fernandopa

May Assassination #6

0.7 hours
5/6
Played on itch.io

One of those games that make you wonder - what even is a game? How and when did this end up in my library?

The Space Between is a short walking sim, focused on surreal psychological horror and subtext. It evokes a lot of arthouse films in my mind. The graphics are mostly low-poly which are really charming, but diffuse and hazy in a way that adds to the horror. The playtime is mostly dictated by how long the dialogue takes to roll, since there is little / no exploration at all in the game. How you feel and what you take of the experience is completely up in the air - but for me, it was mostly an uncomfortable experience without resolution. It's interesting as a narrative experiment, but it's clearly not something for the masses. It's weird, and some people like it, but I'm not sure if I did