Visually the game has a dank sepia-soaked appearance and the creepy cartoon style of the characters and posters that decorate the walls appeal to my own taste in things that have a warped-retro vibe. Ultimately the player has to face the ink demon himself to end the nightmare… sort of… The story unfolds through recordings (oh, hello Bioshock) and conversations to reveal that the scamp Joey had been dabbling in trying to bring the characters to life (in some kind of unsettling Disneyland scenario) using the ink and souls of his employees. From here the player encounters various inky enemies as well as benevolent characters lifted from the studio’s cartoons. For ‘some reason’ he decides to power it up and as the ink spews forth the ink demon, styled as a deformed version of the studio’s mascot character, Bendy, pursues Henry through the studio, he escapes and everyone goes on with their lives… nah, the floor falls away and he ends up roaming the ink stained underground halls of the former studio. As Henry walks the halls he stumbles upon a huge ink-machine, apparently installed by Joey after he left the company. The game opens with Henry entering his formed place of work, Joey Drew Studios, after being invited back there to ‘see something’ by his former boss Joey Drew himself. After a few evenings of play I’ve now completed it and I’m left with mixed feelings about the experience.īatIM is a first-person exploration/puzzle/horror game which drops the player into the shoes of former cartoon artist Henry Stein.
Turning the box over in my hands a quick glance at the back suggested that it was totally my thing 1930’s cartoon inspired, distinctive art style, slightly steampunk horror… sign me up! At that point I was also unaware that BatIM is actually the fever-dream product of TheMeatly, not that I’m a regular follower, but I’m certainly aware of their existence. I guess I recognised the box art, but really couldn’t have told you anything about it, so it was an unexpected surprise when I was given it as a birthday present last week for Switch. ‘Bendy and the Ink Machine’ ( BatIM?… does that work?) isn’t a game that was really on my radar.
Spoiler Warning: Oh yes, there are spoilers for ‘Bendy and the Ink Machine’ here!… erm… be warned?
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