Horror In ULTRAKILL
spoilerrrrs for ULTRAKILL
ULTRAKILLis very obviously, not a horror game. But, in the prelude secret mission - hidden in 0-2 THE MEATGRINDER - it gets,well errrmrmmmmm lets just say a little,,,,#Scary.
You're dropped in with nothing but the feedbacker arm, and the Piercer revolver. There's a skull key just infront of the entrance to the level, and a moment after you pick it up,
you're met with the quote "Something wicked this way comes." This quote is from macbeth act 4 scene 1 blah blah witches blah blah macbeth arrives whatever stupid gay play who cares.
The quote is made more literal, with "Something Wicked" being the entity that chases you, and it instakills you if it gets you. the only way to fend against it is to shoot it with your revolver, temporarally sending it away.
Something Wicked's only cue of it being there is are the sounds it makes, it creates a droning vibrating noies that gets louder as it gets closer, with a first time player being able to likely mistake it for something else, like it "leading" them to where they should go.
The other sound being whispy exhale like noises, that you'll only hear at the start just before the text popup, and when its right there at you.
0-S is a great juxtaposition to the rest of the game, and doesn't last too long, making you find and open 2 skull key doors. This is the only full horror segment in the game, with brief scares of the possible return of Something Wicked in later levels - putting the breath sound effect in 4-3 when you play without using the torch, at the start at 7-3 - besides this, ULTRAKILL isn't a horror game.