like if silent hill and resident evil took estrogen then had nasty sex

in all seriousness. the inspirations are VERY clear. it's like a love letter to the survival horror genre. what i like about signalis in particular is that it nails the "survival" part of "survival horror" pretty well. unless you're playing on easy, you are almost certainly not going to get anywhere just blasting everything in your path. enemies can and will come back. you don't have enough ammo. you never do.

i had a real pant-shitting moment when i got lost in the second area of the game with exactly ZERO ammo for any of my weapons. exploring new rooms was scary without any way to fight back.

also yes. the lesbian robot thing. i am so, so normal about it.