Later On

Later On is a surreal horror game made using rpgmaker as a medium. It's more of a story/experience game than an rpg. Beat it and 100%ed everything in 2.3 hours using a keyboard. Difficulty is moderate. This game deals with depression and suicidal themes. - When you first start the game and David isn't doing Jack for you, the game isn't broken. Hit enter or space a few times. You're welcome. - The gameplay amounts to walking around solving puzzles either by finding items or making the correct replies. You can speed walk through the open areas, but cannot do so in rooms. The controls are simple and easy to figure out. Holding shift flies through the convos (more important if you're achievement hunting). - Oh snap, I screwed up! Naw, just kidding. Before you get to any serious confrontations the game asks you to save so there's a safety net if you die. Which means little in the way of backtracking. - The puzzles involving talking are far more interesting to me than the ones with using items, however some of the items themselves are also entertaining. Does that even make sense? You'd understand if you played. That said, it's easy to get stuck in parts and even with what guidance there is you can be clicking random stuff in a room going, "WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!?" - The horror elements range from dismemberment, death, severed body parts, gore, spiders, murderrrr... and scary sounds. All gore is restricted to pixel people and pixel pictures. - The story is why you're getting this. Everything is a wild trip and for a game on rpg maker, it's very inventive in how it delivers scenes and unfolds the plot. You aren't spoonfed Anything. It's easy to get into. - The music is OK, however nothing impressive. It's very horror'esque and themes well with the story. I hated the song in the restaurant; it nettled me. - Woof :( - It's 2 whole bucks! Worth the money! In the end, Later On is a unique horror story game about David having a really bad time with life. Some parts are legit ahhhh! scary, other parts are weird in a trippy way. Everything centers around depression and bad choices, and the story is interesting. The game is also short, in a way too short. After playing this, I deeply wish Later On got a remake with a better medium. If this was created using the Unreal engine, escaping the 2d plain of existence and given better graphics, it would be far, far more scary and the story insanely more impactful. For now this surreal escape is left as a bite-sized crystal of an idea that does its job within the limits it was given.

Thanks for the beautiful game, hope there will be more games from Penumbra Games

Great, short game!

Creepy atmosphere combined with great storytelling and a cheap price. What else do you need? Score: 8/10

Ein klassisches surrealistisches Horror-rpg mit Moonlogic. Ich empfehle einen Guide zu verwenden.