Heaven Dust
When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth.
Heaven Dust is a indie, action and adventure game
developed by One Gruel Studio
and published by indienova.
Released on February 26th 2020 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Hungarian and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 606 reviews of which 552 were positive and 54 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. š
The game is currently priced at 3.29ā¬ on Steam and has a 50% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 32/64-bit
- Processor: 1.6GHz or above
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 Series
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c sound device
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+ Classic Survival Vibe, with limited inventory and resources + Good atmosphere + Interesting puzzles + Multiple ending - Footsteps - Lack of enemy/weapon variety - Lot of backtrack
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Somehow this game missed my radar the last 4 years! This game is basically a Resident Evil clone in top down format, with cute polygon character models. Don't be fool however by the graphics, this is a legit serious full survival horror experience. It took me around 4 hours without a guide to beat the game, and another hour to cleanup and obtain the other 3 endings. + Ingenious level design + Complex puzzles that would rival a full Resident Evil game + The controls work perfectly with the mouse and keyboard. Running around shooting zombies felt very fluid and using items is quick and easy. Very friendly quick menu interface. + 4 Endings, New Game Plus, secret bonus weapons and outfit, tons of stuff to unlock and uncover + Well polished game, difficulty is perfectly balanced, lots of achievements for the achievement hunters + The howling sound effect when you go outside is straight from the original Resident Evil, icing on the cake! + The save room music is beautiful - One or Two puzzles are a bit obtuse and barely make sense - Lots of backtracking and running in circles on your first playthrough - A few times a zombie would be behind a wall and the camera angle would not allow you to see the zombie Excellent game overall ! Very highly recommended to people that want a light experience similar to the original first Resident Evil game. Overall 8.5 / 10
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Quick Description: -Heaven Dust is a survival horror game w/ a cute art style that is heavily inspired by the Resident Evil series. This game is a great example of a passion project made by a small team, w/ the goal to create a fun, modern Indie gem, inspired by a game the devs grew up playing. This game can be completed in one or two sittings (3-6 hrs), and mixes inventory management, puzzles, and killing plenty of zombies! It's by no means perfect. It feels a bit rough around the edges and offers very little challenge outside of a few obscure puzzles and some backtracking. Consensus: -Middle of the Road Game (Tier 4 and makes up 25% of my reviews). While I enjoyed my time w/ this game, I do think the devs played it a bit safe. There isn't one single zombie that poses even the slightest threat in this game. You only get one weapon (w/ a weapon mod and a couple basic upgrades) and you will basically have endless amounts of ammo which eliminates all tension. Fortunately, there is enough charm and genre references for fans of the genre to feel like they got their money's worth. This is a recommendation for ppl that love the Resident Evil series, especially if you can pick it up for 50-75% off.
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Introduction Heaven Dust is an indie survivor horror inspired by the Resident Evil series. Pros & Cons Pros: + Interesting puzzles + Levels are fun to explore + Unique visual style Cons: - Lack of variety in enemies and guns - Not much of a survival horror - Very short (~2 hours) Story The plot is pretty straightforward. You wake up in a laboratory complex infested with zombies. As usual, your goal is to figure out what happened and what to do in order to save the world. The story is delivered by collectable notes. There arenāt many of them, and most of the time, they contain hints at puzzles. So while it is a cheap and boring way to deliver a story, it mostly works within this game and didnāt really bother me. There are also multiple endings, a couple of them are easy to find, while the other two are a bit more cryptic and require paying attention to what you read. Gameplay As mentioned earlier, the game draws inspiration from Resident Evil , specifically the first three games. Although thereās one distinction, instead of a fixed camera, you now have more of a top-down perspective. As for the core gameplay, it uses a similar combat system, where your character makes all the aiming for you and always fires at the target whenever you press a "shoot" button. Instead, it relies on puzzles to provide you with a challenge. Puzzles are interesting, although most of the time itās just a matter of bringing the right tool to the right place. All of this is made harder by the limited size of your inventory and the size of the map. The game takes place in a large research complex filled with secret rooms and hidden pathways. Itās a fun place to explore and youāll constantly unlock alternative routes that will speed up backtracking. If you manage to get stuck on a puzzle, you can spend in-game currency that is dropped by zombies to unlock hints. The thing I liked most about the puzzles, is that sometimes they force you to reuse some items. Like when you insert a battery to open some door, but then you have to open another similar door and by taking out the battery the first door closes. This creates an interesting navigational challenge. There are a couple of bad things in there, like the shooting. The top-down camera also makes the shooting part a cake walk. I probably got hit like 5 times through the entire game. Unlike its source of inspiration, the game feels unbalanced. It basically showers you with ammo and heal items destroying the sense of a survival horror. The enemies are also lacking in variety. There are only your regular zombie humans and the final boss, which isnāt all that different from them. Thereās also only one gun in the game, although you can upgrade it to make the game even easier. Graphics & Audio The game has an unusual visual style, that tries to mix cute anime characters and low poly 3D of a PS2 era. I canāt say that I particularly enjoy this mix, but it sure does help this game to stand out. As for the sound design, it sounds a bit cheap and zombie screams start to get tiring pretty fast. Thereās also an issue with positional audio, like when the zombies coming at you from the right, youāll hear their screams in your left ear. The music is ok though, itās nothing to write home about, but it didnāt get on my nerves and communicated the desired atmosphere pretty well. Performance Specs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU 8GB, 32GB RAM. At 1080 resolution, the game runs at steady 165 FPS without any issues. The game doesnāt have graphics settings, except for the fullscreen/windowed mode. Conclusion Heaven Dust is a short survival horror game that leans more towards puzzles than survival. While it does take heavy inspiration from the popular series, there are enough distinctions to make the game stand on its own. If you like games about puzzles and exploration, then be sure to check this one out.
