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Posted March 18, 2016
Home alone(?)



<span class="bold">Obscuritas</span>, a haunting horror adventure where you explore a foreboding mansion filled with your nightmares, is now available DRM-free on GOG.com with a 10% launch discount.

Good horror stories prey on our fear of the unknown. The truly great ones, however, confront us with what we already fear but are too scared to admit. Sarah is about to face all her personal nightmares in a desperate attempt to retain her sanity and not succumb to crippling horror.

Her great-uncle has passed away and now Sarah finds herself in an old country house, eager to check out her mysterious inheritance. But her newly-acquired property comes with some undesirable remains of the past which will need something more drastic than a thorough dusting to get rid of. Is she going mad, or is the mansion slowly turning against her, bringing her most horrible fears to life? It's almost as though the place actually recognises her mental state and constantly assaults her mind, plunging her into a gallery of obscure realities. Sarah must keep her wits about her as best she can in order to stay alive and solve the puzzles creeping behind every haunted corner.



Navigate a mansion's sinister past as you enter the twisted world of <span class="bold">Obscuritas</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 10% launch discount will last until March 25, 1:59 PM GMT.
Posted March 20, 2016
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EckoShy: Also it probably wouldn't have any story at all.
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Vythonaut: Why not? Imagine the main story to be someone's usual day -- get up, run to catch the bus, descent many stairs to take the subway, arrive at work, return home and go outdoors to work out. Of course there will be side quests too -- escort the kids to school! Achievements -- how many miles have you walked? Unlockables -- new pink shoes! Roguelike features -- take the wrong street and face a pack of wild dogs; will you make it to safety or be food for the dogs? Permadeath feature. Health powerups only at hospital. Wow I can't believe what I'm writing.... I need sleep. :)
Lol, yeah, that could work.

I just said it probably wouldn't because most sim games have no story, at least not like video games traditionally do.
Posted March 20, 2016
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Antimateria: Yes, game looks pretty decent but the minimum of 670 which is mildly better than 760 doesn't bode well in my stomach. I miss silent hill and those kinda games.. Well there wasn't actually many there has always just been res evil and silent hill and silent hill died years ago.. well resident evil too. Still I did like kinda Resident evil revelations 2 main campaign. Raid mode was the disappointment.
I'm not even sure why it was so disappointing. Raid mode in RE:R was pretty fun.
Posted March 20, 2016
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EckoShy: Lol, yeah, that could work.
It did, i had a very good sleep! :P
Posted March 20, 2016
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Antimateria: Yes, game looks pretty decent but the minimum of 670 which is mildly better than 760 doesn't bode well in my stomach. I miss silent hill and those kinda games.. Well there wasn't actually many there has always just been res evil and silent hill and silent hill died years ago.. well resident evil too. Still I did like kinda Resident evil revelations 2 main campaign. Raid mode was the disappointment.
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omega64: I'm not even sure why it was so disappointing. Raid mode in RE:R was pretty fun.
First one was great second one was pretty disappointing. They just re-ressed everything.
Posted March 20, 2016
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groze: Regarding Layers of Fear, I wouldn't say it's the best horror game ever made (for all intents and purposes, it is a "walking simulator" -- as a fan of the genre, I absolutely loathe the term --, so, if you buy it, bear that in mind), but it's definitely one of the best psychological thrillers I've played. Nothing mindblowing, mind you, but a great game, nonetheless.

When it comes to Obscuritas, I have now played 4 hours of it. Granted, I didn't make much progress, since, like I said previously, the game is based around the player getting lost, having a bunch of jumpscares, solving cryptic hidden-object-like puzzles, finding keys and opening doors. If you liked Pineview Drive, you should definitely get this this one, and that's the most positive thing I can say about it. I didn't like their previous game at all. It tries to be one of the Dark Fall games (all of which are available on GOG, and all of them are great horror games, in their own right) but fails miserably at that. There are absolutely better horror games on GOG; the aforementioned Dark Fall trilogy, Layers of Fear, Kholat, Montague's Mount, Deadly Premonition, Alan Wake and even its "sequel" American Nightmare, The Cat Lady, Downfall and Downfall Redux, the Penumbra trilogy, both Amnesia games (I even prefer A Machine for Pigs over the overrated The Dark Descent, to be fair), SOMA, the *great* Sanitarium, heck, even the F.E.A.R. games are better horror games than Obscuritas, just to name a few.

I think that being 4+ hours in would have given me enough time to experience the proposed fear detecting mechanic. It hasn't. All I experienced, so far, is a buttload of jumpscares, music cues and random placing of statues, dolls, paintings, bloody blades and operating tables.

I will keep trying the game out, as I want to finish it, since I already started it, but, like you said, devs chiming in and presenting a different -- perhaps more grounded -- insight on their game would be highly appreciated.
Oh, I've enjoyed Kholat and Vanishing of Ethan Carter, so I'm fine with "Walking Simulators". I figure such games are primarily about the atmosphere and setting, you just need to have some idea what to expect and take your time playing them. When people bash such games, I think it's primarily because they went in expecting them to be completely different, more like other Horror or Adventure games ( with more complex gameplay, action elements etc. ) .

I've played a good chunk of the games you've mentioned, and would also add Clive Barker's Undying to the list. Very scary and atmospheric game, despite its age and dated technology.

The silence of the Obscuritas devs is rather disappointing, and adds to the overall mediocre impression. Perhaps I'm just spoiled, since so many developers showed up here in recent times, to advertise their games and answer questions.
Posted March 20, 2016
So what's the consensus here, that this game isn't good?
Posted March 20, 2016
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Crosmando: So what's the consensus here, that this game isn't good?
I think the jury is still out on that one, but so far no one has made any serious claims to the contrary.
Posted March 20, 2016
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Crosmando: So what's the consensus here, that this game isn't good?
Seems like it?
Posted March 20, 2016
looks decent, wishlisted.
thanks
Posted March 21, 2016
A discussion about the scariest games on gog and neither Thief Gold nor System Shock 2 have been mentioned. For shame!
Posted March 21, 2016
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fronzelneekburm: A discussion about the scariest games on gog and neither Thief Gold nor System Shock 2 have been mentioned. For shame!
I'm sure there's a few more missing. That pigeon dating game looks pretty scary, as well.
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