Void Whispers Review

I've been playing all the Lovecraftian games I can find and this one popped up on my radar. Its a simple game where you take over the night shift for a broadcast station set in the 50s or 60s. After a broadcast about a gas planet with an eye, you receive messages that the planet is under attack and the citizens are transforming into monsters. In the final moments of the game you are given the choice to broadcast messages to save lives by revealing bunker locations before getting to your own. Whether you stay, go, or complete the quest, your fate is sealed. You will die to one of those smiling monsters. And as the night flashes with lights in the sky, you realize why the universe is so quiet. This thing came for them. 

I managed to collect all the achievements and had a nice time playing the game. Its not bad for the developers first game and leaves plenty to the imagination. Eduardo Scarpato, the developer, has managed to do a lot with a little. It keeps the Lovecraftian mystery alive with the vagueness of the monsters and terror. Overall, not a bad game. Ill be playing something much more terrifying next.

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