![]() Speaking of which, the world-building and narrative design in My Friendly Neighborhood is remarkable. You’ll have to use your weapons sparingly and rely on other tactics if you want to survive long enough to get to the heart of the game’s mystery. Upon leaving and reentering an area, the puppet will reawaken and proceed to chase you if you happen to cross its line of sight. The game offers a solution to this problem in the form of duct tape scattered across the studio lot, which can be used to permanently incapacitate enemies. Ammunition and other resources are scarce, while the puppets themselves are technically immortal. My Friendly Neighborhood especially shines in how it forces you to weigh short-term solutions against long-term challenges. There’s the “Rolodexer,” the game’s equivalent of a traditional sidearm pistol the “Novelist,” an improvised shotgun-like armament that blasts enemies with a confetti burst of letters handheld “Punctuation” grenades that explode into a clattering mess of symbols and the “Conclusion,” an oversized Gatling gun that makes short work of the game’s more pernicious adversaries. Image: John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski/DreadXP They’re twisted facsimiles of iconic children’s edutainment that have presumably been brought to life and transformed by the same malicious signal that has inexplicably taken hold of the airwaves. The puppets of My Friendly Neighborhood draw obvious parallels to the likes of Jim Henson’s Muppets and Sesame Street. Similar to games like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Bendy and the Ink Machine, My Friendly Neighborhood’s particular horror aesthetic is derived from taking otherwise benign examples of children’s entertainment from the early-to-mid-20th century and twisting them into something macabre and malicious. The new title from John Szymanski and Evan Szymanski (who happen to be the brothers of Dusk developer David Szymanski), My Friendly Neighborhood is a survival-horror game that pits players against an onslaught of unsettling sentient puppets as they attempt to shut down a mysterious signal being broadcast from an abandoned television studio. ![]() If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. ![]() Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences.
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