Agony

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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 286 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 80 out of 286
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 286
  3. Negative: 164 out of 286

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  1. lordkaho
    May 29, 2018
    0
    A disappointment on all levels, and the developers squabbled their chances to make a unique game by submitting to censorship. A shameful display.
  2. JaydenPickens
    May 22, 2019
    8
    Played the UNRATED version and I must say, I really enjoyed this game. Didn't have any bugs, graphics were gorgeous, had a steady 60 frames per second through the entire game. I really loved the atmosphere and the sounds here. If this is how hell looks like, I might move in (just need to take some of my furniture from home and I'm ready to go). I'm not a fan of outlast-styled gameplay, butPlayed the UNRATED version and I must say, I really enjoyed this game. Didn't have any bugs, graphics were gorgeous, had a steady 60 frames per second through the entire game. I really loved the atmosphere and the sounds here. If this is how hell looks like, I might move in (just need to take some of my furniture from home and I'm ready to go). I'm not a fan of outlast-styled gameplay, but it didn't bother me as much here... you can actually fight some of the enemies and instead of dying you can just transfer your soul into another bald grandpa wandering hell, because he masturbated to much. Fun game, don't understand all the hate. I liked the succubus game mode more as I could kill enemies instead of hiding from them. Pickens approves!… Expand
  3. Gonksy
    Jun 8, 2018
    1
    Complete broken trash. It looks like trash, controls like trash, and is riddled with game-breaking bugs that will stop your game and force you to reload, losing maybe 15-30 minutes of progress at a time. These bugs are VERY frequent and easily recreatable, I have no idea how they didn't catch them in testing, if there was ever any.

    made an account just to rate this hot garbage, what an    Complete broken trash. It looks like trash, controls like trash, and is riddled with game-breaking bugs that will stop your game and force you to reload, losing maybe 15-30 minutes of progress at a time. These bugs are VERY frequent and easily recreatable, I have no idea how they didn't catch them in testing, if there was ever any.

    made an account just to rate this hot garbage, what an absolute disappointment.    … Expand
  4. hiruvan
    Aug 31, 2018
    10
    Very good game. I dont understand this bad scores. This game is not a horror and not a survival. It is a very atmospheric and beautyfull adventure. Amazing design and interesting gameplay. (sorry for my english)
  5. FrostormNidhegg
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    Мой обзор касается версии Unrated! Не обычной Agony, а именно Agony unrated!
    Эта игра - симулятор ходьбы в гуро-антураже. Вокруг мясо кровь кости, они не валяются вокруг, они - строительные материалы для мира, по которому ты ходишь. Графика хороша, все красиво (с учетом антуража, конечно.). Обнаженка есть, играть - крайне некомфортно, игра смущает, вызывает отвращение тем, что ты видишь.    Мой обзор касается версии Unrated! Не обычной Agony, а именно Agony unrated!
    Эта игра - симулятор ходьбы в гуро-антураже. Вокруг мясо кровь кости, они не валяются вокруг, они - строительные материалы для мира, по которому ты ходишь. Графика хороша, все красиво (с учетом антуража, конечно.). Обнаженка есть, играть - крайне некомфортно, игра смущает, вызывает отвращение тем, что ты видишь. Но ее именно так и позиционировали, она такой и должна была быть. Обычная Эгони - не берите, она не стоит того, чтобы тратить на нее время. А вот Анрейтед версия - хороша, если вам хочется таких эмоций, погружения в гуро-антураж, но тольео если вам строго 18+, ребят, я серьезно, тут дело не в стрельбе и еще каких-то таких вещах типа ГТА, игровая жестокость, то-се, Милонов негодуед и прочий бред. Тут игра реально крайне некомфортная, не играйте если не понимаете на что идете и если вам меньше 18. А так - очень необычный игровой опыт, Анрейтед версия - продукт для немного извращенцев, очень специфический, но тем он и ценен, такие вещи выпускают очень редко, таких эмоций я ни от одной игры даже близко не получал. PS - мне 30, я взрослый дядя и я был готов к этой игре.    … Expand
  6. Monsterrr
    Oct 20, 2019
    0
    Cannot get past the "Press any button" screen without the game crashing. This happens every single time. It's unplayable. $50 down the drain.
  7. XReviews
    Jul 11, 2018
    3
    Originaly, agony showed many potencial becoming maybe one of the more expected games when it was announced, here we are, 2018, and we got a great concept that sadly it got poorly executed.
  8. Nihil501
    May 30, 2018
    3
    Great concept but poor design!
    Even basic features are missing like adjusting the gamma after you enter the game. Only possible from the main menü. Which is crucial in such a game where darkness plays a huge role.
    The game mechanics are very irritating. Often hiding main items and objectives behind map elements which are invisible in the shadow or darkness. Some would call it    Great concept but poor design!
    Even basic features are missing like adjusting the gamma after you enter the game. Only possible from the main menü. Which is crucial in such a game where darkness plays a huge role.

