Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
To describe this game, it is a tribute to survival horror games of old and plays similar to them, so just a bit of warning as to what you’re getting into. Having grown up with these types of games, I enjoyed the experience and would recommend this to others. As of my writing this, only the first episode has been released, so the review will cover that.
First, we need to talk about the camera. We have fixed camera angles that will move from one location to the next as you reach the edge of the screen, somewhat obscuring the room by giving you limited view, similar to older Resident Evil games before they went over-the-shoulder action. However, with the exception of only a couple rooms, the angles are very well placed to give you information about the room while not completely hiding an enemy within it. If you look around upon entering a room, there will be clues as to what lies in wait for you, so be aware that if you are the type of person who just rushes into everything, you may get worked over.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
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Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles is a pretty direct sequel to Outbreak: New Nightmare, which is a primarily multiplayer based game. Lydia - a character from said game - is the only playable character in Chronicles. Unlike the jump from Outbreak to Outbreak: New Nightmare, Chronicles is on the same general engine and plays out pretty much the same. So, if you enjoyed New Nightmare, chances are you’ll definitely enjoy this game, as it’s essentially a single player version of the multiplayer title.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
WORLD OF HORROR
Go through the lives of a bunch of Japanese Boomers In a Boomer town full of Boomer Monsters that were summoned by Boomer cultists with a Boomer DOS aesthetic and Boomer chiptune music
This is a reminder that all your waifus in this game are boomers, and would be in their 60’s in current year. You’re welcome. (2 Reason Damage)
– Real player with 134.6 hrs in game
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The game’s pretty great and gets really fun with its art/style. The modding community’s pretty alright as well! I had almost gotten to most of the in-game achievements but recently had to restart due to replacing a hard drive, still going to play through it again! Love this game.
P.S. OH BABY YEAH WE HEARD FROM THE DEV!
– Real player with 38.0 hrs in game
Shadow Fear™ Path to Insanity
This is an example of a good game made with the smile game builder engine but the game is hard. Was fun to finish nonetheless! The dlc arcade mode is pretty challenging too!
– Real player with 15.7 hrs in game
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Heartless Dark
I can recommend this if you enjoy some atmosphere and an interesting challenge.
If you get over the initial learning curve the game has a lot of that ‘one more game’ feeling.
The dark and restricted vision can make it tough to navigate.
Once you get used to it then the challenge becomes not running out of ammo.
Once you get used to that the challenge becomes figuring out how to fight the monsters in interesting ways using the game systems (maybe kiting them through acid or stunning them with an exploding fire extinguisher).
– Real player with 9.5 hrs in game
A very atmospheric and lethal rogue like. You have to budget your limited ammo and life against enemies that hit hard and fast but I’ve never lost a like a run thinking there was nothing I could do about it. Finding bullets and upgrades is always rewarding.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
SKYHILL: Black Mist
I was having fun both times I tried (before and after patch) but game breaking bugs disappointed me a lot. If the devs fix these bugs, the game has great ideas.
Pros:
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fun bossfights
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cool atmosphere
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GREAT voice acting, can make you feel uncomfortable (as a horror game should be)
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the game doesn’t force jumpscares to give a feel of horror, but it doesn’t feel uneasy at all
Cons:
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a lot of game breaking bugs, you literally have to restart the game from scratch
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the game is slow but you don’t have time to explore since you have a timer ticking to kill you
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
Giving this a positive in advance since i REALLY trust in the future of this game. It has a lot of potential to become a unique survival horror, so this will probably remain positive in the future if the devs do everything right.
TL;DR: The game has lots of bugs ranging from very minor to game-breaking. Dying in the game means nothing, just a slight time inconvenience. The devs are not active on the steam forums, got no replies from anyone at all. Lots of potential if the devs follow the implement-more-difficulty-options route and actually start replying to people.
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game