Reading about the lives of those people, about the mythology the game attempts to bring to life, was an experience that was on the way of becoming gripping. I felt that it was during these segments the game truly began to shine. The majority of the game will be spent moving from one place to the other, reading notes left behind by denizens of the eponymous woods and taking in the sights. Marketed as a horror adventure game, Through The Woods has an identity issue, never quite being sure which one of those it wants to emphasize more. Unfortunately, the performance isn’t the only thing Through The Woods doesn’t get right. To add to it all, during the last mission, Through The Woods ran at a wonderful 60 FPS on the highest of settings, even when I dared shine my flashlight towards the morning sun. Karen’s flashlight quickly grew to be the thing I dreaded the most, as turning it on prompted the frame rate to go even lower than it already was. The fact that the game has no individual graphical options to mess around with doesn’t give you many choices either, as the four available presets only make the game uglier the lower you go, without actually helping the performance too much.
A way to the woods game update#
A day 2 update did solve that issue for some, while others, such as myself, weren’t as lucky. This happened even for people with high-end machines. The game sat in the 20-30 FPS region for a good while, even on the lowest of settings. On release, performance was simply atrocious. The game is pretty pretentious in terms of hardware. The first glaring issue I was faced with was related to its performance. Halfway through the first chapter, however, things begin to slowly fall apart. As you take your first steps, letting everything set in, the game comes forth as capable of creating a good atmosphere. Through The Woods sets off to a promising start, with Karen and Espen Dahl, mother and child, going to a cabin in the forest, in order to allow her to concentrate on her work. In fact, I can’t quite name one to come out in the last couple of years so when I heard about Through The Woods, my interest was immediately peaked. There aren’t that many horror games that make use of a Norwegian setting.
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