Space is Red

In Space no one can hear you scream. I think everybody knows this famous sentence from the Movie ALIEN. And i think it fits very well here. Welcome to SPACE IS RED! Normally i´m not playing Visual Novels, but from time to time i like to. SPACE IS RED is taking place on a Soviet Starship in an Alternate Future. The USSR is still existing and they are in Conflict with the US. That´s for the Background of the Game. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3761093080 You are the Captain of this Starship and trying to get you and your Crew home after a Hard Battle that nearly blowed them out of existance. Your way leads you to a mysterious Planet and from here everything is going wrong. Is there a Traitor on the Ship? Find out. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3761093388 The game's biggest strength is its atmosphere. The Black/White Manga Style Graphics combined with that great Sounds and Music are amazing. You can really feel the closeness and despair of the Ship and it´s Crew. SPACE IS RED takes Time to show you the Characters and the Backgrounds. I for myself felt a Little bit symphathy for 2 of them. Well, the Game is short and yes there w…

It was an interesting 3 hours. Game kinda short that why i don't want to spoiler main plot. All i can say - in space no one can hear you scream. P,S, atm achivement for ending #1 bugged

[b]AI was heavily utilized in this project, which may influence your purchasing decision[/b] This title serves as a remaster of a classic Russian visual novel that originally suffered from mediocre visual assets. In this updated version, the enhanced graphics successfully convey the oppressive atmosphere and existential dread of deep space Unfortunately, the narrative pacing is flawed; the plot accelerates abruptly and concludes far too quickly, leaving the overall experience feeling brief. The audio design is similarly inconsistent, with the soundtrack fluctuating erratically and transitions occurring at random—a flaw likely linked to the automated generation tools Additionally, world-building is severely lacking. The alien species are poorly defined, and the mysterious planet remains largely unexamined. While a narrative does not require total exposition, the lore presented here represents a mere fraction of what should have been explored Ultimately, while it is not an entirely flawed visual novel, the final product remains distinctly underwhelming.

Space in black and white has never had this much soul. For a single dev project and recreation of older title this was surprisingly neat package. Albeit quite short (few hours for initial ending) and it's more of a suspense story instead of a horror one as Captain makes decisions that decide the course and grim fate of the ship and its crew, two major branches and then minor variations on the endings for both. Minimal amount of kinetics in the graphics presentation but the soundtrack and visual style combine into a good atmosphere.

Overall, the game is enjoyable but lacks polish: [list] [*] Atmosphere is probably the strongest part of the game. The description does not present it well, but this is a cosmic horror experience, narratively similar to [i]Event Horizon[/i], [i]Alien[/i], or [i]The Thing[/i]. Everything non-essential for the genre is reduced to minimum; for example, there is little information about the world beyond the fact that the USSR still exists and is competing with the US for dominance in space. [*] The soundtrack is great and fits the atmosphere well. [*] Writing and plot are generally good, but the writing clearly received little to no proofreading and feels rough on a few occasions. [*] The visuals are mostly fine. The game draws heavily from Soviet aesthetics (military uniforms, stern facial expressions, functional environment design), while the overall style is influenced by seinen manga (such as [i]Ghost in the Shell[/i] and [i]BLAME![/i]). That said, a few of the assets are shoddy, for example certain facial expressions of Sokolovsky (which also suffer from noticable AI artifacts). [/list] P.S. There is no bug with ending #1. The game misleads players into thinki…