THOSE WHO REMAIN review
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Those Who Remain (PS4, XB1, PC)
“Stay in the light”. It’s a simple rule to survival in this horror game that borrows gameplay features from, well… pretty much every Outlast-clone of the past few years. With a smattering of puzzles to break up the stealth action, this is a tried and tested formula for survival horror success that gamers of the genre will know all too well.
Gaming Heaven
- To survive, you must light the path in front of you, meaning turning on lamps and light switches to avoid darkness. A simple rule that helps notch up a foreboding, tense atmosphere as you try to remain in the light.
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Gaming Hell
- Slow-paced to the point of slumbering along, the speed at which this is played doesn’t help the excitement.
- The puzzles seem to veer wildly from toddler-level basic to down-right mystifying, with no in-between.
- For a horror game, perhaps the most frightening part is the lack of genuine scares.
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Final Verdict
There is nothing bad about this game, it just isn’t very exhilarating to play. Far too slow-paced for its own good, a mundane gaming experience that horror enthusiasts will have all seen before.