Blair Witch

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6.3

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  1. viroodiem
    Sep 5, 2019
    4
    It tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it didn't even matter because ultimately everything here youve likely already seen.

    Blair Witch 2019 plays like a cross between Firewatch, The film 1408, and trying REALLY hard to be Hellblade: Sesuna's Sacrifice with some Spec Ops thrown in. The narratives biggest downfall was ultimately it probably should not have been tied to the    It tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it didn't even matter because ultimately everything here youve likely already seen.

    Blair Witch 2019 plays like a cross between Firewatch, The film 1408, and trying REALLY hard to be Hellblade: Sesuna's Sacrifice with some Spec Ops thrown in.

    The narratives biggest downfall was ultimately it probably should not have been tied to the Blair Witch IP. Outside of a couple little nuggets, there is one element that this game explores about the movie franchise dating back to the 1999 film and actually gives a decent explanation for it. That said if you were to remove those elements from the game and gave it a new IP the game would have ultimately been a lot better, If for no other reason than things would not be so expected

    Now personally I am not a horror game fan. They do not scare me. I have a lifetime of watching horror film too that contributes to the desensitization. That is probably why I was able to pick out the central hook of the plot by either the second or third chapter. Others might not pick up on it till later, but I think an experienced mind likely would.

    Mechanically there were some definite technical issues. Mostly cropping up in later chapters of the game. For example lost my dog in the fog but needed to give it instructions but could not find it, and ultimately I stumbled where the dog was supposed to be guiding me on my own and magically the dog appears, BUT the camera shoots (for the only time) into 3rd person perspective and I was without feet and a head, floating in air at what was supposed to be a critical crescendo of the narrative. Ruined the immersion of that moment completely. Later the whole UI disappeared and not like it had through most of the game where you were locked out of GUI functions. Rather no buttons could trigger their respective actions and I was unable to move forward until I restarted the game and all function return to normal. These are just some of the glitches I experienced but all in all they were not TOO terrible. Game probably could have used another 6 months for polish to work these things out.

    I will say that as far as level design goes they made one of the most authentic looking forests ive seen in a while. Only problem is that while there is a reason for it, sets are reused and carbon copied WAY too much. When you get into an actual building you will see some next level euclidean forged Whovian architectural design.

    Now I will say that Chapter 17 is absolutely friggen ridiculous. It is not in any sense enjoyable, it is tedious, it is drawn out forever and ultimately there is so little happening that you will wonder why they made it that long and not 1/4th its length. What is perplexing is that for most of the game up till that point the mechanics of the game were pretty cut and dry standard fare. They introduced a new mechanic in this chapter. Used it way too much when it should have been present in smaller doses in earlier chapters.

    Ultimately the game clocks in around 5-6 hours of content and realistically it could have been whittled down to about half that and if its price reflected its size that would have made for a good game. The back half is just waaaaay too padded to be excusable.

    All in all Its not a terrible game. I have sat and waded through far far worse than this. Its short run time does help forgive some of its flaws with pacing. You can tell this is an indie project and for that its definitely decent. It could have been more. Much more but in the end what you have is a hodgepodge of decent ideas cobbled together that ultimately the sum s not any better than any of its parts.. I would actually give it a 4.75 if I could because it just cant quite break the 50% barrier in my opinion. Your mileage of course may vary.

    I really wanted to love this but after finishing it I could just as easily abandon it out in the woods as I would to keep it. Take that for what ever opinions from strangers on the internet are going for these days.    … Expand
  2. PortWeinShow
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    This game is badly optimized: fps is near 10 on most modern pc and many players has different problems like crashes and bugs. I faced with rare problem: the game has no voice acting in dialogues so I can't immerse myself into it. This is the worst Bloober Team's game.
  3. orebozo
    Sep 3, 2019
    4
    Um dos maiores lixos ja lançados no XBOX. Jogabilidade travada, graficos de PS2, historia sem sal que nao espanta nem mosquito.
  4. alvesbarbosa4
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Um dos maiores lixos ja lançados no XBOX. Jogabilidade travada, graficos de PS2, historia sem sal que nao espanta nem mosquito. Ainda bem quem custa uma merreca na mendigopass pq pagar preço cheio nesse fracasso é zombar dos players
  5. Nokutomas
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Péssimo jogo, curto e genérico. Existem jogos muito melhores no mercado, com certeza pelo preço cobrado você consegue algo de um nível bem acima.
  6. tomcrew11
    Oct 29, 2020
    0
    If you like feeling lost this is the game for you didn't get far at all spent 30 minutes walking a circle getting lost in a game always annoys me but this takes it too far everything looks the same and on top of that you can't tell where you can and can't go. On top of these complaints the game runs horridly on pc I maxed out at 48fps on my gaming laptop (ryzen7 3700 and a GTX 1660) withIf you like feeling lost this is the game for you didn't get far at all spent 30 minutes walking a circle getting lost in a game always annoys me but this takes it too far everything looks the same and on top of that you can't tell where you can and can't go. On top of these complaints the game runs horridly on pc I maxed out at 48fps on my gaming laptop (ryzen7 3700 and a GTX 1660) with fps dips into the 30s, of course, the game does not look very good even on high setting with low-quality textures and what I would consider poor lighting too

