
Inside the Crow's Nest is a game inspired by classic survival horror. Explore an ancient monastery, face the terrors hidden within its corridors, and search for a way to escape. Will you survive... or be hunted?
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Inside the Crow 's Nest is a Survival Horror game inspired by old-school genre classics.
You play as the Hunter, who awakens in a cell marked with strange symbols, trapped in a cult-infested monastery. To escape, you must survive horrifying cultists, uncover dark secrets, and solve intricate puzzles that block your escape.
Nostalgic Survival Horror Feel:
Experience tense, atmospheric gameplay with fixed camera angles and tank controls - an homage to the pioneers of the genre.
Challenging, Rewarding Puzzles
Collect clues, decipher their meaning, and use them to navigate and unlock new areas of the cursed monastery.
Relentless Cultists and Monstrous Horrors
Face off against twisted followers of The Forgotten One—inhuman abominations warped by devotion to their dark god.
A Mystery Waiting to Be Uncovered
Delve deep into the monastery’s haunted halls and piece together the chilling history of its inhabitants and their eldritch faith. Will the Hunter escape, or become the next sacrifice?
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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Great visuals even with the fixed camera angles. Gameplay is straightforward. Two gripes are the magic balls you collect don't seem to actually do anything (it says to check your inventory but there's nothing there that I can see) and the ending is VERY abrupt and not very satisfying. For a free game its a good way to spend a few hours.
Leider sehr schlechte steuerung.
Игра 'Inside the Crow's Nest' - это короткое, но атмосферное приключение в стиле point-and-click. Визуально игра выполнена в мрачных тонах, что прекрасно передает чувство изоляции и загадочности. Головоломки, хоть и не самые сложные, требуют внимательности к деталям и логического мышления. Запутанный сюжет, раскрывающийся через записки и окружение, держит в напряжении до самого конца. Несмотря на небольшую продолжительность, игра оставляет после себя приятное послевкусие. Она отлично подходит для любителей неспешных, атмосферных игр с упором на историю и исследование. Единственным минусом можно назвать небольшую реиграбельность, так как решив головоломки однажды, возвращаться уже не так интересно. Но первое прохождение однозначно стоит потраченного времени. Очень рекомендую, если вам нравятся игры, создающие гнетущую, но завораживающую атмосферу таинственности.
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Would've loved a longer experience, but I enjoyed my time with it. Great art style and story-telling. The character movement is set to tank controls FYI. Beautiful game!
1 saat 25 dakika oynadım kütüphanede beynimi yitirdim artık kesinlikle tavsiye etmiyorum
The game is interesting only that at some point it's very dark and you don't see anything. Or die randomly from smoke
Movement feels good, combat feels good! Great game so far. The art style really made me happy.
I would recommend this game but there are definitively some areas that could benefit from improvement. The concepts are good and the story is compelling but some of the mechanics could be improved. The movement was generally difficult but especially with a game controller. Over time, I was able to gradually adjust and figure out work arounds but it caused a lot of what I feel is unnecessary frustration. Additionally, if you ended up in a blind corner (i.e. behind an object) and you were unable to see your character, it was very easy to get stuck and have great difficulty getting your character out. I think it would help significantly if you could have the character move left, right, up, down, and diagonally instead of just moving the character up and down with left and right rotations to adjust direction. I was very hesitant initially with the two part save mechanic (having to find not just the save spot in the world but also find a candle to use it) but there were enough candles that it worked. I know this type of save mechanic is not a new concept but it is also something that I feel can increase player frustration with little benefit. I do appreciate the game mode that allows you to enable checkpoints though. It was very helpful to reduce some of this frustration. The audio may need some fine tuning as well. The growling caused by the enemies is nice to have to know you are in the room with one but it is too loud in balance with the background audio. Additionally, the growls are a little too frequent and it becomes repetitive and annoying if you are in the same space with an enemy for more than 30 seconds. Make the growls more subtle/blending the audio more or even just reducing the frequency of the growls could potentially help significantly. Speaking on the story itself, it was good and interesting and, frankly, what prevented me from rage quitting after my frustration with the control mechanics. The puzzles are good in that they are challenging but still pretty solvable. The combat was well balanced for me personally (I prefer more puzzle to combat which is what this game seems to achieve). You may benefit from adding a melee weapon option (especially with the current game mechanics) as when the enemies are on top of you, sometimes the range weapon seemed a little buggy or lagged and it was difficult to run away from the enemies. This is not something I feel is necessary but may be a nice option. Finally, the ending was fairly abrupt and the story short. With this game being in early access and free that is to be expected but I hope the devs are able to keep working to flush out the story. I think the concepts are cool and would love to see this game improve and grow. *Extra note: I have not attempted to obtain all of the achievements but I saw some comments about issues with the secret character sheet and the mysterious balls. At the time of this game play, I too cannot pickup the first ball in the prison (Act 1) and do not know if that is what is supposed to unlock the secret character sheet.
good game
decent fantasy themed survival horror. The fixed cams are done well, but the movement feels a bit slippery. Combat is auto-aim, and always 3 hits to kill, so it is mindless. The art looks technically well executed, but definitely far from scary or very atmospheric. No map, which gets pretty frustrating as you get further in. The exploration and puzzles are mostly fine, but I got totally stumped on a rune puzzle that I just couldn't be bothered to finish up. No reason not to try it out, but its far from the best in the genre.
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