HIGH A unique take on the genre. Some unusual locales.
LOW Nasty stuttering often occurs in the late game.
WTF Sharp-eyed explorers will spot a neat Resident Evil Easter egg.
Tag: Survival Horror
My Friendly Neighborhood Review
HIGH The atmosphere is superb and the puppets are comically feral.
LOW Some severe framerate drops. Plentiful healing dials the tension down.
WTF Have you ever seen a depressed puppet?
Labyrinth Of The Demon King Review
HIGH The Tower of No Interval.
LOW The final encounter.
WTF Not sure a broken sword is the weapon of choice entering a Demon King’s maze.
Metro Awakening Review
HIGH The first game where checking the chamber of my gun has a skill ceiling.
LOW The “worm worm worm worm worm worm worm” scene.
WTF Five headshots and an enemy still gets back up. Really?!?
Fear the Spotlight Review
HIGH Superb atmosphere and aesthetic — it creeped me out!
LOW Some of the spotlight placements felt unavoidable.
WTF What is it with survival horror games trying to make us put our hands in toilets?
Hollowbody Review
HIGH The world is survival horror perfection — dark, moody, and oppressive.
LOW Movement can be a bit finicky to learn. Objectives may not always be clear.
WTF The sewers were so intense!
Crow Country Review
HIGH The PS1 aesthetic is captured well.
LOW Odd pacing and playing it safe for new players can skew the experience.
WTF Traps… lots of traps…
Alone In The Dark (2024) Review
HIGH This final fight is very different than the one in 1993.
LOW Wait, THAT’s the warehouse safe combination? Seriously?
WTF Pretty sure that’s Jeremy talking to the game’s developers right there.
VIDEO PREVIEW: Alone in the Dark (2023)
Alone in the Dark is back! After a 15 year absence — and yes, I’m aware of the terrible co-op shooter from 2015, it doesn’t count — the literal first name in survival horror is back! GameCritics was invited to an online preview event, and I have thoughts!
Resident Evil 4 (2023) Review
HIGH Leon’s new defensive knife skills are an inspired addition.
LOW Some of the craziest moments of the original campaign are no more.
WTF Leon evading a dual chainsaw attack in the most bizarre and dangerous way possible.