bloober studios - not a scary name but they make scary games
Tim was playing Star Citizen with his online friends so I decided to start up Observer, I game made by the same people who made the unsettling Layers of Fear.
Because there's nothing like scaring the crap out of yourself right before bedtime!
As this article says, it has a very Blade Runner meets horror vibe going. Lots of wandering around dark hallways, with dark corners (doors and corners, that's where the get ya!).
You play as a grizzled "Observer", some special kind of policeman who has cybernetic enhancements that allow him to scan crime scenes for bio and tech. While searching for his missing adult son, the character stumbles upon some pretty gruesome murder scenes in a rundown apartment building.
There have been two jump scares so far that have made me cry out - one a character appeared behind me, but he just wanted to talk. Another was a stupid pigeon flying in my face. At one point I closed my eyes as I walked down a hallway, which is kind of silly with a video game since, unlike a movie, I need to see and react!
No actual point to this post, just trying to calm down before bedtime LOL. The game is about 8 hours long, according to what I see online, and I've been playing for two hours (though I kind of got lost in the building for a bit there) so I just need to make it through. The story is interesting so I want to know what the hell is going on. BUT OMG I AM SO SCARED LOL.
Playing a horror game with headphones on was probably not the best idea. For the last twenty minutes, I had the volume sort of low because all of the creaking of the apartment floors and doors were setting me on edge.
I also may have glanced at the achievements and saw one for not dying which means I CAN DIE so now I'm super paranoid. Though I guess you could die in Layers of Fear also but that was only by not running away when scary things happened and that is NOT a problem for me haha.
Okay...maybe I'll go play Dr. mario on my phone for a bit to get into a less creepy headspace. GOODNIGHT!
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Because there's nothing like scaring the crap out of yourself right before bedtime!
As this article says, it has a very Blade Runner meets horror vibe going. Lots of wandering around dark hallways, with dark corners (doors and corners, that's where the get ya!).
You play as a grizzled "Observer", some special kind of policeman who has cybernetic enhancements that allow him to scan crime scenes for bio and tech. While searching for his missing adult son, the character stumbles upon some pretty gruesome murder scenes in a rundown apartment building.
There have been two jump scares so far that have made me cry out - one a character appeared behind me, but he just wanted to talk. Another was a stupid pigeon flying in my face. At one point I closed my eyes as I walked down a hallway, which is kind of silly with a video game since, unlike a movie, I need to see and react!
No actual point to this post, just trying to calm down before bedtime LOL. The game is about 8 hours long, according to what I see online, and I've been playing for two hours (though I kind of got lost in the building for a bit there) so I just need to make it through. The story is interesting so I want to know what the hell is going on. BUT OMG I AM SO SCARED LOL.
Playing a horror game with headphones on was probably not the best idea. For the last twenty minutes, I had the volume sort of low because all of the creaking of the apartment floors and doors were setting me on edge.
I also may have glanced at the achievements and saw one for not dying which means I CAN DIE so now I'm super paranoid. Though I guess you could die in Layers of Fear also but that was only by not running away when scary things happened and that is NOT a problem for me haha.
Okay...maybe I'll go play Dr. mario on my phone for a bit to get into a less creepy headspace. GOODNIGHT!
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