https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790272283

Here's The Thing:
You are yourself, supposedly but in kid form amused by what Hemo’s Arcade has to offer. Which by the by, popped up out of the… red(?) after you crashed your car. Someone was just here too, very recently and so you head to where all signs point to refuge! Little did you know, the twisted game was already afoot and you’re the main character in it~



Gameplay can be said to categorize into two types. First, is the free-roaming, give-chase and key simulator in the physical arcade. Second would be the JANITOR cleaning up, paradoxical game realm. While they initially constitute separate entities, they unhurriedly become interspersed with one another until the lines are blurred.

The former has you search a run-down arcade foraging every nook and cranny for tokens which you then have to find and insert unto JANITOR… The latter is where the fun really gets innovative; starting out as an inconsequential time killer before becoming a key, obstacle and bridge between the physical-digital worlds. Each able to hold their own, as well as complement the other… For instance, the ability to cower in 3D by hiding from a glitchy, furious being under wherever there is space and then having to do that while sneakily playing it on-and-off!

First playthrough will last bout 2-3 hours, but strictly depends on how skilled at stealth and how fearless you are. With various mystery achievements left locked, it’s safe to assume that will stretch up to 5 or more hours! Shockingly, this was one of those rarities where I COULDN’T for the life of me, get the bad ending~

1) Once you get new items, retrace your steps- you’d be amazed by what you can find!
2) When the bad feels strike, just hide out till it’s alright.


What else is there to say when it’s of a low-poly look, right? Oh, I don’t know… how about the eye-popping graveyard of arcade classics!? Its true-to-life layout of the once surely ecstatic interiors, now in heartbreaking fashion devoid of children’s laughter and teens trash-talking. Its blurry textures actually add believable years to its character of being an old game. The monster(?) design is one giant, menacing grimace.

Whose distorting, noisy filters and bleeding of blinding redness give it that obvious warning and elusiveness. The sound design is comparably daunting with a false quietness besides the ambiance of a dying attraction… But then you pick up on a chipper Super Mario-esque, 8-bit melody that is almost a verbal invitation. Growing on you to the point where you don’t want a peep of that vile sound anymore but it repeatedly surfaces at the unlikeliest times~


There’s an unashamedly childish yet charismatic plotline attributable to Scooby Doo and The Cyber Chase (2001). Except with darker tinges and there’s no gang, just yourself! Blend that together with a The Evil Dead (2013) foolishness mix and Oculus’ (2013) cynicism acting as a straw. Finally, you get “Janitor Bleeds” and what would certainly make for a killer name of a chilling beverage!

The story in and of itself isn’t revolutionary to say the least but rather how it gets told or what doesn’t is… With an opportune leaving out of details save for the cliffs notes of events leading to the present- you have got to try and fill in the rest. I confess, I was still pretty much flustered by the time the credits rolled but somehow, I’m at peace and just so downright relieved that everything was over~


If the game isn’t one ghastly metaphor or better yet, testament to how video games contribute to short attention span or the development of addictions. Then I don’t know what is! Come on, you’re so focused on figuring out the mechanics to the machine and how to have squeaky clean floors. That you may have overlooked IRL a discreet shadow, objects being knocked over, their contents spilling out all over… much like your brain probably at this very moment!

Back to the unsung story bit, I dug that the machine was centered on the arcade janitor who probably sees and hears things others don’t. All while maintaining a low profile until the need to call for one arises. I’m probably reading too much in it. Like the kids, which speaking of- where’d they all go? Could they have anything to do with the teddy bears cluttered around…? I thought its reaching into and literally killing the wonderful memories we had of arcades was cruel but poignant.

The origins of the machine remain unknown, but we’re not invested on that as we do the mechanisms of it. Why it’s able to be omnipresent but yet we never see it exist in two places at any given instance! Or how it is capable of doing what it does in traversing different planes. Maybe it does things that we aren’t even entirely aware of!? For example, when does the real world end and the game world begin? VICE VERSA~
https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790273500


I’m not the best, not to mention most reliable of judges when it comes to performance but I reckon it could use some cleaning up in the optimization department… I’ve seen other similar looking games that ran much better. Or at least found ways around minimizing the processor taking a toll! There could be more loading screens to segment the areas better.

