The Wanderer (2021)

"The Wanderer" is a somewhat mediocre 2D adventure game punctuated by a series of mini-puzzles and some rather uncertain narrative. It's ok, I guess, it works, at least. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs to pretend they're mobile phones or Commodore 64s. This is only free in a rudimentary sense... the developer has their hand out for a "donation" for this as you're expected to buy some extra DLC from Steam... digital panhandling. Like the homeless guys who splash dirty water on your windscreen at the traffic lights. No thanks. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 5 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? This is a "maybe" experience... if you have a lot of free time on your hands and nothing else to do, why not? But for the purposes of a…

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Decent.

Cinema.

I played this game on itch.io all the way through and it is just so fun with a lot to explore and do even after beating the game.

A but grindy for 100%, but criminally under the radar. Great game for those who want a good story, or just want to spend a few hours having a great time.