***SPOILERS*** Comparing Weirdness

[ArcaBunny]

So after a couple of replays of the demo, I've noticed how different each run can be, want to compare notes?

contains spoilers, please do not preview or read past this point if you want to go into the game with no ideas of whats to come... Like poor Garrett

1) On the night the bird is screaming outside and your to-do list says to investigate there was a ghoulish woman with glowing eyes was crouched by the big tree to the right of the back door. She disappeared as I approached

2) A similar looking man was lurking in the bathroom with the door slightly open, as I approached he slammed the door. When I opened it there was no-one there

3) Going to bed late there was a banging sound and a huge pile of books or notepads between the stairs and the bed

4) After buying a scarecrow it went missing, I assumed I'd bought it in a different play save file but nope, it was standing by my bed at night!!! It moved it's head whenever I moved the flashlight away from it

5) Low stakes creepy stuff like the TV turning itself on or the wardrobe doors opening on their own with a creak you can hear throughout the house

6) No wolves! I had a play through with absolutely no wolf attack, I searched the whole area for them and there was no sign but I was on edge the entire time!

I've no idea what the criteria is for triggering these events or if it's random, but do you have any that I've missed?

[Mercutio]

Originally posted by Yggdrasil Burnes:

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

Did the TV break after switching on in the middle of the night to show a silhouette standing outside the front of the house or is that something that doesn't happen in every play though too?

Actually, it was a little different. The feed was of my front porch. Lights were on in the living room, and someone was walking around inside of it it. After the inhabitant of the house goes back upstairs, presumably Garret, a head of a woman slowly spins to face the camera from the lower right hand side of the screen, as if buried neck deep in the ground. Once this happened, the television cut out to static, and I immediately needed to go to bed. I did not see a silhouette outside of the house, but I might have simply missed it. The next day, the television did not work anymore. Garret simply said "Huh..." when all it did was click and stay powered off.

YES! That is what happened to me and it was Marvelously terrifying!!! I didn't make it to see the end of of it though because I was freaking out knowing that something was in my house so I panicked and ran downstairs which.....on retrospect....was kind of stupid haha

[ArcaBunny]

Originally posted by GreenMinstrel:

Having played the ToDos thourgh, this is a highly interesting thread, thank you. However, on the announcing page I was able to fully read your text, including the spoiler marked one. I feel knowing these things beforehand would hurt the game quite heavily. Maybe put a verbal spoiler alert in the title, too, please?

I didn't realise the hidden text would show up in previews, so sorry!

I've added a warning, thanks for bringing it to my attention

[GreenMinstrel]

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

Originally posted by GreenMinstrel:

Having played the ToDos thourgh, this is a highly interesting thread, thank you. However, on the announcing page I was able to fully read your text, including the spoiler marked one. I feel knowing these things beforehand would hurt the game quite heavily. Maybe put a verbal spoiler alert in the title, too, please?

I didn't realise the hidden text would show up in previews, so sorry!

I've added a warning, thanks for bringing it to my attention

Thank you! - I didn't know it either before I saw your text. :)

[ArcaBunny]

So after several play throughs and attention to the farm ranging from diligent to neglectful to see what causes the different hauntings. I've managed to replicate the following:


1) The severed head of a women with silver eyes appearing for a second in the rearview mirror during the opening cutscene. For me this happened after the blinker and missed turn on the road

2) The bathroom window being open on some saves and closed on others (it maybe closed on days when you don't tidy the bedroom before going downstairs on day 1) but even when the window was open and Garret closes it I've not seen the running figure outside

3) On the 2nd day there is a silvery light in the back garden with a deer and a woman, approaching them triggers a cutscene/flashback.

4) On the 2nd night there is a bird screaming outside which needs to be investigated. If I do not interact with the deer and watch the cutscene I see a ghoulish woman with golden eyes peeking from behind the tree. I don't seem to see her if I trigger the cutscene.

