Anglerfish

Been meaning to review this game for a long while now. I do enjoy it. It's got a unique play style, multiple endings, different media and celebrity refs, and more. I haven't been able to finish this game though due to being stuck on one of the loops, then got extremely busy and sidetracked. One of these days I'll have to go back and attempt to finish it since I've had a playthrough of this going on my Youtube channel a few years ago.

Absolutely love this game. It plays with expectations in a very fun unique way and it definitely caught me off-guard a few times. Might not be everyones cup of tea, but I haven't enjoyed a game as much in a while! The point though is not to finish the game as quickly as possible. The whole process of getting to the end is what really matters and the friends we made along the way

[spoiler] YOU.WILL.DIE [/spoiler]

MINOR SPOILERS! I loved this game. Short runs, very fun un-lockables, it surprised me as promised and seamlessly adjusted to my helpless gaming skills (as promised)! I had fun completing it way more than 3 times to unlock all secrets without feeling stressed or frustrated about it. I especially liked how the game gave me shortcuts if I passed through an area enough times and how it sort of had a "game plus" mode too, allowing players to keep some un-lockable skills from the previous full completion, encouraging me even more to just go for the full collectables. I was introduced to Professional Villains from "Security: The Horrible Nights". I had so much fun playing "Security", so I decided to try their earliest releases and "Anglerfish" did not disappoint one bit. It has some obvious homages, to "Hotline Miami" and "Lisa: the Painful", and many movie shout-outs like "Dusk till Dawn" and even "Big trouble in little China" and "Alien". One last thing. To me, Professional Villains make their games feel like we are all having a chill conversation while trying to escape the horror and I absolutely love that. I caught a glimpse of it in "Security" and now looking at "Anglerfish" I can see so many nice elements brought forth: the element of surprise, the feeling of not having full control in my own game play, and the minimalist soundtrack that hits you with a full length song unexpectently. I will be playing "E.R Patient Typhon" next and looking forward to playing "Security: Stories by the Fans" after that.

First time ever I ask for a refund on Steam. The game barely works (Dualshock 4 not detected, janky gameplay) and yet asks you to do the same thing over and over again as a joke. So since it made me waste my time, at least it won't get my money. It's sad because at first I thought I was getting into something very good, with absurd or unexpected events all the time, as if I was in a David Lynch movie. But those were only the first 10 minutes, after which the game ironically became the opposite of what it set its goal to be. The only new "surprises" were a random enemy added here and there or a random death, both just frustrating rather than enjoyable when you're doing the same thing for the twentieth time. Anyway, interesting ideas but very poor execution I guess, in addition to being frustrating on purpose. When a game does that, at least there needs to be something good about it, which I didn't find here.

me and my friends go to the anglerfish bar during look a like thursday, so we all dressed up as japanese school girls while trying to get as many girl's number as we can. what happens next will shock you.

i HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I JUST PLAYED BUT IT WAS WORTH IT! Don't read any reviews! Just try it and discover its wackiness for yourself. You won't regret it.