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Nightmare Fuel / Emily Wants To Play

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  • The game sets you up so subtly and then scares the heck out of you. It's even scarier once you learn the story...
    • Fragments of the story, in the form of an audio diary kept by Emily's mother, bring light to what's going on in the house - Emily began acting erratically and violently after moving into the new house with her parents. This includes killing a puppy.
    • You can turn on the television in the master bedroom and hear a news report about a couple found murdered in the very house you're standing in now. And it's implied they were Emily's parents.
    • It’s implied by the final audio log the dolls killed them right as they were planning to move.
  • If you open a particular door near the back of the house, a disfigured girl can be seen crawling into a dark hole. Then you find the audio diary and scraps of paper revealing that Emily's parents finally locked her down there when she became too much to handle.
  • Emily's dolls. Each one is horrifying in its own way, and offers a unique challenge when it appears. If you fail its challenge, it screams and attacks you.
    • If you face Kiki, you have to stare at her until she disappears. If you take your eyes off her, she'll have moved closer when you look back. She keeps toying with you until she's close enough to strike.
    • If you face Mr. Tatters, you have to hold perfectly still. Even a slight movement will cause him to charge.
    • If you face Chester, run. He'll start charging as soon as he appears, and will keep going until you enter a new room and shut the door.
    • Each doll laughs to signal that its game has begun. Kiki's is a girlish giggle. Chester's is a snide snicker. Mr. Tatters is a low, demonic-sounding chuckle.
  • Possibly the most terrifying thing of all? It's never stated whether Emily is really a psychotic little girl toying with you for her own sick amusement, or if the dolls have been controlling her this entire time.

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