Those Who Remain is a creepy, creepy game. It’s unnerving, and that’s the point, I guess. Walk through the bright light doorway and the regular looking gas station become’s a cold and dead world with overgrown foliage wrapping itself around the nearby car. A gas station further up the way turns into a Stranger Things-like upside-down, topsy turvy world. It’s soon obvious that not all is well with the world, or at least Edward’s world. Every step towards the darkness had me feeling uneasy, and every time those shadow people made an appearance, I felt myself squirm a little in my seat. But I will find a way to kill you, you creepy sods.īetween this house and the next area, I had to complete a basic puzzle that involved finding a key and turning on a generator to get the lights going. Edward collapses, the screen goes black, and I’m back at the bottom of the stairs. Us gamers are also curious folk, so on behalf of our kind, I ran straight up the stairs towards the shadow people to see if there was any chance we couldn’t just have a good old-fashioned video-game fight. I’m a gamer, of course, and these are my natural instincts. I need to go upstairs and have a look at what’s going on and if there’s anything for me to steal. I stood at the bottom of the stairs looking upwards. I have a mooch around the abandoned house and find nobody. I turn on another light and they disappear. The kitchen has a glass sliding door, and outside in the darkness, the shadow people lurk. I flip the light switch and they disappear as the light turns on. Who are these people? Are they people? Are they the occupants of the house? How did they turn into shadow people and how will that affect their social lives? Do they need to get new shadow people passports? Oh, and why are some of them holding weapons? They don’t move and they don’t make any noise, and that makes everything all the more creepy. Standing in the entrance hall of the house and looking into the kitchen, tall, dark, shadowy figures with bright white specs of light for eyes stood before me. Well, nobody that you’d want to get close to, anyway. The door isn’t locked and nobody is inside. The next area has a few buildings – a couple of houses, a barn – and I let myself into the first house. But this is a game and I know I’m being an idiot. Still, I hoped against hope there would at least be someone to explain what’s going on. I don’t really expect to find the sheriff with a pot of fresh tea, nor do I expect this creepiness to come to a sudden end as everything is revealed. There’s only one thing left to do, and that’s to follow the road and see if I can find someone. That’s what you get for leaving the keys in the ignition, I suppose. What is this game trying to do to me?!?! I legged it outside to find my car had been nicked. Turning around to check the dark corners, I felt the goose pimples on my arms and neck. Stay in the light,” whispers a young girl’s voice. Nobody there, but there was a phone call. I mooched around, found a key, and let myself into the soon-to-be-ex girlfriend’s rented room. I checked reception, expecting to at least have some sassy lady who can’t be arsed with her job to give me a nod of the head. Pulling up to the classic horror-movie motel to find nobody there was unnerving. Not that it ever got to be too much Edward’s voice is basically the only story exposition you get, so every word is appreciated, even if he is being a moaning Mike. He’s not having the best of times, and his constant moaning let me know that. It’s obvious from the off that Edward isn’t a happy man he’s on his way to some hinkydink motel to break up with his girlfriend. Instead, Those Who Remain gave me the chills and had me turning every light and lamp on in my living room.Įdward is Those Who Remain’s playable character. I like bright colour, bad jokes, and heartwarming stories. I’m not the guy who normally takes on horror games, and I’m never the one to suggest a horror movie when it comes to Netflix-and-stay-away-from-the-rest-of-the-world-because-of-a-nasty-virus.
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