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First-person horror game finding information about a mysterious creature

First-person horror game finding information about a mysterious creature

Vote: (985 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Parsec productions

Version: 0.9.7

Works under: Mac

Vote:

Program license

(985 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Parsec productions

0.9.7

Works under:

Mac

Pros

  • Terrifying atmosphere, music, environment, and game play
  • Easy to learn controls
  • Boasts huge player community

Cons

  • Some users complain that it's too easy to lose sanity and die

Slender is a horror game application that lets users roam around a terrifying world. In the game, users are tasked with hunting down eight different manuscripts about the Slender man.

The Slender Man is a paranormal, faceless creature that is attempting to track you down. The only way for the user to survive is to find all eight manuscripts concerning the origin of the Slender Man and escape the densely forested world.

The closer that the user gets to the Slender Man, the more quickly their sanity drains. Once the user's sanity gets to zero, they die by coming into contact with the Slender Man.

Over the past few years, Slender Man has grown to become one of the most popular first person horror game applications. In the early 2010s, Slender Man kicked off the trend of horror games, Youtube video game reviews, and fan site play throughs. Even to this day, thousands of new users every week try their hand at evading the Slender Man.

The controls are easy to learn and only consist of the mouse, coupled with a few keyboard settings. The user presses W,A,S,D keys to move, toggles the mouse to look around, and presses the left shift bar to sprint.

Despite the simplicity of the controls, it's very difficult for most users to successfully survive. Users are forced to turn off their flash light from time to time in order to avoid seeing the Slender Man and sprinting quickly drains energy.

The game is based on the story of the Slender Man, which was crafted by an anonymous user on the Something Awful Forms in a thread dubbed "Paranormal Images". He's described as having thin, stretchy limbs, no facial features, and a form-fitting black suit. In the game, the Slender Man uses his outstretched limbs to ensnare pray, who are unable to look away from his featureless face.

Contact with the Slender Man can cause coughing fits, paranoia, visual distortions, and geographic shifts.

Users appreciate the game since it's free to play, boasts a dedicated user community, and is genuinely terrifying.

Pros

  • Terrifying atmosphere, music, environment, and game play
  • Easy to learn controls
  • Boasts huge player community

Cons

  • Some users complain that it's too easy to lose sanity and die