Nightmare Frames

A horror point and click adventure that starts off slow, picking up in the last third of the game in a way that really impressed me. Play as Alan Goldberg, a screenwriter stuck in a rut of writing B-grade horror films, when all he wants is another shot at writing an award winning drama. Follow Alan around 1980s Hollywood as he gets wrapped up in the search for the scariest horror film of all time, a lost film said to contain the essence of fear itself. Start off slow, learning about the film, setting things up in Hollywood for a local film production, before launching into the investigation for the film itself in full. Investigate a suicide, leading to a town locals refuse to enter, and is seemingly abandoned by all but a few remaining townspeople after years of supernatural occurrences. Gameplay is your standard point and click fare, collecting a variety of objects to pick up to rub together or on the environment to remove any obstacles or persons barring your progress. Left click interacts, right click looks, giving you information and flavour text on various things in the current environment. Taxis will be your main method of getting around, collecting more and more addresses to visit as you progress through the game, able to freely hop between them to look around and investigate. Visually, the game has some pretty great pixel art, being a rather standard style I've been seeing in these kind of pixel art point and clicks, but pulling it off very well; environments, character portraits, and background objects all looking superb for the vibe they are aiming for. I was a bit surprised at how good the music ended up being, having some excellent synthwave tunes that I really enjoyed. Considering this is the first point and click from this developer, it is really flippin' good; it starts off slow, but when it kicks off in the later third of the game, it really kicks off. I would absolutely recommend this one to lovers of point and click horror games. [quote]Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45701624-CthulhusMonocle-That-Next-Fest-Guy/]CthulhusMonocle - That Next Fest Guy[/url] for more game and Steam Next Fest demo reviews.[/quote]

Great story. Not often I play a game to the end because I eagerly want to see how it all plays out. Puzzles are not too difficult to figure out, which is good because you don't get stuck and the story keeps going. Loved the music and the vibes throughout. One big thing missing is "Only click" to advance dialogue. The best option is text speed "Slow" which gives you plenty of time to read everything but you can't step away because it will keep advancing. And there is no way to open the menu or pause the game while dialogue is going on. And I sorely wish there was a "Go back to previous dialogue" function because a few times I miss clicked and skipped dialogue, so I had to reload and replay some sections to get to read it. For Linux users: I had to use Proton 7 to get it running.

一般，6.8分的作品。游戏的年代感做得还不错，文本有些写得比较有趣。主人公有种玉玉症患者破罐破摔的感觉，很多行为逻辑成谜，为了推进情节而强行让行为逻辑崩坏。结尾很仓促，并且除了主人公悟出珍惜眼前人的道理之外，没有什么深入的主题立意，如果结尾主人公能返璞归真，离开好莱坞，和女友去小镇当副警长，那我觉得这游戏能到7.5分。 另外感谢繁世空城老师的汉化！我读英语没什么语言障碍但是ADHD很容易分心，有汉化补丁就很快能通关了。

看得出来作者非常喜欢恐怖片和b级片， 以及好莱坞文化，比我想象的有意思，充满了戏谑，自嘲式笑话与刻板印象

Noped out as soon as I got the farm. Too ominous for me

挺有意思，就是解谜有点累人，要不停在各个地图之间移动。

故事还挺好看的，主角跟其他人物的对话好鲜活，很多地方都幽我一默，特别是跟joe有一段对话简直笑死我了。不过有一处感觉是交互范围设置的太小了，[spoiler] 墙上有一个很小的信箱，因为初次交互说主角手伸不进去，我就试着用物品栏里粘了口香糖的笔刷去弄， [/spoiler]结果我在那点了半天都没互动结果，还以为用错道具了，结果去其他区域转了好几圈还是卡主线进程。想着明天再继续，然后去翻了下实况看到底咋解的，[spoiler] 结果就是用笔刷去粘，[/spoiler]我真服了。 前半la篇过完，主角讲话简直太有攻击力了，好会吐槽好会骂。joe店里的街机答题有俩成就，[spoiler] 但是进入小镇前会把物品栏里除钱包外的所有东西都丢掉，所以硬币也被丢掉了，不知道全篇打完后还能不能回去店里投币答题做成就。 [/spoiler] 下半小镇篇，故事挺不错的，[spoiler] 不过从警局出来后剧情简直是急转直下啊，但结局还是好的。主角真的好冷静，特别是小镇篇里几乎感受不到任何恐惧和畏缩情绪，讲话很有力度，还是个一x超人（但是好像这里面大家都能一拳ko掉对面）小镇篇里和局长的搭档任务还是挺安心的，除了维修站两人掉洞里那一段实在好笑。[/spoiler]虽然剧情非常劲爆，但和la篇相比显得有些脱节，氛围以及剧情身份都有点突如起来的转变，[spoiler] 并且放映环节处决那几个人直到结尾都有点太快太草率了吧，[/spoiler]看着挺恍惚的怎么回事。 总体游玩体验还是好，la篇实在合我口味，文字框里的各种吐槽太幽默。一个b级片编剧的故事，进入悲剧小镇后真正身处于b级恐怖片之中。

Decent P&C adventure, I played this straight after their later "The Dark Rites of Arkham". As others mention, the first act isn't very engaging, but the long second and short third acts make up for it. The writing's a bit clumsy in places but overall not bad at all for a first release.