Uncanny Tales: The Watcher

If you like the *Fears to Fathom* games, you’ll probably enjoy this one too. It has a very similar style and atmosphere. The graphics are nice, and I liked that there are some interactive things to do outside of the main quests, which makes the game feel more alive. My biggest downside was that there’s quite a lot of walking and driving, which can get a bit boring at times. I also don’t think this type of game will be for everyone. Overall, I enjoyed it. If you’re a fan of *Fears to Fathom*, I’d say give it a try!

Very boring. So much that I actually fell asleep while playing (hence the 7 hour play time). It had potential but really fell short. You spend most of your time driving around and getting lost because everything looks the same. It's basically drive around, click on something, drive back, do a "report", go to bed. I took my time and tried to do the reports thorough, but it was all meaningless anyway and was a complete waste of time. There's so much cool stuff they could have done with the cameras, and reporting, and the whole setup, and they just didn't do any of it. Skip this one unless you need something to help put you to sleep.

Very atmospheric. More of a slow story development

I liked it. I hope the developer has the budget to make a bigger game one day, each of these Uncanny Tales games has improved on the last one so I hope it continues.

Got this game because I heard a streamer rave about the demo.. I get it because up until where the demo ends its really good, then after, it becomes incredibly boring. You spend most of your time driving. You make "reports" that don't actually matter to the game, and you fix trail cameras. Don't get me wrong there's ALOT of good mechanics and fun to the game but those things stop being highlighted once you begin doing meaningless driving. There is quite a bit that could've been done to make this game more fun and scary especially with the trail cameras, woods, radio etc. I will still probably play games from this developer but I personally wouldn't recommend this game to anyone (unless you averse to scary games, this one is pretty tame). This next part is not a reflection of the game but I felt bad for the "villain" of this game lol. 4.5/10

Uncanny Tales: The Watcher offers a pretty immersive wilderness to explore that is in my opinion, kind of cozy but also a little bit uncomfortable, a decent gameplay experience for a little over £6 and its frequently on sale. Set deep in an isolated Russian taiga in the middle of nowhere during 2006, the game tasks you with driving an off-road 4x4 through surprisingly open environments that can appear bigger than they actually are although, it is possible to get lost later on. You routinely monitor surveillance feeds and interact with trail cameras in a huge forest.. While the atmosphere is strong selling point, the pacing at points, can drag and certain interactions can go on for a little too long. The voice acting and writing can be alright. For the most most part, you're just doing standard tasks that start to feel repetitive a bit before its final act. Overall, the ending sequence is okay, though simple and nothing we haven't seen before. It's a decent atmospheric experience for the price but expect some flaws. Uncanny Tales: The Watcher 7.2 /10