HALLOWEEN: Top Ten Disturbing Levels in Non-Horror 

Pretty crazy how Forestia managed to do the entire “disturbing horror game disguised as an innocent children’s title” gimmick decades before it became a popular trope in indie horror. And the crazy part is that it actually WAS an innocent children’s title. It’s nothing new for kids games to have some scarier moments, but I can’t get over how oddly ahead of it’s time this was.

The Bottom of the Well gets even worse when you think about the fact that despite all the things in there, it's still a well. Meaning that the good folks of Kakariko Village, are drinking from that well, unaware that water isn't the only thing in there.

The especially scary thing about the Strange House is that... Darkrai _isn't_ malicious. Not generally, anyway. At the time of Gen IV, which takes place before Gen V, Darkrai secludes itself on Newmoon Island, right next to the resting place of the only Pokemon that can counter its effects. Its nightmare-causing properties are an involuntary defence mechanism that it can't turn off. Even the Pokedex in the very games with the Strange House states that it _means no harm._ This girl _died by accident._ Darkrai didn't even try to kill her, it just happened to be in the area while she was asleep and trapped her in a perpetual nightmare until she wasted away, and Cresselia wasn't fast enough to save her.

Forestia for the entire game: Cute and friendly edutainment game with chocolate rabbit for kids. Forestia nightmare sequence: *LITERALLY JUST THE ECLIPSE FROM BERSERK.*

That moment from 'Forestia' probably counts as what Doug Walker (Nostalgia Critic) calls "a BIG-LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!" It comes out of nowhere, completely goes out of tone with its weirdness compared to the rest of the game, and then goes away without ever being mentioned again for the rest of the game.

So fun fact about Undertale's True Lab: The music in this area uses sounds samples from EarthBound. There's a couple of sources, but the big one is Cave of the Past. What's funny about this is that Cave of the Past uses sound samples for a Beach Boy song. So It's a sound sample... of a sound sample. Also, the battle theme (Amalgam) Only uses EarthBound sound fonts for the songs, make it a pure AMALGAMATION of sound samples.

3:15 Definitely Samus, as intimidating as the Xenomorph is, she would absolutely smoke that thing.

I just know Queen Vanessa's manor's at least getting an honorable mention.

Kratos: I died and had to climb my way out of Hell. Mario: I did it first.

DUDE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER FORESTIA'S TITLE FOR SO LONG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU OH GOD THE NOSTALGIA

i certainly didn't expect that number 1 pick, and i might need a neckbrace thanks to that switch from "calming nighttime in the forest with nice bug ambience" to *"HELL"*

For me personally, I’d say that Chapter 23 of Kid Icarus Uprising is a good contender, since you get eaten by Hades and you spend the ground level being taunted by him as Pit goes crazy with being unable to talk to anyone but himself and the jerky villain

I think what also really makes the Bottom of the Well in OoT even creepier are the implications of its existence. In the OG 64 version, the environment featured a disturbing amount of blood that seemed to paint the walls and floors, and it was usually around where certain…. instruments were. Kakariko was initially inhabited by the Skeikah, who as we all know were devoted followers of the Royal family of Hyrule, but also trained assassins and spies. The fact that they housed a torture chamber beneath their village goes to show just how far they went with their work, and now it’s inhabited by animated corpses and spirits…… yeah.

Oh Forestia, should've seen that coming. It was one of my favorite games when I was like 6. But The Mountain of Fire plagued my nightmares for a long time. That music, the red forest, those dead animals... Heck, you could actually FAIL that level and be crushed by a flaming boulder coming directly at you as the bad guy laughed at your doom! And this is a game for CHILDREN!! o_o

