Curse of Anabelle

I recommend this game, but only on 50% or greater sale. Why? Mostly because it's very short, the QTE is fickle, and mechanics can be glitchy on the higher graphics settings. I'll explain below. <3
Allow me to preface by saying this is a pretty good game. The attention to detail gets an A+, the puzzles were cake, and the spoops were solid.
On the highest settings, this game is gorgeous. I felt like I could physically touch the items on my screens and feel their textures if I wanted to. But alas, technology fails me. I digress! A lot of the journal entries could have used some serious scrubbing for grammar. Normally I don't mind, but it was painful to read some of them and I ended skipping some altogether.
I had to lower the settings because looting any item would break/freeze the mouse look function entirely. This was forcing me to save and reload anytime I needed to pick something up in order to 'fix' my game. Rolling the settings down to medium completely eliminated the issue, thank goodness. I was going to give up on this game if I had to play by saving/reloading every few minutes.
On top of that, the highest resolution this goes to was 1920x1080 and making any changes resulted in the game being stuck in a tiny window until I slapped it with good ol' alt+enter. This was incredibly annoying.
Pro-tip: You can adjust the graphics settings without it jumping out of fullscreen mode in game only. If you're at the main menu screen, you'll be plagued by being constantly reverted to windowed mode.
And it was probably just me, but every time Emily would start talking, I wanted to punch her in the f*cking throat. I feel like it was a little too convenient that She vanishes after leaving you a note that leads you to a mansion where you die. Afterward, she *uses* your ghost as a means to dispel the evil in the house-- but only because she couldn't contact an angel instead. Well, thanks a lot Emily, I hope you swallow a bag of razor blades. If you confront her about it, she changes the subject. Rude.
I really enjoyed exploring the house and taking my time with the puzzles. There wasn't much of a sense of urgency aside from the moments where you use the warp through time mechanic to look for puzzle pieces. It's a little bit repetitive after the first couple of fights, but I enjoyed knowing what I needed to do to knock those demons out one by one.
Sadly, the game ended a little abruptly for me. I had only defeated 6 or 7 when I was led to the final cut scene. This really bummed me out. While I appreciate that you may need to play the game several times to defeat all the demons for the achievements, I feel like $25 is a little steep for such a short experience. Hence, my advise to purchase it on sale.
All in all, I like this game. I genuinely hope to see more like this from these Devs. :)
Curse of Anabelle! A slow burning horror experience that will curl around you like a warm blanket before smothering you. Rawr <3

I would really prefer to give this game a thumbs in the middle, because my feelings are very mixed. Overall it's mediocre.
pros:
-Cinematic cutscenes look incredible for an indy developed game
-Music is also very nice
-The devs obviously put a ton of time into the art/lore of the demons. the detail in solomons book is impressive.
-Interesting story/setup
Cons:
-The in game graphics are pretty average, maybe a bit below average
-The game play gets old fast. While I appreciate them trying to do something different, it just ends up feeling repetitive and boring.
-The voice acting by the main character is really poor. The person that voices Emily though did a nice job.
-The story ended without really being as satisfying as I was hoping. Unless there are alternate endings that I am unaware of. It's possible I just got the bad ending
-The scares are pretty limited, was hoping for a bit more
Although the gameplay gets repetitive, you can beat the game in about 4 hours, so it ends before it really starts to wear out its welcome. If you can get the game on a 50% off sale, it might be worth giving a try. I've definitely played worse horror games.

Curse of Anabelle is NOT a Walking Simulator. It's true, that you'll spend most of your time walking or more like running around frantically searching for stuff, through maze-like corridors, halls and rooms of a huge mansion. Though the game design is pretty old-school. That's what I like about it.
It defines itself as a psychological horror/puzzle game which is not far off. But I think it's heavier on the puzzle side with a bit of an interactive storytelling going on.
It is not entirely made of jump scares, in fact, you only get a few of those which leaves you with a randomly spawning dark entity following you with loud steps. You can't outrun it easily but you have the ability to banish him for a few minutes. There is some light combat in Curse of Anabelle, it's in the form of dodging spells and casting spells at the same time using QTE style button timing. For the searching part, fret not it has a mini map which you can access once you find the map (which you do pretty early on) though you'll still have to keep running through the mansion in almost pitch black! I welcomed this design choice which really gives the game its much needed suspense while not leaving you completely helpless like Kholat does.
Bear in mind, this is the second game of a truly indie studio that consists of five to six people. So the 3D assets and sound FX it has are used repeatedly throughout the game. It doesn't have perfect animations nor a payed for soundtrack and has mediocre voice acting at best. It also has some sound issues and typos that need to be fixed. Though despite all of its limitations I can see that this game is a fruit of hard gritty dedication of just a few people.
PS. I have some additional hours offline. And I kind of rushed through the game, so it might take you just under or above six hours if you save often.

The game's atmosphere is really amazing. I like the art style and gameplay. Even it is an indie game, there are lots of contents and details in game. The development team made an effort for fluent gameplay and realistic atmosphere.
Some bugs are occured when you are playing but, the dev team is fixing fastly. UX side of the game is a little bit problem at first but after I get used to it, the game got into me.
Thanks Rockwise!

I played Curse of Anabelle couple hours. The overall game ambience is good. I'm not a fan of horror games but clearly, it has a similar ambience of Amnesia imo. It's a game everybody should try.

I can say that Curse of Anabelle stands out by it's lore. It looks like a generic horror story but the lore behind is much deeper.
Graphics: 8/10
Sounds: 4/10 (Because of the voice acting)
Gameplay: 6/10 ( needs refinement on some aspects like QTE, guiding etc. )
Story: 8/10
If you like a deep lore and doing a lot of reading for finding out the back story in a game you should try this.

• What I Liked
Epic story
Beautiful graphics & atmosphere
Exploring the environments and finding hidden items, notes, or places
Jumpscares are executed nicely and not overdone
Save Checkpoints are well places throughout the game
• What I Disliked
Demons
UI