It’s so quiet at times, but this silence is often punctuated by bursts of strange sound like banging at the door. Its visual design, in particular, stands out as one of the key elements that make the game so unsettling. vibes, with one person seemingly alone in a grimy apartment haunted by strange sounds and hallucinations.
Back in the ’90s, someone recording their everyday life was strange and the odd VHS tapes that have survived the era remain bizarre relics of this. Since video cameras made their way into mobile phones it seems like everything is recorded, daily.
There’s something so quintessentially weird about viewing a snapshot of someone’s life captured at a time that feels alien now. September 1999 is an eerie found footage game by 98DEMAKE that perfectly captures the unsettling vibe of low-budget horror.