Lumber Island - That Special Place

Nettes Indi Horror Game für zwischendurch. Story, Rätsel und Technik sind ganz ok.

A few jump-scares later... *6/10 - Worth (at least) one play-through! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ¤Graphics - Looks good. ¤Atmosphere - Sets the mood. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- ¤Game-play - Becomes somewhat repetitive. ¤No achievements – Good or bad? ¤Very dark - difficult to see at times. ¤Story - There is one... +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- ----------------------------------------------- ¤Trial and error - When things go bad there's nothing you can do to save the situation. ----------------------------------------------- {Bugs} ¤Not a single bug! ¤I played it on an ultrawide (5120x1440) screen.

This game isn't bad, however that doesn't make it good. It's got twists and turns that make sense and the notes explain what is going on nicely. The main issue with this game is that it has little direction. You could be walking around an area for 10-30 minutes before realizing what you're supposed to do. The first level handles this nicely, but the rest are confusing and lack of quick-saves or save points in general make this frustrating. It eventually turns into a trial and error game that loses all of it's fun. As much as I don't want to recommend this game, I have to. It has a decent story and the only issue I had was it's sense of direction. I'd recommend this game if you could pick it up on a sale, It has about an hour of content with it.

This is a surprisingly good game. I tried to play the older retail version back in 2014, but it was broken beyond repair; the steam version, however, benefited from a few needed patches and became actually nicely polished. The game itself has almost no hand holding whatsoever. The best you can find is a few notes scattered around, some of them provide important clues that hint you at how you should progress, but basically you still have to figure out pretty much everything by yourself. Lumber Island - That Special Place is relatively short if you know where to go and what to do, and pretty much the most annoying part is the first chapter, which has a death threat that walks around, hindering your exploration constantly. And if you take into consideration that there are two key items you need to find that have variable spawn places... well... it can really take a while. The story isn't very... perceptible, or even logical in the slightest, but I liked how the puzzles teased my brain to make me work out my way through the game. All in all, it was a good experience. Recommended, thanks to DeanForge for their work.

My video review: https://youtu.be/e8inr-r82cg

very good game

Just finished the game a while ago. Overall it's good with actually scary moments. No problem there, but the story is so convoluted and confusing that you don't actually know what's happening. I gave it a thumbs up because I like it and I had fun playing it. Just don't mind the story that much.