What can I say about the game. This was actually a fairly hard game to review. I fully played through both chapters that are currently available.
First, the good: The game runs very smoothly. There are not many bugs or glitches, which is a very nice aspect for a game. The atmosphere is nice looking. For those that complain about reused assets, it just needs to be accepted that not everyone has the time, money or skill to create their own everything from the ground up. Indie devs need to utilize common assets and I'm cool with that. The main things for me are story, game play and the overall atmosphere. Also, how to smartly manage the scares can be a major addition of points or subtraction.
With that being said, as of now, the story is very confusing. I feel like there really isn't one beyond the guy was on his way home, got into an accident and is now stuck here in this house. As of writing this, there are only 2 chapters, so it may/will get cleared up later on. It is early access so I won't be so harsh on that. There's really nothing explaining what is going on and you have to interpret things from the videos you see at the end of each chapter. You don't really find any notes or hints as to why this place is so messed up. The beginning makes no sense, but I can ignore it cause it's just there to get you to the house, but you hit a tree right next to a random alcohol shack that's on the other side of a river, past a cemetery that's attached to a mansion.....why? Who builds a random shack in the middle of nowhere that is attached to a mansion? why was there a campfire there? It just makes no logical sense, but the main story is the house anyway.
The AI is a bit basic, which makes the evil girl fairly simple to avoid. As far as chases go, after you figure out how it moves and that you are faster, there's no real tension moving around. There are a few good jump scares and that aspect of the game is great. There's some hiccups with things like shooting and such, hiding in areas and moving around, but nothing drastic. I personally feel like they could have done more with less. The gun, the camera the lighter the flashlight, I just feel like it was put in cause they could, not that it pertains to the game or story. It's just too much and it makes no sense why each one shows up at each point. It's as if they wanted to include it all, cause they could, and really doesn't pertain to much.
I can't really justify the 15.99 price point at this time. It's a bit much for this game, but overall it's not bad and it has potential. At this time I'd have to say I wouldn't recommend it MAINLY because of the price. An incomplete game with a few quirks and has no real replay-ability..... If the story was amazing, clear and formed early, then maybe I could, and this has no reflection on the work the devs have done. It is a promising and good game, just not $16 dollars.
If there was more promise, maybe, but at this time, I can't justify it at all. Maybe $7 or even MAYYYYYBBEEE $10, but I've played a lot of Indie horror games, some good, a lot bad. The price is just too much for what you are getting.
Outside of that, it really is a pretty fluid game, they did a good job for the most part, but it is a very simple game with very basic gameplay, map, and a very unclear story. If the game was complete, I may be able to see the price point, but as of now, we don't know where the game is going, have no idea about what is going on now and I can't recommend it for the price.
You can check it out for yourself here with a fuller breakdown and decide if you want to pay and see if it get's better since it is early access, but that is a decision you have to make as a horror gaming fan.
https://youtu.be/j2Z_g3CmTgU
