The Piano

There may be light spoilers in this review. I also have not yet completed the game but I have played about an hour and I wanted to put my thoughts in this preliminary review. The Piano is a game I've looked forward to for some time. And, I have to say, it did not disappoint me. In the first hour I've already seen flashes of Sin City, The Matrix, Amadeus, Twin Peaks and more. I'm going to go over what I've liked about the game so far and what I have not liked and you can decide for yourself whether or not this is something you would be interested in. At this preliminary stage, I would definitely recommend the game. Pros: 1. Price. It's on discount during launch week so you pay about $7.49 USD and it's well worth that price already. I've done more in this game in one hour than I've done in games that cost 3 times as much. 2. Visual Style. This game has visual style in spades (although if color is your thing, you may not like it). There are "ghosts" and glitches and all manor of v...

The game is a bit rough in the current state. While some horror elements exist, and the story seems interesting enough to get involved in the narrative, glitches and awkward pauses kind of ruin it for me. First Impression Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uYZXv6ue0E Graphics are about PS3 quality. Levels are very simplistic, environments are not believable (at least the beginning stages). There are lots of clipping graphics and other visual issues (like entire buildings having see though textures, looking behind buildings to see through world, etc). There is a cool cartoonish cutscence at one point. Audio seems alright and there is voice acting which is about average. Ambient noise is good from what I've seen so far. Controls out of the box need tuning. Normal movement with wasd, crouch is control, and a tumbling evade maneuver is space bar. Mouse sensitivity was so low that I thought I wasn’t suppose to look left and right. Easily fixed through mouse sensiti...

After you got thrown into the game without much information, you slowly but surely become interested into the Story and want to find out, what caused the mess you find yourself in. The atmosphere and voice acting are fitting and the comic cutscenes are pretty cool. If you are searching for an unique Indiegame, that one could be for you.

WOW. What an incredible game. I highly enjoyed it. Played for almost nine hours in one sitting and had a ton of fun. That said, the game is partially broken. There were some bugs where you could walk through things and a particular monster would get occasionally stuck; respawning in odd places etc. There were also extremely dark areas where you couldn't see anything and had to trial and error. If you can grin and bear through that, then give this a try. The game is visually stunning, has a great soundtrack and there is so much to do in it. The story is extremely detailed and engaging and every challenge is different which makes it so fun. A little bit of puzzle, some combat and a lot of stealth. The end portion challenge was my favorite! PS: Not to mention, the game also got me through the day of this boring ass covid quarantine :)

Game is technically has issue & horrible performance and also very irritating colors that blind eyes , i'd like to request a refund https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2438079029 i can't resist more with this, it is not worthy , it was an accident purchase by me ;/ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2438078372

This is more of a tech demo than an actual game. You wander around 3 levels of increasingly unfinished assets. Invisible shadow men, tons of invisible walls and a red key that CANNOT BE FOUND! That's right, I couldn't even finish the game, because on the third level I had to look for a red key, THERE WAS NO RED KEY, TRUST ME I LOOKED HARD! Also, no piano in the game besides the intro screen. False advertising if you ask me. STAY AWAY, DO NOT PURCHASE! A completely unfinished product. (hint: using the summersault button to move everywhere makes the game slightly more fun)

I would love to play this game. It sounds great, but unfortunately I cant get past the title screen. i7 @3.2Ghz 8GB RAM Win 10 Nvidia 1060

tl;dr character based mysterious search with harsh effects on the protagonists psyche shown by solving riddles while experiencing a beautiful noir atmosphere with cuts of creepy aesthetics __________________________________________________________ Before the game even started I was pleasently greeted and easily drawn into the creepy dark atmosphere provided solely by soundtrack and the dusty looking piano. For the most part the game is focused on the story revolving around John, which is at first completely unknown. Neither your history nor the situation you are in. The player is thrown into cold water and gradually finds out about the mess John and his mind are in! The story is intruiging and was scary enough to rile me up at times, though I'm not prone to panic. Ingame the first three levels set up simple mechanics of running, hiding and dodging obstacles, which second the core gameplay of solving riddles. Just a bit annoying that the view narrows when you crouch ... but thats p...

Hey there, I startet playing The Piano today and really like the setting and the atmosphere. Its not an everyday mindless action game and you really get soaked into the atmo. Really like that. The camera speed needs a little tuning but other then that i couldnt find any bugs. Maybe I got a version where some of them are already fixed. Absolutely a recommendation!

Ich hab ein wenig in das Spiel geschnuppert und finde es bisher klasse. Tolle Atmosphäre und gute Synchro sowie passender Soundtrack. Wer sich von rätselhafter Story und guter Atmosphäre leiten lässt und nicht von riesen Entwicklerstudios ist hier an der richtigen Adresse. So, i played for about an hour i guess and i gotta say, that it's a good game. Great atmosphere and good synchro as well as a well chosen soundtrack. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes mysterious stories and a chilling atmosphere.