Heaven Dust

This is a pretty fun game that will give you a little bit of that same feeling the classic PS1 RE games gave, gameplay wise. The horror aspect, not so much. And that's fine, I didn't expect horror when I saw the art for the game. It's more like a cozy RE clone that focuses on the gameplay. There are some minor bugs, but nothing big. The puzzles are also mostly alright, though the English translations leave a bit to be desired, and this did make it easy to misinterpret some of the clues within the game. One example is a note that says a certain code written on a wall is incomplete, while it's in fact complete but mirrored. There's also a couple single use game mechanics/puzzle solutions, which just isn't great design. But all in all, these are minor critiques. And I hear the sequel is a great improvement on this title! (I really think they ought to release a patch with an improved English translation, though!) 100% in ~11 hours.

I enjoyed it! A somewhat short RE love letter (took me a bit more than 4 hours). Where this game shines is the level design. Running around finding new items and codes so you can progress, backtracking to previous areas to fetch items or unlock previously locked doors, saving your ammo and buying appropriate upgrades, all of that was very fun throughout and kept me engaged! The criticism I've seen is valid - some aspects are unpolished and feel like just passable, like sound (sometimes felt like it came out of the wrong L/R side), ambient music (some badly looped BGMs broke immersion) and atmosphere (you just start locked in there wanting to escape with no setup or explanation, although it is explained later. Plus it's chibi-style which is OK). Also, the puzzles were hit or miss. I had to google the solution to some of them, and often I'd been very close but little details put me off of the solution (ex. space for 4 digits when the code is 3 digits), but then I just moved on and co...