BIAS | Terrible Indie Horror Game 

I've wanted to say this for a while now: I'm so grateful this channel exists. I really like how you're focusing on the games and never make it about yourself, love your calm commentary style, but also your natural humour that doesn't feel forced. I know RU-vid drives creators to adapt, many start to sell themselves, making it all about views, clickbait and so on... I really hope you'll never feel forced to change for the sake of keeping up with others. I've been a silent viewer for years now and i thought, if i ever use my Account, it should be here. To finally say thank you. So... Thanks CJU.

2:27 "Ed talk to me" "No, it's nothing..." "Ed, if something happened, tell me" 4:04 "Sorry Ed. I don't know how to tell you this but... the movie production's going to stop"

Watching Chris politely endure a terrible indie horror game is akin to enjoying a fine wine.

So, here's my theory. This is the developer's take on P.T., aka the "stuck in a time loop sequence inside a house of horror with a vengeful ghost haunting you". The protagonist, the husband, has some trauma, something to do with his wife, maybe she died/was murderd, so he seeks "Havens", a corporation that puts people in some induced dream sequence/coma where they can find and reunite with their loved ones and "live peacefully", except they end up stuck in a never-ending nightmare, where everything is corrupted and twisted, and instead of seeking refuge from their trauma/nightmares/mistakes, they're actually forced to relive them over and over again, stuck in this pergatory-like world being tortured forever. In this case however, we're actually playing the "final loop" shortly before the protagonist wakes, guided by the two people we see at the end, who wanted to rescue him for some reason. Maybe he was part of their team, with their bulletproof vests I'm lead to believe they're some kind of RE-inspired Bravo team. The disembodied voices we hear over the radio are the man and woman in the lab speaking to the protagonist or to each other. The glitch/fake crash is an actual glitch in the "matrix-inducing" software, we see the project/company logo "Havens" and everything. But if the player is controlling the husband, why was he able to enter the password and reboot the system? Maybe the woman seen in the lab was controlling him, guiding him all the way through to make it out of "that world". So we're controlling her controlling him. BIAS is probably just a play on BIOS, as in Windows BIOS. Or the husband being the Bravo team's "bias" as they singled him out of many to rescue, for some reason. I'm looking way too much into a terrible indie game that probably has no real plot and is just an amalgamation of everything the developer thought was cool. I tried.

Watching Chris playing a terrible Indie Horror Game is a delicacy, we didn't have in a while! ;)

Always a particular treat to see the “terrible” in the title when we get the notification from Chris.

I remember playing the demo for this and not being very impressed myself lol. I felt it didn't do enough to let itself stand out among other indie horrors I've played, though it was nice to look at. Turns out the full thing falls a bit flat as well. Nice to hear your insight at the end! Btw, I just tried out a new game from the dev of Slide In The Woods, I'd love to see you play it! It's called Night Stop. Fantastic atmosphere and buildup of tension, I think you'd enjoy it! Keep doing your thing man, your videos are highly entertaining!

It's like someone watched someone else play PT and decided the walking in circles was what made it scary

Can you imagine Chris reviewing a terrible kid’s talent show or terrible home makeovers? I’d watch every episode

I'm just imagining the meme of the guy looking at the butterfly with CJU saying 'Is this my wife?' at everything. Ha.

I saw "terrible indie horror game" in my popup notification and clicked as fast as I could!

I love when Chris plays these gems. I'm sorry Chris but sometimes your suffering through terrible games makes my day, you're just too funny during them!

You know what that post-credit scene instantly reminded me of? STEM and Morbius from Evil Within.

Lol the fact it has TERRIBLE in the title. We’re in for it, huh? 🤣 Thank you for your service, CJU.

OOoOooO it's been a while since I had the honor of watching one of your "Terrible Indie Games" ... although we have had some less than great ones it takes a special kind of bad for Chris to label them as the notorious "Terrible Indie Games" so I'm very excited! Thanks my friend, this'll make my day better.-SLD

At least there were no giant pixels, blurry textures or stupid puzzles. Despite all of its faults, it actually *_was_* scary in a couple spots.

Every time Chris asks, "...Is that my wife?", I think of that book Are You My Mother?

I am so glad I subbed to your channel! You are very sincere and it shows!! Thank you for your time in producing content and just know you are very appreciated for what you do.

Very entertaining. Thank you for playing, CJU!

Some of my favourite words to see on your channel…terrible indie horror game. It’s been a while! Can’t wait to watch

Hi Chris! Will you be playing The Excavation Of Hob's Barrow? Looks really promising and I'd love a new creepy Point & Click on the channel. One that - at least superficially - reminds me of a combo of The Last Crown, Barrow Hill, and Chronicles of Innsmouth!

