
Detention stands out as one of the best Adventure/Indie titles in recent memory.
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Verdict
96%
Steam
76
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 12K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Detention is a horror adventure video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games for Steam. It is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller set in the 1960s Taiwan under martial law. The game also incorporates religious elements based on Taiwanese culture and mythology. The game was released on 13 January 2017. A demo version was released on Steam Greenlight on 13 June 2016.

Runs well on modern hardware.
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It's a likeable game whether you like anime or not or like or don't care for the Asian culture. Gameplay is great. You do have to use stealth in this game to progress. If you're not stealth, well, this little bit of it won't kill you. It it doesn't ruin the experience. It's not a buggy mess. It hasn't crashes. I don't got nothing bad to say about it.
the imagery was fire. I usually don't like this style of gameplay but every puzzle served to move the story forward so it was still engaging. the story and soundtrack were perfect. 10/10
Hyper relevant today, where freedom of speech is dwindling and in danger, where recent world events only point to a modern shape of prohibiting certain thoughts happening soon. Is it truly an act of treason against a nation, to read history, and have common sense about it? Or is this censorship and misinformation an act of treason against humanity itself? Cried, Wei deserved better, but this is a truly human work, and I can't blame anyone, which speaks for itself. Note: Fell asleep playing it, my bad, game is 3-4 hours tops.
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