The frame rate came to a crawl, with panning the camera being motion sickness-inducing thanks to the delay. Simply getting out of the car and exploring the search party camp, which consisted of half a dozen cars, was apparently too much for the game to handle. Unfortunately the technical problems began at the offset. I immediately enjoyed how vague the story was to begin with, giving you just a tiny thread to pull rather than spelling everything out right off the bat. Upon arrival you acquire a radio, get in contact with the police chief heading up the search, pat your dog and then make your way into the dense woods. In the opening of the game it is made clear that Ellis is suffering from PTSD of some sort, but the details surrounding this affliction are unclear at the time. You play as Ellis, a former police officer who has joined the search for the young lad. Peter, a young boy, has disappeared in the Burkittsville area and is thought to have wandered into the nearby Black Hills Forest. Unfortunately a large number of technical issues, a predictable narrative and a final act that drags on for far too long tarnish what could have been a brilliant entry into the Blair Witch lore.
While not presenting any ground-breaking new innovations, Blair Witch does provide some genuine scares and a few interesting gameplay mechanics to boot. Blair Witch (the game), developed by Layers of Fear and Observer developer Bloober Team, is a psychological horror title set in the same universe as the film series of the same name. Skip ahead to the present day and we are once again being beckoned into the infamous forest, but this time in video game form. Of course it is a work of fiction and though no one genuinely went missing in the Black Hills Forest, the (at the time) revolutionary cinematic style and marketing had people around the world talking. Shown from the perspective of the protagonists via handy cam and relying more on what you couldn’t see rather than what you could, audiences were left questioning the fictional nature of the film. Released in cinemas in 1999, The Blair Witch Project had a huge impact on the horror genre as well as the film industry in general.
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