Not in Heaven

"Not in Heaven" — атмосферная инди-игра с мрачной сатирой на религию и абсурдизм. Геймплей прост: бродь по адскому ландшафту, разгадывай головоломки, но сюжет — настоящая ловушка. Визуальный стиль — мрачный, с тонкими деталями, музыка усиливает напряжение. Однако сюжетные повороты могут шокировать, а концовка — оставить на размышление. Подойдет любителям философских идей и нестандартных повествований. Минусы: минимальное взаимодействие, возможно, слишком медленный темп. В целом — глубокое, запутанное произведение.

[h1]Overview:[/h1] '[i]Not in Heaven[/i]' is a short third-person horror game where you play as a little girl named "Emily" on an unsettling journey in search of her father who had mysteriously disappeared when comforting her during her hospitalization. After being in a tragic car accident leaving her mother dead and both her and her father injured, Emily finds herself waking up in a hospital bed with an empty chair beside her where her father was sitting. Confused and distraught, she sets off to look for him and finds herself in numeral creepy environments along the way. It's not too bad for a free horror game but it isn't very good as it stands alone. [h1]Gameplay:[/h1] '[i]Not in Heaven[/i]' plays like a walking simulator with elements of survival horror and puzzling. The pace is very slow and I mean [b]very[/b] slow. Emily walks incredibly leisurely despite things that would normally scare the typical 8 year old girl being present everywhere around her. Not only that but her sprint isn't much better. Considering there [i]are[/i] actually pursuits in the game, a slow paced approach for a game like this isn't really the best idea. The distances you have to walk are for the most part tolerable and only once or twice did I find myself pushing down the shift key harder and harder hoping in vain that Emily would run faster. Despite this I still managed to complete the game in just under an hour which is a true testament to how short the game could have been had Emily been able to move faster than a windup robot. Other than that, the game [i]does[/i] have a few interesting and surreal events that are quite disturbing and does keep the player on their toes at times. The problem is that there isn't much of them and for the most part the game feels like a slog, you're essentially just walking around either solving puzzles or just trying to get from point "A" to point "B", Half the time I was wondering when the game would end because the insensibly slow moving was driving my brain to the brink of insanity. The environments were nice enough to look at which is probably what kept me going. The puzzles on the other hand are extremely easy to solve and are relatively straightforward. There's literally nothing special in this game and there are a good number of flaws in it. However, the flaws don't take away from the games playability as It isn't [i]too[/i] bad but a lot of the mechanics do not compliment one another. [h1]Graphics:[/h1] Honestly I have mixed feelings here. On one hand the skies are very nice and certain areas of the game are visually pleasing but the game has a lot of graphical inconsistencies splattered throughout. An awkward sheen can be seen on far too many surfaces making the entire game look like it's covered in some type of oil or grease. It doesn't look pleasing at all despite knowing what the developers were trying to do. That being said, some of the lighting and reflections are actually well done and looks good so they didn't botch all of the visuals which is the least that can be said. [h1]Audio:[/h1] I also have mixed feelings here as well. The ambience combined with the music don't go too well together, I feel as if the developers should have picked one or the other. Sound effects on the other hand are appropriate enough but sound like the typical sound you hear in most free indie horror games. Nothing special here since everything works fine enough although not of the best quality. If it isn't broken, don't fix it. [h1]Conclusion/TL;DR:[/h1] '[i]Not in Heaven[/i]' is a very slow paced horror game with light elements of survival and puzzling. Walking is extremely slow and makes the game feel dragged on despite it not being a long game. It doesn't have jumpscares but does have some creepy moments which are quite interesting. It isn't too bad for what it is but if you hate games where the character is slower than the average person walking, then this one will drive you nuts.

Not In Heaven is a once-paid-now-free third person horror adventure game slapped together with Unity. Gameplay consists of bumbling around in third person and solving horror problems of a young girl or something. It's hard to tell because the game menu is borked and you can't negotiate it to select the English language (but some of it is in English anyway). Then the game crashes to desktop and you can't play it. Also, there's no 4K option and the controls can't be remapped, so the game falls below acceptable standards for PC. While this is now free, it was once a paid product, and it seems like the game became free when the developer finally abandoned it. While other gamers might have more luck than I did, the premise of this game is spoiled by a very low quality implementation and poor graphics. Even for free, I can't recommend it.

not a bad free game but some frustrating paers. Controls were awfull, Lighting was bad in a lot of areas and tyou didn't get a flashligh. No settings to adjustr brightness. Having to navigate a darkroom with swinging battle axes was difficult. There was a light above your head but it wasn't help ful in this area. At least I didnt die in this room. Took me 1h 12 to finish so not too bad. Game length is approx 1 hour. I thought it would rake me longer so I wsa happy to finish in 1h 12. The cave was dark and the prison cells were dark and hard to see. An OK game if youi have a spare hour. The voiceover is hard to tell as its ghostly so you have to read the subs but even they are tiny and hard to read. Ifd you have a spare hour give this game a go. It's not the best horror game in the world but worth playing. It's free so give it a go.

решила не проходить игру полностью, потому что это просто бред. начиная с того, что управление максимально кривое, как на клавиатуре, так и на геймпаде (на геймпаде поиграть вообще не смогла, т.к. персонаж просто начинал идти в одну сторону), нет настроек чувствительности мыши, а она уж очень маленькая, и заканчивая тем, что монстр ловит за три километра, а способов сбежать не так много

"Find the two children and escape" and there's no exit to escape through. Nope. Bye. Rating: 2/10

I liked the dev's previous game and this one starts out promising enough with some interesting visuals. But the game is buggy and the mouse sensitivity was so low it made one part impossible for me to get through. From what I can see in other negative reviews here there seems to be something weird going on with the controls which differs from one computer to the next, very odd.