Horror Cartridge Collection

Break Even Games, run by a single developer, brings you at this time 7 different games with varying length, and a small hub world. Another PSX styled horror collection, for the most part, is it any good you wonder? Yes, its great. Every game features its own gameplay style, has hand crafted assets, and theres several endings for each, along collectibles, and notes to find. From controlling a computer to launch missiles, to mining diamonds, to searching for fuel on an empty road, just for an angry pensioner to steal your teeth for lying. You wont be disappointed. Every ending, note, and collectible is listed once you enter a game, and if you are stuck, you can check for hints. Either replay and explore on your own, or check the hints. What a simple yet fantastic little feature that has completionists freed from frustrations. Every game has even little modifiers you can select before starting. Like disabling the intro, instant mining, or just an enhanced timer, if you arent doing well under pressure. Really not much bad to say, two of the games maps can be annoying to navigate. The Mine has a lot of paths where you end up just looping forever until you find the right one, at least …

I've made a few collections in my day and I gotta say, I really like this one. My favorite feature is the developer's commentary. I really enjoy going through and learning about the thought process behind the games included. The 7 games included at time of review are well varied, and I'm excited to see what comes next as they continue to improve their skills and add new games to the collection. The connective tissue of the launcher is the only aspect of this game that feels early access with all the unsolvable puzzles. But you can stick to free play if you don't want to deal with that.

As a guy who played the original DreadXP, I can say "I love this plan. I'm excited to be a part of it!" Bill Murray quotes aside, I like this, it's great. The horror experience is fine, the frame-story of a creepy video store in great, and the understanding that something is gradually creeping up to you is palpable. Plus, if the game is making you pull hairs out, you have dip-switches, so no one can leave disappointed. I enjoyed my visit to the video store and the end of the world! Would end the world again!

Probably my most favorite "horror anthology" game, there's ton of behind the scenes and developer commentaries. Here's my simple rating for each cartridges: (I suggest you to go in blind) Out Of Gas: 8/10 - Simple but creepy, enjoyed the multiple endings, great introduction to the cartridges. Nightmare: 7.5/10 - Pretty trippy and creepy, satisfied with this one. The Mine: 5.5/10 - The gameplay was very repetitive but still worth playing, spooked me multiple times, basically Minecraft but horror. M.A.D: 3/10 - Very complex and confusing, I had to look up for guide and walkthrough since there's no in-game instruction, not a horror game. Warehouse 14: 6/10 - Short and simple, got some good scares, basic story and ending but still worth playing. Santa's Workshop: 8/10 - Very engaging and fun, the instruction note helped me understand how things work, not too scary but I enjoyed this one. Took me few attempts to beat. Eternal Storage: 8.5/10 - My personal favorite, the story and the ending was really great. Some scary and mysterious moments, overall I really love this cartridge. Resolve Your Fate: 6/10 - Very interesting game mechanics with messed up but well written story. I'm …

[h1]Since this is an anthology, I feel I should rate all the games on their own merits.[/h1] [b]Out of Gas[/b]: Short and simple, and the endings were rather easy to figure out. There were some light puzzle elements (mostly, how not to die) and it wasn't a slog to play through over and over again. [b]Nightmare[/b]: Only two endings (one was to simply die) so not a bad one to deal with. Felt a little on the rails, because even though you were on the run from the enemy in maze-like corridors, I never felt like I'd get lost. [b]M.A.D[/b]: This one gives only a little guidance, so it's easy to overthink/not notice what you're supposed to do the first few tries. But, I liked that it was all one big puzzle, and in the end I got it all (had to get some help with the last ending, though). Not bad. [b]Warehouse 14[/b]: Only one ending to this one, so it felt the most linear of them all. Not bad, and some decent jumpscares. [b]Eternal Storage[/b]: Man...this one was aggravating, with a large map to traverse and lots of going back and forth. But, the most annoying for me, was that sometimes the path would change (shutter doors would be up or down) which disoriented me. I found it VERY ea…

great anthology of short little horror games with a really interesting overworld connecting them that I want to see more of in future