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This is the second game I've played in recent times that takes place in an office after hours. That alone sets an uneasy feeling, like I know I'm allowed in the building, but it's just off-putting. So while playing Late Work I found myself generally just uneasy. The music was absolutely bomb though.

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The game did eventually scare me, however getting there was a bit of a lackluster experience. Throughout the game you run around playing janitor, despite apparently holding an IT position. You're tasked with picking up after your co-workers, throwing away banana peels, crumpled up papers, and even a hotdog. Who leaves a whole-ass hotdog just lying about? About as odd as me having to pick up after my co-workers despite having my own office.

After that you turn the lights off, and then realize all the electronics are still on. So you go about turning off all the electronics. Throughout all of this borderline nothing happens, except the radio turns on and plays some garbled demon speak. 

Eventually you see a gigantic chicken nugget walk by, and while it made me uneasy because he walked the direction I had to go, he really isn't all that scary. So you follow him down to the fuse box, and that's where you see what really ought to have been the big bad spooky dude. A head with spider legs. Absolutely terrifying. I did not want to go down there, but I knew I had to. Bum rush the fuse box, and then big chungus lumbers over and that's it. While my heart is thankful the game didn't end in some scary jumpscare, I'm kind of bummed because it overall felt lackluster and underwhelming.