
It never gets any easier for Resident Evil Village’s main protagonist, Ethan Winters. As their disgusting, hairy legs scrabble madly against the walls, it becomes apparent that, in Metro Exodus, you can never let your guard down. Your arachnid foes are fatally vulnerable to light, so they skulk about in any dimly-lit crevice they can find. Then, in the spider-infested bunkers beneath the Caspian Sea, it becomes your weapon. Early stages of the game teach you to extinguish light and master the shadows. Yet, as we pointed out in our Metro Exodus PC review, this is a game that is at its most terrifying when it changes the rules. Human enemies might be on the back foot, but the chill of a howling Watchmen or the charge of a Humanimal is excruciatingly unsettling. But, if you choose to sleep through the daylight hours to creep up on your opponents in pitch darkness then expect a much scarier experience. However, there are plenty of spine-tingling horror game sequences creeping en route to the climactic Metro Exodus ending.ĤA Games’ irradiated outing allows you to choose whether you want Artyom’s adventure to be a guns-blazing assault or a stealthy affair shrouded in darkness thanks to the game’s day/night mechanic.

Metro Exodus is a number of games packed into one inviting post-apocalyptic slice of Russia: it’s a story-focused family drama as much as it is a Wolfenstein-esque, heavy metal-scored FPS. Be careful, though, all your prying will likely upset the ghost, and you don’t want to be around when it starts hunting. Using equipment, such as ouija boards, a spirit box, a crucifix, and smudge sticks – you and your team need to investigate the haunting and complete tasks such as taking a picture of dirty water, or asking the ghost questions. It requires teamwork, your best detective hat, and steady nerves to navigate the dark, tight corridors and eerily quiet rooms. Phasmophobia has grown beyond a cult following and is showing no signs of slowing down, so what makes it so good?Īlthough Phasmophobia is primarily a horror game, you could look at it as a co-op detective game as you and up to three other investigators explore a haunted location in an effort to deduce what type of ghost is spooking out the premises before reporting back.

Phasmophobia has climbed rapidly in popularity since its Early Access release, outselling the likes of Balder’s Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam.
