Tache Noire

Fantastic experience - rough around the edges, but made with a lot of heart. Things I loved * Some levels are absolutely fantastic; the puzzles are consistently entertaining, and the Dawn Apartments in general are peak horror; claustrophobic, terrifying, intricate level design with very high tension and ambiance. * Exploration is deep and rewarding - especially how you're freely allowed to sequence break if you're creative enough. * The story is intriguing and has the same dreamlike/madness quality as games like Silent Hill 2 Things I didn't like * Buggy/janky. Heroic effort from a single dev, but the game definitely feels quite janky; never enough to ruin the fun, but you will encounter enemies going out of bounds, walking through walls occasionally, even respawning on occasion. My submachine gun and auto pistol both refused to reload most of the time so I couldn't use them. The sliding doors in some lategame areas are lethal and don't like to open (note to anyone reading: if you spam "pick up/throw" while looking in the direction you want the door to go, they'll move quickly) * Lack of enemy variety - the base enemy type is great, but it's also 90% of what you fight (with the occasional one throwing things at you or more tanky). The other enemy types are a bit frustrating and there's no enemy that is terrifying. The base ones on the Hard Mode definitely get there though, but that's not what most people will experience. * Low stamina - the map is large but can be tedious to navigate around when you've already explored an area because your stamina bar is extremely small. I wish it'd scale with HP or something similar, or simply not consume stamina if you haven't been in combat in awhile. * Not sure if it's a glitch or stylistic, but the Dusk Apartments had calming and beautiful music, which made it more relaxing and dreamlike than terrifying (which it otherwise might've been). * I wish hard mode was available from the start! I found the base difficulty rather easy once you get your first really good gun. --- Overall, very good fun, and I'd recommend to anyone who loves horror.

its worth it, very good game, just buy it

Promising and scary!

Man does it feel good. A whole indie imsim thats a complete purchase, Its not in a special dev hell where its never coming out. While it is a little buggy, I think its well worth a buy for nonearly access/complete game package alone. If you like survival horror and imsims its a must buy.

Eu achei que seria mais curto mas isso para mim acabou sendo uma vantagem porque o jogo te envolve muito. Ele passa aquela sensação dos jogos dos anos 2000 que os de hoje em dia não tem mais. Bem amarradinho, tem puzzle para quem gosta de puzzle e tem ação para quem gosta de ação. Fiquei triste que acabou :/

Having a lot of fun so far, the gameplay feels really good and the puzzles are difficult but fair.

Jogo é muito bom, tem uma história interessante. Bem inspirado nos immersive sim classicos. 8/10, acredito que o deve podia ter caprichado mais, tem muitos bugs, inimigos dando teleporte, morri para uma porta que estava aberta tremendo e perdi progresso, mas consegui finalizar o jogo e me diverti muito.