Video Horror Society

Video Horror Society

 

RAINBOW BUMPER STICKER: THE VIDEO GAME

As a “Hide and Seek with Murder” veteran, having experienced Dead By Daylight during its peak in 2018 and Friday the 13th: The Game during its peak in 2017, I have extremely high standards for this genre. Having been forced into retirement as an S Rank Killer and an S Rank Survivor in Dead By Daylight in 2022 due to it being such a flaming pile of dog shit, I decided to try out this game. When I fired up Video Horror Society I had butterflies in my stomach, I was so excited to explore my new Dead By Daylight replacement. Right away I see who I want to main, it is a redhead named Faith, when a redhead is an option, you have no other choice than to main her.

I played the tutorial, and it seems a bit sluggish, but I keep on. I instantly found myself liking the character designs and how the world looks, although I would have preferred a darker and scarier atmosphere such as in Dead By Daylight circa 2018, it’s not a big issue. I then play the actual game itself, and the first thing I notice is that the entire lobby besides myself is full of the other players wearing rainbow everything, because when I want to immerse myself into a horror game, I also want to think about two sweaty naked bearded men going to town on each other. Now don’t get me wrong, I spend most of my nights laying awake in bed thinking about space docking with Henry Cavill, so I totes get it fr fr no cap, Tide Pod Challenge yeet yeet Pete Davidson Fortnite dances. I now start the actual game itself, where I end up getting brutalized by a werewolf wearing a rainbow bracelet. I ended up playing 3 games in total to give the game a fair chance, with zero funs had.

PROS

-Even though I would have preferred a darker atmosphere, the character designs and the world look great.

CONS

-Gameplay feels sluggish.

-It’s not even the slightest bit scary.

-It is not fun.

ADVICE TO THE DEVS

Take your game off of Steam, think about what all I said and apply it to making your game not trash, and then after a year or two release it again. You’re welcome.

 

The Sims 4

 

The Sims 4

 

PROS

-The Sims will always be appealing to me, even if it’s considered a chick game, I still remember getting into a fight over XBOX Live where a guy saw on my profile that I played The Sims 4, and then proceeded to claim that I was a woman. These are the challenges I face as an average Sims enjoyer.

-The Wicked Whims mod adds a little bit of spice to the game, I mean if you’re already going to Funky Town, why not see something besides blurred pixels.

CONS

-The base game has a limited amount of things to do, and unless playing The Sims 4 is your real life career, then you’re probably not going to want to drop the $75,000 to get all of the DLC.

-When creating my Sim, my pronouns of There/ToyotaDealership/BlueberryPancake were not represented, and representation matters, do better Sims creators. 

-No Steam achievements, sure there are in game achievements, but not a single person would prefer those to just having actual Steam achievements to display. When I played The Sims 4 on my XBOX One a few years ago, I ended up not using any money cheats just to chase after the achievements, which overall extended the life of the game, and gave me a greater sense of satisfaction. 

-I might be alone on this one, but I wish there was an option for controller support, if I’m going to spend a while building my house, then I’d like to be leaned back in my chair relaxing with a controller in my hands instead of hunched over a desk.

-You have to make an Origin account to play the game you just bought on Steam. I really wish The Sims 1 would just make its way over to GOG honestly. sighs

OVERALL THOUGHTS

I know the list of CONS seems to outweigh the PROS, but again it’s The Sims, it’s fun. Pick it up for 5 bucks on sale, install the Wicked Whims mod, build a house, get a career, mingle, and then watch your Sim burst into flames while making a grilled cheese.