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A group of teenagers enter an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of town to see if it’s haunted... an unimaginative set up for a horror tale, but thankfully it’s not indicative of the rest of the game. Released by a Japanese developer, Ao Oni has since gained a cult reputation for its inventive scares and challenging puzzles. Given that it’s made in RPGMaker XP, the game’s not Amnesia-levels of scary, but it squeezes a lot out of the aging engine to provide a suitably creepy backdrop for the puzzle-solving. Although each version differs heavily from the others, the objective is always the same. Locked in a mansion, you explore and solve puzzles while running from an enigmatic demon. The game has become a phenomenon, spawning hundreds of fan-games and spin offs. Each game adds its own characters and monsters to the ever-expanding Oni universe. |
