Long Night

Literally one of the first games I ever bought on Steam. But also the first game to have burned me. This should have been a Steam Greenlight or Early Access game, but instead it came as a "full" game with episodic content. And then it was abandoned. Great concept, great atmosphere, great promise. Janky controls, broken mechanics, and ends just when it started to get really good. As I write this from 10 years in the future, it's because I was all in on this game and totally miss what could have been.

The animation sequences were pretty cool and well made... albeit the subtitles were sometimes hard to read due to how fast they were going. They also had occasional typos i.e. "loose the control". The old school aesthetic and environment were both well done. Now for the not so great parts... you play as a guy trying to find his friends at a haunted campground. If you're not in one of the couple houses that you can access, you often have to run away from some demon lady. There are a limited number of hiding spots you can use, or you run for a while until she gives up. The running part wouldn't be as bad if it weren't for the biggest issue this game has: [b]the camera angles[/b]. The third person camera snaps to predetermined angles for every area. It's disorienting as all hell, especially when you're trying to run away. There are also several times were they use a rotated camera angle making it further confusing. There are other unpolished aspects, such as the UI when picking up a note being a completely out of place wall of text. Another issue is that there is just not much gameplay here. As mentioned, there are only a couple houses that you can go into. Similarly, there are onl…

Long Night is an okay horror adventure game that shows some promise which sadly I don't think it will ever be completed, okay then story. In camp Long Night four friends are telling each other's scary stories, a usual Camp activity but one kid David talks about a real ghost story told to him by the owner of the camp. So to prove it is real or not the four friends go over to the mysterious cabin and do the ritual, only to be proven that the ritual is true. Now David alone must find his friends and figure out how to escape this nightmare or be just another victim of a campfire story. Now like time, the story is okay this game was supposed to be episodic before it was discontinued which is sad as it had some potential, anyway here is what I liked about the story. I liked the themes/talk of Parental abuse from an emotionally unstable parent I think it was done well. I also liked the Native American themes and I feel like if the game continued it would have more to it. The gameplay is okay it's just a simple get from point A to point B as you hide from the stalker and solve light puzzles, nothing really to write home about. The graphics are okay with some nice uses of colors and some …

10 years later, I've finally beaten this. Heavily Silent Hill inspired, however just enough of it's own lore and mystery to keep me engaged, I do wish they would release a script outline for what they planned to do with this

Love how the game is flirting with the old third person survival horror such as SH or RE. Fixed camera angles, a very familiar protagonist and strange things that is happening at the Long Night Camp. I found weird dolls everywhere that kept freaking me out. Wish that there were more episodes. Have had this game in the backlog for a decade, still really enjoyed it as third person survival horrors are one of my favourites.

Billed as episode 1, this game now lays abandoned by a developer/publisher that I think is defunct at this point. Now it's just part of the glut of low budget horror games strewn on Steam that essentially exist to make low quality youtube fodder--although Long Night seems to have received very little exposure in the first place.