The game is like coming home back to the goold old times full of mystery/creepy point and click games. It is a classical point and click game (first person) with a good and simple gameplay. It is not a walking simulation like many other and modern games, so you play mainly with your mouse. When you are used to modern horror games with jump scares and chasing sequences or hide and seek gameplay (e. g. Outlast, Alien Isolation etc.). It is more like "Darkness Within" or "Darkfall" or maybe like "Shivers" (my god, this is 30 years ago...). Take your notepad out, pour some good old red wine and enjoy - it is definitely worth the price!
The good: The game begins fine with a good atmosphere. There are some nice features and some new ideas like the idea to play with two characters - pretty good one! The horror is decent, for myself there are too many jumpscares but thats only my opinion. Important for me: the atmosphere is dense! Graphics, movement and sound is pretty good, the game runs stable, no crashes or bugs found. Now to the bad and ugly (SPOILERS): In the middle of the game there is one mission which is really annoying (chapter 8). You have to run around and find the exit and in the same time you have to hide and/or escape from a ghost which will kill you with one hit. I tried for hours but I did not make it. This breaks the game for me which is very sad because the story is thrilling.
For me the game was disappointing. I tried hard to like it and I tried several times to start it again and again. The story seems promising, the humor is good, the characters are decent....BUT the fights..the fights. The sluggish fighting system destroyed everything for me. Maybe I am too much used to Baldurs Gate / Icewind Dale etc. where you can choose between real time fighting and round based or maybe I am only not good and ambitious enough. Yes there are a ton of skills and tactic possibilities but imo they are for nothing when a little fights lasts for twenty minutes and you fell asleep during an enemy move. I am very sorry because I was looking forward to play this game....
Yes, it´s very short, but for this price it´s ok. Therefore you get a little creepy and atmospheric gem. There are also some jumpscares, but that´s not the main element. The essence of this masterpiece is the brilliant atmosphere that made my skin crawl. Every second of the game. For lovers of the Amnesia and Penumbria games. An for fans of the movie "The Babadook".
