I bought this game on a whim during the Spring Sale last week, because It looked like It could be a decent Horror game and unfortunately, this Is one of those very few purchases, that even though It was cheap, I genuinely regret.
Inner Chain's presentation of this abstract, kind of post apocalyptic world Is genuinely good at first glance, It's a very visually full experience, but one that's marred by a very vague, close to non existent story, bland gameplay and technical issues.
All we get as far as story goes, Is a narration at the start of the game, beginning of each chapter and a few times at specific points throughout the game. There are murals throughout the game that help fill In some of the lore, but you have to unlock "letter collectibles" In order to decipher the language and read the text. In theory, It sounds cool, In practice, It's tedious and only hampers the already almost non-existent storyline.
The gameplay Is a mix of Walking Simulator and FPS, I was excited at the prospect of a FPS In this already cool looking game, but the gameplay Is dull and bland, you got 3 guns that you acquire as you progress Into the game. a Shock/Lightning gun, a Flamethrower and what appears to be a kind of Nail Rifle. The world Is littered with sentient traps/fauna that you can often lure enemies Into to make things easier as well as disable/kill with your weapons, which at least gives the player options In how to tackle many areas of the game, but In execution, the guns often feel underpowered (why does a headshot not immediately kill a human enemy? why does shocking enemies not stun/stop them?) and the open ended levels, while cool, can sometimes turn Into mazes.
Finally, maybe other people have had better luck, but running this game on a 2080s and Ryzen 5 1600 at 4k, while playable, I rarely achieved steady 60fps, usually staying around the 45-50 mark. This usually wouldn't bother me too much, but this game came out 7 fucking years ago, cmon!
I can't recommend this game at all, not even during a sale.
Inner Chain's presentation of this abstract, kind of post apocalyptic world Is genuinely good at first glance, It's a very visually full experience, but one that's marred by a very vague, close to non existent story, bland gameplay and technical issues.
All we get as far as story goes, Is a narration at the start of the game, beginning of each chapter and a few times at specific points throughout the game. There are murals throughout the game that help fill In some of the lore, but you have to unlock "letter collectibles" In order to decipher the language and read the text. In theory, It sounds cool, In practice, It's tedious and only hampers the already almost non-existent storyline.
The gameplay Is a mix of Walking Simulator and FPS, I was excited at the prospect of a FPS In this already cool looking game, but the gameplay Is dull and bland, you got 3 guns that you acquire as you progress Into the game. a Shock/Lightning gun, a Flamethrower and what appears to be a kind of Nail Rifle. The world Is littered with sentient traps/fauna that you can often lure enemies Into to make things easier as well as disable/kill with your weapons, which at least gives the player options In how to tackle many areas of the game, but In execution, the guns often feel underpowered (why does a headshot not immediately kill a human enemy? why does shocking enemies not stun/stop them?) and the open ended levels, while cool, can sometimes turn Into mazes.
Finally, maybe other people have had better luck, but running this game on a 2080s and Ryzen 5 1600 at 4k, while playable, I rarely achieved steady 60fps, usually staying around the 45-50 mark. This usually wouldn't bother me too much, but this game came out 7 fucking years ago, cmon!
I can't recommend this game at all, not even during a sale.