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And it's such a shame, as well -- This game has some genuinely good atmosphere, but the devs decided not to lean into it, and just rely completely on spooky ghosty boys going "BOO!" So disappointing...
It sounds to me that you're basing the term jump-scare on whether or not it actually succeeded in scaring you. Whereas I was referring to all instances where the game ATTEMPTS to scare you in a particular way.
Specifically, a jump-scare is where the game attempts to frighten you with a quick jolt of fear. Jump scares attempt to use the element of surprise to catch the player off-guard with something very sudden. Usually, it involves something jumping very quickly at the player, or a very sudden loud noise.
A problem with this particular game is that it tries to scare the player using that technique far too often, to the point where it becomes expected. Once this type of scare loses the element of surprise, it stops being frightening. That is exactly what happened in this game: It tries to surprise you so often that the constant surprises become painfully predictable.
Pretty decent game though, although not sure how the other dude in this topic has put 80 hours in this.
Adam and Nicolas
Each chapter you switch between the two and their Stories.
Adams Playstile is a sort of Riddle, Mystery, "Walking sim" (comparable to games like "Firewatch"
Nicolas' Playstile is Horror with minor riddle elements (A bit like "Amnesia")
The Horror parts have A TON of jumpscares... like ... A LOT!
At the beginning they are not "Scary" but more "startling":
You go into a room and suddenly all Shelves fly open combined with a violin "Sting".
You crouch through a low narrow passage and a ghost crawls at you and dissapears.
You get used to them fairly quickly though since they become predictable and are too frequent to let any tension build up in between.
BUT it is still a steal for 3 bucks on sale and definitely worth it.