S&M: FL

S&M: FL is a very poorly made Chinese hybrid boardgame (Candyland!) and action/reflexes minigame hybrid. Roll the die, move forward that number of squares, maybe fight a really craptacular reflexes minigame (you can see it in the video on the store, if you promise not to laugh at how bad it is). Some stuff happens as you keep playing, maybe you win, maybe you don't, who knows. There's no English translation for the game, but that's ok. It turns out, the language of bad games is universal. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard, with lazy, low effort graphics, gameplay and handling that makes shovelware bargain bin stuff from the 1990's look bleeding edge. This whole game is phoned in. Often when a game is this simple and pointless, I'll compare it to a mobile app or some other kind of frame of reference to best describe to gamers how bad it is and why they should avoid it, but here, I think most mobile app games are better than this, even Angry Birds or Temple Runner. Or Candy Crush. I'm not recommending anyone should play that kind of mobile crap, I'm just saying this is worse than that. And those games are free, this one costs money. So you know... how's this going to work out? The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is to be expected. Gamers just didn't take this low quality game seriously, and for good reason. S&M: FL is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend.