Finest piece of indie horror!
Starting from the visuals, down to design, renders and theme - this game has the satisfaction and the dare to convince us that there is nothing like this out there in the genre and frankly speaking, the game delivers what most of would call - Grand Slam!
As a game developer myself, rushing through game and just playing it is not enough for me, I guess for most of us, the art of suspense and beauty of visuals sinks us deeper to provoke our hidden emotions. The game presents itself as a simple, 3rd person survival horror, but it's more than that - the passion, the desire to consume the player into the world without realizing that it's just a fiction and everything is over.
From the top, entry scene, snowy environment, creepy house, monster design, the survival element, inventory and all, just simple, yet unique for this particular case. I loved the character design, although it reminded me a lot of a British movie character kid, who always finds himself in trouble. That's of course subjective, but, objective part of my review is how tremendous the game is and at the same time it's stable - made in UE.
Although, all this sugar is not good for the mentality and let's get to some salty parts - the sound design is superb, although the walking effect is a bit off at some point when you walk around the first act. Also, I downloaded special edition and I got stuck numerous times, so I switched back to the regular one. Sometimes text seems to be a bit off the corners and the camera fixes on some object, which is not part of the mesh, like, not part of the character. But, all these are just small details, nothing else.
Game is top notch. I could not help myself scrolling through the renders and design, which provoke my motivation to play the game again and again.
This project is phenomenal, nailing the atmosphere, the theme, the Mr.Kravin aspect of the whole thing, which is subjective for all and, simple grand!
Thanks Aaron. How to one day make games, which are at least half the quality of yours, because I sure will not top that! Cheers!