Palmyra Orphanage
In a remote corner of post-Soviet Russia lies an orphanage “Palmyra”. Somehow, this children’s home was able to survive the collapse of the country and the terrible fever of the nineties. But recently, any mentions of him disappeared from all archives. What is hidden behind the walls of forgotten shelter?
You’ve finally found a clue about location of your missing brother. To do that, you will have to return to the place that should be forgotten. The old orphanage was a place in which you were separated. Now all you need to do is to walk through the empty rooms of your past and find documents about your brother relocation. But are they really empty? Ghostly footsteps are heard among the corridors of the crumbling building. Shadows are thirst for peace, cry out for help. They are trying to drag you into their memories, to drown in someone else’s death. But this is not their land. This is the property of the principal. He wanders. He waits. He hates. He will take care of you.
Palmyra Orphanage is a paranormal first-person horror, in which only stealth and attention will help you survive. Choose witch end they deserve. Unravel history of the orphanage, but be careful.
Features:
• He is always there. Stealth mechanics will challenge your skills. It requires careful though and attention to every step.
• Intense story that hides a lot of secrets. Riddles of the shelter will be solved only by those who can find all marks of the past.
• Each room, from the empty dormitories, to the old school classrooms, has been carefully recreated to convey a sense of loneliness and despair.
• Several different endings will allow you to decide for yourself how this story ends.
• Dark and atmospheric sound.
• The plan of the building is based on the existing blueprints of Russian orphanages.
• The events of the game and the characters were inspired by the real cases of children abuse, recorded during the inspection of a number of orphanages.
Palmyra Orphanage Review
I’ve been far more hesitant about checking out these types of horror games in recent times. Mostly due to the fact that there’s far to many of them and they all play out the same way. Palmyra Orphanage doesn’t exactly do anything to differentiate itself from other horror games of its type but i can’t help but appreciate it when it’s done so well.
The general plot is that you’re trying to find out more about your missing brother in an abandoned orphanage after the Soviet Union had crashed down. Of course you’re not the only one there and said person is our “chaser” who will try to kill you throughout the game. Not much happens plot wise within the first hour or so besides what you’ll find in the notes scattered throughout the game but it definetly takes off more in the second half. Biggest pro besides that is the atmosphere which does a fantastic job of setting the mood along with solid visuals to boot and the puzzles thrown in aren’t to difficult but not hard enough to make you want to rip your hair out.
The obvious “hiding/stealth” mechanics are here as well and work how you’d expect them to, except the first time you have to make use of it the tutorial tells you instead of throwing in a cheap death as is often the norm.
It’s not all perfect though as you may have guessed. It’s riddled with cheap jump scares that will likely still get you even when you se them coming from a mile away. It’s sometimes to the point of it detracting from the experience and is also the one part where the otherwise solid sound design falters. The overall design of the game also probably won’t win you over if you’ve played similar games already.
Still for 4.99 it’s a solid enough indie horror game that has clearly had a decent amount of work put into it.
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