Don’t let its children’s book aesthetic and promise of being “jump scare free” fool you. Clea is an effectively creepy survival horror game that requires plenty of patience and courage when you’d rather just run.
Clea
InvertMouse · Jul 11, 2019
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Outsmart the Chaos Servants and escape from the Whitlock Mansion.
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- Clea ends up being a bit of a mixed bag. We were impressed with how the soundscape manages to be genuinely creepy and the story is intriguing enough to keep you pushing forward. On the other hand, Clea looks and feels like a cheap Flash game and the gameplay is very repetitive. Be aware that if you only want to play through the story once, you’re looking at a game that is too short for the price of entry. If you don’t mind tackling the levels multiple times to unlock bonus stuff, and if you’re in the market for a game that manages to be actually scary, then give Clea a chance.
- Though it may be short, Clea delivers a truly satisfying experience, striking a fine balance between traditional gameplay and unique elements that all but ensures that it won’t be forgotten any time soon. Facing your fears can be scary, but it’s games like this one that also ensure that it’ll be fun, too.
- 6.0An enjoyable stealth, horror puzzle game, that is definitely creepy, but not too scary. The puzzles are enjoyable to solve and will have you coming back again and again to figure them out. It’s too bad the Chaos Servants seemed so dumb and lazy at times, as they weren’t very scary at all.
- 6.0Remove the stealth from Clea on Xbox One and you have a delightful little Resident Evil puzzler, hunting for keys, navigating mazes and pushing the right switches in the right order. The story amps the mystery up, and you’ll want to know what Clea’s neglectful parents were thinking. But that wouldn’t be Halloween, would it, so we need baddies to skulk and scare.
- 6.8It may be a little rough around the edges, but Clea hits the mark on the creepiness wonderfully. After fastening headphones around your ears, shutting off all the lights and cueing flashes of lightning from outside coming in between your curtain blinds, Clea will surely raise every hair on your arm. Happy Halloween!
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