Please
- June 24, 2017
- Mute Canary
Get on Steam"Please" is a short-form experimental horror game that challenges you to explore a nightmarish world while avoiding shadowy monsters. By staying alert and not directly looking at or listening to the creatures, you can solve puzzles and survive. The game encourages replayability with its unique blend of horror and surrealism.
Reviews
- The game features a genuinely scary atmosphere that keeps players on edge.
- Some interesting ideas and a brief but cool puzzle involving children's building blocks.
- The graphics are commendable for an indie title, contributing to the overall gritty aesthetic.
- The game is extremely short, often completed in under 20 minutes, leaving players feeling unsatisfied.
- Control issues and frustrating mechanics make puzzles irritating and sometimes impossible to solve.
- The audio design is problematic, with loud and obnoxious jump scares that disrupt the experience.
- graphics6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some users describing them as grainy and below average, plagued by bugs and glitches that detract from the experience. Conversely, a few players appreciate the visuals as surprisingly good for the game's low price point. Overall, the graphical quality appears inconsistent and often frustrating.
“The graphics are very good for such an inexpensive game.”
“I am not here to recommend this game, because it is incomplete and has its fair share of control issues and graphic bugs.”
“The graphics are grainy and below average; the puzzle is very glitchy and almost makes the game unplayable, and sound effects and background ambiance shift from minimal to very loud.”
“Irritating audio, sub-par visuals.”
- music4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The music in the game has been criticized for being off-beat and thematically inconsistent, often described as irritating and overwhelming, particularly during tense moments like jump scares. While some found the intro scene's music stylistically interesting, the overall experience is marred by repetitive and intrusive soundtracks that detract from gameplay.
“The graphics are grimy, the music is some off-beat, anti-aesthetic dubstep that is triggered when you have an enemy near but then never goes away.”
“Off-beat, off-thematic, irrational music that is hard to play through.”
“The loud techno music when a jump scare happens doesn't go away even when nothing is around you.”
- gameplay3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for its overly complex and frustrating mechanics, particularly in puzzle interactions, which detract from the overall experience. Players find the loud techno music accompanying jump scares to be distracting, and the combination of irritating puzzles and obnoxious audio elements leads to a negative impression, with some quitting shortly after starting.
“Annoyingly pedantic mechanics, especially when interacting with puzzles.”
“Decided to give this game a chance but stopped playing within 10 minutes. The puzzles were irritating to solve due to the mechanics, and the loud techno music during jump scares doesn't go away even when nothing is around you.”
“Loud, obnoxious jump scares and unnecessarily fiddly puzzles due to strange control mechanics.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is widely praised for its genuinely scary and immersive qualities, effectively keeping players on edge throughout their experience.
“The atmosphere is genuinely scary.”
“The atmosphere is very scary and keeps you on edge the entire time.”
