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Bendy and the Ink Machine
Bendy and the Ink Machine is an indie first person puzzle-action-horror game with a unique cartoon atmosphere and an intense, frightening story line that keeps you guessing throughout.
Details
- Released
- February 10, 2017
- Also known as
- BaTIM
- Developer
- Joey Drew Studios, TheMeatly Games, Ltd.
How it plays
Time to beat · 4 player times (IGDB)
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Bendy and the Ink Machine Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Bendy and the Ink Machine is an episodic first-person puzzle action horror game that begins in the far days past of animation and ends in a very dark future.
That doesn't take away from the fact that not only is Bendy one of the most unique horror experiences we've played in recent memory, but it deploys its ideas so effectively that we always wanted to push forward to see what else it had to offer. A comparison with Bioshock can never be a bad thing either, especially when it comes to world-building, and even if it could do with a touch more polish, we'd recommend this for anyone, even younger gamers like those who helped popularise this game in the first place. After all, it is rated 12 and up, so as long as you can take the spooks you're in for…
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Bendy and the Ink Machine is a unique and enjoyable survival horror game that is buoyed by a brilliant narrative, despite struggling occasionally with frustrating performance issues.
Compared to others, my familiarity of Bendy and the Ink Machine was insignificant at best. Not knowing it was a game, my preliminary thought was that it was a show or concept ripped off from Cuphead. I remember seeing a plentiful amount of merchandise swamping the stores of Hot Topic, Box Lunch, and Spencer’s and still my ignorance stood its ground. Shame on me, because the game is developed by Rooster Teeth Studios, a highly popular YouTube channel I’m actually quite fond of. You’d thi...
Bendy and the Ink Machine succeeds in capturing a specific personality and aesthetic, but falters in its gameplay craftsmanship.Typically, a developer naming the in-universe Disney knockoff after itself is enough to suspect self-aggrandizement to the nth [...]