NIGHT OF THE CONSUMERS: Intense PS1 Styled Retail Horror Game Where Shoppers are VERY Persistent!

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  • NIGHT OF THE CONSUMERS: Intense PS1 Styled Retail Horror Game Where Shoppers are VERY Persistent!
    Available to Purchase on Itch, Here: germfood.itch.io/nightoftheco...
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  • @WildBandit300
    @WildBandit300 Před 4 lety +4948

    I like how this game perfectly recreates the feeling and tactic of hiding in staff rooms and restrooms to avoid shitty costumers.

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy Před 4 lety +272

      Wild Bandit
      Let me check the back for that product we don't sell.

    • @mrnohax5436
      @mrnohax5436 Před 4 lety +211

      As a former retail worker it’s quite literally the perfect resemblance and the feeling knowing your at the back stock room and turn back to look though the glass and you see everyone is walking pass feels so great in way

    • @resmarted
      @resmarted Před 4 lety +52

      what kind of costumes are we talking about here

    • @shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322
      @shannepatrickhodgsoncuthbe9322 Před 4 lety +28

      Also come in time with the Coronavirus madness

    • @landrylongacre6391
      @landrylongacre6391 Před 4 lety +52

      mr Nohax now I want to see a Black Friday mode where everything goes to shit and you have to defend yourself with a broom.

  • @maxwellfarris5410
    @maxwellfarris5410 Před 4 lety +8557

    Ye think the creator of this game had a bad retail experience. Maybe.

  • @tropeller9535
    @tropeller9535 Před 4 lety +1495

    Worked in retail for 2 years, and.....
    This shit scared me more than Outlast ever could.

  • @sloanbassstuff7246
    @sloanbassstuff7246 Před 4 lety +2082

    As someone who has to work in a grocery store during the Coranavirus Outbreak, this is all 100% accurate.

    • @ConfettiCasket
      @ConfettiCasket Před 4 lety +39

      Me too, it's been a nightmare and I have my only day off tomorrow. I cant wait.

    • @twil2978
      @twil2978 Před 4 lety

      SloanBassStuff yeah I feel that

    • @ninam.6781
      @ninam.6781 Před 4 lety +14

      Can you explain what 9:15 is about?

    • @sloanbassstuff7246
      @sloanbassstuff7246 Před 4 lety +53

      @@ninam.6781 That's Jeff. We don't talk about him.

    • @erdnadx738
      @erdnadx738 Před 4 lety +1

      : ^)

  • @techdeckdudes_
    @techdeckdudes_ Před 4 lety +3962

    It's pretty hilarious to me how they made hiding in the staff-only sections an actual gameplay mechanic lmfao. 10/10

    • @Beefan680
      @Beefan680 Před 4 lety +11

      muammer gaddafi PT reference

    • @thefricking5407
      @thefricking5407 Před 4 lety +2

      o

    • @dailysandwich4838
      @dailysandwich4838 Před 4 lety +3

      Exactly.

    • @MasterCrash123
      @MasterCrash123 Před 4 lety +159

      Unrealistic. The customers will still hunt you down.
      (Source: personal experience)

    • @markdgama5000
      @markdgama5000 Před 4 lety +132

      I can say from personal experience, it works. Hide in the staff room and customers will just search for another staff member rather than wait for you.

  • @themanofthehour1418
    @themanofthehour1418 Před 4 lety +2824

    This is absolutely genius
    1. The anxiety produced by the music when approached by a customer + helping them to right shelf
    2. The way the products change names to ominous messages of losing hope/wasting time
    3. The repetitive music
    4. The store rooms being safe havens/the doors being loud and scary
    5. The threat of the manager
    6. The dreary colours and empty feeling
    Anyone who knows the be misfortune of working retail can definitely relate

    • @supernovero
      @supernovero Před 4 lety +143

      My favorite part is the "oh he was such a great employee, such a shame that he quit!" As if the employers had nothing to do with it

    • @themanofthehour1418
      @themanofthehour1418 Před 4 lety +94

      @@supernovero i thought that was in reference to the skeleton in the store room seemed he was so invested in the job he wasted his life away

    • @samuelray8582
      @samuelray8582 Před 4 lety +14

      @@themanofthehour1418 I'm confused, so the dude died getting killed or he dedicated his life on this...nightmare

    • @TheShadowless
      @TheShadowless Před 4 lety +41

      And the customers creepy ass faces

    • @americafuckyeah4520
      @americafuckyeah4520 Před 4 lety +6

      Hotline Miami vibes

  • @TheHightower92
    @TheHightower92 Před 4 lety +1156

    "Gonna lay the smackdown on some roasted peanuts. Got any?"
    "I was gonna take my third shower but ran out of soap. Gotta stay clean for the ladies!"
    They actually nailed customers having bizarre wordplay or sharing pointless information about their routine/personal lives related to the product they want to buy perfectly

    • @stephenromero7298
      @stephenromero7298 Před 4 lety +82

      I feel i need to justify what im buying usually :(

    • @partyboyplays3687
      @partyboyplays3687 Před 4 lety +70

      Now the devs need to add customers regaling you with a pointless anecdote about why they need X item. And it causes you to auto-fail because you "took too long" to help the customer because you were talking to them for too long.

    • @peternehemiah1606
      @peternehemiah1606 Před 4 lety +4

      Holy shit
      Relatable

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts Před 3 lety +20

      @@stephenromero7298 Why? Most retail employees aren't your Dad. Then again, I have no idea where you live or how most people there think.

    • @sinsoftheswamp8346
      @sinsoftheswamp8346 Před 3 lety +5

      @@stephenromero7298 you disgust me

  • @ahyena975
    @ahyena975 Před 4 lety +707

    You guys saying this is what stores are like during a pandemic, this is what stores are like all the time lmao

    • @lithuaniaball
      @lithuaniaball Před 3 lety +10

      kids are always jumping on the latest fad, just turns out this one made a bunch of people hit their off switch after the joke got old

    • @MsScarletwings
      @MsScarletwings Před 3 lety +20

      It just got “worse” because there was a phase where the only people going out frequently were the most callous, selfish, and entitled assholes of the bunch. At least that’s what it was like from my food service perspective. Most of the reasonable people were staying home earlier on while the shitbag customers became more concentrated by this pandemic. I put in my resignation lately because it’s been several months, I’m high risk, customers are caring less and less each day about my wellbeing, and management still doesn’t even encourage masks in the cafe, let alone enforce the city mandate .

