The Convenience Store
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The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a J-horror game about a college girl on a night shift.
From the creators of https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162680/Stigmatized_Property/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1185160/Inunaki_Tunnel/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147960/Okaeri/
Key Features:
Immersive experience: An atmospheric, photo-realistic graphics intensifies the horror experience.
VHS film aesthetic: VHS aesthetic emulates look and feel of CRT screens including phosphor screen trail and bleeding, VHS tape noise, interlacing, and jitter in the analog video signal adding extra immersion to the horror experience.
Gameplay: This game is primarily a "walking simulator" genre with puzzle-solving elements.
Psychological horror: The game will drive you insane.
Japanese Theme: Environment art inspired by Japanese horror films.
2 endings: There are good and bad.
The Convenience Store | 夜勤事件 is a short game. The game is about 40 minutes long.
VHS effects can be turned off in the options menu.
Source: Steam Store Description
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- 夜勤事件 - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 2 ratings with 1 reviews)
The Good
First of all, I really liked the game's atmosphere - the overall feeling of isolation, the world's sparsity, the creepy walks through a seemingly empty town, the combination of analogue and digital technology malfunctioning. All of that is in its right place and works together pretty well.
The graphics definitely do their job, adding a really interesting lo-fi vibe to the whole thing.
The Bad
Unfortunately, the actively scary aspects - although not particularly jumpscare-reliant - feel disjointed and generally out-of-nowhere, without being quite abrasive or disturbing enough to make up for that. The mix of various J-horror tropes seems stitched together a bit chaotically and while some scenes are genuinely scary, the overall effect is really underwhelming.
A pretty big downside on the technical side is the lack of a save feature.
The Bottom Line
An uneven game switching between genuinely creepy atmosphere and forced jumpscares. 5/10
Windows · by Pegarange (296) · 2023
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Game added by jean-louis.
Additional contributors: Rik Hideto.
Game added May 23, 2020. Last modified May 1, 2021.