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This OT has been a long time coming. The game started as a freeware little game, which you can find here, but then evolved into an episodic game series on Steam which has been slowly releasing all of its episodes as 'sequels' to a movie that is a game, very appropriate with the 80s horror theme that's all over this game. And as of today, the whole entire package is done! The last two episodes released today, and now the game is complete.
(the following may be best read with this theme playing in the background)
Lakeview Cabin Collection is a Horror-Comedy game where you find yourself in a horror movie. You start off in a movie theater, and make your selection of which iteration of Lakeview Cabin you want to watch (there are 5 'films', or episodes in total). Each film has a different theme, objective, and style, but all work off the same basic gameplay mechanics. You switch control between four different characters (who all follow horror tropes of some kind), and then are let free into a horror playground. You can do everything from drink beer until you vomit, get a guitar and play music (or whack others over the head with it), streak naked, kill your friends, explore, play around, solve puzzles, try to survive, or be killed -- as you're not alone. Each episode has various dangers, ranging from crazed chainsaw sociopaths, killer mutant rats, parasite-driven aliens, paranormal entities who can drag you to hell, and a lot more. Those who want to fuck around and have fun, can! Those who want to survive the terrors and reach one of multiple endings to each episode, can! There's horror, there's comedy, there's challenge, there's a ton of secrets, and it can be fun for both those who wish to approach it casually, and those who want to approach it hardcore and survive. It's a very unique game, and one that can be an absolute blast.
So what are the episodes of Lakeview Cabin Collection like?
Lakeview Cabin (Episode 1) is the original freeware game that you can download. It's not in the main collection, but isn't really all that needed as an improved updated 'remake' of the first episode is Episode 3 in the main collection (though this might confuse some as Episodes 2-6 are in the collection, but not episode 1). This stars a singular character on a lake cabin as a killer haunts him... Not much more to say, if you want to try the original, it's available, but know an improved version of this is in the actual collection.
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The first main episode of the game (we'll get to Episode 2 later), Lakeview Cabin III, a remake of episode 1 featuring a bigger island, more characters, more to do, more killers, and more chaos. You and some friends are staying on an island with a set of cabins and facilities, day and night passes, and you can party and have fun... But beware, as something more sinister may hide in the darkness of the quaint island cabin.
It is the first chapter of the collection, but the third movie. It takes place on the closed down Camp Lakeview in the middle of The Lake. It follows the story of four adults who came to the island, with their dog, to refurbish the camp for future use. It takes place sometime in the 1970s.
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Lakeview Cabin IV: Curse of the Lake is the second episode in the collection. This one features a female band who ends up running out of gas next to an abandoned gas station. They go to venture, and find enough gas to get themselves out of here, but crazed traps in a killer mansion, twisted locales of the village, and more await at this deadly stop. This episode also features a heavy amount of randomization, meaning that you'll get different experiences as you go through an almost twisted labyrinth of a mansion.
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Lakeview Cabin V: Homecoming is the third episode in the game. You play as a group of teenagers in a neighborhood that is being haunted by a supernatural killer from beyond the grave. When you die, you end up in an afterlife where you can be resurrected if you face a trial and succeed. This episode is far more puzzle based than the other episodes, and requires you to figure things out to succeed (or just say fuck that and mess around in the different houses).
Lakeview Cabin V: Homecoming is all about four teenagers out and about sometime around Halloween. Strange happenings occur where a killer with a striking resemblance to Micheal Myers from "Halloween" randomly appears and attacks them. The gameplay includes collecting clues, summoning creatures to help kill the killer, and finding different way to both die and come back to life.
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Lakeview Cabin 6: CABIN6 is the fourth episode in Lakeview Cabin Collection. Lakeview Cabin VI takes place on a spaceship overlooking a destroyed planet Earth. It draws large amounts of inspiration from the movies Alien and The Thing. Survive the intergalactic terrors, and the infesting invasion of body-shifting parasites and monstrosities.
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When you complete the other four episodes in Lakeview Cabin Collection (3-6) and get at least one ending, you unlock Lakeview Cabin 2, the fifth and final episode, one I will not spoil, but is a prequel to the other episodes.
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I'm going to be posting my impressions and experiences with the game myself as I haven't fully delved into it. While busy with this weekend, I'll probably be playing it next week and post how it all goes down for me. Who here may try it now that it's all out? Never heard of it and interested? Played it and have thoughts to share? Let's get caught up in this series of games that may or may not be films, GAF. After all, it's just an indie game...
