Overview & Feature Analysis
Play as Boris in this Bendy prequel
Boris and the Dark Survival
is a third-person top-down
survival horror
video game wherein you experience a dark
adventure
within the ominous hallways of an abandoned animation studio. Developed by Joey Drew Studios, this game is the
standalone side prequel
to Bendy and the Ink Machine. In the game, you play as Boris the Wolf, the lanky cartoon companion of Bendy. You have to
collect
various supplies, secrets, and scraps in each level—all the while avoiding the insidious Ink Demon that stalks you. The game plays out like classic
horror games
, such as
Slenderman
and
Amnesia
, wherein you can’t fight back against the enemies, but you can run and hide to survive.
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Bendy and the Ink Machine
is an episodic first-person puzzle action horror game developed by Joey Drew Studios. Containing five chapters, you follow retired animator Henry Stein, who inadvertently awakened an evil entity residing in his old animation studio and must now find a way to escape. BatIM brings back old-school
black and white cartoon animation
and presents it in a horrifying nightmare of a beautiful 3D world. This returns in Boris and the Dark Survival, but this time, there’s
not much plot
to enjoy.
Boris and the Dark Survival is set years before the start of BatIM, with Buddy Boris in hiding before he meets Henry Stein and decides to help him out. In this prequel, you guide Boris into exploring every
procedurally-generated level
for supplies that your checklist asks for. After a certain number of items have been collected, the Ink Demon spawns. There are some Little Miracle Stations around the map that you can hide in to avoid him, and you can
sprint
, as well. However, it consumes Bacon Soup.
You can replenish that using the Tasty Eats Machines. You can only exit the level through the elevator, after collecting all supplies. But the Ink Demon will aggressively chase after you. Aside from supplies, you have to collect
secrets
and
scraps
of paper found in lockers. Collecting all
seven pieces
will unlock the ending, and that's it. The game doesn’t have a full story. There’s not much variation in the gameplay, and the Ink Demon’s AI
isn’t too threatening
. All in all, the game is mostly just recommended for Bendy fans.