For most of the game the default checkpoint is in your room. Should this happen, you’ll restart at the last checkpoint. As such, a key part to surviving in Yomawari: Night Alone is learning to identify which are the deadly foes and how each needs to be circumnavigated safely.įor the most part, the girl is unable to directly attack, thus death at the hands of a youkai is to be expected. in amongst these, you’ll also encounter other spirits which are content with simply scaring you. Instant death awaits you, should any of these or the other aggressive youkai catch you. The souls of dead children, which appear as scribble drawings, only attack if you turn your back on them. The human lighthouses will relentlessly come after you should you step in their line of vision. The shadow people will give chase when you are near, but may be distracted by a thrown pebble. There are a wide variety of enemies in the form of various youkai - demons, spirits, phantoms, and the like from Japanese folklore. But there are also consumable items such as animal feed and coins, in addition to the blasted pebbles that started this nightmare. Many are collectibles which may offer up snippets of back-story. The game world is fairly open, and you can optionally explore it before proceeding with the story based objectives.ĭoing so will allow you to find a variety of objects with varying degrees of usefulness. It’s useless as a weapon, but will allow you to see objects on the ground as well as nearby enemies. You’ll start armed with only the torch dropped by your sister. Only then, will you finally be allowed to start the game proper, as a scared little girl tasked with desperately searching for her dog and her older sister. It’s also going to take your older sister and send a huge many-legged monstrosity to chase you away. Taking just your dog away from you isn’t enough. Yomawari: Night Alone isn’t done with the punches yet though. It has you well and firmly trapped, and all you can do is steel yourself for the trauma to follow. But this is a tutorial that will not let you proceed without following it through. Unless you’re exceptionally stone cold and heartless, you’ll be begging the little girl not to throw that pebble this time. Yomawari: Night Alone uses its tutorial to let the player know - in no uncertain terms - that this is a horror game that your actions will have consequences.Įven when you know what’s going to happen, the events of the tutorial will still unfold with the same powerful impact. Few bother to make the tutorial a meaningful part of the story itself. Most games these days feature tutorials before letting the player go off and enjoy the story. As this girl will soon come to understand, the cost of innocently throwing a pebble may be far higher than anyone is prepared for. Little good can come of being curious at such a dangerous time.
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As one young girl is about to learn, this is no time for a child to be out alone walking their dog.
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