History VideoGame / SlenderTheArrival

* BeingWatched: Slender Man and, in one case [[spoiler:(actually ''four'' cases)]] his proxy lurks in every level. [[spoiler:Either one of them.]]

* UnwinnableByDesign: Chapter 4. [[spoiler: Similarly, Chapter 5, which is a bonus level that shows what happened to Charlie... and is complete and utter NightmareFuel.]]

* GainaxEnding: The final cutscene raises more questions than it answers. The extended ending in the updated version released on Steam fixes this somewhat, though the question still remains as to what exactly happened. [[spoiler:Looking at the actual model used for the Chaser/Kate, which has been ported to VideoGame/GarrysMod and the Source Filmmaker, reveals that the legs seen getting dragged off match hers ''exactly''; however, the context and JumpScare makes it much more likely that Laura was the one being killed and dragged away, and using Kate's leg model was used to save time.]]

* Main/TheLostWoods: Present in the Prologue, once things start getting dark. Also found in chapter 2, 5 and 9.

* ArbitraryMinimumRange: You can't stun the Chaser with the flashlight's focus setting when they're too close.

** The Slender Man causes the screen to distort whenever he goes near you, because the whole game takes place from the perspective of a camera, which Slender Man is known for fucking with. Also, you cannot pause when there is static on screen; this was added in as a way of preventing JumpScare {{rage quit}}ting.

** [[spoiler: CR]] also lets out a nasty, distorted one at the end of [[spoiler: his camera recording.]]

* SequelDifficultyDrop: "The Eight Pages" chapter is noticeably less difficult than the original "Slender: The Eight Pages" game, as it is the first of several action levels and thus is intended to actually be finished without excessive frustration. The bonus chapter that recreates the original game brings the difficulty back up to its original level.

* ShoutOut: One of the silhouettes in the intro looks like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]].

* BeaconOfHope: As Slender Man stalks Oakside Park, killing and corrupting everyone and turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy killers, protagonist Lauren seeks to help her friend Kate by any means she can, even if it means facing the [[EldritchAbomination horror of Slender Man]] face-to-no-face or even [[spoiler:giving her life to stop the monster's rampage.]]

** [[spoiler: The Proxy/Masky in the "Into The Abyss" level has a habit of running up behind you whilst you're not paying attention and tackling you, leading to a close up on her deformed mask as she attacks you. Averted if you manage to see or hear her coming. ]]

* InterfaceScrew: The Slender Man causes the screen to distort whenever he goes near you, because the whole game takes place from the perspective of a camera, which Slender Man is known for fucking with. Also, you cannot pause when there is static on screen; this was added in as a way of preventing JumpScare {{rage quit}}ting.

-> ''"Hide in your room."''

** It's also possible to fall through the floor to your death when getting off at the top (an example for this is Into the Abyss level when the elevator reaches the top but the player steps on some of its sides). When they heard the landing sound once they do this situation, the game will still display the Slender Man game over screen just like when he captures you. Going out of the map on the said location will make the same screen appear but with the message "Not even a bug in this game can save you from me." The Steam release even has an achievement for this.

* SlenderManMythos

Features 8 new stages (Prologue, The Eight Pages, Into the Abyss, The Flashback, Memories, Homestead, Escape, and [[TitleDrop The Arrival]] - the ninth, Genesis, is a remake of [[{{Videogame/Slender}} the original]]) of [[BringMyBrownPants pants-ruining horror]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Not like the original game was all sunshine and flowers, but the sequel/remake removes many off the goofier elements that some players may have found NightmareRetardant. Slender Man's model no longer resembles a blow-up doll, some of the more bizarre structures have been replaced with realistic ones, and the environments feel more like places you would expect for people to actually visit.

** It's also possible to fall through the floor to your death when getting off at the top (an example for this is Into the Abyss level when the elevator reaches the top but the player steps on some of its sides). When they heard the landing sound once they do this situation, the game will still display the Slender Man game over screen just like when he captures you. The Steam release even has an achievement for this.

** It's also possible to fall through the floor to your death when getting off at the top. The Steam release even has an achievement for this.

** If you roam around in the woods at the prologue, you can find a broken, abandoned wooden house. If you go into it, you'll see a deformed, shirtless creature twitching violently as it stares at the wall. If you walk towards it, it'll turn around suddenly and flash images of the same blue creature that you might remember seeing at the final level of the game. [[spoiler:Turns out they're the same thing, as said 'blue creature' appears repeatedly, in the Homestead level while walking on a cornfield on a way to the generator and chapel, inside the chapel after picking the toys, and walking down into the first floor of the house for the final chase, The Arrival when the player reaches the radio tower and gets the key which is indicated by a sound in the background, approaches the player after the recording, and make contact with it in a burnt house portion of the level where they are forced to collect the last two collectibles, and brings the images with it.]] It is confirmed that the figure was named Charlie which is a child that captured by Slender Man in the woods and later on became a proxy or a servant of him.

** If you roam around in the woods at the prologue, you can find a broken, abandoned wooden house. If you go into it, you'll see a deformed, shirtless creature twitching violently as it stares at the wall. If you walk towards it, it'll turn around suddenly and flash images of the same blue creature that you might remember seeing at the final level of the game. [[spoiler:Turns out they're the same thing, as said 'blue creature' appears repeatedly, in the Homestead level while walking on a cornfield on a way to the generator and chapel, inside the chapel after picking the toys, and walking down into the first floor of the house for the final chase, The Arrival when the player reaches the radio tower and gets the key which is indicated by a sound in the background, approaches the player after the recording, and make contact with it in a burnt house portion of the level where they are forced to collect the last two collectibles, and brings the images with it.]]

** If you roam around in the woods at the prologue, you can find a broken, abandoned wooden house. If you go into it, you'll see a deformed, shirtless creature twitching violently as it stares at the wall. If you walk towards it, it'll turn around suddenly and flash images of the same blue creature that you might remember seeing at the final level of the game. [[spoiler:Turns out they're the same thing, as said 'blue creature' appears repeatedly, in the Homestead level while walking on a cornfield on a way to the generator and chapel, inside the chapel after picking the toys, and walking down into the first floor of the house for the final chase, The Arrival when the player reaches the radio tower and gets the key which is indicated by a sound in the background, approaches the player after the recording, and make contact with it when they are forced to collect the last two collectibles, and brings the images with it.]]

** If you roam around in the woods at the prologue, you can find a broken, abandoned wooden house. If you go into it, you'll see a deformed, shirtless creature twitching violently as it stares at the wall. If you walk towards it, it'll turn around suddenly and flash images of the same blue creature that you might remember seeing at the final level of the game. [[spoiler:Turns out they're the same thing, as said 'blue creature' appears repeatedly, in the Homestead level, The Arrival when the player reaches the radio tower and gets the key, the said creature approaches the player after the recording, and make contact with it when they are forced to collect the last two collectibles, and brings the images with it.]]

** If you roam around in the woods at the prologue, you can find a broken, abandoned wooden house. If you go into it, you'll see a deformed, shirtless creature twitching violently as it stares at the wall. If you walk towards it, it'll turn around suddenly and flash images of the same blue creature that you might remember seeing at the final level of the game. [[spoiler:Turns out they're the same thing, as said 'blue creature' appears repeatedly, in the Homestead level and the end of The Arrival, and brings the images with it.]]

** Though it is still possible to die in the prologue; Slender Man lurks outside of the house, and looking at him for too long will cause you to lose.