Ghoststory
Ghoststory – An island in the middle of nowhere. one man`s journal and a mystery ready to be uncovered; an amazing journey await you in this short visual story. This is a man`s experiences of a series of events that has changed everything on earth.
You are on an island apparently peaceful and abandoned. The only thing that spoils this idyllic image is all the steel constructions that is merged with the nature. This unnatural mix makes you wonder if you can walk the path undisturbed or if you will encounter someone…something.
What has happened on the island? Who is behind all the changes? Will you ever find out?
Features
– Explore a mysterious island and it`s many different locations.
– The visual style is unique and stands out in the crowd of games. The choice of colors is based on the desire to make you feel something special and at the same time
be a joy to the eye
– It is a story-driven game that is dripping with atmosphere. The story captivates you from the beginning to the end and leaves you wanting to know more.
– The game is developed using Unreal Engine 4 – the next generation engine
Game Discussion
Steam User 13
This game is pretty much a walking simulator, similar to games like Dear Esther or Firewatch where you walk through levels and a dude talks and you listen to a story. This one is a narrator reading a journal of a man who was trapped on an island. Here's what I think of it.
Positives:
The voice acting/narration is very well done
The levels are beautiful and well made
The music is very nice
The game is well paced, at no point does any narration end up overlapping
Negatives:
There is no options menu at all
The first level has some rain filter on the screen even though its not raining
There are a couple typos in the subtitles, mainly on the dates like '21th'
The framerate is locked at 62fps
There seems to be motion blur which is annoying
It doesn't tell you the controls, didn't know you could open doors at first
In the final level I think the level doesn't really load properly so when you turn around you randomly see white things pop in
Overall its a pretty decent little story game, not much to it but its pretty good for what it is. It does have a few flaws but they're not too noticeable. 7/10.
Steam User 5
Video (15 mins of gameplay + comedy commentary):
tl;dr: Gonna give Ghoststory a VERY tentative thumbs up for now with the hopes that its current SHOWSTOPPING bugs are addressed.
PROS
Ghoststory is very pretty, good looking textures, great lighting, beautiful sunsets.
The music is well placed and from what we can tell all dialogue is voiced.
Easy to navigate and we found it pretty impossible to get accidentally lost.
CONS
As of writing this (June 30) there appears to be no checkpoints or any way of continuing your game. This is because if you hit Esc to go to the menu, the ONLY option that works is to exit back to the main menu. And if you do this, you have to start a new game. So even if you were going to play the game in one sitting, if you wanted to even pause or accidentally hit Esc for any reason, you're stuck and have to start over.
Voice over is very quiet/difficult to hear and there is no way to turn it up.
Menu options are very sparse. You can only change two things, which is "graphics" between low/medium/high/epic and "resolution" between 640x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080, and that's it.
OTHER THINGS
While the narration is nice, it makes for GIGANTIC amounts of subtitles. Not bad in and of itself, but something to know that you'll be seeing huge blocks of text often, and may have to focus on them instead of the beauty of the game due to the overly quiet voice over.
CONCLUSION
We're really hoping some of this stuff is fixed as the game itself seems like an interesting and contemplative adventure.
Steam User 0
A highly-detailed, slightly confusing storyline coupled with decent graphics, and a bright, linear atmosphere.
It's a good game! And yes, I know it says I have 0 hours played. No idea how. I've played through it before lmao. But hey...
I'd recommend it anyways.
Steam User 3
Great game, lovely nature ;)