In Which Elizaveta Plays 魔女の家

From the program which brought me Ib (RPG Maker), another user stands up to produce another game that is 30% scarier than Ib. That's right, I'm talking about "The Witch's House", also known as "Majo no Ie". (Not Majo no Le, it's Ie! I Google Translated it just to double check too~)

Just a little intro, this game is about a young girl named Viola, and from the title, you can tell that she enters this REALLY SCARY house and the goal is simple, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. O_O

Let me be honest, for those who have played Ib, you'll know that this game is kinda scarier in a different way. Light is kept to a minimal and the whole room is not illuminated so you can't see what's in front of you and who the hell is chasing you. The music also brought up the scary atmosphere especially when you're chased by something, just like Ib. Graphics are ok and sometimes the objects in the house move by itself just to make you jump a little. One thing that bothers me is the controls, kind of laggy but still it doesn't affect much of the game. :)

Although this game has only a few endings unlike Ib which has multiple endings, this game is packed with trickier and harder puzzles and enemies that are sometimes hard to run away from. Take the red skull at the 2nd floor, it took me almost 6 times to bypass it. >_< DANG!

Even the "Game Over" screen scares me... O_O

Should you want to save the game, you can only save it through a little black cat and the cat only appears in the beginning of each floor. So don't expect different save points like Ib, if you want to save your game just finish up the floor and proceed to the next one. Sounds like old Resident Evil games to me where you can only save with a typewriter... O_O

Overall this game is not bad and it's worth playing too. :3 This would probably be the next Ib. :D

You can download the English version from this site (Note that you'll need to install RPG Maker to run the game.):
http://vgboy.dabomstew.com/other/witchhouse.htm
The maker's site:
http://www.geocities.jp/majono_ie/index.html