The trainer makes the game enjoyable. Recommended.
There's some very good stuff here. Your combat team does tactical maneuvers in dim light, scavenges scarce resources, and fights creepy/strong things. Straightforward skill/research trees make a significant difference in the game as you progress. And the characters have enough self-defense smarts that you want them to survive. The stock game was good enough to draw me in. Unfortunately, it has multiple serious problems. The cheat trainer game solves many of the problems. Give your guys tons of ammo, upgraded guns, and all the armor. Save whenever you want. The game changes from "hellish grind" to "hey, I'm making progress." The developers get credit for recognizing the problem and releasing an official trainer for free.
A fun hidden-object game. It's free, try it! Nice artwork. Good music. The hint system works well without giving everything away. Some minor issues *almost* cost it a star: 1. It's not obvious that you can click-and-drag to move the screen up. You must do this to find all the cats. 2. Winning the demo level doesn't take you back to the main menu, so there's no way to close the program. I think Alt-F4 did it? The program behavior may be different when users have the extra level DLC.
This game hits the mark on many levels. Background music is orchestral, tense, and there's enough of it to keep from being too repetitive. The pixel art works well. Scenes and levels are creepy. The intro is very strong, and kept me wanting to learn more for an hour or so. But it felt like there were too many doors to go through, too much backtracking, and a couple of undiscoverable things like "hit the invisible red button in the shadows to scare the psycho killer." As with most adventure games, I had to open a walkthrough to keep progressing. I think the biggest flaw was progression: it didn't feel like I was getting closer to a solution or understanding as the game went on. I made it about 75% through, then watched a longplay video for the rest. Was easily worth a few dollars for a good set-up and good artwork. The soundtrack is recommended if you like horror movie music.
