Nightslink is a short atmospheric horror walking simulator that is adorned with gritty PS1-style graphics. Although its linear campaign takes only 20 minutes to complete, its story will potentially occupy hours of your mindspace long after you've uninstalled it. This is a title that leaves more questions than answers, and it demands creative interpretation for its madlib storytelling. How I filled in the blanks is not necessarily how you will, and that's a big part of Nightslink's beauty; you may end up finding yourself combing forums and comments for ideas on how others interpreted the plot as well.

The gameplay itself is simple... you deliver audio cassettes to a number of apartments in a building, and then you go and make more cassettes. What's on the cassettes? Who are these mysterious residents? Where is everybody? What happened to the city? The more you play, the more questions you ask. The more you play, the more you realize that they go unanswered. There are some easter eggs to uncover, and there's a bit of replay value in exploring bits of dialogue and a certain opportunity that you may have missed on your first time through.

Admittedly, when my time with Nightslink came to an end my very first thought was "Well, that was a waste". And then I sat back and thought about it for a few minutes and realized what a wonderfully creative hidden gem this game is, because it made me think. We are so used to being spoonfed every tidbit of information, and that makes the obscurity of Nightslink's plot its most profound trait; second only to the fact that no matter what your interpretation, you're not wrong. If you have a bit of pocket change and half-an-hour to spare, check this one out... but go into it with an open mind. A mind that's not looking for predetermined answers or a guiding hand.

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The developer provided a free copy of this game for review, through The Horror Network's Curation page.

Nightslink is a short atmospheric horror walking simulator that is adorned with gritty PS1-style graphics. Although its linear campaign takes only 20 minutes to complete, its story will potentially occupy hours of your mindspace long after you've uninstalled it. This is a title that leaves more questions than answers, and it demands creative interpretation for its madlib storytelling. How I filled in the blanks is not necessarily how you will, and that's a big part of Nightslink's beauty; you may end up finding yourself combing forums and comments for ideas on how others interpreted the plot as well. The gameplay itself is simple... you deliver audio cassettes to a number of apartments in a building, and then you go and make more cassettes. What's on the cassettes? Who are these mysterious residents? Where is everybody? What happened to the city? The more you play, the more questions you ask. The more you play, the more you realize that they go unanswered. There are some easter eggs to uncover, and there's a bit of replay value in exploring bits of dialogue and a certain opportunity that you may have missed on your first time through. Admittedly, when my time with Nightslink came to an end my very first thought was "Well, that was a waste". And then I sat back and thought about it for a few minutes and realized what a wonderfully creative hidden gem this game is, because it [i]made[/i] me think. We are so used to being spoonfed every tidbit of information, and that makes the obscurity of Nightslink's plot its most profound trait; second only to the fact that no matter what your interpretation, you're not [i]wrong[/i]. If you have a bit of pocket change and half-an-hour to spare, check this one out... but go into it with an open mind. A mind that's not looking for predetermined answers or a guiding hand. [h1]Rating: [b]4.0/5.0[/b] - Excellent, highly worth playing.[/h1] The Horror Network [url=http://steamproxy.net/steamstore/curator/28221963/]Curator[/url] | [url=http://steamproxy.net/groups/thehorrornetwork]Group[/url] Click for Gore [b]The developer provided a free copy of this game for review, through The Horror Network's Curation page.[/b]