![]() ![]() That’s not really convincing as abject terror, although it is functional as clumsy signposting. She bursts through a door and slams it shut behind herself, apparently fleeing for her life, before directing you to forget about her and go get yourself the gun that’s in the pool room down the corridor. First off, the dialogue regularly fails to convince an early example of this is a wounded girl at a frat party gone awry. I feel like my sarcasm is a little unfair, actually, so for a moment I’ll be a bit more methodical and run through some of the reasons I found ObsCure II such a disappointing experience. Still, to be fair the game’s grisly critters are slightly unusual in that as well as being all gross and fleshy, they’re gross and planty, which in some small way represents a break with tradition. ![]() The game blends survival horror game conventions with the American teen slasher movie genre, a premise that simultaneously rouses interest through the promise of something a little different, and dashes hope that of all the film genres they could have chosen they went for that one. Crowding around a single keyboard isn’t quite as fun as using your own control pad, after all. ![]() Unfortunately I’m reviewing the PC version, and found myself unable to convince anyone to play it with me. The game’s most unique feature was the ability to play through the game co-operatively, something its sequel also boasts. This is a sequel to 2004’s ObsCure, a multi-platform survival horror game that saw a disparate band of assorted high school students – possessed of improbably unique and useful skills – fight their way through hordes of spore-infected classmates to uncover the truth behind a daaark secret. ![]()
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