Pseudo-Haunting

Ape Hardware’s attempt at survival horror is a complete success. In Pseudo Haunting you are an old person, so you can’t move very fast. But you have this strange ability to astral project, allowing you to move freely (but only on one plane), which makes the puzzle solving and combat a bit tricky, though not impossible. I’m still not sure if I fully did the combat “correctly”, but I had fun the way I did it. They’ve fused their signature grotesque art style, an eerie dream-like atmosphere, and unique story ideas with what others have called “obtuse” gameplay that doesn’t hold your hand. The lack of understanding what’s going on and then figuring it out is what makes the game great. This can be said of all of the dev’s games. I did not find the game to be scary at all, so in that way it’s a stretch to call it horror. But I understood the framework, and if you’ve played survival horror games, it fits into the genre just fine. It was a bit creepy, I guess – and honestly that’s all I’m ever looking for in a game, personally. Creepy. Anyway, if you’ve never played an A.H. game before and you’re unsure, I implore you to please try Psuedo Haunting first. I believe it’s a good entry poi…

Auuugh. This game has a bunch of really interesting ideas - psychic projection, ghosts as data collections - but g♥dd♥mn if the traversal isn't a SLOG. The player character has been weaked to the point where they're forced to use a zimmer frame in order to move around - and I think that's an interesting condition that can be treated sensitively within a videogame. But if that gameplay loop is based around exploration, puzzle-solving and backtracking, man, that traversal just delivers irritation. I had to stop after three or four levels, so please bear that in mind for the following commentary. Apologies if the game vastly improves after these levels, but really you want to hook the player during the introduction... Art is minimally functional but with very little that impresses. Audio has some nicely characterful grunts and ghostly groans, but is largely forgettable. Combat consists of flailing about and trying to ward off irritating ghost attacks. Story, as stated, has some interesting elements, but is delivered at a wandering snail's pace. I do like some of the puzzle design but I don't believe that there's enough there to keep players engaged despite the constant psychic at…

an aesthetic treat with an interesting twist on ghost stories

low effort resident evil wanna be without having a single clue how to make a good game this ♥♥♥♥ ass my ♥♥♥♥ game sense was tickling the second i saw that gay ass trigger warning screen that basicly spoilered everything and then once actualy playing just horrible boring design and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ opimisation as a free game sure but even the 0.77 cents i paid where too much for this

A very odd game that feels like you aren't supposed to be playing it. [spoiler]found it in an arguably odder way but I'll save that for later[/spoiler] I'm not all too sure if I like it or not. While it's atmosphere is quite terrifying, the gameplay is arguably more terrifying at times. The people saying it's a slog aren't entirely wrong. Your character is limited to a very slow walk speed, which is important for the overall plot and vibe of the game, buttttt it isn't quite great for making it engaging. It's slow gameplay is fine initially but after getting a bit farther into the game you'll start to wish your ghost form was more helpful for your main body. This feeling is especially accentuated in an end segment where you're meant to be running away from something but you move at the same speed as the rest of the game. But honestly I get the purpose of it, the game has a very unique identity because of the juxtaposition through the 2 forms you can play as. There was also, what I can only assume, was an issue at the end portion of the game where the enemies in certain rooms were completely invisible which was very confusing and left me scratching my head on if it was intentio…

i like the atmospere of this game