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What did I get myself into

A boring, meaningless game.
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A detailed environment, packed with nostalgia. A story presented as pieces of a puzzle, left for you to put together.

The less you know going in, the better.
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I went in blind when it was free on PS4, based on the atmosphere at first I was expecting a horror game, but it's pretty much just you walking around the house and piecing together the story and that's it.
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A fucking boring game with an ending that presents itself as a happy ending but is instead one of the stupidest things they could do.
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It's alright. I think knowing what it's about ruins the impact of what it's trying to do which ruined it a bit for me.

But I like these games that feel like you're just sorta snooping into someone's life.
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it's okay

the ending is kinda dumb tho
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The game is pretty good at providing a constant sense of dread and tension if you don't spoil yourself. Which unfortunately is exactly what this topic has done.
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Polycosm posted...

The game is pretty good at providing a constant sense of dread and tension if you don't spoil yourself. Which unfortunately is exactly what this topic has done.

yep, quite a few douches/naive people ITT
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Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

Polycosm posted...

The game is pretty good at providing a constant sense of dread and tension if you don't spoil yourself.

It really doesn't. Like, at all.
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soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

Pretty sure that's impossible
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BignutzisBack posted...

soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

Pretty sure that's impossible

Oh no I was talking about an in-game mechanic not real life lol

soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

How did you know it wasn't right away? Plenty of horror games have their mechanics locked when you start and don't become available until you're actually in a fight or flight situation. Everything about the atmosphere of the game is eerie when you start. I don't see how you could've possibly known it wasn't a horror game right away.
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dave_is_slick posted...

Polycosm posted...

The game is pretty good at providing a constant sense of dread and tension if you don't spoil yourself.

It really doesn't. Like, at all.

TC don't read-- full spoilers:
The game opens with some disturbing answering machine messages. Later, a bloody tub fake-out. After planting the seeds early on in the dad's writing, the game covers some really dark territory between the walls and in the basement... it seems entirely possible that you're going to discover some really sick shit down there or that you might not be alone in the house. As you approach the final stretch, the story clues point to a 50/50 chance that you're going to find the little sister hanging from the rafters in the attic.
Plenty of tension if you didn't ruin it for yourself.
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Make sure you go for the speedrun.
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Polycosm posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

Polycosm posted...

The game is pretty good at providing a constant sense of dread and tension if you don't spoil yourself.

It really doesn't. Like, at all.

TC don't read-- full spoilers:
The game opens with some disturbing answering machine messages. Later, a bloody tub fake-out. After planting the seeds early on in the dad's writing, the game covers some really dark territory between the walls and in the basement... it seems entirely possible that you're going to discover some really sick shit down there or that you might not be alone in the house. As you approach the final stretch, the story clues point to a 50/50 chance that you're going to find the little sister hanging from the rafters in the attic.
Plenty of tension if you didn't ruin it for yourself.

Buddy, I went into this blind and it's laughable that you think it was tense.
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Slip-N-Slide posted...

soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

How did you know it wasn't right away? Plenty of horror games have their mechanics locked when you start and don't become available until you're actually in a fight or flight situation. Everything about the atmosphere of the game is eerie when you start. I don't see how you could've possibly known it wasn't a horror game right away.

Not to mention that a lot of indie horror games go for a haunted house simulator thing these days.
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soulunison2 posted...

BignutzisBack posted...

soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

Pretty sure that's impossible

Oh no I was talking about an in-game mechanic not real life lol

ohhh lol I was like wtf
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It was a pretty fun experience. Not much of a game, but a different way of considering how interactive experiences can be constructed.

Well TC is probably basically finished with the game by now.
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Still playing, this is p interesting

I downloaded it last night. I'll try it tomorrow probably.
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Finished it,

Pretty decent interactive video

Go home, you're drunk.
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Slip-N-Slide posted...

soulunison2 posted...

Nah I knew this wasnt a horror game since I dont have a fight or flight mechanic

Im an expert on the horror genre

How did you know it wasn't right away? Plenty of horror games have their mechanics locked when you start and don't become available until you're actually in a fight or flight situation. Everything about the atmosphere of the game is eerie when you start. I don't see how you could've possibly known it wasn't a horror game right away.

Theres always a telltale like a jump scare or a quick way to use the intended mechanic I didnt see it