RUINER

Awesome 5 hour playthrough. This is a pretty unique game with its really cool cyberpunk aesthetic. At times it gives Blade Runner & Ghost in the Shell vibes. Plenty of good boss fights. I recommend playing with a controller and completing the playthrough in a single session.

🎮 [u]Gameplay[/u] 🔲 Excellent 🔲 Good ✅ Average 🔲 Poor 🔲 Staring at Walls is better Ruiner offers a frenetic, fast-paced combat experience that blends top-down shooting with cyberpunk aesthetics, but the gameplay itself can feel repetitive and clunky. The combat is often chaotic and unforgiving, with limited depth in terms of mechanics. Despite this, once you get the rhythm of it, there’s a certain visceral satisfaction in clearing rooms full of enemies in near infinite bullet time. However, the lack of varied combat mechanics and overly simplistic weapon systems make the gameplay feel shallow pretty quickly. 🌄 [u]Graphics[/u] ✅ Beautiful 🔲 Good 🔲 Decent 🔲 Bad 🔲 Paint.exe Visually, Ruiner excels. The game’s neon-soaked, cyberpunk world is stunning, with highly stylized environments that are both grim and electrifying. The character designs are sleek, and the color palette of dark blues, reds, and purples creates a moody, futuristic vibe that fits the narrative perfectly. The visuals do a great job of immersing you in a dystopian city, and they make every moment feel tense and dynamic. 🎵 [u]Audio[/u] 🔲 Eargasm ✅ Amazing 🔲 Good 🔲 Not too Bad 🔲 Bad The soundtrack is easily one of Ruiner's best features. The electronic beats are pulsating and perfectly match the game's high-energy tone. The music intensifies the feeling of being immersed in a dangerous, neon-lit world. Sound effects, from gunfire to the whirring of drones, all add to the atmosphere, making the world feel alive and reactive. The audio experience is truly top-tier for a cyberpunk setting, giving players a visceral auditory immersion. 📖 [u]Story[/u] 🔲 It will replace your life 🔲 Good ✅ Average 🔲 Text or Audio Floating Around 🔲 No story The narrative in Ruiner is a simple one, following a nameless protagonist as they fight their way through a corrupt city to rescue a loved one. The story’s pacing feels uneven, and the character motivations can sometimes feel a bit hollow. The minimal storytelling is wrapped up in intriguing world-building and fragmented plot points, but it lacks emotional depth or meaningful character arcs. 🛡️ [u]Difficulty[/u] 🔲 Difficult 🔲 Easy to Learn / Hard to Master ✅ Average 🔲 Easy 🔲 Just press "A" Ruiner strikes a decent balance in difficulty. The game starts off relatively easy but ramps up quickly with increasingly challenging enemies and bosses. It’s a game that demands precision and quick reflexes, but without a deeper combat system to justify the difficulty spikes, it sometimes feels more of a routine than a challenge. 🔁 [u]Replay-ability[/u] 🔲 Infinitely replay-able 🔲 Many Times 🔲 A few times 🔲 Maybe Once ✅ No replay value The game does offer replayability in terms of challenge, with the intense action and tougher enemies calling you back for another run. However, after my playthrough, the lack of variety in combat mechanics put me off from replaying the game. ⏳ [u]Length[/u] 🔲 To infinity and beyond 🔲 Very Long (50 to 150 hr) 🔲 Long (25 to 50 hr) 🔲 Average (10 to 25 hr) ✅ Short (4 to 10 hr) Ruiner isn’t a particularly long game, with most playthroughs taking around 8-12 hours. While this fits well for a fast-paced action game, the limited variety in the core combat mechanics can make the experience feel stretched out toward the end. 🖥️ [u]Hardware Requirement (1440p / 75+ FPS)[/u] 🔲 Ask NASA if they have a spare computer 🔲 Fast (RTX 4080 equivalent) ✅ Decent (RTX 2080 equivalent) 🔲 Potato (GTX 980 equivalent) 🔲 Check if you can run paint The game runs smoothly on most mid-range PCs and doesn’t require high-end hardware to play. Its emphasis on stylized graphics rather than hyper-realism means it performs well even on less powerful setups. The smooth performance lets players focus on the fast-paced combat without worrying about system requirements. 🪲 [u]Bugs[/u] ✅ Never heard of 🔲 Minor bugs 🔲 Can get annoying 🔲 Game‑breaking bugs 🔲 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs I didn't encounter any major bugs during my playthrough. The game is generally well-polished, though there are occasional minor issues, such as enemy AI acting a bit oddly in specific scenarios. These aren’t enough to ruin the experience, though. 💸 [u]Worth Buying[/u] 🔲 It’s free! 🔲 Worth the price ✅ Minor sale (<30%) 🔲 Major sale (>70%) 🔲 You could also just burn your money Ruiner offers enough in terms of atmosphere and audio-visual immersion to justify the price, especially for fans of the cyberpunk genre. The combat, while fun at first, doesn’t evolve much over time, but the unique setting and intense action can still make it a worthwhile purchase on a sale for the right crowd. 📝 [u]Rating[/u] 🔲 10 🔲 9 🔲 8 ✅ 7 🔲 6 🔲 5 🔲 4 🔲 3 🔲 2 🔲 1 Ruiner presents a visually stunning cyberpunk world with an amazing soundtrack, but the repetitive combat and lack of depth in its mechanics hold it back from being a true standout. Despite that, the atmosphere and music elevate the experience to a solid 7 out of 10. 👍 [u]What works:[/u] Incredible cyberpunk atmosphere, rich with neon lights and dystopian vibes. High-energy, pulse-pounding soundtrack that drives the intensity of the gameplay. Strong world-building and visual design that immerses you in its setting. Fast-paced, satisfying action for short bursts of gameplay. ⚠️ [u]What to know:[/u] Combat can feel shallow and repetitive, with limited mechanics that don’t evolve much. The story is relatively basic and can get overshadowed by the chaotic gameplay. 👎 [u]Weak Points:[/u] Combat becomes monotonous without enough new mechanics to keep it fresh. The narrative, while atmospheric, doesn't offer a lot of depth or emotional investment. The lack of strong progression in combat mechanics can lead to burnout. Boss fights and enemy variety can feel repetitive. [u]TL;DR:[/u] Ruiner shines with its stunning cyberpunk world and high-energy soundtrack, creating an immersive, atmospheric experience. However, the combat lacks depth, becoming repetitive over time, which holds it back from being a truly great action game. Still, it's worth playing for fans of the genre or anyone who enjoys a stylish, adrenaline-packed world.

