I don't know a better way to put this, the game is slow. The forced waits for effects and cinematics, the slow and tedious dialogue/monologue, and the, at times, awkward and unclear controls, make this game drag on. The visuals, premise, audio, and basically everything else is great. It just needs to be snappier, and feel less like a slog. I don't say this to be harsh, but I see a good deal of potential, and I would like it to reach its fullest. Anyway you slice it, I played a cool game for free, and I just want to try and provide some, hopefully, useful feedback.
Author Comments
"Book of Gates: Mary 4" brings you to the terrifying Carson Hotel a year after the Bates family has ordered he building sealed...and a professor, a follower of the Yidath Wisdom Cult and Jebidiah Smith, aquatinted with a woman from the second investigation team from Alms University, has decided to enter the Carson to rescue her. Dark forces await and the entrance to the Netherworld, just barely opened, stands ready to consume the seekers who challenge the First Gods...and something else.
The Carson is waiting. Will you suffer the same fate as the many who have entered and vanished? Play and find out.
The game was made with Fusion 2 by Clickteam. Fusion 2 now allows multiple exports from one native source file to every platform in popular use-from Windows PC, Flash, HTML5, Android and IOS and MAC.
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Our first game of 2024 and the fourth in the Book of Gates series. Be ready for Netherworld : The Legend of Justin Smith, with a commercial release coming within the next few months. The First Gods are coming.
ArcheonMedia responds:
Many thanks for your review. Nods that there are a few items that would profit from some adjustments in the presentation of the game. I love the point and click format here, but a quick production was needed on BOG: Mary 4 so we can move on to new territory. Our commercial upcoming releases are stepping it up so do stay tuned...the feedback is appreciated.
Worth the wait!
The great use of sound really makes the game so immersive, the graphics only get better with each submission.
The dialogue has also improved greatly and the fact that we finally found answers to two of the missing people that weve been reading about since the first games is great as well!
The different ways to die were pretty creative, only thing i would say to improve on is to blend in the bodies more with the environment but i dont know the limitations of the game engine.
The ending as usual has me once again waiting for any future releases to continue in this fearsome world youve created. Thank you and your team again for bringing this masterpiece series to life!
ArcheonMedia responds:
Thanks for the stellar review and glad it was up to expectations! We have more coming right up!