The Man in the Park 1 is an extremely short Horror Game. I really have to emphasize the short part. I am no stranger to review smaller, shorter games, but The Man in the Park is criminally short. You can beat the entire game and unlock all 3 Endings in around 2 minutes combined.
The concept of the game intrigued me. You travel through a park at night, where you met a lonely old man sitting on a park bench. What happens next is up to the player. It reminded me a lot of ‘Last Bus Home’, which is a significantly better game on itch.io.
The man in the park has practically no gameplay. I won’t spoiler the “story”, but after talking to the old man there is next to nothing to do. The premise is cool and you can also make a rather short game with a nice horror vibe, but the man in the park is too short to actually create something like a horror atmosphere.
The visuals are very simple, but that’s fine for a smaller Horror Game. The massive flickering of some of them however is a bit straining on the eyes and some of the few objects you can simply walk through, which is usually an indicator for lack of effort.
Result:
The Man in the Park is like a comedy event, where the comedian shows up, tells an okay joke, which started more promising than it ended, for 2 mins and walks off the stage. There is no follow-up act or anything else. The setup is good, but the “game” doesn’t do anything with it. No meaningful gameplay, no real story, just the attempt of a scare.
3/10
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