In Fear I Trust Reviews

It's not a terrible game, there's just nothing really appealing. The graphics are good, for a game from the late nineties or early 2000. Unfortunately it's 2017 and it looks dated, low poly objects, low res textures and characters look and move like wooden puppets. The story is somewhat interesting but is cut up in so many disjointed pieces that it is hard to get a clear picture of what was going on. The story also jumps from time period to time period and from one location to the other without giving any good segways. I've sort of mostly got everything figured out, but it feels like a meta puzzle that I'm not willing to solve. The gameplay is okay but very slow. You move around in a first person view mode but since there is no run button you slowly walk everywhere. Puzzles are either very simple or obscure. The developers have a tendency of giving too little hints or making the rules of the puzzle obscure. So I've spent a lot of time using trial and error in order to understand how some of the puzzles work. They always make sense once you've solved them but some can be infuriatingly unlogical before you find the correct solution. There are bundles of notes to be found in every episode, tape recordings and memories but they don't always complement each other well, there is little overlap between the different stories told. The game isn't really bad, just extremely bland. There are more interesting games to be bought on Steam.

Pros: +Superb Atmosphere +Divided into 4 episodes Cons: -Nothing special about the gameplay -Narrative lacks structure and continuity -Puzzle become less intuitive with chapter progression Score 7/10

IDisclaimer: I did enjoy this game, but objectively - it's just not so good. So that ended up as a thumbs down. If I had to put it on a scale I'd say this is a 5\10 game. Short review: + That's a puzzles-only game, if that's your cup of tea. Personally, it reminded me a bit of the 7th Guest & 11th Hour, although it does not live up to the same quality of puzzles, and has a much more serious vibe. + Somewhat ok stories for each chapters separately. + Collectibles +/- Very short, around 2-4 hours to complete all episodes. +/- No action sequences whatsoever - no fighting, no running, no one is chasing you. +/- Story is rather vague and gets increasingly hard to follow +/- Graphics&Sounds are usually meh - Incomplete (episode 5 would probably never release) - Puzzles quality and difficulty is very inconsistent. Some portion of the puzzles is extermely difficult and illogical, on others you're practically fed with the solutions. A small remaining portions is actually good ones. Longer Review: STORY By this point you probably have notices the game is split into 5 episodes (with the final one never released). Withtout spolering away too much (this would be a difficult thing to do, anyway) you're playing some guy named Nikolay. It seems the story mostly has to do something with his memories. The developers tried to give a feeling all episodes are connected with some dramatic "Next time in In Fear I Trust.." sequences after episodes 1, 2, 3 and similarly "Last time on ..." sequences for episodes 2, 3, 4. Personally, I didn't get it. The story was very incoherent among the chapters and any connection between them was spelled rather vaguely. With that being said, each episode by itself seem to hold an interesting enough tale on its own, and doesn't actually seem that bad. The story is delivered mostly via short reading segments (diaries, newspaper articles, etc..), some audio recordings of memories, and cutscenes, which are find for being very cheaply done. I actually even thought the acting was ok (again, for a low budget title). As mentioned, the product is unfinished, and it does get increasingly hard to follow as the game progresses, which kind of ruins everything. GAMEPLAY This plays out somewhat like many other horror-indies-shorties you probably know by now, only that in here they didn't give in to the temptation of adding monster encounters, chase scenes, etc. That's right, nothing really threatens you here! You can wonder around as long as you like. What's left, then? Puzzles! In a strange way, I did enjoy playing them, but I must admit they're simply, almost always, just not very good. The "Puzzles" on IFIT are partly inventory-based puzzles, and parly some actual "brain mini games", allegedly, but they mostly don't really serve as such. You have something called "Retrospective mode" which you may use for a limited time, this shows you all the "hotspots" in the area and also some hidden information. At first I thought this served more as some sort of a "cheat mode" which you can play without, if you want the challange of looking for stuff for yourself and solving riddles on your own. That doesn't seem to be the case, since most of the puzzles (not all, though) are only solved by activating "Retrospective" which simply feeds you the answer (e.g. you have to play piano keys on a certain order. You activate retrospective and discover numbers attached to the keys, which actually tell you which order of keys you should play. Puzzling at its best). So, while the general format shows potential, in my opinion, it certainly doesn't live up to it. That being said, I mentioned I did enjoy the game in general and the puzzles in particular, so some people may find joy in this. But objectively, it's simply not good. GRAPHICS, SOUNDS & HORROR Games in general and horror titles in particular always benefit from good graphics and sound design, and especially a horror title which has practically no action bits in it, you'd imagine it must have a very thoughtful creepy environment. That's not 100% the case here, while not particularly bad, most of the scenes and sound design didn't really fit much into the horror thingy. They certainly tried to, but a big part of the game just isn't that scary. Some parts of the 1st&3rd chapters made me a bit uneasy, but that was about it. Graphics were ok but felt very generic. I thought the 4th episode stood out and was the most pleasant to the eye (albeit not creepy at all), and sound&music didn't feel like they played any significant part in the whole. LENGTH That is a fairly short game. Each of the 4 episodes have content for around 30 minutes if you know what you're doing. If you don't, double it as most 2 times. That means around 2-4 hours to complete everything (to me it took 3). REPLAYABILITY Practically non-existent. Each episode measures the time taken to complete it and lists some collectibles you could have found or missed, which can probably hint at attempts to complete the game again to find more collectibles and\or speedrun the game faster, but (1) You would almost never miss a collectible, unless you really want to, since you must use Retrospect mode to win the game, which also shows you all the hotspots around you, and (2) I really don't see a reason to replay it again to try and beat the clock.

