I played this for a project I'm working on with some friends and wooooow this is noooot for me lmao.
Analog Horror type beats have never particularly been my thing but I can vibe with a kinda "x but it's off and kinda creepy" type experience especially if it eases you into that experience after instilling a false sense of security with you.
The problem here is that it kinda just goes down the list of the most obvious creepypasta tropes that you could possibly go for from the word go, like you would think that maybe it would hold off on some of its more creepypasta ass shit for at least a little bit but nah, I feel like it's designed that way to keep a youtube/twitch audience engaged (and I mean it has a streamer mode so I definitely think that's what's up).
It especially feels bizarre when the 3rd act of the game actually feels like it does something far creepier and far more interesting with its concept and the kinda connection and trust we allow programs to have on our computers without fully really thinking much about it sometimes.
It just all feels squandered in the way its all wrapped up and presented. Like if this leaned far more into stuff like the complete access/building you something from that, I really think this could've been something way more interesting than it was but I feel the ARG/Youtuber/Streamer/Game Theorist bait it lays out constantly just had me rolling my eyes the entire time.
Defo for a certain audience and hey more power to them but like I need a little more from something like this. I will say, the visual design and audio design though is perfectly done and I do really think that this person has a lot of potential to make something really special.
Also Kinito asked me what my favorite game was, I said Koudelka and he pulled up Control so frankly he's a fraud.
Analog Horror type beats have never particularly been my thing but I can vibe with a kinda "x but it's off and kinda creepy" type experience especially if it eases you into that experience after instilling a false sense of security with you.
The problem here is that it kinda just goes down the list of the most obvious creepypasta tropes that you could possibly go for from the word go, like you would think that maybe it would hold off on some of its more creepypasta ass shit for at least a little bit but nah, I feel like it's designed that way to keep a youtube/twitch audience engaged (and I mean it has a streamer mode so I definitely think that's what's up).
It especially feels bizarre when the 3rd act of the game actually feels like it does something far creepier and far more interesting with its concept and the kinda connection and trust we allow programs to have on our computers without fully really thinking much about it sometimes.
It just all feels squandered in the way its all wrapped up and presented. Like if this leaned far more into stuff like the complete access/building you something from that, I really think this could've been something way more interesting than it was but I feel the ARG/Youtuber/Streamer/Game Theorist bait it lays out constantly just had me rolling my eyes the entire time.
Defo for a certain audience and hey more power to them but like I need a little more from something like this. I will say, the visual design and audio design though is perfectly done and I do really think that this person has a lot of potential to make something really special.
Also Kinito asked me what my favorite game was, I said Koudelka and he pulled up Control so frankly he's a fraud.
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@moschidae Yeah I can definitely see the merits and how it could work for somebody else here, like there is a lot of interesting ideas and really neat ideas that I honestly just wish it did more with overall. It definitely plays with the player in a fun and interesting way even if what it used that for wasn't necessarily my type of horror.
Yeah I watched some playthroughs from others once I was done and that feature seems to be busted or something? On Steam at least I know it just pulls a random game from your steam library but I kinda imagined that maybe it could've pulled from like IGDB or something but idk.
Yeah I watched some playthroughs from others once I was done and that feature seems to be busted or something? On Steam at least I know it just pulls a random game from your steam library but I kinda imagined that maybe it could've pulled from like IGDB or something but idk.
I think this game and Kitty Kart 64 made me realize that a majority of indie horror will probably never evolve past the FNAF-fication that has been drilled into it. I had hope when I was like 9 that maybe indies would one day move past being Slender and Amnesia clones and be something more but it became a different beast that will never be slain. It's clear to me that the strive for innovation will never grow and I will see these games churn out faster than my bowels can produce shit.
moschidae
10 days ago
Also when they ask for your favorite game it just seems busted, when we played my friend answered pokemon and it gave her alone in the dark, and when i watched vinesauce play it he also got a different game than what he put in so /-: