The Dev Recently announced that he will be departing from steam due to all of the negative reception that this game has received over the years and as a result - you can't acquire the game anymore. (at the time of writing, in the near future)
So, I'll be another one of those that the dev quotes "People who think that this game does not meet our modern day video game demands".
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I played this with my friend once somewhere in 2019 and we played it for less than 20 minutes and never played it together since. We laughed at the terrible graphics and gun play, killed under 10 bots, my friend basically won and then both ALT F4'd. I myself played it like 4-5 times over the past few years since it got updates once in a while, which added stuff like new maps, a few guns and I think a game mode or two.
Also, the game was actually publicly released on the 12th of April 2019, not August 6th 2021).
Game lacks originality and looks really bad. No satisfaction from getting kills, bots (depending if they're a monster or not) either just run around to random pre-set points around the map or run straight towards the player. They don't move away from gunfire, they don't run away, no effort into making them behave like threatening opponents. (Ig their perfect `Lock onto a target` aim can be a challenge.)
It doesn't belong on steam. If you compare this to some other shooter that is frequently updated, is advertised and has at least hundreds of players, then this game looks like one of those generic low budget games made by some bricked russian/indian teen that adds horrible English translation to their "dream project", becuz they start making the game in their native language for some reason.
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Also back to what I said about the modern day video game demands thing.
The dev says that the main reason for him departing from steam was the negative attitude of society towards the game, it just doesn't meet the demand of society and that seeing all this negativity, he realized that the mainstream society does not appreciate the game and he realized that he needs to leave. (That's what he said).
Yeah the aforementioned society's right and he only now realized it. We don't spend time playing underdeveloped and practically abandoned games cuz we got other games that are just so much more than just Good guys VS Bad guys bs. Ofc we are gona be negative about this, we are allowed to play these games with a history of playing other proper games.
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I myself am a game dev, I was 12 when I first picked up a game engine (UE4), I made some real trash that was made by watching tons of tutorials, I garnered quite a few young fans with one of my games, But one day I stopped working on the game, deleted all source files and left everyone who supported me becuz I grew up to realize that It does not fit well into the indie game scene and I should probably move to working on types of games that aren't so common. Now 4 years from when I started, I have improved a lot and have made many games (one for a school project that helped me pass 10th grade), but have only released a small portion because I just personally feel that they're just not good enough and I was still growing up, so I've only recently realized how cringe and pathetic they are.
(And also because I've chosen to make games for fun, not for profit or fame because I don't wana end up like this guy)
I once spend almost a year working on my first commercial game that turns out you could beat in less than 5 minutes and I wish I could've just done better. I've removed the game and with it, I have learned a lot and have chosen to work more in private.
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Game development is one of the hardest jobs/hobbies atm. Late hours, deadlines and burnout all contribute to the difficulty and release status of the project you're working on. And in the indie scene you're gona find a lot of junk like this or games that were made by hard working developers, and this dev isn't one of em. It can be real hard to start making games and it can most certainly get tiring to keep on making them.
Anyhow, this dev as he said: Is gona stand his ground and defend the game. He says that this game is good and that it has many advantages (wat???).
He also said:
"I want to say thank you to all those who have supported me this whole time and thank you to those who understand how difficult this project is.
I've never seen anyone play this game on video and say that it's good and this dev is blaming us (the negative reviews) for the games` departure.
Doesn't he feel stupid? Doesn't he feel a little ashamed to say that?
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I've made this review unnecessarily long, even tho I've only played less than 2 hours of this. Ama end this.
This game is overall bad, poorly made and probably should've never been released to the public in such a long lasting ugly state. I hope the dev has learned his mistakes and will either go on to make another few games in his life (that are hopefully better) or just stop making games entirely. Like wtf dude, you shouldn't hate the rightfully deserved negative criticism, It's probably better to keep quiet and take notes of what they say, cuz removing the game might be one of the most beneficial choices you make. Unless you're delusional and are in complete denial and think that this game that you've spent at least 3 years working on is of steams` quality standards.
Sad to see steams` quality control in such a poor state and so much time wasted on this.