    • @theodenking169
      @theodenking169 Před 3 lety +3

      Kids haven't worked a retail job. Yet.

    • @Just_A_Guy_Here.
      @Just_A_Guy_Here. Před 3 lety

      I'm your 100th liker here and bye.

    • @dtxspeaks268
      @dtxspeaks268 Před 2 lety

      @@theodenking169 except this came out when the pandemic started and at the time, retail and grocery stores were more packed than ever.

  • @Fawp
    @Fawp Před 4 lety +6096

    Now this is pure, unfiltered horror.

  • @tristank9821
    @tristank9821 Před 4 lety +4741

    This is truly terrifying. A masterpiece of horror. I can't say how many terrible memories I have doing delivery service.

    • @Limbbiscuit
      @Limbbiscuit Před 4 lety +17

      1K likes without a single reply.... Yikes

    • @alleosussquirt8041
      @alleosussquirt8041 Před 4 lety +83

      AT LEAST YOU GOT A CAR TO SPEED AWAY WITH

    • @MrVariant
      @MrVariant Před 4 lety +1

      6:28 nightmare fuel lol in real life jokes on grandma as manager usually enables the bs

    • @xeonaz1918
      @xeonaz1918 Před 4 lety

      lMAO same mate

    • @imperialsoldier5382
      @imperialsoldier5382 Před 4 lety +18

      In reality ...
      This is real
      When someone work in this kind of jobs its really stressing for the peaplo who want to know where is this item or that item
      Its job i know i know....
      But nobody its patient when you do some other thing what you been order to do by your boss or manager or some other superior

  • @matthewdetlaff3700
    @matthewdetlaff3700 Před 4 lety +1982

    He forgot the #1 cringe thing customers say...
    “Working hard or hardly working.”

    • @ToxicBastard
      @ToxicBastard Před 4 lety +373

      "If it doesn't scan it's free!"

    • @matthewdetlaff3700
      @matthewdetlaff3700 Před 4 lety +93

      @@ToxicBastard OH GOD!!!! WHYYY!!!

    • @ToxicBastard
      @ToxicBastard Před 4 lety +141

      @@matthewdetlaff3700 that guy who pays only in pennies

    • @matthewdetlaff3700
      @matthewdetlaff3700 Před 4 lety +34

      Lmfao god damnit don’t remind me of that

    • @ToxicBastard
      @ToxicBastard Před 4 lety +50

      @@matthewdetlaff3700 lmao those guys were the worst, and I had someone's kid pee themselves in front of my till on my first day

  • @andystevenson5067
    @andystevenson5067 Před 4 lety +281

    I can’t get over how good the music is in this game it’s absolutely terrifying

  • @peternehemiah1606
    @peternehemiah1606 Před 4 lety +643

    Now this is real horror
    No ghosts
    No wars
    No serial killers
    Just something we see in everyday life

    • @MuzikMann96
      @MuzikMann96 Před 4 lety +5

      Carbon Copy J-just don’t hurt me! 😰

    • @Pleasestoptalkingthanks
      @Pleasestoptalkingthanks Před 4 lety +6

      Meh. If I wanted to be reminded of how annoying real people can be, I’d go outside instead of playing horror games.

    • @samuelray8582
      @samuelray8582 Před 4 lety +2

      That's painfully accurate

    • @ProfessorHanger
      @ProfessorHanger Před 4 lety +4

      In reality, we are all monsters. We are all capable of this horror.

  • @owenhergel7933
    @owenhergel7933 Před 4 lety +908

    Nothing is scarier than the concept of being perpetually trapped in a dead end job

  • @devinmendez9514
    @devinmendez9514 Před 4 lety +537

    Imagine being born and named “The manager” and you become a Store Manager when you got older

    • @reginaldfoonkleton1881
      @reginaldfoonkleton1881 Před 4 lety +35

      imagine if you don't…

    • @Personigo
      @Personigo Před 4 lety +18

      It's a calling

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts Před 4 lety +33

      It's not impossible to imagine. A photographer named Blackburn died in the Mt. St. Helens volcanic eruption.

    • @jasonmongar1839
      @jasonmongar1839 Před 4 lety +13

      Imagine if you also married someone named Karen along with that...

    • @leighbelk769
      @leighbelk769 Před 3 lety +5

      Jason Mongar That makes the Manager here probably the most tragic fictional character, other than the fact he probably only makes a few dollars more than you do.

  • @crazyeye1
    @crazyeye1 Před 4 lety +354

    I love the “excuseee meeee” working retail is really like this...also the guy jumping up and down with his arms flailing around is pretty spot on.

    • @mi2492
      @mi2492 Před 4 lety +14

      I think he was doing jumping jacks lol

    • @MechaGod
      @MechaGod Před 4 měsíci +1

      Oh, man. I wish I got excuse me all the time. Some people just approach from behind, and without acknowledgement, they just start spouting off their demands. I always match my service to their tone so it all works out

  • @rozhsoh-muh
    @rozhsoh-muh Před 4 lety +1752

    god the soundtrack when you have to help a costumer is like the horror-satan version of sonic drowning. I can feel my insides being gnawed from the stress and tension

    • @rgerber
      @rgerber Před 4 lety +55

      Yeah it's really intense when it gets faster

    • @obliviousfafnir01
      @obliviousfafnir01 Před 4 lety +13

      @hi hungry i'm dad Only folks who've worked retail know.

    • @astracrits4633
      @astracrits4633 Před 4 lety +15

      *implying the sonic drowning theme isn’t horrific and satanic in and of itself

    • @kennethwilliams2157
      @kennethwilliams2157 Před 4 lety +18

      "ExCUSe ME"
      *Begone, Demon*

    • @lastsigil7241
      @lastsigil7241 Před 4 lety +6

      Good way to describe it

  • @loathsomebear4655
    @loathsomebear4655 Před 4 lety +1333

    One of the ketchup bottle says, "you wasted your life." This game is scary as hell...

