A SIMPLE REQUEST

[code]Curator page here-->[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/37670120/] DaRevieweD #221 [/url]<-- [i]New review every week[/i][/code] [h1]TL;DR[/h1] 2 hours long at most; 1 hour without crashes & softlocks. Game bad-incomplete and player deception high… Developer has a questionable track record of games as well as promises… [h1]”I ONLY ASKED FOR ONE THING- JUST ONEEEE!!"[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952556871 [u]Here's The Thing:[/u] Something to do with a washed-up detective Thompson being brought back in, and rumors of the supernatural swirling up. Then factor in an old lady and whaddya get!? A mess~ [h1] ! DISCLAIMER ![/h1] As of writing this, the developer is still working on version 1.1 and is calling into question his purpose & suitability as a game designer… However, even with that in mind, I cannot go easy on this title! Because the decision to release it in such a sorry state implies so many negative traits. Misguided confidence, plain narcissism, childish impatience, and above all, a certain degree of negligence as well as devil-may-care sadomasochism to shoulder come what may. He may get off on being obliterated by players; that’s the only other reason I can think of for these series of mini-problems with arguably *SIMPLE* fixes~ [h1][u][+] PROS;[/u][/h1] [h1]:) WAITER MINUTE; AIN’T HALF BAD![/h1] This took me five seconds to decide on, but the graphics are where it’s at! Its so-called haven that scores it a few points here and there. While every location might be your stereotypical horror movie set, they didn’t feel out of place unlike the other con…stituents! The apartment is sad, deadly silent, and unravels a possibly tragic origin story of its own; the diner is a crime scene waiting to happen- or at least it was just made to feel that way; the motel is a more modern spin on Bates’ establishment but with the same number of vacancies! I liked that there were pulling details such as those which gnawed at your subconscious so you’ll play the “trust” card… Additionally, I’m a brown-noser for low-poly just cause warped faces, limbs, or everything else just make everything extra spicy in the creep condiment section! Although I’m drawing up blanks right now as to how to describe the game’s exact sound, especially since its sound effects & tracks were so low-key and overshadowed by its endless shortcomings… Nevertheless, I distinctly recall being lulled and taken away by a now-overly familiar film noir mood in addition to a partially “something is amiss” ensemble~ [h1][u][-] CONS;[/u][/h1] [h1]:( SIMPLE-Y. DRAINING.[/h1] Here we go, culprit number one- the gameplay even though labelling it as such would be an insult to our intelligence. I was bored out of my mind due to the pointlessness of the tasks. Like, why would players even bother to seek out random numbers or collect eggs in the middle of a murder spree investigation? Well, I’ll enlighten you! A poor red herring, a maddening time waster, and a despicable tactic to drum up the playtime! Plus, the former triggered a cutscene that upon wrapping up, would take you back to the start of the game…!? And to top that, I was then frustrated beyond belief when the dialogue system broke. In other words, say you pressed “E” during a conversation, said exchange would just play back from the beginning! I am not a fan of the way the dialogue options were handled, being unintuitive and badgering at best and incomprehensible at the very worst… Furthermore, it couldn’t work out a compromise between following a rigid “objective-based” progression or straying from it to opt for a more open design. As such, it felt like a prototype still in its embryonic form! Incomplete with fuzzy hints of fragmented ideas, and that’s what the plot ended up becoming too~ [h1]:( I’M VERY STORY TO SAY… BUT IT WAS OLD-LADY A LOST CAUSE TO START.[/h1] Silent Hill it is not, Twin Peaks definitely it will never be! Was it trying to pull a “The Sinner” narrative and twist? Where do I start!? By the by, it is not such a leap to assume that the dev asked himself precisely that question! Only, he made it in the most mysterious of ways possible… And I don’t mean in the good, deservingly cryptic and deeply misunderstood manner, much like the first time you watched [b]Sucker Punch (2011)[/b]. Whereby repeated viewings of that would reveal an ever-increasing range of underlying symbols but that which fundamentally amounted to perfect sense with some decent room for theorizing further. This did the exact opposite of that and in fact, playing it more than once would just emphasize the flaws it always had… and break your mind necessitating a lobotomy to forget it. As it turns out “mystery” lives next door to “jarring” and “schizophrenic”, and their mail easily get mixed up~ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952557767 [h1]:( FAR FROM EGG-CELLENT![/h1] Whereas the plot itself was meh, muddled, and messy to begin with… the conveyance of that storytelling somehow made it all the more of a fixer-upper! The choice to implement mini-cutscenes throughout was a nice touch, but not when they’re intended for menial chores like taking a shower or eating a pizza! Which add nothing besides a huge ego stroke like “look what I can do”. And I can tell the dev was proud of himself there because of how long and unskippable they were! Meanwhile, the more pressing bits which would have propelled and sold the mystery (which, not gonna lie, I’m not 100% sure as to what that is yet… but someone probably died nine times out of ten) are either left as boringly flat news reports or just as white text displayed in front of a black background. I’m not convinced I’m playing as a veteran investigator or that it’s a mystery worth disentangling! It just looks nice on the outside, but it masks some ugly insides~ [h1]:( DEFECTIVE THOMPSON MORE LIKE-[/h1] Where were we? Oh right, a not very well done game with misguided attempts at crafting and subsequently fleshing out that enigma. It couldn’t possibly go any more downhill from there, right? Wrong! Finally, there’s the scummy & deceitful sales pitch of deliberately leaving out that it is not yet finished!! Or maybe in the dev’s eyes & delusional mind it is, but what even is this!? The mystery is afoot, so it keeps going on and on? There’s some attempts to question perps, pull at a thread, but they end as quickly & abruptly as they began! Seriously, it may well be an early access or have “prologue” in the title at this rate… The developer is pretty active on Twitter, but not on Steam (y’know where it really counts), so if you don’t follow him on there; then no way in hell you’ll know what he’s got cooking up in terms of progress updates and patches~ [h1]BUGS:[/h1] x Crashes every chance it gets! Which is a first for a low-poly game… x Interface meshes with pause menu. x NPC with walker glitches out and becomes a funny-creepy phantom! x Save system is broken- reloads progress but always starts from the beginning. x Achievements don’t pop up. x Cursor frequently disappears on you. x Brightness is outta whack! [h1]NITPICKS:[/h1] ~ Misspellings galore and incredibly wonky English! [h1]"AND EVEN THAT IT COULDN’T, WOULDN’T, AND DIDN’T DELIVER~"[/h1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952559555 [u]Last Words?[/u] Asks of you a simple favor, it claims… but push comes to shove- doesn’t hold its end of the bargain nor does it reciprocate! Makes your time a living hell, doing everything in its power to complicate~ [h1]2 / 10[/h1] [quote]Shoutout to [code][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116/]Indie Gems,[/url][/code] for GEMME-ing a key! Follow them here right now for more well, y’know~[/quote]

