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44. Yomawari Duology (Night Alone and Midnight Shadows) (20 points)
Nominated by: ihatethisCPU (0/5 remaining)

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Importance: 2.5
Fear: 8.5
Snake: 9

The Yomawari Duology are two of the most creative and scary survival horror games I've played in a long time. Night Alone starts off with the one of the most shocking and cruel events in a video game ever, followed by a little girl's nightmares and anxieties come to life. Going back to the themes of kid-friendly horror, the cute but twisted graphical style of these games almost seem like kid's drawings of monsters that have become reality. In a Silent Hill fashion, the Yomawari games serve as allegories for mortality, loneliness, and guilt, as our little girl protagonist has to come to terms that her dearly loved companion has moved on to a better place, or in the case of Midnight Shadows, two friends being forced to reunite in a dark and isolated place. The Yomawari games have amazing art direction, like Lovecraft seen through a child's perspective which makes it all the more terrifying to look at. Midnight Shadows has some particularly great designs, like Mr. Kotowari and Malice. Gameplay is similar to something like Outlast with a hiding mechanic, but incorporates some aspects of Silent Hill including a semi-open world area. When you're hiding, there's this cool heartbeat mechanic that lets you know when it's safe, and adds a great layer of tension to otherwise rote hide-and-seek. However, it's the strong themes and twisted monster design that really make the Yomawari games truly something worth checking out.
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