Spirits of Carter Mansion
The idea for the game was good, execution not so much. The directions were really confusing (North, South, East, and West instead of Left, Right, Up/Down Stairs, Down the Hall, etc.) and there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to it. I felt like I’d be upstairs and then the next thing I know I’m staring down the basement stairs somehow. This wouldn’t be too bad if there weren’t so many different directions to go in. I feel like if I really wanted to try to figure it out I’d have to take a pen and paper and physically draw a map, and it’s just not effort I’m willing to put in. The way the game is laid out makes the layout of the mansion really unclear. When I downloaded this I was looking for something fun and a little challenging to play through, but instead it feels like I got something that was going to require a lot of work. If you’re into that sort of thing I think you’ll like this game, but if you are like me and are just looking for a game to casually play, maybe try something else.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
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The idea of this game is pretty alright but i think the execution just made the game all too confusing, the hand is a little unnecessary and it doesn’t really add anything to the gameplay. The directions you can go in should be labeled as left right etc.. or the actual action you are performing like: “go up the stairs” “go down the hall” “go into the room on the left” and once you know the locations it can be instead of “go to the room on the left” it can say “go into the pool room”.
The game seemed interesting enough we just got really lost and it took away from the fun of the game especially since the same image is used for multiple different rooms.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
The House
Short fun game!
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
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The Caretaker
The Premise
This review contains no spoilers.
The Caretaker is a top-down survival horror set during year 2005 in the city of Red Chapel, where a mysterious plague has transformed animals and humans alike, into deadly monsters. Players impersonate an unnamed survivor seemingly immune to the contamination, and have to find a way through the ruins of a dead city, deemed irrecoverable even by the military.
Quick Sum-Up
| 🟩 The Pros | 🟥 The Cons |
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
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For Gameplay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kUPyfnG-Fo&t=7s
Steam Group - https://steamcommunity.com/groups/lordaction
If you like roblox,minecraft, zombie, You gonna love this game. This game have it all. Good graphics, solid audio, Humor, and good gameplay. Zombie games can be boring , but not this. It makes you keep playing the game
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Gameplay-
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Nothing special
☐ Okay
☐ Bad
Graphics-
☐ Masterpiece
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Will do
☐ Bad
☐ Awful
Audio
☐ Amazing
☑ Very good
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Tormented Souls
[French below]
Pros :
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Really looks like to the old horror game we like so much (RE, SH, PE, AID…)
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Not too much talking for nothing and the introduction is short
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The difficulty (not too easy, not too difficult).
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The puzzles are very cool.
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The game isn’t short at all, it’s so cool, at first i was thinking “it’s gonna take 5 hours " but actually not at all. I stayed more than 17 hours on that game.
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Differents ending are possible.
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To me, the graphism, the global esthetism of the game are very pretty !
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game
Spitting Image
Tis’ the season. Or rather it was. The moment November begins, pumpkins and ghosts make way for Santa hats and candy canes at a staggering rate. However, before my local shopping mall will inevitably set up a Christmas tree next week, I want to spare a backwards glance to appreciate the best game I’ve played this Halloween – Tormented Souls.
The game in question is an old-school survival horror, openly referencing Resident Evil (tank controls™ included) and Alone in the Dark as its inspirations. Fixed camera perspective, scarce resources, grotesque monsters, puzzles, and choking darkness – this title uses every trick in the old book, and more importantly executes them in a legitimately scary way.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Case 02: Paranormal Evil
Case:02: Paranormal Evil is a casual story driven game about a guy that wakes up in a hospital amidst a zombie outbreak spurred on by cultists in the area. The game features very well done pixel art as well as some anime art of the characters in the dialog cards. Just well executed for the game and gives a charming essence to the experience. The game has you do skill checks of Willpower, Firepower, and Dexterity and items that you can equip will increase the number of dice you can use against these checks against any paranormal evil beings you may come across.
– Real player with 5.6 hrs in game
Story
You play as Marty, a boy woke up from a coma only to find himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Marty befriends a girl, Sally, who looked after him while he was comatose, but then she gets kidnapped by the Cult of Gla’aki. Despite being an ordinary guy, Marty has to fight his way through the undead hordes inorder to save Sally and escape the hospital.
