A delightful throwback to the first-ever survival horror game, Song of Horror wears its status as an Alone In The Dark homage on its sleeve, secure enough in its setting and premise to understand that extreme horror can come from creeping dread, rather than a constant struggle for life.
HIGH Getting my hands on an axe, at long last.
LOW Dogs are too good at knocking down my barricaded doors.
WTF The drug trips. Yikes.
HIGH Top-notch tension in its opening hour.
LOW Dying ten times while trying to navigate one section.
WTF Should it really take this many stabs to kill a squid!?
HIGH It’s weird in the right ways.
LOW The story didn’t quite come together.
WTF Those oddly satisfying respawn sequences.
HIGH Top-notch creepy sound design.
LOW Resorting to online guides for obtuse item-puzzle clues.
WTF That police station dream.
HIGH An interesting microcosm of all the things that make survival sandbox games a good time…
LOW …as well as the things that make survival sandbox games a tedious, buggy chore.
WTF This game is nowhere near complete, but is being sold as final!
HIGH Fixing the cat toy
LOW Uncomfortable verbal abuse vibes throughout
WTF The development studio is called Bloober Team. Bloober Team? Bloober!
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