Scar of the Doll

I played this at the same time as POSTAL 2 -- a game where you blow people's brains out for being too slow in line. I can confidently say that POSTAL fazed me not, and this game wrapped a rope around my psyche. Am I being watched right now? Probably. Scar of the Doll makes you FEEL it. Ah! These eyes are so coarse on my frail skin! Every decision is so tense, who knew I'd be uptight about dinky JPEGs and paper mache blood? I care a lot about our inquisitive protagonist and I want to see her through to the end. The game is plodding though and she likes to ruminate. But I'm as patient as a thing that is patient so I say ruminate, girl. Tell me your thoughts and take the trip to your goal one creeping step at a time. I'll be with you the whole way...

I played the Remake right after playing the original game - that's how impressed I was by this one. While the Remake adds a certain emotionality to the characters and story, the original sucks you in through its unique atmosphere. It's a fast paced mystery with a little bit of trial and error that feels outdated from time to time, but it's still a really cool story with very interesting themes. You really can't go wrong with these action-packed 3 hours of a game.

required reading before every VN released post 1999

I wanted to like it. I saw a video essay on YouTube that didnt spoil anything and decided to give it a try. It underwhelmed my expectations by a wide margin. It’s very clunky, slow, repetitive, and the surprise can be guessed from the beginning. Do not recommend.

[h1][b] Scar of the 90s [/b][/h1] First, praise given for resurrecting this "choose your own adventure" horror VN from the CD-ROM era, in a playable state on modern machines. Second, forgiveness for the slightly dated game mechanics. Like repeating all the intro text everytime you return to a menu after a choice. Or manual save system. Finally, appreciation for the quality story, and the game taking us right back to the 90s. And that this a VN where you can die! Advisory: The English localisation of this game is serviceable, but rather clunky.

Chill horror game 90's vibe kinda fun