Posted on: April 9, 2025
RagingChaos
Verified ownerGames: 965 Reviews: 16
Great throwback to 90s Survival Horror!
NOTE: Game was very buggy until version 666.3.0. The game is now fully playable/beatable as of March 28th 2025. Ghost at Dawn successfully replicates the old Survival Horror Genre of the 1990s where you controlled a character with Tank-like controls from a Fixed Camera perspective that changes as you move around a room or enter another. Ghost at Dawn plays very similar to Alone in the Dark 1 (1992) and Resident Evil 1 (1996), but I will say it surpasses both in game play and atmosphere. The Story is about on par with Alone in the Dark 1. The inventory management is closer to Resident Evil 1; you have a very limited carry capacity and have to drop items off at a hotel's "Dumb Waiter". Unfortunately you cant just drop items on the ground like Alone in the Dark. The Controls are very similar to the two aforementioned games with some nice modern additions like dodging and quick turning. The Graphics are a high-contrasting cell-shaded anime-esque style. Initially I didn't think it would work for a horror themed game but it actually does... Quite well I may add! Sound and Music design lend themselves very well to the atmosphere and fit well. Amusingly, you cant save the game in the traditional sense. It constantly saves and you only get 5 lives before you gotta restart! The Story follows Ben O'Hara, a Private Detective veteran Japanese American of WW2 in 1947. He takes a job to go to a hotel call The Pines seeking a little girl named Emi who was supposed to be there to be picked up, but the whole hotel is boarded up and something went horribly wrong. You can leave at any time and report back. Your ending depends on how far you go and what you find! To say anything more is to spoil too much! Needless to say, this game deals with a LOT of dark adult themes. I recommend to keep this to those of 18+, mature, and stable in the mind. If you are looking for a 1990s Survival Horror game with some modernization; Ghost at Dawn is worth a shot!
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