Citadel

Short version: Citadel is a bug-ridden, unfinished one-man product that could have easily been a mod of some sorts rather than the pitiful 10$ cash grab it is right now. The developer is obviously inexperienced and while the effort and idea deserve both respect and attention to some degree, the release of such a mess are evidence to the developer's greed rather than his ingenuity. Do not believe other reviews. Fishy stuff. Instead play "Half Dead", also inspired by Cube and eons better - and it's two Euros. Now the facts: - good idea for a game - little diversity / content to encounter - arguably the worst controls I have seen in a non-mod non-flash game in decades - clunky movement, nigh unusable ranged "attack" skill, which is sometimes mandatory to proceed - purely trial & error (while this is an okay thing for rogue-lites, it doesn't fit the promised "cube" inspiration - the only inspiration actually drawn from the movie is "we make cube-shaped rooms in a cube-shaped giant object and have random traps in every other room") - (unlike in the movie) traps cannot really be outwitted, you're mostly busy trying to fight the controls / movement to navigate through an obvious obstacle course or die in a room you have not seen before, because there's no way of knowing what's going to happen or how to prevent it from killing you - bugs (this is almost a plus, because they cause quite a bit of amusement if playing with friends especially, but they become an arbitrary nightmare when trying to succeed in the game) - basically absolutely no settings to mention, including no key-rebinds or explanation for how the controller works (imagine this: the mouse sensitivity actually means camera sensitivity, so it also affects the controller camera sensitivity), no resolution settings etc. - no warm welcome, you just drop into some dull-ass room and are left guessing what player is doing what and who is who etc. - everybody uses the same single map at all times (this can either be a good thing, because people gotta coordinate to avoid bugs / traps / disaster, or (mostly the case) you keep pushing each other off ledges unintentionally and die laughing from the awkward pitch-decrease applied to the voice chat automatically) - did I mention the bugs yet? - god-awful graphics, and I mean it's not just a horrible engine (Unity with ugly assets), general atmosphere and textures are an eye sore and make me feel suicidal after not even half an hour - hands down the worst sound effects I witnessed in... I don't know, possibly any game I ever touched (and no, I usually don't touch these school projects whose origin and forthcoming to Steam will always remain a f***ing mystery to me, so there's probably worse out there): they're loud, they hurt my ears and there is very little of them, making them feel repetitive, out of place and just generally annoying - suspiciously lackluster positive reviews, smells fishy (not gonna claim anything else, you make up your own mind) Overall a disappointment. When my girlfriend suggested to play this together and bought two copies for currently roundabout 15 European gold coins, we were hoping for a niche puzzler with a reasonable amount of gameplay diversity and general playability. Now I can safely say: Avoid unless drunk, game was gifted / less than 1 international coin AND playing with multiple friends you hate with a passion so you can keep pushing each other into darkness. Or in other words: Ridiculously bad attempt at making a game out of a half-wise novel idea.