[i]This is a positive review, but because of some problems I decided to leave it negative.[/i]
[h2]A drunkard really gets beaten up by everyone...[/h2]
Well, it's more than obvious that Drunken Way to Home tries to be a bad game, but in a good and funny way, trying to imitate the way a drunkard walks in a super exaggerated way, but something that both made the game interesting and ruined it was the game's physics...
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[b][u]Story[/u][/b]
You're a drunkard who wants to go home after having a few drinks... That's pretty much it. I think.
[b][u]Gameplay[/u][/b]
The game is one of those that is easy to learn but difficult to master. You use the mouse all the time, pressing the left button to turn the character to the left side, as well as the right side. You have to press both to move.
Pretty easy, right? But it's very buggy. I say this because it happened a lot that when I pressed left, it went right...?? This happens a lot in the part where I had to climb the stairs in the apartment, but in other areas, I had almost no problem with it.
Something that makes the game fun and lively would be the physics of it, in a way it's quite messy, but at the same time well done, since it imitates very well how a drunk would 'try' to walk to his beloved house. But nothing is perfect, there are always problems...
Unfortunately, all these problems happened while I was climbing the stairs in the apartment. Whenever I fell, this drunkard would get up crazy fast, fall down slowly and then boom! Looking like an old man who had just taken Viagra. That's a bad thing, because he often lost half his life when he gets up.
He gets up so fast that he hits the sides of the stairs, I think he hits something out of the blue once in a while, probably glitches into the stairs and gets beaten up by the stairs themselves or something. It's quite realistic actually, after all, drunkards get beaten up by everyone, even by inanimate objects.
Occasionally he would fall down the stairs and stay there, like the anaconda, sitting with his legs open, but he would be bugged and unable to get up while his feet gets eaten by the concrete. I think the biggest problem wasn't the physics, but the collision on the stairs, because in that part I suffered, I felt like a drunkard, literally.
But something that I really liked was the attention to detail: there are not only cars, but also people and animals. There's only one person riding a bicycle and two dogs, but that's better than nothing. I liked it a lot because it gives a variation to the 'enemies' of our poor drunkard here. I find it strange that the same guy rides past several times in a matter of seconds, but I guess they're quadruplets or something...
[b][u]Graphics[/u][/b]
The graphics aren't pure beauty, but they are very refreshing to look at. Simple graphics, but very well done. I really liked the lighting on the streets, as well as on the cars. The streets are full of bicycles, garbage and other little things you'd find on a street, as well as near the apartment. The minimalist look really suits the style of this game.
The characters are well done too, but because every now and then they just go crazy and spread their legs out of nowhere or even bend in an inhuman way, it takes away a little from the vibe of the game since the geometry of the model breaks, and breaks harder than anything. Apart from that, everything is beautiful and very well done.
[b][u]Audio[/u][/b]
The sound is simple but well done, but they could have improved it. I'm talking more about ambience, not anything too complex, maybe construction noises or even horns, or things like that...
But they've really done a good job on the audio as a whole, you fall into the garbage and the sound is very satisfying, as are the beer cans(?), garbage cans, etc. There's a lack of detail when you fall into cars that are stationary and motorcycles, but otherwise everything is fantastic.
[b][u]Verdict[/u][/b]
The game is really good, but apart from making it fun, what spoils it is the physics, or perhaps the collision? Well, all I know is that it's very annoying to get up and suddenly lose half your life for no reason. It's not often and it's not a big reason to give it a negative review, but after playing it a bit more, I think it should be looked at...
I keep focusing on this, since this isn't the only problem, there are others such as the lack of information about how you walk, since it keeps falling all the time, it seems that pressing the two mouse buttons helps, but I don't know if this actually helps it get up or not. It's not that important since you can walk fine from time to time, so I didn't mention it before.
But all in all, the game is good, it's fun (to a point) and it even makes it easier for the player, since there are plenty of checkpoints in each part of the game. There's not much reason for me to write a negative review of a game that was supposed to be a joke, since it's quite cheap, but I did. Failing for almost 50 minutes on those stairs took a toll on me xD
Score:
6.5/10
[b][i]Strong Points:[/i][/b]
+ Realistic physics of a drunkard going home
+ Good range of enemies for a simple game
+ Beautiful minimalist graphics
+ Great music and ambient sounds
+ Achievements :p
[b][i]Weak Points:[/i][/b]
- Realistic physics, but very glitchy
- So realistic that he gets beaten up by everyone, even garbage bags
- Strange movement, too strange even for a drunkard
Note: I received a key from the developer for the purposes of reviewing, helping to publicize and give feedback. This has not affected my opinion of the game in any way.
As with all reviews, this review is my opinion on what I thought of the game. If you found my analysis of the game interesting, I strongly recommend that you buy the game and play it to see for yourself whether it's worth it or not.
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