Anthology of Fear – Review

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October is here, so with Halloween just around the corner, the scary, spooky and outright disturbed are coming out to play and today we’re taking a look at Anthology of Fear from Poland with Ultimate Games, OhDeer Studio and 100 Games.
The story follows our main protagonist Ethan who’s off to explore a potential lead at an abandoned medical clinic in search for his brother Nathan, with some spooky events and video tapes, you’ll soon be stepping into the shoes of a few others as you uncover the secrets of the facility and the people associated with it.

!!WARNING!!
During our playthrough, we encountered a game-breaking bug on Xbox Series X,
towards the end of the game, crashing to dashboard.

The developers are aware and working on the issue.
and hope to have a fix in place soon.

(Series S, DID NOT share the same problem)

Starting off, everything starts pretty well, developed primarily by OhDeer Studio a one-man team from Poland, it’s a pretty impressive standard for a small indie game. There are small nods to titles like “Layers of Fear” and “In Sound Mind” as you’ll get a few creepy vibes to keep you on your toes.
Heading for the clinic, you eventually work your way inside to discover a video tape, which takes you to control two new main protagonists, a patient and a nurse at the hospital.
These two tapes represent pretty unique chapters, which delve into the circumstances of each individual and those around them.
Being a memory, they don’t specifically have to follow reality, so you can except things to be a little weird and more unpredictable, but overall, there’s the same flow of the game, linear with an open path, allows you the freedom to explore your occasionallt still limited surroundings.

I’m a bit of a