Slendy and his little minion are a dangerous team. This is at its best and worst in Chapter 3: Into the Abyss, where you have to activate a set of generators to escape an abandoned mine, while being pursued by Slendy and one of his proxy - a small figure in a white hood and mask. If you die, you will automatically restart at the beginning of the chapter. Most of the nine chapters are continuations of the original concept in The Eight Pages, in which you have to collect or interact with a set of randomly scattered items in the environment to complete the chapter. Playing most of them as Lauren, and armed with only a video camera, you visit her friend Kate's house after she went missing.

The Arrival is broken down into nine chapters. This style of 'You want it? Go find it!' storytelling is a cheap, yet effective way to keep the tension high, knowing that once you put down the letter, Slendy might be behind you. Instead, the narrative plays out like a crime-scene puzzle, and it's up to you to enrich your own Slendy experience by piecing together the events by finding letters, photos, and objects as you progress. The story elements in Slender: The Arrival aren't openly given to you - you could play the game from start to finish and, from chapter to chapter, have little idea what's going on. When you're met with the warning 'you're on your own, and your survival is up to you' before you hit the main menu, you know you're in for a tense ride. Built on the Unity Engine, the game doesn't always look impressive in the graphic department, but it oozes atmosphere the second you boot it up. Last year Parsec Productions teamed up with developer Blue Isle Studios to create a sequel/re-imagining of The Eight Pages, and now a year later that game, appropriately titled Slender: The Arrival, has crept onto the Xbox 360.

It was a basic, effective, and scary game that helped to reinvigorate the horror genre. The goal in The Eight Pages was simple: run for your life and collect eight randomly spawned pages before 'Slendy' gets you.

The Eight Pages was based on the tale of The Slender Man, a tall and faceless paranormal figure who would stalk, traumatize, and abduct anyone who may come across him, particularly children. Back in 2012, a two-man development team at Parsec Productions created a PC game called Slender: The Eight Pages as an experiment.

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