Horace is the most pathetic platformer I have played in years

[gatto_nero]

How this could have such high ratings?
Game is borring to the bone.
Camera works wierdly.
Music is horrible.
Game story is tragicly boring - I dont care for him.

Why you like in this game?

[chilvence]

Meh, why should anyone try and convince you to like it if you have already made up your mind? Some people like fish. Some people don't like fish, they like hamburgers. You didn't like the game, nobody cares, move on.

[gatto_nero]

Advice for anyone who want to buy - see first 15 minutes on youtube if you like it.

I like games such as Limbo, Celeste...

[Stovich]

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

How this could have such high ratings?

Because the vast majority of Horace's players liked it enough to review it positively.

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Game is borring to the bone.

borring boring

You will need to elaborate further as to why you found Horace boring if you wish your criticism to be taken seriously.

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Camera works wierdly.

*wierdly weirdly

I agree and disagree.

The camera generally does an adequate job of never losing track of the player, and you rarely ever must perform leaps of faith to off-screen platforms.

If you are specifically criticizing how jarring the camera rotations are when jumping from floor to ceiling, then I agree.

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Music is horrible.

You are wrong.

Most of the 42 tracks in the game were handcrafted by the sole developer to enhance the mood of each set-piece and cutscene without being melodramatic.

e.g. this track plays during an early segment where the player watches a shy robot learn to walk by following his kindly creator's instructions.

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Game story is tragicly boring - I dont care for him.

*tragicly tragically
*dont don't

Horace's ambitious plot is packed with clever writing and genuinely surprising twists. The span and scope of the plot is epic. It isn't perfect, as it does sometimes start threads that don't go anywhere, but I feel that Horace's story is its strongest selling point.

(The game really is huge. I feel safe using the word 'epic' without feeling like I am abusing the word.)

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Why you like in this game?

*Why you like in this game?
*Why do you like this game?
*What do you like in this game?

I am not sure which of these two questions you intended to ask.

[gatto_nero]

Originally posted by Stovich:

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Game is borring to the bone.

borring boring

You will need to elaborate further as to why you found Horace boring if you wish your criticism to be taken seriously.

I will put this in different words

1. Story:

Story is for kids. No good storytelling, no emotions. It is flat.

Way how story is told is just buch of cutscens that are propably prerecorded thats why this platformer takes 12 gb of your drive. I guess more than half of this game is not game but video or cutscens.

Presented plot of events dont contain ermotrional load that will touch me on the inside. This game is plain forgetable. When you finish it you dont remeber where it started, what was beggining... Its like watching brazilian telenovele

I rather read 20th time Hobbit to have good fun laught and tears than play this cr*p.

2. Platformer part:

Level desing is completly lazy. I played such platformers 30 years ago on c64.
Platformer part is eazy, lazy, stiupid. No effor was put in this. There are no interesting mechanics, no smart design.

3. Player reviews
you mean those 150 reviews? If people love this game then why they dont advertise it to itself and do not buy? 150 I can purchase this 150 times and put 150 negative reviews ... its that easy

4. Advice
play games such as
- Celeste
- Limbo
- To The Moon

Then return and ask questions

DO NOT BUY HORACE

[MarxRhett]

Okay wow. I'm lazy when it comes to checking my writing, but goodness was your writing horrendous. That aside though if you don't like it that's fine. No game is for everyone. I found the game charming. The selling point is it's story. At first I wasn't sure if I liked it. The robot's voice felt jarring to me and some dialogue never went anywhere, except to give a character some more backstory. There was plenty of emotions, heather's death especially caught me off guard because usually the child survives but the game didn't pull its punch. I felt that one the most of all probably. Game design? Yeah it isn't the most challenging in the world, which I think is okay since the game is meant to be more of a narrative. If the game was too hard players might not reach the end to complete the game and get the full story. I agree no interesting mechanics was put in besides walking on the ceiling, and saving almost every power for the end of the game definitely hurt how fun it could have been overall, because it could have given us a sense of progression and power. The Platforming wasn't lazy though, I played a lot of this game without the shields because it feels like a crutch, and I had a hard time getting through some sections (mainly the house) even with the shields. Overall I could easily say this game was an enjoyable experience, and although it's not a masterpiece, I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to try a mildly challenging platformer with decent music and a narrative that you can appreciate if you look at all the symbolism and take a moment to understand all the key moments.

