Who is Abby

Who is Abby is a mystery driven, adventure, walking simulator. In this game you explore various environments while trying to find out what happened to your sister Abby. The game involves several minor puzzles, but most of the gameplay involves collecting items and using the items on certain aspects of the environment to move onto the next. The game takes approximately 6 hours to complete. + The environments are immersive and the game looks great. However, the game is not optimized well and you will need a stong video card to run the high settings properly. Note: Many of the environments are straight asset flips bought from the Unreal store inserted into the game. + Strong story with twists. + There is an excellent extra museum mode where you can walk through a beautiful area and view all the collectibles you have obtained, and read various trivia. +/- The music and sound effects are done well enough. However, some of the song choices can feel out of place. - The voice acting is average at best, at times various characters sound poor. - The gameplay feels like a modern version of a 1980s "Pixel Hunting" adventure game. Most items are hidden very well and it always feels like you'…

It's not a complete horrible game. Honestly worth maybe $5. It's definitely not a "AAA" game. Issues listed below 1) Character animation (when your character is shown) are horrible. 2) The story was a nice idea, but executed badly. 3) Extremely slow pace. 4) The hit boxes for opening or grabbing small items were horrible. Opening door were ok. The major issues were the cabinets. The hit boxes were big and if there was an item in the cabinets it was a fight between the hit boxes. 5) The hit boxes for small or medium items. You have to be right on top of them to be acknowledge. 6) No emotions of any kind, especially at the end of the game. At full price do not waste your time, maybe under $5

I really wanted to like this game but there were too many aspects that were annoying me. Some of them even ruined my experience. The strongest part of Who is Abby? (the title makes zero sense btw.) were the graphics. These were stunning with amazing reflections and hand crafted assets. Also the collectible hunt and ingame museum and the comments from the protagonist were enjoyable. This was it for me though and maybe I just went into it with wrong expectations. I was kinda expecting a more linear walking simulator but you can indeed make these kind of games good with the right atmosphere, a little more crime and suspense. What clearly suffocated any kind of atmosphere was that dumb lound relaxation music that was constantly playing. It was louder than the dialogues and completely unfitting. Also the game was so linear that you couldn't even walk back to an earlier part of a chapter to get more collectibles because the path behind you was blocked by some random objects. There also were no challenging moments or riddles in the game and the protagonist became more and more annoying towards the end. And then grand finale was boring and expected. Sorry for sounding harsh but it j…

I liked the story, atmosphere, and mystery a lot, but the progression can be extremely frustrating because important objects are effectively invisible, and I eventually had to watch the ending.

I bought this game after playing the demo. The opening scene at the gas station was the same as in the demo. I had posted a theory in a review after playing the demo, and it turned out to be correct. [spoiler] It’s just my theory, but the main character seems to have some mental issues, and it looks like his 'younger sister' is already dead—or perhaps he is simply looking for someone who doesn't exist. [/spoiler] To fully enjoy the game, you need a keen eye to spot the items required for progression. Some of the items are small and tucked away in easily overlooked spots, so you have to examine your surroundings carefully. The graphics were excellent, though the game lagged so badly in some parts that it was hard to look at the screen. The voice acting felt a bit awkward and unnatural. The main character speaks faster than necessary. It was also noticeable that AI-generated art was used extensively throughout the game, which I personally found a bit disappointing.

After the devs updated the lighting in their last update, it made the night sky in the prologue a brightish green, which completely ruined the dark night sky atmosphere of the pre-update build. This prologue was one of the best locations ever experienced when you could look up and the sky was black with stars. It was eerie and mysterious. Now it looks like hot bright garbage and I can't even bring myself to play it at all. I've asked the devs to fix this, or give an option to make the sky what we want, or put the pre-1.6 update version into the beta options, but they of course ignore my request. The ambiance is so bad now I'm giving this a hard negative review due to having nailed a perfect atmosphere, then ruining it, and then refusing to fix it.