Wardwell House is a short half-hour atmospheric horror adventure that utilizes a unique concept, but suffers from lackluster execution. After several weeks of being abandoned at sea, you've washed up on the shore of an unknown island, suffering from exposure and with your boat in disrepair. You stumble through the area until you come across a three-story house, where you wander inside out of both curiosity and necessity. While exploring the rooms and corridors, you hear someone enter... turns out that you're not alone on this seemingly deserted island after all.

The entire game is comprised of several black and white 360-degree photos, of which you look around for small yellow dots. You zoom in on these dots, read the text, and then look for a continuation arrow to keep progressing in your journey. You learn a bit about the island, and those that own the house that you happen upon. It's regrettable, but nothing of interest occurs, and there's very little ambience to set the mood; the background is primarily filled with nature sounds, since you're out in the woods, but there are only a couple moments of tense music. The story itself is just not that memorable or engrossing, and the ending is pretty confusing.

Wardwell House does have some good ideas. The concept of using real-life props and actual 360-degree photos is unique, and very rarely seen in games; especially those of the horror genre. The developers would benefit by using color photos instead, and really working on capturing horrific visuals, as with the use of black and white with absolutely no clashing objects for contrast isn't appealing to the majority of players. People crave dynamic lighting and special effects. Additionally, a better, more immersive and juicy story is necessary, as is foreshadowing background music. There's a lot that can be done with this creative style, but unfortunately the mark was missed this time.

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Wardwell House is a short half-hour atmospheric horror adventure that utilizes a unique concept, but suffers from lackluster execution. After several weeks of being abandoned at sea, you've washed up on the shore of an unknown island, suffering from exposure and with your boat in disrepair. You stumble through the area until you come across a three-story house, where you wander inside out of both curiosity and necessity. While exploring the rooms and corridors, you hear someone enter... turns out that you're not alone on this seemingly deserted island after all. The entire game is comprised of several black and white 360-degree photos, of which you look around for small yellow dots. You zoom in on these dots, read the text, and then look for a continuation arrow to keep progressing in your journey. You learn a bit about the island, and those that own the house that you happen upon. It's regrettable, but nothing of interest occurs, and there's very little ambience to set the mood; the background is primarily filled with nature sounds, since you're out in the woods, but there are only a couple moments of tense music. The story itself is just not that memorable or engrossing, and the ending is pretty confusing. Wardwell House does have some good ideas. The concept of using real-life props and actual 360-degree photos is unique, and very rarely seen in games; especially those of the horror genre. The developers would benefit by using color photos instead, and really working on capturing horrific visuals, as with the use of black and white with absolutely no clashing objects for contrast isn't appealing to the majority of players. People crave dynamic lighting and special effects. Additionally, a better, more immersive and juicy story is necessary, as is foreshadowing background music. There's a lot that can be done with this creative style, but unfortunately the mark was missed this time. [h1]Rating: [b]2.0/5.0[/b] - It's not awful, but it's not great.[/h1] The Horror Network [url=http://steamproxy.net/steamstore/curator/28221963/]Curator[/url] | [url=http://steamproxy.net/groups/thehorrornetwork]Group[/url] Click for Gore