

It boils down to an Easter egg tool that would have been better off left out.Īside from this, the final chapter brings back a variety of game play mechanics used in the past chapters. After the game is completed, the player can replay the earlier chapters using the device to view new messages. Its real purpose seems to be for replays. However, the new mechanic fails to enhance game play in any meaningful way. For example, if players look at Alison Angel through it they will see a glowing golden halo above her head. On some occasions, it creates cool shots.

The new dynamics are mainly around during cut scenes, with most of the actual game play of Chapter Five has Henry exploring solo.Įarly in the chapter, a new mechanic is introduced to the game: a device that the player can use to see hidden messages on the walls. Those players that prefer to travel alone, however, won’t be disappointed. Her relationship with Tom (a cyborg version of Boris the Wolf), and their drastically different attitudes toward and relationships with Henry, adds a new dynamic to the game that most players didn’t realize it was missing.

The new fan-named Alison Angel, introduced in the last frames of Chapter Four, changes that. In the past, Henry talked to himself or to a silent Boris, but the only other characters capable of talking back were the villains Alice Angel and Sammy Lawrence. Its refreshing to see protagonist Henry actually interacting with an ally that can speak. Just in time for Halloween, is the series worth your screams?įans will be delighted that characters who may have seemed long gone from the series pop in for cameos in this last chapter. In search of a light scare this Halloween? The episodic indie hit “Bendy and the Ink Machine,” a sepia styled horror game set in an old fashioned animation studio haunted by magical ink, released its final chapter on Friday.
