Trench Tales

Several things are not going well for this game, I loved the Demo, the concept and the artwork. It set a tone the game release hasn't met though. I'm not a fan of the fish eye type of lensing. I wish the player could choose to adjust this. The aiming is awkward / clunky* and one of my all time favorite worst game mechanic the sprint feature. Horrible choice. *Focusing on a target drags out, takes too long as if trying to be overly dramatically just makes emersion an impossibility. It's like the dev purposely chose some of the worst gaming aspects and mechanics and piled them into this one. Again, I love the concept. just wish they'd reconsider, rethink and rework some of their QOL choices or lack there of.

Do not trust the reviews that say that this game is "rough around the edges", this game is rough in the core and brilliant around the edges: Superficially is cool as all hells, but it's the core gameplay and design that drag it down. The combat is janky as hell, the map feels empty, large for the sake of being large. Aiming the rifle is extremely slow, but only the rifle, the smg is always quite accurate, the pistol is more accurate and for some reason louder... The NPCs are all impossibly tall, sometimes gigantic. The map, that in my opinion should not be here to start with, is distracting, but necessary because of the world design I would have preferred if the world was smaller, with very little sections of no man land, and mostly trenches (the player cannot get out of) connecting the various points of interest, because as it is I am constantly afraid I am running out of the map in some deserted area. The fast travel seem to imply that you might want to backtrack, that I only did to meet merchants. In my opinion the biggest flaw of this game is that it's spending too many resources into making a open world, while focusing on making interesting paths in the trenches and well thought center pieces would have probably made for a better experience. I like the premise of this game, I will play it after updates, but otherwise I would not recommend anyone to buy this at this state: it's an art project disguised as a game. if you buy it, buy it as such.

its a good game but its still needs a LOT more time in the oven. im gonna refund because im broke as hell, but if i wasnt id keep this in my library and follow development. will definetly rebuy once the game is a bit more baked. the cosmetic design is better than some AAA games, thats for sure.

You are a Beta tester. focused on visuals before gameplay and its apparent. i was expecting a dark/horror ww1 semi-fantasy game, and quickly realised with the 2nd character you talk to (sgt. von? voss?) is wearing 1990`s multicam, now knowing what kind of early access game this would be. you are a beta tester. alot problems from the game tripping over itself. broken ai and interactions. and constant reminders to help with bug reports.... the atmosphere and vibes are amazing but thats the only good thing about it. you can die while at the shrine in the menus while editing your gear.......... should of asked your friends to test this before going on steam. part of me wants to wait the other part screams refund for under cooked game.

To start off, I love the concept, setting, and look of this game. It has massive potential in that regard and I am happy to throw money towards its continued development by buying it in EA. That being said, the game is an abject mess. The first issue I encountered were the controls. Some of the keybinds do not register or work (for example I cannot crouch). The crouch is somehow bound to right click instead of C which is also bound to shoot. So every time I shoot I crouch lol After that I switched to my PS5 controller which seems to be fully supported but does not feel great at all. Aiming and shooting feels very stiff and the target lock is all over the place. I imagine they were going for a GTA style target lock but it mostly locks onto the legs of enemies and sometimes the head. Hits don't register with enough feedback and there is no audio for weapon reloads. Also, I sometimes get locked into this ready stance that I cannot get out of where I walk slowly with my weapon at the ready. All of this makes encounters a nightmare. Gameplay issues aside I also have little to no idea what this game is about. There is hardly any context given or mission parameters and enemies are kinda just there, or appear out of thin air. The shrine system is confusing and does not have a great interface that shows or explains your abilities, stats etc. The menus in general are a mess and not easily navigated (esp when I was forced to switch to controller). And after switching to controller my mouse arrow just stays in the middle of the screen. I have more concerns but I will leave it at that for now. The game needs a lot more time to cook and I cannot recommend it, even for fans of the setting. I decided to pick the game up after the most recent trailer dropped because it looked like a more coherent experience than the initial gameplay I saw, but it still has a very long way to go. Massive potential though and I still stand by that.

Tutorial is 10 years within the past, of course art wise its great. But peel back that art layer and what are you left with? A game that's barely playable. Buggy of course due to the dev leaning towards art, ran out of funds for VA's so ai voices it is. Lower the price for now and its still not worth it.

There is an INCREDIBLE potential here.... Please dev do not waste it... Leaving a positive review for support. I enjoyed whatever was thrown at me in the game. Just to let you know, as much as I loved it, the game requires a lot of work so if you are looking for a complete game then its not ready yet

Don't get me wrong this game has its bugs but if you can play rust you can play this. I absolutely love what the dev has done and I cannot wait to see what he has in store. This game is the whole reason I got a PC and I am not disappointed at all!