Cryspace

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"Cryspace" isn't free, this is one of those scummy con jobs where the developer advertises the game for free then smacks you in the face when you have to "unlock" the rest of it through DLC. That's the kind of thing you expect to see on mobile app stores, not on Steam. Unfortunately, this also isn't a game, it's just an interactive E-book. Make your Choose-Your-Own-Adventure decisions through a bad mockup of a social media webpage. Nobody ever read a choose your own adventure book and said "Wow, what a great game I just played!". Because books aren't games. And neither is this paygated "dating sim". Putting aside the scummy pricing practices (which alone are sufficient to tell gamers to reject this), and the fact it's not a game, it's also really low quality with poor, low res visuals and an ugly 2000's text interface. There's nothing about this which is appealing to gamers. Oh, also, it's not even complete, the developer didn't bother finishing it before trying to sell it through DLC. Holy crap. He's still writing bits of the E-book and working on other features, but it's unlikely it'll ever be completed, and the peak reader count of only 3 at launch (a number that will never be repeated) is the last nail in the coffin. The developer already knows this is a failure. Less than 25% of Early Access titles ever get completed. This has some really mediocre looking graphics that will understandably be a turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarly visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises. This isn't really free as you're expected to pay up more money to unlock content/DLC so you can keep reading. This is some nasty, predatory pricing and PC gamers don't like it. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the CYOA peaked at only 3 concurrent readers... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games (and e-books) don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. While this didn't cost me any money up front, I still feel ripped off. [quote][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/reviews]Developer Response![/url][/quote]The developer has weighed in to inform everyone they didn't read the [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/reviews]Developer Usage Rules[/url] for Steam "partners", or they deliberately ignored the part where Valve says: [quote]Though it may be tempting, not every review needs to be responded to. A developer response will frequently draw more attention than the original statement, potentially turning a small issue into a much larger community discussion. It's also not a good idea to use this feature to refute customer opinions. Your direct attention can be seen as validation or a defensive attempt to silence your customers.[/quote] This is a little disturbing as the developer indicates they started stalking me and feverishly reading through my reviews... either just obsession with me on their part, or desperation to try find something in one of my other reviews that would somehow change the objectively terrible quality of this failed "game". Whatever their motivation, creeping on reviewers like this is [b]not okay[/b]. The hitpiece article the developer has linked has been repeatedly debunked; I've given positive reviews to games made with Godot's 3D engine, and some exceptional 2D games. The developer wasn't thorough when he embarked on his creepy, fanatical mission to stalk and follow me, and deliver text which is absolutely libeleous. Rest assured, I will not take legal action against the developer at this time despite the clear and apparent libel. The "developer" argues that I review a lot of games, therefore this game review isn't valid or truthful. Huh. If I changed all my other reviews to positive, would the graphics and gameplay of this crap game suddenly improve? No. The developer seeks any possible angle to throw shade at me personally to discredit my review. You can see what they are trying to do. If this was the only review I have ever written, would that change any of the properties of this game or alter the facts contained in my review? Of course not. [b]My reviews for other games have no bearing on the dismal quality of this failed product[/b]. The developer seems to think reviewers are not entitled to objectively assess the quality of a game (or if something even is a game). This is perverse and simply wrong. Despite the disturbing, creepy, antisocial behaviour, the libel and other threatening behaviour from the developer here, I'm just reflecting the views of the majority of gamers. Despite being "free" (but not really), this e-book only ever had 3 concurrent readers. Facts don't lie. Nothing in the developers pointless breach of Valve guidelines changes any of the objective facts of my review. My review stands unaltered. I cannot recommend this game to anyone. I will not be threatened or intimidated by stalkers and creeps.

i love the game the idea but i am really sad toward where the story landed me the writing shifted to more forced and silly in the start of [spoiler] Paul's comma[/spoiler] , i really hope there is a path toward more interesting plot from there. otherwise please fix the texting and make a fast skip button still love the plot

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I really enjoyed the direction the story was going so far. I like these types of games and though I can't say I was hugely immersed, I can say it was enjoyable. I do dislike the fact that the story just gets cut off behind a paywall. It instantly closed off some of my interest in the game since I don't really want to drop money for more content of the story I was already going through for free. Its arguably justifiable though, since I read that there's more than 70 different endings and that does raise my attention a lot. Regardless, I can understand that making games isn't cheap. Overall I liked what I saw, it's truthfully a nice game to try if you're into this genre.

Nostaljik bir tada sahip taze bir görsel romandır. Arkadaşlarınızla çevrimiçi konuşun, onlarla şahsen görüşün ve arkadaş grubunuzun sayıca artmasına izin verin veya kendi karar alma ve takdir yetkiniz aracılığıyla umutsuzluğa kapılın. Sam ile ilk birkaç buluşmayı deneyimleyin.

I wanted to like this game. I really did. I have to give this a thumbs-down, unfortunately. What I did like was the interface as well as the music. It's very relaxing, and I also do like how you have an option to have the typing already occur. I'm super thankful for that. The characters were also very likable and felt like real, genuine people. What I *didn't* like, though, was the last quarter of the story. [spoiler] Your main character in the Sam path comes up with a plan to expose Crystal with burner phones, and I simply didn't want to do this. Your character as well as Crystal become psychotic. While the case for your character could make sense, given what they have gone through, for Crystal it is to give this story a real "villain". Only Sam stays consistent... until he breaks up with you. I know that this is for the purpose for drama, but if you are playing a more introverted, thoughtful, cautious MC like I did, it doesn't work. It broke the immersion for me, to not break away from that kind of path. [/spoiler] I see a lot of potential with this game, but for now, I have to give it thumbs down.

This game had an amazing storyline and the twist was well worth my time.

Неплохая визуальная новелла. Очень напомнила мне что-то, в стиле "Emily is away". Полностью еще не прошел, но история выглядит достаточно разветвленной и грамотно изложенной через переписки в социальной сети (мессенджере).