The Dark Age of Mascot Horror

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 31. 01. 2023
  • Yo, sorry this took so long, I just wanted to make something new. It was a lot of fun, so expect this to be the direction my channel takes, since video essays are fun to make. Anyways, please enjoy, and subscribe or something idk. See you in a month when I finally decide to do work.
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    What a silly idea for a video!
    #poppyplaytime #gartenofbanban #rainbowfriends #videoessay

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  • @froogy666
    @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +22

    Hey, I know this is months later, but I want to leave this comment, since I honestly really regret how I went about this video. I won’t be going over any explicit errors with it, I have another comment about that, but more so how my opinions have changed. I’ll go over each of the three games and talk about anything I got wrong
    Poppy Playtime: Yeah, I honestly just regret including this one in general. While the few people at the very top of MOB Games are not great people, that doesn’t account for most people. A large majority are just innocent game devs who worked on a game, and I think shunning it simply because of those few people who suck is dumb. Honestly, I probably will be playing chapter 3 when it comes out, and if you want to, then go ahead. Sure some money goes to the crappy people, but more of it goes to the people who actually worked hard, and I think that’s worth it.
    Rainbow Friends: Luckily the other two games I talked about I still mostly hold the same opinion on. I still believe Rainbow Friends is a very boring game, but there are a few things I said that I regret. First off, I very much am sorry for constantly insinuating that Roblox horror games couldn’t be good. I was very uneducated on Roblox in general, so I just kind of assumed that they all sucked and Doors was a lucky exception. Well I’ve actually done more research, and while I still consider Doors to be the best one, at this point it’s clear that Roblox is possible of making some stellar horror games, Rainbow Friends just isn’t one. Also very minor point but I kind of love the character designs in this game. Objectively they’re probably bad, but honestly they’re so goofy I can’t help but love them. Finally last point, yes I have played Rainbow Friends chapter 2, and yes it is much better than the first, not a perfect game but I would recommend it if you wanna play it.
    Garten Of Banban: What is there to say on this game that hasn’t already been said? While I was correct in practically everything I said, I also regret putting this in the video. It and my GOBB2 video permanently made me just the Euphoric Brothers guy, and I don’t want to be that. I don’t care about them anymore.
    Overall, while I stand by a lot of what I said, this video will forever be a stain on my channel. Defining me as a creator when I even though it doesn’t accurately do so. If you watched this video and thought it was even alright, I would recommend you watch my newest one, as I put a lot more effort into that one. If you don’t, thats fine, I totally get if this topic is the only one of mine that interests you, I just thought I would mention it. I hope you guys all have a good day, and I’ll see you soon. Goodbye (And thanks for reading this far)

    • @discipleministrries8229
      @discipleministrries8229 Pƙed rokem +2

      i agree but at least poppy is realy good and poppy playtime chapter 2 is very scary very it dose alot right and rabow freinds you cant be mad at there working with what rolblox gave them doors was made by some one who know how to program rainbow freinds probily did not know how to so give him a brake garten i agree but it is fun but poppy is good it dose have a lot of good and is made far past nomal game grathics and is scary poppy play time chapter 2 running from mommy is creepy

    • @huangkeqi8263
      @huangkeqi8263 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +4

      @@discipleministrries8229 none of these games are scary in the slightest, they are all cringe, unoriginal and honestly boring, They might have some qualitites but overall they suck as horror games

    • @huangkeqi8263
      @huangkeqi8263 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +3

      no, you shouldn't regret making this video, you are right, these games indeed kinda sucks, especially garten of banban, and your criticisms are quite on point and polite, These games might have some good qualities in them, but overall, they don't stand out as good games or horror games
      Roblox games CAN be good as you say, it's indeed very true, but your point still stands as MOST of the sucks, the majority of them have a poor quality standard and "well-made" is something pretty rare, so setting your expectation on the floor actually does make sense.

    • @discipleministrries8229
      @discipleministrries8229 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      @@huangkeqi8263 people like you make the world worse

    • @aleksjankowiak7944
      @aleksjankowiak7944 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      Ban the banban

  • @skrappothemonster1436
    @skrappothemonster1436 Pƙed rokem +1309

    I don't want to see anyone giving Rainbow Friends any slack, just because it's on Roblox doesn't mean that you can defend it. Doors shows that Roblox games can compete with Steam games.
    Edit: Chapter 2 is actually quite enjoyable.

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +384

      100% agree, Roblox has so much potential as a game engine that rarely gets used

    • @skrappothemonster1436
      @skrappothemonster1436 Pƙed rokem +17

      Ye

    • @skrappothemonster1436
      @skrappothemonster1436 Pƙed rokem +146

      Also btw Rainbow Friends probably isn't getting a chapter 2. It's developer has a history of making games that get really popular, and then abandoning ship and never updating them. (Spider)

    • @eliescobis9922
      @eliescobis9922 Pƙed rokem +22

      doors roblox is just spooky house of jumpscares but ok
      also roblox can't be used as game engine because mods and admins activly hate they're userbase

    • @skrappothemonster1436
      @skrappothemonster1436 Pƙed rokem +93

      @@eliescobis9922 đŸ€“

  • @shanebatten8071
    @shanebatten8071 Pƙed rokem +231

    I love the fact that whenever a youtuber talks about fnaf they are OBLIGATED to show the Markiplier bite of 87 clip

  • @thekailwolfsinshow8374
    @thekailwolfsinshow8374 Pƙed rokem +874

    honestly the luigi's mansion trilogy is the peak of horror for kids.

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +159

      Based

    • @QUBIQUBED
      @QUBIQUBED Pƙed rokem +17

      Omg yes😂😂

    • @MalayDea
      @MalayDea Pƙed rokem +51

      And Scooby Doo Games
      Can't forget about those

    • @joel9104
      @joel9104 Pƙed rokem +25

      I agree fully but unfortunately the ABYSMAL save system in LM3 made me have to quit

    • @thegrandxbunny2073
      @thegrandxbunny2073 Pƙed rokem +23

      I'd say Based but honestly, this isn't even an opinion it's a designated fact.

