Alone in a wooded area.

It’s not long until you come across a house down a gravel road. A house that has recently been abandoned. A house that is littered with clues as to what may have happened to its occupants. A house that gives you the first instance in to the premise of the game, the urban legend that is Slender Man.

Having recently released on Switch – Slender: The Arrival is a first person horror exploration game where you uncover the mystery of what happened in this rural wooded area full of jump scares and subliminal flashes.

This dark game will have you going from open forest areas to out buildings and more eventually giving you that ‘being watched’ feeling. Slender: The Arrival is an eerie title that aims to harness the true ‘Slender Man’ experience.

Objects that  you can interact with glow when you are near them and mostly they are all story specific, such as notes, letters, phone messages and similar.

However it does get repetitive very quickly and I feel that I can only recommend to those that like their open world exploration romps with a healthy dose of horror thrown in. There is no run and gunning in this opaque visually deep game – it really is just you and the environment, the ‘alone’ factor really does set in after a short while as you move throughout the narrative chapter by chapter.

Slender: The Arrival does suffer from some odd graphical anomalies. For the most part the surreal, almost white-washed overlay and super dark areas keep the mood there were too many glitches and pixelations occurring for me not to make mention of it here.

If you look past this though, Slender: The Arrival is a super fantastic port from PC and being that each chapter of play can be revisited, it is a perfect fit for the Nintendo Switch. Complete a segment on the go, or dock the Switch for a hours long full out Slender fest.

For optimal play you are best to experience this game within a darkened room and at least 5.1 surround, or with some decent headphones if you are playing undocked.

Slender fans are going to love it, potentially horror fans too. For me, a horror fan, it was an enjoyable play if not marred by the above mentioned glitchy bits.

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Blue Isle Studios has released new content for the amazing world of Citadel: Forged With Fire that includes a deadly new enemy.

The latest update features the Great Golem, a hulking goliath of animated stone and wood. This beast has been dormant in hibernation for hundreds of years and has awoken to become a major threat to careless Wizards and Warriors.  Invade his personal space and you must make a quick choice to either run like hell or engage in combat – either way, it won’t be easy.

Great Golems are high level creatures who pack a serious punch whether at distance or close range. Those who wish to take out these giants should stock up on healing items and bring their friends. It will be intense, it will be brutal, it will be exhausting, but it will be worth it! Upon defeating the Great Golem, successful adventurers will have earned a significant amount of valuable building resources including gold ore, precious stone and even light essence!

Citadel: Forged With Fire gives players complete freedom to determine their own destiny as they become an infamous hunter of the wizards, tame mighty beasts, forge alliances with their fellow players to create an imposing House of Conjurers, or visit uncharted territories to unravel their rich and intriguing history.

Citadel: Forged With Fire is available now on Steam Early Access and is in development for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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