Virus Brain

This isn't your typical horror with jump scares or a monster chasing you - it's a surreal experience that completely draws you in. I was skeptical at first, but it completely hooked me after about 15 minutes. Cool puzzles where you might learn some basic kanji along the way, a great soundtrack, and more than one ending. [b]👁️ Discover more hidden gems on my curator page 👁️‍🗨️ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44815970-Dark-Side-of-Gaming]Dark Side of Gaming ⛧[/url][/b]

The main character jumps out of a window right at the start. Honestly, POV: you are playing the 100th indie game you bought on sale, and things only get worse from there.

Very cool surreal experience. Enjoyed the story, puzzles and platforming. Overall had a great time with this one!

Unpolished and a bit rough around the edges, but definitely ends up working surprisingly well - especially the atmosphere. As a fan of weird psychedelic indie games I have to give this one a thumbs up.

An interesting little game! Simple, but atmospheric, and with very nice music! The story and setting seem more set on being upsetting than anything else... a very mild horror game, I suppose!

good puzzle game with a good story, although some of the ciphers for the second ending i found difficult

came for the losergirl core - stayed for the kanji lessons

A solid first game from the solo dev. The story is teased through haunting imagery and allegories on your journey. Multiple endings (I got the medium one) with secrets needed for the true ending; I found 2 of 4. Puzzles use simple Kanji/Chinese characters, though the secret ones also use encryption puzzles that had me racking my brain a little. Music and sound design are haunting and atmospheric. The graphics are well suited for the genre. You are rewarded for poking around. My only complaint is the platforming felt off due to the motion controls being a bit too floaty. I was able to work around this, though.

[b]"a perfect girl is evil"[/b] 🖤🖤🖤 🟩 good music 🔷 interesting vibes 🔴 weak puzzles and platforming [b]vibes:[/b] moody [b]loops:[/b] linear first person adventure with some puzzles and platforming [b]states:[/b] finished 2 out of 2? endings [b]ramblings:[/b] i enjoyed it for its surreal unsettling ambience, good atmospheric music, and snowman jokes. but everything else is just sort of eh. the game feels like it has an identity crisis.  · it classifies itself as a "postmodern edutainment" game, but the kanji concept is very underutilized, many of the puzzles that use it you can even just ignore the kanji. there are doors that require picking the correct word, english words, why not kanji? there's cipher puzzles, which were actually sort of interesting, and they also don't incorporate kanji.  · it has some platformer elements. there are random pits and spikes, but they're never a challenge, just a minor obstacle to break up the hallways. there are sections with more, moving platforms and such, nothing terribly difficult. though i'm glad it wasn't more because it's first person and there's zero air control so it all just feels clunky.  · there's a moment with what is essentially a boss battle (in a [spoiler]lesbian void dimension[/spoiler]?) but it's so short, comes out of nowhere in the middle of the game, and ends without any fanfare. that could have been really interesting with just a bit more something, it feels very abrupt and underdeveloped. [b]verdicts:[/b] rather mixed feelings. the game doesn't seem to really commit to any of its own ideas, leaving it falling kind of flat and sorta run of the mill. but i did enjoy the vibes, the soundtrack, and the weird obsession the rabbit has with snowmen. [b]scores:[/b] ☃️ out of ㊗️ on 🖥️ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3766931743

Not usually my sort of game.. Never been a fan of this art style, movement's clunky, gameplay's simplistic.. but I found this one strangely engaging in its execution and some of the puzzles are decent. For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/ Want more honest niche & indie reviews? Check out: https://www.cshpicone.com/gaming