  • @birggle
    @birggle Pƙed rokem +267

    I once saw two kids that were about four or five years old that had poppy playtime plushies. They probably don’t even know that those were based off of a horror video game.

    • @pompon1545
      @pompon1545 Pƙed rokem +36

      When I was working at a nursery last summer, I saw a kid drawing huggy wuggy

    • @skellington8090
      @skellington8090 Pƙed rokem +16

      On the topics of plushies, it’s kind of annoying how many ripoffs there are
. Almost every fair I’ve gone to recently at LEAST has those ripoff Huggy Wuggies
.

    • @tiktok-mc2nq
      @tiktok-mc2nq Pƙed rokem +3

      Here goes their intelligence

    • @fish-champ
      @fish-champ Pƙed rokem +11

      These kids are having their brains turned to mush 😱

    • @sonicroachdoggjrraven3263
      @sonicroachdoggjrraven3263 Pƙed rokem +5

      Bro, I work at a secondhand clothing store and the other day we apparently stocked some bootleg huggy wuggy plushies. In a secondhand clothing store!!!

  • @Veiraviss
    @Veiraviss Pƙed rokem +309

    I wouldn't put Andy's Apple Farm into the same category as Poppy Playtime, Rainbow friends and Banban. Sure, it does have recognizable character designs, but it takes inspiration from the analog horror genre, mainly The Walten Files. It also has some genuinely disturbing moments and utilizing its simplistic arcade game artstyle, it's not afraid to show stuff. Also its plot is pretty straight forward.

    • @nixglaceon5798
      @nixglaceon5798 Pƙed rokem +9

      its literally just walten files with the names changed lol

    • @tiktok-mc2nq
      @tiktok-mc2nq Pƙed rokem +9

      It's actually really good

    • @Wizardjones69
      @Wizardjones69 Pƙed rokem

      Its mascot horror but edgy, but still pretty well done in designs

    • @waynee2271
      @waynee2271 Pƙed rokem +1

      so many good horror games come out but there sadly always overlooked by the bad horror games like, "hello nieghbor 2 comes out." Litrally everyone: OMG GARTEN OF BANBAN IS SOOO GOOOD!!!!

    • @Xeorboom
      @Xeorboom Pƙed rokem

      yeah it is far more disturbing than I thought it'd be, I got major Buddy Simulator 1984 vibes (if you know that game)

  • @Cure_Hana
    @Cure_Hana Pƙed rokem +241

    For me, the main aspect of Mascot Horror that always grabbed my attention was the concept of taking elements of our childhood and twisting them into nightmares that expose the potential dangers of children’s entertainment. FNAF gave us a morbid display of body horror as innocent lives were taken for the sake of corporate greed; and Bendy displayed a cautionary tale of an artist losing sight of why he originally wanted to make cartoons as business inevitably grew and corners had to be cut. With these newer games, the horror is only skin-deep, choosing to pander to the current generation of kids instead of the gamers who would understand the subversion.
    Side Note: There’s an old PS2 game based on an anime I love called Gregory Horror Show. It predates the trend of Mascot Horror (being released 11-12 whole years before FNAF), but the deceptively cartoony style and dark-comedic tone make me think it would fit right in with the genre. Physical copies are pretty rare to get a hold of, but there is an emulated version you can play. Basically imagine a three-way fusion between Luigi’s Mansion, Animal Crossing, and Clock Tower.

    • @ericgolightly8450
      @ericgolightly8450 Pƙed rokem +1

      Horror games pulling a Stanley Parable?

    • @zeal9442
      @zeal9442 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@ericgolightly8450 In a way, yes.

    • @MontymoleThe10080TH
      @MontymoleThe10080TH Pƙed rokem +1

      People are forgetting what mascot horror is, It used to be horror based on thing kids like, now it’s horror baced on making merch

    • @Xeorboom
      @Xeorboom Pƙed rokem +1

      yeah FNaF is a story of power and greed and Bendy is a metaphor for how Joey Drew destroyed his own company...
      as for the others... they aren't very good
      (besides Zardy's Maze)

    • @zeal9442
      @zeal9442 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@Xeorboom Almost all mascot "horror" is nothing but lorebait and cash grabs. (Sorry, but mascot horror was never scary. I just can't take it seriously.)

  • @sparkplayez
    @sparkplayez Pƙed rokem +99

    In this generation, you have two types of indie games:
    ‱Cheap cash grabs that get popular usually because they get yters on board.
    ‱Then you have the small, hidden gems, which struggle to get popular.

  • @TheoNickz
    @TheoNickz Pƙed rokem +346

    I've never heard someone call the current state of indie horror the dark age, games like doors and especially Faith the unholy trinity give me hope that indie horror can crawl itself outta this mess and be better than it ever was. (Excuse my grammar)

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +100

      Yeah, indie horror right now has some gems, i was more so referring to mascot horror and those games specifically, I think indie horror as a whole is doing pretty good right now.

    • @Goth_and_toons
      @Goth_and_toons Pƙed rokem +22

      @@froogy666 let’s not forget batdr

    • @skrappothemonster1436
      @skrappothemonster1436 Pƙed rokem +24

      Or Choo Choo Charles and Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered.

