Introduction

Welcome to Little Hope, where fog is thicker than my high school math textbook, ghostly apparitions are just waiting to ruin your day, and four college students manage to make a perfectly average road trip nightmare into something even more dire. If you’re tired of nice sunny games and just want to dive into the murky waters of dread, this might be your kind of ride.

Gameplay

Fighting the urge to yell 'RUN!' at the screen, you'll control five unfortunate souls stuck in a ghost town that seems to be auditioning for a horror movie. Gameplay primarily revolves around choice-based interactions that can lead to the most heartbreaking character deaths since you forgot the cheat codes in a boss fight. Your decisions matter, which means there’s a successful path through this horror show and infinity ways to mess it up. The game also includes Quick Time Events (QTEs) to keep your reflexes sharp - or to break your controller in frustration when you miss that one button mash. Want to see how many characters can get killed? Just watch my playthrough for a masterclass in bad decisions.

Graphics

Graphically, Little Hope is about as pretty as a post-apocalyptic town can get. The environments are richly unsettling, with fog thicker than a London morning and shadows that could be confronted with a cup of tea. The character models are decent, although you'll spend most of your time looking at them running or screaming instead of admiring their modeling potential. Supermassive Games have quite literally made fog the star of the show here, and honestly, it deserves an Oscar.

Conclusion

Ultimately, Little Hope delivers a decent slice of interactive horror, sprinkled generously with confusion and existential dread. The game might not light the world on fire, but it illuminates plenty of dark corners to explore, all while giving you a friendly reminder that you’re simply never safe. If you enjoy seeing characters meet horrific ends because of your poor choices, grab your flashlight, brace for jump scares, and step into the not-so-inviting Little Hope. Now, if only someone could help me get those images of burnt dolls out of my head.

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