Night Book

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  • Summary: One story, several different paths and endings.

    Night Book is an interactive occult thriller about an online interpreter who is tricked into reading an ancient book that summons a demon into her home. Loralyn works the night shift remotely from her home, live interpreting video calls    One story, several different paths and endings.

    Night Book is an interactive occult thriller about an online interpreter who is tricked into reading an ancient book that summons a demon into her home.

    Loralyn works the night shift remotely from her home, live interpreting video calls from English to French and back again. Currently pregnant, with a husband working far away and caring for her mentally ill father, she is desperately trying to keep her family together and safe – but who is she prepared to sacrifice to survive? The fiancé, the baby, her father or herself?

    • One story, several different paths and endings.
    • From the producers of The Complex and Five dates.
    • Co-developed by the studio behind Maid of Sker.
    • Starring Julie Dray (Avenue 5) and Colin Salmon (Resident Evil, Mortal Engines).
    • A completely live-action, interactive movie, filmed remotely during lockdown.
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  1. IGN Italia
    Jul 27, 2021
    60
    Night Book is lost in the magnum sea of similar productions and you have plenty of titles to play before jumping on the unfortunate protagonist and her cursed book.
  2. Switch Player
    Aug 23, 2021
    60
    Creepy, disturbing, and just a little bit cheesy, Night Book is sure to provide a few fun evenings. If you’re a fan of choosing your own adventure, this game will get you playing and playing again to try and get the best ending.

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  1. Online_NPC
    Oct 16, 2021
    7
    Night Book is an FMV game (or interactive-movie) where you can choose your own adventure. The special effects are mediocre, and you can tellNight Book is an FMV game (or interactive-movie) where you can choose your own adventure. The special effects are mediocre, and you can tell they did their best to film each part independently and work around restrictions during the pandemic, but it works out fairly well. The choices were sometimes pretty challenging dilemmas where there wasn't a clear "right" answer and I enjoyed shaping the story.

    Graphics: 7.5
    Gameplay: 7
    Audio: 6
    Story: 8    … Expand
  2. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 17, 2021
    7
    I’ve continued to be impressed with the strides the FMV game genre has made since its more humble CD-based beginnings. In the last generation,I’ve continued to be impressed with the strides the FMV game genre has made since its more humble CD-based beginnings. In the last generation, in particular, the ability to create what often appears to be seamless video through a mix of the underlying technology and smart editing has resulted in experiences that approach interactive movies. More often than not what has ended up defining the quality of the experience has then been the story itself, and how well-acted it all is, rather than whether it stumbles on the technical side. In the case of Night Book I was impressed by how it manages to pull you into the situation and build a sense for suspense, then progressively letting things unravel from the point your character utters some translated words in an Evil Dead-esque nod, and seeing where it all ends. You do have some decision points and they can have enough consequence to make going back to see how things can turn out differently worthwhile but as a whole the story and how well everything is acted make this a solid bit of semi-interactive horror if you don’t mind the general format it is presented through.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/07/mini-reviews-july-29th-edition-nintendo.html    … Expand