The Trench

This is basically some kids first game project. In that context, its a good first attempt into game development, just don't expect much in terms of actual gameplay. You fetch around 8+ blinking lights, then see the monster and the game is over. A 30 minute game that, honestly, isn't even worth the $4 they charge for it. Its a bit comparable to Iron Lung, but Iron Lung did it better.

Dude this game is really good, altho its short and simple its super nice to play and its made by 2 guys, a son and father. Its a really cool game and needs more attention and it needs a longer story to it

Micro-Subnautica in grausiger Optik und etwa 30 Min Unterhaltung. Aber das wars irgendwie wert. Das Spiel vollbringt keine Wunder. Muss es aber auch nicht. Als Freizeitprojekt eines Vaters und seines Sohnes ist das hier schon ganz ordentlich. Erinnert entfernt an so geile Filme wie "The Abyss" oder "Underwater" (vor allem beim Ende hat man sich wohl sehr inspirieren lassen.). Dieser Moment wo man in die sogenannte Bathypelagial-Zone eintaucht, also die Zone wo das Licht nicht mehr durchdringen kann und es pechschwarz wird, ist wirklich gut gemacht und gruselig.

Я вообще не считаю, что игра, которая проходится за 40 минут заслуживает оплаты, но последнее сообщение о том, что игру делал отец и сын заставили меня таки не делать возврат. Тем более, что что-то хорошее в игре все-таки есть. Но немного. В игре дурацкий геймплей с поиском предметов по координатам с неудобным управлением. Переодически нас будут пугать скримеры с подводной фауной, а потом с лавкрафтовской мифологией. Последнего крайне мало и именно поэтому платить за это не очень хочется. Музыки немного есть, она типа ок - фоновый саунд для хоррора. Графика допустимая, но не вау. Именно поэтому монстров нам показывают постоянно очень быстро и полностью насладиться ими не получается. Наверное потому, что если всмотреться, то модели будут так себе. Но для скримеров и со всякими затемняющими эффектами - неплохо. Атмосфера в игре есть, сюжет тоже. На 40 минут. Есть стойкое ощущение, что впечатлений недодали, что хочется еще монстров и без душного геймплея. Я обожаю игры про морских монстров и стейки, представьте, что вам дали кусочек хорошего стейка, но этого МАЛО. В игре даже меню нет, чтобы из нее выйти. Нет ачивок. Короче - любительский проект. Но если сравнивать с Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft, то здесь есть монстры, поэтому получше будет. Резюме: Графика 7/10 Музыка 5/10 Геймплей 2/10 Сюжет 5/10 Атмосфера 6/10 Итог 5/10 За 50 рублей пойдет, но это скорее благотворительность.

I'll be honest, I only made it to the 3rd recording. I just found a lot of aspects of the game a little too frustrating to continue. The controls aren't intuitive and there's no way to change any settings in the game (there's not even a way to pause from what I could tell). Normally I could usually push past things like that but based on the thirty minutes I played, the story probably wasn't gonna carry the weight of these godawful controls.

Great game! I loved the unique story and game-play. I'm hoping the developers get enough love to make a part two, or turn the original into a bigger game, because i'd love to spend more time in this unique underwater horror/adventure. A great story with some truly spooky elements. I'd highly recommend this game!

This game is really bad. It's very short and what we get is extremely boring. It seems interesting - rescue mission on the submarine to the unknown trench under the ocean. But nothing that comes to your mind with this description will ever happen in this game. Controls for the boat are awful - you can only use keyboard, you get movement in all 3 axis and you're able to slowly turn horizontally. For the game with a bit of exploration you'd like to have mouse control, ability to rotate the boat freely - even at slow pace - giving the chance to look at things at different angles. Nope. Apart from diving, you pick up stuff left by the previous crew. You use a robotic arm to do that which is painful. You can only do that while stationary, so with the fixed camera you can't really judge the distance to those items. If you'll get too close, they appear much bigger than they should. It's probably bad programming. Instead of hitting the submarine and perhaps bouncing off, they just appear bigger and bigger. Anyway, I've spent 1/3 of my game time figuring out how to pick up those damn things. Each time I thought the item is in reach, it was not, because I was still too far away from it. In the end the best solution is to get very close to them, when they get unnaturally big. So all you really do is navigate down from one clue left by previous crew to the other. Now, there's like 5 or 6 items, each time you get one you just listen to short audiolog (why audiologs were left in water by the previous crew is a mystery) - and that's all the story in this game. Few short audiologs. At each place you can see a bit of environment, some fish or whale skeletons. Nothing special. Then you arrive at the location where you can walk. You turn around, and see your boat was actually just a square box with walls thin as paper. [spoiler]You go into the cavern, discover mysterious monster and instantly die[/spoiler] (sorry for the spoilers, I'm sure you didn't expect that). I understand this is a work of the hobbyists. A father and a son - and I can imagine how much fun they had making their first game. Game development is not an easy task, and even such a small game required work, some learning, an effort - that's for sure. But this should be a free game. Asking money for this is a bit too much. It's really not worth any money - there are way better games available for free. It's cheap, and still, does not offer anything worth 2$ or something like that. I didn't have fun with this title - it's not even bad in a funny way.

Great little "experience" type game by a father/son team. Would love to see what they do next!

Very fun, spooky sea monstars

Charming, if this came out in 2010 it would've done numbers.