Detention
Detention is a atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics…
Detention is an adventure developed by Red Candle Games, released 12 January 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android and iOS. The main story takes about 3.6 hrs to finish.
What Detention is
Detention is an adventure game developed by Red Candle Games and released in 2017. It was published by Coconut Island Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Greenwood high school, located in a remote mountainous area, two students found themselves trapped and vulnerable. The place they once knew has changed in unsettling ways, haunted by evil creatures. To escape, they must explore the mysterious campus filled with ominous objects and puzzles. How will they survive in this ever threatening environment? Could they return to safety in one piece?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are horror, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 8 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Detention holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 92 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Detention launched on 12 January 2017, within three weeks of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony and Gravity Rush 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Gravity Rush 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Detention yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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