    This may be fun for someone who has the patience but as you can surely tell it has just annoyed me which was only made worse by the poor performance of the game, in my opinion, this game isn't worth the time of day but if you do like walking simulators and have the patience of a saint maybe try it out    … Expand
  7. Steyraus
    Sep 4, 2019
    4
    This game is Boooooorrrrring.. If you like pressing forward for 6 hours while a game plays itself, you will like this..Sure ocasional you will have to press on something or lazily aim a creature, but it most walking, in the dark, while the annoying dog barks in a high pitched yap.. The performance of the game is even below average.
  8. RazorSamurai
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    я с самого начала говорил то, что игра будет говницом ну реально камера, уеб.ищные анимации уже по тизерам по трейлеру где там они показывали их уже было понятно, что игра чистая помойка. ну ради интереса скачал и посмотрел и не выдержал 2 часов геймплея, даже следнер сделанный на юнити миллион лет назад будет интереснее и страшнее чем ЭТОя с самого начала говорил то, что игра будет говницом ну реально камера, уеб.ищные анимации уже по тизерам по трейлеру где там они показывали их уже было понятно, что игра чистая помойка. ну ради интереса скачал и посмотрел и не выдержал 2 часов геймплея, даже следнер сделанный на юнити миллион лет назад будет интереснее и страшнее чем ЭТО
  9. yozuezito
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    Tenemos un juego que va de más a menos, pega un bajón tremendo en su hisotoría, en jugabilidad también se va quedando corto, pero no como la mayoría de juegos de terror, y hablando de como va en la optimización es horrible, pega unas caída de fps, a veces se hace injugable, el juego se empieza a volver repetitivo, y de terror tiene muy poco para ser catalogado de ese género de juego,Tenemos un juego que va de más a menos, pega un bajón tremendo en su hisotoría, en jugabilidad también se va quedando corto, pero no como la mayoría de juegos de terror, y hablando de como va en la optimización es horrible, pega unas caída de fps, a veces se hace injugable, el juego se empieza a volver repetitivo, y de terror tiene muy poco para ser catalogado de ese género de juego, parece un juego de que tú vas a dar una caminata por un bosque con tu perro y eso sería, porque el terror no se hace presente en el juego, su apartado gráfico es bastante bueno, pero en animaciones es lo que se ve siempre y no están muy pulidas, se siente que el juego lo sacaron muy deprisa, y no le dieron ese trato para seguir puliendo las animaciones y poder optimizarlo de una forma decente, yo recomiendo que lo jueguen a través del game pass, porque por un precio de salida no vale la pena.… Expand
  10. Thegm963
    Sep 1, 2019
    3
    Bloober team, the dudes behind awesome walking simulators like Layers of Fear and the Observer.
    Blair Witch is a game that other than being a walking simulator too, has nothing in common with the titles above.
    Blair Witch is a badly optimised shame for a pc game that I found myself often alt+f4ing out of it purely out of boredom and frustration, mostly the first. The story is    Bloober team, the dudes behind awesome walking simulators like Layers of Fear and the Observer.
    Blair Witch is a game that other than being a walking simulator too, has nothing in common with the titles above.

    Blair Witch is a badly optimised shame for a pc game that I found myself often alt+f4ing out of it purely out of boredom and frustration, mostly the first. The story is practically non-existant, the aesthetics, unlike the 2 titles above, are very bland and uninteresting that can be summed to well lit trees, dark trees and misty trees, there is no feeling of dread/really scary moments and the navigations is also a huge mess involving loops even while going straight towards a directions and uncalled teleports if you try to stray out of the intented path that can cause further confusion.

