Welcome to the Last of Us Club how Last of Us are ya? *Note* game is by dev as I live under your house kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aalmd6ya27jKpY0.html

Reporter guy is the most insane character even compared to the infected, gets himself trapped in the flesh maze with only dead bodies and sees a girl licking the walls and just says "Hello lady!"

The fact that the cicada fungus is actually real is horrifying.

On the first day, the observer referred to the other two people as Subject A and Subject B, but by the end of the first month, they were referring to them as Object A and Object B instead.

You know, I honestly thought the interviewer(and the company) of the corpse fungus reporter was going to let them suffer in the end and keep asking them questions over and over. They actually euthanized them which actually surprised me for a horror.

14:00 Protag sees his friend's corpse and decides "Hey! I could totally get rich and famous off of this! Sad about my friend though. Pulitzer here I come!" Well, at least he's realistically portrayed.

Someone forgot to return the slab to the pharaohs 💀

The giant mushroom you're thinking about is here in my home state of Oregon on the Eastern side! It's a parasitic, and highly destructive kind of honey fungus called armillaria solidipes (or ostoya, no one can make up their mind). It covers 2,300+ acres, and is dated to be somewhere between 2,400-8,200 years old!

i feel like any form of hazmat suit could've prevented this

6:04 “why would there be a dead rat underground? Troubling… I better investigate this further”. I heard this research team was also working on the “mystery of the dead fish that washed up at the beach”

I love when the horror is surreal science, like there is scientific background that the devs take and amplify to something horrific

The disbelief in Manly's voice was so genuine at 23:00. I don't know why anyone would enter anything remotely described as a "fungus pyramid"

Wow. What a plot. The Fungus That Force-Femmes You

I thought this was going to be like Pathways Into Darkness, but then it took a hard left into The Ruins territory, with a little bit of Mystery Flesh Pit thrown in. The new genre of "drive a drone around our eldritch location" horror is pretty neat, and a decent use of analog horror.

Hi everyone, first of all thanks Manly for such a great video about my game. I always enjoy watching your reflections at the end of the video. Now about the theme of the game. I want to state that the game is purely about fungus. This is stated in the game itself when the cicadas are shown and in dialogs with the object S... I would like to especially point out that there is no hidden message, no meaning in the game except for the scary events that happened inside the game. Max is not a trans person, he was never a trans person, his genitals were eaten by a fungus and the fungus controlled his behavior completely. So there is no hidden message here towards trans people. Just a fungus that does exist in the real world (it just affects cicadas, not people). I understand that different things can be interpreted in different ways, but I really tried to explain as directly as possible and show that the fungus is to blame. It's also not the main feature or theme of the game. The game features horror fantasies about different types of fungus and related events. However, I am grateful for all the attention and comments about my game. I read everything carefully and look at it, drawing conclusions for the future.

Manly ls like an exasperated mother at this point. “Son, did you enter the flesh maze when I said no?”

He didn’t return the slab

Ah, yes, the rat wall. Wouldn't be a pyramid without it.

Hell yeah manlybadasshero sleepy time

Aside from dangerous spores and mushroom beings, seeing that mushroom had me thinking of entering a structure that ended up being a giant plant. It's either waiting to come through or that encounter lets giant versions of normally microscopic critters out into the world. Never mind running it further with it being the tip of a giant life eco-system that will one day encounter the surface... Now back to the remaining 20 minutes.

Massospora really do exists. _"The genus name of Massospora was derived from two words in the Greek, masso which means 'to grind' and spora for 'spore'. This then describes the complete disintegration of the host-insect's internal tissues eventually leading to a (described by the author as); “pulverulent mass of spores within” that can be seen after the terminal parts of the abdomen fall off."_ (wikipedia)

Maaan, don't you hate it when you thought a guy you work with is just trans, but instead is actually just got corrupted with bugs that made them literally turn into a woman and made you obsessed over them to the point of you willing to kill people that even just took a glance at her Sucks when that happen

_"A good employee has nothing to hide"_ And some corporation was still looking at all of this. This was great body horror. The found footage style worked perfectly to illustrate the stories of the scientists, the journalist, and the hapless man trying to impress his girlfriend. You understood what happened to them, their motivations, personalities. The jealous notes about Maxine reminded me of Itchy Tasty diary entries. Really good comparison to the real life, very creepy fungus in Oregon, MBH! Kudos to this developer and look forward to more games from them.

There was an episode of the X-Files about a giant fungus that would trap people underground and while it digested them they would have have hallucinations so they wouldn't realize they were in trouble.

It’s in the late afternoon here in Japan and Manly’s videos still make me sleepy ☺️ Time for an afternoon nap Thanks for the upload Manly :D

The noise when you select something is very similar to the one in Silent Hill and it makes my heart so happy. Instant joy.

those giant fungus organisms are large mycelium. mycelium isn't uncommon and it has a very interesting feature... it can send signals like nerves. this allows large colonies to quickly become immune to a disease before it ravages the colony.

15:30 I'm telling you... I'm subbed to you because it's not just videos about horror. It's the real deal. Something that you are bound to discover at some time.

