MEATHOOK

I've spent most of this morning playing and I am kind of obsessed. The sound track absolutely slaps! The vibe is reminiscent of PS1 games from my childhood, the nostalgia is STRONG with this one. The short bursts of action, between the slow-burn puzzle/turn based, game play makes it easy to play a couple levels, between feeds & diaper changes which is honestly kinda difficult to find in FPS games. At one point, my wife who only plays Phasmo and Minecraft took over and wouldn't let me get the controls back.

Absolutely loved playing this game, it's a short and sweet action-filled experience that really got the heart pumping. I played it on the steam deck and it works almost completely perfectly out the box, just needed to rebind the weapon selection to the d-pad. The vibes are immaculate and well worth the hour or so it took to complete!

fun, addictive, and highly unique shooter with elements of souls-like difficulty spikes that force you to learn the various skills, and where best to apply them. Often that extends to having to carefully think about which ammo type to use against the enemies so you don't run out of ammo before the end of the level. It's definitely a game that rewards exploring the mechanics. Good amount of challenge. Really enjoyed the PS1 era graphics, gave this title a Half Life 1 vibe throughout for me! I'd love to see more of this peculiar world.

Never played Barbotine but I certainly will now. Yes the game is short, but if you like on rail shooters and you don't mind spending 5 bucks on an hour long experience, I certainly think it is worth the price tag. Great aesthetics, soundtrack, atmosphere, and pretty good shooting mechanics just makes me excited for whatever Alex has cooking up next. I think it is important to realized that if people want Indie developers to make more games and games that are longer, you gotta invest in the small projects first. I recommend it to anyone who likes rail shooters.

Very cool kinda on-rails shooter/dungeon crawler. A shame it's so short - I'd love to see more of this format!

The game's cool, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by its length. I don't have anything against short games, but Meathook is only 10 lvls long, and the first couple of levels are tutorials. The majority of levels feel like a proof of concept. A really nice proof of a really awesome concept, but still. Like, on screenshots you can see chess-pieces cultists, but they appear only for one level and don't do anything particularly different. The office building location is there for just one arena!