However, once I realised there was nothing there, I couldn’t help but lament the utter waste of a phenomenal setting. I’m not ashamed to admit that it captivated my interest. It is therefore a shame that the only unique element of The Anacrusis is little more than window dressing. Levels feel barren with the smattering of decorations you’ll see throughout your playthrough repeated ad nauseum. No sense that anyone ever lived there nor that before you pressed play, it even ever existed. There are no real signs of life in The Anacrusis. The world you inhabit for the three chapters that are currently available is bland, banal and frankly boring. No spectacle, no sense of worldbuilding or meaning, nothing. However, while there is an extremely alluring yet thin layer of superficial beauty smothering The Anacrusis, when you spend more than a second exploring its laboriously lengthy levels you’ll soon realise that it’s all meaningless. While I’m not terribly enthused by the lifeless characters you play as, the creative ingenuity that went into replicating the garish vision of the future seminal sci-fi authors imagined should be commended. The 60s retro-futuristic appeal is not lost on me. Like most reviewers, and I am to assume players, I very much enjoyed the game’s overall aesthetic. I feel as if I should begin this review with at least a modicum of positivity. Image Credit – Stray Bombay “The creative ingenuity that went into replicating the garish vision of the future should be commended.” The Anacrusis is a bad game and an even worse Early Access launch. We should expect a broken, buggy, half-baked mess for $24. Ostensibly this means that the onus is on us. The Anacrusis seems to get a pass due to it being an Early Access title. We wait patiently for updates as if they are new games in and of themselves, and continue to recklessly purchase games that are blatantly unfinished. Gaming culture has reached a point in which developers and publishers believe it is acceptable to release a game in a broken state with the promise that it will be inevitably fixed.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |