Backrooms: Lost Tape

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Quite frankly the game is very boring, chapter 1 and 2. Essentially the whole play time I had was just walking through very massive empty rooms of nothing and a cheap predictable jump scare here and there. The map design adds nothing to the story, just a chair here and there and maybe a cubicle too; also there are barely any entities even when it's all "dark and scary." But when you have to Spend nearly 30 minutes on one level because your character doesn't run at a decent speed and nothing appears to chase you around, It just becomes tedious to even look for any of the puzzle solutions. The game is also not optimized to function properly, when i can run multiple triple A titles on my pc without ever losing frames, but drop to like 20fps on this game, you know there's a problem. I definitely won't be revisiting this game for future updates.

***Edit: When playing again the first chapter It felt like something was off, it felt different from before the engine change, and turns out it is! I looked for videos on youtube from when the game was new and there are things that they changed, for example, the camera shake when running, that added a lot of realism and authenticity and now it's gone, there are also a few changes in the lighting in some areas; the interaction with the lab's PC is even simplier now, it has less impact, also, the main character used to get tired when running for long periods of time and you had to wait for him to rest for a few seconds, now that's gone too. I think they recreated the chapter in the new version of the engine and all of this stuff got cut for some reason. ***Before the edit: I’ve owned this game since its early days, and it has gone through many updates—the last two have been incredible. The performance boost is noticeable, and the VHS effect they added in the latest update is—hands down—the best I’ve ever seen in a video game; it’s amazing, and you can tell they put a lot of effort into it. If you can play in 4:3 aspect ratio, do it. Personally, this is my favorite Backrooms game. That said, its biggest weakness is the interface; it could be much better, and honestly, I don’t know why they haven’t given it a more aesthetic and intuitive design—it falls short of what you’d expect from a typical game. Aside from that, though, it’s a really good, simple game that doesn’t try to be anything more than what it is.

A decently fun and interesting Backrooms game. Currently has 2 levels, each with a bunch of different stages that feature different liminal environments. Some have entities you need to avoid, some have puzzles and some are just pretty/moody walking simulators. The second level's stages definitly have more developed and more polished areas and stories, while some of the first level's stages are short and/or underwhelming. Did unfortunately run into some performance issues and glitches, even though according to the Steam page I should comfortably be able to run it on its lower settings, so keep this in mind if your GPU isn't the newest. Gave me around 4 hours of gameplay to 100% the game and achievements. Overall I would give it a 6.5 out of 10. And I would not recommend paying full price (16,49€ currently) but wait for a sale.

I am a bacrooms and liminal-themed games enjoyer and this game has been my favourite so far, out of all I've played. The visuals and level design are very good and progressing through locations feels perfect. Each level and location is not too long, but neither is it too short, just enough time to let you enjoy and feel it. Some locations are short, some are longer, and what's interesting about that is it feels like each level is not just random backrooms-themed constructions, it feels like each time the dev tries to make a specific aesthetic and emotional point. It's an actual emotional journey. The Audio, music and sound design. It's PEAK. The soundtrack is very rich and not generic, unlike many other backrooms games that feature "default liminal space ambient.mp3" for every location. One of the main reasons I loved this game. I'm a musician and music/sound design mean a ton for me. Some levels there's no music, just ambience, some levels there are different tracks for different parts of the location, which makes it a very interesting audio journey because, as I said, music here is not generic, it leads you through a whole emotional and aesthetic experience. Some people complained about having to run away from entities on the first levels of each tape. I don't personally mind it too much because it looks like that wasn't a random idea from the dev, I think he wanted to raise the player's anxiety on the first level to make him a little more on-the-edge and emotionally invested for the rest of the tape. But honestly, the first entity is annoying as hell FR. Also, the second half of the second tape feels rushed and not as enjoyable as other parts of the game. And the ending is pretty weird, yeah. The game's not perfect. Yet I love it. Sadly, the game has only two tapes and new ones don't seem to be coming anytime soon if they'll ever come out at all, which I doubt. But updates are happening sometimes (rarely), so the dev hasn't forsaken his project completely, which gives me hope.

Puntos positivos: La primer parte del juego me gustó aunque la sentí corta, lo bueno es que podes explorar varias cosas, la banda sonora en general es hermosa, es bellisma, es una cosa que me encanta una muy buena ambientación.... Las curiosidades o easter eggs también me gustan mucho o que te den logros por cosas especificas que no harías a menos que te interese realmente hacerlas como ver el video completo que te muestran en la tv de la primer parte del juego. Y vuelvo a recalcar la banda sonora, me gustó bastante. Puntos negativos: Hay paredes invisibles en ciertas partes del juego que podrían ser reemplazadas con objetos, porque sinceramente arruina la inmersión. Bastante mala optimización, no es como que wooow no vas a poder jugarlo, pero es bastante molesto en algunos escenarios tenér que bajar la calidad grafica por el hecho de que baje de 60 a 40 fps de la nada. En la segunda parte del juego, el comienzo lo sentí demasiiiiaaaaaaado tedioso, el personaje es muy lento y para encontrar unos numeros y formar un codigo hay que recorrer bastante distancia por lugares que mayormente están vacios, decidi simplemente reiniciar el nivel una vez encontré todos los numeros así aparecer cerca de la puerta. En conclusión: Me gustaría poder tener una opción neutral sobre si lo recomiendo o no.... Quedará a tu criterio.

Me gusta mucho que se hayan esforzado en hacer algo diferente en la segunda parte, a pesar de que pierde un poco como juego terror y se puede hacer algo tedioso para algunos en los puzles de recolección, yo aún así lo disfrute mucho y lo recomiendo.