of dense text interspersed with pictures. It's hard to keep your place in it even when calmly reading through it. I'm amazed Luke didn't re-read or skip a line in the stress of a realtime situation. It's things like these that are often forgotten when playing/watching a game.

[@bishielurfer]

@Wisteria Fawkes Oh I absolutely _hate_ that! Like it's one thing if you're doing something like the Spiderman challenges and include a mistake or two in a run that still accomplishes the goal, but there's zero reason to include mess-ups when doing a guide for a puzzle or basic quests.

[@transientanus]

@Wisteria Fawkes Or you could just be a real gamer instead of a complete idiot and not HAVE to use guides to figure out a simple game.

[@SapphireNotEmerald]

Stream starts at: 2:15 Edit: Ellen, thank you for Fear Academy(2022). You've done very well

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Thank you!

[@barrybumblecrumpets8977]

Thanks angel beat

[@oxfanblink4115]

She has done very well to finish a chapter of this despite becoming nearly swearing level frustrated like with Poppy Playtime throughout chapter 2

[@shasshybear]

LADS!

[@suemccashland]

ironically it took me just over 2 mins 15 sec to get impatient with waiting and scroll through the comments for the start time to find this comment 🤣

[@kaniamia]

This game really takes the concept of “the music’s getting music-y” and runs with it.

[@liamross340]

the trouble with indie horror games is while they tend to be the scariest out there the controls are incredibly frustrating especially when they were clearly made for mouse and keyboard and ported to controller in a not great way

[@catoninetales]

I feel like the origin story of this game is someone saying, "Hey, let's make a game that combines P.T. and Amnesia!" "Sounds great, but have you ever made a game before?" "I don't see how that's relevant or necessary."

[@Axlei_v]

The best part of this game is probably the fact that you can dual wield pills.

[@AshChiCupcak]

Or do like Markiplier and throw beer at the ghosts 😂 I'll never understand how that actually worked

[@bustinarant]

@@AshChiCupcak They just long for the luxuries of pre-death probably lol

[@druinofodd1762]

Like Morpheus

[@jonathanhope3672]

The most terrifying thing about this game is the controls

[@Bobthepetferret]

1:23:49 "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards" - Garth Marenghi

[@AndruMonkey]

I absolutely feel for Ellen playing this, but I also very much know how Luke feels - a friend of mine streamed Visage earlier this year, and I was his "man in the chair" and try to guide him through the obtuse puzzles by compressing a walkthrough into easily readable Twitch chat messages (in fairness, I suggested he play it, so it was the least I could do). He very much agreed that the game needed an extra QA pass or two - especially for the controls!

[@sambakich7494]

I think this year doubled as Ellen's Frustration Academy.

[@Becktastic01]

You know Ellen is used to horror games when she says without a tremor, 'Well I did see a trail but I just assumed it was of blood.' while she follows a terrifying ghost which has killed her at least twice already.

[@oxfanblink4115]

Wouldn’t you be more annoyed then terrified if you lost your guts and a piece of your throat by the same ghosts at least twice? 😅

[@zegagenesis778]

The graduation ceremony for every fear academy should be Luke going through a chapter of Kingdoms of Amalur. Make him face HIS feas.

[@kaniamia]

1:17:29 It turns out Lucy is just Ellen from the future, after she’s been thoroughly exasperated by awkward game mechanics.

[@mar_speedman]

Oh! This isn't a small child! This is a short adult!

[@theanthropologuy]

Lots of these type of game reveal the protagonist is a ghost who's being tormented for being an awful person. I'd like to see one where you are s ghost, but instead of your victims, the antagonist is the Grim Reaper and it's been trying to lay you to rest

[@the8wave]

A Jack and Jill bathroom is an en-suite bathroom attached between two bedrooms. I know this because the Brady’s had one and so do I, in my house. It’s a great space saver while still giving two rooms a private bathroom.