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The Indie Style Resident Evil 1 When you awake, you find yourself in a mansion, where was the secret research center, is now a maze full of horrible zombies and deadly traps. You'll have to escape by overcoming your fears, collecting items, solving innovative puzzles and revealing the cruel truth. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ATReviews]Follow My Review Group Here! About Description š¾Graphics The graphics are pretty unique. Itās cartoony, but has this top down view which looks nice. Itās not a graphically demanding game or looks amazing, but it sets the tone nicely and well enough to have a solid atmosphere. The UI is clean, simple, and impossible to get lost in. One issue I really had was the in-game map to an extent. The map does have flaws. For example it doesn't show you which doors are locked/require a key, and what items in a room you missed. Besides that minor gripe, itās really well design and has a great minimal style to it (in terms of the map). One other gripe I does involve the artsyle of this game. The top down view in this game makes it where you can see other rooms, even ones you haven't been through. This takes away the mystery and dread of "what's behind that door" feeling, if that makes any sense. It can take away the sense of mystery, and fear of not knowing what's on the other side. They could have blackened those rooms until you explore them, or something to make it where you can see them immediately before exploring them. š®Gameplay The gameplay is your standard survival horror game, well in terms of mechanics. There is nothing new here besides the art style. Now that doesnāt make it a bad game. Having safe rooms spread around the mansion with your iconic safe room item box really brings in that classic Resident Evil 1 feel. Going through the damp and tight hallways filled with the undead never really gets old for me. Reading journals around the mansion and solving tricky puzzles to advance through the story is your classic Resident Evil style gameplay. Now Iām not gonna say the puzzles are good here. They can be really confusing especially since the journals donāt really have the greatest English if Iām gonna be honest. Also the directions at times on how to solve these puzzles are vague at best. I personally had to watch videos to solve multiple puzzles (and I never had to do that with many RE titles and any other Survival Horror titles). This can slow down the pace and get pretty frustrating. Another frustrating thing about this game is just how repetitive it gets. You only have one gun, which is your handgun, and only one enemy type. Killing the same slow zombie over and over again with little to not much variety can get boring. The only variety you get is that some zombies move a little faster, that literally it. šStory The story is pretty interesting. You will only learn about the story by reading journals around the map. I guess Iām willing to let this slide since itās a really small team and a cheap game. The lores are actually pretty fascinating. Knowing how the virus was created and where it came from was unique and I can appreciate that. Trying to find your way out of a mansion and learning about the dark secrets of the occupants that used to live there was actually fun and I had a good time with it. Sadly the boss fight (as fun as it was) just felt underwhelming in terms of buildup. There wasnāt much to know about this tyrant-like creature before you fought it. You do have multiple endings as well to complete. You have your good, bad, and special ending. šPlaytime The playtime is super short here. Averaging at around 1.5 - 2 hours. You do have some replay value with achievement challenges and multiple endings to complete. š§Sound The sound of the design is alright. Nothing really special. There are problems with the soundtrack loop when you are roaming the halls, or sitting in the safe room. The loop/cut of the sound track before it repeats is so sudden and doesnāt blend well. It's just like an instant cut of the theme and repeats again. Itās pretty jarring at first but you will forget about it after a little bit. I just never played a game with that issue before. The gun effect sound okay, and the zombies are alright I guess. āBugsā I had some weird audio glitches here. For example a zombie would be on the left, but the noises would be on my right. I found that to be pretty annoying. Besides that little complaint, I never really had any other issues in terms of bugs. š
Performance The performance is what you would expect especially with these graphics. The game runs perfectly fine. I had no issues with stutters, frame rate or crashes. You can play this with a old PC and have no problems at all. āļøProās [*]Multiple endings [*]Reminiscent of Resident Evil 1 [*]Pretty unique artstyle and graphics [*]Cool top down view style gameplay [*]Really cool lore build into the game [*]Great level design and atmosphere [*]A good game for people with low end PC's that want to experience survival horror [*]Nice survival mechanics (safe room, item box, space/ammo management, and more) [*]Vending machines can give you clues to puzzles and buy upgrades, gunpowder, etc. Also requires a currency to use āConās [*]Puzzles are way too vague at times [*]Combat is extremely barebones and bland [*]Canāt move items around in the inventory menu [*]Music has an obvious cut/loop (possible bug) [*]English translation is not the best in the journals [*]No special zombies or different guns (just a simple pistol) [*]Wish the map had more detail in terms of unlocked doors and cleared rooms [*]You can see through other rooms, even ones you haven't explored yet. This removes any sense of mystery or fear of danger šRating 6/10 Iād say itās worth full price. šConclusion If you are a fan of survival horror or the classic Resident Evil game, then you may really enjoy this game. It does have some issues and found the puzzles to be frustrating. Also the gameplay loop is not there (besides achievements). You wonāt find much variety here in terms of weapons, enemies, etc. Itās almost like a mediocre Resident Evil clone in my opinion, but for the price and passion behind this game, Iām gonna give it a thumbs up. If you are needing that itch for a survival horror experience or a similar feeling to the RE titles, then give this a try. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1032590/Heaven_Dust/ Links to help you in Heaven Dust: [*][url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2757157486] 100% Achievements Guide Specs for Review: [*]GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ROG Strix [*]CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9 GHz [*]RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
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Developer
One Gruel Studio
Publisher
indienova
Release
26 Feb 2020
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