Why the backrooms.. why

[PALPUS]

It is a meme. I was a little disappointed about that part. The game is great and should not feel the need to connect to some silly meme trending right now. It will be dead soon just as slenderman is.. sigh

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Origineel geplaatst door burgerbait:

I was a bit disappointed by this bit honestly. Not to the point that it bothers me but it did take me out of it a bit. It would have been better just as the easter egg imo.

At least you said "imo" big fella. Most of these bois spit like they was facts.

[Greb]

Backrooms? Yuck.

I was doing so well at avoiding all of that nonsense too well I hope I can breeze right on through it when it shows up, lol.

Is that an endless sequence of blandly decorated, empty hallways?

AAAAAAAAA HELP ME I'M GOING INSANE!

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Origineel geplaatst door Greb:

Backrooms? Yuck.

I was doing so well at avoiding all of that nonsense too :syminactive: well I hope I can breeze right on through it when it shows up, lol.

Is that an endless sequence of blandly decorated, empty hallways?

AAAAAAAAA HELP ME I'M GOING INSANE!

That's the point big fella.

[SoundOfDarkness]

Well, the backrooms were also in the demo.

[Worm's Enthusiast]

Origineel geplaatst door PALPUS:

It is a meme. I was a little disappointed about that part. The game is great and should not feel the need to connect to some silly meme trending right now. It will be dead soon just as slenderman is.. sigh

a decent chunk of missions are based around anomalies. the backrooms would probably be considered a freaky anomaly. the devs probably like the backrooms. cool opinion though. also thank you for adding your sigh to text so everyone who can look at your amazing opinion knows your cringe

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Origineel geplaatst door TheMan:

Origineel geplaatst door burgerbait:

I was a bit disappointed by this bit honestly. Not to the point that it bothers me but it did take me out of it a bit. It would have been better just as the easter egg imo.

At least you said "imo" big fella. Most of these bois spit like they was facts.

Seems like lots of people think their opinion is the only 'right' one to have, unfortunately.

[smoking addiction]

yeah i didnt expect the backrooms either, made me laugh and i could not take the rest of the level seriously.

[baron_big]

Origineel geplaatst door Shadowfox:

Origineel geplaatst door Winblows:

idk backrooms just feel juvenile and out of place, like why not put fnaf in while we are at it, or at least come up with a different idea for a liminal space. liminal spaces has existed like probably literally over 100 years before the back rooms and theres been other popular things that cover liminal spaces then the back rooms.

just comes off like you dont know anything else then the back rooms like you have never seen or read any other cosmic horror storys in your life, doesnt help the back rooms is all ready infested with amateur hours writing from cringy 16 year olds

like why else would you chose the back rooms other then its popular or the only thing you know, which makes it like a meme at that point

then you my friend havnt seen ♥♥♥♥ while there is alot of ♥♥♥♥ of the backrooms theres plenty of good stuff aswell though i know no matter what i say no matter how valid youll just double down on your opinion.
but whatever the thing is the backrooms is good because of the good stories made from it i think matpat did it best for finding one of the better lores for its existence.

same with scp its good not because its some high art ♥♥♥♥ its because it can both be a great source of dread or comedy or both.
its all about where you find the stories and who wrote (drawn,animated etc) its more juvenile
then any other source of story in which can be used to spawn even more.

crazy how backroom defense force members will unironically invoke a kids video game youtuber to support their claim that the backrooms isn't out of place and awkward.

[smoking addiction]

Origineel geplaatst door baron_big:

Origineel geplaatst door Shadowfox:

then you my friend havnt seen ♥♥♥♥ while there is alot of ♥♥♥♥ of the backrooms theres plenty of good stuff aswell though i know no matter what i say no matter how valid youll just double down on your opinion.
but whatever the thing is the backrooms is good because of the good stories made from it i think matpat did it best for finding one of the better lores for its existence.

same with scp its good not because its some high art ♥♥♥♥ its because it can both be a great source of dread or comedy or both.
its all about where you find the stories and who wrote (drawn,animated etc) its more juvenile
then any other source of story in which can be used to spawn even more.

crazy how backroom defense force members will unironically invoke a kids video game youtuber to support their claim that the backrooms isn't out of place and awkward.

backrooms is genuinly one of the least scary and most pretentious things ever
i tell you most of the people who think its "scary" only say it is because some big youtuber told them to

[calembredaine]

not sure you read the dev's mind right, op.

though that does not change the backroom map being what it is (lol), gotta know its existence in the game preceded the phat trend by at least idk, one or two years. for all ik, the devs had a nerdy crush on backrooms, made the map in 2019 if not earlier, and then fleshed it out into an actual level for the sake of it.

Origineel geplaatst door smoking addiction:

i tell you most of the people who think its "scary" only say it is because some big youtuber told them to

admit it, you are being negative about it only because it has something to do with big youtubers

[dr. ♥♥♥♥ p. cummings]

the backrooms is included because a lot of the gimmicks for the maps are based around internet horror culture - heavy use of anomalies, and rival clandestine organisations vying for power (and over the same anomalies) just reeks of SCP. so no, the backrooms isn't REALLY out of place in this world - whether or not they couldve done something more with it is a different conversation.

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Origineel geplaatst door smoking addiction:

yeah i didnt expect the backrooms either, made me laugh and i could not take the rest of the level seriously.

Haters gonna hate.

[Rushin]

I didn't like it either. I like Backrooms in general but they just don't fit into Trepang2. They are included for no reason in particular, they don't really add anything to the game nor they have any ties to the story. You could've had your own blue-tinted spooky hallways which would be a reference but work on their own - but no, these are THE Backrooms themselves.

Mostly I just think they weren't done well, together with some other parts of the level. For instance I don't like how you just get teleported from one place to another with no sound or visual effects. You don't even clip through the floor to get into the Backrooms or anything. You just teleport and in the new location you start mid-air - something typically a novice map designer does (puts a player spawn wayyyy above ground making sure you don't get stuck, but to the point where it's too noticeable that you fall down). Suddenly this game felt like a shoddy UE4 template project for a second.

On two occasions you have to run forward towards the weird green light while something is screaming behind you. Problem is, the first time it happens you get attacked by shadowy figures not seen anywhere else in the whole game - and chances are you'll just run forward and never see them. And in the second instance you do not get attacked or chased by anything at all.

Towards the end of the backrooms there are suddenly paintings of mutilated human bodies - condensed everywhere in a specific area. The last time it happened you were attacked by those flesh monsters en masse. So obviously this is foreshadowing that you'll see more of them in the backrooms. Except you don't! Those are never found ever again and the imagery is an empty red herring.

TL;DR I don't mind the Backrooms too much but these were not done well. The whole level felt like early beta.

[smoking addiction]

Origineel geplaatst door TheMan:

Origineel geplaatst door smoking addiction:

yeah i didnt expect the backrooms either, made me laugh and i could not take the rest of the level seriously.

Haters gonna hate.

people use this phrase unironically in 2023?

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Origineel geplaatst door smoking addiction:

Origineel geplaatst door TheMan:

Haters gonna hate.

people use this phrase unironically in 2023?

Is it ironic your name states you're addicted to wanting smoke?
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