Hollowbody

Enjoying this on the steam deck. This solo dev did an amazing job. Please don't let the negative criticism get to you, keep making games!

Nothingburger: The Video Game - Horror Edition

[h1]Okay, but goes weird[/h1] This is more something my younger brother might enjoy as a Silent Hill fan. I do like what it's going for with the PS2 vibes, but I can't recommend it at full price. It is an extremely short survival horror game with an interesting premise, but it jumps the rails and the shark before the end, not giving a really satisfying ending to what is there of the story. Basically, the writer tried to go Hideo Kojima on illicit nosecandy and forgot that there was supposed to be a narrative thread tying things together around the moment you go past the 'heart-locked' gate. The ending fight feels more like something intended for a Deadspace-esque and the reunion ending just goes WTF on turbo. TLDR: Get on cheap, expect no resolution.

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I followed the development for this game for quite sometime. I remember enjoying the little we got from the demo. The world and atmosphere had me hooked in the early portion of the game but after the sewers the game just kind of fell off hard. The end left me feeling like I had just wasted my time and most of the enjoyment was gone by the end. It was really disappointing. A game with a lot of potential, likely unintentionally squandered in the end due to poor story telling when there already is so little.

Game is okay-ish. Had a few dips in performance and bugs here and there. Had a hard time following the plot but the puzzle solving and survival horror aspects were pretty cool. Glad to see more and more indies bringing back the classic survival horror style of games.

very good! this game is a love letter to Silent Hill 2 that retains its own identity. if you like any of the classic silent hill games this is a must play! cant wait to see this teams next project! that being said it does have a couple issues, all of which being performance. (in no way do i have a good PC so theres a chance my problems stem from that) for almost my entire first play through i pretty much exclusively used melee weapons (primarily the guitar) and the hit boxes are WHACK. if i was attacking an enemy that was directly in front of me, no way was a hit landing, i would phase right through them; but if the enemy was to my left right or rear, that hit would land. my second was the graphics options. 4 things you can change: resolution, antialising, graphic present, and texture details. I could not tell you the difference between ultra detail and potato mode. by no mean does the game look bad (i love the way it looks), no i say that to preface my actual point (which i acknowladge might be due to my mid pc). HOLY MOTION BLUR BATMAN! if you are using free cam in the open world sections, which is pretty much necessary, it is a smeared blury mess. or theres no motion blur and my computer truly is that bad, but the game ran generally fine so IDK. my last and least gripe about the game: i have no idea when this game is taking place in context to the events within the world? i know it mentioned the cities been condemed and barricaded for 60 years or whatever and that even checks out with things you see in the enviroment, but im really confused as to how there are still groups of survivors? there are survivors we run into who are in their 20-30s, where they born and raised in the city? how is there are newish mass grave of people in the middle of the city if its been quarentined for 60 years, where they born here, where they trespassers? maybe theres something i didnt read but this makes no sense to me. this is one is truely a foot note, im just still thinking about it.

Great little classic 3rd person survival horror game. Big PS2 era vibes. Interesting enough story. Amazing piece of work from a SINGLE developer. Highly recommended for all genre fans, especially if you're out of options. MUST BUY if you can get it a discount on top. 7/10 in my book.

The author really worked hard, well done. The game was created with a great love for classic survival horror, but presented in a very unique, British style. The story is good. Special thanks for the dark, gloomy visuals and soundtrack. There are some flaws, but there are plenty of advantages. A very beautiful game and a creepy one at that. I recommend it.

PS2 era horror it its best