There was one main thing I really didn't like about Midnight Manor. The developer was up front about it right on the store page so it was at least partly on me. My main issue was the lack of a save system. When game's say they're quick or short then I normally don't mind not saving but I clocked forty six minutes on my play through and still hadn't beat it. I needed to get ready for work so I had to quit. This was actually my second attempt as earlier I had to quit because after accidentally throwing a bone on the ground in the first level it disappeared and I then couldn't proceed as I couldn't throw it in the cauldron. I haven't been able to recreate this bug so I don't think it's a serious issue but the fact remains if I had been able to save maybe I wouldn't have lost seventeen minutes of progress like I did. Aside from this I actually like the game. The game play is simple but fun. The music is well done. The controls are solid. The performance was great even on Intel onboard graphics. It worked with my Logitech game pad. The graphics aren't technically spectacular but have a nice style and use of colours.
I played Midnight manor on Linux. It never crashed and aside from the one time bone issue I didn't experience any other bugs. The game has no graphics options at all aside from choosing full screen or windowed mode.
Graphics Engine: Godot
Graphics API: OpenGL
Disk Space Used: 141 MB
Input Used: Logitech F310
CPU Usage: 2-4 %
RAM Usage: 2.4-2.5 GB
Frame Rate: 165 FPS (constant, never dropped)
My Score may not reflect it but I wouldn't call Midnight Manor a bad game, just one that could have been better. I paid $4.01 CAD for it and from a value standpoint would call it fine. If you don't mind the lack of saves then you may enjoy it more than I did. As I said there are a lot of good aspects to it.
My Score: 5.5/10
My System:
Intel i5-12600K | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | Intel UHD 770 | Mesa 23.0.4 | Western Digital Black SN850 500GB | Trisquel 11 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 6.7.3-gnu
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