Paranormal Motel Reviews

When you buy budget games on Steam, it's like playing Russian roulette. Sometimes you may find a hidden gem, while other times you get a stale dog turd. While "Paranormal Motel" admittedly isn't the worst game I've ever played, it definitely does give me that "you get what you pay for" energy. On the plus side, the graphics are quite nice and the environment pretty realistic. The game is a little bit on the short side (you'll beat it in about half an hour), but it gets the job done. Conversely, there's a lot of issues at play here. First and foremost; the game is rife with grammar errors, almost as if the script was fed through Google Translate. The game uses those crappy AI voices where I think it would've served the game better to use real voice actors. Your player character walks VERY slowly, and even running doesn't really help the slow movement. For some reason there's a lot of file bloat, it doesn't really make sense to me why the game is 11 GB (I really hope it isn't mining crypto). The scares were okay I guess, if a bit heavyhanded towards the end. [spoiler] When you open the game's settings for the first time it hits you with a cheap jumpscare, like who does that? [/spoiler] For $1 you could do a lot worse, granted; but you could also take that dollar and buy a few cups of instant ramen.