In Uncanny Valley, players take on the role of Tom, a security guard at a facility in an uninhabited town. It’s got some kind of weird and (for lack of a better word) “indie” limitations, but this is not a game merely reaching for the lowest common denominator. It’s sort of a bargain basement Silent Hill, and I mean that in the best possible way. With its endlessly creepy score and somber-yet-detached mood, Uncanny Valley is one of the most identifiably horror games of recent memory. However, a unique premise does not manage to save what is ultimately a game too small in scope for its grand ambitions. Unlike the above-mentioned RE, however, it does not punish the player with tank controls, improbable-to-impossible puzzles, and a frustrating save system. A pixelated throwback in many ways, the game features simple mechanics, straightforward puzzles, and plain writing. If Uncanny Valley can be compared to the original survival horror game, Resident Evil, then it is due to the utter simplicity of its aims. Produced by Cowardly Creations, the game touts itself as survival horror with action / adventure elements. Uncanny Valley represents an attempt at transcendence. They are few and far between, but they usually possess some hook beyond a certain graphical style. Scrolling through the front page of Steam will usually yield a stomach-turning number of NES-like or SNES-like games, complete with a chiptune soundtrack and some vague resemblance to the games of yore.Īnd yet, uniquely entertaining games like Axiom Verge transcend mere nostalgia porn and make interesting use of mechanical and story limitations for effect.
At some point, devs will make retro games based on retro games mimicking retro games, and the universe will collapse in upon itself. Making a game seem like it could have been released on the NES is nothing new and hasn’t been for some time now.
It has become increasingly difficult to get excited about games featuring pixelart.
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