Oil Strike '75

this is alright for a few minutes, but its extremely lazy even for a free game, and not as fun or interesting as most of the reviews are making it out to be. only the helicopter minigame is actually fun, the other two just get more frustrating as they go and mainly due to unresponsive controls or poor level design. i did not reach the easter egg at the end because i did not want to play a single additional second of the sonar or mario vs donkey kong style games. there is a serious lack of QOL since this was probably made in a couple of days. no WASD controls on a pc game in the 2020s is just idiotic, the up key does nothing in the jumping game, yet it's how you fly higher in the helicopter game. there is no way to restart a level without just dying, you can press esc to exit the full screen mode and see a largely useless decorative retro UI, but pressing it again does not return to the full screen view, and the game is not centered in the decorative one. you use mouse controls for the decorative ui, but they do nothing in game. the game does not have an exit button. power on/off does nothing, the reset button does nothing. why would you expect me to play something that i have to force quit to close by design????? no explanation is given for anything for the most part, even when the game opens, it literally just says "continue". not "press any key to continue", you can't click on it, you have to press space. even if this was basically a free little game jam type deal, it's more like a very lazy and incomplete effort and given the level of simplicity here it would take them literally a day to patch this into a more playable state, or give us the opportunity to just skip some of the minigames and earn our points by completing the others more times. i was literally only here for lore explanations since the full game is exceedingly vague, but you are better off watching the last minute of a let's play rather than wasting your time with some of these minigames. oil strike '75 feels like the studio's cheap attempt at patching their unfinished story board, and they could at least have made it more playable.

Симулятор управления нефтяной платформой в сеттинге 1970‑х: игрок выполняет задания, развивает буровую установку и исследует глубины океана. Игра — официальный приквел к Still Wakes the Deep. Плюсы: три разных мини‑игры (управление вертолётом, работа на вышке, сейсмическая разведка) — геймплей не надоедает; пиксельная графика и ретро‑эстетика 70‑х создают аутентичную атмосферу; прогресс влияет на возможности: выполнение задач удлиняет буровую трубу и позволяет бурить глубже. Минусы: нет русской локализации — весь интерфейс и тексты на английском языке; повторяемость задач в мини‑играх — со временем механики могут показаться однообразными; ограниченная глубина симуляции — управление платформой упрощено в пользу аркадности. Итог: лёгкая аркадная игра для знакомства с тематикой нефтедобычи и погружения в ретро‑сеттинг — подойдёт тем, кто ищет непринуждённый симулятор с мини‑играми и ностальгической стилистикой без сложных экономических механик.

A fun collection of games with it being tied nicely with it being a teaser game to Still Wakes The Deep. Not super significant, but fun nonetheless.

Cool little game full of easter eggs and a great teaser

Such a fun little game, the actual computer game elements with the chopper, derrickman and boat took me back to Atari 2600 era! Loved the part after that too where you're on the computer console, different experience but fun and cool to tackle too. :)

Набор разных мини-игр с закосом под старые приставки, кто в детстве играл в Денди что-то похожее вспомнит.

Frickin awesome freebie. The three atari style minigames are fun enough, but twist at the end ties the experience together really nice. I'll have to check out the game this is a prelude to.