Blair Witch

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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. bagobonez
    Sep 25, 2019
    6
    The good:
    The forest looks really nice. Very realistic. None of the scares or monsters are cheesy. Overall they did a pretty decent job of sticking to the Lovecraft formula of "what you can't see will scare you far more than what you CAN see". And there are some things you technically CAN see, unlike the original movie where you never saw anything resembling a monster, but the brief    The good:
    The forest looks really nice. Very realistic. None of the scares or monsters are cheesy. Overall they did a pretty decent job of sticking to the Lovecraft formula of "what you can't see will scare you far more than what you CAN see". And there are some things you technically CAN see, unlike the original movie where you never saw anything resembling a monster, but the brief glimpses you get are usually so brief or distorted that you can't really make out what you're seeing. Sadly that's about all that the game gets right.

    The bad:
    My biggest gripe with the game is how easy it is to get stuck. There's a small little campsite that you will be absolutely sick of by the time you finish the game because no matter which direction you venture off, it will eventually lead you back to the campsite. And I get it, one of the things from the original movie was that they kept getting lost and seemed to be wandering in circles. So bravo to Bloober team for incorporating that into the game. The problem is they abused this mechanic far beyond it's welcome. Walkthroughs provide the answers to get out of these endless loops but that's immersion breaking.

    Another thing I noticed was an absolute lack of sound. You'd think a forest would have crickets chirping, frogs ribbiting, the occasional hoot of an owl or caw of a bird, but nope. Just the sound of you breathing and walking and the sound of your dog Bullet barking, etc. along with a subtle, low pitched note that usually runs in the background for atmosphere. Perhaps this is intentional, maybe the evil presence in the forest drives birds and insects away, but that's never mentioned in the movie.

    There are some inconsistencies within the story as well, for example the missing boy is initially reported to be wearing a Baltimore Crows cap, then later it's mentioned as a Baltimore Ravens cap, then back to Baltimore Crows. The lack of attention to detail is disappointing. Perhaps they initially started to use Baltimore Ravens and ran into trademark issues with the NFL and forgot to change it. Who knows?

    I experienced none of the frame rate or technical issues mentioned by many, I'm running a Ryzen 7 2700X, 16GB RAM, 1070ti machine at 1080p. I was annoyed however by the lack of option to re-bind controls. You're stuck with the game's default keyboard controls, which made me switch to using a controller instead.

    I did encounter one really annoying bug however. This will be spoiler free, but there's a section where you have to slow walk for what feels like about 10 minutes. You can choose to skip the slow walk at the expense of possibly altering the story in a bad way, so I chose to slog through it. At the end of that 10 minutes a small cut scene played and then control was given back to me. Except I couldn't move. I had to restart the game, and it had not auto saved, so I got to do the entire 10 minute slow walk again.

    Lastly, I felt like they took the story/lore in a direction quite a bit different from the movie. I can't say much more than that without spoilers, but The Blair Witch Project is my favorite horror movie of all time so I was disappointed to see the direction they went with it toward the end.

    All in all it's not a horrible game, and certainly worth playing on a deep sale, just temper your expectations some.    … Expand
  8. Sl3nj3b
    Oct 31, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game itself isn't that bad but there's plenty of bugs and some mechanics are so broken that I had to search on youtube to solve them! That shouldn't happen in a game that costs 30 dollars.
    Kinda liked the storytelling but sometimes it gets a bit boring with all the flashbacks.    … Expand
  9. philzlz
    Sep 6, 2019
    5
    Aside from a horrible framerate dipping into the low 20s with a gtx 1080 ti, getting stuck in walls and objects and having to reload the game, this had nothing to do with the blair witch. Such an interesting IP and such poor execution. I love dogs but good boy Bullet annoyed me repeating the same three sounds over and over again, taking a leak or rolling in mud. The story is boring,Aside from a horrible framerate dipping into the low 20s with a gtx 1080 ti, getting stuck in walls and objects and having to reload the game, this had nothing to do with the blair witch. Such an interesting IP and such poor execution. I love dogs but good boy Bullet annoyed me repeating the same three sounds over and over again, taking a leak or rolling in mud. The story is boring, wandering through the forest and looking for objects is a chore and the last level made me roll my eyes. An absolute snoozefest.… Expand
  10. 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.
  11. BetterCallSalt
    Aug 31, 2019
    5
    A disappointing entry from Bloober team; especially when considering the rich source material this IP contains. I found the game to be badly optimised and buggy at release (Although I suspect patches will fix many of these issues) which definitely but a dampener on the experience. I also found the environment to be quite dull with bland colours and unappealing textures. The game-playA disappointing entry from Bloober team; especially when considering the rich source material this IP contains. I found the game to be badly optimised and buggy at release (Although I suspect patches will fix many of these issues) which definitely but a dampener on the experience. I also found the environment to be quite dull with bland colours and unappealing textures. The game-play itself was the same old with uninspiring jump scares and the odd loud noise; definitely nothing to shout about.

