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| I love hiking! |
Wow, what a journey! I finished An English Haunting in six hours. I was very much surprised when, after last time, I travelled to a totally different location, and even got to control another character. Immediately it made the game a bit more exotic.
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| Where's Keyser Söze? |
After a kind of
Stranger Things event at the end of
my first session, I also witnessed a sort of
Paranormal Activity event in this last one. What I love is, even though there's this tense feeling that something will happen, the game still surprised me with its sudden violence. And it isn't over the top; it's short and fast, it's contained, it's over before you know it and you get this "did that just really happen?" vibe from it you also get from good horror movies. Ones that don't rely on sensory-overload jump scares with sudden flashes and loud music or sound effects.
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| Ominous... |
But then the ACTUAL jump scares came, lol! And yes, I screamed. There are a couple right after each other. But it was all done so elegantly. It's masterful storytelling, and I totally get why this game won two Agoty Awards. Could have easily been more in my book!
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| I'd be as frozen as that statue... |
I wish I could talk more about this game, but that would spoil so much. There were truly some WTF moments at the end. It's a game you really have to experience for yourself. It's not THAT long, I went through it quite easily though one or two puzzles might have you scratch your head. This defnitely is one of the best games of 2024, and I wish I had played it sooner because it would certainly have made
my top ten!
You can find An English Haunting here!
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