I Won't Forget Hue

"I Won't Forget Hue" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. The students made a 2D first person horror adventure game (usually the purview of asset flippers, but this one is at least not an asset flip), and of course students always get to do something a bit new, so there's a "coloured glasses" phasing/view mechanism similar to what we got to enjoy in 2000's Alien vs Predator when you were running around as the Predator. Good times, it's a shame they don't make games like that anymore. Anyway all you do is run around the house looking for stuff and avoiding the AI monsters. And there's the problem... as a student project, this was rushed out, lacks content, lacks polish... so the AI is badly done, there's not enough real story to make what anyone could call a full game... Student projects might look like they have a lot of potential but they usually disappoint because, as I keep having to say, they're not full games made for gamers. And that's a big problem. 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. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. It would be unethical for students to try charge money for their homework assignments, so you don't have to pay any money for this. But you'd still have to spend your time downloading this, and "time is money", as they say. There's the other problem, too... as a student project, this wasn't made for gamers. There's no requirement for them to polish and balance the game properly, all they need is something to show the faculty so they can get their grade and move on. Let's once more ask... why is that good for gamers? It's obviously not delivering a solid product. Yet here it is, on the store page, and here you are, reading my review for a student demo that's going to waste your time. While genuine amateur developers who made real products get ignored because they have to compete with this stuff. In some ways, this deluge of student projects on Steam is harmful to everyone. In terms of public reception, this failed to appeal to the 130 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at just a dozen or so concurrent players, and now there's basically nobody playing it. Even though it's free. This is a dismal public reception, but it's easy to see why gamers rejected it. 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? What's the verdict? This is a hard pass. 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.

é uma boa e leve experiência

Short and entertaining.

A game simple, with very interesting mecanics. it's worth a game!

Hernya na 10 hvylyn

The game is pretty short and feels more like a demo. The concept is pretty interesting but I think it could of been expanded on a bit more. The monsters also look pretty generic and the sound design could use some improvement. The game is free however so there's not really any downsides to checking it out. I'd recommend it if you want to play a short game where you collect things.

A short scary game with a heartwarming ending, The art style is easy on the eyes and the music and sound effects do a great job of keeping you on edge. The creatures are super creepy in the dark setting and was perfect for this game. I am super thankful that there was no hard restarts upon being caught.