Reviews?

[Jolu42]

Anyone want to give their first impressions because there is no coverage on this game anywhere it feels like. Performance? Gameplay? Worth a buy? :)

[Junker-2047-]

Someone has to spend $40 on it first. Any brave souls?

[ofcthatwaslag]

There's a really in depth review here. Covers pretty much every base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZITj0cm5Kw

[American Dove Mitten]

Originally posted by ofcthatwaslag:

There's a really in depth review here. Covers pretty much every base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZITj0cm5Kw

LoL

[thunda]

Originally posted by ofcthatwaslag:

There's a really in depth review here. Covers pretty much every base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZITj0cm5Kw

Need more reviews like these, compared to the normal 20 minute ones where 17 minutes is spent explaining what the game is, the story, characters, gameplay mechanics and the last 3 minutes whether any of it is actually good/bad and why

One of my favorite reviewers on that note is Synthetic Man, he doesnt do that but actually spends most of the review talking about why he thinks something is good or bad or anything in between. Also he hates most of the modern soyslop that counts as triple A gaming nowadays so we're definitely on the same page

[valcan_s]

Just bought it and will try it out in a few mins and also compare it to the demo.

I hope they updated and fixed most of the issues in the demo.

What is weird I swear a month ago it was delayed to 2024, did they just say what ever push it out the door?

[thunda]

Originally posted by valcan_s:

I hope they updated and fixed most of the issues in the demo.

What is weird I swear a month ago it was delayed to 2024, did they just say what ever push it out the door?

Why would they not reupload the demo if they fixed issues? they took it down because it was getting trashed

[valcan_s]

Originally posted by thunda:

Why would they not reupload the demo if they fixed issues? they took it down because it was getting trashed

Well either they did not fix anything or since the demo is a separate branch of the main game they just did not waste their time to fix it.

Having said that, I personally feel it is a massive waste of time and lost opportunity not to fix the demo and use the feedback and then re activate the demo to get more sales for the main game. If they actually fixed the issues in the demo then the demo would have been really solid and awesome.

I am about to play the full game and I am not going to lie I am worried :( , fingers crossed.

[Jolu42]

Originally posted by valcan_s:

Originally posted by thunda:

Why would they not reupload the demo if they fixed issues? they took it down because it was getting trashed

Well either they did not fix anything or since the demo is a separate branch of the main game they just did not waste their time to fix it.

Having said that, I personally feel it is a massive waste of time and lost opportunity not to fix the demo and use the feedback and then re activate the demo to get more sales for the main game. If they actually fixed the issues in the demo then the demo would have been really solid and awesome.

I am about to play the full game and I am not going to lie I am worried :( , fingers crossed.

Godspeed and thank you for your service :)

[valcan_s]

Ok, so here is a quick impressions in regards to final release and the demo:

* Note * I am on : 990 2TB NVMe, 7900 XTX, 3970x TR, 129GB DDR 3400, 4K 120Hz screen.

- The movement is better and smoother then the demo you can tell
- Shooting feels better as well and not so floaty or you never hit what you want
- The commands like jump to a ledge and crouch etc all seem better, in the demo it was not doing what I wanted I have not had this issue yet
- Game looks super nice on 4K native no upscale, make sure you un check dynamic rez
- The are no graphic options just : low, medium and high : high looks really nice but they should let us tweak it
- I have zero stutters until I go to the first out side town then it stutters, having said that the performance is way better than the demo. I think it is DX12 shader stuttering
- Game is built in Unity
- I wish you could turn off the word captions
- I wish you could turn off the [ A ] Ui etc that tell you what to do, not a big deal

Bugs
- I can't get onto the bike in the first area where the demo ended? * not sure if I am missing something I have the key card? *
- Don't use your old save file it will bug out the game

Anyways it is better but they still have work to do, but it is better than the demo no doubt. If I can get on the bike I will post more on how it is. So far it is not trash and it feels very much a bit like the OG on the Genesis in terms of that sort of vibe even if it is not that amazing pixel art. One more note I wish it had JPN voice for I don't like the voice acting :( , I love to do JPN voice and subs.

Hope this helps, if I get past that bike part I will post more.

