Logout is a third person action/stealth adventure game made with Unreal Engine set in a near-future cyberpunk dystopia. Gameplay consists of wandering around in third person and using your mobile phone to alter the emotions of people around you, crucial to your success in the adventure.
It's a viable premise for a game but the implementation here is sorely lacking. Despite the capabilities of the Unreal engine, the game is very badly assembled. Environments look asset flipped. Resolution is locked and there's no graphics tweaks... there's ugly screen filters and motion blur that you can't turn off. The game looks like an ugly, muddy mess as a result.
Control scheme is janky and the controls are locked. PC games will understandably be insulted by console peasant childrens toy gamepad prompts, even though this never made it to consoles (because the consoles have quality standards).
The game is completely free. Nothing speaks more to a developers belief in themselves and their product than making their game available for everyone without remuneration. This is certainly a gesture that shows dedication to the gaming industry. It's a shame in this case that the implementation is below the minimum standards a dedicated PC game should offer to enthusiasts. There's no "maybe" option in Steam, unfortunately, but I hope to see more work from this developer, perhaps as part of a professional game development company that can make full use of their talents without needing to make budget/quality compromises.
