Skin Deep

Didn't really live up the hype, it's an okay game, didn't really care for the story or music either, mechanics wise it's got interesting ideas but they become trivial since you will be doing the same solution to the "puzzles" the game throws at you.

Oh how I missed Brendon Chung's artstyle. After playing Thirty Flights and Quadrilateral Cowboy, it was crazy to see that he'd created an immersive FPS- especially one that plays like no other. You sneak around spaceships and outsmart/kill enemies via most unconventional means. Usually they involve throwing things, and they can make enemies sneeze, or slip, or cause explosions if there's an open gas line in the vicinity. You have all kinds of choices at your disposal, and if you make a mistake, there are some surprisingly realistic consequences. You have to manually extract bullets and glass bits that get stuck in you. You can hide in vents, but they actually contsrict your movement and make you sneeze if you stay inside too long...and if an enemy hears it, they'll "purge" the vents. And perhaps the craziest mechanic of all: enemies in active combat will actually DODGE YOUR ATTACKS. WHAAAAAT. Fianlly my favorite detail that most will overlook, is the soundtrack. Most of the tracks on the album are actually commercial bits that only play over radios in the game. There is a whole hidden layer of world building in that area, and it felt really rewarding to discover. But thats just a niche, the big draw is the innovative gameplay and the narrative segments rife with Chung's signature cinematic flair. I love it all.

Rogue-like Imm-Sim with Blendo absurdity? Hook this ♥♥♥♥ right into my veins, please. I think the trailers are a pretty good idea of the gameplay and vibe. Each level is a ship. Get rid of the pirates. Save the crew. Except your weapons are black pepper, handsoap, and flushing severed heads into space. I don't know man, I feel like you're either gonna vibe with that or nah.

imsim distillate: the video game. not gonna blow your socks off, but it's a fun game for 10 hours. also it's on idtech4 and open source (well, the code is under GPL, the assets are not).

This game is so damn REFRESHING, like holy heck, its so original it completely broke me. Every little part of the game is hyper unique in its own way. There is some roughness and repetiveness that drags it down SLIGHTLY, but it really is just absolutely OOZING with charm. Very well done, very fun. You play as the insurance commando on a number of unique ships. Pirates come in, you come out to play. I could ooze about the story or the aesthetic but I think giving a list of the crazy weird design choices would be better This game has: -Sneezing -Prone-movement blocking if you are in a tight space and couldn't turn around. -Enemies do not die, their heads pop off and float to regeneration devices, so you have to get creative and find ways to get rid of the heads. At one point I succumbed to my own success, killed 6 enemies, and had to juggle the heads because you only get 5 inventory spots and I had no way to dispose of them -You can exit the ship and choose your vector of entry. You can exit and enter through garbage chutes, windows, and airlocks. -If you enter or exit via garbage, you will stink and have to use deodorant or a shower to fix it. -Game comes with a unique scanner system that lets you analyze rooms and items from a safe distance to look for opportunities -Guns are truly uniquely implemented, different buttons to reload and rack shells so you have to actively rack the shotgun or chamber the rifle/pistol. Odd but delightful bit of realistic firearms management. The guns are also some of the more unique designs I have seen in a game, the damn shotgun is bandolier-belt-fed. -Novel health system with statuses. If you have a shard of glass in your foot, its going to hurt when you walk until you remove it. I really am having a blast with this game and highly recommend it. Its so damn unique. The plot is clearly a parody of spy movie and scifi tropes but like all the best parodies it is actively a GREAT piece of the media it is parodying.

Clunky movement, terrible camera sway (makes using keypads ridiculously awkward), bad stealth mechanics, bad combat mechanics, wrapped in a "omglolsoqwirky" package that adds nothing. The reviews comparing this to NOLF & MGSV - you must be smoking pure copium because this game is total ass.

Honestly I think there is a lot of great stuff in this game, the presentation story and overall charm kepted me going through the whole game. Gameplay wise I think if you really like immersive sims and have some patience you might have a lot better luck with this game, but I have to write how I feel, and sadly this game just did not click with me.

Забавный инди immersive sim про спасение кошек на различных короблях. Небольшая и очень бюджетная игра, но впечатления оставляет только хорошие.