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Rusty Lake is back with another deliciously macabre adventure, and if you've slept on the overlooked series you're missing out
If you've been reading Eurogamer for any length of time there's a good chance you've already seen me harp on about the …
And with a few notable exceptions, the key word is "casual"; these are brilliantly accessible adventures, most memorable for their irresistibly macabre ambience, and the fascinating history of the mysterious Vanderboom family at their centre, rather than any radical design convolutions. And with each entry usually approaching the story from a radically different direction - one, for instance, plays out during a horrifically doomed birthday party, and another takes place entirely from within a cardboard box - it all adds up to a wonderfully sinister (and narratively intertwined) saga of standalone adventures. Other standouts, though, include The White Door, which does some striking things with its engaging split-screen presentation; and if you wanted to see developer Rusty Lake really flexing its design chops, there's the deeply impressive The Past Within, which reimagines the series' familiar formula as a brain-melting co-op experience that demands constant communication as two players navigate the same room in different time periods.
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