I honestly never heard of this game up until I have seen it on the Steam Holiday Sale. My curiosity got the best of me and decided to give it a shot because the game claims to be a survival horror. But in 2D? That’s just crazy.

After playing and completing the game, I can officially say that Lone Survivor is nothing short of a masterpiece and I don’t use that term lightly especially when it comes to a survival horror/adventure game. The game can be easily summed up as a Silent Hill 2 2D side scrolling game. So does that mean is it scary? I wouldn’t go down that line but more like psychology creepy. Because you don’t know what is real or not and yet you have to deal with weird looking monster by either shooting them, distracting them or hide out of plain sight just to pass by them.

The game creator Jasper Byrne has really put a lot of effort by taking the 16 bit graphics and turning it into something special. The added mosaic textures and grainy effects makes this game visually stunning. Not to mention that he has created an original soundtrack specifically for this game that will sink into your ear holes and brain waves as soon as you run the game. Its games like this make me appreciate Indie games a lot more than big publisher companies that make AAA games like Capcom or Konami who have completely lost their roots to what made their own original survival horror games a legend.

If you're a true survivor horror adventure fan, give this game a go. You will not be disappointed.

*TRVIA*
--- Jasper Byrne also has some of his original soundtracks in Hotline Miami which was nominated as Game Of The Year of 2012.