Butcher's Creek

this game has the atmospheric sauce but the combat becomes INCREDIBLY tedious. It seems enemies have much longer melee range than you so I assume you are incentivised to use the parry mechanic only its very clunky. Enemies can also hit you through the level geometry so you can run around a corner only to still be hit. This game is very pretty and i love the art direction but the actual gameplay slows everything down to a crawl. Get it on a sale.

прикольно, но слишком коротко и простенько

Very nice old school fps boomer shooter horror, but short 7.5/10

I need more

Nice little horror game. The combat is solid, it doesn't expand too much on its Condemned roots but the addition of throwing things is a welcome addition. Good atmosphere, gritty sicko splatterpunk vibes that's a little tongue-in-cheek. I appreciated the story, it's simple but it's layed out clearly and competently instead of being deliberately vague in hopes that people write video essays about it. Wow, imagine that. I thought the notes were unusually well-written for a game in this genre and budget. The game is very short and it's not very difficult even on Hard but it's worth it if you're a fan of melee-focused FPS and horror stuff.

Плюсы: Крутой хоррор _без_ скримеров. Нетривиальная комбинация сюжета/контекста (сеттинга), которых не ждёшь от инди-игры. Простая, вариативная и главное местами весёлая боёвка. VHS-фильтр, создающий 90% атмосферы и добавляющий тонну стиля, вобщем-то простому графону. Минус только один - сюжет, подающийся в записках. Понятно что это классика (или уже клише) жанра, но можно было добавить, например, аудиозаписи. Хотя пара записок помогли продвинуться дальше, когда непонятно было что делать и куда идти.