[@catoninetales]

"Duel-wielding pills, ready to face the day" is my new Twitter bio. 🤣

[@rheykynen]

Ellen is right, the true horror is the menu system. It's so badly designed

[@yennefer440]

is the menu in Madison the same? was thinking of getting the game

[@CoolBigFun]

@@yennefer440 No, aside from the fact that they both have a limited inventory. In Madison you get 10 inventory slots and a couple storage lockers, which are a little frustrating to have to occasionally backtrack to but it's really not a big deal. You can only place key items in your inventory (and it's just one button press to do that), so you won't be running around with a useless bottle taking up space like Ellen was for a chunk of this stream haha. Anything you interact with that requires an item will automatically open your inventory as well, so you don't need to intuit that. I guess it's overall a more standard inventory system than Visage's.

[@duanegee7636]

there is a reason that simply completing the chapter was a rare achievement

[@masterbruce7592]

Sad but trie

[@user-wj6eq1cx7x]

I wasted money on this game because I heard it was "soooo scary" and thoroughly enjoyed Ellen absolutely shitting on it.

[@samthompson1804]

Had I been in the Observation Chamber, I would have noped out at 59:42 with the creepy breathing in the basement. "Sorry Ellen; you're on your own!"

[@oxfanblink4115]

As much as i would genuinely want to try to stay for morale support. You’re not the only one unless i had Jane as my observer making fun/jokes of it like she did Mommy 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Thank you for entertaining us and suffering through the really baffling gameplay decisions! Yay, another Fear Academy season survived!

[@mikedhcisia7277]

Entertaining? She spent half the time complaining about the controls.

[@yennefer440]

​@@mikedhcisia7277 so the games controls are kind of jank

[@katfromthekong414]

@@mikedhcisia7277 no one's forcing you to stay and watch

[@zachluetgers5932]

@@mikedhcisia7277 I liked that Luke started calling her out. Really takes away from the video when she spends the whole thing being pissy.

[@dystopiawanderer]

I hate to say it but I agree... Edit: My enjoyment drops as soon as I see someone is getting genuinely frustrated. I think I'd prefer them just calling it at a certain point.

[@platypuspigeon3103]

Some people in the comments obviously need to re-read the community guidelines because there are some real rude and unnecessary comments on this video. Way to go Luke and Ellen, these games will make you stressful and fraught so it’s unsurprising that there were some tense moments!

[@greatstationsyt]

I love watching Luke on these streams because he’s somehow simultaneously a good friend and maliciously unhelpful 😅

[@oxfanblink4115]

Like with Andy if he wasn’t as brilliantly evil😂😂😂

[@audoldends6799]

Remember when Luke started playing Bloodborne and someone in the chat said "it's not that it's hard it's that it's bad"? I feel like that's this game ngl

[@zhaley1980]

2:14:43 I think this is how we all felt by this point. Good job and thanks for showing us this game. Camera flashes in pitch black was murder on my poor eyes tho.

[@mar_speedman]

Yeah, the game's mechanics weren't that fleshed out to begin with, the further we got into the game, the more questionable all the decisions made into making it became... I honestly couldn't take any more of it, but the end. Ellen and Luke were amazing, but I was getting tired of the game.

[@Tarotb]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had trouble with the controls.

[@GodsReaperMan]

Ellen has been absolutely BRILLIANT for this year's Fear Academy completely to say the least!!! Luke has also done a smashing job in helping her get through it all, him and Jane both!!! And this game was seriously creepy here as well too from what all I saw here, so MORE then understandable the level of stress that was being felt here as well too!!!

[@oxfanblink4115]

Agree but Mike was a good guide too when he wasn’t busy enjoying Ellen’s reactions like during Alien session 😅

[@jaded718]

I appreciate Ellen's innate understanding that if you can't close both closet doors then they must both be open, as one open and the other shut is the worst case scenario

[@littlefurnace]

I think next year should be halloween challenges, not dissimilar to the xmas challenges, but with horror games. It's time for Ellen to stop having to shoulder the burden of most of the hallowstream content.

[@amaeve1950]

While you both got a bit upset with one another, you worked through it really well. I was quite impressed. It's a stressful situation. This might well have been the scariest one to watch yet. The beginning didn't really do much (I mean, the first cutscene was off-putting, but only normal scary) but once Lucy showed up.....ugggggghhhhh.....

[@katrichardsonwriter]

Ellen is so much more chill than I am: I jumped and gasped so loudly at 1:58:12 my husband came over to make sure I was all right. Dang!

