Fears to Fathom has to be one of my new favorite indie horror game series. Everything from the world building to the music was done wonderfully and I can't wait for further installments!
One of the most impressive pieces of short horror content from an indie dev in a while, lots of free reign despite being on a set path, lots of interactable objects and a smart narrative commentary system to help guide you. Even scarier than Home Alone and one of my favourite pieces :)
Absolutely loved this one, took me an embarassing amount of time to find the coffee, but got all endings! Seriously keep up the incredible work, episode 3 can't come soon enough!!
I really love the story I just found it a bit of a bummer how my first instinct was to run at the closet and I basically knew what I was in for 😂 totally my fault I ran to the closet when I was exploring the room first 😂😂😂😂
I enjoyed the game but, ran into one bug. When you're trying to show the motel owner the coffee machine....I got stuck in a talking loop and couldn't exit.
The bad guy using the coffee machine in the offchance somebody would drink some coffee and get drugged was a bit out there, as well.. I thought it was even more funny when the entire machine disappeared.
Overall, it was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to future episodes.
The game was ok, I loved the idea of the fear that could be built up by having your car break down in such an out of the way place. Although so many aspects of the game feel dragged out, like moving the logs off of the road, just for the car to break down. Was the Car tampered with at the gas station, or were the logs placed there so someone could be robbed or killed. In the end, neither seems to happen and instead you are left waiting for help for a long enough time to make both questions incidental. The coffee machine as well, why did it disappear and who broke into your room after the fact? Why did the neighbours report noise? So many questions yet nothing is answered.
The game feels like it is throwing out red herrings left and right, but in the end is more confusing to what is happening and just drags out the game. The full horror moments can be broken down into two to three events, with parts of fear built up by events like the car breaking down, broken by the time skip. You could take away the car trip, and start from the Motel, and you would effectively have the same game.
Overall I preferred your first game, it just felt that with Home Alone the horror moments were not dragged out, and the moments skipped were needed to just place you at the next horror moment. You even had more memorable moments and a greater build up of suspense. Will still look out for the next game, and what way you take it.
Played this on my channel. Great game although I liked the first episode more this was still a great game. Head over to my channel to check out the full review and gameplay :)
I have soo many questions!!! I feel like there was more than one culprit! But I truly love the concept of people sharing their spooky stories through gameplay! It sets a tone for the initial experience from the git! Here's Ep - 1!
Such an incredible story. I really enjoyed the suspense this game left you in while traveling through Norwood Valley. Episode 2 was killer! Cannot wait for the third!
Video of gameplay! Enjoy and please give it a go yourself!
A wonderful follow-up to the first episode in the Fears to Fathom series so far. What really brings these games together is the pure terror of the real-life situations and stories told within the narrative here. Been excited since Ep 1, loved Ep2, and can't wait for Ep 3 to release in the future!
Loved playing this game a lot. Very well made and the storyline was interesting. Can't wait for the next episodes. Here's my funny gameplay (PLEASE CHECK OUT)
I got intense motion sickness in THE scene (don’t want to spoil it for others) but I still think it was genius, really well done and it made me incredibly uncomfortable. That alone was such a nightmarish scenario, I don't think I've seen it done this well in an indie horror game before.
I think the longer game made some minor issues of the first one more visible (I think this game would profit a lot from voice over, since I missed a bit of text because I was busy with other things like driving or following weirdos & the story triggers were not also 100% clear) but it also showed why this anthology is such a great idea. Your pacing is so good and I think it pays that everything is somewhat sinister and detailed, even if it's harmless in the end (or is it?).
These two episodes made me look forward to the next ones, this is such a winner.
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Fears to Fathom has to be one of my new favorite indie horror game series. Everything from the world building to the music was done wonderfully and I can't wait for further installments!
One of the most impressive pieces of short horror content from an indie dev in a while, lots of free reign despite being on a set path, lots of interactable objects and a smart narrative commentary system to help guide you. Even scarier than Home Alone and one of my favourite pieces :)
Everything about this game was good to the conversations, ambient music, and the creepy environments. Very well made!