5) After investigating the bird noise and returning to bed the TV turns on showing a feed of the house. On play throughs without the deer cutscene the TV shows the same disembodied head as the rearview mirror. On play throughs with the deer cutscene it shows the silhouette of a person a few feet from the front door.

6) On play throughs with no deer cutscene I don't encounter wolves, they're nowhere to be found in the enclosed area but they howl in the night

7) The ghoul in the bathroom seems to be linked to neglecting the farm

8) After 5 attempts to open the basement door in quick succession there is a loud banging noise and a wheezing breath, further attempts don't seem to open the door but maybe others have more patience

9) I've noticed a silvery light coming from between the barn and the silo on an evening, on investigation there seems to be nothing there. When looking out of the bedroom window this is where the moon rises so it could be just a lighting issue but the glow looks a lot like the deer on the morning of day 2

I've not been able to see the woman's floating head in the sky, the women above the house, the "wendigo" like creature with horns at the front of the house, or the spindly wolf monsters others have mentioned. I've also seen mentions on the forum of "something on the roof" and "seeing what's in the basement" but don't know if those comments allude to the floating women and basement jumpscare sound or something else...

The experiments continue!

[Calan]

I went out walking deep into the open field of the playable area and a gigantic tree person thing began walking and reaching towards me before vanishing

[Warp37]

Originally posted by Calan:

I went out walking deep into the open field of the playable area and a gigantic tree person thing began walking and reaching towards me before vanishing

kool, never saw that in all my travels, btw saw a tree in the painting.

[Walkin Tornado]

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

So after several play throughs and attention to the farm ranging from diligent to neglectful to see what causes the different hauntings. I've managed to replicate the following:


1) The severed head of a women with silver eyes appearing for a second in the rearview mirror during the opening cutscene. For me this happened after the blinker and missed turn on the road

2) The bathroom window being open on some saves and closed on others (it maybe closed on days when you don't tidy the bedroom before going downstairs on day 1) but even when the window was open and Garret closes it I've not seen the running figure outside

3) On the 2nd day there is a silvery light in the back garden with a deer and a woman, approaching them triggers a cutscene/flashback.

4) On the 2nd night there is a bird screaming outside which needs to be investigated. If I do not interact with the deer and watch the cutscene I see a ghoulish woman with golden eyes peeking from behind the tree. I don't seem to see her if I trigger the cutscene.

5) After investigating the bird noise and returning to bed the TV turns on showing a feed of the house. On play throughs without the deer cutscene the TV shows the same disembodied head as the rearview mirror. On play throughs with the deer cutscene it shows the silhouette of a person a few feet from the front door.

6) On play throughs with no deer cutscene I don't encounter wolves, they're nowhere to be found in the enclosed area but they howl in the night

7) The ghoul in the bathroom seems to be linked to neglecting the farm

8) After 5 attempts to open the basement door in quick succession there is a loud banging noise and a wheezing breath, further attempts don't seem to open the door but maybe others have more patience

9) I've noticed a silvery light coming from between the barn and the silo on an evening, on investigation there seems to be nothing there. When looking out of the bedroom window this is where the moon rises so it could be just a lighting issue but the glow looks a lot like the deer on the morning of day 2

I've not been able to see the woman's floating head in the sky, the women above the house, the "wendigo" like creature with horns at the front of the house, or the spindly wolf monsters others have mentioned. I've also seen mentions on the forum of "something on the roof" and "seeing what's in the basement" but don't know if those comments allude to the floating women and basement jumpscare sound or something else...

The experiments continue!

Wow you made quite a bit of headway with your replays, i never thought that the deer cutscene would have an impact on the weirdness, well spotted.

ive tested the wendigo spawn in a few playthroughs and managed to get him somewhat consistently when i spend the entire day cutting trees and selling logs and nothing else and then standing outside after nightfall. Helps to turn around a lot, he seems to spawn during your turning around camera movement.
I didnt get the tall wolves or the massive tree creature.
Right now im trying to figure out how to consistently get the head in the sky. Will def share if i can figure it out

[Warp37]

Originally posted by Walkin Tornado:

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

So after several play throughs and attention to the farm ranging from diligent to neglectful to see what causes the different hauntings. I've managed to replicate the following:


1) The severed head of a women with silver eyes appearing for a second in the rearview mirror during the opening cutscene. For me this happened after the blinker and missed turn on the road

2) The bathroom window being open on some saves and closed on others (it maybe closed on days when you don't tidy the bedroom before going downstairs on day 1) but even when the window was open and Garret closes it I've not seen the running figure outside

3) On the 2nd day there is a silvery light in the back garden with a deer and a woman, approaching them triggers a cutscene/flashback.