Ah, boy, here we go again: 10: I've never been that big into Yoshi, though killer clowns are disturbing no matter the circumstances. 9: Metroid is definitely soft horror, though if I'm not mistaken, this was the game where the shift happened, so I'll allow it. Oh, and Samus would definitely win. 8: Halo gets a bit better at not being a horror game in later installments, but yeah, this was terrifying the first time around. 7: Okay, I'm surprised a track from World of Goo wasn't at least an honorable mention on the last list. 6: Good job going for the other other obvious pick (that one was for you, fellow Wambu fans). 5: If we were talking about a disturbing level based on music alone, N's house would be here, because N's Room is arguably one of the scariest theme in Pokemon history. Still, this is a REALLY good pick. 4: Still think that the Underworld with the song that is often considered SCARIER THAN SONGS FROM SILENT F***ING HILL would take this place, but boy, am I wrong. 3: Stupid water wraiths. Not to mention that one of the scariest final bosses in the Pikmin franchise may or may not be the water wraith's golden cousin. 2: I'm surprised that the True Lab got this high, but I can see why. And while counting this may be cheating, this place holds another secret when you start fiddeling with the code of the game; Entry Number 17. Alphys isn't the only scientist who caused some screwed up and disturbing things to happen in Undertale. Though I must admit... it's rude to talk about someone who listening... :) Honorable Mention 1: More of a fun Halloween level than actually disturbing, but it stands on both sides of the border. Honorable Mention 2: ANY FINAL BOSS FIGHT FROM KIRBY COULD EASILY MAKE THIS LIST, though I suppose that's a list for a different time. (did he already make one and I'm just stupid?) Honorable Mention 3: Still think Scarecrow is scarier. Honorable Mention 4: This is exactly why I haven't finished A Hat In Time. Do you blame me? 1: Yep. That'll do it. No arguments for placing this one at Number 1. There's probably a reason why this game has never been heard of. Also, normally he gives us an outro that hints at what he's going to do next, but he didn't this time. To me, this means that either he doesn't know exactly what he's doing next, he's taking a break, he forgot to write one this time, or the next episode's clue has to do with Barney sacrificing the kids to an eldritch abomination. I really hope it's the last one, because because spooky stuff doesn't just have to happen during the spooky month.

343 guilty spark: exists Josh: "And I took that personally"

Love the SAO Abridged reference. Josh is a man of culture.

I played forestia when i was a kid… and oh boi was that level scary. Every creature i saw was just increasing the feeling of dread that installed Their soul litterally leaving their body under your eyes, the friendly trees having lost their lives with blank eyes The full ominous red and the dreadful music That was incredibly disturbing And i wondered why it didn’t appear in your other « unexpectedly scary » video

You have no idea how happy I was to see Mickeyjunk Mountain from Epic Mickey as the transition. That game deserves better.

The second he mentioned Forestia I knew EXACTLY where he was going with it.

It looks more like Forestia's nightmare level is actually one of the MORE gruesome levels on the list, the only thing more morbid I can see is the bottom of the well. The nightmare literally has frozen dead bodies just lying around!

Someone share this with our boy, Wambu. He has two of his favorite scary levels on here

okay i was NOT expecting that number one segment! never in my life have i seen a video game pull a more complete 180 so the fact they got away with that in an EDUCATIONAL GAME FOR KIDS is freakin' hilarious XD thanks for introducing me to such a mind screw i love it

Lavender Town. The music. The possessed Channelers. The dead Mother Marowak. The Team Rocket members who killed her above you on the next floor trying to force Mr. Fuji to rejoin their organization and help them make another mew.

It's always cool to see someone mention World of Goo, this game is truly a hidden gem.

Definitely feel Ratchet and Clank has two contenders when it comes to pretty disturbing levels, those being the one in a crack time on planet lumos, where you have to out run a swarm of tetramites who’ll eat you alive if you aren’t quick enough, and the level in Rift apart where you go through a dark aquatic base while avoiding and distracting a terrifying creature who takes no damage .

A judge: "343 Guilty Spark, how do you plead?" 343 Guilty Spark: "Innocent." same Judge: " Yeah, right. I pronounce you guilty. Hand him over to the Warden Eternal."

The Bunker in Uncharted. Your fun Indiana Jones adventure turns into a survival horror inside an old Nazi sub base.

#8 i find it interesting that the instruction manual NEVER mentions the Flood. it goes into great detail about all the Covenant characters and all the weapons, but NOTHING about the Flood. thus making their appearance genuinely surprising. #6 well, well, well...i was expecting the Shadow Temple, but the well is pretty creepy too.

For me, the creepiest level is The Deadlands from Bug Fables, the theme that plays is ominous similar to the Submerged Castle, *and then you meet the Deadlanders.* creepy, unusual, and very strong monsters that even the game itself tells you to GTFO.

