Phoenix Nightmare

A girl's car breaks down, leaving her stranded in the desert. Fortunately, a gas station is just a few meters down the road. However, the owner doesn't like it when you play with his radio, so he knocks you unconscious and traps you underground. The gameplay involves looking for objects that will help you move forward. There is always something in your way that, if you approach it too closely, will kill you. The most frequent dangers are steam and fire, so you need to eliminate those threats with an extinguisher or turn a valve somewhere. Keys play an important role in the game. The majority of the things you come across, including doors and containers, are locked. Because they are so small and the little icon shows up only when you’re really close, finding them can be challenging. Another help are lights that act as a hint that something of interest can be found nearby. The start is promising. However, you soon notice the big issue that stops the game from taking that extra step. I’m referring to the fact that every hazard you shut off resets after loading the game. Since you need to search around a lot, this turns into an annoying hassle. A room with the rat is another idea …

Needs work. Controlling the movement is weird. It feels like Tomb Raider or Uncharted in the way that those characters don't always go where you want them to. She went where she wanted to go I guess. I clipped into a wall and it looked like I caught on fire.?? The voice acting is terrible. Her motives don't make sense. She broke down so she walked to the store. The store is empty and she is screaming like she is being stabbed to death. She's clearly scared, but instead of leaving she goes around back and climbs a ladder to break in through the roof. There's music playing and she's looking for the radio. I guess she wanted to listen to some 2Chains instead of Elvis. Gets captured. Why was there a key on the light, and why didn't it open the other door? The antagonist would of had to lock her in there after he put the key on the lamp. Then he has to jump over the railing onto the pipe, climb up the ladder and go out the door. And somehow lock a chain on the opposite side of the door. He didn't go the other way because of the fire and the steam. Unless he cracked those pipes open after he passed them. Idk. Maybe he knows magic, or just really fast. It should've went something like,…

This game is awful. The volume is WAY too loud and there is no way to adjust it. When you finally figure out what to do at the gas station, the second area makes no sense. You can't go past the steam without instant death, the second key you find goes to nothing, you can't duck under the flames, then you can't jump over the flames after finding the key, then it's pretty much a dead end because there is no item to cut the chain on the door. Thumbs way down.