Outcore is just a masterpiece on game design from my point of view, this is a game that you won't ever have clue about what is going to happen next, nor in terms of gameplay or story. When I thought that it couldn't surprise me more, it dropped a big unexpected event, and then it did it again, and again, and again. This is one of the funniest games I've ever played, and it's just crazy to think that this came from a team of only one person.
If you haven't played the game, get it now and play it, it's around 3 hours to beat and it's free, so it's available for everyone. This game is truly an unique experience that must be played as blind as possible.
If you haven't played the game, get it now and play it, it's around 3 hours to beat and it's free, so it's available for everyone. This game is truly an unique experience that must be played as blind as possible.
A charming and a really quirky game that takes a lot of inspiration from Undertale. The "gameplay" is all over the place, ranging from the epic Super Sonic-like boss fight to... programming problems.You know, the ones they make you do in middle school? Yeah.
But i cant really complain. The game is free and if you dont have anything better to play, i'd say it's worth it!
But i cant really complain. The game is free and if you dont have anything better to play, i'd say it's worth it!
I'm quite surprised to see such a high rating for this one, considering it's "one of those games". Those quite often get a lot of hate. And I'm surprised that I have a much more mixed reaction to this game than most of the reviews I've read.
The game is sweetly amateurish in a lot of ways though the things it does with your computer are really fun and look pretty complicated to code and they are much more exciting than something like what KinitoPET does.
Some of the other stuff, especially the >>>IDLE GAME<<<, is a mess. I'm glad the game lets you skip it but on the other hand the immersion suffers because of that option imo. The idle game (which is not an idle game at all by the way) has no place in this story, it feels like the developer just wanted to make a little coding game and put it into this one for no reason. But the problem is that it sucks and is very annoying to play.
The rest of the game is very chaotic with no clear structure, at times it changes genres and moods in a matter of seconds, which can be good or bad. Same goes for the humor. The dialogue in general can be bland and very skippable, and of course there are a lot of jokes. I'm a sucker for UT-inspired talk-to-quirky-characters-who-make-random-jokes style, and it's hit or miss in this one. Some jokes made me doubt if I wanted to play this game further, some surprised me with how good they actually were, some were just okay. The Undertale references... are not good and very annoying?
The platforming parts are good (maybe a bit too celeste-y) but the star controls were terrible for me on keyboard-only settings. Maybe with a mouse it's much easier. Bosses are pretty interesting gameplay-wise as well.
Characters are mostly whatever but Laifu despite looking like a cliche is pretty memorable.
The story feels like it's there but kind of a mess, and AGAIN sometimes it's good (the whole school portion of the game is a fever dream in a good way), but sometimes it's just a waste of time, especially with that glitch-horror portion that feels like it's there just to check all the Undertale/BuddySim/DDLC/whatever-the-fuck-quirky-cute-but-wait-oh-no-there's-a-dark-twist-kind-of-game boxes and has nothing to do with anything else. And they tease it several times before it happens, but when it comes it serves no purpose and then it's just over. Why is it even there at all? Same goes for the Ofelia stuff.
Definitely a mixed bag for me, but I love how... naive in a good way I guess? it is, it's very honest about itself and I like that. A lot of great ideas here, but also a lot of not very good choices gameplay/story wise.
I might change my rating to a 7 later when I give this game time to settle in my mind. It's got a lot of charm despite its problems.
The game is sweetly amateurish in a lot of ways though the things it does with your computer are really fun and look pretty complicated to code and they are much more exciting than something like what KinitoPET does.
Some of the other stuff, especially the >>>IDLE GAME<<<, is a mess. I'm glad the game lets you skip it but on the other hand the immersion suffers because of that option imo. The idle game (which is not an idle game at all by the way) has no place in this story, it feels like the developer just wanted to make a little coding game and put it into this one for no reason. But the problem is that it sucks and is very annoying to play.
The rest of the game is very chaotic with no clear structure, at times it changes genres and moods in a matter of seconds, which can be good or bad. Same goes for the humor. The dialogue in general can be bland and very skippable, and of course there are a lot of jokes. I'm a sucker for UT-inspired talk-to-quirky-characters-who-make-random-jokes style, and it's hit or miss in this one. Some jokes made me doubt if I wanted to play this game further, some surprised me with how good they actually were, some were just okay. The Undertale references... are not good and very annoying?
The platforming parts are good (maybe a bit too celeste-y) but the star controls were terrible for me on keyboard-only settings. Maybe with a mouse it's much easier. Bosses are pretty interesting gameplay-wise as well.
Characters are mostly whatever but Laifu despite looking like a cliche is pretty memorable.
