Altarium

There are no players, no tutorial, custom games are available but the bot movement is wonky. It doesn't have the nice directional sound system you would expect. Disappointed - because the game lore looks and sounds really good.

cash grab, gameplay is nothing like what is shown in the video, bot reviews

I've been following this game for a while during it's development, and as much as I hate to leave a negative review, I think that criticism is very important to the potential of this game succeeding. I'm always excited to see new asym games arise, and Altarium was no exception. The game looks very high quality, and for the most part, (at least when it comes to the graphics) it is. It's obvious that the developers put effort into making the game. But the real concern is whether they're willing to keep that same effort after release. This game has a lot of issues that should have been addressed before launch, so it's important that the developers get to fixing them ASAP. [list] [*] First off, the game runs terribly. This is consistent with a lot of other players, who have stated that they're averaging anywhere from 30 to 40 fps on medium to high settings. I personally have an RX 6750 XT w/ Ryzen 7 and I can barely reach 60fps in a lot of the areas unless I'm on very low settings. Fixing the performance should be a top priority before anything else. [*] Second, the gameplay is incredibly confusing for both sides and is only explained with a single splash screen before each match. This is the closest you'll get to a tutorial in this game. I can't say that it's helpful information either, because what it gives you is quite vague in explaining how the game works. This game desperately needs a full tutorial at some point. [*] Finally, the player count. I didn't expect this game to have a large player count going in, but I think it should definitely be something to look into later. Once the developers can get the main issues with the game sorted out, they need to advertise this game as much as possible. Otherwise the game is most certainly dead. [/list] The current state of this game is not good. I think it would have been better to delay the release of the game if it meant fixing a lot of these issues. I'm hopeful for the future of the game, but I'm unsure if the developers feel the same way. I'll wait a week to see if any of these issues get addressed. Otherwise, it's worthy of a refund.

Bad bad dead game. Dont even try to read reviews, its all bots.

It really surprises me that this game has turned into a dead game on the first/second day of its release. My first game matching took me 10+ minutes just to find 3 or 4 more players. DO NOT BUY, this game is literally DEAD.

There are some interesting ideas in the game and some kinda cool gameplay mechanics however there are a lot of uninteresting boring gameplay loops that could be VASTLY simplified. There are far too many searchables and 90% are empty, probably about 100+ interactable chests/drawers to be opened and probably only probably about 15 items in the game. Currently the player count is too low to realistically play a full match with 4 survivors so attempting to open 100+ interactables while trying to avoid the killer who doesn't have much of an indicator. It's basically impossible to escape the killer as theres no visual indicator that hes nearby and the heartbeat doesn't help as by the time you hear it, hes already attacking. Then there are the doors, all opening in inconsistent ways is just straight up annoying, as they open in your face and becomes a obstacle easily trapping most players inside a building if they haven't pre-opened all the doors. In order for the gameplay to feel smoother, they need to get rid of the damn drawers with the teeny tiny interactable hit box and if you don't open them in the right order you can't even see inside them. Even if you are able to open an escape, you still need to juice the crystal 4 times in an small enclosed zone which the killer can easily capture you. Overall, although I like the idea of a point and click search experience against the clock vs a killer, the actual gameplay loop needs to be vastly simplified and obstacle movements need to be consistent to even make it remotely fair for a survivor to try to escape.

Помнится, обещался год назад отписаться, скам это или нет. Совершенно забыл написать. Извините. Если кому не пофигу, представляю вашему вниманию запоздалый апдейт по ситуации: Это скам. Судя по SteamDB, за прошедший год у игры была куча апдейтов страницы в магазине и примерно два фикса в районе релиза. Изначально игра продавалась за 880 рублей, но через некоторое время цену срезали более чем в два раза и пару раз выкатывали на распродаже, втихую сняв плашку "раннего доступа". Ничто не указывает на то, что игра готова к релизу. Скажем так, в базе я вижу вроде бы какие-то интересные геймплейные наработки: 1) Оружие, что не очень-то свойственно DbD-клонам; 2) Три способа победы (два громких и один в стелсе); 3) Атмосферу вестерна, которых никогда не бывает слишком много; 4) Вроде бы даже какая-то работа со звуком есть: повсюду битое стекло и прочие шумные штуки под ногами, как в Hunt; 5) Волшебные масляные фонари, подсвечивающие ключевые предметы сквозь стены на некоторое время - это неплохая находка. Но все это разбивается о тот простой факт, что даже в соло-режиме в игре нечего делать, а сетевой режим не то чтобы мертв - в нем никогда не было людей in the first place. Из-за какого-то бага ИИ монстр-охотник просто не ищет игрока-выживальщика и тупо чилит в центре карты. Если игрок выберет стелсовый выход на финальный этап, монстр за ним никогда не пойдет и шансов проиграть у игрока нет. В двух других вариантах эндгейма у ИИ внезапно появляется способность находить путь на уровне, после чего играть соло становится невозможно. Вот, значит, на фоне этого всего мне в голову закрадывается неприятная мысль: а это вообще разработчик сам, своими силами игру сделал или где-то купил пак ресурсов. Потому для саундтрека он точно украл кусок Slinger's Song из Bastion. Только что зашел проверить, не показалось ли мне: не показалось, потому что в игре больше нет музыки. По-любому кто-то возмутился по поводу авторских прав. Это вторая игра разработчика, и я вижу здесь точно такие же ассеты, как и в первой части. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3397690/Westfall/ И судьба у неё будет точно такая же, как у Altarum. Ах, да. Я сейчас собираюсь написать очевиднейшую фигню, но для полноты обзора нужно зафиксировать: [quote]Мы рады сообщить, что Altarium будет поддерживаться регулярными обновлениями и будет постоянно предлагать игрокам новый контент. Каждое обновление будет тщательно подготовлено с целью добавить вам новый уровень увлечения. Эти обновления, полные совершенно нового контента, персонажей, карт и снаряжения, будут постоянно обогащать ваш игровой опыт. Основываясь на отзывах нашего сообщества, мы стремимся сделать игру еще более интересной и предложить вам больше возможностей.[/quote] Вот эта часть на странице магазина - вранье. От первой до последней буквы.

I couldn't tell you anything about the game because not enough people own it to populate the player queue. This game needs a lot more attention and players before it's recommendable. I *guess* if you have 4 friends, and they all want to spend $30 on a concept of a game, then you might be able to do custom lobbies. Good luck..

The gameplay was enjoyable, the graphics were nice, and I had a lot of fun with my friends. You can easily pick it up and play with your friends!

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