a pet shop after dark

I love cute horror games like this and the artstyle and set up was way too adorable to pass up on! What really impressed me though was the gameplay, using its meta narrative for some really clever and innovative 4th wall breaking puzzles! I won't say too much out of risk of spoiling the experience, but the only game I can think of to compare it to is DDLC. And if I'm comparing it to one of the powerhouses of the genre you know you got something good here! Criminally underrated!!

Do you want to play Doki Doki Literature Club but worse in every single aspect? Then, this is the game for you! Nonsensical puzzles, tedious repetition, and an awful OST make this game a hard pass.

Честно говоря, ближе к середине игра меня задушила. Я пыталась вернуться к ней несколько раз с большими промежутками во времени, но в итоге прошла, поглядывая в гайд. И так и не получила должного удовлетворения от прохождения. Визуал простенький (но это вообще не влияет на оценку), сюжет... ну.. пойдёт. Но пойдёт лично для меня с большой натяжкой. Не зацепил вообще. [spoiler] А ещё учтите, что вам постоянно придётся лазить по файлам игры, потому что так надо, в этом суть прохождения и условного жанра [/spoiler]. Четвёртую стену сломали, конечно, но так, на троечку. В общем, игра для меня ожиданий не оправдала, положительную оценку поставить ей не могу.

DO XXX TURN ON THE LIGHTS. I received this game as a gift from a friend who knows I love spoopy games. I really enjoyed this one, the only gripe I have is that one puzzle from the basement. that was really annoying. Apart from that, all good!

Before I can praise the game's brilliant & unorthodox puzzle methods, I need to state something first. At the end, when you're clicking the symbolled black & white circles, it wasn't working for me. There were two half-moons in there, but I only had one in the [spoiler] notepad document [/spoiler]. I don't know if this is a bug or not, but it really killed the game for me. Besides that, the puzzles were actually fairly fun & creative. I'm not the biggest fan of puzzles, I abhor seriously challenging ones that don't feel fun to solve, that are tedious or even draining, forcing you to look up a walkthrough; I don't do that anymore. The puzzles in this, however, are actually creative & rather fun to solve. Besides that, the narrative, design & music are all well & good, so, recommending.

おお～～この手の謎解きPCゲームは大好き。とっても楽しかった！！ ゲーム内の「ヒント」の表示が3段階になっていて、「どうしても分からん！」となってヒントを開いても一気に答えにたどり着けないところが良い。プレイヤーに謎解きを楽しませようとしている優しい設計。 宝箱のところが難問だったけど、それ以外の謎は程よい難易度で面白かった。 タグに「ホラー」とあるけど、シンプルなラインで描かれた、不思議で可愛い世界観なので、「恐怖」の要素はないかなと思った。 ちょっぴり不気味ではあるけど怖くはないので、ホラー苦手という人でも楽しめるのではないかと思う。 まずは何も調べずにプレイしてみるのがおすすめです。