Forgotten Hill: The Wardrobe Reviews

Addicted to this games.

Kind of good, but I feel it a bit more frustrating than the previous ones. Many old puzzles are returning in an other, but more complex form, there are some minor translation errors (the major ones are fixed). The style is the usual grim one, the atmosphere is still good, but could be a bit more dark like before. What I really don't like however is that you can play with some puzzles seemingly but actually they are not doable at that point. Still, you should give the game a try!

Definitely one of the best puzzle games I've ever played. I recommend you to check and play whole Forgotten Hill series, some of their games are free to play on browser on their official website. Can't wait for next episodes. 10/10

This game is like the opposite of an escape room. All you want to do is lock that wardrobe up and hide the key forever. Nothing good comes out of there. It’s like a monkey paw world, twisting your wishes into a mockery of life itself. I never played anything by FM Studio before. Literally only discovered them now. Somehow after having played through all of Rusty Lake games, my Steam algorithm still didn't realize that yes I'd like more of that please. If Rusty Lake games are spooky, then FM Studio is their grotesque cousin. Not in a bad way! Though potentially in a triggery way. I saw the previews and knew it was going to be grisly, so, like, I’m not surprised. More like I’m jarred far more than I guessed I’d be. This leans heavily into body horror and gore, and I had to step away a few times because it freaked me out more than I anticipated. There was even one point that I got jarred so badly that I completely missed the item sitting right in front of my face and then ended up angrily stuck in the game. With that said, this game still managed to scratch my itch for a point-and-click with advanced puzzles that were challenging in a good way. It’s hard but fair. The solutions are mostly intuitive enough that if you actually read through the stuff in your inventory, you’ll have the clues you need. Just don’t overthink things because it’s fairly straightforward in the end, never as convoluted as you fear. If you do get stuck, there’s a handy hint system, which I definitely used on some occasions ([spoiler]how was I supposed to parse that “for my second birthday party” means he’s 2yo and it’s not simply him having this year's birthday party part two electric boogaloo lmao[/spoiler]). And even if you don’t want the hints themselves, if there’s a box with a “?” appearing on the top right corner of the screen, that’s a hint in itself that there’s a puzzle on that screen. You can also click the “?” simply to check whether you’ve collected all the clues/pieces necessary to solve the puzzle—it’ll say “something is missing” otherwise, which helped me immensely in making sure I wasn’t banging my head against the wall on something I only thought I had enough clues for. Never before have I played a 2D point-and-click where I actually dread clicking on things to discover what’s inside. I’m very impressed. Thanks, I hate it, five stars.

Highly recommended, as well as the other games of the saga, to anyone who is into point and click games with macabre overtones, very well-made puzzles and a mysterious and engaging plot!