[b] P. S. If you have difficulties in the walktrough, this guide will be very useful: [/b]
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3561496240
[h1] SHOCK!!! GORDAN SALEMAN ENDED UP AT APERTURE SCIENCE!!! [/h1]
ReSizE is one of those cases where trying to parody the legendary Portal franchise ends up as a messy something-or-other. The game completely copies the style, shapes, and mechanics of the original, but instead of portals, everything revolves around changing the size of objects. In Valve's masterpiece, we delivered energy balls to the right spots to open the exit; here, the goal is to "kill" a mannequin by activating Tesla laser coils or just dropping a crate on it. There's little logic in this, just as there's little fun in the process itself.
Technically, the project looks pretty weak: Unreal Engine again and awful graphics with boring textures. The translation is a whole separate disaster — it’s not even a proper translation, just nonsense, with words translated literally like a first grader would, and sometimes English words written in Russian. The puzzles themselves aren’t anything special: it’s all about dragging cubes through force fields, shrinking and enlarging them, and pressing buttons. The author also tried adding inertia to jumps from moving platforms (instead of using portal mechanics), but it’s super clunky and awkward.
The biggest issue is that the game is practically impossible to finish because level 19 is broken in the current version. At least, I have no clue how to get through it. You can't jump to the needed platform even with all the mechanisms activated, and trying to use bugs or build a tower manually out of cubes fails because of the twitchy physics. When you grab the local "gravity gun," objects start spinning like crazy, making any precise action impossible. On top of that, the game's content doesn't match the Steam screenshots: instead of the promised bright effects and laser guns, we get default assets. And it's clear they probably tried to rework the project, but honestly, this might be better than what we've got today.
The whole thing is made worse by the blatant asset copying from Portal: instead of the oily goo, you get acid pools, and instead of the sharp, witty GLaDOS, there’s dumb Google Translate voiceover with zero attempt at humor or atmosphere (seriously, it feels like a screen reader is just reading the text as-is). Even the famous cake Easter egg from the original is swapped out for gummy bears, which just highlights the lack of any creativity. In the end, there’s no atmosphere, and the puzzles and overall level design leave a lot to be desired.
It's no surprise that the achievement stats on Steam speak for themselves: the game has an insanely low completion rate (about 0.2%). That's clear proof that the game is basically impossible to finish. You'd think fan-made stuff can be quirky, but ReSizE is a prime example of how lacking a clear vision and not bothering with basic details can turn a game into a pointless collection of mechanics. The devs just haphazardly threw everything together, as long as something was there, instead of figuring out what message they actually wanted to deliver to players. So yeah, definitely not something I'd recommend buying.
[h3] Verdict: [/h3] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3612049014 (мусор)
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