Vartio

A good, short, unsettling game. If you've ever walked alone at night in the woods, this game will speak to that experience. The sound design is fantastic, and does most of the "horror" work. I think the simplicity of the art lends itself well to the way darkness tends to sort of flatten everything out. I really enjoyed it.

A little too slow, and not enough reward.

I'm not here to blow smoke up anyone's bum. I think this was a great little project and well worth two bucks, even if some people were disappointed. Seeing a small project like this get "mixed reviews" makes me sad because there are so many other small games that get plenty of love. I think anyone that downvotes this game just didn't have headphones in, or were expecting something more than a short cool experience. My only complaint about the game is that the audio for the "MORTIS style" voice lines was too high in a game that's best experienced with volume turned up. Good job devs. I don't know what it is that creates a specific atmosphere, but it 1000% reminded me of wanding in the woods alone at night lol.

For how much money and time it's asking it's good enough. Liked the ambient sound work and atmosphere. If this is developer's test try before building something bigger around the idea, then I'd love to see and play that too.

Vartio is just a disappointment. The game didn't look bad in the trailers, and the visuals are really good, but the game itself is literally nothing. If it were free I would understand, but for now its 4/10.

[h1] И всё? [/h1] Игра СЛИШКОМ короткая — всего 24 минуты. Просто погулял 3,5 круга — и ВСЁ! ИГРА ЗАКОНЧИЛАСЬ! Лучше бы добавили что-то интересное, мне стиль и атмосфера понравились, а не делали бы её такой короткой!

Very short and unsettling horror game. Not bad at all but for its length and amount of content it should be free. Very nice!