The first game from Blumhouse is an inventively designed retro experience for players old and new
— or the unlucky few with more sadistic family , you might’ve been exposed to adult-tier frights ofare offering up bloodletting and ghoulish nightmare fuel that’ll stick just the same in player’s psyches as any horror flick. Maybe even more so.in look and design, but thematically is more aligned with the comfort of young adult horror. It’s just creepy enough to instill pulse-pounding anxiety, without ever taking the plunge into anything too traumatic.
But this leads to a key point that’s somewhat essential, although per embargo agreements, there are restrictions around what can be discussed in reviews. Vivian’s journey is a solid 3 to 4 hours, depending on how quickly players can find solutions, and that might’ve felt fine, if brief.
Without any further detail, it’s safe enough to say that everything that works well in the primary section continues to do so in the later portions, while the story is recontextualized to be more emotionally gripping and often more frightening.
Regardless of where its specific tone lies at any given point, the decision to go lo-fi with the visuals works dividends for creating an effectively spooky atmosphere in a game that’s otherwise somewhat low stakes. Without any gore, minimal jump scares, and just a small handful of recurring horror motifs that drive things forward, it’s almost entirely up to the games audiovisual vibes to do the heavy lifting, which it does.
The audio design also feels anachronistically modern compared to the graphics, with a heavy orchestral score that slips from eerily somber to relentlessly heart pounding. The characters’ voiceovers are just tinny enough to feel like they belong in a shlocky horror film, but much better acted than anything delivered in true b-movie trash.
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