The Elysian Field

[h1]弓折れ尽き果てたどる永眠の地[/h1] [b]非公式日本語翻訳modを作りました（2022/12/26）[/b] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2905573513 どこかの敗残兵となって死に際の兵士たちの記憶を聞きながらさまよい歩く、10分で終わるウォーキングシム。 コンパクトな作品だがテキスト・音楽・環境すべてきれいにまとまっていて、とても心地良くプレイできた。死に瀕し後悔と益体もないことばかり連ねながら消えていくなかで、この場所はどこまでも美しい。 あまりほかのゲームで体験することのない景色を見ることのできる良質な小粒作品。おすすめです。 言語は英語のみ。難しい表現は特にないので雰囲気で読んでいこう。

The Elysian Field is a short asset flipped 3D third person walking simulator slapped together with Unity and a bunch of Synty assets. While the writing for the walking sim is slightly better than most asset flip garbage, it's hard to recommend such a simple game where apparently very little work was done by the "developer" and almost all of it grabbed from asset stores. It's short and not all that interesting as you plod around a Synty asset field with a Synty low poly character getting short bits of text. I've written game reviews that had more writing than this "game" does. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks bad as a result of their decisions, a compromise PC gamers shouldn't have to put up with. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers. These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. 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. The game contains stock/store assets and other packages, but the "developer" here hasn't credited the people who actually did the work for the game. While this isn't necessarily against the license for the use of those assets, claiming the work of others as your own is unethical. Gamers should be made aware when a developer behaves unethically, as buying games from unethical developers puts the gamers money at risk. The Elysian Field 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, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer (using someone else's assets and not crediting them, as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend.