SEVERANCE

When I first found Severance, I honestly wasn't a huge fan. At the time, the game was lacking tutorials and there was definitely a learning curve when it came to understanding the ghosts and how everything worked. The information about the ghosts was there, but as with any new game, you still have to spend some time learning how everything works. Since then, though, the developer has added tutorials and made a lot of improvements through newer updates. The HQ has been updated, the control interfaces have been improved, and overall, I think the game feels much smoother and more polished than when I first started playing. The more I played, the better I got at the game and the more I started to understand everything. A huge shoutout also has to go to someone from the community who took the time to come help me and explain things to me. That completely changed my experience, and ever since then, I've been absolutely in love with this game. Of course, Severance has its bugs and quirks, just like any game does. But I have to give a HUGE round of applause to the solo developer for what they've managed to create. The fact that this entire game has been built by one person is honestly incredible. In my opinion, it holds its own against games that have entire development teams behind them. One of my favorite things about Severance is that you can play as the ghost and actually hunt your friends, while also having the traditional experience where everyone works together as investigators to find the ghost. Having both sides of the experience makes the game so much more fun and gives it something that a lot of other games don't have. The locations are great, and I really like that there are locations that are easier to learn while others can be much more challenging to investigate. The game also runs really smoothly for me, and the continued updates have made the overall experience even better. Another thing I really appreciate is how much the developer listens to the community. You can tell there is a genuine effort to take player feedback into consideration and continue improving the game. Seeing things that were lacking when I first started actually get added and improved is really awesome. Honestly, I think Severance is fabulous in its current state, and I can only imagine how much further it can grow. For a game made entirely by a solo developer, what has been accomplished here is absolutely amazing. So this is a 10/10 from me. I absolutely love this game and can't wait to see where it goes from here!

I purchased this on a whim after watching a friend play it, I had the choices of getting Demonologist or The Other Side, having already owned Phasmophobia, and I picked Severance because participating as the ghost itself is a rare treat, and has been enormous fun with friends taking turns. I continue to play and support Severance because it is great, there's fun aspects of the ghost hunting and evidence gathering, and the added stress of unlocking doors so you can escape, it's a great thrill. It's a much more fun immersive game and the community has been so welcoming and fantastic!!

Just started playing Severance today and got a couple hours in. There's no tutorial that I've found yet so you kind of have to just jump right into it. I do like that there's a lot more player character customization in this game than some others and you can customize your main lobby as well if you're the leader. The unique tools to use during the investigation were cool to figure out. The game starts off a little on the loud side but there's a lot of settings you can change to lower volume and whatnot so that's a non issue. I'm sure as I play the game more and get used to everything and have a little more money earned, it'll be a lot more fun to play. I thought it was great for the first couple hours though! One issue I ran into was when I was the ghost. I noticed that the text boxes around the outside of the window were partially out of frame. I'm gonna go back in and mess with my settings to see if I can fix that though.

I picked up this game for 2 reasons. 1. I love horror games 2. As made evident by the fact that the Developer personally responds to seemingly ALL comments - they truly seem to care about making a good game. After playing a single round - I can tell you this game is well on it's way to being one of my top 2 horror games. I can see aspects of Phasmaphobia, but they are done (dare I say) better? I can also see aspects of (the) Demonologist - which is currently my favorite horror game. Did I mention that YOU can be the ghost in this game? I mean talk about innovation, sign me UP! That being said, the graphics are done well. I like that the developer has taken the time to make it FEEL scary. Within my first ~5 minutes of gameplay - I got jump scared so hard, I'm genuinely not even sure what got me! lol IMO - Phasma isn't scary in any way - it's a "horror" themed puzzle game, at best. Demonologist is a great game, it's scary, I love it, but the developers could learn a thing or two from Sykes Games about taking care of the community. I'm very excited for the community to grow in this game, and excited to have early access to watch as the game grow as well.

it's basically just another phas clone, it does give players the opportunity to play as the ghost but that is very niche, it's really fun for a couple hour but then it hits all the same pitfalls as the other slop and the game get old, if you and your friends can get endless fun from playing ghost and hunters then this is for you

HUGE POTENTIAL, really fun, and uhm, scarier than its inspiration, we all know which game. It is jaggy and has a few issues and bugs, but its an early access so its all good! And if the devs see the reviews, I suggest you avoid using AI content even if for assets like posters or images in some maps, I would love to make some random ones for you for no cost tbh, even if not so perfect, they might be better than using AI, that's all, I RECOMMEND.

I have played this game for 1.4 hours and I have to say its fun. The gameplay loop is enjoyable, the gimmicks are unique and the ghost gameplay is especially fun. I have only 2 issues with this game however. 1 - The picture for the painting evidence is so obviously generative AI it isn't at all funny. Why go through the work of making a game just to ruin it with AI. You could have just gone into Microsoft Paint and drawn a stick figure or a rainbow or a landscape and have DRASTICALLY improved the quality. 2 - The male ghost model is directly ripped from Phasmophobia. If you compare the 2 side by side by searching for "Phasmophobia man ghost zombie butcher " and then "severance game male ghost" you can clearly see it. I am impressed with the current quality of the gameplay and have no issue with that, however the little details that make or break a game need to improved in the next patch.