The Suicide of Rachel Foster

The game map is well built and quite beautifully designed. Voice acting is good but it's not amazing. I was impressed with the build in tension and some of the experiences are certainly unnerving. Overall I would recommend if you like detective/exploration type games. I read a lot of reviews before buying this game. Some say it excuses pedophilia but I actually found it to be highlighting the issue of the predator's family not believing the predator could be responsible until the evidence is literally right there in front of them.

I expected something like Layers of Fear but instead I got a pure Firewatch clone. Unfortunately there's by far not as much to do as in Firewatch and the voice over while still being good is not as exceptional as it was in Firewatch (imo Firewatch had the best VO ever). The story is starting a bit slow but it develops a mystery vibe after a while and the player is starting to try to puzzle things together. The environment looks beautiful and there's no doubt the developers were big fans of Shining and Kubrick in general (red/white toilet, overlook, carpet and of course the general theme). I am a slow player and it took me 4,5 hours to finish the game. Unfortunately there's not anything to explore outside your to do list so you are basically just following the narration. It's also a bit annoying that you are moving really slow if you don't run (and there's no always run option available). Still if you are playing the game for what it is (a narrative experience and nothing more) you still might enjoy it the same I did. One word to those "the game glorifies pedophiles" and "the victum did not get a voice" ... that's not true. The game does not glorify anything it simply tells a story about love, society, family, loss, tragic events and how people cope with those. The pedophile father itself is also not glorified at all. Those people who think this might have missed a few conversations inside the game. Anyway: short, enjoyable and it could have been better gameplay wise - but still a nice narrative experience with some great looking environment and a nice but tragic mystery plot.

The game's atmosphere (sound and visual design, aesthetics) are incredible - it is, in general, a deeply immersive and mysterious narrative. But the themes it discusses are put in a controversial, misogynistic light (in the least) - which I find negative. The plot's good, the pace's good - the way it develops, though, falls short and doesn't realize the game's full potential - quite the opposite, actually. This negative aspect of the game shows itself more patently and strongly in the end. In sum: there are some topics writers gotta make their sane characters name "ABUSE" and not "LOVE", because the second really isn`t acceptable.

I enjoyed the game so much. The story is great and the atmosphere is very tense. You have to play it yourself to see if you like it or not. At first, I thought that is a Firewatch clone too but it ain't (except the talking with another character on the phone). It's different from Firewatch. Play this game, you won't regret.

I've never played such a dark game that left me feeling so satisfied and refreshed.