I’ve been trying to decide which moment in Conscript I think is the scariest, and it depends essentially on your definition of fear. There’s visceral fear, when something leaps out at you or it’s horrifying to look at. There’s also fear of the unknown, this idea that something is happening that you can’t understand or control, and that it’s preparing to destroy you in a way you can’t defend. There are moments of Resident Evil, Amnesia, and the wonderfully postmodern Signalis in here, but if I’m trying to simplify or singularise what makes Conscript the best survival horror game of 2024, it’s the way it preys upon a more unusual, more intricate, and more excruciating type of fear.
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