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3 | ''[=ThanksKilling=] Day'' is a {{Retraux}} SurvivalHorror VideoGame by [=CloneKorp=], [=RDH=] Development, and Aka_Nook. |
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5 | The game casts you as a young boy who's family is getting ready for Thanksgiving. As they're preparing, the boy is tasked with fetching his grandfather, who was sent to get a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. As soon as the kid steps outside, however, he hears his grandfather's scream of terror from over by the silo and decides to investigate. |
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7 | Before the kid knows it, his night's plans have gone from "celebrate Thanksgiving with my family" to "survive against some kind of killer pilgrim". |
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9 | The game was released on December 20th, 2022. |
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12 | !!''[=ThanksKilling=] Day'' contains examples of: |
13 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:While the kid's father is wrestling with the turkey monster, it takes his arm off.]] |
14 | * ApocalypticLog: Like any SurvivalHorror, there are notes strewn about the game world telling you about the events that came before. |
15 | * BatterUp: The kid in the prologue picks up a baseball bat that he can use to defend himself against the turkeys[[spoiler:, and the killer pilgrim. It doesn't do much good against the latter]]. |
16 | * BeneathTheEarth: [[spoiler:There's a large underground facility underneath the farm. The kid finds it when he falls into the hole in the toolshed.]] |
17 | * DownOnTheFarm: The main setting of the game is the family farm. |
18 | * FeatheredFiend: Aside from the killer pilgrim, all the enemies in the game are murderous turkeys. [[spoiler:If course, in the end, we find out that the killer is some kind of humanoid turkey monster.]] |
19 | * FloorboardFailure: When the kid finds [[spoiler:his mother calling the police in the toolshed]], the floor gives out under [[spoiler:her]]. |
20 | * HyperactiveMetabolism: Food items, mainly peanut butter and jelly, act as healing items in the game. |
21 | * IKnowMaddenKombat: In the room behind the fireplace, the kid can find a hockey stick that he can use as a weapon. |
22 | * InfiniteFlashlight: The flashlight in the game never seems to need new batteries. |
23 | * ItemCrafting: You can make [=PB&J=] sandwhiches by combining peanut butter and jelly. |
24 | * LockAndKeyPuzzle: Like many a survival horror game, this has locked doors that require a key to open. There aren't many, though. |
25 | * LostInTheMaize: There's a crop maize standing between the silo and the rest of the farm. |
26 | * MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: When the kid returns to his [[spoiler:at that point, on fire]] home, he finds his family at the dinner table[[spoiler:, including his by-then-dead grandparents]]. |
27 | * POVCam: While the game does used the fixed camera thing from survival horrors past, there's also the option to switch to a first-person view. |
28 | * {{Retraux}}: The game is rendered in [=PS1=]-era graphics, and there's even an option to invoke an old Standard Definition filter. |
29 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At one point, the kid tries to escape from the killer by [[spoiler:driving away in the tractor. Of course, since he's a kid, he ends up swerving all over the cornfield and crashing into a tree]]. |
30 | * WouldHurtAChild: The killer pilgrim spends the game trying to kill the PlayerCharacter, a child. [[spoiler:He does the same to the kid in the prologue.]] |
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