The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Holy horses! Where do I begin... I´m a sucker for old point n click adventures like all the Lucasarts games. I´ve played my fair share of these games, but this game slipped under my radar.. such a good and thrilling game. Not only a good and well written story, but also the graphics and high level of creepy moments. This will be high on my list of point n click adventure games from now on! Play it ffs!

Loved this game! The characters were interesting and I was captivated by the story. Great voice acting, too. I found the puzzles were the right amount of challenging. Is it weird this felt like a horror cozy game? ^_^ Highly recommend Hob's Barrow for fellow horror aficionados and/or puzzle lovers.

A fun lucasarts style point and click that starts slowly but warms up to an engaging, not too challenging story in the MR James, HP Lovecraft vein.

I signed up to play a lovely Victorian barrow archaeologist visiting a quaint little English village to examine a burial mound. What I actually signed up for was slowly realizing that every single villager is being extremely weird about a hole in the ground, and somehow I kept ignoring every red flag because I was simply too committed to my one shovel and my one goal. This game understood something deeply important about folk horror, which is that nothing needs to actually happen for ninety percent of the runtime for you to feel a persistent, creeping dread settle into your bones like damp English weather. People smile a little too long. A shepherd says something a little too ominous. A sheep exists somewhere nearby and I do not trust it. Immaculate atmosphere. Deeply unsettling. I loved every second of feeling like I was one wrong conversation away from becoming a human sacrifice. And the puzzles are genuinely clever without ever feeling unfair, which as someone who has rage quit many a point and click adventure over an obtuse inventory combination, I deeply appreciate.

I will shout this game's praises from the rooftops for anyone to hear. I grew up on the old Sierra and Lucasarts adventure games and playing this, it was as if they'd never gone out of fashion. The art, the story, the voice actors' performances, Thomasina especially. If you love the classics, or horror in any way, play this game.

Really fun mystery /adventure! The VO was well done as well and the story was suitably creepy

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow offered an interesting ~6 hours with a nice premise: A lady wants to write, in honor of her dad, a book about the Barrows of england. This is why she arrives, invited by a stranger, to investigate Hob's Barrow only to encounter a reluctant, if not downright hostile, local population. From here on things start to unfold... After finishing the story I'd give it a 6/10 I did enjoy my time with it but have my gripes with the story. I'll get into that later, I'll try to keep it as spoiler-light as possible but due to me discussion the ending that won't be possible. PROs: - the voice acting is fantastic (and it is fully voice acted!) - the art is wonderfully moody and fitting for this . the premise of the story is great - I really liked at least some of the characters! CONs: - some "riddles" didn't make a lot of sense - pacing issues - it starts strong but especially in Chapter three you move through a gauntlet of riddles I found pretty tiring - the story fell flat for me Now the story issue: "The Excavation of Hob's Barrow" wants to tell a lovecraftian/cosmic horror story set in a rural english town. And I can *see* where the studio wanted to go with this and why they chose the ending they did, but sadly it feels too poorly executed to click for me. I did not by any means expect a happy ending - after all I'm playing a game with a specific theme, it was just the execution that fell flat for me. I think the game would've really benefitted from maybe one or two endings. None of them needed to be a "happy end", but maybe various iterations of different bad endings. I think "Slay the Princess" did this type of narrative better while games like "Doki Doki literature club" shows how you can take away player agency/character agency while still having the player engage with the game and transporting a slow descent into madness/mania. The story is still interesting and I see lots of folks loving it, so give it a chance. It's not a bad game, just one that I personally found narratively disappointing. But you can still see the work and love that went into making this game :)

The best point n click game ever made, since every puzzle is challenging and fair. The graphic and sound effect work well, building a terrific atmosphere. The ending leaves a bitter after-tone for the gamers, but I guess that's what make it unforgettable and what the developer intend to achieve.

Hyvä adventure peli. grafiikat, tunnelma, musiikki ja äiininäytteleminen oli aivan nappiin. peli ei ole kauhean pitkä ja puzzlet ovat loogisia toki jokseenkin todella helppoja. kaupunki johon peli sijoittuu oli lumoava omalla häiritsevällä tavallaan. suosittelen.

Интересный квест, с хорошо прописанным сюжетом и диалогами (особенно понравилась озвучка персонажей). Финал не так предсказуем, как кажется на первый взгляд. Внезапные скримеры внезапно пугают. 10 хобгоблинов из 10