
A blast from Flump Studios past! Pester was released on Xbox live indies back in early 2013 and was Flump Studios first game developed for public release. A remake of one of my early C64 games, Pester is a very fast paced and busy retro vertical shooter.
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Pester (2015, разработчик — Team Pester) — короткая хоррор‑игра с элементами головоломки. Суть: исследовать тёмные помещения, собирать предметы и избегать загадочного существа, которое реагирует на звук и движение. Ключевые особенности: атмосфера психологического ужаса; механика скрытности: нужно минимизировать шум, чтобы не привлечь монстра; ограниченное освещение (фонарик с ограниченным зарядом); 30–40 минут геймплея; минималистичная пиксельная графика; напряжённый звуковой дизайн; платформа: PC (Windows). Минусы: очень короткая (одно прохождение — менее часа); повторяющиеся локации; нет сохранения прогресса; отсутствие русской локализации. Итог: компактный хоррор для любителей острых ощущений. Подойдёт для разового прохождения вечером.
Pester is unfortunately just way too unpolished. I'm usually quite into retro-inspired games, tbh. But this one really doesn't have any enjoyment. It starts at the settings, truly not much in there. You can't even change the sound, which is bad. Especially since this game is actually very loud. The controls are rough, the visuals are horrible. I don't think this would be fun, even in the 80s. The fact, that it was made in 2013 is really sad. It requires Windows Media Player to even start. Which is rather odd, but yeah, that's one thing. The game also crashes for no apparent reason. And overall: It just really feels very unpolished. Can't recommend such product, even if cheap. Sadly have to give this a huge negative review. My actual playtime took about fifteen minutes. The rest of my playtime was for Trading Cards. Don't waste your cash on such game honestly.
在初次接触到这款游戏时,我对其新颖的游戏机制和独特的设计理念抱有很高的期待,然而经过深度试玩后,我发现它在执行和优化方面存在显著的问题,使得整体游戏体验远未达到预期。 游戏玩法与控制体验: 主打的是策略与动作相结合的玩法,但实际操作起来,游戏的控制反馈迟钝且不够精确。游戏中的核心战斗系统本应是亮点所在,却因复杂的指令响应和不够直观的操作界面让人感到困扰,而非享受其中。尤其是在紧张的战斗环节中,由于操作不便经常导致战术执行受阻,降低了游戏的战略深度和趣味性。 技术性能与bug频现: 从技术层面上看表现不尽如人意。频繁的卡顿、掉帧以及偶尔的崩溃问题严重影响了游戏流程的连贯性。此外,我还遇到了一些关键性的游戏内bug,比如任务无法完成、角色行动不受控制等问题,这些都极大地削弱了游戏的完整性与可玩性。 用户界面与用户体验: 游戏的用户界面设计欠佳,菜单布局混乱,重要信息不易查找,教程指导也不够详尽,新手玩家可能需要花费大量时间去摸索基础功能和游戏规则。另外音效设计的粗糙和重复使用也让沉浸式体验打了折扣。 总结: 拥有颇具吸引力的概念和框架,但在实际开发和打磨的过程中显然出现了不少失误。游戏的技术性能问题、操控难题以及剧情薄弱都构成了对玩家体验的不良影响。虽然它在某些创意上有闪光之处,但综合来看,目前版本的《Pester》难以推荐给寻求优质游戏体验的玩家们。真心希望开发商能够关注到这些问题并进行重大改进,以释放这款游戏真正的潜力。
It was ok...
garbage. game isn't fun, I think has a slight input lag, doesn't stay in windowed mode, you just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ explode randomly with no enemy or bullet in sight even though you supposedly have a small hitbox, which of course is awful for the survival mode where you only have one life, there's no clever design at all just random enemy spam and just overall the game's a sack of ♥♥♥♥. I only have this game because of a bundle. I keep opening the game every now and then trying to give it a fair chance but no this is just stupid. this is bad. don't play this. go play void rains or fantasy of tempest or zeroranger or something, not this trash.
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