This is one of the games I got for my wife after googling "Best Mystery Games for Xbox One" in most lists it came up right behind LA Noire, which was FANTASTIC.
Anyway, this game scares the heck out of her and, full disclosure, she scares easy. Between the music, the sound effects, and the demons, she's on the edge of her seat most of the time.
Now, it's 10 stars because the concept is pretty awesome and the mood that the game sets is equally awesome.
Solving your own murder as a ghost is actually a very fun idea, and the combination of ghostly memories and real world is also pretty awesome. In theory this game is fantastic.
The little treasure hunting side missions reward you with a fun ghost story upon completion. Which is a reward that you actually want to achieve, just to hear them, and a lot better than the average run-of-the-mill trophies that are otherwise pointless. The stories you get are actually very well written and exceptionally well narrated. That reward is almost more of a highlight for me than the actual mission... which causes arguments when my wife plays and I force her to find all the pieces just so I can hear the story.
In execution, it's a little weak. The game's combat sort of stinks, but then combat isn't really the focus of the game. It's more about uncovering clues than fighting, so you can give that a pass in my mind.
And, honestly, the story is a little too short and a lot too lacking in places to really explore. What is done is done well, moody, spooky, but at the end, if you aren't our age, with actual lives and careers, you are probably going to beat it in a weekend.
Anyway, this game scares the heck out of her and, full disclosure, she scares easy. Between the music, the sound effects, and the demons, she's on the edge of her seat most of the time.
Now, it's 10 stars because the concept is pretty awesome and the mood that the game sets is equally awesome.
Solving your own murder as a ghost is actually a very fun idea, and the combination of ghostly memories and real world is also pretty awesome. In theory this game is fantastic.
The little treasure hunting side missions reward you with a fun ghost story upon completion. Which is a reward that you actually want to achieve, just to hear them, and a lot better than the average run-of-the-mill trophies that are otherwise pointless. The stories you get are actually very well written and exceptionally well narrated. That reward is almost more of a highlight for me than the actual mission... which causes arguments when my wife plays and I force her to find all the pieces just so I can hear the story.
In execution, it's a little weak. The game's combat sort of stinks, but then combat isn't really the focus of the game. It's more about uncovering clues than fighting, so you can give that a pass in my mind.
And, honestly, the story is a little too short and a lot too lacking in places to really explore. What is done is done well, moody, spooky, but at the end, if you aren't our age, with actual lives and careers, you are probably going to beat it in a weekend.