Tormented Souls

A throwback to the good ol' days of survival horror, when resource management mattered, when 2 enemies could wipe out your inventory with poor planning, puzzles that require some thinking, etc. This is a true survival horror game, with the traditional style of gameplay before every game wanted to be Resident Evil 4 or Amensia. Cheesy voice acting, monster design, level design, backtracking, it's all there. There is a little bit of Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Haunting Ground inspirations in this game. Do yourself a favor and check it out ASAP!

Let's get the TL;DR out of the way. If you enjoyed OG Resident Evil and Silent Hill, this game will fill that void left in your heart. The tank controls are back (but improved IMO), the atmosphere that the game creates it's perfect. a lot of puzzles in a creepy mansion with some enemies that at the beginning you really feel like they are a challenge. The voice acting is kinda bad but is part of the charm of old survival horror games. You could argue it was made on purpose like that. The story feels rushed at the beginning, like it wants to get to the serious part really quick. I would have loved a bit of backstory. but overall the story was good, not amazing but good. I have nothing but respect for the devs that made this game, lets not forget that a small team made this experience. I enjoyed the crap out of this game. I assure you that if you play this game, you'll feel the same.

What a crying shame, it looks great and has an interesting enough premise... It works with disorienting camera views much like early resident evil games, except even worse and more unfairly. Aiming is clunky as is, then you take a step back and suddenly the monsters aren't in the picture cause you entered a different view. On top of that they need several good hits, All fine and dandy, if saving was available in reasonable intervals, But first having to replay the whole prologue because something that kills you was designed to look like the graphic card acting up, upon which I looked for my phone to document it instead of getting our of there.... and then replaying half an hour because safepoints were so far apart and I died a completely unfair death... well, that's when I gave up on it. With regrett, cause it looks cool and the puzzles were pleasant so far.

Classic Resident Evil gameplay with Silent Hill puzzles. If you like those games, this is worth your time. The game ran well for me, played it on maxed settings and had no frame drops or tearing or anything of the sort. Had two minor glitches, one bouncing on terrain and the other having some kind of inventory effect applied outside of the inventory. Neither required a reload to fix. The puzzles go deeper than some of the Silent Hill puzzles. All puzzles were satisfying. I got totally stumped by a couple puzzles. One, a logic riddle. And two, an interactable in the environment that I had forgotten about and struggled to find when it was the solution at hand. It never got repetitive gameplay wise and difficulty felt right to me. They gated progression in clever ways that did not feel forced. The dialogue is a little bit stilted, but that works for me. It's mostly a delivery thing in the voice acting. It didn't keep me out of the story, which I felt was mostly well written. Has some of that RE medical horror but doesn't do that annoying thing RE does where it pivots into paramilitary spy intrigue. Had the SH psychological horror themes. Thoroughly enjoyed the story which is delivered mostly through diary entries found in the world. They do get very male gaze with the camera work in the first two minutes. I found it off-putting insofar as they are setting up a vulnerable main character while horned up. I get gratuitous nudity is a horror trope but it hurts the focus of the intro. And I am happy to report that IS NOT INDICATIVE of the tone of the rest of the game- they never get bogged down into that stuff again. Also, they provide an alternate costume if the big anime bows seem like too much to you as they did to me. Jeans, riding boots and a cropped leather jacket. Overall very happy I played this! It earned all 5 of the stars I gave it. I will be watching this company as I am excited to see what they do next.

Excellent survival horror that replicates the classic titles very well while leaving me with some small gripes. Pros: - excellent puzzle design. They're varied, challenging and (mostly) fair - completely nails the old Resident Evil/Silent Hill atmosphere. You could get confused and think you're playing a game from that era - good tension - good combat. You get to shoot DIY weapons including a pipe shotgun - fine story. It has some convoluted parts, but still is above average for the genre Cons: - some pacing issues. Last area could be cut completely; there was also a moment in the middle of too much backtracking back and forth between puzzles - the map is bad. It doesn't have any quality of life features, doesn't even open on the correct page. If you want to keep list of puzzles you have encountered, you have to do it yourself. And then, there are areas that have no map... - the pickupable items blend with the clutter. I've seen worse, but still, be thorough in searching the rooms - combat in a game with fixed camera angles. But that's what you came here for, right? (copied from my Steam review since I bought the game a second time here)