Brighter Day Proves That Horror Games Don't Have To Be Dark

Fans' expectations for horror games next-gen fly with the cancellation of Silent Hills. Indeed, lately consumers have begun to turn their attention to independent lines, because these small titles have proven to be able to inherit the spirit of classic horror games. And now developer The Loneliest Pixel puts forward a radical idea in game their newest.

Most - if not all - horror-themed games rely on darkness and the element of shocking surprise. But The Loneliest Pixel's Brighter Day is very different. Her appearance is bright and colorful, and I'm sure many people will be fooled into not realizing that she is a survival horror games. Behind his cheerfulness, there is a terror that is ready to haunt you from beginning to end.

Amazingly, minimalist approach with art direction looks like a cartoon actually makes Brighter Day feel terrible. The player character awakens in a facility called Brighter Day. Task gamer quite simple: escape from the place. Your journey through the missions is a little more difficult as the Brighter Day area is guarded by killer flying eyeballs.

The eye monster's simple design is very effective at cultivating fear. Without the need for bloody fangs, the expressionless flying eyeballs remind us of creatures from nightmares. And this form makes it seem as if they're always looking at you, wherever the player is trying to hide, plus the spooky sound effects. Unfortunately, neither sword nor machine gun will accompany you on this terrifying adventure.

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If peeled deeper, basically Brighter Day is a gamestealth genre. One example of an object that might help you is a pill. He can be thrown to distract the eye monsters. These mysterious enemies also seem to be hypnotized by the building monolith giant. If caught, the only hope for players is to run and hide.

Brighter Day recently got a nod of approval from the community gamer on Steam, he successfully entered the list Greenlight. The game is sold at a very low price, only US$ 3, and you are welcome to buy it on the site The Loneliest Pixel. Want to try before buying? Don't worry, developer has prepared a demo version for platform PCs as well as Macs.

In the demo, miscalculations were bad and I died horribly many times. Brighter Day is not game easy, and only made for the brave.

With Kotaku.