The derelict reaper level in Mass Effect 2 gave me a lite Dead Space vibe. The over-the-shoulder camera angle and fighting through a ship filled with monsters was reminiscent of Dead Space. Although husks and scions aren't nearly as scary as necromorphs lol

Funny that you mention Metroid fitting right in with the alien franchise-I was just playing Metroid Dread today and my sister said it reminded her of Alien. But anyway, great list! Seeing as I initially discovered you from your Top 15 Most Disturbing Bosses in Non-Horror games collab, I love seeing these "disturbing things in non-horror" lists from you! Hope you had a great Halloween!

OH MY GOD "BE AFRAID OF THE DARK" FREAKED ME OUT SO MUCH I DO NOT EXPECT TO FIND AXE MURDERERS IN MY YOSHI GAMES

Me, who expected Ocarina from the Dead Hand thumbnail: You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting!

Okay so I already commented before on how unexpected disturbing music can be in the last non horror countdown but disturbing levels from non horror themselves can be just as unexpected as well. Sometimes the levels can even have both disturbing part from its structure and from the music. Also again they're lot of choices that can fit this criteria.

I really want someone to at least mention the Desert of the Kanaren from Rayman 3 in a list like this. Easily the scariest thing I had to deal with as a kid

Another good one is the Okinawa Jail in Persona 5 Strikers. Before this level, all of the other Jails you visited were very fantastical settings like a flashy theme park, a gothic castle, and a worst-case scenario for Elsa’s winter. But that eventually changes in Okinawa when the Phantom Thieves’ brief respite at the beach is interrupted come nightfall, where the brainwashed locals try to ambush them and they’re forced to seek refuge in the Metaverse. What follows is a level that feels like something straight out of a Resident Evil game, as you travel through the narrow hallways of a ruined laboratory and fight off more Eldridge-looking Shadows like Legion and Black Ooze. You find various notes and recordings related to what happened to the test subjects on the island, as well as the unfortunate fate of the Jail’s Monarch. While the atmosphere and music are definitely unsettling, what makes the Okinawa Jail so creepy is how it gives us a glimpse of what could happen to a cognitive zone in the Metaverse if it’s original creator were to die before a Change of Heart; a “Mental Graveyard” as Ozaich puts it.

really fun list Josh. for a neat honorable mention I would go with Hypocenter from Black Ops 3 of all games. Now the game is generally dark and violent but Hypocenter does a nice tone shift into more Horror and dread. Long story short, you follow a lead to an abandoned and semi-submerged facility. the level starts off normal but as you descend further the tone noticeably shifts and the atmosphere sets in. lifeless robots come alive and start attacking you in zombie-like hordes, isolation, moody lighting, and one point your tech abilities are deactivated, first time making you feel powerless since the prologue. towards the end it does go back action and explosions but for the most part Hypocenter became a great highlight to paythrough

Wow this was a good list. The entries have a ton of variety and the writing and editing is some of the best I've seen in awhile. Really appreciate how much work went into this video. Nice to end this month on a high note after the mixed bag that was the scary music countdown

I still remember when I discovered the Zero boss fight in Kirby's Dreamland 3...I knew that Kirby games could get a little unsettling, but I didn't realize just how far they could go. Then I saw the rating for Kirby's 20th Anniversary Dream Collection... "Rated E-10 for *animated blood?* Okay, that's kinda weird...they're Kirby games, surely it's not that bad?" So I went and did some digging on the games in the collection, and found the Zero fight in Kirby's Dreamland 3...I absolutely lost my shit upon seeing its eye getting violently torn out of its body, leaving a gaping, bloody hole in its wake. Gotta love Kirby games!

