The final chapter does provide a thrilling version of a boss fight, so the game does end on a more exciting note.įor an indie game this size, I was impressed that the game’s cast of characters was fully voiced, adding personality to the NPCs you come across. It got to the point where if I was spotted I would just let him kill me and restart at the checkpoint because it didn’t feel like I had any interesting tools to make the chase more fun. There were times that I just wanted to take a moment and solve a puzzle, but I kept getting interrupted and having to run around in circles before I could make my way back and resume attempting solutions. The first time this happens, it’s a tense and frantic moment, forcing you to rush through a maze you’ve barely explored, but it quickly makes the game feel tedious. Since you have no way of fighting back, any time he sees you your only option is to make a mad dash until you’ve put enough distance between him and you for him to start roaming again. This got compounded in the fourth chapter, which was a large maze level where Slaw was roaming the hallways, like Mr X from the Resident Evil 2 remake. A lot of areas look a bit bland and same-y, especially given the grimy and indistinct visual style they’re going for. This part was less successful for me, as it felt more generic than the unique personality of the opening section. You’ll solve puzzles throughout a slaughterhouse and sewer, collecting items to unlock more and more of the levels, classic survival horror style.
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There’s even a moment where you play out a scene from the perspective of another character in order to illustrate the danger you’re in.Īfter your shift at the store comes to a brutal end, the rest of the game is spent trying to escape the clutches of Slaw, a serial killer with a pig head and meat hooks. The ramp up of menace in this section is perfectly played out, going from slightly weird moments to frantic dread expertly.
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The guy asking if I wanted to know a movie fact gave me flashbacks to the types of customers that would talk your ear off because being nice to them was part of your job description, and all the other characters you meet were full of personality. The devs found clever little ways to make gameplay out of retail work, like cleaning the trash and shelving tapes, and the interactions with customers were all spot on. The opening chapter, where you’re working a shift at the video store, was the strongest part of the game for me. And much like other Torture Star games, you can expect buckets full of gore and crude humor throughout. Throughout the two and a half hour runtime, you’ll work your way through five chapters, solving puzzles and escaping from the slasher known as Slaw. The action plays out from a first person perspective, starting with you covering a closing shift at Videos 2 Go and ending with a cat and mouse game against a psychotic killer.
Like the other games from Torture Star Video, Puppet Combo’s publishing label, Rewind or Die is a grimy mix of PSX and VHS visual style, creating the video game version of a low budget slasher movie. This is the feeling that Rewind or Die, the latest game published by Torture Star Video and developed by Comp-3 Interactive, is attempting to capture, even if it only tries for the first third of the game. You feel strangely exposed when someone comes knocking on your door after hours, still feeling obligated to respond to them but without the protections of the social norms of an active public space. There’s something about the liminal time where the store is no longer open, but you’ve still got stuff to do before you leave.
Weird customers, understaffing, and repetitive work were all par for the course, but the worst part was the eerie feeling that would sometimes creep over you as you were closing. While it was fun to be around movies and movie fans all day, it did have all the pitfalls of any public facing customer service job. When I was in high school, one of my first jobs was working at a big chain video store.
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