Nightmare on Azathoth

Hey! The developer is doing a good job! :) To start, the game is a good game. It's an eerie spin on survival. I like that perspective. The game had a rough start, but many of the bugs have been addressed and it's now playable. It makes me feel really good the dev team listened and is now working on making a good game. The game is kinda eerie. I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do and I haven't made it past the first level... if there are levels. From what I can figure out is that you start out stranded on a dark planet. Your ship is out of fuel so you have to collect meteorite fragments to make fuel. You also need to collect c-matter to make into food, ammo, and some other stuff. You need the ammo because there are aliens that try to kill you --- actually, they're the natives and you play the alien. Anyway, they are creepy looking. The sound and music is well done. Now that I've seen the dev team fixing things up and cotinuing to improve their work I think this game is go...

*Updated review* I have to commend the dev for rolling out these updates quickly. I liked the the game when it first came out, but now that it has been updated it is much better. I do notice that the enemies don't teleport as quickly as before making it easier to handle them along with the new main weapon. The new UI interaction notification thing really helps to understand what each of the machines do. The meteorite search machine is much better that it is shorter as it wasn't intuitive to look up to see what it does, now you can easily see the direction of meteorite. The new animation of the main character, and the totally different main weapon feels much better. There is no more pistol like in the preview, but kind of like a semi automatic rifle now. It has a nice weight to it. Overall I think there were more changes but I can't list them all off the top of my head, but now the game feels much more polished. old review {I think I am starting to get the hang of this game. I found ...

I'm really enjoying this game. Haven't escaped yet, but enjoying trying/failing/re-trying. Pros - Atmosphere: very dark, dark, and twilight -- love the combination of Cthulhu and Plato (made me actually go read up a bit on some of Plato's works) - Monster design and avoidance/teleport mechanic - Sound effects: creepy, appropriate for the Lovecraft/Cthulhu mythos that it's partly based on - Cool graphics, not for being high end but for being appropriate to the story and creepy. Reminiscent of some of the original black and white Twilight Zone episodes (the ones on alien planets or in space) - So far the dev has been doing a lot of great updates Non-spoiler tips - Read the hints at the beginning of the game on the giant white boards (look all the way around before selecting New/Load) - Remember that you can save (don't have to just let things get harder with each fail) - The game is meant to be vague and not have detailed instructions. That's part of the fun - If you're having probl...

I couldn't even get outside, and I'll explain why. My journey began with wonder what in the absoutle 5th dimension of Hell this game was about, and even more so where a sutable tutorial was. Finding none, I controlled my generic protagionist to walk around and explore the base. Contacting the village, I could barely hear anything as I was in a Skype call with several other people. Frustrated, I equipped my tough guy mask and proceeded to open the door, only to be stared at what looked like a huge flying shadow baby, waaaaaaaaaay off in the distance directly in front of me. "Oh, look! A huge flying shadow baby!" *backs up, proceeds to close door* "I'm not letting that mutherfu-" In that instant, I screamed out the rest of the profanity when that.. [i]thing[/i] did something or other and just jumped. It went FLYING toward the gate right as the door proceeded to close. It wasn't until I realized that a Silent One was responsible for the assault. Several things in that instance happened...

Great game so far, the story is very compelling. It's a very dark dark game. Love the feeling of when a silent one appears. Sends creepy chills down the spine. The survival aspects of the game are amazing, however the sub levels seem to be a bit tricky. Using do long runs out looking for supplies, but never make it back due to sub levels falling. Hands down it's a great game, and a steal of a deal at $5. Would recommend it to any looking for a fun/dark/horror surivival alien based video game.

If you're looking for a short good survival game, with a creepy atmosphere, an absence of scenario that makes the game more uncomfortable, then you found it. you don't have time to think, it's a constant search for ammo, food supplies, dark matter (fuel), and meteorites.You need to know your area, and your way back to your headquarters. Don't forget to keep an eye on your level of sustenance and food, on that strange entity hovering, be careful about the annemies i call the dark dancers. I like their shape. They clearly look like they're coming from a lovecraft story. This a game i recommend just for the atmosphere. As i said don't expect a story or an explanation, just try to get out of this planet.

I was attracted by the Lovecraftian reference, Azathoh. With that said, the only thing Lovecraftian about it (in the 8 minutes I played it) was the futility of trying to kill the intruders. Simply put, my shotgun didn't work. While I like the premise, its delivery needs some work. The flashlight nees some work; the weapons need to fire; the voice acting needs better pacing. The graphics remind more of ca. 2000 CE blockiness. Still, I'm not returning it (I did get it on sale, so if it is never improved upon, then I'm not out much money). Do I recommend it? In its current state, no. However, I'll come back in a few months and check it again.

I like Nightmare on Azathoth. It's an interesting survival game on a planet of darkness. Even daylight doesn't reach the ground, as the creatures you face push away all light on the surface. The enemies are troublesome without being ridiculous (except for the flying head) and are original in their simplicity (except for the flying head). I like the resource management, I like the giant floating monster that summons enemies to attack you when it gets close enough, I like the power system. The only thing I don't like is the flying head monsters. It's not because they are annoying, it's not because they steadily glitch out worse and worse, it's entirely because of the fact that the flying head monster's model comes from the updated version of the game "Eyes - The Horror Game". This was a theft, as Eyes was made by a completely different person. But, let's try and focus on being optimistic. Maybe it wasn't theft after all. Maybe Modesto Rabena got permission and used the model. No idea. ...

The game is pretty good for it's price, but I have one problem with it... Namely, the introduction. I'm going to ignore the terrible voice-acting, and instead focus on a tiny little aspect. You said "Darkness as dark as the absence of light" (or something like that). Please, no. Darkness IS the absence of light, and I kind of wanted to gouge out my eyes for reading it, and then my ears for hearing it.

Not the craziest epic horror game, but for an indie game it's very good. Well I dont really have much to add, just wanted to vote up this game... The character and HUD remind me a bit of dead space, which is great. EDIT: OK this review feels a little lazy so I'll add useful info You're a man whose ship crashed on a planet, you spawn in a base and have to explore the environment in order to find ressources to survive (food,ammo,other stuff used as spare parts...) you'll encounter various monsters that are pretty creepy (a huge flying head, a dancer-like slender creature that changes the music when it charges you...) overall the game has nothing but black/white/grey colors, it is very.VERY.VERY dark. It's not for everyone, but it has its good sides such as a relatively challenging survival aspect, mistery, and an interesting creatures design.