Saint Kotar

1.8/10 the niche for this game is small lets teach the player how to play this game, in a pitch black room - the hints for clickable areas are all off - every time you want to use an item on a new thing you need to go click on the bottom thing to toggle and click on the item again before trying a new spot the amount of work it took for me just to leave a basic hotel room where we misplaced the key. click on everything, swap players and click on everything again. now swap back to 1st person and click on same things again with 2 new things one being let the light into the room so its back to clicking on everything again and only one of them has new text, that only shows up after you click it twice. the 1st time you click it, so for me 4th time. all the text was the same. after having clicked everything a bunch more times came back and he pulled the item out....... slog fest

The dialogue is boring, drones on for far too long, and often goes nowhere. This would almost be okay if the game were literally any other genre, but this is meant to be a detective/mystery/adventure/horror title, so it ruins the pacing and gets you bored to tears. I wanted to like this title, but ended up forcing myself to play an hour before putting it down.

tl;dr - A really weird game with nostalgia visuals that trigger all the best stuff from early 2000's with mediocre voice acting and a really annoying protagonist you'll have issues connecting with. Gruesome story that makes sense, but still somehow still fails to connect everything into a great experience. Yes - if you like gory, no "happy ending" stories and if you can muster Benedek's VA and him squeaming at most things. No - if you want a captivating story and memorable characters (it is a gruesome/gory game) ========= The graphics are what you could simply describe as classic early-to-mid 2000s point-and-click adventure style: prerendered backgrounds with 3D character models. There are a lot of locations to visit around the town of Sveti Kotar, and the atmosphere is really solid. Character animations are stiff and janky, but honestly, I quite liked them. They reminded me of adventure games from around 20 years ago and added to the overall feel. Voice acting is mediocre at best. I’m from Croatia, and hearing heavy accents feels both wrong and fitting at the same time, since you’d expect locals to speak somewhat “broken” English. The problem is that some characte…

A foggy Croatian town, occult mysteries, and two protagonists questioning what is real make for a wonderfully grim detective story. The point-and-click gameplay takes a back seat to the narrative, but the unsettling atmosphere does most of the heavy lifting anyway.

Psycho-occult or folk horror adventure game with grim and eerie lore. Definitely not mediocre, but not great, neither. The plot is intriguing but there are some visible holes(or maybe I just couldn't follow? I don't know), and some dialogues are boring and too loquacious. I expected something more profound, but despite Saint Kotar tried to be so, its religious theme is rather...vague. Well, at least the voice acting is excellent. I'm not sure if I want to recommend this game. If you are a fan of classic adventure horror game like Sanitarium, it is recommendable, but not with the full price. If you are looking for something more than that, try find other games.

This game is a bit clumsy, feels like it needed a bit of a rewrite as the story feels clumsy at a few point and like they weren't sure what to do. With that said it is overall an enjoyable experience, with decent puzzles, amazing atmosphere and visuals although with pretty unlikeable characters. Overall its alright.