Beyond (2018)

Update #3: I'm changing this to a "recommend" mainly based off the fact that the developer pushed out an insane number of patches in the first weeks of release to try to make it a better game and it is definitely better as a result. I still have some issues with a few things here and there but they deserve a thumbs up for all the work they put in. I've included a link to the full series (I played through the game in 3 parts) and you can clearly see the changes from part 1 to part 2 to part 3. By the end, the gamebreaking stuff was no longer present. Some people will still be on the fence but it's a recommend from me - especially if it goes on sale. I enjoyed the final version of the game enough to give it a thumbs up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O0d8U5F1zg&list=PL08FwntTpxPACBXeVvsSB2I_LURxNq81r Update #2: The game has gotten better. It's still not at a state where I can recommend it yet but the dev has been working hard and has been pushing patches for all the issues we've been locating so that's definitely a plus. It's getting there. I'll update more when I've had time to test the newest patch. Here's my newest video showing some of the changes and updates to the game so …

*Full disclosure I am not normally a fan of first person shooters, and rarely play them.* That being said, the game wasn't bad. I did find it lacking in a few things. I would've like to have known how much ammo I had, and maybe a stamina meter. Even as a minimalistic game, I think at very list ammo instead of flashlight meter, as if irl you can check your bullets but not your battery life. There were some bugs and glitches, and felt the game could also benefit from an item menu to access health or batteries or even past notes. There were quite a bit of notes to find, many having only a single sentence, which seemed excessive. I quite enjoyed wandering the house and killing the monsters, finding keys, and sometimes the haunted house would open doors for you, other times not so much. Was interesting and felt that could've been polished a bit more to be a puzzle aspect of this game. I suppose the exploration is bit more of my style game, so the monster killing wasn't as prominent as it was when arriving to the area. I did get a bit confused on where I was suppose to go as I ended up back tracking which trigged all the enemies to respawn, resulting in my death. Overall …

Small horror game with good atmosphere and large, diverse map for you to explore. However the numerous bugs and simple minded enemies, quickly turn the game into one goofy, "scooby doo" episode. You'll get scare or two out of the game, but the rest of the game will be comedy. You can't do anything but laugh as you'll trigger 20th time the same scriped spooky sound effect+rain inside the house, watch zombies dance as they can't reach you and explore the map by falling through it. At the moment I can't recommend the game as the bugs are game breaking, and did cut me off from last area of the game. This game needs a lot of polishing and bug fixing, before I would consider playing it again. However, for a couple of bucks you'll do get hour and half of content. Explore an gloomy map, including very pretty mansion and have goofy fun with bugs and doing your best to work around them to reach the end, not a bad deal after all.

This game is really hardcore and unplayable ;)

I would not recommend. Played it for 20 minutes. Raining inside the church ceiling. Clipped into side of house one time. The saved game file was also corrupt as when you loaded it you were put in a completely black zone with nowhere to go.