The Lady

Phenomenal art and a killer soundtrack cannot hide the fact that this has really bad gameplay. The Lady's gameplay is sliding slowly to the right, then to the left, then to the right. If you repeat this enough the world around the character eventually changes and introduces more hazards or a boss, for a clunky boss fight. My cut-off for games is around the half hour mark: if you can't engage me in 30 minutes, you likely never will. But I was tired of this game within 10. Still, I kept going in an attempt to see if it earns its Mostly Positive rating. But the game never seemed to actually want to begin being good. Its harsh difficulty rating doesn't help either. Let me clarify: the game is simple as you basically only slowly move from left to right, but because the controls are so slow everything seems to be on a delay, causing you to get hit by whatever obstacle you were trying to avoid. And after just a few hits it's game over, man. Maybe the later levels are great, but since I can'...

I expected more. The game was short. Wish there were some voiceacting aswell, or choises, or anything. The game is also to easy. It feels like wierd for the sake of being wierd. Also the boss fights suck and were to easy. Sorry if my english is bad, it's my second languish.

I originally supported this game on Greenlight, becoming interested in the artstyle and vagueness of the game. And it seems like it succeeded in catching my attention, atleast enough for me to buy. Is it worth it? No. Anyway, it tries to be all mysterious and interesting, but it's a case of "doing it for the art" to the point that the game just isn't enjoyable as a /game/. The art looks good, and The Lady's design is re-used quite nicely. The game's vagueness makes it a bit of a crapshoot to figure things out, and while it advertises that it doesn't hold your hand, it doesn't do it like Dark Souls or other survival horror games that it compares itself to. It does it pretty bad. I'll admit, it's nice to figure things out through trial and error, but... when you have to go through 4 rooms which unlock the boss, then fight the boss for an unknown amount of time, possibly fail, and re-do the rooms prior to the boss, again, it takes the big issue about survival horror games: Restartin...

2.2/10 – Expectations were high; Satisfaction was LOW! This game really let me down! After viewing the store, watching the videos and reading the synopsis; I was nearly 100% that I would love this game. I was 110% wrong though. The art style is awesome and really is the only redeeming factor in the game. Honestly, if you look at the screenshots here; you will likely see everything and more than you would see playing the game. The real reason for the negative review is the gameplay. I honestly have low expectations in general, but walking back and forth avoiding glass just wasn't enough to peak my interest. There are a handful of buttons which allow you to attack and move different directions but ultimately adds zero intrigue. After walking across the map for 30 minutes I can honestly and accurately classify this game as a loser. Worth $0.25 to FREE. Cool art style, but the positives end there. [code][h1] Accidently Reviewed[/h1] Was this review helpful or maybe even not helpfu...

This "game" gives all-new meaning to the words "looks great, but lacking in gameplay". And believe me, I'm perfectly open-minded, believe that games can definitely be "art", and am furthermore the kind of person who actually likes the odd "walking simulator"! But The Lady isn't even that, it's...erm...fuck me, I don't know what it is. An excuse for someone to show off their admittedly intriguing visual style? An exercise in MASOCHISM, perhaps?! Let's see what the Store page has to say about the game. "A 2D Surreal Puzzle Horror." Hmmm, okay. Surreal...certainly. Horror...okay, maybe at a pinch (it's definitely "disturbing", I'll give it that). 2D...well, yes, by all means. PUZZLE?! Well, sure...if a super-primitive, mega-minimalistic, barely-responsive variant of GALAGA is your idea of a "puzzle" game, then I guess it might be that too!! The greatest "puzzle" herein is what the dev or devs of this game were high on when they made this rather - ahem - "trippy" product, and on...

Overinterpretation is a thing. This game boasts eerie artwork with a mysterious atmosphere. That is until you play it. And die. And then play the same awfully slow part again. This game's as eldritch to play as it looks. The controls are often unresponsive and there seems to be no indication to how many hits you can take before you have to restart; at times the lady can tank several pieces of glass and other times she dies in one hit. Some levels are solved by walking slowly, and then going slowly in the other direction. The pacing is horrible, often the player is forced to dwell in one level for far too long while having figured out the solution long ago. I really liked the premise of this as well as it's art and atmosphere. Sadly this is broken by the terrible game this is in. One can maybe ignore the gameplay, or lack thereof, by interpreting the game as a whole, but I caution everyone who does so not to overinterprete too much.

I went in to this game based on reviews that it was good. While there was some WTF moments, most of the game was pretty much crap. It doesn't tell you what you need to do to get passed the level. Boss levels that I did play before it crashed felt more like a game of Galactica for the Atari then a horror game.

Got this game for 50 cents. Still regret wasting that on this. Let me start this review by disproving all of the "features" listed on the steam page Features (directly from steam page) "The most unique Female Protagonist to ever appear in a video game" This is wrong for so many reasons. I will list two of them. All the Lady is is a sprite that looks like a zombie and doesn't exist from the waist down. We get absolutely no character development from her at all. There is no reason to root for her because we know nothing about her, AT ALL. "Five unique levels each with their own play style" Yeah thats a lie. all you do is walk back and forth occasionally stop for falling glass and maybe shoot a thing. At some point a door appears and you go to the next stage. Rinse and repeat with only slight variations to each level. "Retro difficulty" No. Just No. If by "Retro difficulty" you mean the game has no checkpoints, and closes the games window if you die three times then yes it is "retr...

The Lady, an experimental game / interactive art / 4D simulator, and by that I mean depression, desolation, depersonalisation, and despair. The game explores anxiety, misery, fear, and schizophrenia, but through a very personal point of view of its author(s), making a very clever use of symbolism; it has an uncanny feeling of healing through art, as if a psychiatrist suggested a patient to express themselves by creating this game. While it doesn't treat these subjects from a general point of view, this approach gives a sense of authencity. Gameplay wise, The Lady is comprised of several minimalistically-designed levels, divided in stages. Each level has a different gameplay approach, with a distinct variation for each stage, some being more traditional, while some being more explorative; the exploration parts focus more on the feeling the player has in regards to what is happening to the lady, and not necessarily to the levels themselves. I would suggest to take the game slowly, si...

looks sick and disturbing so i thought i would like it:) bu no. just a couple of fine artwork but no gameplay at all.