Ghost Master Review
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Ghost Master is all about strategically commanding your own legion of haunters to wreak havoc on the town of Gravenville. Don't forget to pick up the Complete Edition!
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Issues & Fixes
02:28 - Game Premise
03:14 - Visuals
05:00 - Music & Sound Design
06:50 - Gameplay Mechanics
13:46 - Story
15:39 - Conclusions
16:24 - Credits
17:33 - Cleansing Flame
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Ghost Master on GOG - gog.la/BOO
Complete Edition - www.moddb.com/mods/ghost-master-complete-edition (may need some hunting)
THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
Halloween soon.
A flawed game that gets better because of an extensive mod.
Temple of Elemental Evil review when?
This is one of the formative games of my childhood; the present from my uncle which got me over my fear of the dark. I never dreamed someone would make a good video about it. Thank you
You should add goldensphere mod to the list, its a story mod for stalker SoC that takes much more inspiration from the roadside picnic book and the stalker movie its kinda cursed too, would be cool if you reviewed it
YOU FUCKING DID IT! But not on Halloween. sadly. 😍
Cosmology of Kyoto is a perfect spooky game to review this month!
Honestly it's incredible the work people will put into mods, patches and fan updates for niche content, usually for free. I don't think stuff like that gets acknowledged enough it's honestly so cool of people to do
It's really incredible work. Especially with something like this where there's no other game like it so the talented fans themselves are the ones adding more for it.
"Content"
@@ThisIsYourGodNowyes, that word was used.
Information preservation is wholly underappreciated.
backbone of the community
My favorite little detail in this game is when you enter your name, you hear the people performing a seance ask "is anyone there?", and if you enter "no" on the ouija board the game simply closes itself.
I just tried it and you're right. That rules.
I did not know that and it's awesome!
They dontvplay around lol
You like Chinese noodles?
That's hilarious
Ah, I remember this game. For one particular reason.
I first discovered this game in a book full of walkthroughs, and the Hospital mission had a note that "A rare bug may leave a mortal stuck in the parking lot. The only option then is to assign the dog ghost to piss on them for an hour or two until they go so insane they disappear from the map due to stat overflow."
And of course when I played this game myself I DID in fact encounter that bug.
It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Video games rule.
To be fair, I too may just glitch out of reality if a dog manages to piss for more than an hour on me while I myself am stuck to the pavement.
i think bug is not that rare. I played this game in school i got this bug. I ve seen streamers got this bug in 2 walkthroughs too.
The rabbit Harriet is a reference to Harvey, a play about an invisible entity called a Pooka named Harvey that takes the form of a 6 foot tall anthropomorphic rabbit.
Popularized by the 1950 film of the same name starring Jimmy Stewart
Yeah but did Harvey have gams like Harriet's?
Wonder if that also influenced the Edna and Harvey games as well...
I gets the references, but all I can think about is that the fact she looks like a mixture between vanny and glitchtrap from FNAF.
Like, it’s almost beat by beat.
Lmao. I figured that t was just some furry dev making excuses to have his beloved in the game.
@@mr.cowboy1604I just thought she looked like female Bugs Bunny
It's a pleasure to see this video come out after all these years teasing it with the music. I'm glad you liked our mod!
Like christmas!
@@DerFreiegedankeonly spookier 👻
legend
Thanks for all your hard work!
Well maybe you guys will read it maybe not, but thanks for all your hard work.
We truly live in a creatively-bankrupt world, if something like Ghost Master never got a worthy... "spiritual" successor.
I remember a forum about making a fan game like this but as always with fanmade, it went on glacier progress
not even dungeon keeper did
@@tsartomato wasnt there a lot of spinoff for dungeon keeper? I remember there were the parodies ones.
@@tsartomato It did get a spiritual successor, it's called 'War for the Overworld' and it's great!
I've seen at least one murder hotel manager on Splattercat's channel
There was an old Sega Genesis game that had a similar premise to this called "The Haunting". You played as a teenage ghost ("Polterguy") who was killed by the negligence of a rich family, so you haunt them and drive them out of every household they occupy. It predates Ghost Master by about a decade, but it's nice to see the idea didn't die with it.
I'd just mentioned this without reading the comments. Got some Polterguy vibes.
