Neofeud

Neofeud instantly hooked me with its bizarre artstyle, interesting concept, and amazing soundtrack. The instant intrigue faded as the dialogue was very blunt, wordy, and obsessed with delivering pop culture references. It wasn't until a certain moment though that the game started to really drag. One character in particular is extremely off putting and the game spends an unfortunate amount of time with them once introduced. The writing also feels much more sloppy as the player begins tackling issues well beyond the scope of the first portion with little to no escalation. It made what felt like a B-movie earnestly (and poorly) trying to tell a fun plot to an overly important quest that is too preoccupied with joylessly listing off all of society's ills to have any personality left. It still tries to get a few character moments in but by then the game had been stuck in a rut for so long with no rewarding puzzles that it really dulled any impact it could have had. I wish I could recommend it as it is a truly unique labor of love but it became too much of a slog to say I genuinely enjoyed it.

this game is marxist propaganda disguised as "social commentary". it is full of political correctness, lectures on class struggle and there's even a person reading "das kapital" by karl marx in this game. aside from the jank gameplay, it runs in a tiny 1366x768 window that doesn't go full screen and no dialogue or situation i found in 1.5 hours was in any way funny. it was all political lecture non-stop.

There are two kinds of art; subtle masterpieces that cleverly force one to confront their own beliefs, and a bleeding heart yelling into the microphone. If Disco Elysium is the former, this game is the latter, and I in no way mean that as a slight. An incredible one-dev passion project, and a must-play for adventure game fans or really anyone who has started to pick up on the fact that the scales of our modern-day world seem to tilt further and further towards the rich.

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The game is made almost entirely by one person (Chris Miller, a.k.a. Silver Spook), and is packed with passion, personality, and powerful political commentary. When you play, you're stepping into someone's bold and deeply personal vision of the future. And it's dystopian, hilarious, weird, and disturbingly relevant. The story is what really hooked me. It’s smart, satirical, and goes deeper than you may expect given all the pop culture references in the dialogues on social issues affecting people now and at the time of release. It uses dark humor, sci-fi weirdness, and clever writing to make its point in a way that sticks with you if you take the time to try and understand both the direct and underlying themes and references, and it's greatly enhanced if you read the creator's social media channels or hang around the streams, where they talk deeply about where a lot of the influences come from. Visually, the game has a raw, gritty art style that some might call rough or offputting at first, but I found it incredibly charming and fitting. It’s not glossy, it’s not clean, and that’s exactly why it works. It is and feels handmade, lived-in, punk and real. And it's the same about the voice acting, every character has distinct personality and delivery, which adds a ton of depth to the story. If you’re into cyberpunk, classic point-and-click adventures, or you just love seeing what a single passionate creator can build when they go all in, Neofeud is something special. This game deserves way more attention.

If you like story driven point-and-click adventure games and you like cyberpunk, then you will like this game ! At first the graphics and animations look rather amateurish - but don't let that stop you. Pretty soon you get into the game, and you stop paying attention. Not only that, the graphics, animations and game mechanics actually play into the punk, diy atmosphere of the game. But what this game has above all is a cast of flawed characters that we really get attached too (despite, or maybe because of their flaws), opinionated politics and a story line worthy of a William Gibson novel. There are so many games out there with first class graphics and animations, but bland characters and story lines. This is the exact opposite !

Rough around the edges. Very heavy handed. Overloaded with pop culture references. Despite that, it's charming, unyielding and unapologetically intentional in its delivery. If you can look past the flaws, you may be surprised with what it has to offer. My biggest real criticism is the visual inconsistency and interface. I think for a story this tightly directed a different format might've worked better.

[h3] No exaggeration, the best Point & Click game I've played. [/h3] The story takes place in a cyberpunk dystopia ruled by corporate feudalism, where poverty runs rampant, affecting not just humans but also other sentient beings, like robots. It's packed with references to actors, artists, and movies like Terminator 2, Matrix, and Star Wars, which make up most of the funny parts of the game. Despite having a lot of text, it never felt heavy. The voice acting, while homemade, is quite good, and the difficulty is well balanced, not the nightmare you often find in this genre. If I had to mention something negative, it would be that character portraits appear directly in the scene instead of being framed, blending into the background. Even so, it feels totally consistent with the game's raw art style, which overflows with personality. In short, I loved it from the very beginning to the final credits. It's totally memorable, and I can't wait for the highly anticipated sequel (though this story is fully complete on its own, just to clarify).

Neofeud 1 and 2 have hands down the worst writing I have ever experienced in my life. About 70% of all dialog is comprised of pop culture references, coming in different layers. You'll have one character comment another transformed "like Optimus Prime", later on the "Transformaters" will be mentioned, and later still someone will say the'll sting like "Bumble bee from the Transformaters". It is genuinely vile. The plot is a childish wish fulfillment fantasy from the mind of a deranged unironic communism worshipper. There is an honest to God communist Wakanda populated by godly beings who fight against the cartoonishly evil CRAPitalist westoid empire. It's so unbelievably bad it causes one to ponder if this is satire, but looking at the output of the lead dev it seems unlikely. This is just a sad, boring, and most importantly grating non-story from a profoundly unimaginative mind. Yes, developper, I understand the reference. I know Star Trek. I know Star Wars. Hire a writer I beg you. There is a world in which your insane ideology can be expressed through a well written story, but it won't be by you. The art and music is fantastic but I was a bit disappointed by how many tracks are from the first game. You may wonder what compelled me to finish the first game, let alone both titles, and there's one simple answer: The absolutely insanely racist, beyond parody, "as close to objectively offensive as it can get" voicelines that show up. George Floyd's knee assisted overdose is an event that is treated like so many pop culture references. The game will unironically blast the words "Chappie Floyd", "get Floyded" at you, as a congole-, sorry, I mean "Kongorian" gets knelt on for 8 minutes. It is genuinely wild everytime it happens, but as funny as it is these interspersed moments of pure comedy gold they are not enough to salvage the rest of the writing. You can find a portait of Obama and he is named "Martin Obama Black Panther Wakanda King Jr.". You'll find stuff about Rosa Sparks and Vaytron Martin. One of the characters is what I can only describe as a modern, robotized, minstrel show. Some of the stuff in these games is straight out of something you'd see in a 100% chud game, it hits you like a truck every single time, but it's just not worth it. The gameplay is also kinda ass but it's to be expected from an adventure game. A couple really annoying pixel hunt sessions and crazy person logic puzzles do show up. It's hard for me to believe I share a species with the absolute plastic drones saying they enjoyed the writing.

I came across this developer on social media. I dabbled into the game, and I'm far from finished (my logical capabilities are outrageously bad lmao), but it has just so much *heart*, from the little references to the uniquely drawn style. I will play more when I have time, it's really putting the anti-establishment back into cyberpunk and it's so unflinchingly anticapitalist that's refreshing. It's clear in showing both "this is how capitalism works, this is how opression works" and the possibility of resistance. And when the noose around our necks get only tighter, we need art to show that a better world is possible. It's very worth to pay attention to Neofeud and the upcoming second game.