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Game review: Detention – old-school survival horror set during Taiwan’s White Terror

Set in Taiwan in the 1960s, during the period of martial law, this point-and-click adventure is intense and unnerving as it delivers slow-paced scares rather than jolts from the blue

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Art from the game Detention. Photos: Red Candle Games
Detention
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Red Candle Games

4/5 stars

Detention is a throwback to the early survival horror days of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, but with an important political statement as its backbone. Available for PC and Mac, it’s set in 1960s Taiwan, during the suppression of political dissidents in the White Terror martial law period.

The surrounding sense of fear and oppression isn’t shoved down our throats; instead, just as in filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s horror flicks, the theme acts as an undercurrent for the character’s own personal nightmares.

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