The Suicide of Rachel Foster

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 91 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 30 out of 91
  3. Negative: 14 out of 91

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  1. MeinWein
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Stop promoting pedophilia. It's not called "love" when you impregnate your disabled student. Even if I could like the game I wouldn't change my review.
    Pedophilia isn't love.
    Sexual relationship between a 16 years old disabled girl and an old man is not love.    … Expand
  2. noxteryn
    Nov 2, 2020
    0
    Let me preface this by saying that I was not offended by the game's content in any way. I don't mind depictions of predatory sexual relationships. I absolutely loved Saya no Uta. This is not why I dislike the game.

    First of all, there are several mechanics that would have made the game very interesting, but they are only used once and then discarded. For example, there is a point in    Let me preface this by saying that I was not offended by the game's content in any way. I don't mind depictions of predatory sexual relationships. I absolutely loved Saya no Uta. This is not why I dislike the game.

    First of all, there are several mechanics that would have made the game very interesting, but they are only used once and then discarded.

    For example, there is a point in the game where the power goes out and the only light source at your disposal is an old Polaroid camera, so you are using the camera's flash to catches glimpses of where you are going. Creepy as hell, right? How scary would it be if you saw something spooky, or, better yet, if you saw nothing but the photo itself showed something different than what you saw? Spooky! Well, nothing like that ever happens. You only use the camera for about 20 seconds and then never again for the rest of the game.

    But then you find a weird EMF parabolic mic thingy that captures static noise, like they do in those silly ghost-hunting shows. Maybe you'll hear spooky stuff! Maybe you'll hear secret messages or whispers or other creepy sounds! Nope. You hear nothing. You use it literally only once to find something stupid and then never again.

    Second of all, the story is a pile of garbage. It starts out quite well, making you ask questions that keep you intrigued, and just when I was starting to get into the story, it ended. And the ending is like a fart in your face that offers no pay-off or closure whatsoever. And I don't mean that in the "the real monsters in the closet are our own emotional baggage coming back to haunt us" sort of way. I would have been fine with that. What I mean is that the resolution of the story was incredibly stupid and contrived and an insult to the player's intelligence.

    This game had so much potential: A person stranded in an empty "haunted" building with only one person to talk to on the radio, developing cabin fever, growing paranoid and neurotic, their sanity unraveling with each passing day. Is the building really haunted or is it a mental health issue? But no, all you get is a milquetoast story with a stupid stupid stupid ending.    … Expand
  3. ket
    Apr 5, 2020
    4
    This game sounded interesting to me so I went in with no idea about it. Speaking positively for the game the story is interesting enough even though its teen horror level, the sort where you'll work out the real culprit before the end of the first chapter, and Irving is an interesting character however thats the only good things I can say about this game, sadly.

    You spend the entire    This game sounded interesting to me so I went in with no idea about it. Speaking positively for the game the story is interesting enough even though its teen horror level, the sort where you'll work out the real culprit before the end of the first chapter, and Irving is an interesting character however thats the only good things I can say about this game, sadly.

    You spend the entire game as "Nicky", a character you will not develop any attachment to at all as all you ever see of her is her hands, the gameplay is also brain meltingly boring, to and fro, to and fro, to and fro through the same corridors and rooms with a lot of backtracking amounting to nothing more than a walking simulator. You can run, but theres no need to do so at all through the entire game. Even the multiple endings are.. well, not to sound harsh but crap. You could forgive the gameplay if the story had a solid payoff by the end of it but it just doesn't.

    I'm not one to prioritise graphics in games but a game like this REALLY needs to draw you in to the world with polished visuals and sadly it doesn't have that either. At worst it looks like something from the early PS2 days, and at best something from the early PS3 days. Performance-wise the game also won't impress, I played on PC and the graphical difference between "low" and "Epic" is nil, save for some heavy post processing AA which makes everything look far too blurry and more heavy bloom on "High" and "Epic" settings, so most people will likely stick to "Medium" so they don't feel like they are playing with vaseline over their eyes. Something also feels very off with this game I also had screen tearing with everything set to "Epic" quality but the game felt like it was running at 20FPS even with sensitivity turned right up with both mouse and keyboard and controller setups.