The story feels like it's there but kind of a mess, and AGAIN sometimes it's good (the whole school portion of the game is a fever dream in a good way), but sometimes it's just a waste of time, especially with that glitch-horror portion that feels like it's there just to check all the Undertale/BuddySim/DDLC/whatever-the-fuck-quirky-cute-but-wait-oh-no-there's-a-dark-twist-kind-of-game boxes and has nothing to do with anything else. And they tease it several times before it happens, but when it comes it serves no purpose and then it's just over. Why is it even there at all? Same goes for the Ofelia stuff.
Definitely a mixed bag for me, but I love how... naive in a good way I guess? it is, it's very honest about itself and I like that. A lot of great ideas here, but also a lot of not very good choices gameplay/story wise.
I might change my rating to a 7 later when I give this game time to settle in my mind. It's got a lot of charm despite its problems.
Cool to see a game that feels inspired by Danganronpa 2! Exciting! Derivative of quite a lot of games (I guess most obviously Celeste) in the gameplay outside of the desktop and I occasionally found those sections slightly frustrating due to the controls (you obviously want a controller for that sort of platforming, but then that would take away from the direct interaction with the desktop interface, so... double-edged sword that unfortunately stabbed me on a few occasions; horrendous bleeding.) The writing keeps those sections alive, though; initially, I found it pretty grating, but I got pretty invested in the silliness of it by the end. Generally, a few complaints but this is a free game, so... no reason not to play it, really!
This review contains spoilers
This game deserves more attention and love than I've seen it get. Which is BASICALLY 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 besides like, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 video I've happened to stumble across Youtube on it (and even then I didn't watch much of the video itself I just went to the Steam link in the description and erased the video from my History on Youtube so I wouldn't say what video it even was)
But what I can say is that thanks to that video, I've happened to stumble across one of the most unique, most engaging, and most 𝐈𝐓 games I think I've ever played in my life. Many elements from the gameplay, while not the most polished at times at hand with the animation, do feel very well executed, and lead to some INTENSE moments and boss battles, but also just pure vibes.
At times I wasn't even playing much of the game. Just hanging Lumi around with an extra window so she could watch a Youtube video. And it brought me so many new experiences. Like out of nowhere showing me that Oh yeah! MS Paint IS still on my computer, from attempting Java and actually learning a bit of a small fundamental (even if by the final level of the idle game it kind of broke, it was still a nice experience to actually feel in CONTROL with coding for once, as well as the mere PRESENCE of coding at all in this game)
But hands down the story was one that kept me super engaged throughout the whole thing. And It left me super emotional with the direction it went throughout the end with Lumi's world and her dreams.
Overall, I cannot recommend Outcore enough. It does have a fair share of Trigger Warnings I feel are worth noting so it's not like I can recommend it on a whim to everyone. But regardless, it still was an incredible experience that I'll keep in my memories for a very good while. COMPLETELY shattering what I thought was possible with this medium in terms of 4th wall breaks and engaging storytelling throughout them.
But what I can say is that thanks to that video, I've happened to stumble across one of the most unique, most engaging, and most 𝐈𝐓 games I think I've ever played in my life. Many elements from the gameplay, while not the most polished at times at hand with the animation, do feel very well executed, and lead to some INTENSE moments and boss battles, but also just pure vibes.
At times I wasn't even playing much of the game. Just hanging Lumi around with an extra window so she could watch a Youtube video. And it brought me so many new experiences. Like out of nowhere showing me that Oh yeah! MS Paint IS still on my computer, from attempting Java and actually learning a bit of a small fundamental (even if by the final level of the idle game it kind of broke, it was still a nice experience to actually feel in CONTROL with coding for once, as well as the mere PRESENCE of coding at all in this game)
But hands down the story was one that kept me super engaged throughout the whole thing. And It left me super emotional with the direction it went throughout the end with Lumi's world and her dreams.
Overall, I cannot recommend Outcore enough. It does have a fair share of Trigger Warnings I feel are worth noting so it's not like I can recommend it on a whim to everyone. But regardless, it still was an incredible experience that I'll keep in my memories for a very good while. COMPLETELY shattering what I thought was possible with this medium in terms of 4th wall breaks and engaging storytelling throughout them.
חכו שיגלו שהיוצר ישראלי ואז יעשו לזה חרא ביקורות שרמוטות ערס
Really fun and an interesting game and all this for FREE??
Breaking the fourth wall as an idea is a very good game. As a game, unfortunately, it’s not very good, although for a free project it’s quite good work.
Ломание четвертой стены, как идея, игра очень неплохая. Как игра, к сожалению не очень, хотя для бесплатного проекта достаточно неплохая работа.
