MISERY

[If you want the full wrap-up of this review, scroll all the way down] I really like MISERY, I REALLY DO. The atmosphere is amazing, the premise is solid, and the solo experience is good (sometimes). But this game has way too many issues right now. For context, I’m a solo player. None of my friends have MISERY, and I’m sure this game was intended for multiplayer. But it's sometimes frustrating to play solo. Now, I want to add a little bit more praise: I love the bunker customization, locations, and enemy designs. As I said before, the atmosphere is great, the multiplayer experience is probably amazing, and I want more people to play MISERY. But in the current state, the game isn’t so good. So I'll try to offer some problems and fixes. Enemies + Weapons: - Enemies: Most enemies feel horribly balanced. For example, bandits aren’t too tanky but deal a hefty amount of damage. It's a good balance. But some early game enemies and anything past IS so tedious to go against. Everything feels like a brick wall. And for some reason the damage is horrendously unpredictable. There should be drawbacks when creating enemies. For example, slow but tanky, high damage but low HP, fast but low damage. THESE ARE BASICS. And of course there should be some variety that the game seems to lack. - Melee: Every enemy feels like a literal sponge. All the “weaker” enemies take 3-8 slices to the head to kill. Don’t even try stabbing any late game creatures, because none of the melee can do enough damage to actually kill them. TO be fair, this is a better trade-off, melees in this game are common enough to outweigh the downside to using them. Which is why I believe that melee is moderately balanced in this game. - Guns: But it's even worse to fight enemies with guns, because the trade-off is disgusting. It takes 3-4 headshots with a Mosin to kill the soldiers. I don’t care what ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ those zombies mutated into, but NOTHING humanoid should take that many shots. And so, the trade-off for killing anything in this game is horrendous. You waste durability and precious ammo on tanky meat bags. So what’s the point in using guns? It feels like you pepper enemies with bb’s. - Agro range/Path finding: Any long-range enemy can see you from an absurd distance, and for some reason have perfect aim?! How is that even fair? Not to mention most creatures chase you down for way too long, so when you’re out of stamina, you’re practically a sitting duck. - How to fix some of the listed issues: I believe there can be a good balance. Now, I would understand some of these balances for multiplayer (Like having tankier enemies or lowering the damage on weapons), but for solo!? That just shouldn’t carry over. That’s why I think enemies should be nerfed in solo playthroughs. Or, there could be weak points (This should probably affect both multiplayer and singleplayer). Sure, keep increased damage on headshots, but maybe add more areas to shoot at to deal more damage. Perhaps, shooting enemies in the limbs could cause them to either drop their weapons, stagger back, do reduced damage, or lose an attack. I think for more balance, after an enemy does a heavy attack, they should stagger for a moment. Some creatures have NO delay between strikes. One last change I could come up with is that some enemies should be weaker to a specific weapon type. Perhaps some take more damage from explosive but take reduced damage from melee. Or, increased damage with melee but reduced damage against firearms. ____________________________________________________________________________ Everything Else: - Personal opinions on enemies: This is more of a personal nitpick, but some enemies feel soulless. They don’t dodge, humanoid enemies don’t try taking cover, scatter, or ambush, they just pathfind towards you aimlessly, and the creatures are equally braindead. It would be nice to have the more ‘animalistic’ enemies have certain traits. Like some could stalk you before attacking, while others could give out a warning roar or screeches; it would add a little bit more life to the enemies. And the more ‘human’ enemies should be more intelligent and self-preserving. - Economy: I’ll keep this part short, but the economy in this game sucks. Earning money is a HASSLE. I think that traders should cycle through items, like a daily stock. And perhaps offer discounts occasionally on certain items. Hunting is ass now; some animals or creatures don’t even drop loot. It would be nice if they could add a bartering system like Fallout, More items to the selling pool, and quests would be nice. - Locations: I know I said how much I like the locations, but some areas just feel way too dark. Personally, the bunker map is challenging, but it's a pain in the ass to navigate. The industrial areas have so many lootable crates and objects yet ZERO loot. And not to mention the insane enemy spawn rate, I barely search one area before getting swarmed by soldiers (I haven’t experienced HALF of the new creatures or locations, but I don’t think I want to. There is nothing fun or interesting about fighting creatures; it's just tedious at best. And I can't even explore the entire map without being swarmed.) - Bugs: I’m not gonna mention the bugs. I have experienced a couple, but only two of them are actually bad. So I don’t have much to say, just look at the other reviews if you want more information on bugs. ____________________________________________________________________________ New ideas + Final thoughts: - New map idea: This is more of a recommendation for a new area, after the dev(s) actually fix the game, of course. One idea that I had is an area with more brutalistic architecture. Like maybe you’re inside a massive complex, similar to the bunker. It's open, in the sense of larger rooms and ceilings that have windows or massive floodlights to add some ambience. But that’s only IF they manage to fix the game. Because the dev(s) need to focus on the major issues first. - Final thoughts: This game has definitely grown on me, and I think it has amazing potential. But for now, it definitely needs some balancing changes; enemies need to be nerfed, guns need to be buffed, and fighting enemies should feel fun, not tedious. The Industrial map needs to get updated, the economy should get fixed, and lastly, major bug fixes. Most of my issues do come from the combat in this game. I still recommend checking this game out even with some of these problems. Though as it seems, the roadmap basically covers everything I’ve mentioned, this is the reality of early development, issues are gonna arise, and hopefully, the dev(s) can fix it. Or, just save your money for when the game is in a better state. So, for now my review will be negative, but this is just criticism, I want to see this game do better.

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I am in misery

All this considered, this is a really great start for interesting survival game. I really like the concept and daily randomly generated outside world. Wicked challenging but keeps drawing me in with each death. It def could use improvement and totes understand its only one person working on it. I look forward to seeing more fixes and enhancements.

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スタックなどのバグはたまにあるが、それらがあったうえで面白さが勝つ。同じことの繰り返しでも面白いと思える人におすすめ

If STALKER was a survival game with multiplayer and without the scummy lawyers. You'll find artifacts, mutants, bandits and anomalies, as you'd expect from such a game. It's a bit rough at the moment in some aspect, but for all the problems it might have in its early access, the (solo) dev is actively working to smooth out the edges while adding content. The megafactory update launched very rough, but hotfixes came quick. The guy fought against STALKER's publishers' lawyers as mentionned above, so needless to say he takes the project seriously. The game is brutal, but feels all the more rewarding after successful excursions. The bunker expansion and customization is one of my favourite aspect of the game, and given the trend of the updates it will be expended upon. On the bad side: The RNG for the weapons can be quite a bish (193 shinings before friend and I found our first Saiga), and as mentionned, bugs here and there that can be more or less annoying. There are some inconsistencies in balance YET, but the dev is taking notes of feedback (Honestly the bread nerf was warranted. Sincerely, a self-aware former bread farmer. Go and explore the maps, you wusses!). I'm thinking notably of the lobsters, who take forever to kill and don't seem to ever drop their low-priced loot. As for the last bad point, optimization is yet not great, as per most UE5 games (although, dev is actively working on this too, hotfixes have started to come. For lower end machines, there are guides on forcing things down for higher framerates through simple config files). Despite these flaws, it is an utterly promising game, and tons of fun even through the current early access jank. Hardcore mode, which is what you'd expect in a survival context, is also a good alternative for when you want to take the [i]survival[/i] part of the game more seriously (though for now I play it solely on solo). There are many things to come, as teased by a few things in the Megafactory, and it all seems like good stuff. A diamond in the rough, and an absolute recommend for anyone into survival games, STALKER enjoyers or even fans of the soviet depression subculture.