Oneironaut

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In this game you play as Robbie Rotten going through a post apocalyptic industrial dreamscape(?). I wanted to like it, as a big fan of IWBTG and it's many clones. But really poor controls, and a very unpolished/unfinished game surrounding them, imma say give it a pass. Some levels are legit fair and difficult, but for the majority of the game you'll be scratching you're head wondering if why you died was your fault or the game's. As you get further into it, especially near the end(?), you'll notice it becoming more and more unfinished. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1004811457514920725/405DFB3FD373C500E318B4FE795F972B40188D92/ Take this level for example, where you hop through portals mindlessly narrowing down your options until you find a way out. I noticed there were no hazards to look out for so your decisions were unpunished. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1004811457514920864/BC1D4483548C5E787ECF15379B5794377FC83B17/ About halfway through this missing texture appeared at the bottom of the screen, which I can only assume was intended to be something to watch out for. which would have made the level require me to be more mindful of which portals I w…

Oneironaut (from latin meaning "dream traveller") is one of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of the entire body of video games. This one is a very generically themed "difficult" "precision" platformer along the lines of "Super Meat Boy" and "I Wanna Be The Guy", only nowhere near as good. While the controls can be customised, the visuals are clearly phoned in, or something. There's no real excuse for just how bad they are. Resolution is locked, at least, using the different resolution options from the Unity launcher makes no discernable difference to the poor quality visuals. A choice was made to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. The pixel "art" here is particularly lazy as not all of the visuals are pixel, the spikes, for example, are 2D sprites/vector images that do map to the locked resolution of the game. So... lazy... or not sure what art style they wanted to use, only that they were sure they wanted the game to look bad? Th…

Игра 'Oneironaut' - это увлекательное путешествие в мир сновидений. Сюжет погружает в атмосферу загадок и сюрреализма, заставляя гадать, где реальность, а где лишь плод воображения. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в пиксельной графике, создает неповторимую атмосферу, сочетая ностальгию и оригинальные образы. Геймплей построен на исследовании окружающего мира, решении головоломок и взаимодействии с персонажами. Хоть он и не блещет новаторством, но гармонично вписывается в концепцию игры. Диалоги иногда кажутся излишне загадочными, но это лишь добавляет шарма и побуждает к размышлениям. Музыкальное сопровождение прекрасно дополняет атмосферу, создавая ощущение таинственности и погружения в мир снов. Игра оставляет после себя приятное послевкусие и желание поразмыслить над увиденным. Рекомендую всем любителям атмосферных приключений и головоломок, которые не боятся немного "потеряться" в собственных мыслях.

Controls too inconsistent

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