Ломание четвертой стены, как идея, игра очень неплохая. Как игра, к сожалению не очень, хотя для бесплатного проекта достаточно неплохая работа.
cannot believe this game is free. what a great concept executed very well!! replayed a couple times both for fun and to get the achievements, had so much fun with that too.
PS LUMI X LAIFU WORLD DOMINANCE !!!!!!!!!!
PS LUMI X LAIFU WORLD DOMINANCE !!!!!!!!!!
fundamentally too ashamed of itself. i'm trying to come up with anything else to say about it but that's all.
very fun unique game that's completely free
Oyuna bir başlayın, sizi alıp götürecek zaten. Oyun bedava bu arada, yani git oyna. Eğer gördüklerin hoşuna gittiyse.
Free short nice and very enjoyable if you like 4th wall breaks and fun random stuff in general.
i liked the part where the big girl was breaking my screen.
This game was pretty cute and pretty fun to, a short but overall very enjoyable experience, the little sprites are very adorable , and to top it all off, it's free!
so i definitely recommend giving it a try
This game was pretty cute and pretty fun to, a short but overall very enjoyable experience, the little sprites are very adorable , and to top it all off, it's free!
so i definitely recommend giving it a try
I wish more "meta" games were like this instead of "oh look theres a new file on your desktop!!!!"
Outcore is not only extremely charming and full of heart, but also inventive and puts all its separate parts to their best use.
It's genuinely a very strong contender for one of the best free games you can play on Steam!
I can't say too much without spoiling some important parts of the game that are better experienced blind, but what I can say is that in its ~4 hour runtime, the game manages to tell a compelling story, switches up its gameplay without it feeling jarring and presents you with easily lovable characters and strange personalities. I also adore the music in this game.
The only real complaints I have is that the controls for the platforming sections are a little slippery and sometimes the reference humour can be a bit much but other than that, it totally captured my heart.
I loved playing through this one a lot!
It's genuinely a very strong contender for one of the best free games you can play on Steam!
I can't say too much without spoiling some important parts of the game that are better experienced blind, but what I can say is that in its ~4 hour runtime, the game manages to tell a compelling story, switches up its gameplay without it feeling jarring and presents you with easily lovable characters and strange personalities. I also adore the music in this game.
The only real complaints I have is that the controls for the platforming sections are a little slippery and sometimes the reference humour can be a bit much but other than that, it totally captured my heart.
I loved playing through this one a lot!
really interesting concept with occasional success, but is separated by large sections of tedious platforming and dialogue trying to be undertale so hard, and often the 4th wall computer stuff is searching for a file in loads of folders anyway
I was listening to a Siivagunner rip of the game because I saw a cute blonde anime girl with something that look like either a facemask or glasses (turns out it was makeup, wtv it's cute) and then I saw it was free on steam and decided to try it.
My fondness for quirky blonde anime girls with facemask aside, the game was actually a surprisingly fun and charming game with a lot of really neat ideas, I mean I never coded in JavaScript and this bitch taught me how to code in JavaScript to play a little puzzle game how neat is that ?
You can feel this is a small project made by a relatively small team on their free time and it's most likely you would've found this on Newgrounds in the late 2000's and in fact that's how the weirdoe forced 2D platforming segments of the game felt like, they're weird, floaty, janky and smells of amateurism, if you can't accept a videogame to not be 200% playable or haven't grow up on the golden age of Flash Games with fucked up physics, these segments will probably make you strike a few nerves.
It doesn't help the fact the game's humour falls into the "quirky for the sake of quirk" category, some jokes landed due to how random they were and some were "hey did you get that reference ?" (often time to other game with a meta element to it, mostly the popular ones like Undertale or DDLC if you ain't tired of them yet) level of low-bro internet humour and sadly this is a significant part of the game since these platforming segment far overstay they're welcome in my opinion.
I kinda wish they pushed the "desktop adventure" aspect further and didn't feel the need to add "an actual videogame" in the middle for all that was worth honestly.
The final boss segment is really creative ! I'm not going to spoil anything but be sure to have a few icons on your desktop for some fun surprises, I dunno how much app the game can detects for that segment but my mind was blown that it was part of the final boss.
And again, Lumi (the main character) is cute enough and the game is dank. It's free anyway so give it a shot and maybe support the devs via donation if you end up enjoying it !
My fondness for quirky blonde anime girls with facemask aside, the game was actually a surprisingly fun and charming game with a lot of really neat ideas, I mean I never coded in JavaScript and this bitch taught me how to code in JavaScript to play a little puzzle game how neat is that ?
You can feel this is a small project made by a relatively small team on their free time and it's most likely you would've found this on Newgrounds in the late 2000's and in fact that's how the weirdoe forced 2D platforming segments of the game felt like, they're weird, floaty, janky and smells of amateurism, if you can't accept a videogame to not be 200% playable or haven't grow up on the golden age of Flash Games with fucked up physics, these segments will probably make you strike a few nerves.
