The Haunting of Billy

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The Haunting of Billy is a single player casual platformer game. It was developed by Targon Studios and was released on February 1, 2018. It received neutral reviews from players.

It's Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the randomly generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 120 unique weapons and more than 610,000 costume combinations!

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Audience ScoreBased on 25 reviews

humor3 positive mentions

graphics5 negative mentions

Unique mechanic of building characters from enemy body parts adds a fresh twist to roguelike gameplay.
Humorous and lighthearted tone with dry, fourth-wall-breaking humor.
Enjoyable in short bursts with simple, mindless fun and some variety in weapons and customization.

Gameplay is repetitive and the combat system is simplistic and often buggy, leading to a frustrating experience.
Numerous technical issues including freezes, input lag, weapon glitches, and bugs that disrupt gameplay.
Poor graphics and sound quality with minimal story or immersive elements, detracting from the overall appeal.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
37%
63%
The graphics are widely criticized as extremely poor, with visuals likened to outdated Commodore 64 or NES quality and lacking distinction or animation. Many users describe the aesthetic as drab and buggy, with frequent freezes and unresponsive controls further detracting from the experience. Overall, the graphics are considered below even typical indie pixel art standards.
- “Being made in Unity, this buggy mess has two graphics options: "Heaven on Earth" and "Literally Garbage." The latter fits the game well, as the graphics look like they were taken from a Commodore 64 game with barely any distinction.”
- “The graphics are bad even by indie pixel standards, with animations practically nonexistent; the NES had better visuals than this.”
- “The aesthetics are as drab as the screenshots make it out to be.”
gameplay
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The gameplay is generally criticized for being simplistic, repetitive, and hindered by heavy bugs, resulting in a slow-paced and frustrating experience. While some find short bursts enjoyable, overall it lacks depth and challenge.
- “The huge issue is that this game is really hard to play due to its heavy bugs that affect the gameplay experience.”
- “The gameplay is repetitive like other reviewers have mentioned, wherein the combat itself isn't difficult, and the game pacing is a bit slow at times.”
- “Mechanics are painfully simplistic, as is the story and your goal, but quite fun in short bursts.”
story
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
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The story is minimal to nearly nonexistent, offering only brief or superficial narrative elements with little depth. While some dialogues provide occasional humor, there is no compelling plot to motivate continued play, though hidden secrets add minor interest after multiple runs. Overall, the story is simplistic and uninspired.
- “Graphics and sound, bad, gameplay, bad, story, basically nonexistent.”
- “Plus, the game itself has barely a story of a few lines and most of all, the battle system is horrendous.”
- “There's basically no story, even if some dialogues are funny, but there are no incentives that will push you to go through another door, another '80s-like 2d screen and see what's on the other side.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor in the game is dry and occasionally breaks the fourth wall, offering some funny dialogue moments. However, it is limited and does little to compensate for the lack of story or meaningful incentive to explore further. Overall, the humor adds a modest, quirky charm but isn't a strong highlight.
- “There's basically no story, even if some dialogues are funny, but there are no incentives that will push you to go through another door, another '80s-like 2d screen and see what's on the other side.”
- “The humor in the game was dry, and almost breaking the fourth wall at times.”
- “Being made in Unity anyways this bugged mess has two funny graphic options, namely 'Heaven on Earth' and 'Literally Garbage' - this one fits the game, and needless to say, there's barely any kind of distinction since graphics look like they've been taken from a Commodore 64 game.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from frequent long freezes and unresponsive controls, causing frustrating gameplay interruptions. Additionally, numerous bugs such as incorrect inventory states further impact stability, making the experience frustrating even for dedicated players.
- “Often, you'll have long freezes even on the 'crappy' graphics option. Often the controls won't respond, you'll find yourself hanging in the middle of nowhere after jumping on some boxes, or simply you'll open the inventory just to find out that you'll be able to equip weapons you haven't obtained yet, and it goes on forever.”
- “I hardly think even a roguelike lover can enjoy this buggy mess.”
- “I had some intermittent video freezes.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is repetitive, consisting of a very short loop that quickly becomes grating. Additionally, there are occasional bugs where the soundtrack abruptly stops during gameplay.
- “The music is literally the same 2 seconds long tune looping over and over again, which gets grating within minutes.”
- “The soundtrack is very likely to stop without a reason, in the middle of a level.”