Bagocast – EP7: Infliction: Extended Cut (PS4 Review)

<p>Welcome back to another episode of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Bagocast<&sol;a>&excl; In this episode&comma; we take a look at an indie horror game inspired by P&period;T&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;causticreality&period;com&sol;infliction">Infliction&colon; Extended Cut<&sol;a> and recent rumors state that Silent Hill will return&excl; P&period;T is a playable teaser of the sadly canceled Silent Hills&period; In P&period;T&comma; you traversed an endless everchanging hallway&comma; while an evil spirit haunts you&period; Very simplistic&comma; but&comma; very effective&period; Infliction seeks out to imitate P&period;T and in some cases&comma; it succeeded&period; However&comma; in other cases&comma; it falls a little short&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We never played the original version of the game that was released on June 25&comma; 2018&period; The one we are reviewing is the extended cut that was released on February 25th&comma; 2020&period; Sorry if we don&&num;8217&semi;t know all the changes that were made in this version&period; As far as we can see&comma; the gameplay and story are mostly untouched&period; The only thing that was added was four bonus endings and a new game plus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speculation has been hitting the internet that a new Silent Hill games are in development&period; With one of them being Silent Hills and having Hideo Kojima directing it&period; As wish-fulfillment that would be&semi; we are going to keep our expectations optimistically cautious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Review Summary<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Pros<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Spooky Atmosphere<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Graphics are decent<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The story isn&&num;8217&semi;t new but told in a way that makes it interesting<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Plenty of secrets<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>New game plus adds replay value<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Cons<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Gameplay mechanics are introduced a bit late<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Some gameplay mechanics need more work like the hiding mechanic and the camera not always working on the ghost&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The story needed one more aspect to be great &lpar;Details in the spoiler section&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bugs that can ruin the fun like an enemy getting stuck in random areas and blocking your way&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Main ghost design is un-inspiring<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rating&colon; <&sol;strong>6&sol;10<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-155566" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;21150725&sol;maxresdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Infliction" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kick back&comma; relax&comma; and grab some popcorn&period; Enjoy the podcast&excl; Keep in mind&comma; everything said here is our thoughts and feelings&period; We do not represent the entirety of BagoGames&period; If you disagree with anything&comma; then please leave it down in the comment section below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our other content&excl; Including previous <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;">podcast episodes<&sol;a> and the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;">game reviews<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;