Slender: The Arrival Beta

[Kreekakon]

I just finished watching Pewdie play it, and I know exactly why the concept of the "Finding pages" mechanic from the original does not work here in a full game.

In a simple phrase it was because the mechanic was built upon you being "supposed" to die before you found all 8 pages. Successfully finding all 8 pages in the original is something a bit like beating impossible mode in other video games, it is difficult as hell, but not absolutely necessary for the standard experience, which in the Eight Page's case is only finding a few of the pages.

That brings me to what I think is the standard experience of the original Slender game. It is a unique take on the genre of a "survival" game, where you try to stay alive as long as possible. Getting all eight pages is the highest score possible while getting fewer just means you get a lower score. You do not have to get all eight for the game to not be considered a complete failure. It can sometimes be fun to push yourself to get a new "high score" in this respective.

In Slender: The Arrival though, it takes this concept, and turns it into a objective for necessary progression, turning what was previously the hardest, and highest score possible into something you must do in order to progress further in the game, which in turn will turn the game from something that is seen as a challenge which pushes your skills to the limit into a frustrating thing you must accomplish.

It's a bit hard to explain, but I hope you get my meaning.