[alienstookmybeer]

Should tag those spoilers

[Speedhands]

"4. Advice
play games such as
- Celeste
- Limbo
- To The Moon"

Yeah let me just smack you with reality. Celeste is NOT a good game. It's a bad wanna be Super Meat Boy with characters I don't care about. Game sucks

Limbo is the most boring game I've ever played. Ending is even worse. No point to ever play that game.

To the moon... THIS IS NOT EVEN A GAME It's literally just watching a BAD never ending cut scene and reading. People who think this is a game have ZERO cred in talking about what a "good game " is. You sir are fool

This game is amazing in every way. It's charming and the platforming is some of the best I've ever seen!! PERIOD. It's a 9.5 in my book and I know I have better taste than you. Away now troll... no one cares.

[gatto_nero]

Originally posted by MarxRhett:

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Yeah that was lazy writing xD ... If you like it then be happy.

Originally posted by Speedhands:

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Nice to know that you in those 150 people on the world that loved this game and hated the other games I mentioned you have never ever played. And Im a troll pointing you to better purchases than this lazy executed pseudo cutscene platformer witch cheap robot story.

It is not about taste but overall game design, writting, execution, love of developer. Some developers love to make games some others love money and think it is easy to make game and become rich. I guess developer of this pile of c... was wrong. He first need to love make games to make such diamond as
Celeste
Limbo
To The Moon

No one cares about Horace. In this point you right.

[Speedhands]

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Originally posted by MarxRhett:

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Yeah that was lazy writing xD ... If you like it then be happy.

Originally posted by Speedhands:

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Nice to know that you in those 150 people on the world that loved this game and hated the other games I mentioned you have never ever played. And Im a troll pointing you to better purchases than this lazy executed pseudo cutscene platformer witch cheap robot story.

It is not about taste but overall game design, writting, execution, love of developer. Some developers love to make games some others love money and think it is easy to make game and become rich. I guess developer of this pile of c... was wrong. He first need to love make games to make such diamond as
Celeste
Limbo
To The Moon

No one cares about Horace. In this point you right.

Diamonds? haha Outside a small niche group of Steam people, NO ONE HAS HEARD OF "TO THE MOON" Limbo was a huge "really? This is paid for hype.. meh" and Celeste isn't good. Just a Super Meat Boy Rip off. Maybe a 1000000000000th clone of "I wanna be the guy"

Keep ranting, keep raving, keep getting upset why I laugh at you. This game will start as a slow burn and then hopefully explode into a fire. You sir have no taste, no experience, and are there fore invalid. Everything you say is pointless. You've lost. I've dismantled and unraveled your ridiculous behavior. You shall no longer be addressed or tolerated. Just like that I have i erased you. Tee hee. I'm the winner! And in 3....2....1....... you are gone! BOOM!

Horace rules. You suck. HHAHHA

[gatto_nero]

Horace stil sucks

[Wise]

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Horace stil sucks

how far through the game are you?

[Baron Karza]

gatto_nero, avercene di giochi così. Probabilmente sei un bimbominkia e non capisci nessun riferimento di questo fantastico gioco.
Ma che ne sanno i bimbiminkia

[AlwaysAngron]

Originally posted by Wisemadprofessor:

Originally posted by gatto_nero:

Horace stil sucks

how far through the game are you?

He doesnt even own the game

[gatto_nero]

Originally posted by AlwaysAngron:

Originally posted by Wisemadprofessor:

how far through the game are you?

He doesnt even own the game

Refunded this Cr*p

[AscendedHologram]

@gatto_nero I'm only on chapter 4 right now, but this game so far is excellent. It's unique, interesting, the world is really fleshed out, and the story is pretty good, too.

I'm not sure what you're talking about when you say the story has no emotion. The story is wonderful, full of emotion, full of jokes, and even has its twists. Are you only saying that it's not "full of emotion" because of the unreliable narrator, a.k.a. you, Horace, and emotionless robot who knows next to nothing about the world and learns as he goes along? It's almost as if you're watching any typical episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but the entire episode narrated by Data. The game is full of emotion and humor; it's just not in the narrator's voice.

The design is pretty cool so far, too. It's genuinely challenging at times, but the mechanics are great and it feels good to stick with it and best each room.

This game is utterly unique and has been a joy so far. I honestly can't wait to learn more about its world and play my way through it. Really encouraged to hear that it's of an "epic" length.