

When the player sees the Slender Man, the screen will be assaulted by static. The flashlight, while on, illuminates the area, but also makes it easier for the Slender Man to chase the target. The player can shut the flashlight off and conserve energy, which also makes it harder for the Slender Man to chase the player, but makes it very difficult to see. Once you collect 6 pages, Slender Man will automatically spawn behind you. As the player starts to gather more pictures, the Slender Man will be more and more fervent in his chase, and will begin to chase the player more aggressively. The Slender Man will start stalking the player once they gathered the first page (or if they take too long to find the page). If no pages are collected in a certain amount of time (estimated at 2 minutes or so), Slender Man will start searching for you. As the player collects pages, the music will become more and more intense, and add various noises which cause the player to begin to become nervous (For example: The first page you collect, a booming sound will start in the distance and will grow louder as the Slender Man grows closer to the character, then stop when the Slender Man is very near you). The cramped trees make determining the Slender Man’s location difficult, adding to the creepy atmosphere. The forest is very large and very dark, with a fence that goes around the perimeter, stopping your character from escaping the playing field. The pages are randomly posted, and are able to be collected in any order.

The reason these images are posted about the forest, or why your character wants them, is not explained. Your character must go into a dark forest filled with various trees and objects, and must locate eight pages that have very poorly scribbled images of the Slender Man, with phrases like “HELP ME” or “NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO” on them, based off the pages seen in Marble Hornets. The only item that your character has is a flashlight, which otherwise has no ability to hinder or stop the entity stalking your character. Your character is stranded in the woods alone, and is stuck with no weaponry or defense. The story of the game is not defined or explained.

I remember my first time playing sanatorium after they took away the gun. The game is an amazing game that just catches the feeling of the original slender and throws it in your face. Slenderman’s Shadow is proof that the concept of Slender is a great one, and that it can still be expanded in other ways in the future. It has a few issues overall, but it’s completely free to play and still being updated, so if you even remotely enjoyed Slender then there’s no reason you shouldn’t play this. Slenderman’s Shadow Free Download RepacklabĪside from Hospice, which is disappointing, the maps are excellent and extremely atmospheric, and this game certainly uses its music in a great way.
