Linguist FPS - The Language Learning FPS

A fun change of pace from most language learning games. The pace of vocabulary drilling/repetition is good, but the overall FPS gameplay is a little too difficult, even in easy levels. I never died because I missed language-wise, only because the hordes of robot enemies were too large for me. I hope this gets adressed soon, as I've seen other say the same. The tutorial was fun though. The menu options, like being able to select QWERTY/AZERTY etc are good too. Overall, it's still looks a bit unpolished, generic and too short. I would love to see a more expanded campaign, something as short as Titanfall 2. I would recommend this game, but only on a sale (and if you're okay to be dying a lot).

Ngl this is another shovelware asset flip but this gimmick is why I'm gonna recommend it. It does the bare basics, the AI does keep spawning and only reprieve is when the robots just stand there after spawning. Does get a bit repetitive and the increasing numbers of enemies makes the learning challenges almost impossible to access as youre being chased and shot at whilst trying to put in the code, which is hard when youre just learning. Mistakes as well are punished heavily making one word you dont yet know end a run, this is exacerbated by the fact youre learning said language. Massive props for the selection of languages though, Japanese in romanised and the two other alphabets, and European and Latin American Spanish, not even duolingo has LA Spanish. TLDR Terrible game that does the bare basics as a game, fun little language tool. Enjoyed it for a short run occasionally but with some tlc and work, this could be both a passable shooting game and an engaging learning tool

I loved this concept so I gave the game a try. I've been hoping to find ways to incorporate language learning into gaming and there just aren't a lot of companies going after it. For the price I'm not surprised I haven't returned more since I bought it a couple years ago (to date I played a total of 2.5 hours). I hope they expand the game because as it stands now, there's not enough vocab provided or target language exposure to be considered a "language learning" FPS. And I'm not just saying that: I've got 12 years of speaking three distinct foreign languages to at least B2 level fluency (one that I once spoke to B1 fluency). So I know what it takes to learn a language. Though it does provide some language exposure, this falls far short of "language learning." I'd probably be better off playing COD, Warframe, or other free to play games in my target language and just pick it up as I go (there are a few reasons I haven't but one of those is that I'm learning Chinese). As for the difficulty of the FPS aspect, it's a bit too high for your average casual gamer, even on easy, given that the point is first and foremost to learn a language and not to shoot robots. I don't even think I've cleared the first full level with 2.5 hours of really trying. Given more investment/development, this could easily be a triple A game. The idea is great. The implementation isn't bad, but with polishing, could also be great. I do recommend, since it's relatively cheap ($15 but I got it on a sale IIRC) and because I believe in the concept. I just have one caveat: you *cannot* play with a controller, last time I checked (and as far as I can tell, as of 10/31/2025, you still can't).

This game has been a very enjoyable immersive gaming experience to help learn language learning! I'm currently trying to improve my portugeuse, and while I may not learn to speak fluently thanks to this game, it has allowed me to learn several words and expressions, which is exactly what I am looking for!

Interessante Idee, schlecht umgesetzt. Zu wenig Vokabeln, zu viele starke Gegner.

This has been the most unique language learning game I have ever played so far. Retained absolutely none of it, but had fun.

J’aimerais que les interactions avec les objets puissent être plus utiles et servir davantage dans la vie quotidienne. En plus, il n’y a pas assez d’expressions pour converser non plus. Néanmoins, cela pourrait être amusant comme divertissement pour un jeune qui veut s’immerger dans le français en jouant à un jeu.

I honestly had good expectations from this game and I was hopeful but it disappointed me. as mentioned in the other reviews the vocab items and language used are extremely limited. I thought it would get wider with new levels or something but I was wrong. got it on discount so not gonna return but otherwise it doesn't give you your money's worth. PS: congrats to all the voice actors and I loved the music.

The tutorial is pretty well done. I worked through it in Korean and I came out knowing; left, right, up, and down jump, crouch, and straight numbers 0 through 9 (probably the best thing to practice in the tutorial for the main game) basic colors like red, yellow, green, purple, and blue and basic items like keys, house, bed, happy, sad, spider, tree, and money. That was a lot of fun and the challenge rooms to utilize the things you've learned is great. Sadly, that's about where anything good about this game ends. The gameplay/shooting is, kindly put, rough. A way to see the robots HP would be great and hit markers while zoomed would be very nice to have. The only part of the game that actually annoyed me was that I could not separate the voice audio from the gun/robot audio which made hearing the words very difficult whenever I'd shoot. Yes, there is a voice audio slider but that does not control the audio played by the tutorial that's telling you what numbers to push into the keypad. If you're trying to learn a new language and you're bored of Pimsleur, similar programs (e.g,.. Language Transfer, free courses on a few languages sadly not Korean), or just tired of flash cards in general then this is a very engaging way of learning some basic aspects of a language.

This game has lots of potential and would benefit from a major update with more activities and a much wider range of vocabulary. The current version is good for learning language basics such as colours, numbers, directions etc however gives good attention to listening to commands which a lot of other language learning games can overlook.