Portable Nightmares
HIGH One of this gen’s best indies, now on the go.
LOW Nothing new here for returning players.
WTF The ending is still one of the wildest moments in all of gaming.
Tag: Horror
Play With Me Review
No
HIGH Stabbing a passcode out of a corpse.
LOW Would it have killed them to add some lights?
WTF Wait, am I the killer? That doesn’t make sense…
Paratopic Review
People Are Strange, When You’re A Stranger
HIGH Lo-fi visuals and eerie atmosphere.
LOW The experience might be too short for some players.
WTF What is on those tapes?
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School Review
School’s Out… For Terror
HIGH Finally spotting the ‘locker ghost’
LOW The entire second building, pre-patch.
WTF So you just expect me to randomly check out that room before fighting the tree?
SOMA (Safe Mode) Review
Better Safe Than Sorry
HIGH Safe Mode opens the door for timid players to experience SOMA’s story.
LOW Chase sequences now lack a sense of danger.
WTF I’ll never get used to using the right trigger to interact with objects.
The Final Station: The Only Traitor Review
Who Was Saved?
HIGH Finding the point where the stories dovetail.
LOW Running out of health packs in a no-passenger run.
WTF Seriously, what is going on with these flashbacks? I demand a book!
Tesla Vs Lovecraft Review
Who Will Win The Future?
HIGH Using a fully-upgraded War Pigeon to wipe out two hundred monsters in a matter of seconds.
LOW Getting trapped by the Elder Polyp’s energy vortex again and again.
WTF Tesla’s Death Ray.
Dusk Preview
The best part about experimental retro games is the ability for game makers with some vision to explore an interesting idea – what if previous generations of devs kept making titles at a given level of technology rather than constantly chasing graphical improvements?
Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut Review (Xbox One)
Worth a Butcher’s
HIGH The attention to detail and affection for ’80s slasher fans
LOW Is too much content a bad thing?
WTF Why do I care about cats?
Little Nightmares: The Hideaway Review
A Recurring Dream
HIGH The furnace room is a hub, and it was satisfying to repeatedly return to it.
LOW This time around, the “Inside-lite” label is earned.
WTF Interacting with the Nomes is the core mechanic — the AI should work better than it does.
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