Hellll maybe
I think the 16 bit graphics look better than Ghost Master's graphics.
Haha, i was reading through the comments just to find someone mentioning the Polterguy, i loved playing that game when i was a kid 😂
That was EXACTLY my though watching this video
there was this old flash game about being a little ghost in a house that wanted to scare everyone out of a house party, and i played the hell out of it. there was a whole terror meter where it influenced how scary you could be with your possessed items, but you had to balance terrifying people so they leave but not from the third story window (which meant people were now in the house as ghosts with you), which was a cool balance too! it just directly stimulates that long rotted part of my brain
That game was called Haunt the House if you're looking for it. They made sequels & it's available on Steam now.
@@glasspug oh it's on steam??? sweet, ill look into it, thank you
I did too!!!!! Such a cute fun game
For years, I've been bamboozled into thinking there will be no Ghost Master video.
I really love this game, and Im happy complete edition gets some recognition for how many things it fixes and adds.
Ghost Master był w pyte 👌
making a video is painfully difficult enough
but trying to run old games on modern systems thats where its either magical or pure hell
I feel like this game is in category "Thank God you made a review of it, now i am sure that thing exists and i actually played it when i was a child and it was not just my imagination"
Finally, after all these years, we get the game from which we hear the awesome soundtrack in nearly every video. Drove me insane!
>They wanted you to face down Native American shamans, highly trained Jewish exorcists... Feds.
And they said Wraith: The Oblivion Campaign would never get a game adaption.
Seeing you showcase the various different ghosts, especially with the subtitles on to see such a lovely gem as 'Electrospasm', and then seeing and hearing Harriet the furry ghost rabbit talking about her gams was like getting hit by a cartoon jack in the box with a spring-loaded boxing glove thing. What the hell.
Maybe she's meant to be a reference to Harvey, the play/movie about the man whose best friend is an invisible/imaginary rabbit.
I think that ghost is a pooka that's why it's a rabbit
I think her fetter being child is the most sus one.
@@pieissogood11I've tried to google it but the only thing I get is a celtic puck. Is that the same thing?
@@pieissogood11 that actually makes sense, she said something about tricksters
I love this era of games along with stuff like Evil Genius, Startopia, Dungeon keeper etc
dungeon keeper is a decade older
It really does seem like a ghost themed Dungeon Keeper
stubbs the zombie too
So this isn't the only game like this. Way back on the old Sega Genesis there was Haunting Starring Polterguy, which is literally this game stripped way way down to one ghost with many different powers scaring a single family out of their home. Very much the same vibe, even similar art style only pixelated, so much so that this team had to be inspired by it.
Yeah, it was pretty fun, if short. Very varied, and had some genuinely spooky moments. This game is more or less a spiritual (get it? get it?) successor.
I also came to mention that game. It was really fun.
Sounds kinda like Haunt the House
I love Haunt the house glad someone else knew about it
Also it's a stretch, but if we're talking about similar games, there's Neighbors from Hell. It's a "top 10 pranks gone sexual" angle instead of paranormal, but there is still some similarity.
I am surprised you didn't touch on what was always me and my brother's biggest problem with the game, that it desperately needs some sort of sandbox mode. Unlocking ghost in missions sounds good on paper but with each requiring very specific powers to free and some of those being very limited in terms of how many ghost actually have access to them it ended up with a lot of your ghost roster feeling redundant. Some sort of sandbox mode would have allowed for a lot more experimenting with different ghosts and different combos.
Oh my god. I tried _everything_ to try and run this game when I was a kid. I can certifiably say, it barely worked 15 years ago, too. Time to tinker, I suppose. Thank you for reminding me it exists!
The game deserved a sequel, played it loads years ago and thought nobody else even knew it existed. I actually like how normal the environments are, really reminds you of old ghost hunting shows that do cheesy recreations where regular environments like shops and police stations become haunted. A sequel could have expanded on the ghosts backstories by giving them individual story missions that relate to their death or maybe they want to take revenge on someone and this unlocks their full potential in the rest of the game.
You know what else I would like to see in a theoretical Ghost Master sequel? More legally distinct ghost hunters.
Imagine having to contend with a half-ghost teenage boy named Tommy Fantom or Yosuke Murameshi, spirit detective with a spirit gun who may be accompanied by a lawyer-friendly Kuwabara.