[@georginalouise95]

The mechanic of walking around a house and picking up items to enter a level reminds me of the rugrats search for raptor game 😂 funnily enough a game with some truly terrifying levels for kiddos

[@bishielurfer]

...Hasn't Ellen said in a previous video that she hated that game?

[@Patrick-Phelan]

@@bishielurfer Ellen said she loved it, but was scared by the shadow monster level.

[@molchmolchmolchmolch]

Sorry to you both, I feel bad you had to struggle through this. I would have snapped.😅 But thanks for the lovely tradition of Hallowstream

[@meatchuck6984]

Ellen seemed almost more frustrated than afraid, but defeated the Babadook! Hooray!

[@claratalbot7613]

In my opinion Lucy's chapter is one of if not the scariest chapters in this game. I had to turn the lights on a few times during my playthrough due to the audio

[@mr.jglokta191]

Hard time seeing the sounds? 😉🤣 Sorry I couldn't resist

[@lozzimusprime]

After an absolute rubbish day, this was very much needed. Thank you for playing this Ellen so I didn't have to!

[@gingergamer3270]

Hope you're doing okay, we've all been there

[@lozzimusprime]

@@gingergamer3270 I'm doing much better, thank you 😊

[@candacelee6816]

I like how opening and searching drawers acted as Ellen's comfort during these trying times, and probably the only thing that made goddamn sense in this game. XD

[@TransGuyShane]

I haven't played this yet but I have seen afew different people play it and sadly I gotta say the inventory/pickup/use item systems have left me not wanting to play it myself if I'm honest. However it does look like a great game and I super enjoyed this stream ♡ Well done ellen , as per you killed it ♡

[@rhysiare]

Same. Like I genuinely get excited about having a huge spooky house to explore or other similar game environment. But this house, yeah...way oversized. I legitimately don't think I've ever actually been put off by an environment being too big before, so this is the first time. And of course, the off-putting nature is compounded by the clunky mechanics. I'm glad I could experience it somewhat vicariously through Ellen & Luke.

[@chefbreccia2642]

2:15:17 We have the third place winner in the "Guess how Ellen feels by her facial expression alone" contest. Second place is "The Ankle Grinder". First place is "Stray". Like, all of it.

[@Palitex2001]

The menus are really bad. i mean look at Ellen's face, she's not scared at all, she's frustrated....that face palm LOL

[@xstarsystemsx]

at one point my roommate started singing in the kitchen and for a second i thought it was coming from the game and got spooked by it

[@CallerRagnarok]

I'd blame the game's mechanics and controls more than anything for the angry moments. Some of those design choices are, uh, unfortunate. Also, huge (DARK) mazes with instant kill mechanics and ridiculously long load times after? Imagine if that walkthrough wasn't there. That was excessively tedious, and that was only one chapter?? Well, good job regardless!

[@Jynxed_Storyteller]

Giving a like for getting through that frustrating game. Ignore the trolls, you said it yourself, only 5% of players got that trophy at the end. Much love to you both and the xtra team

[@dystopiawanderer]

To be fair, it's about 25% of players on Steam. Perhaps it plays better on pc.

[@Icam_here]

well done Ellen for your work in this game. doesn't feel like the best game even with that jaw dropping ending

[@TrentKallust]

Ellen, you're an absolute legend getting through that despite Luke's unintentional walkthrough shenanigans and a truly crap UI...

[@Leith_Crowther]

It’s honestly really clever that the game starts with a difficulty warning. It psychologically primes you to find the experience unpleasant, thus making you more fear-prone.

[@molchmolchmolchmolch]

This is basically the same structure as in What remains of Edith Finch, isn't it? Like exploring the story if every family member separately in a house

[@NowhereNearBerlin]

Its been 2 years since I played Visage and its been 9 months since this livestream. I still can't bring myself to return to that house again. Even by proxy AKA Ellen 😂

[@nathangoedeke694]

The ending of that stream was jaw-dropping

[@maries1993]

It’s hilarious how different the tone is between this stream and Eurogamer’s plays of this game 😂 Zoe was genuinely terrified the whole way through. Thanks for another entertaining year of Fear Academy! Maybe too early for next year recs but I would love to see Ellen play Mortuary Assistant.

