Hey! This game has a lot to offer!
Theme:
I think the strongest theme hit is Endless and then followed by the cosmic horror with a big emphasis on the horror.
What I liked:
- The horror vibe is creepy and the camera controls and movement made me really sit here and think: oh please let there be not one of THOSE things around the corner! I was really glad whenever I saw one of the easier monsters and told my crossbow to reload faster many times ^^. I was very proud to kill a screamer with a spear by an attack and move tactic. Enemy design is well done! Different tactics and the optics and sounds are creepy. Good job!
- The Introduction ^^. The spoken dialogues and the contrast between the general answers of the villagers and the answer about the cube was very funny. Also the transition into a gore like world was really something! The village actually made me want more crawling inside of the village.
- I felt an urgency to find the right levers and escape each level and thereby avoid as many enemies as possible. More than once I had very few HP left, and was happy to find the potion before another monster attacked me. Almost every time I died, I died because of a monster that had somehow found a way into my back and then I was too shocked to fight it properly ^^. All in all the mood and the emotions this game summons are very fun!
- The controls. I could basically strafe by moving forward and then hit the turn button so I turned while moving forward. that was a really nice feeling which contributed to the "a-HA" effect, when running around corners. Always hoping to surprise an enemy ^^ (which sometimes even worked)
What I would wish for:
- Not much actually! If anything, then maybe having some actual fighting in the village ^^ as mentioned before. Or at least have more of the introduction ^^. The gameplay inside the cube is actually very consistent and I would not add or take away anything there.
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