夕生 Halflight

(I know I don't have much time at all on the game while writing this review, but I've only just been able to buy it. I've known about it for a while before this.) Honestly? This game rocks. If you want unique puzzles, cool aesthetics, and a powerful story, pick this game up. It's underrated as all heck and I recommend it for anyone looking to experience something new. Just ignore the negative reviews, it's been bombed by CCP folks who don't agree with the whole "China war crimes are bad" thing.

A really enjoyable game with some unique puzzles and scenery. There really wasn't a second I was playing that I wasn't fully engrossed in what was happening or where the story would turn next. The gameplay is mostly just walking around and interacting with the world, but the world being as interesting as it is and the story being unique definitely make up for that to me. As the other reviews say, the negative reviews are just CCP nerds upset because the game points out Chinese war crimes not being a good thing

An amazing game set in 1940's Taiwan when the Chinese government took over, looking through the eyes of a child and how they process abhorrent amounts of trauma with the use of metaphors and imagination. The artstyle is unique and gave me Playstation 2 vibes, the puzzles are innovative, and the voice acting is quite good and perfect for the time period. I strongly suggest playing and then reading about the "228 Incident" to gain more insight on an important part of Taiwan history. This game is only "mixed" because a lot of Chinese players felt offence at the historical showing of the Chinese government being horrendous to Taiwanese people, and review bombed it. I even translated some harsh reviews and not many hold water. Please don't let it sway you, pick it up, and enjoy it this hidden gem.

This is by far one of the most beautiful games i've played in a few years. It's kinda short but has a lovely athmosphere, yet creepy af. Would recommend at any cost Edit: Nominated for Game of the year

在《还愿》因夹带私货暴雷，引爆全网抵制，最后落得Steam下架之后，所有来自台湾的游戏，都会被国人玩家带着放大镜进行细节扫描，似乎已经默认台湾出的游戏都会夹带私货，尤其是带有时代背景的游戏，稍有一些带有争议的设定都会触动国人敏感的神经，直接给游戏扣上“辱华”的帽子。稍前发布的《廖添丁-稀代兇賊の最期》就因为游戏剧情是用日据还是日治的提法，以及不同语言版本中部分描述的不同，引发争议。 鉴于目前两岸日益紧张的关系，也多少会引起民众间的仇视和对立，虽然制作者和玩家都会有自己的政治立场，但还是让游戏归于游戏本身，游戏到底在表达什么，是否夹带了政治倾向，但就《夕生》这款游戏，还是不要那么急于盖棺定论。 《夕生》名字取自佛教中的“细微身”，有生命起源与干净灵魂之意，借以表达“对童年创伤的疗愈”的深层含义；夕生也是游戏中主角的名字，游戏剧情自始至终就是个找弟弟暮生的故事，在亦真亦幻的场景间寻找线索，最后算是比较圆满的结局，但现实并不会那么美好，制作者并不想让整体基调过于压抑，也可以视作对美好希望的憧憬；游戏的美术风格非常具有表现张力，有点介于泥塑和油画之间的质感，除了夕生一家是人形，其他出现的角色都是拟动物化的，主要分为蜗牛人和鸟人，用以体现阶级中弱势与强势的关系，并营造出一种诡异的恐怖氛围；游戏中大量采取了台湾民间的传统民俗元素，并通过实地考察老旧宅子，得以在游戏中进行还原，蓝绿的环境光源，也使得整个游戏场景呈现出独特的中式恐怖风格；游戏中全程使用台语配音，就为了能够原汁原味的表现40~50年代台湾的真实环境；谜题设计简单直白，通过直觉和试错就能完成，潜行部分做的较为随意，容错非常大，除了最后走房间入口那里首见容易死，其他地方基本不会失败，游戏时长也是踩在2小时的线上；作为恐怖游戏，更多是进行心理和环境的恐怖营造，没有jumpscare没有转角杀，玩的时候并没有觉得游戏本身是恐怖的，而是能够感同身受当时身处白色恐怖期间普通民众的无助和绝望…… 而针对游戏有辱华的争议点，个人觉得有些捕风捉影，对号入座了 1、 为什么没简体中文？ 游戏曾在摩点由国内发行Indievent发起众筹失败（在台的众筹是由制作组自己发起），Indievent也就是因发行《还愿》被吊销营业执照的上海橘喵信息科技有限公司，简中是因为有国内发行商而添加，在之前多次访谈中在讲到语言版本计划中并没有提过简中，而且自游戏发行后，制作组已经没有任何新的动态和更新 2、 反派为什么说普通话，穿中山装？ 制作组在各种场合都明确说明了游戏的历史背景是40~50年代的台湾，也就是从日占到国民党白色恐怖期间，大量国民党军人以及家属来到台湾，作为“外省人”自然说的不是台语，与其说影射的是大陆更像是在内涵国民党吧，制作组也多次讲过其创作动机，也可以佐证 《夕生》由来自台湾雲林科技大学数位媒体设计系的四位学生的毕业之作，…

Very good game, interesting cerebral story, only complaint would be sometimes the lighting is inconsistent making some rooms really hard to see. Absolutely worth playing