The parts of the game that I was able to play were super fun! The backgrounds and character design were absolutely stunning, the voice actors were fantastic, and the story was incredibly engaging.However, I was unable to finish the game due to its constant crashing. Not only did the game crash a few random times throughout my play through, but whenever I attempt to enter Benjamin’s house, the game crashes. I’ve tried to get around this several times, but nothing seems to work. I’ve tried loading a save file that placed me at the end of Phantasmagoria and reentering the house, clicking the “Continue” button on the home screen once I was inside the house, but nothing seems to work. I adore this game and would love to finish it, but I can’t.Is there anything that can be done to fix this?

Little Misfortune is one of those games that doesn’t quite fit the usual qualifications for a game. There’s very little to the gameplay other than moving left and right, and interacting with objects. It’s akin to an old Sierra point and click, but much shorter. And I’m fine with that. Little Misfortune is more of an experience than it is a game, similar to the likes of Journey or Abzu. And maybe it’s just because mainstream games have become nothing more than shameless cash grabs, but even in its brevity, Little Misfortune has more heart and soul pouring out of its illustrated narrative than any AAA release I’ve played recently. Be warned though, this is not a story for the faint-hearted. Little Misfortunes journey to find eternal happiness for her mother is fraught with danger and disappointment. But for anyone willing to undertake the perilous task with our Little Lady, the ending is an emotional and depressing while also somewhat uplifting climax that will stay with you for a while. Warning: as of this review, the IOS version has a bug that keeps you from getting the “good” ending, so completionists be warned, you can still win the game, but not %100.

The game is great and other than the weird frame rate during cut scenes it runs fine. You can get thru the whole game without experiencing anything game breaking, until you reach the end of the game. Toward the end there is a VCR you can interact it’s supposed to play a video then it breaks and you can use misfortune’s ability to “fix”bit. But when you interact with the VCR the game loads for a second the crashes. This prevents you from using her ability which thus prevents you from collecting all the things you need to unlock a separate ending of the game. I’ve tried to interact with the VCR multiple times and it crashes the game every time. This is disappointing because I would have love to unlock the ending myself without having to look it up online. The game is still playable but the inability to collect everything makes it somewhat disappointing.

This games mechanics are like non I have ever seen. All you can do is move left and right and interact with objects, and yet the simplicity of choices make this game so very engaging. It’s dark, but that’s what I like. The stunning art, acting, and story had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I’ve just gotten into darker things(more horror comics and movies, games like this,) and I could easily tell this was one of the best of its genre. Be wary, it gets pretty dark so make sure you can handle it. It also has some language. If you can handle it, please don’t hesitate to play this masterpiece of a game.