    • @CarnidevRae
      @CarnidevRae Pƙed rokem +2

      @@froogy666you’re referring to one game

    • @Goobert-hoover
      @Goobert-hoover Pƙed rokem

      Hey tell him garten of banban rules

  • @Vanillamilkshake_420
    @Vanillamilkshake_420 Pƙed rokem +122

    I think the problem with people complaining about the characters about poppy playtime is that the characters look marketable
    And I think that’s pretty much the point, here to give you a reminder that even though they are flesh monsters hiding as mascots.
    They are toys from a toy factory, so I think that’s the point of poppy playtime characters.
    But I agree with the rest of the mascot horror games critics saying that the characters were made to be marketable.
    But I still agree with the rest of the flaws with the characters

    • @Vanillamilkshake_420
      @Vanillamilkshake_420 Pƙed rokem +2

      @epicdude “INSERT LORE OF GARTEN OF BANBAN LORE”

    • @headphonesdawg
      @headphonesdawg Pƙed rokem +5

      Yeah but I get the only reason they made poppy playtime in a toy factory setting is so they can literally justify making them into merch, like it's pretty obvious a huge chunk of that game is just them wanting to sell merch dude đŸ§â€â™‚ïž

    • @Simbala-bq5vy
      @Simbala-bq5vy Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      ​@@headphonesdawgI mean most characters are memorable thats why theyre iconic but atleast poppy playtime has like more then 1 detail while Badbad and rainbow friends are just only colour face accessory that's it

  • @anijay64
    @anijay64 Pƙed rokem +81

    I don’t think that Scott Cawthon originally intended to target FNAF towards children. Before he made FNAF his small indie game (chipper and friends.) was made fun of for the characters looking like the nightmare fuel animatronics you see at a pizzeria. This beat Scott down and he decided to create one more game before he was going to give up. Which was FNAF because he actually used the ideas of uncanny animatronics. I don’t think Scott was thinking about making FNAF a children’s game especially because the game had some pretty dark lore about missing children and those children being murdered. I don’t think this whole time Scott was thinking about FNAF being for kids while he was making it. But steel wool DEFINITELY WAS!! You can easily see how security breach is targeted towards kids but I don’t think the OG FNAF was targeted towards kids.

    • @goonking420
      @goonking420 Pƙed rokem +3

      I say sb is at the very least 12+

    • @anijay64
      @anijay64 Pƙed rokem +14

      @@goonking420 but the characters and environment looks very bright and colorful. And it just overall looks like a children’s horror game.

    • @wispisang
      @wispisang Pƙed rokem +7

      Scott still had quite a hand in making Security Breach, despite what people say, but I get what you’re saying. Books like Tales from the Pizzaplex tho get pretty darn dark though, HAPPS in particular surprised me at how brutal they went with things. I think there is still hope for FNAF, and at least for me I had fun playing Security Breach. It wasn’t scary to me but I still found charm and fun to be had with it.

    • @m.saladini
      @m.saladini Pƙed rokem +4

      fnaf wasn’t intended to be directed towards kids, but it definitely ended up being appealing to them. most people in the peak of the fandom were young teens and kids. (i’m no exception)

    • @Xeorboom
      @Xeorboom Pƙed rokem +2

      luckily Ruin looks pretty good

  • @biglegs
    @biglegs Pƙed rokem +101

    If I were to make a mascot horror game I'd use the "Jeff" chapter from Half-Life: Alyx as inspiration. The chapter in question has you solve puzzles in several rooms while under constant threat of the title character (Jeff). He is a blind monster who chases every noise he hears.
    The puzzles are designed to trick you into making noise at every possible turn. Oftentimes, you will know the solution to a puzzle, but you will need to make some noise to solve it. The rooms are small, so you will always know where Jeff is, or how close he is to you at all times. The mascot on its own isn't the only aspect, the level design is built around it and they interact beautifully.
    Oh also if I made a mascot horror game I would not publish it with terrible code. That too.

    • @Xeorboom
      @Xeorboom Pƙed rokem +2

      I love how such a terrifying antagonist is named Jeff

  • @VengeanceGD
    @VengeanceGD Pƙed rokem +76

    Also.
    TheMeatly has noted that Bendy will be mature for Bendy 3 which will give it better ways in handling its game.

    • @standardhuman8675
      @standardhuman8675 Pƙed rokem +35

      im guessing you meant the ratings, but for a hot second i thought you were talking about bendy being a full grown adult paying taxes and stuff

    • @kairotheprotogen514
      @kairotheprotogen514 Pƙed rokem +1

      Bendy also stole art and didn’t give credit

    • @VengeanceGD
      @VengeanceGD Pƙed rokem +10

      @@kairotheprotogen514 they haven’t lmao

    • @kairotheprotogen514
      @kairotheprotogen514 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@VengeanceGD do your research and get back to me.

    • @cactusgamingyt9960
      @cactusgamingyt9960 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@kairotheprotogen514 Proof?

  • @SuperGamingAli
    @SuperGamingAli Pƙed rokem +52

    when fnaf fangames are better than most mascot horror games made by teams of people

    • @MontymoleThe10080TH
      @MontymoleThe10080TH Pƙed rokem +5

      Don’t forget Reincarnated, It was made in a week and is better the the original Garten of Banban, IT WAS MADE IN A WEEK.

  • @adityasamal8660
    @adityasamal8660 Pƙed rokem +33

    Now the complete set of the Four Horsemen of Mascot Horror puzzle.
    War - Poppy Playtime
    Death - Rainbow Friends
    Famine - Garten of BanBan
    Pestilence - Spectator

    • @Agziter
      @Agziter Pƙed rokem +2

      I don’t understand why people call Poppy playtime a cash grab it’s like the most effort mascot horror game I have ever seen, people doesn’t talk about how lazy is security breach or even bendy that has a merch button and their questionable past

    • @stuffjuststuff6067
      @stuffjuststuff6067 Pƙed rokem +7

      @@Agziter 😐...

    • @moontime3334
      @moontime3334 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@Agziter this is a joke right

    • @petuniaclaragarryzera
      @petuniaclaragarryzera Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      ​​@@Agziter yeah by terribly paid workers and a creator who harrassed and made pcorn of someone bc he didn't wanna work on animations with him

  • @micksdesk
    @micksdesk Pƙed rokem +44

    What do y’all think of Choo Choo Charles? I thought it was all right, there could’ve been more to it other than npc quests but mechanics and design wise I think it’s pretty good.

