That Way!

platformer slop still peak 🥹

Игра 'That Way!' - это очаровательная и забавная головоломка, которая заставляет пошевелить мозгами. Простая на первый взгляд механика – направлять милых зверушек по запутанному лабиринту, расставляя указатели – постепенно усложняется, заставляя продумывать каждый шаг на несколько ходов вперед. Графика приятная, мультяшная, а мелодичное музыкальное сопровождение создает расслабляющую атмосферу, что идеально подходит для коротких игровых сессий. Уровень сложности нарастает плавно, благодаря чему новички чувствуют себя комфортно, а опытные игроки не заскучают. Однако, иногда не хватает более подробного обучения новым механикам, и приходится разбираться самому, что может немного затормозить прогресс. Также, некоторым может показаться, что повторное прохождение уже пройденных уровней для сбора всех бонусов немного утомительно. В целом, 'That Way!' - отличная игра для тех, кто ищет ненавязчивую, но при этом увлекательную головоломку. Она идеально подходит для игры в дороге или для короткого перерыва между работой. Рекомендую!

"That Way!" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This is a really poorly implemented platformer with a concept that's been ripped off from a few other games, basically you "program" the platformer moves and then press "play" to implement them and see how your planning went. This can kinda work with some puzzle games, but only if the developer doesn't phone in the graphics, or not even bother with graphics. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. 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. This game features very lacklustre minimalist "art" for graphics instead of anything remotely contemporary. I'm sure the "developer" thought this would come across as "artistic", but it doesn't, it comes across as "really lazy". Yes, contemporary 3D graphics take a lot of time and effort to create. That doesn't mean it's okay not to bother! Developers must try to understand that gaming is a visual medium, and gamers spend a lot of money on high end gaming rigs for a reason. And that reason is not so they can look at lazy, phoned-in half efforts like this. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. 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 2 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.