The Night is Grey

The Night is Grey is a game about the many facets of the word ,,surprise'' - it's endearing, yet revolting, its shocking, yet resonating, its give you hope, yet... - and the eternal rivalry between Light and Darkness - from its color scheme, through the time frame of its main plot, ending in the exploration of the human psyche and relationships. The game maximizes its duration, fully fulfilling the promise of an unforgettable artistic experience. This effect is further aided by the structure of the puzzles. have the feeling that the developers make the conscious decision about their puzzle's non-standart - difficulty curve - while they begin simply and escalate predictably, the puzzles do not reach their zenith of complexity at the finale; instead, the peak coincides precisely with the first of two critical narrative turning points. My only beef with this game is not the lack of voice acting per se, but how the dialogue is presented. Something is missing on that front, but I can't quite put my finger on it exactly.

This game has some tough but rewarding puzzles, gorgeous visuals, and that story that gets reaaaally dark. The artwork, including the character design, is absolutely beautiful. There's no voice acting, which works surprisingly well in the context of the story, as you're have to figure out yourself the tone and intonation used by the characters that you initially know very little about. Probably due to budget limitations, individual contextual actions are not animated, but rather, the game fades to black or the playable character turns his back to the camera when using objects. The animations that are there, however, are very well done, more reminiscent of a hand-drawn animated film than an old school adventure game. For me, the puzzles mostly hit a sweet spot in that they were neither so trivial they'd feel like busywork, nor too out there to get exceedingly frustrating. Your exploration is limited to a few areas at a time, which works well and reduces the required amount of slowly walking around while looking for relevant objects and such. For some logic puzzles I used pen and paper, which not only marked a rewarding level of challenge but also made me feel nostalgic for a time when making notes for a video game was a given. The story is competently written and thought-provoking. Be forewarned though, it goes to some unusually uncomfortable places. This is a high quality game that I personally enjoyed quite a bit, but for some players the dark subject matter may be simply too depressing. Which is a valid reason for disliking a game, even if things getting exceptionally bleak was totally intentional on the writer's part.

Loved this game, a few people are saying it is less 'horror' than the trailer implies which is true but the storyline was amazing. Very happy with it :)

I hate to leave a negative review especially for a genre with very limited releases, and a new developer at that, but I feel I must point it out. Firstly, yes the art and graphics look really good, and the sound production is very immersive. I'm less than 1 hour in, but I'm intrigued by the mystery in the story. Congratulations to the team for that. However, the game is frustratingly slow. I never skip cutscenes in a game, I always watch them carefully, but I have very little patience when I feel like a game unnecessarily wastes my time. And I feel it with this game, so much so I find it very hard to continue playing. Dialog scrolls frustratingly slowly and can't be skipped. The character walks slowly (eventhough you can skip to exit points, half the time you have to navigate within the scene and there is no run animation). The 'lag' with the dialogue happens also whenever you examine any object. This compounds when you have to examine everything (sometimes more than once, because you forget) to solve a puzzle. And trial and error is often the name of the game for a point & click adventure. It might seem mean/nitpicky to criticize a first time dev for this, but there are many new point & click adventure games from first timer devs I've played these past 2 years that understand the importance of a fast and snappy interface. It's frustrating when I only have 1 hour to relax and unwind with a game, but the time is unnecessarily wasted because of a slow interface. I wish the dev would patch in the ability to speed up the text scroll. One click to show the whole line, another click to skip to next line. Like most modern point & click adventure games do nowadays. As for a run animation, that might be hard so I'll live with the slow walk.

Ich hab das Spiel jetzt halb durchgespielt und bin mir noch nicht sicher, ob ich es zu Ende spielen werde. So leid es mit tut, das zu sagen, aber es macht mir einfach keinen Spaß. Eigentlich ist es ein klassisches Point & Click Adventure, wie ich sie liebe, die Grafik ist schön, man merkt, dass viel Herzblut reingesteckt wurde. Aber die Grundstimmung schlägt mir auf die Laune und das ganze Gameplay ist mir zu schleppend, so dass ich gerade wenig Lust habe, da weiterzumachen, wo ich gestern aufgehört habe. Es tut mir wirklich leid, das Spiel negativ zu bewerten (ein Daumen zur Seite wäre mal wieder hilfreich gewesen), aber weiterempfehlen kann ich es nicht wirklich.

Straight forward point and click adventure with a nice dark story. Very light on the puzzle difficulty but keeps you invested with storyline

Leider stürzt das Spiel immer wieder ab. Mal direkt während der Triggerwarnung, mal danach. Aber ich komme nicht einmal dazu, es zu spielen. Alle Dateien sind korrekt. PC leistungsstark und auf dem neusten Stand. Ich musste feststellen, dass ich es vor knapp einem Jahr schon mal gekauft hatte und aufgrund dieses Problems zurückgeben musste. Schade, dass sich in einem Jahr nichts getan hat und das Problem weiterhin besteht :(