There’s something about hearing the Goosebumps theme for your October videos that never fail to put a massive smile on my face. As always, love the video!
I think the rabbit is a "pooka' a traditional Irish trickster spirit that often took the form of animals or animal-people. The movie Harvey was based on one. Kind of weird they went with Cadbury sexy bunny but... I'm kind of here for it. This game was really a neat concept but by the time I made it to the Hospital I was done with it. The weird buggy interface sucked away all the fun fairly quickly. But it's an idea I'd love to see tried again sometime. Really had a lot of potential.
her description literally says she’s a pooks, its in the vid fam
Honestly she was the highlight of the video for me. The reaction it gives mandy really hones it home for me
hey man i was in a discord server with you and you kept talking about how when you were in high school all the middle schoolers were prettier than the girls in your age group, then i got kicked out for going "wtf." why was i kicked out?
"Púca" is just Irish for a ghost or a spirit, at least in the modern day. Most Irish folktales involve trickster characters, so maybe this is the source of the association for foreigners?
@@SanAntonioJoker he still thinks middle schoolers are cuter than women his age. That's why he's not allowed within 150ft of a school
Kept hearing the Ghost Master soundtrack in some recent videos and am REALLY happy Mandalore is reviewing one of my all-time favourites :D
Mandalore has been using the Ghost Master soundtrack since pretty much the start, IIRC.
@@lbsc1201 That's a fair point actually, but it felt, to me at least, that it ramped up recently.
Obviously could be wrong about that.
@@MrAnthraxes it's probably due to him being on a horror game streak.
@@HellecticMojo
It was basically teasing this very video and the Complete Edition mod.
Mandalore video = it’s officially the weekend. Hope y’all have a great weekend
Does that mean I can go home from work?
@@InquisitorThomas yes
you too my man
@thesummerofmark you too!
I just started my work week tho...
I love that every time exactly when my addiction for your content resurfaces you bless me with another one
I heard there are mods to make Subnautica more dangerous. Apparently, the krakens had busted AI and were suppose to be more aggressive, so the mod fixes that. It also adds in new giant monsters to fight and deal with.
This was one of my favorite childhood games and now you're telling me that there was an expansion that I have never heard of. This October has been the best Halloween month for me in a long time. Thank you!
I really like how this game leans into some actual occult stuff, just lightly enough that it adds verisimilitude for freaks like me that's fascinated by folklore without becoming too much.
Like Pookas are "real" spirits, though usually considered a type of fey. They even come in two varieties, one that's basically giant rabbit house keepers, and one that's demon horses that will eat your bones! That type of things.
I loved this game as a kid, one of the few I actually still have the box for.
I was always baffled that Ghost Master never had a sequel or follow-up. Sure the game was buggy as hell and full of Troika-esque jank, but it had a lot of potential.
This game and Republic The Revolution occupy a similar place in my heart.
God, this is a blast from the past.
I remember picking this out of the CD sleeve my older brother had with tons of PC games on them, some legal and some burned, and being enamored with it; I can't quite remember why. I don't remember getting to the later levels (I think i was only like 5 or 6), but I think it definitely sparked my love of games where you play the bad guy, like Dungeon Keeper.
My older brother passed earlier this year suddenly, so this was an interesting look back at a game from my childhood.
Thanks.
I'm sorry for your loss. Yes, this is a real blast from the past.
@Plinious Thanks for the kind words, it's appreciated.
Yeah, great game. Some hidden ghosts were really hard to get
I first played this game when I was essentially still a child. I replayed it a few years ago and I was genuinely surprised how I managed to figure some of this stuff out when I was still very young and had no access to internet.
@@RiskOfBaer neat part was that you can unlock ghosts in different missions if it take place at same map, like police station or house in the woods
I vividly remember reading a walkthrough of this game back in Tips and Tricks magazine on bus rides. What a blast from the past!
Man, you've got a superpower for picking games that on their cover I have zero interest in, but the moment I click the video I'm hooked. Thanks for including the info on getting these old games working again! It's gotten me to go back and replay a lot of old games that I either missed or didn't know how to get working anymore.
played this game for the first time with my dad, I was like 8 or 9 or something- old enough not to get spooked by it, honestly the music and each ghost's lore are the most memorable parts for me
Mandalores first video in Spooktober being about Ghost Master is pure crystal 99.1% art
tight tight tight
Not at 31. so spookyness is decreased slightly.
