I remember the amount of hype surrounding this game when I first learned about it, I guess about a decade if not more ago. A weird, cool idea in a setting that - at the time anyway - was unusual. Sir, You Are Being Hunted can get genuinely scary at times and the atmosphere generated by the music, the visuals and the in-game sounds can feel weighty. Unfortunately there is not much else going for it. The game is mechanically shallow, you loot food items and gear to either kill or distract the robots hunting you while you proceed to collect a set number of items from 5 different islands.
Even the story and the unfortunate looking intro presentation make it feel like SYABH was created in a rush for a game jam. The game surprisingly has functional multiplayer, but I can't see myself recommending anyone to get it to try it with me.
Sir, You Are oozing with unrealized potential and could do with a remake, but instead a remaster was planned to release in 2022, which didn't happen.
I will say that the whole game is very much of its time with the poorly thought out overall concept, the trademark indie look of the mid 2010s and an unexpected Professor Elemental rap during the end credits.
Beating the game left me feeling a bit of emptiness and sadness. A mixture of nostalgia for those days and also mourning the unrealized potential of this weird, indie survival title.