    The game mechanics are very irritating. Often hiding main items and objectives behind map elements which are invisible in the shadow or darkness. Some would call it "difficulty" I only call it cheap design.    … Expand
  9. VanFanel1980mx
    May 31, 2018
    3
    Graphically the game wasn't anything to write home about, lots of dark red, blue, etc., visually I can at least say is hell indeed, very disorienting, not many graphics settings and resolutions are only from 1280 x 720/768 in my case, may not be a big deal for people who like huge resolutions but for people like me it was a pain, windowed mode is borderless and always on top, FOV isGraphically the game wasn't anything to write home about, lots of dark red, blue, etc., visually I can at least say is hell indeed, very disorienting, not many graphics settings and resolutions are only from 1280 x 720/768 in my case, may not be a big deal for people who like huge resolutions but for people like me it was a pain, windowed mode is borderless and always on top, FOV is horribly implemented, going past 70 (which the slider has no snapping so you have to manually adjust it on the .ini file) makes the game look like your character is perpetually doing limbo dance, either way, it gave me motion sickness.

    Model quality, aside from the censorship on lady parts, horrible, I know is hell, but I would have expected to see more attractive females here and there sometimes, as an amateur 3D artist I am 90% sure these models came from minimal tampering of the MakeHuman software, the only decent looking model is the face-gina demons, one of the bosses BTW seems to be prone to losing all textures in certain parts of their body, I am pretty sure someone making SFM porn is already refining the models from the game, the priestess and the goddess look very bad, as if they were ridden with graphical glitches despite their looks being 100% intentional.

    Gameplay is very simple, walking simulator with stealth segments and a few platform segments, your goal is basically to collect stuff or go from point A to point B, you also collect logs here and there, there is a skill system that so far had only 3 useless skills you could level up, I saw no difference when using one of them at max, the death mechanic was OK for the most part, still prone to glitches where you get stuck and you have to restart from checkpoints, collision detection is wonky and sometimes it will lead to the same problem of getting stuck, you walk very slow and have the stamina of a 60 year old with compulsive smoking habits, doesn't matter if you are possessing a different body, I have never been a fan of stamina systems when the default speed is a very slow walk.

    Sound is OK I guess, when it comes to stealth at least there were some cues, music was a little generic for a "hellish" game, NPC dialogue is repetitive, I would have liked if the logs were narrated at least.

    I'd buy that for a dollar... maybe.    … Expand
  10. EerieDemonble
    May 31, 2018
    4
    It's "Inner Chains" all over again....
    I had high hopes for this game. Great atmosphere and interesting core concept with sluggish and boring gameplay. As for horror part it's lacking too. This game tries to lure people with great art and level design and falls flat on it's face when you start playing. Buy on big discount only.
    I had my fingers crossed for "Scorn"
  11. GenericalName
    May 30, 2018
    3
    All shock, and no substance. The take on hell is amazing, but the underlying gameplay is frustrating.
  12. KitchenKonvoy
    May 31, 2018
    0
    Without question or doubt there is censorship in the game (not just the two endings that would have resulted in a supposed A/O rating by the ESRB) but the final release game itself.

    By censoring things out, even small things, then claiming to have a patch in the works to undo such things, then to claim that "due to legal reasons" it wont happen, you have outright lied to not only your    Without question or doubt there is censorship in the game (not just the two endings that would have resulted in a supposed A/O rating by the ESRB) but the final release game itself.

