A few unexplained sounds also add to the creep factor. It’s great and gets even better with headphones, as sounds come and go as you pass their sources, and as you step over different kinds of terrain. The hum of street lights, the chirping of crickets, distant cars, and the hollow, echoey sound of our own footsteps. There’s no music as you explore, and the only sounds you hear are what the world would really sound like. As someone who routinely takes long walks, alone at night, this game does an excellent job at recreating the quiet ambiance of the dead of night. Immediately, I really do have to comment on how lovely the game’s atmosphere is. A few hours pass, and despite being told to stay right where we were, the little girl decides to go out looking for her sister, and the dog (since I guess she didn’t fully understand the whole blood splatter thing). Her sister then promptly runs out into the city to go looking for him. The girl, not knowing what to do, and feeling too guilty to explain what happened, runs home to her sister and tells her that Poro is simply missing. Uh, life lesson: don’t throw rocks into traffic while walking your dog.
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It isn’t until we get prompted on how to pick up and throw items that this game lets us know exactly what kind of game we’re in for. Like a lot of other games, the time is used to teach us a few of the game’s more basic mechanics, running, sneaking, etc. But the people don’t have names) walking her dog home as the sun begins to set. We play as a little girl, (oh yeah, nobody has names in this game. To start off, let me explain what exactly this game is about. I guess the very definition of a ‘mixed review’.
Well, I’m both satisfied, and a little disappointed, a little frustrated. I’m a huge fan of that series, so jumping into Yomawari: Night Alone sounded like a good time. I really didn’t know anything about this game going in, other than it was described as being ‘ Corpse Party like’. Hey, this review has a video version! Check it out! The full, written review is of course still below.