    • @josechinos1287
      @josechinos1287 Před 4 lety +77

      LoathsomeBear one of the drinks said “Get out”

    • @sh8t
      @sh8t Před 4 lety +63

      One of the paint cans says "pain"

    • @logjamstudios1963
      @logjamstudios1963 Před 4 lety +8

      Noticed that too!

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety +34

      Looks like the cleaning supplies wants you to Kill Them Now.

    • @user-ot6cp3us1o
      @user-ot6cp3us1o Před 4 lety +4

      @@sh8t Have you ever watched pain dry?
      Damn, that sounds sketchy.

  • @RC-cv2jo
    @RC-cv2jo Před 4 lety +102

    This music stresses me out, faces freaks
    me out, chases fills me with dread.

  • @c0nstantin86
    @c0nstantin86 Před 4 lety +101

    9:12 doom secret level moment
    "Don't trust manager" :)))

  • @andrewmorales3580
    @andrewmorales3580 Před 4 lety +328

    Those “excuse me”s are giving me retail PTSD

  • @secritiveHalo
    @secritiveHalo Před 4 lety +739

    Everyone gangsta till they hear "eXcUsE mE"

  • @evanstein3011
    @evanstein3011 Před 4 lety +28

    11:31 just one of the bottles say "Get Out." I love these little touches.

  • @RB939393
    @RB939393 Před 4 lety +36

    I love how the manager looks like every dead inside manager I've ever seen

  • @ohnkiii
    @ohnkiii Před 4 lety +5585

    Theres actually a live action of this that you can play right now

  • @Xport9
    @Xport9 Před 4 lety +2183

    *Black Friday: **_The Game, with extra slime edition_*

  • @shan3622
    @shan3622 Před 3 lety +51

    They’re Creepy asf but still they had manners to say “excuse me”

    • @blueshell292
      @blueshell292 Před 3 lety +18

      That’s less of a manners issue but more like a dog whistle to get an employee to listen to you

    • @Foxhound686
      @Foxhound686 Před 3 lety +6

      The tone says it all

  • @dopedoh-homer
    @dopedoh-homer Před 4 lety +874

    Difficulty:
    Easy
    Medium
    Hard
    *BLACK* *FRIDAY*

    • @isoinic4575
      @isoinic4575 Před 4 lety +26

      at least the customer will fight against each other then

    • @MarkMash17
      @MarkMash17 Před 4 lety +19

      Secret unlock: Covid-19 black friday.... oh shit!

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 Před 4 lety +26

      Rookie Level - No Customer
      Brutal Level - Karen Raid
      Expert Level - Viral Pandemics

    • @duskstone109
      @duskstone109 Před 4 lety +2

      DON'T REINTRODUCE MY NIGHTMARE!!! IT WAS HORRIFYING FOR ME WHEN I USED TO WORK AT KMART!!!!

    • @asgoredreemurr8513
      @asgoredreemurr8513 Před 3 lety

      Oh no... *_BLACK FRIDAY_*

  • @tidepod10yearsago97
    @tidepod10yearsago97 Před 4 lety +728

    "My name is the manager"
    Thats one hell of a name

  • @Sebas-bs8uk
    @Sebas-bs8uk Před 4 lety +447

    The first consumer that came in actually gave me a heart attack, when I watch these type of games I either get startled or mentally disturbed. But seeing that face pop up and say "ExCuSe mE!" was just too much, but it was still cool.

  • @chalkbodyoutline
    @chalkbodyoutline Před 4 lety +66

    Amazing. This developer definitely has retail experience.

  • @fabiosilva9637
    @fabiosilva9637 Před 4 lety +239

    The world late 2019: *nice ambient music*
    Coronavirus: E X C U S E M E

    • @average7557
      @average7557 Před 4 lety +13

      early 2020: RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR RAR

  • @uncledolan9271
    @uncledolan9271 Před 4 lety +1004

    That Manager speed running from a dark background is bone chilling.

    • @eeo_o103
      @eeo_o103 Před 4 lety +16

      That part made me laugh

    • @user-ek2xg3ps5s
      @user-ek2xg3ps5s Před 4 lety +24

      *F I R E D*

    • @Inuyisho
      @Inuyisho Před 4 lety +1

      At what time

    • @karmavolkl8842
      @karmavolkl8842 Před 4 lety +5

      its actually terrifying :O

    • @sjoerd601
      @sjoerd601 Před 4 lety +4

      don dony what is your problem? I’ve seen you comment this shit multiple times now

  • @thekosmickollector7748
    @thekosmickollector7748 Před 4 lety +1006

    Needs the shelves to change layout every time for when the managers completely rearrange the layout of the shop without telling you

    • @sinsoftheswamp8346
      @sinsoftheswamp8346 Před 4 lety +141

      And make it worse in ever way. And even the customers hate it why is the bread near the fruit now it doesnt make sense it doesnt make sense

    • @Nostalgic_Gamer12
      @Nostalgic_Gamer12 Před 4 lety +1

      You mad man...

    • @Dean.....
      @Dean..... Před 4 lety +44

      @@sinsoftheswamp8346 Tide Pods & Gain Flings next to the Candy is my favorite layout (I'm not kidding, I've actually seen it.)

    • @MechWarrior894
      @MechWarrior894 Před 4 lety +1

      That comes later.

    • @geograymon55
      @geograymon55 Před 4 lety +13

      And then add a bonus level called "Black Friday" where nothing is labeled by signs and you have to follow a half-assed map that's in the employee areas

  • @lepirusgutierrez5598
    @lepirusgutierrez5598 Před 4 lety +269

    Just noticed some products have different descriptions
    -Ketchup: You are wasting your life
    -Paint: Pain
    -Cleaning Spray: You are a loser
    -Cream: Wasting away
    -Dog Soup: You're stuck
    -Drink: Get Out
    If you noticed more, tell me in the replies and I'll add them

    • @wyze7545
      @wyze7545 Před 4 lety +3

      Comment above you, had it too

    • @josemartini2707
      @josemartini2707 Před 4 lety +9

      I was trying to look for one in the knife set... did not find.
      12:20

    • @Christian00W2
      @Christian00W2 Před 3 lety +4

      Madre mía Lépirus qué haces aquí compañero

    • @lepirusgutierrez5598
      @lepirusgutierrez5598 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Christian00W2 Yo ando rondando toda la inmensidad de Internet. Supongo que me conoces de Wiki Terraria, no?