    By censoring things out, even small things, then claiming to have a patch in the works to undo such things, then to claim that "due to legal reasons" it wont happen, you have outright lied to not only your backers, but early adopters of the game.    … Expand
  13. TheEyeszlader
    May 29, 2018
    7
    Great Graphics , and art direction , and a great fetish fuel. As a game it sucks tho
  14. x2FingerTuesday
    May 31, 2018
    3
    Closest thing to a Hell simulator you'll ever see-- and not in a good way.
    Great idea and setting are completely ruined by monotonous, boring, gameplay. You can barely see 20 feet ahead of yourself, the environments all look the same, the level design is atrocious, and there is basically no story. SKIP THIS ONE.
  15. BoneteMagico
    Jun 4, 2018
    0
    Poor desing. Terrible gameplay, just stupid horror imagery flooding the screen. Just disgusting and stupid game for stupid "edgy" people.
  16. RetroZombie
    May 29, 2018
    0
    I was hyped for a new horror game, and from what i saw this game was promising. Sadly this game does anything but deliver an " Agonizing " gaming experience. you are going to get a rather long campaign of horrendously low FPS, screen tearing, un-intuitive controls, poor story, and constantly corrupting save files. Ultimately this game was just a cash grab that was leaning on the shockI was hyped for a new horror game, and from what i saw this game was promising. Sadly this game does anything but deliver an " Agonizing " gaming experience. you are going to get a rather long campaign of horrendously low FPS, screen tearing, un-intuitive controls, poor story, and constantly corrupting save files. Ultimately this game was just a cash grab that was leaning on the shock horror theme that the game is centered around. Its all flash and no substance, and they don't even capture the "flash" very well. Just ignore this title and spread the word that this is just the horror game equivalent of No Man's Sky.… Expand
  17. Sfea
    May 31, 2018
    0
    A este juego le falta mucho aún para salir en condiciones al mercado. Absolutamente no se asimila a los trailers, Su resolución nativa del juego es muy baja. Las Texturas parecen ir a 480p reescaladas a 1080p , probé hasta en 4k Ultra el juego, y parece algo del 2003, usando DSR a 4k o 1080..
    No se puede apoyar bajo ningún motivo que un juego con contenido Gore/demoniaco para "Adultos"    A este juego le falta mucho aún para salir en condiciones al mercado. Absolutamente no se asimila a los trailers, Su resolución nativa del juego es muy baja. Las Texturas parecen ir a 480p reescaladas a 1080p , probé hasta en 4k Ultra el juego, y parece algo del 2003, usando DSR a 4k o 1080..
    No se puede apoyar bajo ningún motivo que un juego con contenido Gore/demoniaco para "Adultos" venga con Censura, no tengo muy claro que problema tuvieron, pero son unos cobardes en no sacar al menos un parche para el que quiera jugar sin la jodida Censura, tratan a la gente de idiotas, Además hoy en día cualquier niño de 8 años tiene un GTA V o un call of duty, con sus micropagos enfermizos y adictivos que se merecen una prohibición. Pero eso no lo censuran nunca ah ?

    Quisieron abarcar mucho lanzando el juego en distintas plataformas, todo ese dinero que les regalaron en kickstarter, lo usaron para sacarlo en consola también, no es malo, pero en este caso perjudicaron el desarrollo del videojuego, es un insulto que no hayan contratado a gente con ese dinero para hacer un buen producto, es un juego que está 10 años atrás en su apartado técnico, hoy tenemos una brutalidad de tecnología y se puede hacer mucho más, son unos flojos y ladrones.    … Expand
  18. Viciu
    May 29, 2018
    10
    What can I say? Great game, amazing design and the best vision of hell ever.
  19. kozak131
    Jun 12, 2018
    9
    Great Graphics, amazing design. What can I say? Best survival horror, and games of the year
  20. Betaforce
    Jun 3, 2018
    3
    Many users are artificially trying to inflate the score of the game. At best this game is a 4/10.
    1. The graphics are downgraded for the sake of consoles.
    2. The models ingame compared to the demo are scaled down on a scale of 1 to 3. 3. Much of the background details from the demo have been removed and reworked making the game bland as opposed to the colorfull demo. (Probably to fit on    Many users are artificially trying to inflate the score of the game. At best this game is a 4/10.
    1. The graphics are downgraded for the sake of consoles.
    2. The models ingame compared to the demo are scaled down on a scale of 1 to 3.
    3. Much of the background details from the demo have been removed and reworked making the game bland as opposed to the colorfull demo. (Probably to fit on consoles, because consoles have relatively low specs.)
    4. The game has been censored removing nipples and female genitalia despite being rated 18+ and being advertized troughout its campaing as a game that will not be censored by the devs.
    5. The devs lied about the state of the game and censorship on multiple occasions then played victim.
    6. The devs did not keep their promise to give all their backers keys for the game resulting in a lot of backers not getting the game they payed money for on its release date.
    7. The game came with game breaking bugs making the game hard to play the first day of release.