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +19

      I agree, if it had more I would’ve liked it a lot more but as it is it’s fine

    • @goonking420
      @goonking420 Pƙed rokem +3

      Best Thomas parody

  • @NoxilNobody
    @NoxilNobody Pƙed rokem +4

    something funny is that huggy wuggy is just so popular where I live, that every street seller with its stand has at least one color variation knock off of this thing, and (ofc) parents buy it cause their kids would cry if not but still want the og game censored when they actually discover where this thing came from

  • @redxphones3281
    @redxphones3281 Pƙed rokem +73

    I feel that saying that most horror games being directed towards kids feels incorrect (at times) but I'm sure that's based on opinions. FNAF was never meant to be specificly directed towards kids but it ended up that way cuz kids discovered and became obsessed with it.

    • @splood34
      @splood34 Pƙed rokem +3

      Kids watch it but never bother playing it.. I wonder why

  • @theholycornpriest
    @theholycornpriest Pƙed rokem +8

    fun fact, when i played rainbow friends, i didnt even know you could feed orange, thats how easy his gimmick is

  • @promemerboy1765
    @promemerboy1765 Pƙed rokem +72

    A better name for Rainbow friends is “Poppy playtime but bad” and a better name for Garten of ban ban is “Rainbow friends but even worse”

    • @dylanhudec979
      @dylanhudec979 Pƙed rokem +6

      Poppy playtime is literally the only good mascot game unlike those ones

    • @Lechgang
      @Lechgang Pƙed rokem +16

      @@dylanhudec979 No, Poppy Playtime is bad.
      Garten and Rainbow Friends make it look competently made but it really isn't. The game is a cash grab at best, and predatory at worst. The only good things about it are the animations on the monsters, that's it.
      It's an awful game, and its existence spawned in games like Rainbow Friends and Garten of Ban Ban.

    • @dylanhudec979
      @dylanhudec979 Pƙed rokem

      @@Lechgang lol 😂 Whatever man child you just keep on crying 😌💅

    • @Lechgang
      @Lechgang Pƙed rokem +6

      @@dylanhudec979 I'm neither of those things actually.
      Why are you so defensive over such a lazily thrown together cash grab?

    • @dylanhudec979
      @dylanhudec979 Pƙed rokem

      @@Lechgang I’m not I’m literally telling you that nobody cares about your opinion and plus why do you even care you could’ve just minding your own business but instead you just had to spew your nonsense onto me for no reason😂

  • @phirephenix1347
    @phirephenix1347 Pƙed rokem +20

    You know, without the box, Rainbow Friends is *decent* in the gameplay department. Blue is actually something you have to keep mind of, but the others are still what they usually are. It has a decent concept, just is too easy to actually be scary.

  • @froogy666
    @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +99

    Yo, I just wanted to really quickly leave a comment correcting a few things I said that were incorrect, as well as refuting a few points I’ve seen brought up in the comments.
    1. I’m not sure why I decided to mention Andy’s Apple Farm, thinking about it now I wouldn’t really consider it mascot horror, it’s much more analogue horror.
    2. As some commenters have told me, apparently in Rainbow Friends there’s a feature where if you’ve been holding an item too long, it will teleport it out of your inventory, getting rid of the softlock issue I mentioned. I’m not entirely sure how long it takes, since I swear there was a person that stood still with an item for like 5 minutes straight, but sorry I missed that.
    3. I kind of brushed over it in the video, but the issues with EnchantedMob go a lot deeper than I originally thought, I would recommend this video by Daggz if you want to learn more about it.
    m.czcams.com/video/VnLq_KztKLI/video.html
    4. I’ve seen a lot of comments saying something like “I can’t believe he forgot *insert game I mentioned*” If you haven’t seen to the end of the video, please don’t comment saying I forgot something.
    5. No, just because Poppy Playtime has the occasional blood splatter does not mean it’s not for kids.
    6. Apparently I’m dumb, Rainbow Friends Chapter 2 isn’t actually a real thing. I don’t know how I messed this up, I guess I just saw a thumbnail that said “Official Trailer” and didn’t think to do more research. My bad.
    (EDIT) Ok apparently months later now Rainbow Friends 2 IS a thing, so I take back my apology.
    I’ll edit this comment if there’s more points I feel like I need to add. Until then, i hope you guys have a good day. My next video’s script is nearly done, and I can’t wait to show it to you guys. The response to this video has been mind blowing, and I can’t wait to show you more. See you soon.

    • @elliottjonesjpeg
      @elliottjonesjpeg Pƙed rokem +1

      You should prolly pin this

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +5

      I did bozo

    • @josephlucas7083
      @josephlucas7083 Pƙed rokem

      What's your opinion on dark deception do you think it's Good or bad, just wanted to know.

    • @dylanhudec979
      @dylanhudec979 Pƙed rokem

      @@froogy666 Your reasons on Poppy playtime are mid like your channel stop milking shit you’re only hating on it because it’s popular

    • @sboy2044
      @sboy2044 Pƙed rokem

      “occasional blood splatter”
      Have you seen that one Project Playtime loading screen?

  • @Td_Flyy
    @Td_Flyy Pƙed rokem +11

    Even though Rainbow Friends is a Roblox game, try to cut the LEAST amount of slack you possibly can for it. DOORS is a great example that great, fun, and good quality games can be produced on the platform. Heck, DOORS looks like a Steam project, it's too good for the horrible platform it's on. So if DOORS can do it, Rainbow Friends could at least try, but I highly doubt they will.

