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Ok, this is definitely all getting a bit spooky now.

Suddenly, the phone rings and a woman mumbles just 4 words: Stay in the light. After discovering the room in which your loverâ€™s staying and finding a way in, youâ€™re put out by the fact that she doesnâ€™t seem to be here, despite the fact all her stuff is still in the room. The developers have seemingly managed to put just the right amount of light into just the right amount of places, and those places that are dark often feature light switches that can be flicked on or off, bathing you in light and, for reasons you may not even be sure of yet, relieving the tension that comes with that building sense of fear. You try the bell, bang on the desk, try to find out what room your loverâ€™s in. Itâ€™s a dark and stormy night and although thereâ€™s music coming from a small tin-radio in the office no oneâ€™s home. Off to meet your lover to tell her itâ€™s over, upon pulling into the car park of the little motel you realise somethingâ€™s not right. Thankfully, Those Who Remain succeeds in the latter.įrom the offset, I felt the fear setting in. But when done right, you can have a game that gives you chills, scares and everything in between. When done wrong the effect can be a boring, lifeless game. Itâ€™s that feeling of being watched, that sense of vulnerability, that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand to attention or that chill run down your spine. Psychological horror preys on the mind (yes, the clueâ€™s in the name), making you feel uneasy and anxious even when nothingâ€™s happening. Sure, at times when they’re close up they can look a little rough around the edges, but in a game like Those Who Remain this doesnâ€™t really matter. With this in mind, Iâ€™m only going to say one thing about the graphics: they’ve done a bloody good job – on the whole, they look lovely. Now, before I continue itâ€™s worth noting that Those Who Remain does not have the budgetary might of Sony or EA behind it: Camel 101 is an independent and self-funded studio. The Resident Evil 2 remake was good on scares, especially when I played it with the lights down low and the sound turned up high, but before that, Iâ€™d have to go back to my Dead Space days – or even as far back as my Silent Hill times – to remember the last time I was properly scared, psychologically or other. Iâ€™ve seen a lot of good horror films in my life but Iâ€™ve not played too many good horror games, especially not in the psychological horror vein.

Tl dr: A psycho-horror as good as anything the big boys can put outįamily Focus?: Click here for more information Publisher: Camel 101, Wired Productions, WhisperGames

#THOSE WHO REMAIN PLATFORMS PC#

Platform: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), Xbox One, Switch, PC

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