This game has everything for me! A story and timeline I can't decipher in 5 minutes, riddles that actually make you use your head, real ghostly menaces as well as that one apparition I named "prankster" because he does just that. Scare the living hell out of you for fun. The Beast Inside features athmospheric horror as well as sneaky, creepy parts or skedaddle action. The game always has you back with pinpoint set checkpoints and it is overall fair. Lean back and enjoy. This is the first game where I felt comfortabe with not being able to save manually. I died some times throughout my playthrough, but thanks to those well done checkpoints it wasn't frustrating at all. Since you play 2 different characters (with their own personality, habits and experiences) and explore their story and setting, the game never gets boring. Exciting passages mix with more calm scenes and exploration. Yes, the protagonists do quabble, but they do have their reasons. Just follow the narration and listen, pay attention. Or make notes like I did. Nostalgic.They built in so many details that give the player more insight. Take a good look around into every corner. If you want. I played on Beast mode right from the get go, because I wanted the riddles to be actually that. Not something laid out for me, blinking and spoonfed so even a toddler could solve it like in so ma ny games. I can't emphasize this point enough, how much I enjoyed these puzzles! First title in a long time that actually made me think. All fair, logical and if you wanted and needed, hints were provided. They even built in Enigma! How cool is that?! Oh and if it gets too hard for you, you can always change the difficulty. Solution if you encounter a bug and are somewhat stuck: If you are in a log cabin and the desk upstairs has nothing small and square for you to pick up, load from last checkpoint. That fixes it. (I tried this without spoilers. When you get there, you will know what I mean^^)
...is not possible. I at least wanted to buy the soundtrack, after I noticed the game just isn't to my liking. But since I need to own the game itself to get the OST, I can't even spend a dime on it at all :(
No clue why one would call this game unrewarding. I struggled and wasn't sure more than once if I'd even make it... You have plenty of ways to gail and just as much ways to succeed. The music is lovely, the characters well thought through and I LOVE the pixel art. The map minigame is interesting, too. I had over 10 hours of raking my head, laughing, worrying and just enjoying the athmosphere. And thanks for the bunch of easter eggs and cameos!
...was a great experience. You have to be sharp, deduct, ask the right questions, stir your customers up a bit. I enjoyed bartending and I liked the characters. Whoever came into the bar, felt natural and not shallow. The music is awesome, too! What I didn't enjoy at all was the moment when I felt the game forced a set agenda/social standard on me. In my case it killed the immersion completely at that point and just made me sigh and roll my eyes. Luckily, the game is entertaining and gripping enough to make you forget that one moment over the course of time, so that overall it is still a trip I wouldn't want to miss. Totally worth it!
