The entities in The Mortuary Assistant are reminiscent of the woman that follows the players in P.T., and excellent use of accompanying sound goes a long way toward haunting players. And yet, the worst entity is the all-white smiling figure who perches in the corner of the room or stands beside the body waiting for the player. It could even be that the body they're working on suddenly moves. The story is about a group of Vikings who were thrown out from Valhalla and want to return to Odin's table. It's a game in the tradition of game classics like The Settlers 2 or Cultures. The player might turn around to see a dark shadow watching them from across the room, which slips away when observed. Valhalla Hills is a building strategy game developed by Funatics and published by Daedalic. More interested in building villages than pillaging them, you now find yourself far from home with a disgruntled band of recently-deceased muscleheads. It's a slow buildup that feels inspired by Silent Hills and P.T. In Valhalla Hills, you are Leko youngest son of Odin, exiled to Midgard by your father for failing to meet his expectations. However, when The Mortuary Assistant takes the jump from death to demons, it doesn't shout or stomp too loudly about it. Facing this more sobering view of mortality, even in a game, is enough to leave people on edge. But it has none of the stereotypical actions like hiding in lockers or running from monsters that plague modern horror games and have come to bore many players.
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The Mortuary Assistant is unnerving from the beginning because players are embalming dead bodies slicing into necks and pumping a body full of chemicals is fairly stomach-churning all on its own.