Yawn-inducing skulls drop from the ceiling, chairs jitter and shake, and I once saw a statue fall over, clipping through the wall next to it. ![]() Wandering, terrified that the Slender Man could be around any corner should be a big part of the game, but instead several cheap scares are employed. Sadly, this is one of the places Slender Man Origins fails most. Games like Resident Evil and Amnesia hinge almost exclusively on the air surrounding the player. Instead of having an eerie story unfold slowly, the game is forced to maintain the same pace throughout each level.īut not all horror games need a great story, they just need a good atmosphere. Though the ability to choose what order you play through the levels is novel, it’s that mechanic that breaks down the core of what could be a well told horror narrative. The story is thinner than the game’s antagonist, and doesn’t even try to pull the player into the world. Slender Man has taken some children that the main character seemingly has no attachment to, but regardless he runs off to several haunted locales to hunt down the Slender Man. I’m not sure where he got such a stylish suit back then, but I suppose that just adds to the mystery BIGZUR lends to the trendsetting beast. ![]() Slender Man Origins attempts to give him a dark background that dates back to the year 1702. I still have nightmares about shows Wikipedia calls “tongue-in-cheek” that I saw 10 years ago.Įvery monster needs a good origin story, and Slender Man doesn’t seem to have one that’s set in stone. ![]() To put this review into perspective, allow me to tell you an embarrassing fact about myself. The monstrous man’s origins have never been fully explained, and the only thing known about him is that he steals children. He has all the trappings of a grade A horror creature: lumberingly tall, blank face, long tentacles, and, perhaps scariest of all, a starched and clean business suit. Slender Man rose out of the black abyss that is the Something Awful forums back in 2009.
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