Ah, yes, nothing like an upside-down underground fungus pyramid to really get the primal fear going!!! Worth noting, there's also an X-Files episode inspired by the same type of fungus, I believe.

There's nothing more relatable than Manly seeing a corpse and going, "Later."

This reminds me of an old horror movie i saw as a kid. A group of freinds went to explore and ancient Maya or Aztec Temple and wind up being hunted by predatory meat eating vines that fill the temple and the nearby Natives of the area essentially quarantine them on the roof of the ruin not letting them leave and slowly get killed off by the vines. The vines even learn to use a cellphone and imitate its ringing. One guy get cut by the vines while escaping to the roof and as they sit on the roof they find out the plant even planted seeds in his wound and it begins growing inside of him so they can only dump him back inside while he's still alive and in eminse pain

21:54 holy shi- as soon as I saw this, I knew where the rest of the game was going. Ze Frank explained this cicada fungus in one of his videos

Good to see more of this developer, they continue to do good work. Probably my favorite from them so far, it's a good mix of the detached, clinical researcher and that doomed explorer aspect and they got a lot out of that mixture.

I’m surprised that there aren’t more horror games about specific types of fungus out there! Like, there are lots of parasitic mushroom zombie games and things like that, but it’s really cool to see a game using more specific concepts like the giant mushroom colonies. There is so much untapped horror potential in all the real world funky fungi!

If not for the horrid side effects this fungus would be quite intriguing- wonder if the transformation from male to female is physical or is it a mind alteration to someone who inhaled the spores (judging by the cicada report and the inspiration it might lean to the physical). And it's cool it's inspired by a real life fungus, I know a bunch of parasitic critters can affect their hosts attraction- as example toxoplasma, that amoeba, makes rats infected with it get sexually attracted to smell of cats (especially their urine) And as for a bit of tag funies- I find it fkin amusing that the autotagging system marked this game as Silent Hill (jeez bots are usless)

this was kinda neat! the stuff with max/maxine was handled better than i expected tbh and i like the fungus stuff based kind of on real ideas; the enormous fungal colony under in oregon, and the idea of growing mushroom bricks/blocks for building, and some combination of those two

Im dealing with a headache flair up so bad im just stuck in bed, and insomnia is keeping me from sleeping off the worst of it. This upload is helping to keep me sane. Thanks Manly!

I like Manly's quiet, subtle check for something standing behind him at 10:52

someone else already commented about the largest fungal colonies, but at first I thought he was talking about Pando, which is a clonal colony (same roots but multiple different trees) of quaking aspen that is essentially the same organism, although it has nothing to do with any fungus. there is also a clonal colony of Mediterranean seagrass near Ibiza 8 kilometers across and estimated to be 100000 years old. meanwhile humans can live to be supercentenarians, while there are biologically immortal organisms, although they are not as complex as humans.

list I never thought Manly would say: DID YOU GO INTO THE FUNGUS PYRAMID??

I love how he's just immediately. "It's aliens."

Oh goodness, I never thought in a million years I’d see a horror game that takes a fungus I saw in a zefrank video not long ago

Looks heavily inspired by the Gemini Entertainment series. Pretty cool little game

First that N64 mushroom body horror and now this, thanks game devs for giving and reinforcing my fear of mushrooms.

The fear I felt when I opened my computer, forgetting I was watching this video, and hearing Manly say "I live under you house."

i love the menu sounds in this game, definitely reminds me of silent hill

23:00 I love how Manly say did you go into the fungus pyramid like in a "are you a fricking idiot !?" kind of way.

17:29 Those are straight up liberty caps lol. Also, holy shit. Apparently Massospora uses psilocybin to infect the cicadas. That's fuckin wild. Theoretically one could harvest the psilocybe from them but the amount would be very miniscule, you'd be better off just growing the mushrooms themselves. Still super cool though.

This reminds me of "Gemini Home Entertaiment": rover goes underground, finds scary living stuff; an infectious parasite which changes how a person behaves; infection ends in infected becoming stationary in order to get absorbed by underground organic structure; interview with an infected at the last stage

That was awesome. I love that there were a few different modes of gameplay. Love the variety, love the weirdness.

I'm starting to assume that the lady licking the "fungus" wall is Maxinne. Could be a hunch, but the diary pages did say that she went wild. The owner of that diary might've brought her back, but it's likely so that she might've escaped, and found the Pyramid. Either that, or maybe it's the protagonist in the future. Who knows? Phil did say that it's a thousand years old. Could be another timelapse game?

Manly uploading a video before I go to school. Isn't that unfair😭

Thanks for this. I'm sick today, and your voice is quite soothing. Staying home and getting some rest today.

This kinda looks like that cave exploration game he played a few months ago

Not sure if it's been mentioned or not, but regarding the whole spread-out forest you'd mentioned -- Are you thinking Pando, the quaking aspen colony out in Utah? That's the one that comes immediately to mind for me. Awesome video and content, as always.

When i hear "Mushroom... Mushroom." I had big simle on my face. Maybe the guys think: "We're rich!"

