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{{quote|''[[Shmuck Bait|P.S.: Please turn up the volume]].'' }}
''Darkness'' is a point-and-click horror game designed by Lutgames, hosted on Kongregate.com. In all three episodes you play as a young lady that must elude strange, disturbing ghosts that will kill anyone that they get ahold of. If one of the ghosts catches her, then you have to [[Press X to Not Die|mash the space bar to escape]]. Starting in Episode 2, you can hide from the ghost when it appears. In order to complete each episode, the young lady must search her environment for items to use in solving puzzles.
The games are notable for actually being scary, despite the humble production values. The game uses the [[Nothing Is Scarier]] trope to make the player feel truly ''alone''. The use of [[Jump Scare|jump scares]] is masterful. The first episode (taking place in the girl's house) is only a little scary, but Episode 2 (taking place in a hospital) shows a marked improvement in terms of [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|High Octane]] and [[Paranoia Fuel]], and slightly more complex puzzles.
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* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: Surprisingly, if you die, you can continue with your inventory and progress intact. However, you are returned to the start of the episode.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]: Each episode seems to end on one}}. In the {{spoiler|first episode, the young lady appears to fall prey to the ghost}}. In the {{spoiler|second, she gets stuck in the elevator as the ghost girl bangs on the doors. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Oh, and the light's dead]]}}.
* [[Ear Rape]]: If one of the ghosts kills her, you hear your character's ''horrified, ear-piercing scream''.
* [[Expy]]: The heroine resembles an older Jennifer Simpson from ''[[Clock Tower (series)|ClockTower]]''.
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* [[Press X to Not Die]]: Whenever a ghost catches you, mash the space bar to escape. {{spoiler|In Episode 2, this seems to become ''[[Oh Crap|more difficult]]'' if the ghost keeps catching up to you. You don't want that.}}
* [[Sinister Subway]]: The setting of episode three.
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* {{spoiler|[[Tears of Blood]]: The [[Stringy
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In episode three the protagonist manages to repel the ghost's powers using {{spoiler|Mento's and a bottle of cola to cause an explosive fizzy stream of soda that keeps the darkness from reaching her.}} Really.
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