Anthology Of The Killer threads a really delicate needle, managing to one way or the other be extremely humorous whereas nonetheless making you worry on your life.
BB runs a zine on spooky-goings-on in her city. Fortunately, there is no such thing as a scarcity of fabric the place she lives. Irrespective of how mundane a spot would possibly sound, wherever BB goes, you’ll discover some unsettling factor price writing about afterwards. And actually, there isn’t something mundane about any of the locations she’ll go to throughout the varied episodes of this anthology. Each location is full of surreal visuals, eye-grabbing sights, and distinctive creatures. Exploring this world is rearding sufficient by itself.
The visuals are rewarding, however in addition they create a base feeling of discomfort as you discover the world. Issues don’t sit fairly proper. Scary creatures flit about or outright seize onto you. On the identical time, outright hilarious interactions occur. The dialogue is sharp and humorous, but additionally vivid and discomforting. This recreation slips by way of scary interactions that one way or the other make me snort about my very own doubtless demise. Horror and humor typically go hand-in-hand, however this connection is usually lopsided. This recreation does one thing unimaginable by at all times holding this stuff in steadiness, creating this unusual sensation that I’m laughing to maintain myself sane whereas making an attempt to not die simply so I can write one thing to make lease.
Anthology of the Killer is phenomenal as a recreation to make me snort whereas concurrently giving me that sense of dread I get pleasure from whereas enjoying a horror recreation. I’ve simply by no means had these emotions coexist in the identical second earlier than. This mingled sensation, in addition to the unimaginable ability with the writing and visuals it took to deliver me to this unusual place, make this recreation into one thing you really want to expertise no less than as soon as.
Anthology Of The Killer is offered now on itch.io, GameJolt, and Steam.
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