![]() ![]() Playing on Xbox One X, the achievement system seems to be broken. ![]() ![]() Did you begin to develop resentment towards your father as Rachel look over all of his thoughts? Or was the hatred growing inside of you for her? All of these themes, along with the unthinkable affair and relationship between a 16-year old and someone most likely three times her age, begins to weigh on Nicole's mind. The way Nicole remembers Rachel, and how her father's attention was fixated on her growing up is the most disturbing thing in the game. Irving begins to pry into the past, bringing up the ghosts that Nicole wanted to forget. Growing up in the hotel, you know every inch of the place, every hiding spot, every crawl space, and passage. With the mother inundated with managing and running the hotel, you have fond memories of Leonard, your father, at least before the incident. A couple of flickering lights and unexplained doors that slam does elevate the tension, but it never reaches the level that it should.Įventually, the game delves deeper into your relationship with your father. There is even one sequence where you watch footage left from a group of ghost hunters that fled the hotel after experiencing an apparition, but the pay off for your character never happens. The mystery of your family's past is key to the story, but the attempted horror falls flat. Even when you awake one day to find the power has gone out, and the hallways as black as night, I never felt frightened. At first, you use his knowledge of the location to find something edible to eat and how to stay warm, but as the first hours turn to days, you welcome the warm sensation of connecting with Irving.īeing snowed in at an empty hotel out in the wilderness is a similar plot to one of the best psychological horror films ever made, The Shining. Irving serves as your guide, an unattainable ray of hope for survival. ![]() During most conversations, you are given two different choice responses, which changes the way the banter plays out between the two of them. Like Campo Santo's Firewatch, Nicole and Irving's relationship starts dismissively and blossoms throughout the four-hour ordeal. A hotel map helps you find specific locations and Nicole's notes that clue you into where you need to go to advance the narrative.Īlthough the only person in the hotel, you are not alone, thanks to an early cell phone prototype that provides a direct line to a FEMA agent named Irving. It's quite clear that the place is in disrepair, a shattered chandelier rests in the middle of the ballroom, the second floor looks rundown with cracked walls and ceilings infested with dangerous mold. The massive hotel contains dozens of rooms, hallways, multiple floors, and secret passageways, making it relatively easy to get lost exploring the atmospheric hotel. Although strong-willed, being trapped inside the place her mother and her fled ten years ago, brings up forgotten memories of the past. Reaching the seemingly abandoned location, deep within Montana's mountains, Nicole becomes stranded as an unexpectedly heavy snowstorm makes leaving impossible. With your father's passing, the hotel is the last haunting memory from your childhood and a man you grew to despise most in this world. Reading through your mother's handwriting notes left for you from her deathbed, she implores you to return to The Timberland Hotel and assess its current condition and sell it. Nicole Wilson's family has been torn apart when she was little by her father's past actions, having a creepy affair with 16-year old Rachel Foster, which led to her taking her own life while nine weeks pregnant. A narrative adventure set in the early 90s, The Suicide of Rachel Foster takes place inside an eerily decaying family hotel. ![]()
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