Shadow Walls

I was on the edge with this one, it is very interesting atmosphere and the game itself takes your full attention. On the other hand it is very short and story is nothing special alongside with the lack of weapons, tools or anything else that could make this experience better. There are couple of bugs along the way so it has a feeling of a demo game rather then full release.

It's a zippy little top-down shooter that is surprisingly challenging. The graphics are decent enough, but very minimalist, but that also suits the game. You've got two weapons (gun and mace), sparse ammo, and a variety of horrors trying to kill you. Your health is measured as sanity, and you've got three bars. Some creatures can kill you with one hit, some with multiples being necessary. The same goes for you killing them; some are one shot kills and others are tougher. There is actually thought put into the story, there are two game modes (the main campaign/story and the survival mode called Witch Hunt), the controls are smooth and very simple (as there aren't that many actions available), and it's been glitch free. For under $1, I suggest it if you're looking for a simple but challenging top down shooter.

Mixed feelings. Not at all a challenge to any gamer with minimum experience. I dont like third shooter aerial view games, so i was not supposed to be good at it. Even then, I hardly needed to use the gun and could save the ammunition for tough fights, which never happened. More skilled players should not take 46 minutes to finish the game, as had I. It ended up being a slow paced game. I since is labyrinth themed, with no map, I ended up having to go back whenever I choose a forward path without checking the whole room first. So the game became slow. As the slow pace went, the story became less engaging. I just wanted to find the pages and move on. The horror element was not as expected. The monsters became less frightening since they have predictable attack patterns. You can literally fight most of them the same way, with the bat. The soundtrack was not amazing. I was tense at first, but quickly snapped out of the horror zone. I recommend the follow alterations: Make the light with less radio, like if the character had a lighter. Also, add a flashlight with batteries that should be found along the path. Make the game a little faster, both for players and enemy, especially because of the labyrinth theme. Make the monsters with different patterns of attack, like dash. Give more invisibility to the witch. Make the insects smaller and harder do see. Add a monster with ranged-damaging attack, with a honest chance to dodge. Do not allow more then one monster take the bat hit at the same time, because it makes ganging obsolete (I supposed that you added dash for a kind of tough situation escapes. But who need to escape with the bat does AOE damage?) Make the monsters have more HP as the levels goes on. Anyway, enjoyable for the price. I payed less then a dollar for it, I guess. Would not play again thou.