Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
What I Paid: $6.00
Verdict: Not Shovelware.
What I Say:
The Suicide of Rachel Foster was challenging on multiple levels. As a horror/ghost story, the creaks, groans and atmospheric wheezes are sufficient to put you on considerable edge – I played this with conventional audio, despite the title encouraging you to use headphones to enhance the atmosphere. The story on its surface is grim and challenging – hardly the sort of material that you would expect to make a good adventure game.
Despite these misgivings, I played this game through to the end to get to its denouement. Whilst not one of my favourite games, it was one I was happy to have made it through. One thing that somewhat annoyed me, however, was that it was far more linear than it perhaps could have been, particularly given it was set in a more-or-less completely open setting. The mechanic that drives the story forwards meant that the story would only proceed once you went to one specific spot or completed one specific task – there was no opportunity here to partially progress the story in multiple places at the same time.
What They Say:
1993
LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, MONTANA, US
Ten years ago, teenager Nicole and her mother left the family hotel after discovering her father Leonard’s affair with, and pregnancy of Rachel, a girl her own age who eventually committed suicide.
Now that both of her parents have passed, Nicole hopes to fulfill her mother’s last will to sell the hotel and make amends to Rachel’s relatives. With the will and determination to put that chapter behind her, she returns to the hotel with the family’s lawyer to audit the decaying structure.
As the weather unexpectedly turns for the worst, Nicole has no way to leave the large mountain lodge, and finds support in Irving, a young FEMA agent, using one of the first radio telephones ever built.
With his help, Nicole starts to investigate a mystery far deeper than what people in the valley thought. A story of love and death, where melancholy and nostalgia melt into a thrilling ghost tale.
Features
-Explore the vast and detailed hotel, unravelling dark secrets of the familiy’s past
-Binaural audio for a truly immersive experience
-Intriguing, touching and mature storytelling
-Multi-layered narrative thriller, combining elements of mystery and horror
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