The Joycare

Usually if I wish I could leave a neutral review for a game, I'll just give it a thumbs up, but explain what I didn't like. I like to give the benefit of the doubt, or address factors that made the game "neutral worthy". For this game, I have to veer towards a negative. This is very obviously an attempt to jump on the "scary mascot" train. The whole thing is pretty half-assed imo. Very (sub) standard fare, very typical stuff. Seems to rely on jumpscares for the spooks, and even those were pretty cringe-worthy. The puzzles that I encountered were... uh... lame. There's a keypad on the door. "Man I better put on my thinking cap, and keep my eyes peeled for that code!". Nope. there it is, in plain sight. Punch in the code, door opens. Get "scared" by a loud noise. Rinse and repeat. I will be totally honest, I didn't even finish the game, I just couldn't. I even had to idle the game for a minute or two just to leave this review. It was so "meh" right of the bat that I just couldn't stick with it. It IS free, and as a proof of concept, I guess it's o.k., but there are other games exactly like this that are much better. Keep in mind that this review is not for the finished version of the game, and that the game might improve vastly over time. edit: Good on you for owning up to your mistake, Deadlight.

they have this grapple mechanic and don't really do anything interesting with it. you just kinda run around for like 10 minutes

The game is super janky and if you can get the item to work properly congrats.

Это не игра. Это просто кто-то учится.

Okay, why am I not recommending this? There's a few reasons, and some of them aren't related to the game itself. First off, I want to say that some of the code-related puzzles are rather misleading. For example, the 2nd code puzzle you experience is set in a room with an open book on a table to the side of the room, which would make you think the code is in the book right? Wrong. It's on a piece of paper randomly placed on the floor by the door to the next room. Why have an open book on a desk if the code isn't in it? Second, the game lagged quite a lot when I first booted it up. It seems that the title screen alone gobbles up your PCs resources (Even if it's a decent machine like mine is), which kinda gets your hopes up, and then when the game actually starts the frames skyrocket and the quality of the game instantly diminishes. Third, the layout of the facility you are exploring is just... weird. The level design is borderline basic, the actual layout itself is very strange (For example, near the beginning of the game there is just a random area you have to go into to pull a lever to open a door to another random area), but I suppose I can't really comment on this especially since it's a free game. Those are all the reasons relating to the game that I won't be recommending this, but there's unfortunately more. I also won't be recommending this game because when reading past reviews of this game, I saw that the developer replied to one of them saying, quote: "you can, you are just dumb." To me, that sounds incredibly unprofessional and actually rather rude, which is not a good image you want to give to people who have taken the time to play your game? Overall, I won't recommend this title. Not just because of the game, but also because of the people who made it. If you don't like being insulted over an opinion you have on the game, then avoid this one.

мда, инди поделка на ue5 со всеми вытекающими, на старом пк приходится все на 0 и разрешение убирать, но из-за этого мы не пройдем первую комнату если не подумаем о том что код должен где-то написан быть но текстуры не отображаются. Головоломки простые, верти головой и все.

this game is fun and all i guess but when you are on the run level im just not able to progess past the part plus i have encounterd hundreds of bugs at this point

I happened to glitch the game into locking a door perpetually and ruined my ability to move forward. I wasn't able to progress so I have no actual understanding of the horror that awaited me. As it stands I can't recommend the game unless you're a barrel aficionado.