The Dark Occult

Critic reviews

• COGconnected

  Jackson Bostian · Sep 27, 2018

  4.5

  I wish this was a preview of an unfinished game. I don’t want to give this game a score because it’s not ready. This feels like early beta. Did they just not take time to consider quality assurance and playtesting? I know the game has been in development for a long time, so why release an unfinished product now? Rym Games is an indie developer, so it couldn’t have been a publisher rushing the game out the door. Was it monetary pressure? Whatever the case may be, I hope to see the game improve with coming updates.

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• Game Skinny

  Zack Palm · Sep 25, 2018

  4.0

  Despite the developer saying players can take a non-linear path through the game, you'll still have to trigger the correct events in order to progress in many of the game's key moments. This problem makes the game tiresome and more importantly, it quickly erodes the game's horror elements, leaving a sour aftertaste that will linger long after you've stopped playing.

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• Game Watcher

  John Reetun · Oct 02, 2018

  7.5

  The Conjuring House offers up some classic old-school Gothic horror, the kind that relies on the tension it creates along with the atmosphere that builds naturally. Sure, the gameplay itself may be a little dated, but the game does so much work in creating a legitimately unsettling experience that it’s easy to excuse the constant need for finding this or that.

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• Spazio Games

  Valthiel · Oct 11, 2018

  4.8

  Il titolo di Rym Games arriva sul mercato prematuramente e fa un buco nell’acqua. Vorrebbe – in modo piuttosto evidente – vincere facile: ambientazione gotica molto classica, elementi horror tipici e spaventi improvvisi messi un po’ alla rinfusa qua e là. Ma non basta: per fare un buon survival horror serve una buona storia, un ottimo gameplay a supporto e un comparto tecnico che renda l’opera credibile. The Conjuring House è carente in tutto.

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