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I think I like it?

If you really want to know what this game is take these three games

Quake 2
Cruelty Squad
R.E.P.O.

and mash them together, sprinkle some Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss onto it and there you have it. Tutorial is a bit janky but it technically preps you for what is in store.

Only thing id like is alt colors for characters so you can play the rejected SkullGirl of your choice with your friends.

When you are in the heat of the moment, it almost, just almost feels like a rhythm game. The flow you can enter feels perfect, like a dance. This is the kind of game where I hate myself that I didn't buy it sooner.

hehehe monke

You know what you are getting into. Buy it on sale for less than $20 and then go install 50 mods. Also treat yourself and cheat in 500 ceramic, copper, adhesive, and aluminium.

Update: As of TU2 there had been many improvements. Some good in all honesty but not enough for me to consider changing my review to positive.
I stand by my stance that it is a good game but bad port. Obviously the people on Twitter screaming about it and bullying the dev team are morons, this was a corporate choice. Padding the quarterly report for investors, we all bought it, we all (tried) to play it. The numbers speak for themselves, but I can and will point out the flaws. I still think that October will be around the time when the game becomes stable and playable for the majority of the player base and that we all basically bought an early access game and the "Title Updates" are just the rest of the content they didnt finish before launch.

If you have a beefy computer you should be okay but other than that the only place you are going to see over 40fps is in the training area.
Here are some glaring issues that I don't see being fixed ever.
- Character Edit Vouchers are a disgrace
- The Sandtide tanking your fps
- The fact that the water looks better without Ray Trace on
- Certain freezes and crashes
- The LOD issues, which are funny but seeing Gemma looking like an Age of Empires character gets old quick
- Literally every "DLC" there. $2 USD for some chat stickers... screw off Capcom

Pretty good honestly.
Id like to add some critics (spoilers)
- Vibe is good but lacks... something. I know that isn't helpful in the slightest but I think it needs more casual moments, maybe the gas station is playing music or the drunk is failing to play the guitar. It feels like there should be more going on.
- Tension was lacking. I knew as soon as I talked to the Gas Station guy that if i end dialog then they are not the mimic, for a game that presupposes that some brain thinking is needed to deduce the mimic. Even in game they remark on how they are getting better at mimic'ing.
- There is a decent chance you could stumble onto the mimic without even checking half the locals.
- The Door crashing my game is cute and all but having it do that and reset my progress is kinda annoying.
- If you are going to say that "Mimics don't blink" on a sign about what to look for in a mimic then you should have the NPC's blink on occasion. You never see the mimic in it's hiding form so while a nice bit of in-game world building once you try to apply it then you feel slightly cheated in a way. I was hype for trying to figure it out based on limbs and walking and was very sad to find that none of that mattered.

Thank you Dev for the 30 minutes of gameplay and I wish you the best!

Edit: Sony backed down, so my review is now being switched to Positive. This is honestly a great news to get. Again I want to send my thoughts to the Dev team who literally did nothing wrong and were forced into this by their publisher, I am sorry that a large amount of people lashed out at you when they should've gone for Sony. I imagine it was hard for you all and I hope now that the amazing good faith you built up will recover in time. I will be leaving the negative part of the review in here for archival reasons, and plan to reinstall and play again soon. Thank you for standing with us.

-----Archived Negative Review Below-----

I feel really bad about leaving a negative review like this. I have been praising the game in private among friends since i got it. It is really fun, no doubt. The dev team are awesome and they truly captured lightning in a bottle with this game. It is a blast even solo and had one of the coolest communities. Then... well... Im fairly certain you see the reviews around the time of this one. 97% negative last I looked.

I gotta say, leaving a game open like this, gaining metric ♥♥♥♥ tons of players and player trust only to have your publisher slam the door shut unless you link a PSN account is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥. If they ever reverse this I will gladly change my review to a positive one. But they wont, and the dev team behind this game will suffer for it, and not the Publisher.

The Fall and Summer puzzles are very good for what they are. However I have issues with Spring and Winter.
Spring is WAY to simple, I am not sure if removing the sign would help but it took me longer to come back from the puzzle to the hub than doing the puzzle.
Winter needs to sign removed entirely as well, I was so pleased to see that Fall and Summer didn't hold your hand and allow you to figure it out. It isn't by any means hard, it just feels like its too much.

There is also a sound issue. From what I saw every sound has a zone, which is fine, but the cut off it too sharp and quick. In the future consider trying to dither the edge of the sound barrier so that it fades in and out smoother.

I honestly like this game, it was a good 27 minutes.
I think you have a lot of room to grow as a dev, and wish you well on future projects. <3

This game reignited my love for Zombie games, when every zombie game is a recycled cash grab it is nice to see one that actually feels like a proper game.

Noita is another game made by the Finnish that is designed to show every other man of foreign blood that the Fins hate you and want you to suffer.

I am trapped you see, Its a forever game...

8/10 wish there was more in game help for finding out certain secrets.