Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
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Critic Reviews for Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
Daymare 1994: Sandcastle is a decent second title in the series which makes some improvements but still struggles to come together as an complete experience.
A prequel which unfortunately takes a clear step backwards, in spite of some interesting ideas.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Invader Studios has packaged a survival horror experience with a good atmosphere and decent pace, adding small but interesting new features and significantly improving the technical compartment. A sequel that represents a good step forward but still has a long way to go to walk side by side with the best exponents of the genre.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Daymare 1994: Sandcastle is a fun title that improves on almost all the issues from the original. It provides an excellent atmosphere and fun combat situations where you can use cryo abilities. It's not a perfect game, though, with some bad voice acting, really dark lighting, and being unable to dodge attacks leaves you open to strikes. Invader Studios will hopefully build on these qualities for the promised third instalment in the series.
Daymare 1994 is one of those missed opportunities, if we can call it that way. Don't get me wrong, it's a great Survival Horror, which is right on the step below the big ones like Resident Evil or Dead Space. Other new ones, like The Chant, would almost occupy a similar place, in a gap where there is always room to have a good time. Although the attack mechanics of the enemies are not the most appropriate, because at times they can be frustrating, the development team manages to make us believe that it is our fault, for the ineffective management of our freezer gauntlet.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Ultimately, with Daymare 1994 Invader Studios has taken a step forward, treasuring the experience accumulated during the development of the progenitor of the series.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Daymare 1994: Sandcastle acts better as a period piece for the early 90s than it does a horror game.
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a game that could have been a lot better if it were less afraid to step out of the mould it emerged from to fully realise its own identity. Pushing its unique ideas further and leaving behind what had already been done would have been of great benefit. Instead, the game feels half-baked, a decent-at-best title that is by no means bad but will likely leave players yearning for something better.
