Forest Asylum

Considering this game as an exercise in frustration, I am baffled by the positive reviews. For starters, it is too dark. Unless your settings are "epic", you are groping about in pitch blackness once you enter the building. There is no flashlight offered until later. If there are clues for the puzzles, you likely won't see them. Some can be brute-forced without much effort. I gave up at the fire puzzle after watching a video, during which the player was having the same issues figuring out how to set the valves and in what specific order, along with the switches, etc., etc... The logic escapes me on this one. It would be nice to get the last four achievements, but feeling that I spent a dollar for the privilege of pulling my hair out, it's not going to happen. On the plus side (maybe), there are auto-saving checkpoints. If you leave the game and come back, you will be thrust back to the last checkpoint. The game is short enough that it may not be an issue. That's my two cents...

I played this game yesterday and got stuck on the last puzzle. But thats more because i suck at solving puzzles.I would have loved to see some more back story/lore on the asylum, but I'm sure they fixed that in the sequel. Great game for the price. Super excited to try the sequel and any future games they come out with. If you like creepy atmosphere with a few puzzles you should try it out.

Forest Asylum ist ein insgesamt nicht ganz ausgewogenes Spiel, dass mehrere kleinere Schwächen aufweist. Der gravierendste Nachteil am Game kommt gleich zu Anfang, wenn man die Anstalt betritt. Es ist schlicht und einfach viel zu dunkel. Man erkennt nicht wirklich wohin man sich bewegt und was um einen herum ist. Die Scares sind meist gut platziert und erzielen ihre Wirkung. Das zweite und vor allem dritte Rätsel haben mich länger beschäftigt und hebe ich gern positiv hervor. Die Atmosphäre ingame ist, nachdem man endlich eine Taschenlampe sein eigen nennen darf, gut gelungen und erweckt ein andauerndes Gefühl beobachtet zu werden. Forest Asylum steckt in den Kinderschuhen, ist aber für das Machwerk eines Einzelnen gut gelungen und seinen Preis wert.

Interesting game with cool puzzles. Gameplay is good, but sound effects are little bit annoying. There was no crashes and game run smooth. Good job for one person project.

The game was okay- 5/10 The second game from the dev is really good. 100/10

Ist zwar sehr dunkel das Game, aber man findet seinen Weg. Die Rätsel sind alle recht einfach und intuitiv. Ist ein gut investierter Euro, hat Spaß gemacht.