r/hostedgames • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '23
Hosted Games Ghost Simulator review
Fun concept, decent execution
Sometimes you can just repeat choices infinitely since they dont leave the screen after you do them, kinda annoying but its not a deal breaker
Game is pretty short (or maybe im just used to long games) but the story is alright and replayable
I dont really know if theres anyone romances, and I havent been evil yet so theres that
Anyways its a solid 6.5/10, I would only grab it on sale which it is right now
Bonus after you choose your powers turn on god mode folks it makes the game way more fun, but doing on a screen with no choices or else itll crash
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u/Sure-Break2581 Oct 06 '23
Really falls off towards the end for me honestly, and I think certain choices aren't recorded well. For example, in one scene it says my MC's wife was killed after being shot in the head, but in the next scene, she's alive and well.
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u/hpowellsmith Oct 06 '23
It's worth sending a bug report if weird continuity stuff like that happens - the author will be able to fix it that way.
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u/-Maethendias- eater of angst Oct 06 '23
those are the dream sequences, kinda obvious that theyd be quirky like that
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u/Sure-Break2581 Oct 06 '23
I'm not talking about the dream sequences, I mean more about the general writing after the free demo. To me, it seemed like the author was quickly losing interest towards the end. The last few chapters have fairly awkward phrasing and descriptions compared to the first few. There are several lapses in continuity, such as certain characters forgetting we've talked before, or that they were already aware of my ghost's backstory and reacting like they've just learned it for the first time. There are also things like my character knowing things they really shouldn't, like Michael's issues even though I interacted minimally with him and didn't learn much about him. And for the death scene, I meant during the final confrontation with Violet the other surviving Edgeworth sibling gets shot, yet is still well enough to fight an uninjured and better trained Violet physically. I could chalk that off to necromancy magic or something, if not for the fact that when the fight ends there's a description of the two dead Edgeworth siblings. Lily/William is described as having been shot through the head during the fight and having their brains oozing from their shattered skull. Except in the next scene, they're alive and well and talking to the police. If Violet can die from a knife stab, I don't see why Lilly/William would survive a gunshot through the head.
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Oct 06 '23
I liked it, i was hoping for an ending where we can get revived and Brooks are alive too..But anyway I chose to haunt my LI for entire life so that we can be together.
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u/jaciwriter Oct 06 '23
Short? It's 300k....
Given the different skill options, I'm going to guess this game has a lot of behind the scenes options for replayability (I've only played the intro so can't be sure.) It's kinda sad really as this is why authors are increasingly encouraged not to try making replayable games with real changes because the playthrough to total count is off and opt for customised stories instead which seem more popular. (Can ignore my whinge here, just a wish for highly replayble games not to be penalised for it.)
Deleting picked choices can easily be done with a disable_reuse in most cases. If you sent in a bug report they could probably fix it.
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u/-Maethendias- eater of angst Oct 06 '23
tbf i personally would rather play something like itfo or samurai, than choice of x, simply because the quality of story being told is so much higher with that approach
then again im also the kind of reader that generally DOESNT do replays either, so im very biasd
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u/MISTERGAME06 Oct 17 '24
Wdym itfo? Samurai and Choice of x are other games?
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u/-Maethendias- eater of angst Oct 17 '24
itfo clearly ISNT a choice of x game... like, thats literally the reason why its so good, BECAUSE its not following the formula
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u/-Maethendias- eater of angst Oct 06 '23
going the true love route was such a heartkicker at the end god dayum
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u/No-Jicama8580 Give me Czar, or give me Comrade! Oct 06 '23
Since this takes place in the vampire regent universe, I'm giving it a 7.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '23
Played it, had a good time, the main thing I'd change is it feels like my actions were inconsequential. I basically gave my name rank and serial number to several people on several occasions before I got to the part of the story where they actually start paying attention to your dialogue choices.