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“It was great before the female character got added. I honestly don’t like her personality.”
Amberstar87 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/03/24
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“Interesting premise, but the writing problems made this painful halfway through season 1 and I had to stop. After 5 minutes of ads, you really have *two* pieces of product placement, probably unpaid, within the same episode? Both characters think many of the exact same thoughts when encountering...”Read full review »
DoublePhoenix via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/04/24
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“Interesting story which the creators do their best to sabotage with flat emotionless acting and intrusive, self-congratulatory pop culture references”
Jaunty1964 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/06/24
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“This should be a video game silent hill style. I’d play for sure. I like the story. There’s too much banter back and forth though in the dialogue. Maybe it’s realistic that people go back and forth meaninglessly and unfunny “jokes”but it’s kinda annoying/tiresome. Also the Voice acting could be...”Read full review »
Starry eyed 44 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/16/24
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“A great adventure that is creative, exciting and has unexpected twists.
I’ve been hooked from the second episode and I’m listening to it every day now.”
Lilith Eden via Apple Podcasts ·
Belgium ·
04/14/24
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“Having finished 200 episodes of The Magnus Archives, I was very excited to try another program from Rusty Quill. Unfortunately there is nothing about this show that would suggest it's by the same people, because everything from the script to the voice acting to the direction they took with...”Read full review »
Lilylane via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
01/25/24
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“I know there’s a genuine effort made here and hard work put into this. I really wanted to like it. I love the concept and I’m very sad to say this but… This is sooooo boring! I’ve listened to the first two episodes and two that were the most recent at the time of writing this review and I can’t...”Read full review »
Kladfvgbung Micshk via Apple Podcasts ·
Poland ·
01/23/24
“Most of the first season was awesome and I was hooked. When Monica showed up, I could only manage a couple more episodes. Flat and noticeable reading intonation. I listened to the recent S6 episode and found everything to be exactly the same. As other commenters have stated, doesn’t seem like...”Read full review »
Kyra~~ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/14/24
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“The narrator sounds like he’s reiterating the weekly shopping list .love the concept but passionless narration”
crackhouserock"n"roll via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/03/23
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“I feel like no podcast creator has ever read reviews and made changes based on what listeners prefer or would like to see. It feels like reviewers just scream into the void and never get heard. What a waste of time and space. I’ll repeat what everyone else has said - I wanted to like the show so...”Read full review »
rafflmao via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/26/23
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“I really wanted to like this show. Unfortunately, the voice acting was pretty horrendous. Even worse was the constant swearing that made it almost impossible to listen to.”
werfgtyyg via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/20/23
“This story has such a fantastic premise, original and full of options for storylines to go just about anywhere. Unfortunately, it starts to lose its way and devolves into giggly “she’s so hot/he’s so dreamy” drivel pretty quickly. Such a bummer with all that potential.”
Tgubjygbukgbugjkugbgu via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/12/23
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“The concept is great, and the story isn’t awful. Definitely sounds like it was written by a teenager. Also, everyone who has said that the acting is horrendous is actually being kind. It’s better just to read the transcripts for the story.”
Mamabear616 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/02/23
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“I like the story and thought they could do so much more with it, but with 7-1/2 minutes of ads on a 18 minute episode is too much! Also I think the actors could do so much better as they sound like they don’t want to be there and like they are reading from a book”
Islandd03 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
12/01/22
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“I liked it at first. Couldn’t figure out what the clacking, smacking sounds were at first. Thought it was a keys clicking on a keyboard as if the character was typing his thoughts while at work. Nope. It’s the main character’s gums smacking with each and every word. I got through season 1 to see...”Read full review »
SuperSher73 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/20/22
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“The male lead/narrator reads as very autistic. For example, he has monotonic speech and is hyper fixated on historical disappearances. It’s great!”
Bird99999 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/22
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“This story is so crazy. It’s like listening to a Diary and I was sucked in from the first episode.
The writing is superb. I LOVE Chris Fletcher as Jake. His DRY SENSE OF HUMOUR and his delivery are perfect.
I can’t wait to hear how many different doors Jake will go through on his trip to...”Read full review »
Tante143 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/14/22
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“It was good until this boaring behind Osmium garage. 33 episodes of this boaring crap. Every time i get Ostium in my feed i get excited just to find out its more garbage on it being made. I havent listened to one full epoised i sat threw 2 min of the first one now i just fast forward threw it. If...”Read full review »
Kokgg via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/18/22
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“The concept and script is good, the voice talent is… passable.
The biggest issue is the horrible, inappropriate, out of place dance music that plays constantly.
It’s a distraction and takes away from the story.”
uxitxyfycucyxyx via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
12/12/21
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“All the complaints must be from later seasons cause I’m only 3 episodes in and this is EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. Thank you!”
the piney woods screecher via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/21
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“Before anyone uses the word “empathy”, again, please use a dictionary.”
