Hide works on atmosphere. It is a nightmarish atmosphere that is eerie and dark: the player character pants as they trudge through snow, a siren wails in the background, and spot lights shine into the sky. It heavily obfuscates things in the distance with an ultra lo-fi style, making the environment become a mishmash of darkly toned pixels. One feels lost but not unfortunately so. As the search for signs spread across the environment continues, lights appear. Even despite not being able to see what it is, the game makes it clear they are not something to pursue, but rather something to, as the name implies, hide from. Hide mostly obscures the facts with its aesthetic and that is what makes it so very alluring.

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    chief big penis jr
    12 years, 8 months ago

    What a little piece of doo dee. Shitty stinky article written by a poop nose faggot.

    Brad Simons is a gay.

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    Cramoss
    12 years, 8 months ago

    I tried this game before, it's really cool and kind of creepy.

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    Pokop
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Looks creepy. I'ma download it.

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    Tyler Parry
    12 years, 8 months ago

    I can't find anything past "Rape" and "Persecution" signs...

    The game is really cool, but it is really hard to find where you can and can't go. I can't tell if I'm being blocked by a tree or an invisible wall sometimes.

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    larry penis guy
    12 years, 8 months ago

    You little fledgling dinkledorf. Do you really believe your stinky feet can challenge me? Dont make me fart.

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    Hamstallion
    12 years, 8 months ago

    This is a great example of how graphics mean so little in comparison to atmosphere through sound design

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    ex_machina
    12 years, 8 months ago

    I found the church and then there's a monster to the right that turned my screen red and ate me.

    Pants shat 10/10.

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    CocoPanda
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Looks great! I love when you talk about these free, awesome games to play. And wouldn't you know, this site's getting so big we're getting visits from trolls. :D

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    Domukari
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Weee indie game, I'll give this a roll later tonight as I am at work right now.

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    RedAmarillo131
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Playing the game for the first time, the Look is a combanation of Daggerfall, Limbo, Deus Ex. The combination makes a suprising atmosphere. The lights symbolize what I was hiding from, I then had realized that I was actually afraid of the light, I found it stunning because I was afraid of the dark when I was a child and to be in a situation like in the game I found very unlikely that it would happen, I only found 3 out of 5 locations. What I didn't like about this game was that I couldn't exit when the program was running becuase I had the feed running and I had to ctr+ alt+ del and end the task if I wanted to get out, I didn't know what to do or if I could get inside the houses, and I felt there was nowhere to hide. In the end I liked it, it has a good atmosphere and good psychological situation.

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    Comradebearjew
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Looks very cool

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    Muddy_Donuts
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Love your games I have never heard of before, great job!

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    Rex
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Damn I love these weird and fresh games that you find Ben.

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    GaiusBaltar
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Just from the screenshot im reminded of Swords and Sworcery...ill give this a go tonight.

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    Fear_the_Newt
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Looks pretty interesting. Might give it a look.

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    SomethingSnappy
    12 years, 8 months ago

    i'll try it out

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    pjunk
    12 years, 8 months ago

    Oh, cool, a game that works on my terrible MacBook. Let's give it a go...

    *SPOILERS*
    I'm not sure how to feel about this one. The atmosphere is definitely suspenseful, once you realize what all the sounds mean. I end up walking across the whole map with the spacebar held down out of fear at times. Even now I can swear I hear a faint ringing that's telling me where to go next. It took me several tries to find all five signs, but then I get caught every time afterward. I tried visiting each sign in order, as well, to see if that would change anything. Is it possible to escape after the fifth sign, or is that really the end of the game? And if that's it, then I'm not sure I understand what happened.

    ***BIG SPOILERS(?)***
    What I've gathered from this is that I'm being arrested for crimes that I've committed, as told by the signs. And that there are other guilty people who got away...? Or that they're the criminals and the feds are after me even though I'm innocent? Call me stupid, but whatever significance the signs themselves hold (both in what they say, and in the fact that there are signs everywhere) completely went over my head. Of course, this could all change if that escape is possible and there's a different ending I still need to see. But until I know for sure, I don't feel like putting that much effort into this game again.

    Hide is definitely interesting, and enjoyable in short bursts. It's aesthetically unique and pleasing, with the simplistic graphics and sounds enhancing the intense atmosphere by allowing imagination to take over. After a while, though, it just becomes a challenge of patience, and I've already spent plenty of time and frustration on this one for too little reward (so far).

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    Minyme
    12 years, 7 months ago

    looks... uhh.... idk....;