Recent reviews by germaniclad2464

This is a puzzle game based on languages. You go around deciphering glyphs and slowly piecing together what people are saying and what is going on in the story.
I swear to god, this game was made for me. It's easily top 5 games of all time for me. Cannot recommend enough.

Despite this still being at a relatively early stage of development, this game is really fun to play. It's especially fun with friends. This game takes realism and cranks it to the nth degree, with almost anything you can think of being a necessity from your typical needs like food and water to sadness and boredom.
If you think this is the kind of game where you can easily just breeze through a horde of zombies like butter than you are seriously mistaken. If you are alone and have no firearm and encounter more than two zombies, you should just run.
There are a few flaws here and there, such as sometimes Zombies who are far away from you will teleport and bite you, basically killing your character in the long run. Also, for a game so heavily based on realism some elements are pretty unrealistic (and I'm not talking about the zombies). Your hunger especially is a very annoying thing since you can basically die of starvation by just sitting around reading a book for a few in game hours. However, it should be reminded that this is not a finished game and still has quite a ways to go before it can be considered finished.

The game is a Star Wars RPG set a few thousand years before the movies.

The story is pretty good. Without spoiling too much you play as Jedi who lost their memory and must also defeat the evil Sith lord before they can take over the universe. While at first glance it seems unbelievably cliché, they actually throw in a few things in the story to make it interesting. The main character you play as has a decent array of choices for whatever type of person you want them to be. Your sidekicks in your party have some pretty interesting stories and character arcs. I personally liked Mission Vao's storyline in particular.

The combat is pretty good for an rpg. It's simple and pretty easy to learn but also not too monotonous which is always good. You will have to wait a bit before getting a lightsaber and even then getting the crystal you want may take a while (I had to wait till I got to Tatooine before getting a purple crystal). There are a wide variety of force powers to use, some specific to the light and dark sides and some of them are really fun.

The graphics are... well they're ok for 2003 but I can see why they may turn people away from the game. The characters have a lot of dead eyes and so many polygons but I repeat, this game came out in 2003. I will also say that while the voice acting is decent in most parts, some parts are pretty bad. Notably the ones where the actors are speaking a fictional language. While the acting itself isn't bad, they reuse the same soundclips over and over and over again (There's one male Twi'lek line of dialogue I swear is used like a hundred times and it drove me nuts).

It should also be worth noting that since this game came out in 2003, there are a lot of bugs (And I mean a LOT). Some are easy to fix but others less so and involve deleting some files in the game (notably the animated cutscenes tend to crash the game). There's a page for bugfixes that work for most of them and make it playable but some of them are needed, I couldn't even launch the game properly beforehand so that's a pretty big issue. But once this is resolved, the game plays reasonably fine 90% of the time.

In conclusion, the story, gameplay and characters are really good. The story in particular keeps you on your toes and makes you want to continue and figure out just what is going on. The bugs and graphics may be quite a handful, though that is pretty normal considering that this game came out in the early to mid 2000s. I highly recommend any Star Wars fan to play this.

I personaly found the game to be rather enjoyable. I found the story intriguing and the characters interesting. The various enemies that you fight throughout the game are also unique and help it separate from other fantasy games like the Elder Scrolls.
The story is very interesting and manages to keep you invested until the end. You can do some side quests along the way to help make a bit of money and get some better weaponry. The story is a mix of revenge and poltical commentary mixed with the drama of Geralt trying to get his memory back. The player is given three different options throughout the story to show what kind of person Geralt is, which I personaly found to be very well done.
The voice acting for the characters is hit and miss. While characters like Geralt, Triss and Shani and most of the main characters are well voiced, the voice acting for some of the generic NPCs can be rather cringy.
The graphics are also somewhat lacking, especially for the character models. Many characters share almost identical designs (Leuvaarden for example has an extremely similar model to many other less important NPCs). Some characters like the old women have almost cartoony designs. This somewhat works in a comical sense for some characters, but is extremely distracting for characters who are actually trying to sound serious.
The gameplay is not awful, but it feels very clunky. Instead of quickly clicking the mouse to attack, you need to slowly wait for your first attack to finish before you can repeat. This gets very tedious very quickly and is one of my main problems with the game. Using signs somewhat breaks the monotony a little, so it is not unenjoyable. The three attack methods is not a bad idea, but it could be better implemented.
Overall, the game may be flawed, but I still recommend it.

