Flesh Made Fear

This is in the Survival Horror universe an equivalent to Battlefield Earth in the movie universe. This game wears a skin of a 90s survival horror not understanding the good design behind it. I really hated my playthrough of this game. It has some good things going for it like: - sometimes a really spooky atmosphere - the concept of running around town and seeing the hordes of undead closing in works really well - it doesn't take itself too seriously (though the game uses it as a shield for criticism than anything else) The bad really outweigh the good: - the camera angles are atrocious, very often the view is slanted by 45 degrees for some reason coming from a previous normal angle, this not only confuses you but makes the game hard to navigate around, there are places where by running like 2 meters max I get 3 different camera angles, very often the camera is so far away from the player (street sections) that it's hard to navigate the environment - the game is very linear, you have 2 parts of a town and multiple buildings to enter but in each one of them you have maybe 2-3 rooms and that's it, there is no exploration like the Spencer Mansion or the RPD or for that fact anything else from even newer Survival Horror games, you spend more time running between locations instead of exploring or fighting monsters - the voice acting is abysmal, RE1 had bad VA but at least it was memorable, here it's amateurish because of the next point - the game is full of fan service in a bad way, you collect plushies from streaming channels.....like....wtf. This will age like fine milk in few years when everyone forgets about them and a new set of influencers will take their place. The VAs are also youtubers ? They really deliver the lines without any thought about the situation or anything, Posters of Ultimate Warrior, figurines of Jason and many more - the game feels cheap, they don't even have a good indication of your health state, normally when you character is near death, they would limp or something like that, here there is every few seconds a big puddle of blood under you cause you know you are in the CAUTION state, wanna know if you are in DANGER ? open your inventory - bugs galore - in sewer playing as Katya and later as Jack I got blocked against a wall by a spawning monster, I couldn't move, I couldn't kill that damn thing and it was a softlock, on another occasion a boss just stand there and did nothing, another softlock, the healing works as it want's to, getting from CAUTION to GOOD may require 1 or 3 bandages (yeah I know it's a range but somehow in Tormented Souls or RE this wasn't a problem), getting hit once by a monster on normal may put you in DANGER or just do nothing at all, the knives sometimes hit with their 2 swings, sometimes they don't and many many more - you need to have knives with you at all times, the game doesn't telegraph when a boss fight will be next (except the last one), you just go through an ordinary door and you are fighting a boss, ok it may be fine but the next part isn't. I used on normal like 40 pistol bullets on my first boss and nothing, I ran out of ammo, knowing that I don't have places to scavenge I tried to use the knives, and I killed him using around 20 bullets. Each boss after few shots has a state where he kneels down and this is the moment you run up and knife him 3 times, if you don't do that you will never kill them (I tried it on multiple bosses and the scenario is the same) even the last boss is built like that. The game doesn't also communicate that mechanic to you - you constantly run miles through streets where you just juke zombies, it's climatic but it isn't fun at all, it's padding of the worst kind, a lot less locations but make them more open and explorable The funny thing is that the problems mentioned above synergize with themselves creating an even worse experience. Cameras don't work well with open streets and considering how jakny combat is, it creates additional problems. Developers.........please instead of spending time and money on creating a song about how janky the game is, just try to create a better quality game ?

Witziges Oldschool-Resi-Action-Survival-Game, welches sehr gut mit den altbekannten festen Kameraperspektiven, ordentlich Gore und einer sehr stilhaft unheimlichen Musik spielt. Kleinere Cutscenes, jede Menge Rätsel und Laufwege gibt's auch - nur teilweise echt wenig Munition und dafür aber SEHR viele Zombies. Einige Locations (Kino, Videothek, Schule) werden nur kurz angeschnitten - andere wie das Polizeirevier sind üppiger. Hin und wieder gibt's Bosse, die später aber mit den GANZ großen Wummen überhaupt gar kein Problem mehr darstellen. Blöd bei manchen Stellen: Ihr geht in einen Bossraum, von dem ihr keine Ahnung hattet, dass es einer ist. Mit falscher Bewaffnung seid ihr dann f**ked - drückt euch die Daumen, dass ihr rechtzeitig abgespeichert habt. Denn das geht nur limitiert und manuell. Kann man für 6h Spaß pro Run ruhig mal ausprobieren - wenn man mit den altmodischen Tanky Controls gut klar kommt!

