> Be me.
> Load up SBTF which I will always call "Terror Fight" because this game is about fighting the terror.
> Game may be 720, or maybe just auto-mimics my desktop resolution. Can't change it in-game if so. Odd, but still doable.
> Game randomly generates me a female character. This will helpfully match my screams later. And by 'later' I mean 'soon'.
> Launch game.
> Start in a closet.
> Empty space suit nearby. Nothing in closet seems activatable.
> Breaker box X feet away or yards or meters or something.
> Door is not activateable.
> What.
> Push on door.
> It creaks open slightly.
> Did I mention this room is totally dark except for my flashlight?
> Flashlight is steadily waning.
> Did I mention the motion tracker started pinging when the door creaked slightly open?
> Back up from door.
> Shotgun already ready already.
> The game randomly focuses and defocuses DURING THE GAME. ...the utter wat.
> Thing does not wish to approach my shotgun guarded door.
> Light is waning.
> Battery is dead.
> Light remains active, but only a small red glow.
> Okay.
> Try shooting door.
> Did not open.
> Reload is not apparently needed in this game. I can live with that.
> Something is coming. Heard my shot.
> Still does not wish to approach the blood-dim glow of the crack of the door.
> This game is as bad as Alien: Isolation and I'm actually armed with limitless ammo.
> Well played, game. Well played.
> Fine. Thing doesn't want to come in. I'll push on door again.
> CREEEAEAAAAAAKKKKK!
> beep beep beep BEEP
> Backing up from door. Should be wide enough now. One way or another.
> BEEP BEEP BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEEP
> "Pulse" throbs view as beeps get faster.
> Hellish nightmare escalates.
> BLAM at the door BLAMMITY BLAMBLAMBLAM
> Thing rushes through door.
> On the ceiling.
> I never quite see it.
> It sees me.
> Fingernails on chalkboard as it shrieks and stabs.
> Possibly another little shriek in there somewhere, can't recall clearly.
> First character: dead.
> I didn't even leave the first room.
10/10 would induce nightmares again.
...
> Be me.
> Induce nightmare again.
> Get far enough to turn on the lights this time.
> Doesn't help.
> This game needs a buddy system.
> When John Carpenter Things scurry toward you on the walls and/or ceiling, step behind your buddy.
> If you can read the back of my shirt, thanks pal, try to keep up.
Hahaha... Funny stuff......wait, did you say shotgun.....I'm.down. let us know when you get out of the closet :hide:
You should write for RPS.