Sinister Halloween

El mejor juego de Halloween

I have had this game for a while and would play it here and there for the last few Halloweens. I have to say, Halloween 2024 is when I really got into the gameplay, and I really loved this game. It's not perfect, and there are tons of reviews that articulate why, but these developers captured just enough of the Halloween mood that I was looking for. Honestly, I have a lot of fun walking around the virtual town and visiting the houses like pretend trick or treat. I really wish the Devs would consider adding more DLC for each year, but that's only encouraged by sales I guess. I'll just say thank you for a game that really captures Halloween well.

Сама гра прикольна місцями навіть страшна, але це більш бойовик ніж хоррор. Всеодно це одна з найкращих ігор на тематику хелловін.

This is not a game you play to be scared. This is a game you play because you love Halloween, and all the campy spookiness that comes with it. I'm a lifelong Halloween fanatic, and when I found out that there was an entire game on Steam that was centered around the holiday, I knew right away that I had to give it a try. From the word “go”, I was not disappointed. The scenery and atmosphere in this game are exactly what you'd hope they would be. The first level is a sort of semi-open world hub, set in a suburban neighborhood that's jam packed with side quests, bonus objectives, and a plethora of festive frights. Virtually every house in this area is thoroughly adorned with a wide variety of Halloween decorations, and the only NPCs not wearing costumes are the local cops, and the monsters themselves, of which there are a wide and impressive variety! All across this game you'll encounter everything from zombies, ghosts, and werewolves, to giant spiders, chainsaw butchers, Treebeard's grumpy cousins, and more. From there, you'll gather up your friends and proceed to the local haunted house, which is by far my favorite level in the game. The suspense and the tension in this house are cranked steadily higher and higher as you continue to explore, until you come face-to-face with the zombie-like witch's ghost that haunts the place. Easily the most effective boss encounter in the entire game, especially in VR, though the downside is that this stage is about as scary as the game gets. Once you've beaten it, Sinister Halloween becomes significantly less frightening from that point onward. Your journey will take you everywhere from a haunted cemetery, to a grand mansion where a local Halloween party went very, horribly wrong, ultimately culminating in a climactic showdown with the Grim Reaper himself. Along the way, you'll come to rely heavily upon your trusty torch to drive away the monsters, before trading it in for the most ridiculously overpowered weapon in the game: the shotgun. Not only does this thing have substantially better range than the torch, but it takes down literally every non-boss enemy in one well-aimed shot. It got to the point where I literally played E1M1 from DOOM over the final manor level, because I was having that much fun blasting the monsters away. Ever wanted to see evil spirits pop like balloons when gunned down? They do in Sinister Halloween. That does, however, bring me to some of my critiques of this game. I'd still highly recommend Sinister Halloween to anyone looking for a new and unique experience to add to their library, but it should be said that it's not perfect. For starters, technically speaking, it's impossible to die in this game. You can run out of health, but within seconds, you're plopped right back to the latest checkpoint and are free to run right back into the fray. While this didn't prevent me personally from having a blast, it did somewhat hamper the tension and could definitely interfere with other people's experience. Furthermore, I can't remember a single time when I ever ran out of ammo for my guns, even in the latter half of the base game when I was relying solely on the shotgun. There were times when I had to reload, but big whoop. One push of a button still meant doomsday for every ghoul and goblin unlucky enough to cross my path. And on that note, this does unfortunately bring me to my biggest and most important critique of Sinister Halloween, as mentioned at the beginning of this review: it's not scary. It has its moments, don't get me wrong, but those are most prominent at the start of the game. As mentioned earlier, once you've vanquished the first haunted house on the block, you've officially conquered the scariest part of the game and will be less afraid of whatever else it has to offer. This is due primarily to the availability – and effectiveness – of the weapons available, and the emphasis that this game has on combat. It will throw a lot of enemies at you, and the most ideal way to deal with them – especially when they're in groups, like the werewolves for example – is to permanently introduce their craniums to your shrapnel. I can count on exactly one hand the number of times that my weapons weren't able to dispatch a given foe with a single shot. And by the time I reached the last level, nine times out of ten, I was shooting down the monsters faster than they could even reach me. For some, especially those who are just getting into scary games, I could see this as a plus! But if you're looking for a more intense experience that inhibits the player's ability to fight back against the monsters, definitely look elsewhere. NPCs will even make remarks like “it's Halloween~!” or “we want candy~!” despite being in a horrific situation. You'll even find one chained to a cross at one point, and the most she can seem to muster from this predicament is mild annoyance. The game is clearly a labor of love for the Halloween season, and it shows. It is extremely low-budget, but frankly, I adore this game for it. The voice acting is absolutely atrocious, all the base character models for the human NPCs look exactly the same, and I wouldn't change a single thing about any of it, because those qualities made the game that much more enjoyable for me. Sinister Halloween is a special kind of game because it “gets” the Halloween season, more so than many other, more conventional horror games do. It blends its frights with campy silliness, and if you're in the mood for something other than Resident Evil or Outlast, then be sure to get yourself a nice big bag of candy, a suitably scary costume, and possibly a couple drinks, because Sinister Halloween is goofy holiday fun from start to finish.

