It would’ve been nice if the collectables added more to Yomawari’s short story. I find that although the heart raising moments in Yomawari: Night Alone will leave you on the edge of your seats, jumpscares are a “fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you” type of situation, as the same scenarios would repeat if you die.Ĭollectibles, handwritten letters and puzzle are scattered throughout the game. There are jizo statues around town for quick-saving, offering a coin to them will make the location the statue your latest save point. you’ll be able to tell how close a spirit is next to you by your heartbeat and a red radar around you.ĭuring your adventure you’ll come across different types of spirits that’ll need To be approached and avoided differently, such as throwing rocks, lit matches or even giving them animal treats. You can hide in bushes and certain signs throughout the town, while hidden spirits can’t get to you.

Throughout the game you’ll really feel of sense of hopelessness, As most of your option are to run or hide from spirits, while running you have a stamina bar which quickly reduces and depletes faster whiles scared, which make it easier for spirits to catch up to you. There a little to no direction in Yomawari, which can leave to pointless wandering and being killed for not having enough stamina, this is the only visible source of frustration in Yomawari. Rather you’re playing on PSTV or an OLED Vita Yomawari is real eye candy. It builds up suspense with the most simplest of sounds, rather that be your own footsteps, crickets or even horse spirits galloping throughout the streets. Without the need of a soundtrack Yomawari gets you sucked into the atmosphere of being alone at night.

What started of as what seems to be an innocent scenario of being a little girl walking her dog at night, turns into every child’s nightmare.Īs you later on find yourself alone trying to find your sister and dog Poro throughout a hunted town overrunning with spirits.Īt first it’s easy to be fooled by Yomawari’s cute yet visually appealing graphics, But as you find yourself navigating throughout the fearsome town dodging spirits, getting jumpscared left From right, you soon realize that Yomawari isn’t a horror game to be taken lightly.

Yomawari: Night Alone proves that you should never judge a book by its cover. NA Availability: Retail | Digital DownloadĮU Availability: Retail | Digital Download The Vita has a handful of horror games to choose from, most without even a physical release, Yomawari: Night Alone is the first horror game on Vita to fill that void.

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