The house is largely forgettable, the environments are dull, and the dolls themselves aren’t particularly creative, but I’d be lying if I said it was completely lacking in the atmosphere department. Visually, the game itself is unremarkable. With it being relatively short (and generously priced at $5.00), it’s also an ideal party game if you just want to pass the controller around and give everyone a shot at the action. This makes for an entertaining game to watch others fail at, as they attempt to discern which dolls to run away from, and which continue to maim them at the slightest hint of movement. Should you survive until the next hour, you’ll not only have to deal with a new friend, but defend against them all simultaneously.īy hour three I was already feeling overwhelmed, and I’ve yet to finish the game entirely. What makes it so intense is that each doll needs to be dealt with in a certain manor (which I’ll avoid discussing in detail, since that’s the biggest spoiler of them all). It may sound easy in theory, but Emily Wants to Play is, in fact, quite challenging. You then have a very small amount of time to find her before she finds you. The first doll, for instance, gives off a little giggle to alert you of her presence. While the first hour is used primarily to familiarize yourself with the layout of the house, each hour thereafter introduces a new doll to avoid in a very specific manor. While the objective may be the same - survive hour to hour while eluding an ever-growing set of murderous (once) inanimate objects - Emily Wants to Play removes the tether completely, allowing the player to explore and seek shelter throughout the entire house, rather than defending yourself from inside a stationary work space. They want a playmate.Įmily Wants to Play is a first-person survival horror game, similar to the insanely popular Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise.

That’s a shame, really, because the dolls that reside within don’t want pizza. After taking a quick look around, you announce to anyone within earshot that you’re just there to deliver a pizza.

With the rain beating down ferociously and thunder booming off in the distance, you go against your better judgment and step through the open doorway in search of shelter.

Taking a peek through the window, the house appears disheveled, with overturned furniture, broken glass, and personal belongings packed away in boxes. As you pull up to the last stop of your shift, something doesn’t feel quite right. Available on: PS4 (reviewed), Xbox One, PCĭelivering pizza in the rain already sounds like an awful way to make a living, but it’s about to get much, much worse.

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