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5 Stars - Best of the best, games most people should try.
4 Stars - Solid games I recommend for anyone interested in the genre or the game itself.
3 Stars - Decent, not particularly bad or good. Probably only worth trying if you're really interested in them.
2 Stars - Some redeeming aspects, but not great. I can understand why some people might like them, but they're not for me.
1 Star - Not worth your time or money, unless you're going in just to see how bad it is.
5 Stars - Best of the best, games most people should try.
4 Stars - Solid games I recommend for anyone interested in the genre or the game itself.
3 Stars - Decent, not particularly bad or good. Probably only worth trying if you're really interested in them.
2 Stars - Some redeeming aspects, but not great. I can understand why some people might like them, but they're not for me.
1 Star - Not worth your time or money, unless you're going in just to see how bad it is.
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I watched part of this game on YouTube. I cried a little.
I played it myself. I cried a lot.
I got a friend to play it while I watched. We cried a lot.
I watched other people play it on YouTube. I still cry.
But it's always a good kind of cry.
I played it myself. I cried a lot.
I got a friend to play it while I watched. We cried a lot.
I watched other people play it on YouTube. I still cry.
But it's always a good kind of cry.
I'll preface this by saying that if you're the child of a single parent, or a single parent yourself, this game might have far more impact on you than it did me.
That being said, I can't really recommend this... experience. I have very little bad to say about it, but almost nothing good to say about it either. It's a decent if not basic story about a girl reflecting on her relationship with her mother, but it's not exactly in-depth or anything. The story is broken into basic interactive segments, like clicking on lights to play an animation showing where the relationship is at in the given time. There's not really any merit to this being an interactive experience rather than just like, a short YouTube video. For example, at one point the girl and her mother take a train ride, and the gameplay for the segment is inserting the coins into the machine, hitting the ticket buttons, dragging the tickets over to stamp them, then putting them in the slot. That's it. There's no real benefit to that being interactive beyond the simple entertainment of being able to fling the coins around the screen.
The story is not particularly interesting either, as it kind of just is a very simple life story. I can even sum up the story in a single sentence if I tried. The biggest compliment I can give this game is that it's told very well visually even if there's little to no point in it being interactive. If you're interested in seeing this story, go watch a YouTube playthrough that's over in like 45 minutes, then play it yourself if you think the experience is worth giving your money towards. Otherwise, there's no point.
That being said, I can't really recommend this... experience. I have very little bad to say about it, but almost nothing good to say about it either. It's a decent if not basic story about a girl reflecting on her relationship with her mother, but it's not exactly in-depth or anything. The story is broken into basic interactive segments, like clicking on lights to play an animation showing where the relationship is at in the given time. There's not really any merit to this being an interactive experience rather than just like, a short YouTube video. For example, at one point the girl and her mother take a train ride, and the gameplay for the segment is inserting the coins into the machine, hitting the ticket buttons, dragging the tickets over to stamp them, then putting them in the slot. That's it. There's no real benefit to that being interactive beyond the simple entertainment of being able to fling the coins around the screen.
The story is not particularly interesting either, as it kind of just is a very simple life story. I can even sum up the story in a single sentence if I tried. The biggest compliment I can give this game is that it's told very well visually even if there's little to no point in it being interactive. If you're interested in seeing this story, go watch a YouTube playthrough that's over in like 45 minutes, then play it yourself if you think the experience is worth giving your money towards. Otherwise, there's no point.
Only Episode One is out as of writing this, might update in the future.
The only way I can think to describe this game is simple yet satisfying. I can't think of anything that Cultic tries to do that it doesn't succeed at. Exploration is fun, combat is engaging and satisfying, the horror is incredibly effective. I think if I had to say anything negative about it, I'd say the soundtrack can get repetitive and the final boss is too chaotic for my tastes and makes it hard to really know what's going on without some trial and error. But this game is an excellent blend of action and horror, with some crunchy and visceral sound design, punchy weapons, satisfying enemy variety and more. I've never been a fan of fire-based weapons in shooters before, but Cultic makes them some of the most fun.
If an action-horror FPS game sounds like something you're interested in, pick this up. You won't be disappointed.
The only way I can think to describe this game is simple yet satisfying. I can't think of anything that Cultic tries to do that it doesn't succeed at. Exploration is fun, combat is engaging and satisfying, the horror is incredibly effective. I think if I had to say anything negative about it, I'd say the soundtrack can get repetitive and the final boss is too chaotic for my tastes and makes it hard to really know what's going on without some trial and error. But this game is an excellent blend of action and horror, with some crunchy and visceral sound design, punchy weapons, satisfying enemy variety and more. I've never been a fan of fire-based weapons in shooters before, but Cultic makes them some of the most fun.
If an action-horror FPS game sounds like something you're interested in, pick this up. You won't be disappointed.