Faith: An 8-Bit Horror 

"What I'm about to do has not been approved of by the Vatican." Basically the priest version of "I'm about to do what's called a pro-gamer move."

There's a secret boss after the 'kill her' scene. If you shoot the mirror in the adjacent room three times (yes, theres only one bullet but you can return and pick up the gun three times), you'll enter a hellscape with what might be the 'true' demon.

Never using controller vibration until one scene at the very end is brilliant aaa

I honestly think the cult leader being named Gary is scarier. He's, just a guy. He could be your neighbor, your daughter's school teacher, anyone. And you'd never know. I have a hard time believing characters with names like "Aleister" who are supposed to be living a secret, evil life

WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY? c h a o s r e i g n s

What a brilliant use of rotoscoping...

I've gotta disagree with Gary being a bad name for a cult leader. I'm a huge fan of the normal sounding name being turned into something terrifying. Like Judy and Bob from Twin Peaks, most of Welcome to Nightvale, and Jolene from the creepy covers of the song Jolene. Thats not to say that they did it well, since I havn't played the game, I can't speak on that.

Recapping a moment you found particularly spooky and then embellishing the recap to become its own spooky moment in the video essay was a clever bit of storytelling.

I take horror really badly. My brain has this problem with recycling uncomfortable thoughts endlessly that I'm incapable of overcoming. First time I watched Marble Hornets I had trouble sleeping for a whole year because every time I was just alone I somehow never felt safe. Your go through and review of this game did similar to me the first time I watched it, but rewatching it's proved to be way more enjoyable, you take a lot of the sting out of why I can't handle spooky stuff. Thanks for that, man.

"and you shall know the Antichrist by his name... GARY."

Great googly moogly, I do property inspections and have seen things this eerie. Two houses were totally vacated without explanation, family portraits and all were left.

How can an 8-bit game be scary? *brings up SkiFree’s Yeti* [Flashbacks intensifies]

Well the reason why the "cast demon out of thing" seems goofy to you is that it is, and that the game doesn't actually do that. You aren't casting out demons when you 'purify' those objects that give you notes, you are laying to rest spirits with implied ritual. The game is based on the South American muddling of Catholicism and shamanism, so the expansion of priestly 'powers' to those of the witch doctor are entirely consistent.

I'm surprised nobody's brought up the angle of Amy volunteering at what's heavily implied to be an abortion clinic, and what significance that might have.

"You can't hide from God, hijo. You will drink the wrath of the almighty."

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coming from someone who normally doesn't even like the horror genre for the most part - this game looks cool as hell. those pixely rotoscoped scenes are so eerie and awesome, i can't help but be fascinated.

Ah yes, priest cop.

now i can't really unsee how much the demon sounds like emperor palpatine "thou hast said well here is thy penance EXECUTE ORDER 66"

Oh, if only I had the mic and editing to write my own essay on these games! I'm glad you touched on the brilliant moment with the note from chapter 2, if was one of the most striking events from these games, and that's saying a lot. There's more to cover, however, if you ever want to make a supplementary video in the future when more of FAITH is released. For example, you didn't touch the chapter 2 demo, which is sort of a transitional between chapter 1 and 2, which makes parts of chapter 2 more poignant. Another moment that severely threw me for a loop in chapter 2 was the tree monster. You complained about the lack of quiet, tense moments in chapter 2, but that moment was a shining example of their preservation. You see a standard tree suddenly get up and shamble to the screen ahead of you, shrieking horribly, with a grotesque form you don't have enough time to process. Only for the very next screen to be absolutely crowded with these identical tree models. After all the mandatory fighting that's been built up to expectation to that point, I was horrified at even the idea of moving forward. I took the most embarrassing baby steps, holding my breath. And nothing happened. Not a branch stirred. The game played me like a damn fiddle and I couldn't even be mad about it. Like I said, I still have a LOT more to say (especially having to do with the game's overall themeing that you also failed to touch on...80's game aesthetic and feel, the satanic panic being a hallmark of the 80's, and notoriously poor mental health care just barely beginning to surface into the public eye being interesting throughlines), but it means wouldn't be lacking in material if you decided to make a followup essay to this someday!

Love quiet atmospheric, wandery horror. My first exposure to that genre was Yume Nikki, which contains virtually no jump scares, very little that chases you, and at most some grotesque imagery, and yet the vibe of it all is isolating and mysterious and sometimes terrifying.

