True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3

This is the final part of the Forsaken Souls trilogy. The theme and mechanics are identical to the first two games, so I won't spend time talking about them. Again, the puzzles don't disappoint: their variety and breadth of challenge continued to impress. As far as the story is concerned, it takes a sharp turn midway through the game and enters a realm I truly wasn't expecting. It wasn't quite the finale I was hoping for, but that's personal taste, so I can't fault the developers. While the game is certainly fantastic, I couldn't quite give it five stars. The reason for this is the retreading you do in the final act of the game. Instead of concluding with a new area, you return to a previously explored one. There were some minor environmental tweaks and a few new puzzles, but it wasn't enough to make the final setting, which should have been the apex of your journey, stand out. Furthermore, the protagonist has already solved the overarching mystery at this point, so there are no more surprises waiting for you at completion. Nevertheless, I still highly recommend the series to puzzle fans and anyone who enjoys a good horror/mystery story.

Prepare yourself for disappointment. With the inexplicable aid if ChatGPT (mentioned in the credits but kept mostly concealed everywhere else I've seen), Goblinz has taken an interesting and enjoyable series of lore-filled puzzle games and concluded it with...this. Without express spoilers, if you can think of the laziest, most stereotypical reason for the first two games' plot, you've probably guessed the ending. If you're invested in the story, the message here is that you've wasted your time. Gameplay is fine; no innovation, no graphical improvements, exactly like the last two games, which is not bad thing. I actually appreciated that they kept the look consistent despite the fact that so much time has passed. But the combination of the lazy ending and the supremely lazy use of slop content generator engines burned through any goodwill or nostalgia that I had for the series. True Fear: Forsaken Souls 3 is bad, but in retrospect it also makes the first two games worse.