Lamia's Game Room
- February 15, 2016
- Digital Crafter
- 2h median play time
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Get on itch.io Store"Lamia's Game Room" is a survival horror game set in a mysterious mansion. Solve puzzles and explore the mansion's dark secrets while avoiding deadly traps and supernatural beings. With retro-inspired graphics and a chilling atmosphere, it's a challenging and immersive experience for horror gaming enthusiasts.
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Reviews
- The game features beautiful artwork and a unique gothic atmosphere that enhances the experience.
- The gameplay, while simple, incorporates elements of bluffing and strategy, making it engaging for fans of card games.
- At its low price point, the game offers a decent amount of entertainment for those who enjoy casual gaming.
- The game heavily relies on luck, with many players feeling that skill and strategy have little impact on the outcome.
- The English translation is riddled with typos and grammatical errors, making the story difficult to follow and detracting from the overall experience.
- The gameplay can become repetitive and tedious, especially with the requirement to win multiple rounds in a row to progress.
- story72 mentions
- 8 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The game's story is often described as intriguing yet flawed, with many reviewers noting its potential that remains largely unfulfilled due to poor execution, including bad translations and minimal dialogue. While some players appreciated the atmosphere and art style, they found the narrative to be confusing, rushed, and lacking depth, often overshadowed by repetitive gameplay. Overall, the story leaves much to be desired, with hints of a more compelling narrative that could be explored in a potential sequel.
“The story, while not very long, continually made me more curious about what exactly was going on.”
“The art is great, it has a creepy atmosphere, and you genuinely want to know more about the story.”
“The simple story and evolution of the character models throughout the game made it entertaining to sit through.”
“The game has the hint of a story, drowning under really bad translation, a scanty vocabulary, and various spelling mistakes.”
“With the story being only barely comprehensible, the entire weight of whether to play this or not falls onto the card game, which isn't really up to it, seeming more a vehicle to stretch the story out presumably in the original language.”
“Spoiler alert, if you manage to brave through 11 short but boring matches, your big reward is a 'to be continued' screen as the game ends without even trying to explain anything about the plot it pretends to have.”
- gameplay27 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The gameplay is primarily based on a simplified version of the card game Old Maid, heavily reliant on luck with minimal strategic depth, making it repetitive and often frustrating. Players engage in a 1v1 dynamic with a limited bluffing mechanic, which fails to add meaningful complexity, resulting in a clunky experience. While the game offers a decent atmosphere and is inexpensive, it suffers from technical issues and poor translation, leading to an overall mediocre gameplay experience.
“The gameplay revolves around you constantly picking random cards from your opponent's hand, hoping that the RNG favors you; no strategy required (or available).”
“During the gameplay, you are presented with a questionable bluffing system, allowing you to choose a gesture or a facial expression to mislead your opponent and make them choose another card from your hand.”
“I recommend this as I enjoyed the gameplay and goth-style art, though this game is not for everyone.”
“The gameplay is basically just old maid, the card game with a slight mechanic of being able to influence others' choices by way of prompts.”
“The gameplay becomes extremely repetitive as the new characters introduced bring very little story-wise and the majority of the game is the protagonist playing old maid.”
“The gameplay revolves around you constantly picking random cards from your opponent's hand, hoping that the RNG favors you, no strategy required (or available).”
- graphics25 mentions
- 48 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 12 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are a mixed bag, with many users noting the simplistic, cartoonish 2D visuals typical of low-effort mobile apps, which lack customization options and resolution settings. While some appreciate the nice artwork and anime style, particularly in character and card designs, others criticize the overall quality as mediocre, especially for a PC game, and point out issues like poor English translation and stretched graphics in certain resolutions. Overall, the aesthetic is seen as a highlight, but it does not compensate for the game's lack of depth and technical shortcomings.
“The artwork is just amazing.”
“Simple old maids game with awesome art style and semi-intriguing story.”
“Nice anime style graphics.”
“There's no options to change the resolution for the mobile app or customize the graphics settings.”
“The mobile app features simple, cartoony 2D graphics, of the type you normally expect to see in low-effort mobile apps.”
“Considering this is being evaluated as a PC game, having the graphics phoned in like this isn't going to result in a high quality, visually impressive game that PC gamers are used to seeing.”
- music17 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally well-received, with many players appreciating its fitting ambiance and ability to enhance the atmosphere, particularly noting its creepy and unsettling qualities. However, some users expressed frustration with the repetitive nature of the music tracks, feeling that the limited variety detracted from immersion, especially during longer play sessions. Overall, while the soundtrack contributes positively to the game's mood, its lack of diversity is a common point of criticism.
“The music was very good and matched the type of game this is.”
“The art and the soundtrack are very nice, as well as the game's atmosphere.”
“Personally, I like many card games and being able to just chill and do some simple old maid while experiencing the story and listening to the music was nice.”
“One thing that got on my nerves was the one music track that plays over, and over, and over.”
“This game lacks immersion; the music cycles a lot.”
“With looping music and a trial-and-error, very basic RNG core mechanic, it just overstays its welcome even with such a low playtime to beat.”
- atmosphere11 mentions
- 55 % positive mentions
- 18 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is generally praised for its creepy and gothic elements, enhanced by appealing art and music that draw players into its intriguing premise. However, the overall experience is marred by poor writing and translation, which detracts from the immersive qualities of the atmosphere. Despite these flaws, many players find the atmosphere engaging and reminiscent of other popular titles.
“The art and the soundtrack are very nice, as well as the game's atmosphere.”
“The art is great, it has a creepy atmosphere, and you genuinely want to know more about the story.”
“This is a nice looking game, with a decent atmosphere spoiled by an extremely bad English translation. Given the gameplay in between the story sections is fairly simplistic, basically being old maid with a very limited bluffing/tells system, that is fairly crippling.”
“Lamia's game room is a quirky take on the classic old maid card game with a dark, gothic atmosphere reminiscent of the Danganronpa series.”
“Creepy, unsettling atmosphere and music.”
- grinding3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, particularly due to a clunky interface and lengthy animations that extend gameplay beyond the desired duration. This can lead to frustration, especially during endgame scenarios where low win rates necessitate multiple retries, making the experience feel repetitive over time.
“The interface can get clunky when selecting cards, and having to wait for animations is tedious, sometimes stretching the game longer than the 10-minute mark, which gets old.”
“This can make the endgame tedious, as the player's low win rate will require more than a few retries to progress.”
“It's fun, but it does get tedious after a while.”
- humor3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by a mix of poorly executed English and a lighthearted take on traditional card games, likening it to a "glorified version of old maid." Players anticipated a more sophisticated comedic experience, such as witty banter from a demonic host, but found the humor to be more simplistic and reliant on its awkward presentation.
“Old maid with bad to humorous Jengrish.”
“'Gothic style horror mystery card game' is a funny way to say 'glorified version of Old Maid plus badly written visual novel.'”
“I was expecting some sort of intricate double Fanucci with the demonic host laughing and quipping when the players screwed up, building tension before each elimination.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is noted for having limited replayability, with users expressing that it lacks features or content that would encourage them to play it multiple times.
“It doesn't really have a lot of replay value to it.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy is perceived by some users as a quick cash grab, suggesting a lack of value or fairness in the pricing model.
“For me, this seems like a quick cash grab.”
“The monetization strategy feels overly aggressive and detracts from the overall experience.”
“It's frustrating to see so many features locked behind paywalls.”
