Chionophile

Better than other titles from Tonguç Bodur. The game is less than an hour long and there are 2 areas to explore. Fortunately, there is a great soundtrack that will accompany you on this short journey. This game will not affect your Steam stats for completed games. My rating is 6/10.

[i]На данный момент, это самый красивый симулятор ходьбы от Tonguç Bodur.[/i] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3485502350 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3490590528 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3494796774

[h1] Very slow and boring walking sim. Sure the graphics are ok because it's CryEngine, music is nice and relaxing. However there is not much story going on and you gonna loose your precious time wandering around in search for new paths to open after activating pedestals. [/h1]

Chinonophile, karlı ortamlardan hoşlanan ve böyle ortamları seven demek. Ben kardan kıştan nefret ederim ancak coğrafyamızda bu mevsim yaşandığından mecburen gelince yaşıyoruz. Elimde olsa hep yazı yaşamak isterdim. Oyunda bir amacınız ve hikayeniz aslında yok. Tamamen güzel kar manzaraları görmek, bu şekilde biraz rahatlamak ve kafa dağıtmak için yapılmış bir yürüme simülatörü. Kış manzaralarından hoşlanıyor ve en azından 10-15 dakika bunun etkilerini yaşamak istiyorsanız deneyebilirsiniz. Gerçekten etkisini hissedeceksiniz.

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] Chionophile is an asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated someone else's Unreal environment asset, changed the name/reskinned a couple of things, and submitted it to Valve as if it was their own game.[/quote] Another lazy asset flip from this guy. All he does is take existing Unreal Marketplace asset packs/3D environments, rearranges them a little (sometimes), and slaps on some basic walking simulator FPS code to make a minimum viable product. Never once has Tonguc admitted the work isn't his, he consistently tries to mislead and scam gamers into paying him money for someone else's work. Obviously this asset flipped walking sim fails the two tests for whether a game is an asset flip or not. The game is 100% made of other people's assets, Tonguc didn't create anything in this game, it's all stolen from other, real asset creators and game developers. And of course, Tonguc didn't credit any of these people, he's trying to make gamers think this is all his own work, when it isn't. It's not hard to put up a credits page... [i]unless you don't want people to know who really made the most of the game.[/i] There's nothing to this shallow walking sim... it's not narrative driven like proper walking sims (Dear Elise etc), all you do is wander around the Unreal asset environment and collect some stuff. That's it. It's utterly valueless as far as "games" are concerned. And we're here on Steam, looking for real, genuinely made games, not this morally bankrupt plagiarism. The poor quality of this asset flip is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 7 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality game is to be expected. This kind of asset flipping isn't harmless. It makes it harder for gamers to find genuinely made games from ethical developers. It makes it harder for genuine indie developers, who put hard work into trying to make real games, to find an audience for their products. It gives indie developers a bad name. So, should you buy this asset flip? Is this better than any of the 100,000+ genuinely made games on Steam? Of course not! Chionophile is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend. Remember that if you buy a game from an unethical developer, you're putting your money at risk. This game features a small number of suspicious, probably fake Day 1 positive reviews. The reviews all appear at almost exactly the same time, within 24 hours of the asset flip launching on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and all have very similar wording and writing style. Immediately after this huge peak of reviews, reviews (and player counts) for the game dropped incredibly sharply. This is highly unusual given the very low quality of the game and poor player counts. The "Positive" review score on this game should be taken with a large grain of salt. This might have been done to deceive/mislead gamers into paying for a bad product. We already know the developer is trying to mislead gamers into giving him money for someone elses Unreal Marketplace assets. [quote][b][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/profile]Profile Features Limited![/url][/b] Valve have marked this game as "Profile Features Limited" at the time of this review. This is usually caused by poor sales figures and low community acceptance for the game (to date). Until this status changes, this game will not give you +1 to your Game Collector badge count, appear in profile achievements or any other Steam meta-accomplishments, nor can it be displayed in some profile showcases. If these factors are important to you, it may be worth holding off before buying this game.[/quote]

Eine stille und wundervolle Liebeserklärung an den Winter. Chionophile ist kein Spiel, das man spielt. Es ist ein Ort, den man betritt. Schritt für Schritt, Atemzug für Atemzug, hinein in eine verschneite Welt, die nicht fordert, sondern empfängt. Schon nach wenigen Sekunden wird klar: Hier geht es nicht um Ziele, sondern um Stimmung. Die winterlichen Landschaften sind von einer ruhigen Schönheit, die lange nachhallt. Schnee knirscht unter den Füßen, kahle Bäume zeichnen sich gegen einen bleichen Himmel ab, und die Musik legt sich wie ein sanfter Schleier über alles. Nichts drängt. Nichts stört. Chionophile erlaubt es, einfach da zu sein. Und irgendwie erinnerte es mich sehr an die verschneite Welt von Skyrim. Besonders beeindruckend ist der Mut zur Langsamkeit. Das Spiel widersteht jeder Versuchung, künstliche Spannung oder mechanische Aufgaben einzubauen. Stattdessen entsteht eine fast meditative Erfahrung, in der man den eigenen Gedanken Raum gibt. Die begleitenden Texte wirken poetisch, ohne aufdringlich zu sein, und vertiefen das Gefühl von Einsamkeit, Ruhe und leiser Melancholie. Technisch mag Chionophile schlicht sein, doch genau darin liegt seine Stärke. Die reduzierte Präsentation lenkt den Blick auf das Wesentliche: Atmosphäre, Klang und Bewegung. Es fühlt sich an wie ein winterlicher Spaziergang an einem frühen Morgen, wenn die Welt noch unberührt ist. Wer actionreiche Unterhaltung sucht, wird hier nicht fündig. Wer jedoch Stille schätzt, wer sich vom Winter angezogen fühlt und Spiele als emotionale Erfahrung versteht, findet in Chionophile ein kleines, ehrliches Kunstwerk. Ein Spiel wie frischer Schnee: kühl, ruhig und überraschend tröstlich.

A short and cozy walking sim with beautiful environments. The snowy woods and gentle music come together to create such a calming atmosphere :) It’s simple, but really lovely and I definitely recommend checking it out!

[b][i]Snowy mountains