The Whispering Valley

This is a short horror/mystery point-and-click game with what seems like a very straight-forward story told bit by bit via character interactions and notes, but it doesn't end the way you might expect. I was surprised by the finale, as I thought I had it all figured out by then but this little village is cursed for a reason...and it's certainly a dreadful reason. There are some good puzzles and problem-solving aspects to the game to keep it from being just a walking simulator. Some puzzles are a little obscure, and you may need to look up a guide to figure out just what you're supposed to be doing. For such a short game, it's nice we have some kind of challenge to keep things interesting. The biggest issue with this game is that there is a fair amount of back and forth, and while it's not too annoying sometimes, other times, it feels like it is just padding the game's runtime to make it longer. You can't fast-travel anywhere and some "fetch quests" near the end of the game feel unnecessary. The voice acting is quite good for such a short game, and I do like the fact you can pet the dog and the cat. As for the creature, I never saw it. I guess something is supposed to be out there but I never saw anything. Or maybe I did and thought it was just a normal woodland animal? There were whispers for sure, and I think there were instances where the creature is supposed to be visible in some way. But I never saw it. I wish it had been a little more obvious because I didn't even think a monster was in this game at all until I read other people's reviews. Having missed it entirely is a little bit of a let down. Overall, "The Whispering Valley" is a decent little horror game that is worth a play, especially if you are more interested in story-driven games and puzzle-centric games. I don't think it's worth $12, though, so maybe wait for it to be on sale.

Jesus Christ this is boring.

Very enjoyable and short folk horror that doesn't rely on cheap jump scares and doesn't feel the need to drag out its story line. While it's nothing unique, it does have fun and easy game play to figure out what's going on in the village. The puzzles aren't hard and I liked the creepiness of the village and the "What was that?" moments. If you want a short story game, especially around the fall, I recommend this.

It's mostly wasted potential. Story idea is good, like what happened in this village and how it affects its inhabitants, that could've been an excellent horror drama, but it's told in the dryest and most uninteresting way. At no point is there any suspense or mystery. It's mostly just the empty village with a few NPCs here and there and what's going on could've created a terrifying sense of oppression and dispair, but it's more like reading a newspaper article giving you the basic facts. There is a supernatural horror aspect as well, but it's hardly even mentioned before it's over. The puzzles are simple and they let you run from one end of the village of the next in an attempt to make this at least longer than an hour. Most of it is just finding keys to open doors for more keys, though. A handful of item and lock combination puzzles, too, but nothing even remotely challenging or at least interesting. Didn't like that it won't let you rebind buttons and that the screen is stretched horizontally in fullscreen mode. Other than that, there's nothing bad about the game, it's just ... rather bland and boring.

Looks like a low budget game, plays like a low budget game, but it's 10 eur ON SALE. Also the puzzles are not just annoying, they don't really make sense. Overall not bad, but I would pick it up on sale. 5/10 Playtime around 3 hours.

I see a lot of potential and love in this game, from the story, the puzzles and. voice acting. Things I liked: The voice acting. The atmosphere. It was a tad dark at times for me (even with the lantern/candle), so I just bumped up the atmosphere to max. I don't have the best vision, so extensive darkness I tend to struggle with. The music The story. I was expecting something a little spookier, but I enjoyed what was presented. The puzzles. I do enjoy more complex puzzles, but as this was a more simple game, the intensity of the puzzles matched. Things that could be improved: I play on Mac, and the mouse button press did not often align with the objects, this often made it difficult to interact in general, or combine objects, read notes etc The loading screens were a tad long, and I felt that certain locations were farther away than they needed to be. they could be brought closer, so not as many loading screens are needed The mouse sensitivity was incredibly low. This could be a mac thing still, but I felt I had to move my mouse excessively to see everything. Thank you for making it! It was fun

Gameplay trop frustrant

Masterpiece

Yes

A good game but hard work a lot of small bugs to work around, a couple of crashes and frozen screens but if you have the patience it is worth it.