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回门 Way Back Home

"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...

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January 29, 2021
5 years and 186 days ago
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Mostly Positive520 reviews71.7%

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About the Game

Introduction:

After five years, you finally return to your hometown, but you find it is quite different from the memory: the lost sister, the suspicious hospital, the treacherous mansion You're on your way to finding your family, and you're on your way to revealing the terrible truth.

Background:

In 1926, you finished your overseas study and returned to your hometown.



Perhaps because of the changes of the times, the once familiar town is quite different from the memory: the mysterious notes recording the ghosts, the lost sisters, the suspicious hospital, the treacherous mansion What truth is hiding under the appearance of small town peace? Is this a reality or an illusion? You go back to memory at different ages. When the wedding clothes are covered with blood, the fate of generations will meet again There is no accident in the tragedy of the times, which is the inevitable cause and effect.

Game features:

·Carefully designed scenes with the characteristics of the Republic of China.



·The playful design with a strong sense of bringing in, such as stealth, chase, backpack management, mystery solving in line with the times and the plot, and sophisticated props of the times, etc.



·The plot design is rich and suitable for the characteristics of the times, including many major events of the times. The ups and downs of the town are full of sorrows, suspense and reversals.



·Excellent voice and soundtrack team, improve the sense of game substitution.



·Many story lines are waiting for players to dig, and there are some interesting little eggs in the heavy terror atmosphere.



·Exquisite character vertical drawing design, rich animation.