While the story stands well on its own, it feels a lot different from the other games in the Physical Exorcism games thematically. For one thing, Marty and Sally are written as traditionally sympathetic protagonists, unlike Brucie, Jade, and Lucy, who are written as darker protagonists that most people wouldn’t cheer for. Also, while Loser Reborn tried to deconstruct the wish fulfillment of Isekai stories, I feel that Case 02 plays the wish fulfillment of the zombie apocalypse genre straight.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
My Friendly Neighborhood
Something is amiss with everyone’s favorite Saturday morning puppet show! For years, the colorful cast of The Friendly Neighborhood delighted audiences across the globe with their cooky capers and educational adventures. However, as time went on and interest waned, the production studio found themselves out of money and closed their doors for good. Toy sales would dwindle, and birthday balloons and cakes would find new mascots. In time, the once household names would fade into increasingly niche fandoms. Until one night years later, the studio unexpectedly clicks back to life and starts broadcasting The Friendly Neighborhood. TV sets across the globe flicker for a moment before the familiar puppets return for a surprise encore! But this isn’t your typical family-friendly holiday special… are those puppets eating each other!?
Thinking the antenna on top of the main building has started broadcasting old episodes, the city sends Handyman Gordon to straighten things out. It doesn’t take Gordon long to find that the typically friendly neighborhood has become a lot less welcoming. Stepping into his work-boots, you’ll have to fend off ferocious friends, solve a plethora of playtime puzzles turned perilous, and hopefully uncover the dastardly truth at the heart of this terrifying tale.
If you’re tired of games that rely on gore more than solid scares, then come on over to the streets of MFN! Featuring a mix of action and adventure, MFN is the perfect game for horror fans looking for something a bit different. Sure, there might not be any dismemberment or decapitations. But that just means the puppets don’t stay down for good…
Features
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A colorful cast of puppet friends turned adversaries (and maybe turned friends again!)
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Non-linear, survival horror gameplay. Make sure to check your map!
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Unique weapons like the Rolodexer. Do you know your ABCs? You better - it’s your ammo.
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An array of puzzles in the vein of the survival horror greats.
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A multitude of diverse environments, from the “BTS” Ray’s Workshop to cardboard crayon halls
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A grid-based real-time inventory, cause that’s just way better
TealGrounds
TealGrounds is a short, third-person, puzzle, horror game with randomly generated world that takes place in an underground workshop of a scientist known as Dr Willis. After his death, this place began to collapse and fall apart along with all the robots within the workshop
Take on the role of the Vic-04, a robot that tries to escape the collapsing structure full of aggressive and malufunctioning machines that try to stop our protagonist from reaching its goal.
Solve puzzles, escape the undergrounds, survive the collapse.
The Count Lucanor
This is a smart and surprisingly literate little game. There is some obvious jank in the controls and general presentation, but it does little to detract from the overall experience. The game really nails the dark and disturbing tone of its most obvious story inspirations, which are old fairy tales and moral fables. You won’t find much for jump scares and modern horror gore, but the whole affair just drips with heavy atmosphere and tone. So, if you’re into a more frenetic, slasher-thriller style of scare, this probably won’t be for you. But if you want something more deliberately paced and that builds a quiet horror by giving you nasty little things to think about and puzzle over, which is much more my speed, then I think you’ll find this a treat. Be aware, this applies to gameplay as well. There’s no combat in the game whatsoever, just avoidance. And your walk speed is fairly plodding. I didn’t find it an issue, as you never have much ground to cover to get where you’re going and the ambling pace helps to maintain the atmosphere. Others will find it slow. You’ll hopefully know your own tendencies well enough to know if this will be an issue for you, because the game is resolutely and deliberately stuck in first gear the whole time. Caveat emptor.
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
Review originally posted on Vox Ludicus - Review: The Count Lucanor . You can read it there with glorious formatting and images, or just the text (without image captions) below. DISCLAIMER: Game played on retail code provided by the developer.
Playing The Count Lucanor made me realize how rare fairy tale games are on the PC, and this game is very much a video game of a fairy tale. A tad on the grim side, perhaps, much like pre-Disney stories were, but a fairy tale nonetheless. With its pixel graphics and Bach’s works turned into chiptune as a soundtrack, as well as a few cutscene sequences that’ll remind you of a Studio Ghibli film, there’s little doubt that in the aesthetics department the game is well furnished – and what of the rest?
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
The Trap
I really enjoyed playing this game, it definitely reminded me of the game called ‘Darkwood’, the environment was very good plus the sound effects made it more creepy, all the mechanics were neat, I like that it’s a bit randomized everytime you play, and it’s pretty well balanced, after playing for a while you can easily understand the route and the mechanics, definitely worth a try.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Interesting and atmospheric indie game) quite challenging and scary too =) Just what i enjoy a lot! Many thank to developers, keep going guys!
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Who Are You?
FULL WALK-THROUGH INCLUDED: https://youtu.be/Ni67oekBAcwGood game, some hints as to what should happen next may be nice as we got stuck for a while, but overall great atmosphere, easy to play, good jumpscares! Thanks Season!
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
Sucks balls
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game