The Regis Family Experiment Reviews

A preview; - It has late 90's/early 2000's point&click adventure graphics, which is good for a bit of nostalgia. - Haven't come across gameplay bugs neither on my Legion Go nor on my PC. - Would've liked to see full screen option rather than only windowed. - Works well with LeGo controllers. No issues so far. - Storytelling and dialogues leave a bit to be desired. Not compelling enough story, or forced dialogues left me a bit cold. Although, I am saying this with a proviso; I haven't completed the story and possibly I am even at the beginning so it may open up later. - Wall of text at the beginning could have been used for environmental storytelling instead, pieces of notes here and there could've been a better option imo. - Came across some spelling mistakes at the beginning when we are told the background story. Especially for the father and mom's story, but nothing major. - Background music can be too obnoxious and maybe a bit out of place in some scenes. - Textures need to be a bit darker to complement the atmosphere game is going for. Some careful shading use and more blacks, maybe a bit fogginess could be much better. In its current state, I find it not supporting the dark and gruesome story it tells. Although, I have no idea about the technical capabilities of the engine that game uses so maybe it was a no go for dev, and he couldn't play with shading and lighting. So there's that. A shading and colour palette setting like in that madness of a game called Darkwood could be perfect here. These are the things I was able to gather for now, may add more as I play. I have met the Dev through Reddit. A super nice and a passionate guy and he knows what he is doing on the technical side, so I don't expect to encounter any bugs further on. However, atmosphere and storytelling should be the strongest suit of this type of game and I hope he can find a way to fortify that aspect in some way in future. Will always try to support solo Devs as much as I can anytime, anywhere because gaming is a camaraderie for me and I will try my best to not see it die. I will give it a thumbs up since it's definitely not a thumbs down, maybe 6/10.

Nice little horror experience. This games provides an interesting approach on lore by centering its story around a book/essay (provided) that helps understand the events happening in the game. Most of its gameplay difficulty is about minding your steps but there is hardly any challenge really. On the Steam Deck though, I didn't manage to make it run properly as no matter which proton version I used (Experimental, 9.0-3 and GE 9-16), the game froze during an FMV cutscene or another. Also, this game doesn't seem to support cloud saves, but this isn't really an issue considering a full playthrough last around 30-40minutes. Considering the content it provides, I'm not sure it is worth it at its base price (6.89€) but, having paid 1.72€ on a sale, it just felt good and made me very interested to a sequel or another game sharing the same "universe".