Surprised at all the less-than-favourable reviews about this one!
Obviously the main hook here is how you play as the monster that has to ravage through various facilities. It’s a great concept and it’s executed excellently.
I loved the feeling of movement - it was satisfying to move around so freely.
It has a clear metroidvania-lite style, where some paths are blocked until you gain the abilities to overcome them. I thought the lack of a genre-typical map in favour of an “echolocation“ system made the (shallow-level) exploration more involved and interesting.
Halfway through the game you get to play as other people and fire some weapons and use some armour (trying to keep it spoiler-free here) that’s very satisfying.
Finally, you get some light-puzzles here and there which keep things engaging and varied.
There’s very little story or plot here and it’s very simplistic. It’s a game clearly focused on the mechanics where the story was a nice extra to glue things together thematically.
It took me 6.5 hours to finish it and overall I’m satisfied. A visually great game with great music and atmosphere.
Played on SteamDeck.
Obviously the main hook here is how you play as the monster that has to ravage through various facilities. It’s a great concept and it’s executed excellently.
I loved the feeling of movement - it was satisfying to move around so freely.
It has a clear metroidvania-lite style, where some paths are blocked until you gain the abilities to overcome them. I thought the lack of a genre-typical map in favour of an “echolocation“ system made the (shallow-level) exploration more involved and interesting.
Halfway through the game you get to play as other people and fire some weapons and use some armour (trying to keep it spoiler-free here) that’s very satisfying.
Finally, you get some light-puzzles here and there which keep things engaging and varied.
There’s very little story or plot here and it’s very simplistic. It’s a game clearly focused on the mechanics where the story was a nice extra to glue things together thematically.
It took me 6.5 hours to finish it and overall I’m satisfied. A visually great game with great music and atmosphere.
Played on SteamDeck.
Reviewed on Feb 07, 2023