SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION Reviews

Hope there be a SoH2 Someday

yeah this game is pretty poggers

Ok, so I'm probably at least most of the way through the second episode and I just can't make progress anymore. These quick-time event, instant-death minigames don't make sense. I've played the door game as many as 4 times in a row, and that's the one I thought was easiest to understand. The hide-and-seek game is a little trickier, but I usually get through those. The quiet-game puzzle with the new enemy though...doensn't make any sense at all. I can't beat this thing. I don't understand the rules. Moreover, I'm so sick and tired of starting these horrible minigames over and over to make 5 minutes of progrress. If it weren't for these terrible minigames, this would a pretty solid horror game. But with them, it's punitive and unenjoyable. I don't recommend this game. I guess I commend the developers for sticking to their vision of permadeath, but it doesn't suit what they're doing very well and their implementation is sloppy and mercurial. The game would have been much better if there were just one or two permadeath encounters that only required traditional controls to negotiate--not these senseless minigames, and not every 5 minutes. I actually don't know how to get past this minigame and I am exhausted by them. === Original Review === So far I've completed episode I. This is about the closest to a Team Silent game that I've played on Steam. The developers aren't doing exactly the same kind of thing, and I don't think what they've come up with is as coherent or compelling as those first four Silent Hill titles. It gets by more with vibes and intriguing but dirt-simple puzzles than anything else. I'm not a fan of episodic games, but I'm interested enough to keep playing. Maybe it gets even better? A solid recommendation so far. Minor quibbles: - I wish there was a quick-turn button combo like in the old school survival horror games. Navigation is a little irritating without it. - While there was a variety of spooky things in the first episode, I was aware that there were only a few dirty moves that could end my run. Bigger quibbles: - Not a fan of permadeath. I'm a save-scummer and it was irritating making backups every 5 minutes when because of how many repetetive, scripted AND random danger sequences were being triggered. - I wasn't scared of or intrigued by The Darkness. It just irritated me how it was slowing down my progress and forcing me to do things I didn't want to, like the heartrate minigame.

THE GOOD - Excellent story - Great puzzles - Very good atmosphere - Great actors and voiceovers - Very long - Varied scenarios - The mini games where you have to escape the darkness are very good and make up for the lack of 'normal' action. They happen when you least expect them and they're very well done. - Permadeath is an interesting feature that you can turn on/off THE BAD - 2 or 3 puzzles are unnecessarily cryptic and difficult THE UGLY - The ending could have been better, too predictable IMO. - Some deaths felt a bit cheap, not muh you could do about them which felt a bit unfair. Without the possibility to turn permadeath off it would have been quite annoying in some instances, I probably wouldn't have finished the game because of that but since you can turn it off I didn't really care. Overall a fantastic horror game with classic puzzles and camera views. I played this in VR with the UEVER mod which made it all better and way more immersive despite being 3rd person (This game in first person VR would have been incredible). It's a bit like a classic Resident Evil games without the action with more emphasis on story and puzzles. A very pleasant surprise, I honestly did not expect it to be so good when I bought it but it really was. Regarding 'permadeath' I personally played with it on and if a character died I just let them die to make it more interesting and realistic, except when I had only one character left in which case I turned permadeath off to not have to repeat the whole chapter again. I thought it was a good compromise between realism and make it more fair to the player.

I like this game I'd honestly recommend people play through it The scares aren't just Jump Scares I like the atmosphere they created I've had a good time Things that may turn a person away from this game but didn't bother me Fixed camera angles, you have no control of the camera QTEs with lots of button mashing and if you fail, you die (Heartbeat one is the only one I hate) Puzzles that lowkey can make no sense until you see the solution and then you scratch your head wondering if you would ever get there on your own then you have to admit, probably not.

not fun. cringe voice acting. very annoying perma death button mashing qte. random insta death bullshit that forces you to replay an entire chapter.