Personally, i like this game. (Jump scares, story lines and Easter eggs.) But, there's some bugs makes it hard to play. that's it.

Man this is really good! It has some bugs right now, but they dont really seem to hamper progression or such. Im sure those will be ironed out soon enough. This is like a progression of Silent Hill-esque horror instead of a stale retread that everyone does. It does its own thing and doesnt try to be silent hill at all, but you can feel the inspiration strongly. Its done very well will very low poly retro graphics that really appeal to me. I love everything about this game. I will add to this after I complete it. Its quite a trip! 7/10 (easy 8/10 with bugs ironed out) EDIT AS OF March 14, 2023: Apparently the dev has given up hope. I feel for them and hope they continue to update the game. Its very good. Much love. Keep this in mind when buying because Im not sure if they're going to return to fix bugs. If they do, ill edit this out. Godspeed to the dev. Hope they are ok.

I like the art direction and the mood is on point but I had a lot of technical issues that were frustrating and caused me to not finish the game. These include dialogue pop ups that didn't disappear, the screen being totally black no matter where I looked, and getting soft blocked (?I think it was more of a glitch) leaving me unable to do anything. I really like what I saw but either my rig or the game wasn't compatible or there's tech issues here that need your attention. You've got a foundation here- I'd just be wary of leaving it as is because it's not strong enough to stand on it's own. It needs support, my dude. Good luck!

This game... is abysmal. The overall setting of the game is nice. I love VHS type games. However... the character design in this game is worse than most children's drawings... the story is literally "all over the place" and makes absolutely no sense... and the game itself can be "beaten" within an hour (I put it in quotations because I don't know if you actually beat the game with as convoluted as this story is). This game isn't worth the price... this game would've received just as bad of a review from me had it been free. However... the fact that I actually paid money for this horrid thing makes me even more aggravated by it.

In this state the game has some bugs, major ones I can say. I can't move or do anything after I'm leaving table 4 so I can't progress with the game. The game also need a skip button and a button to make the text go faster. Too bad this game has day 1 problems, I really like it otherwise and was looking forward to finish it. The atmosphere is good for a pixelated PS1 style game and the way the story is being told and unfolds like an adventure is really cool. https://youtu.be/lPTVBFAL_yQ

So this game is almost an enjoyable experience, however, it is held back by many bugs which really doesn't lend well to the games "Experiment and see what happens" game play. and that's whats a shame about it, with some fixes such as fixing input so I don't have to press pause and un-pause to regain my controller input, or restarting the whole game so I can do another run. A Simple request it may be, but the request was to endure the bugs rather than anything plot related!

The game was decent at best, unfinished at the worst. Plenty of bugs to go around with any playthrough and some were bad enough to ruin the experience such as getting stuck on some text screens. I generally enjoyed the idea of the game as well as the setting, but thought that it could've been applied in a much better way. Overall, 6/10, unfinished game full of bugs but with some form of potential if it received any attention from the developer.

Please note: This game will NOT open on Mac despite what the store page says. I usually like this type of game, but I can't recommend this one. There are a couple glitches, which isn't a huge deal, but the story leaves many, many unanswered questions and doesn't make much sense overall. This is likely intentional, and the dev is probably going for a surreal narrative, but I don't think it succeeds in pulling off a satisfying surreal experience either. The dev has stated that he has lost the game and can no longer add or change anything, so the way it is now is how it will be from now on. On the bright side, it runs fine for the most part, and I didn't experience any crashes or soft locks or anything of that nature.

Why is the diner the same exact one from Nightly Trash?