Rate top gamesI don't exactly remember how I found about the game, but the overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam convinced me to buy it. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a horror themed classic adventure game.
The first thing I noticed is the voice acting, as it is the best I've heard in a while. The accents are great and I never felt like skipping any of the dialogue. Other audio is great also. The village has ambient sounds, like dogs barking and birds singing, that makes it feel like an actual place. The music emphasizes the atmosphere with some nice ambient pieces. And that acoustic piece in the middle of the game was a nice touch.
Visually the game is like you see on the screenshots. The graphics are straight from the early nineties and they work well. The game is not very colorful, but uses faded colors to create a picture of a forgotten, small countryside village.
The story starts a bit slowly and ends a bit too fast in my opinion. The end feels like a straight path towards the finale with some puzzles thrown in as obstacles. I did like the ending, but felt like it could've used a bit more work.
In general, the puzzles are not too challenging if you are used to applying some adventure game logic. The game even keeps track for you of things that you need to accomplish. But like mentioned earlier, towards the end it feels like you are solving puzzles just for the sake of solving puzzles, while earlier the reasons for doing so felt more organic. Luckily there's no need for pixel hunting and even without the hotspot highlighting everything is easy to find.