A great bite-sized survival horror that does a fine job recapturing some of the magic seen in the iconic classics. From the low-poly graphics with proper CRT filters, to the controls and muffled voice bytes. Murder House does a surprisingly good job balancing between being an homage to survival horror video games, and slasher flicks that thrived in the 70s and 80s!
There's also something to be said about how well this kind of game can create fear within the player. The way they present the main threat throughout as the Easter Ripper is sandwiched in the middle of an oppressively terrifying score and sound design, it's all extremely effective! The fact that this game doesn't need super-charged graphics to immerse the player in fear shows how talented these developers are.
The game also doesn't overstay its welcome. The design is pretty simplistic, and they knew that. Instead of dragging this out into some eight-hour campaign, it isn't hard at all to clear the entire game in about two. Which is appropriate, considering the slasher movie feel of the game!
There's also something to be said about how well this kind of game can create fear within the player. The way they present the main threat throughout as the Easter Ripper is sandwiched in the middle of an oppressively terrifying score and sound design, it's all extremely effective! The fact that this game doesn't need super-charged graphics to immerse the player in fear shows how talented these developers are.
The game also doesn't overstay its welcome. The design is pretty simplistic, and they knew that. Instead of dragging this out into some eight-hour campaign, it isn't hard at all to clear the entire game in about two. Which is appropriate, considering the slasher movie feel of the game!