EDIT: Upon doing research on the game's plot, it said that Kate was actually the supposed "Masky" in Level 3, and that Slenderman turned her into his proxy, or assistant. Also, it could be that Kate was the protagonist to the first game, Slender the Eight Pages, as 1 note hinted at the beginning of Level 4. Finally, it is said that Kate was the one who killed you at the end, not Slenderman. That would explain why I saw female faces at the end. It is said that Kate warned you about this prior to the end, warning her, unknowingly to the players, that she would be the one killing Lauren.
Hey guys, Cdog here, and if you don't know it already, I beat Slender the Arrival, which will be uploaded later tonight, and I expressed my short opinion on the game at the end, but I felt it wasn't enough. So here's my full thoughts on the game, and how I would rate it out of 10.
Graphics and Sound
First of all, Slender the Arrival was a great game in the way of the atmosphere, it was excellent. The environment looked beautiful, the music was spot-on, and the ambient soundtrack makes you terrified of this game. Seeing Slenderman, and that proxy in Level 3, really brought a scare on you. The static sounds were really intense and loud even, which made seeing him much more scarier than the original.
Gameplay
This is where I had trouble with the game. The gameplay bugged me. It was the EXACT same concept as the original, only in different environments and that you have to collect different things. On the FAQ's, Blue Ilse Studios and Parsec Productions stated that "the levels will feature unique and varied gameplay," and, "there will be more things to do than collecting notes." What I didn't realize though, that means that you would still be collecting items, just DIFFERENT items. Way to go, you got my hopes up for nothing. Also, the game does get difficult at points, particularly Level 3, the Kullman Mining stage. The level did get me frustrated at points, never enough to make me rage though since I got lucky. And also, guess who's chasing you? TWO entities will be chasing you, the Proxy (which is what I called Masky or the 'Lil Prick) and Slenderman, which by the way, pretty much appears ANYTIME and ANYWHERE without ANY warning at all! The Proxy can appear from any corner as well, and he can be cheap too since he is WAY faster than you are. However, the mine level was excellent with its scares and also it made the most sense. Saying that, the other levels were still scary, however pointless at times. Level 2, which is the beta stage, was suddenly brought here. Your objective went from investigating a scream to collect 8 pages in the woods. How does that make remote sense?! Your collecting 8 pages in the woods for no reason at all, when you supposed to be investigating a scream. Level 4, you play as Kate in her house locking the doors and windows before Slendy gets in, which will most likely end up as Slendy getting in before you can do so. I managed to lock 7/8 windows/doors in the level, then Slendy would come it and have to hide in my room. With that said, the level does have one very annoying bug, which happened to me in Part 4. Sometimes when your caught by Slenderman in your room, it bugs out and you can't move or even quit the game, so I had to stop recording and open Windows Task Manager just to close it. Very annoying. And even if you don't get the bug, you just jump from the window, then what happens? We don't know! Level 5, the grand finale, has you run from Slenderman in a burning forest as you approach the radio tower, which you will never end up reaching! You get cornered in a building just to reach a dead end as the writing on the wall says "I failed you" and sure yes you failed me for sure. At the end, you will see a corpse, which I assume to be CR from all the notes collected, with a video recorder next to it, and it will play a feedback of what happened to her, which I don't understand at all. Then at the end, Slendy is pounding at the door, gets in, and kills you. The end. "What..." was my reaction. The ending, in my opinion, was very abrupt and disappointing. It just happened like that. Going through this whole adventure, going through a house, the forest, the mine, the mountains, just to ultimately reach a dead end and die. Just wow, I thought. All this game went through just to die very suddenly at the end. It was VERY disappointing. I wanted more from the game. I wanted more variety and more levels to the game, then it would be a great game.
Story Line
The story was presented through notes that you would find throughout the levels, which right off the bat causes problems. Myself and probably most people probably didn't find all the pages, and so the story couldn't be pieced together. Either way, the story would still be confusing only because you would have to figure it out yourself, which some people can. I was able to figure out some of the story, but not much. There couldn't be cutscenes, or even dialogue that goes along to progress the story, which is disappointing to me. The story could of been better, which is shocking since Marble Hornets wrote it. I expected better from them with the story.
Summary
So overall, the game is great for its scares and atmosphere, but it falls short as the gameplay is the exact same as the original Slender the Eight Pages, and the game can be unfair at points. If your a Slender fan, I would still recommend this game only because of its great scares that it will give you, and it is definitely creepy. The story had to be pieced together, which is great in some ways, but others would feel confused at the story. Also, some people may not be able to find MOST of the story, since they're presented through notes scattered across the map. In my opinion, this game is good, but slightly less. It is between alright and good on my opinion, since I did have fun from playing it in the dark plus the scares were great too, just not the gameplay.
My score: 7/10
It had perfect atmosphere and scares, but falls short because of its repetitive gameplay.
~Cdog
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