At any point in the game, the Neighbor can reveal himself, resulting in a mad dash around the house in order to catch all the children. Of course, the player that is assigned the role of Neighbor has to stop the kids. You’ll need to explore every area of the Peterson house, in order to find the keys needed to free your missing friend. When the game starts, all players are randomly assigned a role: either they’re a real kid or they’re the Neighbor in disguise. The main series game, if you will, is a single-player stealth horror game, and although Secret Neighbor sticks to the same core gameplay, things are shaken up quite a bit by converting the series into a multiplayer experience. Secret Neighbor offers a multiplayer spin-off version of the gameplay first showcased in the core Hello Neighbor title. The soundscape is perfectly fine for what the game sets out to be, but there isn’t a whole lot we can say about the game’s audio as a result. Most of the sounds you’ll hear while playing are sound effects such as footsteps, crickets, and objects that are being interacted with. Music is almost completely absent during gameplay and even in the menus, it is used very subtly. Secret Neighbor attempts to create a spooky atmosphere through its low-key soundscape. Jagged edges are everywhere and the frame rate is awful, though we suspect that the online component is a factor here. Despite the relatively simplistic graphics, the game also performs poorly. ![]() While we understand that appreciating visuals is a matter of personal taste, and that Secret Neighbor simply sticks to the aesthetics of the main Hello Neighbor franchise, this is simply a game that doesn’t look appealing at all. ![]() Once you’ve done that, you’ll be left with a game that still looks bad, due to poor lighting, undetailed 3D models, and awful textures, but at least you’ll be able to see what is happening on-screen. This is because it looks terrible and it is incredibly distracting. One of the first things you should do upon booting up Secret Neighbor for the first time is turning off the game’s default motion blur in the game’s settings. How can an adult man disguise himself to look like a child without anyone noticing, for example? And why is mister Peterson locking kids in his basement? It’s a premise that becomes creepier the more you think about it. There’s nothing more to the story, and in all honesty, that’s probably for the best because everything starts to fall apart when you start to overthink things. Unfortunately, one of the kids is actually Peterson himself in disguise. The other kids have to rescue their friend. One of the kids is trapped in the basement of the titular Neighbor, the creepy mister Peterson. Sure, there is the basic premise, which sees the players take on the role of the neighborhood kids, but if you were hoping for a story arc, you’re out of luck. Should you invite mister Peterson over for coffee or is this a neighbor you wouldn’t want to live next to?īecause Secret Neighbor is supposed to be a multiplayer title first and foremost, there is no real narrative present. ![]() The multiplayer incarnation of Hello Neighbor, appropriately titled Secret Neighbor, originally debuted in 2019 and has now joined the original Hello Neighbor and Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek on the Switch. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that developer Hologryph has also set out to capture the online multiplayer crowd. The Hello Neighbor games might not be critically acclaimed, but that hasn’t stopped the franchise from reaching a level of popularity that warrants spin-off games, a sequel, and even an upcoming animated series.
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