Zone-0

камеру мотыляет постоянно, лифт забаговался и не дал пройти дальше.

"Zone-0" is not really a game, it's a short first person adventure tech demo kitbashed out in Unreal to demonstrate the developers business, which is an Unreal Engine framework intended to speed up the rate at which amateur shovelware is created and pumped onto Steam Direct. I don't think that's particularly good news for gamers. Needless to say, because this is more advertisement than game, and indeed the developer has the audacity to boast they shoved this out in the space of a week (professional game development takes years and it's a disservice to gamers when developers deliberately don't do the job properly), we have a real problem with a product that's not intended for gamers and doesn't deliver value for gamers. Whew. What do you do in the game? Mostly walking around (possibly asset flipped) Unreal environments, some very lightweight and badly done puzzle solving. Actually I highly doubt the game assets were created bespoke for this game in the space of a week... meaning the developer has presumably yanked them from some other real game developer and just slapped their own name on someone else's assets. That's morally upstanding... not. One might even say taking the assets from someone else and "flipping" them to make a shovelware game could be considered, dare I say, "asset flipping". The game is quite short, and can be run through in just less than 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. On visuals and technical delivery, like I said, the game assets here look a lot better than the actual game they're assembled on... that doesn't mean this is necessarily an asset flip or a kitbash, because there's no proof (but come on... were these assets and the whole "game" made in one week?). But what matters is that this has all the same terrible quality as asset flips, and at the end of the day that's one of the reasons people don't like asset flips, the quality is bad. That's a problem. Next is pricing and what value this has for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. Even as a free game, this couldn't find an audience. With a peak of [b]only 3 players[/b], it's clear the Steam community took one look and walked away. They literally couldn't pay people to spend time playing this. Since free games don't contribute to your game collector badge and other profile stuff, is this a worthwhile addition to your Steam library? Give this one a miss. Although it's free, your time and storage are valuable resources, and the market is filled with superior options.

A solid if mildly incoherent experience. I didn't have any tech issues and while puzzling at times I managed to figure out what the game expected of me in the end. I don't really know what that last scene was but overall I had fun and was even startled a few times. I recommend this for a nice haunting jaunt during spooky season.

WoW, Cant believe this is free, great atmosphere and cinematic feel, perfect to chill with a controller and figure out whatsup.

Игра 'Zone-0' – это атмосферный и крайне увлекательный пазл-платформер с уникальной механикой рекурсии. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в пиксель-арте, завораживает своей минималистичностью и умело передает ощущение опустошенности и загадочности. Саунд-дизайн идеально дополняет картинку, создавая тревожную и медитативную атмосферу, погружающую игрока в мрачный мир игры. Сама игровая механика, заключающаяся в цикличном перемещении по уровням и использовании последствий своих действий в прошлых циклах, поначалу кажется сложной, но после некоторого времени осваивается и предоставляет широкий простор для экспериментов. Головоломки хорошо продуманы и требуют не только логики, но и креативного мышления. Иногда приходится буквально взглянуть на ситуацию под другим углом, чтобы найти решение. 'Zone-0' не прощает ошибок, и каждое действие имеет последствия. Благодаря этому каждое прохождение становится осмысленным и напряжённым. Игра заставляет думать, анализировать и адаптироваться. Это отличный выбор для тех, кто ищет необычный и бросающий вызов платформер с глубокой атмосферой и оригинальной идеей. Не ждите динамичного экшена, но будьте готовы к умственной гимнастике и погружению в мир, полный тайн и загадок.

it runs terribly and EXTREMELY grainy. always unreal engine 5's fault the ambiance is nice and the jumps scary puzzles are kinda eh, theres alot of backtracking and not knowing what to do. Worth trying if you wanna play a school project