*Glares in Larry King*
I'm so happy to see this review come out after all the years of teasing. It was everything I hoped for and more. The Complete Edition team getting a shoutout is also wonderful - they're doing some absolutely incredible work out of an honest love for Ghost Master, and definitely deserve recognition.
About the hospital, and puzzles in general...
Something that I only learned late in my adult years of playing Ghost Master (thanks to the Complete Edition Discord, actually) is that the original devs really didn't explain the function of some powers that well. Especially Fool's Errand/Wild Geese, which causes a mortal or group of mortals to travel to "random fetters." What this fails to explain is that these random fetters are usually puzzle-relevant. For example, casting Fool's Errand on a Nurse carrying a gift in the hospital can speed up that puzzle by a factor of 10.
Gonna like this with the hopes that if this gains traction it'l actually help players understand and avoid some problems with the game. Not that I've played it, but it seems reasonable enough that the devs would include some power to get things more consistently.
Exactly, also you free Tricia the ghost in the mirror by casting fools errand on the human clone of Tricia and she automagically goes to that bathroom after casting.
Played this game a few months back and got interested in finding solutions to puzzles after finding out they could have multiple solutions, and some solutions just felt cool to find out, such as weather interactions and the enigma which is earthquake.
Good/bad luck is one of my favorite poorly explained powers: stick one on someone who likes to run around touching things and they’ll eventually make something interesting happen. Turn experts into bumbling klutzes and fools into keen-eyed savants.
oh yea, btw there are 2 easteregg ghosts in the game which i unlocked by accident: stormtalon and banzai. they were very useful for outside haunting@@Serrifin
I really appreciate channels like you, underthemayo and neverknowsbest. There are so many samey popular video game review channels now that just pack their videos with memes and narrate in a very smug manner trying way too hard to by cynical and funny. But you guys present clear analysis about a game you find interesting and sprinkle clever humor in here and there. In a sea of channels that do all the same shit, you guys really stand out.
I would never expect Mandalore to make review about my childhood game. What a blast from the past!
Good stuff right here
Wow this is insane, I remember my dad having a huge wardrobe full of "obtained" copies of all sorts of video games, he even went through the trouble to print out the covers for the CD cases. I sometimes spent ages just looking at the games and the pictures on the back. Ghost Master was one of them and for some reason I remember it very vividly as if I have played it along a lot of others lol.
Your dad was cool
Bruh I had thousands of CDs with various PC games in my room left by my father; now that I think about it, I never started to collect viseogames on my own but have a shitton of vinyl records and books filling out half of my studio apartment... and when I get drunk I like to just sit down and go through them. Wouldn't be surprised if my grandfather or his father collected stamps or some shit like that.
Wonder what is it that makes our monkey brains enjoy collecting shit like that?
I had an amazing idea for the ending long ago. If they ever so a remaster I want this to happen.
All your ghosts go to heaven sure, but then a large level opens up with a bunch of angels hanging around.
The game gives you unlimited plasm and you can just release the horde of every ghost on the angels until they all jump off the cloud city into hell.
Im sorry but thats kinda dumb as hell my dude
If it helps, there are chests with complete edition that grant you infinite plasma. I think it's F6 or F2.
@@typlosionattack8595 well I was talking about a bonus endgame level. Something where you can just break it all and scare the hell out of heaven. If I wanted to cheat I'd just use Cheat engine for unlimited gold and plasma
I'm impressed you came across this obscure game. It has a very fascinating concept. Obtaining new ghosts and using their special abilities to clear challenges.
It’s not entirely unique but there’s one other game that could be considered the dungeon master haunted house terroring ( that’s the only possible way I can describe this type of game like everyone knows this stuff is rarer the shinys in a Pokémon game) there’s like a flash game that’s has this sort of idea where a bunch of dudes is in your haunted house and your a ghost that’s supposed to scare them away I think it’s in cool math games right now but I’m not entirely sure the only real difference other then the fact it’s a flash game and this game isn’t your controlling one ghost not the xcom 2 squad of ghosts
There was an amazing Source mod based on this, Zombie Master: Source. One guy gets picked at random to be the Master, the rest go around doing stuff on the map (getting fuel, filling generator etc.), and the Master has to set traps and spawns. It was amazing, but never all that popular. Then again, back then there were loads of really good zombie Source mods (like Zombie Panic).