    • @Christian00W2
      @Christian00W2 Před 3 lety +4

      @@lepirusgutierrez5598 Sí, pero ya no uso Discord.
      Sorpresa hallarte por aquí.

  • @johnnyvarsity6563
    @johnnyvarsity6563 Před 4 lety +11

    As a grocery store cashier this really how it be. Walking from the break room to the register is like metal gear solid

  • @MysticIceFire
    @MysticIceFire Před 4 lety +1522

    I dont see anything different from the normal retail experience...

  • @DarthDimmadome
    @DarthDimmadome Před 4 lety +780

    When you work in retail, and have social anxiety.

    • @dynamosavage1582
      @dynamosavage1582 Před 4 lety +14

      Its even worse when your a Customer, oh god the traffic jams in the isles

    • @Doenerprophet
      @Doenerprophet Před 4 lety +36

      When you work in retail, but you are anti social or "social selective" and would like to kick in peoples faces...

    • @NagoTheCat
      @NagoTheCat Před 4 lety +15

      You feel like everybody is looking at you and judging you even though they’re not. It’s almost unbearable.

    • @Doenerprophet
      @Doenerprophet Před 4 lety +12

      @@NagoTheCat Nah, i judged everyone. I even made up nicknames for people that were daily customers and did annoying things.
      I really hated them.

    • @guy_with_no_name7317
      @guy_with_no_name7317 Před 4 lety

      Angry Lemonzest too bad that life loves to fuck you over for little to no reason at all

  • @squatking77
    @squatking77 Před 4 lety +83

    As a McDonald’s employee, I can officially say that this is basically the same for us, sadly...

    • @SlimeDawgy
      @SlimeDawgy Před 3 lety +6

      GYPSY KING FURY wendys can confirm

  • @boxedog
    @boxedog Před 4 lety +68

    I love the aesthetic in this, reminds me of PilotRedSun

  • @Nachy
    @Nachy Před 4 lety +1745

    I love the visual style in this. While it's not exactly accurate to a PS1 look from a technical standpoint, it takes the best aspects of it, almost like how actual developers would try to push the PS1 to its very limits at the time. Gives it that look on 'how you remember it back then' feel. Would rather see this approach in retro graphics compared to games when they just try to make it look old to hide the fact they lack an actual art style.

    • @Xyr12
      @Xyr12 Před 4 lety +13

      Nachy nice aggretsuko pfp

    • @alexlokanin3312
      @alexlokanin3312 Před 4 lety +16

      agree. and it's scarier that way

    • @alexlokanin3312
      @alexlokanin3312 Před 4 lety +47

      ​@Winston Smith Well it's pretty much the low-poly PS1 aesthetic. i think it's characterised by the lack of texture filtering and the sometimes floaty-looking polygons

    • @zephyrt503
      @zephyrt503 Před 4 lety +11

      Some ps1 games looked very similiar to this. Take for example Alien resurrectiom

    • @Davtwan
      @Davtwan Před 4 lety +6

      Nachy - An Aggretsuko avatar? How appropriate for this game.

  • @codybarrett4672
    @codybarrett4672 Před 4 lety +504

    This looks like a normal customer service/stocking job through the eyes of someone with overwhelming social anxiety

    • @brupts7297
      @brupts7297 Před 4 lety +12

      @Orlando murillo Good work staying determined for 7 months, I barely stayed at panera for 6 months

    • @RocketRoosterFilms
      @RocketRoosterFilms Před 4 lety +10

      Cody Barrett I have real social anxiety. And working for a grocery store was exactly like this.

    • @katcauble6908
      @katcauble6908 Před 4 lety +61

      John Toas wtf is wrong with you? social anxiety is an actual disorder people suffer with everyday. shut the fuck up

    • @EquestrianKatz
      @EquestrianKatz Před 4 lety +2

      I know man... i feel it on a personal level. :(

    • @V0YAG3R
      @V0YAG3R Před 4 lety +3

      Cody Barrett no

  • @brineherotg7375
    @brineherotg7375 Před 4 lety +379

    Im now realizing these aren’t zombies
    They’re just needy ass customers

    • @101Volts
      @101Volts Před 4 lety +51

      Wait, there's a difference?
      Oh. Well, their skin's not falling off, I can't see tattered clothes, and no organs are shown. There's *SOME* difference, but, they're dangerously similar.

    • @butwait
      @butwait Před 4 lety +11

      I'm an ass customer all the time. Fine ass especially.

    • @Uejji
      @Uejji Před 4 lety +14

      I mean, George Romero put zombies in a shopping mall. The analogy is veiled by wax paper.

  • @malicemew
    @malicemew Před 4 lety +112

    Lester: Employee of the Month
    Also Lester: MISSING

    • @ZexGamingShark
      @ZexGamingShark Před 3 lety +17

      9:14 I think thats Lester

    • @RickJW-OSM
      @RickJW-OSM Před 3 lety +4

      Wish he would've stopped to read the note Lester left on the wall.
      Probably went something like, 'Dear Mom/Spouse, I'm sorry I couldn't get back to you..., I regret taking the job..., I remember the good times..., I'm going mad!.., I'm taking the cowards way out..., pray for me.'

    • @rockk9753
      @rockk9753 Před 3 lety +1

      @@RickJW-OSM it just looks like he was counting the days he was in there it looks like IIII and a dash through them which means 5

    • @RickJW-OSM
      @RickJW-OSM Před 3 lety +1

      @@rockk9753
      Quit stomping on my comedy bits!