Capping the framerates, even opening up the graphic settings for a more customized touch. If anyone is wondering why this didn’t bother me enough to warrant some points docking- it’s because the gameplay was frankly THAT good and it kept my motion sickness at bay~


x Entity AI glitches out and forever attempts to chase you through the vent.
x During which the chase music also never ends, even when I’ve retreated unto safety. Persists until I voluntarily died or quit the game…
x First entity showdown is scoffingly a piece of cake.
x Some objects could be stood on top of!
x Entity’s red lights seep through closed walls.
x In the final area, you could peer underneath the map when you prone.
x The final machine before the ending glitched out? Could interact and hear sound effects but JANITOR doesn’t actually move.


~ Aiming for the weapons is off and lacking visual effects. In my opinion!
~ Could be a bug or intentional prissiness, but walking away from JANITOR machine will cause all deposited tokens to be reset. Which no real-life machine would ever do!
~ “Space” key could’ve been utilized to stand back up instead of fiddling with the “ctrl” to do both functions.
~ Option to have multiple saves instead of just the one.


https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790275545

Last Words?
Dunno if it’s the arcade venue but I can’t think of another time when I had such a blast in a horror game! On top of masterful apprehension, it has a style levels ahead of its peers. I’m NOT playing~

If you like low-poly quality but high-folly thrills set in every kid’s equivalent of a digital candy store. If you love to get sucked into a 90s throwback, both feel-good and scaredy enough to manipulate your emotions dirty like an arcade machine… Then you’d want to ring up this janitor~

