If you’re a fan of P.T. and for some reason you haven’t heard of or played Suite 776, what the heck are you doing with your life?
It’s been almost six years since the beauty that is P.T. first graced our screens, and we often find ourselves cursing the fact that we’re not living that sense of sheer first-time terror wrapped in mystery when the Silent Hills teaser made its debut. Oh, how those were the days!
Since that time, Silent Hills was canceled and P.T. pulled from the PlayStation Store. Remakes of the teaser made by dedicated fans which were also then pulled from public availability, re-uploaded, and so on. Then, recently, there were some more teases in the form of rumors that Silent Hills was back on, only for that hope to be thoroughly dashed by Konami soon after who confirmed the rumors to be false. Basically, it’s been a big ‘ol mess, and we’re just left here still missing P.T.
That’s where Suite 776 comes in. Don’t worry, no major spoilers lie ahead. However, if you’d rather experience the game without any further knowledge of it, go pick it up from Steam at a ridiculously cheap price. Otherwise, read ahead to hear the gushings of a horror enthusiast, if you can stand that.
Yes, some of the skeptics out there might say that this is hardly any different from many, many other games that have clear P.T. parallels. Fine, Suite 776 certainly is making its source of inspiration painfully obvious. Almost everything about it is pretty much P.T., for all intents and purposes. The hyperrealistic hallway, the creepy woman, even a balcony thing overlooking a part of the hallway that serves as the perfect vantage point for said creepy woman.
But to be honest, who cares that it’s so similar? If you are brave enough to play it yourself, you’ll see that it’s still so damn effective. Some of the strongest aspects of the game are certainly the fact that jumpscares are used really sparingly, and that crushing, building silence fills the stretches between them.
These long, quiet stretches make the game feel longer than it is. Its playtime spans around 50 minutes in total and there is no save function; it’s meant to be experienced in one excruciating sitting. A perfect bite-size horror experience.
This works in the game’s favor big time, as horror experiences can often be dampened by the fact that they drag on for just a bit too long, giving you too much time to get desensitized to the fear.
By far the best part is when you’re forced to watch – via a live security camera – Marcy (our creepy, somewhat-off-proportioned woman – another nod to P.T.’s Lisa) standing at the open door of the very room you’re currently stuck in. Just a long, drawn-out segment of watching her stand there. Fun!
So yes, Suite 776 is a must for any horror fan, especially those who are feeling the P.T. itch that inevitably crops up every now and then. It’s short, so cheap, and just really good. You don’t have anything to lose (except maybe sleep).
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