Oh boy time for M O R T I S

after your P A N D E M O N I U M bit my headphones disconnected gotta say, I was spooked

FYI the speech synthesizer used is the Software Automatic Mouth, or SAM, commonly associated with the Commodore 64 but with a presense on most home computers of the time, like the Apple II or Atari 800.

It's great to see Faith spoken about on your channel! Not trying to plug my own stuff here, but I actually chatted with Airdorf which you can find on my channel about his processes on making this game, his inspiration, and what he plans on doing next. He shared some amazing insights into his development. If you're a fan I implore you to have a listen! I don't think this is the last we'll see of Atari graphically inspired games.

YAY I WAS SO WORRIED I WOULDN'T GET ONE OF THESE THANK YOU SO MUCH

I paused two and a half minutes in to play the game. So glad I did. I love short, impactful games.

Oh, when you can, I highly highly recommend making a video on any of Jack King-Spooner’s games. Dujanah is especially fantastic and in dire need of attention. It’s stuff like Dujanah that truly makes the interactive medium unique. Sorry, not trying to make you talk about anything, I just think that it’s criminal how little his games are talked about despite the amount of individuality and effort he puts into them.

I tried this a couple months ago and the chills i get when the spider creature runs on screen are magnificent. Just fucking spectacular sound design. I cant even get passed the first bit and it's okay cuz it's so good.

This is one of the best indie horror games I've played, and I have Vinny from Vinesauce to thank for it!

Whenever I play Faith or its sequel I am instantly reminded of the terror I felt as a kid while playing Ski Free, of all things. That fuckin' Yeti...

Hearing the name Gary triggers fallout 3 flashbacks. Don’t tell me that name can’t be scary!

Funny, I was just looking for videos about this game, it's kind of old so I figured vids wouldn't get made at all, but here is one of my favorite RU-vidrs uploading a vid on it

Those rotoscoped "cutscenes" are such a nice find!

1:52 man she's just watching some anime, she's just jammin- Oh

So, at the moment in a video when you were reading this newspaper, my lights went out. Would have been spookier if it wasn't during daylight. Still, that was cool trick!

Ok I LOVE this channel and it's only been like five seconds. Faith is a favourite and you talk about it super eloquently

I depend on these sorts of videos to expose me to these gems.

Maybe it's not a scary name, but it definitely RHYMES with scary ;D

6:46 this is brilliant, very well done indeed

Idk, I really liked this episode especially. Really good work!

Did a playthrough before watching this vid, well worth the 45 minutes. Thanks for the recommendation!

I think another thing to think about when it comes to retro graphics is the nostalgia factor of it. It takes me back to when I was a kid playing on the PS1, putting me somewhat in that mindset. It's making me easier to scare since I'm thinking like when I was a kid. I'm picturing scary things in the blurry dark, but also remembering scary things from my childhood. Like when I had to scare-quit RE3 after Brad died.

i was just rewatching jesse cox' playthough of faith 2 then this video got released! mortis

I have almost nothing but praise for Faith. Though you do raise a good point about Chapter 2 being more "bombastic" compared to the greater sense of dread and suspense found in Chapter 1. Though with that said, there's still a fair bit of dread and suspense to be had in Chapter 2. The final area in particular really ramps up the dread factor, though while I really would like to talk about it, I'm going to hold my tongue and leave it up to the audience to discover the dreadfully delightful dread that you feel in that place. If Faith: Chapter One was like Alien, Faith: Chapter Two was more like Aliens. Though with all that in mind, if Faith: Chapter 3 dialled back the bombast just a little bit to let the dread percolate a bit more, it would probably be the best of the three. It would have just the right balance of bombast and dread. *_I A M H E R E, C H R I S_*

2:57 C H. A. O. S. - R E I. G. N. S.

Gary is from the first game and I just love the fact that a name people so easily make fun of might be the biggest evil in the games is great. That coupled with the fact that a cult can have drama and all those other things that always were implied, like the shortsightedness of EVERYONE in the entire game.

6:45 "NOPE"

damn i love Faith. every time i hear that particular voice synth it puts me is a good spooky mood. also, the "mortis" is iconic; often when i die in a game i say it lmao

"And Gary... darn it, change your name, please? That's not scary, and I'm embarrassed to say it. "'Gary.' You know? ... Oh, _watch out for Gary!_ 🙄"

This was a wonderfully constructed video and I thoroughly enjoy this type of stuff. But the main thing I took away from this video is that, if you ever see a boy-turned-spooky-thing, you should react with "Dios mio"

Will you make a new video on Faith now that the third chapter is out? A lot of questions you brought up here were... Addressed. I would love to hear your take on what they changed from chapters 1 and 2 in their finale.

