AWAY: The Survival Series

It had so much potential

Насколько же хороша была задумка создать интерактивное документальное кино, да ещё и с таким милым зверьком в главной роли! Божественная музыка, красивые пейзажи, трогательная история. Казалось, что простить такой игре можно многое, даже огрехи явно неопытных разработчиков. Но невозможно хвалить игру, в которую физически невозможно играть. И вот почему. Невыносимо отвратительное управление! Словами нельзя передать всё то раздражение, которое испытываешь при прохождении. Ни клавиатура, ни геймпад здесь не помогут. Камера постоянно вертит кульбиты и не может зафиксироваться. Это бросает бедного поссума под вашим управлением из стороны в сторону. Атаки не проходят, полет прерывается, прыжки совершаются вслепую и на удачу. Перемещение по деревьям – просто кошмар. Следом отмечу плохо проработанные анимации. Звери двигаются какими-то рывками, а у части из них вообще не прописана анимация передвижения! К примеру, бабочки просто … ездят по земле, как и множество других насекомых. Сами модели животных отдают «квадратностью» и низкой полигональностью. А теперь о том, что разозлило больше всего - странное отношение игры к прохождению. Хотя уровни довольно коридорные, но благодаря тому, что главный герой – сахарный поссум и может планировать, казалось бы, можно выбрать стиль прохождения – поверху, понизу, с открытыми конфронтациями или без. Но в определенный момент игра попросту сломалась, выдав ошибку, прекратив работу и стерев весь прогресс с последней точки сохранения, когда мне вздумалось не скакать по деревьям, а полететь к указанной точке продвижения. Ошибка повторялась снова и снова, пока не было решено пройти другим путем. И о чудо! Все заработало, повествование продолжилось, кат-сцены запустились. Оказалось, что был пропущен целый пласт из стелса мимо крокодилов и рыси. Указывала ли как-то игра, что надо идти конкретно этим путем? Нет. Были ли невидимые стены, не позволяющие пройти вне намеченного пути? Тоже нет. Была ли возможность достигнуть чек-поинта без прохождения зоны с хищниками? О да! Но как только к нему подступаешься – игра вылетает и нивелирует весь прогресс. В силу того, что в игре только примитивный компас (а-ля стрелочка «тебе туда»), понять, что ты что-то делаешь не так, просто невозможно. Но по мнению разработчиков проходить игру нужно сугубо «правильным» задуманным путем и никак иначе. Для адвенчуры с элементами исследования — это нонсенс. Также присутствуют абсолютно не нужные рпг-вкрапления. Видимо, они требовались только для того, чтобы побольше жанров впихнуть в описание. Прокачка навыков либо незаметна, либо происходит автоматически по сюжету, отчего заметить какие-либо изменения сложно. В результате, отметить можно только музыкальное сопровождение. Оно прекрасно, словно саундтрек для очень дорогого документального фильма. С ним эмоциональные моменты становятся ещё слезливее, красота природы ощущается ещё ярче, а отчаянье – ещё горше (особенно с таким-то управлением). Но даже всех композиторов мира не хватило бы для спасения этой игры от провала.

