The Nameless City

[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "[b]First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games[/b]" for more games like this![/url][/quote] Another horror walking-simulator with a PS1 aesthetic. This one's alright. There is a bit of gameplay and a handful of puzzles, but mostly it's just walking. The entire experience lasts 45 minutes. The audio does a really good job of setting the atmosphere. There is text with a voiceover to explain the story - the text is really well-written, but whoever did the voiceover is clearly not a native English speaker and mispronounced [i]a lot[/i] of the harder words, which was a bit unnerving. Overall, if creepy PS1-style games are your thing, this is a good one to try.

A haunting journey into a forgotten place where every discovery only raises more questions. Its greatest strength is the feeling that some mysteries are better left unknown. so far 10/10

Very fun but very short, enjoyable and great atmosphere

Good game, bad price. It was fun, atmospheric, and gave me the exact same vibe as classic Lovecraftian works, but it's 45 minutes of gameplay was not worth the price. If a game can be beaten within under half the allowable playtime before refunding, it should be free. Play it, then refund it.

Didn't enjoy the puzzles very much. Wasn't for me.

I really wanted to like this game, and the first 40 or so minutes was exactly what I hoped for. Good exploration, interesting lore snippets, nice retro horror graphical vibes. And then the game suddenly dumps you into a frustrating abstract puzzle section where you have to open and close gates in a certain order. If it was a couple switches it might have been okay, but this was like dumping you straight into level 10 of some puzzle game. It feels completely out of place and completely kills the pace and mood.

it's difficult for me to find a way to talk about this game. enjoyable art direction, good voice acting, ear-ringing sound design, and, recently, they replaced any AI generated assets previously used. the issue comes down to the fact that i do not that most players would enjoy it. it is a walking simulator with some "puzzles" of using various glyphs given to the player to bypass or activate obstacles. it is much more enjoyable if you are a player who has read the original story, or you have an appreciation for lovecraft's weaker stories. it takes its own liberties, indeed, but i do not believe it fully grasps the fascinating parts of the original story other than some direct quotes. does this mean i didn't enjoy this? no, as i've given it a recommendation. i got to reread a lovecraft story i forgot, and i enjoy how it attempted to replicate the feeling. but like another user in these reviews said, lovecraft games hardly nail it, and i do not blame the developers whatsoever. i enjoyed the beautiful contrasts of purple and yellow, and i thought the glyph system was pretty cool despite being as simple as it was. there are interesting ideas here that would be fascinating to experience in a larger game that i do not think will happen. i would still recommend this to eldritch players when it goes on sale.\