First Times by Hero Robb

Review by Reidolol

creative game,but i dont know what i need do

Review by Linlinster

Holy crap. I'm still completely creeped out. I'm lucky I live with roommates, lest I'd be absolutely terrified if I were alone--hell, I'm still terrified, just a -teensy- bit less than I would be if I were in a house alone.

This is true horror genre in text form. I can't believe how much detail there was in this game. It was incredibly chilling, but like a good read you just have to keep going. Sir Robb, if you ever made a book for this, I wouldn't read it because I'd be way too scared. *laugh* Sorry, buddy, but I like to sleep. :>

There were a few bugs, one bug in particular I managed to get out of. This one was the last part of the game when you take the knife. Exiting the room I found there were no directions available on the compass. I have to 'look' and then 'go [direction]' in order to get out of the room. There was another time when the compass directions told me I could go south and north, but when I clicked on them, they said "You can't go that way" or something along those lines. I did the same 'look', 'go [direction]' trick and that solved it. I agree with some reviewers who say that the cutscenes went very quickly (such as the three people one) and I couldn't react in time because I was trying to read what was going on. People who are having trouble with finding the plunger, look in the room with all the syringes. Try taking all the things in the room. I noticed I had the plunger in my inventory after I thoroughly searched the room, so make sure you do that as well...even if it is chilling to do so, especially with all the messages...

Just to add, I had gotten the Renaissance ending, but according to other reviewers there are more ends available. Also, according to lord_yo, you can read the source code to see the others as well...not sure how to do that, but I'd love to see them.

Anyway, good job Robb. Keep it up. I support your work, even if it scares the living daylights out of me. :>

Review by ThXman300

I have played through once and wow, just wow. What an amazing game. The story the game tells is twisted, dark, and very interesting. Everything is done in a mysterious, subtle, and creepy way, I was terrified the whole time, but intrigued. I got the Renascence ending, but I'll play through again and try to get the other endings. I'll be sure to shoot you an e-mail, Robb, so I can be sure I'm getting the story right.

Review by lord_yo

Excellent job - some genuinely scare scenes and an overall tone of unease. The endings were obscure or mysterious enough to get the player thinking about the meaning. Very good use of uncanny valley imagery.

Some of the gory descriptions were over the top - not because they were disgusting, but because they felt almost clichéd. Less is more.

The puzzles were ok, but the one with the janitor closet was confusing (not enough feedback about if saying anything was useful there). The cut scenes drove by too quickly, and I wasn't able to react.

I got the Oblivion ending - and then cheated by reading the source code to see the other ones...

Review by bunnyteacakes

It was a beautiful and fun experience. There are still a few bugs but I don't mind. The music scared me and the details shook me to the bone. I hope you don't mind that I give your game a little publicity.

Review by Silver

Very good game. I only cheated the once with the riddle but the rest I found very enjoyable.

My only criticisms would be that when you had the cut scenes It took me a bit by surprise and I didn't really know what - if anything - I should do to interact in them and before I knew it they had ended. Do they have any bearing on the differing conclusions? The other thing is that it could have done with some further polish. When objects were created by the cut scenes they could still be seen in the rooms after they'd been picked up. Also when trying to solve the riddle by "Say *answer*" any word put in there other than the correct word gave a reply of 'I don't understand'. This may actually put a player off the scent in that they don't have to say something to solve the puzzle even though that is what is required. A simple 'else' on the script saying 'nice try, but not getting warmer' or somesuch would have revealed the player was on the right track but had the wrong solution.

Despite the above, I really enjoyed the game and feel it deserves five stars, especially as a first effort. I look forward to the author's future endeavours.

Review by Erwtj3

The story line is good, but the grammar isn't. You use a lot of "it's" when it's supposed to be "its", if you check your inventory, it says "a needles" and "a play money". Commands like "unlock door" don't work (you have to "use key on door") ...

I really like horror (games), but for me it's a shame that the game play and grammar aren't better ...

Review by gdquirm

A whisper in the grass, a softly simmering pot of stew, a hiss of boil in the waters of a hot spring, much ado about the ever so slightly wavering signs. Subtle, yes, but enormously significant, significant, one might say, beyond measure. For that was the true catch; the measure of the things; not so easily lumped in with the weights of pounds or the lengths of meters, no something you can’t simply see.

Something that’s felt. Something deep, thick, past the shallow skins of meaning, beyond the safety of reason, down into the very marrow of being. Something heard in the whispers of the river currents under a bridge and the song of the ravens on a cold, dead night. The voice that speaks out to you in your dreams, ever so softly, ever so delicately, yet ever unyieding. The only word, the one word.

Fear.

10/10, Would never read it again.

Good sir, may you keep on swagging. But please, PLEASE don't be lame and make a sequal because people liked the first one; do me a favour, keep on writing, but make it new, make it original. Give me some new memories to collect along with the old ones in my nightmares.

Review by Lehti

A really amazing game. Everything, from the sound effects, the narration and the overall setting screams "fear".
I wonder if the author is planning on making localized versions of this game.

Review by Muin

Impressive, inmersive, legitimally scary.
Also, quite difficult, wich only adds to the experience.
Thank you.