Well, I commend HerInteractive on this one! I'm not even done with the game yet but I like it so far. I loved the movie Dark Water, the American version and the original Japanese version (my fave!) and this game immediately reminded me of it. As well as The Ring, which I haven't seen but have heard of, and Saw, which I haven't seen either... actually... I don't even know if it's like Saw at all.
Maybe I'm just easily scared, but so far it's creepy and I can't play it at night. Well, I can play it at night, but I need my lights on. Also some odd sound outside my window while I was playing sort of frayed on my nerves... that and the crash downstairs. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say this... but I didn't go down to check on it... I know what happens in horror movies. I think I'd survive one of those nicely.
The music that starts out all traditional and then becomes sort of... creepy with uneven almost random notes and varying intensity does NOT help ease the spookiness of this game. Every turn you take, you keep thinking, will I see a ghost? Will something spontaneously combust? Will I see those creepy twins from The Shining?
One thing I don't like though, and this is pretty much for all if not just the recent Nancy Drew games, is the fact that she's really nosy and pushy. I honestly think that she could garner at least some information by observing people and not asking insensitive questions... but even after that, the characters she interacted with are still their cheery selves and it's like she never even asked anything. I mean, that's not real at all... but I still LOVE the games. If I were this family, I 'd kick her the hell out! Maybe I should run that by HerInteractive... but then again, I don't want to seem pushy either.
I'm also playing this without a walk-through (except for when I don't want to bother with Sudoku or even *shudder* master Sudoku) mainly because I've been relying on them quite a lot instead of really thinking hard when I would seldom use them earlier on in my adventure gaming experiences... I missed that. Also, I kind of want to savor the game for a bit. I've been waiting far too long for this one and I don't want to finish it so quick.
Also, the whole idea of a ryokan -- traditional Japanese inn -- is sort of spooky. Not even just a ryokan, but even a modern hotel with dim lighting like I once was at in the mid-west. You never really know what happened before you decided to take a trip and stay there. I mean, obviously millions of people would've stayed there. How many of them were murdered or simply died of natural causes? How many were murderers, rapists, electrocuted? Most likely they would have unfinished business. More importantly, would they come back as benevolent ghosts or malevolent ghosts? You never now.
And on that note, I end this post.
Happy Early Halloween my kiddies...
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