Doorways: The Underworld

Sadly I make these type reviews for games which I liked & felt had potential. But the final challenges with timed switches, make it all *NOT* worth it in the end. Perhaps, if you're reeally lucky you'll finish the game without getting pissed off or confused. I doubt this will happen. The ending "reward" only really works if tension wasn't ruined by how infuriating game play was. Especially after failing several times, I lost count. Most of the "tension" was baked into the growing, irritating demands of the final gimmick, such as not being able to look at a map while running + some almost guaranteed beginners traps, forcing trial & error which dispels any real sensation of horror. The final mazes start screwing with you, making it harder if you already fail 1 attempt at beating a timer, this serves to also accelerate the frequency of condescending death screen messages delivered to you, adding to the torture. Expectations from the first half of game, in part have lead to this later disappointment. I dunno, this review is a warning, just trust me bro.

Doorways: The Underworld is the second game in the franchise, and contains the third chapter of the series. Despite being technically a "third chapter", I would consider this to be its own standalone game rather than a continuation of the first, because you don't necessarily have to play the first game to have any real understanding of what is going on in this one. Quite frankly they feel disconnected both in tone, and in story. This was a much better and more cohesive game than the first one (Doorways: Prelude). Even though I did enjoy that game for what it was, it was little more than a walking simulator with some very un-scary jump scares thrown in the mix. The main difference between this game and the first one is that in each section of this game, there is a different monster that is hunting you, which you have to avoid, and hide from. This is the one major difference that makes this feel more like a "game" and less like a "walking simulator"; there is an actual condition in which you can "lose" (the monster catches you) and a condition by which you can "win" (you escape without the monster catching you). It's so simple, but it makes the game actually feel like a game. This…

Compared with the prelude, this game feels lighter and more fun, not a bad game.

I like it, it's short and a bit similar to Amnesia. The last monsters and it's sequence is the best part of the game. 7/10

Waste of your time to play this game when there are so many other better indie horror games out there. This and Doorways Prelude are both duds, I'm gonna try Holy Mountains of Flesh next and hopefully that will be better.

Oh, gosh. I have never felt so alive and stressed out at the end as this. Seriously I entered some kind of zen mode and that is the only reason I managed to beat the game. Remembering labyrinths and pulling triggers and avoiding the enemy. I don't know how I managed. Tune down the difficulty on the sequences before the last part will you? Don't expect to beat the last part, this was too difficult. If you manage this your a gaming god.