It's not enough for a free pass to the cheapest kind of 'horror' there is but it does somewhat excuse it and given the source material, it fits the world naturally. It's a cheap jump-scare tactic, but if you've read anything on the Slender Man you'll know that's his game. The game actually shares many parallels with The Grudge, released on The Wii, in that it revolves around things appearing where you can't initially see them while you walk very slowly. What results can go two ways: either a heart-racing sprint through the darkness (and it is very dark), or a bored snail-pace walk through the dark. The more you have yourself lit up in the darkness of the trees, the easier it is for Mr. Your only 'weapon' in the game is your flashlight, but guess what? Even that works against you.
Or was it nothing? Best to keep running and not find out. Turn around too fast and you'll swear you saw an arm, a glimpse of the suit, something. The more pages you pick up, the more you'll think you see things in the distance. Your simple task is, as the title implies, to collect eight pages from a very dark forest. You can't fight back, you can't escape, you can only hide fruitlessly. The game takes that feeling of desperation and plays on it at every turn. The character itself has evolved from being a simple observer in a photograph to being the thing you are scared to think of at night. If you can suspend your disbelief when reading the stories or watching the YouTube series' you'll want to give this a go.
While it may be fake, the mythos evolved from a simple photoshopped picture for a contest into several successful YouTube series', stories and now, Slendy puts on his finest business suit and appears in his own game.
He of internet fame through his original creation on the Something Awful forums in 2009 (yes, despite what the internet tells you, he was made up, he didn't originate from a German myth and he isn't knocking on your window, I'm sorry). While it may be late in the day given its release date, what better time is there to pick up and play Slender than around Halloween? I've done just that and here's my thoughts on the viral success that is the first person horror adventure, Slender: The Eight Pages.ĭeveloped by Parsec Productions, Slender is based off the mythos of the Slender Man.
Reviews // 24th Oct 2012 - 11 years ago // By Kev Malone Slender Review
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