Russell's Range

First hour of gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmxXV-9zKg This game is in the genre I'd call "FNAF-likes" - in that you are a solo employee at a children's entertainment venue who needs to do tasks and encounters scary creatures. If you do not do the tasks appropriately, the creatures will get you with a loud jump scare. However, this game differs from FNAF, in that you have a 3d body and can move around the venue - i.e. you are not locked behind the computer desk and have tasks to complete around the grounds. The tasks are a little bit involved, and while each night seems to have the same tasks, it is randomized at what time you need these tasks to be completed. For example, "move the cactuses from the backroom to the diner between 12am and 4am" could be "11am and 2am" on a different run, providing some different replayability. There's also more submechanics, from what I understand - you have a healthbar, and need to stay quiet around certain creatures, and need to do tasks in a certain "way" to survive the night. The creatures have genuinely kinda interesting designs, and though I didn't get too deep (since games like this aren't my jam), there seems to be quite a few…

While not the type of game I typically play, there is a foundation of a really incredible horror game. The tasks encourage you to explore the relatively contained map and everything is very well crafted for an indie horror game. This game excels at creating atmosphere and dread, while there are jump scares, the game is not reliant on them for its scare-factor. There is a lot of visual settings that allow increases accessibility not dependant on the hardware you're running. The sound design is solid, everything from the flashlight, buttons and walking is very immersive. I think it was a great decision to not make completion reliant on getting tasks done, rather to just survive, which plus the achievements, that rewards you for attaining a certain amount of points or just progressing, made me replay the first night just to try to 100% it or see anything I missed. Personally, I really enjoyed the visual and sound designs of the creatures that roam and overall had a great time with this game! There are some areas I feel that are in need of improvement. The first is the complexity ramp up from day 2 onwards. I understand making the player stressed managing all their responsibilities …

night 1 was fine, night 2 just had so much chance for the game to ruin you. often multiple random events will happen at once and there's no way to win. other times, the creature from the office breaks loose and you don't notice it because you have to fix the cameras and it kills you in the middle of doing the breaker box maze. I got killed walking out the door because it happened to switch the exit sign off right as I was leaving. it can be bs, not even sure it's just hard, goes into the realm of this is unfair. I really wanted to see what night 3 had in store, cause it much be some real ♥♥♥♥ lmao