Phantom Halls

Genre - 2D Survival Roguelike Horror This is my first impression of Early Access. 30 minutes and dead. I got this game today with a small discount as it has the Evil Dead License and looked quite a nifty little game. The art style is an origami based horror. You wander around a haunted house salvaging what you can from the various furniture items in the background. You will get such things as a torch, shotgun, machine gun, medi kit, flare sledgehammer, axe etc. All the Zombie killing tropes are satisfied here. There are chandeliers that will fall on you doing 3 dmg, when you can only take 10 dmg, these will be painful (pretty much the reason I died). I found my first fellow survivor who will follow you around and will allow you to equip items. You have a main questline. As Ash it was to find Evil Ash and not die (which I failed by dying), although I seemed to be getting close. The foes I encountered were zombies, skeletons and clowns. There are a lot of items to get although medi...

I want to say yes. But I can't. I seriously can't. I played the game at EGX and I loved the concept, but found the execution to be flawed. Paying for it and only having done the Evil Dead 2 content (Ash), all the flaws become ever more excacerbated. The options, at best, are good enough. For some reason FXAA is a slider and is constantly off leaving only SSAO. Gameplay is simple - choose a character and objective, go achieve it. Each character has an ability which isn't shown until you're in game and look in the inventory. A neat little encyclopedia for each enemy detailing stats and their abilities would be nice, but I feel that the game shouldn't even go down that route. Phantom Halls feels like its trying to be an old timer, a classic horror and a modern horror at the same time. Simplistic sidescroller gameplay combined with multiple weapons and a basic 3D design do not combine well. I would recommend the following: 1. Ditch the action-adventure component. Reduce ammo drops an...

Just wanted to post this while the game is on sale still and just got an Evil dead update. This is a pretty cool and fun gme that is a time killing roguelite where you choose a character and try to make it through a level alive avoiding traps and finding survivors. You can contorl the survivors together with your main as a group, and switch control for lead between them. It could be alittle confusing at first but only for a moment, till you get the gist of it, like attacking effectively between lead and followers. The items are random, same with traps enemies and room layout. I've used the contorller, dunno how the mouse and kb hold up, but it's pretty smooth with the controller. There is an ultrawide setting, but it cropped out the top/bottom portions of the UI which made it tough assigning items so I had to switch back to 16:9. It's in EA though so to be expected. While it's 5 dollars it's definitely a steal. Still worth it at 10 too imo.

(This Review has been updated for the V1.0 release of the game) A fun sidescrolling action game with a cool spooky atmosphere. Pros: Great visuals and artstyle. Killing things in this game is satisfying as hell. Bash their brains in and shoot em all up. The missions are pretty damn fun and diverse. Each character is unique with their own skilltree, special abilities and spawn weapon. Has a large variety of areas, weapons and enemies. All sorts of upgrades can be obtained in your HQ to gain certain advantages or cosmetic changes in game. Cons: Not too much of a con for me to be honest, but it's worth metioning. For some people the gameplay in this game can seem repetitive. You search things, kill things, explore, do your objective, finish your mission, then leave the mansion. It can seem repetitive for some users, but I haven't found much of a problem with the gameplay. I'm still having just as much fun as I did back in th...

First Impression Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYJClhY0vjk&list=PL0ChqurHdrD4GDyzfEWF1egV0jL1CVSbq&index=24 Reviewing early access games can be difficult, because you need to get the feel of the game how it is in its current state, but also keep into consideration as to how the game can turn out. Well as far as Phantom Halls goes, in its current state, it can still pass for a full playable game. The game plays as a 2d shooter/melee adventure game, where the point is to navigate a haunted house as various characters and achevie character specific goals. Other playable characters can sometimes be found during play, allowing you to have up to 3 persons per party. You can kill a variety of typical haunted house type monsters, such as bats, zombies, evil clowns, spiders, etc. Loot can be found by checing various furnature peices throughout the house. Once you complete you main quest, you need to escape from the mansion in order to win. [h1]PROS[/h1] -Fun gameplay -Dec...

Groovy

I play many early access games and like to think that i give them the leniancy they deserve as they are not finished. This game however has almost no potential. All you do is slowly walk through repetitive corridors pressing shoot when you see an enemy or search when you see an object. Worst of all is that when you reach the end of the hallway you have to slowly walk back through the now empty area in order to reach the next floor. The only way i see myself enjoying this game is if they completely overhaul the gameplay. The graphic design is the best part, but bad animations ruin that for me as well. i also didn't see any roguelike or RPG aspects which is a bummer, because that could have made it slightly more enjoyable. as it stands this is the worst game i have played in years.

It's a fun 2D, side-scrolling roguelite, built within an incredibly charming and cheesy horror atmosphere. There isn't much a story at play; there's a campaign, but it mostly just exists to give you purpose and ease you into new challenges. The characters are cleverly written stereortpes (eg. The Jock, The Nerd, etc.) with a handful of funny dialogue. The environments, while a bit repetitive, are very well designed and haven't ever gotten old to me. Lastly, the enemy design is also well made, and from a gameplay perspective they're all pretty interesting. Edit: I forgot to mention the music; the soundtrack is great! There aren't many tracks on it, and they aren't too detailed, but they set the tone very well and they're very easy on the ears. It's not the most challenging game out there, and it doesn't have incredible depth to its gameplay loop, but it still has a lot to offer and it's an easy game to play in short bursts, if that's what floats your boat. All-in-all it's a great game,...

Great gameplay. Lots of suspense. The different "missions" that characters have are great fun. I can't seem to figure out how to do a few things though... The game really doesn't explain these things well: How do you unlock the locked characters? Why isn't there a check-box or something next to the missions so you know which ones you have done? Why is there no description of what the characters specials are? The specials have names in the inventory menu, but it explains nothing, so you're left with having to try them out to see what they are, and not even then do you always understand what just happened.... But as a composer, the biggest downer from this game for me is that you can't seperate music and SFX. I don't think I've seen a game in recent time which doesn't have this option!

Just completed my first playthrough on the first try. This game is extremely fun, and has a lot of potential. Basically, so far, you are given a mission that you have to complete by going through the mansion, picking up machine guns, rifles, shotguns, flare guns, and an assortment of other ranged and melee weapons. An interesting but hard to control mechanic is that you can 'rescue' two people in the house that will aid in your battle. The problem with this is that they follow close behind you but you cannot control their movement. This makes giving them a melee weapon basically useless, as they will take damage because they wont be able to move away. This means that you will end up giving them the guns and you having to slowly melee your way through the mansion, not that thats a big inconvenience. The monsters are classic: skeletons, bats, and zombies. Although they are basic they can be a pain to put down, especially with melee weapons. I would like to see scarier monsters in future ...