I want to love this game and tried to approach it 5 times, each time getting done with it after first area after tutorial one. I adore the art direction and tone of the story. However - I simply can't get past controls. I tried both keyboard and xbox controller with both being simply horrible. Most comes down to character facing which has a certain floatiness while keeping everything oriented to a slight deviation from 90 degrees. This would be fine if game didn't also require precision with some of abilities and guns. I tried to find whether there are any discussions on how to fix it or some mods, but I only found discussion boards with developers defending it how it was the best possible with optimatiation for... double joysticks of all things. Second bad thing is difficulty. On medium it is too easy meanwhile on hard it feels like ,,random dmg boost go" Third is connected to second - bossess are just so boring with their simplicity that suffer doublky from difficulty as on medium you don't notice them doing anything when you kill them and on hard you don't notice what killed you from them.

[h1]The game is a stuttery mess[/h1] Regardless of the settings movement makes it stutter like hell

本作是一款[strike] 抖M模拟器 [/strike]爽快的快节奏双摇杆射击游戏，场景美术营造出的赛博朋克氛围很浓，还有大名鼎鼎的平泽进负责配乐，而且重点是可以放下一切作为人的道德准则，心甘情愿地给美少女当狗，完全投身于杀戮中。游戏虽然有主线剧情，但与其说是在讲故事，不如说只是给角色发疯提供舞台。 我唯一的不满之处是打击感偏弱，击杀敌人几乎完全没有击杀反馈音效，战斗时除去幽幽的BGM和冷清的武器挥击声外便再无其他声音。不过这或许是制作组为营造出“冷暴力 & 空洞”的氛围有意为之吧。 PS：觉得有帮助的话可以康康我的[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44921690] 个人鉴赏家 [/url]与[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/mylonelycabin] 群组 [/url]

Знайди їх, цуцику! Гра — абсолютна імба. Геймплей кайфовий, мені дуже сподобався, незважаючи на те, що я не фанат цього жанру. Ембієнт у «хаб-локації» (якщо її так можна назвати), та й загалом музика у всій грі — просто топ. Дізнався про цю гру з Coub ще десь у 2019 році. З того часу вона висіла в мене в списку бажаного, і тільки зараз руки дійшли. (Хто не знає, Coub — це такий собі TikTok тих часів.) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3684138057

If Doom 2016 had a glory kill fueled love child with hotline miami all set in a cyberpunk top down shooter that has a terrible story. Has more depth and complexity than most 3D person shooters. Excited for the sequel!