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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Coming back to the family Hotel after years, a strong-willed woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and a cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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- Released
- February 19, 2020
- Developer
- ONE-O-ONE GAMES
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster Reviews
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Powered by a dark and evocative narrative, The Suicide of Rachel Foster is compelling from start to finish
Packed with droves of tension and atmosphere, The Suicide of Rachel Foster will keep you on your toes. Even when nothing awaits you around the next corner other than an empty corridor, you’ll find yourself constantly looking over your shoulder, expecting the worst at any moment. And with a twisting, gut-wrenching story spanning past and present, it’ll keep you glued to your screen until the credits roll.
Another captivating adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment, The Suicide of Rachel Foster employs beautifully written dialogue, great level design, and solid voice acting. Throughout our review of The Suicide of Rachel Foster, the game constantly reminded us of one undeniable truth: video games are a powerful storytelling medium.
Characterisation has been designed thoughtfully by the Developers in that the originally abrasive Nicole soon calms down into a likeable presence in the game, whereas Irving’s helpful and happy go lucky personality really comes across during the conversations that they share. That cannot have been easy for the writers to pull off, especially when Irvings phone calls are always preceded by the squeal that you used to get when loading a game onto a ZX Spectrum via a Tape (remember those kids?)
Walking Simulators are an interesting genre. They rely heavily on story and visuals and as such can fail whilst still getting a lot right. I feel that's the
The Suicide of Rachel Foster builds an environment with depth, intrigue and genuine atmosphere, surrounding you with sound and visual design that immediately immerses you. But its boundless potential is not seen to fruition, and ultimately the game fails to move past the clichés of the first-person narrative genre.
Back when it first came out, I didn’t bother with The Suicide of Rachel Foster, even if its title (which is as subtle as a mammoth inside a china shop) had grabbed my attention at the time. It screamed “boring walking simulator”. The kind of game I frequently try to give a chance, only to disappoint me with pretentious storytelling and terrible gameplay. But I have always felt some kind of morbid curiosity towards it. All because of the damn title. My curiosity only increased once the S...
The Suicide of Rachel Foster hits heavy from the beginning. It opens by cutting between your mother’s funeral and you reading the last letter she ever wrote f
A mystery that lacks compassion for the sensitive topics it fumbles with.
It’s for this problematic consequence alone that I can’t in good faith recommend The Suicide of Rachel Foster. Ethics aside, its plummet from a mostly decent horror mystery to an absolute miscarriage of the genre makes it just as difficult to support.
We had a chance to play The Suicide of Rachel Foster . Here are our thoughts on it.
The Suicide of Rachel Foster can certainly deal with some intense topics through its roughly 3-hour length. Nicole, a character you’ll get to know all too well, has lived with the knowledge that her father had an affair with a very young girl, a young woman who couldn’t take the pressure in her life