Beyond Hanwell

Expected a cool horror game with good graphics and decent combat. I get a game with good graphics, cringe story, awful zoomie combat with left/right mouse buttons mashing and an empty world.

Honestly, I enjoyed this so much more than I expected. Yes it's got some really annoying jank. But it scratched that itch I had for playing something like Condemned. Granted, the combat is not as fluid and some of the AI is really suspect, but nothing beats using a crowbar as a weapon (you really missed out using rebarb as a weapon). Enemy variety is well...um...a bit uninspired, I would've preferred some more variation. Boss battles are a slog, bullet sponges at best. I had to beat the final boss with just a sledgehammer because I ran out unloading on the guy. Flares are helpful but I wish there was a bulking UI feature so my backpack wasn't loaded up with unused junk. Also, I get vomiting blood isn't cool, but I still have no idea what the meds ever did. I just took them every now and then to clear out inventory. It sounds like I'm beating the game up, but I really did love my time with it. It's incredibly moody, has a lot of charm and a few jumps out of me I wasn't expecting. The small city area is nicely detailed and I like the variation of the interior environments. This is probably one of the only unreal engine games I've played that doesn't run like complete garbage as well. Sound design (minus the horrible tape recordings- bro I had to use subtitles to understand what they were saying) is also very atmospheric. I would've maybe liked this game more with less bullet sponges and more stalking/hunting creatures, ultimately reducing ammo count and making me fight smarter with blunt weapons than forcing me to rely on a shotgun or molotov to clear some harder enemies. Story was a bit meh, I found out midway this was not the first game, so I was a bit unsure of what was going on. Maybe it would be better if I play the original. I do appreciate the flexibility the game provides me, the sandbox is very much open for me to explore. And for a game with a small team, I think it surpasses some environmental design some of those big developers make. I have a lot of criticisms, but in the end I was spooked, I had fun, I completed the game, which I cannot say about 98% of my library. Would strongly recommend even with some of the issues mentioned beforehand.

Not a bad game, but controlling your character is not that smooth. I like using controllers, but the movement is not that great, but other than that this game so far is not bad.

我看这女鬼也是风韵犹存啊

It's bloody crap innit

个人觉得非常不错，对得起二十多的价格。本游戏流程不长，只跑主线的话大概四五个小时就能通关。游戏的画面做的不错，恐怖的氛围感也很强，刚玩的时候在第一关歌剧院下了一跳。游戏的解密不是很难，大多都是找道具开门，道具只会放在不远处。游戏的缺点就是大世界太空，有安全屋，支线，特殊武器等，但大多数地方其实没塞什么（还要跑一定的路程）。需要注意的是，游戏的键位比较反直觉，另外如果觉得跑步转向不灵敏的话可以去设置里面改"奔跑转向辅助"，数值拉满即可。汉化在b站搜索qsefthuopq，这位大佬的专栏中有汉化，搜游戏名即可找到。

I rate this game a 7.75/10. Some of the things it excels at are the atmosphere/environments, locations/exploration, story telling, overall horror aspect, crafting mechanics, weapon types, and enemy types. However, it does have some significant flaws, being random temporary frame rate drops (sometimes down to like 10-30 fps), combat is slow and clunky, and the control scheme is interesting to say the least. People who are complaining in the comments about not finding the shotgun obviously didn't explore the map even a little bit since it's not hard to find. I think this game is worth it for like $20 but only if you're open to exploring every part of the map and experiencing everything it has to offer. If you only care about the story then I wouldn't pay over $10 dollars since it's a short experience. Overall, I really enjoyed this game and I think it's a must play for horror lovers. I do think that this game is something special but the gameplay is holding it back from being something great. Perhaps that's a reflection of the experience of the devs but idk, I don't make games for a living.

Whilst the game will please those of a horror-enthusiast persuasion, I feel that for most of us it doesn't cut the mustard. The visuals - excluding the generic monsters - are impressive, but don't redeem the lack of interesting or challenging puzzles, poor combat, sparse story and lack of proper tutorials. Add to that a confusing inventory system and ability to miss important items (I needed the shotgun - where is it?) and you have another mediocre game that you'd like to see the end of much sooner than you should. I will say that the developers have achieved some uniqueness in their game, but I feel that where the game shines, it doesn't do so brightly. Simply put, the early promise of a mid-tier horror falls flat, and quickly.

This game is relatively short but a lot of fun. The story is pretty decent if not always coherent. For being an indie game the mechanics are fairly solid. The puzzles aren't difficult so you end up feeling superior.