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The Village takes place in modern times.
From Dusk Till Dawn is actually about vampires, even though it was marketed as a gangster film.
Spoilers.
Ofcourse, if what you were expecting was another regurgitation of the "WOOOOH SCAAAAAAARY ! " games that we've been getting after Amnesia came along, where scawy scawy monsters would come out oh noes and you could make these "HI-LARIOUS" Youtube videos where you scream ! - then yes, I can see how you were dissaponited.
but that's wrong
Amnesia was the complete opposite of that
That is like telling me if I go to a restaurant and order a steak I should be happy when they give me tacos.
Heh, tacos ...
It's still a terrible game and story even if you don't go in expecting spooky stuff. I figured the ending might make up for it all, but the ending was easily the worst part to me.
If you would like to save $20.00 and about two hours of your life, read the rest of this post.
***SPOILERS***
I found it a bit unfair that the game and its artwork gave the impression that it was a horror type game. Add to that the atmosphere is very creepy and there is one or two places where you feel like something strange is going on but really you are just jumping at shadows. Also, added to that is the implication that the house is haunted, the ouji board and the ritual under the stairs .ect all add up to... nothing. The game is about coming home from Europe to an empty house and finding out that mom and dad are out camping and your lesbian sister ran away from home with her girlfried. You also discover that your Dad is a terrible writer (not to mention he should probably be arrested and fined for all the bootleged VHS tapes scattered around the house) and that Mom is a really good forrest ranger (or whatever).
At the very least, they could have had the sister hanging by her neck above the notebook in the attic. That would have been neat...
The game wasnt bad from a technicall standpoint. I liked the fact that you could wander around in stead of being stuck on prerendered still frames like most point and click games. I would applaud the inclusion of all the meaningless notes and such scattered around for atmosphere (kind of reminded me of an adventure company game) except for the fact that the entire excersise is meaning less.
What a horrible bait and switch.
Indeed it is... considering I bought it looking for a horror adventure.
Under the Key Features part of the Steam store page:
A Personal Story: created by veterans of the BioShock series and the writer behind Minerva's Den, Gone Home offers the rich, nuanced details of one family's struggles to deal with uncertainty, heartache, and change.
An Immersive Place: return to the 1990s by visiting a home where every detail has been carefully recreated, and the sounds of a rainstorm outside wrap you in the experience.
No Combat, No Puzzles: Gone Home is a nonviolent and puzzle-free experience, inviting you to play at your own pace without getting attacked, stuck, or frustrated. This house wants you to explore it.
Yes, in fact that is a description of the game as is every other description and marketing video that has been used up to the release of the game that asked what mystery or what fate befell the family in the home.
All that description tells people is that the game is about exploration, while every video, every other description, and all of the hype pointed to it being something much more sinister.
How do you mean?
I suppose that is the overuse of Scary Mansions that are at fault, actually. Any half-lit house is instantly interpreted as things jumping out to kill you. And the devs did cultivate that feeling of ghosts as well, since they put in voices in the basement, the thing with the crucifix, and so on. But the promotional material just has that, a poorly lit house. The video up there blares Riot Grrl music over top of it (which kinda kills the feeling of horror), and the rest of them just are pictures of rooms and photos of families.
I too initially thought it was a horror game at first glace, but it really didn't take long to disillusion myself of that once I started reading about it.