Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt

Really enjoyed finding all 80 anomalies (most similar games have far fewer). And I’m never trusting a warranty offer again - barely escaped one.

AVOID | LACKING | [u][b]MAYBE[/b][/u] | WORTHWHILE | COMPELLING | UNMISSABLE Midnight Monitor is a spot-the-anomaly game, extremely similar to Exit 8 given the location the game takes place in. If you're familiar with this sort of game, there isn't anything new here, but I'm sure die-hard fans will still enjoy it. I found this game to have relatively significant downsides in two respects - first, the anomalies are either generally very obvious or way too subtle. Second, it takes too long to go through the loop itself, making it so like half the game was in a barren hallway. Otherwise, this game is kind of standard for the genre. If you're new to it, I wouldn't recommend starting with it (go with Exit 8 or Platform 8 or Spectator) given the downsides are relatively significant and I don't think you'll have the best experience. But if you, like me, are scraping the barrel for more games like this, it's fine and serviceable. I completed the game in ~2.5 hours with 100% completion.

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Fun take on the Platform 8 type of game. Some of the anomalies are hilarious, some are spooky. Good blend.

Straight up a bad copy of The Exit 8. Lacks the finesse and creepy atmosphere of the original. Also contains a bunch of (undisclosed?) AI generated artwork.

um jogo igual ao exit 8, porém com muito mais conteúdo criativo e divertido

I didn't play for very long. A lot like, The Exit - Liminal Anomaly Horror, so if that's your thing, you'll like this. I found it a bit irritating.

Неплохая игра про аномалии, из минусов только не самая удачная цветовая гамма.

The creator openly admits that this is an enthusiastic rip off of The Exit 8. It is superficially almost the same game, with even some of the same anomalies, but this developer tried to be funny. Some of it works as humor and other moments are just kind of the dorky things I'd stick in a game if I could quickly code a parody of a very specific genre. I decided to 100% the game, but for that I should have read the achievements before even starting. It was annoying to go back and get a particular anomaly out of 80 possibilities to reappear just for one more achievement. For perspective, The Exit 8 took me less than 2 hours. To see every anomaly in this one was over twice as long, a couple of hundred runs through the hallway. But to then get the ones I needed for achievements, I had to speedrun the halls like 400 more times, which took over an hour of not really paying attention. At least a sign on the wall tracks how many runs you've made and how many anomalies you've identified. And until you identify all anomalies, you can turn on prioritizing new ones, just not new ones exclusively.

Very well made game, graphics also look very nice and the game runs great on Steamdeck. Can be a bit scary sometimes.