First of all: Congrats for the BOTB! Your work really deserves it.
Well, since I used to write reviews about every game being posted in the german FPSC Board, and since this game was absolutely great...I decided to write a small review about it too...
Well, first of all, I`m not english and my articulation is very limited. (I use to cover it up with loads of swear words...so you`re warned
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Quote: "The Story"
Well, the whole story is...in fact... a resident evil knockoff. But hey! I`m not telling that this is bad! I love resident evil and this game really has all the best of it. But dude! I hope you add something new to the storyline
35 %
Quote: "Overall Presentation"
Well, this game had an installer that seemed pretty professional, but then, you see the starter application
This thing rocked! I was even able to change the keyboard settings! And the graphical presentation was top-notch!
The Menue screen was animated and the loadingscreen seemed really professional. It reminded me of FEAR, but since I hate when people compare my games to other`s...I won`t do this with yours
95%
(Why not 100? Well... I didn`t like the screens in the background, you`ll read more about that in the "Level Design" section.)
Quote: " Game Mechanics "
The game starts and I`m pretty surprised by your excellent HUD Graphics and your voice acting...it was... perfect, ace, freaking great! It really fascinated me, so did that Characterbody, and the animated "Incoming Transmission HUD`s". But after you stoped sobbering `cause of these great Huds, you get an erection because you see the Keycard system. Dude! You HAVE to tell me how you made it! Its fantastic.
100%
Quote: " Gameplay "
The Gameplay was "the usual stuff" Finding keycards, gathering information from PDA`s (with great voice acting) and encountering enemies...but hey! With that presentation it was great! And the enemy placement worked out great
85%
Quote: " Level-Design "
Yeah, well...you screwed up that one! The Level Design in this A Quality game was the worst. It was way too dead/static...it doesn`t feel right/vivid. Since my english is approximately good enough to translate the dialogs of russian pronflings... I took a few screenshots
You should watch how you play your lightsources, these shadows can kill even a perfect scene, the pipe doesn`t really fit too.
Create an illuminationmap for the screens and do something with these keyboards!
C`mon mate! Lights without sources? Never wise...
This cable ends in the middle of nothing.
The Codeblock isnt really "against the wall" and maybe you place it in the middle of a tile instead of between too (nitpicking).... and, The doors are often hidden in black shadows -.-
The signs where already pointed out.
You don`t really see it on that shot, but the blood often has a sort of greenish color...
Well, with that picture I`m coming to the last critic points.
These level do not have any details and they always use the same segments... The color`s you use on your textures do not blend well together, so does this repeating bloodywall segment. Well, you putted so much work in that game, that you really could redo your levels... they just well... aren`t good at all.
45%
Quote: "Graphics"
Well, I won`t write another "good and bad" list , I just point out some things you could work on before final release :
- Rework you`re texture so they fit together. You did all these awesome graphics (HUD`s etc.) and all this scripting...you can!
- Redo you`re lightning, its terrible....try to use more greyish or slightly blueish colors than plain white.
-Use normalmapping on your weapons
Yeah! You really do that, you got the VBOTB 2010.
70%
Quote: " Sounds "
Perfect Voice Acting, Ambience and Monster Sounds seemed real (you should do a soundset for that "Shroudling" character though) and your ambience music (checked it out on youtube too) is orgasmic! (any change that you speak some lines for my upcoming horror game "Euthanasia" ?) ehm...anyway.
I was even a bit jealous of these awesome weapon sounds
ACE!
90%
Quote: " Notes "
-I liked your introvideo! ...and your clean english
It was a bit like the intro from the resident evil movie...but screw it! It was cool!
- The Ending sequence was brilliant!
- Please note: I do not want to sound harsh or arrogant, its just that my english IS limited.
Quote: " Overall Rating "
79 % That game made my day! Top Quality FPSC Game!
-Wolf
God Helps the Beast in Me!