I have to admit, this was much scarier than I thought it would be – at least the first 2-3 runs, till I collected everything. Then all the following playthroughs were more of a chore than fun, unfortunately. True, if you’re only after all the endings, it’s enough if you finish the game “only” 9 times (plus one death), but if you want to complete the endings collection, on all five difficulty levels, then you’re in for a lot of grinding, let me tell you that. Honestly, I’m not sure who’s crazier – the one who came up with the idea of giving an achievement for all these, 20-25+ playthroughs (or 40+ without strategic saves), or the ones, like me, who decide to rise up to this insane challenge.

Anyway, the crazy amount of playthroughs aside, this is a solid survival horror entry in my opinion. It’s quite short, but really intense all the way till the end, with some terrifying jumpscares, truly unsettling ghost designs, and a spot-on, disturbing atmosphere. The location is one of the most common settings in Asian horror titles: a spooky high school at night, like in The Coma or Death Mark II, but in a 3D first-person view. I’m not familiar with the original version and how much of it was improved, but this remake looked quite nice, if you ask me, especially the shadows and lights, although it was nothing groundbreaking. The characters were OK, too, with some surprisingly detailed facial animations (although their arms seemed somehow off, I think they were a bit longer than they should have been). And the sound effects were amazing: the various noises like flickering lights, the rain outside, steps in the distance, something crawling near you, someone wheezing and crying somewhere, and, of course, the mumblings and keychains of the janitors… They’re all creepy as hell.

The gameplay was fine, but I’d recommend playing with a keyboard and mouse, as quite often you need quick but precise movements which are a bit more difficult with a controller. The timed events and boss fights can be quite challenging, especially on higher difficulty levels, and when the janitors are around you always need to switch into stealth mode, being extra careful and patient. There are also some complex puzzles here and there, so be prepared. As for the story, it’s a bit meh, nothing special, and there are a few plot holes in it which never get explained (or at least, I didn’t find an explanation for them). English localization was not bad, although there were some instances where the subtitles and audio had different translations.

All in all, as long as you’re not aiming for completing the endings collection, I can recommend this if you like similar entries, but yeah, it’s not for the faint of heart.

Not much to say about this one. It wasn’t that good, but I definitely wouldn’t call it bad, either. It has heart, and a very important message, dealing with heavy, real-life issues affecting many families. Unfortunately, the gameplay is quite meh with some very easy puzzles, clunky controls and a few terrible camera angles.

What else is here…? Some smaller glitches here and there, nothing too major, average graphics, and terrible English voice acting. Really, really short, though. Might be worth your time if you’re into platformers that have a good enough story.

Welp, that was a huge waste of time! I honestly didn’t expect much from this game, but it still managed to disappoint me, which is quite an achievement in itself… The whole story takes place in the same house with only a few rooms, and, as the title suggests, you’re in a time loop the whole time, which means doing the same things over and over again, and, if you’re lucky, after lots of trial and error you can move the plot forward a bit… only to die again and start over. The four characters are pretty bland, your generic anime archetypes, and the gameplay is basically a mixture of visual novel and pixel-art sequences, with some occasional, animated CGs, containing at least one panty shot. Because, yeah, you need those, no matter what, even if red blood is not OK, so they colored it pink like in the Danganronpa series (I should have played the PC version, I guess, if I’m not mistaken, you have the option to change the blood color to red there). The whole thing is really short, and let me tell you, there’s absolutely no logic behind why and when some events happen. Sometimes you have to keep looking at random objects just to get a dialogue, the killer stops chasing you if they find a fluffy toy on the ground, you can walk around the house in almost complete safety until you start examining things… Meh. Go and watch Happy Death Day if you want something similar, you’ll have much more fun with that.