Recent reviews by balmerjd

Update!!!!! March 2, 2016
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!! I was part of the Kickstarter that funded this game. There have been no updates since November/December of 2015!!! No release of Episode 2. No fulfillment of the KS rewards and would appeare to dead development wise.
BUYER BEWARE!!! DO NOT PAY FOR THIS UNFINISHED PIECE OF ****!!!!



Posted: Aug 16, 2015 @ 11:34pm
So I've played episode one.... I will "hold my breath" for episode 2 to make a final call, but as of right now I can't really say that I would recommend this game to anyone just yet. But there is a lot of potential here and hopefully that opinion will change after Episode 2 comes out. That said, so far this is what I have to say about episode one...


Pros:
=Lots of potential for good complexe/twisty plot
=Decent starting (as in for episode 1 out of 6) "BOO!" and creepy crawly skin moments
=Ok puzzles (I'm not good with word puzzles so the combination one took me a bit, but the rest were easy once I found the clues. Finding the clues was the hard part.)
=Ok atmosphere
=Decent layout (though I saw no or any kind of access to a "third floor" yet it was mentioned in a diary note on the first floor.)
=Nice "little touches" (graphitti, desks, chairs, junk, diary notes, etc.)



Cons: (Some of this is just my experience with the game and, your milage may vary!!)
=Some of the keyboard controls don't match in game listing such as:
- use F to turn on Flashlight.... Not mentioned
- In-Game, on screen action description reads "E or LMB to Observe" Sometimes it's E... Sometimes its LMB... But never do both/either work for the same thing.
=Unrealistic lighting for given environment (I mean come on, there are overhead flourecent fixtures THAT ARE LIT all over the place and it's this dark??? Also getting occasional light bleeds from the ambient "blue" lighting)
=Borked flashlight (try walking up to a wall and watch the spot DISAPPEAR before you get there. Plus it's a spot only. does not really do much if any vacinity/spill flood lighting at all. i.e. standing in front of same wall, not only does the spot disapper but the rest of the room/wall is dark... With the flash light ON... whether the spot is visible or not.)
=Mouse controlls (in-game look controlls) do not stop responding while in inventory screen.
=Some models seem unfinished/incomplete (wheel chair that moves with non-rotating wheels, phonograph with no moving parts while playing music, obviously round doors that are octogon/decagon shaped, etc.)