Recent reviews by dammit2hell

I hope someone checks in on the person that designed the fights with non stop ad spawning. I'm worried about them.

I've got close to 11 hours in this game so far and I have enjoyed it far more than I expected I would. Have there been moments of confusion and frustration? Absolutely. Are there some bugs that have stopped progression without realizing it? Yup. BUT the developer seems to be paying attention to these forums and comments in streams and implementing changes based on feedback.

Combat can feel a bit clunky at times but I think that could be fixed by tightening up the response time a bit. What I mean is, say you pull out your baton and ready it/try to attack too soon, it's not actually ready and you're just standing there. You have to wait a second after pulling it out before you can use it. Same with trying to ready a gun out of sprint. Aside from that, the only real issue I have is the camera angles can be a bit punishing at times, especially when entering a door/entering a room slowly. You get thrown into a jarring 1st person perspective until the camera positions back behind you. It's not the end of the world but it has lead to being attacked by something you can't see when you enter a room.

Oh, something else that's a bit odd and I poked fun at it on stream (sorry)... Your character, considering the situation is pretty calm throughout the game with the exception of when on a radio call. When they're on the radio, they turn into a super angry and aggressive Batman. Screaming and frothing. It's really odd compared to the rest of the voice acting. Not the end of the world, It's honestly funnier than anything but could be off putting for those in it for the immersion

If you like Resident Evil and Silent Hill check this out. It's VERY reminiscent of the both of them but not in an insulting way (IMO). It's like playing a classic with better visuals.

Updates seem to be coming in frequently so I am hopeful that very soon this will a must have. Worth the price tag IMO.

I wish there was a "Not yet" option for recommending instead of just yes or no. This game still needs a lot of refinement. The tutorial is as bare bones as you can get. The game wants you to learn on the job which is fine but it's not intuitive at all. There's a bunch of information on the laptop about the tools and alien possibilities but it all feels very minimal. The more clues you find, the less you know. I had 7 instances of evidence and each piece just shuffled the 3 possibilities of aliens around. I never felt like I made any progress. Also it's my fault for assuming it was but it is not co-op so if you're wanting to play with friends, that's not an option. I wish this was an early access title so I could just say I would come back in a few months and see how it looks but this seems to be a 1.0 release.

The potential is there but it's just not ready yet. Needs a lot more time in the oven. The first character is by far the most balanced with the others seriously struggling to be viable on higher threat levels without getting insanely lucky with your perks and even then it's still a struggle at times. I'm saying not recommended for now but maybe check back on it later. Right now it's annoyingly difficult which is not the same as challenging.

As with a lot of early access games, there is potential here but I would wait for more for now. There's no penalty for doing a bad job. You can run up and down steps with couches, you can carry a bed sideways through a doorway. There's no way to damage walls/furniture by being careless. I was straight up throwing furniture out of a second story window with 0 repercussions and that's when I realized the game had stopped being enjoyable. It was fine for wasting a few hours but without penalties for doing a bad job, it looses it's appeal. It starts to feel like playing game with no clip/console cheats on or something.

Additionally, driving is... well, you can drive in the game. I'll leave it at that.

No camera controls when driving but an odd 180 degree sweeping camera motion when going from drive to reverse.

I'll check it out when/if it comes out of EA but just not for me for now. Sad because I love these "I'd do this in a game but not in real life" games.

This game has been abandoned. Don't waste your money.

Whoever designed the crafting in this game, seriously go talk to someone. I don't know what they did to hurt you but I can promise you, it will get better. Don't take your frustrations out on everyone else.

I play a LOT of different games every week. A lot of them early access. Most of them are pretty hit or miss but this one so far has been really solid. It's got a great foundation and plenty of room to grow. I like it when an early access game has some meat to it instead of a bunch of placeholders. I'm very excited to see where this goes from here.

It's been 8 months and this game STILL crashes at the splash screen 2+ times a week and the icing on top is it locks up the whole damn computer. At this point they either don't know how to fix it or don't care to.

Game's solid. Not a huge improvement from the original but still an improvement. I've seen co-op complaints but I've only played solo so I can only speak to that which has been fine.

My biggest complaint is the placement mode. It's so restrictive. You can't place anything close to a wall or near another item. It feels like a last minute decision that was added without much thought.