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Slender - Free survival horror

  • 07-07-2012 5:00pm
    #1
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭


    Saw an article about this on IGN and thought it looked cool
    http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/07/07/slender-is-pure-horror

    Link is included to download it. I haven't tried it myself yet.

    Anyone try it and what'd you think?

    And on a related note, what would be a good FPS survival horror? I know of Amnesia


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  • #2
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Saw an article about this on IGN and thought it looked cool
    http://ie.ign.com/articles/2012/07/07/slender-is-pure-horror

    Link is included to download it. I haven't tried it myself yet.

    Anyone try it and what'd you think?

    And on a related note, what would be a good FPS survival horror? I know of Amnesia

    Penumbra is by the same people who made amnesia.

    Not FPS, but dead space, resi4/5 are very good.

    Else FEAR , L4D2, Condemed are all good FPS horrors


  • #3
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Fúck this game. Played it for less than 5 mins and had to quit. I can't do it :o


  • #4
    deathrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    My mate threw a little video together of his reactions while playing this. The sound's a wee bit out of time, but still good fun.



  • #5
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Just played through it. Never again. I'm sweating all over


  • #6
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    Stalker - call of pripyat with the Misery Mod is pretty survival/horror

    kinda need the misery mod though, it's a great game without it but more of a traditional fps/rpg blend because it's just not that hard to survive.. so the horror isn't there

    with misery installed I found myself running away from fights as much as turning to shoot


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  • #7
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    deathrider wrote: »
    My mate threw a little video together of his reactions while playing this. The sound's a wee bit out of time, but still good fun.

    Watched some of the video. Great reactions. Think he imagined him when going around those tanks since I didn't see him. Haven't tried it yet and these videos don't encourage me. :) But I will try it


  • #8
    TomCo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,528 ✭✭✭TomCo


    Frightened the crap out of me!


  • #9
    deathrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Watched some of the video. Great reactions. Think he imagined him when going around those tanks since I didn't see him. Haven't tried it yet and these videos don't encourage me. :) But I will try it

    Yeah, I thought that too. Looks like it played a few mind games with him. Still though, the video made me chuckle, and the more people who veer towards our site because of it, the better :)


  • #10
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,749 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    The people who made this game are assholes. Brilliant, but assholes.


  • #11
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Some of theses are hilarious. Skip to the 5 minute mark



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  • #12
    madcabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,304 ✭✭✭madcabbage


    Jesus I though I'd handle this game no problem with all the gorey games I've played! Couldn't handle 5 minutes! :( Playing it with headphones in the dark makes it worse!


  • #13
    marko93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,014 ✭✭✭marko93


    Downloaded it and gonna play it tonight, watched a few walkthroughs and it looked great :)


  • #14
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    Watching some 'Lets Play' vids on this now - fcuk. THAT.


  • #15
    Asmodean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭Asmodean


    I think the next game I do a video on is going to be this one!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLdB4Dw97rk

    It'll keep me going until a machine for pigs comes out anyway.


  • #16
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I feel I should apologise if this thread introduced you to a nightmare inducing game. :)

    Felt this comic was appropriate
    http://darkgate.net/comic/images/ctrlaltdelsillies/1341791404.gif


  • #17
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    I tried it, and got bored after 10 minutes.
    It did give me 1 or 2 little scares, nothing major.

    Is it possible to collect all 8 pages ?


  • #18
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,929 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    I played it quite a bit lastnight with some friends, we were all watching in and well it scared the f*ck out of us, the farthest I got to was 6 pages


  • #19
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    You become desensitized after a few minutes I found, I did anyways.

    I think it's because you see him all the time and just have to turn away and walk/run the other direction.

    With amnesia, you never really know what it is you're running from for most of the game.


  • #20
    ninja 12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭ninja 12


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    You become desensitized after a few minutes I found, I did anyways.

    I think it's because you see him all the time and just have to turn away and walk/run the other direction.

    With amnesia, you never really know what it is you're running from for most of the game.

    How similar is this to Amnesia ?
    Similar type of game and atmosphere ?


  • #21
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    ninja 12 wrote: »
    How similar is this to Amnesia ?
    Similar type of game and atmosphere ?

    The game only lasts 6 mins so the two can't really be compared. Amnesia is far superior in every facet


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  • #22
    ninja 12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭ninja 12


    Grimebox wrote: »
    ninja 12 wrote: »
    How similar is this to Amnesia ?
    Similar type of game and atmosphere ?

    The game only lasts 6 mins so the two can't really be compared. Amnesia is far superior in every facet

    6 mins ? Really ?


    Love Amnesia , might try this after the steam sale .


  • #23
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Yeah, as above the 2 can't be compared.
    There is no story to slender at all really ...

    It's tactic is to scare you based on "suprise" , walking through a dark forest and suddenly you see something when you turn around.
    But this gets tired after 5 mins...game only last 6 or so though as mentioned above :P

    The game is free and a tiny download, so you can try it before the Steam sale and be done in 5 mins.


