perception review

It’s not uncommon for horror games to make use of darkness to instill a sense of dread and discomfort in the players, but no game pushes it in a manner that Perception does. You play as a young woman, Cassie, who is blind, and your only means of seeing anything is by tapping a cane on the ground and then being able to form a rough image of your surroundings via echolocation. Led by a series of nightmares, Cassie decides to go to New England to investigate a mansion with some mystery to it. Once she arrives at the mansion and starts prodding around, she discovers supernatural forces at play that are clearly hostile to her. With her only means of seeing being translating sounds to images, you are always wary of every single sound playing around. Tapping your cane creates a hazy view of...