At A Glance
Released: 6/18/20
Reviews: 246, net very positive, as of 8/2023
English Reviews: 163
Localized in: English
Had Publisher: no
Majority of reviews:
English ~62%
German ~6%
Russian ~6%
Price: $1.99
Review report:
Negatives: bad voiceover, ok graphics, little player interactivity, noticeable frame drops, boring, too short
Positives: great atmosphere, story, and music
Gameplay
Seems like everyday is some VO with directions and a task
Gf is in bathroom again, handy way of keeping her hidden
Grabbed lantern, forced to use it from menu, not intuitive
Hand holding appears, physics rotation based on camera is funny
Took awhile for me to figure out that I had to combine card with another item to proceed
Ritual in basement, seance
Music
Ominous music at main menu, not phenomenal
Sounds
Weird voice-acting, no models, just black screen and text, uncomfortable
Good way of avoiding second model and animated cutscene
Could hear tiny footsteps in common area
Stinger occurred when door was opened
Basement is very quiet, too quiet
Light is barely adequate, but keeps tension up
Breathing starts as I approach the stairs again (sounds masked)
Art
Weird symbol in main menu, could be demonic, eldritch, aztec
Seems to have some connection to tarot cards
Model has animated feet walking, but no arms
Has animated arm shadows though
Looking out the windows there are tree models/textures, and past them is a skybox that looks like a grassy field, more trees, and sky
Even on the lowest settings the kitchen area seems to lower FPS a lot
Lighting in the windows is odd too, kind of foggy, can’t see outside clearly
Running down the stairs rotates the camera down and you can see the neck hole of the shirt (and leg twitches)
Game has heavy-hitting FPS areas (kitchen, bathroom) but I don’t know how I would fix them
After picking up tarot card floor creaks, camera freaks out
Pig masked person standing in the way, appears static
Underneath light, will probably break
Getting closer makes furniture surround it, VO comes back
‘I understand it’, I’m lost
Rest of pig family is in entrance, guy is pretty calm now
This is a small house, but appears to be effective in running around and giving player something to do (has done well at $2)
Next level house is rearranged, fridge missing, candles leading to entrance
Pig knocks at door, can’t open, walk away, opens anyway
UI
Vincent Lade plastered his name all over the main menu
Main menu is in-game, person standing to the side
Writing
Gf asks to start breakfast, mentions crazy lady
Can't remember previous night, girl is in bathroom once again
Not even a static model is used so we can see that she is real
Pigs left a note right on the outside bench about watching the house. What cultists do that?
What bigger idiot reads that and doesn’t run immediately (or at least react)
Picked up a grimy VHS tape and task completed, how bad would it smell?
According to tape this takes place in 2020, why no cell phones?
Picked up axe in shed and now he’s under some spell
In church with pigs, ritual occurring to put some guy into player body
Aleister, appears that main character became a pig also in the end
Scare Factor
Pig family is back in house, half of them are static
Go back to bedroom and probably kill gf
Pigs are outside, set up a key
Finally get to see bathroom, gf definitely dead (blood)
Whispers from bathtub, curtain drawn
Biggest scare in the game was when the pig guy ran in from the entrance and tackled the player, unexpected (Although it was in the trailer)
Overall
A decent short experience with an odd story
Not a lot of scares in this one, mainly relies on atmosphere and psychological tricks
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