Recent reviews by ctf_gooncave

Amazingly done visuals that capture the style of the era perfectly, great music and very good gameplay. Judging from the demo the game will be amazing and i can't wait to play more. There is one thing that bugs me, how much pausing there is. Whenever you level up, open BigWave or the Plugin Installer the game pauses and forces you to watch a cutscene or choose what upgrades to get. Now, this wouldn't be much of a problem if this wasn't ~25% of the game time. With how the game is now, i can see it's trying to achieve a bullet hell like gameplay and it's a really good choice. The pausing could be a good thing, a moment for the player to catch their breath before having to navigate the enemies. This should be a rare reward, instead of an often break of the flow of gameplay. In my opinion, these pauses should be way more rare and also should be combined with a bigger reward. After getting to the second level i often hesitate before opening bigwave because the pause is tedious and the reward not that great. Make more programs function like bat files and LemWire, those are great! They force you to stand your ground and wait to get something without pausing the gameplay, it's incredibly nerve-racking and fun. They capture what i feel is the essence of the game and if you go in the direction of even more chaos and flow that would be awesome. Can't wait to play the full game!

First off(pun intended), the game is still good as a game. However, it not good as a remaster of OFF the original.

The soundtrack change though necessary , ruined most of the games atmosphere. I might be biased since the original soundtrack was one of my favourite albums in general, but there wasn't a single second where the soundtrack added something to the game. It felt more like an afterthought if anything.

What would be a welcome change in the form of the updated gameplay, visuals, and sound design also removed a bit from what to me OFF was at it's core. They made the experience feel more like a game. I know the irony of making a game feel more like a game, that's what they are after all. However, OFF felt more like a spirit that caught itself in a RPGMaker file than a regular game. The default RPG Maker menus and visual interface in general caused every detail that was strange or different to stick out. The fact that items were usually flesh or meat, how strange the dialogues were (especially with The Judge), the class names of Add-Ons, it all felt strange and nonsensical. It engaged with our assumptions of what a game is and how it looks, twisting itself into the uncanny valley.
With the new elements, OFF feels a lot more like just a game. It's too polished, every mechanic is too purpose made to make it feel like more than a game.

It is exactly the sum of it's parts, and nothing more.
If you can, play the original, it is a much better experience/

If a game will make me go insane it's this one right there officer

Clock in ma day job

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for a game with potato graphics it sure doesn't run like one

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Pain, Death, Suffering and Pikkutulikärpänen

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