Wailing Heights

The artstyle is nice, that's all the good that can be said about this. Everything else seems to be designed around the will to annoy the player as much as possible and they barely finished this unpolished mess. Gameplay is minimal — find something this character hates or loves, ask, hey, do you love this, do you hate that, okay, thanks, nice puzzle — and the story and characters are not half as interesting as the setting might suggest. Finally decided to give up when the game got me stuck in the scenery and overwrote my savefile with me in that spot for literally no reason even though I quit the game with alt+F4. Having my nose waxed from the inside is more enjoyable than this.

Все чет поют, че за дичь происходит?

One of those that make me with Steam had a "mixed bad" tag instead of just "yes" and "no". The visuals are charming and lovingly done, as is the sound and the music. No denying that, and it's really difficult to give something as charming and obviously done with love and care a thumbs down. However, the control scheme is sort of artrocious on a laptop/pc, and the character-swapping mechanic has overly long animations / jingles play every time you do it. This is telling two things - the game design / programming side of the project was lacking, as did the playtesting side. So I can't really give it a thumbs up, because it can really feel clumsy / unwieldly to some people. But I can't give it a thums down, either, because, well, the style it has over substance is really stylish. It seems to be a game from the "anyone can slap a game together using parallax layering" era that gave us such memorable style-over-substance frauds like Darkest Dungeon. And to tell you the truth, this game actually is a point-and-click adventure, just one with a lacklustre control scheme. It's unfortunate that games with a lot less substance to their gameplay and way less experienced game designers got acclaim and success while having the exact qualities that this game has - good visual and sound design. So - nice, charming little game if you can get over the flaws. Without the flaws it would've easily been a clear recommend.

Run into obstace. Possess someone else to overcome obstacle. Run into new obstacle. Possess someone else to overcome obstacle. Run into new obstacle. Possess someone else to overcome obstacle. Run into new obstacle. Possess someone else to overcome obstacle. Run into new obstacle. Possess someone else to overcome obstacle. Run into new obstacle. Refund game.

Although it does do things its own way its still at its core an inventory based point and click adventure game although you can't actually point and click. Overall its worth a look. Great value if you get it on sale. Pros - Nice art-style - Interesting story and world building - unique and enjoyable puzzle design and game mechanics - Good voice acting, as an Irishman it was surreal to hear this many Irish accents in a game. - Funny dialog - Decent music, it is a big focus of the game after-all. Cons - Can't play exclusively with the mouse, needs either mouse+keyboard or controller. I used the controller in the end and sometimes the navigation could be awkward just due to the 2D style and invisible walls but otherwise it was perfectly playable - Some bugs such as occasional missing voice overs for dialog lines or more serious issues such as the game getting stuck when swapping characters or characters glitching through graphics, I did always manage to get the game going again without quitting but it was touch and go a few times. Save Often!! - There is a little mini song every single time you switch characters, there is a different one for each character but after awhile they just get super annoying and there is no way to disable them or interrupt them. If you don't just stand there and listen these mini songs will play over other dialog or other music sequences in the game. - The voice acting and sound effects are not normalized, it was hard to find the right position on the slider since some sentences and effects could be super loud and others super low at the same setting.

Recommended. It's very funny, has great artwork and style, and some catchy songs. I had no bugs which some other reviews have complained about.

игре нужен какой то ремастер. технически она сделана ужасно. топорно. но красивый арт. добрый глуповатый сюжет и смешные персонажи поддерживают душевную историю друзей которые встретились после смерти

I give up on Wailing Heights. I really tried with this game. I've owned it for years, I play for 15 minutes here and there, and then I stop because it just doesn't "click" for me. The adventure game mechanics are not all that bad. There are some puzzles, there is mildly amusing dialog, it's passable. The music is objectively quite good, and the art is unique and interesting. But all of it put together just didn't work for me. I don't care about any of the characters or the world they live in. It feels like it's designed for someone way more "hip" than I am, someone who listens to jazz and watches B movies and wears polka dots. I wouldn't bother with this as an adventure game fan unless you are really thrilled by the concept presented in the trailer.

J'ai eu du mal avec les animations(design sympa mais animations pas ouf) et le gameplay . Et l'accent anglais trop prononcé + élément de langage très anglais, si vous êtes pas calé en anglais UK c'est assez chaud de rentrer dans l'histoire :/ . J'ai laché le jeu assez vite malheureusement.

Fajna gra z fajną muzyka. Czasem nie wiadomo co zrobić albo jak zrobić ale przy odrobinie samozaparcia i szczęścia w końcu się uda