Another Blue

"Another Blue" is another bit of weaponized cringe as yet another fanboy simps over an internet non-ebrity, a V-tuber. If you don't know what a V-tuber is, it's basically a middle aged man who pretends to be a little anime girl on the internet for gaming streams. Anyway, the developer here really liked that V-tuber and as part of the simping process, took their likeness and character design without permission to make a derivative work... a cringey selection of minigames wrapped in some of the cringiest fan-fiction ever written by a high school anime club dropout. There's no English translation for the game, but that's okay. The language of bad games is universal. So this looks like an old 1990's Adobe Flash game that you might play in a web browser, and the problem there is obviously Steam wasn't intended to try compete with Chrome and Firefox. If it can be done in a web browser, it's not even close to a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That's a problem. On the topic of visuals, the weak looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app. 3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid 1990's with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D, there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2025. That alone is enough to disqualify this for recommendation. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 2 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? I think you should give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.

Игра 'Another Blue' – это атмосферное приключение, которое увлекает с первых минут своим уникальным визуальным стилем и меланхоличной историей. Мир, выполненный в приглушенных тонах, создает ощущение потерянности и одиночества, идеально передавая эмоциональное состояние главного героя. Геймплей основан на исследовании окружения, решении простых, но интригующих головоломок и взаимодействии с немногочисленными персонажами. Особенно хочется отметить музыку и звуковое сопровождение – они великолепно дополняют визуальную составляющую, создавая глубокую и эмоциональную атмосферу. Сюжет, хоть и не отличается сложностью, подкупает своей искренностью и заставляет задуматься о важных жизненных вопросах. В целом, 'Another Blue' – это не просто игра, а интерактивный опыт, который оставляет после себя приятное послевкусие и заставляет надолго запомнить встречу с этим необычным миром. Рекомендуется всем, кто любит медитативные приключения с акцентом на атмосферу и эмоциональную составляющую.