{"id":1994,"date":"2005-04-23T20:14:50","date_gmt":"2005-04-24T02:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dreamdawn.com\/sh\/post_view.php?index=1994"},"modified":"2005-04-23T20:14:50","modified_gmt":"2005-04-24T02:14:50","slug":"obscure-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"Obscure thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border = \"0\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"img\/screenshot\/thumbs\/Obscure01_thumb.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>This week a friend and I played through most (about 3\/4ths) of <a href = \"?p=7200000\">Obscure<\/a>.  I was away from home on a business trip, so it was a good excuse to take a break from <a href = \"?p=6900000\">Silent Hill 4<\/a> and check out the two-player action in Obscure.<\/p>\n<p>Though I must reserve final judgment until the game is complete, my impression of Obscure is quite good.  The two-player mode in particular is awesome, as is the party system and light mechanic.  The graphics are pretty good, and there are a few legitimate scares packed away in the game&#8217;s depths.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Obscure is mostly that while it has some really innovative elements, it&#8217;s also based on rather bland puzzles and combat.  The plot is run-of-the-mill, the characters are only mildly interesting, and the monsters are (with a few exceptions) pretty standard.  The game&#8217;s innovations seem to be enough to keep it afloat, and there are very few execution problems, but some of standard survival horror game elements feel a little flat.<\/p>\n<p>The game is also quite dark and there seem to be a few dramatic spikes in difficulty.  But in general, Obscure is a solid survival horror game with some really cool elements going for it.  It&#8217;s not quite revolutionary, but like <a href = \"?p=3500000\">The Suffering<\/a>, it gets enough of the equation right that the experience is fresh and enjoyable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week a friend and I played through most (about 3\/4ths) of Obscure. I was away from home on a business trip, so it was a good excuse to take a break from Silent Hill 4 and check out the two-player action in Obscure. Though I must reserve final judgment until the game is complete, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-impressions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horror.dreamdawn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}