If you’ve never ventured into the backrooms before, then rest assured this creepy liminal space echoed within the new variant game simply named Backrooms somehow manages to make your classic office building even more terrifying. Equipped with only a hazmat suit and hopefully a friend or two to use as human shields, you’re tasked with exploring a maze of yellow-wallpapered hallways in hopes of finding a way out.
While the premise is pretty simple, in practice, the backrooms are a lot more tricky to navigate. During the free demo, my group of explorers and I, unfortunately, ran into one killer obstacle. It was all going so well; after being separated for a short time, everyone in the group managed to gather together, thanks to a quick game of Marco Polo using the proximity voice chat. But with no plan, sense of direction, or clue about what was about to happen, we gingerly explored the confusing hallways, hopelessly looking for a clue that would lead us to the exit.
