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I would give a 4.8 to be more accurate if I could.
Cons: it's very easy to give into the temptation of looking for cheats when everything is confusing and you don't understand the background lore.
This game is definitely hard when you first play it without any background knowledge.
I recommend exploring your surroundings and the game thoroughly in your first go around without the sole intention of finishing the game.
Pros:This game is beautiful and weaves an interesting narrative.
My biggest regret is not trying to explore more and instead rushing towards the end when I initially played it. Every once in a while I download this game again.
It's a great game and I 100% recommend it.Show lessnoodleoreo
Revised review.
Originally I was a little harsh. I thought it was a bit slow to start. Perhaps a little baiting in with interactiveness early on would have helped. However, if you stick with it, it does get a bit more intriguing. I think a Sequel with a bit more substance would be right on time. Keep it coming. Thanks!Show lessAJ ski
Zero help
I appreciate a challenging puzzle, but there’s absolutely zero help in this game. It’s also not friendly to people who are hard of hearing or who have ringing in their ears like I do. I can’t get past the dark woods. I’m assuming that you have to choose the path with appropriate scale tone, but it’s very frustrating for people with damaged hearing. Otherwise I absolutely loved the content and the graphics. Problem is that when you get stuck, you’re 100% totally done with the game. So I guess I’m done about 10 minutes in.Show lessHometownblue
can’t recommend
there’s a difference between being challenging yet engaging and rewarding and being completely obtuse and impenetrable. year walk’s puzzles are the latter. there’s also a difference between creating a creepy, haunting atmosphere and having jumpscares every time the player makes any progress. again, year walk is the latter. it would be cynical to say the obnoxious difficulty is to stretch the game’s length out to justify asking for 4 dollars, but unfortunately that seems to be pretty accurate. the companion is a nice idea but the lore it provides is pretty categorically not helpful. the art and sound design are nice. if you want good puzzles and/or creepy atmosphere i’d recommend something out of the cube escape series (many of which are FREE) or even this same company’s title DEVICE 6, which is superb. year walk, however, is just too unintuitive and poorly executed to recommend.Show lessduavis
Wonderful horror game
I honestly loved this game. The puzzles are challenging and the story is very intriguing. I will say that it is important for someone playing this to get the companion. Besides having information about the research that went into the game, it is essential to unlocking the alternate ending.Dr. PUZZLER
Almost
This has everything I love; an indie puzzle adventure with beautiful artwork, a bit spooky, cool mythology and story, and yet... it still falls a bit short.
I don’t mind paying because I know the creators would have put a great deal of effort into this and deserve to earn something out of it, but I do find myself resenting how short it is for the price. The biggest puzzle was navigating the map - too complicated and too many almost identical settings. I wanted more puzzles, more of a challenge than just “where was that cave again?”. I also felt like there could have been a little more exposition. I love a mystery, but I would have preferred something to explain what a year walk was within the game, not on a separate companion app.
Still, I loved the vibe and had an enjoyable hour or so playing it.Show lessHailos90
Cool but too short
You must download the campaign app or this is not worth it. The game went by too fast for the cost of the game. Very pretty game but I finished within an hour. Worth a play for the artwork.
If you liked this game play the Rusty Lake series. Each game is longer and connected to one another. Rusty Lake is a slightly more disturbing version of this game, but significantly better.Show lessWaahkemmagogos
Beautiful and terrifying
That’s some Grade A nightmare fuel there. My only complaint is the post-game, which tries to turn this into a House of Leaves narrative post ipso facto. It was definitely an essential post-game, but I wish it had been a bit more refined.Lightning bugs
Hmmm
I really wanted to love this game. It really is lovely. Sadly the intentional shaky quality to the graphics gives me motion sickness & I have been unable to play for longer than a minute or two. Wish I could return it as it makes me nauseous.Shamiscalco
Is 3 or 4 hours worth 4 bucks?
I blazed through this amazing game without a guide or walkthrough- I really wish it was longer. I’m super bummed that I finished so quickly. I want more content! Plus- I’m seeing there’s mechanics in other versions of the game that I can’t use on the mobile version, like a MAP- which would have been helpful. Plus there’s hints on the map to how to open that BOX- which I’ll probably never figure out cause I’m on iOS- actually, you can. The companion guide to the game in a separate app.
Wow. That story is GRIPPING. Incredible!
I’m giving this one five stars, it’s well done. Extremely well done- even for how short it is.Show lessZ Rhett
