03.04

10/10 Condemned, F.E.A.R., Resident Evil, etc — all rolled into one.

jumpscare haha

03.04?

[h2]April 3, 2017 14:33 What does this date and time tell you? About the real terrorist attack in St. Petersburg on which this game is based...

[h1]03.04 – A Rough but Interesting Free Horror FPS With an Uncomfortable Premise[/h1] [i]I have been gaming since the 1980s, have played thousands of games across PC and consoles, and have written close to 500 Steam Curator reviews. Steam shows 38 hours for me, but this is not a 38-hour story game. The campaign is short; most extra time comes from replays, achievements, Hardcore mode and Arena.[/i] [hr][/hr] [h2]A premise that needs a warning[/h2] 03.04 is a first-person horror game about an immoral man moving through purgatory and confronting the sins of his life. The opening uses the date 03.04.2017 and mentions a train arriving at Technological Institute station with dead passengers. That makes the connection to the Saint Petersburg Metro bombing difficult to ignore, even though the store description later says similarities with reality are random. The game presents the protagonist as a thief, abuser, betrayer and violent criminal whose final sin is worse than everything shown before it. The locations and monsters represent his soul and inner demons while he is judged. This is a difficult real-world subject to use as horror entertainment. I do not think the game communic…

Pretty decent, I believe it was free so the price value is good of course.