Aggressively mediocre. With puzzles pulled from the 'Baby's first video game' textbook. A story that's been told to death, and with an atmosphere that's about as frightening as a coffee shop.

This is a strange game four stories with very little connection and no underlying background to give you a clue what is going on. Some of the puzzles are extremely hard while many are extremely simple. Come out of this game wandering what it is you have spent your time doing and why. Episode four has some technical issues with problems with frame rate not experienced in the others. No obvious reason why. If there was a connection theme then this game could be a classic but at the moment no. 6/10 Will recommend simply because the puzzles are okay and the stories themselves not bad.

Pretty poor overall. Fractured, disjointed narrative that succeeds in crafting lots of questions with little in the way of answers, so instead of intrigue you have confusion. Really not sure why this gets a horror tag as there is nothing scary or horrific about this in the slightest. Most of their focus seems to have been on episode 4 as the game started advertising scenes from it before I'd even completed episode 3! But even that episode is hardly stellar. And there doesn't seem to be much hope of a fifth episode coming out to resolve all these questions, and even if it did it's too little too late. While the dialogue is usually decently voice acted, the script is poor and the scattered notes are by and large uninteresting and rife with grammar and spelling mistakes. And graphically the game is not great. There's some decent animation but the faces fall square into the uncanny valley spectrum with weird glassy eyes. The bizarre default field of view took some getting used to as well. Puzzles were a mixed bag - most in the ok category with few being really memorable. Really not worth your time or effort. 2 stars.

This game was originally released on androind/ios, and was remade for the PC. So far, the story seems somewhat intriguing, but is mostly told through notes and pages you find around on tables. And let me tell ya, there is a $$#% ton of those. It feels like I spend half of the time reading things, instead of exploring around. However, I still found the game entertaining, and even though the story is told in an almost obnoxious way, it is still interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTTSUkQ6Hgs&index=1&list=PLKMxTuqznyPOt25Ts7TQxPbQ6l3vVKauO The only other complaint would be the price. Each episode appears to be only about half an hour long, and 6 bucks per .5 hours seems a bit steep. If you're gonna buy it, definitely get the bundle, and only if it's on sale!! Feel free to check out the game before you actually buy it!

