i really am a lesbian in a horror game hehe

A survival horror that plays like Silent Hill or Signalis, but - in addition the default third person perspective - comes with a first-person mode built in and complemented nicely with a weak point system. Game play consists of completing main story objectives and side quests in the hub(s), while going out each day exploring bizarre demon-twisted madhouses and dreamscapes.

During my time, balancing ammo, health pickups, and exploration was usually pretty easy. When it wasn't, dying wasn't too bad a setback - usually loading from the beginning of a room. The game uses a save point system along, with an auto save and checkpoint system when you die.

The story of Sorry We're Closed was pretty different, focusing on how love, friendship, and breakups change who we are not just metaphorically, but physically. It asks "What if Lucifer fell from heaven because of a bad breakup with God?" and then builds a world around the fallout. A tragic twist to the exile of the fallen angels that asks us what we're willing to do for love. Blasphemers of Christian mythology rejoice.

The visuals, music, and atmosphere were top-notch. It looks like a season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Silent Hill on the original Playstation, had a - disturbed - non-binary, gay lovechild. Wonderfully aesthetic.

I encountered exactly one bug where I fell through the floor while getting belly flopped by a demon, resulting in my death and reloading from the beginning of the room. No big deal.

Sorry We're Closed is an unapologetic, flamboyant survival horror with multiple endings, plenty of hidden secrets to find, and decent replay value. I would recommend it to any survival horror fan. Looking forward to seeing more from à la mode games.

I haven't met a straight character 5 hours in. GOTY, I'm gay now

Silent hill if it slayed

Haven't gotten too far in but have to say this is one of the most solid indie games I've played in quite some time with quite a unique feel. This game truly shines and is unapologetic in the presentation and gameplay without coming off as forced. These types of games are why I try to seek and play small indie games where ever possible. Actually enjoying the unique character design, soundtrack and unique tension of the character relations. I've felt like this is a corrupted Sayonara Wild Hearts scenario with one of the ex's just going off the wall! While I have not felt fear quite yet like in Silent Hill, the tension and atmosphere builds in a similar way that has me wanting to continue playing. If you enjoy the vibes of the trailer, try the demo. The game is def great and at the very least will not disappoint if you enjoyed Killer7 or Silent Hill.

really gorgeous art style in this game! i'm loving the third-eye view mechanics, like Resident Evil and the controls are surprisingly butter smooth. also this is such a queer and feminist game that I 100% support.

It's fun, it's stylish and it's gay, all I could want in a game ✨

Something I think about all the time is how, in the theater lobby after a screening of Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden (2016), my friend and I found ourselves in conversation with an older (early 60s) man who repeatedly referred to the film as “so, so sexy.”

Far from prudish, we were caught up on this man’s insistence on using “sexy” in discussing a film that at least partially explored some of the more fetishistic indulgences one might pursue. It came across as hitting on her, my friend (or me? [a man]).

It was really really funny.

Anyway, Sorry We’re Closed is ALSO “sexy.” It is sexy for its characters. It is sexy for its killer7 gunplay transplanted onto an atmospheric London underworld of angels and demons. An underworld whose story acts as something of a perfect allegory for the LGBTQ experience that the game’s writing takes inspiration from.

I cannot speak on another’s behalf, but the lore of Sorry We’re Closed taps into the many anxieties that can haunt anyone, of course, but especially individuals marginalized by society. The idea of angels falling from Heaven, changing into demons who are forced to bear the agony of their truth is inherently interesting. Discomfort in one’s own body and the self-inflicted torture in that isn’t a particularly earth-shattering premise, but elegantly told through Sorry’s Shin Megami Tensei, Kazuma Kaneko-like demon designs and hip (but not faux, irritating-hip) dialogue reveals a refreshingly earnest and engaging story in a medium plagued by subpar writing and “world-building” often lauded simply for being on the same level of sophistication as the latest Netflix drivel to catch the public eye.

More like catch the public third eye.

Sorry We’re Closed gave me genuine pause in moments of decision-making. Which sexy demon should I trust? Is that an oxymoron? If I help these fellas out with their spat will I end up darning my soul for all of eternity? The game's length and the immediacy of its plot allows for the decision-making to feel quick and relevant, as opposed to some long-winded RPG where your opting to hold the elevator door for someone comes back in the form of the temperament of an endgame boss.

(Hilariously I got the most-intensive ending which to me reads as the most tragic outcome imaginable, though I’ve yet to see the game’s other possible conclusions so TBD!)

Highly recommend you switch the running/movement speed to “toggle,” as I found walking a little too leisurely, and the need to hold down a button to jog eventually a little tiresome.

Really, really excellent game. The aforementioned killer7 beats hit near and dear to me (even the way some of the enemies stumble towards you with little fanfare besides a low gurgling recalls the Heaven Smiles), and the pacing is generally snappy, though perhaps a little back-loaded with puzzling bits. A two-man dev team, I’m pulling for à la mode to last beyond this debut project and expand their terrific art and smart gameplay sensibilities into more quality Video Game.

Wow . Where do I start.
I am infatuated with this game. Even the Duchess would acknowledge my love, being this intense for this game.
The art, gorgeous. The character designs, magnificent. The soundtrack, fantastic. The vibes/atmosphere, marvelous. The gameplay, addicting.
Like damn, I've been listening to the OST for days now, been up until 6 am the last few days just to play this game, made 50+ screenshots, being the game with my most screenshots now on steam...
This fascination is also due personal interests, as the central topic of the game is being the pain, heal and change of love and how it can result into an obsessive and self-damaging reaction. I've been brainstorming about these themes a lot for my own art, so finding a game hitting those thoughts so perfectly, is just so inspiring! You guys touched and inspired me with this little new world.
I applaud the devs! Can't believe this is your debut game, congratulations.

Cons? Hmm... one thing. THERE WAS NO KISS. How could you hurt my heart like that? </3

To be loved is to be changed ♥️♥️♥️