    It's safe to say that this game does not deserve even half the cash asked and they simply half-assed it intending to pull off sales based on the name and the popularity of the movie alone. I m all for supporting smaller studios like them, but this is no such case. Maybe my rating is a bit on the harsh side, but all these 10s are either paid or straight bs...    … Expand
  11. AllNewSuperfake
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    I can go from max settings to two console generations earlier in this one and don't even really see a difference: I think they straightaway *forgot* that optimization is a thing when you release a PC game. In a game that lives from it's atmosphere and immersion stutter and lag are absolute poison.

    Having to repeat large parts of a game that lives from surprises and the unexpected    I can go from max settings to two console generations earlier in this one and don't even really see a difference: I think they straightaway *forgot* that optimization is a thing when you release a PC game. In a game that lives from it's atmosphere and immersion stutter and lag are absolute poison.

    Having to repeat large parts of a game that lives from surprises and the unexpected because of bugs is just more poison. Letting the player fail because of bad collision detection and glitches is, once again, poison.

    Releasing a game in a state where all of that is part of the experience during the first hour is also poison, but more for the publisher, if you want to keep my money. Which you won't.    … Expand
  12. ghettie
    Jul 6, 2021
    0
    Worst game I've played in years. Boring and not engaging at all. Gameplay literally doesn't exist, poor graphics, poor level design, on XSX this game can't even hold 30fps. A joke.
  13. Kuropatkaa
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    Более скучного и унылого говна не видывал, даже ЛоФ 2 и то лучше
  14. Xboxforever
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Jogo horrível, gráficos de geração passar e muito curto, pouco terror e faltou inovação.
  15. Maximum87
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just a walking Simulator, Generic jumpscares, generic gameplay, nice history, not scary at all.… Expand
  16. Deivid20173
    Sep 4, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Downgrade master! Jsbzhaldbsysjqhsosbdiabdhsldbhdievsksbduandksbeudhsgsjavsiabdx7d… Expand
  17. Ahmedsami
    Dec 27, 2019
    0
    I played all Blobber Team games and it turned to be the worst experience in games I ever had. It’s wast of money and time and it’s very boring.
    . I will never buy any another game the creat again in my life.
  18. Nobilis1984
    Sep 3, 2019
    4
    Up-and-down indie game.
    Luckily, there is the game for Gamepass. Then you don't get annoyed when you have to spend money on it.
    why? Because it's a bloated indie game that repeats 2-3 good ideas until it collapses. After 1 hour you saw everything.
  19. AlbanoFilho
    Aug 30, 2019
    1
    The worst optimization that i've seen in last years. Unfortunately is unplayable. So much sad see a thing like this in 2019.
    Be carreful with your pc configuration before buy this game.
  20. depea157
    Oct 13, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i hate this game because bullet died and he did nothing to ya'll i mean the game is ok but i love dogs they are harmless so some one tell me what he did wrong… Expand
  21. Brunorezende
    Sep 2, 2019
    0
    Oh my God, this game is so terrible, just walk don't have action and I'm sorry this game is a completely flop!
  22. Fikk
    Mar 4, 2022
    0
    The game is not bad, it was interesting to wander through this gloomy forest. But your choices make a statement about your position. I might give the game itself a 5/10, but I'll give it a 0.
  23. bartcbem
    Aug 31, 2019
    2
    Game turned out to be a big disappointment for me. Its short, adds nothing to the genre, it borrows most basic stuff from other horror games and it looks plain ugly. And I mean ugly - terrible washed out colors, very blurry textures, it looks like its black and white at times. In a game where the woods environment suppose to immerse you, its a sin.
  24. grzysztof
    Aug 30, 2019
    1
    Bugged and unplayable atm. Big dissapoitment, i'm stuck 3 times in fist 30m becouse game bug
  25. siliory
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Gráficos pífios e jogabilidade tenebrosa? Não condiz com jogos da atual geração
  26. WhiteD
    Oct 10, 2019
    0
    This game a peaxe of **** Realy.
    And for the moment with the dog
    I hope whoever came up with slaughtered.
  27. Recep
    Oct 24, 2019
    2
    Hiç bir şekilde güzel bir oyun değil sadece bir yerde korku öğesi var ve aşırı sıkıcı oynanabilecek bir oyun değil zaman kaybı ilk 1 saat güzel olabilir ancak ondan sonrası çöp niteliğinde
  28. Qouaxlrose
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Jogo muito fraco....não vale a pena... gráfico fraco...estamos em 2019...jogabilidade fraca.
  29. DarkeMagus
    Aug 30, 2019
    0
    Buggy. Boring. Bland. Broken.

