Report 28: Good Riddance Neighbor
Kinda hated this clunky mess. Controlling your character is ass, stealth part is ass, physics are ass, the AI is ass, being able to softlock yourself in the situation you can’t progress in is, in fact, ass too. It has more ass than your local strip bar. I almost gave up on Act 3 since it seems like putting a thing in the shopping cart is a NASA engineer-tier task now.
I also really disliked that most of the solutions for the game’s puzzles were from the “no, this can’t be right. I don’t think they intended me to do it like this” category.
Escaping from the Neighbour (if you’re not just crossing the road back to your house) is really hard, and at the same time - pointless. When he catches you, it just sends you off to the beginning of the stage with all your items intact, but with windows repaired/boarded shut and new traps set up. I mean, I’m thankful they did it this way, since it would be even more frustrating, but it’s still weird.
Such a shame that a concept this interesting had to be buried under the gameplay this abysmal. My experience with it was horrible, and I hated almost every annoying second of it. How this got popular is beyond me. I had a slight bit of fun in the latter part of Act 3, but only because I turned on Friendly mod and the titular Neighbour was mostly out of the picture on upper floors and didn’t annoy me further. (a.k.a. I had fun with the game by shutting off the cornerstone part of the game)
Though I’d rather play Neighbours from Hell or something, at least it’s fun in its’ entirety.
This is a very short puzzle game.
It’s some sort of a sokoban with limited moves. The game isn’t too hard but not easy at times. The boss stage made me rage quite a bit, but I still had fun at the end.
Despite its’ short length, it features a ton of cute girls and tongue-in-cheek humour, and was a very enjoyable experience overall.
It’s a pretty short point’n’click game that uses heavily pixelated photographs as its artstyle. Although the story isn’t anything mind-blowing, it was delivered in a pleasant and brief way, kept me interested all the way through and gave me a chuckle at the end (I mean, this was just a bit of dark humor and I was supposed to laugh at this, right?
There are barely any puzzles to speak about, so you’ll probably beat it in 20 minutes or so.
The “Collector’s Edition” on Steam also features devs’ other small game made for a jam, Aerinde. It’s even shorter than the “Date”, just as simple, and the plot goes weird places.
Even if there is some cons about “Date” worth pointing out, it all means little, since the game is free.
I’ve beaten it back in 2019, but postponed posting the review since I wanted to post it along with A Dump in the Dark because it sounded funny. Why yes, I am a child.
It’s a short point’n’click by the same devs behind A Date in the Park. While still being fairly small in scope, it has a lot more going for.
The main menu seemed kinda unflattering and really poorly chosen in my opinion, but the artdesign turned out to be pretty cool. There’s not much of a music, but when there is soundtrack, it’s also good.
All of the puzzles made sense enough for the game to be simple and straightforward.
I thought I was 100% sure where the plot is heading, but the ending turned out to be not what I expected at all.
Overall, another good short point’n’click under Cloak and Dagger Games’ belt. I’ll be sure to check their other games as well.
Backlog progress status: no seriously why does hello neighbor has like three games already
Helltaker’s boss indeed was a little frustrating!
The funniest thing is, it’s not even that hard, but adjusting your reaction to the danger zones appearing on screen can be tricky. Besides I’m prone to panic easily, lol
oh I feel you!