- Adventure, Indie, Action, Horror
Through the Woods is a third-person psychological horror game set in a forest on the western shore of Norway about a mother and her missing son. Through dynamic narration, you play the mother's re-telling of the events surrounding her son's disappearance in a setting heavily influenced by Norse mythology and Norwegian folk tales.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and intimate.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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CGMagazineElias BlondeauDec 20168/10Through the Woods is a sad, haunting tale that manages to scare without being cheap or easy, and one of this year's best horror games.
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PSX ExtremeChris AndersonJun 20187/10Through the Woods might not be for everybody but if Norse mythology is something you are into, I would recommend you give it a try.
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GamePittRob PittJun 20187/10Through the Woods is a decent indie game built around Norse folklore/mythology that has been slightly integrated within the story of a mother and her estranged son. Throughout your journey to recover your child, you will encounter creatures which you must stealthily bypass and uncover things about yourself and the woods which may be a little uncomfortable for some people. The two main downsides to the game lie within its integration of the two stories and the length. With more time, we would have had more development on the characters and gave me a reason to care about them, with more integration then we could have seen how the random occurrences linked to the mother.
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Chalgyr's Game RoomNick HerberNov 20165/10Through the Woods nails creepy atmosphere and has an interesting story that draws on Norse mythology - something that gives it a unique feeling. However, sometimes finicky mechanics and some other rough edges dampen the experience and hold the game back from ever reaching its potential. That is a shame because Through the Woods presents several missed opportunities where the development team executed on some things very well, while other less effective aspects of the presentation hurt the experience as a whole.
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TrueAchievementsMark DelaneyMay 20183/5 starsThrough The Woods is a horror game that delivers some good scares, just not really in the way that was intended.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Developer
- Antagonist
- Released
- October 27, 2016
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 5.5/10 from 19 ratings.
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