![]() Set in the cyberpunk city of Neo Hong Kong, it has you playing as a young woman named Mei-Lin Mak, who must explore the ruins of Chong Sing Apartments and survive the ghosts there. Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a side-scrolling horror game inspired by the likes of Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. The PC version is exclusive to Epic Games Store. The game is developed in Malaysia and features work by devs who have worked on Street Fighter V and Final Fantasy XV. Set in ‘Vinyl City’, which is taken over by the EDM Empire, you will play as an indie rock band duo that will take down the empire using the power of rock. No Straight Roads is a third-person action-adventure game that fuses action and rhythm elements. We also have a plentifully long list of honourable mentions, which include a particularly hefty dose of art games.ĭid we miss an indie game you were looking forward to this week? Let us know in the comments below! No Straight Roads Several long-awaited indies make landfall this week, which will have you bopping to indie rock, exploring spooky apartments, raising a dog, performing quetionable surgery, and surviving uncharted islands. And with the Schulman-Joost team and writer Christopher Landon returning, fans will surely expect answers or at least a push forward in the lore of the demon and the witches' coven, but this safe, warmed-over retread exists merely as a placeholding tease.23 Aug, 2020 This week in indie games, we have the action-adventure games Windbound and No Straight Roads, medical parody Surgeon Simulator 2, and more. With more mundane, stationary surveillance, though contemporarily taken from Macbook cameras, smart phones, and video chats, it all begins to feel like more of the same 'ol activity. More self-opening doors, swinging chandeliers, and a cat jumping into the frame lack inspiration even an "it's only a Prius!" jump moment seems desperate but still earns a laugh. A simple "Hi" from someone popping up outside Robbie's house at night makes for a giggly-jumpy surprise there's some creepy-fun business separately involving a disappearing kitchen knife, the X-Box Kinect tracking dots, and a pesky garage door and horror-movie fans will surely find a cute nod to the tricycle scene in "The Shining." Aside from stock scares of someone appearing in the frame or a sudden crashing noise and fake-out jumps every now and then, the filmmakers can't seem to sustain a you-there-are tension this time around or summon any new, memorable parlor tricks that used to jangle our nerves and make us afraid of the dark. Writer-directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, who are two for two with "Catfish" and "Paranormal Activity 3," still manage to hold us in anticipation, until all the quiet waiting around erupts into a jolt or sometimes nothing. Before she even makes the discovery of ancient cult symbols, the family is obviously doomed. or some sort of supernatural force, Ben sets up cameras all over the house for Alex. In hopes of catching more weird activity from Robbie talking to his invisible friend "Toby" at 3 a.m. ![]() The fact that he wears socks with sandals and politely shakes Wyatt's hand are nothing compared to what Ben finds on the playback of recorded video chats in Alex's bedroom. Being around the same age, Wyatt and Robbie become playmates, but Alex and her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) are suspicious of the neighbor boy. When his mom is allegedly sick in the hospital, Robbie stays with Alex's family for a few days. Alex notices the strange little boy who lives across the street, Robbie (Brady Allen), walking around the neighborhood, and then in the wee hours of the morning hears and sees ambulances outside his house. Now in 2011, Henderson, Nevada, 15-year-old Alex (Kathryn Newton) lives in a roomy home with her dysfunctional parents (Alexondra Lee and real-life but now-deceased husband Stephen Dunham) and little brother Wyatt (Aiden Lovekamp). Five years since the possessed (and heavy-footed) Katie abducted her nephew Hunter, their whereabouts remain unknown, natch.
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