Looks like it might be a prelude to their next game called DEAREND. Not that that makes this any better, but the description for that game makes the post-credit make some kind of sense.

One of the most insulting things about this whole game is the fact that they couldn't even bother making the environment look nice. It just feels like a big empty house with jump scares. There are white wall, white furniture, and maybe a couple pictures on the wall. It's like a slap in the face.

23:03 That's something I'm not expecting to hear from anyone, let alone you Chris. 😂😂🤣🤣

As someone who's currently trying to develop a game of their own, I always like seeing models or animations I recognize like the ones in here. If anyone wants to know what the ghost uses its called the "Ghost Creature Anims" And it really is a great animation pack that I am also using but in a mix with other animations. I suck at making animations, but I am trying to use the least amount of assets possible.

For some reason those wardrobes shaking reminded me of the fridge in Control haha

those boots were made for walkin and that's just what they'll do

Husband and I setting up lunch. Turn on RU-vid. New CJU game? Nice. 'Terrible' description- NICE.

Being a PT-Like and being terrible go hand in hand.

Thank God: this legendary series continues; highly appreciated! We already thought that you are so busy promoting computer games for companies that this series is dead in the water. So cool that we were wrong. Best regards from Germany, Kathrin & Jens

#1: Glad to see a terrible Indie Horror game show up in the rotation; it's been too (?) long. #2: So sorry that the dev went out of their way to send you a copy, only to have it panned. #3: I've been trying to guess what the goal of this might have been in terms of being practice/learning/showcase for a small indie developer, and the best I can do is 'prologue', based on the post-credits scene, but there were so many errors and failures leading up to that possibility that even that was not clear -- and even so, the errors/failures were not compelling to excite me for whatever comes next, assuming anything does follow this. Some of the failure points were mildly interesting, though. For example, the lack of subtitles on the radio broadcasts seemed like an important failure point (especially since the dev went out of their way to send their game to an _English-speaking_ content creator), but when the post-credits scene contained full subtitles in English, the player/viewer must conclude that those broadcasts were not relevant (and therefore not translated). Which makes them still a failure point, just not the one we thought it was. Not withholding of relevant information, but allowing the player to "be distracted" by the absence of information without (somehow) letting them know that it was not relevant, so it didn't matter what it was. The 11:02 thing was just a mess of failure points. I had guessed that it was a time, because those clocks kept being in the periphery, but naturally had no idea what the number was for. Was there a clock to be set? Was there a padlock or safe with a combo? No.... the game put you through double hoops (fake crash, then QR code), which _required resources that the player might not have_ ... they say "everyone has a smartphone" (with a QR reader), but a) not necessarily, and b) I have to go get my phone, and open the QR code reader and go to the site, which all has nothing to do with the activity I was doing, y'know, _"playing" your game_ )... all to _tell me the answer_ that you've been lampshading for 20 minutes in case I somehow did not twig that *_the only_* information or clue that the game has given me about anything at all is the number 1102, repeatedly, and without attribution. But hey, at least you proved you could do a QR code. And a fake crash. The post-credits scene was pretty cool, but too much, too late, so also a failure point. If any indication that there was more to know had been in the main game, it might have avoided "terrible" status, but a lore tease that requires one to sit through the credits of a singularly unrewarding game experience is not going to win hearts and minds. I hope this prologue(?) gets reworked and re-released to be a more fitting and compelling showcase/introduction to what might be an interesting game universe. Thanks for playing and sharing, CJU!

Oh Lord.. i have so many things to do irl Can't even watch your vid daily. But i always come to your channel before checking others when there is a new game available Sending a lot of love, Chrissss✨✨💕

4:02 ...It's hard for me to catch. But I think he's saying, "Sumae, It's a pretty good story where the conclusion is that the production of the movie will likely stop once." It's a bit vague, but I think he's saying the story will only need to be told once for people to receive it well.

“We’ll just have to endure it… I’m not talking about that sequence, I’m talking about the entire game” RIP 😂😂😂 I love the Terrible Games gameplays

First second I saw the hallway. Oh no, loop game 😬

Those boots are made for walkin Chris. That’s just what they’ll do.

I think you hit the nail on the head with 'it's like the indie horror game version of, I forced an AI to watch 1000 hours of [X] and then had it make an [X]'. I find the game almost weirdly compelling in some ways. It seems very earnest, like there was a serious effort. There's a lot of variety in encounters, there's the crash trick, there's even post credits scene that introduces new questions. I really want to like it. And yet, so much is mishandled. It just doesn't work, the creator does not know how to do effective horror. It's like watching a child play a 1v1 game against a pro athlete: I'm rooting for them, but I really don't have any belief they could succeed. Still, I kinda hope they keep trying. It was at least successful enough to make me curious about the mystery and direction, and I hope that with some practice the creator can use all that drive and add in some refining and polish. I think they could make something really cool.

