The Guest
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Adventure, FPP, puzzle elements, exploration games, 80s, singleplayer
Steam
A first-person adventure game with puzzles, developed by small team at Spanish Team Gotham studio. The Guest takes place in the 80s inside an obscure hotel. The main hero is a Soviet scientist with a mysterious past, who struggles with mental issues due to his medicine addiction.
The Guest is a PC-based FPP adventure. It was developed by the Spanish Team Gotham studio, known for its Cooking Time mobile puzzle game.
Story
The action of the game was set in the 80s of the last century. The main character is Dr. Evgueni Leonov - a Soviet scientist with a full of secrets of the past and considerable mental problems, at least some of which are caused by a strong addiction to various drugs. During the campaign, the state of his mind will gradually deteriorate, which will affect his perception of reality.
The story begins when Leonov decides to spend the night in a neglected hotel. After waking up in the middle of the night, the protagonist discovers with horror that someone has removed the handles from his room. The first task is to get out of this room, but after its completion it quickly turns out that the interior of the building is completely abandoned, and for this at every step there are numerous obstacles waiting to stop the scientist inside.
During the campaign we must not only find a way to escape from the hotel, but also get to know its history and discover how it is related to the hero's past.
Mechanics
In terms of gameplay mechanisms The Guest is a development of ideas from the escape the room, which is popular among free browser productions. The campaign therefore consists of a series of larger and smaller enclosed spaces. After hitting each of them, the player has to find a way to get further, which requires careful interior exploration, collection of objects and solving puzzles. The level of difficulty of the puzzles is high and the game can reliably test the cleverness and perceptiveness of the player. The Guest lacks any agility challenges.
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Last updated on August 14, 2015
Videos and Screens
[1:03] The Guest launch trailer
[1:01] The Guest trailer
The Guest Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Team Gotham
Publisher: Team Gotham
The Guest System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce 9600 GT/Radeon HD 4800 or better, Windows XP