My Haunted Doll is a 2D Survival Horror game based on the story of the cursed doll of the 1800s which is said to be possessed by the spirits of a little girl and the Devil.
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Without being too harshly critical, this game feels like something created with a vision, and then a genuine limitation on knowing how to do it, or at least convey the idea to the player.
As an example, the game starts with a long wordy opening about the main character finding a haunted doll at a curio shop, a number of scary things happening and then needing to return it.
That's the introduction, so I expected to be in the thick of it, with all sorts of terrifying imagery and such... but then I realized as I was playing that the introduction was actually just... the plot. I started and went to the antique store, got the doll, brought it home and then was randomly teleported to terrifying areas inexplicably with a sense of fear but there wasn't actually anything happening?
Sprites would pop onto the screen either accompanied by an evil laugh or giggle or just a roaring sound. Oftentimes, you just needed to wait 2-3 seconds and they would disappear in order to progress.
It was the most surreal experience I've had in gaming so in that it was worth the $0.99 I paid for it but I would never recommend this to another living being.
As an example, the game starts with a long wordy opening about the main character finding a haunted doll at a curio shop, a number of scary things happening and then needing to return it.
That's the introduction, so I expected to be in the thick of it, with all sorts of terrifying imagery and such... but then I realized as I was playing that the introduction was actually just... the plot. I started and went to the antique store, got the doll, brought it home and then was randomly teleported to terrifying areas inexplicably with a sense of fear but there wasn't actually anything happening?
Sprites would pop onto the screen either accompanied by an evil laugh or giggle or just a roaring sound. Oftentimes, you just needed to wait 2-3 seconds and they would disappear in order to progress.
It was the most surreal experience I've had in gaming so in that it was worth the $0.99 I paid for it but I would never recommend this to another living being.