  • #24
    ninja 12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭ninja 12


    Thanks for the replies :)


  • #25
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    I don't think the game simply has "surprise" type scares. There is certainly tension being built with the sound effects and the limited view of a torch in a dark forest. It accomplishes a lot given how short it is imo


  • #26
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    It works well as a proof of concept, and to show that games like that can be made well and have an audience.
    Though the idea of "Slender man" itself can't be taken much further, I'd love to see more games like it being made.


  • #27
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    That's hilarious. I didn't know he pops up like that


  • #28
    SeantheMan
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    RopeDrink wrote: »
    , so you look behind you for example and if he's there, keep looking while walking backwards and try get a tree between you/him etc.
    It's the reason I always have and always will enjoy a good horror movie or It's when people realize the tactics, have maps to refer to so they know routes and page locations, know how to keep Slender at bay etc etc that it loses a lot of scare factor, same as any game really.


    Yeah, I did this, I wanted to see what he looked like. I could peer in an out, and didn't go insane, as long as he is not directly in view.
    You can ZOOM in, forget which button it is (Z or C or something)...and don't even know why it's in the game.


  • #29
    tylercollins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 845 ✭✭✭tylercollins


    I did 2 Facecam reaction videos of it.. pretty cool game which made me jump a few times! Also made me purchase Amnesia! Currently recording a lets play series with Facecam for my youtube channel.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCPKKcMQkk


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Gsa6urV-Y


  • #30
    daithieoghan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭daithieoghan


    I heard about this game today, free download. Saw reaction video's on YouTube and game site.
    I of course doubted their validity, donned my headphones, turned off the lights, pulled the blackout curtains to create some atmosphere, turned up the volume and promptly s**t myself.
    This is one the scariest things I have ever played. I'm actually nervous about the inevitable 4 hour stint of heart pumping, spine tingling nightmare I'm about to put myself through.
    Can I stop myself? No. I love it. Will I be able to sleep and dream of happy things? No.
    Seriously. If you want to scare the bejaysus out of yourself and enjoy it (ish) give it a shot.
    I would be interested to hear any opinions on the subject.


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  • #31
    candy-gal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭candy-gal1


    Played this a few weeks ago, and yeah scared the crap out of me! :eek:
    Its the not knowing whats going to happen in it, and the whole sounds and ambience in it beforehand, plus was playing it with the curtains closed with the bf beside me grinning away playfully knowing exactly what happens in it :P:D

    Its a "made me jump" shock to say the least imho


  • #32
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Thread about it already here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79608003


  • #33
    daithieoghan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 159 ✭✭daithieoghan


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    Thread about it already here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79608003
    Sorry bout that. I did search.


  • #34
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,537 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Slender threads merged.


  • #35
    gizmo
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    This is the best thing.


  • #36
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,310 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Ha! Brilliant!

    I always like the videos where they're making fun of Slenderman, acting all cocky, but then the second they see him close to them they scream like girls. :D


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  • #37
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54,635 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    gizmo wrote: »


    This is the best thing.

    lol

    That is hilarious

    I ****ted in my pants to at the gas tanks there


  • #38
    Pen Rua
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    I downloaded it after seeing PewDiePie play it off YouTube. I've only had the nerve to play it twice (both at like 2am...) and it freaked the sh!t in to me. It's more the tense music, the darkness and the tension of "where the hell is Slendie" that scares me.


  • #39
    Goro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 247 ✭✭Goro


    Grimebox wrote: »
    The game only lasts 6 mins so the two can't really be compared. Amnesia is far superior in every facet

    Amnesia was one of the best games I've played in the last 10 years.;)

    This is like a taste of what Amnesia is.


  • #40
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,731 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Apropos "indie horror": did anyone else try Lone Survivor after it got bundled into the latest Humble Bundle?

    I actually couldn't take more than 1hr of it; freaked the hell out of me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt0ZezljHk


  • #41
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    Looks interesting.

    These games made by the same guy who does the zero punctuation reviews are a little bit scary. They are a throwback to the old school point and click games. I highly recommend them.

    http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/5days/


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  • #42
    Grimebox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭Grimebox


    K.O.Kiki wrote: »
    Apropos "indie horror": did anyone else try Lone Survivor after it got bundled into the latest Humble Bundle?

    I actually couldn't take more than 1hr of it; freaked the hell out of me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt0ZezljHk

    I've been playing this for the past 30 mins or so and I just realised he's wearing a mask and he isn't grinning ear-to-ear. I'm an idiot


  • #43
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Tried to be smart and locate the notes first without picking them up. He's NOT spawning when you pick up the first note, he also shows up when you get close to the exit... b@st3rds!!! :D

    Love it.


  • #44
    wayne040576
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭wayne040576


    I can't play this game too much as every time I lose it completely crashes my PC and I have to reboot. Which is a shame.


  • #45
    richymcdermott
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,447 ✭✭✭richymcdermott


    Played this today cause my sister was like , hey bro play this , its really scary and i laughed out loud and said pfft cant be that scary

    This is what ended up

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7EmPqrO8CQ


    Didnt know where to go or what to do


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