House of 1000 Doors: Evil Inside

What a slop. mismatched low res graphics that are pixelated in an otherwise (mostly) nicely drawn environment, voice acting is atrocious, especially for the main character... "It's. Time. I. Go. Back. To. My. Family." Animations also fuzzes the images, and pixelates them until it settles in place. Puzzles are somewhat clever in some cases, but for the most part, random and "missing stuff" in most cases. The first 3 had their cringe moments, but at least they didn't look like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ presentation made in Corel Draw by a grade 6 student.

Despite my immense love for the first three games, this one is beyond disappointing. It it EXTREMELY buggy and laggy, you cannot see the instructions because the screen kind of pixelates more than half the time, you cannot properly access game mechanics for the same reason, and you keep having to shift from full screen to small screen in hopes to fix the bugs. Tech issues aside, it feels lazy. The game design is less complex, the puzzles are way too easy, and the mechanism themselves feel like they are catering to very small children. You cannot really explore the landscape of the game as you once could with Jane. If you click on random spots, you no longer get her musings over the purpose of different items or simple observations that could clue you into the next step. When you click a hint during the puzzle, it doesn't show you how the puzzle is solved anymore. It just skips to it being solved already. The game doesn't make you think for yourself, as they once used to. Honestly, it felt extremely unplayable. I don't enjoy the new protagonist, either, because she doesn't go through the process of learning about the House or her newfound powers. She's basically OP and you ge…

this one was a little different than the other games but fun in its own way

Good HOG. Tries to do a few things a bit differently - they don't all work, but most do.

i found this super enjoyable, just wish there was more of the "find objects in a picture" minigame lol

Nowhere near as good as the previous House of a 1000 Doors games. Exceedingly fanciful and and I lost whatever plot there was very quickly. Emily is described as a young woman - but her little voice sounds like that of a child. I took the voiceover sounds down to minimum.