Such an amazing survival horror game... i just can't process how impressive it is for it's year of release.
Haunting Ground was one of the most panicking, nerve-wracking, pleasing and beautiful experience i've had i awhile while playing a game.
There's so much into it, so let me actually get into why i enjoyed this game-
The soundtrack- every character has such a unique theme song. It makes you feel a certain way about a character and your reaction when you encounter them, for an example- Daniella. Her theme song totally depicts her ill personality and struggles, as she has a strong grudge against the main character, which is why her whole theme song hit every right place in my head, which made me just want to listen to the song over and over again because of how weird and yet unique it is.
Or Ricardio's - even if he wasn't MUCH of a strong threat, his theme song was literally screaming PANIC. It was how i felt when he was literally chasing us with a gun in his hands, just running at us at a high speed...
The lore- it made me want to look into it more. It's so disgusting and terrifying yet brave for the directors and writes to do something like this. I won't get into much details, but for me it was intriguing enough to make me want to play the game more even if I was struggling at times.
The setting- The Italian castle was really well furnitured. Nice atmosphere, beautiful design, yet some kind of claustrophobic feeling hinting at us that we are being watched or that there is a big threat coming for us.
The angles- i loved them. Everytime we move the angles were changing, which is a pretty common thing for games like these, but with this one is like the Silent Hill 1 type of camera movement that i noticed and was left pretty pleased by it. (By the way, let me tell you again, that i streamed this game on my twitch channel : MaryyHill, and right now i am currently streaming Silent Hill 1 also! Both are my first playthroughs, so it is quite exciting.)
The characters- good designs, amazing job at the voice acting (especially Daniella, LIKEE...), and they are quite memorable. You can feel a lot of things while getting into their stories and situation- like disgust, even empathy.
Hewie- i loved the whole mechanic with Hewie, even though sometimes it was really pissing me off at how disobedient he is even though i was always praising/petting him and giving him treats and food to regain stamina.
There was even a bug for me in the game where Hewie didn't let me progress into the game because he didn't want to open one particular door that he had to open, but, I got through this, so....
I like Hewie's character. He is not just some side kick, he is a big part of this game and out character is sometimes depending on Hewie A LOT, like on boss fights, and i enjoyed it. Watching Hewie biting someone's ass was the most satisfying things ever!
Plus let me just tell you how sweet his design is, him and Fiona are literally like angels, which was kind of hinted a lot of times in the game just by the vulnerability and innocence of Fiona's look, while Hewie was her ''guardian'' of some sort.
What i didn't exactly like is the sexualization in this game, also the fact that there were bugs that i had to get pissed at for hours, plus the whole Hewie thing, but overall the problems are not so big that i wouldn't rate it 5 stars. In fact, i think this may be a favourite game material. It totally is.
Haunting Ground was one of the most panicking, nerve-wracking, pleasing and beautiful experience i've had i awhile while playing a game.
There's so much into it, so let me actually get into why i enjoyed this game-
The soundtrack- every character has such a unique theme song. It makes you feel a certain way about a character and your reaction when you encounter them, for an example- Daniella. Her theme song totally depicts her ill personality and struggles, as she has a strong grudge against the main character, which is why her whole theme song hit every right place in my head, which made me just want to listen to the song over and over again because of how weird and yet unique it is.
Or Ricardio's - even if he wasn't MUCH of a strong threat, his theme song was literally screaming PANIC. It was how i felt when he was literally chasing us with a gun in his hands, just running at us at a high speed...
The lore- it made me want to look into it more. It's so disgusting and terrifying yet brave for the directors and writes to do something like this. I won't get into much details, but for me it was intriguing enough to make me want to play the game more even if I was struggling at times.
The setting- The Italian castle was really well furnitured. Nice atmosphere, beautiful design, yet some kind of claustrophobic feeling hinting at us that we are being watched or that there is a big threat coming for us.
The angles- i loved them. Everytime we move the angles were changing, which is a pretty common thing for games like these, but with this one is like the Silent Hill 1 type of camera movement that i noticed and was left pretty pleased by it. (By the way, let me tell you again, that i streamed this game on my twitch channel : MaryyHill, and right now i am currently streaming Silent Hill 1 also! Both are my first playthroughs, so it is quite exciting.)
The characters- good designs, amazing job at the voice acting (especially Daniella, LIKEE...), and they are quite memorable. You can feel a lot of things while getting into their stories and situation- like disgust, even empathy.
Hewie- i loved the whole mechanic with Hewie, even though sometimes it was really pissing me off at how disobedient he is even though i was always praising/petting him and giving him treats and food to regain stamina.
There was even a bug for me in the game where Hewie didn't let me progress into the game because he didn't want to open one particular door that he had to open, but, I got through this, so....
I like Hewie's character. He is not just some side kick, he is a big part of this game and out character is sometimes depending on Hewie A LOT, like on boss fights, and i enjoyed it. Watching Hewie biting someone's ass was the most satisfying things ever!
Plus let me just tell you how sweet his design is, him and Fiona are literally like angels, which was kind of hinted a lot of times in the game just by the vulnerability and innocence of Fiona's look, while Hewie was her ''guardian'' of some sort.
What i didn't exactly like is the sexualization in this game, also the fact that there were bugs that i had to get pissed at for hours, plus the whole Hewie thing, but overall the problems are not so big that i wouldn't rate it 5 stars. In fact, i think this may be a favourite game material. It totally is.