BOOK OF HOURS: HOUSE OF LIGHT Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-11-08
- DLC enhances base game
- Cooking is enjoyable
- Salons are fun
- Pacing is excessively slow
- Cooking is frustrating and opaque
- Pacing and timers are cumbersome
Emotions
Archetypes
- Sample precision
- Helpful reviews
- 77%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 23%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 85%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 15%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 361
- Negative points
- 92
- Gameplay points
- 245
- Perf. points
- 0
- Rec. points
- 44
- Misc points
- 68
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
DLC enhances base game
| The DLC makes the game feel more complete and is well integrated with the base game, making it more pleasant to play. | 79% |
Cooking is enjoyable
| The new cooking mechanic is a great addition that players find delightful to explore and use. | 58% |
Salons are fun
| Salons are a delightful addition where guests interact and reveal lore, making them enjoyable to set up and play through. | 56% |
DLC is excellent overall
| Reviewers highly recommend the DLC, calling it great, fantastic, and utterly excellent. | 37% |
DLC adds substantial content
| The expansion adds a ton of content, new systems, and lore that elevate the game to a new level. | 37% |
New mechanics are fun
| The new gameplay mechanics are intuitive and addicting, providing a blast and enhancing the overall experience. | 26% |
DLC provides good story
| The DLC adds great storylines and further stories that make the narrative enjoyable. | 26% |
Writing is beautiful
| The writing in the DLC is fantastic, stellar, and as beautiful as ever. | 26% |
DLC fixes base game issues
| The DLC addresses a few problems reviewers had with the base game, smoothing out the early-mid game and alleviating mid-to-late game boredom. | 26% |
DLC encourages new playthroughs
| New content and mechanics give players a reason to start a new playthrough and keep the game interesting. | 15% |
Lighthouse Institute is delightful
| The Lighthouse Institute is a great addition that players find delightful. | 14% |
New endings added
| The DLC introduces new endings to the game. | 14% |
Visitors and affairs make sense
| The DLC makes visitor interactions and affairs more coherent and meaningful. | 14% |
Players can write manuscripts
| Players can write their own manuscripts, adding a new layer of creativity. | 14% |
Chinese localization is good
| The Chinese localization is of good quality and the beta is acceptable. | 13% |