Ib [a horror rpg game]

I've discovered it yesterday (no kidding!) and I'm hooked! I'm not into horror, but this game is strangely fascinating... I'm only at the beginning, but I'm already creeped out by stuff, haha... It seems to be a popular game...

You can download the English version here:
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It's a freeware game!

Blue_Sargent wrote:I've discovered it yesterday (no kidding!) and I'm hooked! I'm not into horror, but this game is strangely fascinating... I'm only at the beginning, but I'm already creeped out by stuff, haha... It seems to be a popular game...

You can download the English version here:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It's a freeware game!

Play the witch's house...it's 100x more scary but the story is very good ;3
It's an rpg game too same as Ib, and coincidentally same translator

Thank you for the rec! *downloads* I just hope it's not too violent... >_<

Blue_Sargent wrote:Thank you for the rec! *downloads* I just hope it's not too violent... >_<

Well....
But i think you can tolerate that...its ..uhh... bloody i tell you
but near the end of the game its less gore

I adored Ib when I first played it. I'm a huge sucker for creepy surrealism, and Ib uses that to maximum effect that, despite it's graphics, made me love it. (I'm also an IbxGarry shipper but shhhh)

The best thing about it is that it isn't gory at all. It's actually very insightful, the world being shown by a child's eyes, and when seen from a different point of view extremely layered. It uses music and setting in a way most games don't, to creep the player out in ways that gore can't. It's a wonderful game, really. And every character is very understandable, even Mary.

And of course, then there's the foreshadowing. <3

venenatis-risus wrote:I adored Ib when I first played it. I'm a huge sucker for creepy surrealism, and Ib uses that to maximum effect that, despite it's graphics, made me love it. (I'm also an IbxGarry shipper but shhhh)

The best thing about it is that it isn't gory at all. It's actually very insightful, the world being shown by a child's eyes, and when seen from a different point of view extremely layered. It uses music and setting in a way most games don't, to creep the player out in ways that gore can't. It's a wonderful game, really. And every character is very understandable, even Mary.

And of course, then there's the foreshadowing. <3

My thoughts exactly!

I finished the game yesterday night

Spoiler:

It took me multiple tries to get the good ending, ha. And the worst thing is that a few endings actually make you believe they're the good ones. :/ But I guess that's the making of a good game~

venenatis-risus wrote:It took me multiple tries to get the good ending, ha. And the worst thing is that a few endings actually make you believe they're the good ones. :/ But I guess that's the making of a good game~

What... I didn't know that... I don't want to use a walkthough, but it seems I've got no choice.

The game is surprisingly short. I think the story and the music are its selling points I wonder why a company hasn't bought it yet and refined it to sell it later...

Blue_Sargent wrote:

venenatis-risus wrote:It took me multiple tries to get the good ending, ha. And the worst thing is that a few endings actually make you believe they're the good ones. :/ But I guess that's the making of a good game~

What... I didn't know that... I don't want to use a walkthough, but it seems I've got no choice.

The game is surprisingly short. I think the story and the music are its selling points :D I wonder why a company hasn't bought it yet and refined it to sell it later...

It is a bit short, but that's to be expected as well. Also, the story is perfs. It's an indie game, though, so I doubt that will happen, but hey, free and amazing is a wonderful combo, yes~? :3<

venenatis-risus wrote:

Blue_Sargent wrote:

venenatis-risus wrote:It took me multiple tries to get the good ending, ha. And the worst thing is that a few endings actually make you believe they're the good ones. :/ But I guess that's the making of a good game~

What... I didn't know that... I don't want to use a walkthough, but it seems I've got no choice.

The game is surprisingly short. I think the story and the music are its selling points I wonder why a company hasn't bought it yet and refined it to sell it later...

It is a bit short, but that's to be expected as well. Also, the story is perfs. It's an indie game, though, so I doubt that will happen, but hey, free and amazing is a wonderful combo, yes~? :3<

Oh, yes, yes, freeware is LOVE! <3
For an indie game it's surprisingly good! I saw many "serious" artists draw things from it, like Kazuki Yone, I think...

Blue_Sargent wrote:

venenatis-risus wrote:

Blue_Sargent wrote:

venenatis-risus wrote:It took me multiple tries to get the good ending, ha. And the worst thing is that a few endings actually make you believe they're the good ones. :/ But I guess that's the making of a good game~

What... I didn't know that... I don't want to use a walkthough, but it seems I've got no choice.

The game is surprisingly short. I think the story and the music are its selling points :D I wonder why a company hasn't bought it yet and refined it to sell it later...

It is a bit short, but that's to be expected as well. Also, the story is perfs. It's an indie game, though, so I doubt that will happen, but hey, free and amazing is a wonderful combo, yes~? :3<

Oh, yes, yes, freeware is LOVE! <3
For an indie game it's surprisingly good! I saw many "serious" artists draw things from it, like Kazuki Yone, I think...

I do believe neko96 was one of the Utaite that modified 'Eh? Ah, Sou' to promote Ib specifically, complete with a pseudo-PV. It's alwasy something fangirl-worthy for me when I see famous artists acknowledging underappreciated things like Ib <3

I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

I adore this game. I think it has the perfect mix of story/character development with horror. n_n I was so excited when the update came out last month~

this genre fits me well i think i'm not gonna sleep tonight trying to finish this game! (by the way it's almost 2 am in the morning here...)

