Articles with Walking Simulator tag
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Gray Dawn Review

Gray Dawn is a game that plays out as an interactive psychological horror story. It was created by indie developer Interactive Stone, a small studio based in Iași, Romania, and was released June 7, 2018 on Steam, with a staggered release on various other platforms over the next few years. Its most recent release was on Nintendo Switch in early August 2024, though I played the Steam version.Set on Christmas Eve of 1920, Gray Dawn takes you through the journey of a troubled man who teeters on the edge of madness. Accused of murdering an altar boy, Father Abraham struggles to

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Call of the Sea Review

Game Title: Call of the SeaDeveloper: Out of the BluePublisher: Raw FuryReview Platform: PC (Steam)Release Date: December 8, 2020Call of the Sea is a walking simulator with puzzle elements and a decent story taking place in the 1930s. You play the role of Norah Everhart, an art teacher who is suffering from an unknown illness that causes dark spots to form on her skin and gives her vivid nightmares. Her husband, Harry, has gone off in search of a cure for her but it’s been months since she received his last letter.Norah receives an anonymous package the contents of which suggest that she can

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The Descent Review

Not to be confused with the acclaimed horror movie released in 2005, The Descent is a trip down a mysterious mine riddled with death, disappearances, and other occurrences that the authorities can’t quite grasp. As an investigator, you go down the mine and try to reach the literal bottom of the mystery in this walking horror sim, a decent attempt at the genre but one that has the quirky habit of throwing scares at you to make sure that you didn’t fall asleep in the meantime. It’s extremely slow-paced, rigid in design, and gets tiresome before its short narrative is over.A

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Fort Solis Review

Videogames as movies, movies as videogames. Crossovers between these two powerful mediums are frequent, with varying degrees of success. Fort Solis is one of the latest attempts at conveying a thrilling story with interaction possibilities, but along the way it somewhat forgets that it should be a game with some compelling mechanics to go along. In terms of atmosphere and setting, it’s an accomplishment, but the other half, the one that gets you to push buttons and affect the gameplay, is sadly lacking.Moon WalkerThe story may not win any awards for originality, but it’s realized in a very competent and engaging