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Relatedly, I just started playing this game where the concept is you're lost in the corridors of a Japanese subway station looking for Exit 8. Very authentic fe

Relatedly, I just started playing this game where the concept is you're lost in the corridors of a Japanese subway station looking for Exit 8. Very authentic feel. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653790/The_Exit_8/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653790/The_Exit_8/

chupapimunyenyo 3y ago
I love the concept of this game, very well thought and engaging
dividuum 3y ago
Why limit yourself to walking when you can build them :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/
- samstave 3y ago
  Or drive them :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2546690/Tram_Simulator_Urban_Transit/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2546690/Tram_Simulator_Ur...
solardev 3y ago
Lol! This is all too close to reality. Gives me goosebumps. There's also a few metro station sims (more sim than horror): STATIONflow: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ Overcrowd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/726110/Overcrowd_A_Commute_Em_Up/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/726110/Overcrowd_A_Commut... And of course Mini Metro: https://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini_Metro/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini_Metro/
- mock-possum 3y ago
  mini metro my beloved and of course, mini motorways such fun little puzzle games, I spent a good month absolutely absorbed in the latter, thought I was getting pretty skilled - only to look online and realize that there levels of strats I hadn't even considered.
majikandy 3y ago
That’s so funny, I spent about an hour walking around Osaka station the first time I went there trying to figure out how to get out. Ended up back in same place quite a few times. Near the Hankyuu railway staircase.
- resolutebat 3y ago
  In my backpacker days I once stored a backpack in a locker in Osaka and went out for the day. It took me quite a while to find it again!
  - paraselene_ 3y ago
    LTP: Take pictures of the where you've stored your luggage/bags, "with" surroundings. That way you'll have a much easier time finding it. Especially in larger stations around Japan. Saved my ass in Shinjuku this year.
    - JKCalhoun 3y ago
      LPT
    - zie 3y ago
      Do this for cars in parking lots too.
  - majikandy 3y ago
    Omg, snap! I didn’t do it again after that. Also for the idea mentioned about taking photos. No camera phones back when I was doing this and it was actually in Japan that I bought my first proper digital camera, the Canon Ixus 3 I think iirc
- ekianjo 3y ago
  Osaka is notorious for very poor exit labelling
- spike021 3y ago
  I got lost in Kyoto station the day I had to catch a train to Osaka to take a plane from KIX. So many platforms, different train lines, exits. It's crazy. Somehow I've always done fine at Shinjuku, although during rush hour it can be trickier.
ChumpGPT 3y ago
It's impossible to get lost in in a Japanese subway.They have made their subway systems so even the most confused people can figure it out.
- AlotOfReading 3y ago
  It's definitely possible. Try meitetsu station sometime. It's directly adjacent to the sprawling monstrosity that is Nagoya station (where it's also easy to get lost). Not only does it use a different, color-coded system of notation than other stations I've seen, trains stop at multiple platforms unlike virtually everywhere else. Consequently there are places where multiple signs are visible giving you different directions to the same train.
  - Klonoar 3y ago
    Many people skip Nagoya on their typical “visit Japan” trip and the trains there can be underwhelming compared to Tokyo/Osaka, so while I agree with you, it sounds like a case of OP not deviating from the “blessed path”. And great, now I want red miso.
- ekianjo 3y ago
  Osaka makes it possible.
- makeitdouble 3y ago
  You should try going to Shinjuku with the Oedo line and change to the Odakyu line, it's an experience.
  - Klonoar 3y ago
    This one isn’t as bad as long as you know that many Oedo transfers are a pain due to just how far underground it is. Oedo in Shinjuku should, once you finally make your way up, be near enough signs indicating where Odakyu is.
    - 3y ago
latentsea 3y ago
Reminds me of the time I tried to leave a Japanese train station and wound up in an underground department store. Then I tried to leave the department store and I wound back up in the train station.
al_borland 3y ago
I had this experience in real life in Shinjuku station. It was the first station I needed to navigate when showing up to Japan. I didn’t care about which exit I went out of, I was just trying to get up to the surface so I could see where I was at with GPS and orient myself. After the flight (I don’t sleep on planes), I was very stressed out and sleep deprived. I tried to look like I knew what I was doing, but I was freaking out inside, I felt trapped. It was a really bad time. Thankfully, after some sleep, navigating the subway went much better.
Naracion 3y ago
This reminds me of an internet phenomenon I learnt about recently: the Backrooms [1]. The concept instantly reminded me of some psychedelic horrors from the 80s in terms of emotional response. I think this game might trigger a similar response. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms

chupapimunyenyo 3y ago

I love the concept of this game, very well thought and engaging

dividuum 3y ago

Why limit yourself to walking when you can build them :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/

samstave 3y ago
Or drive them :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2546690/Tram_Simulator_Urban_Transit/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2546690/Tram_Simulator_Ur...