    I didn't expect much from this game and no reason to if you know nothing about it going into it. It's one of those lost and forgettable gems in the gaming market like other promising titles that failed to deliver. The Conjuring House anyone?
  30. Sawsaq
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    As social tensions rise in the world, horror is gaining popularity. - Rafał Basaj
  31. wasabi250603
    Nov 16, 2019
    2
    Худший хоррор который я прошел на данный момент. Клишированный сюжет, плохая оптимизация, баги. Но, самым главным минусом является то, что после 30 минут игры у меня начинали болеть глаза. Не знаю как вы добились такого. 2
  32. Breeniebaby8
    Jan 8, 2020
    4
    This game is riddled with frustration and drags on and on. This game feels like nothing but padding for time. The actual game is nothing like the advertisements. I was lucky enough to have not paid money for this, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
  33. aliusman
    Oct 27, 2020
    2
    Just no, what a concept and what a sweet jungle with a dog but then what????????
  34. Gorbunov2004
    Nov 6, 2021
    3
    Отвратительная оптимизация, в игре ужасная графика но все равно игра не выдает больше 60 кадров еще и с просадками до 20. Сюжет такой себе. Бумер вроде тупой а вроде нет не понятно.
  35. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    1
    Terrible and disapointing game i bought it launch day its very very buggy not worth £24.99 not scary maybe worth £4 but its not fun not scary the plot seems good but its so dark you cant see anything.
  36. Homixxxx
    Jan 14, 2021
    2
    I've been walking one hour pointless in the woods, no clues what a player should do. Waste of time.
  37. CYBER-CATLETA
    Feb 8, 2021
    4
    оптимизация у игры нормальная,умудрился на 1650 получить 48-50 фпс на ультро настройках.разочаровала тем ,что можно заблудится на ровном месте и то ,что если случится баг надо будет перепроходить игру заново.
  38. StarkAgentos
    May 24, 2022
    2
    Графон такой себе, игра состоит из одних коридоров. Моя видеокарта (3060) потянула игру с норм ФПСом только на средних настройках графики. Ужасная оптимизация. Геймплей очень скучен, хоть это и хоррор.
  39. pizzastation
    May 27, 2022
    0
    is this a GAME? i dont think so
    I just took a walk with dog
    Is this a horror game? I dont think so It was just a game of pointing a flashlight. Not scary If you want to take a walk in the forest, you should buy this game What did the Bloober team think about when making this game? Did you playtest? Did you find it interesting? Are you satisfied? If the whole team finds it    is this a GAME? i dont think so
    I just took a walk with dog

    Is this a horror game? I dont think so
    It was just a game of pointing a flashlight. Not scary

    If you want to take a walk in the forest, you should buy this game

    What did the Bloober team think about when making this game?
    Did you playtest? Did you find it interesting? Are you satisfied?
    If the whole team finds it interesting, you should quit making games anymore    … Expand
  40. dmitriy_savenok
    Aug 10, 2023
    3
    Просто не удавшийся ужастик, а скучный игровой процесс закапывает игрушку ещё глубже.
    3/10
  41. ScottyA
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game just drags on and on at the very end, it’s very frustrating to play and I was very close of just uninstalling rather than finishing it. Don’t waste your time.… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 45
  3. Negative: 3 out of 45
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    The game adaptation of the 20-year-old “found footage” phenomenon could have turned out very badly. But thanks to previous experiences of Bloober Team, the finished product is more than a pleasant surprise. The game has its issues, especially in graphic design or in the puzzle section, but the result is excellent. [Issue#298]
  2. Adventure Gamers
    Dec 16, 2019
    60
    More a psychological thriller than pure horror game until the final stretch, Blair Witch won’t scare you so much as drive you barking mad (in both good ways and bad).
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 6, 2019
    70
    Even though the prologue is unexciting and finale drags on a little too long, Blair Witch’s atmosphere usually hits the right notes. [Issue#241, p.38]
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