    I had high hopes for this game but ultimately it needed more time in the oven to better develop existing endings and add a couple more and to vastly improve visuals in order to draw the player in these things would have gone a long way to significantly improving this game. Overall this game is definitely one that if you are interested in look for a game movie of it on youtube as actually playing it will bore you to death.    … Expand
  4. Young_Nacho
    Apr 15, 2021
    3
    This has to be one of the most astoundingly stupid stories I've come across in a game. The majority of the game is a piss poor rip off of Firewatch, but then it decides to take a sharp turn into WEIRDO CITY. It's an exercise in how not to handle sensitive subjects and the story and twists are just complete and utter BS. It's beyond me that actual human beings wrote this nonsense andThis has to be one of the most astoundingly stupid stories I've come across in a game. The majority of the game is a piss poor rip off of Firewatch, but then it decides to take a sharp turn into WEIRDO CITY. It's an exercise in how not to handle sensitive subjects and the story and twists are just complete and utter BS. It's beyond me that actual human beings wrote this nonsense and thought "Yea this is it". You are a weirdo if you like this garbage.… Expand
  5. LeahDougherty
    Mar 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Going to be blunt and explain why I will never score this game higher than a 3.

    Romanticizes pedophilia of a disabled girl.

    Let me repeat that: *Romanticizes pedophilia for a disabled girl.*

    Pretty game, intriguing story from the start. Then it starts painting the *pedophile* as a tragic romantic and blatantly ignores how utterly gross and wrong his actions were. It is physically nauseating to finish playing through because of it.

    Everything about the game was great up until MC's companion starts cooing about how it was a "simple love."

    No. It was a married man who took advantage of his disabled student and impregnated her.    … Expand
  6. folmas
    Oct 30, 2021
    4
    it had good atmospheric potential, but was tainted by the unmotivated actions of the characters, a million extra details that don't tell the story. I don't know how it is possible to empathize with such flat and inadequate characters. Unsuccessful attempt to imitate the Edith Finch and firewatch.
  7. Bemazis
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    Romatizing pedophilia, suicide and stalking of a little girl, i dont know wtf is worng with the developers
  8. o1nk
    Jun 13, 2023
    2
    Подводя итог скажу что абсолютно скучная игра, которую можно брать только по огромной скидке и при условии что вся библиотека пройдена. Абсолютно не стоит потраченного времени, даже несмотря на то что
    ачивки достаточно простые в получении. Как показывает практика - симулятор ходьбы симулятору рознь и можно сделать все нормально, для игрока, а можно как здесь.
    Приятной картинкой сыт не    Подводя итог скажу что абсолютно скучная игра, которую можно брать только по огромной скидке и при условии что вся библиотека пройдена. Абсолютно не стоит потраченного времени, даже несмотря на то что
    ачивки достаточно простые в получении. Как показывает практика - симулятор ходьбы симулятору рознь и можно сделать все нормально, для игрока, а можно как здесь.
    Приятной картинкой сыт не будешь, ну и плюсом ко всему романтизация суицида и педофилии - такое мы не одобряем.    … Expand
  9. NoahElias
    Jul 20, 2023
    0
    It's not that deep as the developers would like us to believe. They are just glorifying pedophilia. Disgusting perverts.

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63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 22, 2020
    80
    A captivating trip to a mountain hotel with a surprise is perfectly written and directed. Suicide of Rachel Foster is short but impressive walking simulator. [Issue#302]
  2. GameCritics
    Apr 27, 2020
    65
    After all was said and done, The Suicide of Rachel Foster remains an intriguing story exploration game with great suspense, and I felt that the conclusion justified the journey. However, despite being captivating at times, I did wish the truth revealed would’ve conveyed more of a message and less of a story.
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  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Mar 26, 2020
    40
    Though the atmosphere is beautiful and the sound design is immersively eerie, plot holes and disturbingly accepted character choices greatly hinder this walking simulator.
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