Then, on occasion, you get surprised. I downloaded Hopeless: The Dark Cave from Google Play on to my Samsung Galaxy Tablet. It's free, but it had been sitting on my Wishlist for for months because I doubted the amount of fun I was going to have with it. Yet it intrigued me. Your characters are in the dark with monsters coming at them. Sounds pretty basic, doesn't it? I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't what I got.
The game started up with little intro or explanation. Your character is in a dark area, locking and loading. Nothing moves but your blob character, shivering. You hear dripping in the background. You see movement, but wait...it's a friend. He joins you. There's a monster, tap, bang, he's dead. OK, this seems pretty simple. But Hopeless was a dark horse. 30 seconds into the game I was shrieking and smacking my tablet with both hands trying to keep up, while not blowing my own guys heads off.
The simple and almost cute graphics still contained a surprising amount of suspense, and the haunted house sounds in the background immerse you in the mood. It may not be Silent Hill, and you may not feel like playing it for hours at a time, but it's clever with a good interface. Taking advantage of the touchscreen, during rushes so many monsters are coming at you, you need both hands and multiple fingers to fight them off. I have only played this on my 10 inch tablet, but my thought is that on a screen smaller than 7 inches, your hands will probably get in the way of seeing the game, but do let me know how it works for you if you play with a smaller device (...that's what she said?).
If you don't like this game...well, I don't really give a fuck, because I like it and that's all that matters. Cheers!
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