This was a wonderful horror experience with a captivating mystery and very thought out puzzles that made me scratch my head until I got them and hated myself for not getting them sooner! This game wears its creepypasta influence on its sleeve, its build up of uneasiness up to horror kept me glued to the screen and had my try every single interaction just to see what happened as a result. I think this game is a must play for slow burn horror fans that love good, thoughtful puzzles.
I actually kinda dug this. Pretty short (I wanna say around 3 hours on average?), not particularly scary at all, but it was pretty interesting for the cheap experience it was and it had some genuinely funny moments. The lore behind it was intriguing enough (moreso than most other little indie horror games that have cropped up lately), and it did have some genuinely eerie moments to its credit - the speech training with Amanda reading out things such as "baa lamb" and "pie man" and realising what they sound like was actually pretty chilling. Actually got impressively emotionally attached to Wooly and Amanda's dad by the end. I hope they do more with this someday.
Short creepy puzzle solving experience that is the right length at around 1-2 hours. Meant to be played a couple of times to see things through.
Playing off the rising analog horror trend, the game involves you watching increasingly cursed video tapes that need you to solve puzzles to find the next tape. Has a couple of jumpscares littered in in case you wanna know before buying.
Playing off the rising analog horror trend, the game involves you watching increasingly cursed video tapes that need you to solve puzzles to find the next tape. Has a couple of jumpscares littered in in case you wanna know before buying.
This game knows what its trying to do, does it extremely well, and doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. And, yes, I am a person who advocates for constant experimentation with games as a medium, but honestly sometimes a game doesn't need to, and that's okay. Personally, it's lore/story wasn't very compelling to me. Amanda the Adventurer is, in my opinion, a great way to spend an afternoon if you're bored or something.
Ignoring my sheep bias, Amanda the Adventurer expands upon the demo/"Pilot Episode" with its compelling use of childhood nostalgia for pseudo-interactive kids media (Dora the Explorer, Blue's Clues) as actual interactive media, terrifying with notions of choice which disintegrate upon the whims of the eponymous antagonist. Wooly is right in his terror when unnamed, unspoiled horrors await him in the artificial light of the animated television show featuring his lovely, adorable, not at all scary friend, Amanda. The game has its clear production issues in terms of a rapid development (taking only about a year to create) which lessens the scope of its puzzles and environmental scares, but, in all, this is a wonderful time most suited for myself as it accomplishes what could never be conceived of when watching (and mocking, as older viewers will) children's TV shows of the late '90s and early '00s.
I don't know. Maybe this genre isn't for me. But I feel like indie horror can be really good sometimes, if it's made right.
I just didn't think this was made right.
The scares are cheap. The concept is interesting- but the execution is done poorly. And when it comes to the story- what there was just didn't impress me. The characters just aren't interesting.
The fan songs on Youtube are great though. Definitely give those a listen.
At any rate, I hope the developer can improve for the future.
I just didn't think this was made right.
The scares are cheap. The concept is interesting- but the execution is done poorly. And when it comes to the story- what there was just didn't impress me. The characters just aren't interesting.
The fan songs on Youtube are great though. Definitely give those a listen.
At any rate, I hope the developer can improve for the future.
this game is really good but i realize it doesn't appeal to me as much as I hoped? Great game and execution, I just feel like I'm a little too old for it maybe or maybe I'm just stuck in an emotional slump that forces me to feel like I don't enjoy media when I am requiring myself to take it seriously as a form of art.