whoa
i like this game its very scary kinda, freaked me out a little but i noticed a game glitch during certain parts like after u kill that giant face, if you press x it will reapeat that scream sceen after you kill that face. same thing at the very end.
This was a hard review to make.
I really should give this a ten. I really should. This is my sort of game, meets me, talks to me, and is everything i wanted from a game in a long time. So on a personal note, it was really hard to put aside my personal love and focus on the game itself.
The graphics were very amazing. The complex sprite images and symbolism are very thorough and appealing, and the gamer almost immediately gets a feel for what the game is going to be like. The color transition through the game's progress is fairly well constructed, becoming more intense.
The music is an odd touch, adding to the already insane atmosphere provided by the visuals. None of the sounds seem too obscure, it changes frequently enough so that the player can be exposed fully to it without having to hear it too much.
The text is perspectively based. For people who don;t like this, it can be a turn off. But it was well executed, the timing and placement was logical, and even helping guide the player with the textual placing is a very nice touch.
The gameplay is where I unfortunately have to sigh. For the most part, very thorough and grand, and although a touch clunky, the player (at least, I) soon adapts to it as a fluid motion throughout a morphing background. The respawn cry is amazingly weird, and near the beginning I killed my character deliberatly to hear that awesome cry again. The clunkiness and precision of some of the jumps is downright annoying, and especially near the end dying and being sent back a five minute hike is incredibly taxing.
Amazing debut on Newgrounds, though.
Enthralling
I went into the game thinking it would just be another Au Sable. It was very similar in some ways but didn't hinder me from enjoying the game. The story was great, the audio was great, and the atmosphere was phenomenal. The more you mess around and explore in the game the better the experience is. There were however a few framerate issues that became frustrating at points.
Nice
Occasionally frustrating due to stiff controls but the style , music and story more than makes up for it! Amazing work.
Captivating
I played it all the way through, and was very intensely drawn into the world you made. Liked it a lot. I have to admit to not understanding a large portion of the storyline, which is regrettable, because that was what kept me going to the end. I'd really like to have someone, anyone explain what they picked up, because I'm a plot nerd and was really attracted to the aesthetic. The game played well and was interesting from start to finish. I ran into a few glitches here and there, and I feel like the plot being slightly vague was good, but I did find it hard to decipher and find out from who's perspective the text was coming from. Perhaps a more descriptive blurb in the author comments would help?
Overall, very good. I really enjoyed playing this.