Recoil

Recoil is a difficult platformer that relies on using the recoil of your weapon to assist in your characters trajectory. Like most platformers, it is rewarding when you pull off a move successfully. This was covered as part of this week's episode of Free2Play Weekly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTFfoazBMVQ&t=1388

"Recoil" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This is a particularly badly made platformer (an objective failure on Steam Direct) with a lame and unengaging sci-fi backstory about being stranged on an alien planet. The platforming part involves poorly done rocket jumping (hence the name "Recoil") that adds nothing to the tired and dead platformer format. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. The game is really simple and unambitious in terms of implementation, more of a tech demo or one of those cases where an amateur developer spends $100 to publish something on Steam Direct to see if it's possible. Yes, obviously it's possible. A proof of concept, tech demo, or something that's less than a little blip on the radar isn't offering anything truly valuable to gamers. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. 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. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? What's the verdict? Not this time. This isn't worth downloading. While this won't cost you any money, you get what you pay for, and sometimes, even when the game is free, it's still not enough.

銃のリコイル反動を使ってジャンプしてステージクリアしていく、イライラ系のゲーム。普通のジャンプもできるが、なぜか同時に銃を発射しちゃうせいで独特の操作感に。ダブルジャンプ＋リコイルジャンプでもなくリコイルジャンプのみでもなく、ジャンプすると同時にでちゃうタイプ。これのせいでジャンプ＋リコイル時とリコイル時で差が出て変な感じ。 意外にプレイできるなーと思いつつも、結構イライラ系でもあるので好みは分かれるところ。特に壁に接していると横方向の移動はゼロになるっぽいので、押し付ける慣性を期待してプレイすると「うーん」という感じに。 悪いゲームではないと思うのだが…。 なお、自分の環境ではオプションに飛ぶとゲームスタートが出なくなった。

i played it threw and it was fun. the movement is janky but i dont mind because it reminds me of flash and cool math games. i like the charm in those types of games so it was cool to find something like that on steam.

If you want to rocket jump and have a fun game. Play TF2 instead because this game itself is just the dark souls of rocket jumping. Doesn't go hard.

I had a lot of fun playing through this game and discovering all the secrets. The different endings are each interesting in their own unique way, while the lore papers that you discover paint a vivid picture of this alien world. The gameplay is challenging but rewarding, reminding me a lot other other difficult platformers like Celeste. Overall I would definitely recommend checking it out!

Игра 'Recoil' — это настоящий наркотик для любителей динамичных шутеров с элементами аркады. С первых минут погружаешься в безумный вихрь сражений, где нужно молниеносно принимать решения и оттачивать свои рефлексы. Графика, хоть и не претендует на фотореализм, стильно оформлена и отлично передает атмосферу киберпанка, а саундтрек просто завораживает, заставляя сердце биться чаще в унисон с музыкой. Управление отзывчивое, а разнообразие вооружения и апгрейдов позволяет экспериментировать со стилями игры. Каждый уровень — это отдельный вызов, который заставляет попотеть, но чувство победы после преодоления очередного босса или сложной волны противников несравнимо ни с чем. Если вы ищете игру, где можно сбросить пар, проверить свою реакцию и просто получить удовольствие от драйвового геймплея, 'Recoil' — отличный выбор. Единственный минус — некоторая повторяемость поздних этапов, но это скорее мелкая придирка на фоне общего восторга.