Monday, April 6, 2009

ZenHak Review

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I played this last night, shook my controller violently, and told myself I must just be too tired. Maybe I am just plain dumb, because I cannot grasp this one tonight either. I simply found it unplayable and had to move on - seriously could not figure how to play or what to do.



I wanted this one to pan out too, because there is a very short supply of RPGs to get my sticky fingers on. I thought some of the screenshots spelled potential, but they honestly look better still than live (animation wasn't heavily invested in). That's a mute point I guess.

There's two things that might be happening here.

First, the game is in dire need of a tutorial, instructions, more intuitive gameplay, an overhaul of the controls/interface, or all of the above. Or second, this game is over my head because I am missing something key, possibly about hacking or hackers (tough niche audience).

I can't recommend this one as is - but if anyone has any advice on how to get more out of it, or where I might be going wrong, I am all ears.


4 comments:

  1. I've seen a similar take on this game. It seems that the creator based the game off craps. Ya know the card game you see in casinos? Ya, well, I guess he thought everyone knows what craps is and how it plays and is familiar with it enough to make the connection. He was wrong.

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  2. Hey V2.0 is in review right now please try it out see how it plays for you now.

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  3. Zenfar - thanks for letting me know. I will have another crack at it tonight.

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  4. was intrigued by the screenshots so had a look at the trial game. I liked the music and unique visual style, but like you I just couldn't figure out what to do. Oh, and if you only have two frames of animation it's probably better not to do any animation at all ;(

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