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He likes the blue things in the broth..., December 20, 2023
(A very effective horror Twine. Gruesome, sometimes disgusting on the surface, but the most scary was how it manipulated my mind into helplessness. My impressions of Bogeyman:)
Bits and pieces, shreds of brutality and gag-inducing vileness.
Images behind your blinking eyes, impossible to erase.
Foul acts, abuse, neglect.
These may be gruesome, but they are not the worst.
The anticipation is.
The certainty that the next press of your finger may, nay,
will effect the next step of cruelty.
The realisation that heroes are powerless, resistance begets more pain.
And you're glad it's theirs, not yours...
Silent acquiescence becomes your friend.
A smile is a crime, betrayal a virtue.
Is life worth continuing, if life is sacrifice of fellow victims?
Or try to sacrifice yourself.
Are you that brave... and does it matter in the end?
All this in the next press of your finger...
The eeny-weeny tinkle of agency drills down the fear.
- Ephemeral (Canada), December 6, 2023
- itschloe (Texas), November 26, 2023
- randomdooodle, October 27, 2023
- Drew Cook (Acadiana, USA), August 24, 2023
- aluminumoxynitride, August 4, 2023
- elysee, May 18, 2023
- Kastel, April 12, 2023
- Itsame64 (Mcloud, Oklahoma), December 1, 2022
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7 people found the following review helpful:
A horrifying story told with fairytale elements, October 19, 2022(Warning: This review might contain spoilers. Click to show the full review.)CW: violence - spoiler reveals more specific, but spoilery CWs: (Spoiler - click to show)Abduction, violence against children, abuse
Although the titular character is framed as the bogeymen of children’s stories, to another eye - an adult eye, probably - he is a more quotidian, though no less terrifying variety of criminal. Fairytale elements meld easily with real-life methods of cruelty and control: the strange food and drink; the deserted cabin in the middle of the woods; turning frightened people on each other.
Bogyeman is largely linear, but where there are choices, they are difficult - emotional dilemmas most of them, choices between self-gain and protecting your fellow captives.
In other aspects, it’s simply a good game. Its slick design reminds me of A Good Wick, though much more readable. The layout of choices, especially where they concern exploring a space, are laid out to reflect that space. This has been one of the things that I found difficult when building a map of the story world during choice-based games. The directions I can explore are almost always laid out in lines of text, which I must translate in my head to how they would look on a diagram.
Bogeyman is certainly not an easy-going read, but grim and focused and well worth playing.
- Cerfeuil (*Teleports Behind You* Nothing Personnel, Kid), October 11, 2022
- Edo, September 8, 2022
- Kinetic Mouse Car, July 31, 2022
- dollweiss, April 7, 2022
- Zape, December 8, 2021
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2 people found the following review helpful:
Disturbing and incredible, December 8, 2021The best interactive fiction game I've ever played.
Its intriguing beginning leads to horrifying and disgusting moments and you can't help but want to keep playing.
The writing is very well done and leaves a haunting affect on the player. The choices you make have a real affect on the world around you.
It makes you feel things, it makes you worry, and ultimately I fell in love with it.
- thiefnessman (Massachusetts), November 30, 2021
- EJ, November 15, 2021
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2 people found the following review helpful:
One of my biggest favorites, October 31, 2021This might be my favorite writing in any IF game. It gives exactly the right amount of details, delivered for maximum effect. It is extremely well-paced, with impactful reveals at just the right moments. On one hand, I think one of its most effective traits is its economy; at the same time, I was really wanting more. I played a through a second time immediately after finishing. Regarding the ending, (Spoiler - click to show)I really, really wish there could have been one or two more branches. The fact that this game goes places most wouldn't adds to my appreciation. For those who can handle content of this nature, I give it my highest recommendation.
- MoyTW, October 22, 2021
- Ivakroph , September 16, 2021
- sw3dish, April 23, 2021
- Mr. Patient (Saint Paul, Minn.), February 8, 2021
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5 people found the following review helpful:
Dark and darker, January 24, 2021For me, this was a tough read. And no, not just because of the content. The layout was horribly distracting for me. Each page had 1-3 sentences on it. I guess that was for effect, but if I’m going to read a story, I’d like to read it, not spend more time clicking “next.” But also, the font changed on pages. I think this was for speech, but it wasn’t clear, was really distracting, and really would have been so much clearer if there were simple quotation marks. The fact that all the short lines were centered on the page added a little more difficulty for me as well.
While there were options in the story, there were not a lot, and few seemed to have much of an effect on the story. I see that this story won a lot of awards, but maybe this just isn’t my scene, baby. Indeed, it was dark and just kept getting darker. And maybe if I had analyzed a lot more later into the story, I would have seen choices that made a difference, but it honestly wasn’t all that pleasant for me. Maybe for others who really like horror with kids, this is something for you. But if you don’t, you probably want to skip this one.
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