WE ARE SO DEAD

I cannot recommend this game, and after making it roughly 70% of the way through with friends, I ultimately decided to refund it. The core concept is interesting, but the gameplay became monotonous very quickly. Most encounters followed the same pattern: Round 1: the ghost introduces a new mechanic that is nearly impossible to anticipate or communicate in time without already knowing what the puzzle expects. For example, every player may suddenly need to jump on the count of three, but there is realistically not enough time to explain that through the Ouija board before everyone dies. Round 2: now that you know the solution, you go back in with a simple communication shortcut and the mechanic becomes trivial. The difficulty isn't really solving the challenge or communicating well under pressure. It's often just not knowing what arbitrary instruction the game is about to require. Once that information is revealed, there is frequently very little challenge left. The developer's recent announcement actually reinforced my decision to refund. He argues that dying before understanding what is happening, struggling with the Ouija board, and developing your own communication system are intentional parts of the difficulty. I understand the design intention, but I disagree that this makes the gameplay compelling. There is a difference between difficulty and inaccessibility to the information required to succeed. Dark Souls may punish you for mistakes, but you are still interacting with mechanics you can observe, learn, and improve at. Here, many encounters felt more like failing once because the rules were withheld, then succeeding because you now know the answer. The Ouija concept itself is genuinely cool. Having one dead player communicate with the living is a great premise. But when most of that communication boils down to "hold still," "run," "jump," or "get on the furniture," while everyone else performs extremely repetitive and slow search-and-collect tasks, the novelty wears off. I also found the developer's response to criticism somewhat dismissive. Calling these complaints essentially a "skill issue" overlooks what some players are actually criticizing: not that the game is difficult, but that the way it creates difficulty often isn't satisfying. Finally, the game also feels heavily dependent on pre-made assets, with very little visual or environmental design that felt distinct or cohesive. There is a good idea buried here, especially the dead-player/Ouija communication mechanic, but for our group the execution became repetitive, trial-and-error heavy, and ultimately not enjoyable enough to continue. As a lenient slop enjoyer, hopefully the developer takes this feedback.

Early Access and all that comes with it, but the bones are there of a great multiplayer ghost game. Models and textures all look like stock placeholders right now, and it's got plenty of rough edges, but the voice chat is free of the kind of issues that Dark Hours, Phasmo and others have given my group and it didn't crash once. The tutorial isn't all that clear right now, and the ghost descriptions are wonderfully atmospheric but a little cryptic. The fundamental concept is so sound - I'll definitely be coming back for more once the game has had a few updates. Where else can you send your friends a swear word from beyond the grave?

Great game! it's pretty hard to do, especially when theres like...5 items in a room, but nonetheless its a good game. the only issues we've had so far are with Turn and Revive/Gift. Turn is a little (especially because it moves) and if you're far from the board or cant get there in time 75% of the time its a death sentence. as for gift - it just doesnt make sense and i'm going to ask on the discord about it. OVERALL THOUGH a very enjoyable game!

Need to put in name, spell on board doesnt work.....gg devs

The epitome test of on-the-fly thinking, communication, and adaptability with a dash of horror. I bought this game on a sale, but I would buy it full price and buy it for friends as well. My trio managed to beat the final floor, and what a great experience it was to figure out how to do it together. 10/10

This have a very good concept and a high potential but currently, the controls are terrible, it's hard to use the board. Immediately in game we all die. Salute to those players who manage to complete the level in this current development.

The dev just called out bad players in the patch notes 100/10. My friends and I breezed through the first 6 levels but are stuck on level 7 now. The game literally tells you how to play if you can't figure it out after that it ain't the game for you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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