I miss you 2008 :'(
Wow, I totally forgot I even played this game until I saw this. Didn't even know how popular it was. I played this game sooooo much as a kid, it was so fun!
The most one-of-a-kind game I've ever seen and played.
Need to replay it.
I've been watching MandaloreGaming for the last month or so, and the majority of the videos were uploaded during spooky season. Even I can't believe how happy this video makes me
Ace assessment of my 2000's comfort zone game
Oh damn, I remember this game being awesome when I was a kid! Time to see if it held up or it's simple nostalgia :D
I remember the game having a bad tendency to crash on me after a while, making it almost impossible to make it through the larger missions since you can't save in a middle of a level. That killed my first attempt at a playthrough, but I tried again a few years later and then it was somehow stable enough for me to finish the game. It is janky as hell, but also very unique and lots of fun.
I loved this game so much as a kid, but nobody I know played it. This is a pleasant surprise, and it warms my cold dead heart to see you cover this gem of a game. Thanks so much for your vids.
Wow. Thank you, Mandalore, for unearthing yet another classic of my childhood which I've completely forgotten, until now. That nostalgia hits damn hard
Oh, man, it's lovely to see you review this game. After all those years, I still got the dvd disc for it.
This is amazing. I just started watching you and heard all the Ghost Master Soundtrack in all your videos, got a huge nostalgic feeling.
Somehow this is one of my favourite games because it is just so unique and special to me. I wish there would be something similar to come out at some point.
I think the Pookah is a combination of references to imaginary friends and imaginary rabbits from different media. This is all based on the very little I saw in the video, of course, but it seems to be taking notes from Drop Dead Fred, Donnie Darko, and Harvey the rabbit. I'm not sure if Harvey the rabbit is still culturally relevant, but it fits with having an imaginary friend land you in the mental hospital.
Bro, you just don't miss do you? There's something about your videos that just keep me enthralled the whole time. Great Work!
God, this was so fun as a kid. I do remember the hospital level ending up being so frustrating that it ended my playthrough, though.
The spookiest of all your Halloween reviews, always look forward to these.
I'm shocked more art of Harriet doesn't exist. Hopefully that will be remedied soon
Sexy bugs bunny women are everywhere on the internet.
This game was beyond amazing. I have such fond memories of playing it.
I have a friend from Turkey who suggested this game to me. I had tons of fun with it... until it kept crashing. This was years ago. I didn't know about the complete edition. Thanks!
You kept using the music, I was waiting so long for you to review this one! Thank you!
Ghost Master reminds me of a Genesis game called Haunting Starring Polterguy. You don't control a bunch of ghosts, just one. Polterguy can use objects in the area and your goal is to scare everyone in the house. Might want to try it out if you want to play something in the similar vein as this.
Came here to mention that one. Was also kind of tedious. Especially when you ran out of energy/ectoplasm.
Well, this looks interesting 😅
Thanks Mandy! ❤
>Gamers Nexus Dojo
I dont even think this should be a joke, the shit they catch during benchmarks is hard to even spot, I genuinely dont know how Steve manages it.
Of all the great memories I have with this game, there's one in particular that is possibly more vivid than any of my memories from back then.
In the level with the house with three hidden corpses, I had Boo assigned to a room who was continuously casting Leak to make water come out of the walls. I also set the chicken ghost haunting the little girl cast the ability that transforms water to blood but completely forgot doing so.
I was genuinely surprised and (mostly due to my age) a little unnerved when I saw blood streams coming out of the walls. After that, I tried multitude of things to see which abilities combine with each other that organically.
Such a great game, still play it every single time I watch one of the reviews in this channel, just because the musics in them.
I remember replaying the demo of this game SO many times. I think its direct inspiration was EA's Haunting on Mega Drive, one of my personal favorites.
That's the game. I couldn't think of the name but pictured it. That game used to scare me as a kid.
