Don't Budge

Dude, you awake? It's like 11 PM and I literally cannot sleep. I just finished playing Don't Budge and my brain is still buzzing. Remember how your cousin Mark told me about it? He said, "Don't Budge. There is an npc in the game who turns around. When he stands over and sees you moving, the machine gunner beside him will shoot you dead. Its super exciting. Give it a try."

Honestly, that's like describing pizza as "bread with toppings." Like, yeah, technically true, but it misses *everything* that makes pizza, well, *pizza*. Don't Budge is so much more than just not moving.

When I first started, I was just like, okay, freeze when the big guy, "The Watcher," turns. Easy, right? Wrong. The first stage, "The Grand Hall," has these big moving statues, and I kept getting shot even when I was totally still. I was so confused, like, what gives? Then I realized it's not just about *not moving*, it's about *where* your standing when he looks. Like, you can be totally still, but if you're out in the open, your still dead. You have to use the environment, like ducking behind a pillar or timing your freeze so a shadow falls over you. It's like a super high-stakes game of hide-and-seek, but your hiding in plain sight.

There was this one part where I had to get across a really open area, and The Watcher was turning super fast. I kept dying, over and over. Then I noticed this little whirring sound right before he started his turn, and I figured out if I timed it just right, I could dash to this little alcove *just* as he started to swing his head around. It felt so good when I finally pulled it off, like I'd cracked some super secret code. I looked at the clock and it was like 2 AM. Seriously.

It's not just a reflex game, it's a puzzle game disguised as one. You have to observe, learn the patterns, and figure out the environment. It's really, really clever how they did that. I don't usually like games that make you restart a lot, but this one, you just want to try again because you know your *this close* to figuring it out. You gotta try it, dude. It's fun. So much fun.

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