The Seven Enchantments

Well, well, well… I had to refund the game because it required so much power that I almost had to call the fire department to put out the fire in my PC. The game couldn’t maintain a stable 30 FPS even on low settings at 1080p. I tried 4K on ultra—oh boy. During cutscenes, when nothing was even moving, the FPS dropped to 5. I tried reloading the game — crash. Started it again, hit Continue — crash. Started it again — no Continue, only New Game. Loaded in and got stuck in a bush behind the first building. Tried to go back to the main menu — crash. Somehow, running it in windowed mode, I managed to play for about 60 minutes. There was no clear direction, no clear objectives. I only found one naked guy — and honestly, nothing about that was scary. I expected my heart rate to rise, but the only things that went up were my CPU and GPU temperatures, desperately trying to load the next texture. And that… was truly horrifying.

Needs some fixes, the navigation is horrible, no map and the compass isn't the best system. Some items can disappear from your inventory, sometimes the monsters don't spawn. Some doors will open without a key throwing of the objectives. If the dev fixes them the game will be good. as far as performance, I have an i9 and a 4090 so it played 90fps smooth for me in 4K on very-high. I will recommend for encouragement but beware, it needs some serious tuning up. I'd wait to see if the Dev fixes. If you see a fix after the December 18th update it might be fixed, if not I'd wait here's a playthrough with the good ending and I explain the issues https://youtu.be/hRfRIG2_Me8

I really wanted to enjoy this game because it looks really cool in the trailer video/ images. I was streaming this game and it crashed OBS loading the game the first time. When I got into the game without crashing anything, I could not progress passed the woods area. Firstly. the first main objective is misspelled. It says "Rach the Village" instead of Reach. The cave to get to what I'm assuming is the village has no way of progressing. I, at least, could not find it after walking around the entire area for 30 minutes. The game itself also crashed when I tried to go to the main menu to close it. Took a whole 2 minutes for the game to close after crashing. Just not very well optimized. And if anyone is wondering. The specs to my PC exceed the recommended requirements for this game.

The environment and the creepy ambience is done very well. I was at the edge of my seat for the whole game. Pros: Creepy, spooky environmental story telling, feeling of solitude, psychological horror. Cons: Not having a map makes navigating the level a bit hard, since it's also too dark. Would recommend for people who like horror games. Interesting take on a scammer who becomes the main character as you are forced to survive in this horrible predicament. 8.5/10

The visuals are absolutely stunning. The game is incredibly atmospheric and beautiful. Unfortunately, it does have its downsides. In my opinion, the UI needs some polish. Also, there's a lot of walking involved before anything actually happens, which I personally find quite tedious. As for the atmosphere, it keeps you really tense, and if you can push through the first 2 hours, you won't be able to turn it off :D

Game starts a bit slow, but once you get a hang of it, it gets interesting. Definitely recommend to everyone who enjoys walking simulators and puzzles (especially with a bit of spice).