10: That was interesting. Always been curious about Yoshi games. 9: While that segment was creepy, I give my Metroid point to The GFS Valhalla. The sheer emptiness of the abandoned wreck on top of the feeling I get that the entire nebula is made of Phazon Metroids gets to me even still. And to answer the question of Samus vs. Xenomorph, I think Samus would win. Genesis creatures basically are Xenomorphs and they go down from a couple shots of the Plasma Beam. And if that doesn't work, two words: Power Bomb. 8: Maybe playing the campaign at some point will soften my opinion on Halo. 7: Never made it that far in World of Goo. I should play it again. Thanks for the reminder. 6: Gotta love the Well. Thank you, Sun's Song. 5: My personal pick for creepiest Pokedex entry is Palossand: Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained. 4: I didn't understand what happened the first time I played because I missed the text box and wasn't paying attention. In my defense, I was 7. 3: The best part about the Water Wraith is that it's appearance is entirely random. Some people won't see the thing until they fight it at the bottom floor. Others will have it spawn seconds after dropping into the dungeon and need to deal with it the entire time with no breaks. 2: Very uncomfortable area. 1: Umm... okay? I'm reminded of the Mother 3 mushroom samba moment with the difference being that Mother at least has dark moments already. A random edutainment game doing it just comes completely out of left planet.

Other disturbing levels in non-horror games that personally come to mind: Tie between Deepnest and The Abyss - Hollow Knight Tie between the Genetic Engineering Ranch, and the Police Station Basement - South Park: The Fractured But Whole The Chimera Lab - Mother 3 Mirror Temple - Celeste

The Ruined Future from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers is a creepy level mostly because it shows what would happen if Primal Dialga isn't stopped.

I would've preferred The Manor from A Hat in Time to be actually on the list, but I'm glad you finally acknowledged it. Also, I love the swear tangent.

This man really said "remember what RU-vid was like ten years ago? let's do that." And then did it. Thank you for bringing me back to more peaceful times.

There’s one other aspect of the true lab in Undertale to consider. The video tapes. The tapes that you don’t see any pictures you just read the text but it starts throwing a bunch of questions. Biggest of all, why are the people being recorded talk about you as if you’ve been there before.

Number 1 seems to be where the idea behind many gaming creepypastas come from

I do think the mansion on the Moon from Killer is Dead is one of mine. It's definitely one that made me unsettled when I first played it. Mostly because of the music.

I would have included either the Cave of Bad Dreams or the Tomb of the Ancients, both from Rayman 2. The first one already puts you in the mood with the Guardian transporting you in like a nightmare, then the hands trying to grab you, the monsters who straight-up EAT you, and of course the chase at the end with the camera positionned inside the Guardian's drooling maw. More spoopy than spooky in some aspects, but the ambiance combined with the fact it's an early level AND the lore surrounding both the Guardian and Rayman, make for a pretty scary experience. The second one has the most dreary music in the game to start with (and one of the scariest I've ever heard), with the level taking place in a cemetery. You see tombs everywhere, ghosts coming at you more agressively than ever, giant spiders attacking you with the first notes of Psycho's main theme, and even zombies in the PS2 version ! Worst of all, is the goo you see everywhere, reeking of death. That's because the Robo-pirates (main enemies of the game) have descralized these tombs by digging up ancient corpses to fill them with their dead instead. So yeah, the water killing you in this level ? *It's corpse juice.* But still, another great list, Josh. Thank you ever so much for your great work.

18:06 Sooo... 'Be careful, I sense Watery Death'? Muncher Marathon of Donkey Kong Country Returns made an impression on me... or a something on me. Just when the music is going back to normal and you think you're finally safe, the swarm violently returns, bursting out of the walls, and will consume the entire final area if you don't hit the exit barrel. Can only imagine what that level would be like for an arachnophobe!

In terms of Metroid and Aliens, Let's just say there's a reason Samus's main enemy is called Ridley...

What a coincidence, I was watching one of Fawful’s minions Pokémon countdowns earlier, and he was also talking about the ghost girl from black and white 2!

Yah know, I can actually see Barney doing that. I mean most of his actor's aka the guys in the suit were well known drug addicts and Barney himself is already pretty disturbing on its own with his dead eyes.

Also, an honorable mention to me would be Ultra Ruin from Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon. Most players likely won’t experience it since it’s a *very* rare spawn point in the Ultra Wormhole. But once you do so, you’re treated to this empty, desolate city with no people but a couple of survivors who warn you of how dangerous things are around here. At the end you encounter the massive Ultra Beast Guzzlord, which means that the people previously living there were either driven away…or even worse, *eaten* by Guzzlord! But what makes this even worse is that the music is a distorted version of Hau’oli City. AKA the biggest and most bustling town in Alola, and so to see such a place driven to nothing but ruin in another dimension is just super creepy and morbid. So as chilling as the Old Chateau or Dream House can be, Ultra Ruin will always stand out to me as a pure reminder of how messed up Pokémon can be.

