Having lately moved in a flat with lease I nonetheless discover suspiciously low cost, wee new first-person horror game Stigmatized Property feels a contact too acquainted. Our pal has acquired swish digs within the backstreets of a Japanese metropolis however doesn’t appear to be residence once we come calling, and what’s up with that? Unpleasantness is what. I’ve loved gently probing that, wandering the alleys and peeking by means of thriller holes. Stigmatized Property feels acquainted however has a pleasant sufficient strolling simulator edge that yeah, for lower than two quid I’m proud of it. It launched me to my very best mate, a frog plant pot.
No ghost can harm me after I’m with my pal.
Stigmatized Property is a mild walk-o-adventure game with delicate puzzling (which comes all the way down to searching for the following highlighted object to work together with) and it’s good sufficient, yeah? I just like the sounds of town residing round me. I just like the sight of blocks rising above the darkish alleys. I’m in a horrible, quiet nook of an actual place, simply far sufficient away that nobody might help me. I even just like the exaggerated bloom and VHS artifacting, which ghosts so laborious I nearly acquired spooked. It has some good ominous moments, although the scares are cliché. On the entire, I had a pleasant half-hour, and that’s simply advantageous.
Also this acquired me studying about Japan’s “jiko bukken” properties. Hmm. Why is my flat so (comparatively) low cost?
Stigmatized Property is out now on Steam with a 30% low cost bringing it down £1.46/€1.67/$2.09 till Friday. It’s on Itch too, with no low cost. The game’s made by Yasuka Taira and printed by Chilla’s Art.
