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While it has its flaws, horror fans will find plenty to like about it and will likely love the majority of their time spent with it.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freviews\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel","2022-07-01","7.5",75,{"id":55,"author":56,"outlet":59,"summary":64,"review_url":65,"review_date":66,"original_score":67,"normalized_score":68},45088,{"id":57,"name":58},3988,"Garri Bagdasarov",{"id":60,"logo":61,"name":62,"website_url":63,"score_format":48},62,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPlaystation-Universe-Logo.jpg","Playstation Universe","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002F","Fobia St. Dinfna Hotel does a lot of things right but it falls just a tad short of matching the greatness of many other games in the genre. I loved exploring the Hotel and solving puzzles that are reminiscent of classic titles like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. It's just a shame that combat is not only boring but lacks any real challenge, and the story doesn't provide much resolution or explanation to what's really going on.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002Freviews\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review-ps5\u002F","2022-06-27","7",70,{"id":70,"author":71,"outlet":74,"summary":79,"review_url":80,"review_date":66,"original_score":81,"normalized_score":82},62585,{"id":72,"name":73},3920,"Richard Seagrave",{"id":75,"logo":76,"name":77,"website_url":78,"score_format":48},27,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpew-Logo.jpg","GameSpew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com","Ultimately, Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel is a bit rough around the edges. Its voice acting isn’t great, which ruins the tension at times, as do its poor enemy animations and sub-par combat. But in an age where new, half-decent survival horror games are few and far between, this isn’t worth writing off completely. Its puzzles are enjoyable, and it does a good job of creating an eerie atmosphere. Particularly if you’re a fan of the classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, it’s worth checking into St. Dinfna Hotel.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespew.com\u002F2022\u002F06\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review\u002F","6\u002F10",60,{"id":84,"author":85,"outlet":88,"summary":93,"review_url":94,"review_date":66,"original_score":67,"normalized_score":68},97401,{"id":86,"name":87},223,"Andrew Farrell",{"id":89,"logo":90,"name":91,"website_url":92,"score_format":48},136,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCInvasion.jpg","PC Invasion","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002F","With an interesting environment packed with puzzles and mysteries but a distinct lack of enemy variety and scares, Fobia should only be checked into if you can overlook its detriments.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcinvasion.com\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review-a-lonesome-stay\u002F",{"id":96,"author":97,"outlet":100,"summary":106,"review_url":107,"review_date":108,"original_score":109,"normalized_score":110},36687,{"id":98,"name":99},3535,"Ricky Knight",{"id":101,"logo":102,"name":103,"website_url":104,"score_format":105},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","100","Survival horror fans have been enjoying a relative renaissance these past few years in gaming. With Resident Evil remakes dominating the landscape, and a new Dead Space (and Calisto Protocol) on the horizon, there hasn’t been a better time to get that terrifying adrenaline rush. From Pulsatrix Studios, Fobia: St Dinfna Hotel enters the fray and wears its genre on its sleeve.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review\u002F","2022-07-07","50",50,{"id":112,"author":113,"outlet":116,"summary":122,"review_url":123,"review_date":124,"original_score":125,"normalized_score":126},65861,{"id":114,"name":115},5056,"Jesse Galena",{"id":117,"logo":118,"name":119,"website_url":120,"score_format":121},72,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fthe-escapist-logo.jpg","The Escapist","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.escapistmagazine.com\u002F","unscored","Fobia isn’t bad, but I found it rudimentary to the point of being mostly boring. While it has some fun puzzles and a few good scares, the majority of my ten-and-a-half-hour playthrough was dull. Every new story reveal failed to pay off in an interesting way, monster encounters felt basic, and wandering through the environment was disorienting. But if you’re interested in a new game trying to recapture the bizarre logic, unpredictability, and difficulty of old survival horror games, it might scratch that itch.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.escapistmagazine.com\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review-in-3-minutes-old-school-horror-but-generic\u002F","2022-07-04","Unscored",0,{"id":128,"author":129,"outlet":132,"summary":137,"review_url":138,"review_date":139,"original_score":140,"normalized_score":53},55090,{"id":130,"name":131},4550,"Violet Plata",{"id":133,"logo":134,"name":135,"website_url":136,"score_format":48},45,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameGrin%20Logo.png","GameGrin","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002F","Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel is a gorgeous game with awesome puzzles and a cinematic experience. It just won't be the game for you if combat is essential to you.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamegrin.com\u002Freviews\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review\u002F","2022-08-17","7.50",{"id":142,"author":143,"outlet":146,"summary":151,"review_url":152,"review_date":66,"original_score":153,"normalized_score":154},66761,{"id":144,"name":145},1479,"Jordan Devore",{"id":147,"logo":148,"name":149,"website_url":150,"score_format":48},10,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDestructoid-Logo.png","Destructoid","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com","Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel is worth playing for patient survival horror fans who want something lighter on combat, and can handle budget-constrained rough edges. Monsters wander around in an effort to raise the stakes, but the focus is on meticulous exploration, just-cryptic-enough puzzle-solving, and mentally mapping out the many, many hotel halls.