Revenant (2024)

"Revenant" is a failed Chinese asset flip... the intention was to make some kind of "hide and seek" game, but it feels like the developer coukdn't work out how to do the AI properly... really, it's a mess. Looks great though, doesn't it? Asset stores sure help developers look like they might be capable even when they (almost always) aren't. There's no English translation for the game, but that's okay. The language of bad games is universal. The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever. Gamers can tell... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it awa…