Cryptic Tales: Crossroads is the inaugural game in an episodic psychological thriller anthology series developed by Innervation Bros.[1][2][3] The game is set in the 1990s and follows Jon, an aspiring musician who is grappling with a recent breakup.[1][2][4] His life takes an unsettling turn when his old work pager begins sending him cryptic messages, suggesting he is being stalked.[1][2][4]
The gameplay of Cryptic Tales: Crossroads combines elements of cozy apartment life simulation with an immersive and unsettling narrative.[1][4] Players will explore Jon's apartment, engaging in routine activities like brewing coffee and watching cartoons, while simultaneously trying to uncover the mystery behind the cryptic pager messages and the identity of his stalker.[1][2][4] The game features high-quality graphics and audio, a 1990s nostalgic aesthetic, and atmospheric environments to enhance the psychological thriller experience.[1][4] It is described as a cinematic adventure inspired by urban legends, with a "psychological-but-weirdly-cozy atmosphere."[4] The developers, Innervation Bros, founded in 2019 by Creative Director Robert J. Merritt and Audio Director Drew A. Forbes, are known for their work in commercial and film industries, and for the animated fan film Zelda: Lost In Time.[4] Cryptic Tales: Crossroads is expected to have an estimated playtime of 2 hours and may contain frightening scenes, mild language, and subtle themes of emotional abuse.[1] The game is slated for release on Steam [1] and Epic Games [4] later in 2025
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00:00God how deep did this guy go that's what she said
00:10hey everybody welcome back Nezuko here this is a demo for a game that's not quite out yet it's
00:26called cryptic tales crossroads and I'm giving this a shot because it is supposed to be similar
00:32to fears to fathom I can already tell it's got some really good graphics so I'm gonna shut up
00:37now and get into it hope you'll enjoy don't forget to leave a like subscribe if you like
00:43a daily content like this she's still fast asleep what the better check it out
01:02flashlight is definitely a good idea okay
01:15guess I can't check on her I mean I'm just trying to make sure she's okay
01:27all right knife
01:32can I not take that
01:37I guess not
01:41why can't take these things oh wait a second
01:57I don't want to take one at a time so how this works
02:03nope still can't take this it's only gonna let me take what the story allows okay no problem
02:13let's go see what that noise was
02:16oh
02:26oh I hear that right
02:29oh yeah before I forget uh turn your lights down low on some headphones make yourself a nice stiff drink
02:41not necessarily in that order
02:42not necessarily in that order
02:43not necessarily in that order
02:44cannot jump
02:55cannot jump
02:56all right
02:58all right
02:59what am I running into
03:14like little things I'm getting hung up on
03:20okay this is as far as I can go this one can't fall off the edge just
03:50see if I can get around some of those obstacles nope there's a wall here this is a wall all right so I can't go this way right no way to go further
04:18nope
04:23nope
04:24can't go down there
04:25I don't feel like hearing this or not but it sounds really creepy in my headphones
04:33I don't know if y'all are hearing this or not, but it sounds really creepy in my headphones.
04:38My roommate is not home tonight, he's with, uh, family before Thanksgiving, so, I can
04:53scream like a little bitch tonight, not have to worry about anything, okay, he's getting
04:59annoying, come on out, there's, like, nothing on the ground, there's, like, little, something
05:11new on the ground, I guess there is, like, little bits, oh, no, no, nothing, it's weird
05:18that the use button is the drop button, okay, so, can't go any further this way, ah,
05:27it's not exactly a clearly marked path, you know, so, see, it looks like you can go that
05:37way, but you can't, I guess I'm gonna stay, my pager, here?
05:48It's okay, Hannah, I've always been a heavy sleeper, follow the signs, it was supposed
06:03to be the 90s, have a safe trip, have fun, try listening to her, huh, mom, okay, follow the
06:15signs, okay, it's just those two pages, can we put it down?
06:26Maybe not, oh, there it goes, oh, yeah, oh, bye-bye, that's not the pager, I don't know
06:35where it went, is it on the ground, oh, F is the pager for some reason, okay, all right,
06:53let's keep trying to explore over here, hmm, I don't think I can, see, then it lets me in
07:15all the way over here, like, who would build a little fence like this, makes no damn sense,
07:22oh, come on, okay, there is no run button, I just realized, it's just normal walk-in speed,
07:43which I'm fine with, normally the run feature on most of these games is slower than this,
07:52so, I, it's just so annoyed, y'all see I'm trying to get over there and I can't, there's
08:08no indication that I can't get over there, oh, my god, I swear, it's like these people
08:30do not play test their own games, glad we finally got around to this trip, I guess I've
08:35been so busy,
08:37so, I guess I just have to walk until the game decides I've walked long enough to trigger
08:46something else in the story, she used to see the best in me, I think that's what I miss
08:58most, oh, let's just play guitar now, my soul is music, just hope this endless chase is worth
09:24it, if she will keep waiting,
09:28John, it's so late, is everything okay?
09:56yeah, honestly, just trying to avoid sleeping at this point,
10:01all right, well, um, I just, I had to be really quick,
10:08do you ever, do you wonder what our life would be like?
10:17like what?
10:19if I let you, if you finally manage to reach your dreams
10:25I think about it all the time
10:29John, I can't keep waiting
10:36waiting
10:38when is enough gonna be enough for you?
