It takes a lot for even the best horror games to really spook me. Put it down to a very early introduction to Resident Evil as a precocious preschooler, or my annual Halloween pilgrimage through Silent Hill 2. Either way, I've become so desensitized to the tricks of the horror game trade that even the most elaborate jumpscare has become rote. Instead, it's often games that aren't specifically horror that are the most likely to get me spooked, especially ones driven by emergent gameplay. That's where Pacific Drive comes in.
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