Song of Horror Complete Reviews
Song of Horror manages to provide atmospheric horror, but its lack of quality characters, unapologetically slow gameplay and heartbreaking save corruption bug make it a game that just isn't worth the time.
There's monsters, too, but these encounters are somehow annoying and tedious at the same time. You don't really battle with the denizens of evil so much as complete mini-games, such as depressing the triggers in time with your breathing, to avoid being murdered by ghosts. The problem is, once you've done this once, it never really changes and it's never particularly challenging, so any time a baddie turns up it's just irritating.
In episodic video games, which are becoming more and more popular, the first episode is essential and is the biggest chance for the developers to convince players to continue playing their future episodes. Unfortunately for Song of Horror, this first and very important step goes horribly wrong as it suffers from tons of issues in almost every department. Right now, there is absolutely no reason for anyone who played it to go on and purchase the second episode, unless the developers really up their game.
Review in Persian | Read full review
We take a look at and review Song of Horror, the 5-episode game from Protocol Games just released its final episode, making the complete edition available.
Overall, I was disappointed in Song of Horror and while it may seem to try and get players to play through multiple times using different characters there just isn’t enough reason to trudge through the game again.
Song of Horror offers exactly the horror experience fans have been waiting for for years. More of this please!
Review in German | Read full review
Song of Horror is a decent horror game with enough scares to make me a jump a number of times, and should satisfy most horror game fans. There’s no combat in the game but be aware of permadeath. The option can be turned off, however this added some extra tension to the game making you care about your character(s).
It is a good horror game that recovers the psychological part without sacrificing jump scares. As a lover of the genre, it has been nice to be scared again being scared. If you are a masochist like me, you enjoy suffering from fear in your flesh, Song of Horror is a good option for your game catalog. If you don't like slow games, living in fear and solving puzzles, look for another genre, my friend.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
When judged simply on how successful it is in providing a horror game as rich in atmosphere as it is in enjoyable inventory-based and traditional puzzles, the game effortlessly scores high marks.