Kholat
- June 9, 2017
- IMGN.PRO
- 5h median play time
A poignant and masterfully haunting affair, Kholat’s flawed narrative and sparse environments aren’t enough to considerably detract from its overwhelming atmospherics and sense of adventure.
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Reviews
- story912 mentions
- 26 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
- atmosphere514 mentions
- 62 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- graphics386 mentions
- 68 % positive mentions
- 31 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- gameplay317 mentions
- 16 % positive mentions
- 72 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
- music265 mentions
- 62 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- optimization49 mentions
- 16 % positive mentions
- 59 % neutral mentions
- 24 % negative mentions
- grinding30 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- replayability24 mentions
- 8 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 42 % negative mentions
- stability24 mentions
- 8 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 92 % negative mentions
- emotional14 mentions
- 86 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
- character development2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- funny2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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Critic Reviews
Kholat Review (PC)
Kholat is a great looking game that can capture the imagination of players very quickly with its impressive environments and with the initial narrative about the real world set of events on which it is based. Unfortunately, the developers have failed to find a way to keep interest up in the long term, and the inability to move at will across the landscape and the limited functionality associated with the map quickly become frustrating. The fact that the story of Kholat is based on real life events acts as both a positive and negative element for the game. On the one hand, it means that it's easy for players to become immersed in the world, and there's a clear mystery that they are hoping to unravel. On the other hand, Kholat fails to offer answers to all the questions the situation raises, and it's hard to love the game when it does not fully deliver from either a gameplay or a story perspective.
70%Kholat Review – Scarily Atmospheric
Kholat is a welcome challenging and atmospheric take on the horror genre
70%Kholat (PC) Review
With Kholat, IMGN.PRO posits an even wilder theory: that the Dyatlov Pass involved (nearly) all of the above.
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