It replicates the experience of going through a corny haunted house. Very rough around the edges but fun nonetheless.

Os gráficos são lindamente renderizados e há muito o que explorar com uma série de cenários para sobreviver na noite de Halloween. Muito trabalho duro, pensamento e amor foram investidos nisso. A dublagem (desculpe, desenvolvedores) está lá em cima com algumas das piores de todos os tempos e, pessoalmente, acho muito mais interessante entreter seus próprios pensamentos com medo, em vez de ouvir uma narração ruim dizendo que você está bêbado demais para isso ou perguntando se meus olhos estão me pregando peças, especialmente quando parece cafona? Mas há uma boa mistura entre o macabro e o abertamente sombrio. E eu juro que a garota no começo saiu direto de Deadly Cryptids, como ela veio parar aqui? E os barulhos da caixa registradora depois de bater na porta? Estou ganhando dinheiro? É interessante e um pouco confuso. Vou voltar para mais...

(vr) больше на дэмку похоже, просто времяпрепровождение, не страшно не сложно но немного интересный атракцион хелуина

Excellent ! Je cherchais un petit jeu flippant au moment d'halloween et je ne suis pas déçu ! J'ai poussé ma rtx 4090 à fond et c'est excellent ! Sans exagérer certaines scènes je vois aussi net que dans ALYX !! merci aux dév de nous sortir des petits jeux sans prétention...il n'est pas parfait, sur certaines scènes la musique s'arrête selon où on se situe dans le jeu...mais avec la résolution Pimax crystal light poussé au max 120hz 120 fps c'est juste MONSTRUEUX !! Merci .

Alors, l'autre jour, un peu avant le 31 octobre, je cherchais un petit jeu angoissant en VR, histoire de me mettre au diapason de la fête d'Halloween, que j'aime bien en tant qu'amateur de tout ce qui est lié à la culture de l'horreur (ne me parlez pas du spectacle attendrissant qu'est censé constituer les ribambelles de chiards venant frapper aux portes, hein). Je tombe donc sur ce bien nommé "Sinister Halloween", dont le prix est inférieur à un jeu à gratter et qui démarre dans une petite banlieue américaine bon chic bon genre et trop lisse pour être honnête, exactement comme celle où se déroule l'intrigue du premier film que John Carpenter a consacré au trick or treat. Dès les premières minutes, on comprend que l'on a mis les pieds dans un projet amateur, sans doute développé par un seul mec (allez, trois à tout casser). La modélisation des personnages est en effet misérable (des sorcières ont dû venir leur mettre leur balai dans le c**), les performances vocales feraient passer la Lina Lamont de "Chantons sous la pluie" pour une actrice magistrale triple oscarisée et puis, surtout, beaucoup de bugs s'invitent à la fête, dont un absolument pénible qui concerne le fusil à pompe et qui a failli me faire jeter l'éponge à plusieurs reprises (je vous le dis : pour que la recharge du fusil s'effectue correctement, accomplissez bien le geste idoine de haut en bas dans toute son amplitude). Un point fort, cependant : les décors et la direction artistique d'une manière générale, qui exploitent très bien, avec même parfois une vraie imagination, tout le folklore lié à Halloween et la culture horrifique. Que propose "Sinister Halloween", sinon ? Alors, on a une campagne de cinq niveaux où l'on doit se rendre avec sa copine et un mioche dans un manoir à l'extérieur de la ville où l'on fête Jack-o'-lantern, et qui nous fera traverser tout un tas d'endroits flippants et fréquentés par des streumons vénères (maison hantée par une goule, cimetière peuplé de loups-garous et de momies, etc.). Avec ça, on a quatre ou cinq autres petites aventures indépendantes les unes des autres qui permettent de prolonger le plaisir ; on peut notamment aller faire un tour dans un abattoir peu rassurant et rencontrer l'éternel clone de Leatherface. Pour finir, il y a un DLC qui s'appelle "The Alysum" et qui, pour un euro cinquante, conclut l'expérience d'une manière sympathique même si le pitch est entièrement repompé sur le premier "Outlast". Se faire agresser à la seringue par des infirmières déglingo pour sauver une jeune meuf qui semble sortie tout droit de "Ring" me donne presque honte d'avoir lâché une somme supplémentaire aussi dérisoire.

Типичный инди-хоррор, сделанный на коленке. Ничего особенного