Jawbreaker

Kind of like Alien Isolation meets Condemned I guess. I don't like it. The stealth is unforgiving and this whole 1 mistake and you're starting the level over nonsense is about as fun as eating a pinecone.

Jawbreaker is a game I can only really describe as being a "Grasshopper/Suda51-like" (The developer that is) It's got that weird sort of comedic grim over the top Japanese parody of American slashers feel to it. Which admittedly is a strange way to describe a game but I genuinely can't put it in better terms, it's how I felt from the main menu all the way to the end. Let's start with the things I disliked first. The game is way too easy and the enemies don't really possess much of a threat, the enemies that show up later in the game are even more harmless for some reason. The guns and item pickups feel pointless because of how easy it is to avoid enemies. Apart from the odd healthkit every now and again I never had much use for the items and I never carried the guns on me because I didn't see much of a reason to shoot anyone. The boss fights where also kinda boring since they are just a waiting game with a very clear solution. Now on to everything else! The world looks incredible, it's a post apocalyptic neon punk world that is all industrial and grimy. The enemy faction the Faceless Gang is surprisingly varied, it is not just a bunch of psychopaths. Listening in on some of th…

Another ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stealth game that's advertised as a first-person action game. This IS NOT an action game. I thought I'd be playing almost a survival version of Outlast: minimal resources, choosing how to use the limited resources you got to get by. Instead, I get a janky poor-man's Alien Isolation, with A.I. with direct line of sight through doors and poor hiding spot placements. I mean the game doesn't even let their own protagonist say his lines, instead they glue you to the ground, add black bars at the top and bottom, and forcing us to look one direction. They can't even deliver lines without breaking the atmosphere.

Fun well done and unique indie horror game. Sort of survival horror but mostly a stealth game. It does have parts with a decent amount of combat like bosses. Bullets are very precious but don't go too crazy saving them. I did that and cleared one of the later parts by just unloading everything I had saved. I wish I saved less. There were some frustrating levels but definitely worth sticking with it and finishing!

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Death of boredom Probably most of the time you watch death scenes, loading screens and intros of chapters that you have to start all over again. You cannot skip those scenes totally, only shorten them a bit. Such a "gameplay" is not scary, but repetitive. Okay, it's obviously a very low budget production, but still: Did the developer forget any design mistake that can ruin a game?