At A Glance
Released: 11/22/22
Reviews:32, net positive, as of 11/2023
English Reviews: 23
Localized in: English
Had Publisher: no
Majority of reviews:
English ~63%
Simplified Chinese ~8%
Russian ~8%
Price: $4.99
Review report:
Negatives: large house that is confusing to navigate, fetch quests, similar to other horror games like it but the worst of the bunch for some reason,
Positives: gameplay atmosphere and map design are very good, seems to have a formula people recognize from the early Granny gaems and Nun Massacre, no bugs,
Gameplay
Notes are present in the game world, seems there is no option to read text-only and must rotate the 3d object for readability, difficult
Hidey spots are used by crouching into them, no option to interact and let animations do the rest
Items need to be used to solve light puzzles and gain other items to progress
Can only hold 3 items at a time, retro handicap
Music
Reminiscent of old PS2/ps1 games
Sounds
UI has sound effects from old RE games or silent hill
Footsteps around the house are very good, menacing, keeps me on my toes and alerts me before the enemies see me
Art
Nice dithering effect over the entire screen of the game
UI
Camcorder zoom animation clamps to a certain second duration no matter what zoom % it is
Writing
Notes are scattered around the house that detail some of the events that took place in-game
Scare Factor
When enemy sees you for first time a voice clip plays, then extremely loud chase stinger and music
May have gotten hit immediately, then was given some leeway to escape
Light exploded in a storage closet
Dead body in a wheelchair moves toward player
Dead person standing in doorway slams the door shut loudly when i get close
Dead person in prison jumpscares with a loud moan
Giant feeder from Half life is on the ceiling in the crypt/prison, getting more clear what the horror is and where it might have come from
Extra
Lots of audience overlap between this and puppet combo
Made in unity
Achievements appear to be broken, or only active on a per-open basis since I loaded in
Gathering all evidence does not appear to have any effect on the ending
Overall
A great ‘short’ game, one location, multiple sub-locations to visit and puzzle through. Didn’t do phenomenally, but it’s a modest success if the budget is kept low enough. Probably could have benefited significantly from localization into another language or two
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