This is when hiding behind shrubs and signs in the environment can come in handy. You can’t run forever, though, and the faster your heart-beat is, the quicker your stamina bar is depleted. Holding down the left trigger will let you tiptoe past dangerous enemies, while the right trigger will let you sprint away from the ones that already have your scent. This is the catalyst to make you go out into the dark, desolate, night-time town, searching for clues as to where your dog and sister disappeared to.Īlmost immediately, you encounter an enemy monster, and you quickly learn to put the skills you were taught in the tutorial to use. You play as a little girl who’s pet dog Poro ran away during a walk at night, and after coming home and telling your older sister what happened, she goes out to find the dog, only to never return.
Yomawari begins with a seemingly simple tutorial taking you through the mechanics of the game, yet within minutes, I had already dropped my Vita in shock as the game began to expose it’s true colours. Still, I know from games like Corpse Party and Yume Nikki that simple sprite graphics can deliver some of the scariest gaming experiences out there, and Yomawari is no exception. After all, the main character is a cutesy girl rendered in a soft, pastel chibi style, and all of the strange monster designs I had seen in the games marketing made it seem like more of a bizarre experience than a scary one. It was probably stupid of me to think Yomawari: Night Alone wouldn’t end up being terrifying.
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