Critically Sane: "There is no evolution to the gameplay, and as such the game feels very simplistic. Maybe chapters three and four, when released later on down the line, will expand on the concepts introduced here, but as it stands, the game feels half baked (no pun intended). With no coherent narrative, its simplistic gameplay, and games like Outlast and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs doing what this game wants to do but doing it properly, it is really hard to recommend Doorways to fans of the genre, let alone anyone else."
MONG kicks off Horror Month with a review of Doorways: Prelude for PC.
Horror games have the potential to affect us in ways other genres have yet to discover. Beating a boss might make you feel some sense of triumph, but it pales in comparison to the sheer terror and panic a genuinely scary game can evoke. Fight or flight is based on basic instinct, and this style of game proves flight to feel quite effective, even if it ultimately isn't.
There were quite a few horror games out there this year from indie developers. But a few stood out more than others. Here are the ten horror games that left us shaking in our boots.
Recently, horror games have been on the way out. Not many are being released, and the ones that are don’t tend to be very scary. However, they are starting to make a return once more, but can Doorways become one of the games to revive the horror genre?
