This game is a quirky, yet solid, entry into the horror genre. Most of the time in horror games you are used to being chased around dark and strange locations by monsters, but in this game you stay stationary while the monsters come to you. The game is very short, but I found it kind of intense. The graphics are decent, pretty much the usual graphics for this kind of game.
You play as a small girl who is sleeping somewhere away from home, probably a relative's house, while her parents are away on vacation. The girl suffers from high anxiety, which also helps to spur her over-active imagination. There are 3 teddy bears which are out to get her... or are they? Are these teddy bears really demonically possessed, or is this little girl just imagining things?
The bears move around, usually closer, when you are not looking at them. When you ARE looking at them, they will only move in place. They won't come closer until you turn away. Thus, your head needs to be on a swivel. You must constantly be looking left, looking right, looking under your bed, climbing up to look at the top bunk, and getting up to turn on the porch light.
The worst part of this game is the camera bob. With all the constant looking around you do, the camera is almost always in motion, and this really made me nauseous. I could only play about 15 to 20 minutes at a time. Also, the creepiest thing is that sometimes when you look at the bears they will wave at you, a taunting gesture to let you know that they know you see them.
The 1st bear is on the left, in the wardrobe closet with the flapping door. Sometimes he moves further left, into the corner by the head of your bed, behind the chalkboard. Sometimes he comes straight at you. Sometimes he moves right, climbs up on the bookcase, then jumps onto the bottom of your bed from there. He is the most dangerous, because he moves around so much.
The 2nd bear is under your bed. He crawls out on the right side, stands in front of the TV, and then comes straight at you. He is a mid-level threat, and occasionally does not seem to spawn. The 3rd bear is on the right, outside the glass door. He walks in, and then comes straight at you. He is the least dangerous, because of the porch light. ([i]More on that porch light in a minute.[/i])
In the tutorial, if I remember correctly, you start at 3:00am. You are in the bottom bunk of a pair of bunk beds, and you must keep the bears away from you until dawn, which is 7:00am. Then repeat this scenario for 8 nights total. Every few nights your starting time moves back an hour until your starting time is midnight. However, your ending "[i]safe[/i]" time is always 7:00am.
Other than you needing to survive for a longer time every couple of nights, neither the nights nor the bears seem to progressively get harder. However, you also have to control your anxiety level. When it gets high enough, your vision gets blurry. There are only 2 things which bring down your anxiety level... a music box you hold, and the porch light just outside of your bedroom.
When a bear either gets up on the bed or right up beside the bed, playing the music box will make all bears reset to their original positions... IF it is your imagination. However, if the bears are real, one of them will grab you as soon as the music stops playing. The music only lasts for a minute or so, and you have to play it until it runs down. Then, quickly wind it back up for next time.
To the right of your bed, on the wall, is a light switch which turns on the porch light. However, this light will only stay on for a few minutes. [b]Keep turning on this light.[/b] It is great for keeping the 3rd bear at bay, plus it is great for lowering your anxiety. However, keep in mind that while you are climbing out of bed to turn on that light, you cannot see the 1st bear, and he WILL move.
You also have a flashlight, but the batteries only last for a few minutes, and there is no recharging them, so you have to use the flashlight VERY sparingly. The flashlight does not seem to keep the bears away. It just helps you to see into the darkest parts of the room. On the left nightstand is a clock, so you always know how much longer you've got to hold on before dawn comes.
There are 16 achievements, and they do count on your Profile. It should take between 2.0 to 2.5 hours to get all of the achievements, and once you get them there is no replayability. Also, there are trading cards, and some Point Shop items. Since the game is so short, there are no manual saves. However, the game has 1 autosave at the end of each night, so you can always leave and come back to the beginning of your current night. The game ran perfectly fine too. I experienced no bugs or glitches.
