The Cursed Forest (2019)

I enjoyed this game a great deal! It is beautiful and has a delightful mysterious atmosphere, as well as great attention to detail. It maintained a creepy vibe all the way through (with some extremely silly moments in-between :), and held the mood with fitting music. Nice handdrawn paintings framed the story. Major compliments to the creators for managing to weave together such a neat story such that I always felt lost, yet missed almost nothing of the game. The player guidance is nothing short of superb! And I'm glad to see the Hedgehog is still counting stars with the Bear, with juniper berries under the samovar!

The levels are gorgeous but it is pretty buggy, first section crashed on transitions a couple of times.

Most Definitely YES! I could not stop playing this game! It said game length was 4 hours... but I have literally spent the last 12 hours of my life exploring and reading and being absorbed in the lore, story, world, and atmosphere of this game. The graphics and world design are just great. A great deal of attention was given to detail. So many nooks and crannies to explore. Lots of events and lore scattered all over. Not every area had them but enough to keep me searching happily. Understanding the story requires being inquisitive and explorative. It can be interpreted in a few ways depending on your view point. I felt so bad when I woke up today. This game has been part of what has gotten me through. It's rare to find a gem like this. It's a simple game in many ways but also has a lot of depth, sadness, and beauty. If you enjoy a good story told through lore/events and like exploration I highly recommend. There is plenty of eye candy as the graphics and world are well done.

visually stunning. good game

I definitely liked the depressing atmosphere, the graphics and attention to detail - it was fun exploring the cursed forest from start to finish! Thank you for this wonderful little game!

When you boil it right down this is essentially a walking simulator with jump scares. But perhaps that's a little unfair. The environment is detailed; the sound-effects are good; and the the ambiance is genuinely creepy. There is an intriguing story line - even though at times it's difficult to follow; there are things to do, and things to find and collect. But there are no 'puzzles' as such; you just walk until you find everything you need to. You will die a few times, but save-points are reasonably frequent, so it doesn't become too frustrating. Whilst detailed, I found the graphics very dark to the point it was often difficult to see where you're going. I get that this is probably intentional to raise the creep-factor, but perhaps a torch mechanic would have been good? I played at high settings on a Core i7, but the game seems to be quite resource hungry as the CPU fan in my PC was whirring its little heart out most of the time whilst playing. Overall, I'd give this a 7/10.