Return to Northbury Grove

В целом игра конечно держит в напряжении)) Но полный опыт думаю можно получить только после перепрохождения с модами, чего я делать конечно же не стал) Оценил бы на 6 хорроров из 10 А что с ней не так, вот: https://youtu.be/w6-AdoFl9lg

Yes.

"Return to Northbury Grove" is a pointless, short VR tech demo from tinybuild, the partially Chinese owned business that colluded with Tencent backed interests to withhold their games from Steam (but not other platforms) in exchange for cash bribes. Which is illegal in terms of antitrust in California, so I guess they avoid doing business in some states. Because they've pulled games from Steam in favour of other platforms (for money) in the past, there's no guarantee they won't remove this game from Steam if offered enough bribe money. Fool me twice, right? What do you do in the game? It's a short VR tech demo with some bad VR physics. Wave your arms around, get jumpscared... if this was a full game from an ethical developer it might even be worthwhile. But it's not, and it isn't. Run around spooky dark environments avoiding the jumpscare monster. The game is quite short, and can be run through in just an hour at most. The lack of content here makes it hard to suggest it's worth spending the time to add to your library and download. The assets look a little mismatched but they're also much higher quality than the actual game. It's a bit of a red flag for an asset flip, but there's no evidence or smoking gun in this case. While there's no proof, the overall low quality of the actual "game" part (an important part of the whole package that makes up a game) is indistinguishable from an asset flip, and no matter where the assets came from, the quality here is bad. It's VR exclusive, and that shows the developer failed to understand the most basic axiom of VR game design... if the only cool thing about your product is VR support, your product is not cool. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. Next is pricing and what value this has 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. Even as a free game, this couldn't find an audience. With a peak of [b]only 4 players[/b], it's clear the Steam community took one look and walked away. They literally couldn't pay people to spend time playing this. 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? Give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.