Dahlia View on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
Sometimes it takes a nightmare to wake a place like Dahlia View. Lead the investigation into a missing child and discover the dark secret of Dahlia View in this story-driven observational thriller from the creators of The Occupation and Ether One.
Dahlia View is a investigation, puzzle and cinematic game
developed and published by White Paper Games.
Released on November 02nd 2021 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 316 reviews of which 273 were positive and 43 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Dahlia View into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 x64
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) or equivalent / AMD Ryzen 5 2500U (4 * 2000) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 ( 2048 MB) / Radeon RX 560X (4096 MB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
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My mum came to visit me over Christmas and she was always a fan of watching my brother and I play adventure games when we were younger, so I purchased this to occupy our evenings. We both got bang into the storyline and the somewhat haphazard detective techniques of the main hero Mr Conway. Overall it was an enjoyable game. Puzzles not difficult so would have preferred more of a challenge here. Ending was a little rushed IMO too but otherwise we got our moneys worth and were able to immerse ourselves into the criminal goings on of Dahlia View. We enjoyed ourselves playing this, so much so, my mum even made me stay up till 3am one night playing so we could finish it.
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After beating Dahlia View, below are my thoughts: Pros! - Top notch voice acting! Haven't played a game with voice acting this good in a long time. The lip sync is somewhat off when someone speaks though. No big deal for me personally, but noticeable. - Visually appealing, great design of the overall neighborhood and characters. - Puzzles/Evidence are somewhat challenging without being too difficult. - Great narrative with a solid ending *imho*. Cons! - The controls on the main character are often times tedious and slow, but you play as a man in a wheelchair, so that's understandable. - The camera angles are somewhat frustrating at times when you are trying to navigate around. - Experienced minor bugs, like the "F" prompt wouldn't show up to look closer at things. No crashes or anything else major. My Overall Rating: a solid B.
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"Worst Detective Ever" is a great game to show how NOT to be a PI. Conway is personally responsible for 90% of the disasters in this game. Which is funny because the steam achievements also don't work, so we can all feel like less than adequately mediocre. So why the recommendation? Because the fact the game is bugged and silly means it is EXACTLY like real life. Bugged. And silly.
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An extremely well acted game where you play a bull-in-a-china-shop kind of man. In every scene you investigate you leave every door open, nothing where you found it, and break as much as possible. You're practically begging to be caught. While I enjoyed the game, the ending leaves quite a bit to be desired. Solid B
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A solid 7/10 type game. The game isn't a particularly inventive or innovative one, but it still provides an atmospheric enjoyable experience despite some defeciencies and perceived flaws. I'll begin with something I wouldn't outright call "Negatives" but aspects still worth mentioning: The game really doesn't include a ton of actual deduction, it is "Clue Retrieval" at it's finest which we have seen from many middle of the road detective experiences. It's extremely linear & safe in that department. You enter an environment, you search until you find all the evidence you're supposed to find. You cannot miss anything, you cannot make a mistake. It's literally not possible. So much so, the game will literally disallow you from proceeding to further segments until you've found everything & exactly what the game needs you to find. You will find what the game tells you too, and you will reach the conclusion that the game tells you to. You have no say in any of this. There really isn't a ton of thinking involved. You don't make your own conclusions, you cannot be wrong. Now I do hold some reservation in calling this a flaw, so much as I'd instead call this a differentiator. It's not bad, it just different experience then what you may be expecting. Despite the theme and advertising of the game, it's 100% more of a Story/Narrative game then a Deduction one. It didn't cause it to be a bad experience mind you, I still had a good time and enjoyed my experience. But it certainly is an on-rails story experience infinitely more then anything, so I'd advise acknowledging this beforehand if that's an issue for you. It wasn't for me. Now here are the things I would call a flaw: 1) The game's completely unnecessary insistence of having live physics. It's like the old Jurassic Park meme "Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should". They really didn't need to try it with this type of game at all, but insisted on it, while never actually polishing it so it's glitching out constantly. It's such an odd self inflicted wound because the game is basically 90% on rails slow and/or cinematics, completely absent of the type of dynamic movements that would actually warrant this inclusion. It's a slow-paced game with minimal environmental navigation. You're a guy in a wheelchair lol. Is it really necessary for your bag and camera to have physics when you're moving at a snails pace? Unfortunately they've deemed the answer to that question as yes, and you spend the game frequently watching the objects on your wheelchair constantly spazzing out erratically like a Bethesda game. Then you got a couple of the female character's wearing long draping clothing, which again for some reason they felt the need to make live physics based. So you frequently get scenes like for example where as seen here, [url=https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2508023918772418576/09FF385C4F3EF2C08D7F47FE1DB09CD32864E672/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false] the old ladies' gown is glitched up into her torso and shes walking around glitchy bare-arsed LOL. For a game that so heavily relies on immersion, it certainly betrays it's own immersion alot with this. 2) The game's Camera angles. Now I get the whole unique aspect of the character is that he is Wheelchair bound. Movement is clunky and cumbersome, because let's face it, being in a wheelchair is realistically clunky and cumbersome. THAT isn't a flaw. Aside from it being slow paced, it's not an issue and doesn't detract from the experience. But the issue lies with the Camera and how it interacts with movement, which dynamically shifts around based on angles you enter/exit rooms. The problem is the camera glitches into stuck positions where you cannot actually see your character, and you cannot fix this unless you are able to finagle your way out of one room and into another to "reset" the camera. So multiple times in the game you're just stuck out view and you gotta basically try guessing your position and wiggling your character either into view or out of the room to reset. Not SUPER frequent, but just frequent enough to be irritating. Now I'd like to end with the Positives as the game generally WAS a good, enjoyable experience: 1) Presentationally speaking, the game is pretty awesome. It's got a charming art style that is well executed, and the game is really atmospheric. 2) The narrative was a nice one, the characters and their lives are satisfyingly interwoven with one another, there are twists, and emotion is strongly conveyed. It's enjoyable to interact learn more about these people as the game unfolds. 3) The Voice Acting was excellent! Both the main character, and the side characters, there really isn't a single weak spot in this department. All of the characters are voiced extremely well, and the developer's diligence here pays off, especially for this type of game. 4) The environments are a real treat you explore. They are detailed, lived in, convey character and are visually stunning. The various objects, puzzles and areas you interact with are well done and satisfying. It's FUN going through rooms, and that's a good feeling. 5) Performance was rock solid, no FPS dips, no crashes and aside from the wonky physics, no glitches/bugs, nothing that inhibits progress or gameplay. If you can get this game on Sale, it's absolutely for the best. I got it for about 13 dollars and totally enjoyed the purchase and felt I got my money's worth. If you are a fan of slower paced, atmospheric games with a nice art-style, I'd definitely suggest giving this a go.
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White Paper Games
Publisher
White Paper Games
Release
02 Nov 2021
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