Despite the name the 5 games here are all quite unified in style and theme. There is a nasty, rusty soviet aesthetic which permeates all the games, and they all share themes of corrupt regimes treating humans like machines to reach too far into the abyss to find something on the other side. You can see a evolution of these games as Mike Klubnika refines his surrealism into more conceptually interesting scenarios and relies less on anti climatic jumpscares to end the stories.

Sadly I don't think any of the games in this collection are particularly good as they either fizzle out into nothing or have no idea where to go and end on a cheap jump scare. Despite this I think the sum here is better then the parts and together each game amplifies the others into a surreal experience that is far more interesting then the 80s slasher wannabe low poly games.

Reviewed on Oct 28, 2023


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