It doesn't help the fact the game's humour falls into the "quirky for the sake of quirk" category, some jokes landed due to how random they were and some were "hey did you get that reference ?" (often time to other game with a meta element to it, mostly the popular ones like Undertale or DDLC if you ain't tired of them yet) level of low-bro internet humour and sadly this is a significant part of the game since these platforming segment far overstay they're welcome in my opinion.
I kinda wish they pushed the "desktop adventure" aspect further and didn't feel the need to add "an actual videogame" in the middle for all that was worth honestly.
The final boss segment is really creative ! I'm not going to spoil anything but be sure to have a few icons on your desktop for some fun surprises, I dunno how much app the game can detects for that segment but my mind was blown that it was part of the final boss.
And again, Lumi (the main character) is cute enough and the game is dank. It's free anyway so give it a shot and maybe support the devs via donation if you end up enjoying it !
dropped it after 14 minutes because I wasn't interested, maybe I'll give it a chance someday.
Still, seems like a cool concept and every one talks about it very highly
Still, seems like a cool concept and every one talks about it very highly
Very unique and fun game.
It's free, 2 hours long and very creative, definitely give it a chance if you have the time and/or are looking for a game that plays with the fourth wall. I have a few caveats though, first of all the controls in the platform sections can get a few adjustments, to start the jump is very floaty witch can be a disadvantage against bosses that demands precision (Which explain the option to skip them) and the dash really could use a pointer when played with mouse, this is obvious in the race, when is easy to lose the track to where are we pointing at. Also, the plot can get a few adjustments to make its message more clear I'm not going to say what to avoid spoilers, because I really encourage you to play this game
Não vou dar spoilers, só vou dizer que isso é uma experiencia unica da midia de videogames PARA PC, tu não vai conseguir ver isso em nenhum outro lugar e aproveita a primeira experiencia sem ter visto NADA
Nice and cute meta-breaking game. The gameplay sections kinda sucked though the only good one was the school section
Un juego pequeño que te tomara alrededor de 3 horas para completar, Outcore termina siendo otro juego Meta que interactua con tu desktop, la historia no es nada del otro mundo pero la cual es funcional y que tiene buenos momentos de comedia, por ultimo el gameplay es demasiado diverso, llegando a parodiar alguno varios juegos pero que principalmente es un plataformero
لعبة عظيمة جدا قصتها جدا جدا جميلة مع انو فيها بعض الاجزاء المملة والطفولية لكني حبيت القصة ككل والفكرة عظيمة لابعد الحدود اللعبة ابدا ما تستاهل تكون مجانية واعتبرها وحدة من افضل الالعاب المجانية فـ ستيم
La gracia creo que se le olvido instalarla.
Ok maybe fixing broken women clicks too well
Very very fun
Before you read on, Outcore is FREE. It is on steam and it is free, and I really recommend it.
Ultimately I think it's a bit more fun going into it blind, but here are my thoughts after finishing it in one sitting (Steam says it took me about two and a half hours)
Outcore feels like something that was made in the heyday of Newgrounds, with it's weird and kinda-bad platforming, to it's referential humour, all the way to its made-by-one-person charm. I'm a fan of games fucking with your desktop, it's a fantastic mechanic that fully uses the PC you are playing on as a whole.
It is hard not to talk about the game without making reference to...well, it's references. It's Undertale adjacent, both directly and generally. It is happy to pastiche all sorts of Visual Novel tropes. Its jokes and writing range from "Ah come on lads" to being genuinely laugh out loud funny.
I think it's fantastic, I think everyone with a PC and a few hours should take a look at it. It's surprisingly heartwarming, it's clearly been a labour of love, and itaskedmeifIwasaBetaCuck
Ultimately I think it's a bit more fun going into it blind, but here are my thoughts after finishing it in one sitting (Steam says it took me about two and a half hours)
Outcore feels like something that was made in the heyday of Newgrounds, with it's weird and kinda-bad platforming, to it's referential humour, all the way to its made-by-one-person charm. I'm a fan of games fucking with your desktop, it's a fantastic mechanic that fully uses the PC you are playing on as a whole.
It is hard not to talk about the game without making reference to...well, it's references. It's Undertale adjacent, both directly and generally. It is happy to pastiche all sorts of Visual Novel tropes. Its jokes and writing range from "Ah come on lads" to being genuinely laugh out loud funny.
I think it's fantastic, I think everyone with a PC and a few hours should take a look at it. It's surprisingly heartwarming, it's clearly been a labour of love, and it
Esto me pasó el otro día así que las sorpresas no me han sorprendido pero sigue siendo muy bueno