Emerald Lake

About

Emerald Lake is a single player action game with a horror theme. It was developed by Jack Twin and was released on July 27, 2020. It received negative reviews from players.

The Emerald Lake is a children's camp located next to the lake. This camp has long been abandoned due to a series of strange events that happened a long time ago. The main character is Michael, went to this camp to find his brother.

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Single-Player

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29%

Audience ScoreBased on 14 reviews

gameplay3 negative mentions

Emerald Lake features a unique horror theme reminiscent of the Friday the 13th franchise, which may appeal to fans of the genre.
Some players appreciate the effort put into the game's environments and scripted encounters, noting that it has moments that can be genuinely scary.
The game includes English subtitles for non-Russian speakers, making it more accessible to a wider audience.

The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including crashes, glitches, and unresponsive controls, making it largely unplayable.
Many players criticize the lack of originality, as it heavily relies on stock assets and construction kit elements, leading to a feeling of a 'fake game'.
Emerald Lake has been marked as 'Profile Features Limited' on Steam, indicating poor sales and low community acceptance, which detracts from its value as a game.

gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The gameplay of Emerald Lake is visually impressive and offers engaging variations on the "find the key" mechanic, complemented by well-crafted scripted encounters. However, players have reported significant issues with crashes and loading times, resulting in only a fraction of the gameplay being actually playable.
- “It's visually extremely well crafted and manages to keep you interested with enough variation on the 'find the key' mechanic and enough well-made scripted encounters to fill its runtime.”
- “When checking out YouTube videos of the gameplay from July 2020, Emerald Lake appeared to be in a semi-playable state.”
- “I recorded an hour of gameplay and after cutting out all of the game crashes and loading screens (which were a couple of minutes each), only 25 minutes of the 60 minutes was playable.”
- “Easy to break down the gameplay.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from numerous glitches, poor voice acting, and frustratingly ineffective AI, leading to a lack of overall stability.
- “Tons of glitches that ruin the gameplay experience.”
- “Horrible voice acting detracts from immersion.”
- “The AI is absolutely terrible and unresponsive.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game features a compelling story and setting, but it is marred by an unpopular escort quest involving a wounded character who struggles to navigate the environment. Overall, while the narrative is praised, the escort mechanics detract from the experience.
- “It has a good story and setting.”
- “You have an escort quest with a wounded person who gets stuck on everything as he walks.”
- “No one has ever liked escort quests ever.”
graphics
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics of the game are criticized for poor optimization, resulting in sluggish performance even on high-end systems, and the absence of resolution and graphical options makes it unplayable for some users.
- “If you try to take it seriously as a game, you'll find no resolution or graphics tweaks, no controller tweaks... it's horribly optimized and will be sluggish even on high-end rigs.”
- “The lack of a graphical options menu has made the game unplayable for me.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
100%
The music in the game has received mixed feedback; while some players feel that additional ambient tracks could enhance the atmosphere, others have found certain music tracks to be overwhelming and even headache-inducing. Overall, the music's impact on the gameplay experience appears to be divisive.
- “The game could also use some more ambient music, though it would thicken the atmosphere even more!”
- “The game could also use some more ambient music; it would thicken the atmosphere even more!”
- “Some of the music tracks gave me headaches very quickly, and the passcode puzzle at the start of level 3 made me lose respect for the game.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviewers feel that while the game's atmosphere is engaging, it could be enhanced with additional ambient music to create a richer and more immersive experience.
- “The game could also use some more ambient music, though it would thicken the atmosphere even more!”