Crude Oil

A surreal gem of an indie game! Beautiful painterly cutscenes. Fantastic music and sound effects. Interesting puzzles. Dry, biting sense of humor that reads like a window into the failures of humanity. It's strange and cool and perfectly imperfect.

This game deserves way more attention! I don't know if the blob is supposed to be scary or cute - somehow it's both and I love it. The open world is actually pretty large and detailed, the artwork is beautiful and human, and the game mechanics are surprisingly polished. It packs a lot of gameplay ideas into a small package. The story is cool too, it's mostly pretty abstract but I did laugh out loud a few times. If you like weird games definitely try this.

Such a strange and beautiful world filled with great puzzles and platforming. The writing within the esoteric emails and logs are a true highlight. A world with lots to read into. A game built with some real heart.

I do not think this game is ready. In my short time playing, I encountered a bug where every time you loaded, you fell through the floor. You had to dash in order to hit the ground before falling through the floor. This also led to a bug where I was spawned before the elevator sequence. When going through the elevator, it did not spawn for a second time and I fell through the floor and I could not progress. I encountered a third bug where the "shooting" mechanic stopped working and would not apply to buttons. After the third pretty big bug before 1 hour of playing, I decided to refund the game.

Game has lots of promise. I love the art and visuals and the over concept of the game. However, the camera and controls make navigating this world a nightmare. I rarely get this frustrated over game controls, and it's a real shame because I like everything else about it. I don't see a reason why this is recommended to be played with a controller.

This could be a fun game, however the camera controls are what keeps it from being entertaining. You are given just enough control over the camera to become frustrated at the fact that you can't face it so that you can see what's in front of you. An most of the time you need a birds eye view there is something in the way to block the camera. If the developer reworks the camera this would be a good game.