I just went through Pacifist route recently on Undertale and I was throughly creeped out by the ambience of the True Lab. The way my skin crawled during the journey through it is something I'll never forget.

Ok, so I’ve never heard of Forestia until now, and finding out it’s an educational game, I probably would’ve enjoyed it. What I wanna know is what in god’s name was that?! That was NOT an educational moment! What was that meant to educate?! That our ecosystem is getting fucked?!

This one is long, but please bear with me. My pick would be the second mission of Star Wars: Republic Commando, the Assault Ship. More specifically the first chapter is where your team goes into separate areas of the ship to gather intel, which means in your area of the ship you are alone. The reason why this works is that the whole draw of the game and its biggest strength both gameplay and story-wise is your team of other clone commandos, take that away on any other level and it is an absolute nightmare. But here you are alone and you will be for a while. It also helps that in some sections of the ship there is no light and you have to use night vision, the problem is that night vision in this game is in black and white and has a grainy film quality to it. The level begins with your team wondering where had all the crew gone, and the suspicious static that sometimes hits the helmets and comms. Then all of a sudden one of your teammates starts shouting over the radio and it gets quiet. Later you meet a survivor who is hiding in the torpedo bay, who is then later killed by a new enemy, a probe droid of some kind. It then attacks you and you kill it relatively quickly after it latches on to you. Then you later come across more bodies of dead crewmates and clones. who you see are fighting another kind of enemy, which are Trandoshan mercenaries. They are manageable, but it would be easier if you had your squad with you. I won't go over everything to keep spoilers to a minimum. I wouldn't put this high on the list since after discovering the true threats it is not that scary anymore and once you reunite with your squad the Trandoshans and droids go down much easier and the level essentially becomes a defend ship segment with more droids attacking. But that opening chapter where you are alone just takes the cake.

Nice to see you included the Shinra Building massacre in the opening scene. Personally I think the most unsettling parts of Final Fantasy VII are when you're at the Northern Crater and then later in Mideel (which I just realize is a bit of a pun). Sephiroth's consciousness taunts and gaslights Cloud until he suffers a nervous breakdown and gives the still dormant Sephiroth the Black Materia, Cloud then washes up in Mideel and is in a vegetative state until he and Tifa fall into the lifestream where she literally pieces his mind back together. The nice little epilogue to this is going back to the Shinra Mansion and finding out how he and Zack escaped.

Vanessa's Manor from A Hat In Time may have only gotten an honorable mention, but for first time players, that Act is guaranteed to give you nightmares (if you don't know where the secret route to the attic is)!

You know, I'm a bit surprised the Forest Manor bit of *A Hat in Time* didn't merit an actual spot on the list, as opposed to being relegated to an honorable mention. I mean, that level alone has more tension than some games in the *survival horror* genre, and the rest of the game is about as bright and cheerful as a Mario game.

Two words for entry number 9: the footsteps.

About the Super Paper Mario one, it gets even worse. I remember somebody pointed out that while you’re in the Underwhere, you can come across dead characters. But he also pointed out that the inhabitants of the world that was just consumed are nowhere to be seen in the Underwhere. They’re not alive, they’re not dead, they’re just gone. No afterlife after they’re consumed by the void. They’re just gone from existence.

3:18 Clearly Samus, she face off against a dragon, brain shocking aliens, and even robot predators. Granted, she lost all of those abilities, but experience outranks everything.

My personal favourite creepy level in gaming? The whole shadow temple sequence thing in Fable 3 when you release the Crawler. Holy shit, what a change of tone and shit!!! Legit had me seriously spooked throughout and even when finished, it still left an atmosphere in the rest of the game as a looming presence of the terrors to come if you don’t resolve shit soon with your despot of a brother. God, the Fable games were amazing.

Pretty much any level in Psychonauts 1 or 2 could be here, but Meat Circus definitely fits the bill.

