Funnel Runners - review:
Though Funnel Runners is in early, early access, it needs a lot of work to justify the sale price. Here are the issues that I have with the game that isn't fun to play anymore:
- The 3 second hand animation when collecting tokens, needs to go. The player can't do anything until the animation completes. When there is an objective item right in front of the player and a tornado is bearing down, its irritating to see this animation.
- The animation to consume an energy drink takes 6 seconds. The player can't do anything until that animation completes just like with collecting tokens.
- Doors. To enter/exit through doors is done by simply walking through them instead of an interaction button. This makes it frustrating as the player will need to wait until the door closes on its own just to walk through a building having the player be stuck by the door.
- Spawn items needed to complete the session is either very minimal (tires) or nonexistent at all.
- There needs to be a silhouette or an on-screen arrow pointing to the location of the truck. The main objective to Funnel Runners is to repair the vehicle before the F5 tornado consumes the town. And when exiting a house with repair items, the player will often not know where the truck is at especially when there are weather effects of rain, lightning, and the occasional tornado chasing the player. Mind you, the truck is the safe space against tornados.
- And, finally, the stamina. From my playtime with Funnel Runners, I would drain stamina every minute and wait 10-20 seconds for it to regenerate partially just to run again.
When a game puts the player on a timer, every second counts. It is extremely stressful when the player would need to fight against the game to complete objectives. The concept is amazing, but the execution is just not there - yet.
I'll post a positive review once there is more work done to Funnel Runners.
