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by YouWish29

*SPOILER FREE REVIEW*

The idea behind “SIMULCARA” itself is great and the overall design and ease of gameplay were really well done, however it wasn’t enough to excuse the hokey acting, unintentionally hilarious dialogue, and ridiculous twist ending.

There is very little problem-solving or puzzle elements that this game offers: instead we (the players) are left with HUGE chunks of the story involving “texting” and “messaging” random characters back and forth over and over in order to advance the plot. This was not the experience I was hoping for. There were certain elements to the story that I wish got explored more that were kind of tossed to the wayside to make way for *more* texting.

Despite all of that, the biggest letdown here has to be the lack of thrills; sure its got some good jump-scares here and there, but that’s essentially it. Like I said earlier the idea of the haunted phone narrative is certainly a good one, but how the creators executed it? It’s just not scary!

This game will most likely appeal to you if you are a young teen, enjoy B horror movies, are disturbed very easily, and/or play those “scary” text-simulator stories. If you want something that’ll leave a lasting impression or keep you up at night, you’re going to be disappointed. There were some good elements here, but not enough to keep me interested or excited. Pass.

by Hamodii_r

I cringed a lot throughout the story but it was good enough that it kept me hooked. I wanted to find out what happens at the end, and wow the story makes no sense at all. The game itself is good and the fact that it doesn’t hold your hand makes it even better, it doesn’t rush you to finish the story, it gives you the information and you have to figure out what to so with it, I liked that a lot. I didn’t care about Anna or any other character in the game, the characters aren’t relatable at all but I liked the fact that they all had backstories, just not interesting ones. All in all, not bad. The story makes no sense but the game itself is good, I like.

by JJaina

I love this game! I love the tasks you have to do and the mystery is amazing to solve, but I was a little disappointed at how limited you are in doing things, like you only get notifications from the people you are supposed to talk to, jabbr, or the emails you get when stuff is backed up into the phone. I would’ve liked to have seen more interactions with other characters like the parents, (I was really surprised the mother didn’t text or call at least once) or more interaction between Greg and Taylor to where they make up and work together. I would’ve loved to see an ending where Greg can be killed instead (unless I just haven’t figured that out yet) or being able to kill both. Also we don’t ever find out what happened to Toby (anna’s cat). There weren’t a lot of jump-scares and I do hope more get added. overall though, an amazing game, I think if you just added a few things would be perfect! Love your work!