The Cardinal House

Creator: ノベボー

Average Rating
8.9 / 10
Average Difficulty
52.4 / 100
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Adventure (11) Trap (3) Gimmick (5) Boss (2) Long (2) Story (2) Puzzle (2) Horror (4) Scary (1)

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26 Reviews:

patrickgh3
Great spooky atmosphere and production value make this game memorable to me. There's some cool platforming obstacles too, and the occasional puzzle. I wish I could read the Japanese text. I wish it was finished, though it feels somewhat complete as is. Would definitely recommend, there's some cool and unique ideas here that are well executed.

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Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 8.0 80       Difficulty: 35 35
Nov 20, 2017
PlutoTheThing
Very unique fangame with a really good atmosphere and very unique gameplay. It certainly doesn't play like a traditional fangame but that's fine of course. The sense of progression in exploring more and more and uncovering more of the story is really satisfying. The only issues I had were with some of the bosses being kinda slow at times, and some traps were annoying since many wasted a lot of your time, particularly towards the start of the game. The final boss was a really cool spectacle, but it's a bit annoying to play, checkpoints would have made it better since it is quite tedious doing the early phases due to how hard it is to deal damage. This minor inconveniences were just a small part of the game, overall it's a very distinct and amazing fangame I think everyone should play at some point.

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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 42 42
Mar 3, 2023
kurath
Rating based on good end? i guess i'd call it. Thanks to shign for the translated version (see his review), definitely makes a difference on this game.

Its a very unique adventure game, playing very heavily into theming which is not that common in the fangame world, and it does it well. This is probably its main strength, and sometimes comes at the cost of gameplay but I would say is worth it.

Production-wise, its very solid and lends itself towards its goals. The soundtrack is very fitting for the horror atmosphere and the sound effects are well chosen to be sharp and alarming, again playing into its theming.

The platforming is very varied and while isn't always the most deep design-wise, the variety and unexpectedness of it keeps it interesting, especially with the atmosphere. It stays consistently good which is important since there's a bit of backtracking/repeating required throughout the game. Even with the translation, it isn't always entirely clear where you're going, so its recommended that you like exploring a bit.

The bosses a bit of a mixed bag, but generally are not hard enough to present to be a problem - even likely for a newer player, as most of the hardest attacks are pattern attacks that just take a bit of learning. Again, theming and visual/audio design is amazing here, but the pacing/attacks can frequently come up short.

Overall, I definitely enjoyed it and I find very importantly for myself is that this is a very memorable game, something I put a lot of value into. It does a great job setting itself apart from other fangames and knows what its trying to do, and does it well. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone looking for generally an easier, hefty adventure game and doesn't mind a little spooky.

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Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 9.0 90       Difficulty: 55 55
Aug 10, 2022
Cutiefruity
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wow, replaying this game made me realize it's just really incredible. Honestly one of my favorites

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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 62 62
Jan 4, 2021
liuant
That really long pattern attack near the end of the EX boss is kind of annoying. Everything else is fun.

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Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss Story
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Rating: 9.8 98       Difficulty: 55 55
Jul 24, 2020