Some adventures begin with awakening from a nightmare, others by setting out to become a pirate; many start with searching for long lost treasure in some exotic locale, while others have you combing a crime scene for clues. Few games start with the death of the playable character, and fewer still feature a bizarre afterlife filled to the brim with obscure, sibylline entities. In fact, perhaps only The Void fits this description, which may or may not be a good thing.
This radical new experimental game from Ice-Pick Lodge, the Russian developers responsible for the controversial but fascinating Pathologic, tries hard to be original and artistically surreal, but once you scratch the shiny, polished surface, it comes off more as a pretentious, besotted mess that mistakes flimsy plot and tacky writing for art.
The Void debuted on PC over a decade ago, and was entirely unique in it's presentation. However, for some reason, it's been lost in time.
A perfect accompaniment to Ralph Breaks the Internet.
BacklogCritic: "I have been a horror game enthusiast since the original Alone in the Dark came out. The fact that a game could evoke such emotion within me was a powerful force. It was a small step that began a journey to today, and many games have come and gone over the years. Some I remember fondly, despite their flaws, while others were not worthy to even remember their names. The lineup has changed with each successive year, and will continue to do so, as long as I keep gaming."
The writer must be young....Fatal Frame...Alone in the Dark...and Silent Hills as an honorable mention? Damn SH 2 gave me nightmares... Hell even the PT demo and Layers of fear was scarier than most games on this list.
What the hell, at least I agree with No 1, RE7 in VR was traumatising...and I only played about an hour!
Soma should not be in that list, it is the top 10 horror games of all time. Also Dead Space and Silent Hill are honorable mentions?? Such travesty!