[code]Curator page here-->[url=https://steamoss.com/steamstore/curator/37670120/] DaRevieweD #175 [/url]<-- [i]New review every Weekend[/i][/code] [h1]"WHO’S CLEANING UP THIS-!!"[/h1] https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790272283 [u] Here's The Thing:[/u] You are yourself, supposedly but in kid form amused by what Hemo’s Arcade has to offer. Which by the by, popped up out of the… red(?) after you crashed your car. Someone was just here too, very recently and so you head to where all signs point to refuge! Little did you know, the twisted game was already afoot and you’re the main character in it~ [h1][u][+] PROS;[/u][/h1] [h1]:) THERE COIN BE MIRACLES; WHEN YOU BLEED~[/h1] Gameplay can be said to categorize into two types. First, is the free-roaming, give-chase and key simulator in the physical arcade. Second would be the JANITOR cleaning up, paradoxical game realm. While they initially constitute separate entities, they unhurriedly become interspersed with one another until the lines are blurred. The former has you search a run-down arcade foraging every nook and cranny for tokens which you then have to find and insert unto JANITOR… The latter is where the fun really gets innovative; starting out as an inconsequential time killer before becoming a key, obstacle and bridge between the physical-digital worlds. Each able to hold their own, as well as complement the other… For instance, the ability to cower in 3D by hiding from a glitchy, furious being under wherever there is space and then having to do that while sneakily playing it on-and-off! First playthrough will last bout 2-3 hours, but strictly depends on how skilled at stealth and how fearless you are. With various mystery achievements left locked, it’s safe to assume that will stretch up to 5 or more hours! Shockingly, this was one of those rarities where I COULDN’T for the life of me, get the bad ending~ [h1]TIPS:[/h1] 1) Once you get new items, retrace your steps- you’d be amazed by what you can find! 2) When the bad feels strike, just hide out till it’s alright. [h1]:) PRESENTATION SO FATAL. I NEED A HEMO-STAT!!![/h1] What else is there to say when it’s of a low-poly look, right? Oh, I don’t know… how about the eye-popping graveyard of arcade classics!? Its true-to-life layout of the once surely ecstatic interiors, now in heartbreaking fashion devoid of children’s laughter and teens trash-talking. Its blurry textures actually add believable years to its character of being an old game. The monster(?) design is one giant, menacing grimace. Whose distorting, noisy filters and bleeding of blinding redness give it that obvious warning and elusiveness. The sound design is comparably daunting with a false quietness besides the ambiance of a dying attraction… But then you pick up on a chipper Super Mario-esque, 8-bit melody that is almost a verbal invitation. Growing on you to the point where you don’t want a peep of that vile sound anymore but it repeatedly surfaces at the unlikeliest times~ [h1]:) WHEN EVIL SPILLS OVER.[/h1] There’s an unashamedly childish yet charismatic plotline attributable to [b]Scooby Doo and The Cyber Chase (2001)[/b]. Except with darker tinges and there’s no gang, just yourself! Blend that together with a [b]The Evil Dead (2013)[/b] foolishness mix and [b]Oculus’ (2013)[/b] cynicism acting as a straw. Finally, you get “Janitor Bleeds” and what would certainly make for a killer name of a chilling beverage! The story in and of itself isn’t revolutionary to say the least but rather how it gets told or what doesn’t is… With an opportune leaving out of details save for the cliffs notes of events leading to the present- you have got to try and fill in the rest. I confess, I was still pretty much flustered by the time the credits rolled but somehow, I’m at peace and just so downright relieved that everything was over~ [h1]:) GET READY TO KICK THE BUCKET…[/h1] If the game isn’t one ghastly metaphor or better yet, testament to how video games contribute to short attention span or the development of addictions. Then I don’t know what is! Come on, you’re so focused on figuring out the mechanics to the machine and how to have squeaky clean floors. That you may have overlooked IRL a discreet shadow, objects being knocked over, their contents spilling out all over… much like your brain probably at this very moment! Back to the unsung story bit, I dug that the machine was centered on the arcade janitor who probably sees and hears things others don’t. All while maintaining a low profile until the need to call for one arises. I’m probably reading too much in it. Like the kids, which speaking of- where’d they all go? Could they have anything to do with the teddy bears cluttered around…? I thought its reaching into and literally killing the wonderful memories we had of arcades was cruel but poignant. The origins of the machine remain unknown, but we’re not invested on that as we do the mechanisms of it. Why it’s able to be omnipresent but yet we never see it exist in two places at any given instance! Or how it is capable of doing what it does in traversing different planes. Maybe it does things that we aren’t even entirely aware of!? For example, when does the real world end and the game world begin? VICE VERSA~ https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790273500 [h1][u][-] CONS;[/u][/h1] [h1]:( WHY SO MOP-Y!?[/h1] I’m not the best, not to mention most reliable of judges when it comes to performance but I reckon it could use some cleaning up in the optimization department… I’ve seen other similar looking games that ran much better. Or at least found ways around minimizing the processor taking a toll! There could be more loading screens to segment the areas better. Capping the framerates, even opening up the graphic settings for a more customized touch. If anyone is wondering why this didn’t bother me enough to warrant some points docking- it’s because the gameplay was frankly THAT good and it kept my motion sickness at bay~ [h1]BUGS:[/h1] x Entity AI glitches out and forever attempts to chase you through the vent. x During which the chase music also never ends, even when I’ve retreated unto safety. Persists until I voluntarily died or quit the game… x First entity showdown is scoffingly a piece of cake. x Some objects could be stood on top of! x Entity’s red lights seep through closed walls. x In the final area, you could peer underneath the map when you prone. x The final machine before the ending glitched out? Could interact and hear sound effects but JANITOR doesn’t actually move. [h1]NITPICKS:[/h1] ~ Aiming for the weapons is off and lacking visual effects. In my opinion! ~ Could be a bug or intentional prissiness, but walking away from JANITOR machine will cause all deposited tokens to be reset. Which no real-life machine would ever do! ~ “Space” key could’ve been utilized to stand back up instead of fiddling with the “ctrl” to do both functions. ~ Option to have multiple saves instead of just the one. [h1]"-I’M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. CLEAN AS A WHISTLE~"[/h1] https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2790275545 [u]Last Words?[/u] Dunno if it’s the arcade venue but I can’t think of another time when I had such a blast in a horror game! On top of masterful apprehension, it has a style levels ahead of its peers. I’m NOT playing~ If you like low-poly quality but high-folly thrills set in every kid’s equivalent of a digital candy store. If you love to get sucked into a 90s throwback, both feel-good and scaredy enough to manipulate your emotions dirty like an arcade machine… Then you’d want to ring up this janitor~ [h1]10 / 10[/h1] [code]My token of gratitude to [b]Korpus[/b] & [b]Bonus Stage Publishing[/b] for the key~[/code] [code]Don't forget to follow my curator [url=https://steamoss.com/steamstore/curator/37670120/] DaRevieweD[/url] for more games!![/code]