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8/1/12 at 6:42pm
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Believe me, I'm not trying to act tough. I frighten pretty easily. I just didn't find this particular game scary, or really even startling. Maybe because I knew what to expect? It also takes a lot to get me "immersed" into a game. With the glitchy graphics, the low poly textures, and the bad character model, I found it difficult to get into it. And you have to admit, with the extremely simple gameplay and predictable scares there's nothing that really makes Slender special.
(BTW, I did play with the lights off and pretty decent speakers.)

If you want immersion you should try it out in 3d vision. Works out very well, except for things within a foot or so of you (for slender that is).
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8/1/12 at 9:20pm
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I personally didn't find the game all that terrifying. You walk around collecting pages, and while exploring you might see a low-polygon model of a skinny faceless dude. What's so special about it? Maybe I'm just not the horror-game type.

Same here.

In fact, i found the entire experience more laughable than anything. The thought that people found it scary just made me laugh.

Amnesia, though, thats a different story. Immersion is a big deal for me in order to make me feel scared, otherwise, it just simply reminds me i'm playing a game, and there's nothing scary about that.

The whole "Slenderman" thing is a rather ridiculous story, but the idea of being stalked by some entity really plays on peoples fear and paranoia, something that was executed pretty well in Amnesia (a "Shadow" following you - to quote the game) as well as other titles such as DayZ (players stalking players to kill), but in order for it to be effective a number of things have to sit nicely. Immersion being one.

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As a Marble Hornets nut, I am very excited.
Fun fact, the first time I found Marble Hornets, I watched all the episodes in one sitting at night, alone, in the dark. The next morning, I found my car battery was dead, and I had not left the lights on. The next morning, my Mom's car battery was dead, again without leaving the lights on. We know what happens to electronics when the Slenderman is around...

My car battery goes dead pretty frequently. I had it replaced, same thing happens. No reason for it either, it just...happens.

Also, on rare occasions, my car stereo randomly comes on even when the key isn't in the ignition - one time i locked my car up after parking, and i heard loud music resonating from inside.

Considering my body build, i reckon i'm the Slenderman, and if the "real" slenderman wants to dispute that, he better bring backup.
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8/1/12 at 9:22pm
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