Gray Dawn

An unexpected horror game, coming from an indie company just made of three guys (if my information is correct). The thing that caught my interest and hooked me in was the religious aspect of their project and 3 years ago when I saw their kickstarter failing i Thought that this will never see the light of day. However, here it is! Graphics: Good, very good. Gameplay: Simple but effective, it is a walking simulator with puzzle solving elements that reminded me of The vanishing of Ethan carter. Sound: I guess that a most of the songs are by Adrian von Ziegler.

Finished now. Well...what an experience! Gray Dawn in the typical game that sweat courage, abnegation and creativity of its creators. So many details and references, I'm absolutely impressed. Storytelling is perfect and I love how the narrration goes on and all the dreamlike setup of the settings. I've been waiting this game since it was announced, but it was worth it!

The game is purely amazing, the level of details and the atmosphere is just divine. I wonder what would it happened if I could manage to get all the icons, would it influence the story somehow? I strongly believe that this game is by far the best of its genre and a masterpiece combining religious and satanic things into a whole. I have to congratulate the developers for having the patience and also the stubborness to create such a game. Doamne ajută! Binecuvântat fie Numele Domnului!

El juego es interesante en su historia, pero tiene luces y sombras. La ambientación es original y uno rara vez se plantea un juego donde tomas el papel de un sacerdote, pero a veces la historia peca de ser un tanto enrevesada. Las cargas de niveles tan frecuentes también te sacan bastante de la historia, siendo en muchos casos innecesarias. También es un incordio que el nivel termine automáticamente al hacer determinadas acciones que no sabes que serán definitivas, lo que impide conseguir logros que te quedan pendientes, ya que no puedes volver atrás. Pese a ser vistoso en el apartado técnico, las texturas tienen excesivos brillos y todo parece demasiado sintético y plástico y algunas animaciones no interactivas son tremendamente ortopédicas y faltas de realismo Pese a todos estos fallos y algún que otro momento que roza (por no decir que los supera con creces) los límites de la blasfemia, creo que es un juego al que se le puede dar una oportunidad si te van los walking simulators, aunque para mi no se encuentra entre los mejores del género

It's an interesting little game with a pretty unique take on storytelling and visual presentation. I was impressed with how weird and unusual its horror elements were. Its main theme is something I've never seen in a game before. The story had me hooked with it's mystery, but it turned out fairly predictable as it played out. There's a lot of ominous religious text and dialogue thrown in that most of the time serves no other purpose than to make the story feel more mysterious and complicated, while having no hidden meaning whatsoever. The voice acting is pretty average which takes away from what could potentially be a much more amazing experience. I liked the music and the way it captures the local culture from the place and period the game is set in. At times it was very well used and chill inducing. The sound design however, feels very poorly done and I found it to be the worst aspect of the game. Lots of areas feel like they have sounds missing as many moving objects make no sound. When walking you can clearly hear a sound file being played for each footstep and the sound file being immediately stopped mid playing when you stop moving which sounds ridiculous. When passing the threshold from one room to another all the sounds from the previous room are immediately cutoff like you just teleported to a different location. This really breaks the flow of the atmosphere and immersion. Graphics look nice, but are are smudged and blurred with terrible anti-aliasing with no graphical options available to turn it off or tweak it. Also drawing distance is extremely near, with grass and shadows popping 2 metres in front of you when outside.