The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel (TL) has you journey with a cast of 7 main characters who are somehow linked through a strange incident at a mansion on the outskirts of town.
Audio (★★★★★)
✔️ Immersive and creepy soundscape
✔️ Timing of music and sound effects is so on point!
Story (★★★☆☆)
✔️ Fully voiced dialogues
✔️ Close reminder of Pulp Fiction and Asian horror films (like Ju-On)
✔️ Does a great job at drawing out the suspense and mystery
✔️ There are extremely well-timed jump scares all throughout the narrative
✔️ Touches on heavy topics (Such as familial obligations, death, sexuality, and self harm)
✔️ LGBT-friendly
❌ Script needs more polishing and has tons of grammatical mistakes
❌ Pacing can be a little slow at times
❌ Awkward dialogues may appear at times
❌ Repetitive and redundant dialogues and narration in TL
Gameplay (★★★☆☆)
✔️ Multiple playable characters
✔️ Your choices will affect the way everything plays out (Branching storyline)
✔️ Your choices will also mending or breaking relationships with each other
✔️ Unique relationship system
✔️ Multiple endings
❌ It runs a little too long
❌ Quick-time events (QTE) are bizarre and challenging
❌ Lack of clear directions for QTE
Graphics (★★★★★)
✔️ Stunning realistic cartoonish art style
✔️ Detailed and beautiful backgrounds
✔️ Slightly animated characters
Verdict (★★★★★★★★☆☆)
TL does appear to be an intriguing visual novel that proves to be a good choice to sink hours into (At least if you don’t mind the jumpscares). As good as any game can be, it still has its flaws. When it comes to the narrative, it can be rather repetitive and sometimes disappointing.
As much as I love a good text-heavy game, I find that TL is in need of a good old TLC with its script. Still, if you’re in for a good scare and some good old horror along the way, this is definitely right up your alley.
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