... now i want to see Forestia getting an update just so it can expand on what the dragon meant.

Honestly the Water Wraith from Pikmin 2 is so terrifying and memorable that they brought it back as the final boss of Pikmin 3 with the Plasm Wraith. Albeit in a slightly different way.

My personal pick is the Dark Rift from Skies of Arcadia Legends for how weird it is, and that weirdness makes you feel so uneasy, with their blackness of the rift. Probably the most uneasy part is going through a tunnel to another part of the rift, only for a random enemy fight to occur; that STILL makes me jump to this day. Not only that, but you also find the discovery, the Black Moonstone here, which basically ties this area, plus the other discovery, Inverse Isle, into some hidden lore about the lost Black Moon, which can basically affect gravity and polarity from the looks of things.

Josh your introduction for the Nightmare Sequence just made my hair rise up, I now have goosebumps, I getting chills from that! Best way to end off Halloween.

For me I would say Cavern of the Cresent Moon from Pirate101, and that mushroom hallucination level from Bastion.

I could do you one solid for Sammer's Kingdom being turned into the World of Nothing. Write it into the story that they _forget_ that it even existed.

I'm surprised that the Desert of the Knaaren from Rayman 3 isn't here, not even in the honorable mentions heck that level SCARED me a lot as a kid and i didn't played for months

Next Horror related theme: Top 10 most Lighthearted/Funniest moment or levels in Horror games.

Forestia was clearly created by a sociopathic pre-school teacher. also i love how the ending basically nukes it from orbit!

Well, number one was certainly a surprise. Good video tho. Happy Spooky Day on spooky month! Though, I wish World of Drawcia was in here.

For me personally, it's the Earth Temple from Wind Waker, mainly cause how drastically different in tone compared to the game. You have a bright, fun and colorful Zelda game but then everything changes once you get in Earth Temple. I always liked the "earth" theme of this dungeon was a burial ground and gives off its spooky atmosphere. And oh god, the ReDeads are way creepy than in OoT.

When he mentioned Metroid, I half expected it to be either the blacked out laboratory or the E.M.M.I. zones from Dread.

Great list, commander firebrand. And a chefs kiss for the use of Kane’s theme in between the listing😈

21:57 - Had me cracking up with laughter.

A sao abridged reference in a metriod fusion analysis!?!? You made my day

Ha! What do you know, one of my predictions was on point when I guess World 6 from Super Paper Mario after a 'certain event' lol. Another game I just thought of was Omori. I know it has horror elements in it, but I don't know if I would consider it Horror considering all the areas you visit in the game, both in Sunny's head and real life. I would definitely add Black Space though, that whole area is just . . . OMG! Especially when you go for the True Ending route and learn the 'truth' of the overall mystery of the game.

Is that Kane's theme playing during transitions, does that mean Josh is a WRESTLING FAN? 😆😆😆

Wow this was refreshing to see again! I’ve always loved videos like these

Personal honorable mention : Bowser's Castle (Scissors takeover) from Origami King If paper phobia is a thing, this is a good place to start. Although a couple points had to be docked because of its short length.

I got one: Giant’s Lair from Bug Fables. Lord in heaven. That game has some creepy areas off the beaten path, but this one part of the main story takes the cake.

I wanna see a Top Ten Scariest Bosses You Don't Fight video just to see how high the Gravemind ranks...especially after his glow up in the Remaster.

Also, in the bottom of the well, you see so many patches of blood and what looks like torture devices of some sort.

I'd add the Dunwich Borers from Fallout 4. For me, the creepiest part was finding the buried statue face staring up at you from the bottom of the mine's sacrificial pit. No explanation, just... implications when you realize it's a reuse of the prewar statues all around Boston. (...unless that's just Bethesda recycling assets, that is)

Tales of series has done very disturbing levels like the fonon clone factory where they imply people eating each other. Paper Mario thousand year door has so many dead body's all around Conker's bad fur day the zombie stuff.

One word: Deepnest. The cramped corridors, the overwhelming darkness, the skittering of thousands of spider legs that permeate the quiet background music. Every time I go there, I feel like there’s something lurking in the darkness of my house.

