Review HaloBlues 1/5 · Mar 26, 2025
Ineffectual and Shallow
Eh, this was dumb and I'll probably forget about it as soon as I post this. I'm pretty jumpy so I thought this would be a good challenge, but the second you realise the entire game is just it throwing randomised jumpscares at you and there's no actual threat that can harm you takes all of the fear out of …
Eh, this was dumb and I'll probably forget about it as soon as I post this. I'm pretty jumpy so I thought this would be a good challenge, but the second you realise the entire game is just it throwing randomised jumpscares at you and there's no actual threat that can harm you takes all of the fear out of it. As soon as I registered that there was no actual danger, I wasn't even slightly nervous anymore, just counting down the timer until I could count it as finished.
Utilising the microphone and building a horror game around it is a neat concept, though I don't think it's the first to do so.