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Author: zippdementia
Posted: October 08, 2012 (12:13 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
EDIT: Changed one of the photos.
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Author: TryHard
Posted: October 08, 2012 (08:30 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yeah, no. Sorry, zipp, but this thing is about as frightening as the creepypasta it's based on- i.e., not frightening in the least.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: October 08, 2012 (09:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I hope that guy isn't RunningFree, because that was disappointingly mild by his standards.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: October 08, 2012 (10:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That video is excellent, Suskie, and I thank you most deeply for introducing me to it. I don't know why, but I do find Bane's voice and particularly his diction hilarious in all circumstances out of context.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: October 08, 2012 (10:54 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'm pretty sure it is RunningFree. It wouldn't the first time he's appropriated my old Caligari icon.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: October 09, 2012 (12:41 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ah, Caligari. Did anyone ever see the insane 1989 sequel? Chinchila Chinchila Chinchila...
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Author: Suskie
Posted: October 09, 2012 (01:42 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Hey, so, I gave this game a run tonight. Thoughts.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: October 09, 2012 (01:56 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
That's more or less my complaint, Suskie, except that I actually like to be scared. I think my main reason for liking Slender is that it's a quick fix for delivering scares. I don't have to start up and go through a whole playthrough of Silent Hill or Fatal Frame to be scared shitless; or worse yet, starting a new game and not finishing it.
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Author: darketernal
Posted: October 09, 2012 (05:31 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Good review, though I would rate it far lower. To me it was just a boring game that I tried one day. In the end I ran into Slender Man on purpose just to be done with it. To each his own, I guess.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: October 09, 2012 (10:12 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
No, to be perfectly honest, I agree with you Suskie that's it not an enjoyable game. Like I point out, I don't enjoy it. But it is, as Joe says, a quick fix for fear and an interesting study of how to make it happen. I also think it is a game that would lose some of what it's about if it got even an iota more complex, like adding a story or a point or an ending. It's just a game a keep away that scares the piss out of you.
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Author: TryHard
Posted: October 09, 2012 (02:00 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I hope that guy isn't RunningFree, because that was disappointingly mild by his standards.
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Author: Sise-Neg
Posted: October 09, 2012 (06:41 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
After the most recent update of Slender the game suddenly became nigh-impossible to complete. I've gotten 6 pages at most before the douche just pops up right behind me. And yes Zipp, screw the bathrooms!!! I made it a point to get the bathroom page first after the first two times Slender cornered me in there. I keep playing it because I want to unlock the other modes the game has that only unlock when you beat it once, but I've yet to overcome that darn guy.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: October 09, 2012 (07:01 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I've been pretty good at dodging the guy and I've gotten pretty close, especially the times where I do the bathroom early on, but two things inevitably kill me.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: October 11, 2012 (12:02 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Wonderful read, Zipp! I like that you reference similar scenes from other games, and also talk about the psychological aspects of the game.
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