10:42I know
10:44I'm sorry
10:46I'm trying, I
10:48this dream
10:50it's a part of me
10:52it's a part of me
10:53I can't stop it any more than change who I am
10:56it just feels like we're at a crossroads here
11:01like no matter what I do
11:04I lose something
11:06I don't want to make the wrong decision
11:08John
11:13you have to choose
11:15what?
11:16Hannah?
11:17Hannah?
11:18what's happening?
11:22what's happening?
11:26I need to find her
11:33okay, so this isn't really so much about exploration
11:37it's gonna be a story
11:41and I'm pretty sure I'm just confined to this little area here
11:47oh
11:49pager
11:51you gave up
11:53who's sending me these?
12:17who's going off the leaves?
12:41almost like little embers
12:47oh
12:51oh damn
13:02Bambi
13:05ooh
13:08the hell?
13:09what the fuck is that?
13:22okay
13:23what do you mean?
13:32it's like some kind of shockwave or something
13:34I don't have a life bar, so
13:40what the hell?
13:41did I go back here?
13:43is that
13:44a house?
13:45huh?
13:46oh
13:47oh
13:48oh
13:49oh
13:50oh
13:51oh
13:52oh
13:53oh
13:54oh
13:55oh
13:56oh
13:57oh
13:58oh
13:59oh
14:00oh
14:01oh
14:02oh
14:03oh
14:04shit
14:09what the hell
14:14watch that it's not working
14:15can I go over there
14:18what is that
14:19stay away from me
14:23I need to find a way out of
14:24tunnel
14:28let the fuck get of that
14:30?
14:31I take it, I gotta avoid that.
15:01I can't get up there, it's not very fair, I can't see him, okay there he is, alright let's
15:26go around him, oh run, run, run, run, run, run, oh it's not gonna let me leave, okay, I gotta
15:48get in my flashlight right?
15:55Oh, oh it's still not working, how do I get up there?
16:07I can't, damn it, stop setting the flashlight down, it's right there isn't it?
16:34Oh my flashlight's not working, obviously, and it was hard enough to make my way around
16:52when I could see.
16:54Alright, so before I encounter that monster, is there any other way to get over there?
17:03Ah, not really, nope.
17:08Ah, there you go.
17:10Nope, just shoved me down, okay.
17:11I can't jump, so can I go over here?
17:16I cannot.
17:18Damn it.
17:19Damn it.
17:20Ah.
17:21Okay, I can't jump, so can I go over here?
17:25Can I go over here?
17:26I cannot.
17:27Damn it.
17:32Damn it.
17:33Okay.
17:50Come on man.
18:01there's no way over there and it stops me right about here this is the way I
18:22came all right don't really have any choice just gotta keep dying I guess
18:37shit what the hell
19:07maybe if I just avoid it for a while
19:37at least it gets stuck on the trees too
20:06oh okay do I fight it
20:21aha are you put the steps back together okay I'm so smart
20:29come on grab it grab it oh my god I hope it's gonna give me another one oh what the hell
20:42really
20:45that's crazy I can't grab that come on
20:59all right
21:05what was that thing first take away your pain
21:18is it still here
21:26oh oh
21:31okay never mind
21:35what the hell is this
21:39okay it's a wood pot
21:49can't get in that way
21:54I'm supposed to get in that
22:14I'm confused
22:41what the hell
22:52hmm
23:06this is kind of a puzzle game
23:18why won't you let me pick up my flashlight
23:25I need it so bad
23:29it doesn't look like there's any door oh okay there we go
23:42noise
23:46this place feels off
23:48the air
23:53the air feels heavy
23:55Satan
23:59wait
24:00this
24:02is my axe
24:04well keep it dude there's monsters out there why would you set it back down
24:14oh
24:17nummies
24:19oh
24:40like that
24:41a little lumpy bed
24:44this book
24:51such
24:51feels like
24:53it's staring back at me
24:56hmm
24:58god
25:12how deep did this guy go
25:15that's what she said
25:21what the
25:27what's happening
25:30what's happening
25:30what's happening
25:48oh
25:50you
25:50you
25:53you
25:54you
25:56you
25:58Man, I can't even pick up a stupid candle.
26:11It's even darker though, I can't see anything.
26:25Oh, there we go, okay.
26:37Awesome!
26:38Ooh!
26:43No!
26:44I can't...
26:46What?
26:47This...
26:52This can't be real.
27:07John!
27:11Who is that?
27:13You forgot about us.
27:17Hannah?
27:18Is that you?
27:20I feel invisible around you.
27:24Please!
27:25Hannah!
27:26I already come last.
27:30Maybe one element to be around me.
27:34Wait!
27:35Please!
27:36Hannah!
27:37I'm sorry.
27:39Please come back.
27:40I'm sorry, John.
27:42I got here.
27:43I got here.
27:44I got here.
27:45Oh no!
27:54Wow.
27:55Okay!
27:57So, that was very short.
27:58okay so that was very short that's cryptic tales um it said on the store page that um
28:13that it's similar to games i've played uh it had fears to fathom and before your eyes i
28:19i definitely get the before your eyes vibe from this it's gonna be it's gonna be a story and um
28:26you know to have all kinds of special effects you walk through it so kind of like a what they
28:32call it a walking simulator but um yeah definitely have to check that out when it comes out hopefully
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