    • @rockk9753
      @rockk9753 Před 3 lety

      @@RickJW-OSM ah my bad haha I didn't know you were trying to be funny

  • @BunnyBootCamp
    @BunnyBootCamp Před 4 lety +216

    You can hear them groaning "puuurrrrchaaassse" as they wander the store, truly horrifying

  • @Htahjft6287haj
    @Htahjft6287haj Před 4 lety +1302

    I love how at 1:38 the employee throws up in front of the “EXCELLENT HYGEINE RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️” sign lmao
    Lots of small details like this, it’s clear a lot of thought went into this game

    • @chadangeles3856
      @chadangeles3856 Před 4 lety +34

      Its not a small detail you were supposed to see it

    • @irondeficiency515
      @irondeficiency515 Před 4 lety +59

      @@chadangeles3856 It actually is cause not everybody out here reading the posters. I sure as hell didn't read it when i played it the first time. Even if i did it would still be a small detail cause at the end of the day its not beneficial to your gameplay and is only there for people to just notice it and get the oxymoron...

    • @hewhomainsness9189
      @hewhomainsness9189 Před 4 lety +1

      @@chadangeles3856 well I didn't see it

    • @alejandromomota6934
      @alejandromomota6934 Před 4 lety

      Matt Hopwood I’m your 600th like

    • @jayydel
      @jayydel Před 4 lety +6

      Example on one of the orange soda things he was stocking one of them was named "get out" or something like that. Also one of the ketchup bottles had a saying on it lol. Also the dog food for cats..

  • @philmehrart
    @philmehrart Před 4 lety +43

    6:00 - Hello young child, I need some teeth

  • @zretralboletarias2808
    @zretralboletarias2808 Před 4 lety +16

    My experience with fast food and retail has taught me how awful customers can be.
    This definitely hits that horror spot.

  • @paulnottherealmccartney8558
    @paulnottherealmccartney8558 Před 4 lety +595

    1st try "wow this game is a representation of the horror of the modern consumerism and the erratic behaviour of the consumer themselves! This is a relatable horror"
    2nd try: "nah it's a work simulator"

    • @swefress
      @swefress Před 4 lety +44

      I think it's both.

    • @jermainereyem7635
      @jermainereyem7635 Před 4 lety +29

      Those are the same things!

    • @abloogywoogywoo
      @abloogywoogywoo Před 4 lety +39

      2nd try is a stealth based game. The consoomer can't complain about what's not there.
      Or... can they? 0_o

    • @xxlamaxx1
      @xxlamaxx1 Před 4 lety +9

      abloogywoogywoo false i worked in retail and people literally cant see whats right in front of them

    • @gabbrieledduardommena1856
      @gabbrieledduardommena1856 Před 4 lety

      Relatable

  • @opfryingpan9770
    @opfryingpan9770 Před 4 lety +221

    This game makes me feel bad for asking the employees where to find stuff.

    • @Bendetoma
      @Bendetoma Před 4 lety +68

      Well... if you actually thank them for helping you I dont think it's that bad. Just dont be rude to them.

    • @freeziboi3249
      @freeziboi3249 Před 4 lety +86

      Ask us politely, thank us when we help you out, and be understanding when we don't have what you're looking for. We won't be mad if you just treat us like people, novel concept I know.

    • @ZAGGNUT1
      @ZAGGNUT1 Před 4 lety +4

      You should feel bad, now scram!

    • @servit0r
      @servit0r Před 4 lety +10

      @@freeziboi3249 E x C u S e M e???????????????

    • @iveseenyourface5404
      @iveseenyourface5404 Před 4 lety +1

      How about trying to find stuff yourself?

  • @GIitchclan12
    @GIitchclan12 Před 4 lety +10

    I love how they literally walk through the neatly stack displays.

  • @danielplainview2584
    @danielplainview2584 Před 4 lety +188

    The sound design in combo with the visuals are actually pretty nauseating.

  • @MandyArtGames
    @MandyArtGames Před 4 lety +76

    Now hold on, you broke down a secret grave and didn't even read the note?

  • @StreetTaco
    @StreetTaco Před 4 lety +807

    At least the customers are kind enough to leave you alone when you're helping another customer, something I'm sure that happens a lot irl.

    • @wololoman3314
      @wololoman3314 Před 4 lety +114

      You'd be surprised how some people lack common sense and manners. They sometimes deliberately push our buttons just to get our reaction for their sick game. This is why i hate people in general because of this

    • @Jvizzlezz
      @Jvizzlezz Před 4 lety +74

      the game would be more accurate if so many people started taking control of your screen and saying EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE that the game started glitching out and becoming nonfunctional. added points if customers would sometimes randomly follow you into staff rooms anyway because they can't read or don't give a shit.
      final level could include people asking for items that your store literally doesn't have, and you get fired if you can't give it to them anyway.
      also, added horror, like others have said, make it so the level's layout completely changes every single time you play it, or sometimes even in the middle of the level, because that's a little bit more accurate to what real life retail was like too

    • @oliverlovessleep1461
      @oliverlovessleep1461 Před 4 lety +12

      @@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace I think they just saying this is how Americans treat retail workers cuz we have messed up views about what's "good customer service"

    • @laughingalex7563
      @laughingalex7563 Před 4 lety +6

      @ Read a little online. People sometimes get a form of ptsd called complex ptsd. It comes from years of customer and manager abuse.

    • @Somespideronline
      @Somespideronline Před 4 lety +3

      ```` look man, americans arent the only one, some other actually countries do have the same problem like the US

  • @UrLocalPoolman
    @UrLocalPoolman Před 4 lety +11

    The Sound Design alone makes this one of the most anxious games of all time.

  • @UnordinaryCarl
    @UnordinaryCarl Před 4 lety +26

    6:23 demonic karen finding her free lamp oils

  • @vokhanhhoang8378
    @vokhanhhoang8378 Před 4 lety +1438

    "The game really makes you FEEL like a moron buying toilet papers during a virus outbreak" -IGN 9.5/10

    • @masterDarts4188
      @masterDarts4188 Před 4 lety +12

      Honestly there's nothing stupid about that. It's an Important thing to have. Just make sure it's not all you're buying. 🤷

    • @ocelotmadness6287
      @ocelotmadness6287 Před 4 lety +97

      @@masterDarts4188 Everyone bought all the toilet paper and now there isnt enough left for any of the normal people

    • @JacobKinsley
      @JacobKinsley Před 4 lety +16

      Let them have the toilet paper it saves the medicine and cleaning products for the actual smart people.

