that ending sucked

The next abandoned EA game

This game is not in a state that is worth your time, and judging by the amount of interest in the beta, it probably never will. 2 nights of dull gameplay is not worth any amount of money, and the game uses it's irregular artstyle as a crutch to trick someone into thinking it has value. Skip this.

Player involvement is minimal, there is simply so little here, that it's difficult to recommend this...

Child Phobia: Nightcoming Fears is an adventure game currently in Early Access. I can easily describe it as a psychological horror game featuring very mature themes such as child abuse, in a surreal/abstract way.


Gameplay:
Your character is a young child and at least the part of the game that is currently available evolves around a house. Gameplay looks kind of linear, at least so far, as you explore the house and the different rooms, following certain objectives that trigger the story to move forward.
I must say that I was not too excited though about the movement speed of the character you are controlling.


Graphics:
The game features hand-drawn artwork in a very interesting style. Extra points for that!

Music/Sound Design:
In this department the game also does well, with the sound contributing a lot to the atmosphere.

Pros:
-Hand drawn artwork
-Interesting themes
-Great atmosphere

Neutral:
-Mature themes that may make some people uncomfortable.
-Game is rather short but it's still in Early Access and there's more to come.

♥♥♥♥:
-Character moving speed is a bit on the slow side which makes walking through the house, something you do A LOT, a bit tedious.

Conclusion:
The game looks good and has potential. Still in EA so we can't be entirely sure how it will evolve or where the story will ultimately go but for 1.99 it's not really a risk.

Score:
Gameplay: 7/10
Graphics: 9/10
Music/Sound: 8/10
Concept/Story: 8/10


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Nice game. Waiting for more content.

I loved the art style of the screenshots so I requested the key. I was vaguely aware that the game was going to be spooky. I just wasn't prepare for how dark it was going to get! With scenes of implied (child)abuse, this one isn't for the feint-hearted!

There seems to be more to the game, more than what I found while playing - according to screenshots. I'm not sure if this is just content that I missed, alpha shots or content that is coming soon. Either way, for a couple of bucks, Child Phobia is pretty good to scare yourself a little!

My review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzfNMoGYad0

It's a good game, but very dark.
It shows how easy a child can fear something and how it escalates
the game provides examples of how or when a real life situation effect on the fear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UhFSplPtc

good story realy deep. love the horror building up. amazing graffic. sad that is not full game yet can't w8 to play it 1 more time :)

Wait, til Early Access is over. Meanwhile play the original, "Neverending Nightmares".

I bought this game, because it doesn't cost much and it looked exactly as the game mentioned ("Neverending Nightmares") that I really loved. Because the art style, the gameplay et cetera are completely the same, I was pretty sure, it would be from the same devs. And, yes I was just too lazy to look it up. After I have played for 5 minutes, I already saw many flaws. So I took the time and no, other people have made the game, so you can call it a rip-off in every way.

That of course doesn't have to be a bad thing. Here the problem is, the character moves way too slow and can run for only a few steps. In the original game the character was slow, too, but it played way more fluently, especially as you could move up and down, what isn't possible here.
Then, here, you can move the character with the gamepad, but, you don't have access to actions with it. Unless you like holding the gamepad in one hand and having the other one on the keyboard... I really don't understand, why the devs would make it possible to move with the gamepad and then didn't just adjust two actions to buttons. (To go faster you have to use shift; OK, if you press shift too often and fast, you probably know what happens in windows. Windows stops the game and asks you if you want to turn on the sticky keys. And: no, you can't change the keyboard setting in the options, you can only change graphic and sound.)

One difference, I don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I do it anyway: when you come across paintings etc. you can zoom in, but, this just makes the pixels larger, so this kinda seems not very well made. As my screen is pretty large already, I can see everything quite well without zooming. I hoped for a more detailled view.

So you wander through a house (like in "Neverending Nightmares") and the house changes.
As a gimmick you get statistical information about being a child that was left, child abuse et cetera between some scenes. I have the feeling, the devs did this to cover up the lack of own ideas and substance and to make this game seem like it has a social message. Wow, experience the nightmares of a child that has...

Ok, enough! I will look into the game again, when it's finished/polished and then eventually change my review.

So the essence now is: If you haven't played Neverending Nightmares yet, you should preferably do that, if you have played it, you shouldn't expect too much from this game.