Hide and Shriek
By Marcia Morgan,
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Mischievous, scary fun leaves players wanting more.
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What’s It About?
In HIDE AND SHRIEK, there's a Halloween tradition for the magic students at Little Springs High and Innsmouth Academy. Each year, late at night, the students sneak into school, turn themselves invisible, and try their best to give each other the scare of a lifetime. This is a one-vs.-one multiplayer game where players have 10 minutes to sneak around, stalk their friends, and lure them into magical traps, all to scare the wits out of them. Players collect runes to cast spells or scramble to an ever-moving altar to perform a ritual and earn extra points but have to make sure to look over their shoulders. That noise you just heard might be nothing, but it could be leading you into someone else's trap. You might be invisible, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be afraid.
Is It Any Good?
This scary action game will run chills up and down player's spines, but it can be a little light on content. See, most people love to be scared at least a little. It's why we watch horror movies and ride roller coasters. It's also fun to do the scaring, which is why it's hard not to sneak up on someone and yell, "Boo!" It's that same adrenaline rush that makes games like Hide and Shriek so much fun. Sure, you might be skulking around in the shadows trying to trick another person into stumbling across one of your well-placed traps. But deep down, you know that somewhere in the school, the other person is just itching to do the same thing to you. Matches may only last 10 minutes at most, but that's not such a bad thing. There's so much tension that your nerves might not be able to take much more than that.
If there's one thing to really complain about, it's that the game feels light on content. This may be a "value priced" game, but you'll still wish there were more to do. At the very least, there should be more than one map to mix things up a bit instead of you always sneaking through the same halls of the same high school. With that said, you'll get your five dollars worth of fun out of this game, with the added benefit of hearing your friends scream.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about fear and violence in games. Does a game have to be violent to be scary? What are some ways tension and anxiety can be entertaining (roller coasters and the like), and what are some ways to deal with anxiety when it's a negative influence?
Talk about video games versus reality. Why is it important to remember that games are not reality? What are good reasons to never imitate what you see on the screen?
Game Details
- Platform: Windows
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Available online
- Publisher: FunCom
- Release date: October 25, 2016
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Topics: Adventures , Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- ESRB rating: NR for No Descriptions
- Last updated: October 29, 2019
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