The Inheritance of Crimson Manor

I saw Gab Smolders played this game so I thought I'd give it a shot. Crimson Manor is a spooky, yet enchanting gaming experience. I found the mechanics easy to navigate and was able to figure things out pretty quickly. The story itself was engaging and each clue left me wanting more. This game falls under the typical "escape room puzzlesque" genre. However, I would also say it falls under a very, VERY niche category: non-linear investigative with little hand-holding. Similar to The Painscreek Killings, iykyk. For those of you that enjoy a little spook spook but have a weak heart, I'm happy to report this game has NO jumpscares. It has a creepy undertone and will definitely leave you feeling unsettled in the best of ways. My only critique would be the running around. It's very much "great here's a clue, now you have to run ALLLLLLL the way to the other side of the mansion... where I just was." That does come with the non-linear territory, but I wish there was a way to make that easier. Maybe a vent / shortcut system? Either way this was a fun game. I hope the developer has more in store!

Bon jeu, attention à la traduction du jeu en Français qui fait confondre plusieurs pièces.

Honestly, this game is exactly what I had been looking for. I love watching horror games where you are going around a spooky location trying to put clues together or solve a mystery, but what keeps me from playing those horror games is the entity that you usually have to hide from that interrupts your progress or causes you to restart. Don't get me wrong, that element is great for the horror genre, but I haven't found many games outside of that genre that still have that same play vibe without it. THIS game is that. It's got the perfect vibe with no threat. It's actually pretty polished as well. I didn't personally run into any bugs. The aesthetic was nice, the feel of the controls was smooth and the puzzles, while at times perplexing, were not overly difficult. This game was balanced well when it came to progressing. It didn't hold your hand to the point of you just going through the motions while reading the instructions, but it also didn't leave you stuck at some point trying to figure out what to do next. The hints were also not vague, such a plus in my book. The only real downside I could find would be the grammar. I am not sure if it was translated or not, but reading some of the notes or clues, made it a bit awkward due to the wrong words being used or confused for other ones, this hardly detracted from the game at all. Other than that this is a solid game that I would recommend to people who enjoy other puzzles games like The Room series. Not sure it's worth almost $20, I got it on deep sale and I can 100% recommend it for the price I got it.

Glitchy, puzzles can be repetitive

A decent Myst-like game, where you walk around a mansion solving puzzles that don't make much sense. Strangely, many of the puzzles can only be solved by brute force, which I eventually got used to, but was confusing at first. There are a lot of visual bugs, which are forgivable, but also a few bugs where things you're supposed to click on don't register the clicks, or where their hitboxes are in the wrong place so you have to click nearby them to click on them. Several times I had to consult a guide to discover that I had found what I needed, I just hadn't hovered over it just right to be able to click on it. What pushed this into "do not recommend" for me is that at the climax of the game, you walk toward a giant set piece surrounded by notes that explain everything, and on the way you pass a wrench, and if you click on the wrench it immediately ends the game without you getting to see the set piece or read any of the notes. I immediately force quit the game when this happened so I could load back in and see all that stuff, but apparently it had already erased my save from finishing the game, because when I came back in my only option was to start a new game. So I missed seeing all the important notes before the ending, and I also missed seeing the ending.

Played and finished it in one evening. Some people seem to think that this is supposed to be a horror / creepy game. It's not, nor does it advertise itself as such. It's basically a puzzle-exploration game set within a manor where you uncover a mystery. Is it groundbreaking? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes. It reminds me of House of Da Vinci minus the puzzle boxes. I didn't experience any bugs, but some puzzles can be brute forced which may or may not cause issues, I personally didn't run into any. I think the way the story is told is pretty decent. I felt like the puzzles were enjoyable but a bit too simple. I personally prefer more deduction. Overall, if you go in with measured expectations, you'll probably enjoy it.

If you love puzzles you will like this game, you have to remember stuff and maybe write some down. Graphics are good for the 20 bucks but I got it on sale. Took me a little less than 4 hours to complete. I would probably get another mystery game made by them if it were me! Story takes some time to get interesting more though.

Es una muy buena aventura gráfica para pasar el rato sin quemarse mucho los sesos.

Juego no demasiado largo, ameno, con un planteamiento sencillo pero efectivo, que te hará pasar unas horas entretenido resolviendo puzzles. No me ha parecido una gran revolución ni unos puzzles especialmente complicados y si tardas algo más en completar el juego es casi más porque tienes que estar dando vueltas por la casa para encontrar notas o pistas que no recuerdes dónde vistes (no se te apuntan todas automáticamente). Buena ambientación de misterio, logros nada complicados de sacar pero creo que abusan demasiado de los puzzles de memorizar el orden, tipo SIMON. Puedes ponerlo en calidad extremadamente alta, que tampoco vas a ver las paredes de la casa mejor (típico juego de puzzles que "vende" unos gráficos que realmente no utiliza para nada). En definitiva, juego agradable para pasar un rato, pero tampoco te va a volar la cabeza.