Trivia / Slender: The Arrival

• Creator Backlash: Most of the Marble Hornets crew, but particularly Troy Wagner doesn't look back on this game with fondness, as they claimed that Blue Isle studios only used a small portion of their plot ideas, and were frustrating to work with overall. Troy in particular was not amused to learn◊ that the studio snuck in a "Gimme 20 Dollars" joke near the end of the game.
• Dummied Out: The initial endings the game had were all removed after it was rereleased for Windows on Steam, which is considered to be the "definitive" version of the game.
• Franchise Killer: This games underwhelming reception and performance is largely speculated as being what killed off the Slenderman Run or Die genre of video games.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The Marble Hornets crew mentioned that they had many other story concepts they wanted to implement in this game, but Blue Isle studios rejected most of them.
  • The original ending of this game would've had Lauren race up a snow-capped mountain in order to reach the Radio Tower. This was later replaced by a forest fire in the full release and the updates that followed.