![]() ![]() The game demands exploration which in turn makes the likely hood of running into Slender Man that much higher. It also means that it’s almost impossible to memorize the terrain since well… if you’ve seen one tree, you’ve seen them all. ![]() The location is perfect not only because as a culture we’ve engraved in our minds that dark woods equal serial murder, but because the scenery will undoubtedly mess with your head. The decision of having this game take place in the woods (at least for the first version of this game) wasn’t one made on a whim. This isn’t helped at all by the game’s liberal use of haunting music and unnerving sound effects, which do an excellent job of setting the tone. ![]() No matter how many pages you possess, you’ll never be able to shake away that nagging feeling that somewhere out there in the woods he’s watching you and planning to pop up when you least expect it. It’s effective because the pacing makes you almost dread to get another note for fear that he’ll actually reveal himself. I’ve only gotten up to five pages, so I don’t know how hard he gets but trust me when I say he gets crafty.įrom what I’ve seen, he’ll only show up once you’re three to four pages in. One trick he’ll use is standing at the passenger side of a car so if you look through the mirror, BAM, he’ll get ya. His favorite, at least with me, is to hide at the very corner of the bathhouse so I don’t see him until I round the corner. Once you collect more notes, Slender Man will get tricky with his spawn locations. However that all changes once you get the further you progress. When you do, he’ll usually be across a field in plain view, stopping just short of holding up a big neon sign that says, “Hey look at me.” In this scenario it is very easy to avoid him. When you start off with one note, usually you won’t even find Slender Man. ![]() These notes are important because the difficulty of the game is based on how many notes you have. The notes in question that you must find are scattered all over the map and always generate in different (albeit scripted) locations forcing you to explore. It lures you into a false sense of security and when you least expect jumps out at much like Slender Man himself. It may not sound scary, but trust me, that’s one advantage this game has over people. He doesn’t pursue you per se, but rather he just strategically places himself in key locations where one might look so if you don’t want to lose health you don’t look at him. Along the way, a man called Slender Man is following you and if you make eye contact for too long, you’ll die. The basic idea of the game is you’re an unknown person who is trying to collect eight pages in the woods. Part of what makes Slender so great is how simple, yet powerful it is. I keep telling myself that this is indeed what’s going on, because otherwise I’ll just have to face the reality that this is a very scary game. A psychological horror game that’s both simple yet powerful get all eight pages before he gets you over the past year, I’ve gotten the chance to play a string of free download indie games ranging from different genre’s and play styles, and out of all of them I would probably rank Slender as my favorite.īrought to you by developers ‘Parsec Productions,’ Slender is a survival horror game which follows the adventures of an extremely antisocial individual (let’s call him Bob for lack of context) as he tries to pick up litter while avoiding the company of a man a suit. ![]()
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