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Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
Detention is a horror, indie and psychological horror game
developed by RedCandleGames
and published by RedCandleGames and AGM PLAYISM.
Released on January 12th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 5 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
It has received 14,378 reviews of which 11,782 were positive and 2,596 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.94€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Detention into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7/8/10
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.9 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000
- Storage: 3 GB available space
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This game is as bleak and harrowing as reality. If you understand that choice and agency are but illusions and yet, still regret your choices in life, then you will likely find this game hauntingly beautiful. I normally don't like point-and-click games but in this case, it was appropriate. The slow pace made me feel like I was trudging along with the protagonist toward her inevitable fate. There is apparently a "true ending" and a "bad" or "evil" ending but in reality, only the "bad" ending fits, and how. If you feel like only negative or dark emotions are honest and genuine, then know that this game delivers those in spades. It might be uncomfortable or even painful if you're unaccustomed to it, but at least it's relatable. It makes you feel as you should. The only drawback for me was that the puzzles were obtuse at times, but even that fits the atmosphere of the game. You don't ever really know what you're doing or where you're going in life, and your only certainty is that you're filled with sadness and regret because you're inevitably being led there anyway. If you haven't yet realised that you're cattle to the elite and that everything you say, think, or do is being controlled, then playing that game might ease you into it somewhat, when realisation finally dawns. (If it never does, I envy you that.) That's another strong point about this game; the realism with which notions of societal control and oppression are depicted in this game are truly horrific. This game isn't a horror game because of cheap jump scares or scary visuals, but because the protagonist's utter lack of agency rings all too true. Play this if you're awakened and appropriately sad.
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Arresting in its blend of political despair and eastern supernatural horror; Detention gives us a unique glimpse into the life of an adolescent girl in high school during a time of terror and executions in Taiwan. Thrilling in its ability to capture the fear and delusions of the games protagonist. Gratifying in the resolution to the puzzle of the protagonist "loosing herself". The player will be devoted to the story of Detention from beginning to end. Truly original. Rated 9 out of 10.
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Great game - the story-telling and atmosphere are great. However, the element of horror slowly falls off throughout the story, and monsters/enemies can only be encountered in certain limited areas. Expected more Asian mythical beings but really enjoyed the game anyway.
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A masterpiece! Gameplay, story, music, art, all of it, just brilliant!
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Detention is a horror point and click, a combination that should have left me running the other way, and yet which is potentially the best execution of both that I have ever played. You play as a girl named Ray, trapped in a Taiwanese school, and trying to figure out what’s going on as things become more and more unsettling around you. The challenge of this game is not in its mechanics. The mechanics are straightforward point and click mechanics, with Ray accumulating objects through exploring the world, and then using those objects to move into new areas and make new discoveries. While there are enemies, these are closer to set dressing than actual combats, helping set the mood and establish this game as a uniquely Taiwanese one. No, the thrill of Detention comes not from combats or any particular gameplay element. Instead, the thrill of this game comes from following Ray and uncovering the horror of her world and why she’s stuck in this school. Detention takes place during the White Terror, a forty year period of Taiwanese history marked by martial law and the violent repression of those deemed “enemies of the state.” Throughout this period, thousands of people were executed as suspected Communists, or for expressing opinions in opposition to the leading political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). It, like so many other repressive regimes, is a horror in and of itself, and exploring it through a game has an innate potential. Detention absolutely understands and uses this potential to its fullest, coupling the horror of an authoritarian regime with Taiwanese folklore to create a uniquely Taiwanese tableau of death and destruction. This, and the exploration of what living under this sort of regime actually meant to the people in it, is already a fantastic combination. Detention, however, doesn’t stop at showing the player the horror of authoritarianism. It instead humanises the experience by having the player see it through the eyes of a teenage girl, and in so doing, drives home the absolute existential horror that a regime like the White Terror actually is for those subjected to it. In my Arruyo review, I talked about how part of the horror of a game set in a time of atrocity is reckoning with the role any given person played in that atrocity, and what actions - or lack of action - they chose to take. We are all accountable for our own souls and our actions, but that doesn’t change the inner turmoil that seethes when addressing this past. Much like the legacy of the Franco regime in Spain, the Taiwanese response to the White Terror has been a culture of national forgetting, and of sweeping stories like this one away into the misty haze of the past. It’s perhaps in that desire to forget that a story like Detention’s takes on an extra layer of meaning. As we’re guided through the tragedy and horror of Ray’s story, it’s with the knowledge that this is a story that a larger narrative would prefer to stay forgotten, because in forgetting, it’s possible to erase. What we’re presented with, though, is a deeply human story, as worthy of understanding and being remembered as any other. Detention humanises the great horror and shows the inner turmoil that happens when our actions have consequences, and leaves its players asking who the true evil is, and what they would do were they in the same position. That’s the true horror of Detention. It’s in knowing what’s happened, and not knowing if we would do anything differently. It’s in seeing the inevitable, and being utterly and abundantly powerless to stop it. All we can do is acknowledge, and even that feels like an act of transgression. Detention is nothing short of a masterpiece. While its horror may not be the traditional jumpscare more commonly found in games, it replaces that with a masterful execution of creeping, sinking dread and the quiet, non-judging accusation. We’re left to follow the journey of a girl who we understand on a human level in a fundamentally inhumane space, and in so doing, are forced to explore ourselves. The use of Taiwanese folklore and the phenomenal art style add just that extra little bit of flair that make the game utterly unique. Detention is that rare game that sticks with you well after it’s done, quietly reminding you to think, and letting you know that, no matter the consequences, you are and always will be human. If you enjoyed this review, please check out the [url=https://jannekeparrish.com/reviews/detention] full version and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44626948-Loons/] my curator page. Thanks for reading!
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Detention is currently priced at 11.99€ on Steam.
Detention is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 11.99€ on Steam.
Detention received 11,782 positive votes out of a total of 14,378 achieving a rating of 8.02.
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Detention was developed by RedCandleGames and published by RedCandleGames and AGM PLAYISM.
Detention is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Detention is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Detention is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Detention is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Detention. Explore additional content available for Detention on Steam.
Detention does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Detention supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Detention is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
Features
Online players
7
Developer
RedCandleGames
Publisher
RedCandleGames,
AGM PLAYISM
Release
12 Jan 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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