How disappointing! This game is supposed to have FIVE episodes, not four. I can not recommend a title that is unfinished and abandoned. Sorry. :( That being said, I really enjoyed the story and the puzzles which ranged from obvious to head scratching. I'm just not happy because there is no point to playing a game that I will never see the end of. For $10, all you really get is roughly 4-6 hours of gameplay with no resolution. Save your money.

In Fear I Trust is a four-part mobile port horror game that is defined almost exclusively by note finding and puzzles. It's important to state right from the start that this is an unfinished title; the fifth and last episode has yet to be released. With the developer, Black Wing Foundation, currently working on the mobile adaptation of Life Is Strange, and having worked on three other projects after the release of In Fear I Trust, it's almost safe to say that the final episode will never be released. If you venture to purchase this title, just be aware that you are receiving an indefinitely unfinished game. Touted as a "psychological thriller", In Fear I Trust is a first person adventure that places you in the role of a man named Nikolay, better known as Patient #17, who wakes up with, you guessed it, amnesia in some dark, dank cell. It's up to you to find out how, and why, he was captured, and what depraved experiments are being carried out in this deep, underground facility in Soviet Russia. The storytelling is less than coherent, and even if you go out of your way to find all of the notes and uncover all of the memories, there are still massive plot holes. The snippets of plot that you do get are extremely difficult to piece together, but the general premise can be understood. Sadly, there's not much to say about this release other than two things: It's a semi-bad mobile port, and the puzzles are entirely too easy. The cutscenes still render at 30 FPS, although the actual gameplay is 60 FPS. The field of view is absolutely abhorrent, and it causes you to feel as though you're playing the game in a 800x600 resolution. Items that you're supposed to collect, and notes that are optional to find, are not well outlined, making the game feel like a hidden object/point and click title with 3D movement. The entirety of the gameplay is based around puzzle solving, but the puzzles themselves are uninspired and ridiculously easy. After completing the first episode of In Fear I Trust, there's nothing that makes you want to continue playing the remaining three episodes. The ending is bland, with no cliffhanger or urge for progression. The first episode alone can be completed in under an hour. The pricing for the game is also wonky, and has caused a lot of confusion; you're better off buying the bundle on sale if you really want to play this release. That being said, the existence of this game serves no real purpose, and it has no real value. It's also a massive stretch to call it anything close to "horror". Both your time and money are better spent elsewhere. [h1]Rating: [b]1.5/5.0[/b] - It's Bad.[/h1] The Horror Network [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/28221963/]Curator[/url] | [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/thehorrornetwork]Group[/url] Click for Gore [h1]Related Reviews:[/h1] [b]Review for In Fear I Trust - Episode 2: [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/THNEmbalmer/recommended/523850]Here[/url][/b] [b]Review for In Fear I Trust - Episode 3: [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/THNEmbalmer/recommended/523851/]Here[/url][/b] [b]Review for In Fear I Trust - Episode 4: [url=http://steamcommunity.com/id/THNEmbalmer/recommended/523852]Here[/url][/b]

In Fear I Trust, as it stands, is a discontinued series of mobile puzzle adventure episodes. In itself they aren't too bad, maybe a little bit on the simple side with some few puzzles being unnecessarily difficult to get clues on. Due to the fact that the entire story just leads into nowhere due to the discontinuation of the episodes, there's little point in buying this and playing it. Additionally, the asking price is way too high for the measly four hours of playtime this delivers. Four hours, which additionally aren't that great or interesting to begin with. The gameplay is very linear, animations are very basic, after room traversal textures take several seconds to load and even after loading, they look very blurry. The sound is almost nonexistant except for minor chimes and background noise that probably is aimed at being creepy but ends up being annoying at best. Basically nothing more than an unfinished broken product. Stay away from this and neither waste your money nor time on it.