Stary Reviews

Interesting locations and good atmosphere, difficult and pleasant quests. [h1]✔

Stary - not a bad adventure. It was interesting to explore the locations. Initially, it was difficult to understand what each place means. [b]+[/b] [list][*]Interesting locations, in particular the obstacles to the secret room. [*]Not small game locations. Initially, they seemed smaller. Only later did I find out that most doors open, but this requires special activators. [*]During the game there is no accompanying music. And it seemed as if some kind of screamer was about to appear. [*]OJ found only one bug when stuck on the couch. [*]At first it was a bit boring, to the maze, in which I got confused and died three times.[/list] [b]-[/b] [list][*]Preservation. They are not needed, because of them it is easier to pass the obstacles. [*]The character gets up too long. In the game, these 30 seconds seem very long.[/list] I hope the update will be more obstacles, but easier. I could not reach the secret room in an hour and a half of the game, I only approached halfway. And to diversify the gameplay, more interactions with objects. [i]P.S. Judging by the reviews, most were not interested in what was happening in the game. Played only on the passage. But to get around all the places, you need to spend up to 2 hours, or even more.[/i]

This could be a decent game if it weren't for a few inexcusable, game breaking issues. First, the flashlight shuts off every few seconds for no reason and plunges you into darkness. So you have to turn the flashlight back on every few seconds (literally) throughout the entire game. Secondly, while the save feature works, it forces you to sit through the opening scene every single time you load, AND you lose your flashlight when it loads. So the save function is useless since you absolutely cannot see or make progress without the flashlight, which means you have to restart the entire game from the beginning each time you die so you can get the flashlight.

This game is kind of difficult to write a review for. On the one hand, it's got decent atmosphere and I did actually like it but on the other hand it's unbelievably short and there isn't a ton to do in the game. I think I'm going to recommend it (especially if it's on sale) but just be warned - it is very, very short. I did a speedrun of the game in under 4 minutes. And that was only my 2nd playthrough of the game. I did have the feeling when I was playing this game that I had seen it somewhere before. Like, I feel as though I saw a famous Youtuber play a game like this a while back but I cannot remember who it was and I'm not sure how they played it unless it released on Itch or something before coming to Steam. There were several parts of the game that just seemed SO familiar to me as though I had seen them before. It may just be my imagination though. I think if you like horror-ish games and walking sims you'll probably enjoy this but if you don't then I'd probably steer clear of it. If you would like to see what the game looks like in action, I've uploaded a regular playthrough to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3NtdeNnWow And I also uploaded the speedrun and submitted it to speedrun dot com to get it added as a new game for the leaderboards. Routing for this game is pretty simple. If you just follow my route I'm sure you'll be able to beat my time as I made some slight mistakes on my run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK-LWTqz1f4

This one is bad. Horrible graphics, almost no sound, you are only walking through some giant dark corridors while nothing happens. Also the game has a save feature which does not work and there is an optional parkour part in the game (which you need for completing the game to 100%) which is just aweful, because jumping is really bad and if you fail one jump you can replay the game from the beginning cause the save feature does not work.

Well, before I begin so you don't have to read the entire review... If you turned Wizard of Oz into a game and made it "scary", this is exactly what you would get. A low budget game. *Contains spoiler(s)/hint(s) below: Lets start off first by saying about 10 minutes into the game I read a note and the note bugged and wouldn't get off my screen. Either a control was not bounded to exit the menu/note or it just was a bug. I didn't want to reload and retry to find it is unbound and have to restart for the third time. Overall, it's a cheap, low budget scary game and that's exactly my type out of all the genre of games in my opinion. They are funny with a little spooky twist. I will admit, I did jump once for a scare - so you did get me on that one you little cheeky developer. Next, I would like to state that I died at least once in the game, and that was falling through a pit. This was repetitive made as I also found a few other locations that had pits- which I obviously didn't fall into knowing what would happen. It is like the developer made this game on zero budget and made it for his friends only to play however a few people found the game and therefor it kind of 'popped off'. That is exactly the vibes I got from it. Next- I don't know how many endings this game has, although I did find one ending where you can climb into a casket. I didn't unlock all achievements and there were a few remaining however known stood out as other endings unfortunately.

edit: I should be more clear- In my opinion, this game is wrongly tagged. This is a short walking simulator. You can enjoy the art, location, or the atmosphere. There are some secrets which I thought are pointless and does not reward anything except an achievement. If you are willing to spend 3 bucks to walk around for 15-30 minutes, go ahead and get this game.