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Outlast Trials successfully raises the bar from its previous entries, now offering a thrilling multiplayer experience. This game expertly dives back into psychological horror, combining explicit scenes, heart-pounding moments, and challenging puzzles that can keep you engaged even on replay. If you’re a fan of PvE multiplayer horror, it's a M-U-S-T.

The Best:
✔ Regular updates and events keep the game fresh, showing the developers' dedication and continuous hard work.
✔ A variety of tasks and enemies, each with unique behavior and chase mechanics, add depth to every encounter.
✔ Excellent optimization with quick bug fixes—so far, no game-breaking issues.
✔ It’s genuinely terrifying, with moments that can make even seasoned horror fans jump. Some of my friends even play it without sound!
✔ No pay-to-win elements: everything you buy is purely cosmetic or related to the battle pass, which is achievable through gameplay.

The Worst:
✘ If you start solo, it lacks a learning curve and can be quite challenging at the beginning; as a lone wolf, progression is slower and noticeably designed for team play.
✘ Load transitions can feel a bit tedious when starting or finishing maps, though they don’t break the game’s immersion.

9/10 ★★★★★★★★★☆

Si, American Arcadia es un juego que te lleva directamente a la película Truman Show, a Gran Hermano, o a la idea del panóptico de Foulcault. Donde la historia nos presenta a uno de sus personajes, bajo la idea de una vida tranquila, sin demasiados sobresaltos, y sin mucha información que nos indique por que lo manejamos a él y no a otra persona.
Es un juego en 2 dimensiones que busca contínuamente romper la "4ta pared", y lo logra.
Lo recomiendo, siempre y cuando seas del estilo de persona que disfruta y valora el esfuerzo de compañias que realizan estos juegos indies, con muchisimo amor y cariño.

Sus pro: las voces, música, y como la historia logra atraparte, y más a medida que avanza.

Tiene sus contra, y las reduciré a 2: El volumen de la musica en determinados momentos es exageradamente alto, siendo imposible de reducir, por lo que cuidado con esto, y también el problema de que se "activen" determinados eventos (ya sea musicales, interacción de personajes/ conversaciones, etc.) en formato de loop infinito ya sea cuando estas interactuando con algun objeto, o pasando por un mismo lugar una y otra vez, mostrando ahí un momento que rompe con el ambiente que logra generar el juego.

Es un sólido 8, y espero más entregas por el estilo, esperando que puedan pulir estos y otros aspectos que no detalle para que no sea muy extensa mi review.

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Yes, American Arcadia is a game that takes you straight into the world of The Truman Show, Big Brother, or the concept of Foucault's panopticon. The story introduces us to one of its characters, portraying a life of tranquility, with few surprises, and little information explaining why we control this character specifically and not someone else.

It's a 2D game that continuously strives to break the "fourth wall," and it succeeds. I recommend it, as long as you're the type of person who enjoys and values the effort of indie companies that create these games with a lot of love and care.

Its pros include the voices, music, and how the story manages to captivate you, especially as it progresses.

However, it has its drawbacks, and I'll narrow them down to two: The volume of the music is excessively high at certain moments, making it impossible to reduce, so be cautious about that. Additionally, there's an issue where certain events (whether musical, character interactions/conversations, etc.) get stuck in an infinite loop when interacting with an object or repeatedly passing through the same area, disrupting the immersive atmosphere the game creates.

It's a solid 8, and I look forward to more releases in a similar style, hoping that they can refine these and other aspects I haven't detailed to keep my review from becoming too lengthy.

It's a must.
8.5/10 in horror games.

A nice "remake" of the original The Last Stand, that i used to play in web.
In a few words: Do you need a fresh, indie, not easy but not extremly difficult, with a lot of zombies and weapons? this is the game for you.

The Best:
✔ The background or the "lore", is simple but effective.
✔ The different style of ways that you can play: try 2kill them all, hide - pick and leave, or just go to the needs for U and your player and go.
✔ A significant number of weapons (mele & distance), needs, tools, etc.
✔ there are a few models of zombies, just above the limit of "a few", so it's fine.

The Worst:
✘ Still a quantity of bugs, the more significant: the reflection of the fire on the ground, sometimes it's impossible to know untill your character is already on fire.
✘ The "background" of your initial character is not important. On the beginning yes, but just for the initial items, then when the base is already developed, it's meaningless.
✘ When you finish the final mission, the game want you to "replay" some extractions, but in my case, in 3 characters, could make it in the max difficult.
✘ Need to continue the story, or a new DLC... i felt a taste of "this is incomplete... sorry but can't finish the game like this".


8/10 ★★★★★★★★☆☆

Gran juego, desde su atrapante historia hasta su sistema de combate y escenarios.
Es un juego pulido, con una gran cantidad de PROS, y algunos pocos contras.
Vale la pena darle una(s) oportunidades, en mi caso fueron necesarias 3 para engancharme!

Increible, pensé que era un programa innecesario hasta que lo compré. Es un MUST.