A little game about running around in the dark and capturing footage of monsters.
The camera gimmick is really what sets this apart from, and maybe above, its inspiration. At the end of each run you watch back all the footage you've captured. Every little goofy interlude, every discovery, every monster, and hopefully every dead teammate and every scream of horror all on display. This is when the game clicks—just you and your three friends watching your pratfalls and missteps and laughing along.
The fact that you have to watch it back really encourages you to get in character and want to "improve" your footage.
Every time I go out I want to capture the best, funniest footage possible. Making sure I hit selfie cam to capture my own death, or getting little found footage film-type interview clips from my friends, or capturing random objects we're goofing with in-between the jump scares all improve the experience. An ideal clip from this game is all about the pacing of nonsense clips between the scares. The ebb and flow from "oh, a floating orb.. hi orb" to "hey a little spooky guy-- hi little spooky guy." to "THE LITTLE GUY GOT KYLE" is the magic of the game.
Adding to this is the items you can buy between missions. I dig that almost every item in the game is less "utility device" and more "toy to play with". You can buy soundboards, and boom mics, and interview mics, and party poppers, and clappers to make noise. One of my favorite experiences in the game was goofing off with the boom mic when, upon being attacked by a monster, every one of us yelled and peaked/blew up the mic to a deafening degree.
Have played a few hours over a few runs of this game and really dig it. It's an ideal "hanging out with the boys" type of game
The camera gimmick is really what sets this apart from, and maybe above, its inspiration. At the end of each run you watch back all the footage you've captured. Every little goofy interlude, every discovery, every monster, and hopefully every dead teammate and every scream of horror all on display. This is when the game clicks—just you and your three friends watching your pratfalls and missteps and laughing along.
The fact that you have to watch it back really encourages you to get in character and want to "improve" your footage.
Every time I go out I want to capture the best, funniest footage possible. Making sure I hit selfie cam to capture my own death, or getting little found footage film-type interview clips from my friends, or capturing random objects we're goofing with in-between the jump scares all improve the experience. An ideal clip from this game is all about the pacing of nonsense clips between the scares. The ebb and flow from "oh, a floating orb.. hi orb" to "hey a little spooky guy-- hi little spooky guy." to "THE LITTLE GUY GOT KYLE" is the magic of the game.
Adding to this is the items you can buy between missions. I dig that almost every item in the game is less "utility device" and more "toy to play with". You can buy soundboards, and boom mics, and interview mics, and party poppers, and clappers to make noise. One of my favorite experiences in the game was goofing off with the boom mic when, upon being attacked by a monster, every one of us yelled and peaked/blew up the mic to a deafening degree.
Have played a few hours over a few runs of this game and really dig it. It's an ideal "hanging out with the boys" type of game