This game is one of the best PSX inspired classic Survival Horror. This was my first game of this studio, and after i finished the first run, i wanted to know more about their works, but i digress The presentation is excellent, with a Viewtiful Joe/Okami high contrast style, without being really cell shaded, since it's emulating the PSX look.. The old school cheese dialogues, but way more self aware, wonderful fixed camera angles, a dash action which makes combat so much more layered and tactical than the actual classic entries of the 90s. I've played many games that try to replicate the general formula, and they try to go way too big, and outdo the classics in scale stretching themselves too thin and losing focus, not this game... You're never lost, the map isnt some convoluted mess to the point it doesnt even really need a map for each of the areas you explore (would be welcome tho). It's not very long, but it doesnt have any padding, so you're 100% engaged playing, making the classic survival horror choices in the moment to moment. A bit linear, tho, but in this case it didnt bother me much, a few sections felt like it just funneled you into combat a bit too hard, cause it throws a lot of enemies at you... I'm trying to be critical of a game i loved here. Don't wanna spoil, but something happens around the end the makes me crave a sequel, i love the silly stuff these guys are up to, balancing horror and comedy. All in all i adored the game, i got like 16 different horror games in a frenzy, and Flesh Made Fear so far stands on the top 3 for me (you can check all my recently played for reference) 8/10 Wonderful game, make more. 9,5/10 on sale if you love the genre (base price is a lil steep)

Edit after finishing the game: This game is AWESOME! Very good in every aspect i swear. The graphics, the combat, the models, what's available for you and the characters except some cringey lines from certain characters but they add flavour to the game! And i only faced one glitch while playing the whole thing. Thank you so much Michael for this amazing and well made game, truly! First Review: This game is amazing and the puzzles are just the right! Honestly i've enjoyed every moment playing it. Won't lie that the voice acting for some characters needs more polishing from the actors themselves but overall the game is pretty good and would recommend it for anyone especially for the people who enjoy the good old days.

Good 90s survival horror flavor that feels more modern. The fixed cameras and tank controls are still not my natural habitat. I had fun overall, but the game did frustrate me in places. I wish the health bar was easier to check without opening the inventory, and ammo scarcity got rough enough that I managed to soft lock myself before boss fights more than once. Having to reload an older save because past me made bad decisions was very on-brand for survival horror, but still painful. The content creator plushie collectibles were also a bit odd if you do not know the references, but harmless. Flawed, clunky in places, but entertaining if you enjoy old-school survival horror with all the resource panic included.

An absolute blast. Feels like Resident Evil 0-2 as well as silent hill mixed into a demented lovechild. It takes the things that really make these games while also creating its own thing. This games story is honestly fun and has me sucked in the voice acting is incredible especially for Ripper. It also runs great so honestly if you want a new survival horror to play that hits on everything you love while bringing so much of its own. You should give this game a try.

This game will satisfy all fans of classic PS1 survival horror games. It feels like a love letter to the Resident Evil era while maintaining its own authenticity. I had a great time playing it, and it performed flawlessly on both PC and Steam Deck. Shout out to the voice acting, which is intentionally cheesy but still enjoyable—especially the voice actor for the Ripper, who did a fantastic job! :)

Old School RE type game which a squad named RIP task force sent in to infiltrate a place called Rotwood which is being inhabited by a mad scientist who calls hinself DOCTOR RIPPER The game features tank control gameplay where you stop to position your character and shoot while being swarmed by undead and grotesque creatures of many variety including boss battles as you get to fight abominations created by the mad doctor Thoughts and recomendation: Newer players might have certain difficuties adjusting to the game mechanic leading to frustrations but once you get the gist of it the game will be very enjoyable since it has a dark story and gripping atmosphere to keep you on edge throughtout your first playthrough. I recomend this game for new players to try out purely for the sake of nostalgia and for it's price point

ps5版と違い日本語に対応していない。早めに対応してほしい。今更ラジコン操作はきつい。まあ日本語が無くても進められるだろうが、何を言っているのか分からないし。ps5版は最初から日本語に対応しているのに、steam版はまだなのか？対応したらおすすめ出来るのに。日本語に対応して欲しい。日本語に対応して下さい。日本語に対応しよう！