White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

 PlayStation 4
User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 31
  3. Negative: 8 out of 31
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  1. OrionHamake
    Sep 7, 2017
    0
    This game would be much better if ithe protagonist was not a piece of **** I mean, the guy spends the whole game running from an old man with a bat, and that damn old man still has his left leg injured. Anyone would punch that old man in the ass and then tie him up and lock him in a room, instead of running around like a **** **** Did the producers think an old man with a baseball batThis game would be much better if ithe protagonist was not a piece of **** I mean, the guy spends the whole game running from an old man with a bat, and that damn old man still has his left leg injured. Anyone would punch that old man in the ass and then tie him up and lock him in a room, instead of running around like a **** **** Did the producers think an old man with a baseball bat running after you would cause us fear? **** this ****y game. The environment is also horrible and repetitive, does not give you any desire to explore it, but the game still forces you to do to find itens.

    The game does not give any fear, but rather prefers to scare the player with ghost popping up randonly on the screen. I get really pissed when this happens, the third time this happened I deleted this game.    … Expand
  2. Joshedwards88
    Sep 6, 2017
    0
    Simply awful game everything about it is just tragic
    As a horror game running from a janitor and random ghosts popping up on screen just isn't cutting it
  3. Arytail
    Jun 13, 2022
    0
    Unlike the original 2001 version, in which each sound in the game causes a sense of fear, the remake version has a flat and unnatural sound effect, which is a shame.
  4. Jedzelex
    Jun 18, 2023
    1
    The console versions are a port of a mobile version that came out on android. Yes, this was originally a mobile game. It was later ported to iOS. And 2 years later it was ported to the PS4 and PC.

    Anyway, the developers of the console and PC versions did a sloppy job adapting the game for those platforms. Its an unpolished mess of a game. For starters, the AI (artificial intelligence)    The console versions are a port of a mobile version that came out on android. Yes, this was originally a mobile game. It was later ported to iOS. And 2 years later it was ported to the PS4 and PC.

    Anyway, the developers of the console and PC versions did a sloppy job adapting the game for those platforms. Its an unpolished mess of a game.

    For starters, the AI (artificial intelligence) that controls the janitors is really bad on consoles. It's practically broken.

    Unlike happens on the mobile version, on consoles the Janitors are so incredibly stupid that they will often get stuck on a door or even on a wall.

    Now those bugs and glitches might sound like they're a good thing to happen, right? Since they may allow the player to explore the area without having to worry about those baddies. But not so fast. Because the lousy AI that controls the janitors can (and will) also work against you.

    For instance, even if you're being careful to remain undetected. And walk around in a crouching position. The AI from the game will often send the janitors to your precise location for no good reason at all. Leaving you to worder what in the world did you do wrong.

    You could be literally standing inside a room doing nothing. Just quietly reading a file that you just found. And suddenly the door slams open and a janitor (who came from a different floor from the one you're currently on) will start chasing you. Why? Who knows! LOL You didn't do a damn thing to trigger the janitor. BUT that's how the lousy AI for those enemies rolls on consoles.

    None of that happens on the mobile version, BTW. On that version, the janitors will only ever respond to your actions if you give them a very good and logical reason to do so.

    Niw, another thing that the developers failed to adapt properly was the detection boxes of the items that you can pick up or interact with.

    On mobile devices, you work with a touch screen. So its easy to navigate the cursor towards a small circle that represents a detection box on a specific object to interact with it.

    But on consoles, you would think that the developers would've increased the size of the detection boxes so that they now cover the entire object that you want to interact with. But nope. The devs decided not to adapt that system to consoles properly. And left it as it worked on the mobiles version. Which is bad. Really bad.

    Because let's say that you have to pick up a large object like the audio speakers that are inside the dance room. It isn't enough to have to drag the cursor to where the speaker is to lift it up. No. In order to actually pick it up, you need to keep dragging that cursor so that its fully inside a small circle that appears over the speaker. That small circle represents the detection box that said object is equipped with. Which is a problem during that specific scenario. Because it happens during a boss fight. And you have to be extremely quick to pick up 2 speakers and position them in their designated spots. And let me tell you, trying to move an almost invisible cursor the size of a grain of sand to position itself inside a small circle the size of a golf ball is frustrating as hell! LOL

    Anyway, the console versions lack polish. None of the new content (costumes or new character) makes up for the fact that it wasn't properly adapted to the PS4, Switch or PC.

    I suggest that you get the game on mobile. And play it there for the best experience.    … Expand
  5. DarkCncer97
    Sep 3, 2023
    2
    Unos de los juegos mas estresantes que he jugado nunca, lo del que el vigialnte este todo el rato teletransportandose de un lado a otro es muy agobiante y estresante, la historia no es para tanto ni de lejos y hay muchos, DEMASIADOS puzzles, literalmente cada 1 segundo ya hay mil puzzles para hacer y acabas agobiado de tanto puzzle y suma eso a los que te persiguen, un juego muy estresanteUnos de los juegos mas estresantes que he jugado nunca, lo del que el vigialnte este todo el rato teletransportandose de un lado a otro es muy agobiante y estresante, la historia no es para tanto ni de lejos y hay muchos, DEMASIADOS puzzles, literalmente cada 1 segundo ya hay mil puzzles para hacer y acabas agobiado de tanto puzzle y suma eso a los que te persiguen, un juego muy estresante que desafortunadamente no puedo recomendar… Expand

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#85 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. GameCritics
    Mar 5, 2018
    60
    White Day isn’t at the top of its genre, but it’s a solid entry. The real surprise, though, is the effective post-release work that the developers did to fix their game and transform it into something worthwhile after starting it off as a frustrating failure. There are plenty of issues with taking games away from physical media, but examples like this support the concept — the developers didn’t release an unfinished work, they’d just made bad design choices. Luckily, the current nature of gaming gave them a chance to turn a mediocre work into a good one, and they were smart enough to take it.
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  2. XGN
    Sep 12, 2017
    60
    White Day is a bloody scary game. Not just because it is a horror title, but just as much because of the flaws. It contains a very annoying janitor and a frustratingly precise control setup. Because of this the game doesn't live up to what it could be.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Sep 7, 2017
    70
    Cheap jump scares aside, White Day is still as unsettling as it ever was, even 16 years after its debut release. [Oct 2017, p.87]
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