Ghost at Dawn Reviews

I liked this better than "Them and Us" and "Tormented Souls". Too bad it is also almost unplayable... (I'm noticing a pattern here.) I've progressed a considerable amount and obtained an unnamed key and a key for some "storage" room. And that's where my progress ends... None of the achievements triggered (?), all of my deaths were me getting spawn killed by enemies before my character could even react and worst of all once I went back to the second floor using the elevator the game black screens and you can no longer go anywhere or do anything. Only the inventory and pause menu would open, leaving me with no choice but to exit. (Speaking of, the developer responded and my suspicions were true. The pitch-black room was another one of those oddly placed events. I was out of matches by this point...) Worth noting is that this "broken-ness" extended into the general feel and design of the game if that makes any sense? Half the time it feels like you're both doing everything right and wrong all at the same time. Scene triggers and event triggers are random and only certain rooms feature re-spawning enemies while elsewhere there were other ambitious gimmicks. I think the game knows it's unfair and eventually grants you infinite ammo and a permanent inventory upgrade. But you're never given a choice in the matter or a proper game over selection screen. None of this should deter you from trying it out though. There is a lot of fun to be had with this that it's ultimately a thumbs up from me. There really is a lot to like here...... from the music to the visuals and combat. When this game wants to work, it does so with shining colors.