The first two games are relatively old, however they do very well with what they have. And credit to the developers - they keep on patching and supporting their games even after release. I thought much the same about it not looking much before I tried it but it's not a game about beauty. It's a game about story and atmosphere. Which it excels at. It manages to hit you very, very hard with post-apocalyptic bleakness and dread while twinging it with a sense of hope and wonder.

It's horror which doesn't and doesn't need to rely on cheap tricks like jumpscares but instead has a compelling story and world which makes you feel suitably uneasy (balanced well to the point that you enjoy it without it being unpleasant to play).

Bottom line the redux versions of the first two games are some of the ones which always go on sale every steam sale. I picked them both up for less than $10, and they are definitely worth more than that in the experience you get.

EDIT: They also don't fall into the modern game tropes of handholding or crazy obvious tutorial prompts. Hell, the maximum difficulty setting for the games disables all HUD for pure immersion. You're left counting bullets as a glass cannon, but you still have enough information to get by.

The first two games are relatively old, however they do very well with what they have. And credit to the developers - they keep on patching and supporting their games even after release. I thought much the same about it not looking much before I tried it but it's not a game about beauty. It's a game about story and atmosphere. Which it excels at. It manages to hit you very, very hard with post-apocalyptic bleakness and dread while twinging it with a sense of hope and wonder.

It's horror which doesn't and doesn't need to rely on cheap tricks like jumpscares but instead has a compelling story and world which makes you feel suitably uneasy (balanced well to the point that you enjoy it without it being unpleasant to play).

Bottom line the redux versions of the first two games are some of the ones which always go on sale every steam sale. I picked them both up for less than $10, and they are definitely worth more than that in the experience you get.

EDIT: They also don't fall into the modern game tropes of handholding or crazy obvious tutorial prompts. Hell, the maximum difficulty setting for the games disables all HUD for pure immersion. You're left counting bullets as a glass cannon.