The Last Door (2014)

 PC
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 58
  3. Negative: 7 out of 58

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  1. Hidanen
    Sep 12, 2021
    4
    Awesome game and awesome job of the musician Carlos Viola!! I would like to see some kind of a remake some day.
  2. Agathra
    Oct 5, 2019
    3
    The good:
    - god DAMN what a first episode, what a sharp swerve from "oh a suicide to start, how dark!" to "oh a mild investigative man, let's follow him for a moment" to "OH MY GOD WHY TO ALL OF THIS??"
    - the moody music. Love it. The bad: - everything after ep1. The game takes a steep quality dive after the first episode and never recovers. The tedium is the worst bit and is    The good:
    - god DAMN what a first episode, what a sharp swerve from "oh a suicide to start, how dark!" to "oh a mild investigative man, let's follow him for a moment" to "OH MY GOD WHY TO ALL OF THIS??"
    - the moody music. Love it.

    The bad:
    - everything after ep1.

    The game takes a steep quality dive after the first episode and never recovers. The tedium is the worst bit and is applied in several ways:

    - having to combine random things in hopes of finding the right random thing (and then having to figure out what to use THAT random thing on), with no hints
    - needing to find/activate/change things that change based on something else you did that you don't even know changed anything so you just stumble on the change later and have no idea what you did to do that which means no idea how to do the same thing in MANY similar situations requiring you to change a thing to change other things later on
    - your character walking v e r y s l o w l y in certain parts that you often have to pass through multiple times, and only because you're searching for something you don't know how to find, or has some iffy clues, or even the aforementioned clues that change
    - that moody music actually becomes a problem because it gets really really repetitive and adds to the 'drag' factor when you're walking through somewhere over and over and over again.
    - the story is full of random 'horror' tropes. References to mystical symbols, alchemy, chemistry, astronomy, religion, mythology, history, legend... but it all feels stuffed in without any real attempt to tie any of it into the actual story. Just "here is a thing, you've seen it in other effective horror stories, therefore it makes this an effective horror story!" Eh.... does it?

    The worst bit is playing through all 4 episodes and then getting "continued in season 2!" I expected SOME sort of resolution in the chapter, since it was bundled into 4 episodes, but no, it just ends at a random spot. And frankly, having spent over 8 hours of playtime getting more and more frustrated, bored, and uninterested... that was the last thing I needed to convince me that what I need is to throw more time AND money in the direction of this game.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

80
#80 Best PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CD-Action
    Aug 25, 2014
    85
    I am delighted with this old school point’n’click. Unmatched atmosphere, suggestive visuals, great audio – all this is worth much more than 10 euros they’re asking. [08/2014, p.55]
  2. Adventure Gamers
    Jul 28, 2014
    80
    The Last Door is a great retro atmospheric horror game that will make you want to keep opening up its mysteries until you reach the end.
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  3. DarkStation
    Jul 23, 2014
    90
    Simple but effective, The Last Door offers a great, chilling narrative experience. A little on the short side, episodes do not run longer than thirty minutes or so, but its levity is no reason to ignore this well written and conceived story of the supernatural.
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