    All in all, I'd give this a skip unless you're a real fan of the genre/The Blair Witch and want to see what this game has to offer.    … Expand
  12. fishu
    Sep 3, 2019
    7
    This is the most realistic looking forest I've seen in a game, very atmospheric, but the game has some awful frame drops at times. The first jumpscare hit so good but once you figure out how to tackle monsters there is zero challenge or sense of danger. The Blair Witch sticker is optional, this game would have worked on its own with a few tweaks. The presence of the dog makes the game moreThis is the most realistic looking forest I've seen in a game, very atmospheric, but the game has some awful frame drops at times. The first jumpscare hit so good but once you figure out how to tackle monsters there is zero challenge or sense of danger. The Blair Witch sticker is optional, this game would have worked on its own with a few tweaks. The presence of the dog makes the game more interesting but less scary. Don't forget to play snake on your cell phone.… Expand
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. alrokas
    Aug 30, 2019
    9
    Very good horror for the fair price. Maybe a little bit too short but still best game of this kind this year!
  16. shearer333
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Great game , fantastic grafic, absolutly stunning. Best horror of the year!!!
  17. mne90
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Scariest game I have ever played. New dog mechanic quite innovative. You can enjoy it even with no guns included
  18. polskian
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    good game. Great game , fantastic grafic, absolutly stunning. Best horror of the year!!!
  19. Phobios
    Aug 30, 2019
    10
    Scary and entertaining! Amazing graphics, vibe and soundtrack. Kudos to Bloober Team, they made a strong candidate for game of the year.
  20. bdkyjdnsksk
    Aug 30, 2019
    9
    Awesome game. Fun and spooky.A little bit buggy but overall great experience.
  21. Greatballs
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    I'm two hours into Blair Witch and its so far a stunning, atmospheric and at times quite intens horror experience! The game mechanics are solid, it's what you can expect from a horror game, but mixed with a new "dog-control"-mechanic which adds some extra flavor. The story is also quite interesting so far, im looking forward to see what happens next in the woods. About the technicalI'm two hours into Blair Witch and its so far a stunning, atmospheric and at times quite intens horror experience! The game mechanics are solid, it's what you can expect from a horror game, but mixed with a new "dog-control"-mechanic which adds some extra flavor. The story is also quite interesting so far, im looking forward to see what happens next in the woods. About the technical issues, I've only experienced minor frame rate drops, but otherwise it runs at a solid 50-60 fps on High-settings on my GTX 1060 6 GB. It also seems like the developer is aware of those issues and have aldready pushed fixes out. So all in all a solid thumbs up from this guy!… Expand
  22. JPArmstrong
    Sep 5, 2019
    8
    Within the first 10 minutes of the game, I was hooked. There are always multiple paths you can take, and even though this is a "linear" game, it feels like you are in an open forest. There is no feeling of orientation, never have I felt so lost in a game, which really adds to the atmosphere.

    The gameplay feels good as well. The combat is simple but not annoying, and the interactions    Within the first 10 minutes of the game, I was hooked. There are always multiple paths you can take, and even though this is a "linear" game, it feels like you are in an open forest. There is no feeling of orientation, never have I felt so lost in a game, which really adds to the atmosphere.

    The gameplay feels good as well. The combat is simple but not annoying, and the interactions with bullet the dog are a lot of fun (yes you can pet the dog).

    The game could be better optimized, and some parts feel a little repetitive but overall this is a great game. It does a good job with this IP and you really feel like you are in the woods from the films.    … Expand
  23. 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
  24. captain19
    Sep 5, 2019
    10
    This Developer hast a Team of 30+ people. However, they managed that you feel extremly frightened by the unknown. A forest that is so Well craftet and Designer, i have rare Seen in Games. The usw of light, darkness, noises, and Ambient Sounds is increbile. The Gameplay is unique Witz Twister ideas we Font See offen in Games. For a small Team they are, they have sind an amazing Job to SetThis Developer hast a Team of 30+ people. However, they managed that you feel extremly frightened by the unknown. A forest that is so Well craftet and Designer, i have rare Seen in Games. The usw of light, darkness, noises, and Ambient Sounds is increbile. The Gameplay is unique Witz Twister ideas we Font See offen in Games. For a small Team they are, they have sind an amazing Job to Set the Viber. WE have to appreciate this effort. So i give give the rate that this Game deserves. Blooper Team. Great Job.… Expand
  25. 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
  26. markZen
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Fair price, something different, new and definitely worth trying, also a fantastic companion dog
  27. LEJoker988___
    Sep 2, 2019
    10
    muito bom o game curti d++ relembrou os velhos jogos de terror! recomendo! tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop
  28. sling182
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    Great game great story store good scares great for achievement hunters love the dog
  29. Makseyesoowl
    Sep 4, 2019
    10
    Blair Witch is a AA game like a prevous hit of the standard: Hellblade of Ninja Theory. Its much better now because I was playing of first Sunday of realising the game. Majority of bugs are fixed. The essense of Horror is of course very strong and its a first time when I play in open world horror.
  30. ElBandolero
    Sep 1, 2019
    6
    Not even scary walking simulator that cant decide what it wants to be.

    After playing the game for about 2+ hours it started to get rather stale. The game starts with a goal in mind but rather quickly drifts into other topics and mashes up elements of slender man, mental horror, slasher horror etc. to try to keep itself entertaining and fresh, but it makes you feel like your playing 5    Not even scary walking simulator that cant decide what it wants to be.

    After playing the game for about 2+ hours it started to get rather stale. The game starts with a goal in mind but rather quickly drifts into other topics and mashes up elements of slender man, mental horror, slasher horror etc. to try to keep itself entertaining and fresh, but it makes you feel like your playing 5 different games at once.

    The game itself is not the worst, it plays well despite lot of people saying it runs poorly. I myself found it running just fine without any noticeable issues. the environment and graphics overall look decent and there are some smaller elements that really shine as a unique feature like the cellphone that includes games on it and i find this to be clever and unique element.

    The big problem of this game is its linear rather mundane story telling. All you really do is follow a dog around as it shows you the right path while solving simple puzzles and occasionally shining a light at potential danger to ward it off and that is really all it is. The game lacks any real potential of horror.

    for 29,99$ the game is more or less a fine addition for any horror fan, but i would probably grab it on a sale as it really does not offer anything new to the table of horror genres.    … 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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