The Basement Ritual

Interesting puzzles and immersive gameplay

Game plays fine, looks good, it is fun but sometimes the riddles can be a little tricky. (careful with the batteries) https://youtu.be/_Aj1fwWKBc0

Environment: The starting environment is typical but gets increasingly scary fast. It does match the story. The jump scare is scary. Dark environments and blinking lights Puzzles: I got Stuck on the second puzzle after looking at everything and playing through the game 3 times. Story: The story makes sense but only has white text on a black screen. It can be a little fast for people who read slowly because there is no way to change the speed in the settings. I am glad that it does have a little story. Increased story through the game. Little unrealistic Graphics: Not whitewashed. It's very Dark when the flashlight is not on. Controls: It does not have control remapping and doesn’t show the controls in the settings, but it is a short enough game that you shouldn’t forget them—not too many. It would have been nice to have controls in settings for people who can easily forget. It has a mouse sensitivity adjustment, although it is not enough to not have to pick up your mouse to turn around entirely. It doesn’t tell you how to do some controls. Saving: It does autosave, but it would be nice to let the player save at any time if they need to quit. Conclusion: I got stuck on the second…

Cool little horror game with some light puzzle elements. The story is a bit weird but still enjoyable. The price feels fair for what you get. Interestingly, I barely needed the flashlight since the game is bright enough on its own.

Not bad for an escape-based indie horror...it even has decent save points. The puzzle-y things can be very difficult (i.e. the codes that I had to use someone else's YouTube video for), but the final escape area was like mind-blowing in the fact that the ending I got at least was actually simple and I didn't have to use all the other pieces of info and such I was trying to gather. I assume those were part of the other 2 endings. It did take me 2 hours but no complaints and I'm glad I did actually escape at the end. Very alien isolation-esque... You don't actually need the flashlight, only in a few spots, and there isn't really much depth to the story. It's more just like, try to figure out how to escape this basement maze. Also not sure what the point of the inventory was. I think it was just to remind you of what you had but nothing was ever selectable. There are safes in the beginning that I have no idea where you would have found the codes for. Watch my gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ObcaLzstVi4?si=RxDq82ZonywulGYK