The Colony (2018)

This is by no means a bad game. It's perfectly functional, but I don't think it is worth the price of admission. The controls are okay, but given the fact that is uses an unconventional button mapping (Space to jump, W for jetpack and B to interact) it's a huge letdown to see that you can't check the controls in-game. You have to return to the main menu and restart the level to see them. It's not a big deal in the long run, but it made for a very confusing start. The art is unique, it reminds me a bit of old browser games, but it leads to an issue where I felt the screen was always cluttered. Weapon swapping is a hassle becauase you have to tab though them one by one without any ability to skip to the one you want and going one past the one you needed means you have to cycle through again. Damage taken felt irrelevant as it seems the player character has the heath pool of a final boss and the enemies do nearly no damage. Compounding on the fact that moving around some of the huge roadblocks is a bit of a chore, tanking the damage and healing with the plentiful health drops is easier than avoiding damage. Can't speak much to the story, as I haven't seen much of it, but the voice…

It feels like an accidental love letter to all those late 90s/early 2000s Sci-Fi Flash games on Newgrounds, from the blocky vector art to the lovingly-detailed creatures and gore, to the lack of basic functionality (the Use key is "b", by the way) and game-breaking bugs. I would have liked to play more, but the devs forgot to disable the barriers to the boss room in case the player dies. An interesting mess.

This game has charm but it just feels so bad. The game is waaay too easy, I couldn't even get past the boss due to a glitch, and everything looks like it was drawn in ms paint. For $1 it's worth it since it seems to have about 1 hour worth of gameplay but there are other, much better, things to spend 1$ on...

The developer asked me to play this game and I'll post my "Let's Play" after my review. The game overall was not the type of game I usually play, however, I really liked the look and feel of it. I'm not sure how long it is once you fully finish it so I can't speak on whether or not the price is too high or too low. But, I loved the retro style and the colors in the game! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijjmkRzpIQw&t=28s