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Sunday, October 27, 2024 6:15:56 AM

Content Warning Review (DJDiceZ)

Honestly, crucially underrated game. One of the most fun games i've played in a decade, but you need at least one other friend who's as much into it as you are, and more people really expands your possibilities exponentially. This is not a single player horror game but a strictly multiplayer game where you roleplay as a content creator making vlogs, skits, documentaries and such. It's like playing chess alone, you technically can and i'm sure at least one person enjoys that, but you're not playing the game without someone else.
The whole point is to mess around and have a laugh, and damn is the game so finely tailored for the chaos needed to make it happen. Admittedly it's on the niche side, but this game really helped me re-learn how to have fun with video games, rather than taking them too seriously. You have to go with the flow and not take it seriously.
As much as i like lethal company as a horror game conceptually (dungeon exploration/looting with intricate tools and numerous interesting entities alongside asymmetrical co-op gameplay), it's more funny than scary, even though it'll catch you offguard at times, just like content warning. But i've had so much more fun playing content warning. It's just way more masterfully crafted to do what it wants, and it knows what it wants. Many people miss the point and expect the game to give you the gameplay. This game is very different, YOU make the gameplay, if you are not creative and willing to make up scenarios, pretend play, roleplay a character/vlogger, or try to set up comedic moments, it will just simply not speak to you. In a way it is very sandbox-ey.
One of the big things that makes content warning so much better than lethal company, is that horror games are designed to play in the most boring, slow and cautious way possible especially if you want to optimize performance, which most survival horror games fail to make interesting. This game on the other hand encourages you to take as much risk as possible, and lets you get quite creative with it. The physics and ragdolls are so chaotic and flimsy, it leads to hilarious results, which comes with very satisfying tools to use as well, further adding to said chaos.
The camera is a bit low on battery, and has a really poor range. It also cuts off too fast when you let go of it (i wish we could put it down and let it record a bit, or have a tripod), but the restriction actually creates on its own really funny cuts in the footage, comedic timing just happens on its own half the time. But you can also just record yourself doing stupid shit.
Whether you're just messing around in the hub, trying to do something fancy in the "dungeon", or rewatching the footage that you recorded, you're bound to have a good laugh with you friends. More maps/entities/tools/unlocks would be welcome.
Main issue is the game's wonkiness goes a bit far into the gamebreaking bugs territory, which can be annoying, the game isn't exactly stable.