Colony 42™

Ощущение такое, будто заглянул в бункер 60 х, а там дверь в будущее… которая, правда, пока не открывается. Начинается всё атмосферно: тёмные коридоры, пара добротных скримеров, дух в стиле Silent Hill - аж мурашки по спине, пока бродишь и пытаешься понять, что тут вообще происходит. Но вот незадача: игра застряла на вступительной главе уже больше года, а обещанные продолжения как в воду канули - похоже, проект решил устроить себе бессрочный отпуск. Да и баги тут как соседи: то достижение не срабатывает, то игра вылетает в самый напряжённый момент, будто говорит: «Всё, хватит ужасов на сегодня». В общем, задумка крутая, атмосфера есть, но пока это как трейлер крутого фильма - интересно, но хочется уже сам фильм, а его всё нет! И если этот обзор наберёт 50 лайков и 10 наград - куплю все дополнения и сыграю 100 часов. Улучшу значок до 5 уровня и схожу в церковь помолиться за разрабов, чтобы они делали только крутые проекты… ⣿⣿⣿⠛⠉⢀⣤⣀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠻⠷⠄⠄⠄⢘⣲⣄⠉⢻⣿⣿ ⣿⠛⠁⠄⢸⣿⣿⡿⣋⣤⠤⠄⠄⣀⣀⣀⡀⠄⠄⠄⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣅⡀⠹⣿ ⠇⠄⠌⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣁⣴⣾⣿⣿⠟⡛⠛⢿⣆⢸⣿⣿⣿⠫⠄⠈⢻⠄⢹ ⠄⠘⠄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠅⢀⣼⡿⠘⢿⣿⣿⣷⣥⣴⡿⠄⢸ ⠄⠃⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣬⡙⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠋⠁⣠⡀⠠⠭⠭⠭⢥⣤⠄⢸ ⢸⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣛⠒⠒⠒⢂⣁⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⣿⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⡏⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⢻⣿⣿⠃⢀ ⡇⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠇⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⣿⣿⠄⢸ ⡇⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⠄⠹⣶⣄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠘⠛⢿⠄⢸ ⠃⠠⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢰⣿⣿⣧⠄⡀⠄⢀⣠⣶⣿⠗⠄⢀⣾

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extremely cool, but unfortunately really buggy! My hands are reloading a gun that I don't have..when it came down to a scene where I needed to open a vent, I needed a crow bar, when I got the crow bar, I tried opening the vent, got the achievement and than I was stuck and couldn't move. Really awesome content, dark atmospheric but mysterious and interesting. Cool game ,just needs a good tuning.

......Underground with Mannequins and a .10 cent soda machine and a vacuum ad that says More Suck for your Buck! Great game - creepy vibe all the way! https://youtu.be/cPpZ_sa6oQ8

As the game is now, I am unable to play due to numerous bugs and crashes. For some reason, the game makes my oculus-app start and I had to disconnect my oculus to get sound to play from my speakers (Other games and apps play sound as normal.) The game seems to be stuck in windowed mode, and minimizes if I try to open doors or move the mouse down to the "peek at desktop" corner. The first time I tried I got through the two first vents, but the game crashed shortly after, and I had to start again. But second time I couldn't even get through the first vent. And my character just stood stuck in an infinite crouch/uncrouch loop So too many gamebreaking bugs and visual glitches for me to bother anymore with it But hopefully those will be fixed as the game seems to have some creepy and atmospheric potential, and I will update my review when and if that happens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 1: After about three weeks and at least two updates, I tried again. Some of the bugs and glitches seems to have been fixed, but not all. I got further the 3rd time, but clipped through the floor suddenly and fell forever as I watched the world grow distant above me. So I had to start from the beginning for the fourth time I also spent alot of time confused and wandering around because the hand icon did not always appear where it should; near interactable objects, like doors I need to get through It never appeared when equipping my famous melee weapon, which is unusual, but fine. But even when unequipping said weapon, it seemed random if the hand would appear or not and a door that is supposed to open, stands as an impossible obstacle On my fourth attempt at conquering this game, I finally got all the way through, and, had I managed to do that the first time without the game breaking over and over, this first episode would have lastet maybe 15 minutes I realise that this is a free teaser, but after all the tecnical problems I had, the very little I got out of this, was not enough to whet my appetite I walked through some very dark corridors and doors, drank some soda and destroyed some crates. But the thoughts I had at the end was not: "Oh, wow, what is this? Where is this going? What is going to happen? I am scared and creeped out! I can't wait for the next episode" It was: "That was short and uneventful, whats for dinner?"

the start you may have possible than stuck in a tiny window, even after that the game would freeze for second even before you could play it, I say this game tried so hard not to let player to success play him.

First things first: the main, though certainly not only, reason I'm not recommending this game is that its been sitting at the same development state for over a year now and as far as I can tell is teetering on the edge of abandonware status. The game is first-person horror with clear influences from Fallout and Bioshock, though without the atomic age satire of the former or the philosophical undertones of the latter. The game cold-opens with you in a 1960s-esque bomb shelter which turns out to be the entrance to the massive Colony 42 complex, the rest of which unfortunately we still have no idea about since the game ends at the end of the introductory chapter and as mentioned the long-promised chapters to follow remain conspicuous in their absence. The gameplay is decent if a little clumsy at times, with an overemphasis on darkness making it hard at times to determine if an object is one with which you can interact or not. A few decent jump scares here and there do help to set the tone somewhere around one of the better Silent Hills, and the devs did do a good job setting atmosphere for what was supposed to follow. They did not, however, successfully debug what is present. Few of the achievements actually trigger where they are supposed to, and numerous small bugs and crashes crop up far too frequently for my tastes, even for a free introductory teaser. I get that 2020 was a hell year for everyone and for all I know the dev team collapsed due to Covid or something, but all the good will in the world won't make this game complete. Should they ever return to the project, I may well revise this recommendation.

Not bad. I was sad to see that it only offers the first chapter and the rest are 'to be continued.' But I look forward to playing the rest of it when it's finished because it definitely has my interest. During my gameplay I encountered a glitch with a vent cover, nothing major. And the game crashed once. With some polishing, this game could have a lot of potential. So far I like it. :)