Salaryman RESCUE!

I played this game for 7 minutes and I felt like it was a life time, it would have been better to stare at my ceiling for 1 hour instead.

I like the game. I haven't finished it because I've run into a bug where you can clip through a wall and fall through the level - after which you'll need to close the game and restart it. That being said, the puzzles themselves are entertaining. You'll guide them around the block, lure them with bottles, and stop UFOs that fly around and try to abduct the dudes. There are different ways to solve each puzzle at times, where you can focus on using barriers or really try to use the bottles to lure them to where you want them to go. Things that could improve: Audio - there's just not much in it. You'll hear the Salarymen speak when successfully reaching their destination, bottles make noise, the crosswalk sounds cool, and occasionally there are some sound effects from the buildings. Level Select! I hope that is something that gets added at some point. Currently you'll have to start over from scratch every time you play, which makes it problematic when you experience bugs or life gets in the way.

"Salaryman RESCUE!" is a weird and badly made VR tech demo where you need to keep a bunch of staggering Japanese businessdrunks through a cityscape obstacle course... it doesn't make a lot of sense, it's badly made, low quality low poly assets, janky gameplay... it's unclear if this was put on Steam in the hopes of going viral or if the developer thought people would actually want a product like this. The original pricing is definitely an attempt at humour. All you do here is wave your arms around a bit to lure the drunks or throw stuff to clear obstacles for the lemmings/businessmen/whatever as they stumble wherever they are going. Reminds me of a joke, I live close to the pub, it just takes me 5 minutes to walk there but half an hour to get home. The difference is staggering. 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. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. 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. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $5 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. 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 5 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? This is a hard pass. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time.

Игра Salaryman RESCUE! – это безумный и забавный экшен-платформер, где ваша задача – спасать замученных японских офисных работников, застрявших в самых нелепых и опасных ситуациях. Честно говоря, я не ожидал такого уровня хаоса и абсурда! Геймплей чрезвычайно динамичен и требует быстрой реакции, ведь нужно уклоняться от падающих кирпичей, лазеров, гигантских роботов и других опасностей, попутно ловя бедных salaryman'ов в свою спасательную сеть. Визуальный стиль нарочито пиксельный и создает впечатление олдскульной аркады, что только добавляет игре шарма. Юмор в игре – одна из сильнейших сторон. Он абсурдный, местами даже провокационный, но всегда уморительный. Сами ситуации, в которые попадают офисные работники, настолько нелепы, что невозможно не улыбнуться. Несмотря на кажущуюся простоту, в игре есть определенная глубина, которая связана с прокачкой персонажа и открытием новых способностей. Это добавляет мотивации для повторного прохождения уровней и достижения наилучшего результата. Единственное, что может оттолкнуть – это немного повторяющийся геймплей, но динамичность и разнообразие ситуаций сглаживают этот недостаток. В целом, игра – это отличное развлечение для тех, кто ищет нечто веселое и беззаботное, чтобы отвлечься от повседневной рутины. Рекомендую!