Recent reviews by Gyde

I fight with the camera more than the bosses.

- Preliminary review since my game crashed and I wanted to write something lmao. -

At a glance the graphics are really good looking, but it sometimes felt a little flat while playing and I think I realized why. It's the lack of shadows, the "flatness" becomes more apparent when looking at the guard rails. After noticing the lack of shadows from super bright light sources, I can't help but to constantly imagine how much better this game WOULD look if there were just some simple shadows baked in to every level.

That being said, the game is still stunning as is and the Poolrooms are probably my favorite liminal space, so I'm looking forward to exploring the rest of this game.

3 hours in and I already got all my money's worth and more.

Tip for beginners: Choose sandbox and set helicopter event to often, better chance of a rescue. Hope that helps!

Came for Peace and Tranquility, stayed for the rest.

More peanut please.

Mmm mother...

Simple and cozy little game. Some parts such as graphics and furniture choices can be improved but it's still early and I enjoyed playing nonetheless. Looking forward to see where this game goes 👍

A true shame.

Among Trees is a truly beautiful game. The developers really nailed the look and style they were going for. It's one of the most unique looking games that I've ever seen. The first 10 minutes of play was pretty great. Exploring your surroundings, walking around the environment, taking in the overall aesthetic of the game was nice. Upgrading your cabin, discovering new plants, and crafting stuff was all pretty great, at first...

However, as the game goes on, these menial tasks start to become really repetitive and tedious. Seeing that I need 38 planks to upgrade one part of my cabin is a huge demotivator to keep playing. Especially with the limited inventory space, storage space, and the fact that trees no matter how large will always only drop 3 planks. If this game had a multiplayer or co-op mode things would be different, but as it stands, you require a great deal of patience and time if you wish to progress this game far. Since your cabin upgrades are pre-set, you can't really customize your cabin much either. You can't build other structures outside your cabin, you can't build extra rooms on top of the game's given cabin expansions, you can't choose where your storage goes, you can't even create more storage should you want more. You can't upgrade your character's skills or attributes to permanently run faster or have better stamina to traverse the beautiful map. Overall, it's pretty bare bones for a survival game.

But the BIGGEST problem, and the only real reason I'm not going to recommend this game, is the state the game's development is in. It truly saddens me to hear that the developers are essentially abandoning a project with so much potential. I love the smooth and responsive UI, I love the low-poly and beautiful graphics, I love the rich and colorful environment. With a bit of tweaking to the gameplay and with the addition of a few features and more stuff to do, this game could be an actual amazing and complete game. Truly a waste.

my teammates are dogass frfr