Expense

So far a fun and interesting game. Whether you are risk averse or not, remember to think before you play and consider your opponent. Follow the pendulum.

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Bu birinci şahıs macera/kaçış odası karışımında, yöntemsel olarak oluşturulmuş benzersiz yapay zeka rakiplerinden oluşan bir labirentten kaçmak için şans ve stratejiyi dengeleyin. Sarkaçınızı takip edin ve para kaybetmemeye çalışın; buna ihtiyacın olacak.

謎ゲー ギャンブルをしながら進み、すってんてんになったら謎の別空間に飛ばされ、謎の機械でコインを集めて、真ん中の謎の機械でまたギャンブル迷路に戻り、ギャンブルをしながら進んでいく。ESCキーでゲーム終了しちゃう。謎の機械から離れるときはTABキーで。 謎ゲー

Игра 'Expense' — это, мягко говоря, уникальный опыт. С первых минут тебя затягивает невероятно проработанный мир, где каждая мелочь имеет значение. Визуальная составляющая поражает, а музыкальное сопровождение создает ту самую атмосферу, которую не забыть. Геймплей же — это настоящий вызов. Здесь нет места для бездумного нажатия кнопок; каждое действие требует вдумчивости и стратегического планирования. Задачи зачастую нетривиальны, и решение головоломок доставляет истинное удовольствие. Но самое главное — это чувство прогресса. Ты видишь, как твои усилия приносят плоды, как меняется мир вокруг, и это невероятно мотивирует. 'Expense' — это не просто игра, это погружение, которое заставит тебя думать, чувствовать и, возможно, даже переосмыслить некоторые вещи. Настоятельно рекомендую всем, кто ищет что-то действительно стоящее.

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"Expense" is an unusual first person "Escape room" (but not really) adventure game that swaps content for endless samey procgen (a key cause of failure here) and uses random chance and gambling elements (three card monte style minigames) as part of the game... carefully controlling your money is part of the puzzle solving effort. Weak technical implementation and a frankly uncompelling game concept, combined with the tiresome use of procgen instead of real content were what killed this. The graphics aren't great, low poly, somewhat untextured primitives. That's understandably 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 primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises. Let's talk about price and the value this represents for us gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $3 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. A peak of [b]2 concurrent players[/b] (according to SteamDB) for a "free" game is a disastrous public reception. Out of 130 million potential players here on Steam, almost nobody was interested. Even though this is "free". That level of rejection speaks a lot for the quality of the game. Given that this free game won't increase your game collector count, is it worth your time to add it to your library? Pass on this one. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time.