Frio - Lost in old town reviews

Frio lost in old town is a horror game that nothing pleads in his favor at first. Starting with its very ugly graphics reminiscent of games of yesteryear released on PlayStation 1 or Windows XP, in addition to the rigid or laughable movements (as you wish) of our little victim with the appearance Nippones, pursued by this Ghost... The menu of the game is also scary of ugliness and amateurism, moreover it does not allow us to modify any graphics or sound options or even to assign the keys of the keyboard programmed original in QWERTY. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1695867949 it will still be necessary to underline the effort of translation in 9 languages, but this one is not very conclusive concerning the French, I strongly advise you to play in English. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1695007663 by combining all these negative elements as well as the epic cinematic intro, this game supposed to be at the base rather creepy and make us evolve in the Gore side made me all the effect reverse and I could only laugh at all its imperfections. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1695782493 the scenario when it remains quite vague, and the cinematic of end does not enlighten us more than that, I hope that the following two episodes (which must be purchased at extra cost) will bring us more information about history because for now it is rather light. Paradoxically, despite all these major flaws, I was surprised to enjoy this game, not for its horror side, with jumpscares to the press, which unfortunately did not have the desired effect on me, but rather for its way point and click puzzles and its gameplay that comes out a bit of the ordinary. Despite its graphics that do not fart the mine, I still liked the environment and had a little feel like playing a game dating back to the time of my childhood. The puzzles consist of combining the right objects together to create a new one (example that is not in the game: handle + brush = Ballai) and to use them in the right place, as well as to find codes to open certain doors. The difficulty is very well dosed and if one observes well, clues are found near these codes. The difficulty lies in the fact that one can only carry 2 objects at a time (Yes we have only two hands logically), and so there will be many round-trips to do, which has the effect of multiplying the chances of falling nose to nose with this ghost that does not you don't want that good. Sometimes it will be possible to avoid it by fleeing in the opposite direction, but often we will have to confront it through QTE not always affluent especially in difficult mode. The game ends in a small handful of hour, it takes about 4 hours if you make 3 runs of different difficulties for successes, but the whole also depends on your ability to understand and solve the puzzles, and to survive or die several times during the QTE. Ah I forgot a little detail about the backups, I got caught at the beginning so for info, the check-points are not because they do not automatically save as you might think, you have to click on the word "saved point" to access to the existing slots and can be backed up manually. I recommend at low price or in bundle. If you enjoyed this review and would like to discover other games come and follow my page of curation.