Maneki's Curse

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"Maneki's Curse" is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. The cringe here can't be overstated, it would be impossible... this fanfiction RPG Maker asset flip is based on other high school anime club dropout fanfictions from the "developer" who used Kadokawas childrens toy construction kit to make this. It's like weaponised cringe. As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer. The point can be made that the intention of RPG Maker is to make demos and small games to pass around friends, and shouldn't be used for "professional" game development. Like most RPG Maker shovelware and asset flips, the game features extremely low quality copy + pasted 2D retro pixel …

Игра "Maneki's Curse" - это атмосферное и жутковатое приключение в японском стиле. Сюжет цепляет с первых минут, погружая в историю о проклятии и поиске правды в старинном доме. Визуальное оформление выполнено превосходно, с вниманием к деталям и созданием тревожной атмосферы заброшенного особняка. Геймплей представляет собой смесь хоррора с элементами головоломок. Загадки интересно решать, они не слишком сложные, но требуют внимательности и логики. Скримеры хоть и присутствуют, но не злоупотребляют ими, больше упор делается на психологическое напряжение и чувство беспомощности. Единственный минус, пожалуй, – небольшая продолжительность игры. Хочется больше исследовать этот темный и загадочный мир. Но, несмотря на это, "Maneki's Curse" оставляет после себя сильное впечатление и рекомендуется всем любителям хорроров с интересной историей и аутентичной атмосферой. Определенно стоит потраченного времени!

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It's decent, for a free game. It can get really frustrating at times, though, A lot of the labyrinth is just running around in circles trying to figure out which doors go where since they use weird teleportation rules similar to the teleport pad puzzles in some Pokemon games. The music is pretty chill, though. I wouldn't recommend it as a paid game, but as a free game, it's perfectly serviceable, and at the very least better than some non-free RPG maker games. Okay time waster, won't change your life or anything.

It's not as bad as a lot of games I've played, but the map design was not good and that's a critical feature when you start your game with a labyrinth.