    • @angrycinnabon2956
      @angrycinnabon2956 Před 4 lety +9

      Some people just buy the toilet paper just to take advantage of the situation to sell it for stupidly high prices on Facebook.

    • @sad.3x3
      @sad.3x3 Před 4 lety +2

      Jacob Rendall But now I don’t have my toilet paper :(

  • @chilli3724
    @chilli3724 Před 4 lety +574

    The most anxiety inducing part for me is that he opens up some sort of secret in one of the backrooms but doesn't take the time to check it out

    • @Extreme_Ultimate_Sfaccimm
      @Extreme_Ultimate_Sfaccimm Před 4 lety +104

      He talked with the dev about it and he said that it's not fully accessible at the moment

    • @ToastyMcToastyToast
      @ToastyMcToastyToast Před 4 lety +52

      I thought he was just angrily throwing the box at the wall lmao

    • @guillermocastillo8488
      @guillermocastillo8488 Před 4 lety +27

      I saw a skeleton in there, it was most likely the remains of the employee the manager mentioned at the end of the video that "stopped showing" all of the sudden.

    • @chilli3724
      @chilli3724 Před 4 lety +15

      @don dony Literally noone interpreted this as a thing about race, except you

    • @chilli3724
      @chilli3724 Před 4 lety +12

      @don dony Perhaps because it is 100% unrelated

  • @mitchelljulius5875
    @mitchelljulius5875 Před 3 lety +17

    My excuse to all customers: yeah, sorry I literally just started today. I have no idea where most of the stuff is.

    • @blueshell292
      @blueshell292 Před 3 lety +3

      Don’t they wanna see the manager even more with that technique? That’s at least what happened with me. Since then I’ve started to just point them as far away as possible from me if I don’t know where something is and they seem like trouble to me.

  • @fbi176
    @fbi176 Před 4 lety +19

    The manager must be a relative of the happy mask salesman from Majoras mask.

    • @Ferrexx
      @Ferrexx Před 4 lety +3

      extremely under-rated comment. i noticed that as well

  • @agnel47
    @agnel47 Před 4 lety +418

    Well, the modern movie zombies were already a metaphor for mindless consumption.
    It seems we've come full circle.
    Great job.

  • @BossPL4Ever
    @BossPL4Ever Před 4 lety +420

    Everyone writing black friday wasn't working in retail. This a normal day

    • @TheKenji2221
      @TheKenji2221 Před 4 lety +4

      Well in civilized countries that's a weird day

    • @BossPL4Ever
      @BossPL4Ever Před 4 lety +16

      @@TheKenji2221 how would you know that? France is a sh*thole

    • @hYBRYDcOBRA
      @hYBRYDcOBRA Před 4 lety +3

      He's gotta make a Black Friday bonus level after he finishes the game

    • @zovinchen3281
      @zovinchen3281 Před 4 lety +6

      Well, the manager clearly stated that "we're not too busy on days like these"

    • @laetitiacouteausuisse5296
      @laetitiacouteausuisse5296 Před 4 lety

      BossPL4Ever its not lol

  • @chanted1558
    @chanted1558 Před 3 lety +1

    They left out a few things:
    1# the customers demanding items you don't even sell.
    2# the ones that saw your name tag and now ask for you everytime they come in.
    3#that 1 co-worker you can never find.
    4# the hiding spot by the back dumpsters where that missing co-worker hides.

  • @Mecks089
    @Mecks089 Před 4 lety +22

    The music an overall atmosphere feels like it's a part of Invader Zim's universe.
    The colors are just too bright.

  • @melbourneopera
    @melbourneopera Před 4 lety +854

    "Dog food for cats", Clearners say "Kill them now". Orange juice say "Get out". Soup cans say "Dog soup" ,one of the ketup says "You are wasting your life". Hmm, i think the game creater did try to mention how stressful works in retail with horrible customers.

    • @nuwngs4715
      @nuwngs4715 Před 4 lety +41

      I think cleaners say about killing the bacteria not human
      Actually on of the cleaner said:"You are a loser"

    • @nagidora9334
      @nagidora9334 Před 4 lety +21

      And one of the Paint thing say "Pain"

    • @ryan-levy
      @ryan-levy Před 4 lety +15

      The miracle cream says "Wasting Away"

    • @barrettpatterson4990
      @barrettpatterson4990 Před 4 lety +6

      @@ryan-levy actually "YOU ARE wasting away". notice the rainbow on top

    • @user-ek2xg3ps5s
      @user-ek2xg3ps5s Před 4 lety +3

      *get out*

  • @chesterstevens8870
    @chesterstevens8870 Před 4 lety +979

    Jimmy: "You gotta go stock the shelves, we don't want to upset the manager."
    Also Jimmy: *"SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME!"*
    Sending a lot of mixed messages there, Jimmy.

    • @yoteawhirl1987
      @yoteawhirl1987 Před 4 lety +59

      when you've had enough of this shit but understand other people don't have FU money saved up

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 Před 4 lety +2

      XD

    • @SetsuneW
      @SetsuneW Před 4 lety +16

      @@yoteawhirl1987 Nobody working retail in 2020 has FU Money saved up. They probably need a second job just to make rent.

    • @chesterstevens8870
      @chesterstevens8870 Před 4 lety +20

      @@SetsuneW
      Not necessarily. I worked retail for six years and was making a pretty good wage for the work I did. It was demeaning, soul-crushing work, but as long as I was being frugal and didn't drink my paycheck away I could be making bank.
      EDIT: I should clarify, I deliberately took the highest paying hourly wage I could when I started the job, as an overnight customer support manager. It was mostly dealing with angry customers, wrangling homeless paintheads, and frantically trying to return all the misplaced merchandise in the store to its proper place. I was expected to handle the end of day sales as well. I would frequently walk upwards of 7 miles a night around the store, and would usually end up having to stay late in the mornings to finish my work (and since our chain didn't want to pay it's employees overtime, that meant I would have to take longer lunches on my next night and subsequently lose that much more time I had to work.) It was basically a no-win business strategy designed to maximize the salaried managers annual bonus, while the hourly associates were viewed as expendable. I decided to quit after six years and find work that was less demeaning.

