There’s a lot of replay value, too, as the story has multiple endings that depending largely on the choices you make throughout the rest of the game. Sara Is Missing seems to have functioned as a sort of dry run for what Kaigan (formerly Monsoon Labs) would later do with Simulacra.
But Simulacra is both longer and more satisfying than Sara Is Missing it feels much less like it’s on rails and hints at a much bigger story. Kaigan Games’ Simulacra bears a lot of similarities with its predecessor, Sara Is Missing: Played entirely on a smartphone interface, the idea of the game is that you’ve randomly found that phone and have to try to figure out what happened to its owner. You’ve finished, then to me, that’s reason enough to give it a shot.Īre you seated comfortably? Good. If it makes you think, or if it sticks with you long after Something doesn’t have to be perfect to be worthwhile indeed,Ī thing can be seriously flawed and still worth your time. Way that actually might have little to nothing to do with how “good” or “bad” Important is the fact that I found them interesting or noteworthy in some other It, of course (there’s nothing like a well-made piece of work), but more On this list aren’t necessarily there because they’re “good” that’s part of Just, y’know… something to consider.Īs is typical with my various media recommendations, the games (“Horror” usually works better than “creepy” or “spooky.”) Also, horror as a genre doesn’t just have one narrow definition. I use the word “horror” a little loosely, by the way “spooky” or “creepy” or “unsettling” might be more accurate, but, well… SEO and all. No sense in continually recycling the same things
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The list is full of plenty of titles I haven’t There are also aįew titles in here I’ve mentioned elsewhere before, but I’ve tried to make sure
Other people play and some of them I’ve only just discovered. Some of them I’ve played some of them I’ve watched So: Here are 15-ish unconventional horror video games that I Form matters it can have a huge bearing on what a story ultimately means.
As someone who has long made stories my literal job, first as a theatre artist and now doing… whatever you call what it is I do now (having thoughts and stringing words together and putting those words in places other people can read them?), I’ve always been interested in form as much as I am in content - that is, I like to dig not just into what a particular story is, but also into how it’s being told. When I say “unconventional,” I’m referring largely to framing and to gameplay mechanics - that is, the form the game takes.
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