The Black Within is a single-player first-person psychological horror. When selling her soul for fame and fortune, Laila Rose faces the consequences of her actions. A tale of Greed, fear, and change.
The story is awful. Everything seems out of place. It doesn't make any sense sometimes!
There are some interesting lines, though.
2/10.
First playthrough review time.
The game has a dark atmosphere that suits the horror setting well. The voice acting is one of the stronger parts, and the sound effects add more to the overall atmosphere. I got the game from a retail site with a 96% discount.
The visual side is not always consistent. Some objects and decorations look out of place and...
The Jump-scare Within. Seriously, this game is just a delivery method for squeezing in as many lame and unimpactful jump-scares as possible. They became increasingly predictable as the game carried on to the point where after you complete something, or just change rooms, the next jump-scare is imminent. The rest of the game sums up to a very banal and...
The puzzles are unnecessarily long, boring as hell, and barely give you any clear direction on what to do next. Instead of being challenging, they just feel tedious and waste your time with pointless backtracking. And the jumpscares? Cheap-ass ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Random loud noises and things popping out of nowhere aren't scary; they're just lazy attempts to...
Hat einige nette Momente und ein paar gute Jumpscares. Einige hätte man weg lassen können, wie die in your Face Jumpscares aber sonst recht nett. Das Spiel besteht zwar 99,99% aus etwas suchen aber so ist es nunmal. Für die paar Euro, vorallem im Sale für unter 1€ kann man sich das auf jeden Fall mit nehmen.
6/10
