Red Haze

Great Horror Game, Bit underrated and overlooked. but has a great soundtrack and story that you don't see in most games cause they're really afraid to cover that type of life style in a story.

Drug Use, And Selling your body, causes, effects, addictions. it is something to be addressed. and this game does it pretty well in my opinion. Take it from a horror loving stoner germ. :3

Self-aware but not self-indulgent, heavy but meaningful and using repetition in a correct way, that is how I would describe Red Haze. This might be my favorite RPG maker game to date. It shows how despite having limitations in budget, it still delivered a great experience by making the most out of their creativity and limited resources. It is one of those games that you either love or hate. So, if this sounds like something up your alley, please try it.

Before continuing, a short stop to reiterate a massive trigger warning. This game very openly deals and shows violence, drug use, nudity, sexual assault, prostitution, homelessness and many more heavy topics. I’m of the mindset that Yai Games tackled these topics with respect but still.

This game tells its story with the premise that it will be played several times and made the most out of that. In theory each playthrough can be different, showing you new sequences and getting new endings. In practice you will get stuck and you will endure frustration, but just enough to immerse you in the mindset of the main character. Every time you make progress it feels meaningful and usually progress comes in chunks, with several roads opening at the same time. It uses repetition in a way that has meaning for the experience they are creating and it kept me engaged thanks to that. Still this is one of those aspects that you either love or hate, so keep this in mind before you buy the game.

The tone of the game is a balance between creepy, depressing and funny. Usually at least two of those emotions are present at every moment creating a rather unique game. Although, one thing that can take you out of the experience is that for several endings you must get the main character nude and control her like that. Personally I didn’t find it to be meaningless but my wife didn’t agree, feeling it was a bit too voyeuristic without much reason.

The art style is a very interesting aspect as it was what motivated me to play the game but also was one of the things that almost made me stop playing the game. All the scene illustrations are very well done, delivering on the emotions they should and without being exploitative of the characters. On the other hand, many of the sprites and animations feel way more rough, which at the start pulled me out of the game. In the end I thought the concept was interesting enough and ignored those thoughts of stopping. Funny enough, the more I played, the more I enjoyed the art in the game. It feels very unique to it and also shows how the developer did everything they could to make this game a reality, even if something wasn’t their forte.

I love this game and hope it reaches all the people that are looking for this very unique type of experience.

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One of the weirdest games ive ever played.

I wanted to like this game, I wanted to 100 percent this game. But there are just so many unfair and unfun mechanics in this game. First off almost all monsters insta kill you, you are giving a item to undue the death. This is a finite resource that DOES NOT RESET FOR OTHER RUNS, you have to either find more or just take the death. I sometimes would use the item and get booted to the start screen. It would still waste a use. Saves cannot be used if you've been caught or get an ending. Sometimes they just stop working all together. I could still play the game with all this, but the real killer is the curse. If you open a certain room in the game, your game is forever cursed. Dolls will appear block door ways so you can just get unlucky and have to do a run over because there is an unmovable doll blocking the door. It just leads to some much frustration and waste of time. I really really wanted to like this game but there are just so many little things that add up to me not recommending it.

man please just release the game we paid for in its entirety its still not finished

controller support is a lie