Tidal Affair: Before The Storm

Has this game a great concept? Oh yeah! Was it executed well? No! the concept off puppetering combined with stealth is awesome! but... the player lacks freedom. You need to kill your puppet or you will get chased by some overpowered new soldiers that are able to always find you unless you run away. You will get chased and there is nothing you can do about it. You can't kill the enemy stealthly cause the instakill is way too unreliable. And if you play it as a full stealth game the game lost it's purpose. The stealth system is too plain and you get an instant loss if you need to run from those overpowered soldiers that spawn when the alarm is triggerd cause you can't run past all those soldiers you let live. since the stealthsystem is plain and simply doesn't work well with the current way puppetering functions the game lost it's purpose and i would not recommend it

This review should be considered as neutral. I don't want to write negative review, but I can't make it positive also. The main plus of this game (and what sold it to me) was graphic style. I love it. It's interesting and uncommon. Stealth tag also have some influence, but don't rush if (like me) it's enough for you to spend some bucks on small discount. Game have 2 major minuses - bad gameplay design and controls. The whole 8 hours I have played it I have suffered from controls. Main gameplay feature require you to control enemies and their guns, but you almost can't point cursor where you want because it's jumping like crazy all over the place. And it's for joystick. Mouse and keyboard are not setup completely by default and even if you will use mouse it's even more horrible than joypad. Too bad that I asked about this on forums only at the end. Because (from developers response) it occurs that game have problem with mouse and joystick enabled together. And if you will use only K+B it's working perfectly as I wanted. Keep this in mind. This game is muuuch more enjoyable with fluent controls. Second - gameplay design. It's just... plain, old (90th), some times stupid. I hope in…

It's a cute little game with a unique art style and cool music but the controls are awkward and unresponsive. It's probably fun if you have the patience and love steath games...

If you're worried about this being a visual novel because of the title, worry not. It's a stealth adventure where you can sneak around mind-controlling people. Atmospheric, with lush jungle environments, feels like you're moving through a painting. Painted isometric games are extremely far and few between these days, so snap this up if you're a fan. The visual style is eyecatching and evocative. I was rather surprised to learn that the game itself was created in only ten months, as there's a tonne of content in it. Levels are easy at first but rapidly evolve in complexity to require careful planning and skilled puppeteering. I'm not a fan of stealth games in general, but it was compelling enough that I found myself staying up well past midnight to get to the next level... and the next... Support more original titles like these by indie devs on Steam! NB: I highly recommend using the controller instead of keyboard/mouse if you have one available.

I got this game on sale and I wasn’t expecting much but surpassingly it hooked me up until the end. If you are a fan of the old metal gear games and pirate movies then you may like this. Pros: Interesting and unique gameplay. Nice hand drawn graphics. Interesting boss fights. Gives good challenge at times. Multiple ways to approach a level. Cons: Traps are sometimes frustrating. Controls take time to get used to. A bit linear.

No saving. 0/10. Amazing the number of game developers who would have you believe that coding a UI is optional.