Frozen State

I was looking through my library and saw this game. Odd, it only has a couple hours on it, and it looks pretty decent. Why didn't I give it more play time back then? Why don't I give it another shot? Ten years, a full release (It is out of Early Access, so it depends on you mean by full, seems as though it has been abandoned), and I can only assume that this game did not improve in any way. It has a great atmosphere to it, I will give it that. A brutal, beat down world. Everything is old and dirty and covered in grime, and frozen. The wind constantly howling, trying to get at you, and you knowing that if it does you will quickly die, is fantastic. The problem is with almost literally everything else. While the game comes with a built in guide, there is really almost too much to this game. Too many steps to take, too many things to remember, and that really really hurts when the menus are so bad and the controls are terrible. You character walks around like a broken mannequin, and handles with as much finesse as a brick. Nothing ever works when you need it to, be it using items, placing things, or just managing your character. There are just far too many things and stats to take care of and track and understand at the start of the game. This really needed a tutorial. You escape from your broken vehicle and get to the house, and on the way you learn how to play. Maybe that would have helped with things, but even then... This game is just, really not good. It has a great premise, good ideas, and promise, but very poor execution. I can't imagine why anyone would be looking at this ten year old barely finished game and be thinking of buying it, but if you are, don't.

Мог быть шедевр... Но не судьба. Очень жаль(((

Разрабы забили на игру? Надо посмотреть, что эта конченная контора ещё выпускала или планирует выпускать, чтобы не купить случайно.

Не рекомендую. Игра заброшена и не разрабатывается. Крафт и стройка в 80% не имеют большого смысла.

Controling a character should not be this hard in a game with real time combat. It's also just plain frustrating.

The controls are atrocious.

Игра крайне спорная, в ней присутствует лор, который правда толком-то и не раскрыт. Но вот что точно есть это атмосфера, над ней прям работали - чувство вечного холода и завывающего ветра передается на 100%. Инвентарь прям как в третьем ведьмаке - такой же не удобный. Присутствует крайне раздутый крафт, большая часть которого просто не нужна. Враги разнообразны как визуально так и по качеству. Прокачка через пилюльки конечно на любителя, но мне зашла. Локации весьма однообразны, но есть действительно интересные. Дичайший рандом с лутом портит многое, в частности инструменты для верстака можно найти чуть-ли не сразу, а можно и не найти. В целом учитывая что игру делали чуть больше чем пару человек, игра получилась неплохая.