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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 8.3 hrs on record (8.3 hrs at review time)

Posted: 8 Sep, 2019 @ 11:22am
Updated: 11 Sep, 2019 @ 5:59pm

Well, Blair Witch...

It's difficult for me to rate this game cuz still influenced by the movies (mostly the first one), I'd expected this whole Blair Witch setup would go in a complete different direction (Doesn't mean it's bad). So nothing structured now, just some impressions:

I was soaked with great atmo at the begining of the game (sweet anticipation I guess), trying my best to spot the witch, hiding behind the trees which gave me the creeps with every rustle that I heard (thanks Bullet^^). Again like I said, I went in with certain expectations and there is nothing you can do about it. But I was surprised, the devs built in some mechanics and plot twists that giving this game as a "Blair Witch" project it own and independent flair.

But I have to admit that these feelings that I had in the beginning, disappeared in mid and end game. I can't describe why this happened and why I had this light "sigh-moment" of relief when the game ends, without going to deep in detail and coming up with spoilers. But in hindsight I can say that I'm not satisfied. Here, I'm missing the main ingredient that made this whole story about a witch in the woods of Maryland thing so popular and interesting for me - Hopelessness! The feeling that you can't hide, can't escape and she has eyes on you everytime and everywhere, this pressure of darkness and invisible evil that seems to hide behind every noise and nature itself was just not there. To be honest, I felt damn cozy-comfortable in this witch cursed forest and always tried to beat my "snake" record during the caffee breaks... So, in other words - unconvinced, this is not how I would like to see my "Blair Witch" game.

In the end some technical and other aspects:

After three patches there are still bugs that require a re-load of your sav.game files. Surprising... [More patches incoming]. It's short, only 6-8 hours gameplay. Is it worth 30€? I dunno...

However, I give it a buy recommendation cuz I think that the majority will still enjoy this game.

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Well, Blair Witch...

It's difficult for me to rate this game cuz still influenced by the movies (mostly the first one), I'd expected this whole Blair Witch setup would go in a complete different direction (Doesn't mean it's bad). So nothing structured now, just [b][u]some impressions:[/u][/b]

I was soaked with great atmo at the begining of the game (sweet anticipation I guess), trying my best to spot the witch, hiding behind the trees which gave me the creeps with every rustle that I heard (thanks Bullet^^). Again like I said, I went in with certain expectations and there is nothing you can do about it. But I was surprised, the devs built in some mechanics and plot twists that giving this game as a "Blair Witch" project it own and independent flair.

But I have to admit that these feelings that I had in the beginning, disappeared in mid and end game. I can't describe why this happened and why I had this light "sigh-moment" of relief when the game ends, without going to deep in detail and coming up with spoilers. But in hindsight I can say that I'm not satisfied. Here, I'm missing the main ingredient that made this whole story about a witch in the woods of Maryland thing so popular and interesting for me - [b]Hopelessness![/b] The feeling that you can't hide, can't escape and she has eyes on you everytime and everywhere, this pressure of darkness and invisible evil that seems to hide behind every noise and nature itself was just not there. To be honest, I felt damn cozy-comfortable in this witch cursed forest and always tried to beat my "snake" record during the caffee breaks... So, in other words - unconvinced, this is not how I would like to see my "Blair Witch" game.

In the end some [b][u]technical and other aspects:[/u][/b]

After three patches there are still bugs that require a re-load of your sav.game files. Surprising... [More patches incoming]. It's short, only 6-8 hours gameplay. Is it worth 30€? I dunno...

However, I give it a buy recommendation cuz I think that the majority will still enjoy this game.

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wayfarer 11 Feb, 2020 @ 11:48am

What a great review!

Noks 5 Oct, 2019 @ 10:57am

You're welcome!

+ 5 Oct, 2019 @ 9:06am

Thank you Noks. This answered my question fully.

Noks 5 Oct, 2019 @ 4:36am

@Cain This is how a dev discribes the difficulty of the game: "Hi! Gameplay is difficult. In addition, the game adjusts the difficulty level to the player's style of play." -Saucerhead.

To not to lie to you, I'm sure that there were no difficulty settings at all on release. So you just simply start a new game. Mby they added smth like a hard mode already or will add in the future cuz it's highly requested.

You asked why it slows down (game design)? Yes, I would explain it that way - If you are a type of player who likes to explore due to achievement hunting or like me, simply cuz you want to see everything the game has to offer, you will find yourself limited pretty quick and understand when and what to expect. As a result, the game becomes even more predictable.

My suggestion, play the game as linear as possible and you will be able to get the max positive impressions.

+ 4 Oct, 2019 @ 11:52pm

Great review. I do wonder what you mean by the slower middle part of the game. Is there a difficulty settings where the games does become more dangerous at all?

I understand it likely slows down in the middle but is there anything like a difficulty setting in-game to adjust at all or would you say it slows down due to game design? Curious about that one.

Noks 13 Sep, 2019 @ 3:03pm

I agree this DLC would be awesome! Now, the final location - this thunderstorm somewhere that lights this abandoned house, beautiful atmo! But like the middle part, it became predictable very quick and it was so easy to pass all these "dangers", don't you think? Mby it's just on my end and I lost some of the motivation because I couldn't identify with our main character and this is what this game is trying all the way. The connection between the main char and witch/forest is too weak imo. I hoped they reveal more "facts" about this mysterious place and the witch would be to the fore.

ArcTheWolf 13 Sep, 2019 @ 10:58am

I agree that opening and atmosphere was on point, the mid-game was the weakest part for me but honestly the end with "that place" was on point for me. There's rumors there is DLC planned and it would be pretty awesome if it took place during the events of The Blair Witch Project and just let us spend a couple of days filming and camping as Heather from the movie.

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