[@dystopiawanderer]

Eurogamer took their time and didn't follow a step by step walkthrough. I think their experience was much better because of it.

[@bishielurfer]

@@dystopiawanderer I think they have been using walkthroughs more because they've had streams run over time or just really not get far into a game because they've gottten stuck or lost. And Luke hadn't played this one so he couldn't naturally guide her like he did in something like Resident Evil. Unfortunately some games do work better when you go slow (and are thus not necessarily great for a stream) and sometimes it's hard to find a decent walkthrough to follow.

[@dystopiawanderer]

@@bishielurfer Yeah, that's fair. I've used plenty of walkthroughs as well, although in my opinion it shouldn't stand in the way of trying to figure things out on one's own. But it can absolutely be (too) tough to figure out what to do in these types of games.

[@rhysiare]

@@dystopiawanderer I usually shy away from walkthroughs too, but I figure a gaming channel has to consider the audience's attention. If we watch someone be stuck on a puzzle for an inordinate amount of time, then the people who've played the game are going to get frustrated because they know the answer, and the people who haven't played the game are going to get bored. Having watched this (and not played it), I can see very clearly that a walkthrough is an absolute necessity, especially if you're on a time crunch. Like god, I love a huge exploration environment in horror games, but even I must admit the house in this game is way too damn big and maze-like to be practical for streaming the game.

[@RainWelsh]

@@rhysiare yeah, I remember watching Two Best Friends Play giving this a go (years and years ago now), with no walkthrough because it was still brand new, possibly in early access? Either way, they got to the basement and that was it, the final quarter of the video was them just fucking about in the basement because they didn’t have a clue how to proceed.

[@slaterdavis3329]

Y'all, watching the VOD alone at night while my wife is on vacation and hearing the storm outside my apartment building louder and louder was bad enough. But when my place went from flickering lights to looseing power, right after they got in the tub, THAT was stressful. Power just came back, but I think I need to go lay down for a minute.

[@bernard832]

The only scary thing about that was the control and inventory system. I was surprised how well it did in Steam reviews, but most of the positive reviews are along the lines of "scary, but need a guide" or "scary, but weird controls."

[@LOSTBHOY88]

It’s the scariest game I’ve played I think. But a guide is really necessary 100%. Controls are bit finnicky as well. But overall a really great horror experience

[@Zenshu1]

Controls are 100% better without using a controller and if you actually read the on screen prompts instead of just ignoring them and spending the next five minutes complaining that you can't drop a candle

[@transientanus]

LMFAO the controls are fine if you aren't a complete bellend.

[@LOSTBHOY88]

@@Zenshu1 can’t vouch for mouse and keyboard as use ps5 controller but a quick fix for opening doors etc is to use the simplified option for opening which just requires a press of R2 and it opens

[@carriefrazier1809]

That and how it got Mom and Dad fighting - real Blair Witch (the film) vibes lol

[@jeffreywells1832]

Can't imagine doing that last bit without a walkthrough. That bit would have been frustrating as heck.

[@Aquafigtherwolf]

This was great. You were so brave, Ellen. Could you do another chapter this year?

[@andrewpeacock8762]

In this stream we discover that the true fear is really bad game controls!

[@userjames1]

Visage sounds like a Johny Depp, dior aftershave advert

[@olypuff]

Thank you for being brave enough to play this when I definitely can't!

[@SConArt87]

Hot coffee ✔️ Knitting✔️ Thunderstorm outside✔️ AND a spoopy game✔️ A prefectly cozy Saturday afternoon!

[@kainschilde209]

My grandparents had that sofa...and couch, and a matching recliner.

[@SidereusOfTheFallen]

I'm rewatching this in q1 2024 to keep myself company while doing some boring work... And this reminds me that I still hate games that are "hard" because they were made intentionally clunky, obscure and difficult to get right the first time. Good work Ellen and Luke.

[@ZeusBrown]

My house has a different kind of Jack and Jill bathroom. There's a toilet and sink room connected to the master bedroom, then there's a door to the bath/shower area, then another door to another toilet/sink area, then a door to the hallway. So there's basically a master bathroom and a common bathroom, which share a shower. The doors between the sections lock from the master bathroom side.

