Project Vic
You work as a freelance reporter. Late one evening, you are sitting at your tablet while the news reports on a death at a nearby estate. Shortly afterwards, a police officer friend calls you and tells you that the investigation into the case is closed for the moment and the crime scene is unguarded. You immediately set off to write the story of your life.
You grab your equipment and drive to a forest parking lot near the crime scene. There you find the first clues that the extent of this family tragedy appears to be far greater than you first suspected.
Features:
- Explore spooky locations to find a way to the family estate
- Gather information about the Hastings family
- Capture supernatural events with your camera to make your report more vivid
Warning:
This game contains flashing lights that may make it unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy or similar conditions Player discretion is advised.
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Game Discussion
Steam User 7
POSITIVE POINTS:
- The plot is very interesting and knows how to grab us from the beginning.
- It does an excellent job of creating a very good atmosphere of psychological horror.
- The jump scare is very well placed, and the music accompanies the game remarkably well.
- The idea of capturing past and supernatural events with our camera is very good and fun, as well as creepy.
- Despite being a team of only two people, the developers are very committed to the game: they read all the reviews and take player feedback into account to fix reported bugs.
NEGATIVE POINTS:
- It's quite short, lasting just under two hours. Fortunately, its price is also low.
- Most of the time in the mansion is spent searching for keys to unlock new areas.
- The game contains flashing lights which may not be suitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy or similar conditions.
CONCLUSIONS:
Project Vic has an interesting story, a remarkable horror atmosphere and puzzles that are neither too easy, nor too difficult, making it a perfect game to get started in the genre.
EVALUATION:
7.5/10.
Through the eyes of a freelance journalist, we embark on a dark and exciting journey, with a concept that has been rarely used in video games, such as taking photographs and capturing supernatural elements. Although it's quite short, it's priced well enough to make it worth buying and playing.
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Steam User 2
Not the Citizen Kane of indie horror, but has it's fair share of jump scares and spooks. The photo mechanic is a nice twist on things. The environments are pretty sparse and bland, but the game has no pretences of being anything other than what it is. It's not great, but it's not terrible.
Steam User 1
Like the previous games from this Dev it has the basis of a good game, it just doesn't quite get there. It isn't very sophisticated, most objects can't be manipulated, so no opening drawers or cupboards, they are static objects. Also there is a lot of walking about to find very few objects that can be used. My main gripe is that the walking speed is very slow, pressing left shift just moves walking speed to slow. I have no sense of direction so being lost in a forest with the speed I can move around at is painful.
Having said that, the atmosphere is good, a few good jump scares, some puzzles to solve, lots to explore. It has a few hours of gameplay so is worth the price.
Steam User 1
Project Vic is a short psychological horror with a captivating story. The game focuses on both creepy atmosphere as well as some jump scares. You need to solve some puzzles and finds some keys to unlock more rooms to be able to uncover more secrets!
You need to take photos to get some more understanding of what happened to the family living there, which was a fun feature that I enjoyed quite well! Unfortunately I missed some photos so need to go back and get the last couple of photos to really uncover it all! :D
I also loved how they don't allow you to go too far (like some games do) without important key items!
Steam User 1
I'm usually not the one to play horror-games but this was very atmospheric and has a fair length for the price. It doesn't fall into too much horror tropes and keeps you surprised and on the edge.