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Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
WORLD OF HORROR is a horror, lovecraftian and pixel graphics game
developed by panstasz
and published by Ysbryd Games and PLAYISM.
Released on October 19th 2023 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 7 languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 9,381 reviews of which 8,588 were positive and 793 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: Catalina
- Processor: 1,4 Ghz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Inted HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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Alright first steam review, you bastards forced my hand. Let me explain, this game was made by one person, whom shot themselves in the foot by over-promising much within a much too small of a time frame. This is another tragic early access mishap (early access is a garbage system). And I felt the need to do my part in skewing the reviews more towards positive. Did they take too long to make this game? Maybe. Did they screw up by giving the trailer these amazing black/white animations, making people assume they would be in the game? Yes. (They shouldve just made a standard gameplay trailer, the art is amazing enough to stand on its' own) Does it deserve all the hate and review bombing? No, absolutely not. And just to be clear, you think by review bombing and hating on the developer, that will motivate him to come back and update the game? Why would it, clearly the community has expressed an insane amount of hate towards the dev, I imagine the animosity is two sided at this point. I've been keeping my eye on this game for a long time, and the hate started way before 1.0, if you're curious. I just hope it hasn't soured their motivation to make another game. To Summarize quickly, the game has amazing Junji-Ito Inspired art, Mysteries based/influenced by very obscure japanese horror movies (I caught that Mermaid in the Manhole reference), Tons of random events that makes me see new sick art every time I play. It is a turn based JRPG, Horror, Mystery, Rogue-like, which is unique in and of itself. If you're a massive horror buff or Junji Ito fan, I think you should give it a shot when it's on sale. If you're not a huge horror fan, this may not be for you, because you will be missing a ton of references and details. I do consider the RNG events and rogue-like nature a plus, but some may consider it a minus. ALSO ALL THE ART WAS MADE IN MS PAINT!
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I personally love the game, though what others are saying that the Dev abandoned the game holds some truth. It's not an expensive game and is met to be replayed with different outcomes and diverging paths. Though it may be "incomplete" I would still strongly recommend the game as it has so much to offer and still is a solid game even in its current state. Pros: -Beautiful and horrifying pixel graphics -Engaging story that will be different every time -Multiple characters all with different stats -Unique Game play with and old school RPG combat style -Multiple endings with different eldritch gods -Affordable price for good quality Cons: -Developer left the project -Difficulty spikes occur frequently -I want to bang some the monsters (I need therapy) World Of Horror is a game I still highly recommend as is.
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Fun novel gameplay mechanics. Very cool art style. if you are into horror manga you will enjoy this game. Easy to play but not easy to win. Short/Fast rounds of game play (15-30min) with tons of unlockables. Modability as well! Check out @Vinesauce on youtube and twitch for gameplay footage !
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Worth every penny, plus the Workshop community is amazing. Challenging, fun, some issues with the UI, and I think I got soft-locked at one point (probably the mods). Some of the color schemes are kind of headache/nausea inducing but hey, that's just my personal taste Reminds me of games I played on my friends computer ages ago, great creepy atmosphere, and yes it's basically a horror manga turned into a pc game and it's freakin' amazing! Many pluses. few flaws
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World of Horror is a very unique horror game with its style of gameplay, it’s a rogue-like with a choose-your-own-adventure style. The game also takes inspiration from Junji Ito’s work and the Clthul Mythos as well and blends them together into a very nice horror game with some interesting ideas. Pros and Cons Pros [*]Creepy atmosphere that works very well [*]Interesting gameplay where choices matter heavily [*]Multiple endings you can achieve [*]Fantastic black and white pixel art style Cons [*]No character development in the story [*]The game can get quite difficult with RNG [*]UI is ok, there is a little too much on the screen Story/Gameplay I’ll be handling this review in a unique way because the story and the gameplay are tied together. The old gods have reawakened, the world is in a spiraling mess, in hospitals, abandoned classrooms, quiet apartments, and dark forests. Strange events have been occurring and it’s up to you to solve these cases to try and prevent the inevitable. