Daylight

If you like Slender, play that instead and pretend you are navigating a maze of corridors. If you hate Slender, run far away from Daylight as though evil witches are chasing...

In those moments where I found myself more terrified than I had been in a while, I truly saw what Daylight was meant to be. Outside of those instances however, the game had an overcast of moments of what could have, and should have been. It is quite the up and down experience that only takes about two hours to beat.

It's just let down by the repetitiveness and enemies that soon reveal themselves to be nothing more than a nuisance. Ultimately, the biggest shock Daylight gave me was the realisation that I was out to collect stuff instead of surviving the horrors...

This could be a fine premise for a horror game, but Daylight's execution is too poor to ever inspire a sense of...

The familiar had become unfamiliar; the hospital, and my grandma’s house, were nearly endless circles of stories and rooms to discover. A disembodied voice in your cellphone tells you at one point, “Round and round, Sarah.” This is the path I took in the game, and it’s the path the game is taking still in my head.

Don’t get me wrong, it is a rather creepy game and it can still frighten even the boldest of players, but in the end, it is a single play through game that lasts four hours at the most.

The witches are truly unnerving, but they're never a real threat, and the reward for your survival is disappointing. Daylight is good for a few well-executed scares, but it won't leave you sleeping with the lights on.

Successful horror is 90% unpredictability and 10% actual creepiness. Look no further than Slender: The Eight Pages for a perfect example -- the monster itself looks ridiculous, but it gave so many people nightmares because it was unpredictable. Daylight...