Protocol Five

It is definitely a janky indie game, but it is way better than the handful of reviews portray. Performance was rough so I lowered the graphics setting and still had a couple crashes, but certainly playable (Unreal Engine). It is a semi-surreal semi-horror puzzle game with very light platforming and some shooting elements later on. There are several endings throughout the story and at least 2 final endings. It definitely has a "B movie" quality to it especially in the writing, that to someone like me, comes off as pretty humorous. The story was engaging enough to drive around 4+ hours of gameplay. I played it all the way through without a guide or confusion over a puzzle's mechanics. It has heaps of achievements that are rewarding to earn and also there's a level select to go back and easily see alternate endings/ do a completionist clean-up. Overall, for less than $2 on sale, I had a great afternoon, and will eventually go back for the achievements.

As of writing this Protocol Five review, I've only done the "Guardian" ending/route, so that's the content I can speak for. I've been granted a key through my curator page, but decided I should post the review on my personal profile instead as it's not very close to the games its followers are looking for. The game is alright as long as you're willing to endure freshman game design in exchange of some laughs with friends. This might not be what the developer was aiming for, but it's still a kind of title I enjoy going through every now and then. If you like exploring weird stuff on Itch.io like I do and don't mind a few hiccups, you're probably going to have a good time with this.

Its so dark even i have flashlight and player so slow we cannot escape from creature easily. At least we could configure the gamma settings. Character's length and doors not the same but when we entered the door, char's length was like decreasin. Its surrealist but not always. Story is mystery but gameplaying is so annoying. It needs more uptade. Btw Find The Key better than this game. At least we could escape from enemies. Challengin was more acceptable.

this game is nothing but hallways and worthless conversations.

you need to close an enemy out but he clips through the doors

I was enjoyin' this up until the chase bit with the crawlers. Those chase segments straight up annoyed me. I'd have been fine with a straight up walking simulator.I do think it could've used voice overs. Besides all of that, I do think that the game is interestin'. The fact that it has different endings adds to the replayability. For the price tag may as well check it out. Gameplay Impressions: https://youtu.be/wE7oyESTCZY