HARBINGER - Legacy Edition

I REALLY hate to leave this review... I tried to give this game a chance. But it is just NOT good. I play a LOT of indie games, I have a very HIGH tolerance for bad games. I let a LOT slide sometimes if the game is just a LITTLE fun. I figured this was going to be a clear case of one of these times, but this game feels like it is held together with scotch tape. It has the WEIRDEST and most un-intuitive menus I have EVER witnessed, I did not know you could make a game menu THIS bad. The actual gameplay is there, but man it is rough. The animations are hardly existent, the shooting does not feel great. I REALLY wanted to like this game, was really hoping I had found a diamond in the rough, but this is a little TOO rough, even for my taste. To the dev, man I am truly sorry, I have faith that you can do better though! This game just needs more time in the oven, for sure.

Harbinger is one of those uncut gems. A diamond in the rough, very rough around the edges and so delightfully edgy. It's a tribute to the early 2000's Era of survival horror games. No frills, no cheap tricks. Just good old fashioned uneasy horror to make you feel unsafe at home. The horrific soundscape, paired with winding maps (only as twisted in design as the monsters), allow for the theatre of the mind to take over and fill in the blanks that the story creates. This game NAILS that uncanny, isolated feeling you get from being the only player in those early FPS games. But just when you think you're on your own, one of Harbinger's many horrors will remind you that you're not. There have been a few times where I've gotten legitimately scared because a silhouette has been silently following me through the games cavernous levels. Harbinger is not a perfect game. Far from it. The FPSCreator engine is over 20 years old. Its rusty and antiquated, barely held together with bandaids and prayers. But that only adds to why I love the game so much. You can't find unsettling, grindhouse horror like this anymore. I see a passion project. Fueled by a desire to create. Unbound by limitation.…