The Whisperer in Darkness

This is a good adaptation of Lovecrafts’ original “The Whisperer in Darkness” story. It’s a very short visual novel with a bit of simple gameplay, and both art style and BGM are so eerie. I honestly hope that the developers will make other VNs based on more classic horror stories! 8/10.

Interesting story. While it was very short, only an hour, it was well told. I was however, very disappointed that the full screen mode consisted of a black screen with a small 4 1/2 in by 7 in rectangle in which the story was shown. This is not one to sit back and read. I had to sit forward and put my nose to the monitor in order to read it. Not one for people with less than perfect eyesight. Before you buy it, please be aware it is a story, not a game. There is only a small amount of time that you must move yourself with arrow keys. (Which did not add to the game or story and could have been left out, in my opinion.) With that in mind, it is worth your time, just for the folklore and the mystery. If they put trading cards or achievs on it I just might re-read it.

This game tricked me I thought it would be some sort of visual novel which I guess it is but its just bad art and text straight from the book. If you have read the story I dont see why you would want to spend money on a poorer version of it.

Short visual novel with a good story. Would be nice to see this developer release more like this, perhaps even with some player interactions to move the story forward.

It is an unfortunate set of circumstances that led to the purchase of this game, the main one being a severe lack of media for the average Lovecraft fan outside the literature by the man himself– which, once exhausted, leaves little to satisfy the growing need for Cosmic Horror, and that bubbling, exciting feeling of dread that the old man seemed to produce so easily. The exact failures of other adaptions is a story for another time. Suffice to say that after searching through the existing works I have found few that lived up to my enjoyment of the original works. After playing 'The Whisperer in Darkness' I'm sad to say, my search continues. If you have read the original story, this is not the game for you. It adds little to what is already there, save a few interesting visuals, which would have had more impact if not for the strange mesh of styles throughout the game. I hesitate to even call it a game, really. With the exception of a few short episodes there is hardly an interactiv...

Before buying make sure to look closely at the screen shots. That 8-bit text is the majority of this product. It teletypes onto the screen. The soundtrack is great, moody, sets a good Lovecraft-like atmosphere. The artwork is interesting to look at and I like the style of it. Sadly however I can not suggest buying this, even on sale. I found the text hard to read, the 8-bit font is very jarring and does not fit the mood of the piece at all. I find it a bizarre choice. A hand-writing font would have been better. Heck, anything would have been better that the high-contrast blocky text displayed here. I also found the teletyping (one letter put onto the screen at a time) very distracting and way too slow. In the short time I spent with this (I never got to the end), I found myself catching up with the text and having to wait for it to finish "typing."

Brilliant visual story of one of H.P. Lovecraft's creepy tales, which I thouroughly enjoyed playing. It has been modernized so makes it just that bit more creepy too (nothing more creepy than emails being sent from your email address when you never wrote them). Unfortunately the resolution was small and so was awkward to read, however the dev is working on improving this. -It is short (played in under 1 hour) but is something I would definately come back to again. -It has great use of music and sound effects that complemented the story. -Simplistic design and great artwork help you visualise aspects of the story, whilst leaving enough to use your own imagination.

I was disappointed at the game itself. Wish the designers would have put more time and thought into it. :/

I enjoyed it a lot! Read the original short story a few years ago and really like the modernizing of the setting and characters for this game. Lovecraft's stories often take advantage of the increndible advancements and inherent unknowns of the early 20th century, and a lot of those themes are still relevant today. This would have been already great as a simple Twine story, but the interactive parts and (awesome!) audio really transform it into a super atmospheric piece of fiction. Recommended to everybody who likes a good weird tale!

I was actually quite disappointed when I "played" this, because i expected a game. What it actually is, is a short re-narrated and modernised version of the original The Whisperer in Darkness fron H. P. Lovecraft. The only thing you're doing in this so called "game" is click to read further and walk as a 3pixel-person (more like totem) a few steps until the story continues,+ Don't get me wrong, I love text based adventures - but here you get text without adventure.