Recent reviews by Casual Housewife

The game is just more STALKER...and that's exactly what was asked for.
Gameplay is not much different from the classics and that just fine.
There is a lot to do, the upgrade system is nice, and the game feels not only challenging but also rewarding for that challenge.
The English voices are absolutely wacky, ranging from bad russian accent, to stero-typical american, all the way to cockney british, and its actually kinda funny. If that's too much to you I would recommend swapping to russian audio with english subtitles.

On to the elephant in the room:
The game was launched with countless bugs, I am experiencing them as well.
The developers are updating as fast as they can to fix these and make the game more playable than it's current state.
However, I don't care. This is not like any other title released with game breaking bugs on day one.
This game was developed in the middle of a war zone.
Developers were lost from the project because they went to the front lines and died for the country and people. It's a feat that the game was even released under its circumstances.

Look at it through that lens and realize what a marvel this work of art is.

Consistent issues playing game, of the "7 hours of play time" i maybe have been able to accumulate 1 hour of actual time playing the game.
Customer support from overkill is non-existent, and this far from launch the servers are effectively dead.
Always online prevents me from playing by myself with the bad servers.
Overkill scammed its customers with this, while I believe they deserve a class action lawsuit, I would settle with steam giving me a refund.

The game gets really good in about 3-5 business days when your $3 is back in your account.

But seriously, a cool concepts.
But cool concepts do not necessitate a good game.

Pros :
Metal Gear Solid Like (Old School MGS).
Stealth mechanics work like a dream.
Good sound effects for what the game is, feels like an old school star wars game.
Responsive, doesn't feel clunky or drifty.
A cool idea that has room to grow.

Cons :
Play once and you've experienced all the game has to offer.
Game loop is not that entertaining.
Game builds good stealth play but fails to give you room or time to explore it.
The game feels like a $1 game from the 90's that's been re-released.
While having potential it has no where to build except other maps.
Objective too high, 50k?? I played pretty good and as instructed and only game up to like half of that.

The game is fun, but there's nothing here that I couldn't get off a flash game on line.
Is it worth my money? no.
Was it fun? one time.

If they made a new title that was based on this, i'd check it out, but there just isn't enough here to spend money I work hard for.

An absolute masterpiece of video gaming history. I have absolutely fell in love with this game, and it was not until I was over 20 hours in that I realized that the game had not even been released yet. This games story is so absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing, i can not stress that enough. This game is so superb and I can not wait to play it again with different choices.
On top of all of this the amount of update that have been put out shows that this is absolutely a loved and cared for game.

While this game had promise and was pretty good at the time, i can not in good faith recommend it.
DEAD GAME :
The game is just dead, there hasn't been a major update since NOVEMBER 2021.
The developers, while they did not completely abandon it and it still gets bug fixes, they are no longer working on it.
There are aspects that were promised and were simply never implemented, and i don't think they will be, it is still very early access.
PRICING :
This game is no where near $30, not even $20, I would be hard pressed to recommend the level of fun and replay-ability offered by this game for anything more than $10. It's the worst game on steam, but they over estimated their value here, and i can not stress this enough, it's just not worth the money.
IF YOU REALLY WANT THIS GAME BUY IT CHEAP.

CLONE GAME?? :
So while I said the developers just stopped working on the game, that's not entirely true.
The development team made another game about the zombie apocalypse...that is a literal clone of this game, like...the map, the bases, units, a good majority of textures and location, units, ability and so much more is literally just copy and pasted into this new zombie game and that's most likely why they stopped working on this and said it's "done"/

FINAL NOTES :
While the game is fun, price point makes it not worth it, and the company's actions i deem immoral.
With all that, I highly suggest you don't buy the game or support this company.

This has potential, the fact that is free is the only reason i recommend it.
Pros
- Nice Tarkov Lite without the hardcore game play
- Mission system keeps game engaging and give something to do other than raid
- good graphics and environment is well made
- game is relatively easy to understand with a small learning curve
- customization of weapons is simple and is based on a colored tier system which makes easy to understand
- crafting system is simple and allows for upward scaling
- short insurance times keep you engaged

Cons
- the constant map persistence means that you can spawn on a location that has already been looted
- constant map persistence means that an enemy can land really close to you at anytime
- AI Fauna feel repeated and samey, as well as holding agro a little too well
- while the weapons feel balanced you could very easily get access to high tier gear early based on luck causing a large disparity in PVP
- PVP is about as arcade like as you imagine

All in all, a decent game, especially for free, if you're looking for tarkov you'll hate it.
If you're looking for Fortnight but like tarkov, its decent.
It has room to grow but needs work, the loot system definitely needs to be reworked.

Combat is smoother and better than ME1, ignoring the limit in weapon choice based off class.
Gameplay is smoother and feels more story focused with more streamlined side quests.
Mining minigame is ass, the fact that the hacking game can be interrupted and cause you to lose loot is also ass.
Feels far better than ME1, the characters are well made and deep, and Newgame+ does offer a bit of replay power.
over story makes this game a 7/10, definitely one of my favorites trilogies

fantastic game, runs a bit rough on higher settings, better with friends. With regular updates and active development this looks like a very promising early access title

Story is interesting and i liked it, that being said saw the curve balls and twist coming from a mile a way.
Game play is challenging and timing based even on normal, guns blazing usually gets you killed but that made it even more fun for me.
While the game gives you several a few interesting playable characters i was focused on my main 3 until i replaced one and ended up never touching the final character you find. whether that was because i got too ingrained into my specific game play style or i just find them more interesting i don't really know/
There is not a whole lot of grinding and it is fairly linear, that's good and bad, i reached parts where if i could just farm a few more enemies it would have been easier, but on the plus i never found myself wonder what to do.
DLC is pretty good so far also, highly recommend.
Overall :
Gameplay - fun, but fairly short lived (i beat on and off with about 14 hrs of game play on 100% complete for the main story.)
Story - Albeit, predictable, was still engaging and enjoyable

Honestly, I'm refunding after playing each game a few times. Not as good as previous games in the series, fell pretty flat in my opinion. Left a lot to be desired. it's all there and there could be fun to have, but it really felt like a box of my least favorite games honestly.