Department 14

I like this game. It's a mystery puzzle sort of deal. I haven't ran into any scares yet. The atmosphere is nice and I think it could do with a bit of voice overs. I'm intrigued enough to keep goin'. Very solid effort from Menge Studio here. Sample gameplay: https://youtu.be/p2N-7lKCUb8

There is an unsolvable slide puzzle in the game due to two pieces being in the wrong positions. Despite players reporting this issue in the discussion forums, the developer has not responded or fixed the bug, blocking progression. This is like a Rubik's Cube with one corner having the wrong color configuration--randomizing this corner piece's colors means many players won't have a solvable puzzle. The 'solution' itself is randomized. Puzzle games require carefully designed solvable layouts, not random piece placement. It's disappointing as the game seems good otherwise, but this major flaw ruins the experience. I would recommend the game if the developer fixes this issue.

Edit - I'm changing my review from negative to positive, because the dev made some good changes to issues I had with the game, listed below. The stamina bar is much better now, and it appears the glitches have been fixed that stopped you from progressing in the game. I can now comfortably recommend. Thank you to the developer for a very rapid response and fix to these issues; the game has a lot of potential. I don't think I'll make it past [spoiler]the wandering monster because there's really no way to avoid him, as soon as I see him (and sometimes even before I see him) he starts chasing me and you can't escape it at all. I've tried maybe 50 times now.[/spoiler] So hopefully there's not much more gameplay beyond that section. Original review below: Very difficult game, but not in the way you're thinking. You get to a new area, and find an object you think you're supposed to interact with. You press the button, and... nothing. You press it again, nothing. Okay, it looks like a piece of the object is missing, so you better go search for an hour looking for the missing piece that will let you interact with the object. Only thing is, there is no missing piece. You can't interact with the object because it's glitched. I had to restart the game five times before I figured out that sometimes the game just won't let you progress no matter what. Combine that with very few checkpoints, obtuse puzzles, and a horrible stamina bar that lasts two seconds (even though the map is a mile long and you'll be running back and forth), and it doesn't make for a very fun time. I would like to make some suggestions: 1.) The stamina bar needs to be fixed. Either decrease the size of the map, or increase the stamina bar. 2.) The movement of the character himself is a little janky. He feels slow, uncoordinated. The game has tons of potential, I did really like the creepier parts of it. It's just the glitches and slow walking everywhere on huge maps that were issues for me.

我是在扔球开开关那里被劝退的，在上面才能扔到，下面跑到上面要好久好久 没扔中开关又要再下去跑一次来回 我受不了啦！！！（噗呲 给了自己一刀）

装卸工模拟器是吧？前两个还解个密。后面搬运工翻墙玩？

解謎向恐怖遊戲，但是沒什麼劇情，遊戲上有個設計缺陷很嚴重就是耐力條，因為遊戲中場景甚大，但卻有耐力條設置，導致遊玩時長拉長且容易枯燥乏味，購買前建議參考看看，謝謝。

まず、道具をインベントリーで見たときに説明がない。装備の仕方なども勘で触ったらできた感じ。 セーブがオートセーブだけど、こまめにセーブされないので困る。 致命的なことは、スライドパズルが解けない配列になっている事。　 それなのにグローバル実績では、クリアしている人が1,2%いること。この矛盾しているのはなんでだろう？ 早期アクセスなのでこれから改善されるといいなと思います。

J'ai joué en stream, une spectatrice (sohana) à tout résumé : Nous jouons un personnage qui faisait une sieste, certainement car il devait être en train de jouer à ce jeu !

I am really stuck! After the ball thrown to open the door. I have no idea where to go from there!!

I have played a fair amount of horror games and I can say with certainty that this game has a unique experience, the feeling of anxiety coupled with the feeling that someone is watching you does not leave the player until the very end. I strongly recommend this to those who are tired of the same type of horror games. Uchugey uolattari koruehhut.