Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut

released on Apr 23, 2012

An expanded game of Lone Survivor

In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.


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A lot of Silent Hill. And very little else.

The food and sleep system were great. But the game cannot stop itself from reminding you that you are basically playing a certain horror franchise in 2D.

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A really, really average horror game that unfortunately is too focused on replicating the ideas of its inspirations that it doesn't give itself enough room to create something truly unique. There are undoubtedly positives, but unfortunately the game begins to drag its feet rather quickly.

Maybe it was novel for its time, but it's a pixel indie game that speaks about mental illness and the shebang.

The basic gameplay loop is very repetitive and any added variety like the boss-ish enemies is honestly bad and arduous.

One major issue that negatively affects the subject matter is the art and scripting. Looking horribly silly at significant moments, an example is a huge monster appearing right next to the MC but between the appearance and the verbal response there's an odd two-second pause when the MC sprite just idles. Not to forget that the Pixel art clashes with the grounded visuals of the game, the game has very subpar readability.

Dialogue reads like it's written by a stoned dudebro who just logged off a COD lobby, the way that gameplay actions affects narrative is very esoteric, and honestly it's preposterous to ask someone to replay this mess 2-3 times to get multiple endings and a fuller picture when some endings tell way less than others.

Sound design was miles ahead of any other aspect, which makes sense since the dev made music before.

I understand that this is only one man's effort but there's simply too many fumbles for it to be even considered a decent experience.

The dude obviously likes silent hill, but this is a derivative and obsolete experience. Go play Signalis if you want a competent silent hill homage with a proper story.

probably the best pixel art horror

Very well thought out little homage to Silent Hill, mechanics like the flashlight and food make it really compelling horror, you actually feel under pressure a lot of times.