Xetanon

Игра 'Xetanon' — это настоящее погружение в мир, где каждый уголок хранит свои тайны, а каждая встреча может обернуться как неожиданной помощью, так и смертельной угрозой. С первых минут она захватывает своей атмосферой, сочетающей мрачное фэнтези с элементами загадочного триллера. Графика, хоть и не претендует на фотореализм, обладает уникальным стилем, который лишь усиливает ощущение погружения. Геймплей построен на исследовании, решении головоломок и, конечно же, на боях. Боевая система требует вдумчивого подхода: важно не просто нажимать кнопки, а изучать противников, предугадывать их атаки и использовать окружение в своих целях. Каждая победа приносит чувство удовлетворения, а каждое поражение — желание разобраться, что пошло не так. Сюжет, раскрывающийся постепенно через диалоги, записки и окружение, интригует и заставляет строить догадки. Персонажи яркие и запоминающиеся, их мотивации не всегда очевидны, что добавляет игре глубины. 'Xetanon' — это не просто развлечение, это опыт, который оставляет след и заставляет задуматься. Однозначно рекомендую всем любителям жанра.

"Xetanon" is a weird little Portal/Q.U.B.E like puzzle game that relies on using something called "Electricity 3.0" to solve the short puzzles. There's not much content, somewhat phoned in visuals (well, at least it's not 2D pixelcrap), there's a little bit of pointless narrative. I'm surprised this did as badly as it did (a complete failure based on player counts) but also not that surprised it failed. Still, there's much more crap games on Steam that have done much better. Regardless, the content doesn't make a lot of sense. Where's Electricity 2.0??? The game is quite short, and can be run through in just an hour. The lack of content here makes it hard to suggest it's worth spending the time to add to your library and download. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. Most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's usually some kind of monetisation, from nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, to any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 3 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Pass on this one. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time.