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1/2 Red Riding Hood

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22%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
33% User Score Based on 18 reviews

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1/2 Red Riding Hood is a single player role playing game with horror, fantasy, anime and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Baby3 and was released on October 30, 2021. It received negative reviews from players.

There is this girl known as the Red Riding Hood. She has the strength of ten men. This is a completely different story about the familiar fairy-tale character Red Riding Hood. A much darker and twisted version

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33%Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews
story3 negative mentions
  • Unique and ambitious concept mixing 2D platforming with action and psychological storytelling in a dark reimagining of a classic fairy tale.
  • Interesting progression and world design featuring shifting, looping forest environments that create a disorienting atmosphere and multiple endings encouraging replay.
  • Charming art style and atmosphere with creative character designs and a mood that some players found enchanting and immersive.
  • Clunky and unreliable controls with slippery movement, poor hit detection, and frustrating platforming mechanics that often lead to unfair failure.
  • Repetitive and confusing level design with backtracking through similar areas and unclear navigation disrupting flow and pacing.
  • Technical limitations from using RPG Maker lead to lack of polish, janky engine performance, absence of fullscreen or resolution options, and an overall low-quality presentation.

  • story

    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    18% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 27% negative mentions

    The story offers an abstract, twisted retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in a distorted, hostile forest with fragmented storytelling and environmental clues. While multiple endings add replay value, the narrative is vague and underdeveloped, limiting its overall impact. Players note that despite creative ideas, the story struggles due to poor execution and lack of engagement.

    • “The story is a twisted retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale, with some player choices towards the end of the game altering the story, with 4 different endings available.”
    • “The concept suggests a blend of exploration, combat, and psychological storytelling, aiming to create something that stands apart from straightforward platformers.”
    • “Instead of following the traditional story, it places players in a distorted forest setting where the protagonist navigates a world that feels unstable, hostile, and only loosely tied to its source material.”
    • “Multiple endings add some variation and encourage replay, but the story itself remains somewhat vague.”
    • “There are glimpses of creativity in its shifting environments and darker reinterpretation of a familiar story, but these ideas are not developed enough to carry the experience.”

  • gameplay

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay blends side-scrolling platforming with light combat and bullet-hell elements but remains simple and repetitive, lacking depth and refinement. While it introduces layered mechanics like dodging and environmental interaction, these rarely evolve, leading to moments where failure feels more due to mechanical limitations than player skill. Overall, the gameplay feels rough and underdeveloped, limiting its appeal for those seeking polished or complex systems.

    • “The gameplay combines side-scrolling platforming with light combat and occasional projectile-heavy encounters.”
    • “There is an attempt to layer mechanics such as dodging, attacking, and interacting with the environment, but these systems remain fairly simple throughout.”
    • “Creating a 2D platformer with action combat and bullet hell mechanics results in an interesting blend, despite limitations from the RPG Maker engine.”
    • “While the game hints at greater complexity, it rarely expands beyond its initial ideas, leading to a loop that feels repetitive once the core mechanics are understood.”
    • “This creates moments where failure feels less like a result of player error and more like a limitation of the mechanics themselves.”
    • “For those looking for polished gameplay or deeper systems, it is likely to feel rough and repetitive.”

  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The game's graphics rely on outdated RPG Maker engine limitations, lacking fullscreen optimization, HD support, and customization options, which may frustrate modern PC gamers. However, its deliberately retro pixel art style and unique character designs create a charming and atmospheric visual experience appreciated by some players.

    • “I was enchanted by the game's art style and atmosphere, and pleasantly surprised when weird and wonderful characters (sometimes big characters) were incorporated into the level design.”
    • “Simple artwork.”
    • “As with all RPG Maker games, the poor quality engine displays badly in fullscreen and doesn't have Full HD support or any graphics tweaking options, making this unacceptable for any dedicated modern PC gamer.”
    • “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel art as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
    • “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere effectively establishes a mood and is enhanced by its unique art style and imaginative character design, though it stops short of becoming truly memorable. Audio elements neither significantly bolster nor weaken the darker themes, resulting in a mood that is present but not deeply immersive.

    • “I was enchanted by the game's art style and atmosphere, and pleasantly surprised when weird and wonderful characters (sometimes big characters) were incorporated into the level design.”
    • “The atmosphere carries more weight than the narrative, and while it creates a certain mood, it does not fully develop into something memorable.”
    • “While the audio does not detract from the experience, it also does little to enhance the atmosphere or reinforce the game's darker themes.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music is minimal and repetitive, featuring primarily one quirky track that plays continuously without variation, resulting in a lack of dynamic or paced audio experience.

    • “Background music and ambient effects are present but repetitive, with little variation to reflect changes in pacing or intensity.”
    • “One goofy music track plays on repeat for most of the game.”
    • “Sound and music are barely noticeable and lack depth.”

  • character development

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Character development in the game shows moments of creativity, especially through the forest setting and character designs that convey an unsettling tone, but it suffers from a lack of overall consistency.

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users found the emotional experience lacking due to clunky controls and a boring, repetitive story and map, which diminished engagement and overall enjoyment.

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The monetization is widely viewed as a cash grab, with users criticizing the game for its high pricing despite being seen as a basic, copy-and-paste construction kit.

    • “This kind of pricing on a construction kit copy+paste 'game' implies it's a cash grab.”
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1/2 Red Riding Hood is a role playing game with horror, fantasy, anime and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for 1/2 Red Riding Hood include demons, indie, magic, psychological, pixel graphics and others.

1/2 Red Riding Hood is available on PC, Windows and Xbox.

1/2 Red Riding Hood was released on October 30, 2021.

1/2 Red Riding Hood was developed by Baby3.

1/2 Red Riding Hood has received negative reviews from players. Most players disliked 1/2 Red Riding Hood for its story.

1/2 Red Riding Hood is a single player game.

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