The Victor Initiative

Love the House of Leaves references 🤤🤤🤤🤤

The Victor Initiative is a funky horror game mixed with humour and it doesn't go on for longer than it needs to. The chapters progressively get more challenging, build tension, and establish a good foundation of world building in this universe. Very interested to see what comes next. It's clearly inspired by a whole mix of great games, but especially the works of Remedy, primarily Alan Wake and CONTROL. It even includes Sam Lake as one of the cameos in-game. Definitely worth checking out if you like horror and/or Remedy, 8/10.

This is to indie game horror what Evil Dead (the very first one) was to movies. Its not perfect, sure, but its got so much heart and earnest creativity that I have to recommend it Whatever game this team makes next will be a game-changer

Very good, not scared at all, I am a big brave grown man so I have not been scared a single time playing this anxiety inducing game with great story and funny jokes. Definitely did not whimper. I have witnesses.

This is a pretty damn good indie horror game. On top of that, it's hard as hell sometimes. I won't spoil too much, but if you're a fan of SCP containment breach and you want something a bit more linear, this is the game for you. Each entity has it's own mechanic, and by the end of the game you'll get through some environments that sometimes feature a combination of these entities. It's really nerve-wracking, and it's not for the faint of heart. It starts off with just one type of entity in chapter 1, they introduce a new entity in chapter 2 with the exact opposite mechanic of the previous entity. When these two entities are together, it's very challenging. I love the game, but yes at times it can feel very overwhelming and straight up unfair. I highly recommend it, if you can handle the troll difficulty scenarios that they throw at you. If you were expecting an easy walking simulator, this game will not be for you.

Quick note before i get into it: I will be mentioning spoilers for some events in the game throughout my review, although i will not be mentioning specific STORY beats. I loved this game, it feels like a love letter to SCPs, and to Remedy. The aesthetics were delightful and the music was good. It was great The Pros: - Sam Lake cameo - The Rocking Horse in the House is nice, especially with the little foreshadowing - The documents were well written, and i like the worldbuilding that the documents create, mentioning items that do not directly appear in the game - I like the Music, and the continued usage of the three main antagonists. - The Last Resort as a weapon doesn't remove any tension. Notes: - I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate rocking horses now. The Cons: - It can get frustrating trying to locate a Horse before it gets you, as they do not play their Melody unless they are already behind you, which leads to a few ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ deaths at the hands of The Horse - Some mechanics aren't given enough love, like the fact you can jump for like, one scene at the beginning of Chapter 2. - The Flash Beacon sequence in Chapter 4 genuinely pissed me off, i played with the dev intended brightness for the res…