  • @santocaputo2965
    @santocaputo2965 Pƙed rokem +15

    Poppy playtime is the definition of “you can like the art but not like the artist”

    • @tiktok-mc2nq
      @tiktok-mc2nq Pƙed rokem +1

      I haven't played it but it seems not too bad actually

    • @Simbala-bq5vy
      @Simbala-bq5vy Pƙed rokem +1

      Same with Disney in my opinion

    • @maqramirez966
      @maqramirez966 Pƙed rokem

      Same with Hitler in my opinion

    • @moontime3334
      @moontime3334 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@maqramirez966 wtf

    • @maqramirez966
      @maqramirez966 Pƙed rokem +2

      @@moontime3334 he was a very talented artist! Just bad at perception.

  • @Gore-Labs
    @Gore-Labs Pƙed rokem +8

    I legit played a game on Roblox where all you do is stare at a mirror till you die that’s more fun than rainbow friends.

  • @johncraft7329
    @johncraft7329 Pƙed rokem +23

    One more and we'll have The Four Horsemen of bad mascot horror games.

  • @Goobsterwill
    @Goobsterwill Pƙed rokem +52

    Tbh I’m tied on weather mascot horror should die or not. If it lives we might have more garten of ban ban clones but we could still get good games like bendy and the dark revival. But if it dies we might get some more interesting and creative indie horror games.

    • @indeepjable
      @indeepjable Pƙed rokem +1

      mayhaps it should die temporarily?
      like the death of gaming back in e.t atari 2600 era

    • @lemthmellowmore3710
      @lemthmellowmore3710 Pƙed rokem

      The consumers just need to stop buying into low quality stuff. Don't give the devs their dollar bills, and either they'll get the hint and produce quality content or go bankrupt.

  • @gearboxsys9313
    @gearboxsys9313 Pƙed rokem +8

    The complicated thing about the "is Poppy Playtime meant for kids" debate is that it kinda depends on how you look at it..? Like- it is definitely more graphic than a lot of mascot horror (although that's an incredibly low bar considering most mascot horror has like. zero blood or gore at all) but more importantly, the story feels pretty damn dark?? A lot of it is speculative but especially with some theories around chapter 3, it feels like the subject matter is way too dark for kids. 12 year olds, early teenagers, yeah sure it's probably appropriate for kids in that early adolescent phase, but it's nowhere near appropriate for little kids - it's very much a PG-13 kinda game. But at the same time, in a lot of ways it feels like that younger audience what the devs are marketing towards? It's hard to tell with how the premise of the game relies on the misdirection of "kid friendly thing gone very wrong" but when kids as young as like 6 are playing with Poppy Playtime merch and having Poppy Playtime themed birthday parties, it rubs me the wrong way. Honestly if anything it feels like it might just be an irresponsible decision on the part of the developers which would be very much par for the course for them.

    • @Simbala-bq5vy
      @Simbala-bq5vy Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      It really is complicated I mean Mommy long legs got shredded into pieces thats not really kid friendly
      Then theres that hunging huntsman

  • @EvaoByrd
    @EvaoByrd Pƙed rokem +6

    The reason why your computer is freaking out when you boot up The Garten of Banban and OBS so much is because the models have WAYYY too many polygons, like THOUSONDS of polygons.

  • @tav0ntav0n86
    @tav0ntav0n86 Pƙed rokem +11

    I feel as though poppy playtime did pretty well with the simple, yet bright monster design. You're taking an innocent toy and turning into this demonic looking thing. I think that's pretty cool as a horror concept. They are, however, very money hungry and definitely planned on using the designs as a cash grab.

  • @ChaosPancakes
    @ChaosPancakes Pƙed rokem +4

    So about the Roblox game Doors, it’s very obviously inspired by Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion. Which despite the name, is actually a pretty cool horror game.

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem +3

      Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion is actually my favorite horror game of all time! I plan to make a video on it soon.

  • @mime2five
    @mime2five Pƙed rokem +1

    when you started playing MACINTOSH PLUS I freaked out for a second because that's my ringtone lol

  • @VirusBeak
    @VirusBeak Pƙed rokem +8

    I love how you dont just completely bash fnaf security breach for its rocky launch and dont just entirely focus on the negatives. I think Security Breach is Great! I think the mazercise section could've been worked on though. you deserve a sub

  • @redfoxbennaton
    @redfoxbennaton Pƙed rokem +3

    I'm literally in a game dev class and I asked them to make a Survival horror game with 2.5D graphics and all they did was make jump scare bot collectathons.

  • @j.mattlakes7792
    @j.mattlakes7792 Pƙed rokem +1

    Orange won't kill you in your box even if you're on his line of fire

  • @zd_5907
    @zd_5907 Pƙed rokem +15

    2:42 WHY THE FUCK DID THIS TRANSITION MAKE ME LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY LMAO
    In all seriousness, kids and horror games don’t mix
    Now we have an endless stream of cash grabs

    • @dylansharp8471
      @dylansharp8471 Pƙed rokem

      "In all seriousness, kids and horror games don’t mix"
      How?

  • @DaRealSharkman
    @DaRealSharkman Pƙed rokem +27

    Holy trinity
    ‱ Five Nights at Freddy's
    ‱ Bendy and the ink machine
    ‱ Baldy's Basics
    Four Horsemen of Apocalypse
    ‱ Poppy Playtime
    ‱ Rainbow friends
    ‱ Garten of Banban
    ‱ ??????

  • @beefgravystudios
    @beefgravystudios Pƙed rokem +5

    Great work. We subbed. You presented your points well. We skipped doing a Let's Play of Garten when it first dropped cause it didn't do anything noteworthy for us. Now it's angered the gaming community so we are making a video of it today. So I guess we are part of the problem like you. 😁

    • @tiktok-mc2nq
      @tiktok-mc2nq Pƙed rokem

      Wait how do people like garbage like garden of banban

  • @cking4869
    @cking4869 Pƙed rokem +7

    I still think Garten of BanBan is meant to be satire. The first Opila bird interaction is just a worse version of Huggy's arm thing in Poppy 1, and is genuinely hilarious when viewed as a parody of it. The death screen is literally just "f," again parodying Poppy's death messages. Heck, one of the texts on the walls says "Sharing is caring! Your pancreas is mine!" In no world does someone write that as a genuine statement, ever. The only mistake they made was the merch store being real, which I agree was pretty dumb, although I'd say the point of it was to just fully sell the parody, since if you were to click on it and it be a fake store, it'd sort of break the illusion in a sense. Maybe a better alternative would be to just not have the store button work at all, so it could still give the illusion of being a real game, and a poorly made one at that, without actually needing to have a real store.

