Metal Garden

A game that is too short for what it presents. It has a bleak appealing art style and interesting world. If you have time to kill for around one and a half to two-ish hours, I'd suggest giving this a go if you're into megastructures, vague worldbuilding, and exploration with semi-linear paths. A shame it's too short because by the end of it, you're left with wanting more. Here's hoping that the developer makes a follow up game one day.

Great game, hit exactly the right spot. I love those vast concrete landscapes, liminal spaces at their finest. I'm hoping for a sequel or another game with a similar vibe

Simple but satisfying apocolyptic world. Enemies a bit monotonous and can do odd things like these floating jumps, but the game is not bad.

it evokes nostalgia in this floatiness it has, like halo reach forge island when i used to just build things that i would've liked exploring, expressing the sense of wonder within me ; more so the locations of pre-world monster hunter, like the swamp and the jungle (with the temple) so mysterious and i'd love to know more, but so little information i can only imagine played it a 3rd time with the added dev commentary and learning that the dev is same age and gender identity as me makes me wonder how much more sensibilities we have in common because this is one of my favorite games i have played. the rust, the decay the ferns i love it all. makes me feel like sex, lies and videotapes by soderbergh, hazy heavy and moody some work to be proud of bravo Aleksandra

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Saw a youtube video about this game and immediately knew I had to try it - it was not disappointing my expectations at all! From the start on out, I knew that the sense of vastness and maybe also loneliness conveyed by this world was astounding, especially due to all of the distant structures and the skybox. The combat and jumping mechanic are also enjoyable, and I love all of the little ambushes (I genuinely jumped in my seat once or twice at them). Beyond that, the game has an amazing story, despite its simplicity, as the plot ties everything together neatly and the player isn't left with many questions! Truly a work of art!

I've seen a lot of games exploring megastructures in recent years but this is one of the best IMO, really gets the sense of scale right and there are lots of very cool details in the design and writing. I felt like I got a good sense of the setting from just the few scraps of writing and encounters. The gameplay itself is excellent, the movement, combat feel, and level design are top notch for a small indie work. Reminded me a little of F.E.A.R. in terms of level design. Lots of fun nooks and side paths that I actually felt motivated to explore. Environments were easy to read, had lots to find if you took some time to look, and the platforming and puzzles were pretty satisfying and never felt frustrating. If you are half decent at FPS I would recommend playing on Hard, the middle difficulty was fairly relaxed and easy. If I would change anything, the enemy AI didn't feel very threatening and more environment hazards would have given the combat a little more flavor, but considering the scope I think the right decisions were made with what was done, and they used what they had very well with lots of fun encounters. I think if you took this and worked on more intelligent enemies, you would have something almost as good as F.E.A.R., but I don't expect that to be an easy task. Awesome work and looking forward to more!