Doorways: Prelude

This is one of those games that I bought over a decade ago, forgot about, and never played. I finally gave it a go, and well, it was... interesting, to say the least. Did I like it? Kind of. I didn't dislike it per say, just because, well, there's not much here to dislike. This is a very short game with minimalistic controls, and not much substance. This is technically what I think most people would consider to be a ♥♥♥♥ game. There's not really all that much to do, it's not very scary, it's got a convoluted story with no real character interactions, no combat, no character progression or leveling, and its puzzles are not very complex or thought provoking. Your character is never in any real danger. There are a handful of jump scares but none of them are all that frightening, none of them made me jump. This is a very weird game that I probably wouldn't recommend to almost anyone, because it's so niche, but I enjoyed it for what it was. It is basically a horror walking-simulator that tells its story via notes that you find laying around in the game's environment. It has a dreamlike structure in which the character moves through spaces which do not really make sense, but, it's not…

Ok, honestly, I like this game. Believe it or not, this was my first connection with horror games in 2014. It's not the best, especially with the brightness part, oh my that was a real pain in the aff. If we somehow manage to put this aside, the game is nice, I like this kind of horror games. Very nostalgic.

Boring and not worth playing when there are so many other MUCH better indie horror games.

Nothing wrong with this game. Pretty good actually with the ol' nostalgic Unreal 3 feeling. Except the brightness. Turn it all the way up, both in the main menu and in-game.

i dont know if this is supposed to be scary or what but it kind of just feels like an interesting world to walk around in above all else

Not a bad little game when taking into account the small dev and the fact is quite old at this point. This is chapter 1 and 2 out of 4. I seen a lot of the reviews were critical of the game being too dark and quite clunky. Both valid points. The darkness is a bit excessive but I was able to find my way around with relative ease. Chapter 1 is the worst offender for this. Chapter 2 was certainly creepier and the better of the 2. The story begins to take shape a little here. Puzzles are simple and the voice acting is decent as is the writing. The story seems a bit strange overall so I'm not 100% on board with buying chapters 3 and 4. Will certainly wait for them to go on sale. The movement in the game is quite floaty which is another issue i had. Overall I'd give this maximum 6/10 when taking into consideration how old the title is.