Fear the Timeloop - Prologue

Fear the Timeloop: Prologue is a third person survival horror game built around a simple idea that I think works really well. I play as Sheriff James Cooper, who wakes up badly injured inside an unfamiliar hospital and has only fifteen minutes before he bleeds out. When I die, the whole situation starts again, giving me another chance to learn the building, find useful items and work out how to escape. The prologue is designed to give me roughly the first hour of the full game, so it feels more like a proper introduction than a tiny demo. The time loop is easily the best part for me. I like that dying is not simply a punishment because I keep what I have learned from the previous attempt. I can start understanding the layout, remember where things are and make better decisions during the next loop. The fifteen minute limit also gives me a reason to keep moving instead of slowly searching every room without any pressure. It creates a nice balance where I want to explore, but I also know that wasting too much time can leave me in a bad situation. The horror side is pretty effective too. The hospital is full of bloodthirsty monsters, while there are also mysterious people outside who make simply leaving the building dangerous. I have to deal with combat as well as exploration, and there are weapons and abilities that let me improve how I handle the threats. I like that the game does not completely rely on jump scares. The damaged environment, strange situation and knowledge that I am trapped in a repeating cycle do a lot of the work when it comes to creating tension. I also like the way the game mixes the loop with progression. There is a flexible ability system, branching dialogue and some Metroidvania style exploration where I can eventually reach areas that were not accessible before. That gives the repeated runs a purpose because I am not simply doing the same fifteen minutes again and again. The developers also added changes after release, including saving abilities after death, better enemy hit detection, additional difficulty options and improvements to the shooting. Those updates make me feel like the basic idea has been taken seriously rather than left in an unfinished state. The biggest problem for me is that it is still only a prologue. The game gives me a decent introduction to the setting and mechanics, but it obviously cannot provide the full story or everything the time loop concept could eventually become. I can see the potential, but I also have to judge what is actually here instead of giving it credit for a future game that I have not played. Some of the combat can feel a little basic as well, and I think the fifteen minute structure is more interesting for exploration and problem solving than it is for the shooting itself. I also think the game could make some of its systems clearer. There are quite a few things happening between the survival horror, time loop, abilities, dialogue and exploration, and I sometimes want a little more guidance about what I should be looking for. At the same time, I do not want the game to explain everything because figuring things out is part of why the loop works. For me, it is mostly a matter of finding the right balance between giving me enough information to make progress and leaving enough mystery for me to investigate. Overall, Fear the Timeloop: Prologue is a promising horror game with a genuinely useful time loop mechanic. I like the fifteen minute limit, the hospital setting, exploration, abilities and the way each death gives me more information for the next attempt. The main thing holding it back is simply that this is a prologue, so there is only a limited amount of story and content to judge. Even with that limitation, I think the core idea is strong enough to make me interested in seeing where the full game goes. For a free prologue, I think it gives me enough atmosphere and gameplay to make the concept worth trying. Rating: 8/10

Играется неплохо, для пародии на резик, но идея с лупами, - полная zalupa.

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Un Resident Evil pero con bucles temporales y para ser solo el demo esta buenísimo

Sporo dziwnych artefaktów graficznych, ogólnie prolog odstaje mocno od pełnej wersji gry. Szkoda, bo prolog tudzież demo wygląda jakby stał na dość wczesnym buildzie, a jednak powinno to zachęcać do zakupu pełnej wersji gry. Pomysł na gierkę bardzo ciekawy, połączenie gameplayu z Resident Evil i powtarzalności rodem różnych zręcznościówek jak Crash czy Spyro. Czyli śmierć to nie koniec, a wiedza odnośnie tego co gdzie leży, aby dojść w chwilę moment do momentu w którym zginęliśmy, ponieważ gierka opiera się na pętli czasowej. Dodatkowo bardzo mocny backtracking, trzeba lubić ;) Gierka wydaje się spoko, nie jest to nic nadzwyczajnego, ale jak na taką cenę to wydaje się całkiem fair.

Нет спасибо, у меня есть резик нормальный Петля? Крипы настолько медленные и косые, что я даже не знаю как тут возможно умереть (ну разве что от собаки) Загадки уровня лунтика (ну хотя если пародия на резик, то да - канон) Софтлок возможен (скорее всего. От дробовика патроны выстрелять и ты не пройдёшь) В подвале вместо полки лучше бы поставили модельку обрушенной стены, я хз. Но точно не полку, это выглядит смешно

Чуваки определённо не особо умеют в проекты, требующие бюджета. Игра топорная, как и большинство игр от издателя. История тоже не цепляет, но для первого продукта в сфере они выбрали идеальную тактику - скопируй Резедент! Приколы с выбором двери любопытны, но узнавать, что за ними находится, честно говоря, не очень хочется... В общем потерять несколько часиков можно, но зачем?