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Tormenture Review – Retro scares in your bedroom upstairs
I’ve played and reviewed a lot of retro-themed horror games over the past few years, with many choosing to revisit the feel and aesthetic of the early 3D era and using the associated nostalgia to either subvert or honour the player’s expectations. Earlier influences are more uncommon, in part perhaps to the strength of titles like Resident Evil in popular culture. Horror games can be traced back to the very beginnings of home entertainment though, with movie tie-ins based on classic scares from Texas Chainsaw to Alien. Both of these appeared on the Atari 2600 and it is this generation of consoles that has inspired Tormenture, or at least the game within the game here.