    • @omarfejzic2981
      @omarfejzic2981 Před 4 lety +2

      @@chesterstevens8870 how long ago was this btw?

  • @panBucz
    @panBucz Před 4 lety +8

    It's actually cool how you can hear fire when he "fires" you

  • @jaredquaglieri3731
    @jaredquaglieri3731 Před 3 lety +1

    I like the little detail of every aisle being clearly labeled but people come and ask you where things are anyway. Really adds to the immersion, makes you feel like you're at work XD

  • @Dinofly4
    @Dinofly4 Před 4 lety +521

    14:49
    **double take*
    *
    **stares at 'dog food for cats' boxes*
    *
    **shakes head**

  • @richwalk3954
    @richwalk3954 Před 4 lety +364

    Is there a 'I want to speak to your manager' NPC character in this game?
    6:23: Called it!

  • @percocet6283
    @percocet6283 Před 4 lety +15

    Coming from someone who works at Walmart this is pretty accurate

  • @brandonluck159
    @brandonluck159 Před 3 lety +2

    By the time this video was done, all of us had mastered this stores layout.

  • @onlyonemrxonlyonemry306
    @onlyonemrxonlyonemry306 Před 4 lety +648

    Walmart" really stepped up their training videos.

  • @autdroid6078
    @autdroid6078 Před 4 lety +128

    11:33 one of the bottles says 'GET OUT'

    • @VaporwaveSunset
      @VaporwaveSunset Před 4 lety +20

      Woah, I didn't catch that one, good eye. It's probably the dev's way of subtly warning you about the store

    • @nonai3388
      @nonai3388 Před 4 lety +32

      One of the ketchup bottles also says "you're wasting your life" at 11:46

    • @consensualduane
      @consensualduane Před 4 lety +31

      One of the paint cans around 13:05 just says "PAIN" too.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety

      The Cleaning supplies seem to have Kill Them Pow. (It might be Now.)
      13:06. Paint Can has Pain on it.

  • @htf5555
    @htf5555 Před 4 lety +143

    this is just a guy with crippling social anxiety trying to working in retail

    • @kaninkokinoko7704
      @kaninkokinoko7704 Před 3 lety +21

      nah this is just a guy. It's the retail that gives you the crippling anxiety.

  • @thatoneguyfromtheinternet6174

    6:35 Somebody should make a GIF of that .

  • @gouhgog0
    @gouhgog0 Před 4 lety +248

    on some of the product you shelve there are hiden messages like "you're wasting your life" on a ketchup bottle and "get out" on a soda

    • @toastcrunch9387
      @toastcrunch9387 Před 4 lety +24

      one of the buckets of paint just says "pain". I'd buy it tbh.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety

      The cleaning supplies has Kill Them Pow (Might be Now.) Definitely gotta go through the video and see the messages.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety +4

      13:06. Paint can says Pain.

    • @SergeantExtreme
      @SergeantExtreme Před 4 lety

      @@tonypeppermint5329 It's "Kill Them Now". You've got to stop watching CZcams videos on your phone, bro. Get a real PC.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 4 lety

      @@SergeantExtreme Okay.

  • @sovietunion7643
    @sovietunion7643 Před 4 lety +58

    "dog food, for cats!" 14:50
    I love how even in a play through this guy thought it necessary to show disappointment

  • @TechnoRain
    @TechnoRain Před 3 lety +1

    Imagine coming home from working in a supermarket and playing this in your free time..

  • @shekinahshy.9500
    @shekinahshy.9500 Před 4 lety +19

    Uggghh I'm about to start a job in a grocery store. This doesn't ease my nerves!

    • @nikojumpstyle8171
      @nikojumpstyle8171 Před 3 lety +1

      how’s it goin? lol

    • @shekinahshy.9500
      @shekinahshy.9500 Před 3 lety +2

      @@nikojumpstyle8171 Not as bad as I expected! There are THOSE customers on occasion.

    • @nikojumpstyle8171
      @nikojumpstyle8171 Před 3 lety +2

      ShekinahShy. lmao good to hear i guess. anything you wish an ideal customer would be for the next time i go to a store? i don’t want to unintentionally be an ass xD

    • @shekinahshy.9500
      @shekinahshy.9500 Před 3 lety +5

      @@nikojumpstyle8171 Please do not question the computer omg. They argue with me when I give them "incorrect" change. I'm just like "Talk to the calculator."

    • @shekinahshy.9500
      @shekinahshy.9500 Před 3 lety +5

      Omg! And make sure you look in your car before storming back to me demanding your groceries that you think I lost! Sheesh people!

  • @partyboyplays3687
    @partyboyplays3687 Před 4 lety +205

    As someone who works part time at a retailer. This game is retail work in a nutshell. Only need to add kids running around and customers yelling for the manager and you never find them.

    • @jimsigs2108
      @jimsigs2108 Před 4 lety +17

      They also forgot to add the customer who walks up to you and just blurts out whatever product they're looking for.
      Customer: "TUNA!"
      Me: no thanks, im full
      Customer o.0

    • @funkmantim2661
      @funkmantim2661 Před 4 lety +9

      Also unrealistic that customers are not asking for stuff that your store obviously does not/should not carry.
      I work at a home decor store, and I have had to help more customers understand we do not carry hardware than anything else.
      We have all sorts of stuff, but the most "hardware" we get is inflatable decorations around the holidays, christmas trees, and lights. We get people constantly coming in searching for stuff like washing machines, blenders, ovens.
      Then there are other customers who expect massive discounts on items because of tiny scratches that can literally be erased with a marker designed for the scratch.

    • @basedbattledroid3507
      @basedbattledroid3507 Před 4 lety +3

      They added kids running around in an update.

    • @partyboyplays3687
      @partyboyplays3687 Před 4 lety +2

      @@basedbattledroid3507 Did they?

  • @tokyohanamura
    @tokyohanamura Před 4 lety +167

    Imagine if you get a retail job & you have to play this as your training

    • @theunforgivensoldier4137
      @theunforgivensoldier4137 Před 4 lety +16

      I would cry

    • @speedstriker
      @speedstriker Před 4 lety +12

      That just means the manager has a sense of humour and sympathize with your plight. Not the worst sign of things to come, relatively speaking.

