I'm going to conduct this review a little differently as there is less to elaborate on. Most of the ratings are fairly straight forward and a game like this can't really be judged based on the other horror titles that have come before it. 



The premise for Slender: The Eight Pages surrounds you, the curious and ridiculously naive player (I infer this because its the only way anything bad ever happens in something horror related) who is attempting to find eight pages related to Slender sightings. That is about as far as the story goes. The reason for the rating is that Parsec Productions built a solid and safe base (which some games don't do right) and the focus of this title isn't its story anyways but rather the mythos of Slender Man and the gameplay itself.   



Now on that note, the game is very surprising in the way that it handles suspense and scare tactics. While most horror titles use sudden enemy appearances, creepy whispers, or the dreaded screamers, Slender does the exact opposite. This genre bender equips you with a flashlight (you can tell I'm American now can't you?) and plops you in the middle of a forest which contains a conglomerate of mysterious (albeit oddly placed) landmarks. 



The flashlight grants you just enough visual space to see in a few steps in front of you while much of the distance is indiscernible. You quickly forget how unpolished the game looks as soon as you realize something is hunting you. Upon collecting the first page, a deadening drum hit signals your imminent doom. Your hearing now becomes much more acute and you anticipate your first sighting of the faceless figure. A cricket chirps, your footsteps crunch against the dew laden ground, another drum hit, you sneak a look behind you. Static. Ear splitting whines gradually build to a crescendo, or at least they would if you let them. Instead, you look away and dash in the other direction unsure of what you just witnessed.