Gary loves you

That fucking voice synthesizer is ultra spooky. Imagine if it started saying words that weren't on the screen or it just started screaming. I'd be freaked out.

"Gary is just a normal human being, just like you and me"

I always enjoy your uploads

The first one was excellent. I remember finally getting to the house and then being incredibly creeped out by the lack of music....

As a hypothetical idea, do you think that if you played the second game first and then played the first one as a prequel, that you would have enjoyed the first game more. It's something I always wonder when a sequel to a successful film/game seems to be just a turned up version of the original, and I wonder if the second one doesn't ruin our ability to appreciate the first.

Hijo is the Spanish word for son. Pandemonium is from Paradise Lost by John Milton . In the story it is the capital of Hell. Satan is the ruler of hell. The son of Satan is called the Antichrist. The whole term could be loosely translated as Chaos reigns, Long Live Satan. John Ward is the Antichrist. I think that the third game will have him try to prevent the end of the world. He will either end up causing or preventing it depending on the outcome of the game.

It's incredible how this game, with such a low information visual and audio style, is one of the scariest entertainment experiences I've had.

Good lord that voice synthesizer is chilling! 😱

That "mortis" death screen is more goofy and funny than scary, lol.

Wow.. indeed, voice synthesizers are damn scary. Another lo-fi game that uses this to its favor is Black Lodge, fan made game based on the infamous final episode of Twin Peaks. Give it a try, and perhaps might be worth a small video... It really has a similar vibe to this one.

Chupacabbra? That's a Windigo! D:

Fuck yeah, Faith is so good!! The rotoscoping is godtier. It’s so impressively terrifying.

I have no idea what it is about this game series, but it's literally the ONLY bit of horror media that's legitimately made me terrified of demons. It's doubly weird since it does demons in the most cliched way possible, and in every other instance that cliched approach is irritating or silly. If you have an idea as to what this game did to make the demons seem so terrifying, please give me your thoughts.

Gary All quiver before his call

4:33 I think I peed a little.

I think you'll be happy to know that Faith 3 is already here

2:30 Man i kinda miss the Halcyon console right now

It occurs to me watching this at 3AM was probably not the best idea.

the speech synthesizer is very similar to the one brendon chung uses throughout the blendogames catalogue. "JOB DONE"

*I have to finish what I started.*

Yeah, I couldn’t beat the final boss, but I definitely still applaud the game’s unique style! I love the new(?) wave of retro “VHS”/“PS1” style games we’ve been getting, but it can admittedly get stale in large doses

In terms of graphics, the emptiness adds more fear to it. That's why I think the Apple II/MS-DOS design choice is genius.

Chaos Reigns 🦊

Errant Signal, you should check out Sweet Home and (more importantly) End Roll, a highly underrated indie game. I am begging you, please review End Roll. That game deserves so much more love than it gets.

We would all love to hear how much you enjoy playing Outer Worlds.

*blacks out the windows and blasts the Virgin Prunes' "The Beast (Seven Bastard Suck)" at military volumes* I AM READY MASTER.

nice use of that un-used song from the end of the OST for the first game.

What the hell, I was just watching a Faith let's play and checked to see if there was anything new in my subscriptions

14:38 i HAve tHe bODy Of a pIG!

This game is finally coming to Steam. I'm honestly surprised it took so long.

12:33 Before you even said it. Gary. Amazing. What were they thinking?

10:58 Me when the physics or algebra teacher says "Today I have a surprise test for you"

the tree demon from the 2nd game gave me ptsd

M O R T I S

the robot voice reminds me of playing "maupiti island" on an XT with CGA graphics card and just PC SPEAKER sound without sound blaster. the characters talked like that!. (and the image was black and white even on a color monitor, I guess they used the highest resolution they could on CGA instead of the 4 colors one).

DUuuude I totally forgot about Faith. This sucha solid game

dios mio what have you done PLEASE 😭😭😭😭

Damn Merzbow really hitting hard on this one

the ol psycho mantis trick, love it

"Surely I've written better things!"

Chris was right all along.

Wow, sounds awesome.

Love you Errant Signal.

3:26 I believe the Scientific term is OUT DEMON

I'm contractually obligated to mention that "Satan" was originally "The Satan" (sah-TAHN), a prosecuting angel in the court of heaven whose job was to challenge God. tl;dr Satan was originally a Devil's Advocate, not the Devil.

Shoutout to Connecticut woo! Although cults and demons so... slightly less woo I suppose...

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