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313225628 You can play as 14 different characters and each character has a unique story to them and different mysteries for you to solve. Though, the characters themselves don’t have any sort of development to them. Although to be fair, I don’t think that was the intention of the game fully, as I believe they wanted to focus more on the atmosphere of the game. However, to unlock certain characters, you need to get certain achievements in the game to get them. Which may require you to do a few runs on certain things because the game randomly generates what happens for certain events. Although even with all that, it should be possible to get them even with what I just said. Now the game has three specific phases to it, the Planning phase, the Investigation phase , and the Combat phase . The Planning phase will be at your house where you can do things, like take a bath, go to the lighthouse, or choose your next mystery. That’s where the Investigation phase begins, and you are free to select the location to go to. The game does have a set path that it recommends you go to but you are free to choose wherever you want to go to. The game has these random events that will determine what the player does and what kind of effect they get. Each location you go to has a certain event associated with it and an option for you to choose from. To solve cases you will need to find certain clues and to get these clues, you will need to resolve a certain event that the game gives you. The events as a whole are random and there are certain scenarios where the ending is obvious, it’s still random on what the game gives you. Then there is combat, the game is turned-based, and you have offensive, defensive, support, and spiritual abilities. All of these actions are arranged in a 9x9 grid and some abilities are only available for certain encounters. You will need to prepare a sequence of attacks and click the LAUNCH SEQUENCE button for the game to do the actions that you want. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313226708 You have at least 200 time units to use on certain actions and each action will use a certain amount. Once your sequence is over, the enemy can then attack you, you can reduce the damage you receive by using defensive actions. You can also cast spells and use throwing items, but they are not tied to the action sequence or the time unit. So you are free to cast as many spells or use as many throwing items as you want. All of these actions have some sort of mathematics to them but that is a whole other thing to explain in this review and would take way too long for it to do that. Once combat is over, you will gain experience points, and some enemies will give you certain items. You can use the experience you get to level up certain stats. Some enemies can also alter certain actions for you, like ghosts for example. Where your attacks won’t be able to hurt them unless you are playing as certain characters as they can or by hurting them in another manner. When leveling up, you can select one perk from three, there are generic perks that are available for all characters in the game. However, there are also character-exclusive perks that you can also select for a certain character. Each character has three or four perks unless you are playing as Toshiaki Wakematsu , who has six unique perks to him. There is a ton that World of Horror has to offer but I just can’t explain everything that the game has. Although there are two issues that I do want to address with the game, the game can get quite difficult on its RNG. Now this is a minor issue as some people may enjoy the complete randomness that the game has to offer. Although with that said, there are just some things that the game will throw at you that can completely kill the run so be careful. The UI that the game has is ok, I do think it’s a little cluttered as there is so much on the screen to click and such. This is also another minor issue but just a little something that got to me in some ways. Although the issue I want to talk about mainly is the developer of this game, they have been known to say things and then just disappear. Now you may have known I said there were achievements earlier in the game, well there are no Steam achievements, but they were promised that they would be in the game. There was supposed to be an update in March for this game, but March has come and gone and we are in the mid to late month of August at the time of this review. The game is still very fun but those are the issues that the game is plagued with that do hold it back. Graphics and Performance The art style that the game has is very beautiful and creepy, the black and white pixel graphics make the areas unsettling. I tested the game on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad-Core Processor 3.50, and 16 GB of RAM, I had no issues while I was playing, and the game should be able to run on any PC. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3313227545 Final Verdict All in all World of Horror is a fantastic love letter to Junji Ito and to the Cthulhu Mythos . The game has a very nice horror-like charm to it that will be sure to please any horror fans. There is even mod support for the game so if you want to install some mods to enhance your experience in the game, they are there to make the game more fun. Looking for more reviews like this one? Then follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/5297658/]Life Needs a Little Sin
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WORLD OF HORROR is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
WORLD OF HORROR is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
WORLD OF HORROR received 8,588 positive votes out of a total of 9,381 achieving a rating of 8.89.
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WORLD OF HORROR was developed by panstasz and published by Ysbryd Games and PLAYISM.
WORLD OF HORROR is playable and fully supported on Windows.
WORLD OF HORROR is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
WORLD OF HORROR is not playable on Linux.
WORLD OF HORROR is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for WORLD OF HORROR. Explore additional content available for WORLD OF HORROR on Steam.
WORLD OF HORROR does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
WORLD OF HORROR does not support Steam Remote Play.
WORLD OF HORROR is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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18
Developer
panstasz
Publisher
Ysbryd Games,
PLAYISM
Release
19 Oct 2023
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