[@iris4547]

got a weird design in my place too. the main bathroom has 2 entrances, but neither are from bedrooms, just 2 doors from 2 different hallways. bath, shower, basin inside with another door into a dedicated toilet room. as i am the only one that uses it (outside of guests) i just keep the least convenient door permanently locked.

[@aquelegabriel]

What I like in some horror games is the "sure, I should jump into this bathtub that filled itself while being hunted by a killer ghost. That makes total sense". Like, WHY would you think of that? The character enters the bathtub with clothes on, for F sakes.

[@katejones8705]

Thank you Ellen, as always, very entertaining! I had this on my wishlist but I'm not so sure about it now...

[@jordancarr6908]

Extremely courageous of you to play this game Ellen, between this and Madison Hallowstream has had some truly terrifying moments 😂 gotta go watch some slime rancher 2 to unwind

[@kahunab7400]

the ending was jaw dropping

[@miongskie]

Ellen really improved when it comes to horror games!

[@oxfanblink4115]

She has! But with Poppy Playtime, P.T. and this would argue she was more frustrated after Huggy, Lisa and Lucy first got her

[@ReettaJ]

Poor Ellen, she was genuinely suffering through this. Next year maybe something not first person horror? Detention is good for example.

[@missphoenixfire181]

Thank you for playing it. I have the feeling Ellen makes progress. Much less screaming this year :D After seeing the awful controls, I definitely will not play it myself. Unfortunate, because I like games like this.

[@RH1812]

Tetchy Ellen is great. I too, would have been for the guide portion of this

[@altmerx5264]

This game is legit so scary I've been flinching away from the screen just watching Ellen play it... That said, kinda wanna see how Luke would do for a full playthrough

[@jijiowen8267]

watching this late at night. looks like this is gonna be an all nighter

[@zacharysmith4856]

Absolutely wonderful to watch Ellen and Luke work through this together.❤

[@jaded718]

Nono, i have no idea when anyone in my suburban neighborhood goes anywhere. Rose sounds like a real busybody who needs to stop

[@lisah-p8474]

I grew up with a hideous sofa EXACTLY like that one when I was little in the early 80s. 🙃 It was velour fabric too! Kudos to the game devs for the authentic 80s interior design.

[@fencingjedi]

My mom still has one of those. It's stuffed away in storage somewhere, thank goodness

[@josephinew9616]

As someone who just had double jaw surgery this was a wild ride 🤢

[@verfluchteblume]

Btw, whoever wrote that guide that said Rakan’s chapter is the most difficult is crazy. I thought it was the easiest. Although I am used to games like Outlast where you have to run in chase scenarios. So maybe that’s why I found it easiest? I honestly found the Lucy one more difficult since it was one of those if you take too long without doing x, instant killed.

[@joelallonen5501]

GG, Ellen! Looking forward for next year! :)

[@leoanne06]

Great job Ellen! Thank you for playing the game so I don't have to! Also congrats on surviving Fear Academy 2022! 🖤

[@micahnewby7964]

Jane...... Luke...... I guess everyone's got popcorn but Ellen

[@kaniamia]

41:23 Ooh, a key! 🙂 …to the basement. 😩

[@Baeraad]

I think one often over-looked aspect of horror is the idea that You Had This Coming. If a monster is just chasing you for no reason, then you're just a victim, and there's some dignity in that. All the best horror stories are ones where the monster is chasing you becuase you fucked up in some way - summoned the demon, awakened the curse, or, yes, killed a bunch of people and now their ghosts are coming for you. Having the protagonist be unsympathetic is not a bug, it's a feature. :p

[@wbfaulk]

Luke: "This is full on! This is a lot!" Me: It's 30 minutes into the stream and the only thing that's happened in the gameplay is that a light went out.

[@thedj9553]

It genuinely took me two goddamn hours to get the Ellen Rose (From the Grave) bit on the Hallowstream schedule lmao

[@aimeeg4809]

I had to explain it to my SO. He was annoyed that "Ellen was the only one who didn't get a name change", until I told him.

[@CottonCandySharks]

This was really good! Thank you!

[@valcian1]

The true horror is the revelation that the hosts have to pay for the games that they play on the channel out of their own pockets. Surely they can expense that.

