FREST

I Frested so hard

Unutulmuş bir dünyayı çöz. Gücünü keşfet. Kaderine karar ver. Riley arka bahçesinde gizemli bir portala rastladığında, çöküşün eşiğinde sallanan mistik bir dünya olan Nekojima'ya taşınır.

Ermmm... dude... your FREST is showing...

"FREST" is a poorly made 3D third person console-like platformer where you take on the role of a girl transported to "cat island" and must then do some janky 3D platforming to fix the place up. This is no triple A gaming experience. It's janky, unpolished, and un-fun. The premise is fine, but this failed due to very poor quality technical delivery. This looks a lot like it was designed for consoles, but released on Steam instead by mistake. While this is on PC, it has all the hallmarks and deficiencies of a console game, from the clunkier than needed control scheme to the less than cutting edge graphics. There's 10's of thousands of PC games on Steam, and PC gamers deserve only the best. This might not appeal to many gamers due to the lack of PC-centric design. It's unclear why this never made it to the video game console appliances it seems to have been designed for. On the important subject of visuals, this features fairly low quality stylised/cartoony low poly 3D graphics. It comes across as the kind of thing you see on mobile phones and Nintendo games, which will deter a lot of PC gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and to be considered one of the best games on Steam, the graphics have to be some of the best on Steam. That's not happening here. Insultingly, the developer insists that you should play this with a console peasant children's toy gamepad instead of KB+M. Developers should try to be aware which platform they're designing games for. It's the responsibility of the developer to ensure the game runs well on the platform they're selling it on, with the primary peripherals that PC gamers use. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. Most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's usually some kind of monetisation, from nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, to any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 5 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? 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.

Imagine a game with the map scale of battlefield, the immersion of skyrim, and the gameplay of dark souls. This is not that game, however its pretty good regardless. You wont be disappointed with Frest (Tm).

It is a pretty good game, the visuals are cute, controls are good (though a bit janky), level design is interesting. BUT, as a person who loves achievements, I am in frustration. The achievement "The Very Frest" just doesn't unlock for me :( 7/10