Editor's Review:
Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 is a wonderful and unparalleled horror game, you will love the suspense and unexpected scares. No one can be sure what kind of monsters you may come across. In this abandoned factory, you are totally alone, you have no backup. So you must try your best to survive by relying on your own wisdom and your own experience of exploring this haunted place. When you move forward, things can become really uncertain. The initial impression would be like you are in utter isolation and you feel oppressive because there is nothing that makes you feel energetic. The whole atmosphere is so chilly. When you see the blood-stained children's beds, you just cannot help but wonder what has happened in this dreadful place. The whole atmosphere is full of fear and unpredictability. It is not simply about what you see with your eyes that makes you feel this way. In this ominous place, you will feel that your sense of smell is fully activated because you can almost smell the stale air and the sweet scent of decay in this deserted place. What you see, and what these places make you feel, just makes you feel that you cannot stay in this place for another minute. But such moments will also be your favorite moments when you are exploring.
No place is like Home Sweet Home, where you will discover the changing creatures, and your psychological ability in the face of danger will be challenged. Then the puzzles and items you come across will definitely mess with your head. Sometimes, you just cannot figure out what is true and what is your illusion. It is also quite normal for you to get lost. At any moment, you may suddenly realize that you have just walked in circles and totally gotten lost. But a sudden crucial detail appearing in front of your eyes will always keep your hope alive, and you may find that every detail is carefully designed because the whole environment itself may play tricks on your mind and make you feel perplexed. The strange things, including the figure lines, will make you feel distracted. The unsettling sounds will make your head race at a really fast speed because you cannot help but guess what might be there, and you will love the unpredictability side of this world. You will be constantly on edge because your life is under threat, and you just cannot be sure what you should do. So it is not only about facing the jump scares. It is more about slowly getting into a state where you can calmly face all the dangers and not expect these surprises without losing your own composure. When you come across Cat Nap for the first time, you may become paralyzed because this creature has the strange smiling face and can release sudden red smoke. When you see how this mysterious cat reappears and vanishes, it will make you feel that nothing is normal in this world. Even when the light flickers for a moment, you may notice that the cat will just appear behind you out of nowhere. You may literally throw away your mouse unconsciously out of such unexpected surprise.
And the horror of the scheme relies on the feeling that you are constantly under hunt. You feel that you are innocent prey since you are in the light, and you have no idea what might be lurking in the shadow. So you will always feel nervous. This kind of dread is even more terrifying than the actual chase from these monsters. But the good news is that you will have the new proper Grab Pack hand to save yourself. It is really convenient and delightful to use this new tool. With this great hand, you can zip across the vast chasms. You can electrify distant panels or the things that are far away from your current location. You can even apply it to power up generators under extreme circumstances. During this process, no matter what kind of tool you may have in your hands, you will constantly be under pressure. Some puzzles can be particularly tricky to solve. For instance, you may come across a puzzle that asks you to find the sequence involving rerouting power while Miss Delight, with her unsettling, cheerful behaviour, patrols the halls. After you successfully complete a puzzle, you will always feel like you have won a great victory, and you will feel the rush of adrenaline in your body.
When you finally manage to make a clean escape, the feeling can be so exhilarating that you just want to start again and again. You will never feel more alive because the story is not straightforward; through the VHS tapes and the details from the environment, you will gradually piece together the genuinely tragic tale about the Hour of Joy and the children of Playcare. You will constantly come across scenarios where a certain character will appear on the screen and explain the whole story to you. So you understand more about the story behind this deserted factory. You may even feel a genuine pang of sadness. You will experience this emotional weight that will make you realize that this is not a simple game aiming only to entertain or attract your attention through a series of jump scares and unexpected surprises. While you may experience some excitement, when they are over and you focus on the story of this abandoned factory, you will feel truly sorry for what happened in this stressful place. You will find more courage to uncover the ultimate truth about this abandoned place instead of simply running from the monsters. Even long after you finish playing, you may still chew on some scenarios and the revelations about the Prototype; there will always be some lingering questions in your mind. After you play this game, you will realize that nothing is immortal among human beings. However, what we feel and what we experience can totally be stored and become immortal in some way, which we may feel compelled to discover while we are exploring this strange and illogical world. Besides, while you are experiencing all the horrible things in this world, you will love the immaterial and heavenly feelings that arise from confronting such intense emotions. It is as if, amid fear and darkness, a strange sense of clarity and transcendence begins to emerge within you. These feelings lift you beyond the immediate terror, connecting you to something deeper and more profound. This contrast between horror and peace creates a unique emotional balance, making the experience not only terrifying but also oddly beautiful.
And even if the jump scares make you feel terrified, there is no need for you to stop exploring. It is quite normal for human beings to have totally different kinds of uncomfortable feelings when their lives are in danger. However, the most fantastic thing is that you may achieve ecstasy. Maybe this kind of ecstasy is strange, yet better. When you are in danger or when you feel that you are totally alone, you will have this kind of strange ecstasy, and you will become addictive to this kind of ecstasy. This feeling will give you bigger enthusiasm to explore deeper, and you may even sense that you have all the support needed beside you, even if you cannot see them. After you successfully solve all the puzzles and escape, you will feel the ultimate liberation. You just cannot help but want to experience the intoxicating experience again. And through these puzzles, you may also find some wisdom about how to keep composed under pressure. So whenever you are in a tricky situation in your real life, you may cultivate this capability to stay calm until you successfully solve the critical situation. You may feel so proud because you are solving the puzzle. You may realize the sharpness and the strength of your mind that you may have ignored before. At least horror scenarios will momentarily purify all the distracting thoughts from your mind and cleanse your mind from all impurities and haunting worries. For a moment, you may feel so great because you feel that you have just merged into one with this horror. You will feel that it is just a kind of resurrection; after you experience death, you will reach life. So when you build this in your mind, you will be so happy to face whatever you may come across in this world. Then the horror feelings will unconsciously activate and fully awaken the dimension of transcendence that has been hidden and buried in your body all this time. You will become addicted to this transcendence because it is a kind of supreme and most exhausting enjoyment, and your concept of I or me will be totally annihilated while you are exploring this world. In this state, you will experience the ultimate enjoyment. And finally, you will discover that nectar can often be hidden behind things that taste bitter, much like horror itself!