Daylight

Idk what to say about this game ambience is ok but pattern is repetitive few levels doing same thing and it is very short few bugs also here and there maybe on sale like some warmup game sure but anything beyond and if you expect good horror out of this no i give it negative review because i expected more out of it and one last thing if you want a good story then this is def not it

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I'm probably one of five people who actually remember this game beyond it somehow being the first game made in Unreal Engine 4. It sucks. The gameplay is linear and boring, the monsters aren't scary and you will only die if you let yourself, there's barely any audio, the story makes no sense and the ending is forgettable. I beat it in under an hour. It's shocking this game was published by Atlas and it's solely remembered because of its engine and publisher. Not even PewDiePie playing it back then let to people remembering it. 2/10

I dropped this game in under an hour. This game is a procedurally generated jumpscare-filled Slenderman knockoff, and it's garbage. I have no idea what possessed me to waste an upwards of $5.00 when I bought this over ten years ago. It's been collecting dust in my steam library since 2014. There doesn't seem to be much of a story, you just wake up in some random haunted hospital with no context whatsoever. The game's story seems to be told through dozens of random notes that you find laying around. It's like Amnesia in that sense except the game has no atmosphere. The gameplay is ripped directly from that "Slender Man" game that we all played in middle school in like, what, 2011-2012? Something like that. You're not wandering through a meticulously crafted environment in this game like you are in an Amnesia game, it's actually the complete opposite. You are full-sprinting through an endless series of rectangular hallways which all look EXACTLY the same, because they are procedurally generated. It's just lazy, and it's all for the purpose of setting you up for cheap jump scares when some random ♥♥♥♥ moves around in the room because that's "spooky". The camera wobble while spri…

This game will scare the living ♥♥♥♥ out of you if you've never played it.

The Good: Daylight establishes a solid atmospheric foundation with effective lighting effects, unsettling audio design, and well-crafted story fragments that gradually unveil an intriguing mystery. The contemporary smartphone flashlight mechanic adds a modern touch to the horror experience, and the later forest environments demonstrate the game's unrealized potential. The Bad: The procedurally generated hospital sections suffer from poor level design that leads to aimless wandering and mounting frustration. What starts as effective atmospheric horror quickly devolves into predictable, repetitive jump scares that lose their impact. Enemies become mere obstacles rather than genuine threats, while tedious box-pushing puzzles feel like transparent padding. Technical issues and performance problems further undermine the experience, and the lack of clear direction kills momentum before the game finds its footing. Bottom Line: Daylight squanders its promising horror foundation through weak gameplay mechanics, unoriginal design choices, and repetitive exploration that prioritizes cheap scares over substance. While the initial atmosphere impresses, the game's reliance on formulaic hor…