[@sablestormbreak3541]

oh Ducking Hill... around 12:30 when the Light flashed over head a loud ad then played directly after, and i was adjusting my top so when the sound ramped up for the ad I ended up pinching a large chunk of flesh on my stomach; because the difference in volume was startling to say the least

[@jonathanhope3672]

Luke had one job, and he lets Ellen stumble into the Rakkan chapter. Hahaha

[@tabeatamm3594]

I dropped the game on my first attempt because I picked up Rakan first. They really need to make it more obvious that one is meant for later.

[@oxfanblink4115]

True 😂🤣😂 To be fair though it did seem to be a genuine accident since he likely had the guide for Lucy’s ready to go when Ellen instinctively picked up the stick 🦯 since it’s the first chapter object you can interact with once you’ve done the tutorial

[@Borderlines]

Lmao I feel like Ellen is playing this game with x2 insanity meter, one ingame and one IRL 😆 thus, multiplying the effect of the scares

[@Giga-lemesh]

The real horror was the controls

[@z31drifterlf]

7:30 MURDER SUICIDE CONTENT WARNING.

[@Scribe13]

Well, glad someone did it! I was hoping OX would.

[@transientanus]

Coño de Cristo, grow up.

[@nick-314]

Instinctively clicked to skip to the intro 😅

[@V26587]

When she started Rakan chapter I was in such distraught because it is the worst chapter. It was a truly delightful Fear Academy well done Ellen

[@mar_speedman]

Worst like scariest, or hardest, or most unnerving and broken? Because at this point I'm thinking it's the latter...

[@V26587]

@@mar_speedman as in not as scary as the other two. They are all hard bur the 3rd chapter was just annoying and not really scary. Not like going through a labyrinth with just a camera flash to light your way

[@V26587]

@@mar_speedman for me the game starts with the best Chapter of Lucy's and declines from there. Not that Dolores chapter isn't good or scary because it is just not as good Lucy's. Dwayne chapter is really good but ends stupidly and a little tedious to do

[@mar_speedman]

@@V26587 Wait, yet it's *more* annoying?? XD

[@V26587]

@@mar_speedman absolutely! I would take Dwaynes chapter over Rakans all day lol

[@bradreed4414]

The real horror on this game looks like the controls 😂

[@BadAtPickingUsernames]

Frustration and horror are an awful combination, horror games are better when they keep things simple and avoid trial and error. But aren’t you glad you saw a bathtub fill in real time? Lol

[@macsmith2013]

I can't be the only one who hates such crappy low effort jumpscare "horror" "games". That said, thanks to Ellen for playing so we don't have to and Luke for the great assistance.

[@AdamKyles]

I'm so glad I quit playing this game part way through. The game starts off really well. I think it would have been great if you were just exploring a haunted house, trying to find various secrets, and going into every room. However, these chapters you have to go through are deeply confusing and unintuitive. They start to get more stressful but less scary as time goes on, and the control scheme is terrible. This is just stressful without being fun. You might as well go to work during your leisure time.

[@DMurphysLore]

Suggestion for next year's Fear Academy: The Mortuary Assistant. Extremely scary, easy to pick up, and it's possible to play a massive chunk of the story content available in ~2 hours.

[@RobbDizzle037]

1:47:51 to 1:48:05 Ellen looks genuinely stressed. I know her reactions are the whole point to these Fear Academy vids, but one starts to wonder if these are becoming legit bad for her mental health. Not worth it if they are.

[@RoryStarr]

That is thoughtful, but I assure you she is definitely fine. She has talked about regularly rewatching these to laugh at herself squealing. This series is also her idea. Unlike other channels, no one makes her do it, it's something she wanted to do and proposed in the first place.

[@oxfanblink4115]

@@RoryStarrAnd don’t forget it genuinely helps Ellen when Andy, Jane, Luke or Mike are very funny. Like when she didn’t like Mommy being like a spider but Jane genuinely cracked her up with her joke about wanting Mommy to eat her insides out as long as she was quick about it 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@KuueenKumi]

Why do I always watch these at night?! I'm paralyzed in fear on my couch. Give me some of your courage, Ellen! I hate scary houses...

[@tino9718]

The real horror is the controls.