Heir Obscure: A Hunt in the Dark

Andrzej Gieralt i really wanted to thumbs up this game. this game has good graphics but does not make up for the stealth and when you die you restart to the beginning (as in starting after a cutscene not when you get a new quest) and it got super annoying, also whenever you pick up a key then read a page it doesn't show you the next quest just the one before and that can be awful and lastly the enemy gets stuck on something then it camps and it just ruined the game play and i couldn't get past it so thats why im refunding the game, and those people looking at my review i recommend to not buy this game.

Had my heart racing right from the start trying to avoid the approaching demon! It was especially terrifying with the whispers in the basement levels. Great ambience! Got stuck and stabbed a few times in the pool area 😅. Would have liked to maybe have the privacy screens further back from the walls as sort of those hide away alcoves closer to like those nearer the library (they were a life saver).

So after an hour of playing and two endings i must say the game is doesn't feel good so far. I encountered at least two bugs, the "demon" being stuck on stairs and the notebook with the instructions that are unclear. I had not really an idea what i had to do but wandering around in the dark ,without a torch, picking up letters and keys that would lead me to more letters and keys. Maybe with some improvements, it can turn into a nice little horror game but so far, not really enjoyable. Your choice.

For the current price (8 EUR), there's just not enough content here. Unfortunately, what is here isn't amazing either. The art style, sound design, and use of light and dark are charming, and the stalker is scary at the very beginning, but the lack of interesting features in both the environment and gameplay, clumsy crouching, and barely functional stealth, leaves little to recommend about this game. And the story, which could have been interesting if worked out in a much longer format, where there wouldn't comically be a 10 minute gap between each major revelation or plot progression, is just a dud. I also encountered a bunch of bugs in my short time with the game, including controls not being responsive, and terrible pop-in in the last area.

Heir Obscure does a good job with it's atmosphere to create a sense of dread and suspense. It's art style and voice acting both lend themselves to the overall tone as well as providing an aesthetically pleasing experience. Sometimes it can be a bit difficult to figure out where you're supposed to go next, but aside from that everything else was straightforward. If you have a completionist mindset and want to find all three endings there's around 1-2 hours of content in the game, which is pretty decent for the price tag.

Being scared by, and subsequently running to hide from the demon is very fun. The overall atmosphere had me looking around corners and moving quickly from shadow to shadow. I also like the art style. Some improvements could come in the controls and consistency of the way stealth works but overall this is an entertaining title.

The atmosfere is really good, I reaaally like the textures! In the beggining I was frozen with the whispers thinking the demon was close. But in time you get used to and just play. The demon was very easy to avoid: just run to him, it will damage you and suddenly disapears, with time enough for you to recover the damage and repeat the process. I personally didn't use much of the stealth, just running around like a crazy searching for the keys. And I died reading a note >:( cmon give me a time to breath

Heir Obscure est l'oeuvre d'un seul homme et je respecte ça. D'ailleurs j'aime la direction artistique en celle shading ou quelque chose d'approchant. L'ambiance est plutôt bonne, même si ça manque de nappes musicales venant la soutenir. L'histoire est plutôt intrigante. Bref, le jeu a des atouts sympathiques, et notamment son inspiration venant des Thief qu'on ressent. De loin mais qu'on ressent quand même. C'est d'ailleurs pour cette raison que je me suis intéressé au jeu. Malheureusement, je n'ai pu tenir qu'une vingtaine de mn avant de m'ennuyer sérieusement, le gameplay étant vraiment trop pauvre ici. On marche, on s'accroupit (en restant appuyé sur la touche, ce qui est anti ergonomique dans les jeux qui incluent de la furtivité) et on ramasse documents et clés et... c'est tout! Face à l'entité qui nous pourchasse, on ne peut même pas courir. Sans compter l'aspect labyrinthique des lieux qui fait qu'on ne sait plus où on est déjà allé ou non... c'est assez vite suffisamment crispant pour que je me permette de le déconseiller. C'est dommage, mais Heir Obscure n'est rien d'autre qu'un simulateur de marche. Dans les tags, il y a choix multiples et riche en récits... je me permets d'en douter au vu des 5 pauvres succès que comprend le jeu. A vous de voir si vous voulez tout de même l'essayer.

这款游戏对键盘鼠标的支持很差。 The main reason for my refund was because I had no way to use the interactive buttons properly in the game. Even in the menu. I did try to find the custom control menu but I didn't find it By the way, this didn't happen in any of my other games

Super spooky game! Feels like a modern re-telling of the Slenderman game, but with a more concrete story to it. The atmosphere is incredible, and the ambience is really spot on. Has the appeal of linear story-telling with an open-world style. Highly recommend if you're looking for something that's got a different story to tell, but has the feeling of familiarity to some cult-classics.