So far I have only played through the story mode, it says it's at around 93% complete but the game told me I could explore the world so I'm fairly sure it's basically done. First the good stuff -Being a sugar glider, and a young one, really made me want to play this game -The emphasis on family made me care more, I finished the game in one sitting -I very much enjoy old broken down human structures reclaimed by nature, there are quite a few -I much appreciate the easy mode so I can just enjoy the story -A lot of other reviews talk about bugs, I didn't encounter any game breaking ones. No important enemies being stuck so I can't continue the story, never fell out of bounds, no graphical glitches -I liked the nature documentary narration -There is a mechanic where you can press a button when the game wants you to jump to a specific spot, this is very nice as the jump can be a bit hard to control when you need to move forward Now the not so good stuff -The movement controls in general are fine, but the gliding mechanic is hard to control, this can be especially frustrating when the game requires you to go from tree to tree and not touch the ground, or where it wants you to glide for a very long time -On top of that, I had multiple times where certain glide jumps were seemingly impossible to make, I think this has to do with me not waiting while I'm at the highest point in the jump, but it takes a bit to get there, and my gaming instincts are telling me to start gliding way before that moment (the probable reason is something I only really found out at the end of the story) -It's not always clear where you have to go to. The game does have a wayfinder, but at some point in the game it just pointed to the sky for me. Thankfully there are glowing mushrooms to show you the way too, but I still missed an important story moment and ended up far further on the map than I should have been, then got stuck at some point. I eventually looked up a video walkthrough to see where I needed to go -I did find smaller bugs, insects floating in the air, sometimes when you attack something it just flies off, sometimes when you die in a certain way it can take a while before you're loaded back -Whenever I fell in the water, it was pretty hard to get out, the game would sometimes just push me underwater for seemingly no reason, making it difficult to see where I had to go to get out. You do a very small jump in the water, which added to the difficulty of getting back on land -I thought I found a gamebreaking bug when, at the first chase sequence, I got killed before I had an opportunity to sprint away. Eventually it just kind of worked, I don't know why, but I didn't have this problem with the other chase parts -Navigating trees is not easy. It works when the game just exactly does what you want, but when you're on the wrong branch it is annoyingly difficult to get to where you want to be -You don't jump the way you're looking at, which then makes gliding to the correct location even more difficult than it already is Overall I liked the experience, it was a fun little story, short enough that the sometimes annoying controls weren't too bad. I'm not that hard to please when it comes to games, I don't care much for how graphics look or how animations look, as long as there is decent gameplay and a nice gimmick or story. This game had the gimmick. I don't regret getting it, but I don't think I could ever recommend this to someone else. Though if someone is already interested I'd probably suggest they give it a try, while being honest about this game's flaws

A little short, and the camera can be your worst enemy, but you really do begin to feel attached to your little sugar glider and it's family. The narrator is worth the price of admission on their own.

cute: yes and that is all the good it has for now. the part of climbing trees and roots is a bloody pain, seeing you die as you fight to go where you want or falling out as you try, often getting you killed. getting out of the water is a real ♥♥♥♥♥. the thing that shows you where to go is bull, at points showing you where you CAN'T go. things like eating and attacking stop working at times you need them. and the checkpoints can be as useful as eating sand, as in, do a hard part, try to follow where the game says you need to go now, fall and die, then do that hard part all again and again and again.... and again. the way the game is with the story now, i can not recommend it. EDIT: just got to the end of the game and i've not changed my mind.

It is a really great game. A little short, and they need to fix the camera mechanics but it is worth it. You really get attached to the little sugar glider and its family.

I don't understand the negative reviews on this one. It's a cute game, my gf and I love it, you get to learn about gliders, the graphics is actually very good while still not taking any toll on my computer. Downside: Locked FPS, I am sure I can reverse-engineer that somehow, since I haven't found GameUserSettings or Engine yet.

i love the game got it today i beat it kinda it made e cry but i still love it :,(

The Survival Series is a remarkable technical achievement in survival game design. The sugar glider’s locomotion system — combining climbing, leaping, and gliding — is one of the most fluid and natural movement models I’ve seen, with physics-driven momentum and wind interaction creating a true sense of freedom. Procedural animation blends seamlessly with terrain navigation, giving every action a lifelike quality. The survival mechanics are elegantly integrated: stamina, hunting, and resource management never feel intrusive but instead enhance immersion. Enemy AI, though streamlined, supports dynamic stealth and chase sequences without breaking consistency. Graphically, the rendering pipeline delivers lush vegetation, dynamic lighting, and atmospheric effects that convincingly simulate an organic ecosystem. The sound design is equally strong, with layered environmental audio that reinforces the sense of being part of a living world. Overall, AWAY brilliantly merges physics-based character control, ecological simulation, and immersive design into a cohesive experience. Technically ambitious and artistically beautiful, it stands out as one of the most unique survival titles of its kind.

Many comments here complain about steering, but its not that bad. Its quite good for what we have to control here. And sorry for the tree hoppers, but it aint so hard to aim at a branch while pushing the jump button. Definitly a game to experience, some smiles too, altough humanity is gone a Attenborough-ish narrator tells the story of ur kind. But beware, its not a movie, its a bit of jump and run too.