‘Silent Still 2’ Makes You Sit With its Jarring Terrors

Silent Nonetheless 2 captures the scary feeling of sleep paralysis throughout a nightmare, leaving you caught watching as scary issues shut in.

You play as some form of hobbyist ghost hunter, exploring an deserted college for kicks as you search for proof of the paranormal. After meandering by way of the ruined halls and plunking your self right down to trouble the spirits of the lifeless for a bit, you discover that one thing solutions you again. After a little bit of a scary jog again out of the varsity, you head residence for slightly relaxation. Factor is, no matter ghost you had been annoying has determined to observe you residence. And it loves nothing greater than to come back after you when you possibly can’t transfer.

Being caught in place whereas ready for one thing to creep up on you drives the dread by way of the ceiling as you play by way of this recreation. There are various intervals the place you possibly can’t transfer your physique and might solely peek round your surroundings. Utilizing sounds and minor adjustments to the surroundings, the video games continues to ramp up your discomfort and worry, all the time seeming prefer it’s about to lastly leap out and kill you. The sport retains pushing its leap scares and taking part in with their timing, although, leaving you at that terrified edge ready to your demise to lastly arrive. It hints at one thing simply standing there, able to pounce. It reveals a silhouette of one thing that makes you too scared to look away as you retain anticipating to die. It attracts these moments out as you sit there, unable to maneuver.

Silent Nonetheless 2 excels at this gradual construct into its scares, all the time taking part in with the timing of when the shock arrives. Typically it feels interminable and also you virtually beg for the factor to only kill you. Typically it simply jumps you again and again while you’re not ready. It doesn’t matter what, the sport does a superb job at taking you by scary shock every time.

Silent Nonetheless 2 is accessible now on itch.io and Steam.

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Joel Couture

Joel has been protecting indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is consistently looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games may be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.