Gate to Site 8

Прикольная игрушка на вечер, жаль на английском.

Nice little game. Nice athmosphere. When you don´t know what to expect, it even gets a little scary. Good story, nicely voiced. Another one to rise awareness to sociopsychological aspects of life, that´s good.

Another somber, quiet, emotional and sad little indie game about childhood memories, strange happenings and dark secrets that seems very personal to the dev; using the genre of stripped down walking sim/exploration games and the collecting of items which trigger monologues as its only gameplay mechanic. The identical layout of the cabin the player explores over and over again might get a bit monotonous or boring to some players, but I thought with a scale and ever-changing details like this, it doesn't quite overstay its welcome + its handy to know where to look and where to illuminate things instead of running around aimlessly in buildings with different floorplans. The voiceover and writing are alright, the game looks quite pretty at times, the reflection on certains objects in particular, and I enjoyed the slightly creepy scenes that do use some tropes and loud bangs, but no real jumpscares - one of the more subtle appearances got me good, and I appreciated the small instances of light horror in my drama-walking sim. So yeah, there are loads of games like this, I'm torn about the ending (although I do appreciate the foreshadowing in hindsight) and will possibly never play this again, but I also had a good time and don't regret the euro and hour I invested in the slightest. (7(+)/10) My only technical issues were that once you crouch, the crouch button is extremely unreliable all of a sudden so god knows when you're allowed to stand up again + the mixing is off, as the short "scare sequences" are waaay louder than the really quiet voiceover.