#SLENDER PARSEC REVIEW PLUS#

I would restart this level several times while also learning the locations of each missing page through multiple playthroughs. Often times it became difficult or confusing on why Slender Man caught you.

#SLENDER PARSEC REVIEW PLUS#

Plus the added shake and distortion of your field of view gave visual cues on where not to go, while also making it difficult to get a bearing on your surroundings. This level felt exhilarating as the music and the audio design help drive the fear of being hunted. It is never fully explained, but you need to gather eight pages before Slender Man ends your journey. You come across random snippets of information, such as photos and flyers, to piece together the overall narrative behind Slender Man.Įventually, after a small amount of time, you get to the fabled forest level that Slender Man looms in. You are then greeted with an eerie music track that sets the nerve-wracking mood, keeping you on high alert. The farther you go, the darker the night sky becomes, until you finally reach the forest. The day is set around sunset as you explore the house and the surrounding field looking for clues. The ambiance, the graphics, and the use of the cam footage point-of-view all blend well when you start the game. Slender: The Arrival, on the other hand, did deliver on the scary but fell flat once you pass the original Slender Man: The Eight Pages portion. I would play games like Resident Evil and Devil May Cry, which were horror adjacent, but since the player could fight back, it was never truly scary for me. I’m somewhat of a horror junkie in television and film, but never in video games. Both IPs became famous because of their online appeal on various social media platforms. Slender: The Arrival reminds me of Five Nights at Freddy’s in popularity. I had always heard of the Slender Man game made by Parsec Productions via YouTube, as it was a popular game for ‘Let’s Play’ gamers to use as content for their channels. The game runs smoothly, and the entire Slender experience has been ported over successfully on the Switch, but some aspects of the game don’t work on the go. Slender: The Arrival is a game about the fabled Slender Man, who has risen as a prominent horror figure in pop culture alongside MoMo.

There is currently a lack of horror games on the handheld hybrid, so it’s refreshing to see this game appear on the Switch alongside other games like Resident Evil and Outlast. Suspend your disbelief and flick off the lights and you'll find a horror game that's light on game, but tall on tension.Slender: The Arrival by Blue Isle Studios has debuted on the Nintendo Switch. It's all about your first playthrough, and it's just about cheap enough to justify that scare. A story, told through discarded documents and other environmental clues, is nicely constructed, but you probably won't replay it. It's really just wandering around in the dark, and occasionally fleeing in terror. Daylight scenes break up the gloom and show off the surprisingly beautiful world design. A grainy film effect adds to the horror film feel, and whenever the Slenderman is near, the HUD – which mimics a video camera – distorts and flickers. The lighting is beautiful, and the forests and corridors thick with atmosphere.

It's a challenging game, not helped by how tense it is, but the glacial pace can make repeating levels frustrating.

If he catches you, or you stare at him for too long, it's game over. You have to perform such tasks as collecting a certain number of documents or activating generators, but as you get closer to completing your objective, Slenderman's pursuit gets more aggressive. 'Hardcore mode gives you a finite amount of flashlight battery.' If that isn't bad enough, a hardcore mode gives you a finite amount of flashlight battery, more aggressive enemies, but an alternate ending if you can stomach it all the way through. After the forest level, a remake of the original game's single area, you find yourself being pursued by another, equally terrifying, being. Slenderman isn't the only thing you have to worry about, either.

Slender parsec review