Left Alone

Not Bad Spooky Horror Mystery Game Only Some Puzzles Was Too Hard But Overall It's Actually Great For Small Indie Game Only The Performance In Some Places Is Really Bad And At The Beginning The Textures Flickered But Overall Awesome Spooky Game

Left Alone is not a good game. The textures blur terribly during movement, though this is less obvious at night when most of the game is played, there's no option for rebinding keys, which is just lazy, the puzzles are both simple and yet oddly frustrating towards the end of the game, and certain scripted sequences last an absurdly long time, so bloody long that you end up searching the room you're stuck in over and over looking for whatever it is you missed. You didn't miss anything, the devs just don't know that even 30 seconds of nothing feels like an eternity, and they drag it out to several minutes instead. But the play time is short and the story, once you put all the pieces together, is fairly interesting, and sometimes all you want are simple puzzles, a creepy atmosphere, and a fairly interesting story to tie it all together without wasting too much of your time.

1 Stunde im Game und es ist einfach gar nichts passiert. Ich renne durch leere Gänge, sammle irgendwelche Dinge und lese mal ein Paar Notizen. Das wars. Das ist das Spiel. Das war damals wie heute langweilig und hat für mich kaum noch was mit Gaming zu tun. Andere Sachen kann ich dem Spiel auf Grund des Alters nicht ankreiden. Batterien, die nach 5 Minuten leer sind, sind halt nichts als dumm und sollen ein ohnehin kurzes Spiel nur unnötig strecken. Ebenso macht mal wieder ein Ausdauerbegrenzung keinen Sinn. Ohne diese Elemente wäre man wohl in unter 30 Minuten hier durch und würde sehen, wie unnötig dieses Spiel wirklich ist. Ich hatte nicht eine Minute Spaß hier. Aber wenn man mal ein 10 Jahre altes Indie Game auspackt, sieht man mal, dass sich in der Zeit nichts geändert hat. Das Spiel hätte auch gestern raus gekommen sein können. Trauriges Bild für dieses Genre.

Celkem dobrá atmosferická hra. Herní čas asi 3h, když se nezaseknete. Graficky i zvukově v pohodě. Vadí mi ale automatické ukládání, až když uděláte určitý progres. Pokud ale nedojdete do bodu uložení, můžete přijít o hodinu hraní a další den jen stejnou část znovu. Dal bych proto častější ukládání.

good game, tough puzzles

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not so scary but was intresting to play had 3 Hours fun

mmmm, 6,5/10

So as I understand it, here's what's happened: some kids were bullying a janitor, but he was a sicko and killed those kids, but kept one as his "pet", feeding him only human flesh. After that some military (or something close) organization Leoware took over the place to test people's mental and emotional strength for future using them for their purposes; in exchange they protect the janitor from prosecution. But the "pet" kid seems not to have completely lost his sanity as we see his desperate note in the laundry room, where the janitor keeps him; and than when Joel meets the kid in the laundry room when the lights go out, he shows him the secret passage by removing one of the washing machines. By going there Joel finds out about Leoware and them testing him, while the person in charge is in the toilet. After that Joel makes a run for it in an elevator on the other side of the corridor, which probably will give him the way to freedom, but at the same moment the person goes out of the toilet and probably catches Joel, after what he releases some kind of toxic gas in the elevator, which makes Joel unconsious and puts him in coma for 2 months. After 2 months he wakes up for a minute, than falls unconcious again, probably even dies. Not a bad ending at all, a little bit hard to catch, even this is only my guess, but it's pretty damn creepy, if you ask me

Left Alone Positives: + Good idea + The atmosphere + Creepy undertone + Very good sounds and music + Mostly well made + Brightness adjuster + The mystery + Most of the puzzles Negatives: - The graphics are so-so at best - Framerate issues (even on low settings) - Some frustrating parts when you are temporary stuck (needs a hint system) - Not enough save points - A lot of back and forth - Underwhelming ending If you like to solve mysteries and puzzles in a creepy atmosphere, this game is for you. Im not a big fan of the ending though, but maybe thats just me. It was too easy for my taste, on pair with storys ending with "and then I woke up, and it was all just a dream". But its well worth a playthrough anyway. Total Score: 7/10