Posted on: October 26, 2024

glasratz

Игр: 521 Отзывов: 30

Good atmosphere, bad execution

I generally enjoyed this game. It has a really great atmosphere and can even be really creepy at some points. I also liked the setup. Other games of this style usually have sprawling world that are unlocked bit by bit. This game sets you into a hotel where you can access almost all rooms at once. It leaves you a lot of freedom on which puzzle to tackle first. The puzzles are generally good, if a bit easy. It has an inventory system, but places where you can use items are clearly marked, so there's no try-everything-on-everything-hell. The items are also sorted by when in the game you should pick them up. This makes it clear when you have missed something. I only got stuck once, when I overlooked a passage. However, I can understand why the game wasn't that well revcieved when it came out. It's not very well made. There are some minor bugs, like sounds not playing when they should. This didn't happen often to me, but confused me in some puzzles, when buttons suddenly didn't make noises anymore. The worst part is however, that puzzles reset after you solved them. If you didn't take notes or want to have another look, you have to do them again. Since some are trial and error, this is infuriating. Even doors keep locking themselves. There's a ingame reason for that, but it only covers up bad programming. Still, by todays standards it's definitely worth playing, since we don't get games like this anymore.

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Posted on: February 16, 2013

NRGKO

Владелец игры

Игр: 169 Отзывов: 4

Great white Dark

Any horror fan, any mystery fan, point-and-click fan, whatever categories this game falls into, if you're a fan of it, Dark Fall is an experience. The tension's not the only thing that'll keep you up at night, the puzzles are inventive and will keep you mystified long into the night. Satisfying. And the setting is perfectly unsettling, you find yourself wandering this horrible deserted train station and annexed hotel, it's inhabitants, like the buildings they lived in, are buried alive by decay and frozen in time and they're calling out to you. The only thing you need to worry about this game is have you the balls and the brains to finish it? Worth every penny.

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Posted on: March 21, 2014

grimgroove

Владелец игры

Игр: 676 Отзывов: 17

Great game but too scary

Great atmosphere, start of the story and graphics, but I'm simply too scared to continue it. I guess if you love the genre this is for you. For me it was a try-out of the genre and I can't say I enjoyed it, even something silly liike opening my fridge became a problem right after playing this. The only reason why I didn't uninstall it is because I'm afraid of the spritis who will haunt me if I do so. I gave minus one star not because I don't like the genre, but because I did think the voice acting (the brother on the phone and Timothy Pike) were quite bad.

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Posted on: November 29, 2021

beaslyrising

Владелец игры

Игр: 22 Отзывов: 3

Endless Puzzles, Unintuitive Gampelay

I really enjoyed the Lost Crown (same game designer/creator) so I gave this game a try. It was a mistake. This game is tedious. The setting is good (a haunted hotel) and there are some haunting sounds and visuals here and there, but the storyline is boring (reading countless notes about/between people who died 50+ years ago to figure out what evil presence lurks), and puzzles that just don't make sense most of the time. You never know where you should go or why, or at what point in the storyline. There are MANY hotel rooms to look through, but most won't even factor into the gameplay ultimately and are a complete waste of time to explore, but YOU don't know that, because you can look closely at different items that ultimately you can't use. There are symbols galore everywhere, allusions to mysterious things, etc. but again, you don't know what to do next or why you should do it. You will need the walkthrough a lot, because, no joke, you won't get a clue you need unless you click a screwdriver to the left and right a certain number of times (how the heck are you supposed to "learn" that you should do that??? It's not in any note anywhere). Another time, you won't get a clue if you play the right tune on a record but then don't turn up the volume to the maximum level. It has to be perfectly done or won't happen. These are the kinds of maddening puzzles you'll encounter in this tedious game. After about 4-6 hours of gameplay, I completely gave up and used the walkthough to get it over with because I got stuck so many times. When I saw how ridiculous some of the puzzles were to solve, I got more upset about how this game operates. It just isn't intuitive at all. It's like Myst--you throw a person into a weird world and they just explore all they want but never really get anywhere without cheats and hints because there's no linear way to solve things and no clues about what to do. Not a fan of this game at all. The two stars are for the creepiness of the vibe.

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Posted on: May 3, 2022

spencerhaze

Владелец игры

Игр: 348 Отзывов: 5

Excellent, Spooky Point and Click Game

I love scary movies but for some reason horror survival games just stress me out. This game was a perfect compromise for someone like me. From the first moment of the game, you're totally immersed in the setting - a creepy old hotel and station - but there are no timed events, no in game death (at least not that I encountered) and essentially no jump scares. The whole thing takes place in one night (I actually played most of it in one rainy evening for ambience) and in the one location. For some that might be a drawback, but for me it really helped set the tone and I liked getting to explore the rooms in any order and at my own pace. There are only a couple rooms that are initially locked so you have the run of the place almost from frame one. The puzzles are a combination of object related, finding clues and solving riddles with only about seven useable items in the whole game. I'll admit I used a walkthrough for a couple runes I was stumped on, but they were always something I probably could have gotten if I'd been a bit more patient, rather than one of those "I NEVER would have gotten that" moments. The absolute best part of this game for me was getting immersed in the lives of the various characters (aka trapped souls). I loved reading the old letters and journals, hearing their voices, and gradually teasing apart what happened on that fateful night the Dark Fall was released. I have a really hard time finishing games but this one kept my attention for the whole 7 hour runtime. I never heard of this when it came out, so playing this through non-nostalgic 2022 glasses I can say that the graphics are decent, navigation is straight forward (mouse clicks) and I had no trouble running it on a modern gaming PC. There is the expected pixel hunting but no frustrating moments. If you like spooky games, point and click, or old fashioned mysteries with lots to sift through and the need to take your own notes, then you will love this title. I know I did!

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