The Exit 8

DB
16 minutes ago
2 min read

Stuck in a loop on the subway anticipating anomalies.

Walking down a well-lit subway passage in search of anomalies - from The Exit 8

This is going to be a short one - this is what I've been playing over the last seven days:

MOVIES

No movies watched or re-watched in the last week thanks to reading and writing more, with that reading including a fair amount of research, so not much free time left over when you also have a normal day job to do.

Fortunately, I do have the 4K version of Master and Commander on the way and I'll definitely be watching that ASAP.

GAMES

Death Stranding

I've read that once you've finished Episode 3: Fragile (of 15) in this game, you're over halfway through the story, which I have done as I've also beaten Episode 4: Unger, so give me another month or so and I should be done.

The Exit 8

Game summary: You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8". (Steam)

The Exit 8 has a simple premise of trying to spot what's out of place, if anything, and has a lot of fun with it in the process.

Some of the differences are obvious and some really aren't, so you're going to have pay attention if you want to spot all of them.

Some of the anomalies are also flat out creepy and it's easy to see why this game has been adapted as a movie coming out soon, although it only took me sixty-five minutes to see everything in the game so it'll be interesting to see how they pad things out to get to a feature film running time.

It's also pretty nice to look at as well, and I'm glad the developers went for a well lit location (most of the time), as I think something greyer or darker would've grown tedious over time - you definitely couldn't set this on the London Underground!

The Exit 8 is a nice short does of entertaining horror intrigue and the subtleties of some of the anomalies will have you questioning yourself like crazy, which isn't bad going for something so cheap. [8/10]

Also currently playing: Assassin's Creed Origins, FTL: Faster Than Light, Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

TV

Still no TV show watched or even chosen to watch next!

I'm still too close to finishing Andor to want to move on to more Star Wars TV yet as it's going to be impossible to measure up so I need something very different in-between.