Review: Betrayer
Plattform: PC
Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/243120/
Developer: Blackpowder Games
Publisher: Blackpowder Games
Release Date: 24 Mar, 2014

Betrayer is an atmospheric horror Stealth Adventure Fantasy first person shooter, with gameplay elements of detective stories.

Strikingly, Betrayer is a game without a soundtrack.

The games atmosphere is created by the natural soundscape (forest and wind sounds), the story of which is told only with textbox quests and by the FPS battles with muskets, bows and tomahawks, and others during the British colonial era used weapons.

My recommendation at this point, play Betrayer with headphones on to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere.

Graphically Betrayer also stands out with its black-and-white style which is brought into the foreground by red-colored elements and items.

The horror of the game does not consist of Jump Scares, it is based on the sinister and dark story, quests and characters in the game and their personal stories. Betrayer really goes there where it might be extremely uncomfortable for some, since in some cases the depths of human depravity and really violent crimes (and their consequences) are treated here.

Unfortunately Betrayer got only a hold of me after 1-2 hours of playtime, thats when the game starts rolling. That is not really a disadvantage, but I can understand if some place the game after 1 hour playing time aside. Furthermore, all of the quests are text based, no part of the game is Voice Acted, if one disregards the cry sounds of the monsters.

Something I personally do not like to call negative, but the game mechanics of exploring the respective maps of the game, it can happen that if you have the lyrics and hints in the game not fully understood, take a lot of time with you only walking around as to find evidence and Quest items. This can be really time consuming and annoying for some.

Conclusion:

If you have a problem with reading lots of text boxes and a missing musical soundscape of a video game, you may not become really happy with Betrayer.

But for those who seek a different kind of FPS horror game, can find in Betrayer an almost 15 hours long and good horror fantasy shooter.