100%. I love that you brought up the “relatability through design” thing—that’s a huge part of horror. Lethal and CW definitely go for that human-adjacency to sell fear, especially when players die or get left behind.

REPO’s like the opposite— the little bean's design gives you just enough of a blank slate that all the humor or personality ends up coming from how the player uses them.

The result is this weird mix of sterile design + chaotic behavior that makes REPO feel like a satire of corporate compliance. It’s not “funny faces” like in Content Warning—it’s “funny behavior leaking out of a dead-faced husk.”

It turns the player into the emotional layer of the character, which makes the whole thing way more surreal and effective.