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Hellish indie horror IRIS can get in the toaster and I’m sure the feeling is mutualActively hostile to my attempts to not put it straight in the toaster
Actively hostile to my attempts to not put it straight in the toaster
Image credit:GazpieStudio
Image credit:GazpieStudio
Sometimes, I hear critics describe something as ‘actively hostile’ to the act of playing it, but with something close to admiration in their voices. I’ve always felt that I, too, would like to one day find an artwork that I could describe in the same way. Partly because it sounds like an interesting experience, but mainly so I could steal that line and feel like one of those elite, urbanely perceptive, multiple trouser-owning critics.
Well, today is not that day, because indiehorrorIRISisn’t, in fact, actively hostile towards the act of playing it. It’s more a case of passive disdain. Is it a ‘good’ game? Probably not. Ah, but is it enjoyable? Buddy, not even slightly. But it isintriguing. I am intrigued, reader.
You don’t have to take my word for any of this, because you can get your very own copy of IRIS’free demovia Steam. Me? I don’t own a copy anymore. I downloaded it onto a USB and I stuck that USB in my toaster. Neither objects work anymore, but I’d say that was one toaster and one USB stick well spent. Go away, IRIS. I’ll probably play the full game, mind.
