10 Surprisingly Good Indie Horror Video Games Of 2016

LRD: Nov 12

What do you get when you combine Saw, Don’t Breathe and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? Probably an awful flick. But something positive about video games is that their treatment of abstract substance can almost always find feasible, persuasive plastic manifestations (leastways easier than a movie does), no matter how specious, down-at-heel, crazy or nugatory the idea is; just because interaction creates the illusion of tangibility. Of course, how long it can be tenable and interesting depends on more factors, but we now know for sure that Captured passed the first test.

You wake up underground, on a bloody bed, and a recorded message on a speaker greets you with the hideous words: you’re about to be hunted down and eaten by a blind slasher killer named Damien Clyde. The demo is as grievous and sleazy as its beginning suggests, with you trying to silently solve noisy puzzles in order to get into the next chamber full of body parts, while your taster stays around, lending an ear. It’s incredibly difficult, stressful, dreadful, and promises to be even more, so stay tuned.