THE QUIET MAN™

listen, if you're reading this review and questioning if you should spend the $2.99 this game goes on sale for, I'll just sum it up like this: i genuinely cannot recommend it enough

‎I'm a sucker for beat 'em ups. ‎Been in the trenches of the side-scrolling wars since Spartan X, punched my way through Double Dragon, duke it up in Final Fight, survived the neon grime of Bare Knuckle, and even mastered the chaotic "Wait, why am I holding a grandfather clock?" energy of Dynamite Deka. ‎I live for this genre and horror aesthetic the most, among many others. ‎ ‎But this game? This game is a fascinating disaster. It feels less like a polished brawler and more like a half-baked senior thesis project that forgot its homework was due on Monday. ‎ ‎I stepped into this game ready to embrace the silence. The concept is profound: stripping away sound to put the player into a deaf perspective, turning every vibration and visual shift into a lifeline. It’s a bold, empathetic experiment in storytelling that I truly wanted to love. ‎But as I played, that initial spark of wonder faded. What should have been a deeply immersive journey felt more like a missed connection. It’s heartbreaking when a game possesses such a unique soul but lacks the substance to back it up. I didn't just want to see through a different lens; I wanted to feel the weight of that world, and unfortunately…

Pretty horrible example of a game. Out of the entire thing, you probably play around like 30 minutes of it and watch the rest. I wouldn't recommend this even to a person who enjoys playing trash games because you barely play anything at all. Unlike most trash games, it's not difficult (you can just spam the attack buttons), it's not entertaining to play, it's repetitive, you can't hear anything, and it's also a complete waste of time. It's supposed to be a cinematic game but it doesn't give you any sound until the second playthrough which is just as confusing as the version where you can't hear anything. I would suggest a skip cutscene button but unfortunately that would skip 80% of the game. To trash game lovers, do not waste your time on this one. It is not worth 20 dollars, 40 GB of storage, and about 4 hours.

Epic

The best-worst-most racist game i've ever played lol. Jesus Christ. A 3 hours game with heavy dialogue and no audio. Great concept there. I ain't playing it again are you nuts. You got to love media in NYC by people who clearly never step a foot in NYC. Chicano gangs? In New York? It's the wrong coast bro lmao there's no cholo gangs downtown I can assure you. This game is so racist you play Mc White Whiteyman being super horny by his mother or something and you just beat tf up the most racist latino and black people gang stereotypes possible. Anybody a little bit familiar with the city will die laughing on how insane it is. It's basically Gotham City lmao. I think everyone need to experience this game once. It's like "The Room" mixed with a republican's wet dream. I finished it in about 3 hours and almost passed out laughing.

Silence hides every truth A man walks through unseen danger Secrets speak without words