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Game: Knock-Knock

  • Knock-Knock Review
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    Knock-Knock Review

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    It's surprising just how massively unsettling Knock-Knock becomes. Despite the artsy, comic-like visuals and 2D-on-3D animations, I could feel a knot in the pit of my stomach throughout my entire playthrough. I didn't think that I'd be roped into the game's dark world as much as I was; yet I felt on edge within moments of booting the game up.You can give the "gets horror right" box a great big tick, then - although other elements of the game aren't so well established, thanks to repetitive gameplay mechanics, dialogue that is touch-and-go, and some incredibly odd level inclusions. Knock-Knock is an extremely unique experience, and as with many unique games, it stumbles as much as it innovates."You are an unnamed crazy guy living in the woods. Said crazy man has a touch of the old insomnia, and chooses to wander the halls of his house at night instead of going to sleep. The problem is that every time he wakes up he's in a completely different house. Oh, and there are horrible monsters roaming the halls, and creaking and knocking coming from every direction.The aim of Knock-Knock is simple - survive each night until the sun comes up. As you tiptoe around each house, the clock in the corner of the screen will keep ticking away, and you can find special machines that will advance time more quickly. However, the further that time progresses, the more dangerous the monsters in the house will become. If one gives chase and touches you, the clock will rewind and you'll have to survive for even longer. If you touch too many monsters, you'll have to start all over again.
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    I'm going to try to describe Knock-Knock and you're going to have to bear with me while I do it, because it's not the sort of thing that's easily described. Saying it's a side-scroller with exaggerated, cartoon graphics starring a haggard-looking young man with sunken eyes and wild red hair is simple enough, but the world in which he lives and his role in it is something else entirely.Bear with me.The young lad in question lives in a house located deep in a dark, lonely forest. It's an odd place, seemingly empty and in a poor state of repair; and worse, it's surrounded by twisted, deformed supernatural beings of various sorts who are trying to get in. He needs to keep them out - but some of them are already inside. To banish them, he must go from room to room, turning on the lights and replacing burned-out bulbs as necessary - which is quite often. And once the light is on, he can close his eyes and "imagine" furniture into existence. And other things, too; some of it he can hide behind, while others have their own, different purposes."It's a game of hide-and-seek, really, with a simple goal: make it to dawn without being caught. Time passes as you putter around the house, and every now and then you'll run across a strange, oddly familiar clock which you can use to advance the minutes and hours at a rapid pace. Hiding, however, has the opposite effect. Time runs backwards when you're crouched behind a couch or a boiler, hands pressed over your eyes, so you can't stay there forever.