I'm currently playing The Forever Winter... and it is BRUTALLY difficult. Gorgeous game and worldbuilding though. It's in Alpha so things are very much in flux but I just can't seem to put this dystopian nightmare down.
They've made very clear that they're reducing functionality, dropping products including their gaming companies, and raising prices across the board to somehow come up with billions for AI. They no longer care about their customers or employees, only this holy grail quest for money that will evaporate. Dump Microsoft.
"And lo, on that day the people ran out of services to boycott. They returned to the old ways of paper books and quiet discussions in coffee shops; and the iron-grip of untruth was loosened upon them."
For my part as a kid, anything that was scary wasn't just scary in a classical sense but because it was fast, violent, and unrecognizable. Nowadays most of what's scary is easily recognizable and I think many of us have spent time thinking about just how we'd react in that situation. (Whether or not it would work, mind you xD). Now, real horror... not the silly shit in the movies... still retains some of that 'magic'. (I hate myself for calling this magic, I hate it haha). Indie horror video games exemplify this horror, imo, because it's almost completely fabricated from someone's imagination that's not mainstream at all... it jumps out at you and in a split second you have to friend/foe it.
I watch Hollow play these games (cuz no thank you), in attempt to 'normalize' more and more so I can just enjoy a quiet evening in the dark with a smile.
You heard right, and it is TERRIFYING. The tagline for the whole game is, "You are not that guy."
Check out this trailer if you haven't seen it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRrKM4AUW4