solardev 3y ago

Lol! This is all too close to reality. Gives me goosebumps. There's also a few metro station sims (more sim than horror): STATIONflow: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1122120/STATIONflow/ Overcrowd: https://store.steampowered.com/app/726110/Overcrowd_A_Commute_Em_Up/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/726110/Overcrowd_A_Commut... And of course Mini Metro: https://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini_Metro/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/287980/Mini_Metro/

mock-possum 3y ago
mini metro my beloved and of course, mini motorways such fun little puzzle games, I spent a good month absolutely absorbed in the latter, thought I was getting pretty skilled - only to look online and realize that there levels of strats I hadn't even considered.

majikandy 3y ago

That’s so funny, I spent about an hour walking around Osaka station the first time I went there trying to figure out how to get out. Ended up back in same place quite a few times. Near the Hankyuu railway staircase.

resolutebat 3y ago
In my backpacker days I once stored a backpack in a locker in Osaka and went out for the day. It took me quite a while to find it again!
- paraselene_ 3y ago
  LTP: Take pictures of the where you've stored your luggage/bags, "with" surroundings. That way you'll have a much easier time finding it. Especially in larger stations around Japan. Saved my ass in Shinjuku this year.
  - JKCalhoun 3y ago
    LPT
  - zie 3y ago
    Do this for cars in parking lots too.
- majikandy 3y ago
  Omg, snap! I didn’t do it again after that. Also for the idea mentioned about taking photos. No camera phones back when I was doing this and it was actually in Japan that I bought my first proper digital camera, the Canon Ixus 3 I think iirc
ekianjo 3y ago
Osaka is notorious for very poor exit labelling
spike021 3y ago
I got lost in Kyoto station the day I had to catch a train to Osaka to take a plane from KIX. So many platforms, different train lines, exits. It's crazy. Somehow I've always done fine at Shinjuku, although during rush hour it can be trickier.

ChumpGPT 3y ago

It's impossible to get lost in in a Japanese subway.They have made their subway systems so even the most confused people can figure it out.

AlotOfReading 3y ago
It's definitely possible. Try meitetsu station sometime. It's directly adjacent to the sprawling monstrosity that is Nagoya station (where it's also easy to get lost). Not only does it use a different, color-coded system of notation than other stations I've seen, trains stop at multiple platforms unlike virtually everywhere else. Consequently there are places where multiple signs are visible giving you different directions to the same train.
- Klonoar 3y ago
  Many people skip Nagoya on their typical “visit Japan” trip and the trains there can be underwhelming compared to Tokyo/Osaka, so while I agree with you, it sounds like a case of OP not deviating from the “blessed path”. And great, now I want red miso.
ekianjo 3y ago
Osaka makes it possible.
makeitdouble 3y ago
You should try going to Shinjuku with the Oedo line and change to the Odakyu line, it's an experience.
- Klonoar 3y ago
  This one isn’t as bad as long as you know that many Oedo transfers are a pain due to just how far underground it is. Oedo in Shinjuku should, once you finally make your way up, be near enough signs indicating where Odakyu is.
  - 3y ago

latentsea 3y ago

Reminds me of the time I tried to leave a Japanese train station and wound up in an underground department store. Then I tried to leave the department store and I wound back up in the train station.

al_borland 3y ago

I had this experience in real life in Shinjuku station. It was the first station I needed to navigate when showing up to Japan. I didn’t care about which exit I went out of, I was just trying to get up to the surface so I could see where I was at with GPS and orient myself. After the flight (I don’t sleep on planes), I was very stressed out and sleep deprived. I tried to look like I knew what I was doing, but I was freaking out inside, I felt trapped. It was a really bad time. Thankfully, after some sleep, navigating the subway went much better.

Naracion 3y ago

This reminds me of an internet phenomenon I learnt about recently: the Backrooms [1]. The concept instantly reminded me of some psychedelic horrors from the 80s in terms of emotional response. I think this game might trigger a similar response. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms