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REFICUL 666

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44%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

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REFICUL 666 is a single player open world shooter game with horror, fantasy, post-apocalyptic and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Shaun T Williams and was released on December 18, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A town swallowed by darkness. A towering entity watches from the storm. In Reficul 666, light is your only defence. Explore, survive, and uncover the truth as something ancient hunts you in the night.

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73%Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
graphics2 negative mentions
  • The game creates a creepy, haunting atmosphere with effective sound design and dark, grainy visuals that evoke tension and fear.
  • Upgraded weaponry and resources add some strategic elements, with a good mix of exploration and survival horror gameplay.
  • The open-world small town setting is well designed to feel unsettling and immersive, enhancing the slow-building horror experience.
  • Performance issues such as frame rate drops, screen tearing, and poor optimization were commonly reported even on high-end hardware.
  • Navigation and map design are confusing and poorly implemented, leading to aimless wandering and frustration.
  • Reused assets and lack of enemy variety result in repetitive gameplay, and some game mechanics like inventory and stamina system feel clunky or underdeveloped.

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay is minimalistic and simplistic, featuring exploration in a dark neighborhood illuminated only by a small light, with ghost-like enemies creating tension. It includes rogue-like elements such as random enemies and objectives, offering a challenging and varied experience despite its straightforward controls and UI. Overall, the gameplay relies on simple but effective design choices that enhance the theme and story.

    • “Gameplay involves wandering around a neighborhood in pitch dark, where all you can see is a small circle of light from a flashlight or lighter, while black ghost-like entities sneak up on you and deplete your health.”
    • “The game features rogue-like elements with challenging gameplay, including random enemies and random story/objectives with each new game.”
    • “The gameplay is super minimalistic with a simplistic UI, controls, and overall gameplay.”
    • “Gameplay is just wandering around a neighborhood in pitch dark where all you can see is a small circle of light from a flashlight or lighter while black ghost-like entities sneak up on you and deplete your health.”
    • “+ simplistic gameplay elements”

  • story

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The story features a consistent path with set objectives despite claims of randomness, combining a haunting atmosphere with exploration in an open-world town. Players must complete objectives while facing various threats, supported by simple yet effective thematic gameplay choices. Overall, the story is considered decent but not truly rogue-like or fully dynamic.

    • “As the game begins you can hear bizarre noises outside your house from odd bass tones to sinister whispers, and you can explore the open-world town as you want. However, you’ll need to complete the objectives to advance the story whilst avoiding or fighting the threats you encounter.”
    • “The gameplay consists of a lot of simple yet effective gameplay choices theme/story-wise.”
    • “Decently story.”
    • “They claim the game has rogue-like elements, challenging gameplay with random enemies and random story/objectives with each new game, but how?”
    • “The story and objectives also aren't random; it's always the same path with the same objectives every game.”
    • “As the game begins you can hear bizarre noises outside your house, from odd bass tones to sinister whispers, and you can explore the open-world town as you want, but you need to complete the objectives to advance the story while avoiding or fighting the threats you encounter.”

  • atmosphere

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game effectively creates a creepy and unsettling atmosphere through its dark, grainy visuals and eerie sound design, including unsettling noises from shadowy creatures. While some horror elements may need improvement, the overall ambiance successfully evokes tension and fear, especially in dim settings. The music complements the theme well, enhancing the immersive experience.

    • “Ok, I was skeptical at first but this game's atmosphere is scary with the creepy noises the demon and shadow monsters make to where I couldn't even play in the dark for a while.”
    • “Although the game’s horror elements need some major work, it does a really good job of creeping people out with its grainy dark silent atmosphere and dark shadowy figures slowly creeping towards you.”
    • “World design: absolutely loved the dark, grainy, sweaty silent environment and the atmosphere it created.”

  • music

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

    The music is well-suited to the game's theme, effectively setting the atmosphere with fitting background tracks. Overall, it is considered adequate and enhances the gaming experience.

    • “The music fits the game's theme perfectly and sets the atmosphere.”
    • “The background music is fitting and enhances the gameplay experience.”
    • “Music and sound effects complement the game well, supporting the overall theme.”

  • graphics

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

    Users report significant graphical issues, including frequent random frame rate drops despite high-end hardware, and visual bugs such as rain effects not appearing regardless of graphic settings.

    • “I experienced constant random frame rate drops no matter what graphic setting using an RTX 2080 and i9 processor.”
    • “I could hear the rain but not see any rain no matter what graphic option I selected.”

  • stability

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

    The game's stability includes occasional glitches, though some players view these as tactical opportunities rather than issues, allowing for creative gameplay and successful completion.

  • optimization

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

    The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to consistently low performance and a subpar experience.

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REFICUL 666 is a open world shooter game with horror, fantasy, post-apocalyptic and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for REFICUL 666 include first-person, demons, indie, exploration, immersive sim and others.

REFICUL 666 is available on PC and Windows.

REFICUL 666 was released on December 18, 2023.

REFICUL 666 was developed by Shaun T Williams.

REFICUL 666 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked REFICUL 666 for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

REFICUL 666 is a single player game.

Similar games include Beyond Hanwell, FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate, Remorse: The List, Tormented Souls, White Night and others.