This is my very first custom story from January 2013 which I decided to upload on ModDB. Autosaves added, translated to English, no other changes were made. You're Daniel, living a happy life until someone kidnapps the woman that was supposed to become your fiancee the next day. Your path will lead to Brennenburg to find out what happened. Low quality mod.
Finished this mod.
Positives:
-Multiple endings
-The story was better than average
-Rewarding exploration
Negatives:
-A lot of texture glitches
-Buggy levers (read Puzzles section)
-Not scary a bit
-Lack of consistency
-Cheap jumpscares
-Occasional clichés
Neutrals / nitpicks:
-Occasional grammar issues
-At times it was very unclear what to do
Storyline: 6/10
I was genuinely surprised to be honest. The description was far more promising than the actual story, but despite it the story was decent. The way it all got wrapped up near the end was great.
I mentioned the lack of consistency as one of the negative sides of this mod, and the storyline is what suffered from it. At the middle point of the mod, a majority of the notes felt totally disconnected from the mod. As mentioned, the way it all got wrapped up near the end was great, henceforth the score being 6/10.
Puzzles: 3/10
I was slightly disappointed here. A majority of the puzzles consisted of key quests or another ways to get a door open. The levers were ultimately glitchy (I could spam them for infinite sanity regenation). Unfortunately, 3/10 is deserved here.
Level design: 4/10
Average at times, below average at times. I saw many texture glitches scattered around, and the levels were very empty at times. Another issue was the terrible lighting. Still, some areas had decent detailing, leading me to give 4/10 here.
Scare factor: 2/10
The ultimate downfall here. To me, it felt like as if the mod creator "matured" midway through and stopped using cheap scares. However, the majority of threats here were hallucinations and not actual threaths. Not very scary at all to be honest.
Overall score: 3,75 = 4/10 = Below average
The creator of the mod has come a long way since this one. Hence, I recommed taking this review with a grain of salt, as this was his first mod.