Dead Beacon

Pretty nice game. Very classic Resident Evil, but first person. I do love the overall look, if you stand still it ends up looking like a RE1 pre-rendered background which was very neat. The puzzles were easy. There aren't that many. One might make you think for a minute or two but it's not at all challenging. The combat can get pretty tense if their is more than one enemy in a small space. The bosses too had their own little unique quirks. Good price for what it is. It'll take you maybe 5-6ish hours for a first run, then you have the extra difficulties and even a randomizer. I really really enjoyed this game. Also the little nods to other games were nice, like [spoiler] Blood and Evil Within to name a couple.[/spoiler] I literally just copy pasted my "Nightmare of Decay" review and adjusted it accordingly lmfao. If someone had told me this was a sequel, I would have 100% believed you. This genre of "indie resident evil fps" is kino. Need moar.

a chore

Mapping system is really cool, makes the game feel like a mix between Resident Evil and Etrian Odyssey.

Indie gem, if you played and liked "Nightmare of Decay" you will like, most likely, this. - It does have "Resident Evil" like (old ones) invertory, resource management, combat (First person). - Great atmospere - Puzzels are fun - Somewhat clunky enemy movement but nothing that you can not get used to - Really rewards good resource management and searching - Is hard even for veterans of these kind of games - Has randomizer, this adds a lot of fun and strategizing around resource management - Can write and even draw on map - Story is basic, gets the job done and adds to atmosphere - Cost only 5 dollars (without sale) - Break free mechanic after you get grabbed is somewhat useless and anoying thought Definetly worth the money, especially if you will plan on replaying it on "harder difficulty " or with "randomizer"

For the price the game is remarkably well thought out. The level design of the island you're stuck on is great, unfolding more and more like a giant puzzle box, and just when you think you've mapped the whole thing, the game will ask you to recontextualize puzzle answers in a really interesting way. It's complex, until you've seen the whole place, and by the end you'll barely need to look at the map. And one of the most enjoyable parts is the mapping. The game will automatically fill rooms in, but everything else is up to you. You can draw and leave text notes, as well as put down custom pins. The game does a great job of having complex critical path objectives that strongly encourage you to use these features, and it's really engaging and forces you to take in your surroundings more. I'd hesitate to call this a particularly scary game, but the atmosphere is still suitably spooky, sort of like a toned down 70's Italian horror film. There's no weird tonal shifts but the tension of the game comes more from the mechanics. I'd recommend playing on the lowest difficulty first, because the game is pretty tough on Normal. You have to make really careful decisions about which enemies you…

It's okay, I guess. Nice retro PSX feel, combat is kind of wonky and the boss fights are annoying as hell, but solid atmosphere.