Theropods

A really charming and fun game. From its theme to its story, I had a great time. I played it on the Steam Deck. It already works well with the mouse functionality, but there are currently no hotkeys for Hints and also some of the "quick-time" events might take a small while to get through because you need to click inventory, click on the item and them rush to click on whatever prompt there is. But it never became a real nuisance. All in all, a really good game worth checking out!

Playing on an M2 Max MacBook Pro, running macOS 15.7.3 I CANNOT recommend the game to anyone who intends to play on a Mac, the game has hard-locked on me TWICE, and the only way to quit has been by force-quitting via Activity Monitor. The first time was in chapter one which, as I was quite near the beginning, I started again - and I do mean started again because, despite the 'save' icon having appeared on the screen three times, the game hadn't been saving (this is why I don't like games with no manual save system). Had there been a demo available, I might have found this out before purchasing the full game, but there isn’t (or at least if there is, it's no longer available on Steam). The second time was in chapter three, and there was no way I was starting over that time - so i've had to ask for a refund but, because it crashed right on the two-hour deadline, I probably won’t get my money back. I don't believe the game was play-tested - or at least not extensively play-tested - on macOS. Gameplay-wise, it's not a bad game, but the puzzles all have the same mechanic which, for a game which has been in development for five years, is pretty inexcusable. Also, there's no text - at all, I realise there's no real dialogue, but deaf and hearing-impaired people like to play games, too, and I think they'd be left pretty baffled, because it cab be pretty confusing when you can hear the characters grunts. I don't usually take a punt on games on release day, unless I know the developer well - I've never played anything by this developer before, so it was a gamble. It's bundled with The Drifter, which is one of my favourite games of recent times, and that's kind of what pushed me towards giving it a go - everything-wise, it's nothing like The Drifter. I just hope Steam will be benevolent and give me a refund. If the developer fixes these issues, I might think about giving it another go but, for now, on macOS, it's unplayable. Avoid if you intend to play on Mac.