Surprise Party!

This game is well done. Unfortunately many people will not enjoy due to RPG Maker engine in usage. This makes control slow, text skipping slow, everything decision based usually has to be approved on Yes/No question. There are some mazes, which are just timeconsuming to go through. Fight is poorly constructed (spell that is supposed to be only thrown at the caster, still requires to additionally confirm that). Thankfully, there are quite frequent save game points. And story is well done, except for not being able to skip some sections, which are repeated because we failed. In general, it has nice spooky theme, but nothing scary. The main music menu is great: which is Aileen Stanley - "All by Myself" (1921), link: https://youtu.be/0nlYtxLZEWU

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oh my gosh idk where to start. its creepy and funny and weird and I just freaking LOVE IIITTTTT I HIGHLY recommend this game.

"Surprise Party!" is a very poorly made amateur stealth/action game where you take on the role of a balloon (because all the good ideas for video games were already taken) and you need to save the universe in this mildly horror themed indie disaster. What do you do in the game? Stealth/avoidance gameplay and clicking through some really badly written visual novel text like a console peasant would do because consoles didn't have enough power to do voices. But PCs do, so this sloppy presentation is inexcusable. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $7 USD for this. No pixelcrap is worth $7, that's delusional. If amateur developers want to get paid the same money as real developers, they need to learn how to do graphics properly. 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 3 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Since free games don't contribute to your game collector badge and other profile stuff, is this a worthwhile addition to your Steam library? I think you should give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.

4/10

[h1]Before I played Surprise Party!, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

Jaybird got everything right, although I wouldn't be as critical of the dialogues, but the rest of the gameplay is pure mockery of the player. The game itself is about 4 hours long, but due to random birds and long gaps between saves, you can spend four times as much time here. And, of course, my favorite part – "you're cornered, you're cornered, you're cornered, you're cornered, you're cornered, you're cornered!!!"

☀️

I have finished this game all the way through twice now. My time does not reflect this, yes, however I played it outside of my Steam account. The atmosphere, music, characters, and style are all very good steps in the right direction to keep my interests held. Normally I dislike pixel games. They are not for me. I am spoiled with AAA graphics sorry. Surprise Party! however, tickled my fancy so I gave it a go, twice over. I will not cover this game deeply as other reviewers have already gone into depth on many things, and you can take from that what you will. Me personally, I enjoyed this. Sat down with a coffee and just spent a good portion of my morning getting lost in this world. Sure I had some difficulty in areas, but they were purely my lack of skill or understanding of a situation, not due to the game. Hoo-Roo is a new dev on the front. They seem young and willing. For this to be a taste at what they may accomplish even better later on, hell I am down to keep them in my watchlist. Good job, and hope you take from your experiences with this game, and the reviews/feedback of others to keep climbing the ladder of Game Dev.