An incredible game well worth the price tag,and a LOT longer than I thought it would be! Horrorvale has been worked on for almost 6 years and it really shows just how much the devs made sure to have the quality as high as it can be. The soundtrack is awesome,characters are varied and charming,so is the world the game's set in!

Lots of great sidequests that have rewards well worth the time completing them,and most help flesh out the characters that you'll be making friends with,and/or explaining more about the world and how things work! (Plum best goblin,please invest in Plum stock,you'll thank me later #PLUMSWEEP)

The difficulty of the game (If you aren't going for the super tough secret stuff shhhh) isn't too difficult,which,considering the sheer amount of characters you can pick,is a plus,letting you make whatever kind of party you want! Do you like the character? Put them in! Are they a good character? Also put them in,there's some good wiggle room for you to decide!

One small issue is the amount of status effects and states you can be in,which most of these (except for things like paralysis for example being pretty self-explanatory) are not explained. There IS a tutorial giving a general rundown of the sort things you will come across on the journey,though it doesn't outright TELL you what they do. It was a trial by fire to figure out what ailments and states do what,some of which I still don't know the effects of after doing 100% of the game! Most aren't too much of a challenge to deal with however,and there are plenty of items and party members to help with cleansing those bad ones and giving you good ones!

The other issue that can be overwhelming at the start is the amount of damage types in the game,with Bone,Flesh,Nature,Blood,Ecto,Lightning,and Sugar,there's a lot to remember of which is effective against what type,with each enemy falling into one of these type categories. Thankfully there's a handy tutorial cheat sheet to help you remember,party members that can analyse enemies to learn about them,and a bloody eyeball item that can be used in place of the analyse skill if you happen to not have someone that can do that!

Make lots of potions of varying types to help you out on your journey,from healing potions to potions that buff your stats,heal ailments,or even be thrown at enemies to deal damage!From a base ingredient to a side one,two specific potion items are made to create something neat,with MANY in total to create. A couple are even used to help progress through areas as well,so make sure to look everywhere for those ingredients! With each kind of potion you make,it gets added to a quick-brew list that way if you don't want the pain of remembering what base and side ingredient makes what,you can simply select the potion that you want,and it's made within moments!

Though not exactly a bug,I noticed the more types of ingredients and potions I made that got added to the quick-brew list,the more the crafting menu itself seemed to lag out,with none of the other menus in the game slowing down or behaving oddly. Not sure if fixing what window mode the game is displayed will help,but overall just a heads-up for that!

MANY,MANY horror references and nods to other games in the genre,even other media that isn't horror! A real love letter to people who enjoy the horror genre,from the old classics,to even internet horror! See how many you can find!

There's a dog! Best boy! Also lots of information about mops,very interesting!

All and all,Horrorvale's an incredible game that is well worth the trip,with some of the best things in this game LITERALLY being the friends we make along the way! Exciting for any dlc coming up in the future or whatever the developers work on in the years to come! :)

alice horrorvale

This game is a spooky and fun game. I had so much fun and laughs with this. This was definitely worth the wait. Keep up the good work.