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Eczema Angel Orifice

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67%Game Brain Score
humor, emotional
story
100% User Score Based on 18 reviews

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Eczema Angel Orifice is a single player action game with horror and fantasy themes. It was developed by xrafstar and was released on April 10, 2019. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

"Eczema Angel Orifice" is a surreal horror adventure game that takes players through a disturbing and unsettling world. The game features a unique art style with abstract visuals and body horror elements. Players must solve puzzles and uncover the mystery behind their existence in this bizarre and grotesque reality.

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100%
Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews
humor3 positive mentions

  • The collection features some of the best interactive fiction ever written, showcasing a unique blend of visceral experiences and surreal storytelling.
  • Porpentine's writing is praised for its emotional depth, humor, and ability to resonate with readers on a personal level, making it both relatable and thought-provoking.
  • The experimental structure and unconventional narrative choices create a captivating experience that challenges traditional storytelling, leaving a lasting impact on players.
  • Some players may find the writing style too abstract or difficult to understand, as it often dances along fractured lines of meaning.
  • The intense and sometimes disturbing themes may not be suitable for all audiences, potentially alienating those who prefer more conventional narratives.
  • Despite its quality, the game is noted to be underrated and hard to find on platforms like Steam, which may limit its audience.
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is praised for its surreal and esoteric writing style, characterized by unconventional and strange descriptions that challenge comprehension. Reviewers note that the narrative operates on fractured lines of meaning, creating a warped understanding of the world that resonates deeply, reminiscent of edgy Japanese short-story authors. Overall, it offers a unique and thought-provoking experience that may not be easily grasped.

    • “I love it a lot; it's an experience of surreal esoteric writing. The story is filled with unconventional and strange descriptive choices, almost as if the narrative itself does not want to be understood. The very text and ideas held within it are so strange and adversarial to one's mind.”
    • “The storytelling dances along fractured lines of meaning, where the world and your understanding of it have been warped by power beyond the point-of-view character's understanding.”
    • “The storytelling dances along fractured lines of meaning, where the world and your understanding of it has been warped by power beyond the POV character's understanding.”
    • “I haven't found any writing that's made me feel like hers since I was a teen reading edgy creative Japanese short-story authors like Otsuichi, Otaro Maijo, and Tatsuhiko Takimoto.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is characterized as a blend of cute and alien elements, delivering a mix of visceral, disturbing, and hilarious moments. Reviewers appreciate its unflinching honesty and warm humanity, which create a relatable experience amidst the surreal and manic humor, making it both thought-provoking and intimate.

    • “It's funny, cute, alien, and yet deeply familiar.”
    • “A collection of messy, visceral, disturbing, hilarious, thought-provoking, uncomfortably intimate interactive fiction.”
    • “I'm reluctant to use the word bizarre to describe this, though it superficially is, because there's such a strong current of unflinching honesty and warm humanity running through all the surreal horror and manic humor that I don't really feel alienated by any of it.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect of the work is highlighted by its authentic and poignant writing, reminiscent of impactful Japanese short-story authors. It captures the struggles of non-normative experiences at society's fringes, conveying deep emotional and social peril.

    • “I haven't found any writing that's made me feel like hers since I was a teen reading edgy creative Japanese short-story authors like Otsuichi, Otaro Maijo, and Tatsuhiko Takimoto.”
    • “It's the experience of someone who has really been there, converted into hypertext, the collective voice of a non-normative experience lived at the fringes of society; of how perilous this experience is not only emotionally, but also socially or economically.”
  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is highly praised for its awesome soundtrack, complemented by art from ada rook, and is available for free on the developer's website.

    • “It's free on her website and has an awesome soundtrack and art by Ada Rook.”
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Eczema Angel Orifice is a action game with horror and fantasy themes.

Eczema Angel Orifice is available on PC, Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Eczema Angel Orifice was released on April 10, 2019.

Eczema Angel Orifice was developed by xrafstar.

Eczema Angel Orifice has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its humor but disliked it for its story.

Eczema Angel Orifice is a single player game.

Similar games include Psycholonials, Actual Sunlight, NORCO, A Light in the Dark, A Normal Lost Phone and others.