The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

I like these games with a sense of building dread.

Highly recommended game for fans of folk horror! When I first read the cast line-up, I was excited already. The visual design is so interesting and beautiful and grotesque at the same time. The puzzles are hard in a fun way and the lore is really cool. Has very beautiful takes on trauma and ethical archaeology.

Maybe my favorite point and click game, though I used a controller. :-) The art, atmosphere and full voice acting were all superb. Nothing was too tedious. Nothing was nonsensical or unnecessarily difficult, making me need to look up a walkthrough. I really hope to see another game from this team. Hopefully something close to folk horror but I'd be happy w/ any genre if it's done with the same care and features. I actually played this game in bed w/ a gamepad, on my tablet using Steam Link. I was enjoying it so much I play in 1-2 hour increments because I loved looking forward to playing it so much!

Nice graphics, good music, excellent voice acting and a good story with just a few smaller glitches. The pixelart graphics are nicely done, the story is well built up, there are only a very few lose ends ([spoiler] who attacked the milkman?[/spoiler] and the biggest problem is the surprisingly stupid or stubborn main character. [spoiler] When you get 20 different warnings from different people and the guys supporting you are suspicious as hell, then MAYBE you should reconsider your plan a bit, no? [/spoiler] But still, the story works well, it combines different genres of horror stories and also the gameplay is nicely evolving from more modern narrative games to classical puzzle solving at the end. Pretty solid job.

Como point and click, é bastante fácil / simples; à exceção de uns 2 ou 3 puzzles, na maior parte do tempo senti mais como se fosse uma história interativa do que um adventure mesmo. Então isso pode ser um pró ou contra dependendo da sua experiência no gênero e expectativa. Mas a história é boa e bem executada, eu gostei da experiência do jogo.

If you enjoy point and click adventure games, HP Lovecraft-style stories and the English countryside, you'll love this excellent adventure. The graphics are lo-fi to help establish a mood, but like all of the games published by Wadjet Eye, the writing, characters and voice acting are all top-notch! I also don't want to spoil the story, but brace yourself for an amazing and very fitting ending as you plumb the mysteries of Hob's Barrow.

Excellent adventure game. Puzzles were well done with little need to jump to conclusions. It does tell the story it wants to tell.

wow, what a game.. great

excellente ambiance . enigmes assez simples

Really enjoyed this game - great (creepy) atmosphere, tightly-focused story and pace, wonderful characters. Brilliant work.