4) On the 2nd night there is a bird screaming outside which needs to be investigated. If I do not interact with the deer and watch the cutscene I see a ghoulish woman with golden eyes peeking from behind the tree. I don't seem to see her if I trigger the cutscene.

5) After investigating the bird noise and returning to bed the TV turns on showing a feed of the house. On play throughs without the deer cutscene the TV shows the same disembodied head as the rearview mirror. On play throughs with the deer cutscene it shows the silhouette of a person a few feet from the front door.

6) On play throughs with no deer cutscene I don't encounter wolves, they're nowhere to be found in the enclosed area but they howl in the night

7) The ghoul in the bathroom seems to be linked to neglecting the farm

8) After 5 attempts to open the basement door in quick succession there is a loud banging noise and a wheezing breath, further attempts don't seem to open the door but maybe others have more patience

9) I've noticed a silvery light coming from between the barn and the silo on an evening, on investigation there seems to be nothing there. When looking out of the bedroom window this is where the moon rises so it could be just a lighting issue but the glow looks a lot like the deer on the morning of day 2

I've not been able to see the woman's floating head in the sky, the women above the house, the "wendigo" like creature with horns at the front of the house, or the spindly wolf monsters others have mentioned. I've also seen mentions on the forum of "something on the roof" and "seeing what's in the basement" but don't know if those comments allude to the floating women and basement jumpscare sound or something else...

The experiments continue!

Wow you made quite a bit of headway with your replays, i never thought that the deer cutscene would have an impact on the weirdness, well spotted.

ive tested the wendigo spawn in a few playthroughs and managed to get him somewhat consistently when i spend the entire day cutting trees and selling logs and nothing else and then standing outside after nightfall. Helps to turn around a lot, he seems to spawn during your turning around camera movement.
I didnt get the tall wolves or the massive tree creature.
Right now im trying to figure out how to consistently get the head in the sky. Will def share if i can figure it out

wendigo? that's from another game-until dawn,tall wolves=don't see,heard about the tall tree creature in the field-never saw,from what you mean about the head in the sky is only possible if you bought the rifle,and is and the END of the demo.

[ArcaBunny]

Originally posted by Walkin Tornado:

Wow you made quite a bit of headway with your replays, i never thought that the deer cutscene would have an impact on the weirdness, well spotted.

ive tested the wendigo spawn in a few playthroughs and managed to get him somewhat consistently when i spend the entire day cutting trees and selling logs and nothing else and then standing outside after nightfall. Helps to turn around a lot, he seems to spawn during your turning around camera movement.
I didnt get the tall wolves or the massive tree creature.
Right now im trying to figure out how to consistently get the head in the sky. Will def share if i can figure it out

Oooooh looks like I'm going to have a lumberjack play through soon then! And I'll need to spend more time in the forest.

The info about spawning is really helpful thanks, I don't know if I'm sabotaging some of the hauntings by standing watch, waiting for things to appear vs coming across them naturally

[ArcaBunny]

Originally posted by Warp37:

wendigo? that's from another game-until dawn,tall wolves=don't see,heard about the tall tree creature in the field-never saw,from what you mean about the head in the sky is only possible if you bought the rifle,and is and the END of the demo.

