Hot Dawn Uprising

Incredibly buggy, unoptimized with stutters and tearing (GPU: 5070, CPU: Ryzen 7 7700x, RAM: 32GBs), and also unfinished (as in, there isn't even a leave off point that would lead into the full game). You're pretty much paying for nothing, shouldn't even be considered early access. Do NOT buy this, wait for the devs to stop smoking that gas station green. Edit: I forget that this game is made by one dev, but that does NOT excuse the price tag. At its current state, this is at minimum free and at maximum, free.

man this isn't worth 30 bucks. i don't know where to begin even if it is in early access there are too many issues. The very beginning you can leave the initial area, and I don't think that's supposed to happen. It's buggy, real buggy. New games for some reason have continuity with old game files or recent progress so if you're soft locked your screwed. there's no telling what decisions do what with the main cast, or what's really important for you too get to the good bits. The city layout needs work like a lot of work, they all look like static blocks shoved together, and the map ui is atrociously ugly. Quest tracking should be easy I got confused between what they meant by "beach" for the main quest when there's literally two beach's. the world itself seems tacked on. i could go on and on, whoever reads this . just wait.

you shud pay me to play this bug land.

very time consuming

The story is good. I really like "who is the killer" type stories. The fact that differetn characters keep seeming suspicious all the time creates a strong sense of curiosity. I also liked that the side quests are connected to the main story

Edit: It seems like the game does not get any more updates. The Discord server is basically dead and the developer does not share any progress. For now waste you should waste the 30 Bucks somewhere else. Good game with high potential. Currently the game has a story with some sidequests. Total playtime is about 6-9 hours (If you read everything caerfully and just don't skip all dialogues). The story looks decent. The charakters look great aswell. There is a randomizer for npcs which you can talk to and go on dates with them. The developer responds quickly in discord and answers questions / tries to fix bugs very fast. On the other side this game currently costs 30 bucks for almost no content compared to other games. The graphics are decent for a game in that category but it could be better. In the current state most quests are implemented with a "wait for day x and run to y" system. Character progression is slow - which is fine for me but maybe others won't like it. Would i buy this game again? I guess yes. Overall it seems that it is build on a great foundation with actively developed content and bugfixes. It is a very early state in the game but it looks promising.