    • @etam8099
      @etam8099 Před 4 lety +1

      @@speedstriker yeah...if you say so...

    • @JacobKinsley
      @JacobKinsley Před 4 lety

      @@etam8099 he's not wrong??

    • @etam8099
      @etam8099 Před 4 lety +1

      @@JacobKinsley let's just remain on that "relatively speaking"....

  • @jonathanjensen189
    @jonathanjensen189 Před 4 lety +4

    "The SHIT STAINS!"
    Actually very accurate...

  • @outgoingduck5881
    @outgoingduck5881 Před 3 lety +6

    "You're wasting your life" sounds like a great ketchup brand

  • @Zack_Zander
    @Zack_Zander Před 4 lety +385

    “How is this scary?”
    I said just before 4:05 happened and my Soul literally jumped out of my body.

    • @thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463
      @thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463 Před 4 lety +5

      Zack Zander Can you please explain to me what happened? I’m to scared to watch it for myself.

    • @raceris7309
      @raceris7309 Před 4 lety +25

      @@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463 Customer suddenly appears out of a corner and yells "Excuse me!"

    • @Gamesmarts194
      @Gamesmarts194 Před 4 lety +25

      In a distored, borderline mangled voice, I might add.

    • @liamgoshdanglewis873
      @liamgoshdanglewis873 Před 4 lety +15

      ManiakNoot Looks like he smoked crack his whole life, I might add.

    • @nick1822
      @nick1822 Před 4 lety +3

      EXCUSE ME!!!

  • @spectraljerk330
    @spectraljerk330 Před 4 lety +494

    This makes me not want to ask for help when looking for something

    • @thatcutegameotaku
      @thatcutegameotaku Před 4 lety +210

      as long as you're patient and polite they probably wont mind. when i used to work around it was kinda liberating bc it was a detour from the usual stocking and moving products. its just when you treat us like robots or servents that its horrifying.

    • @thirien59
      @thirien59 Před 4 lety +4

      @@thatcutegameotaku +1, thx i will

    • @aviewer8428
      @aviewer8428 Před 4 lety +11

      Usually employees ask me if I need help.

    • @huultah
      @huultah Před 4 lety +13

      Kinda fell bad as I do that a lot, of course, always polite and all, but it actually never passed on my mind how it would suck if 80% of clients did that.

    • @stompchunkman4248
      @stompchunkman4248 Před 4 lety +32

      Just be polite and patient, even if you're having a bad day. I've seen people that behave like dicks towards the employees.

  • @guypalperson928
    @guypalperson928 Před 3 lety +2

    Watching this while hiding in the backroom at work. :p

  • @youngkappakhan
    @youngkappakhan Před 4 lety +9

    6:27 this is exactly how it happens irl

  • @nullnova
    @nullnova Před 4 lety +143

    One of the dog food cans reads "Get Out".
    One of the spray bottles says "You are a loser"
    A ketchup bottles reads "You're wasting your life"

    • @ninmue4638
      @ninmue4638 Před 4 lety +5

      One of the paint cans says "pain" instead of "paint."

    • @eliegbert8121
      @eliegbert8121 Před 4 lety

      a paint can says PAIN

  • @ampink81ify
    @ampink81ify Před 4 lety +135

    *"you couldn’t find the lightbulbs?? guess i gotta fire you now"*

    • @BeerMaster500
      @BeerMaster500 Před 4 lety

      "I don't know my pin number," I'm going to make up a story now how rude you were to me. Seriously I'm not joking that happened to me. Almost 10 years in a grocery business now...

  • @Djpartypon64
    @Djpartypon64 Před 4 lety +7

    On the drink it said: Get Out!
    Ketchup Bottle: You’re wasting your life!

  • @BONESTORM2501
    @BONESTORM2501 Před 3 lety +1

    So stylish. Really cool atmosphere in this game. Also the ending credits music was awesome.

  • @d3punkt5
    @d3punkt5 Před 4 lety +198

    Anxiety Simulator: The Retail Experience

  • @mclarenlamb9688
    @mclarenlamb9688 Před 4 lety +32

    6:31 That was actually terrifying

  • @W0LFB3AT5
    @W0LFB3AT5 Před 3 lety +2

    Stocking groceries while customers constantly bugging you where to find things is one thing since I’ve done it for 10 years...
    But try CUSTOMER SERVICE! Then we’ll talk about “horror”.

  • @Kuessemir
    @Kuessemir Před 4 lety +354

    This documentary is highly unsettling...can't even capitalism.

  • @josephjoestar6222
    @josephjoestar6222 Před 4 lety +492

    *sees dog food for cats*
    *shakes head*

    • @ars7174
      @ars7174 Před 4 lety +22

      Ikr it was hilarious hahahaj

    • @giovaniouropreto
      @giovaniouropreto Před 4 lety +8

      My dog used to prefer cat food

    • @jojojo5145
      @jojojo5145 Před 4 lety +4

      @@giovaniouropreto your dog was spoiled then, cat food has more fat content than dog, dog food's focus is protein

    • @DanielAyy
      @DanielAyy Před 4 lety

      ABG disapproves

    • @AtanoKSi
      @AtanoKSi Před 4 lety

      @@giovaniouropreto my dog wants cat food too, but basically because gets bored of eating the same all the time, switching kind of food solves it

  • @promiscuouscrab4040
    @promiscuouscrab4040 Před 4 lety +2461

    Manager: *sprints at you and grabs you*
    *F* *I* *R* *E* *D*
    Me: *stare at manager, eyes roll back*
    *L* *A* *W* *S* *U* *I* *T*

  • @wobbmin3705
    @wobbmin3705 Před 4 lety +7

    0:47 Images preceding unfortunate events

  • @bellametallica
    @bellametallica Před 3 lety +11

    This is basically it feels like to work in retail when you have social anxiety.

    • @ace-dj1dm
      @ace-dj1dm Před 3 lety

      is that u in the profile pic? ur cute 😊 just sayin...

    • @brianellisiscool5875
      @brianellisiscool5875 Před 2 lety

      This is how it feels when you don’t instantly have the answer to the customers question.