Infinity Runner

Infinity Runner

released on Jun 01, 2014

Infinity Runner

released on Jun 01, 2014

The Infinity is the largest spaceship ever built by man-kind; flung into the void of space to secure humanity a new home amongst the stars. However, instead of discovering paradise, the inhabitants of The Infinity unlocked the door to a long forgotten nightmare.


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A good concept - a first person infinite runner, set in a hybrid sci-fantasy setting that features werewolves in space, but unfortunately, the gameplay is mediocre and comes with what feel like very poor instructions. There is a lot of trial and error which I feel could have been avoided.

Most levels I had to play a good ten times or more - over and over again, first so I could read the instructions, and then to make sense of what they meant in relation to the maneuvers the game wanted me to pull off (e.g. zipwiring and running on walls were very unclear what it was required to press and in what order or combination).

A good attempt at doing something different with the genre, but not really worth playing.

I don't play endless runners. I was only drawn to try out the genre due to the lycanthropic twist in this entry. And it's... some mostly okay bs to mess around with. The story lasts from about half an hour to however long it takes you to beat, depending on your skill and your choice of difficulty. I don't have many compliments but I guess I enjoyed my time with it. Honestly it was more appealing to me than I was expecting. The story is vaguely interesting, though it goes nowhere. That "To be continued" at the end is hollow lol.

The premise, however, is gold. WEREWOLF IN SPACE. Excluding works of prose, the movie Project Metalbeast is the only piece of scifi werewolf media that springs to mind, so it's a treat to find that particular subgenre here. I had read beforehand that you flee a werewolf in the game, but the fact that you are also a werewolf was a pleasant surprise. You only wolf out for short specific sections tho and the main power up of the werewolf form is... skipping the quick time events that you have to do as a human. The wolf mode is rather underused.

Also this game has terrible branding. Should've called it Space Werewolf Runner or Run Wolf Boy Run or some shit. Infinity Runner is generic as fuck and doesn't even hint at the monster.