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.destructoid.com\u002Freviews\u002Freview-fobia-st-dinfna-hotel-survival-horror-puzzle-adventure-game\u002F","\n\t\t\t6.5\t\t",65,{"id":156,"author":157,"outlet":160,"summary":166,"review_url":167,"review_date":168,"original_score":169,"normalized_score":82},82778,{"id":158,"name":159},6615,"Andrew Agress",{"id":161,"logo":162,"name":163,"website_url":164,"score_format":165},128,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Outerhaven-Logo.jpeg","The OuterHaven","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F","5","Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel offers an embarrassment of riches for horror game fans, but throwing all of the best scary game mechanics into one title and hoping they make for a great game doesn’t quite pan out. Still, this hotel should satisfy those players looking for some old-school scares, even if others may want to consider spending the night elsewhere.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F2022\u002F07\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review-call-the-exterminator\u002F","2022-07-05","3.0\u002F5",{"id":171,"author":172,"outlet":175,"summary":180,"review_url":181,"review_date":66,"original_score":182,"normalized_score":183},79068,{"id":173,"name":174},5903,"Quinn Hiers",{"id":176,"logo":177,"name":178,"website_url":179,"score_format":48},38,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FBut-Why-Tho-Logo.jpg","But Why Tho","https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhytho.net\u002F","The puzzles are challenging but satisfying, the spooks are wonderful, and the story draws you in from the very start—Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel has all the right elements, just may need a couple of gameplay tweaks for the console. Nevertheless, if you’re looking for a horror game with all the puzzles you could ever need, look no further.","https:\u002F\u002Fbutwhythopodcast.com\u002F2022\u002F06\u002F27\u002Freview-fobia-st-dinfna-hotel-is-a-stellar-horror-puzzler-ps5\u002F","85",85,{"id":185,"author":186,"outlet":189,"summary":194,"review_url":195,"review_date":66,"original_score":196,"normalized_score":197},80656,{"id":187,"name":188},6286,"Henry Yu",{"id":190,"logo":191,"name":192,"website_url":193,"score_format":48},59,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGaming-Nexus-Logo.jpg","Gaming Nexus","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingnexus.com\u002F","If you enjoy modern Resident Evil titles such as Resident Evil 7 and Village, then you will feel right at home with Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel. It's an obvious love letter to the franchise that contains plenty of lore, mystery, horror, and puzzles. Unfortunately, the janky controls take away from what otherwise is an indie game with lots of heart and promise.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamingnexus.com\u002FArticle\u002F7620\u002FFOBIA-e28093-St-Dinfna-Hotel\u002F","8.0",80,{"id":199,"author":200,"outlet":203,"summary":208,"review_url":209,"review_date":210,"original_score":211,"normalized_score":68},100801,{"id":201,"name":202},8955,"Kyle Nicol",{"id":204,"logo":205,"name":206,"website_url":207,"score_format":48},138,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F","As a sucker for horror games, I’m always looking for that next fix. Luckily, I’ve been able to play a few somewhat recently, from the fantastic new Resident Evil titles to the terrifying Visage. When I first noticed Fobia – St. Findna Hotel from Pulsatrix Studios, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. However, what we got is a pretty surprising survival horror title that is a glorious love letter to the genre’s past, but it’s not without its issues.","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F02\u002Freview-fobia-st-dinfna-hotel\u002F","2022-07-02","7.0",{"id":213,"author":214,"outlet":217,"summary":222,"review_url":223,"review_date":224,"original_score":225,"normalized_score":82},134133,{"id":215,"name":216},11087,"Travis Bruno",{"id":218,"logo":219,"name":220,"website_url":221,"score_format":48},143,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcapsule-computers-logo.jpg","Capsule Computers","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.capsulecomputers.com.au\u002F","Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel offers a solid blend of challenging retro puzzles and some modern horror elements but lacks any enjoyable combat as well as a poor English dub.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.capsulecomputers.com.au\u002F2022\u002F07\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review\u002F","2022-07-09","6",{"id":227,"author":228,"outlet":231,"summary":236,"review_url":237,"review_date":66,"original_score":238,"normalized_score":68},135624,{"id":229,"name":230},4358,"Justin Mercer",{"id":232,"logo":233,"name":234,"website_url":235,"score_format":48},148,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgamerescape-logo.jpg","Gamer Escape","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F","Slowly working your way through the hotel, taking in the gorgeously detailed environment, wracking your brain to figure out how to progress, remembering all of the blocked paths you can now access with a newly acquired key item—these are the moments when the game is at its absolute best. Had the title leaned into this as the main aspect of the experience, you could very well have been reading a recommendation for one of the genre’s premier titles. Instead, Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel is an...","https:\u002F\u002Fgamerescape.com\u002F2022\u002F06\u002F27\u002Freview-fobia-st-dinfna-hotel\u002F","7\u002F10",{"id":240,"author":241,"outlet":244,"summary":249,"review_url":250,"review_date":66,"original_score":251,"normalized_score":252},160081,{"id":242,"name":243},11822,"James Wood",{"id":245,"logo":246,"name":247,"website_url":248,"score_format":48},147,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwellplayed-logo.png","WellPlayed","https:\u002F\u002Fwell-played.com.au\u002F","Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel lifts liberally from the best of the horror genre but its unsatisfying core gameplay loops leave you out in the cold. A nifty camera mechanic allows for some entertaining time-bending exploration and the game has a solid grasp on 2000s grunge aesthetics, even if the story at its heart is a little old hat.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.well-played.com.au\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review\u002F","5.5",55,{"id":254,"author":255,"outlet":258,"summary":263,"review_url":264,"review_date":224,"original_score":265,"normalized_score":126},2239526,{"id":256,"name":257},17880,"Dean Clark",{"id":259,"logo":260,"name":261,"website_url":262,"score_format":48},159,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgametyrant.webp","Game Tyrant ","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002F","A great horror game that provides an entertaining experience!","https:\u002F\u002Fgametyrant.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffobia-st-dinfna-hotel-review-scares-that-wont-let-you-check-out","0",16,[21],[26],[]]