june 2021 edit: the first 3 games are now on steam, expanded and rolled into one, sold as forgotten hill: first steps. start with that, then play mementoes, then this.

forgotten hill is a series of short 1st-person point & click horror games. the first three (fall, puppeteer and surgery) are not on steam, but can be played both on pc and mobile for free, just check the game's website[www.forgotten-hill.com]. mementoes is a prequel and can be played at any time, but ideally after the trilogy, and since each takes about an hour, plus mementoes about 3 more hours, catching up shouldn't be a problem.

the over-arching story starts with the usual 'your car breaks down in the middle of the night and there's a spooky house nearby' setup, then things go from bad to worse and even worse, with each new game and location getting more and more disturbing and creepy.

puzzles in these games range from trivial to relatively tricky, there are items to find and use, symbols to write down, questionable characters to talk to, and so on. and while dying is a possibility, progress loss is not, it gets saved constantly and you get to continue from the same spot every time. jumpscares aren't that bad either, and there's a handy hint system in case you get stuck, and it works well, even lets you skip puzzles, which is not the best thing to do in a puzzle game, but some are just really frustrating, so I didn't mind not wasting more time on them.

the story's nothing to write home about, it's more about the atmosphere, and while graphics are okay, I found both the music and especially the sound effects more annoying than not in the original trilogy, but it gets better in later entries, and disillusion is the first in the series with separate toggles for sound and music, but gibberish noises during dialog are back. why?! and still no volume sliders or brightness settings.

disillusion picks up a year after surgery, as the protagonist decides it's time to learn more about these strange goings-on, so he heads to forgotten hill museum. I have to say, the series has come a long way since its first entry (which I played the day before this). gameplay is still the same, there are still glitches here and there, but the presentation is getting better and better.

new features include journal entries for important stuff, always enjoy and appreciate them, and this one has info learned from previous games and a ton of new reading material. then there's a watch and a camera, won't spoil what they're used for, besides the obvious, but it's really cool.

the game is even bigger and longer than mementoes, when I thought it'd be over soon, there was plenty left, so the higher price is justified. it took me about 8 hours to complete, more than the four previous games put together, but of course it depends on how good you are at the puzzles, how quick you're on the hint button (I used it quite liberally sometimes), and if you read all the documents and such.

definitely recommended for fans of horror puzzle/adventures and escape room enthusiasts, along with earlier entries in the series, and I hope we will get more soon.

[b]june 2021 edit:[/b] [i]the first 3 games are now on steam, expanded and rolled into one, sold as [url=https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/dohi64/recommended/1425130]forgotten hill: first steps[/url]. start with that, then play [url=https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/dohi64/recommended/783940/]mementoes[/url], then this.[/i] [b]forgotten hill[/b] is a series of short 1st-person point & click horror games. the first three ([b]fall[/b], [b]puppeteer[/b] and [b]surgery[/b]) are not on steam, but can be played both on pc and mobile for free, just check [url=http://www.forgotten-hill.com/]the game's website[/url]. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/783940/]mementoes[/url] is a prequel and can be played at any time, but ideally after the trilogy, and since each takes about an hour, plus mementoes about 3 more hours, catching up shouldn't be a problem. the over-arching story starts with the usual 'your car breaks down in the middle of the night and there's a spooky house nearby' setup, then things go from bad to worse and even worse, with each new game and location getting more and more disturbing and creepy. puzzles in these games range from trivial to relatively tricky, there are items to find and use, symbols to write down, questionable characters to talk to, and so on. and while [b]dying is a possibility, progress loss is not[/b], it gets saved constantly and you get to continue from the same spot every time. [b]jumpscares aren't that bad[/b] either, and there's a handy [b]hint system[/b] in case you get stuck, and it works well, even lets you skip puzzles, which is not the best thing to do in a puzzle game, but some are just really frustrating, so I didn't mind not wasting more time on them. the story's nothing to write home about, it's more about the atmosphere, and while graphics are okay, I found both the music and especially the sound effects more annoying than not in the original trilogy, but it gets better in later entries, and [b]disillusion[/b] is the first in the series with separate toggles for sound and music, but [b]gibberish noises during dialog are back[/b]. why?! and still [b]no volume sliders or brightness settings[/b]. [b]disillusion[/b] picks up a year after [b]surgery[/b], as the protagonist decides it's time to learn more about these strange goings-on, so he heads to forgotten hill museum. I have to say, the series has come a long way since its first entry (which I played the day before this). gameplay is still the same, there are still glitches here and there, but the presentation is getting better and better. new features include [b]journal entries[/b] for important stuff, always enjoy and appreciate them, and this one has info learned from previous games and a ton of new reading material. then there's a watch and a camera, won't spoil what they're used for, besides the obvious, but it's really cool. the game is even bigger and longer than [b]mementoes[/b], when I thought it'd be over soon, there was plenty left, so the higher price is justified. it took me about 8 hours to complete, more than the four previous games put together, but of course it depends on how good you are at the puzzles, how quick you're on the hint button (I used it quite liberally sometimes), and if you read all the documents and such. definitely recommended for fans of horror puzzle/adventures and escape room enthusiasts, along with earlier entries in the series, and I hope we will get more soon.