First Session

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I do recommend playing this prologue but PAY ATTENTION TO WHERE THE CABIN IS. I stopped playing because I couldn't find the cabin after over half an hour of wandering around. Overall, I liked this prologue and I am curious to see what the developers do with it because they do not have a release date set. To me, that means that they have a lot of development that they still expect to do, which probably means lots of changes. https://youtu.be/AwTYHmqIvAU The cabin was game-breaking for me because it's the equivalent of a quest where they tell you to find a needle in a haystack- no one wants to do it. I can even see the cabin in a screenshot on this Steam store page but I don't remember ever seeing it in the game. Enough about the cabin. I liked this game and recommend it even with the cabin debacle because things are subject to change. The music was good and there were distinct tracks for different areas of the game. I like the non player characters' personalities and how they interact with each other. I like the lighting effects and the way that choices seem to matter, which makes it an actual RPG. It's hard to tell nowadays though, because Steam allows developers 20 tags for a game and I find that most of the tags are either non-applicable or such a small aspect of the game that they are irrelevant. I liked the small amount of this game that I played and if you are here reading this, you probably will, too.

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Theres something very interesting about this game. i honestly really like the polygonal graphics. its kinda nostalgic

If Wild Dose is a demo then I can't wait to play the full game. There's clearly a larger game plan on the cards. This demo showcases several cool environments, each with their own style and look. The voiceovers are all great and the music is just awesome! Some very cool themes. I love the many, many ideas in this game and the kind of Tron-esque feeling that I get when playing one of the levels. There's so much scope and it shows so much potential. I'm looking forward to following the development of the game. Great work!!

Très bonne découverte avec Games Made in France, bien que je ne me sois absolument rien spoilé pour me laisser la découverte ! Et c'était une bonne expérience, les voix sont chouettes, le game design est assez sympa, j'aime bien le côté vue à la première personne, j'ai juste constaté quelques ralentissements au niveau de la ville, et des lignes de dialogues au niveau des choix qui n'ont pas été traduits. Les musiques sont très chouettes, l'ambiance est quand même au rendez-vous, j'ai hâte de pouvoir me frotter au jeu complet ! Encore bravo le studio !

"First Session" is not a game. It's an advertisement for a product called "Wild Dose". Wild Dose is not even finished... an apparently abandoned attempt at making a drug dealer/cyberpunk themed Unity asset flip. But wait, there's more... and it gets so much worse. The developer apparently decided to blank the game manifest and replace it with a requirement that you pay a whopping $5 USD to download the full advertisement. With achievements locked behind the DLC. Yeah... that's right... they tried to scam gamers into paying cash money just to play through a short advertisement for an unreleased Unity asset flip. What an apalling joke... this kind of behaviour from developers, even if they roll it back, it utterly unacceptable. On the topic of this being a (now weirdly paid) advertisement... It's important to understand there's a formal process to create a demo/page for a game which hasn't been followed here: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/application/demos While it might seem like an inocuous mistake, publishing demos and advertisements as if they are full games is misleading and in some ways harmful. This advertisement is taking up marketing space and visibility that would be better made available to a developer that's done the right thing and created a full game. Instead, that visibility is given over to a demo/advert that's been published incorrectly and is polluting the marketplace. It's unclear if this mistake was made through incompetence or a deliberate intent to mislead gamers. Often developers may choose to incorrectly publish demo/advertisements as separate games as a cheap way to bypass paying Valve for marketing presence on the Steam front page, which may seem clever to them, but it's harmful behaviour and it's not good for gamers. However, actions from the developer show a history of shady and unethical behaviour intended to mislead gamers for profit... this is never okay. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 8 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Advertisements and incorrectly published demos don't add +1 to your game collector count, they aren't full games. It's impossible for me to recommend this incorrectly published advertising spam to gamers, you deserve better than adverts. [quote][url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/reviews]Developer Response![/url][/quote]The developer has weighed in to inform everyone they didn't read the [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/reviews]Developer Usage Rules[/url] for Steam "partners", or they deliberately ignored the part where Valve says: [quote]Though it may be tempting, not every review needs to be responded to. A developer response will frequently draw more attention than the original statement, potentially turning a small issue into a much larger community discussion. It's also not a good idea to use this feature to refute customer opinions. Your direct attention can be seen as validation or a defensive attempt to silence your customers.[/quote] Gamers, you know that old saying, when you're in a hole, stop digging? The developers certainly don't. Their breach of Valve guidelines shows us clearly their unethical behaviour much more deliberate than ignorant. 1. The developer acknowledges separate demo pages haven't been available until about 5 months ago. Prior to that, you had to finish your game before advertising. The developers, seeing the correct and ethical course of action, said, "SCREW THAT!!!!" and dumped an incomplete advert for an incomplete game as if it was a full standing product ON PURPOSE. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt with an ignorance excuse... they have abandoned that. They did the wrong thing deliberately. This is unethical, and harmful to gamers and the gaming industry... polluting the store with adverts because their ego is more important than the millions of gamers on Steam. Amazing arrogance. 2. The developer has no idea what they're doing and are now trying to pretend their advertisement is not an advertisement. It still obviously is. 3. The developer posts a ridiculous essay about how they're not a professional game developer, so therefore all this unethical behaviour, adverts in the wrong place, development hell games etc etc is all perfectly okay. No, it isn't. I'm not sure how best to say this, but the gaming industry does not revolve around this one failed amateur developer and his damaged ego. Gamers deserve better. Remember, the developer is doing all this unethical stuff to try profit from you, the gamer. It's okay for developers to be held to reasonable, ethical standards and at least some degree of professionalism, none of which is evident here. There's a reason this garbage failed. SteamDB doesn't lie, 8 concurrent players for something "free" is a clear indication of a complete and utter failure. The developers ridiculous breach of Valve guidelines and tacit admission they love to breach guidelines for their own benefit at the cost of that of gamers makes the reasons behind the failure of this mess apparent... but it doesn't excuse the harm this kind of pollution causes. My advice is to stick with products from genuine, professional, ethical developers, and avoid the garbage and pollution like this. Nothing in the developers pointless breach of Valve guidelines changes any of the objective facts of my review. My review stands unaltered. I cannot recommend this game to anyone.

Dev just decided to remove the game files. Not cool.