White Night

 Xbox One
Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. ZTGD
    Mar 11, 2015
    90
    This is an instant classic in my eyes.
  2. MondoXbox
    Mar 11, 2015
    84
    White Night surprised us with a very classic survival horror experience, combined with a great visual style and good noir story. Despite of some difficulty and controls problems, it's a very recommended buy for genre lovers.
  3. JeuxActu
    Mar 31, 2015
    80
    White Night is a very good surprise as the french game offers an experience that reminds of a good thriller novel. With its black & white graphics and the strong issues of the post 1930 USA, the games earns its own identity. And it does so with high praises.
  5. IGN Italia
    Mar 11, 2015
    76
    White Night has a very effective atmosphere, a unique visual style and some good horror moments, although it suffers from an awful saving system and too simple puzzles.
  6. Softpedia
    Mar 15, 2015
    70
    The unique look, atmospheric sound, and everything else come together to create an experience that, in the end, is more than the sum of its parts, and makes trying out the game worthwhile, especially if you're a fan of old horror games.
  7. Post Arcade (National Post)
    Mar 17, 2015
    65
    It’s a busy game that’s a failure in many ways, but its art direction and story perfect the eerie atmosphere of the genre, and make the experience tolerable, even when the writing and game design let it down. Like the crack of moon through a black-cloud storm, White Night is a game as fragile as the light.
  8. COGconnected
    Mar 9, 2015
    62
    If not for the unique film noir storytelling combined with a stylized black and white look, White Night could have been one of the more forgettable survival horror games of 2015. Unfair enemies and camera issues dampens an experience which otherwise should have been much better than the sum of its parts.
  9. GameSpot
    Mar 13, 2015
    60
    Sadly, the good game you can imagine is stuck lurking in the shadows of the game it became.
  10. Pure Xbox
    Mar 13, 2015
    50
    A tad more polish would have seen this become a real benchmark for the genre, but a number of missed steps mean that it will likely just fade into the darkness.
  11. IGN
    Mar 9, 2015
    50
    The bones of a decent procedural horror game are buried under roughly six feet of frustrating fixed camera angles, insta-death, and bad checkpointing. Ultimately, it’s just not that much fun being a detective in the dark.
  12. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Mar 6, 2015
    50
    More bogus than Bogart, White Night fuses the disparate worlds of cultured noir and trashy supernatural. The result? An inconsistent – if visually striking – trudge. A true hammy horror.
  13. X-ONE Magazine UK
    May 5, 2015
    40
    Plodding. [Issue#123, p.78]
    All this publication's reviews

Awards & Rankings

95
#95 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2015

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. osprey
    Mar 11, 2015
    8
    I really liked almost everything about this game. I shaved a couple of points off for the frustration that some of the save points caused me,I really liked almost everything about this game. I shaved a couple of points off for the frustration that some of the save points caused me, I did a lot of swearing and threatening to throw my controller through my t.v. but we both survived. The atmosphere, the music, the story and the art design are very special and beautiful. The game is fun to play most of the time but there are those moments that make you promise the developer you are going to give him a bad review but you just can't stay mad at this kind of game. A unique game is rare and must be rewarded. The achievements are clever and the game can be enjoyed more than once to get some of them so there is some replay here but for the most part once or twice is really all you will need. I am glad I bought this game. It lived up to my expectations for a film noir experience with atmosphere and some fun puzzles.… Full Review »
  2. IONOSGAMES
    May 11, 2017
    8
    Es un gran juego indie, mas largo de lo que me esperaba, me duro mas de 5 horas, al principio me daba un terror imenso, pero me heEs un gran juego indie, mas largo de lo que me esperaba, me duro mas de 5 horas, al principio me daba un terror imenso, pero me he acostumbrado a los fantasmas, que no tienen demasiada personalidad, te ven y te persiguen, pero ya esta. La historia, pasadas unas 3 horas de juego, ya es un poco previsible. Gran apartado artistico original. Un buen juego para inicierse en el survival horror, al tener una baja dificultad y al ser corto.… Full Review »
See all user reviews »