Comments on The Arrival. The following is an extract from an article written for Viewpoint Magazine, describing some of the ideas and process behind this book. NextBus provides real-time transit information to passengers. Indian Railways Trains, Rail, IRCTC Reservation, IRCTC Availability, PNR Status, Running Status, Map, Arrival Departure, Route, Fare Check, Connecting Trains. Slender: The Arrival is the official videogame adaption of Slender Man, developed in collaboration with Eric 'Victor Surge' Knudson, creator of the paranormal. 1036: ARUBA: 12:52P 10-24-16: On Time 26 D: 7045: 0: 958: ATLANTA: 8:53A 10-24-16: On Time 25 D: 7829: 0: 1591: ATLANTA.Slender: The Arrival - Wikipedia. Slender: The Arrival. Developer(s)Publisher(s)Producer(s)Eric Knudsen. Louis Sallerson. Sarah Snow. Engine. Unity. Platform(s)Release date(s)Microsoft Windows, OS XPlay. Station 3. NA: September 2. EU: September 2. 4, 2. Xbox 3. 60. Play. Station 4. NA: March 2. EU: March 2. 5, 2. Xbox One. Wii UNA: October 2. EU: October 2. 9, 2. Genre(s)Survival horror. Mode(s)Single- player. Slender: The Arrival is a survival horrorvideo game developed by Blue Isle Studios as a sequel to Parsec Productions' Slender: The Eight Pages, with Chapter 6 being a remake of the aforementioned game. It was released on Microsoft Windows and OS X on March 2. The game was released on Play. Station 4 on March 2. North America and March 2. Europe and Xbox One on March 2. Like its predecessor, the game is based on the Something Awful forums' creation, the Slender Man. Gameplay. Slender: The Arrival uses similar mechanics to its predecessor, The Eight Pages. The character is armed only with a flashlight. This limited defense forces a sense of helplessness, as the best way to survive in the game is to run whenever in danger. The Slender Man's behavior changes slightly between levels. In the first level, the Slender Man can be seen outside the window, and after going through the gate outside he can be seen on the top of hills well away from the player. In level two, he most often teleports off- screen or just out of the character's line of sight, but is capable of appearing directly in front of the player. It is observed that his motion centers around following the player, but consists largely of jumping from place to place, the inconvenience of which is increased as each of the eight pages are collected. His behavior is much the same as this in level four, except more active. In level three, he pursues much less aggressively, serving less as the main antagonist of the level and more as a scare tactic, though is capable of teleporting directly in front of the player and ending the game. In this level, the main antagonist is a girl who chases the player (most often following her path directly, but has been seen teleporting. It is unknown whether this is a glitch or an in- game mechanic). The only way of subduing her is by focusing the flashlight (on its second setting) on her. While looking at the Slender Man, the camera succumbs to electronic distortions such as static, blurring, color spots, audio distortion, etc., which obstructs the player's vision unless facing away, and far enough from it. The player cannot pause while this occurs, to prevent them taking a break due to being frightened. When caught, the death screen is also different; while in Slender: The Eight Pages, the player saw a white static background with Slender Man's faceless head, the one for Slender: The Arrival is black, with an overhead- lit and color- distorted hue and less static. The differences being that hardcore allows the flashlight to run out, enemies are more aggressive and the player's stamina runs out quickly. Easy has infinite flashlight, a great deal of stamina, and the enemies are not very aggressive. Chapter 1. After parking her car at the head of the driveway, following a bizarre coincidence in which a tree topples in front of her car, she walks down a path to Kate's home but finds the house left open. Kate is nowhere to be found, but Lauren is greeted by a disturbing scene, the house is trashed and there are drawings and wall- scratchings hinting at the Slender Man. When Lauren finds and unlocks Kate's room, there are drawings all over the room a drawn- out scream is then heard from the back gate. The scream came from none other than Kate, who had fled the house a bit before Lauren showed up but was caught by the Slender Man. After looking through the pages saying things like . Taking a flashlight with her, Lauren leaves the building to investigate. In v. 1. 5, she finds a burnt house near the end of her trip. She discovers Charlie Matheson Jr. Any attempts to get closer results in the camera flickering and the figure disappearing. When she arrives at the entrance to Oakside Park, she enters the area and the level transitions. Chapter 2. As she collects them, the Slender Man begins to pursue her aggressively. When she collects all 8 pages she encounters Slender Man, who grabs her, but she breaks free and dashes off into the woods in blind panic as fast as she can, but she mysteriously blacks out. This level serves as an enhanced remake of Slender: The Eight Pages. Chapter 3. As she explores the closed valley, she finds that she must enter a dark tunnel into a mountain that, as is alluded to in a collectible newspaper article, was created by Kullman Mining Co. As