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Detention
Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Details
- Released
- January 12, 2017
- Developer
- Red Candle Games
- Genres
- Point-and-click · Survival · Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie · Horror
- Publisher
- Coconut Island Games, Red Candle Games
How it plays
Time to beat · 4 player times (IGDB)
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Detention Reviews
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Other than that, Detention is an astonishingly well-put together game that understands how brooding horror is more effective than mere jump-scares. And four hours long, it never outstays its welcome, delivering a perfectly pitched dose of horror with a sprinkling of historical insight. All in all, it’s one of the most chilling and disturbing games you’re likely to encounter, rivalling even the much-vaunted Silent Hill 2 in the survival horror stakes. Fear done properly, Detention is a fantastic reason to go back to school.
Martial law is background for this disturbing horror game set in 1960s Taiwan, telling the story of oppression and tragedy. Read our Detention review.
Graphics: 8.0 Gameplay: 8.0 Sound: 8.0 Control: 8.0 Replay Value: 8.0 Overall Rating: 8.0 Online Gameplay: Not Rated Publisher: Red Candle Games Developer: ...
An intelligent, thought-provoking, and extremely creepy adventure, that proves that survival horror can be more than just shooting zombies.
This isn’t a horror game in the purest sense of the word. There aren’t any jump scares, yet there is a very real sense of dread as you chip your way through the story. It never fully lets up and, instead, allows itself to build until you’re almost used to the oppressive paranoia.
Detention is a complicated package. Everything outside of its gameplay is top-notch. Its story, visuals, and sound flawlessly accomplish what (I think) the game is trying to convey. At the same time, these things are experienced through slow, somewhat dull adventure gameplay. It does hinder the game somewhat, but despite this caveat, I still think Detention is absolutely a game—if not story—worth experiencing.
Detention has something important to say, but using a game as a medium seems inappropriate in this instance. While the subject matter is definitely worth discussing and I’d personally love to see more of this in games moving forward, the way in which it’s been executed here left me groaning by the end of the three hours. Predictable in terms of story and unimaginative in terms of game design, Detention doesn’t work as a game.
After spending many hours in the explosive world of Destiny 2, Detention’s simple but horrific tale has reminded me just how affecting video games can be. A game based on the oppressive regime of 1960’s Taiwain may not be for everyone, but if you fancy a break from head shots and kill streaks then this debut title from Red Candle games comes highly recommended.
The dark world of the imagination, powered by guilt and sorrow, is a strange and scary place to find yourself. But, in Detention by the Taiwanese indie studio Red Candle , that is exactly where you are going to have to traverse through! I learned of this game originally from my trip to E3, w