It sounds like there's something similar in description to the wendigo in this game too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've not seen it for myself but I definitely don't look forward to meeting it

I think it is difficult to talk about some of the creepers when we compare them to creatures from other sources that some players might not know. I've had to look up references others have made to check if we're seeing/talking about the same thing

And I don't think the sky head is the same as the end of the demo, but I could be wrong

[Warp37]

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

Originally posted by Warp37:

wendigo? that's from another game-until dawn,tall wolves=don't see,heard about the tall tree creature in the field-never saw,from what you mean about the head in the sky is only possible if you bought the rifle,and is and the END of the demo.

It sounds like there's something similar in description to the wendigo in this game too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've not seen it for myself but I definitely don't look forward to meeting it

I think it is difficult to talk about some of the creepers when we compare them to creatures from other sources that some players might not know. I've had to look up references others have made to check if we're seeing/talking about the same thing

And I don't think the sky head is the same as the end of the demo, but I could be wrong

yes i find that quite puzzling, because it was inside the house. from what i heard it was connected to the moon in the sky and the mountains.i'm in a confusion case.

[ArcaBunny]

Originally posted by Warp37:

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

It sounds like there's something similar in description to the wendigo in this game too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've not seen it for myself but I definitely don't look forward to meeting it

I think it is difficult to talk about some of the creepers when we compare them to creatures from other sources that some players might not know. I've had to look up references others have made to check if we're seeing/talking about the same thing

And I don't think the sky head is the same as the end of the demo, but I could be wrong

yes i find that quite puzzling, because it was inside the house. from what i heard it was connected to the moon in the sky and the mountains.i'm in a confusion case.

I know what you mean, the "face" in the moon (not a creeper face but the craters etc like on the moon IRL) is very pronounced so I wondered if the creepy face appeared on the moon; but I suppose those who've seen it would mention the moon if so. I've been scrutinising the sky for several in game nights looking at cloud formations, constellations etc but I bet we'll know it when we see it!

[Walkin Tornado]

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

Originally posted by Warp37:

yes i find that quite puzzling, because it was inside the house. from what i heard it was connected to the moon in the sky and the mountains.i'm in a confusion case.

I know what you mean, the "face" in the moon (not a creeper face but the craters etc like on the moon IRL) is very pronounced so I wondered if the creepy face appeared on the moon; but I suppose those who've seen it would mention the moon if so. I've been scrutinising the sky for several in game nights looking at cloud formations, constellations etc but I bet we'll know it when we see it!

The Head in the Sky being "subtle "confusion is on me. The first time i got it, i think i got a glitched incomplete version of the head with just the outline. Since then ive gotten the proper one and it is extremely noticeable. The entire sky on the porch side is just her disfigured ghoul face with the eye twitching, Looking at it makes the screen glitch

[ArcaBunny]

Originally posted by Walkin Tornado:

Originally posted by ArcaBunny:

I know what you mean, the "face" in the moon (not a creeper face but the craters etc like on the moon IRL) is very pronounced so I wondered if the creepy face appeared on the moon; but I suppose those who've seen it would mention the moon if so. I've been scrutinising the sky for several in game nights looking at cloud formations, constellations etc but I bet we'll know it when we see it!

The Head in the Sky being "subtle "confusion is on me. The first time i got it, i think i got a glitched incomplete version of the head with just the outline. Since then ive gotten the proper one and it is extremely noticeable. The entire sky on the porch side is just her disfigured ghoul face with the eye twitching, Looking at it makes the screen glitch

I should not have read that just before bed IRL lol... going to add a "nightmare fuel" content warning too T . T

But definitely 100% haven't seen that yet

[Archie]

I just got the "Head in the Sky" last night, and i can 100% guarantee it's anything BUT subtle. In fact, it's literally impossible to miss it, unless you never walk around the back of your house.

Also, it's not really in the sky, as people are mentioning here. It's more like it replaces a big chunk of the left mountain (from the back porch POV) with a massive "Eileen head" (fans of SH 4 knows what i'm talking about). The ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing even twitches it's gigantic eyes like crazy, very much like the infamous Eileen Head from Silent Hill 4. I guess the developer is a fan lol.

PS: For the record, the massive head is so massive, it's even BIGGER than the mountain it replaces. That thing is like Mount Everest lmao