Fear of The Unknown

I recieved this game for free as part of a giveaway hosted by the developer. Honestly, this was incredibly disappointing. Im aware this is early access, but what is here is not even worth a few bucks. A total of 3 puzzles in the entire game, one of which has serious flaws(looking at you, red room with nearly impossible to see dots), and none of which are particularly difficult(2 of the 3 of them are converting stuff into numbers). There is a fair amount of assets that just look bad(2d sprite scroll, 2d sprite grass come to mind), and pointless mechanics that add nothing to the experience(Why does the flashlight and the Lamp even have limited light if they're only used for 1 short section each, and dont provide any gameplay depth or interest outside of 'OH NO IF YOU DONT HURRY UP YOU WONT SEE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥'. Theres not even any recharging batteries for the flashlight's segment, its just one slow walk down a dark hallway). There was a few clever attempts at scares i liked(and by few, i mean I liked the granophone turning itself back on if you turn it off and walk away), but the vast majority are cheap screamers with a loud stock horror sound(I swear i heard the one used in the R.V multiple times), or are sometimes impossible to actually see leaving only a loud noise. Some of them were even more funny than anything else(backing up from T.V. screen expecting another cheap screamer only for THE PAINTING to come screaming past my head). Infact there is a lot of just baffling mechanics in general. Why can you rewind, pause, stop, eject the tape, etc, if its only used for a single tape, and there is no point to pause or replay it? Theres nothing hidden in the tape, infact pausing it just shows how there is LITERALLY NOTHING in the tape chasing the person. Why is there a control option for "fire", something you can never actually do in the entire game? Why is there a random glock18c sitting outside a room once you get the flashlight that you can't use? The game also suffers from "Idiot main character syndrome'. From walking into a red shed with a corpse on a table without a care, to not even attempting to dial 911 on the phone in the house, to refusing to access his car simply because a knee height wooden fence and a rock that he CAN STEP ON is in the way. He also flat out refuses to equip any kind of item he could use to defend himself even when he has very good reason to assume something is wrong(moving manniquins, the weird floating ghost telling you to preform HAIL SATAN that made me laugh my ass off) despite having access to both an Axe, a Hammer, and a wrench. He doesn't even consider using the axe to get back to his car. Not to mention the complete refusal to even consider picking up the random fire-arm he stumbles onto. Not to mention, my favorite lazy design trope. Nonsensical barriers. Im fine with the smoke, whatever, its super-natural. But being unable to fit through a gap between a tree and a Rv that is clearly human sized? Several furniture items a 12 year old would think to just move out of the way? There has to be a better way to block off a passage than this. Finally, the actual 'plot', if you could call it that, feels nonsensical. You show up to some old lady's house, suffer a head injury, then go through Disney's Haunted House attraction of jumpscares. You randomly teleport to a different house, things just kinda happen for no reason, and then it randomly ends with 'YOU DIED'. It's not the interesting kind of vague, its just flat out non-existant. I will say that the game does look good at several parts, even if the setting isn't particularly original, and while i can't be sure, it looks like you did your own assets and models for the game, so good job on those, they do look quite nice. However, the actual experience is so underwelming, i cannot recommend it. Considering this game is 17.49$ canadian, there is SO many better games or products you could get for that price. This price is a rip-off for how uninspired, unfun, and plain BORING this game was. If you want to improve this product, i would advise, first off, get rid of all of the stock horror game sound effects for the 'jumpscares'. They don't add anything and infact make it less scary due to how often they are already used. Secondly, cut down on the amount of jumpscares. Jumpscares are a tool to be used wisely, not to just throw randomly into a level to make people get 'startled'. That only works for so long, and if thats the only substance you have to scare people, it wears thin fast. Thirdly, focus on some actual direction. It feels like a random mish-mash of elements currently(a lantern and lantern oil, a flashlight, two different houses, etc) and from what i gather from the episode 2 preview(i think thats what it was?), its going to suddenly go a sci-fi direction. Don't. Focus on an interesting idea and setting, and make that work. Jumping between areas does not work 90% of the time unless they are at least connected in some reasonable way.

I enjoyed the game very much. However, there were some parts where I got stuck, or there was so much lag i couldn't control anything I was doing. I was able to look past all this, my main concern...there is no save option. When bugs occurs I have to go to the main menu, or even close the game entirely; when that happens the game starts all over again. This makes it very difficult for streaming or recording for YouTube. The bugs are a minor set back that is fixable by starting the game back up, but please, consider putting in a save option where we can pick up on our last save.. Thank you! If you'd like to see some of the bugs i faced you can view the gaming footage I recorded which will be uploaded to YouTube on 9/9/2020 @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtNVGY0swWdVJCwfHEfRRJw?view_as=subscriber

我简单的概括一下这个游戏： 一坨屎。 首先 画面非常的差 粗制滥造 45元我买个纸人 港诡不香吗？ 游戏设置中 有蹲下 这种选项 但是实际上你按什么都不好使 改键也不行 在游戏的开头 你需要找到几个小雕像 这些小雕像一单侧身掉在地上 就会有几率没法捡起来 直接死档 本身小雕像就很难找 找到了还拿不起来 那是真的恶心 场景中有很多的物品 大部分不能互动 没关系 有些能互动的 也没有任何卵用 就目前看来 这款游戏 卖4块5比较合适。 45块建议各位去买奶茶喝。

Great horror game, It is really scary and pretty simple, I haven't had any bugs and overall this game is TOP TIER! Made a video on it on my channel @Lotus X WRLD

This game is really an excellent horror game. If you`re a fan of horror games, you gotta try this, the experience is pretty unique I can say. The graphics are very nice, atmosphere is really good, the jumpscares are intense, and the overall story is well put together. It's surely a promising early access game and I think it has a lot of potential. Can't wait for upcoming updates and I definitely recommend it.

This game is very good i love playing even despite the fact that i do not enjoy horror games

The game is pretty good for the price, there isnt many good horror games out and this one is what I expect from a paid game 9/10

解密提示较差，但是像我这样聪明的话还是可以解开，其他部分价格定的稍微高了一点，惊喜冲脸吓人瞬间也很多，但是几乎无营养，也和剧情无关，你卖20左右差不多贵了一点

This is one of the best horror games if not the best that I've played so far, the graphics are very decent, great challenging puzzles, and the story is really great, can't wait to know what happened to Edward, ohh poor Edward feel sorry for you :( If you like horror games then this is a must have, it's an early access game but the optimization of it is really nice and luckily I didn't face any bugs yet so thumbs up for that for sure. So far you really did a great job and hopefully you will keep it up :) and I wish you finish this game very sooooon! :) Good luck and wish you all the best.

O jogo e parecido com o jogo The Shrine,Mas tenta se destacar com novos asset.. O aranque do jogo no menu agarra logo o principio ,ou que desmotiva desde o começo.. Até agora le dou um 5/10 pela pouco criatividade..mas a historia salva o jogo.. Atualisação: Agora rejoguei o jogo todo completo ,com a opção de gamma adicionada..faz que o jogo seja melhor..agora acabei o capitulo 1 e posso dizer que eu quer ver o proximo..a minha nota mudo para 7/10