One of the reasons I find it hard to watch horror movies nowadays is because of those gosh-darned introductory pieces where everything is happy, the sun is shining, and all is well with the world. Partly because, hell, I’m here to be intimidated so let’s bring on the dismemberment, but also because secretly I’m more scared by those bits than by any other segment in the film. Even that bit from Eternal Sunshine where the faces go all gooey. Even that. So let me tell you now that not only should you play Eversion, but you should play it knowing full well that this is a horror game. And that’s a screenshot of it above.
What’s so great about Eversion, and the secret that it hides, is that you don’t know why or how it’s going to become a scary game. You just know that it will. You can see the Mario-clone vibe it’s got, yet the introduction screen states that the game is “NOT INDICATED FOR CHILDREN OR THOSE OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION.” While that’s a bit of an exaggeration, it leaves you staring at World 1’s blue sky and listening to its happy, melodic soundtrack thinking the words ‘Oh God’ over and over again. Because something is going to happen.
It all revolves around this ‘Eversion’ button that you have, but I’d rather not spoil the surprise much further than that. Suffice to say that things get considerably freakier as you play on. You can download it from this link directly; if you fancy a gander at the official site then it’s here, but there are spoilers in the comment thread so you’re forewarned. It’ll take only a few minutes to get an idea of what’s going on, but it’s a really neat idea, as neat ideas go.
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