I played for the first time I’m on Observation Duty It was at a friend’s birthday party a little over a year ago, and though I was out of my mind for much of the trip, the experience of playing it stayed with me with resounding clarity. While we were all gathered around a couch at the Airbnb, one of the members of our group took the reins of a game that gave players access to security cameras in a specific environment. Sometimes it can be an office or a home but there is always something wrong He will be with her, or at least he will be eventually. You first scan the environment to see how things look when everything is normal, and eventually, “anomalies” appear that either change things slightly or noticeably worsen the situation.

At first I noticed how ordinary everything was. I’m on Observation Duty‘s movement was a little slow to start, and I think the room was feeling it, too, because we were mostly guessing which object was moving two inches to the right. But just when we felt like we could surrender, things escalated. things began to emerge and elements of the environment visibly deteriorated. As the anomalies in the game became more aggressive and disturbing, the barking from our team turned from mumbling to shouting. At least one person nearly jumped off the couch in fear, and I soon noticed that my grip on the arm of the couch was getting tighter throughout the session. Whether I admit it or not, I was scared and had a great time.

I’m rarely a passive participant in horror in games. I usually get out of control too, and when I play a horror game I’m usually alone in the room, but I’m on Observation Duty It was one of my favorite experiences because it was time spent being scared of some incredible people. Horror is such a social genre that it makes sense that, despite its simplicity, it blows most other games out of the water on one of the few occasions when I open myself up to enjoying it with other people in the room. If you’re turned on, gather your funniest friends for a meeting or in the same room, because this place is so much fun.

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