Recensioni di The Door in the Basement

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Another well made horror game clearly inspired by Silent Hill. We should be thankful to the developers of the original Silent Hill games, because, during the years, they inspired the creation of little gems like this one! The Door in the Basement is a walking simulator focused on exploration and on the reconstruction of the underlying lore through notes scattered all over the numerous levels. There are some easy puzzles and some easy chases, but the game is mainly focused on narration. And it does that in a flawless way. Piece by piece, the game tells you an incredibly scary and fascinating story, a disturbing tale about horror and mental illness. All this while you try to survive in an enormous subterranean world full of horrifying creatures, creepy sound effects coming from everywhere, and wonderfully eerie light effects which manage to create one of the most breathtaking (literally!) atmospheres I have ever seen in a videogame! Don't be fooled by the pixelated graphics, this game can offer some truly wonderful visuals, together with a creature design which is even able to compete with the original Silent Hill. But while the visuals and the psychological horror atmosphere reminded me of Silent Hill, the ambience and part of the gameplay reminded me much more of games like Limbo or Little Nightmares, although the challenge level is enormously lower (that's why I said PART of the gameplay). We don't find impossible jumps and tricky puzzles here, but this slow descent into an hostile and disturbingly silent world made me feel the same emotions I felt while playing those games. So, really, I couldn't recommend this game more. If you want to feel your heart violently beat for some hours, this is the game for you. Cheers guys!