I adored it honestly. I think people who didnt might not have an appreciation for atmosphere and storytelling. This isnt a "horror" game in the traditional sense. Its one nightmare which makes it amazing. And honestly? I did get spooked a bunch of times lol so well worth the playthrough. Through the first half of the game i was walking incredibly slow, fearful of everything. That fell off a bit when i realized that there wouldnt be tons of scares but the atmosphere more than made up for it. The most beautiful part was in No Man's Land with the gas. The artillery going off in the distance, the wind blowing through the barbed wire. Chefs kiss.
I think it could’ve used more active scary elements in the manner parts but the fact that the story is of a deeply traumatized family nothing is actually trying to hurt they player is nice
I mean it's psychological horror not meant to be a jump scare type game the voices, calls, withering home and apparitions are all meant to play on the mind not to be cliché or horror film like
@@dontmatter4423 Agreed. I was never a fan of the other games and hate the just run and hide concept of gameplay. This uses weapons and gear in a clever manner which is still intense and restricted.
Besides this and Conscript...what are some others? It sounds like a really neat setting for horror but those two were the only ones I heard of. And, for me, Conscript doesn't really scratch the horror itch since using the war itself as the horror.
you didn't play this game. you stopped at the first third of it and gave your verdict. i do not respect that, as the game gets not only more intense, but its story gets better as well later on.
There are so many mediocre games in this style in the market, i wonder what made you guys decide to give this one a full review if its just another unremarkable game on the pile?
The writing, story, and VA work put this above most of those others. This game has obvious care and thought in it, just not quite the game dev skills to do that justice
@oliverwilliam6931 if you don't understand the concept of a game based around story driven psychological horror then you should go play something else this game is meant to show what vets remember war as not your Romanticized glory and honor always action packed type shit
You should probably learn how to say the phrase 'ad infinitum' before you review a game based on that phrase, lest you come across as a bit of a spanner.
i somehow was bored and after wandering around in some areas I asked myself why am I playing this mediocre game that has barely any action in it. I uninstalled the game and never went back
@@SladeL i do as well but i dont have a good visual memory and this house..looked the same everywhere seemed so similar to me, so i just run in circles
@@orfeas2335 I understand. And there is no map. You'd have to draw one yourself, but then if visual memory is not good, that is also difficult to do, if not impossible.
@@PotatoJonson then they also don't know how to pronounce it. It's not really a subjective matter. It's either pronounced correctly or incorrectly. It isn't like they made up a word like "Returnal" for example.
@@PotatoJonson Incorrect. Also, "aluminum" is spelt like this in American English and hence that changes it's pronounciation from the way it is spelt "Aluminium" in other parts of the world.