Saefiya wrote:I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

You have to rename the .mp3 files to match the ones on the website
It's not that scary ..except when the lady paintings jumps out of her frame

ib is so fun to play! I loved when pewdie and cry played it!

Makise Sunao wrote:

Saefiya wrote:I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

You have to rename the .mp3 files to match the ones on the website
It's not that scary ..except when the lady paintings jumps out of her frame

Thank you! But I'm looking at the .mp3 files and they all seem to be matching. There are a few extras that don't show up on the Song List but I'm sure they're supposed to be there, unless I'm doing it wrong :/

Saefiya wrote:

Makise Sunao wrote:

Saefiya wrote:I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

You have to rename the .mp3 files to match the ones on the website
It's not that scary ..except when the lady paintings jumps out of her frame

Thank you! But I'm looking at the .mp3 files and they all seem to be matching. There are a few extras that don't show up on the Song List but I'm sure they're supposed to be there, unless I'm doing it wrong :/

You shouldn't have to rename anything, as far as I know (or at least I didn't have to, anyway)! Did you download the newest version from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]? I believe your language locale has to be in English, rather than Japanese as well.

KukiPandora wrote:

Saefiya wrote:

Makise Sunao wrote:

Saefiya wrote:I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

You have to rename the .mp3 files to match the ones on the website
It's not that scary ..except when the lady paintings jumps out of her frame

Thank you! But I'm looking at the .mp3 files and they all seem to be matching. There are a few extras that don't show up on the Song List but I'm sure they're supposed to be there, unless I'm doing it wrong :/

You shouldn't have to rename anything, as far as I know (or at least I didn't have to, anyway)! Did you download the newest version from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]? I believe your language locale has to be in English, rather than Japanese as well.

There are some people (like Makise) who has jumbled text on their .mp3 files after they downloaded the game. The game wont work this way.
VGboy recently updated the songlist by removing the .mp3 size...this proved to be troublesome.
Ahhh...I lost my songlist too, so yeah I'd recommend not to touch .mp3 files anymore.
The solution would have been:
>Sort the .mp3 according to size
>Match them to VGboys songlist table
>Rename jumbled text
But now the file size description is gone--its now useless :pale:
Ok next question:
Whats your OS?
Did you download the game here? [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Sakimichi wrote:

KukiPandora wrote:

Saefiya wrote:

Makise Sunao wrote:

Saefiya wrote:I've downloaded the game three times but it doesn't seem to work for me The controls don't work, so I ended up watching someone's Let's Play! on Youtube, although I think that was the smart choice considering I'm typically a 'fraidy cat. Ah, I'm so jealous!

But I really do love the game from what I've seen. The characters are fantastic, the puzzles make you really think, and I love how things just flow together. But the Lady in Red really freaks me out.

You have to rename the .mp3 files to match the ones on the website
It's not that scary ..except when the lady paintings jumps out of her frame

Thank you! But I'm looking at the .mp3 files and they all seem to be matching. There are a few extras that don't show up on the Song List but I'm sure they're supposed to be there, unless I'm doing it wrong :/

You shouldn't have to rename anything, as far as I know (or at least I didn't have to, anyway)! Did you download the newest version from [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]? I believe your language locale has to be in English, rather than Japanese as well.

There are some people (like Makise) who has jumbled text on their .mp3 files after they downloaded the game. The game wont work this way.
VGboy recently updated the songlist by removing the .mp3 size...this proved to be troublesome.
Ahhh...I lost my songlist too, so yeah I'd recommend not to touch .mp3 files anymore.
The solution would have been:
>Sort the .mp3 according to size
>Match them to VGboys songlist table
>Rename jumbled text
But now the file size description is gone--its now useless :pale:
Ok next question:
Whats your OS?
Did you download the game here? [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

I did download it from that site, with three different updates. I tried the original, 1.04 (twice), and Ib 1.05 just a few hours ago. I got it to work once but it hasn't worked since.

My OS is Windows 7 64 bit, and it's set on English locale. I know others have had the same problem but I couldn't find any solutions.

IB is so cool~! The art is great, the mood is perfectly created for me, it wasn't too scary and it was short and to the point that it made me want to go back to get the other endings~

I love IB \o/

Sakimichi wrote:Play the witch's house...it's 100x more scary but the story is very good ;3
It's an rpg game too same as Ib, and coincidentally same translator

The Witch's House really did make me jump, but that true ending though ;~;

SunshinexKite wrote:IB was a pretty fun game! I'm a huge horror fan and that was one of the first I played outside of Fragile Dreams and Yume Nikki fangames so I have pretty fond memory's of it lol. I havn't played the recent version though... Probably should soon. I really like IBxMary for some reason... BTW, anyone here like Misao? That's probably my favorite indie horror game XD

Misao was so long though D; and YumeNikki, I couldn't bother finishing...idk something about that ending ;~; makes me feel like...why play.


If you want horror/free games then you could try MadFather. That one will have you on your feet between jumpscares and frustration xD I think its the prequel to misao...or something like that

I started this game not knowing that it was horror... and then as I progressed... I got scared since I didn't know what to do and stuff. I was playing in the middle of the night. XD

...I haven't finished the game yet.

Wow, great thread idea! I finished all versions, and it's one of the best free horror games out there. If you guys liked this one, maybe you'd be interested in:

* The Crooked Man (about 4 hours; double the length of a standard free horror game)
* Mad Father
* Misao
* Paranoiac
* Yume Nikki