  • @NIGHTBLOODUSAGI
    @NIGHTBLOODUSAGI Pƙed rokem +6

    just smth for u to know, if it takes too long for people to put away the collectibles, they will all be reset somewhere random, even if your holding something. Idk if the game got updated when I played it to have this feature tho cause it seems like you didn't have it in your game

  • @ilikehamburger7517
    @ilikehamburger7517 Pƙed rokem +2

    I would split mascot horror into three categories:
    The first category is for the games that are actually scary, like FNAF or Bendy and the Ink Machine.
    The second category is for the games that don’t really take themselves seriously, but are still scary or creepy like Poppy Playtime or Dark Deception.
    The final category is for games that are barely even scary like Garten of Banban or Rainbow Friends.
    That’s just my take on it. If anyone disagrees with me, that’s fine.

  • @randomkword
    @randomkword Pƙed rokem +3

    I'm genuinely surprised by the subscriber count for this channel, this video is really well made

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem

      It’s because it’s my only good video đŸ„ČThank you though.

    • @Simbala-bq5vy
      @Simbala-bq5vy Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      ​@@froogy666It was you're only video back then that's why

  • @deepoi5754
    @deepoi5754 Pƙed rokem +2

    Your video is high quality!

  • @thomasmoran8958
    @thomasmoran8958 Pƙed rokem

    2:18 after you put the image of a plushie of that in my head, yes!

  • @ilovedinosaurs35
    @ilovedinosaurs35 Pƙed rokem +2

    I have something to say about horror as a whole. I am very easily scared, and don’t like horror. But I LOVE FNaF because of the lore, which is confusing but that’s what makes it fun. I love coming up with stories about already existing things, and the complexity of the FNaF lore makes it really easy to do that. In fact, I think FNaF has made me like horror, to an extent. I like that I get scared when I watch videos of it. I enjoy it BECAUSE I hate getting scared. It’s fun to get scared when I’m watching it because I am safe and it’s entertaining. When a horror game is not scary, it takes away all of the entertainment of the scary parts, and often the scary part of the horror game IS the horror game itself.

  • @kaden7622
    @kaden7622 Pƙed rokem +8

    This guy is a hidden gem

  • @arm7595
    @arm7595 Pƙed rokem +3

    Videos about "Mascot Horror" are the new "Iceberg" videos

  • @macdongr
    @macdongr Pƙed rokem +3

    Talking about Doors, I am a sucker for intentionally using a weaker software to make an art piece, especially when it turns out much better than anyone would expect. Door is the best game for that idea. It's clear there was a lot of love put into it, even if not all of it is perfect. It's clearly a passion project done by creative developers and I am wholeheartedly happy they did such a good job.

  • @monobro141
    @monobro141 Pƙed 7 dny +1

    I think the main problem is everyone was rushing to be like FNAF and Bendy seeing how they had a big ass impact on everything from songs to fan games but barely anyone wanted to put in the time and effort to make a great series let alone game(thi there are some new Mascot Horror I like like Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 Bendy and The Dark Revival and Indigo Park)

  • @BisexyFizzy996
    @BisexyFizzy996 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    As of now, Fnaf is probably the strongest and best Mascot horror game. It has a huge fan base, it has tons of merch and fans, it’s got a movie, and many other reasons. Fnaf isn’t really for kids, but that’s not the main point

  • @ripleyandweeds1288
    @ripleyandweeds1288 Pƙed rokem +3

    Here's the thing about FNAF's lore, its not that vague if you go purely by the games. (ie: not the novels, which at times most fnaf fans dont entirely consider canon) They have a pretty cut and dry story and lore, but most youtubers go "hurdy durr vague lore!" as like a joke or something.
    FNAF actually _tries_ to have a consistent story games wise, you can tell Scott Cawthon had a vision for what he wanted with his series, and that it was third parties that overcomplicated it.

  • @Zinkquer
    @Zinkquer Pƙed rokem +3

    i got more of a scare factor from the earrape then the actual games

  • @TheSameGoobyGuy
    @TheSameGoobyGuy Pƙed rokem +2

    15:28 I like how he forgot the name of the bird even though his name is written right behind him

  • @hhmegavore
    @hhmegavore Pƙed rokem +7

    the fact rainbow friends is even considered a mascot horror is astounding to me, i play roblox regularly on time waster games cuz rn there aint any actually good content on there and yet that *thing* is recognised???

    • @dylanhudec979
      @dylanhudec979 Pƙed rokem

      Puppy playtime is better than rainbow friends and you can’t say cap

    • @RobocopStealerOfFridges
      @RobocopStealerOfFridges Pƙed rokem +1

      Honestly, the front page games on Roblox are the worst games on the website. There's a LOT of hidden gems on it. (Most of the ones I found are REALLY well made RP games. If you wanna see what I mean, I'd suggest looking for After the Flash games if you're into RP. The community might take RP a little too seriously at times, but it's still a pretty fun game to RP in.)

  • @DragonitaPurple
    @DragonitaPurple Pƙed rokem +2

    Your OBS doesn't hate you, the game is just that extremely unoptimized.
    there's 600k polygons per model.

