What's the point of a game where you lose upon winning?

[narutobarrage17]

This isn't directly solely at this game but horror games in general. In the original Slender game and all it's clones it all basically follows the same format. Find all 8 pages before you die. And when you find all 8 pages?...... You die.

The Arrival is just a longer version of this. You go through all these areas to try and escape Slenderman, spending a few hours just to be killed at the end. If you're going to die no matter what then you might as well just not play the game at all.

Of course I'm not saying every story should have a happy end, but a game seems pointless if you've accomplished nothing by the end of it.

I don't think it's a bad thing if it's a rather short game, so you go in, get your scare, and get out. Or if it has a really engaging story, in which you feel for the character not succeeding.

But a game like this ticks neither of those boxes. You're just running from place to place for hours, with no plot happening, and then die. Your story is entirely pointless because you're just another victim of Slender Man and nothing changes if you die in the first minute or at the end.

[OSMOSISJONES]

whats the point of any game?

this isnt supposed to be a masterpiece 60$ game its just a short little 8 level horror game for the people who liked eight pages. i enjoyed it alot, i also expected the main character to die at the end because the protagonist dies at the end in almost every horror game (and movie)

[narutobarrage17]

8 pages doesn't have a story. It's just fighting to complete a challenge. There are lots of short horror games where your character dies at the end. I'm seeing this with the recent popularity of Siren Head games. But that's the point. They're SHORT, with little story. So it's just about the spooks.

The Arrival is a story-based game, and now you're paying $10 just to extend how long it takes before you die with very little in terms of story besides some notes.

Being a normal human with a supernatural teleporting killer the end result is obvious. Your character dying isn't so much the issue. It's that nothing changes for it by the end. In fact, you end up right next to the last person who thought they could escape Slenderman by hiding in a radio tower.

[OSMOSISJONES]

Originally posted by narutobarrage17:

8 pages doesn't have a story. It's just fighting to complete a challenge. There are lots of short horror games where your character dies at the end. I'm seeing this with the recent popularity of Siren Head games. But that's the point. They're SHORT, with little story. So it's just about the spooks.

The Arrival is a story-based game, and now you're paying $10 just to extend how long it takes before you die with very little in terms of story besides some notes.

Being a normal human with a supernatural teleporting killer the end result is obvious. Your character dying isn't so much the issue. It's that nothing changes for it by the end. In fact, you end up right next to the last person who thought they could escape Slenderman by hiding in a radio tower.

well its not always about the destination, sometimes its more about the journey

in every b horror movie or just horror movie, the protagonist dies 90% of the time at the end or goes missing or dies in a sequel. people watch them for over the top kills and scares and creepy atmospheres. character goes to a house to find their friend but friend is missing, explores house in the middle of nowhere for clues, hears scream, investigates and trys to collect 8 pages, then wakes up in the middle of nowhere and enters a mine and turns all generators while being chased by crazy kid, then explores more and finds 2 tapes, explaining more of what is happening (even though you might already know/predict like most horror movies), is lead to tower, enters tower and dies, then gets bonus original 8 pages mission. there is a small present story with lauren, but most of the "story" is just backstory notes and flashback/vhs mission. most b horrors dont have any story its mostly just people getting murdered suddenly because they wanted to have fun at a camp or something

to me it sounds like a b horror game instead of film, which is fine as long as its not overpriced past 15$ or something, but b level stuff, especially b level horror isnt for everyone which is why they use the "b"

[Lars]

Its a good time waster