VOID CRAWLER

Intriguing, but marred by a lack of polish.

Very similar to Iron Lung but had its own charm, very easy to understand and play, the story isn't very fleshed out but definitely a good game for the price. 8/10

Carried narratively and by the atmosphere with gameplay that gets the job done and nothing more. Very point A to point B in structure. I think it's strongest appeal had to be the very Dead Space-y visuals and brand of psychological trickery. I haven't really seen it replicated as well as here anywhere else. For overt reference I am hinting at the cosmic influencing of the marker from those games.

It was a fun experience. Has some little scares mixed in. It is a short game and I am torn about if I would recommend this on sale or not, it took me about 120 minutes to finish but that is also partially me letting this run while I grab a drink or a snack, so I am sure that someone could do it closer to maybe 100 minutes? It's very reminiscent of Iron Lung in terms of the controls, although you can also move the craft you pilot in all four cardinal directions without turning which was a welcome improvement, although I understand that submarines don't really work like wheeled vehicles do. The achievements I can say are mostly straightforward so you don't have to waste time making sure you check and click on every thing while playing and I always enjoy just being able to play an enjoy and not be hyper-vigilant. I didn't really have any technical issues with the game, but the setting are sparse. I wish there was a brightness setting; in the beginning of the game you have to step onto a platform to be lowered down, and when it arrived at the bottom, I was't sure if the dark parts of the staging area were still pits or not I could fall into because it was so dark I couldn't tell if there was a floor there. This is a trope of horror games that needs to die. I get it darkness is scary, but if it's so dark the game becomes difficult to play, that's not scary that's kind of irritating. I also had a few hitches here and there but the game was mostly fine. My only other gripe was that the instruction pad was bound to F1, but so many other keys aren't used that I felt it could have been bound to something more convenient than F1, a lot of gaming keyboards are 60% and I don't have a F-row. The movement is also a little slow without sprinting, I wish the walking speed were just a tad faster, but overall these are small gripes. The gameplay involves a lot of maintaining the vehicle and this worked surprisingly well to fill the time and give you little tasks to do as you play. The game did feel like it was dragging a little towards the end, but there were other events that happen on every cycle that do help keep it interesting. But without talking too much about the story as to ruin it, it was an interesting experience that I think was worth the time and the money I spent on it. If you're looking for an indie horror game you could do much worse than this one.

Absolutely worth the price of admission! Very much in the vein of David Szymanski's Iron Lung. Recently, Szymanski got a movie deal for Iron Lung. If we were comparing the two, I'd want to see Void Crawler a lot more in movie form than Iron Lung. It has the same vibe but has a better story to it. The dev did a great job here!!!

very good