The Forgotten Tapes: Analog Nightmares

Analog Nightmares is a collection of 9 short horror games by 9 different devs, each set against the backdrop of Analog Horror. There is a small hub world to walk around & explore and you use this area to access VHS tapes which act as the games. There are some really good games in here & all of them are fun to play. I like it when developers come together to create something like this. There is a decent amount of content for the price & I really look forward to what they do next. Keep up the good work.

9个小品级独立恐怖游戏（cult游戏）的合集，分别来自9个不同的开发者，单个游戏平均通关时间在20分钟左右。乍看之下很像dread X（实际上有两个开发者确实参与过dread X），定价也和dread X 1相同，但实际上是全方位不如dread X。除了游戏体量比dread X要小很多之外，本作游戏的平均水平也比dread X差了一截——无论上限还是下限都比dread X 1还要低。 本作也像dread X一样有一个主题，本作的主题是模拟恐怖（analog horror）。这个题目其实是很有潜力的，现在的模拟恐怖几乎全都是以视频或音频的形式存在的，而以游戏为载体的模拟恐怖现阶段仍然偏少——考虑到游戏本身的写实性就比电视和广播要弱很多，导致游戏这种体裁要搞模拟恐怖确实有天然劣势。话虽如此，但本游戏的9个开发者对于模拟恐怖的理解都依然太流于表面了，大多数游戏就是怼了一个毫无诚意的VHS滤镜或者加了一个游戏内的紧急广播而已。还有两三个作者联想到了规则类怪谈，但是规则和游戏的结合大多也非常生硬。最后也是最关键的是，这9个游戏几乎全部都回归到了用jump scare来吓人的老路上，所以给人感觉非常的low。 不过，本作依然有一个高亮游戏：The Door。在这个游戏中，玩家扮演某个（邪教）设施的工作人员，要通过操纵一些机器把四个祭品送入一个无底深坑之中。游戏除了融入了SCP和克系的元素之外，其对规则类怪谈的运用也是比较亮眼的。根据玩家是否遵守规则，游戏会分为两条线路，两条线路都有惊喜，很值得两个都打一遍。唯一的缺点就是建模比较塑料，而且流程太短。综合来看依然素质优秀，完爆了这合集里的另外8个。 此外Garrison Broadcast的底子很不错，可惜太黑了，导致玩起来很恶心。Night Sight的氛围很棒，而Bobo's Quest的cult风格则非常浓厚，不过这俩玩起来都感觉差了口气。剩下几个要不是平庸之作要不是纯纯的垃圾，我连名字都不想提。 总之这游戏综合素质比较一般，单靠一个The Door能否值回票价还得打个问号。对于没玩过dread X的人推荐直接去玩dread X系列，和本作相似，但完爆本作。而对于玩过dread X的人其实也可以考虑玩一下这玩意，毕竟这种合集式恐怖游戏现在还是比较少见的，没得挑。我给好评主要也是出于鼓励的目的吧，希望这种类型的合集以后能多来点。

Update: Upon looking back I have more fond memories of all the games included with the exception of 1 title. I think most people who love this genre will enjoy this series. I have since edited the below review to suit my thoughts on the anthology. I would love to give this collection a glowing review but to be honest I felt like a lot of the games here were more weird than scary. There are a few great experiences that make it worth the money. Consume, Garrison, The Other One, and The Mineshaft are the real highlights of this collection. While it was definitely worth the money to me for the shorts I truly enjoyed I feel like you need to go into this knowing that it's a real mix in terms of genre and scope. I can say that most of the games were pretty straight forward and some gave me a pretty good laugh. All in all my thoughts are more positive than negative on this collection.

This was an interesting game. I absolutely love the concept and how each game had a different feel. I definitely have a couple of favourites within the group, and others were a bit unusual but still cool. It was an experience trying each one though and I thoroughly enjoyed the variety. Only found two of them scary, whilst others were definitely interesting. Optimisation was a little clunky at times which made it hard to stream because it would technically open a game within a game and caused some issues but overall myself and my community enjoyed them. I am intrigued for more in a series like this because it is a really neat idea. One thing I would really wish for is something to change in the "exploring" area once you have completed the different tapes. Thank you so much to all the developers and the publisher. This was fun

Very interesting, short but sweet horror games. Some of them really absurd, some of them more akin to other ones we have seen. Really enjoyed it!

I only played one of the games so far, but really enjoy the concept. Will update, when I played more. :)

A great selection of various horror games with the uniting theme of analog horror. Fun for the whole family!