BOOK OF HOURS

看着很酷，但是玩法基本还是密教那一套，探图加练功，前面玩的还算愉快，但是这个物质堆叠一团糟，检索非常麻烦，UI非常非常不友好，完全没有前作的那种简洁感了

猛然发现我忘了给这个游戏评价，于是在买了这游戏接近一年后我决定补一个不推荐。 我无意去评论制作者和翻译人员的矛盾，这个不推荐仅仅是针对游戏内容给出的：因为这游戏实在太过无聊了。 所能做的事情只有解锁房间、读书、打工，周而复始，并且UI机械，解密僵硬，唯一和“玩法”有关的部分，就是凑解锁房间和读书的属性，而游戏里唯一的内容就是看看书的内容和房间的简介，无聊得令人发指。除非很吃AK那套世界观，且看这类碎片化的设定都能看得如痴如醉，不然对大部分正常的游戏玩家而言这游戏就是在坐牢，游戏性还不如密教模拟器……

[h1]沉浸模拟感拉满的神秘学读书模拟器[/h1] 很难想象，一款gameplay部分被戏称为合成大西瓜的游戏，能让我好几次进入了接近10小时的超长心流状态。 本作的叙事和玩法太统一太协调了，我在玩前作密教和隔壁酥油的时候总是会有“为什么这个事情不能做呢？”的疑问，但是本作由于玩家只是个爱看书的图书馆管理员，没有了所谓的高自由度，反而实现了沉浸式的模拟感，我完全感觉不到自己在玩游戏，而是真的在学习这些神秘学书籍。 先叠个甲，游戏里的文本我几乎没有看过，我对神秘学也并不了解，gameplay部分就是在不停的凑属性凑点数，但是总共13种属性，数十种不同的双属性技艺，上百本不同要求的书，以及通过它们获得的道具及回忆等，构建出一个非常庞大的世界观，让我非常乐意在其中不停的凑属性凑点数。 举两个本作的核心玩法来说为什么有非常强的沉浸模拟感。 第一个是游戏的读书部分：在现实中，读一些晦涩难懂的书时，如果我们之前读过一些内容相近的书，就会更容易理解；而有时候下雨天，桌上泡着一杯茶，听着音乐，之前看不下去的书就能看下去了；在游戏中也是如此，天气/道具/掌握的技艺能让我们读更难看下去的书。 第二个是游戏的技艺升级部分：在现实中，我们读完晦涩难懂的书，想要总结的时候，总会不由自主的联系起过去读过的内容相近的书，也许还会拿出来再过一遍，回忆回忆；在游戏中也是如此，技艺每升一级所需要的，除了读新的书之外，还要不停的复习旧的书，越高级需要复习的旧书就越多。 再加上游戏的音乐和美术非常出色，我非常愿意保持这个心流的状态直到通关（游戏体量是真的大，中后期复习真的是非常忙碌）

説明にあるようにクラフトに重きをおいたゲームで、あまり図書館とかは関係ない。 図書館というよりお城のような建物の中にある未分類の本を読み解き、そこからスキルを得て、更に難しい本を読むという感じ。 図書館を舞台にしたミステリーではないので、そこら辺想像していると思ったのと違ったゲームになる。 自分はなりました。 ゲーム内容も新しい部屋をアンロックして読める本を探すの繰り返しをパズル化したようなものなので、そこを気に入るか気に入らないかだけになると思います。 雰囲気を気に入って買う前に1回よく考えた方がいいかと。

I apparently have over 500 hours in this game and have never written a review for it, so it feels about time. The strength of this game lies in its writing, and in the way the mysteries of Hush House are so well integrated into your exploration of the space itself and the objects you find there, even down to lore hidden in one of the time of day descriptions. It's a game of mystery and exploration, and its world will pull you in and make you want more. It's also, because of the depth of the lore and the world, the kind of game I would recommend playing, at least in the beginning, with a notebook by your side, which I liked but may not be for everyone. Unlike companion Secret Histories game Cultist Simulator, which is notoriously stressful, I find BoH incredibly relaxing to play, and I've enjoyed taking my time and taking it all in, and I go back from time to time for another challenge run or when I want to play something comforting. That said, the mechanics are wildly opaque when you're figuring the game out, and there are a lot of game design decisions made here that I find frankly baffling (why are workstation aspects and inputs so unevenly spread the way they are? Why does the beginning section of the house contain more difficult, more likely to be cursed books than one of the end game sections? Why are there so many crafting items that can't be used anywhere? Why are there so many blank space rooms?). I found the rest of the game strong enough to forgive the strange mechanical choices, and there have been some base game QoL upgrades and additions over the years (some of us remember the dark days before the bronze kitchen knife existed), and the DLC introduced a few, but it's not BoH's strong suit, which is the writing and the world it opens up for you. Read everything, take your time, and enjoy unraveling the mysteries the house holds.

Это очень странная игра. И в неё сложно играть без вики. Зайдёт далеко не всем... Но если зайдёт - вы её никогда уже не забудете

The Good: Exceptionally well written snippets from many books of occult lore, items throughout the house, etc. ^Interesting, indepth and esoteric lore. Beautiful art. Calm and fitting soundtrack. Gameplay loop: this is debatable, but I find the gameplay loop fun. It revolves around exploring more rooms throughout Hush House, finding and reading books to gain and upgrade skills, and using those skills and various items to work towards one of many different endings. I found this fun, to the point I've played through the game three separate times to achieve different endings for different librarians (I've finished the Twiceborn, Magnate, and Prodigal so far). Not everyone might agree with me, as it's rather repetitive and esoteric. The Bad: The UI has significant issues. Items will often not work when trying to be placed somewhere, instead returning where they came from. A quarter to a half of your screen is going to be your inventory at all points in time. The five inventory slots given to hold onto objects is nowhere near enough, and organization is extremely difficult given the separated shelves where items are allowed. Perhaps the most annoying issue is that each day the fast forward resets, which mean that every several minutes you'll be speeding it up to 6x speed again (as there's no reason to play any slower at any point in time, as nothing in the game is time-limited and this makes timers go faster). This can be fixed with a mod, which makes the game genuinely three or four times more playable. Just be aware you are going to spend a good portion of your time doing something on par with organizing Minecraft chests, but sometimes when you pick up items it doesn't work and you only have five inventory slots. It sucks pretty bad. This is also the type of game you play with a spreadsheet open. At least so you can record what books you have which give you certain memories. You can play without the wiki as well, but it really sucks and I would recommend not doing that. There is nothing worse than guessing in a crafting station hoping you'll unlock a new recipe while you're trying to get one specific item. The Ugly: This game has a major learning curve problem: the "tutorial" does not really teach you much of anything, and what is allowed to go where is extremely unclear. To be honest, a tooltip that told people they can click on an empty box to see what it will and won't take would be very useful, and this is the number one piece of advice I would give to new players. The second piece of advice would be to read EVERYTHING. Some of it is just lore, but other things will reveal secrets hidden around the house as well as potential crafting recipes. The third would be that books can be reread to access the memories they give you for finishing them, the fourth that books can be read in desks, and the fifth that only one lesson is required for each skill upgrade, and other slots can be filled with any memory. It's also important to note that lessons can be interchanged. For example, a lesson with the elements Scale and Lantern does not necessarily need to be used only for its skill, and can instead be used for another skill that shares either of its elements. This is probably enough information for a new player to puzzle their way through things without going insane, so good luck!