  • @psycat_P57C4T
    @psycat_P57C4T Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

    Green has no AI, he follows a set path and occasionally stops on one of the positions set for him to hunt for players.... by standing still

  • @fayhay8011
    @fayhay8011 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    I wonder which new format will be used by future horror game developers

  • @guest1336
    @guest1336 Pƙed rokem

    In rainbow friends there is an antitroll/anti afk, it just takes a while in the new chapter 2 green and cyan had me stuck becuase i coupdnt unbox becuase yellow and blue were walking through, cyan wouldve killed me kf i moved, and green woupdve killed me no matter what so i was just stuck to the point where the antitroll kicked in and the antitroll also keeps u from picking that item back up for a little while

  • @samueldoeswhatever7307
    @samueldoeswhatever7307 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    7:33 I beat this whole game without using the box. every enemy is so slow and so easy to shake off, that it's just a slight inconvenience to be spotted. on top of that the game expects you to be so stupid at finding stuff that if you take longer than 5 minutes to find everything it just tells you where all the stuff is.

  • @tannerdonkey9939
    @tannerdonkey9939 Pƙed rokem +1

    Blue’s got the attention span of the games’s target demographic

  • @lumwukfriendselectronicgam9754
    @lumwukfriendselectronicgam9754 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    The pit in banban makes sence first ot was boarded off so you can always consider its under construction but also IT IS SAOD IN THE GAME THAT ITS A BALL BIT THEY JUST TOOK THE BALLS OUT

  • @randomspino
    @randomspino Pƙed rokem

    i find it funny how that bird chase is most likely just a direct copy of the huggy wuggy chase but worse and 10 seconds long, really explains how much of a cash grab it is

  • @MaizeCornGod
    @MaizeCornGod Pƙed rokem +1

    Underrated CZcamsr

  • @puppetme6316
    @puppetme6316 Pƙed rokem +2

    even your computer hates garten of ban ban

  • @porterbrown836
    @porterbrown836 Pƙed rokem

    also tidbit about the ending segment of rainbow friends
    in one of my runs some guy just kind of popped all of the balloons in one go and didn't die

  • @WaryObserver
    @WaryObserver Pƙed rokem

    The only good thing that came out of those games are the fan animations and SFM movies with them, because those people put more effort in the characters as the creators do.

  • @cactusgamingyt9960
    @cactusgamingyt9960 Pƙed rokem +2

    4:39 "Rise and shine Mr. Freeman.. Rise and shine..."

  • @masterchefofbuildingsuppli2988

    As someone who can’t handle horror
 I have a veteran streak of 15 in Rainbow friends. I try and teach others how to survive easier. Footprints are very useful..

  • @Lemieux_channel
    @Lemieux_channel Pƙed rokem +1

    Me: (engaged in the insightful commentary the video is presenting)
    My brain out of nowhere: IS THAT FUCKIN SAINT PEPSI-

  • @masterswordvalley
    @masterswordvalley Pƙed rokem

    I’m pretty sure the strong points of Hello Neighbor were the pre-releases of the game and that was it. Once the full game came out everyone had already seen what the game had to offer

  • @waynee2271
    @waynee2271 Pƙed rokem +1

    I really hope the "Dark ages of mascot horror" ends soon 😱

  • @toastertime5640
    @toastertime5640 Pƙed rokem +5

    When I watch or play something or consume a piece of media, Until I grow out of that phase of loving it, I’m very close minded about any valid criticism. This brings me to rainbow friends. The gameplay is awful, the cutscenes are unskippible, half the team suck ass, and by the 3rd night I’m doing everything by myself. However, I still hated anyone that thought, or even considered is wasn’t good. I was in my own shell, not letting in anything else. Until I discovered doors. Doors opened me up into an entire new genre. And it made me realize, what was I doing? I never let anyone let me discover things better, and I never accepted criticism. Now, I try to have an open mind. And I think it’ll help in the long run.

  • @3thousand4hundredN9teen
    @3thousand4hundredN9teen Pƙed rokem +1

    Poppy playtime chapter 3 is actually being planned to be a lot more freaky and scary then the first 2. They once said that they had an idea for chapter 3 that was going to make the game 18+....

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem

      Where did they say this? I can’t find it anywhere.

    • @3thousand4hundredN9teen
      @3thousand4hundredN9teen Pƙed rokem

      @@froogy666 It was in their discord server, I don't remember the exact message but I remember it did mention chapter 3 being a lot darker than the first 2 chapters.

    • @Simbala-bq5vy
      @Simbala-bq5vy Pƙed rokem

      ​@@3thousand4hundredN9teen ok now I'm curious ☕👀

  • @grayhacer
    @grayhacer Pƙed rokem

    May I request a video about these types of videos? Like I already knew everything you've talked about and yet I watched video from start to the end and kinda enjoyed it. Hundreds if not thousands of youtubers do videos on mascot horror right now, not adding anything new to the topic and that's kinda concerning.

  • @CutMeSomeSlackTheVII
    @CutMeSomeSlackTheVII Pƙed rokem

    Fullheartedly agree. But sometimes you need bad examples to make people realize, even in the indie-game genre.

  • @HistoricalFanatics
    @HistoricalFanatics Pƙed rokem +2

    I’m happy that at least bendy improved with their sequel

  • @CH3RRY-STARZ87
    @CH3RRY-STARZ87 Pƙed rokem +1

    I seriously will never be able to wrap my head around Roblox “horror” it’s Roblox, it’s near impossible for it to be actually scary lmao.

  • @jd_9866
    @jd_9866 Pƙed rokem +2

    wowzers!!đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ˜‚đŸ˜‚ these games sure arent like the arcade ones I used to play back in the day!!😅😅😅

  • @thegrandxbunny2073
    @thegrandxbunny2073 Pƙed rokem +5

    Honestly, I couldn't agree with you more on Plompsty Plate Tim. The game itself looks cool (haven't played it tho cuz y'know. Not a gaming pc) but the controversies, especially the Ekercoaster harassment and the NFTs just really hurt the image of Mob Games. At least Meatly Games knew it would be best to cut ties with the more problematic benefactors, albeit after a series of issues already happened.

