[Chilla's Art] Okaeri | おかえり

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠. ♡

Short and sweet. And when I say short, I mean REALLY short. I was very explorative and thorough, which amounted to about 30 minutes of playtime. The atmosphere was perfectly crafted, and mostly all this game has to offer. That doesn't mean it's bad, but it's more like a really well done tech demo for a horror game. The horror elements, though sparse, were actually pretty scary and much more well crafted than Chilla Art's first 4 games. This being the 5th game in the available lineup, I'd say it's the first one I would sit a friend down to play. I wouldn't say it's a must play or anything, but it was certainly a good half hour.

As a free demo, this would've been a recommend. However, this is a 5 minute experience that costs $3 and severely lacks any depth in story or gameplay.

one of the first games chilla's art ever released and it's not even that bad. okaeri is very short, it's your average 20 minute walking simulator with a VHS filter and some light jumpscares. it's not that scary, the story is extremely simple and there's not a whole lot to it. but it's $3, it does exactly what it says it does, and it's decent enough for me to spend 20 minutes playing it fully. it's nowhere near the level of chilla's more recent games but that's to be expected and it's honestly awesome to see how much they evolved as developers. if you're just getting into chilla's art, i probably wouldn't start here, but if you want to go through the whole collection, it is worth it playing this one.

Slow paced, very short game. Has ambiance. Played twice.

Wished it had a second ending , the game was short but it did convey what it wants , though i still feel like the ending felt a bit rushed.