This game scared me totally out! Great Job! :)
Reviews for "Cult Prophecy"
The ending had me clutching at my heart. It was just so unexpected.
This is definitely a game I'm steering clear of. Five stars for being fucking scary as hell.
lol im already confused and i just started the game i looked through all the rooms and theres nothing to click on except the notebook and the photo
Emby responds:
Check the crib in the baby's room.
Fuck you, Emby ! I almost had a heart attack at the last scene!
That was a nice and scary game full of cheap scares... Just the way I like it.
The story reminded me of many horror movies in different places.
The sounds were pretty good although I can't say the same for the music.
The music kept stalling, there should have been a somber ambience atleast.
I liked the use of dark backgrounds that keep you guessing what could spring out of where.
The hand at the stairs and the corpse scared me pretty good but the last one made me actually scream.
The words were nicely composed, although I had an annoying problem with the notes.
If you click on a note when it's moving up or down on the screen, it freezes and you have to click 5 or 6 times to bring it up/down frame by frame.
Also in the room with the bloody "30" on the wall, the second note has a typo: " hided" instead of "hidden".
Most of your scares are predictable (they only occur after you click on something) so here's some advice:
Execute the scare when your mouse is hovering over a random object or when your mouse is halfway to reaching some object instead of after you click on it. Like for example when you see the body on the table, every one's natural instinct will be to click on it, so execute the scare when the mouse crosses the base of the table on its way from the compass to the body
That way the scare has the element of surprise and does double the damage.
For your first game, it's glitchy and irritating but, its pretty damn impressive.
I'd love to see more, perhaps a sequel. But with better executed scares i hope.
Cheers !
Emby responds:
I'm glad you thoroughly enjoyed it! I never fixed that problem with the notes because no one else mentioned it, so I didn't feel like it! Now that you have, I'll get around to fixing that sometime. That typo you mentioned was on purpose.
Thanks for your input! I will keep those tips in mind when I make another one of these games (sequel or not). Also, thanks for putting the time into your review - it gave me something to read and means a lot.
I see many improves here. I liked this game, short and nice. Btw The Journalist book, for those who can't find it, is in the game menu when you finish the game, just read it and you'll get the medal :)