3 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.4 hrs on record (0.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 8 Jan, 2023 @ 9:39am
Product received for free

Early Access Review
Bauhaus sci-fi left 4 dead.

Game could be fun with a lot more polish, a lot of lag issues, stuttering gameplay and lackluster sound design. I like the charge mechanic for ammo, but you go through the ammo super quick. The aliens don't always match the scenery and so it looks kind of thrown together at some points.

Small thing, in the loading screen on launch where the PNG / JPG is moving around on screen, theres this white smudge to the front corner of the ship in space and you can see it moving with the ship, so it is literally just a jpg being dragged around.

Details matter

The game has potential, but it feels weightless and takes too much from contemporaries without (seemingly) understanding why those games incorporate those features. The weapons look interesting and match the art style, I like the reloads, it seems that there was a lot more effort put into the weapon animations and reloads than most other parts of the game.

I think a lot of the issues could be less severe if the game worked consistently, i have had rounds where it was working with minimal lag, but my most recent I had to ALT-F4 because I was not able to shoot, the aliens were running in place and then teleporting, teammates were running in place and teleporting, and it was just a mess.

I can not recommend in its current state, I do want to see this game do well as PVE FPS games are one of, if not, my favorite genres. So please, listen to the community and filter through what you agree with and decide if it is best to incorporate or remove from your product, the community should not always change the product, but should be used to see your product from a different perspective in which you can then go about making any changes you seem to be in-line with your vision.

Played during free weekend 1/7/23 - 1/8/23
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