Alone in the School

A short but extremely engaging game that holds the weight of its cost of entry and then some. Even on sale for 50 cents, despite a 30-ish minute runtime, I felt bad not providing more to the dev once I was finished with it. Not only is the game fun and has received multiple fixes on a bunch of player feedback that the developer graciously puts into their title almost immediately (you can see this for yourself in the discussion boards), but it provides a genuinely memorable time from beginning to end for those that need a good palate cleanser in-between bigger titles but without compromising a sophisticated horror experience. To make mention of some statements echoed in other reviews, is the game too zoomed in? Sure, but it's nothing too egregious that it takes away from having a genuinely good time, and you get used to it as you go anyways. The only part you'll likely have a little trouble in is a section where knives are being thrown from all directions and you have to dodge them despite being on screen for just a moment because of its zoom level, but they're going at a reasonable enough speed that if you stay focused you can run through it the first time. I only died once in this section, and even then I felt like that it was my fault for holding the sprint button instead of using it a little more cautiously. Kudos to the dev on a job well done, and I'll be looking forward to future titles as well! [hr][/hr] PS: If you have an ultrawide monitor like I do and no Korean comprehension, you may have trouble setting it to English or your preferred localization. If this is the case, [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2981150/discussions/0/579424873282225162/]follow the steps here in this post on the discussion board[/url]. However, per the developer's comment, this has now been fixed and should hopefully no longer occur, though I haven't been able to verify this for myself.