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  • Summary: As many highschools, Leafmore High is no longer the highschool it used to be. Its walls are mouldering, its books are outdated, its teachers have lost their faith... Following the disappearance of one of their friends, a group of students decide to investigate their high school. This braveAs many highschools, Leafmore High is no longer the highschool it used to be. Its walls are mouldering, its books are outdated, its teachers have lost their faith... Following the disappearance of one of their friends, a group of students decide to investigate their high school. This brave step will lead them into a hell they will never forget. But, no matter what happens, they must stick together if they want to throw light on the dark and sordid history of their school. Play five different students, alone or in cooperation, every one of them having their own special aptitude, and use them wisely to defeat the monsters creeping around. [Hydravision] Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. You won’t find horror that creeps under your skin here, like you would in "Fatal Frame 2" or "Kuon" for example, but you will find a game with great and spooky atmosphere and a disturbing story.
  2. PC Format
    79
    Obscure rewards innovation over frenzy, and it seems only fair to do the same in return. [Dec 2004, p.94]
  3. Play Magazine
    75
    There's no better fodder for the boneheaded premise of old-school RE... than the high school slasher flick, and ObsCure serves it up right. [May 2005, p.50]
  4. The story line is interesting but it’s not something that you haven’t seen in a horror film already. Obscure will be more than enough for gamers looking for their next scare, but will leave other gamers looking for more.
  5. While this textbook copy of the Capcom classic is a competent regurgitation of the genre's clichés, your patience will be tested by déjà vu from the moment that the first monster bursts out of the walls.
  6. Game Informer
    60
    Many points where the puzzle design, level layout and management of the teens' special skills are just plain clumsy and almost unusable. [June 2005, p.127]
  7. Dated visuals, bad voice acting and an impossible control scheme. Best to stick with the original game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. Apr 12, 2017
    10
    This game was pretty much the last good survival horror game. The graphics are really good, even for today. The story could sound a littleThis game was pretty much the last good survival horror game. The graphics are really good, even for today. The story could sound a little cliche. but I like it how it is. Honestly I've never seen a story like that in a movie like how everyone else says. The controls are just perfect, I don't know why people complain about it. The monster design is awesome, and the music? Damn it has an awesome soundtrack. I really can't find anything bad about this game. Expand
  2. Mar 14, 2012
    10
    Best game series EVER. Instead of surviving the horrors of zombies and monsters as typical police or war veterans, you play as un experiencedBest game series EVER. Instead of surviving the horrors of zombies and monsters as typical police or war veterans, you play as un experienced students who need to survive the horrors of Fallcreak. Great story, great graphics and great fun factor. Highly recommend it. We need a third game@! Expand
  3. Nov 22, 2011
    10
    So much better then silent hill and resident evil. This games great, but its sequels much better. Pretty funny how those craptard criticsSo much better then silent hill and resident evil. This games great, but its sequels much better. Pretty funny how those craptard critics rated it low but all users rate it high. HAHAHAHA! Great game! Expand
  4. Jan 1, 2023
    8
    If you're looking for some fun co-op experience try this game. I played it with my girlfriend who is, with all due respect, a noob. It onlyIf you're looking for some fun co-op experience try this game. I played it with my girlfriend who is, with all due respect, a noob. It only took two evenings to finish it. Graphics and game mechanics are okey (not great, not terrible). Since there aren't many co-op campaign games in general to choose from for PC's with low specs definitely try this one. Besides that, if you were a teen in 2000's, you should like the setting and music. Expand
  5. Jun 18, 2022
    7
    Всегда казалось, что эта игра по фильму факультет, но нет, просто идейный вдохновитель. Игра очень атмосферная и интересная, хоть и с убогимВсегда казалось, что эта игра по фильму факультет, но нет, просто идейный вдохновитель. Игра очень атмосферная и интересная, хоть и с убогим управлением, но концепция интересная. Expand
  6. Feb 29, 2012
    6
    The comparisons to Resident Evil are almost unavoidable when reviewing Obscure, as they're essentially the same game. Same fixed cameraThe comparisons to Resident Evil are almost unavoidable when reviewing Obscure, as they're essentially the same game. Same fixed camera angles (that wasn't a compliment, by the way), similar atmosphere, similarly atrocious dialogue writing, a few decent scares and the same "stand still and shoot" game play. A few no-brainer puzzles are scattered around, mostly of the "find the lever somewhere and return it to the broken switch" variety. The voice acting is spotty, but at least its performed by an American cast. Most of the unintentionally humorous dialogue comes from Stanley, the "street-wise" kid who talks like Eminem's retarded brother. Not bad, despite what you might've read in the ruthlessly negative critical reviews, but well short of great also. SIDE NOTE - Machines running WIndows Vista and above cannot play this without the no-dvd crack due to AWFUL StarForce anti-piracy software. May everyone at StarForce suck a big one for making games unplayable!!!! Expand
  7. May 14, 2020
    0
    Oups, mauvaise version, mauvaise pioche... sauf pour les graphismes (forcément... et quand même !) parce que ce portage PC se fout du monde :Oups, mauvaise version, mauvaise pioche... sauf pour les graphismes (forcément... et quand même !) parce que ce portage PC se fout du monde : premièrement, on ne peut pas jouer à la manette ; secondement, on ne peut pas jouer à la souris ! ; troisièmement, tu te tapes donc tout au clavier et tu vas te faire foutre ! merci à ces cons de développeurs, merci, trop bien...!

    Première fois que je vois ça... ou disons que j'avais pas vu ça depuis un vieux jeu DOS, Bioforge je crois... et c'était un fameux tas de merde dans son genre ! Eh bien, là aussi, c'est un tas de merde masi un peu plus gros et plus grand quie la vieillerie sous DOS...

    Car évidemment (pour ne rien arranger) Obscure ne fonctionne pas sous les OS 64 bits en raison de sa protection anti-copie à la mords-moi-le-noeud. Et sous XP, il faut rebooter après l'installation du jeu pour... installer le driver anti-copie, puis relancer le jeu, entrer le serial number de mes deux, puis (encore) ce sale jeu de merde vérifie le disque pendant un certain temps... comme un douanier. Enfin, éventuellement, il se lance...

    Et là donc, on voit que la souris "n'existe pas" ! et qu'en plus, il ne s'agit que d'une espèce de "Resident Evil" chez les ados amerloques débiles (pléonasme) avec caméra fixe les trois quarts du temps, scripts moisis et tout le toutim...

    Bon donc, c'est pas que je m'ennuie mais j'ai mieux à faire que de perdre du temps sur une merde pareille : je balance tout ça dans la benne.
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