  • @beastmodepit
    @beastmodepit Pƙed měsĂ­cem +1

    "the original fnaf" *shows fnaf 2*

  • @lv99joker30
    @lv99joker30 Pƙed rokem

    I feel like before garden of ban ban mascot horror was recovering. We had games like amda the adventure and bendy and the dark revival. Which clearly had a lot of work put into them

  • @stevecraftcode9304
    @stevecraftcode9304 Pƙed rokem

    Honestly Bendy and the Ink Machine actually is scare as at first theirs nothing your alone and then you find out NOW there's something that you need to run and hide.

  • @pugboi.
    @pugboi. Pƙed rokem +1

    How do you only have 370 subs that’s literally only 20 more than me and you make content better than half the CZcamsrs on the platform

  • @TM_Em0lga
    @TM_Em0lga Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    Someone for my Monopolyopoly YTP collab, which you can still enter. Had a part where it said “Let’s play Poppy.”
    Jontron: NONONONONONONO-!
    And that WILL be in the full collab

  • @deathsonggaming
    @deathsonggaming Pƙed rokem +2

    Yea good video. If anything, the atmosphere of garden of ban ban is a bit creepy with the kindergarten whatever and the characters, but that is being generous. If your game relies on the atmosphere without decent gameplay, that isn’t that good. Also I have hated poppy playtime for a while now saying the game itself and the company is bad, to be honest the game itself probably isn’t bad, it’s the company. I never played any of these so I don’t know for sure but your narrative seems reliable. And on the fnaf note, it was never made for kids until debatably security breach, the description does say family friendly horror but that could just be the companies selling the game, could be wrong. But either way I think steel wool learned from their mistakes from making a mature storyline into a “family friendly” game with still the somewhat dark story, and the dlc seems to be a fix. So I wouldn’t say it’s a kids game, it’s just complicated. But overall fnaf isn’t for kids, kids can play it if they can handle it, but the story is dark as hell and I love it for that. And just cause it has merch doesn’t mean for kids. Adults like plushies and figures too, but kids like them too. Honestly fnaf is truly special for not only being a solid game (security breach has problems but it’s not terrible, others are very good tho) but also a very wholesome, good developer. Only bad thing is potentially the money greedy merch companies and maybe illumix but that’s not that bad, companies want money. Illumix and the merch companies could be worse but I like them. Just, expensive lol. Steel wool and Scott are not focused on the money. For example he’s trying to make the movie perfect. Wish he did the same for security breach lol

  • @9adorechan7
    @9adorechan7 Pƙed rokem +2

    I miss games like pt, that game was ahead of its time💔

    • @mchsprod
      @mchsprod Pƙed rokem

      P.T. Was too good for this world

  • @ppom
    @ppom Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +1

    Garten of Banban is AWESOME. Jumbo Josh owns you.

  • @Mike14264
    @Mike14264 Pƙed rokem +8

    I feel like some a these horror games blow up because the target audience's standards have been lowered over the years. It's, y'know, it's a possibility.

    • @imselfaware419
      @imselfaware419 Pƙed rokem +2

      This is also why children shouldn't be allowed online.
      It leads to garbage like Mascot Horror existing and ruining opportunities for better games/devs.

  • @kishiberohan7955
    @kishiberohan7955 Pƙed rokem +2

    We need Slendy to return

  • @dorkchops
    @dorkchops Pƙed rokem

    2:17 yes, yes i wanna own a plushie of that
    in fact now i wanna make one

  • @Peliha
    @Peliha Pƙed rokem +1

    I never understood the hate for Bendy and the Ink Machine. I think that it is a good horror game like the first four FNAF.

  • @CampBlood2023
    @CampBlood2023 Pƙed rokem

    I love mascot horror bro half of my childhood is loving bendy and Fnaf WILL THIS DARK AGE EVER END

  • @MamutaPWIP
    @MamutaPWIP Pƙed rokem

    I once saw my 5 1/2 cousin watching Rainbow Friends TikToks with Poppy Playtime plushies when we were stuck together on holiday in Finland.
    Let’s just say, she was annoying and I was HEAVILY displeased when I found out she was also there when I went to Latvia.

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear Pƙed rokem

    I can almost promise you a brute from Amnesia plush exists somewhere


  • @upgraded_titan_cameraman...

    I know this video came out a long time ago but what is your view on amanda of the adventurer do you veiw it as a cheap horror game?? Just asking to see other views on a game

    • @froogy666
      @froogy666  Pƙed rokem

      Haven’t played it yet but based off what I’ve seen it looks pretty good. Most of the horror doesn’t really seem to land but the puzzles seem pretty fun, plus I like the idea of a Dora inspired horror game

  • @Aubz_Arry
    @Aubz_Arry Pƙed rokem

    Also don't forget that there are other employees that have nothing to do with the buisness practices and drama
    And fun fact some employees told the main owner that nfts will be a bad idea

  • @EndishGal
    @EndishGal Pƙed rokem +1

    I think the only people who ruined poppy playtime are the devs themselves. Unnecessary merch, sequels, and even movie adaptation really disappointed the fans who expected some potential from that game.. including me! I really don't see why you should make a dancing mini huggy.. figure.. in a flower pot? Like- what-- instead, why not focus on gathering enough resources to improve the game design or even add more content to the game. Heck, they could've used THAT money to hire more people so we can get more chapters faster in the distant future! I don't want a pj pugopillar plushie, i want chapter 3 and the rest of the chapters to come out! It's officially been one year since we got chapter 2 ;-;-

  • @whatalaffss
    @whatalaffss Pƙed rokem

    slendytubbies and five nights at freddys was a build up for a whole generation for games, some bad some good.

  • @dl3209
    @dl3209 Pƙed rokem

    Why has no one mentioned amanda the adventurer like that game is pretty cool as a mascot horror game

  • @UnpaintedHenry
    @UnpaintedHenry Pƙed rokem

    9:35 Mate that's just unlucky timing, what are you on about?