Operation REMODE

WI Corp'a hoş geldin, Moddie Operatörü! Bu yeni tek oyunculu, düşük poligon tarzı, Çift Çubuklu Nişancı oyununda, yüksek teknolojili modüler tüfek M.O.D.D.I.E'yi kullanarak WI Corp'un karargahının içindeki çeşitli seviyelerde ilerleyin ve sırlarına yönelik tehlikeli bir tehdide karşı onu savunun.

"Operation REMODE" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from Accademia Italiana Videogiochi in Italy (obviously). While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. The students made a rather weak and uninspired third person top down console-like shooter game (and released it on Steam instead of consoles, seeking failure on purpose I guess). It's a basic twin-stick shooter, unambitious, and only notable for the lack of polish and a boring "weapon modding" feature that adds little to the lame experience. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. It would be unethical for students to try charge money for their homework assignments, so you don't have to pay any money for this. But you'd still have to spend your time downloading this, and "time is money", as they say. There's the other problem, too... as a student project, this wasn't made for gamers. There's no requirement for them to polish and balance the game properly, all they need is something to show the faculty so they can get their grade and move on. Let's once more ask... why is that good for gamers? It's obviously not delivering a solid product. Yet here it is, on the store page, and here you are, reading my review for a student demo that's going to waste your time. While genuine amateur developers who made real products get ignored because they have to compete with this stuff. In some ways, this deluge of student projects on Steam is harmful to everyone. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 3 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Given that this free title won't increase your game collector count, is it worth your time to add it to your library? This is a hard pass. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time.