In The Shadow Of The Truth

*subject to revision if I can ever get out of the first damn room. - The build on the english store boots in Turkish - You can't pick up the glowing red keys on the table at the start because the light isn't turned on (there is also a glowing red bottle on the desk which I can't pick up yet & an achievement for getting 5 batteries so I'm guessing this is going to be one of those games that won't let you pick up anything until the game wants you to, not necesarily when a player would find it on a natural playing path). Also, you click into notes & inspect objects with LMB but you have to press ESC to back out of them, which is annoying. - The notes are in Turkish, there is broken english subtitles, but only the first time you open a note or click into a 'zoom' event like the computer password. - I tried all the text in the room that would fit into the computer password screen & nothing worked; don't know if it is broken or if one of the notes is a puzzle written in Turkish. - The whiteboard in the office has a bunch of code on it, I don't know if that is a puzzle or it is literally an odd bug; who knows with this so far. It could be good, I don't know, maybe I'll never know. I…

Alright. I've played for.. A couple hours now apparently. The game is poor in my opinion, sadly as I wanted to give it a fair go. The puzzles are obscure, with no real hints as to where you are supposed to look for information, I solved the second one completely on accident, the third I literally started spam clicking after wasting half of my battery, and the fourth one took most of an hour wandering around to get. The puzzles require somewhat random trivia know, and only for the first do you get any aid as to the solution. Language wise, it is clear that the developer doesn't speak English primarily, but also clear that they didn't have the help of an English speaker to translate, but instead seemed to rely on dictionary translations. The enemy I encountered in my time playing was also very poor. There is a somewhat jarring cut scene, which leads to you being attacked by a random guy for no discernable reason. However, it is -very- easy to hang the AI up on pathing issues, and I eventually got fed up with trying to solve the puzzle with him chasing me so I stuck him on the swings in the playground and left him to rot. The game has promise, but it definitely needs help and pol…

This game has potential, but nix the murderous, running a-hole with the shovel, please. I had to ditch him in the swingset several times and he was right on my 'a', so it was difficult. Also, make the batteries easier to pick up and the flashlight last longer. An english-fluent editor would help. I generally hate games that do not have the ability to save anywhere/anytime, but this one is short. The video walkthrough is about 22 minutes to complete the game. It is a dark and rainy and has a few pop-out type scary moments. If I did not have two walkthroughs to guide me, I would have hated this game because I would have had to restart it from the beginning many times due to the a-hole mentioned above.

It's ok for one buck in a sale.