Of Nicole, a woman who is called to inspect her family’s hotel in preparationįor selling it after the passing of her mother (with the stipulation that all Performance issues aside, the story places you in the shoes On a technical level the game sadly has quite a few issues with graphics and performance, with textures being very blurred and muddy on any level below epic settings (and with the performance taking a significant hit on that setting, making the game feel painfully sluggish), on it’s own this would only be a minor issue if it weren’t for the fact that the map (which is very useful for navigating around the hotel during some of the puzzle segments within the game) is tied to the graphics settings, rendering it illegible on any setting other than epic (something which I find to be frankly unacceptable and is one of the main reasons I cannot recommend this game on a technical level). Like this is inevitably the story, the characters and the setting.
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#THE SUICIDE OF RACHEL FOSTER STORY EXPLAINED SIMULATOR#
Game/walking simulator that will be very familiar to people who have played The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a thriller/horror mystery Rachel's story is not melancholic or poetic as the game represents it, it's just irresponsible.I both hate this game and love it at the same time. I barely know anything about this character apart from the fact that she was groomed starting when she was young, got pregnant by a man three times her age, and then took her own life.
No letters, no flashbacks, no pages from a diary, nothing that attempts at giving her any voice. For a character whose name is in the title of the game, I know very little about her. The most damaging aspect of how the game frames this relationship is that Rachel has no voice throughout the entire game. It made me cringe, especially as the game's marketing focuses on Rachel's retainer, an object that emphasises how young she is. There's a line where Rachel is described as 'mature for her age' as if it's some sort of excuse to her father's relationship with the teenager. An attic with fairy lights hangs above a bed where sketches of the teenager posing naked lie scattered on top. The relationship is even more worrying because it's seen as romantic. It's revealed that Rachel was nine weeks pregnant when she died and clues indicate that she was groomed by Nicole's father from a young age. As the second half of the game begins to delve into the details about Nicole's father and Rachel's relationship, it becomes clear that One-O-One Games is treading into a territory that it is not equipped to handle. However, rummaging through Nicole's belongings and unearthing the history of the hotel is where Rachel Foster gets problematic. I felt like it was heading more in the direction of a ghost story than a mystery, which I was somewhat looking forward to. Another section has you watch the old battered VHS recordings of a ghost-hunting group that captures the crew's terrified reactions to something off-screen. In one chapter the power completely goes out and you have to navigate the pitch blackness using only the flash of a polaroid to guide you. Rummaging through Nicole's belongings and unearthing the history of the hotel is where Rachel Foster gets problematic It serves as a cosy safe haven within the confines of the hotel.
Nicole's room has been kept exactly the same as when she left it. You go from being scared about what around the corner of a narrow corridor, to massive ballrooms, dining halls, kitchens, and lounge areas where anything could be lurking. The hotel uses both its corridors and open spaces to build tension.
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