Absolutely loved this one, took me an embarassing amount of time to find the coffee, but got all endings! Seriously keep up the incredible work, episode 3 can't come soon enough!!
nice gameplay!! 👌🏼
Lol , thank you had so much fun with the game 👍🏼
Loved both episodes of this game so far! Love that their based on true stories as well! Cant wait for the next one!
This is one of my worst nightmares. This game is so unbelievably good, i sat in fear for, im not kidding, 30 minutes at the end! Great game guys!
The bad guy using the coffee machine in the offchance somebody would drink some coffee and get drugged was a bit out there, as well.. I thought it was even more funny when the entire machine disappeared.
Overall, it was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to future episodes.
The game feels like it is throwing out red herrings left and right, but in the end is more confusing to what is happening and just drags out the game. The full horror moments can be broken down into two to three events, with parts of fear built up by events like the car breaking down, broken by the time skip. You could take away the car trip, and start from the Motel, and you would effectively have the same game.
Overall I preferred your first game, it just felt that with Home Alone the horror moments were not dragged out, and the moments skipped were needed to just place you at the next horror moment. You even had more memorable moments and a greater build up of suspense. Will still look out for the next game, and what way you take it.
Man I can say Rayll dose not miss This was absolute FIRE!!! Cant wait for more chapters to be released! I Definitely will not miss a Drop
love it!! can't wait for more episodes!! :) sorry for the Echo, gotta fix my mic lol
This is exactly what I'm looking for when I'm playing horror games.
Looking forward to episode 3
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We might have to go back and get a better ending but we really enjoyed your game!
I loved the first one, and very much enjoyed this one as well. As a second episode you definitely delivered. Stranger Danger, indeed.
I absolutely loved this, completely blew the first game out of the water!
More gameplay = more SPOOKS!
I had a lot of fun playing this game and loved the mic mechanic and I hope it’s used more in the future
https://youtu.be/057x4Cp1nlg
Part one of our playthrough! Great work it was a lot of fun! cant wait for more chapters in the future!
Loved it! Can't wait for the next episode
This episode is a big step up from the last, which is saying a lot because that was good! This was genuinely terrifying at times and very atmospheric!
You can check out some gameplay below:
SOMEONE IS BREAKING INTO MY MOTEL ROOM! | Fears To Fathom: Norwood Hitchhike
Tbh this is a big improvement from the first episode. Keep it up! 10/10
Super Cool. 5/5
Great Work!
OHH my Goshh ... did he just..
love your content. the build up was intense and the mic feature was surprising and i loved it. keep up the good work!! cant wait for more episodes!!
Loved the driving feature, managed to break the game hitting a tree 😂👌
Looking forward to chapter 3...
Such an incredible story. I really enjoyed the suspense this game left you in while traveling through Norwood Valley. Episode 2 was killer! Cannot wait for the third!
Video of gameplay! Enjoy and please give it a go yourself!
A wonderful follow-up to the first episode in the Fears to Fathom series so far. What really brings these games together is the pure terror of the real-life situations and stories told within the narrative here. Been excited since Ep 1, loved Ep2, and can't wait for Ep 3 to release in the future!
Loved playing this game a lot. Very well made and the storyline was interesting. Can't wait for the next episodes. Here's my funny gameplay (PLEASE CHECK OUT)
It looks like the game generates events randomly cause I played twice and it was completely different... Loved it <3
Loved it. The beginning and driving parts were kind of slow, but such a great payoff.
Better than episode 1. Worth more than $3, WILL be playing the next one. Scared the hell out of me!
A really great follow-up.
I got intense motion sickness in THE scene (don’t want to spoil it for others) but I still think it was genius, really well done and it made me incredibly uncomfortable. That alone was such a nightmarish scenario, I don't think I've seen it done this well in an indie horror game before.
I think the longer game made some minor issues of the first one more visible (I think this game would profit a lot from voice over, since I missed a bit of text because I was busy with other things like driving or following weirdos & the story triggers were not also 100% clear) but it also showed why this anthology is such a great idea. Your pacing is so good and I think it pays that everything is somewhat sinister and detailed, even if it's harmless in the end (or is it?).
These two episodes made me look forward to the next ones, this is such a winner.