Auf Abwegen

Controls were so bad I just cannot recommend the game. I wanted to get to the end so badly just based on the reviews but I just cannot justify that pain. As soon as I got to the dog part after retry 30 I was over it. I get what they were going for and it just makes this feel so shitty, cause a majority of the deaths feel completely unfair, pressing jump and it just not jumping is a failure of design, I dont care what they say if they wanted to make it difficult or not, thats just an excuse for horrible controls.

I really tried. Maybe ill try again next week if I can find time to just want to be frustrated.

good game

That ending is such a gut punch. Worth struggling through the controls.

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Awefel controls, all these F2P devs cant make tight controls to save their lives.
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I'm sure there is a good story but I just can't play the fucking game.

1)It defaults to whatever resolution it wants, not respecting mine. Which means: all subtitles are FAR BELOW the screen, making me unable to understand shit (doesn't help that the whole game is dubbed in german).
2)The awful controls. 9/10 times it just refuses to register a jump, if you're sprinting. The controller vibration gets annoying, too. It's as if something is overheating. Pressure on the pad keeps going further and further.
3)Even if I decide that I don't want to play the story and try out arcade mode another issue appears: I just cannot hunt shit. Story never teaches you how, to begin with and I already roamed around the entire areas that are unlocked to me, at the time.

And how do I know that, despite not being able to read any subtitle? Because the "press X button to do Y" hints appears in the middle of the screen, usually after a conversation.

The artstyle and the soundtrack are pretty well done but, given all the issues above, it's literally impossible to play. What a shame.

EDIT: Okay I managed to finish it. I had to force the .exe into a godawful resolution (640xwhatever), for starters.

All the dialogue is just a bunch of nonsense. SPOILER: You're playing as someone that is playing a game. Shouldn't even exist, to begin with. Game should've been only the arcade mode that tells you the story of the fox by the player's pov.

Regardless, hunting is simple but just too hard. I had to look for a damn guide. Just jump over everything with the perfect timing.

Don't play challenge mode. Ain't worth it. You WILL get a terrible time and a terrible score just because of the hunting part alone. The second level ain't so bad, trial and error-wise, but the first one requires lots of patience.

Cool game, overall. Sad. But that's life. A struggle. But the gameplay is just terrible.

EDIT 2:
I changed my review from negative to positive.

Arcade mode was way easier than story and challenge, for some reason. The movement wasn't strict nor it required perfect timing. Maybe I got the hang of it or it's, indeed, supposed to be easier.