Octave

Perhaps a good point and click adventure, but I'll never know. It's obfuscating and frustrating gameplay turned me off immediately. The game tells you nothing whatsoever about the game itself, the story, the character, why you're doing what you're doing, the reasoning for the monsters, not even the start is explained. I liked mystery, but this felt like...laziness. I was expecting a Wadjet Eye Games style of gameplay with tight writing, logic and reasoning but in a horror setting. It fell short of that by a country mile. IF you want a horror point and click adventure check out The Charnel House Trilogy. It's superior in EVERY way (and it's only £0.95 during the sales)

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Octave is a very short 2D point and click horror adventure. Tied up and dragged out into the woods with a gun to your head, soon to be left for dead, you find yourself suddenly saved by a chilling, yet mysterious, figure. After your sudden rescue, and as you begin venturing deeper and deeper into the thick, dark woods, you can't help but wonder to if you've truly been saved, or if you've just been pushed into a whole new nightmare. Luckily there's a house up ahead, perhaps it holds answers to where you are, and who... or what... is lurking in the shadows. The world of Octave is beautifully crafted; from the backgrounds to the character sprites. It all has a very gloomy overtone to it that houses large quantities of toxic mold and musk. There's only one big puzzle to solve, a gauntlet of enemies to avoid, and a boss fight at the end, but the game itself is so atmospherically immersive that the quality of the content exponentially makes up for the lack of quantity. Coming in at just aro...

I wish there had been more of some kind of story. It felt less like a game and more like a lot of hapless, frustrated clicking. I got through it with a very funny and helpful guide by someone on Steam.(Hawk Zombie, to give them credit) and honestly that was what made playing this game enjoyable.

In my quest to slowly but surely review every, single game that I've played in my Steam Library, I'm hopping into the time machine, setting the controls back 4 years and making a stop off in 2018 to talk a little bit about point n' click sidescroller, Octave. After completing the game it stuck with me all this time for 2 primary reasons; firstly, the presentation for a one man creation was completely top of the line and secondly, I more or less didn't enjoy anything else about it. Roll 'em, Mr. Carpenter! Where Octave is at its absolute best is in the visual, audio and atmosphere department. It's a dark, dreary and ethereal looker that could be considered kindred to games like Detention, Downfall, Neverending Nightmares or even the recent n' awesome Lamentum (mainly the creature design). From your own sprite to the absolutely sinister, slimy looking fiends that chase you through its swamps, forests and caves, Anate Studios deserves nothing less than praise for pulling off such v...

I was not sure about this game at first, but once I figured it out I really enjoyed it. The house was my favorite part, Did not finish Hive cuz I kinda suck with the mouse I guess,heehee,

I personally found this game rather enjoyable. A dark and sinister point-and-click romp through an occult swamp. It's a fairly short game which can easily be completed in under an hour. No dialogue, just creepy occult shit. It's similar to the Cat Lady, which is much longer and has a lot more substance.

A fun one hour adventure.

I have to pick a recommendation between Yes and No, and since I bought this game as an adventure game, I have to pick No, although I'd rather have a "neither yes nor no" option. I played, and loved, the rest of the developer's adventure games (Kite/Little Kite and Repentant) and I have their upcoming game (The Safe Place) on my wishlist. And I also loved the middle part of Octave. Unfortunately, the beginning and end parts were seriously frustrating, not just because the character dies (which I don't mind in adventure games), but because to avoid death the player needs stealth and reflexes, and those are things that do not belong in an adventure - there's even something resembling a Boss fight. If the whole game was in the vein of the Church and House chapters, it would have been superb, but now I can only recommend it to gamers who don't care if non-adventure elements are mixed.

Ok, I'll take for the basis that it's a game for 3$. So, in it's price category, it's thumb up for it's cons. Cons: - Nice art - Sound and environmentals - Creepiness direction - But, most of all, the developer has potential for something bigger This game reminds me a lot of Cat Lady/ Downfall 2016 games - that's why I bought it in the first place. Those games had arrows controls - which surprisingly adds large piece for immersion. And, the most major flaw of this small game: point'n'click controls in game, that relies on action in some sequences. The last part of the game (it took me about 10 minutes) consists of action sequences that are more about fighting with your mouse that with timing/running from enemies. So, my impression was "Oh, cool" from the beginning with changing towards "Not very thoughtful gamedesign" at the end. However, will be waiting to see new games of this dev.