I was going through the comments trying to remember the name of that game
Polterguy on genesis
This game felt like a spiritual succesor to "Haunting (featuring polterguy)" for the megadrive/genisis kinda sad that there are so few hames that go for the more funny aspect of the ghost theme
I was getting the same vibes watching this review, Haunting is not a great must have game but I do enjoy a playthrough now and then and have fun, the only thing I really never liked about that game was the underworld stage
I bought this ages ago and never played it. I'm really into how unique some of the mechanics are. Thanks for spotlighting it!
Dude!!! I've been thinking of this game for a looooooong time... And i never remenber the name! And to see your video today in my lunch break was amazing! Thanks for being great man!
OMG!!! THANK YOU!!! THIS GAME DESERVES THE SPOTLIGHT!!
This game has a hilarious premise, i have never heard of it but love what im seeing. Such love from the community to not only improve the game but add to content back into the game. Love to see game devs working with their community.
Was fortunate enough to discover this game as early as 2003! My friend was the one who got it somewhere, had the original PC disc and all. Those were the days.
I remember this! One of my elementary school buddies had this and we had a lot of fun playing it.
Such a classic, flawed but utterly unique. I replay it every october, and I really wish they made a sequel or spiritual (heh) sequel.
Ayyy, my all time favourite spooky game.
Glad to see it covered!
I'm SO GLAD you made this, this game was my obscure fave for so long
FINALLY a quality retrospective for this. The soundtrack and feel has long stayed with me. Especially that map screen.
Had no idea about the rework; lots of new content already it seems!
One of my favorite games back when i grew up that i found in the bargain bin
I remember this game it was like the Sims for ghosts 😂
One of my all time favourite games, and been waiting for a review since hearing you use the musical stings in your videos. My hero
NO WAY THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD. You just made my day, thanks my guy!
Finally, a non-horror halloween game.
I'll just forget I got rid of it just so I could fall asleep as a kid
genuinely this is one of my absolute favorate games of all time (weird pick, i know but still, lol)
i'm so happy more people are discovering it, because even if it is super buggy, the fun parts of it 100% make up for its jank
I loved this game so much as a kid, thank you for bringing back the memories. Gosh Id love a good part 2 of this game.
Glad to see Ghost Master here, thanks! I used to love it as a kid way back on release, but got stuck pretty quick I think; went back to it around 2011 and it rocked! The OST building up along with the action is just perfect, and I still listen to it from time to time
i love this game, I remember my mom bought it for me in some random game magazine and it became my favourite game ever
Wow a game i actually played
Dude, this is why i love your channel. Now i know there IS a mod out there that i can use to improve my experience with a game i like :3
Thank you for posting this on my birthday, may the spooky be with you
HA! I knew you’d cover this eventually! You use too much of the ost to not cover it!
I loved this game as a kid! Always wished it had gotten a sequel. I loved finding the hidden ghosts.
I remember humming the ghoul room theme a lot in elementary school especially during October and Halloween. Great memories!
I LOVED this game
it's nice to see eyes back on this again.
It's likely to just fall the way of a slight uptick of interest before fading away-but it's nice to know a huge love of my childhood is still at least glimpsed by the world.
Thanks MG, this was a nice end to my day.
Seeing this again unlocked good core memories for me, thank you!
Cant wait for this years adventure game haloween special, does anyone know what game is it gonna be?
This game seems like an evolutionary step for the old Haunting game for the Genesis.
You use the soundtrack for your video's, always wondered when you'd do one for Ghost Master. Glad to see it happening!
I remember playing this back in the day and enjoying this thoroughly in spite of the many bugs. I'm glad to have learned of the existance of the fan-made "Complete Edition", I'm going to have to give that one a look
One of those games I played as a child and still think of every once in a while. Such a unique concept.
I have been imaging what a Cabin in the Woods style strategy game would be like for awhile.
Cool to see something close to the concept.
I remember seeing this game on store shelves as a kid, then forgetting the title and unable to find or remember it until now! Great review and now I can look into finally playing it for myself! 😁
This was my childhood, i love it a lot
Ghost Master is a good game, but I wish it was more sandboxy. Some of the puzzle aspects later in the game are quite finicky to pull off, even if you know exactly what to do, and largely because of that they also take a long time and slow the game to a crawl. Even so, it's desperately in need of a SPIRITual sequel.