Detention Reviews

Everything was so beautifully crafted.

This is an absolute banger! favorite game so far

Excellent psychological horror about guilt and it's only 2 hours!

I really wanted to love this game. But god damn this game is boring.

*Disclaimer: Finished on console* An absolute bore. Detention is a very morbid story told through excruciatingly tedious gameplay. There is ONE challenging puzzle and the enemies (which actually add some gameplay) disappear completely half way through. It definitely deserves credit for telling a story about a rarely (if ever) mentioned period in Taiwanese history. If anything, this political perspective is the spookiest part of the game, That said, beautiful visuals and fantastic sound design can’t save what is otherwise a bare bones, boring, and yawn-inducing gameplay loop. It was 3 hours that felt like 10, and I wished I would have just watched it on YouTube instead.

Not bad, pretty straight forward with some puzzles to fill out the space, could have used a little more meat in the horror department but overall worth a playthrough.

Loved this game. An interesting yet tragic story with historical settings. At first it seems like a typical horror game set in school with monsters from local myths however it is way more than that. The true story is gradually unraveled, there is no direct explanation, we, as players, should understand everything on our own. It is as if we're learning about what happened together with mc (*have you forgotten or are you afraid to remember?*) I'd not say that the game is super scary (at least for me) but the atmosphere did feel intense at times. I found controls a bit uncomfortable (perhaps I'm too used to using keyboard) and although I had to replay a certain running scene a few times because of it, it didn't ruin my overall impression. Honorable mention: music in the end of the good ending is wonderful, fits the story and mc's fate very well.

quite short but a really solid story with somewhat challenging puzzles and fun gameplay.

This is a great game, set in a place and time that history often overlooks. It provides an extremely atmospheric experience for any who play, and it has a masterful sound track.

Arresting in its blend of political despair and eastern supernatural horror; Detention gives us a unique glimpse into the life of an adolescent girl in high school during a time of terror and executions in Taiwan. Thrilling in its ability to capture the fear and delusions of the games protagonist. Gratifying in the resolution to the puzzle of the protagonist "loosing herself". The player will be devoted to the story of Detention from beginning to end. Truly original. Rated 9 out of 10.