Howler for an Hour: Simulacra

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Charem the Shadox

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Published on March 27, 2018 5:15:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0EYBECUHTM

Game:

Simulacra (2017)

Duration: 1:10:55

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/712730/SIMULACRA/

A horror/thriller game which takes place entirely on a cell phone... Nifty!

This one turned out to be really engaging. A women named Anna has lost her phone, and you - whoever you might be - have found it. There's a ton of stuff to look and read through on the phone, and it's easy to realize that something very, very bad must have happened to Anna.

The design of this game is very convincing. From the texts to the websites, to the well-composed personal photos and videos...this game seems very real, and the phone very 'lived-in', for lack of a better term.

On top of that, there's some clever sound design. Though all you do is stare at a phone, your character is still in a room, existing somewhere tangibly...and this is made evident when random sounds are heard in that tangible world. The game makes good use of headphones; I was hearing sounds in specifically my left and right ears at times.

This game is definitely creepy, but it restrains itself. It never beats you over the head with it...which just raises the suspense. This is some intelligent pacing right here.

I really like this! Creative, unique, engaging. I highly recommend it for its $5 price tag.

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