    Do not fall for the 10/10 ratings. This is balant abuse of the rating system in order to increase sales for a game that made many errors both PR wice and action-wise. Wait a week or two so that the devs can atleast patch the game so that the game is atleast somewhat playable.    … Expand
  21. Dualitymatt
    May 29, 2018
    8
    The game is running just fine on literally recommended settings, the atmosphere and the lore are really matching the overall experience, expected by the audience that it was intended to , the game is having a troublesome launch because of censorship issues, but i must say that everything that they have promised, they did just fine, and most of the "reviewers", are damning the game for justThe game is running just fine on literally recommended settings, the atmosphere and the lore are really matching the overall experience, expected by the audience that it was intended to , the game is having a troublesome launch because of censorship issues, but i must say that everything that they have promised, they did just fine, and most of the "reviewers", are damning the game for just that, it is running fine at RECOMMENDED SETTINGS, and it is a overall good experience.
    8/10    … Expand
  22. Erathio
    May 29, 2018
    9
    Great game! Don't listen trolls! Just try! It is true about a few bugs but patch is coming. However Agony is the best survival-horror game since several years.
  23. MerryMary
    May 30, 2018
    10
    Difficult and dark, no weapons, good atmosphere, seems like walking in a never ending maze.

    This how a game should be!

    Running it on a PC for, the first 3 hours of gameplay and no problems at all.

    I cannot understand all this wankers and trolls complaining, I just can't
  24. Xforce
    May 29, 2018
    10
    Best survival horror game ever! I was waiting for this game since Outlast, and its even better!
  25. Ermak1983Rus
    May 30, 2018
    10
    Excellent horror game ... !!! I advise everyone to get acquainted...Graphics and Atmosphere in the game are excellent ...
  26. Akula99
    May 30, 2018
    10
    Pour un jeu survival horror je n'ai jamais quelque chose d'aussi bien. Une vrai claque. Le jeu créé un stress chaque virage peut être un vrai danger.Le niveau du labyrinthe est excellent. On avance en tâtonnant et une énorme partie de ce niveau est sonore. Des cris, des gens qui psalmodient, le bruit des sabots des créatures démoniaques. On est faible est on le récent. Pourtant il fautPour un jeu survival horror je n'ai jamais quelque chose d'aussi bien. Une vrai claque. Le jeu créé un stress chaque virage peut être un vrai danger.Le niveau du labyrinthe est excellent. On avance en tâtonnant et une énorme partie de ce niveau est sonore. Des cris, des gens qui psalmodient, le bruit des sabots des créatures démoniaques. On est faible est on le récent. Pourtant il faut passer, résoudre les énigmes, faire le bon choix.

    Aujourd'hui le moindre jeu ne propose qu'une solution couloir avec une seul résolution.
    la tout est permis.

    Félicitations.

    Bien sur le jeu est beau une petite claque graphique.
    Juste un petit soucis pour moi avec l'animation des pnj humain qui ne fait pas 2018.
    Bon par contre les pnjs empalé de la tête au pied et qui vivent encore en hurlant de douleur....j’avoue JAIME ! GG a Madmind studio    … Expand
  27. 2019RoyBatty
    May 30, 2018
    10
    This game is outstanding. Very horror-like mood and atmosphere. The elements are quite real and many of them are in motion. The overall graphics is high quality. The story is quite extraordinary. Congrats to the developers. Good job. Worth the price. Zero technical problems, latency or something like this. But I have a good PC indeed. Good luck everyone and see you in hell !
  28. Cioby
    Apr 9, 2019
    0
    You know a game is bad when you give up after 15 minutes. Game is not engaging, isn't scary, graphics is horrible.
    I finished Silent Hill 2 like 7 times and even played Silent Hill 1 with horrible controls and graphics and loved it, so if I can't play this, it means it's not even decent for idiots.
  29. temptershell
    Jun 3, 2018
    5
    Tiring of hiding from the seemingly looking demons. Undeveloped locations, very similar to each other and not as terrible as it seemed, a pity because it promised to be terrible, and it is miserable.
  30. arislaf
    Jun 14, 2018
    0
    Game is not what you saw on youtube videos. It is not what developers said. It is a hell. And not with the good meaning. Avoid it even if they give it free.
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 35
  3. Negative: 16 out of 35
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    40
    Firstborn perversions and morbid game design get boring quickly and the player is left only with his own pain caused by the bad game. So at least there lives Agony up to its name. [Issue#287]
  2. Impulsegamer
    Dec 11, 2018
    80
    If you like horror, the macabre or the notion of taking a personal voyage through Dante’s Inferno with a touch of Gigeresque visuals… this may be up your alley (or down your abyssal chasm).
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  3. CD-Action
    Sep 27, 2018
    70
    Agony is a game of insane contrasts, both fascinating and embarrassing. Therefore I still don’t know whether its developers are geniuses or amateurs and although I believe it deserves a relatively high score, I actually cannot recommend it unconditionally. [08/2018, p.84]
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