she enters, Lauren sees a sign that instructs that in the event of a power- outage, six generators must be activated in order to power the emergency lift and escape. As she powers the generators, she realizes that she is being chased by a figure in a white hood and a mask, later revealed to be Kate, driven violently mad by the Slender Man's influence. The situation becomes worse due to the fact that Lauren is also being chased by the Slender Man who starts appearing in front of her at random times after the second generator is powered. As all six generators are activated, Lauren activates the lift and is risen to the top of the mining shaft, transitioning to Chapter 4. On Hardcore difficulty, Lauren has to collect gas canisters before activating the generators. Chapter 4. As she traverses, she finds a small building, inside which there is a TV with a girl scribbling on a sheet of paper. The video is of Kate, and shows what happened to her. In the flashback, Kate has to secure her home by closing 8 windows and/or doors from the Slender Man. During this process, she sees the Slender Man in the house and tries to hide in her room. Confronted by the Slender Man, she crashes out the bedroom window and escapes to the nearby park, ending Chapter 4 and the video recording simultaneously. In later versions of the game, the title has been changed to . She charges toward the radio tower that she thinks will save her from Slender Man. Along the way she dodges flames, falling trees, and a very aggressive Slender Man. Once inside the radio tower building, Lauren discovers a locked door, where a key must be found to unlock it. After finding it, footsteps can be heard and Lauren is forced to proceed to a dead- end hallway. The leading door slams behind her, and as she reads the writing etched on the wall, she discovers a dead body, who is presumably CR (a friend of Kate's heavily mentioned in the game's collectible items), as well as CR's video camera. Once the camera is played, there are multiple knocks on the door behind Lauren. The screen flashes violently as the game ends, and two different continuations have been made expanding from this. Original ending. Lauren walks to the end of the hall and finds the corpse of a man, presumably Kate's friend CR, lying next to a video camera with the words . As she plays the audio on the camera, she hears Kate and CR screaming. The audio ends suddenly. The fire near the door where Lauren entered is blown out, and the door can be heard being violently knocked upon. Lauren's camera, near dead, begins to flash of incoherent shapes and loud noises as the game comes to an abrupt end. Hardcore ending. If the player beats the game, a Hardcore difficulty mode will unlock. Completing Chapter 5 on this difficulty will result in a slightly altered ending from Normal or Easy mode. Directly following where the game ends on both other modes, it shows Lauren falling from the top of the radio tower, who then crashes into the floor. Her camera's batteries then presumably die. This ending has a unknown outcome for Lauren, its unknown if she survived or not after falling from the radio tower. Steam ending. The ending was significantly extended following the Steam release. After the door is knocked open, Charlie, now horrifically changed from Slender Man's influence since going missing, runs at Lauren and the screen flashes violently before cutting to black. Lauren wakes up in the basement of the burnt house from stage 1, with Charlie guarding the stairs. Her camera batteries at this point are extremely close to depletion, with the icon flashing red. Lauren finds two more documents, after which Charlie disappears. Alternatively, if she takes too long to find them, Charlie will attack her before disappearing. Following his departure, the sounds of crying can be heard from upstairs. Lauren follows the sounds until she finds her friend, Kate, in the corner, crouched and surrounded by visual distortion. Lauren approaches Kate, only for Kate to inexplicably be replaced by the same figure who attacked her in the mines (implying they're one and the same), who then attacks her again, presumably killing her. The camera cuts out and when it's turned on again, someone's legs are shown being dragged off- screen by someone unseen. While the circumstances would imply the legs belong to Lauren, they very closely resemble the legs of the figure in the mines. This however, does not explain if Lauren survived and is dragging Kate away or if she was killed and dragged away by either Kate, Charlie, or Slender Man. This Ending is also in The console versions. Chapter 6. The player is Kate, and wanders around in the same forest as in Slender: The Eight Pages. She finds a note, and Slender Man begins to stalk her. Regardless of whether she finds all 8 notes or not, the Slender Man catches up with her. Rather than abducting her, the death screen says . Some of the textures have been re- rendered. Chapter 7. While there he finds various hints that the Mathesons have been watched by Slender Man for generations. Despite his findings he is chased by the now horrifically altered Charlie off the property. Chapter 8. His parents eventually look for him by calling out Charlie's name. After Charlie grabs the last part of the toy train, Slender Man starts stalking him.
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