Backrooms Exploration

so far, the game is pretty great, (and I'm not gonna be too harsh because it literally came out yesterday)The horror element is awesome, the ambient noises are perfectly added in and the looks of the game are pixelated just enough for you to notice, but not enough for you to always be noticing it. The monsters are quite scary, even though they only jumpscare you (only in level 2 so idk if they chase or something later on) but the jumpscares are well spread out and timed, you never know when it's gonna happen. Now, the only problems I have with this game are:1: hard to find the areas you need to go to next2: you're unable to exit any minigames you enter, so it can basically softlock you for 30 minutes if you can't solve it3: no keybinds, you can't see what buttons do what and the game doesn't explain how to do certain minigames, it just assumes you already know how to solve the minigame or puzzle4: arrows in level 1 puzzle sometimes don't appear (happened for only the yellow one) so I was very confused and just guessed the combination.While these issues would probably make me not recommend this game, I have to say that this game has awesome vibes, spreads out the progression and jumpscares nicely, has great sound design, looks great, and has good progression. The issues above I think are going to get fixed with time, especially since this game is so new.For now, 7/10 on the game. Pretty much everything about it was amazing, but the lack of instructions and keybinds to show you what buttons to press to interact kind of take away from the experience (especially the lockpicking one, basically just rng if you get it or not)

Lots of levels and content. Some of the puzzles are annoyingly time consuming and the descriptions are like something out of a foreign wiki, but the game is actually pretty complex and interesting.

报完

Finished after a couple of hours and a lot of frustration. Unnecessarily long, bugged events, glitched saves, is the biggest piece of d*gsh*t

I love this game but some stuff make me want to rage quit . - If you don't have enought time to finish the level you will have to re do the whole level. - In level 3 if you jump a bit less than you need to you will need to redo all 3 rooms and re do the whole level. it's annoying to redo everything and I think there should be a save point especially if the level is long with challanges . -You can get the key and not get into te room and then after needing to restart the level only then I could open the door. - I had to quit this game multible times and it's annoying to do it over and over again especially after playing for hours. I really do see the good side of them game like the maps and the scares but the cons makes me rage quit every time.

This is genuinely some of the biggest slop I've ever played, I genuinely can't list a single redeeming aspect about this game, it doesn't run well, the environments don't look good, the gameplay is literally just walking around mazes hunting for objects, there is barely even a coherent story, this game is literally just a quadruple stack nothingburger.

Game was apparently fixed and I thought I'd get it on sale hoping for Liminal Mode. There is no Liminal Mode yet. Who knows when they'll make it. Honestly not sure if they'd make it interesting enough anyways based on the normal mode. I thought I'd give the normal mode a try. The puzzles were bland at best (I got through most of level 3 by the end of the time). Walking through a thin trail to avoid spikes (you won't because the hitbox is stupid) is apparently a puzzle. I kept it under 2 hours so I could possibly refund and what I got was hand-holding, easy puzzles, absolutely obnoxious sound design (especially all the grunts and moans from this guy), horrible jump scares, and some bugs like a warning meant for the dev about 130 unbuilt lighting objects popping up in the corner of my screen in big red letters... [b]Edit:[/b] I forgot to add that the game at one point somehow blocked my inputs and all I could do is listen to the game running in the menu. The only thing I could open was the dev console. The only nice thing I can say is the level design at least gave a Backrooms vibe. I'm refunding it. Maybe I'll buy again when/if Liminal Mode actually gets added and it's on a steep discount. It'd probably have to be $4ish again for me to even consider it. One of my personal rules for buying a game is that I'll at least get 1 hour of gameplay per $1 spent on it and this one was looking like it'd be around 4 or 5 hours total playtime...Liminal Mode would have to be pretty damn interesting to justify $8.

Basic indie horror slop. Do not buy.

For a game with exploration on the title, its indeed one of the most linear Backrooms games on Steam and makes you wonder if the dev named it like that because he has a sense of humour or because he failed to see the irony in it. An exploration mode was indeed coming, but I'm afraid the dev simply evaporated...probably he is now wandering the Backrooms, which in real life might not be as linear as this game... If you want a extended list of Backrooms and Liminal games, just press the link below: https://youtu.be/LEEZRjRHADs

Backroom Exploration has got to be THE most asinine, low budget Frogger-style MYST game out there. There is literally NO tutorial, No help, No instructions as to what you are doing or how to interact within the game. You can only increase the graphics resolution which adds more clutter on screen and this adds to more confusion as to what you are supposed to do. I give this game ZERO out of ten stars. The game mechanics are clunky, the jump scares unnecessary and the cut scenes take control breaking the immersion. The graphics remind me of the old Duke Nukem 3-D made way back in 1996. Be prepared for hours of hunting for any kind of help from other players who have posted on other online platforms. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING GAME PLAY ! So now to lower my blood pressure I am going to create a slide from a dozen trash bags, duct tape, Tide laundry soap, Prell shampoo and an on ramp to a freeway. See you in the ER.