Without these (and even with them), I found myself questioning who I was as the player character, and what I was doing running around in these random forests, mines, and burnt out, abandoned buildings. The story that is told is heavily veiled behind collectibles and sparse documents, and must be inferred. In fact, there is a speedrun trophy for finishing the game in under 45 minutes, if that is any indication of how long this game actually is. This monotony lasted throughout the entirety of the game’s experience, which was less than two hours total.
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for fear that Lisa could be breathing down your neck? Well, Slenderman ought to take some lessons from Lisa for his next outing. Remember how scared you were of walking through the hallways in P.T. The first couple of times made me jump a little and fear making the trek off into the dark again, but the repetitive and expected patterns soon had me running through dark areas, simply veering off to each side anytime I detected that he might be near. If I saw him looming before me, I would simply turn and walk in the other direction until the effects wore off. Walking through a forest as my controller starts to shake and the visuals begin to distort meant that Slenderman was near. While I started off creeped out, that feeling quickly dissipated into a bored expectation of what was to come next. After going through Outlast and P.T., and seeing the reformation of horror games coming to us soon with titles like The Evil Within and Alien Isolation, I can’t help but feel that Slender: The Arrival is a seriously dated affair.
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Yes, I am aware that Outlast technically came after Slender, as this PS3 version is a re-release, but Outlast just uses these horror game tactics to a much better end than Slender does.
The game’s HUD is also set up to look like you are looking through a camera, mimicking “found footage style” horror movies, as well as games like Outlast. Slender: The Arrival borrows the horror gaming convention of arming you with nothing but a flashlight and the ability to run. In fact, this first chapter is slowly paced, and while I expected something to happen, nothing ever did - until the scream. “Screw the road,” I thought, and headed straight through the forest towards the house. I could see some lights through the forest, but the road seemed to take a round about route to the house.
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Pausing the game tells me that my objective is to get to Kate’s house. Okay, this seems like it’s setting up some atmosphere. I walked around aimlessly for a second, as some creepy drumbeats started to play and the sky began to darken. However, I know that graphics don’t determine if a game is good or not, so I bravely pressed forward. The first thing I noticed was that the graphics failed to impress at all. You are next to a car that is blocked from going any further down a forest road, so naturally you must walk. The collectibles can be picked up at any point from the stage select menu.The game starts out in daylight. Once both the Normal and Hardcore settings are complete, it's time to mop up any remaining achievements including speed runs and collectibles.
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Hardcore can be a little daunting for some, but with after completing the game on Normal you should now have sufficient experience to make it through with minimum hassle. This can be done by resetting the difficulty via the Main Menu and then either starting a new game or choosing Prologue from the Stage Select. You will need to complete the entire game barring any secret levels or the Genesis level. Once unlocked, each of the stages can be started using the Main Menu. Overall, the game isn't too difficult and no previous experience of Slender games is required to play it.