[✅RE҉ZUS]

- Pause menu mapped to Select and Inventory to Start
- Menu navigation doesn't respond to D-Pad, only stick
- DLSS doesn't have any presets. Well, graphics don't have any settings at all apart from resolution and DLSS for some reason
- Reload doesn't work if you are not aiming
- In 2D sections you need to slowly rotate your character 180 to shoot the opposite side instead of instantly switching
- Open Chests and Vaulting use the same button and can be placed close to each other
- Player character's capsule has a collision response to elevator walls. It causes weird situations when you stand right next to a wall in a moving elevator
- Vault triggers don't snap your character to an object you need to jump over
- NPCs have a reaction to aiming the gun but have zero reaction to a bullet impact, lol
- Character avatars are too simplistic and yet at least some of them are definitely AI-generated
- Character doesn't have a proper blend for leg animations during aiming
- Lags badly every few seconds

For HALF AN HOUR It's a huge amount of not just low quality development bugs but a development with no experience at all. Not smth you'd expect from a classic franchise with supposedly experienced team behind it. Not just experienced but an original team.

At this point I have no explanation except this marketing was a lie. A product is clearly developed by a team of junior members with a huge lack of supervision.

[Blackened Halo]

This game tells you what to do? Awfull..

[valcan_s]

Originally posted by Blackened Halo:

This game tells you what to do? Awfull..

Yeah I wish you could turn that off, it sort of ruins it :( , if you could turn it off it make a huge diff.

[valcan_s]

Here is the motor bike bug fix / how to get past it if you rushed it like I did: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2008420/discussions/0/5540051992987228847/

[valcan_s]

Originally posted by ✅RE҉ZUS:

- Pause menu mapped to Select and Inventory to Start
- Menu navigation doesn't respond to D-Pad, only stick
- DLSS doesn't have any presets. Well, graphics don't have any settings at all apart from resolution and DLSS for some reason
- Reload doesn't work if you are not aiming
- In 2D sections you need to slowly rotate your character 180 to shoot the opposite side instead of instantly switching
- Open Chests and Vaulting use the same button and can be placed close to each other
- Player character's capsule has a collision response to elevator walls. It causes weird situations when you stand right next to a wall in a moving elevator
- Vault triggers don't snap your character to an object you need to jump over
- NPCs have a reaction to aiming the gun but have zero reaction to a bullet impact, lol
- Character avatars are too simplistic and yet at least some of them are definitely AI-generated
- Character doesn't have a proper blend for leg animations during aiming
- Lags badly every few seconds

For HALF AN HOUR It's a huge amount of not just low quality development bugs but a development with no experience at all. Not smth you'd expect from a classic franchise with supposedly experienced team behind it. Not just experienced but an original team.

At this point I have no explanation except this marketing was a lie. A product is clearly developed by a team of junior members with a huge lack of supervision.

You are not wrong :( , this one drives me crazy LOL "Menu navigation doesn't respond to D-Pad, only stick"

What sucks the potential is there, if they let it cook more it would be awesome! I still enjoy it but it does need some patches for sure. At least it is way better than the demo, having said that I hope they put in the wrench time and address these issues.

[Jolu42]

Originally posted by valcan_s:

Ok, so here is a quick impressions in regards to final release and the demo:

* Note * I am on : 990 2TB NVMe, 7900 XTX, 3970x TR, 129GB DDR 3400, 4K 120Hz screen.

- The movement is better and smoother then the demo you can tell
- Shooting feels better as well and not so floaty or you never hit what you want
- The commands like jump to a ledge and crouch etc all seem better, in the demo it was not doing what I wanted I have not had this issue yet
- Game looks super nice on 4K native no upscale, make sure you un check dynamic rez
- The are no graphic options just : low, medium and high : high looks really nice but they should let us tweak it
- I have zero stutters until I go to the first out side town then it stutters, having said that the performance is way better than the demo. I think it is DX12 shader stuttering
- Game is built in Unity
- I wish you could turn off the word captions
- I wish you could turn off the [ A ] Ui etc that tell you what to do, not a big deal

Bugs
- I can't get onto the bike in the first area where the demo ended? * not sure if I am missing something I have the key card? *
- Don't use your old save file it will bug out the game

Anyways it is better but they still have work to do, but it is better than the demo no doubt. If I can get on the bike I will post more on how it is. So far it is not trash and it feels very much a bit like the OG on the Genesis in terms of that sort of vibe even if it is not that amazing pixel art. One more note I wish it had JPN voice for I don't like the voice acting :( , I love to do JPN voice and subs.

Hope this helps, if I get past that bike part I will post more.

Thank you so much. Looks like I'll wait for a few patches to roll in.