Whisperwind

Whisperwind is a micro creepy walking simulator that takes place inside a prison. In this prison you are alone, find items, solve puzzles, unravel a story, and try to escape. The game is extremely short. I beat the game in 20 minutes from beginning to end. After that I ran through the game again 2 times to get all 3 endings in 40 minutes total. + The atmosphere is creepy. + The sound design is well done. + The puzzles are fun to solve. +/- The story is somewhat original but poorly told, seems lost in translation at times. - The game is way too short. - The graphics are a bit too retro, many added useless filters. - No real scares, interesting ghosts, or enemies to encounter. Extremely quick game but I had some fun with it. Barely a pass. Overall: 5.5/10

Ein durch und durch okayes Game, Puzzles sind ok, Atmosphäre ist ok, look ist ok.. Aber das war's auch.. "Einfach nur okay" ist leider eine Kardinalssünde einer Kunstform, Story ist forgettable, kaum Horror und nach 2 Tagen wirst du vergessen haben dass du das jemals gespielt hast. Hast du vielleicht nur 4-5 Horrorgames in deinem Leben gespielt.. yeah, dann könnte das "okay" gut genug sein, aber wer etwas mehr in seinen Spielen sucht als nur 40 Minuten Zeit totzuschlagen, wird hier wahrscheinlich nicht sonderlich zufrieden das Spiel beenden. 4,5/10 - in allen Bereichen nur "in Ordnung" , aber dadurch sehr sehr boring Full Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJe9m---EqU

An hours gameplay, not bad, easy achievements.

This ended up being an interesting game. The plot was pretty good, though perhaps short and a bit obvious in parts but still good. The spooky atmosphere was done very well. The game itself is short (even shorter still once you know what you need to do), but it does require looking everywhere for papers and writings to fully understand the story. I did also enjoy the puzzles, though most were a bit too easy (only one stumped me for a little bit but once I saw the solution, it was obvious). I didn't experience any bugs in this game, which is always a plus. There are some translation issues where the English is a bit off (such as using "nursery" instead of "infirmary"), but the intent is still clear and understandable. Overall, a fun and short psychological horror game. I would recommend the game to fans of the genre who are looking for lighter horror games.

Curtinho, não dá medo e histórinha ok. Só acho que um puzzle tem que fazer parte do jogo pra trazer mais imersão, e não você ter que saber o valor de pi pra poder passar dele, mas vou recomendar por ser BR.

Whisperwind is a Digital Homicide style Unity asset flip. The developers took a bunch of low poly asset packs from Synty Studios (Polygon Zombies, Polygon Office Pack etc), threw them into a blender and tried to make a first person adventure game out of it. It's pretty bad, too. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks bad as a result of their decisions, a compromise PC gamers shouldn't have to put up with. There's an ugly screen filter meant to make the game look even more obsolete... like the game looks bad enough already, but they actually went out of their way to make it look worse. There's no way to turn this off. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 6 players. That's right, only 6. This is a pitiful enough number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is remarkable, but also to be expected. This complete and utter rejection of the game from gamers should be a keen information point for anyone considering buying shovelware like this. Gamers just didn't take this seriously, and for good reason. The game contains stock/store assets and other packages from Synty Studios, but the "developer" here hasn't credited the people who actually did the work for the game. While this isn't necessarily against the license for the use of those assets, claiming the work of others as your own is highly unethical. Gamers should be made aware when a developer behaves unethically, as buying games from unethical developers puts the gamers money at risk. Whisperwind has the farcical price of around $5 USD, it's not worth it given the defects and shortcomings with the product, especially considering the unethical nature of the developer. Remember that if you buy a game from an unethical developer, you're putting your money at risk.

Esqueci que tinha comprado o jogo e resolvi testar depois de ver que as várias análises eram todas positivas e tinham pouco tempo de jogo (não estava muito a fim de gastar muito tempo jogando algo). Tem até análise do Cellbit, olhe só, que coisa, parabéns ao dev por conseguir a oportunidade de exposição. Mas tô decepcionado com o jogo. A atmosfera é ok mas cai quando você percebe que o terror real do jogo não vai além de jumpscares (que parecem ter saído direto de 2012. Todos fracos e previsíveis. Além do mais, é estranho um jogo que se vende como "terror psicológico" só ter jumpscares pra assustar o jogador. A parte do labirinto é a que mais próxima de terror psicológico, mas isso é só nos cinco minutos finais do jogo). O filtro de câmera pixelizado genérico e distrativo só faz sentido se o preso acordou com uma GoPro na cabeça. De novo, o jogo se vende como terror psicológico, e bons terrores psicológicos tem boa imersão do jogador no jogo. Eu não tive boa imersão quando fiquei me perguntando por quê o preso acorda com uma GoPro na cabeça, ou por quê a prisão tem acesso a um esgoto inundado que, quando drenado, revela um labirinto limpinho com tudo claramente seco (o jogo mostra coisas molhadas antes. Nada no labirinto previamente inundado está molhado. Tudo na verdade parece que nem se mexeu enquanto o lugar estava cheio de água: caixas de brinquedo devidamente empilhadas e uma garrafinha de sei-lá-o-que perfeitamente de pé num canto, por exemplo. Não faz sentido e distrai quando o jogador deveria estar prestando atenção em ter medo do possível fantasma dentro do labirinto escuro do esgoto, não em por que ele acabou de drenar um labirinto-esgoto dentro da prisão em que claramente nada foi afetado pela água. Talvez seja uma daquelas histórias em que o personagem jogável imagina o jogo? Talvez. Sei lá. Nada além desse ponto do jogo me sugere isso.) Os finais também me parecem tão preguiçosos. O dev cobra 10 pila e depois descreve por texto o que acontece nos fins do jogo em vez de fazer esses finais serem jogáveis. Parece que ou ele ficou sem dinheiro pra terminar e teve que lançar como estava, ou só ficou com preguiça. Nenhuma opção deixa boa a experiência de ler parte considerável do fim em vez de jogar ela (num videogame). Falando nos finais, o jogo também se vende como tendo "deep storytelling" (palavras do site da desenvolvedora). Nah. Não é "deep". É bem simples. Não necessariamente ruim, só bem simples. A movimentação é simples, sólida e consistente, não encontrei um mísero bug, e a exploração flui bem. A música e os efeitos sonoros são notavelmente bons, talvez a parte do jogo que eu mais gostei. Os puzzles não são difíceis, são divertidos e feitos de maneira criativa, o do gás e o do alfabeto sendo os meus favoritos. Foi mal dev, mas é um jogo curto e barato que infelizmente não vale o preço nem o tempo. Gastando menos dinheiro (e mais tempo) dá pra jogar IMSCARED, um jogo também indie mas PROFUNDAMENTE melhor.

A very nice old school horror story, told through a vintage VHS filter! This is the third game I play from these very talented brazilian indie devs, and I am happy to say I have found another crew of little masters of horror! If you have not done it yet, I suggest you try this game, AND the other two games released here on steam by these creators, i.e., "Office elevator" and "Game.exe". These are all very very short horror experiences, but they are done incredibly well, each one of them is a bite-sized tribute to classic horror that a true fan of spooks and shivers can't absolutely miss! Aaaah... this is food for my nostalgic soul! Cheers guys!