HEVN

I can't recommend this game at the moment.When it's finished it will be OK.I will be reluctant to buy any game in future on first release.Basically you are paying to test the game.Wait until the game has been updated as mentioned in other threads and then buy it.

A single-dev sci-fi immersive sim with a competently written plot pushed forward by a time limit, dozens of different tools, an integrated tactical slow mo, radiation, toxicity and oxygen management, two big open areas and a full voiceover. Why so few people played it and why are their thoughts so mixed? Well, it’s because despite clearly being a passion project and an homage to good old [i]System Shocks[/i], [i]HEVN[/i] is one of those games where everything works but nothing works as intended. Here are just a few examples: there are big open areas… but you have to rush to get to your goal before the antagonist tracks down your assistant. In fact, you have plenty of time to explore, but it is not communicated properly, so you just run to find the goal with your only guidance being a tiny poorly readable map that at first gives very little idea on where to actually go. It is in fact a pretty regular map, but at first glance you don’t even understand what this tiny thing is. Oxyg...

I played the demo of this game a couple years ago and found it interesting and enjoyable. Which is how it ended up on my wishlist. Now years later I had forgotten about it until I got a sale notification. So I bought it, that was a mistake. What do I like? The areas look good and you have a lot of freedom to move and explore...except for my REALLY HATE below. What don't I like? Controls are laggy, jumping is a pain, combat is bad. Four shots from a gun to kill the smallest bug? Swing a sledgehammer and if the enemy moves slightly or if you are on higher ground then you totally miss. The built in map is a pencil drawing of little real use. If the AI says something and you miss it, you can't find it out. The saves are listed with date and some form of timestamp, so finding any but the latest is a guessing game. What do I REALLY HATE?! All the above plus huge maps with multiple paths and a timer. This game might be worth the $5 I paid if I didn't have to rush through it lest the hack ...

I couldn't find anything about this issue, but this game forces mouse acceleration for me and I can't figure out how to fix it. And for me that just makes this game unplayable, I don't know if it's only me, but just keep in mind that if you care about this, it might be an issue.

Nice game, I would even say it's a gem. Can be a little hard to know what to do at first but thats it's charm.

Great game so far, I'm only 15 minutes in and the story already seems interesting. Controls are a little weird but the game feels really smoothe. Follow along to watch the rest of the let's play here. https://youtu.be/kM53thILZik

Jesus, guys, its 21st century! And yet you design menu that is unusable (why can't I just click trough the options?) and no possibility of setting up REAL mouse sensitivity (slow, medium and fast are not proper options - even on slow my view races around like a bunny on cocaine!) Tried playing, no go.

Games must have an accessible control, regardless of their difficulty. HEVN has such a bad, confusing and cryptic inventory system that it takes all the fun out of the game. For me, the worst inventory system I have ever seen.

I've played approximately 60 seconds of this game, before getting literally stuck in a console, most of my controls not responding. This is just a bug, and they're working on fixing it. However, it does bring up why you shouldn't expect a full game expereince out of a full price game that is still in development. When I bought this game, it was only to support the developers. I was basically donating them money because of a promising idea, and I would never actually buy a game for over $30. ...so if you want to do the same, then fine, buy the game, but if you're expecting a fully functional game right NOW, then you should definitely wait. ...so I don't know whether to recommend this game or not. It depends on the above.

Way too janky and once I heard the text to speech voices and the awful time limit race, I am done.