If you love devlogs and being behind the scenes of a game while it's in development, then GTTOD will be your bread and butter. As a game alone in its current state, it's hard to recommend. Off-Brand
Diving a bit deeper, I originally saw this being played by a YouTuber, the footage looked good, their commentary and recommendation was good, and I thought... movement shooter with some roguelite elements? I can get behind that! So I haphazardly bought the game on a whim, I mean, it's pretty cheap and when it's on sale it's really cheap. Even for an Early Access game.
But it's still really rough around the edges. I think most people, if they're not informed will buy it now and be disappointed (and I think that might be why the Steam rating is at 89% at the time of writing). I look at GTTOD, and think of it more as a promise, that one day, I'll go back through my Steam Library, find this game at its full 1.0(+) release, and have a blast. For players like me, it feels more like I've thrown down money as a pledge, and I'm happy to do so in order to support the project & the dev/s. I love the style, love the concept, hope it all gets realized. This is the main reason why I might recommend it.
Some players might be really into the idea of following this games progress along, and will be happy to know that the main developer is super active in their discord, and takes community feedback very seriously. Some people love seeing behind the curtain of a games development and having opportunities to possibly shape the direction of a game. If that's you, I think you'll love joining this game on its journey and being an active part of that community.
But I don't think the majority of people coming to this game will be in either of those mindsets and I believe for them it might be better to wait for this game to develop a bit more. Some of the games mechanics aren't flushed out entirely. The gunplay feels good enough, but gets stale after awhile, because the game just hasn't developed to that point yet. There is no real goal at the moment besides leveling up your character for marginal starting differences. The view bobbing and overall camera shaking is crazy... You can look through the reviews to find more of these kinds of complaints. GTTOD has potential around every corner, and promise at every horizon... it just might take a while in the oven to get there and it's important to realize that.
I think with all that information you can make an informed purchase. Don't buy into the exceptionally well done marketing or the words of YouTubers... and remember that you're not really buying a game right now... but rather the proof of your belief that the devs can put in the work to make and release a great game someday (with the added bonus of an ever changing alpha version of this game on the side).
Diving a bit deeper, I originally saw this being played by a YouTuber, the footage looked good, their commentary and recommendation was good, and I thought... movement shooter with some roguelite elements? I can get behind that! So I haphazardly bought the game on a whim, I mean, it's pretty cheap and when it's on sale it's really cheap. Even for an Early Access game.
But it's still really rough around the edges. I think most people, if they're not informed will buy it now and be disappointed (and I think that might be why the Steam rating is at 89% at the time of writing). I look at GTTOD, and think of it more as a promise, that one day, I'll go back through my Steam Library, find this game at its full 1.0(+) release, and have a blast. For players like me, it feels more like I've thrown down money as a pledge, and I'm happy to do so in order to support the project & the dev/s. I love the style, love the concept, hope it all gets realized. This is the main reason why I might recommend it.
Some players might be really into the idea of following this games progress along, and will be happy to know that the main developer is super active in their discord, and takes community feedback very seriously. Some people love seeing behind the curtain of a games development and having opportunities to possibly shape the direction of a game. If that's you, I think you'll love joining this game on its journey and being an active part of that community.
But I don't think the majority of people coming to this game will be in either of those mindsets and I believe for them it might be better to wait for this game to develop a bit more. Some of the games mechanics aren't flushed out entirely. The gunplay feels good enough, but gets stale after awhile, because the game just hasn't developed to that point yet. There is no real goal at the moment besides leveling up your character for marginal starting differences. The view bobbing and overall camera shaking is crazy... You can look through the reviews to find more of these kinds of complaints. GTTOD has potential around every corner, and promise at every horizon... it just might take a while in the oven to get there and it's important to realize that.
I think with all that information you can make an informed purchase. Don't buy into the exceptionally well done marketing or the words of YouTubers... and remember that you're not really buying a game right now... but rather the proof of your belief that the devs can put in the work to make and release a great game someday (with the added bonus of an ever changing alpha version of this game on the side).