Anthology Of The Killer threads a really delicate needle, managing to in some way be extremely humorous whereas nonetheless making you worry to your life.
BB runs a zine on spooky-goings-on in her city. Fortunately, there isn’t any scarcity of fabric the place she lives. Regardless of how mundane a spot would possibly sound, wherever BB goes, you’ll discover some unsettling factor price writing about afterwards. And actually, there isn’t something mundane about any of the locations she’ll go to throughout the assorted episodes of this anthology. Each location is full of surreal visuals, eye-grabbing sights, and distinctive creatures. Exploring this world is rearding sufficient by itself.
The visuals are rewarding, however in addition they create a base feeling of discomfort as you discover the world. Issues don’t sit fairly proper. Scary creatures flit about or outright seize onto you. On the similar time, outright hilarious interactions occur. The dialogue is sharp and humorous, but additionally vivid and discomforting. This sport slips by scary interactions that in some way make me snort about my very own doubtless demise. Horror and humor typically go hand-in-hand, however this connection is commonly lopsided. This sport does one thing unimaginable by all the time maintaining this stuff in stability, creating this unusual sensation that I’m laughing to maintain myself sane whereas attempting to not die simply so I can write one thing to make hire.
Anthology of the Killer is outstanding as a sport to make me snort whereas concurrently giving me that sense of dread I take pleasure in whereas taking part in a horror sport. I’ve simply by no means had these emotions coexist in the identical second earlier than. This mingled sensation, in addition to the unimaginable talent with the writing and visuals it took to convey me to this unusual place, make this sport into one thing you actually need to expertise no less than as soon as.
Anthology Of The Killer is accessible now on itch.io, GameJolt, and Steam.
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