The Park®

the park is one of those games that proves you don't need endless jump scares to make people uncomfortable. It's short, but it builds a creepy atmosphere that sticks with you long after you finish. the abandoned amusement park feels unsettling from the first minute, and the sound design does a lot of the heavy lifting. the story is where the game really shines. it deals with grief, guilt, and mental health in a way that's more psychological than outright terrifying. the gameplay is pretty simple—mostly walking and exploring—so don't expect puzzles or action. my only complaint is that I paid for a theme park and somehow managed to ride exactly zero rides without emotional damage. if you're looking for a fast-paced horror game, this isn't it. But if you enjoy psychological horror with a strong atmosphere and a story that makes you think, it's definitely worth playing.

I can see and appreciate that the creators of this game tried. They didn't phone it in. And yet, The Park is a bad game. The Park is a bare-bones horror walking simulator in the kindest of terms. The scares are hackneyed, hitting a very rare valley on the jump/scare graph that emerges as defiantly impotent. The Park is both well behind and right on top of the times, taking influence from popular games that preceded it while generally fumbling them mechanically. Two examples: the player character breathes heavily when something scary happens, even if it isn't very scary or you didn't even see the trigger; as well, the player is given the ability to call out for their child at any time, which isn't exactly novel, BUT it's functional as a pathfinding device and purposeful as a storytelling device. A few of failures, a few successes, but nothing special to be found. On a much more rudimentary gameplay note, (more of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ note, if I'm being honest) the "sprint" and "exit" buttons don't always work--certainly not intuitively. Sometimes I inexplicably need to double tap the shift key to sprint, and sometimes I alternate between left mouse and space bar to exit a note/item. I still haven't figured out the sprint issue, but apparently the left mouse button will only exit a note if you haven't hit the right mouse button to "read" it, in which case you have to hit space THEN left mouse button. Jesus. On a more important note, I found the story painfully predictable, relying on the into to psychological horror textbook, dropping out before it can graduate to the 200's level storytelling courses. Without spoiling too much, this becomes excruciatingly obvious during a certain level that repeats itself a truly obscene number of times, teasing at puzzles that will never be and ramping up the pressure one teeny tiny helping at a time. The Park tells its story coherently, but follows too many familiar patterns and cliched beats to get there. I had this game on my list for a long time, and I tragically cannot recommend it.

2-hour (if that) linear walking sim, came out in 2015 ridiculously overpriced at 13 eur. looks nice and spooky for sure, has a few not too bad jumpscares. I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate them and don't play 1st-person horror stuff but this was okay in that regard. zero puzzles or anything besides walking and examining a few things. unless you have a theme park fetish or some nostalgia for the first area in the secret world mmo (the only reason I grabbed it), there's no point in playing this. well, there's not much point regardless.

great story and good graphics! love games like this with a story that pulls me in.

This game is ass

It's more of a drama about those families where everything went wrong. There are elements of horror, but they're not the main focus. Overall, it's a good game, and it's worth playing if you enjoy getting emotional satisfaction from the story rather than the success of your spinal cord.

One of the better walking sims since I like the environment. It's extremely short so get it on sale.

Симулятор катания на карусельках. Покупал давно на распродаже за сотку,в принципе по скидосу еще можно взять побегать ,но 600 рубчиков это поделие не стоит. The Park — это очень коротенькая бродилка с горсточкой скримеров, покатушками на карусельках и чтением записулек. Пугаться придется не от скримеров, а от паршивой графики даже на момент выхода ,мыльные текстурки заставят ваши глазки кровоточить. Хотя на одном моменте меня игра заставила вздрогнуть, читая очередную записульку и закрывая ее резко появляется такая "милая" мадама,сработал эффект неожиданности. Подбешивали моменты с каруселями садишься и слушаешь сопливые истории в течении 5 минут реального времени. Не совсем понятно к чему были сделаны рычажки для управления аттракционами в виде "прибавить скорость" и "убавить скорость" практической пользы от них никакой. Сюжетно мать ищет своего сына в этом парке, а сын в свою очередь ищет плюшевого мишку которого потерял. Концовка ввела меня в ступор. Единственный плюс это гнетущая атмосфера этого самого парка, в остальном же все уныленько, персонаж за которого играем не вызывает симпатии, безответственная мамаша, скримеры кроме одного повергают не в ужас, а в уныние. Да даже короткая продолжительность это плюсик, самые прошаренные пробегут ее и сделают возврат:-) Если не читая записки и не катаясь на на аттракционах, тупо бежать то пройдется сие чудо за часик примерно а то и меньше. При всех ее недостатках есть в ней что-то такое что заставило меня пройти сей игровой продукт, напрашивается нейтральный отзыв, но нет такой возможности. По огромной скидке можно взять, но полной цены это никак не стоит.

Are you looking for a walking simulator game where you can stroll through an empty, dilapidated, and abandoned amusement park? This is the game for you. As it turned out, this game actually had lore—which I only discovered after finishing the game. If you were a little bit confused after finishing the game and want to know more, check out the discussion section of this game. I found it interesting.