The game has some genuinely scary moments at times, and not just from jumpscares. The atmosphere and visuals lend themselves well to the traditional animation style of the 30s.

I absolutely love the easter eggs (Jacksepticeye providing a voice and songs from Kyle Allen, Dagames and Random Encounters)

Chapter 1 is great at introducing the player to the world. It has a few jumpscares here and there, but nothing really in your face like FNAF.
Chapter 2 is a good continuation of the story, adding a few features such as enemies that can kill you. Sammy is also a pretty creepy character and his story is rather disturbing (much like the other villains in the game)
Chapter 3 is by far the biggest chapter as of yet. We get introduced to new characters such as the butcher gang and Alice Angel (only hinted at in chapter 2). One minor complaint I have with this chapter is that it feels a lot like a series of fetch quests. You go to Alice, she gives you a task, you complete it, return and she gives you another. I think there are maybe 5 in total, which makes it feel a bit boring after a while.

My one major complaint is that the combat system is extremely stiff and not very enjoyable. I thought that it would be improved along with the release of chapter 3, but it's still clunky.

Edit:
Chapter 4 has been released for a while now, and it may just be my favourite chapter as of yet.
Firstly, there are many new changes to the first three chapters that came with the chapter 4 dlc. New audio logs, characters, more gameplay, etc.
Chapter 4 has a similar mission design to chapter three, but it is done much better. Mainly because of the fact that while in chapter three the main character was doing very similar tasks in pretty much the same parts of the level, in chapter four the missions are much more different from one another.
There is also the implementation of boss battles in the game. We didn't really have any boss battles in the other chapters (unless you count running away from Bendy time and time again or possibly the Projectionnist, who is also in chapter four). We had two, and both were rather fun and fairly original.
New ink creatures called lost ones are added. They don't attack the player, but do serve as depressing figures, adding to the atmosphere.
Without spoiling the ending to the chapter, I can certainly say that it is shocking.
Unfortunately, the combat is still very clunky. I would very much like to see it improved with the release of chapter five.

Another edit:
Chapter 5 has just been released and it was pretty fun. However, I will admit that I was a bit disappointed. While I really like the idea of having badass allies like Alice and Tom, I found that there was not really very much time spent with them. Henry stays with them for like two minutes before being separated from them.
There's an addition of a sort of lens that lets you see secret writing on the walls. This is a really cool concept and I'm sure there are plenty of them ready to be found throughout all of the chapters
There are plenty of audio recordings of Joey to listen to in this chapter, and it most certainly manages to answer many of the questions regarding the story. Sammy returns and is just as crazy as he was in chapter 2, though he's more of a cameo. That's not too much of a problem though.
The combat is still clunky and stiff, much to my great dissatisfaction. It gets really frustrating when you have to fight waves upon waves of Searchers and the now-hostile Lost Ones. Many of them take multiple hits to kill, and they swarm you to the point where they'll deplete your health in seconds if you don't run away.
There's a segment where you are on a boat and there's a giant Bendy hand that'll grab you if you don't get out in time. It was really creepy, and the atmosphere is really well done.
There is a stealth part with the butcher gang later on, and this was pretty underwhelming seeing as how you can easily run away from them (though they do have a tendency to corner you).
The final battle with Bendy was challenging, but it was fairly easy to understand what needed to be done. Bendy's even more monstrous design is pretty cool and the boss fight itself isn't bad at all.
I did have a bad time with one glitch, which had me do the fight against the numerous waves of Searchers and Lost Ones (which I swear to God goes on forever).
Once you complete the game, you can view all of the character models of the characters, including older models. Some have interesting descriptions on them about the creation of the character.
As for the story, well it seems to raise a lot more questions than answers. The ending I got seemed to hint at there being multiple endings (maybe there are, hopefully), which could be interesting. In the meantime, I guess I'll learn the full story from either Game Theory or even TheMeatly himself.

Final verdict:
This is a very good game and I highly recommend it. The story is interesting, and the atmosphere is amazing. There aren't many jumpscares, and it's not the scariest horror game, but it is still very creepy.
Personally, my favourite chapters would be 2 and 4. 2 because of Sammy as the secondary antagonist and 4 for being the most fun to play