There seems to be a wave of daytime television simulators cropping up lately, like House Flipper and Car Mechanic simulator which are just as enjoyable as watching the Discovery Channel on a quiet Sunday afternoon, so spotting a slightly janky looking game clearly inspired by classic reality show Most Haunted I had to jump in. In short, this is really effective paranormal investigator simulator... there's no jump scares or deep psychological terror, but fun paranormal detective puzzle solving, with some of the nerdiest (albeit incredibly believable) side characters. The Good - Really well written and acted, the characters feel completely real in all interactions, really immersive - Range in environmental puzzle solving with a lot of ghost hunting gadgets, very innovative gameplay, although few prompts with when to use them. - Shangri-La house looks fantastic, game runs smoothly without frame rate drops or glitches - The pacing at which the gameplay and story develops feels right. The small starting area helps prepare the tools for the whole house The Bad - The world is rendered, so the on rails point-and-click style feels unnecessary, it should have total control - Some of the puzzles are a little obtuse! more like an escape room (for better or worse). I needed to use their walkthrough a couple more times than I would have liked! sometimes hard to tell which information to jot down or not... especially answering colleagues questions in the first act. In conclusion, this is a low end 4 star game. Sensibly priced for a few days of mystery, marred mostly by some slightly unnecessarily convoluted puzzles... but maybe some people would prefer that more than me!
