Heart of the House

Ending felt very rushed

I cant completley recommend this on. Yes, its a decent game, with okay stat-managment and a creepy atmosphere. But it keeps meandering between gothic horror, lovcraftian horror, character story and classic ghost story. This gets confusing and hurts the horror, as you constantley switch genres. It would have worked better if the author stuck with one of them. But it is to well done (general writing and stats) to give it a downvote because of it. Would be to mean, considering its just not my taste to switch horror themes like that.

It’s impressive what one can do with just the written word. The tone and overall feeling is great, very much fitting the gothic theme, with some cosmic horror elements. When I first played it had me on the edge of my seat, I was invested and wanted to know what would happen next, but with different scenes and choices it’s worth replaying too, uncovering new secrets and character moments. The characters are memorable and intriguing, you want to get to know about them, and the optional romantic subplots are pretty good. The ones I’ve played felt unique and fitting that character, rather than just generic. I would definitely recommend picking this up.

I am sad that I could not enjoy the story as much as I hoped I would. The story had a very promising start, giving us the taste of intrigue and danger. But the immersion started to splinter once the protagonist reached safety. Some dialogue lines felt to be added not in the favour of progressing the story, but to deliver a message directly to the reader. Which did a disservice to the characters and the fluidity of the story. Because of that, most characters felt very underdeveloped and unlikeable. Though the problem is not in the messaging itself, but in the way it is conveyed – straightforward and out of the blue. Moreover, the protagonist often takes away the readers agency on how to behave or feel. One example, the sudden panic attack [spoiler]before the ball[\spoiler] when, to this point, I thought I was trying to play a reserved scholar. The attack was explained as a psychological trauma caused by a particular event in the recent past, but it was revealed too late in the story to believe it. A few of the given choices for particular moments in the story were somewhat confusing. As I would reach one of those moments, where all the choices seemed to be implying something I wasn't aiming to imply, I would spend a significant amount of time in confusion, re-reading everything on the screen. It might just be my imagination, that confused me. But I think more of the polite neutral answers would help the situation. Considering that in the work where choices have major consequences and there is no opportunity to alter the decision without a complete restart, it is crucial to make sure the goal for a choice and what exactly the protagonist is going to say are clear. My immersion into the story was chipping bit by bit until I lost the interest in it completely and quit. Hence, I cannot recommend it. But it is a solid work and, I imagine, people with lower expectations and big love for mysteries might enjoy it. Cheers.

If you love convulted stories, this game is a must. Sadly, I do not. There is plenty of roleplaying here and well written dialogue. However so much stuff is happening all at once that it is difficult to make sense of the story. Too many times I found myself thinking "What the heck is happening?". I ended up with a horrible ending to my character, but the worst part is I am not sure what I did wrong. Sorry, but I cannot recommend a game that has me constantly confused. I will say this though, the romances were amazing!

4.5/5。很有老式侦探味，维多利亚时代，多雨的天气，偏僻的城镇，阴冷的大宅，化妆舞会，神秘学超自然灵媒。无论是主题还是情节都非常非常让我回想起我很爱的《鬼入侵》。整体挑不出什么瑕疵，角色都写得比较讨喜，叙事也很流畅，但我觉得没有什么剧情反转，一眼就可以猜出原委的程度。我顺利打出好结局后investigation才百分之五十多（） dev完全是狗啊，特别特别萌，忠诚勇敢默默守护主角的小助手，一出场我就已爱上。成就里有一个spend the night in bed with two of your favorite people，是不是还可以threesome啊好好奇是谁和谁。

一次愉快的体验，如果你喜欢四处晃荡的鬼魂/爱伦坡式家族诅咒/迷失在古宅之中/危机四伏的假面舞会/巨型触手怪兽这些要素的话十分推荐购买 长度大概是一本中篇小说？阅读难度不算太高但也有一些不常见的词汇（也可能单纯是我英语太烂）。和大多数CoG游戏一样没有存档功能，没有存档功能，没有存档功能（重要的事情说三遍） 作者你很喜欢褐色小甜心对不对，可攻略角色有三位小甜心其中两个都是褐色[strike] 我也很喜欢[/strike] 很喜欢作者的氛围描写，还挺想看这个世界观下的其他故事的。期待续作！ 一周目pc是传统驱魔师，下次想尝试一下高Skeptical的冷漠侦探路线