Resalovestimetravalfiction via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/21
“I have loved the first seasons of Tanis and the Black Tapes, but there were so many loose ends just left hanging that I gave up. Osteum is tight, the writer sets things up, so all the breadcrumbs actually lead somewhere season after season. It is ambitious and entertaining. It was a little slow...”Read full review »
Umberd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/24/21
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“The first season was Amazing ! But the secound season was a very dismal display of profanity that didn’t help the story it took so much away from it.It feels like every second word is profanity.The second season goes on and on and becomes quite boring a big let down in comparison to the first...”Read full review »
Zoltan i am via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/26/21
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“It’s hypnotic. Calming and captivating. And tons of episodes which I love, enough to really get into. I’m in the high teens now and sticking with it. It’s eerie, and so entertaining. Monica seems as if she’s just reading her script but Jake is genuine. Enough so that he keeps me going. Loving this!”
phylliebee via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/22/21
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“The storyline seemed promising but the acting is so, so bad. The sound quality is poor. The guy speaks like he’s eating the mic and the woman sounds like she used a tape recorder with full background hiss that cuts off when she’s not speaking. Awful.
It was rated E, so I expected some language,...”Read full review »
whatnameidk via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/09/21
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“I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to find Ostium, huge fan of audio dramas and this ranks right up there with we’re alive, limetown, and earth collective.”
john324m via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/23/21
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“I like the story and the characters”
qqqqwwwweeeet via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/31/21
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“Terrible acting, just awful”
dredd toys via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/16/21
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“I have just finished listening to Season 1 of this really excellent podcast. Intriguing story grabs you from the very beginning and so looking forward to finding out where we will be led to next. Great writing, voice acting and interstitial music. Would highly recommend, nothing negative to say...”Read full review »
twigletsaregreattoeat via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/07/21
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“I get the point of these episodes being short - mini and all - but I found it very distracting and hard to get into the storyline. I think it would have been better to release max every other week and have them be at least 5mins. Although longer would be ideal. The ads were longer than the actual...”Read full review »
sbean14628 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/28/21
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“I really like the idea. It’s very original and would be really amazing if the acting wasn’t so over-the-top awful. I tried to keep going to find out what happens, but Omg it’s so bad.”
grimmp via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/05/21
“Look, this is worth listening to in their background. It has interesting plot points. When one character is “recording” their thoughts, it’s pretty good, which is counterintuitive. Show don’t tell is a basic general writing principle. But, here, any time two characters interact, this podcast...”Read full review »
actonmj74 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/27/21
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“So much potential gone to waste.
Read the reviews but gave it a shot anyway, and was barely able to get through seven episodes.
Decent story (although the Bay Area details are inaccurate). The voice work, however, is *appallingly* bad - worst I’ve come across in years of listening to podcasts....”Read full review »
moppet_mi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/20/20
“I like the idea of this podcast and then mood and atmosphere is pretty solid. The problem is in the execution and the writing. I’ll get into the problems in a moment but I just want to say if you like the idea of every episode a main character goes through a door into a different horror scenario...”Read full review »
Scummyshine via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/12/20
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“Fun story- really bad acting that made it hard to listen to.”
Gjgghddreadvnkitewsxfy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/02/20
“There’s a raw innocence to Ostium which continues throughout the first four seasons and never loses its effectiveness. The atmosphere vibrates between the loneliness of an early 90s PC adventure and the desperate cosmological terror of a new wave science fiction novel. In places it is so good you...”Read full review »
Piero via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/21/20
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“This is the only podcast that I have been able to listen to over and over. His voice is so comforting, the story line and crossovers are amazing. Keep listening. Trust me.”
Airikag via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/23/20
“It started pretty good. For being told in a very odd mix of audiobook and audio drama. And being written in the voice of a straight white man. Even the black lead lady has the same cadence ad the Whiteman. The romantic subplot feels SUPER forced. It’s a self insert. There’s no proper story arcs...”Read full review »
I may or may not be a witch via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/11/20
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“The podcast starts out very believable and ventures further and further into sci fi. Very imaginative. Fun listen. I really enjoyed binging on the provided complete season compilations!”
Skareda macka via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/09/20
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“I really wanted to like this. I think that the concept is really strong, and the first season was interesting enough for me to forgive this podcast’s problems. I’m a couple of episodes in to Season 2 and I just can’t do it anymore. Here are my beefs. The dialogue writing does not sound natural at...”Read full review »
seduclos via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/22/20
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“The story line started out fun. It gets a little wonky, but still an out-of-the box idea. The acting is pretty terrible, unfortunately-made me shake my head a little; there seems to be excessive f-bombs just to make the female character sound “tough”; and, of course because it was produced by...”Read full review »
Liblbh via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/20/20
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“Tried to like it. The lip smacking killed it.”
WTFcincy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/17/20
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“I am no fan of audio books but I love podcasts. So when I first started listening to episode 1 of “Ostium”, I was disappointed. Was close to stopping and moving on to another podcast. God am I glad i didn’t! Ostium is as good if not better as a lot of podcasts I listened to...and I listen to a...”Read full review »
#PodcastFan& via Apple Podcasts ·
Singapore ·
06/17/20
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“Just finished the first season and have begun the EMU series. Really enjoying it. Think the storylines are well written and well performed.
Also given me the opportunity to look at some of the real life links/facts. So educational too!
Thank you.”
Abdhabs93 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/20/20
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“Excessive swearing adds nothing to the story and actually detracts from it. This is good, but could be so much better.”
grace2006 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
05/19/20
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“The over all idea is fantastic, mysterious and odd but the narrators monotone droll of a voice just makes me want to rip off my ears!
I managed to get to episode three before I just couldn’t take anymore, sorry but not for me.”
obscuretailor via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/10/20
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