VIDdEO

A game in which you have to find out what happened in a hotel by studying security footage, footage that is being recorded while you are looking for it through the hotel. Basically, you are stuck in multiverse where you are looking for a solution to a problem to which you’re actively part of, if not actually the problem. That’s VIDdEO for you, a game that’s as twisted as it is interesting.

In VIDdEO you’re looking through a security monitor and you have to control a being that has a female form, four arms and seems to be made out of materialized TV static. It’s a great character to have for a game that doesn’t give you any kind of clues about what to expect.

Moreo so, it instantly takes the game into the surreal and as you play, VIDdEO remains in that world. As you make your way through each room and corridor of the hotel, you will encounter a series of creatures that are after you for no obvious reason. There are no special effects that you might encounter in a horror game but its film grain effect, camera angles and the predominant gloomy lighting makes the game atmosphere a rather uncomfortable one.

Gameplay will hinder enjoyment at first because controls take a few minutes to get used to. However, you should push through this aspect because after you die once or twice and learn the layout of the hotel, things become much easier and gameplay flows in a pleasant way.

You will move your character relative to fixed surveillance camera that are placed in different places across the hotel. Whenever you enter a new area or room the perspective changes and controls will be a bit confusing, at times you’ll see the image flipped upside down. This is both annoying and clever at the same time because it increases the panic effect that appears when you run into a hostile being.

To conclude, if you’re looking for a game that’s definitely different and with a very large ‘what the heck is going on here?’ question on top of it, then VIDdEO is an option.