The Chills

It's fine. I mean, it's a little repetitive, but it's fine. I absolutely love the fact that it has native Linux support.

[h1]It's a short, basic 2D horror adventure.[/h1] If I could, I'd give it a neutral review, but you know the Steam system. I'd recommend it only barely, if you're curious about it. [b]An epilepsy warning[/b]: there's some flashing lights and screens in the game, as well as several jump scares. [h1]Bare-bones story[/h1] Background story is about a guy escaping a haunted hotel. Then weird stuff happens, like ghastly shapes appearing, ominous sounds, and red-glowing pentagrams. Otherwise the storyline is very simple: stuff happens without explanation (spooky) and you react to it, all the way trying to get out of the hotel. Being a paranormal investigator, you don't actually have much anything to investigate or solve, which is a shame. Even all the floors look rather similar, save for a few details, so exploration loses its appeal after a couple floors. And there's no aftermath, peculiar or otherwise, when the story's over. [h1]Is it scary?[/h1] The atmosphere is creepy alright. There's a few jump scares, that might be startling, but I didn't find the game very scary or chilling. [h1]Technical stuff[/h1] You can't remap the keys. On keyboard they're WASD or arrows. On gamepad the main menu controls are unconventional: with Xbox controller, the menu is navigated with 'Y','A','X' and 'B'. Of course it works but it's odd when almost every other game just uses D-pad or analog stick. In-game controls with the usual analog stick. Sounds and/or music cannot be turned off or affected separately with the in-game volume controls, though for a horror game I'd argue both are important to have for the atmosphere. [h1]Brief spook experience[/h1] My playthrough (with a few deaths) was about 30 minutes. Initially there wasn't a save system, so it includes a few run-throughs after a few clumsy deaths. A particularly hurried player might do it in half my time. A special commendation for the developer: they are incredibly friendly and receptive to feedback. E.g. dev added an autosave system in a day's notice. The ingredients for a horror title are there, though the result is a mixed bag. The price is about right, as long as you know not to expect much. As far as I know, it is the first horror game by this developer, so there's room to improve. [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/9997062/]~Twistorian Curator~[/url]

Wow! I was really sketchy about trying this out. But with the Steam summer sale in full swing, I grabbed it for 45% off. :) It was a little frustrating at first because I thought the volume control working in game but it only seems to work in the menu. No big deal. The graphics, effects, and music are all reminiscent of many of my favorite Indie horror games. Solid. The game is very short. I had a lot of trouble on an area near the end where you need to run between some boxes. My coordination isn't great so it took me forever to get through this spot. Even so, the game was finished in 24 minutes. So in summation: Very short game at less than 30 minutes but still fun. It's really simple in that you all you need to do is wander around to complete the game. There isn't a lot of story, but what is there gives enough of a picture to understand what's going on. Replay value isn't great. You can get all the achievements in one playthrough and once you've seen the game there isn't much reason to play it more than a couple times. I feel like I got $0.54 worth of fun for sure. Thanks :)

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Efsane.

This game is super short. I finished it in 20 mins and most of those were spent dealing with a level design issue. This game should be free to play vs 99 cents which is why I can't recommend it.

Pas cher mais moche, buggé, avec un support manette aberrant, un système d'auto-save bancal, un avatar aussi charismatique qu'un balai, et un design général cheap. Copie à revoir.

Alright, this one is really not a good game to spent some bucks, It seems a prototype or something.

Actually pretty spooky 10-20 minutes of gameplay decent horror with pretty good atmosphere