Reviews - DragonicSiege

This CS is all about adventure and puzzles! I will not say adventure lightly because the story does not hold your hand, it's like the old Silent Hill series, where it's up to YOU to choose which path you want to venture into, grant it, I did find it difficult to do so, but I learned the process and became independent. The puzzles were challenging and innovative. The gameplay however, was disorienting (not knowing where to go), but challenging, I could barely know where I am going, but like I said before: this story does not hold your hand.
The voice acting is understandable, it's sometimes awkward to record your voice or find a person to do so, nevertheless, computer generated voices did not bother me, it processed the story further than no voices at all. This CS is lengthy, the pay off of finding your correct path is rewarding personally, to me that is. Scares and horror aspect are there and executed fair, including custom monsters, but it became awkard to speak to them in the end. The animations and scripting was impressive, you managed to utilize your resources (e.g. vanilla Amnesia models) including custom models at your dispose. There however, did have a slight problem: why not give custom textures and models to the people you meet? I would be immersed even further! Anyways it was a well done story in which reminded me heavily of the Silent Hill series and slightly of Outlast, and that my friend(s), is how to win true horror (imo)! :D

Puzzles and adventure! Everything is pretty impressive. Needed the guide to find incredibly small detailed puzzles (mainly keys and such). The scripting was the biggest part of this CS, some scenes are bugged. The custom monster was creepy, but stayed in places for too long that I actually had to bait them (this was most in occasions) so it breaks the atmosphere. Choices are cool. Like I said, the scripting is the best part. Finally, the puzzles were good, complex, and convenient. I'm keeping this in my collection.

A TRUE MASTERPIECE! Excellent voice acting, atmosphere, tones, lighting, custom textures, and the monsters! Even the vanilla Amnesia ones; the way you planned their role made them scary for me, but the custom monster takes the cake (not specified to avoid spoilers), I NEVER get scared in games unless it's Alien Isolation and frankly, I felt like I was playing a separate game dedicated to survival horror! The textures makes me want to buy Machine for Pigs now, they were INCREDIBLE, it made the Ripley Mansion a real life mansion compared to regular Amnesia textures!
GAMEPLAY: My pace in other custom stories are usually quick and scarcely slow at times, this story on the other hand! WOW! Forced me to slow everything down to a screeching halt and enjoy the suspenseful sounds and atmosphere. The sanity effect change was incredibly necessary, no "night vision" in darkness, light is your friend AND your enemy! A true way to experience horror!
TRUE HORROR: No teleporting naked guys, no cheap jumpscares, most of the scares are built by suspense. The custom sounds made chills everywhere, the custom monsters' noises are all disturbing.
SCRIPTING: The scripting is incredible and creative (being a CS dev myself and observing it happen on screen, not looking at your script file of course)! I can see a lot of work was put in, I CANNOT wait for your next installment of the Ripley manor series or a separate CS in general! 10/10 A true masterpiece! This will forever be in my collection.

6.5 for me, the mapping is fantastic! As well as the scripting and puzzles.
Though most of the rating came from that, the story structure is [meh].
I understand the story, but it's uninteresting, I was expecting actual Silent Hill story here, but at least I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The voice acting was a bit cheesy, but it was one of the better voice acting I've seen so far.

Overall: Fun to run around in maps, completing puzzles and such, ignoring the story half of the time.

PS- I recommend an actual silent hill universe. You did well.