Game Review: The Ghost of You


As someone who loves reading, I have a certain fondness for text-based games despite not having played many. The most recent one I've played is The Ghost of You, a text-based horror game by Noodletub Games. Seeing how June is LGBTQ Pride Month, I figured it's a good time to talk about this game.

You play as Libretto Pansatto, a young woman and aspiring violinist still reeling from the death of her mother. She is invited to a performance celebrating the reopening of the town symphony hall, where her best friend and ex-girlfriend will be performing. However, while the symphony plays, Libertto is suddenly knocked out by a mysterious figure while the people around her start dying horribly. When she wakes up, she finds the symphony hall has become a scene of horrors, and her friends are nowhere to be seen. She has to find her friends, find a way to escape, and find out why this is happening to her.



The game has a very simple look to it, having no pictures save for the sidebars. You're going to have to do a lot of reading in this game, but the story presented is a very interesting and compelling read. The descriptions are vivid and greatly add to the horror of the environment, and the story's mysteries do a good job drawing players further into the nightmarish symphony hall to figure out what's going on and how everything ties together.



The game features an all-female cast with very interesting and compelling characters. The main characters are solid and engaging, and the antagonists are delightfully deranged. All of the characters help strengthen the narrative and add to the mysteries of the story. The character arcs are fascinating to experience, and the way the story ties them all together at the end is a delight to read about.



I also need to call out the fantastic use of sounds. This is a game I highly recommend you always play with the sound on, because the soundtrack and sound effects do a great job in increasing immersion. The splashing of water, the sound of footsteps in the snow, the creaking of doors, the shattering of glass...the sound effects may be simple, but they're placed expertly throughout the game and added a lot to the unnerving atmosphere.



The Ghost of You is a very enjoyable game, and one I recommend to anyone who enjoys text-based games, horror, and lesbian romances. I heard that Noodletub Games has another game in the works, and I look forward to seeing what else they come up with in the future.

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