I think the radio was saying that Brandon Tenold has made yet another attempt to upload a Godzilla video that Toho keeps taking down. The character walks like Herman Munster. Maybe he's trying to find Lily.

You know you're a fan of Chris when you support all of his games, good, bad, and horrible

20:25 - OH GOD NO, IT'S THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF FALLOUT 3!!!

seeing and listening CJU suffer through a bad indie game is a special kind of joy

“Why is it always mannequins!?” My first thought: maybe they’re trying to scare Markiplier.

There were some interesting concepts in this, the computer crash was actually convincing but it was never given any kind of context or place in the game itself, beyond the post credit scene where there was something kind of matrixy happening? I guess it was related to that but then why was there a log in? This is like a game that happens when a dumb person who heard about PT, the Matrix, and horror as a genre describe them to a developer who has zero concept of any of it.

Something terrible to end the weekend? Sure, why not.

I agree with another poster further down here. The game might have been boring to play but I thought it was quite spooky and entertaining to watch.

The end bit of the lab was like the umbrella corp mass producing clones

Oh, it's easy to explain that post-credit scene... The developer really wanted to use the Sci-Fi Asset they purchase from Unreal 4 Marketplace in their game so they finally had something to justify the purchase of the asset.

This was....different?!? But for sure not in a good way....I don't know what to say! Thank you for spending your time with...this!

I believe the woman in the radio was saying something like 'Release me' or 'Let me go'.

Seeing terrible in the title; it's been a while since we had one of those. We in for a treat!

FINALLY another TIHG! these are my favorite.

I find it interesting that most of the terrible horror games seem to be the ones you buy from steam while the free ones on itch seem to be a better experience.

Well, it's not the worst I've ever seen, but I'm not sure it's worth 3 bucks. That post-credits sequence seemed rather contrived. I always enjoy a fake crash sequence, though. Thanks again, Chris!

Ah Terrible, How nice to see you again😀

When you got killed and said "I'm pretty convinced at this point that that is NOT my wife'' I just cracked up laughing

yknow what i don't agree with 'terrible indie horror game.' there appears to be a real story, which is bizarre and kind of incredible, and even the pt clone gameplay was better than your average pt clone because you got to find a couple words instead of just stare at stuff. maybe it was intentionally bad, though? the crash was cool! that was neat! i honestly think this is, like, a great start to something cool. maybe. oh also my original comment i was going to make lmao. asking everything 'are you my wife?' is the best gag

The on purpose crash is like having to fing the last photo scrap in the escape menu in the original PT. XD

"That's an interesting talent you got" hahahaha Just like in "Infliction" Lol

6 mins in and I'm yet to see why terrible is in the title. will update. Update: I'll be honest Chris, maybe you just weren't in the mood for another walking simulator P.T. type, but it didn't seem that bad. Maybe it was a lot more fun to watch than play, but there were some cool moments, it did great with the audio effects. The lighting was good and graphics were nice. I just know I've seen you play a lot of games that I found less interesting than this one and not rag on it. I think the biggest accusations you could level at it is just the style of game it is, another walking sim looping style game. I found it interesting enough that I'd like to see more if there is. But what do I know, I didn't have to play through it lol. love the playthrough as always Chris. 😁

Yeah, I literally fell asleep twice while watching this video, despite it being a short game overall. There needs to be more to the game in general, I think. Also, the character models at the end look like they are really WELL done, however I think using Western character faces with the distinctly Japanese voices felt a bit...jarring. It's almost like the mouth for the male character model at the end wasn't able to move properly to look like he was speaking Japanese. In any case, thanks for playing - it's always fun to see you try different things! Editing to add: I also sincerely doubt a female scientist in a laboratory where it looks like sanitation is very important and there might be some dangerous substances around, would be working in short shorts. Just saying.

"we might be missing on some incredible backstory here" yeah I think that Hideo Kojima and Konami are the backstory in here

I know it'll be fun when Chris says it's terrible 😏

Even though the video says terrible indie horror game,I watch it to see why,and I know Chris will give credit where it's do,and he did lol I agree with his opinion 100% I could fall asleep playing this game,now the crash was cool,and post credit video was cool,I hope the dev. Learns from this and makes another game expanding from the post credit scene then that might be pretty cool,that part gave me a slight feeling of," the evil within",where he goes into this other world mentally

Were those babies on the ceiling? 🤔😀 The only interesting part of this game is you. (Oh, that was harsh, sorry to the devs, I haven't had any coffee yet.)