Honestly, the second half of Exploratory Laboratory from LEGO Marvel Super Heroes still somewhat gives me the creeps. Exploring the abandoned sub-level labs of Oscorp, fighting enemies infected with symbiote that emerge from the walls and floors, and facing off against Venom who at one point JUMPSCARES THE CAMERA…that stuff has no right to be in such an otherwise lighthearted kids game

Lohengrin Castle from Trails of Cold Steel 1. In Laura S. Arseid's Hometown of Legram, where your 5th field excursion take place in, 2 kids go in there, as a sort of Simba going to the Elephant Graveyard scenario. Your party consists of Rean Schwarzer, the main protagonist, Laura, a blue-haired female Cloud, who actually has more character than Lightning from FFXIII, Emma Millstein, Class VII's Class President and (spoiler alert) a witch, Jusis Albarea, a noble with a chip on his shoulder about his lineage, and Millium Orion, one of the "children" handpicked by Osborne himself who joins Class VII after Chapter 4 along with Crow Armbrust, the rival/best friend of Rean Schwarzer. You get some Scooby Doo vibes while exploring the castle, only instead of anime high school students trained in various weaponry, and the enemies consist of possessed moving swords, disturbing fiends fused to unicycles, and the like. The boss against the Nosferatu, while frustrating if you're not careful, also adds to the spooky, haunting tone of the castle. A history lesson about it though. Spoiler alert again, the castle was once home to a legendary maiden unmatched with a lance named Lianne Sandlot. Dreichels trekked back to Erebonia during the War of the Lions, which was a battle for succession of the throne, Dreichels intended to end the war and gathered several followers from the land of Nord, where he befriended them, and met her in Legram. Lianne was also in love with Dreichels and wanted to bear his children, but died at the age of 25. Also, fun fact, if you haven't played Cold Steel 3 and 4, this may escape you at first, but a clue you see is a door with a mysterious symbol on it. That symbol is the trial of the Awakener, and Lohengrin Castle was the trial ground for Argreion, the Argent Knight, one of the strongest of the 7 Divine Knights.

This gives the vibes of "what should I do Lord, destroy the child, corrupt them all" lol

Happy all hallow's eve, josh

The Mephisto Lab section in Fractured But Whole took me by surprise the first time I played through it. First part wasn’t bad. Just defeat a bunch of cats with butts on them. But then you have to restart the tram or whatever it is to allow everyone to escape and after you leave the room you’re in, you find yourself in destroyed yet abandoned areas, some having little light in it while a creepy yet dark like sounding music plays throughout most of your time traveling around here. Not long after entering you find out via an offscreen scientist (who you only see in shadow) that the mutant 6th graders are loose and see via the shadows this guy getting attacked by one. After that you see attacks via similar ways which rise the creep factor to me and as a result I became more nervous over having to eventually encounter them. The rest of the game is a fun time in usual South Park fashion so it’s interesting how the creators decided to use that part of the game to basically make horror movie like level and do an effective job at it.

Never in my life did I expect to hear Barney and Eldritch Abomination in the same sentence. This was a interesting video.

This one is really good so far this is one of my favorite top 10 channels

...Oh my God, I remember playing Forestia a lot at friend's house. That portion of the game horrified me.

*Josh:* "There it is! The most vile monster in all of Halo!" [343 Guilty Spark is seen] *Me (not a Halo player):* "What, behind the robot?" *Josh:* "It is the robot!" *Me:* _"...You silly sod!"_ *Josh:* "What?" *Me:* "You got us all worked up over nothing!" *Josh:* "That's no ordinary robot! That's the most foul, cruel, sadistic machine you ever laid eyes on!"

I still can't get over the fact that in Majora's Mask Link left a little girl with her insane mad scientist of a father who was either trying to create the perfect wife to replace the one that was conspicuously missing or researching the dead to bring back his wife that had died. He just.....leaves them. He gets the Gibdo Mask and leaves them. And assumes everything is fixed. That Pamela isn't in any further danger. In the land of the dead with an adult that literally brought or kidnapped her to such a hostile environment just to bring back his dead wife or create a better one that he would prefer. I'll chalk it up to Link still being a child at that time and being partially naive and innocent. He was raised by forest folk anyways. It's still massively messed up.....