Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Sep 08, 2010
This game does one thing and it does it very well, scares the shit out of the player. As an indie game, the graphics aren't great but are acceptable, but the sound design is absolutely brilliant and horrifying. The game prompts you to play to immerse yourself, not to win, and if you do it is one of the most genuinely scary things I've been exposed to in entertainment media.
You wake up in a castle with a note you have written yourself. You cannot remember who or where you are, but your former self is not surprised. The note tells you that you have purposefully forgotten recent events, and that you now have one goal: find and kill a man named Alexander. You don’t know who Alexander is or why you wanted to kill him, but your note warns that you are being chased by a dark shadow that alters reality and that time will be short. The dark shadow is a persistent t...
I love when games get me spooked, and this rather dark little game was a near perfect recipe for suspense and jumpiness. It's rare that a title comes along and provides players with such a rich atmosphere to be immersed in. Like the intro states, the game is not to be played to win, its purpose is to give players a dramatic first person survival horror experience. I can honestly say that the game freaked me out a few times, but I'm a sucker for playing games in the dark with the sound cranked! ...
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