2:30 She's saying "Ed, what are you doing? Talk to me." I think it's Ed because she's saying, "Eddo" in a kind of 'foreign' accent.

I didn't realize M. Night Shyamalan had developed a game.

A lot of times these are the BEST kinds of Indie games. 👍🏻😊

Yey upload again you chris lets sport your heart and strong your heart.with horor game.😄😄😄😄

Okay, the intentional crash was actually pretty cool. Too bad it didn't go anywhere. Could've made a bit of an ARG, maybe. Solving real world puzzles and diving deep into weird and spooky websites? But that would take effort and not just making a generic walking through a hallway game.

Chris when are you replaying Cry of Fear? You've mentioned it a lot, hope it's on your schedule.

The only thing I liked about this game was the ending cut scene. I don't like walking simulater type games. The beginning was just too boring and slow. It needs more originality like at the end. More interaction. I need more story. It does have potential though.😁👍

I thought I would never see a terrible Indie Horror again xD was missing them already loool

The post credit ending is really interesting. Maybe a bigger game will make sense of beginning.

It looks like they put more work into the post credits scene than the rest of the game.

My favorite channel right now I love the horrors 😎

Wow. You rarely call a game terrible. You try to soften it up at least a little bit. Can't wait to watch!!!

It took me 3 days to watch this video, I kept falling asleep!! 🙁

I love the way you make humorous/sarcastic comments when you play any game. Cjugames you might want to try a game called "Saturnalia" which kind of reminds me of "Mundaun".

Isn't it strange? Feels like I'm lookin' in the mirror What would people say if only they knew that I was Part of some geneticist's plan Born to be a carbon copy man There in a petri dish late one night They took a donor's body cell and fertilized a human egg and so I say: I think I'm a clone now… (Opening of Weird Al’s parody of “I Think We’re Alone Now”)

Terrible is the right word but Chris made it fun to watch

I was just thinking the other day that we haven't had a terrible indie horror game in a while and here we go right on cue ha ha

Ooh! A terrible one? It's been a while. Time to get the popcorn ready!

Sending you the key was nice - even if it did turn out to be terrible, sadly enough. The looping element _can_ work when done well. I don't understand why they gave the protagonist subtitles but not the (apparently story-relevant) radio, though.

Eh even if this ends up being part of something bigger, a PT clone is the worst thing you can do. You'd be better off making a demo that actually makes people interested. I don't know about other people, but I am so over PT clones; they instantly turn me off. Even as a first attempt at game development, devs need to avoid it like the plague and make something unique.

Terrible Indie Horror Game? Aw c'mon, this was no Wooden House.😬 Maybe Tiresome Indie Horror Game? Wait a minute--do I see random _mannequins??_ Okay, Terrible Indie Horror Game it is.🤣

That moment when you're 6 minutes in and ready to give up, but I see 19 more minutes for the video. XD Can't blame you though. Even if there were a couple of things that I did find interesting (namely, the crashing and that section involving the red door & those writhing forms up on the ceiling), the rest were utterly bland. It's another of those eye-rolling "PT-inspired" games. As for what was said in the radio, the only one I can vaguely surmise was the first one at 02:28 (the woman who I assume was his wife saying, "Let me go." and him refusing to do so.)

God I love your content😂

If you play this half asleep, that would turn the game into Unconscious Bias.

04:37 my wife 🤣🤣

I believe I’ve seen that clone room in an SCP containment breach game. So maybe the creator wanted those two to be connected?

no clickbait or mincing words in that title 😂

Hopefully the dev got some good feedback from Chris. But I always feel bad when the dev sends a key to have it called terrible, but I do enjoy watching him play these. Thanks Chris!

I’m really amused by the disconnect between people who are like “no if you want REAL coffee…” versus the people who have actually tried this. Those who have actually tried it all love it so clearly you’re doing something right

Thank you for the good and bad indie games. It's a nice variety and your opinions are refreshing.

Oh it was such along time to see a terrible in the title. Although in my opinion the game was simply not good. There were some really terrible one's so I'm giving them some credit for at least TRYING to be an interesting, scary game. But I must say that this little corridor section was the shortest area of P. T. experince ever!

The crash was interesting for sure, and I am wondering if ya, you're some kind of clone but it makes you wonder for sure.

Chris, thank you for suffering through this boring walking sim for our sake! It is very much a terrible game. The after credit scene was more interesting than the whole game. Bless you!

Were they cloning people or something more nefarious like reanimation? "That world", a matrix or the afterlife/hell? So many unanswered questions 😅

why is this reminding me of P.T.? Until you get to the ending.

"Are you my wife?" 😂😂😂