WORLD OF HORROR
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 9,211 reviews of which 8,496 were positive and 715 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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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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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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There are worms under your skin. You have to take it all off. There are worms under your skin. You have to take it all off. There are worms under your skin. You have to take it all off. There are worms under your skin. You have to take it all off. There are worms under your skin. You have to take it all off.
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The Good: + Fantastic events and exploration the first few times through + Branching paths lead to different endings for many investigations + Secret endings, achievement unlocks and multiple ancient evil options give a lot of replay-ability and customization + Amazing fusion of Japanese horror and Lovecraft-ian horror, many events leave a visual and psychological impact the first couple times you see them +- I really loved the soundtrack. Retro-horror game music with track changeover from exploration to a combat version of said music works incredibly well for this style of game. The Meh: -Challenges are almost entirely RNG-based. Good preparation will almost always win you a playthrough on Normal difficulty, but you're really just at the mercy of RNG for harder difficulties and challenge modes -Many of the items in the game are worthless. You'll aim to get a couple specific items on each play depending on your character and ignore the rest. The fact that you have to buy 95% of them from a shop (i.e., you'll never see them as random drops from enemies/events) gives zero incentive to ever use the inferior items -Usually you want characters to have a mix of strengths and weaknesses so you can try different strategies. Unfortunately, the only difference between most characters is "which base stat is highest so I can go buy a weapon that matches it." There are a couple exceptions that start with an item or spell capability that changes how you approach their run, but the overlying strategy across all of them is about the same. -- Special shout out to challenge modes that turn certain characters into "Oops! All Weaknesses!" - The interface for exploration and especially combat takes some... getting used to. You won't even realize all of the options you have at your disposal because many of them are sub-menus that you have to click into. Even starting a custom run for the first time or two isn't intuitive because there's a lot of option clutter. Not to mention certain options only exist on the menu during specific encounters... Overall: A very good pick-up for the price. It's fun, replay-able, and has a great atmosphere. Moderate learning curve on how the interface works because the creators wanted to maximize options and customize-ability, you may want to find a guide or video of someone playing it to build some familiarity with where everything is.
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Short version: Because World Of Horror made modding beginner-friendly, I recommend getting the game mostly as a form of creative exercise. How I first heard about the game: I've first heard about this game from a Vinesauce stream from when this was in early access. What to expect: From my experience, it plays out like a point n' click adventure roguelike where you have to solve five mysteries to save the world from an OLD GOD. Encounters are like shuffled "cards" in a deck, and most outcomes are determined by dice rolls and skill checks, some are combat encounters. You do unlock some some more stuff though the game's achievement system, some being more mysteries. Modding: My favourite part of this game, because World Of Horror had made it easy enough for anyone without coding experience to add their own characters, encounters, enemies, and mysteries. The game comes with example templates and instructions for them. I had some fun just making my own custom encounters and characters for the game, it's good for practicing art, writing, and creative ideas in general. Flaws: -While the game encourages modding, it doesn't have a Steam Workshop at the time this was written. If you want to install mods, you'll need to find them on other websites. -As far as I know, there's no way to make custom OLD GODs, items, curses, injuries, or allies. -Random encounters feel a bit samey, and might need something more dynamic like critical fail/critical success outcomes, or something more interactive like puzzle minigames. -The "save the world" ending feels repetitive, and doesn't fit the themes of most of the OLD GODs at all. I wish that you would go to a more appropriate place to defeat them, like a museum or a spider-infested cave instead of the lighthouse every playthough. I hope my review helps the developer as much as it helps you decide if you want this game or not.
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Online players
42
Developer
panstasz
Publisher
Ysbryd Games,
PLAYISM
Release
19 Oct 2023
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