Demian: The Ritual

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"Demian: The Ritual" is This is a poorly made point and click adventure game that might as well have been done in a browser or as an Adobe Flash game. The plot follows a little girl with amnesia exploring a dark and spooky forest, which isn't that spooky because it looks like it was done with MS-Paint. What do you do in the game? Just lame Flash tier point and click puzzle solving of mediocre quality. For gameplay purposes, because the user interface for this game is mostly just 2D static text/images... it might as well be a web page. It's functionally no different from a browser game. And we all know, Steam isn't here to compete with Chrome and Firefox. If the game can be done in a web browser, it's just not rich or compelling enough to appeal to serious gamers on PC. In terms of visuals, this features really godawful MS-Paint tier "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. The deplorably bad visuals here come across as an insult to gamers. This game is fairly dated at 6 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $2 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. In terms of public reception, the "free" price tag didn't help. This peaked at a handful of players and then immediately cratered. With a peak count of less than 50 gamers (out of over 130 million gamers and over 40 million daily logons), it’s safe to say the PC gaming community has collectively decided to ignore this, probably because of the reasons supplied in this review. This "free" game won't count toward your game collection count on your profile. With that in mind, is it something you should still download? This one scores a "nope". While it won't necessarily cost you money, the time and hard drive space it requires could be better invested in one of the many higher quality alternatives on Steam. At the end of the day, my reviews are intended to help gamers find quality and avoid the dregs (with over 140,000 games on Steam... not all of them are masterpieces). If you think my review is wrong, definitely add this to your library, download it and play it... it's surely exactly the kind of game you'll love (but I doubt it will work out that way). Game reviews are for gamers to share their thoughts and help others choose where to spend valuable time. If my review helps you to grab or reject this game, then my job is done.

게임의 레벨 디자인이 이상해서 어디를 클릭해야 다른 방으로 가는지 애매모호함. 스토리도 뭔가 빈약한 느낌. 컨셉 자체는 좋았는데 다른 부분에서 나사가 많이 빠져있다.

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Got as far as the body in the woods, tried moving the sticks in every combination and nothing worked, no other options, unable to continue. Rating: 1/10 Update 6/29/24: In the interest of fairness I'll give this game a second chance and re-review.

2D解谜类游戏，没做基础操作介绍，摸索一下大概能明白怎么玩。最初场景雷同度较高，没引导情况下切换场景都需要一番摸索。线索被放在比较明显的位置，但如何理解需要脑洞，如何破解谜题全靠悟性。场景中能发现可使用道具，操作比较符合预期，没有道具合成这种复杂操作，选择使用即可触发解锁谜题。美术效果一般，整体画面色调偏昏黄，线索隐藏较深，交互目标不是很明显。全场景都是静态图，即便触发剧情也无动态效果。暂无中文。