Kinda reminds me of the mystery flesh pit. I believe that story took place somewhere in Texas in the early 2000s with its origin going back to the late 70s.

You are my favourite KZfaqr, thank you for always posting such amazing content 💛🙏

This game was absolutely amazing, hope the creators will do more in this style !

Gonna be real, Manly. I LOVE when you play the indie horror games with old 3D retro graphics like this (even Dream Pools graphics and filter combo I like) that don't have much dialogue or detailed stories, but has just enough to give you a slow, tedious task in a place seemingly so empty and lifeless, regardless (but still unknown) if theres something lurking or not. I dunno why, but for some reason they're scarier to me and I love it, especially when there's there is a "bad" filter (VHS, Old Camera, Noise). Also, Bramble is fully released amd I remember you played the demo, could you play the full version, please?

The most believable thing about this story is the journalist trying to turn the horrible murder of a friend into a Pulitzer Prize.

it's decided, if anyone asks my why I'm transgender it's because of the evil fungus pyramid

Love that youtube knew the Silent Hill menu noises enough to tag the video as Silent Hill

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO IS SANE ENOUGH TO SEND A ROBOT INSTEAD OF THEMSELVES

Yay bedtime upload! This looks like a good one I'm excited

We going to talk about how Makky looks younger then Max despite almost a 20 year difference?

Manly : its moving Game dialog : it is moving Manly : THATS WHAT SAYING *flip the chair*

I‘m ready for my nightly cup of Manly! 🛌👹

7:07 Rock: ima just stop existing

Man, poor Phil.

The game seems to be very Cave Crawler-esqe, and I like that! It's all about exploration, a maze you explore that delves into horror!

that old game “the bunny graveyard” has its first chapter out now. yay!

We live we love we lie under your house

The rover segments reminded me of Cave Crawler, pretty cool. Always love fungus horror.

Hey Everynyan it's Last of Us, but the mushroom turned them in to segs zombie

15:53 "Mushroom, mushroom!" SHUT IT! Get back to work!

Hello manly! New sub here! Been watching ur horror gameplay and enjoying it!

Looks like someone didn't return the slab

Was just about to watch your last video. What timining.

26:11 I guess we've seen what kind of trouble they could get themselves into.

Hey Manly, Not sure if you'll see this comment or if someone has mentioned it before, but a really fun demo I've been playing is called "Voices of the Void". You manage a satellite array in the alps, keeping the servers running, snagging signals from space, and admiring the local wildlife. There's a lot of content so far, but it's still in development.

oh baby oh baby some cozy horror before bed

Hey Manly do you remember bunny graveyard? It seems Like that the full game released not too Long ago... so yeah Just wanted to inform you about that :3 Anyways great video as always love your commentary and the Analasys in the end are awesome and really unique too...at least for me... don't see any Other letsplayer really do that

A cup of goodnight tea and manly has become a part of my night routine 😊

another amazing video from the badass!

Manly yelling exhasperated at horror protagonist(tm) being an idiot will never not be a great watch.

I watch manly videos while getting ready, while I eat, while I do my hw, while I cook, to sleep, and watch his videos whenever I want to watch a good KZfaq video. Thank you for making videos manly😎👍

Superb video manly.

Analog horror is incredibly interesting. That seemingly normal stuff giving off a subtly creepy vibe, it's intriguing.

Perfect, right after getting back from college

Loving the intense Silent Hill vibes. Especially those menu SFX.

From what I recall, the fungus you mentioned can actually communicate with each other. I think they can create subway line ish railways. Like they can create something like a map of a subway line and it’s believed that it shows that there’s some communication and coordination going on

In terms of evolutionary kingdoms, fungi are closer to animals than plants.

Looked at the thumbnail and thought the Start Scanning thing said Start Screaming, still fits

What an AMAZING DEV!! Absolutely LOVED the other works, the second one as someone a bit claustrophobic that one was terrifying!! I loved the idea of the weird creature in the first one, it felt very unique and I absolutely loved the artwork!! I'm so happy to see Manly play another one of their games!! This one feels so unique too, very fascinating!! It definitely captured my attention immediately and had me curious where the hell it was gonna go!

15:53 "Look what I found! Mushroom! Mushroom!" "Mushroom, mushro- Oh, shut up about the bloody mushrooms! We all now it's a mushroom!"

WAKE UP KING POSTED

Finally, femboy fungus!

I really like this devs games Very interesting perspectives from whatever entity you play as.They did the found footage aspect reaaly well as it looks like some organization was in the middle of monitoring the pyramid. Thee massospora fungus certainly is bizarre. Real creepy to see it something like that applied to humans. Especially the size of that one huge organism. i can see how the fungus was probably messing with scientists to make them perceive it as something not dangerous. I can get why that one scientist was still alive as it would probably use them to bring in more food essentially. Poor jim just had the misfortune of falling in. With the way the pyramid was structured it honestly gave me some backrooms vibes, purely because all the right angles and the plainness of it. Really good liminial horror.

rooky fungus mistake they should of had an athletes foot cream or something